On the lively and noisy street of Naweinan County, Li Maicheng, Tian Zhutou, and Chu Yiqiu walked on the street, walked past the houses, and finally came to Wang Daguan's house.

I saw that Wang Daguan's house was a large compound, and there were a lot of flowers and plants in the courtyard, and there was a small pond in it, and there were many small red fish in the pond.

When Wang Daguan saw that Tian Zhutou was coming, he greeted him: "Tian Zhutou, you are here, welcome and welcome." ”

Tian Zhutou said: "Wang Daguan, I have invited a few demon hunters, you can tell them what happened last night." ”

Wang Daguan said: "Okay, Tian Zhutou." At midnight last night, I was asleep with my concubine, and suddenly the window was broken in, I lit the candle only to find that it was a fierce rabbit spirit, the rabbit spirit put a knife on my concubine's neck to ask for money, he said that he didn't give it and cut my concubine, I had to take out six hundred taels of silver from the box next to the bed and give it to him, the rabbit spirit got the six hundred taels of silver, so he knocked me and my concubine unconscious, and fled. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Wang Daguan, do you see the face of the rabbit spirit clearly?"

Wang Daguan said: "I can see clearly, he doesn't even have a mask, his face is like a rabbit, but his body is human, his two front teeth are very long, his ears are also very long, and he has a big knife in his hand." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then after he snatched your six hundred silver taels, did he lose anything else?"

Wang Daguan replied: "The two gold bracelets I put on the table were also stolen, and by the way, there was a box in my room, in which many ginseng and cordyceps sinensis were also stolen. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, maybe the rabbit spirit stole the ginseng as a radish." ”

Wang Daguan said: "Okay then. ”

At this time, Tian Zhutou said, "Brother Chu, what do you think?"

Chu Yiqiu replied: "In my opinion, the rabbit essence is the rabbit essence, we can check the rabbit breeder in the county, and then see whose rabbit is lost, maybe there are clues." ”

At this time, Li Maicheng said: "Brother Chu, it's not good for you to do this, what if the rabbit is a wild rabbit?"

These words made Chu Yiqiu speechless.

At this time, Tian Zhutou said: "Okay, then you demon hunters should find a way to find the rabbit demon first, if you need help from the county government, just mention it." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay then." ”

Then Lin Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue left Wang Daguan's house, and then walked around the street.

Bai Ruoxue said as she walked, "Maicheng, what should we do?"

Li Maicheng replied: "I don't have a clue now, let's go to Xing'er's rejuvenation pharmacy first." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay then, Maicheng." ”

Then the two of them wandered around the street, walking, walking a few streets, and saw the Rejuvenation Inn, at this time the apricot girl was helping to weigh the medicine in the pharmacy, the pharmacy business was not bad, and there were many people grabbing medicine there.

Xing'er saw that Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue were coming, and she said, "Brother Maicheng, Sister Ruoxue, you are welcome to come, come and sit in the house, and I will make you tea to drink." ”

Li Maicheng smiled and said, "Thank you, Ruoxue." ”

Then Xing'er took Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue into the pharmacy, and at this time, Xing'er's father was sitting there giving a woman's pulse, and her mother was taking medicine for the people.

And Li Maicheng sat down, drank tea and said, "Xing'er, how much is a pound of ginseng in your pharmacy." ”

Apricot replied

Said: "Ten taels of silver a catty." ”

Li Maicheng was a little surprised when he heard this price, and he said: "Miss Xing'er, your ginseng here is really expensive, our Han only needs two taels of silver and one catty, and it only costs three taels and one catty in Yuncheng, and it is also three taels and one catty in Qianghai City." Why is it so expensive here?"

Xing'er sighed: "Hey, because there is little ginseng, other pharmacies in the city sell eighteen taels and one catty, which is more expensive." My family is the cheapest, and there is not much stock. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, why is the ginseng here so expensive?"

Xing'er replied, "I don't know, I have to ask my father." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay then." ”

At this time, Xing'er shouted to his father: "Daddy, I have two friends here, let me introduce you, one is Bai Ruoxue, and the other is Li Maicheng." ”

Father Xing'er smiled and said: "Li Maicheng, Bai Ruoxue, I am fortunate to meet, my name is Zhou Honghai, and you two are welcome to come to my pharmacy." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Zhou Langzhong, I am fortunate to be happy, I want to ask you, why is the ginseng in your city so expensive." ”

Zhou Langzhong stroked his beard and sighed: "Hey, not only ginseng is expensive, but many other medicinal materials are expensive, such as wolfberry, gastrodia, cordyceps, piercing dragon, astragalus, yam, and tangerine peel are more expensive than other places, no way, the key is that the supply of medicinal materials in the whole city is too small." ”

Li Maicheng said: "The medicinal materials are so expensive, and the people all go to plant medicinal materials, isn't it a hair." ”

Zhou Langzhong said: "Hey, our land here is relatively barren and not suitable for growing medicinal materials, most of the medicinal materials are transported from other places, that is, some local medicinal materials have been taken away at a high price, resulting in the medicinal materials are particularly expensive, many people can't afford to buy those ordinary medicines, and some delay the treatment, and they die like that." ”

Li Maicheng sighed and said, "Hey, it's terrible, then no one will find the county master to solve it?"

