If the Water Margin

Chapter 24 Coma and Death

The man looked at the paper bag in his hand and seemed to think about it again. There is no problem. I will keep it a secret, but you should also keep your mouth shut.

"I understand, guest officer." This time, the pharmacy shopkeeper hurriedly said. In fact, Ximen Qing also knows that if he doesn't say so. Looking at this master's skills, if he really cares about himself, he can't run away anyway.

After saying that, he left the pharmacy. It's strange to say that after the man left, several businesses came this afternoon. Business is this characteristic, or don't open a business. If it opens, the business will come one after another. The guests who come buy ordinary drugs. These medicine stores are relatively sufficient, but no matter how sufficient the goods are, they may not be a way in the long run. Ximen Qing went to the door and took a look at the sedan chair opposite. The business of the sedan chair was still good, with people coming and going. Yes, it is mainly the official business. Maybe the curfew has no impact on them. Thinking of this, Ximen Qing is actually a little envious and jealous. They are also engaged in business and sold, just because the things they sell are different and enjoy different treatment.

After a few days, the business is still not hot or cold. That morning, Ximen Qing basked in the sun at the door as usual and suddenly found something wrong. Generally speaking, the pharmacy opened relatively late on the West Street. First, it is because fewer people get up in the morning to pick up medicine, and secondly, because they are not diligent people who connect with the shopkeepers and colleagues, so it is impossible for everyone to open the door early. Therefore, when opening the door, all the shops on the West Street should have been open for a while, but today, Ximen Qing stood at the door and found that the door opposite was still closed, which made Ximen Qing very strange.

You should know that when you get up in the morning, the officials come to place orders for sedan chairs. Is there anything wrong with the sedan?

Out of curiosity, Ximen Qing kept rubbing his hands at the door. Sure enough, several large families came to the door of the sedan to have a look. Obviously, they came to order a sedan chair or buy a sedan chair, but when the sedan didn't open the door, they had to shake their heads and have no choice but to return.

The door of the car is closed all the time.

When it was almost noon, a group of officials came. They looked anxious, as if they had something official business. When they saw that the door was not open, they smashed the door and shouted while smashing it for a while, but there was still no response. Later, these officials worked hard together to smash the door of the sedan, and a group of people rushed in.

This made Ximen Qing more and more confused. He didn't open the door like this. Is there something wrong inside? Shopkeepers on West Street have to spend the night in the store. Some stores even have their owners. It's impossible that there is no one. In addition, these officials really don't seem to come to do business. This posture is more like coming to take people. Is it because the sedan has committed something, and then all of them absconded in fear of crime? At this time, Ximenqing naturally did not dare to approach and see what was going on. He even felt that it was not appropriate to stand on the street, so he sat back in the store and quietly looked at the development of the situation.

After about two columns of incense, the officials came out of the sedan one after another. Instead of stopping at the door, they walked straight to the pharmacy. This shocked Ximen Qing. Did he commit a crime?

The chief official said to Ximen Qing: "Take a few people who know medicine and go to the opposite sedan with us. Everyone in the opposite sedan seems to have been knocked down by ecze. We tried to pour cold water on their faces, but it didn't work. You are a pharmacy. How much you should understand. Click, do me a favor, and I can't help you.

Hearing the word eclipsm, Ximen Qing's heart fluttered, and the ecscination that could not be woken up by cold water, Yanggu included in the surrounding areas, only his own medicine shop was available. In addition to his own targeted quantitative use, a total of two copies have been sold this year, which can fascinate everyone in the sedan chair. That must have been done by the bucket man a few days ago. After all, the first one I sold was just one person's quantity. Thinking of this, Ximen Qing also keenly glanced the faces of all the officials who came. Well, the person who didn't come to buy ecze, it's true. The official only appeared once before he bought the medicine a few months ago, and never met him before or after.

When Ximen Qing thought about it, the official was obviously impatient: "Hurry up, the official's affairs have delayed you."

Helpless, Ximen Qing has no time to continue thinking. The shopkeeper of the pharmacy, a clerk who knows the best medicine and Ximenqing himself, the three followed the official out of the door, crossed the street and entered the sedan.

Ximen Qing didn't have to follow. But Ximenqing was worried that after all, ecze came out of himself, and he could always understand what was going on at the first scene. In addition, I'm afraid that Ximen Qing knows best about the whole pharmacy. After all, there is no gentleman sitting in the pharmacy now. Although I don't have much theoretical knowledge, I still know a lot about eclipse medicine after all. After a long illness, I have become a good doctor and still know a lot.

Ximenqing and others entered the sedan and found that the people in the sedan were lying on the ground together, slightly, a total of seven people.

"This is the person who fainted in the car. It's all in the lobby. We just brought them together. Please help with the diagnosis and treatment." The official spread his hands and walked aside.

