Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

0"Why did you send it back?" The shopkeeper looked at Liu Er who was being carried in and asked anxiously. This was the third time, could it be that Boss Lin didn't like Liu Er?    

    

The manager wasn't at a loss for words for too long either. Since the other party didn't like it, there was no need to press the matter. In order to avoid offending the other party and getting into trouble for no good reason, he had even formed a feud with him.    

    

"Take Liu Er back to his room first. When he wakes up, let him continue working at the Bao An Hall." The shopkeeper rubbed his bald chin, thinking of a way to get on good terms with Xu Yanlin.    

    

In his eyes, Xu Yanlin was just a fat fish that could be easily tricked.    

    

When the servant carried Liu Er down the stairs, he coincidentally met Shen Mudan at the entrance. Her gaze lingered on Liu Er's face for a moment, and surprisingly, found it somewhat familiar.    

    

With a slight frown, she said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Luo, what's going on here?"    

    

"Eldest Miss, why are you here?" When Shopkeeper Luo heard her voice, he immediately ran forward to welcome her.    

    

"Why can't I come?" Shen Mudan glared at him and sat on the chair, "Who was that person just now, did he die?"    

    

"That was one of the employees in our store who fainted." The manager casually lied.    

    

Upon hearing that it was from a shop's employee, Shen Mudan was no longer interested. As long as one did not die, it would not affect the business of the Bao An Hall.    

    

"Shopkeeper Luo, how's the business of Baoan Hall recently?"    

    

When Shopkeeper Luo heard this, he felt a bit nervous. Every time Eldest Miss and Young Master came to the shop, they would ask for money in addition to money.    

    

"Eldest Miss, the store has recently received a batch of medicinal ingredients and its capital …"    

    

"Don't be so long-winded, give me a thousand silver first." Shen Mudan did not listen to him at all.    

    

"Eldest Miss, you've already taken three thousand taels of silver from the shop this month. The money in the shop …"    

    

"There's no money left in the store?" Shen Mudan cut him off, "Stop lying to me, hurry up and give me a thousand silver."    

    

Shen Mudan was a little impatient, he felt that Manager Luo was stingy. This was their Shen Family shop, the money they earned was obviously hers, how could she spend it however she wanted?    

    

"Eldest Miss …" Manager Luo wanted to persuade her that it wasn't that he didn't want to give her, but that she had taken too much money and there really wasn't any money left in the shop for her.    

    

"What are you trying to do?" Shen Mudan's temper was not good, she was bold and impulsive, if there was anything she didn't mind, she would immediately erupt, "Give me the key, I will take it myself."    

    

She was still in a hurry to listen to the music, but she didn't have time to waste here with him.    

    

Shopkeeper Luo had no choice but to give it to her temporarily. There wasn't much silver that the Bowen Palace wanted, so Shen Mudan took five hundred silver taels, feeling extremely dissatisfied.    

    

"How do you do it?" Such a large shop only earns this little bit of silver every month. " Shen Mudan vented all of his dissatisfaction on Shopkeeper Luo, "If you can't manage this shop properly, we have a lot of good shopkeepers who can replace you at any time."    

    

Shen Mudan scolded for a while, when he remembered that he still had to listen to the music, he took the silver and left with the people she brought.    

    

Manager Luo let out a sigh of relief as he watched her leave. This young lady had a bad temper. If she wasn't as good as he thought, she would definitely make a ruckus.    

    

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Shen Mudan took the money and happily went to listen to the music, but he saw her father in the theater.    

    

"Dad, why are you here too?" Shen Mudan happily went forward and hugged her father's arm as he acted like a spoiled child.    

    

Shen Gui looked at his daughter dotingly, then said with a smile: "Daddy is here to talk."    

    

Then, she pulled her daughter and introduced her to Xu Yanlin. "Boss Lin, this is my daughter, Peony, Peony. She came over from Jincheng."    

    

Shen Mudan made a shy face and said softly, "Hello, Boss Lin."    

    

"Boss Shen is so lucky, your daughter is truly a beauty." Xu Yanlin praised.    

    

Shen Mudan lowered his head even more bashfully, leaning on his father's shoulder as he acted coquettishly. Shen Gui smiled lovingly, then said to Xu Yanlin: "This child is shy, please excuse him Boss Lin."    

    

"No, no. Miss Shen, this is your true nature." Xu Yanlin continued to praise his.    

    

Who wouldn't like their own children being praised by others? Shen Gui laughed happily, and his good impression of Xu Yanlin increased by a few points.    

    

"Alright, Peony, go listen to the song. Father and Boss Lin still have things to discuss."    

    

Shen Mudan knew his father's temper, so he didn't pester him much and happily walked towards the private room that she had booked.    

    

"Boss Lin, please."    

    

Shen Gui brought Xu Yanlin to his private room, and along the way, they talked about business.    

    

"Boss Lin, our Baoan Hall does business, we are not deceiving you. If you cooperate with us, you can rest assured." Shen Gui said sincerely.    

    

"Boss Shen, of course I trust you. "But can your prices be any lower?" Xu Yanlin calculated a number.    

    

Shen Gui frowned, a little troubled, "Boss Lin, the price you're offering is really too low. If all of them are sold at this price, we would be at a huge disadvantage. "    

    

Shen Gui hesitated for a moment, and with a figure, he said: "If Boss Lin takes so many more medicinal ingredients, I will lower the price by another ten percent."    

