Opposite the official post office, in the tea house.

Bantou Liu and his men were still sitting at the same table as yesterday, drinking tea and waiting for the Taoist priest to come out.

"Squad leader, it's been a whole night, and the Taoist priest hasn't come out yet. How long do we have to wait?" A guard said with a yawn.

In order to catch the Taoist priest, Bantou Liu and his gang of servants stayed at the tea house all night yesterday.

Bantou Liu was not tired himself. He asked the teahouse owner for a bedding, put two tables together as a bed, spread the bedding on it and slept comfortably all night.

The worst part was that the guards had to stare at me all night. When they were really sleepy, they lay down on the table and slept for a while, but sleeping like this was far less comfortable than lying down.

So, everyone's mental state is not good today.

Liu Bantou stood up, put his hands on his waist, moved slightly, then raised his head and moved his neck, and said: "We have to wait for how long, if we don't catch that bastard old man as a warning, then who will do it in the future?" Take the words of the prefect seriously. So we must catch that bastard old man and kill him as a warning to other people to see what will happen if they disobey the prefect's orders. Only in this way will no one dare to disobey the prefect. Order."

Just as he said this, the guard next to him suddenly said hurriedly: "Squad leader, come out, come out, that bastard is out."

Bantou Liu hurriedly took a look, and sure enough, a Taoist priest followed a few people and walked out of the official post.

"Let's go, follow." Liu Bantou said.

Several people followed the Taoist priest for a distance, and a guard said: "Squad leader, aren't we going to catch the old Taoist? This guy has already come out, why are you waiting for someone else? Hurry up and catch him."

Bantou Liu looked at Sun An and the others beside the Taoist priest and said, "Don't be busy yet. Those people with him are the people around Su Taiwei. The prefect has told them not to talk to Su Taiwei's people." It’s a head-on conflict. Let’s follow them first and wait until they separate before taking action.”

Under the leadership of Pei Yuan, Sun An and the others came to Baisheng Pharmacy. As soon as they entered, Sun An put the prescription on the shopkeeper and said: "Grab the medicine."

The shopkeeper recognized Pei Yuan as the person whom Team Leader Liu had ordered not to sell medicine yesterday. He pretended to pick up the prescription and looked at it, then said, "I'm sorry, Sir, we don't have the medicine you want. You can go to other pharmacies to have a look." Bar."

Sun Anhu opened his eyes, stared at him and asked: "Is it true that there is none, or is it for sale?"

The shopkeeper was so frightened by Sun An's eyes that he panicked, but he did not dare to disobey the prefect's order, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Sir, we specialize in selling medicines. If we have medicines, why wouldn't we sell them? It's really true. It really doesn’t exist, you’d better go to another drug store to check.”

Sun An sneered and said to the Taoist priest: "Master Taoist, please go and check to see if they really don't have any medicine here, or if they are deliberately lying."

"yes."

The Taoist priest responded and walked into the counter. The shopkeeper quickly blocked it with a few waiters and said: "This is the place where medicine is taken. Non-workers from our store cannot come in. You who are not from our store cannot come in."

Sun An didn't want to waste any more words with them, so he said to Pei Yuan, Daniu and others who were coming with him: "Take them aside with me."

Pei Yuan, Daniu and others came forward and took the shopkeeper and waiter aside, and the Taoist priest immediately entered the medicine cabinet.

"Someone, come quickly, someone is robbing someone in broad daylight..." Seeing that he couldn't stop Sun An and the others, the shopkeeper began to shout loudly.

Upon hearing the call, many people gathered outside the door, but no one dared to come in to help.

Liu Bantou and others also stood behind the crowd, carefully observing the development of the situation inside.

"Shut your mouth."

Sun An gave a loud shout, then took out the imperial edict and said to the shopkeeper: "Do you know what this is?"

The shopkeeper had never seen an imperial edict before, so he recognized it and shook his head gently.

Sun An said: "This is an imperial edict."

"What, an imperial edict!" The shopkeeper was startled.

For an ordinary citizen like him, whose ancestors had never seen an imperial edict in eight lifetimes, hearing two imperial edicts suddenly shocked him.

Even Team Leader Liu, who was standing behind the crowd, was frightened.

Although he is just a small yamen team leader, he also knows that the imperial edict represents the emperor's order. Not to mention ordinary people who cannot disobey it, even princes, nobles, and prime ministers must obey it. Otherwise, it will be a crime of resisting the edict and will be beheaded.

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Bantou Liu never expected that Sun An would actually carry an imperial edict. Not only would this not prevent them from getting the medicine, but it might also expose Wei Mao's secret order not to sell the medicine.

If this were to happen, not only would Wei Mao, the mastermind behind it, be doomed, but the errand runners like them would also be in trouble.

Captain Liu knew that the matter had gone beyond what he could handle, and was about to tell Wei Mao, but he was worried that the shopkeeper would tell the truth, so he suppressed the panic in his heart and continued to watch.

If the shopkeeper doesn't tell the truth, that's fine. If he wants to tell the truth, he has to find a way to stop it.

Sun An said: "The prince in front of the palace came to Caizhou on official business. He is seriously ill and is in danger. We are ordered to get him medicine to treat his illness."

