Quick travel to save a miserable life

Although he couldn't stew sea cucumbers for Master Lin today, Li Gu couldn't help but mention the matter to Master Lin first at the dinner table.

Li Gu picked up a piece of braised lamb that Mr. Lin loved to eat with serving chopsticks, and put it on Mr. Lin's plate: "Dad, you've been working so hard, please eat more!"

Although Mr. Lin was surprised by his son-in-law's sudden concern, he accepted it calmly, "Well, Zijian, you should also eat more. I see that you have lost a lot of weight recently. This lamb meat is very nutritious. You young people can use it very much." It’s appropriate!”

Zijian is Li Gu's cousin, and was given by Mr. Lin when Li Gu was crowned this spring.

Since Li Gu did not enter school and did not officially become a disciple, it was appropriate for his father-in-law to pick up his cousin's name. It's just that the family doesn't use it much on weekdays. It's mostly used when walking around and interacting with literati. At home, only Mr. Lin would call him this. Lin Hui called him Li Lang before getting married, and husband after getting married.

Then Mr. Lin called to Lin Hui again: "Hui Hui, come and try this big braised carp. This fish weighs 3 pounds and tastes just right. I asked the store to send it back specially."

The store Mr. Lin was talking about was Fuyuanju, a restaurant owned by the Lin family. As usual, any good ingredients would be sent to the house for the father and daughter to enjoy. Fresh carp just arrived today. , Mr. Lin first asked the cook to pick one up and send it back to the house.

The bigger the carp is, the more delicious it is. If the carp is too big, the meat will become dull. If the carp is too small, the meat will have less meat and fewer spines. At about 3 pounds, the meat will be relatively fresh and tender, and it is big enough, so it is suitable for eating.

When Lin Hui heard this, she immediately picked up a piece of meat from the fish belly and ate it. It tasted really good.

Seeing that his daughter was satisfied with her meal, Mr. Lin felt very pleased.

Seeing this, Li Gu took the opportunity and said: "Dad, don't just care about Huihui, but also take care of yourself. You are the backbone of our Lin family. Huihui and I are young, and our family is all supported by you. No, Huihui Seeing that you have been busy and working hard for days, I have ordered the kitchen to stew sea cucumbers for you starting tomorrow night to replenish your health!"

When Mr. Lin heard this, he immediately objected instinctively. Sea cucumbers are rare, but they are reserved for his daughter to replenish her health. Why would she stew them for an old man like him? Then he felt that my daughter still loves me, so I gave her this precious thing. She, however, was reluctant to use it herself, and instead stewed it for me first.

Seeing Master Lin's expression, Lin Hui put down her chopsticks first and said, "Dad, you are not allowed to refuse. This is what I specially ordered. Once the stew is done, you must be obedient and eat it!"

When Mr. Lin heard this, he could only smile and said: "Okay, okay, okay, I will listen to Huihui!" Then he began to think about where to find some rare things to replenish his daughter's body.

Li Gu saw the father and daughter enjoying each other happily. He was used to these scenes and found them boring.

After breakfast the next day, Mr. Lin went out as usual. Lin Hui and Li Gu returned to their yard. Lin Hui told Li Gu to go back to his room on the pretext that he was tired and wanted to lie down.

Li Gu actually had to be with Lin Hui, but he didn't want to stay in the house. But yesterday Butler Wang warned him repeatedly not to come to his house again in the near future, but others couldn't go there. How could he contact Butler Wang?

Li Gu was thinking about how he could communicate with Butler Wang and exchange information, when someone came to him.

The person at the concierge responded and said that a clerk from the bookstore at the door came to see my uncle. He said that a book ordered by his uncle had arrived, and the store sent a clerk to deliver the book to my uncle.

Li Gu was a little confused when he heard this. When did he order the book in the store? Did he remember it wrong?

He was about to deny it and ask the concierge to send him away. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his head, and he thought that Butler Wang's son seemed to be working in the bookstore. Could this be someone sent by Butler Wang?

Thinking of this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked the concierge to take the person to the flower hall, and he went out to see him in person.

When Li Gu came to the flower hall, he saw that the visitor was an unfamiliar boy, thirteen or fourteen years old, holding a bundle tightly in his hand, which looked like a book.

Seeing Li Gu coming out, the boy quickly stood up and asked, "May I ask, who is Mr. Li Gu?"

Li Gu was busy responding.

Hearing this, the boy breathed a sigh of relief and handed the bundle in his hand to Li Gu.

"The book Mr. Li wants is so hard to come by. The shopkeeper has been looking for it for a long time. It just arrived yesterday. I sent it to you today. Don't delay Mr. Li's reading!" The boy said "Reading" before I emphasized it heavily.

Although Li Gu didn't know the reason yet, he responded first.

After seeing off the so-called bookstore clerk, Li Gu carried his luggage back to his room. First, he asked Zhou Bao to go to the kitchen to bring him a plate of snacks, and then asked Ma Si to make himself a pot of good tea.

Seeing that both of them had gone out, he quickly opened the bag and saw that it was indeed a book inside, just a "Shuowen Jiezi". He actually already had a copy, but this one was just a little more updated, so it wasn't a rare book. .

He quickly opened the pages to check, and sure enough, there was a paper packet inside.

Li Gu opened the paper bag carefully, and sure enough, it was full of white powdery stuff.

This is probably the magical poison that Steward Wang mentioned.

According to Butler Wang yesterday, taking a small amount of this drug can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. If detoxified in time, it will not be fatal. However, overdose can cause chest pain, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness, and even death.

These are very similar to the symptoms of a heart attack, but if you follow the treatment of heart disease, those methods are ineffective, and you will only die in the end.

The best thing is that even after death, there will be no symptoms of poisoning on the body like other ordinary poisons. Even if doctors and widowers come to check it, it will be difficult to see the clues, and they will only treat it as a sudden heart attack.

Li Gu was shocked when he heard about the properties of this medicine yesterday. If he had known about this magical medicine, why would he have found gangsters to intercept and kill him earlier? Compared with the medicine, it is not only expensive, but also risky!

Butler Wang explained that he had just learned about this medicine, and it was a miracle medicine that he found after asking many people. With it, he could kill Mr. Lin without anyone noticing, without being implicated in any way.

Li Gu was overjoyed when he heard this, as if victory was right in front of him. Why did he repeatedly show his kindness to Butler Wang who had found such poison, saying that once he took control of the Lin family, he would free Butler Wang and his son from their slave status? Give the two of them a small village to ensure they have enough food and clothing.

Steward Wang had a grateful look on his face, but he was sneering in his heart.

If I just want to get what he said, it will be his turn to show favors after he takes over. As long as he retires from the position of housekeeper, Master Lin will definitely not only give him this. After many years of being master and servant with Master Lin, Butler Wang I still have this bit of confidence.

Afraid that Butler Wang would not believe it, Li Gushao had no choice but to swear again that he would fulfill his promise when the matter was accomplished and would not treat his father and son badly.

Butler Wang had no choice but to thank Li Gu for his "grace" once again.

After seeing the magic medicine that Butler Wang had finally found, Li Gu quickly rewrapped it and hid it on his body.

As soon as they were put away, Zhou Bao and Ma Si entered the room together. Li Gu had to pretend to be very interested, opened the book, drank tea and snacks, and pretended to study hard.

The two boys were illiterate, but they had a natural respect for scholars. Seeing their uncle reading so hard, they didn't dare to disturb him anymore. They stood aside quietly, waiting for instructions.