Daming King of Punishment

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"Okay, Brother Bai. Anyway, the 800 taels have been spent now. When we go to Mrs. Chu's birthday, you have to be smart. If you can't come up with evidence, the 800 taels will really be fetching water." Float."

"Hey!" Bai Zhuo sighed suddenly: "Brother Wu Ya, don't put such a lot of pressure on me!"

"Hahaha!" Seeing Bai Zhuo's dejected look, Song Wuya couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Bai Zhuo gave him an angry look, sighed again and reached out to Song Wuya: "Brother Wuya, let me take a closer look at the 800 taels of ginseng!"

On this street, Song Wuya would not be satisfied with 800 taels of ginseng.Immediately raised his head to look around and said: "Brother Bai, there is a tea house over there, let's go have a cup of tea in it, and you can look around when the time comes."

The two entered the teahouse, and after ordering a pot of tea, Bai Zhuo opened the brocade box and carefully examined the ginseng plant inside.

"Brother Wu Ya, why do you think the price of ginseng has suddenly risen to such a high price? I think the price has at least doubled!" Bai Zhuo said in surprise looking at the ginseng.

Song Wuya shook his head: "Brother Bai, I really don't know about this. The price seems to have doubled, but it's hard to say why it has increased so much. However, I think this It may have something to do with the plague."

"Plague?" Bai Zhuo frowned: "You mean, the Chu family raised the price of medicine just to take advantage of this time to make a fortune?"

"If this is the case, then this plague has something to do with the Chu family. Even if there is no direct relationship, then the Chu family and Guanshan Restaurant must be connected." Song Wuya guessed, if the Chu family really If the price of medicine is raised because of the plague, then there is really a problem for them to know the source of the news.

Although anyone with a discerning eye can know that something big has happened in Huai'an Mansion.But if it can be accurately grasped a few months ago, it will really explain the problem.

"Brother Wuya, what do you mean to say, whether there is any relationship between the Chu family and Guanshan Restaurant depends on the reason why the price of the Chu family's medicinal materials has increased?" Bai Zhuo asked after hearing what Song Wuya said. .

Song Wuya nodded and said: "We may not know the reason for the price increase, but it is easier to know when they raised the price. Moreover, we must also understand the actions of the Chu family in the past few months. If they had known that there would be a plague here, they would have stockpiled a lot of goods a few months ago."

"Yes, yes, yes." Bai Zhuo agreed.

After discussing in the teahouse, the two decided what to do next.

"Brother Wu Ya, didn't you say that you want the imperial guards to investigate the disaster victims outside the city? How is the situation now?" Bai Zhuo asked Song Wuya this question on the way back.

Originally, Bai Zhuo wanted to go out of the city to inquire in person, but was stopped by Song Wuya.Now being asked by Bai Zhuo, Song Wuya shook his head and said: "Not yet, this matter cannot be rushed. After all, we just came to Huai'an Mansion, and the Guanshan Restaurant may not prevent us from asking the victims outside the city, so Wait for a while. Wait a few days before going to investigate, and by the way, you can go to Nanshan to check whether there is really the scene that the woman said."

"Okay, since Brother Wu Ya said so, then let's do it this way." Bai Zhuo nodded after hearing this.

He didn't refute Song Wuya like before, Bai Zhuo probably understood Song Wuya's intentions.

Back at the inn, Situ Wen and Xiaohuan were waiting for them with cold faces.

"What did you two do so early in the morning?" Situ Wen asked coldly when she saw the two of them.

Hearing these words, Bai Zhuo acted as if nothing happened and had nothing to do with him, turned his head aside and ignored him.

Song Wuya hurriedly took the ginseng in his hand and placed it on the table.

"Didn't you decide to go to Mrs. Chu's birthday banquet yesterday? Naturally, this birthday gift has to be prepared, so Brother Bai and I got up this morning and went out to buy a birthday gift."

"Birthday gift? What did you buy?"

Situ Wen looked at the brocade box curiously and asked.

Song Wuya hastily opened the brocade box and placed it in front of Situ Wen again.