Ximenqing and other three people also bent down for diagnosis and treatment. Although the pharmacy shopkeepers and staff know more about other medicinal materials, after all, they are not Langzhong and know little about medicine. They just pinch everyone, pat their chest, and tossed them a few times, which has no effect. Ximenqing shook his head and had to rely on himself. He took out a finger-sized sachet from his arms, put the sachet in front of the nose of the person who fell to the ground slightly, and then took it away, until the seven people shook it again, and then said to the official, "Wait a moment for a ray of incense."

The official, together with the pharmacy shopkeeper and the clerk, looked at Ximenqing with suspicion. But after all, the time of incense was not long, and everyone chose to wait in silence.

Sure enough, it was the time of incense, and the seven people on the ground woke up one after another. It's just that I just woke up and my eyes were at a loss. After a while, it was obvious that all seven of them had recovered their minds. Seven people were shocked when they saw the official appearance in their store and immediately stood up.

"Wake up?" The leading official said.

The person in the car was obviously stunned for a moment, and then seemed to be a memory. Thank you for saving my life."

"Let me ask you why you are fascinated, but you can see what the thief looks like?" The official asked.

"I didn't see it clearly. Last night, all seven of us were working in the lobby and suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing. We all wondered how there could be wind in this closed room, and then smelled some fragrance, and we didn't know anything more." One of the seven people who fell said that he looked like a foreman.

"So there were seven of you in the store last night?" The official continued to ask.

"Oh, no, in addition to the seven of us, there is also a shopkeeper and a clerk. My lord, how is the shopkeeper? The foreman said.

"Your shopkeeper was also in the lobby at that time?" The official asked.

"Adults joked, how can the shopkeeper watch us work here? He is on the second floor with that guy. The foreman replied.

"Before you woke up, we checked the store in detail, and there was no one else except you seven." The official replied.

The seven people in the car, look at me, look at you, and they are silent.

"Okay, now it's time to ask you." The official turned his head and looked at Ximen Qing: "What is the sachet you just took out? How can it be so effective? You deny this elixir."

Long before he asked, Ximen Qing had already figured out how to answer. The ancestors of the small family opened a pharmacy, and there are some family-owned things. This sachet is a family heirloom, which can relieve all kinds of poisons. The villain usually takes it on his body, because he always doesn't use it, so he forgets it. Just now, when I saw that these neighbors were not sober, I suddenly remembered the sachet, which really had a miraculous effect.

The official almost nodded: "Such a good thing, we should really get one for each of our brothers."

Ximen Qingyi held his fist: "It's not that the villain doesn't want to make it convenient for officials, but as you know, now Yanggu is curfew, and many medicinal materials can't be got. The villain wants to honor adults, but he is also powerless."

The official listened to this, waved his hand, and said nothing more.

This sachet was actually secretly held in his arms by Ximen Qing before leaving the pharmacy. He thought that it was indeed inappropriate to say that the person who had not been fascinated had not woken up. No one would find it strange that he, as the owner of the pharmacy, would not find it strange to carry a special thing in his pocket. More importantly, everyone who bought eclipsiacs did not know how to solve it. The existence of medicine. If this elixir is left unattended, people will sleep for three days. The bamboo man, the bamboo hat man, the rabbit still doesn't eat the grass around the nest. If you are well, you have committed a crime after buying ecze from me and crossing the street. If only you don't open a medicine shop, you won't provoke many troubles. Ximen Qing thought helplessly.

Fortunately, the official did not continue to ask Ximenqing, but turned to the people in the sedan chair. To tell the truth, my brothers and I are not here to rescue you, but to arrest you.

As soon as the people in the sedan chair heard that their legs were weak, they knelt down together: "Your Excellency, the children are all law-abiding people and never commit crimes. They are wronged."

The official said, "It's not a matter of injustice. The oldest senior among our brothers, Fourth Master Qi, has died."

The foreman said, "Fourth Master Qi? The little man is stupid. I really haven't heard of a fourth master among the adults.

The official shook his head: "Alas, Fourth Master Qi's name is not good. He also has another name, that is, the local snake. You all know this, right?"

"I know, I know this." Everyone said.

"Fourth Master Qi died in the house on East Street yesterday. In the words of Chasing Ben Shuoyuan, the house was given to Wudutou by your shopkeeper, and Wudutou was given to Fourth Master Qi.

"Adult Mingjian, it can't be said that the house was sent out by our shopkeeper, and the dead are related to us."

"hehe." The official sneered and said, "Although it is a transfer, this house has only been in the hands of Dutou for a few days, and Wudu has never been there. Even Fourth Master Qi went there for the first time yesterday. He died last night and died on the organ in the bedroom. They all sent us here. Your sedan can't escape.