Chapter 172 Charcoal Poison
Bai Fu came back from the alcohol workshop, and before he entered the door, he heard a heart-piercing cry of a baby.

She entered the yard suspiciously, saw Xiao Liang and Xiao Si were at a loss around a basket, saw Bai Fu coming back, and the two of them came running as if they had been pardoned.

"Xiaobai Xiaobai, we found a basket, and there was a baby in the basket that was about to freeze to death."

Bai Fu was startled, and stepped forward to check.

It was a baby girl, who seemed to have been born not long ago, her wrinkled face was bruised and purple from the cold.

Bai Fu didn't have time to think about it, and carried the child into his own room. After a lot of tossing, the child finally stopped crying.

Xiao Si brought in the goat milk cooked by Aunt Le, and Bai Fu fed it to the child bit by bit. After the child fell asleep, she asked Xiao Si how Xiao Liang picked up the child.

The child was not picked up elsewhere, it was just next to a rock at the foot of the mountain, where people don't often go there, Xiaosi and Xiaoliang wanted to see if they had caught anything in the trap they set today on a whim, and accidentally found the child as they passed by.

It was freezing cold, and the child was wearing thin clothes. If Xiao Si and Xiao Liang hadn't noticed it today, the child would not survive tonight.

When Bai Fu checked her body, he found a charm with red letters and yellow background on her body. Bai Fu didn't understand it, so he took it to Aunt Le.

Aunt Le knew what it was just by looking at it.

"Young Master," Aunt Le said, "This is a spell to prevent a baby girl from being reincarnated in my own family."

Bai Fu knew that men were favored over women in ancient times, but she never thought of the degree of patriarchy.

Bai Fu didn't say much, but asked Aunt Le to go to the village's newborn family to ask if there was any extra milk.

"Young master, I'm afraid this is not good."

Aunt Le hesitated to speak several times, but finally said, "If people know that you have adopted this child, I am afraid that more children will be secretly sent."

Bai Fu fell silent.

It is indeed possible.

But she couldn't ignore it either.

"Understood." Bai Fu said, "Aunt Le, you should go to the village and ask."

When everyone came back in the evening, they all knew that Bai Fu had adopted a baby girl and named him Fuwa. Because he didn't know as much as Aunt Le, everyone didn't say much.

Yu Wen held the child and shook it gently, "My lord, this child is quite obedient, let me have a look at it tonight."

Bai Fu nodded.

The language character is indeed the most suitable for raising children.

"Then it's hard work for you. During the day, I will ask a villager to help take care of it."

Xiaosi and Xiaoliang kept walking around Fuwa, because the two of them picked up the child, and they felt that it was very unusual. When they heard that Bai Fu was going to adopt the child, they were the two who were the happiest.

In the evening, Mr. Fei brought a female doctor here after hearing what Xiaosi said.

After the doctor's examination, the doctor said that the child was fine, but he had a cold, but the child was too young to prescribe medicine, so he could only observe and take care of it carefully.

After sending the doctor away, Mr. Fei proposed that he take the child back and ask someone to take care of it. After all, bringing Fuwa back is a small idea, and a little girl like Bai Fu cannot be allowed to bear the consequences.

Knowing that the other party was kind, Bai Fu refused without hesitation:
"It's okay, there are many women here, it's convenient to take care of the child, and I like this child quite a lot."

As soon as the words fell, Fuwa, who was still asleep just now, suddenly burst into tears. Bai Fu hurriedly picked her up and turned her around slowly, gently coaxing her, and soon Fuwa fell asleep again sweetly.

Bai Fu heaved a sigh of relief, stuck out his tongue, turned his head and whispered to Mr. Fei:
"Don't worry about it, I can handle it."

Mr. Fei thought for a while, didn't say anything more, and took Xiaosi back first.

"Daddy"

Xiao Si didn't want to leave, and was led by Mr. Fei every step and turned her head three times, with aggrieved expression on her small face:
"Will Xiaobai only like Fuwa in the future and not me?"

