The herb pickers live in a slum-like gathering place, where the houses are the simplest thatched huts, built haphazardly without rules, and there are household garbage such as feces and vegetable stalks everywhere, emitting a disgusting odor.

There is only numbness, sluggishness and dead silence on everyone's face, and there is no enthusiasm and hope for life.

"A place like this...... How many are there in the Chu Kingdom?" Xiong Zhong suddenly asked.

"My father said that there was such a place in every city. Gongsun Chao replied in a low voice, "If you are rich, you will be poor, and if you are expensive, you will be cheap, this is the natural way of yin and yang, please don't be trapped." ”

"Don't worry, I'm just a little shocked...... Never mind. Lieutenant General Xiong looked straight ahead and said, "Lead the way." ”

"Yes. ”

Gongsun Chao nodded, and walked around the slums, leading the bear to find a middle-aged man in linen clothes.

"You're the one who has been providing medicinal herbs to the infirmary, right?" asked Gongsun Chao.

"I don't know anything about this incident. The herb picker ignored him, as if he knew what he was going to do, but said lightly, and went about his business.

"Please wait a minute! We have something very important to find Master Jiang Linsheng, and other doctors can do it, as long as it is from the Everspring Medical Center. Gongsun Chao said a little eagerly, for fear that the other party would run away directly.

"I'm just a medicine picker, and I don't know anything else. The herb picker replied in a stiff tone again, straightening his backpack and planning to go back to his thatched hut, "I'm sorry, I have other things to do, so I'm missing." ”

The thatched hut of the herb picker is unusually rudimentary, made of mud and straw, and may be supported by bamboo.

Perhaps because there was nothing of value, the thatched hut had no doors, as if it would fall down when the wind blew.

Seeing that the other party's attitude was so cold, Xiong Zhong said with some annoyance: "Don't people with lowly status even have the most basic etiquette?!"

The herb picker paused, looked back at the gorgeously dressed Xiongzhong, and said, "My elderly father, because of this big case, has been interrogated and examined by various officials, and he has not been able to eat anything since the morning. At least let me prepare some straw cakes for him. If you want to hit me with the cane in your hand, then go ahead. ”

After saying that, he took care of his own business, and never took care of the two of them who were gorgeously dressed again.

Gongsun Chao looked at the back of the herb picker, then looked at Xiong Zhong, spread his hands out, and followed the herb picker into the thatched house with a helpless face.

"Eh, I'm really sorry, my friend has been pampered since he was a child and has a very bad personality, please understand. If you know anything, please let me know. I'll be sure to reward you well. ”

"How many times do you want me to say? I haven't been to the infirmary in a while, I don't know anything. The herb picker said without looking back.

Gongsun Chao was a little helpless, untied a money bag from his waist, licked his face and said with a smile: "Even if it's just a little thing, please tell me." Because it's a very important thing, I will never let those officials know. ”

Gongsun Chao said, opened the money bag, revealing the copper cloth coins unique to the Chu State.

The herb picker just glanced at it and went about his business.

"Please, be sure to give us a clue. Xiong Zhong walked into the thatched hut and said in a sincere tone, "My father was imprisoned in Yingdu City by a great nobleman whom I could not deal with, and I don't even know whether he is alive or dead.

And Jiang Linsheng was the last person to see my father, and I wanted to ask him how my father was and whether he was still alive. I'm also a son, you must be able to understand my feelings, right?

So please be sure to tell me some clues, even a little, please!"

After Xiong Zhong finished speaking, he respectfully bowed to the herb picker, directly lowered his waist ninety degrees, and lowered his head deeply.

The herb picker glanced at Xiong Zhong, hesitated for a moment, reached out and took the money bag in Gongsun Chao's hand, turned it upside down, and said with some self-deprecation:

"The cloth coins of Chu are too difficult to use, and they can't be spent in many places, so the store doesn't accept them at all, so they can only circulate in Yingdu. But I'll tell you what I know, get up, the nobles' gifts are too heavy, and I can't afford it. ”

Xiong Zhong got up a little embarrassed, he originally wanted to pay others, but he didn't expect that people would look down on him at all, and it was because the currency issued by his family was not in circulation.

"The hurry that came out this time will be thanked in the future. Xiong Zhong solemnly promised.

"Forget it, it's not valuable news, if you really want to thank you, just don't let the government of Louyi know. The herb picker waved his hand indifferently, and then began to speak, "Do you know the medicine girl of the Ivy Spring Medical Lodge, Jiang Yu?"

Gongsun Chao continued: "Is the daughter of the Poison Saint Jiang Lin Sheng? It is said that at a young age, she has already developed the Poison Saint's ninety percent medical skills. ”

"Yes, that's her. The herb picker nodded and continued, "Yesterday, the medicine girl Jiang Yu came to look for me. ”

Gongsun Chao immediately asked, "Are you saying that there are still survivors in the medical house?"

Xiong Zhong also asked nervously, "Do you know where the doctor girl you are talking about is now?"

"I don't know, maybe I went to Blackwater Pool. "She came to me and asked me a lot of questions about the Cordyceps in the black pool. That herb is very magical, like insects but not insects, like grass but not grass, and it is said to be able to save the dead. But Jiang Yu's whole person is like losing his soul, he doesn't look like a normal person at all, he looks a little like a puppet during a sacrifice, and he looks very sluggish. ”

"What, can it save the dead?" asked Kumanaka in a shocked tone.