    

Shen Gui had made up his mind to keep Xu Yanlin as a guest, a rare opportunity for a guest from Jin City. He did not want to give this opportunity to the Qiao Family.    

    

Xu Yanlin pretended to ponder over the matter, "Boss Shen, how about you allow me to think about it for a few more days?"    

    

This was a huge business deal, so Shen Gui could understand Xu Yanlin's caution. He then continued to say: "Boss Lin, I still have a batch of tea leaves with me, I can give it to you at a low price."    

    

This was 100% sincerity, he was truly willing to do business with Xu Yanlin.    

    

"Boss Shen sure is straightforward. Since that's the case, I'll take this batch of ingredients."    

    

Shen Gui was extremely happy, he ordered a bottle of wine, and refused to leave until he was drunk with Xu Yanlin.    

    

The two of them happily drank wine for a while. After agreeing that they would sign the contract in a few days, they both left for home.    

    

As they were walking out of the theater's entrance, they met Shen Mudan yet again. When Shen Mudan saw him, he immediately walked over and asked: "Father, are you prepared to go back yet?"    

    

She lowered her head, but her eyes had been sizing up Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen behind her.    

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Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen had camouflaged themselves, causing his skin to become a little bit paler, he looked like a fair-skinned kid going out for the first time, confirming his inexperienced image of a rich family's young master, but Mu Chen had darkened his skin color. Adding his expressionless face, he looked just like a silent black face guard.    

    

Shen Mudan's heart was heavy, he had a good impression of the two of them. He wondered if he could bring the two of them back home to be her male pets.    

    

"You finished listening to the song?" Shen Gui doted on his daughter a lot, and it could be seen from her actions and words.    

    

"It's all old music. I don't want to hear it."    

    

Shen Gui glared at her snappily. He wanted to scold her, but he couldn't bear to do so, so he sighed and said: "I've let Boss Lin down. My daughter is too willful."    

    

Xu Yanlin did not say anything, but left after greeting Shen Gui. He did not want to praise his daughter without a conscience.    

    

Shen Mudan and Shen Gui returned to the residence together.    

    

"Dad, who were those two people just now?" Shen Mudan forcefully barged into Shen Gui's carriage, and immediately inquired.    

    

Shen Gui was very familiar with his daughter's personality.    

    

"That's a customer from Jincheng, she's here to do business. She's not like those male pets in your yard, don't mess with her."    

    

Shen Gui wanted to cut off his daughter's thoughts. He did not want the business that he had just won to be ruined.    

    

"Father, didn't you say that you're a man of the world? I'll take whoever I want with me." Why can't those two? " Shen Mudan frowned unhappily. In her opinion, there was only what she did not want, and nothing that she did not want.    

    

"Dad is talking about the future, not the present." Since he hadn't succeeded in his great cause, everything he said was just a delusion.    

    

"I don't care about that. I am a princess of the Great Lee, so I want those two men." Shen Mudan's thoughts were very firm.    

    

Hearing that, Shen Gui immediately covered his daughter's mouth. The only bad thing about his daughter was that she could speak randomly.    

    

"Peony, didn't father say that you can't speak carelessly? This is the Great Yan Dynasty, if someone else were to hear it, they would definitely be killed."    

    

"The entire Qingyang Clan belongs to our Shen Family, who would dare to say anything?" Shen Mudan scoffed.    

    

"You can't talk nonsense outside before you've accomplished something big." Shen Gui warned her repeatedly, "Once the secret is revealed, our whole family will die."    

    

Shen Mudan was also aware of the severity of the situation, and nodded his head. However, he still did not forget Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen, and said: "Father, I really like those two, how about this, you bring that guard over, and let me play with them for a few days."    

    

Shen Gui only had two children, his daughter Shen Mudan and son Shen Yi. Shen Gui doted on these two children a lot, especially Shen Mudan.    

    

Relying on Shen Gui's favors, Shen Mudan could simply walk sideways in Qingyang City and bring whoever he fancied home with him.    

    

Shen Mudan hugged Shen Gui's arm as he acted like she was spoiled, showing that she did not agree and was just crying for him to see. Shen Gui helplessly looked at his daughter and said: "I will mention it to Boss Lin tomorrow."    

    

"Thank you, Father."    

    

Xu Yanlin and Yue Yang, who had already returned to the inn, still did not know that they were being targeted.    

    

"I feel that this Shen Family is a little strange." The moment Xu Yanlin entered, he collapsed on the bed due to exhaustion.    

    

"What's weird about that?" It was a very normal business, what was there to be surprised about?    

    

"It's hard to say, but I feel that something is wrong." Xu Yanlin frowned, "I feel that Shen Gui is releasing an evil Qi, a dense smell of gunpowder."    

    

Even though he was a civil servant, he had at least practiced a few years' worth of fist techniques.    

    

"Indeed." "Now that you mention it, I do remember something. A few years ago, the Northwest Army lost a batch of rations and a batch of weapons near Qingyang."    

    

"You think it has something to do with this?" Xu Yanlin suddenly sat up, but it turned out to be too fierce. He felt a little dizzy, so he lay back down.    

    

"I'm not sure, but I suspect that Shen Gui is secretly making weapons." It was against the law to make weapons privately. Once the imperial government found out, everyone would be executed.    

    

Xu Yanlin was silent for a moment, then said firmly: "This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated."