Chapter 132: Speculators

"What the divine doctor wants to ask, but what happened to Hu on Xieyang Road?"

Shi Cheng nodded, the reason why he couldn't wait to come to visit in the morning was for this.

A trace of fear flashed on Hu Enli's face, he subconsciously looked outside, and then whispered to Shi Cheng with some restlessness: "Divine doctor, I said that you don't have to be afraid, I ...... I felt like I had been knocked unconscious by a dead man. ”

Mrs. Hu was startled, "Master, don't scare the concubine!" This...... How can a dead man faint a living man? ”

This answer was expected for Shi Cheng, he glanced at Wu Neng and Tie Face, and then asked unhurriedly, "Can you tell me about the specific situation at that time?" ”

"That's right." Hu Enli wiped the sweat from his head and recalled, "It was the end of last year, on the thirteenth day of the lunar month, when I was entrusted by President Huang of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce to send a batch of goods to Redwood City in the west just after the New Year. ”

"What cargo!" Almost blurted out, Shi Cheng looked at Hu Enli with a serious face, and the whole person almost stood up.

Tie Mian and Wu Neng were also surprised, neither of them expected that they would be able to learn such important news from Hu Enli's mouth.

"It's grain, and the bill that President Huang gave me is wheat." Hu Enli looked at Shi Cheng a little strangely, "What, is there anything wrong with these grains?" ”

"Hu Yuanwai, are you sure it's grain? Have you ever seen the goods for themselves? Shi Cheng asked.

"Doctor Shi, what you said." Hu Enli laughed a few times, "President Huang is an old customer, and it is safe to cooperate with him, how can there be any reason to dismantle the goods of old customers without permission?" ”

"Regular customers...... Hu Yuanwai, Shi wanted to know, when did you start working with Huang Yuan? Have you been shipping goods to Redwood City for him? ”

Hu Enli looked at Shi Cheng with some confusion, nodded and said, "It's been almost half a year." ”

"You don't know what he's letting you ship?"

"Of course, the inspection is to be inspected." Hu Enli explained: "Generally speaking, it is some grain or wool or something, and there is nothing strange about it, but after the number of cooperation increases, and the friendship between me and President Huang is also deeper, this process is gradually saved." ”

Shi Cheng's face was very ugly, and he then asked, "What do those goods look like?" ”

"It's wrapped in a large sack, and it's tightly wrapped and looks heavy."

Shi Cheng thought for a moment, and then asked, "Is there a strange liquid oozing out of it?" ”

"Strange liquids?" Hu Enli shook his head, "The bags are dry, the outside is full of dust and rough, and none of the bags are wet. ”

"Does it smell strange?"

"I haven't smelled it either."

Shi Cheng frowned, his right hand gently patted his knee, everyone saw him like this, they didn't dare to disturb for a while, after about half a cup of tea, Hu Enli cautiously asked: "Divine doctor, is there anything wrong with those goods?" ”

"It's hard to say." Shi Cheng thought for a while and asked another question, "Outside of Hu Yuan, Shi has another question, do you know where President Huang pulled these bags from?" ”

"My caravan is loaded in the courtyard of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce, and as for the origin of the bag, it is impossible for me to ask President Huang about these things."

"Alright then, go on, what happened to your caravan when it was on the road?"

"We got on the road from the west of the city, walked for about eight days, and passed Yunqiu City. Then he continued west along the slanting road for a day and set up a tent on the edge of a pond. ”

When he said this, Hu Enli paused, as if recalling the scene of the day, "You should also know what the night in the Gobi is like, you can't sleep without a fire." At that time, the guys in the caravan all went out to look for leaves and branches, but it didn't take long for a guy named Lu Xiaoer to run back in a panic, shouting that he had found a dead man. ”

"Can I make sure, did you find it in the oasis?" Shi Cheng asked.

Hu Enli nodded, "At that time, we were all startled, and hurriedly ran over, and sure enough, we found a corpse in a bush, which looked like a young man who had just grown up, as if he had been poisoned by something, and was wearing a farmer's clothes. ”

Continuing to recall, Hu Enli's already pale face turned a little whiter, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a somewhat trembling hand, and continued: "Originally, we planned to bury the young man and go to the nearest village after dawn to ask, so we carried the body back to the camp and put it next to the goods, and did not bury it. But not long after we transported the body back to the camp......"

Speaking of this, Hu Enli turned his head, looked at his wife, who was holding her breath and staring at her with wide eyes, and asked with some concern, "Do you want to go and rest first?" ”

Mrs. Hu shook her head, and seeing that her wife had no intention of leaving, Hu Enli continued: "The young man, who was already dead, suddenly stood up straight, his originally closed eyes glowed red, and there were only whites of his eyes in his eyes, and he stabbed through the coachman's chest as soon as he stretched out his hand. ”

Hu Enli's voice also trembled, "We were all frightened, our legs were like rooted logs, and it wasn't until the dead man tore the two of us again that the caravan remembered to run away, including me." ”

"When the monster saw us scattering and fleeing, it opened its mouth and spewed out a puff of black gas, which I accidentally inhaled, and then my whole body became groggy."

