The items stolen this time were not many in number, but they were very valuable.
Especially the 4,000-year-old ginseng, which is hard to come by. It is said that the ginseng in the imperial palace is only 3,000 years old.
The key point is that the Xu family also has its own defense system, but there was no reaction. Maybe everyone knows that the Xu family is from Yaowang Valley, and who would steal their medicine for no reason? Even if they stole it, they would not use it, wasting the medicinal materials in vain. The most important thing is that Xu Dong is good at using poison.
Before daybreak, Xu Dong discovered that his family pharmacy had been robbed, and he went to the prefect to report the case early in the morning.
Qian Lin was woken up from his bed by his men. Before he sobered up, he learned that Xu Dong's pharmacy had been robbed.
Qian Lin was shocked. You know, that was the Xu family from Medicine King Valley. Three generations of the Xu family had been from Medicine King Valley. They had superb medical skills and there were countless rare medicinal herbs at home. Sometimes even the royal family had to look to them for medicine.
How come it was stolen suddenly
Qian Lin took people to the Xu family to check in person. The situation was somewhat similar to that of the Su family, but not entirely similar. The similarity was that no traces were left, but the difference was that the pharmacy was at least not empty.
No common herbs were lost, only the precious ones.
Qian Lin immediately ordered his men to investigate, saying that they would dig the entire city three feet deep to find the lost herbs.
Xu Dong is also investigating, but to no avail.
On the contrary, Lu Yunzheng, who returned to the inn, was a little surprised.
"Qiao'er, we only took the iceberg snow lotus and the thousand-year-old ginseng. We didn't touch the other things. How can we say that the precious medicinal materials were lost?"
As I said before, as long as there is no solid evidence, Liu Qiaoer has only one thing to say: I don’t know.
"No one can predict this kind of thing. Maybe there are people behind us, or maybe they are their own people, or maybe old guy Xu Dong is taking the opportunity to blackmail the prefect."
Lu Yunzheng was a little confused: "What do you mean by that?"
Liu Qiaoer smiled and told him a story: "Let me tell you this. There was a bank in the past. The owner of the bank loved money and embezzled a lot of silver. One day, the silver transported by the bank was robbed."
"Originally, a cart of silver was worth at most 50,000 taels of silver, and there were four carts in total, which meant a total of 200,000 taels. The robbers were not many in number, so they only robbed one cart. But in the end, the bank owner insisted that the robbers robbed three carts."
"Guess what? Apart from the one taken by the robbers, the shopkeeper embezzled one for himself, and the rest was distributed to the people who were escorting the goods. Therefore, the government received three silver carts, about 150,000 silver carts."
Lu Yunzheng was such a smart man that he understood immediately: "You mean Xu Dong might have taken some precious medicinal herbs himself, and didn't want the people in Medicine King Valley to know, so he took the opportunity to put the blame on the thief."
Liu Qiaoer nodded quickly, "Smart. This is also the reason why the emperor was furious in your father's case. He extorted money from the emperor layer by layer until he got to Lord Lu. He didn't see any money at all. All the money was confiscated by the higher authorities."
Lu Yunzheng snorted coldly: "They are all rats."
As they were talking, Qi Ze hurried up to report: "Sir, Lord Qian sent some people to a small alley in the south city, and our people are following them."
Liu Qiaoer stood up with a whoosh, her eyes bright with excitement: "He finally moved."
Then Xia Ying also ran over in a hurry: "Sir, the police brought people to search the room, saying that they were looking for some medicinal herbs..."
The things that Liu Qiaoer stole were all in the space, so they naturally couldn't find them. However, Lu Yunzheng's snow lotus and ginseng were there, and if someone searched, he would have no place to hide them.
The most important thing is that the iceberg snow lotus exudes a faint fragrance, and the Xu family came to look for it with their dog.
Liu Qiaoer looked at Lu Yunzheng nervously: "What should we do? How about you hide in the carriage first, and I will lead the people away?"
Lu Yunzheng would never let Liu Qiaoer do such a dangerous thing, so he handed the things to Liu Qiaoer and said firmly: "I will lead them away, you quickly find a place to hide."
That's right, Liu Qiaoer would definitely hide in a place where no one can find her.
Lu Yunzheng and Qi Ze went out, and Xia Ying was anxiously wandering around: "This is still a glass bottle, where is it hidden..."
Unexpectedly, Liu Qiaoer went into the inner room and took a look around, and the things disappeared.
Xia Ying was shocked: "Where did you put the things?"
Liu Qiaoer nimbly turned in front of her and said, "Guess."
Xia Ying searched her body and went around the inner room, looking everywhere she could, but she was really gone.
At this time, there was chaos downstairs of the inn.
The inn was occupied by scholars who had gone to take the imperial examinations. Some rooms were empty, while some were occupied by their servants and other men.
The government brought people to search the inn, and it was difficult for the innkeeper to explain. Moreover, they encountered servants from wealthy families, who were more arrogant than their masters. They pushed and fought each other, and the situation was chaotic for a while.
Who knows, there may be exceptions.
The Xu family also came along, and saw a servant leading a dog and rushing into Liu Qiaoer's room.
The wolfhound entered the house frantically and went straight into the inner room.
Xia Ying was so frightened that she screamed, "Dog, how come this dog is so big?"
Liu Qiaoer was also afraid of dogs. Seeing the dog being so rude and the person holding the dog being very arrogant, she suddenly threw a pill into the dog's mouth.
In the blink of an eye, the big wolf dog collapsed to the ground with foam coming out of the mouth.
The man holding the dog pointed at Liu Qiao'er angrily and asked, "What did you feed it?"
Liu Qiaoer wiped her hands calmly with a towel and said, "I poisoned it. I heard that the people in your Medicine King Valley are very powerful and can cure any poison. If it can't be cured within an hour, it will die."
This dog has been raised for seven or eight years. Even without any family affection, it has feelings for the dog. The servants of the Xu family were so angry that their faces turned pale.
"You, you are the one who stole the medicinal herbs from our house. Come, arrest her for me."
Liu Qiao'er held a bottle in her hand and looked at him with a smile: "You said I stole the medicinal materials from your house? Do you have any evidence? Words are not enough. Do you also want to taste this poison?"
"You, who are you?" Seeing the miserable state of the dog, the servant of the Xu family took two steps back.
Liu Qiaoer was annoyed and said with a stern face, "Who do you care who I am? Even if the government is investigating a case, they still need evidence. You just barged into my room with a dog for no reason. I'm just teaching you a small lesson. It's just a dog, but you dare to bite and bark everywhere. You are really lawless."
The poisoned dog ate twice more. The servants of the Xu family did not expect to meet such a tough guy and were still refusing to give in.
The officer came and was very respectful when he saw it was Liu Qiaoer.
"So they disturbed the Gu family's wife. They were unruly, but we can't blame them. The iceberg snow lotus that the Xu family lost was originally intended to be used to make medicine for the emperor. If the medicine cannot be made on time, not only the Xu family, but also the Medicine King Valley will be implicated."
Liu Qiaoer snorted coldly, "What does the life and death of Medicine King Valley have to do with me? He barged in with a beast in his hand. Is this the rule of Medicine King Valley? He relies on his medical skills to save the world and heal the wounded, but instead acts tyrannically. Humph, this Medicine King Valley is nothing special."