On the way they fled north, there would always be all kinds of people from the rivers and lakes who suddenly appeared in different faces to help the three of them survive one crisis after another; The oldest of these strangers was over seventy years old, and the youngest was less than ten years old; Tall, short, fat and thin are different, men, women and children; And everyone has some outstanding skills in their hands.

Even in Huaiqing Mansion, where Cai Ning and Chen Ziling fought each other, even if the two sides were heavily guarded, they could still come and go freely and bring one "gossip" after another to Li Le'an; Of course, he told Cai Ning not to give up the idea of Huaiqing Mansion, and he was also a young man who sent medicinal materials to the county government and informed Li Le'an, who was known as "Mr. Mu".

As for the tokens that these people have won the trust of Li Le'an, it is also very simple.

It's just a rubbing of Chu Moling.

As the gulps of blood were expelled from the body, Shen Gui, who was extremely tired, only glanced at the two "strangers" and fell into a coma again; But when he fell asleep again, his breath was much smoother than before; Even Yan Shuqing, who doesn't understand medical ethics, knows that his physical condition is in the process of gradual recovery.

Li Le'an wanted to catch Qi Yan's way to change the road, abandon the spacious and flat official road, but ran west at the intersection of Mingyue Town, and bypassed the largest medicine market north of the Huajiang River - Qizhou City; After that, take a boat from Weijin Wharf and pass through Ninghai County by water, and go back to Youbei 3rd Road.

Obviously, the reason why Li Le'an chose this deviant path was in addition to the need for medicinal materials to be supplied as soon as possible; What's more important is that she plans to bypass the two places of right and wrong in Yanjing City and Donghaiguan, and try to return to Youbei Third Road in a quiet way.

Three hours later, the carriage of the four people finally drove slowly into Qizhou City before sunset. may be due to the turbulence of the current situation, so Qizhou City has not seen the lively scene in the past; There were many pedestrians on the street, but they were all frowning and hurrying with their feet, and they never talked to each other, and no one looked at the carriage.

Qi Yan, who was driving alone, felt that something was wrong the more he walked. He stretched out his right knuckle and tapped the wheel, signaling the three people in the car to be vigilant; And he turned over and got out of the car, and asked in a low voice:

"In which direction is the drug market?"

"Half a street east of the county office; Be careful on the road, the wind is not quite right. ”

"Yes."

In the early years, when Li Le'an followed Lin Siwei to study medicine, he traveled all over the medicinal material market in Huayu Continent, and he was naturally very familiar with this Qizhou city. Despite its fame, the city is actually not very large, and the population is not large, most of them are medicinal herb merchants and people related to the Qihuang industry.

With the movement of a large number of people, those who are unable to obtain from the city's medicinal herb industry can also find a bowl of rice to eat. What inns, restaurants, treasure bureaus, and pawn shops in Qinglou Dart Bureaus, there is no shortage of the same, and there are a lot of the same.

Anyone who is crawling around in the market, no matter what their nature is, will at least put on the skin of a "scene person"; Doing business, selling goods in three points and selling in seven points, if you are a stuffy gourd character, you can't eat this bowl of rice.

But today's Qizhou City is unexpectedly deserted; These people didn't even say hello to each other, and in Li Le'an's eyes, it was simply too weird.

In addition, along the way, Li Le'an looked out of the window of the carriage, but he didn't find any companions at all! From this point of view, there must be a big problem with this Qizhou City.

As for Li Le'an's way of distinguishing his peers, he also learned from Lin Siwei's experience. This method of application does not have any technical difficulty, and it can be said to be broken at a glance.

When the disciples of the Dao of Fan Qi Huang came to the realm of the Yaowang Temple, it must be different from when the guards were on the ground. All decent people in the Huayu Continent usually put their cuffs up when they are dressed; But only the people in the road of Qihuang are in the industry, once they arrive in Qizhou City, they have a completely different appearance.

Those young men who have grown up with the owner, even if the weather is cold, must roll up three cuffs and expose most of their forearms. From the perspective of etiquette, this is the three bows of the younger generations who have not yet become an apprentice, to show respect to the "Medicine King"; From the perspective of doing business, it is also for the sake of the medicinal herb dealer, indicating that the children he brings have clean hands and feet, and he will definitely not lead the sheep.

As for the shopkeeper who is responsible for inspecting and negotiating the price, he also has special rules for his own identity. The sleeves of these shopkeepers are of different lengths, and the left sleeve is obviously much longer than the right sleeve; And when you roll up your sleeves, although you only pull one piece, you don't pull the right and don't pull the left.

The reason why there is a "wide robe and big sleeves" is to negotiate the transaction price with each other in the sleeve and gestures, and the scientific name is called "pull sleeve"!

It's a bit subtle to say, but it's like buying groceries on the street; A forty or fifty-year-old aunt and a young master in his early twenties, for the same price, the things that can be bought back are absolutely different! This can be regarded as a "small welfare" among insiders, or as a bad habit of profiteers.

