The final location of the county king's mansion was in Yongchang Fang, not far from the palace, which was originally the house of a Shangshu of the previous dynasty, but later because of the violation of the law, the house was also returned to the treasury. This mansion covers a vast area and is exquisitely repaired, as long as the gate and other places are changed according to the system, and the house is renovated, it can be made a qualified county king's mansion.

"It's actually pretty good." The first year of junior high school looks at the garden that has been dug up with potholes. After all, the house has not been occupied for some years, and many flowers and trees in the garden have to be replanted, and the road surface has to be repaved.

Dieyi pouted: "The county king's mansion should be rebuilt at another site, using the old mansion of a criminal official, bad luck!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." The cicada next to her gently reproached her, "This is the house where the prince wants to get married, what is unlucky." ”

When it came to getting married, Dieyi became even more depressed: "Qin Tianjian has chosen several auspicious days, when will the marriage date be set?" ”

This time, even the first year of junior high sighed. Since Miss Cui entered the capital, she has been unaccustomed to the soil and water, and she asked the doctor to change several times, and she didn't know how much medicine she had taken, but it was useless. Qin Tianjian has already counted two auspicious days, but until now, the imperial doctor does not dare to say when Miss Cui's illness will be cured, and of course the marriage date will not be set, otherwise if Miss Cui is too sick to get married, won't it become a joke in the capital?

"These imperial doctors are also useless." Dieyi had been to Cui's house three times on Shen Shu's orders, and each time she saw that Miss Cui seemed to be a little thinner than the last time, and her face was a little haggard, "The palace can't send someone who works!" ”

Cicada Yi snorted softly: "I'm afraid that the queen mother can't wait for the prince to drag her to get married." "If you don't get married, you can't go back to the northwest, you have to live under the noses of the emperor and the queen mother, and you have to be tied to everything.

Chu Yi couldn't help but sigh again: "Forget it, don't say it." It will take a few days for the Hengzhu County Mansion to be built, maybe Miss Cui will be well at that time. There is no auspicious day in a year, and you can pick it out at any time. ”

"I think these people are not as good as the old Su Langzhong in Wuxi that day." Dieyi knew that it was not good to talk about the Queen Mother and Jinshang here, who knew which of these overseers was eyeliner, so she had to take the imperial doctors out of anger, "Otherwise, if we visit the capital, the folk Langzhong may not be as good as the imperial doctor." ”

The corners of Chu Yi's mouth curled, and he quickly turned his head, but was discovered by the sharp-eyed Dieyi: "What, Chu Yi, you can't hide something from us?" ”

Chu Yi coughed, seeing that Dieyi grabbed the corner of his clothes and didn't give up, he couldn't help but smile: "Actually, today's son-cough, the prince took fifteen out, I heard that there is a Langzhong ...... near the West Market."

Dieyi's eyes widened: "Why-the prince didn't tell me and Sister Cicadayi, how do you know?" ”

A trace of gloom flashed in Cicada Yi's eyes, and then she regained her composure and gently patted Dieyi's hand: "What is this talking about, what is the prince going to do, do you have to tell us first?" ”

Dieyi pouted: "I didn't mean that......"

Chu Yi smiled and said: "This is also what the prince heard by chance in the teahouse yesterday, saying that this Lang Zhong has a very good way to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and the patient he talked about is somewhat similar to Miss Cui, and he also vomits from time to time, and he has not been well for several years, and he was cured by this Lang Zhong with a few medicines, so the prince has the intention to go and see it today." But I can't help but watch here, when it comes to making a garden or something, I don't have to rely on you and the cicada clothes, so the prince only brought fifteen over. Hey, speaking of which, there are too few people around the prince, and the letter sent to the northwest should also arrive, and when the people sent by Mrs. Hou come over, you will be relaxed. ”

Dieyi waved her hand absently: "What is this, and I'm not tired." I just hope that Miss Cui will get better soon, and the prince will get married soon. As she spoke, she couldn't help but smile on her face, "Miss Cui is well-born, her demeanor is good, her etiquette is good, and the most important thing is that I think the prince also looks at her well-the first emperor really didn't pick the wrong person." ”

Cicada Yi coughed lightly and interrupted her: "Miss Cui is also something we can discuss?" Okay, okay, what are you here for today, have you forgotten it? If the county king's mansion is not completed, even if Miss Cui recovers from her illness, she will not be able to get married. ”

"Hey, got it." The smile on Dieyi's face did not fade, and she hurriedly followed her forward, and couldn't help but grin, "I don't know if the prince has invited Nalangzhong?" ”

Shen Shu hadn't seen that Lang Zhong at the moment. He found Lang Zhong's home, but Lang Zhong was asked to check his pulse, and the sick family was outside the city, so he was afraid that he would not be able to come back until the evening.

