Several people were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they shouted that it was terrible.
Zhen San was betting that Zhao Chuan would not be able to hold it in any longer.
In fact, Zhen San also knows that there is a limit to how long a person can hold his breath underwater, but every time he sees Zhao Chuan calmly and easily holding his breath underwater, he loses money many times, so he is both annoyed and curious.
Unexpectedly, this thin young man was so good at underwater skills that he actually lost a lot of money.
So this time he wanted to bet on the time of burning incense. This inn used high-quality incense to honor the God of Wealth. The time of burning incense was only a quarter of an hour. For such a long time, he originally thought that Zhao Chuan would struggle violently if he could not support it. , but there was no movement from Zhao Chuan from beginning to end, and he was already out of breath after being dragged out of the water.
Someone was the first to react, "Go to the doctor!"
This is the murderer of the princess. After dawn, he has to be taken to see the officials and go to the county government hall for interrogation and conviction. If he dies inexplicably like this, these people cannot bear the responsibility.
After a while, the doctor came.
There was only one medicine shop in Xintang Town. The doctor asked the county government to punish him and beat him to death. The only person invited was the medicine shop's successor, the doctor's son, shopkeeper Wang Decai.
Wang Decai came and was surprised when he saw the deceased.
In fact, when there was a commotion here, he heard it from the other side, because the streets in the town were not big and the distance was not that far, but he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't dare to come over to see it. It was three o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was better to have more things than less things.
Now someone knocked on the door and called him over, saying that he wanted to save people. He briefly asked about the situation and said that he was drowned in water, so he came over quickly. Shopkeeper Wang was surprised and confused when he saw that the deceased was a big customer who had placed a deposit during the day.
Wang Decai quickly untied the ropes around Zhao Chuan's hands and feet, and tested his breathing, wrist pulses, and heart. There were no signs of life.
Wang Decai wanted to know what was going on, but those people urged him to save people quickly.
Wang Decai shook his head gloomily, indicating that there was no way to save him.
Zhen San didn't want to believe it, so she grabbed Wang Decai by the collar and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, do you know how to read it? You've messed up a big deal by playing tricks, and your whole family will be ruined! This is the key crime of the young prince!"
Wang Decai pointed at Zhao Chuan and said, "Everyone is freezing. If you don't believe me, go and try it yourself!"
The matter had reached this point and could no longer be concealed, so they had to rush to a nearby inn to report to the young prince.
Mr. Jinyi hurried over with Butler Zhu and took a look at Zhao Chuan who was dripping with water on the ground. Butler Zhu started to scold him angrily.
After the housekeeper had scolded him enough, Master Jinyi took out a small paper fan and shook it a few times. He said lightly that if he died, he would just die. He just said that the supervision was not strict. The murderer knew that he would not be able to escape the death penalty, so he drowned in fear of the crime.
The housekeeper kicked those people a few more times and asked Mr. Jinyi: "Little prince, what should I do now? I finally found a scapegoat, but I got killed by these boys again."
Mr. Jinyi shook the small paper fan loudly, and after a long time he said: "I'm not afraid even if I die. With such residents and neighbors watching, I'll spend some money to keep them as witnesses, and let the yamen's widow do the autopsy after dawn." A record, coupled with witness statements, the case is closed."
Wang Decai returned to the drug store and told his wife about the matter.
The wife was also very surprised, asking how could such a thing happen? That young master doesn't look like a rapist or robber.
Wang Decai said that you are not Bao Gong, how can you tell that the young man is not the murderer just by looking at him? What's the basis?
What kind of basis does my wife need? I judge people based on my feelings. They are very accurate and I have never missed anything. Just say that that day at the dock, I knew you could take me home with you, so I begged you alone that day.
Wang Decai said that Madam is really powerful, and I also feel that the young man is not the murderer at all. He came to my place and made a deposit, stayed in the inn and waited for the medicine in three days. How could he do such a stupid thing as killing someone? Who would believe that he killed someone because of sexual desire?
The wife said there was something wrong here, the water was deep, and the young man became the scapegoat.
Wang Decai said no, I went there and took a look and I knew something was going on here. When I heard someone calling a young man in brocade clothes a young prince, I knew there was something fishy going on.
"Yes, yes, the wealthy family is as deep as the sea." The wife sighed.
"What a pity, the young master who drowned." Wang Decai said regretfully, "He gave me a deposit of three hundred taels of silver during the day, and the medicinal materials he purchased were worth more than a thousand taels. Before going to bed at night, I told several people in this town A herb gatherer went out to collect medicine at dawn, and he is probably going up the mountain by now."
"Is this a big business? Why didn't you tell me?" the wife asked.
"It goes without saying, didn't you serve tea to others? Didn't you see?" Wang Decai said.
"Who knew people could be so generous?" The wife shook her head.
"This man is going to die, what will happen to this business? I asked others to help me get the medicine, am I going to suffer a big loss?" Wang Decai was in a low mood.
"Then if you revive that man, won't business continue as usual?"
"Ma'am, you're kidding. Those villains forced the man into a big water tank to hold his breath. The young man was completely dead and his body was cold. How could he be saved? Unless the storyteller told me about Taishang Laojun's Yang-Returning Pill." The more Wang Decai talked, the more frustrated he became.
"Haha, if I had one, would you be willing to save people?" My wife said in a joking tone with a smile.
Wang Decai said stop talking, that's a fairy tale. I'm sleepy, so I'd better go to sleep. It will be a while before dawn. Then he blew out the oil lamp on the bedside.
