Amid the hustle and bustle of the crowd, May passed in a flash.
Now is the time to pick apricots and peaches.
This time, Yingbao didn't have to worry about it. The second cousin invited a few friends to start working.
The Jiang family and the villagers had already picked the mushrooms once and are now planting them again.
Some villagers even sold their excess mushroom strains to the villagers in Xicun.
As a result, several more families from Xicun lived in the south slope, including Chen Laoshuan's family.
That’s right, Chen Laoshuan seemed to have figured it out after the flood, and spent a lot of money to hire someone to build five large tiled houses on the south slope.
The house was built on the land of the youngest son Chen Changhai.
The house had just been built and the plaster hadn't even dried yet when Mr. and Mrs. Chen Laoshuan brought Xu Bao, Chen Zhao and Chen Tiantian to live in it.
So, when Yingbao went out to dig herbs, she often saw Chen Zhao and Chen Tiantian bringing their younger brother Xubao to Dongchen Village to play. Sometimes they would run to the martial arts training ground and stay there for half a day.
Yingbao was puzzled and didn't understand why the two of them were so idle. Could it be that they were not going to the pharmacy to be apprentices
What's even more outrageous is that these two took Xu Bao to their own orchard and asked Jiang Quan for apricots and peaches, and the second cousin actually gave them some.
Yingbao originally wanted to warn her second cousin, but then she thought better of it.
She wanted to see what they were trying to do by circling around her house.
But before she could figure it out, a large group of guards suddenly came to the village, led by none other than Xiao Mo.
Also arriving with him was the county lieutenant Cao Shen.
"Where is the village chief of Dongchen Village?" Cao Shen rode on his horse, looking down at the villagers who were watching the fun.
Jiang Sanlang happened to be at home, and he ran out immediately after hearing the message.
He saw Cao Shen and hurried forward to salute: "Jiang Sanlang, the village chief of Dongchen Village, greets Mr. Cao."
Cao Shen raised his chin and said, "A villager named Chen from your village sold poison to poison the nobleman. Did you know that?"
Jiang Sanlang was stunned, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "A villager named Chen is selling poison? Who is it? Please tell me, Mr. Cao."
Cao Shen snorted, turned his head and said, "Come and tell him!"
A man came out from among the soldiers. He was the servant named Aqiu.
He bowed to Cao Shen, and then said to Jiang Sanlang, "Two months ago, my master paid a high price to buy more than ten kilograms of mushrooms from the Chen clan leader's family. Who knew they had ulterior motives and actually sold poisonous mushrooms to us."
"The clan leader sold mushrooms to you?" Jiang Sanlang didn't believe it at all: "How is that possible?"
All the mushrooms in their village were sold to the Fu Ruifeng Trading Company where Manager Zhou worked, including some of the Jiang family's golden ears.
Where did this person buy the mushrooms from? Could he be trying to cheat me
"How is that impossible? It was Clan Leader Chen's daughter-in-law who sold it to us."
A Qiu said confidently: "If you don't believe me, call them over and we'll confront them face to face."
Jiang Sanlang frowned and told a villager to call Patriarch Chen and his daughter-in-law over.
Not long after, Clan Leader Chen came running over, followed by Chen Zhu and his wife, Shao.
"Sanlang, what happened?" When Patriarch Chen heard someone say that his daughter-in-law was selling poisonous mushrooms to others, he was shocked and ran over quickly.
Chen Zhu was worried about his father, so he and his wife followed him.
Jiang Sanlang: "This person said that your daughter-in-law sells poisonous mushrooms."
"How is that possible?" Patriarch Chen glanced at Shao and shook his head. "My daughter-in-law is a decent person. When did she sell poisonous mushrooms? Qiu, you can't make random accusations."
Ah Qiu was anxious: "Patriarch Chen, I swear to heaven, it was your daughter-in-law. When our carriage passed by your house that day, your second daughter-in-law Han stopped us and said that she had mushrooms and wanted to sell them to my son."