In the same way, those varied and strange rules of the rivers and lakes are also produced in this way.

Li Le'an watched all the way, and his heart was already beating a drum. There are not a few pedestrians on the streets of Qizhou City, but there is not even a single insider; In addition, it is now dusk, and the medicine market has just closed, so it should be the time for businessmen who have already negotiated business to go out to drink and celebrate......

"Dayan, don't go yet. Go and pull three random people to ask, just one sentence. "Now that the battle is so fierce, the medicine store market will not be able to open tomorrow"? ”

Li Le'an whispered such a sentence, and then pushed Shen Gui's thundering short sword out of the carriage curtain; And Qi Yan stopped the carriage with a loud shout, and rubbed it on the back of Li Le'an's hand covertly, and the blade of the fingertip knife scraped the back of the opponent's hand, bringing out a rough feeling, which also made Li Le'an retract the thunder sword with understanding.

"Madam, you two will rest for a while, and the little one will go and inquire."

After pretending to shout, Qi Yan rudely wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve and ran quickly in front of a white-bearded old man:

"Uncle, I want to ask you something!"

"What do you say?"

"Hit! Listen! Affair! ”

"Ahh

"The medicine store is a big market, and it can't be opened?"

"Open, open, kid...... Ahem......"

"That's good...... Thank you, uncle! ”

After Qi Yan thanked him loudly, he watched the old man with his ears behind his ears leave; Then he stopped another young man and asked:

"Big brother, ...... about something"

"Haven't you all asked? Bite? The old man didn't explain it? ”

"You also saw it, the old man's ears sank, I'm afraid he heard it wrong. I just want to ask you, now that the battle is so strong, will our medicine store market be open tomorrow? ”

"Why don't you open it? At first glance, you are from Waifu, the more lively this battle is, the more prosperous the business of the medicine market will be! Why, there are so many wounded soldiers!. ”

"Great, I thank you."

Qi Yan waited for this person to walk away completely, and then stopped another middle-aged sister-in-law, asking the same question:

"Eldest sister, I want to inquire with you, the medicine store is in the big market, and it won't be open tomorrow?"

"Why don't you open it? Recently, business has been good, my shopkeeper has just bought 3,000 catties of angelica and 5,000 catties of rhubarb, and I don't know if I can sell it tomorrow! ”

"That's good, that's good, you go slowly......"

After confirming it three times, Qi Yan quickly rushed back to the side of the carriage and coughed in a low voice, mixed with the word "open".

"Hurry up. Exit the city through the East Gate; Whoever stops kills whom. ”

After Qi Yan heard this, he didn't even have much of a "why", and quickly got on the wheel with one leg, whipped the horse, and went straight to the east of the city.

Indeed, Li Le'an planted a trap in this problem that is not clear to the layman. Qizhou is a medicine city, and everyone knows this. But those who have shops are waiting for customers to come to their doors every day in their own stores, and there is no such thing as opening or not opening;

The medicinal material bazaar where merchants from all over the world gather is located in a special area opened up by Qizhou County, east of the county yamen, which occupies half of the land of Qizhou City. This medicinal herb market is a busy day from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and the bulk of medicinal materials and finished medicines sold in each month are also different. Therefore, this is the most well-known medicine collection to outsiders, and it is also the unified answer of the three "passers-by" who replied to Qi Yan.

It's just that the medicine market and the medicine store market sound like a difference in name, but in fact they are opposite. The former is more like a farmer's market, whether you are a Qihuang family, a pharmacy shopkeeper, or even ordinary people, you can come to this market to find what you need.

The latter, on the other hand, is more like a small auction that only entertains connoisseurs among connoisseurs. This kind of auction, which is only accessible to insiders, is only held in the autumn of each year, that is, between August, September and October; If you want to participate in the medicine store conference, in addition to having financial support and excellent vision, you must also have the qualifications to receive invitations.

To put it simply, this is an invitation-only in-house auction. After all, there are some of the best objects, only in the hands of these experts, can play the greatest effect.

This kind of thing may not be clear to others, but if it is a local of Qizhou City, it must be a matter of knowing everything.

This is the root cause of Li Le'an's suspicions; For Qi Yan, the whole judgment process is even simpler.

The first old man has some problems with his ears, but his eyes are not cloudy, and his pace and center of gravity are very balanced, and it is obvious that deafness is a pretended disease; And the second young man, whose ears were all out of shape; In addition, his steps are also the ultimate splayed feet, and he will unconsciously bend over and lift his hips when walking; Obviously, this must be a foreign master who is good at wrestling and capturing prisoners.

As for the last lady, it is the most obvious. When she stood and replied, her knees were slightly buckled, and her toes were always parallel to Qi Yan's shoulders, which is a typical feature of "kung fu practice"!

He only asked three "local folks", and all of them turned out to be practitioners with unique skills; In addition, this is only Qi City, the capital of medicine, and it is not the Iron Lion City of martial artists everywhere, the conclusion is already very obvious!

A group of four of them has been targeted!