"Yes. The herb picker nodded, and then his tone was a little mocking, "But how can there be such a thing in the world." ”

Xiong Zhong and Gongsun Chao glanced at each other, and suddenly realized that things might not be as simple as they imagined.

"Do you know where the Blackwater Pool is?" asked Xiongzhong.

"It was a pool of water in a mountain col, there was no sunlight, and the surrounding area was very cold, so that the pool water was also unusually dark and deep, so it was called a black pool, which was very easy to identify. The herb picker explained to the two,

"The general location is in the forest to the southwest, where there is a mountain that is not very high, and there is a mouth on the north side of the mountain, from which you can enter the col and see the black pool. ”

"Thank you. ”

Xiong Zhong and Gongsun Chao hugged the medicine picker, intending to leave here.

"Wait a minute. The herb picker shouted, took out a small bottle from the basket on his back and handed it to the two of them, and said, "This is a special annoying ointment for poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, rubbing it on the body can prevent being bitten, the amount in it can be used three or four times, each time it can last for three or four hours, I don't have much of this ointment, I hope you can cherish it." ”

"Thank you so much. ”

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Ouyang ran quickly on the forest path, and after coming out of Shouchun City, he faintly felt that something was wrong.

It's not just a whim, it's a celestial induction!

I don't know what happened to all of you in the infirmary......

"That's it, Your Excellency Ouyang. ”

A hoarse voice sounded in front of him, causing Ouyang to pause immediately.

In front of him was a carriage made of emerald green rattan and red silk cloth, decorated with no gold or precious stones, but it gave a strange sense of luxury.

"National Teacher Zhu Ji?!" Ouyang shouted such a familiar name.

"Oh, is Your Excellency familiar with me?" the hoarse voice was a little puzzled.

"No, it's not familiar. But I am familiar with the realm of heaven and man. Ouyang explained, "Anyone who enters the realm of the unity of heaven and man will have a perceptual impact on the people around him, and the feeling that the national teacher gives people, no, or the illusion that you are a luxurist." ”

"What a keen sense of perception...... "The hoarse voice sighed and began, "but one thing you said wrong, I didn't mean to give you such an illusion. It's that I'm actually an extremely luxurious person, and you don't feel wrong. ”

"It's rude to say that, but ...... I'm not interested in whether you're extravagant or not. Ouyang held the tactical short spear in his left hand, and clenched the "flesh and bones" in his right hand and said, "Please get out of the way, don't get in my way." ”

"Oh, have you just entered battle mode? Why don't you just attack it? Shouldn't you just master the first attack?" the hoarse voice let out a mocking tone, "It seems to be ......' strike first, then suffer', it's such a pause, right?"

"Sorry, my battle mode has always been 'last to come, first served'. Ouyang shook his head and slowly approached the carriage in front of him.

The carriage was covered with red silk cloth, and nothing could be seen inside.

Ouyang's movements were unusually careful, and at the same time, he quietly fine-tuned his muscles on his back, telling Daiokisis to prepare his skills.

In order to deal with the enemy in front of him, who did not know the depths, he even gave the command that Deochisis could issue skills based on his own judgment.

Tsk, although this may cause a waste of skills, but this is an extraordinary time, and it is impossible to honestly follow the plan, so I can't take care of it so much.

"'The last to come', it's really a familiar way of fighting......" The hoarse voice was quite emotional,

"But unfortunately, against me, your so-called 'last mover first come' is nothing more than a joke. If you don't kill me the first time, you're going to be in despair. ”

"Oh, how do you know if you don't try?" Ouyang stopped and explained to himself, "The tactics that can completely restrain the 'last strike, first come' tactic, except for some kind of 'charging move' that can kill with one hit, there should only be 'crowd tactics', right?"

Since the National Teacher is waiting for me here, he naturally has a lot of time to 'charge', but if he doesn't launch an attack for a long time, then this means that you don't have a 'charge move' that kills with one hit, so you can lock in the ability to create 'crowd tactics'. ”

"Your Excellency is quick-witted, and you are wiser than the people of the Chu State. The hoarse voice praised without being salty.

"But you're the one out of nine. So for you, even if you see through the battle mode, it's useless. ”

Ouyang's tone was calm, not as if he had been ambushed by the enemy, but as if he had just met a friend on the road, and asked the other party casually, "Have you eaten?"

"But you are very calm, and the calmness makes me a little nervous. The hoarse voice smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's unbelievable that you can make me nervous?"

"Your nervousness is because of the unknown, because the unknown is the most terrifying. Ouyang put away the tactical short spear in his hand, "I already know you, but you don't know me, this kind of information asymmetry has changed the original status between us dramatically." ”

"Your preachy tone is really unpleasant......"

There was a sound of bones loosening from behind the red silk cloth, "clicking", which sounded extremely terrifying.

"It's not preaching, it's just laying out facts and reasoning. Ouyang raised his head and estimated the time, "It's almost time to come." ”

"What?" the hoarse voice wondered.

"Reinforcements to crack your crowd tactics. ”

Ouyang smiled faintly.

And behind him, the dust is flying!