Then he looked at the Taoist priest at the counter who was checking the medicine cabinet, and said to the shopkeeper: "If you really don't have the medicine we want to buy in your store, just give it up. If you deliberately don't buy the medicine if you have it, you are doing it on purpose."

Anyone who murders a minister of the imperial court should be punished."

The shopkeeper never expected that just because he listened to the prefect's words, he would cause such a disaster. His face turned pale with fear and his whole body trembled.

"Sir, Pindao has already checked. All the medicines on the prescription are available here," the Taoist said.

"Then I'll ask Taoist Priest to catch it according to the prescription." Sun An said.

The Taoist priest was busy at the counter. Sun An looked at the shopkeeper and sneered, and said: "Shopkeeper, didn't you say you don't have the medicine we want?"

"Sir, the villain deserves to die."

The shopkeeper knelt down in front of Sun An and cried: "I really didn't know that I was getting medicine for Lord Taiwei. If I knew it, I wouldn't dare not sell it even if I borrowed ten of my courage. Please forgive me."

Sun An snorted and said: "What's the use of saying this now? Just because you refuse to sell medicine, Lord Taiwei is seriously ill and may die at any time. If he really dies in Caizhou because of this,

You are the culprit who killed him."

"Sir, it's not that the little one refuses to sell the medicine, it's that someone doesn't let the little one sell it." The shopkeeper was frightened by Sun An's words and told the truth without caring whether he would be retaliated by Wei Mao.

Sun An made a deliberate noise and asked, "Such a thing actually happens. Tell me, who is so vicious that he actually stopped you from selling medicine to save people?"

"yes……"

Captain Liu knew something was going to happen, so he immediately separated from the crowd and walked in with his men, shouting and asking: "What's going on, what's going on, who was yelling just now?"

When the shopkeeper saw Team Leader Liu coming, he didn't dare to say anything else and lowered his head timidly.

Bantou Liu walked up to Sun An and the shopkeeper with his waist knife in his right hand, pretended not to know Sun An's identity, and asked: "What's going on with you?"

Sun An raised the imperial edict with his left hand and said: "I have been ordered to grab medicine for Taiwei Su."

Team leader Liu quickly pretended to be very frightened when he learned about it, knelt down and said: "I don't know if my superior is doing something, so I have offended you. Please forgive me."

Daniel followed Bantou Liu to Wei Maofu yesterday, so he recognized Bantou Liu, walked up to Sun An and whispered a few words in his ear.

Sun An nodded, but did not say anything. He looked at Bantou Liu and said lightly: "Are you a servant of Caizhou Mansion?"

Squad leader Liu said: "If I go back to my post, I will be the squad leader under Governor Wei."

"What are you doing here?" Sun An asked.

Bantou Liu said: "Back on duty, I was patrolling the streets. When I came here I heard someone calling, so I came in to take a look."

"Get up."

Although Sun An knew that he had a problem, his answer was impeccable and he couldn't say anything, so he could only let him get up first.

"Thank you, sir."

After Bantou Liu got up, he glanced at the shopkeeper, pretended not to know and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what's wrong with him?"

Sun An also deliberately pretended not to know the truth and said: "Captain Su is seriously ill. I came to give him medicine according to the order, but he actually refused to sell it to me on the pretext of having no medicine."

"What, there is such a thing!"

Bantou Liu turned around and picked up the shopkeeper, grabbed his clothes and shouted: "You are so bold that you dare not sell medicine to the boss. Do you want to be beheaded?"

"Bantou Liu, this is not you..."

"What's not you?"

Bantou Liu glared at the shopkeeper with evil eyes and said fiercely: "The superior has already said that you don't sell medicine, do you still want to make excuses? Let me tell you, if anything happens to Lieutenant Su, the prefect will definitely

I can’t spare you.”

Because his back was to Sun An, Sun An could not see his expression, but the shopkeeper could see it clearly and knew that he was hinting that he should not say it, otherwise Wei Mao would not be able to spare him.

"He said someone stopped him from selling medicine?" Sun An said deliberately, wanting to see what Team Leader Liu would do.

"Oh, there is such a thing!"

Bantou Liu pretended to be surprised, then grabbed the shopkeeper's arm with his hand and asked sullenly: "Tell me, who told you not to sell medicine to the boss?"

The shopkeeper said hesitantly: "Yes, yes, yes..."

"Tell me, who is it?"

"yes……"

"Who is it, tell me quickly!"

Bantou Liu's face was almost close to the shopkeeper's face, and he shouted in a tone that was almost growling. At the same time, the hand that grabbed his arm squeezed in harder.

"I, I, I don't know, don't force me anymore..."

Under the pressure of Team Leader Liu, the shopkeeper finally couldn't hold it any longer, collapsed on the ground and burst into tears.

The corner of Bantou Liu's mouth was slightly raised, showing an imperceptible smile. He turned around and said to Sun An: "Sir, don't worry. I will definitely report this matter to the government, get to the bottom of it, and give the superior an explanation."

Sun An sneered inwardly, looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Don't be afraid, just tell the person who stopped you from selling medicine, and I'll make sure you're fine."

Bantou Liu quickly pretended to agree: "The superior is right, just say it and the prefect will definitely make the decision for you. No matter who he is, the prefect will not spare him."

Sun An glanced at Team Leader Liu and asked, "I'm asking him a question. You don't need to repeat it."
To be continued...