Chapter 9 Seeking Wealth in Danger
Returning to his small courtyard in Siya, closing the courtyard door, and stepping into the secret room, Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't dare to tell anyone, because there was no evidence, and no one believed him, but he might even startle the snake and cause endless trouble.
At least, Lu Ming still gained something from this trip, confirming that Sun Ze was the culprit who assassinated him last time, and he also colluded with the evil cultivators.
And it seems that Sun Ze should not be sure that he has been suspected. In this way, the light and dark switched, and Lu Ming became the party in the dark, and he grasped a little bit of the initiative.
In the secret room, Lu Ming deliberated repeatedly, and finally roughly sorted out his thoughts.
The last time I saw Sun Ze taking bribes, it was by no means simple, and the Qinglian Gang of the Qinglan City Gang was not a pure medicine gang, but a stronghold of evil cultivators in the city.
Thinking of the black ant demon controlled by the evil cultivator, it became even clearer that the Qinglian Gang was helping the evil cultivator secretly provide medicinal materials and news to help him raise monsters. And Sun Ze, the potential stock of the Demon Division, is probably the link and internal response between the evil cultivator and the Qinglian Gang.
Lu Ming inadvertently bumped into that scene, Sun Ze was afraid of being exposed, so he wanted to use the hands of evil cultivators to kill people and kill people.
"By the way, ransack the city's medicine shop?" Lu Ming thought of this, and there was another cold sweat.
Could it be that the root cause of the ransacking of the pharmacy in the city is actually in his own place? Or is he the one who the other party solved in passing?
No matter which one it is, Lu Ming feels extremely frightened after thinking about it, and he is afraid that he will not be able to get rid of it.
Fortunately, he was cautious later and did not be careless when he was lurking in Changfeng Pharmacy, otherwise, that black ant probably would not have pretended to raid Sun Ze, but directly asked for his Lu Ming's life.
"If that's the case, the grudge I have with that cultivator will be great. Lu Ming thought of the six ant demons who were beheaded by Lao Hei outside the medicine hall, and suddenly became more and more depressed.
Lao Hei's pot, I'm afraid he will have to carry it. The point is that this huge credit can't be counted on his head.
"Old Black, this is what you owe me...... Well, you'll have to pay it back with your hue...... Give it to Iron Maiden. Lu Ming quickly cheered up, not wanting those useless ones.
"The ant demon hidden in Sun Ze's house is probably in the late Jiupin period. The evil cultivator who can control such a monster will not be bad no matter how you say it, at least it must be a supernatural person in the late stage of the ninth grade. Lu Ming calculated, the biggest threat now is not Sun Ze, but the evil cultivator who doesn't know the depths.
The methods of the supernatural are unpredictable, and the key Lu Ming has never been in direct contact, so he is even more fearful.
"It seems that if I want to protect myself, I have to have the strength of the late Jiupin period, and I can't be detected by outsiders. Lu Ming quickly made up his mind and had a new plan.
"Step-by-step cultivation is essential, but time is short, and I have to make full use of my strengths. Lu Ming thought of the time and space in his body, and only by relying on it could this time be shortened.
The living demon can't be touched for the time being, and Lu Ming doesn't want to take the initiative to find death, so he can only find another way out.
"Treasure medicine, and it has to be a living treasure medicine. "Lu Ming once had a 'hunger pang' in the warehouse of Changfeng Pharmacy, and it was when those few potted plants were transported in.
It felt familiar, like when he had first slain the Black Ant Demon. Therefore, Lu Ming confirmed that the time and space in the body were not insensitive to medicinal materials, but just that they were not interested in ordinary goods.
"It has to be a live treasure medicine. Lu Ming confirmed again.
This kind of treasure medicine is available in the Demon Suppression Medicine Hall, and there are quite a few of them, and there are even better eight-grade treasure medicines. However, Lu Ming has no merit now, and he doesn't have much gold and silver, so it's impossible to rob the Chuan Gong Hall.