"Find a teahouse and sit down." Shen Shu didn't want to run again, it was already afternoon at the moment, just wait for an hour or two.

Fifteen glanced back: "It's the West Market over there, why don't you go for a walk?" ”

Shen Shu groaned slightly: "It's okay." Looking at it like this, I am afraid that my grandmother's birthday this year may not be able to rush back, go to the West Market to see if there is anything new, and send it back to her old man when the time comes. ”

Xishi is the most lively place in the capital of Chang'an, and it is better to be prosperous than a place where dignitaries and dignitaries live, but it is surrounded by civilians, and there are three religions and nine streams, so it is inevitably a little mixed. However, for Shen Shu and Fifteen, the Northwest Land is more common than here, so in the West Market, I am afraid that they are more comfortable than they are on Suzaku Street.

Built on the site of the old Tang West Market, the West Market is basically the same system, with most of the food utensils needed for daily needs on the outer edge, and valuables such as silk and jewelry on the inner side. The streets are wide enough to accommodate two horse-drawn carriages in parallel, making it easy for merchants to transport goods.

Shen Shu and Fifteen were riding on horses, and before they entered the inner area, they saw a mule cart parked in the middle of the road, and the driver grabbed a young man, who was crying and shouting, attracting pedestrians to watch and almost blocking the road.

"What's going on?" Fifteen hurriedly pulled an old man who had just retreated from the crowd and asked, "Why did you make a fuss in the middle of the road?" "Naturally, there are patrols in the West Market, and the Five Cities Terracotta Division will send people over every day, as well as the officials who govern this place, if anyone makes trouble, they will naturally maintain order.

Lao Su shook his head and sighed: "Alas, it's not a trouble. The owner of the car was a drug seller, and he made an appointment to send medicine to the capital, but the person who made the appointment died of a sudden illness, and the whole family returned to their hometown. The little servant was the servant of the man who made the covenant, and the owner of the car knew him, so he held on to him. ”

Shen Shu frowned and said, "Since the person is no longer in the capital, what's the use of pulling this little guy?" ”

Lao Su sighed, "Isn't it?" It's just that the owner of the car took the fixed silver, which was supposed to be a big deal, and I heard that the family's several acres of land were worth to others, and the silver was collected to transport this big car of medicine. I thought that I would make a lot of money if I sent it to the place, but I didn't know that it was in vain. I heard him say that he could not take the money back for three days, and the land of his family would be returned to someone else. It seems that the borrowed silver still has usury, and if it is delayed, the profit will have to be turned over a lot, and a cart of medicinal materials will not only not make money, but I am afraid that I will have to lose it. ”

"Inks and money?" Shen Shu's eyebrows were slightly slight. Yinzi money is usury, although the imperial court prohibited, but in fact, private loans are endless, and there are often cases where people are forced to die because of this.

"Yes-" Speaking of Yinzi money, Lao Suo was quite emotional, "Lao Yu's neighbor once went bankrupt because of borrowing Yinzi money-hey! The owner of the car also knew that this matter had nothing to do with the little guy, but he was anxious, crying, and it was helpless, which sounded sad...... "The old man was soft-hearted, couldn't bear to listen anymore, shook his head and walked out of the crowd."

Shen Shu and Fifteen stood on the horse, and saw the situation in the crowd clearly, only to see the owner of the car pulling the little guy all the way and crying all the way, and the little guy also cried with a sad face, and only said: "The main family is gone, and my own family is still nowhere to be found, how can I manage you." Fortunately, there are many pharmacies in the West Market, so you can sell this cart of medicine at a lower price and get some silver to go home. ”

This made sense, and a fat man in the crowd came out and asked, "What kind of medicine are you doing in this car?" ”

The owner of the car seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "There are black snakes, cinnamon branches, He Shou Wu, and gastrodia, all of which are good medicines in the south!" Sir, look at the goods? As he spoke, he tore open a sack, and a tray of dry black and gray things came out of it, which turned out to be sacks of dead snakes.