Patriarch Chen was stunned.
Han! It's Han again!
He was almost pissed off by that stupid thing.
Cao Shen said, "Patriarch Chen, please hand the person over quickly so that we can complete the mission as soon as possible."
Patriarch Chen's hands were shaking, and he turned to his youngest son and said, "Go and call your second sister-in-law."
I can't let the whole family be affected by Han.
Just as Chen Zhu was about to run to call for help, he heard Xiao Mo say, "Since the evidence is irrefutable, there is no need to delay any longer. Officer Cao can send someone to arrest them all."
Cao Shen: …
Looking around, County Lieutenant Cao ordered the county soldiers he brought with him: "Let that man lead the way, arrest the criminal and his family, and make sure not to let any of them escape!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen county soldiers immediately followed Chen Zhu and ran down the mountain.
Jiang Sanlang looked solemn and wanted to ask Patriarch Chen what was going on, but he held back.
When he heard that his family members were also arrested, the Chen clan leader was stunned and quickly complained: "Sir, everyone is responsible for their own actions. It has nothing to do with the other members of the Chen family."
Chen Fu couldn't figure out what had happened that caused Xiao Mo from the capital city to come and arrest people in person, and he also arrested the entire family.
Xiao Mo ignored him and turned to Jiang Sanlang and said, "I am here not only to catch the criminal, but also to ask Jiang Cunzheng for help."
Jiang Sanlang felt his scalp tingling, "Commander Xiao, you are too polite. I don't care whether I can help you or not. Just tell me if you have anything to ask."
Xiao Mo: "I have been ordered by my superiors to find a child who knows medical skills. I see that your Yingbao is a good doctor, so I want to tell you that I will bring her to the capital tomorrow to treat you."
"No! My daughter is only a few years old. How can she treat people? Please be clear about this, Mr. Xiao." Jiang Sanlang bowed to Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo did not comment, but just glanced quietly at Jiang Sanlang and everyone else.
Soon, the families of the eldest son and the second son of Patriarch Chen were brought in, and even Chen Boyuan, who had difficulty walking, was carried over.
Ah Qiu pointed at Han Miao Niang and said to the county lieutenant Cao Shen: "She was the one who sold poisonous mushrooms to us."
Han Miaoniang was terrified and screamed, "I don't have any. What poisonous mushroom? That's the golden ear we grow at home. How can it be a poisonous mushroom?"
Cao Shen sneered and waved his hand: "Take them to the prison car!"
The soldiers gathered around and revealed two large prison carts pulled by two horses.
Amid the screams of Patriarch Chen and his family, the soldiers lifted them up one by one and stuffed them into the prison van.
The villagers started to riot, and some shouted, "Why are you arresting people?"
"Let them out!"
"What crime have they committed? Do you want to arrest them all?"
After all, Patriarch Chen is the pillar of the family and the face of the Chen family. Once the patriarch is arrested, their Chen family will lose their reputation. How can they hold their heads up in front of outsiders
Seeing this, Xiao Mo signaled to Cao Shen: "Release the Chen clan leader and his wife, and bring the rest of the people back to the county government for trial."
Then Patriarch Chen and his old wife were dragged out of the prison van and thrown aside.
"Dad! Dad! Save me! Save me!" Han Miaoniang was so scared that her face turned pale and she kept shouting.
Now she was more frightened than anyone else, because she knew that there must be something wrong with her golden ears, which made the noble man sick.
Perhaps the nobleman had been eaten to death, so these people came to capture her family.
But she really didn't know that thing could kill people. If she knew, even if she was given one thousand taels of silver, she would not dare to sell it to others.
Han Miaoniang grabbed the wooden fence and shouted: "It's all the Jiang family's fault. The bacteria they gave my family were problematic, so that's why it happened. I am innocent! Sir! We are innocent! If you want to arrest someone, just arrest the Jiang family..."