My wife said, don't rush to sleep. This matter can't be delayed. You should first decide whether to save me or not. If you want to save me, you can't sleep yet.
Wang Decai was a little sleepy. He yawned and said vaguely that of course he would be saved. If he was saved, there would be business and money to be made, and everyone would benefit. I am a businessman and open a pharmacy, so why am I afraid of selling medicine? But how to save? Neither you nor I are gods.
After hearing this, the wife got up and lit the oil lamp again, patted shopkeeper Wang on the face and said to get up quickly and go to save people, because it would not work if it was too late.
Wang Decai was slapped in the face and was a little annoyed. When he opened his eyes and saw his wife's serious look, it didn't look like she was joking, and he wondered if she was crazy.
Seeing that shopkeeper Wang was still looking dazed and unconscious, my wife was a little anxious, so she told him that if this thing hadn't happened tonight, he would have gone to have a private meeting with the young master at night. If you don't believe it, go ahead. Ask him personally after saving someone's life! I didn't sleep until I was a kid, listening to the noise on the street in front of the store and no one came.
When Wang Decai heard that he didn't feel sleepy at all, he immediately sat up and glared angrily, "Is this really true?"
Wife said that is still false? You lied to me!
Wang Decai laughed angrily again, thought for a while and asked, "What do you mean?" Don't let others sleep if you don't sleep.
My wife said that I really have a magic pill. If you eat it, you can come back to life. You have to go quickly, otherwise it will be delayed and you will not be able to save it!
Seeing that his wife still had a serious expression, Wang Decai touched her forehead, pinched his own face, got up and got out of bed, went outside and drank half a pot of tea.
When he returned to the inner room, his wife already had a wax-sealed pill in her hand, holding it in one hand for him to see.
Wang Decai stepped forward hurriedly, took the pill in his hand, and looked at it carefully against the oil lamp in front of the bed.
The whole pill was thickly wrapped in a layer of transparent wax oil, and inside were small blue peanut-sized pills.
The small blue pills actually gave off a faint color when facing the light, which made people feel an indescribable fondness in their hearts.
"Where did this thing come from!" Wang Decai's breathing was rapid and his voice was trembling.
"Did I bring it? What's wrong!"
"Why haven't I seen you take it out before? Where do you store it?" Wang Decai raised his voice.
"This thing is so precious, how can you show it to others so easily?" My wife was a little dissatisfied with Shopkeeper Wang's attitude, "I hid it in my waistband!"
A man's head and a woman's waist are parts that cannot be touched casually.
"Can this thing really save the dead?" Wang Decai held the pill with his fingers and turned it carefully against the light, completely confused by the faint blue light.
"Yes, but it must be eaten within three hours after the person dies. After that time, it will be useless." The wife said calmly.
Wang Decai smiled unnaturally when he heard this, and suddenly clenched the pill tightly in his hand, "Do you still have this thing? Where did you get it?"
"It's a joke, I'm not an old hen laying eggs, how can I have so many? I brought this from my parents' home, and it is a dowry I plan to get married. Do you want to save someone? Don't hold it so tightly that it will break the wax seal. , please give me the thing!" The wife lowered her face and became angry.
With a smile on his face, Wang Decai put the pills on the bedside table and walked over to rub his wife's shoulders and legs. "Don't worry, it's still early after three hours. When they called me over, they said they had just drowned."
"Madam, I didn't expect you still have this thing. It's very valuable. Why don't you waste it on that kid?" Wang Decai asked while tapping his wife on the shoulder.
The wife smiled and said calmly that what is valuable or not is valuable only after it is used to save people. Before it is saved, it is just a pill, just a commodity that can be sold for money.
Wang Decai was right, and Madam was absolutely right. Now it is a precious life-saving medicine. So how much is this worth?
The wife sighed and said that it depends on the person it saves. If the life saved is valuable, it is worth money. If the life saved is cheap, it will not be exchanged for much money.
"Worth ten thousand taels of gold?" Wang Decai moved down and began to beat his wife's waist.
"You don't have so much money in the treasury of your county government office." My wife enjoyed Wang Decai's tricks very much. "Stop touching it. There is nothing in your waist, just that one. I told you that this was brought from my mother's family. It's Although you brought me here like a dowry, you agreed at the time that you would get married to a matchmaker, and that it would be a grand event, and I am not a casual person!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Once this matter is over, after the third anniversary of my father's death, it will be a grand event, absolutely unambiguous!" Wang Decai nodded like garlic, thought for a while and then asked cautiously, "You It turns out that when you went to meet this guy, you also wanted to sell this?"
"It's getting late, don't ask, don't beat me, let's try to save people first." The wife listened to the noise outside, and pushed Wang Decai away impatiently.
Wang Decai reluctantly left the bed, put on his clothes for going out, took the pills on the bedside table in his hand, looked at them several times, and then reluctantly put them away on him.
"Don't keep thinking about whether you still have this thing, the opportunity is hard to say. Don't keep thinking about how much money you can exchange for this. Can't you see that the boy is not short of money? Wang Decai, you are not stupid, don't let your good cards go bad. , I'm waiting for news from you at home." The wife was sitting on the bed, her expression becoming a little unpredictable.
"What's the name of this pill?" When Wang Decai stepped out of the inner room, he stopped and turned around to ask.
"Third turn back to Yang Dan!"
"..." Wang Decai was still pausing at the door.
"Don't worry, nobles don't need cheap things! We can't waste this. No nobles other than Duke or above are allowed to use this thing!" The wife yawned and leaned back to sleep.