"This ginseng is not small! How much did it cost!"

"300 taels." Song Wuya smiled slightly and lied, insisting that it was bought for 300 taels.

Situ Wen responded lightly, nodded and said nothing.

Bai Zhuo just turned his head away, completely ignoring the matter.Turning around suddenly at this moment, he said loudly, "Brother Wu Ya, didn't you buy this for 800 taels? Why did it cost 300 taels?"

Hearing this, Song Wuya was about to explode with a bang.

He immediately glared at Bai Zhuo angrily, but saw Bai Zhuo looking at him with a smirk on his face, as if he wanted to watch the excitement.

"What? 800 taels?"

Sure enough, Situ Wen was shocked when he heard this.

"800 taels is not a small amount! Why did you spend so much? Besides, you must have been cheated, right? No matter how you look at it, this ginseng is probably less than a hundred years old, so it is worth 800 taels, even 300 taels. value."

Like Bai Zhuo before, Situ Wen was also surprised by the price of this ginseng, 800 taels was obviously a sky-high price.

"Miss Situ, I didn't plan to ask for it at the time, but Brother Wu Ya bought it right away." Bai Zhuo still didn't forget to stab Song Wuya in the back at this time.

Sure enough, after hearing Bai Zhuo's words, Situ Wen immediately rolled his eyes at him: "Wu Ya, why are you so impulsive now? 800 taels of silver, you are not afraid that this matter will fall into the mouths of others and become a talking point. If it’s time to refer to your book again in front of the Holy One, we’ll see what you can do.”

"Wen'er, you don't need to worry about this. The 800 taels of silver should be spent, otherwise, if you choose another birthday gift, I'm afraid it will be more expensive than this one!" Song Wuya hurriedly tried to persuade him, trying to make excuses for himself.

Bai Zhuo next to him smiled slightly. Seeing his smile, Song Wuya knew what this guy was going to say again.

"Brother Bai, you are really good enough! I haven't seen it yet, you are really insidious enough to stab me in the back."

"Brother Wu Ya, you really misunderstood me. I didn't mean that at all. Didn't I just slow down and didn't react? If you do it all over again, I definitely won't say anything about 800 taels." Bai Zhuo looked innocent. He looked at Song Wuya and said, as if he really didn't mean it just now.

He said it wasn't intentional, but now that he said it, he sold Song Wuya.

"Wu Ya, you lied to me and still have the nerve to blame Bai Zhuo?" Situ Wen blamed Da Pian angrily.

Seeing that Bai Zhuo was being helped by Situ Wen, Song Wuya's words were useless. After glaring at Bai Zhuo, he turned to Situ Wen and said with a smile, "Wen'er, the 800 taels is really not unfair. If we change If other things are used as a birthday gift, then I really missed a big clue."

Chapter 9 Thirteen: Skyrocketing Drug Prices

?Chapter 9 Thirteen Drug prices skyrocket

"What big clue? Could it be that you found the connection between the Chu family and Guanshan restaurant in that drugstore?"

Situ Wen was a little surprised by Song Wuya's words, but she didn't quite believe what Song Wuya said.

"That's not true." Song Wuya couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but he soon became serious, after all, what he said was just to prevaricate.

Bai Zhuo at the side looked at Song Wuya's embarrassment in front of Situ Wen, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"What kind of clue is that?" Situ Wen continued to ask Song Wuya patiently.

With a smile on his face, Song Wuya hesitated and said, "The medicinal materials in Huai'an mansion have increased several times."

"Is this the one? I already know, isn't your ginseng the one?" Situ Wen immediately became a little impatient when she heard this, frowning, glared at Song Wuya, and responded angrily.

Song Wuya tried his best not to be so embarrassed, with a smile still on his face.

"Then Wen'er, do you know why the price of this medicinal material has increased?"

"The drug seller just wants to make more money."

Situ Wen replied without hesitation, completely ignoring Song Wuya's words.

Seeing Situ Wen's absent-minded appearance, Song Wuya knew very well in his heart that she didn't want to hear what she said at all, and she was just trying to put on a show right now.