dognovel Chapter 396: A profiteer?!
Chapter 396: A profiteer?!
The people who were standing in front of the herbal medicine shop and looking inside turned back in response. Jiang Yingcheng, who was hiding in the shadows in front of several people and peeking inside through the crack in the door, was exposed to the bright afternoon sun.
"Uh..." Jiang Yingcheng scratched his forehead, with a rare shy look on his face, "You, you guys are back..."
Yan Yuebin: “…”
The people behind him: "..."
Ah this...
Silent embarrassment quickly spread in the air. Although they had done nothing, they felt as if their creditors had come to their doorstep.
Yan Yuebin subconsciously slowed down his voice and said in a weak voice: "You, what are you doing?!"
He looked ferocious, but in fact he wanted to kneel down and beg them to leave quickly.
"Don't be surprised, it's like this," Zhang Yuke, who had followed the little fellow all the way here, chuckled, "The medicine for a patient in our family was suddenly spilled, and now we urgently need a new dose..."
After the words were spoken, the awkward atmosphere at the scene became strangely more intense.
The ministers under the human skin masks had wooden faces. They glanced at the herbal medicine shop across the street in unison, then turned back in unison with indescribable expressions on their faces: "Ah, ah, so..."
If the little guy hadn't been watching them from behind, they would have believed it out of politeness.
What kind of death scene is this?
Just laugh it off.
Zhang Yuke glanced in the direction of the others' gazes, her movements froze for a moment before she turned back as if nothing had happened. Supported by a strong sense of conviction, she coughed lightly, "I didn't notice it just now."
Several people under the mask: "..."
Even though the conversation was quite boring, the few of them still opened the store door and welcomed them in.
……
After entering the room, Zhang Yuke first carefully placed the little guy on the chair, then took out a prescription and handed it to Yan Yuebin, who first spoke to them: "Please take a look, shopkeeper, this is the prescription written by the doctor."
Yan Yuebin took it with a look of toothache on his face. After unfolding it, he saw the familiar medicinal herbs inside.
Along with this prescription came the little fellow's cunning voice:
[Cheng, Chengcheng, I want to see who has taken away Chengcheng's business! ]
Yan Yuebin: “…”
Yan Yuebin's dark eyes rolled around, and suddenly an inspiration came to him, and in an instant he put on a smile again.
"No problem! It's just that my brothers and I just took over this shop yesterday. When we were cleaning up, we piled a lot of medicinal herbs in the back. Please wait a moment, my guests. I will go to the back to get some medicine for you!"
After saying that, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he turned on his toes and ran towards the back.
Only three "brothers" were left, facing the "unfriendly" gazes from the opposite sides alone.
In order to lower the guard of corrupt people, the ministers discussed and specially selected a few military generals who did not look so smart, together with Hu Hongyuan, the acting assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel who had been honest for half his life, to take over the shop.
After Yan Yuebin slipped away without following the code of conduct, General Mingwei Dong Kangsheng and General Guide Lei Zhixin looked at each other and tacitly shrank behind Hu Hongyuan.
Respect for scholars reached its peak at this moment.
Go "Ada"!
Brothers, it's up to you! !
Hu Hongyuan: “…”
If he had known that he would have to face the situation ahead, he should not have accepted this hot potato with such confidence.
——After the little girl finds out that the "gold and silver mountains" have changed hands in an instant, she will certainly be curious about who has snatched her business. By then, there will surely be a "bloodbath".
If he had not yet been thoroughly examined by the little fellow, he would have felt that there was nothing intriguing about him and would not have dared to take over the matter rashly.
only……
This doesn't mean that he wants to face such a Shura field so soon! !
At this moment, Zhang Yuke, who was in charge of intelligence, spoke leisurely and began the first round of probing: "You seem a little unfamiliar..."
Because of this extremely special profession and her secret efforts for redress over the years, she has become familiar with almost all the important people in Beijing, including the merchants throughout the streets and alleys.
This is a universal opening line, and it is also the subconscious doubt in her heart.
Hu Hongyuan was startled. "Miss, you have good eyesight. My four brothers and I have just arrived in Beijing. We just happened to see this shop vacant, so we bought it."
"I see." Zhang Yuke nodded, "That's really a coincidence."
"But..." Zhang Yuke changed the subject, "It's all thanks to you guys for buying this shop. Otherwise, one of the herbs in my prescription has been in short supply recently, and many places have run out of stock."
The group of people asked this question yesterday, and Hu Hongyuan skillfully blurted out the words he had prepared long ago: "My four brothers are indeed a little lucky this time."
"We were originally doing business in a town near Beijing. We came to Beijing this time just to buy a batch of precious herbs. We happened to come across a store for sale. We thought we would have similar needs frequently in the future, so we bought the store. Unexpectedly, as soon as we opened the store, we ran into someone who needed the herbs we stocked in our store."
He twitched the corners of his lips slightly, as if sighing: "I'm so lucky to have negotiated such a big order right after arriving in Beijing--"
Lei Zhixin and the other two nodded repeatedly behind him.
Their "Ah Da" acting is really great!!
[Hoarding so many useless medicinal herbs?] Jiang Yingcheng looked suspicious. After a moment, he took a deep breath, [Isn't he a profiteer?!]
Hu Hongyuan: “…”
"...Although the stock of the medicinal materials is not very large, fortunately the buyer is willing to pay a high price for it, which can be regarded as-"
[There are people willing to pay a high price for this kind of medicinal material, don’t you have any doubts? ] Jiang Yingcheng seemed like a ruthless nitpicking machine, [Isn’t he a profiteer? ! ]
Hu Hongyuan said in a hoarse voice: "Strangely enough, the buyer got this secret recipe from somewhere, saying that if the proportions are correct, the herbs will work wonders—"
Jiang Yingcheng couldn't come up with any other excuses, so he just said expressionlessly: [These people are profiteers, right?!]
Hu Hongyuan hurriedly continued to explain: "We have emphasized several times that we only need to pay the original price, but the man insisted that this medicine is of great significance to him and asked us not to be polite--"
The explanations one after another finally aroused Zhang Yuke's suspicion. She frowned and looked up at the few people: "...What is this, shopkeeper?"
It always feels like I'm asking and answering questions to someone.
Hu Hongyuan felt bitter.
Does he just want to be regarded as a madman?
Isn't it because I'm afraid that the little guy will suddenly -
[No, no, they are still too weird! ]
[Brother Tong, Brother Tong, can you find their information?! ]
Hu Hongyuan: “!!!”