Peasant girl's pot color Tianxiang

Chapter 85 Poisoning
Li Ran and Su Bai stayed in the capital for a few more days, packed their bags and prepared to go home by boat.

Early the next morning, Li Ran and the others got into the carriage and walked to the pier.

When we arrived at the pier, people were coming and going, moving and unloading, and it was very lively.

Li Ran and the others got off the carriage and loaded their luggage onto the boat they were going to take.Several people went to the cabin on the ship, put away their luggage, and went to the deck to stand and enjoy the breeze.

Along the banks of the river, there are people coming and going, rolling mountains, and long-flowing rivers.

Not long after the sun had risen, the sun shone brightly on the river, and I suddenly remembered the saying that the river at sunrise is more red than fire.

A boat on the opposite side was unloading, and some guests were disembarking with their luggage.

"Hey, what's the matter with you, you are like a ghost, what should you do if you bump into my wife, do you know who my master is? Be careful and arrest you before an official, huh." The little girl blocked a lady In front of him, he cursed loudly.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry, the little one didn't do it on purpose, Ma'am, please forgive me." The laborer who moved the goods immediately knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy.

Li Ran and Su Bai were a little curious when they heard the voice on the boat over there.

"Go away, it's really bad luck." The little girl got an order to let the porter leave and keep out of the way.

After the person blocking the way left, the lady pretended to comb her hair again, and waited for someone sideways.

Soon, a middle-aged man walked out of the cabin, with a refined appearance and a shrewd look in his eyes. Behind the middle-aged man were several young people in their 20s, all of whom were very similar to this middle-aged man, and they should be with him. Middle-aged men are father and son.

When the lady saw the middle-aged man coming out, she greeted him with a smile on her face, and stood next to the middle-aged man in a gentle and graceful manner, talking something, her gestures were grand and charming.

Soon, the group disembarked from the boat, boarded a carriage and set off for the capital.

On the wooden sign hanging on the eaves of the carriage, there is a big song written on it.

song?A message flashed in Li Ran's mind, and he immediately turned his head to look at Su Bai, only to see that Su Bai's hands were tightly grasped on the side of the boat, his gaze drifted away with the carriage.

"Ah Bai." Li Ran put his hand on Su Bai's, trying to calm him down.

After a long time, Su Bai turned his head to look at Li Ran, and forced a smile, "I'm fine."

"The boat is about to sail, let's go back to the room." Li Ran pulled Su Bai back to the room and let him rest in the room.

Five days later, the boat going upstream arrived at the county seat.

After Li Ran and the others got off the boat, they directly boarded the carriage sent by Xu Ru and headed to the restaurant to have a rest, and they would return to the village tomorrow.

As soon as the carriage arrived outside the restaurant, they saw a large group of people around the entrance of the restaurant, still noisy, and they didn't know what happened.

"Boss, let's go through the back door." The man driving the horse asked Su Bai for advice.

"Detour through the back door." Su Bai replied.

Soon the carriage arrived at the back door, and several people got out of the carriage and went directly to the account room.

"What's going on here?" Su Bai called a mistress and asked.

"Boss, everyone ate well at noon. Suddenly, someone had a stomachache after eating. The abdominal pain was unbearable and foaming at the mouth. Fortunately, there was a medical center next to him. He was rescued in time, and that person saved his life. The doctor said it was caused by eating poisonous mushrooms. Now everyone is making a fuss outside the restaurant?" Xiao Er said tenaciously.

"What did he have for lunch?" Su Bai glanced at the noisy people downstairs with some doubts.

"What I ate was the new hot pot, mushroom soup pot." Xiao Er roughly explained what the man had for lunch.

"All the vegetables are taken from the greenhouse, so there should be no problem." Li Ran was puzzled. Everyone had eaten a lot of mushrooms in the house before, and there were no problems. Why did they have problems today? It's really strange .

Not long after, Xu Ru came in.

"Boss, you all know the matter, right?" Xu Ru exhausted all his efforts to send everyone away, saying that he would give everyone an explanation.

"Understood, have you checked the interior of the restaurant, and found any poisonous mushrooms?" Su Bai thought for a while and asked.

"I searched carefully. No, only Niu Zhong ate poisonous mushrooms in the pot, and there are still a few shredded mushroom crumbs left in the pot." Xu Ru told Su Bai and Li Ran what he had learned so far. , "Niu Zhong said that if he doesn't give an explanation tomorrow, he will report to the official. Niu Zhong is the owner of a grain and rice shop next to the street. He often comes to the restaurant. It is already a face for not reporting to the official immediately."

"In this way, it's not intentional blackmail. Is there a mistake in the village or what happened?" Li Ran thought about various possibilities.

"I have already sent someone to the village to ask. Old Liu said that he picked the mushrooms this morning himself, and there are no such poisonous mushrooms." Xu Ru has already inquired clearly, "It is only possible that they were transported, or It was put in the restaurant."

"Could it be that someone is jealous of our restaurant making so much money and deliberately framed us?" Li Ran thought about all kinds of possibilities, and suddenly felt that she was possessed by Holmes.

Su Bai looked at Li Ran with a look on his face that you are so smart, which instantly made Li Ran feel that he is really smart.

"Maybe we still have traitors here, I'll leave it to you to catch the traitors." Have you ever seen Sherlock Holmes arrest someone himself?

"Okay, you go and rest first, and leave the rest to us." Su Bai gave Li Ran a reassuring smile.

After Li Ran left, Su Bai, Xu Ru and Chen Yun began to study again.

"Boss, I think the girl is right. It is very likely that someone was jealous and sent someone to do it." Chen Yun agreed with Li Ran's words.

"But we sent our own people to transport them along the way. Could it be our own people who put the poisonous mushrooms?" Liu Ming disagreed, "What if Niu Zhong put the poisonous mushrooms by himself and hurt himself?"

"Niu Zhong is very afraid of death." Xu Ru couldn't help rolling his eyes after hearing what this man said.

"Is there anything special after we leave these days?" Su Bai said suddenly.

"A special thing? By the way, the owner of a restaurant and the owner of Jixiang Casino came to our restaurant for dinner more than ten days ago. They still disliked the food in our restaurant and said it was too expensive. Didn’t notice, could it be that they are retaliating?” Xu Ru was a little uncertain, after all, there was no direct conflict, and he couldn’t catch wind and shadows casually.

"Then go check it out first, and wait until it's confirmed. Talk to Niu Zhong in private first, and we'll talk to him about compensation after the truth comes out. He won't suffer in vain." Su Bai Having made a decision, he turned around and said to Chen Yu and Liu Ming, "Go and rest first, and arrange your affairs tomorrow."

After making arrangements, Su Bai went out.

(End of this chapter)