"Eventually, I remember running into a valley and then I didn't know anything. When I woke up, it was yesterday evening. ”

"The Black Messenger of the Black Legion!" Shi Cheng was taken aback in his heart, but the news in Hu Enli's mouth was also expected by him, this special kind of monster has always been a tool used by the Lu clan to release various toxins on a large scale during the rebellion of the Lu clan, since the Lu clan can create a living corpse village on the Xieyang Road, then most of the people who assist them in their actions are black messengers.

"However, judging from Hu Enli's poisoning, it seems that this black messenger has just been successfully transformed. Odd...... Why did the Lu Clan let such an important member appear alone in the wilderness, could it be that they were engaged in some secret activity at the time, and Hu Enli's caravan happened to collide with it? ”

"Divine Doctor, what are you thinking?" Hu Enli's question interrupted Shi Cheng's thoughts.

"Ah, nothing." Shi Cheng waved his hand, "Hu Yuanwai, do you remember where you slept that day?" ”

Hu Enli shook his head, "I really can't remember this. ”

Shi Cheng nodded, and then stopped talking, his right hand kept patting his knee, and the expression on his face was very serious.

"Miracle Doctor." Hu Enli asked with some restraint: "Since you have a connection with the government, in your opinion, should Hu report this matter to the government?" ”

"Nature." Shi Cheng nodded, "And the sooner the better." I hope you can report these things to the Gyeonggi Prefecture as soon as possible, and I will also let my friends contact the Gyeonggi Prefecture, and I am afraid that you will have to trouble you to testify in court at that time. ”

"This ...... It's so serious. Hu Enli wiped his sweat, "Divine doctor, do you think those people will come to kill my mouth?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, Mrs. Hu's body trembled, "Master, this is the royal city after all, those demons shouldn't have such courage." ”

"Who knows......" Hunnley sighed.

Tie Mian looked at Hu Enli with some strange eyes, and said disdainfully: "Since you are afraid, it is better to report to the official as soon as possible, and the government will naturally send someone to protect you." ”

Just when the atmosphere in the room became more tense and solemn, there was a knock on the door, and a Hu servant reported outside: "Master, the young owner of the Lin Chamber of Commerce is here, saying that he hopes to meet the master and discuss the matter of the new grain depot." ”

Hu Enli hurriedly stood up and said in surprise: "It's Lin Mi's son who is here!" Hurry, hurry, please! ”

Mrs. Hu, who was sitting on the side, said with some complaints: "Last night, it was the distant relatives of the Zhu family who came, and today it was the young master of the Lin family who came. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Hu Enli scolded his wife, and then said to Shi Cheng and the others in an apologetic tone: "Divine doctor, you see, there are too many troubles about the family's business, so you finally came to visit...... I'm sorry. ”

Shi Cheng's faces were a little stiff, especially Shi Cheng, he originally wanted to talk to Hu Enli more, but he didn't think about it, but Hu Enli actually directly ordered the expulsion.

"The Ximulin family." Shi Cheng finally stood up, "I heard that it is one of the largest wealthy families in the Western Desert, and there are several chambers of commerce under it, but I didn't expect Hu Yuanwai's connections to be so extensive." ”

"Ashamed, ashamed. In fact, it was because of the support of the owner of the village, otherwise how could Hu, an outsider, meet so many big people in the royal city. ”

Shi Cheng walked out with everyone, and asked casually: "I didn't expect Hu Yuanwai to also run a grain business, and I really haven't heard Mrs. Zun mention it before." ”

"Actually, Hu is just a newcomer." Speaking of this, Hu Enli's tense and pale face finally became a little more rosy, "Doctor Shi is my life-saving benefactor, and there are some things that cannot be said. You also know that this year's year is not good, and there are poor harvests everywhere, and Hu also hopes to take advantage of this time to find a way to make a fortune. ”

The smile on Shi Cheng's face disappeared, and Tie Mian and Wu Neng also stopped their steps.

"Your so-called business is to discuss hoarding?" As if barely pulled out of his throat, Shi Cheng suppressed the emotions that surged up in his heart and asked word by word.

Hu Enli noticed the change in Shi Cheng's tone, and he turned his head to meet Shi Cheng's somewhat gloomy face.

"Uh...... The same cannot be said of it, it is just a normal movement in food prices. ”

"However, with the financial resources and savings of your government, if you can get the help of grain merchants, it should not be difficult to stabilize the price of grain."

Hu Enli was a little hesitant, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but finally he smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't this just a normal business method." ”

"Yes, how could a pampered person like Hu Yuanwai starve in the famine?"

Looking at Shi Cheng's increasingly ugly and mocking face, Hu Enli also felt a nameless fire in his heart, "Doctor Shi, what to do with my property is my business, and it's not the turn of outsiders to dictate." ”

Shi Cheng was silent for a while, and did not continue to argue with Hu Enli. He arched his hand coldly and said, "Lin Gongzi is still waiting in the house, so Shi will not delay the time outside the staff and say goodbye." ”

After saying this, Shi Cheng called Tie Mian and Wu Neng on the side, and the three of them quickened their pace together and went to the gate of Hufu, leaving only Hu Enli, who was standing in place and stretched out his hand to the three of them.