Zhou Langzhong sighed: "There's no way, some of the caravans that transport medicine are often robbed by monsters on the road, but the monsters have never been caught." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, who is collecting local medicinal materials at a high price in the city." ”

Zhou Langzhong said: "It's the people of the Demon Shock Pavilion, they are alchemy all day long, and they have a great demand for medicinal materials, and the price of medicinal materials they collect from the old farmers of that kind of medicinal materials is more expensive than the medicinal materials I have here, you can think about it, who will those old farmers who grow medicinal materials choose to sell their medicinal materials to?"

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, I know." And where do all the herbs in your pharmacy come from?"

Zhou Langzhong replied: "I planted them in the countryside, and the medicinal materials I imported from other places are very expensive, and I grow them myself, so I can sell them to the people cheaper, so that they can afford these medicines." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, I understand." No wonder you have so many people here to come to see the doctor, it turns out that your medicinal materials here are cheap. ”

Zhou Langzhong said: "Yes, if they go to other pharmacies, each pound of medicinal materials will be several taels more expensive than the medicinal materials I have here, because the prices of those pharmacies are more expensive than the ones I sell." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, Zhou Langzhong, you are really a good person." ”

Zhou Langzhong said: "Maicheng, you have praised it, saving lives and helping the wounded is the principle in my heart as Langzhong, I will not make huge profits by selling medicinal materials, I will only let more people be cured in my place." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay then." ”

Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue drank some tea in the pharmacy, sat for a while, and then left, and then returned to the Weishan Inn.

In the inn room, Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue sat in front of the bed, and Li Maicheng poured a glass of water to drink

, he said while drinking: "Ruoxue, I don't think this Weinan County is simple." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Yes, that monster is still missing, I met Chu Yiqiu today, the price of medicinal materials in the city is still very expensive, there are really a lot of things I can't figure out." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, you will stay in the room, and I will go to Shitong and Xiaotian to talk." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay, you can go." ”

Then Li Maicheng went out of the room and went to Wu Shitong's room to look for him, and at this time, Zhou Xiaotian, Su Chengxuan, and the giant ape monster were also in that room.

Li Maicheng said: "What are you four talking about in the room, don't call me." ”

Wu Shitong replied: "Senior brother, didn't we talk about anything, we were all talking about how to go around this Weinan County." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay then." ”

Wu Shidao: "Senior brother, what is the matter with us?"

Li Maicheng replied: "Brothers, there was a robbery in this county last night, and the house of Wang Daguan in the north of the city was robbed, but that person was a rabbit spirit. ”

Wu Shidao: "Okay then, then it looks like we're going to catch the rabbit spirit." ”

Li Maicheng said: "This matter is not so simple, the key is that I happened to go to the county government and met Chu Yiqiu, and he also brought a few demon hunters and said that he wanted to help catch the rabbit spirit." ”

Wu Shidao: "Okay, that's quite a coincidence, the cat thief did things quite quickly, and he actually ran into you." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, and I also found a strange phenomenon in this county, the medicinal materials in this city are ridiculously expensive, how much do you guess that ginseng is a catty?"

Wu Shitong thought for a while and said, "I guess five taels of silver a catty, because I know that our Shengyue City is three taels of silver a catty." ”

Li Maicheng said: "No, you continue to guess." ”

Su Cheng said: "Senior brother, I guess eight taels of silver a catty, because I know that ginseng is a good thing for nourishment." ”

Li Maicheng said: "No, you continue to guess." ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "I guess it's four taels of silver a catty, because I bought it in Dahan, even the good ginseng in the palace is only two taels of silver a catty." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay then." You guessed it wrong, too. Then I'll tell you, it's eighteen taels of silver a pound here. ”

Several of them were surprised when they heard this, and Wu Shidao: "Senior brother, this medicinal material is too expensive." Ordinary people really can't afford it. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, I guess the cows here are estimated to be only six taels and one head." ”

Wu Shidao: "Well, it's really strange here, it seems that this Weinan County is not simple." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, I don't have a clue now. ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Listening to what the senior brother said, I don't have any clue. ”

Su Cheng said: "Senior brother, then what should we do, this rabbit spirit is probably avoiding us?"

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, we can only check slowly, I feel that we should go to the Demon Shaking Pavilion tomorrow to have a look, we will meet the Earthquake Water Dao man, and see what kind of domineering person he is." ”

Wu Shidao: "That's good, senior brother." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Brothers, you all go back to the room to rest, I will also go back to the room, remember that tomorrow a few of us will still have Ruoxue, let's go to the Demon Shock Pavilion for a trip." ”

Several of them replied in unison, "Yes, senior brother." ”

Then Li Maicheng left Wu Shitong's room and went back to his room to rest.