Mr. Fei said helplessly: "No, Xiaobai is not that kind of person."

Xiao Si didn't believe it.

"But Xiaobai won't let me sleep with her to take care of Fuwa. I'm so sad."

"Didn't the doctor tell you?" Mr. Fei said, "Fuwa is sick, and you need to observe carefully for a few days. Xiaobai will be very hard. You have to be sympathetic to Xiaobai."

"Oh fine"

Sure enough, the next day, Fuwa started to have a fever, and the person who helped take care of the child had not been found, so Bai Fu had to toss the child at home with Aunt Le.

After several days of tossing, Fuwa recovered and the babysitters were in place. On this day, Bai Fu got up early in the morning to go to the state capital, but was suddenly called by someone sent by Yunqi.

"Master Bai, it's not good, the black gem has killed someone!"

Black Gem's buddy, A Bu, ran over in a panic and yelled this sentence as soon as he entered the yard.

As soon as Bai Fu walked to the door, he followed A Bu into the carriage without saying a word. When he passed the workshop, he called Xiao Si'er and urged the horse to run towards the town.

"boy"

Xiao Si'er was nervous when he heard the reason.

"It's been fine for a while, why is there such a big accident all of a sudden?" he asked.

Nowadays, most of the coal workshops are village people, and Xiao Si is familiar with them, so Bai Fu put Xiao Si'er in charge of supervising the work, and he is naturally nervous if something he is in charge of kills someone.

"Don't rush"

Bai Fu held Xiao Si'er steady:
"A Bu came in a hurry and didn't understand some things. I called you because I have other things to do."

When the carriage stopped, Bai Fu had just finished explaining to Xiao Si'er. Hearing A Bu's call, he immediately got up and opened the curtain and walked out.

Xiao Si'er didn't get out of the car, but turned around in the carriage and went in another direction.

Bai Fu stood still and took a look. This is a commercial street in the Eastern District. At this moment, in front of a high-end bookstore not far in front, there are people standing around and watching, whispering and chatting lively.

"I said earlier that this briquette is not safe."

"I heard that Black Gem insisted that all guests sign a booklet, and said that they would not be responsible for any accidents if they did not follow the instructions."

"Black conscience, if you know something will happen and sell it, isn't it a disaster?"

"Xu, keep your voice down, I heard that Black Gem bribed Zhizhou, and now Master Zhizhou is turning a blind eye to them."

"If you don't understand, don't be careless there. People who use firewood can be poisoned, and I haven't seen anyone who doesn't use it. The black gem guy said that it's called preventing trouble before it happens."

"It's up to you to believe this. It's better for any seller not to talk about his own goods. As long as he can fool people, he can say the irony."

"Why hasn't the doctor come out yet, has he been rescued or not?"

The crowd was chattering, and they didn't mean to disperse, but they gathered more and more.

Bai Fu didn't move, just looked left and right for a while, and saw Yun Qi leading people coming from another alley, winked at her, turned and entered a teahouse.

Bai Fu raised his heels and walked over.

The side room on the second floor of the teahouse is next to the window, and you can clearly see the situation at the bookstore diagonally opposite.

"What did you find out?" Bai Fu asked as soon as he sat down.

Looking at Yunqi's posture, it didn't look like his eyebrows were burned by fire, which meant that the matter was not as serious as Abu shouted.

She asked A Bu on the way, but A Bu didn't know anything about it. He only said that when the door opened early in the morning, someone yelled at the door of the shop that someone killed him.

His side was still in the fog, so the second shopkeeper asked him to go to Xiaoxi Village to invite Mr. Bai, and he came to pick him up in a daze, shouting such a sentence.

Yunqi pointed to the accident site surrounded by crowds.

"I've inquired. It's the four guys in this bookstore. They slept in a room last night. The shopkeeper came over in the morning and found that the store hadn't opened yet. When I went in, I found that they were unconscious. They were all rescued just now, but the doctor checked. There is no reason, only that it may be charcoal poisoning."