The onlookers saw a sack of snakes at first glance, and although they knew that they were all dead, they could not help but feel a little numb in their scalps, and they all took a few steps back and moved away from the carriage. The fat man looked unafraid, reached out and took a plate of dead snakes to look at it carefully, nodded and said, "It's a good product." ”

The owner of the car looked hopeful, and hurriedly tore open a few sacks next to him: "You are an expert!" You see, this cinnamon branch, this gastrodia, this shou wu, all of them are excellent medicinal materials! ”

The fat man looked at them one by one, and nodded again and again: "Things are good things, how much do you buy, if you are willing to fold thirty percent, I will get rid of you for you." ”

The owner of the car was as if someone had smashed a stick head-on: "Break three? Master, this, this can't be done...... How can there be a three-fold purchase price, won't I lose it all? ”

The fat man snorted, threw the black snake in his hand back into the sack, and clapped his hands: "If you don't want it, forget it, I'm not in a hurry to ask for it." ”

The people around suddenly whispered, and Fifteen said angrily: "Childe, isn't this taking advantage of people's danger." ”

"Yes, yes, people's hearts are not ancient." Everyone in the audience heard Fifteen's words and immediately echoed them.

The fat man glared at the people around him fiercely, and said loudly: "If any of you want, take out the silver!" Otherwise, there are also pharmacies in the West Market, and you take the goods to the door and ask, do you want them to see if they want you? ”

When the owner heard this, he squatted down with his hands over his face like a deflated ball. Fifteen was inexplicable, and casually asked, "Why don't you want the pharmacy?" ”

The man was obviously a resident near the West Market, and he was very familiar with the market, and whispered: "Pharmacy has a long-term supply of pharmacists, and no pharmacy will accept him if he is such a foreigner." The fat man doesn't look like the pharmacy that runs a pharmacy nearby, I'm afraid that he is greedy for the cheap goods and wants to make money. It's just that this is too black-hearted, the purchase price is discounted by three, plus the cost of transportation all the way - tsk, the owner also borrowed money from India, and if it is delayed for a few days, the profit will be doubled several times, and it is impossible to say that there is a bankruptcy. ”

Fifteen's brows were tightened, and seeing that the owner of the car knelt and bowed to the fat man, begging him to fold some less money, he couldn't help but turn his head to Shen Shu and said: "Childe, this black snake and cinnamon branch are both medicines to drive away wind and cold, although Shou Wu and gastrodia are not the right symptoms, they can be used, it is better to-"

The weather in the northwest is cold, and the cotton clothes issued by the army often cut corners, many sergeants in the Northwest Army have wind paralysis, and the cold pain in the knees is unspeakable in winter, and the strict zhòng can't even get on the horse, so this medicine to drive away the wind and dispel the cold, the demand in the Northwest Army is second only to the gold medicine to stop bleeding.

Because the amount of silver allocated by the imperial court to the Northwest Army every year is really limited, it is not easy for the Dingbei Marquis to ensure that the army's salary is not deducted, and the silver taels that can be used to buy medicinal materials are even more pitiful. Shen Shu returned to Beijing from the northwest this time, and deliberately made a big circle first, that is, to search for suitable and cheap medicines in various places, but unfortunately he ran around and got very little. Although the cart of medicinal materials in front of him is like a drop in the bucket in the entire Northwest Army, it is better than nothing, especially it is obviously much cheaper than the purchase in the pharmacy. Shen Shu couldn't help but be a little moved, and dismounted and said, "Let's go and ask the price." ”

The owner of the car was kneeling and bowing to the fat man, and the little guy was also pleading with him on the side, but the fat man seemed to eat him, rolling his eyes and just looking at the sky. Fifteen strode over, stretched out his hand and pulled the owner of the car up from the ground: "How much is the purchase price of your cart of medicinal materials?" ”

When the fat man heard this, he jumped up: "Who are you-" As soon as he glared at him, he saw the saber on Fifteen's waist, and suddenly his voice was quiet, and he took a step back. Being able to carry a sword in the capital is not something he can afford as a businessman.

