Chapter 62 Bite the bullet
The night passed without incident.
Early the next morning, when Gu Chan got up, she saw Zhang Wanshan sitting in the yard and sighing.
Gu Chan walked up and asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"
"When I woke up in the morning, my right eyelid was twitching violently. As the saying goes, if the left eye twitches for wealth, the right eye twitches for disaster. I'm afraid something bad is going to happen!"
"Grandpa, you are too superstitious." Gu Chan comforted softly.
Zhang Wanshan stared at her and said eagerly, "Then let me ask you, have you found the spiritual grass? Today is the deadline for handing in the second spiritual grass."
"You can stay at home with peace of mind. I will go to the county at noon. I have a way to deal with the greedy county magistrate." Gu Chan reached out and patted his chest to assure him.
She thought about it for a long time before going to bed last night, and she naturally thought of a way to deal with the county magistrate.
It's just that this method is a bit dangerous. It's not suitable to talk to everyone. You can only wait until you meet the county magistrate before talking slowly.
Zhang Wanshan immediately burst into tears and became restless.
Seeing him like this, Gu Chan didn't want to say anything more and went to wash up on her own, lest he become more anxious later.
After washing up and having breakfast, Gu Chan spent the whole morning practicing archery in the yard, then boiled bugs and fed them to the little fox, and then sat down cross-legged to practice physical skills for a while.
After this period of accumulated practice, she found that her physical skills had not improved much, but the spiritual energy in her body was getting stronger and stronger.
To put it another way, it is not enough to practice physical skills by yourself. She will still have to find ways to learn systematically in the future. However, she does not have this condition now. She can only temporarily suppress the urge to strengthen physical skills and wait for the future.
Time passed quickly and it was noon in a blink of an eye.
Zhao Erniu and Ma Zheng came to Gu Chan's house together.
When Gu Chan saw Zhao Erniu coming, she looked puzzled and asked, "Why are you here?"
"You are going to the county to hand over spiritual grass today. No matter what, I have to accompany you, otherwise I will not be loyal enough." Zhao Erniu said firmly.
"I can't tell! You are quite loyal. I originally thought you were too scheming and not a good person!" Gu Chan laughed and couldn't help but tease.
Zhao Erniu was immediately embarrassed by what she said and could only laugh.
In fact, he was willing to come here today because he was afraid of losing Gu Chan, the golden chicken that lays eggs. Moreover, he also heard that yesterday Gu Chan went to Kaiyuan Pharmacy in person and helped Zhou Dachuan develop a new drug, but the profit from the new drug was not as high as his. share.
So he came here just to ask about this matter, otherwise he wouldn't want to wade into this muddy water.
Gu Chan wasn't a vegetarian either. She saw through Zhao Erniu's little bit of innocence at a glance and said with a sneer, "Okay, stop pretending. I know you came here to develop the new medicine for me yesterday."
"Um... I'm just asking, why did you go to find him by yourself? How did you negotiate the price? I'm afraid you might be at a loss due to your age!" Zhao Erniu hurriedly came up and said with a smile.
"From now on, I won't cooperate with Zhou Dachuan without going through you. But don't worry, I have already negotiated for these two new drugs. The profits will be split 50/50 with him. After I get the money, we will continue to pay for it as we agreed before. The ratio is 40% to 40%," Gu Chan explained calmly.
Zhao Erniu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but sigh, "That's okay. If you lose us, I'll feel really uncomfortable. You don't know that my wife has been going into the mountains to collect herbs every day for the past two days. She's tired. She can't do it, she has suffered a lot, even if you do it to me, you can't do it to her!"
"Then she wants to make money but doesn't want to pay. How can this work? Is it possible to wait for pie to fall from the sky? Let me tell you, you'd better let her work hard to collect herbs, otherwise there will be too many herbs in Kaiyuan Pharmacy. I can give up on you at any time." Gu Chan's face sank, and she deliberately said harsh words.
Zhao Er Newton's face turned livid and he quickly promised, "Okay, okay, don't worry, I will let her go into the mountains to collect herbs every day when I go back. I will let her collect a lot every day. You must not give up on us."
"Well, then you go back and supervise your wife's picking of herbs! It's time for us to go to the county." Gu Chan said no more and immediately changed the subject.
Zhao Erniu nodded in agreement and hurriedly said goodbye and left, completely eaten up by her. Then Gu Chan and Ma Zheng said goodbye to Zhang Wanshan and left for the county together.
An hour later.
Gu Chan and the others came to Kaiyuan Pharmacy to meet Zhou Dachuan.
As soon as the two parties met, Zhou Dachuan asked eagerly, "Where is the spiritual grass?"
"No."
"Ah! Then why don't you go and die?" Zhou Dachuan exclaimed.
Ma Zheng also looked at Gu Chan with his eyes widened.
Gu Chan said calmly, "Don't worry, I have a way to cure him. Just follow me. Otherwise, if I run away, you won't be able to do the job."
"..." Zhou Dachuan.
He had no choice now. Being forced into this situation, he could only choose to go with Gu Chan.
No, the three of them went to the county government office together with uneasy feelings.
Today, the county magistrate did not drink with the dog Huoju in the pavilion in the back garden like last time. Instead, he sat in the lobby of the front yard and drank tea.
After Xu Qing, a soldier, led Gu Chan and the others into the lobby, the county magistrate asked without raising his head as usual, "What kind of spiritual herb was sent this time?"
"My lord, I'm sorry, I didn't find the spiritual grass this time." Gu Chan stepped forward and replied firmly without even thinking about it.
The county magistrate, Xu Qing, Ma Zheng, and Zhou Dachuan all looked up and stared at her at the same time.
The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became tense.
The county magistrate pondered for a moment. At a certain moment, the fat on his face suddenly shook. He reached out and slapped the table next to him with his hand and roared, "Xu Qing, take him down and chop him down!"
"County Master, this..." Xu Qing was speechless.
He wanted to help Gu Chan speak, but he didn't dare to.
And to put it bluntly, Gu Chan did not commit any serious crime of beheading, she just failed to find the spiritual grass. The crime is not worthy of death! Faced with such an unreasonable order from the county magistrate, he really couldn't make up his mind to take action.
The county magistrate was furious, "You Xu Qing, you are so brave! Do you even dare to disobey my orders?"
"County Master, little brother Gu has committed a crime that will not lead to death, but I hope you will show mercy!" Xu Qing gritted his teeth, mustered up the courage, and knelt down on one knee to plead for Gu Chan.
Ma Zheng also quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Master County Lord, please spare my boss, he really is not worthy of death!"
"It's against the grain, it's totally against the grain. Come here, bring me someone quickly, take them all down and chop them down." The county magistrate was furious, waving his hands and roaring outside angrily.
Two soldiers rushed in immediately, preparing to take Gu Chan and the others to behead them.
Zhou Dachuan huddled aside, trembling with fear, not even daring to fart.
"County Master, you have such great authority! Let me tell you, you probably won't be able to touch me today."
Gu Chan stood there and looked directly at the county magistrate, with her head held high and her chest high, her expression firm and unafraid at all.
(End of chapter)