Charcoal?

Hearing that everyone had been rescued, Bai Fu just felt relieved, but he was not calm when he heard that it was charcoal poisoning.

The charcoal poisoning mentioned in ancient times is the modern carbon monoxide poisoning.

This is also a very serious accident in modern times. Before selling briquettes, Bai Fu was not less worried about this, and specially asked the shop staff to do a lot of preventive publicity work.

"Didn't it be emphasized to every guest that coal cannot be used in an unventilated environment? Did they not listen to it or did they not follow it?"

"It's unclear"

Yunqi shook his head solemnly, "But according to your request, in addition to the verbal instructions from the shop assistants, a leaflet explaining how to use it was also distributed in the shop, and everyone has a copy."

"That means you didn't follow through?"

Before Yunqi could answer, Bai Fu shook his head again.

"If you don't do it, you won't be able to"

The roof of ancient houses is a tile structure, and the airtightness is not high.

The windows are also covered with oil paper. Even if the outside is separated by wooden boards, the airtightness is not good. If there is enough air in the house, the coal will not burn insufficiently to produce carbon monoxide, which is harmful to the human body.

So, it is not easy to think about coal poisoning.

The reason why we vigorously promote prevention is just to worry about what happens.

She had inquired that there were tragedies of charcoal poisoning in ancient times, and most of them happened in wealthy families who were willing to use a lot of carbon and had well-built houses.

Originally, her briquettes could only be sold to ordinary people, so there was no need to worry about this. However, this long winter has changed the target customer group of briquettes.

I didn't expect to do it for this sake, but it was just in case.

Bai Fu glanced at the signboard of the bookstore——
Yuande Bookstore.

Judging from the scale and decoration, it should be one of the best large bookstores in the town. I don't know what's going on inside, but judging from the exquisite appearance, it's not certain that the room inside is really well sealed.

but--
"Is the treatment in this shop good? Can the guy use our briquettes?" She asked thoughtfully.

Honeycomb briquettes were tight before, and even Qin Shisan and Mr. Fei had to save coal when they bought it. How generous is the owner of this shop?

"This shop is run by the Huang family, so there is no shortage of money." Yunqi said, "I don't know what the guy is, so I'll ask someone to check."

The Huang family?

Bai Fu's heart skipped a beat. She nodded calmly and asked Yunqi to arrange for someone to investigate.

Bai Fu looked out of the window, more and more people gathered at the door of the shop, and the discussion became more and more intense. According to this trend, it might spread throughout Bailu Town before dark.

Another teahouse on the second floor.

Aunt Yu turned her gaze away from the crowd, thought for a moment and asked the shopkeeper of her shop opposite, "Is coal really poisonous?"

These days, her people often go to Hei Gemstone, and now many people know that the coal of her Guo family and the coal of Hei Gemstone come from the same mine.

She was about to ask the shopkeeper to go to various wrought iron kilns and porcelain kilns to find out what happened, and it was really sad that something like this happened at a critical moment.

The shopkeeper shook his head.

“Small and not sure”

Paused, "However, this is not the case with the coal we supply to kilns and shops."

The woman in charge stepped forward and tentatively said:
"Ma'am, didn't you say in the workshop last time that the briquettes were mixed with other things, could it be that the mixed things are poisonous?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo and the shopkeeper showed some understanding, and they looked at each other thoughtfully.

It is inevitable that the colleagues are more curious. Seeing that the briquette of the black gemstone is selling well, the Guo family also went around to buy some back, wanting to see what kind of good method it is.

After all, the Guo family has been running a coal shop for many years. The master in the workshop knew that the coal was impure, and other materials were added. The master guessed that there were at least wood chips and soil, and the rest could not be seen. He only said that there were at least two or three coals. Sample.

It's perfectly normal to mix something into the coal to help it shape.