The owner of the car was crying dizzy, and was still looking at it with tears in his eyes when he was lifted by Fifteen, seeing that Fifteen and Shen Shu were neatly dressed, and the horse in his hand was even more Shenjun, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was busy saying: "When the villain bought it from the south, the price was not high, and now he does not seek to make money, as long as he can get back the capital, let the small one return the money in print, redeem those acres of paddy fields, and the family will have a livelihood so that they will not starve to death." As he spoke, he reported the purchase prices of all kinds of medicinal materials.

This number can be taken out naturally. Before he returned to Beijing, he went around this big circle, and he also had some understanding of the price of various medicinal materials, and the price of the car owner was indeed cheap, especially the black snake, which was directly collected from the mountain medicine household, if only the capital, it was thirty percent cheaper than the one sold in the pharmacy, which was really a good deal.

Shen Shu calculated a little, and then motioned for fifteen to take the silver. Fifteen was carrying a silver ticket with him, and he had just taken it out, when he suddenly heard someone next to him say, "Wait! When he turned his head, he saw that a man had come up to the mule cart at some point, and was turning over the black snake in the sack. Just because everyone's attention was on Shen Shu and the owner of the car, no one noticed it.

"Hey, what are you doing this gentleman—" The little guy reached out to stop him, "This medicine has been bought by this son, don't move!" ”

Shen Shu looked at the person who spoke, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Third Master Jiang? ”

Jiang Xi also recognized Shen Shulai: "Four-childe? This, is Childe going to buy these things? ”

"Exactly." Shen Shu's eyes swept around, and he saw a girl standing in the crowd, wearing a lake-blue shirt, lined with snow like snow, it was the Taohua girl of the Jiang family, "Third Master Jiang also came to West City to play?" ”

Jiang Xi didn't hear his words at all, grabbed a plate of black snakes and said, "What is the son buying this, this is fake!" ”

"What?" Fifteen's hand that had already handed out the silver ticket was suddenly taken back, and the people around him were also in a mess. The owner's face changed greatly, and he stammered: "This, this master, can't talk nonsense." How is it fake, isn't this a snake? This man, I really can't sell this product cheaply, otherwise my whole family will die! As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Xi again.

"You person, how can you be hateful compared to that fat man!" The little guy jumped out indignantly, "Even if you want to lower the price in order to buy a bargain, you can't talk like this, you want to kill someone's family!" ”

The crowd immediately talked about it, and they all pointed at Jiang Xi. Jiang Xi's face flushed, and he hurriedly took a step back and said, "I didn't want to buy this medicine-" Before he finished speaking, the owner of the car stepped forward and hugged his leg, crying: "Master, please be merciful, don't hurt me like this......"

Fifteen was stunned in place, Shen Shu frowned, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a girl's crisp voice say loudly: "You said that this is real medicine, do you dare to go to any pharmacy in the West Market and ask the pharmacist to distinguish it?" ”

Taohua came out of the crowd, walked to Jiang Xi's side, and pushed the owner of the car hard: "Dad, you tell everyone, where is this medicine fake?" "Her father is still too soft-faced, and she will mess up when she encounters this splattering and rolling.

"It's not a black snake, it's just an ordinary cauliflower snake." Jiang Xi picked up a plate of snakes and rubbed them vigorously a few times, and his fingers were dyed with a layer of black and gray, "It's smoked black to pretend to be a black snake." ”

The driver was speechless, and the little guy quietly took a few steps back. Taohua was staring at him, and when she saw him move, she shouted, "Where are you going?" The three of you are clearly in this group! ”

The little guy turned his head and wanted to slip away, but the crowd surrounded him three layers inside and three layers outside, and before he could get out, he was grabbed by the back collar by Fifteen and dragged back by force. Only the fat man was far away, and his strength was great, and Taohua tore off half of the corners of his silk robe, and was forced into the crowd by him and disappeared.

