bookcurios Chapter 119 Doubt
Chapter 119 Doubt
The next day, Chu Ci arrived at his own private room early, drank tea, looked at the medical book in his hand, and waited for news from the merchants.
I was reading intently when I heard the sound of flipping pages from the opposite side.
The silver needle in Chu Ci's hand flashed with cold light. Just as she was about to shoot the needle out, she saw Cang Mo sitting calmly opposite her.
Cang Mo leaned lazily on the back of the chair, staring at her curiously up and down, without realizing it, he had already taken the book in his hand.
Chu Ci put the medical book in his hand back on the table with a smile, his eyes shining with bright stars, and looked back directly, "What's wrong? Why are you here?"
Cang Mo picked up Chu Ci's teacup, drank the tea in it, and poured a new cup.
"I wanted to see if my little fox would turn into a butterfly and suddenly fly away."
"There are too many unpredictable things about you, too many secrets."
Chu Ci took out the Buddhist beads from his arms and placed them on the table. "Anything is possible. Perhaps one day, you will touch my bottom line or break my true feelings. Then, I might really disappear without a sound."
Chu Ci said it seriously, and Cang Mo also engraved it deeply in his heart, secretly reminding himself not to touch Chu Ci's bottom line.
"Okay, let's not talk about these things for now. Let's talk about the medicinal materials. How are they now?"
Cang Mo's question brought the originally good atmosphere to a freezing point. Chu Ci suppressed the smile on his face and pondered for a long time. After thinking for a while, he said, "Actually, I think we should be able to recruit them back. After all, they haven't left the city yet."
"It's just that they have sold these herbs after all. If they really don't want to release them, what should we do?"
Chu Ci told the worst side of the matter.
Cang Mo thought for a moment, thinking of the tens of thousands of lives at stake, and said in an unusually firm voice, "First, use courtesy, then force. If that doesn't work, then rob. After all, our people are more important."
Chu Ci actually agreed with Cang Mo's approach. If they didn't want to fight after a good talk, then taking action was also an option.
"Miss, I have something to do."
Chu Ci glanced at the door of the private room and said, "Come in."
The shopkeeper walked up to Chu Ci and bowed slightly, "Miss."
The shopkeeper took out the jade pendant and placed his hands on the table in front of Chu Ci, "Miss, I have already taken care of the matter."
The shopkeeper knelt down in front of Zi Chuci and said, "Miss, this matter is entirely my fault. I am willing to accept the punishment."
Chu Ci sighed in his heart, "Is it going well? Chu Ci wants to feel out the situation. If the shopkeeper is not doing well, then the others will be in trouble too."
The shopkeeper shook his head. "Things haven't gone smoothly. I've spread all the information and manpower around. So many people have been searching for so long before we found a single piece of information."
"I was afraid they would run away, so I took them there directly. Unfortunately, we couldn't reach an agreement. It was only after I showed them your jade pendant that they reluctantly agreed to hand over the herbs."
"When we followed them to get the herbs, they took advantage of our unpreparedness and locked us up in the place where the herbs were stored. If the master hadn't sent someone to follow them, we'd probably still be locked up by them now."
Chu Ci thought about it. Is the jade pendant that symbolizes her status useless?
"My jade pendant doesn't work either?" Chu Ci asked what was on his mind.
Cang Mo's eyes fell on the jade pendant on the table, wanting to see where it came from.
The shopkeeper lowered his head, ashamed, and said, "Master, it was originally useful. We took out the jade pendant and the middleman took us to find it. But when we found the person who bought the medicinal herbs, they locked us up directly."
"Master, I suspect that the person who collected the medicinal herbs is not from our country, or to be more precise, they have nothing to do with this industry."
Chu Ci nodded, she thought so too.
Cang Mo looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously, "Why?"
The shopkeeper stood up, straightened his back, and looked at Prince Rui proudly, "Your Highness, let me be frank. My young lady's jade pendant is equivalent to the seal in the hands of the emperor."
"Of course, although the uses and effects are different, it is still very useful in the medical field."
Chu Ci heard that the shopkeeper's words were inappropriate and shouted, "Shut up, if you can speak, speak, if you can't, shut up."
The shopkeeper quickly knelt down and waited for him to calm down before he realized that what he said was wrong.
The shopkeeper knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he knelt down with his head lowered, glancing at Chu Ci from time to time with a guilty look on his face.
Cang Mo didn't say anything. Although what he said was inappropriate, they were family members and it was said in private. A little lesson would be enough.
"Okay, we're family, so let's keep this private. Just be careful with your words next time."
"Go out." Chu Ci asked the shopkeeper to go out, his face not looking very good.
"He was tricked even though he was holding my jade pendant. It seems there's a lot of water here, and the power behind this is not simple."
Chu Ci looked at Cang Mo beside him, and Cang Mo nodded in agreement. He had guessed this matter.
The two chatted about this issue for a long time.
It was not until the afternoon, when it was almost dark, that the remaining medicinal herb merchants finally arrived.
When Chu Ci saw the dejected looks on their faces, he knew that they had all failed.
This was also within her expectations.
They stood up one by one, lowering their heads. "Miss Chu, we didn't ask for the herbs back. They ignored us. We even asked for a higher price, but they refused."
They sounded pitiful, but when they saw Cang Mo sitting next to them, they were so scared that they trembled all over, knelt down, and could not speak clearly.
Could it be that this was really King Rui's intention? If they haven't accomplished their task now, will King Rui let them go?
Although they have some spare money, as the people should not fight against the officials, how can they get away with it? If they are not careful, they may be kicked out of the house with nothing. Then wouldn't all their years of fun be in vain?
Chu Ci ignored them completely, and it was time for them to suffer a little. They couldn't tell who was in front of their family, country, and the world, so she wouldn't care.
Cang Mo looked at Chu Ci, "So what should we do next?"
Chu Ci's eyes were still looking towards the door. "You don't really think I'm counting on this bunch of losers, do you? I'm just testing the waters. What follows is the final result. Wait, it should be here soon."
Chu Ci's voice was very calm, without any sign of anxiety, which also gave Cang Mo some hope.
Not long after Chu Ci finished speaking, the door of the private room was pushed open again, "Princess, Princess, it's done."
Lin Feng shouted happily, opened the door and ran in, repeating happily, "Princess, it's done."
After saying this, Lin Feng saw Cang Mo still sitting there, and hurriedly greeted him, "Your Highness, the matter has been completed. The issue of the medicinal materials has been perfectly resolved."