It’s just that the recipes are different. Guojiapu’s briquettes are made of coal powder, yellow clay and water. In recent years, because of the poor business, the content of their yellow clay is getting higher and higher.
Could it be that Detian Pavilion added bad things to save coal?

Madam Guo turned the corner.

"This unscrupulous Detian Pavilion is trying to ruin the reputation of my Guo family and He family!"

Since the doctor entered, the door of Yuande Bookshop was closed, and the crowd entertained themselves for a long time, but seeing that no one came out to give an explanation, they slowly dispersed to do their own business.

When the crowd at the door of the bookstore dispersed and the inquiring staff hadn't returned yet, Yunqi decided to go back to the shop first when he learned that Xiao Si'er had already gone to Black Gemstone to check the records.

Bai Fu sat for a while, took a look that the sky was still bright, gave up the idea of ​​sneaking in to inquire, got up and walked out slowly.

The door on this side just opened, and the door next to it creaked.

Bai Fu looked over subconsciously, and unexpectedly met the eyes of a smiling middle-aged man.

It was an unfamiliar face, but she couldn't keep a straight face when others smiled at her, Bai Fu smiled politely and nodded, and was about to look away and take a step forward.

"Mr. Bai, my master would like to treat you to a cup of tea. I wonder if I can honor him?"

The man said suddenly.

Bai Fu paused, received half of his gaze and cast it there again, paused for a while, then raised his foot and walked towards the man.

Seeing that Bai Fu agreed so easily, the middle-aged man seemed a little surprised, he was slightly taken aback before retreating to the door and gesturing to invite him.

Bai Fu turned sideways slightly, raised his foot and entered the wing room.

This wing room is next to her wing room, with a similar layout, and the seat by the window must also be able to see Yuande Bookstore.

At the moment, the rich old man sitting on that seat was drinking tea, with the usual gentle and shrewd look of a businessman on his face, seeing Bai Fu enter the room, he put down his teacup with a smile.

"Master Bai is indeed a neat person, please sit down."

Bai Fu didn't move his feet, just arched his hands politely:
"I don't know the name of this master? What advice can I give to guard the boy here?"

Although the shops related to her are very famous in Bailu Town now, Bai Fu doesn't think her face is highly recognizable in Bailu Town. After all, she doesn't usually meet people outside.

Just now, the entourage of this master recognized him at a glance and called out his name, so he must have been guarding him all the time.

Guarding him here at this time is somewhat related to today's events, thinking like this, Bai Fu stopped talking just now.

Bai Fu has a straight temper, and the most annoying thing is to go around and hide, and he doesn't bother to guess, whether it's an enemy or a friend, he always wants to meet.

The rich man smiled again.

"Miangui's surname is Cheng. I didn't come here to guard you. I just happened to know something and happened to meet him, so I wanted to talk to my little brother."

How can there be so many coincidences in the world.

"You speak, all ears."

Bai Fu only said something politely, but still didn't intend to go over and sit down.

Master Cheng didn't force himself, leisurely poured himself another cup of tea, took a sip in a leisurely manner before opening his mouth.

"If I say this is a bureau set up by the Huang family, will Mr. Bai believe it?"

Bai Fu smiled lightly.

"The Huang family set up a bureau in their own shop. I don't think Mr. Huang is so stupid. Does Mr. Cheng have evidence?"

"If there is evidence, what does Mr. Bai plan to do?"

"Then we have to look at the evidence to know."

Master Cheng laughed, and interest flashed in his eyes.

"I said, why is this Huang Er so shameless and shameless looking for you to marry him? You are a young man who is really extraordinary."

Bai Fu heard something --
"It seems that the relationship between you and the Huang family is not good, so I can't listen to your one-sided words, and since Master Cheng can find out, my people are not vegetarians, so Bai Fu will leave."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, a hand was stretched out to stop him, and Bai Fu stood still.

"What does that mean?"

She squinted at the owner of that hand, but the attendant just smiled, indicating that Master Cheng had something to say.

"Young people are still a little impatient."