This time it was simply not a self-confession, and the fifteenth general threw the little guy he grabbed to the ground, rolled into a ball with the owner of the car, and said sharply: "You are so bold that you use fake medicine to deceive people!" ”

Both on the ground were dumbfounded. Jiang Xi rummaged through the sack next to him again, and took out a piece of sliced Shou Wu Dao, "This is not Shou Wu, it is raw rehmannia either." This rehmannia smells and slightly musty, but I am afraid that it is moldy due to improper storage, so I took it out and concocted it, pretending to be Shou Wu. ”

Speaking of this, Taohua also admired her father. Of course, when she was studying medicine, she had also seen all kinds of Chinese medicine in her own pharmacy, and she had also learned to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but like Jiang Xi, she knew that it was fake after a few glances on the side, and she really couldn't do it. And Jiang Xi said that this fake Shouwu smelled musty, and she didn't smell it. After all, the Chinese herbal medicine itself has a strong medicinal smell, and these mildew rehmannia must have been treated with mildew, so that they can smell the musty smell, and I have to say that Jiang Xi has real skills in medicinal materials.

Shen Shu's face was cold, and he said to Fifteen: "Send these two people to the yamen, and be sure to catch that fat man!" "It's no wonder that these people only act on the edge of the West Market, if they go to the West Market and are seen by the knowledgeable people in the pharmacy, they will immediately expose this trick. Then he turned his head and saluted Jiang Xi again: "Thank you Master Jiang San for reminding me, otherwise I will be deceived of money and my money will be secondary, if I really use these medicines, I am afraid that it will be a big mistake." ”

Jiang Xi actually didn't recognize Shen Shu at all at the beginning. Although he is very proficient in medicinal materials, he is a little slow to distinguish people's faces, although it is not as much as face blindness as later generations, but he is not familiar with people who are not familiar with it eight or nine times out of ten. It wasn't until he met Shen Shu at close range that he found out that it was actually the King of Anjun, and his words were suddenly a little restrained, and when he saw Shen Shu saluting him solemnly, he hurriedly dodged away: "Four--Childe doesn't need to be like this, I and other people who practice medicine, when we see fake medicine, we naturally want to expose it." "The hatefulness of fake drugs is not only cheating money, but also delaying the condition and even having the opposite effect on killing people, Jiang Xi hates this kind of thing the most, of course, he can't stand idly by.

Taohua coughed lightly and tugged at her father's sleeve: "Son, my father said that the ancestor of the Jiang family practiced medicine and hated to deceive people with fake medicines the most." Although he no longer practices medicine, he cannot watch these people deceive. "Dad, the word "practitioner" can't be used on us now.

Jiang Xi also realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly echoed his daughter: "Yes, yes, that's what it means." ”

Shen Shu couldn't help but glance at Taohua. I think he went to Wuxi at the beginning, although his intention was to find medicine, but part of it was for the second room of the Jiang family. His mother died of blood after giving birth, and he had heard his nurse say it countless times, so naturally he knew that it was the battles in the harem that really killed his mother, but Jiang Fanghui's negligence was also an unshirkable responsibility. What's more, how many doctors have seen his eye disease say that it was brought from the womb, and it should be because the mother mistakenly took the medicine when she was pregnant, what is it that this is not Jiang Fanghui's fault?

With this thought, Shen Shu acquiesced to Dieyi's noise when he stepped into the Jiang Family Medicine Hall, after all, it was true that the bone-setting wine blown up by the Jiang Family Medicine Hall was useless to Fifteen. Not to mention that they use fake drugs to deceive people, at least it has to be an exaggeration.

But the development of things was unexpected, the eldest girl in the second room of the Jiang family, who looked bright and shining, was actually a thorny rose, and seemed to be quite proficient in medical skills, and she could see at a glance that fifteen was not bruised, and her words were sharp, and she was speechless.

Because the time was not sufficient, although the emperor did not limit the time for him to return to Beijing, if he dragged on outside for too long, he would also give someone a handle, so Shen Shu soon left Wuxi, temporarily leaving the Jiang family behind - after all, Jiang Fanghui had already died of a crime, and this crime was not as good as his wife, Jiang Fanghui's wife committed suicide, so he could no longer be angry with the descendants of the Jiang family.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet someone in the second room of the Jiang family in the capital, and I also inherited such a favor from Jiang Xi - and this Taohua girl, who was not timid in front of everyone, and when she tore off the fat man's clothes, her movements were very fast, not at all like a delicate girl who had been in the boudoir for a long time......

Shen Shu's thoughts were interrupted by a voice from outside the crowd, and when he turned around, he saw a team of people coming, it was the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were inspecting the West Market, and the leader saw Shen Shu at a glance, and suddenly changed his face and rolled off the saddle: "I've seen the king of the county." ”