"Fortunately, Sun Ze provided me with a good place. Qinglian Gang Pharmacy, that is the largest pharmacy in the city outside the Demon Town Pharmacy. Lu Ming thought secretly: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being a demon envoy and eliminating harm for the people." ”
"It's just that you have to plan carefully and don't make the slightest mistake. ”
In the Shenwu Dynasty, medicinal materials were indeed a semi-monopolized industry by the official family, but a small half was still left to the people.
This Qinglian Gang is not an underworld force on the surface, but a pharmaceutical merchant gang backed by the Qinglan County Ya, and it is a big tax payer in Qinglan County, so it can operate for a long time.
It seems that this kind of folk medicine gang is mainly to organize some medicine pickers or medicine farmers to collect medicine in the wilderness outside the city, or plant medicinal materials for a living, which is a livelihood that the official family does not look down on, and there are some benefits left in the fingers.
But the Qinglian Gang is still not simple, its gang leader Sun Qinglian is a real Jiupin true martial artist, and there are a group of good medicine protectors under his command, responsible for escorting medicine pickers and medicine farmers, and guarding the medicine shop.
Without this bit of family background and strength, he can't keep the business of making money every day.
Others, the current Lu Ming can be tough, but Sun Qinglian is more struggling, and whether the elusive evil cultivator will stay in the pharmacy is a problem that Lu Ming has to face.
can't ensure that everything is foolproof, Lu Ming doesn't dare to do it. Once you fail, not only will you be ruined, but you will probably die without a place to be buried.
Squat!
Lu Ming chose to squat continuously and keep the clouds open and see the moon.
As long as you can endure your temperament and find out Sun Qinglian's travel rules, you can find a loophole. As for that evil cultivator, Lu Ming had already remembered his aura, and once it appeared, he would also be aware of it.
Moreover, Lu Ming felt that the evil cultivator should not dare to appear near the pharmacy, otherwise he would not let Sun Ze contact the Qinglian Gang on his behalf.
After making a plan, Lu Ming began to dress up in disguise from the seventeenth day of the lunar month, and observed every day near the Qinglian Pharmacy in the center of the city, recording all suspicious characters and potential risks.
For three days and three nights in a row, Lu Ming did not relax for a moment, and after sleeplessness, he finally had ninety percent certainty.
Now, he even knows how many customers flow in the Qinglian Gang every day, whether there are insects and ants passing by, and how many alleys there are around.
On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Lu Ming returned to his small courtyard, slept soundly for a day, and then swallowed the qi and blood pills to adjust his state to the peak.
It wasn't until the second watch of the night that Lu Ming quietly walked out of the Demon Division, changed into a night suit in the dark, walked masked, and went straight to the Qinglian Gang Pharmacy.
Lu Ming had already figured out that Sun Qinglian would stay in the pharmacy almost every day, and even live in the backyard. However, this person also has to go to the Qinglou in the north of the city to drink and have fun almost every day around the third watch, and return to the fourth watch.
What Lu Ming wants is that this hour is enough.
Creeping on the roof opposite the Qinglian Pharmacy, Lu Ming waited for another hour or so before he saw Sun Qinglian board a luxurious carriage and head north of the city.
"It's okay!" Lu Ming was secretly happy in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, but still waited in place for half an hour.
That's not all, after he left the place, he went around the Qinglian Pharmacy again, and after confirming that there was no danger of ambush, he went around to the backyard of the pharmacy and quietly climbed over the wall.
I have to say that Lu Ming's recent cultivation of 'Smoke Cloud Step' can be regarded as a slight success, climbing over the wall and sweeping the ground, silently.
It's just that Lu Ming still bumped into a little accident, and he heard an indecent sound in a firewood room in the backyard.
Lu Ming glanced at it and muttered with a strange expression: "It's really a surprise everywhere in life, and this bookkeeper is the real winner in life." ”