Master Cheng's unhurried voice came from behind, "I'm afraid you really can't find out about this matter."

Bai Fu didn't answer.

Master Cheng didn't need anyone to answer the conversation, so he said to himself:

"Let's be honest, all the firewood shops in the town are run by my family. It's a good thing for me that something happened to your coal shop."

Oh, it turned out to be a competition.

Bai Fu turned around and chuckled, "So you are the most suspicious."

Master Cheng made an expression that I feel helpless as a master.

"So I want to make it clear to you first, and get rid of the relationship, lest Mr. Bai will make more detours and cause me more trouble."

Bai Fu raised his eyebrows.

This Mr. Cheng is really a person, and he can't tell the truth from his demeanor, so he asked:
"Then how do you plan to separate the relationship?"

"Young man, let me give you some hints."

Master Cheng got up and walked over, and gave Bai Fu a good look, "The Huang family wanted to recruit you as their son-in-law, but unfortunately you refused, and you have never shown up, so the Huang family came up with such a bad move to force you to show up."

Bai Fu listened quietly, unable to tell whether he believed it or not.

But my heart began to complain.

When Yunqi said that the bookshop was run by Huang's family, she had faint doubts in her heart, and she also guessed about what Master Cheng said.

But judging from the Huang family's routine during this period, the Huang family didn't want to really annoy him——
What they do are all innocuous things, and the people of the Huang family are very measured in doing things, and those things are not boring.

This is also the main reason why he tolerated the continued tossing of the Huang family.

Thinking of them tossing for a while, knowing that she really didn't intend to change her mind, she naturally gave up.

But now.
Could it be that the Huang family lost their patience and decided to change their strategy, wanting to kill her spirit?

Let her see what it means to have arms that can't beat thighs?
Oh, maybe in the eyes of the Huang family, she doesn't even count her arms now.

A finger at most.

"You mean, the Huang family plans to form an enmity because they can't get married?" Bai Fu asked again.

The young man with a young face didn't have the slightest emotion when he said this, but instead had a look of helplessness after knowing the other party's motives.

Other than that, there was no expected anger, annoyance, or even a hint of anger.

Young people nowadays are so calm?

This kid is interesting.

Master Cheng smiled.

"It doesn't have to be for the sake of enmity, and it doesn't necessarily mean that we won't be able to make a relationship. Master Huang Er has a good plan, so you just have to be careful."

Bai Fu was confused by his smile and words.

These ancients, what words can't be explained in one sentence?
Don't make it look like a riddle.

It doesn't have to be for the sake of enmity, and it doesn't necessarily mean that they can't be married. It means that it is possible to form enmity, but they can still get married.

Bai Fu suddenly became curious, what kind of enmity is this that can facilitate the marriage?
But this time, Master Cheng didn't seem to want to explain clearly to her in one go, or he was just guessing and couldn't explain clearly?

"Let's ask."

Bai Fu pondered for a moment and asked, "What good will it do you if you expose the Huang family's situation?"

Wouldn't it be better to just sit around and watch a play?
The Huang family won, and Master Cheng lost a competitor.

The Huang family lost, Master Cheng could watch a joke.

From Master Chen's tone just now, it didn't seem like he had any great hatred for the Huang family, at most it was a little distasteful, so he wouldn't help her, a competitor, to offend the Huang family just because he disliked it?

Even a businessman would not do such an unpleasant thing.

No matter how you look at it, Master Cheng is not such a fool.

"Originally, there was no special benefit other than gambling, but now there is." Master Cheng smiled meaningfully, and patted Bai Fu on the shoulder:

"Unfortunately, master, I also have a granddaughter to marry. Mr. Bai is a good-looking talent and can do business. He is a malleable talent. He will definitely not agree to the request of the son-in-law of the Huang family. My granddaughter is different. She is willing to marry to your Bai family. how?"

Bai Fu: "."

It is true that one wave is not flat, and another wave rises again.

(End of this chapter)

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