The sun of the white flowers seemed to be about to melt the mud.

Xiao Yu turned over the herbs spread on the bamboo curtain in the courtyard again, and the prepared medicine was sent to the dark room under the east room, and then packed the medicinal materials that would be brought into the city tomorrow.

Xiao Yucheng went to feed the rabbits and came back, looked at the sorting and sorting bags, and said, "With so many medicinal materials, it should be able to sell for a lot of money." ”

"The herbs are better this time." Xiao Yu said with a smile. But the valuable ones are kept by themselves, after all, some are available but not sought.

Xiao Pei also carefully wrapped the dried mountain mushrooms and deer breasts, and prepared to let Xiao Yu and the others take them into the city to sell them together.

The previous time Xiao Yu and Xiao Yucheng went into the mountain, they happened to meet a small deer, and the two worked together to hunt it and carry it back, Xiao Pei dried the deer breast, and said very happily that he would use deer skin to make boots for the two.

"It's better to keep this air-dried venison at home, it may not be so good to buy outside." Xiao Yu hurriedly said, "The mountain mushrooms are also left, if you can't finish eating, you can give them away." Horizontally and vertically are dry and leave for a long time. ”

Xiao Pei knew that Xiao Yu had always liked to eat mountain mushrooms, and hearing her say this, most of the deer breast was also his favorite, so he immediately took it to the kitchen to put it away, and when he came back, he asked with a smile: "Make roast deer breast at night?" ”

"Really?" Xiao Yucheng said happily.

Xiao Yu glanced at the scorching sun outside, shook his head and said, "The weather is so hot, don't eat venison, keep it for winter tonic." ”

"That's too long." Xiao Yucheng said whimsily.

Xiao Pei thought for a while, and Ying Ying smiled: "In this case, is it okay to eat steamed chicken with lotus leaves tonight?" Yucheng, you go pick a few lotus leaves and come back, and then make a sauce fried rabbit dice. ”

There is a barren field at the bottom of the mountain with a few lotus leaves growing on the edge, and in the winter there are people digging lotus roots, but there is no harvest, and now no one cares about it.

"Good!" Xiao Yucheng went happily.

"The sun is so big, put on a hat." Xiao Pei said busily. But when you chase it out, you can see that the person has already run away.

The next day, the two got up before dawn for morning exercise, had breakfast, and still borrowed the ox cart of the Wednesday uncle's family, driven by Xiao Yucheng, and went out early.

When I arrived in the city, I parked the ox cart next to the familiar shop, and came to the Crane Year Hall, where I sold medicine last time.

The door of the pharmacy was closed, making Xiao Yu almost think that he had made a mistake. She looked up at the plaque hanging above the engraved name, then at the shops on the left and right, and was sure that it was this one.

"Why is this pharmacy closed?" Xiao Yucheng was carrying large and small cloth bags, which was also very strange.

Xiao Yu walked into the Yujishan store next to him and inquired, "The shopkeeper of the Crane Year Hall went out today?" ”

The dark, thin and shrewd shopkeeper in the store raised his head, put the abacus aside, squinted slightly, and said, "You mean the pharmacy next to it, it will not be closed early." Are you going to buy medicinal herbs? There are also a few small shops. ”

Xiao Yu shook his head: "No, we went up the mountain to get some medicinal materials, and they were all sold to his family before." ”

The shopkeeper was interested: "Oh? What are some good herbs? ”

Xiao Yu took the medicinal herbs that Xiao Yucheng was carrying and put them on the counter along with the ones in his hand, and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't the Crane Year Hall do it?" Is business bad? It doesn't look like it. ”

The shopkeeper glanced outside, with pity on his face, shook his head and sighed: "The only daughter of his family was kidnapped by the people of the poison gate, and I don't know if I live or die, how can the shopkeeper of Qi still have the heart to open a shop?" As soon as the door was closed, he went looking for his daughter. Didn't I say, where else can I find it? There was no news of so many ladies in the city who disappeared before. Besides, if you can find it, you can't survive. Pity these delicate little girls...... What a sin. ”

Xiao Yu was shocked when he heard the news, and he didn't even hear what he said in the second half of the time, and the girl in the peach shirt and green skirt who smiled and smiled more than the flower appeared in front of him, and the sadness and sorrow came to his heart.

After being stunned for a long time, he heard Xiao Yucheng ask, "You said that the girl from the Qi family next door was arrested?" ”

"yes. This has been spreading all over the streets for a long time. Before the shopkeeper looked for a woman, he went door to door to ask. The government also came to investigate. The black and thin shopkeeper said, and asked, "Do you sell this medicinal herb?" ”

"Sell." Xiao Yu fixed his mind and said, "The shopkeeper will see what price he gives, and he will sell it if it is suitable." ”

This shop is not as easy to talk as Crane Year Hall, but Xiao Yu didn't have the heart to bargain after hearing such an amazing news, and hurriedly agreed to sell most of the medicinal materials at a low price of six taels of silver, and the rest of the common and cheap ones, as well as the shopkeeper who had never seen the detoxification of Chencao, which was not considered to be medicine.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu thought about it last night and kept those more expensive medicines to make pills by himself, and he didn't feel very distressed when he sold them at a cheap price brought into the city.

"When did the girl of the Qi family disappear?" Xiao Yu asked.

The shopkeeper said casually: "What happened a few days ago, I'm afraid it will be six or seven days." ”

Xiao Yu didn't ask any more questions, left the shop in a low mood, and walked around the neighborhood with Xiao Yucheng again, hearing a lot of related discussions.

Xiao Yucheng clenched his fists with a blue face, gritted his teeth and said, "Such a thief, everyone is really punished!" ”

Xiao Yu also let out a long sigh.

The smile in my memory is still as vivid as yesterday, and I was suddenly told that he was afraid that the person was more than lucky, which was really unacceptable.

From the talk on the streets, the two knew that several girls who had been kidnapped in the city had been taken away recently, and they all woke up early in the morning to find that the person who should have slept in the room was gone. After Xiao Pei's incident, the government made every effort to investigate the case and sent many people to arrest the murderer. Later, several shops related to it were raided. Perhaps this angered the poison gate, which intensified its efforts to kidnap the girl.

The people of the city were terrified.

The daughter of the treasurer of the Crane Year Hall is the sixth girl to go missing in the past few months. The shopkeeper Qi has this daughter under his knees, and he is grief-stricken. He immediately reported to the government, and he also scattered his family wealth to fund the search for someone, but there is still no news.

Xiao Yu went to Jishitang to buy some medicinal herbs, looked at Xiao Yucheng's depressed appearance, and asked, "Do you have anything to buy?" ”

Xiao Yucheng shook his head: "No." By the way, Sister A brought mountain mushroom rabbit jerky and deer breast to Brother Hao Jun. ”

The two went to fetch the ox cart and went straight to the general's mansion in the east of the city. Although Xiao Yu has known Hao Jun for more than a year, Hao Jun often goes to Niujiao Village to see Xiao Yu and a few people, but only Xiao Yucheng has been to the General's Mansion to send things to Hao Jun, and she has never been there.

In the distance, you can see the houses in the thick walls, with arches and cornices. When I arrived at the street of the General's Mansion, I saw that the road was wide and there were few pedestrians, and the towering Zhumen was on top of the high steps, and there were majestic stone lions squatting on both sides, and the guns and halberds stood in a row of armor guards, which made people daunting.

Xiao Yucheng drove the ox cart around to the back door.

Xiao Yu jumped out of the car and went over to inquire about the guards standing by the door. The brightly armored guard did not embarrass her, and let people enter the mansion to inquire, but she still stood tall and unmoving.

The people who went in after a short time came out, but said that Hao Jun went to the military camp in the south of the city with the general and was not in the mansion. The two had to hand over the things to the man and drive back.