"Who is the owner of the backyard carriage?" As soon as the sky was brightened, a shout echoed through the inn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gu Tianying and Qing Zijin opened their eyes almost at the same time, turned over and sat up.

"How many wagons are there in the backyard?" Gu Tianying asked.

"We were the only ones when we came last night." Qing Zijin frowned and said, this is a small inn in the village, business is dull, and horse-drawn carriages are not very common.

"Whose carriage with herbs in the backyard is it?" Just when the two were guessing, the shouting downstairs started again, and this time Qing Zijin and Gu Tianying could conclude that the people downstairs were looking for them.

The two glanced at each other, Qing Zijin motioned for Gu Tianying to hide in the house and wait for a while, got up and tidied up his clothes, and stepped open the door and went downstairs. I saw a middle-aged man of medium height standing downstairs, looking very ordinary, wearing a silk robe, looking very arrogant, and not afraid of waking up other tenants, so he pinched his waist and raised his head and shouted: "Which one is pulling herbs in the backyard?" Hurry out and get out. ”

"This eldest brother, may I ask if the carriage you are talking about is the one with six boxes of single horses and ephedra tied to ropes?" Qing Zijin stepped downstairs and asked in a kind tone.

This middle-aged man's name is Wang Dakui, and he is the manager of the Zhou family pharmacy in Gelao Village. In this old village, the Zhou family pharmacy can be regarded as a big deal, and the Zhou family is also the richest man in the village. Therefore, Wang Dakui has always been rampant with crabs in the village, and he is very angry. A few days ago, the shopkeeper Zhou instructed him to buy several batches of medicinal materials in large quantities and send them to other places together, and the goods from the rest of the houses had already arrived, but a batch of herbs from Hucheng was a little late.

This morning, Wang Dakui came to the inn to eat breakfast and waited at the door, casually asked the person who came last night, and knew that there was a person who came with a carriage, and when he went to the backyard, he saw that the sign on the carriage was indeed from Lake City, and then he smelled the smell of the car, which was the three herbs he bought. Now Wang Dakui is a little angry, feeling that this customer arrived last night, and instead of delivering the goods, he went to the inn to rest. So Wang Dakui came downstairs and shouted at the top of his voice.

When Wang Dakui saw that it was a girl who went downstairs to answer, he couldn't help but be stunned, and when he looked closely, his eyes were straight. He is a village pharmacy manager, where has he ever seen such a beautiful woman, she is as beautiful as a fairy.

Qing Zijin looked at the straight eyes of the steward, and was very disgusted in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, and came to the man and coughed a few times: "This big brother, what do I ask you?" ”

"Oh, that, there's a carriage in the backyard, and six boxes are all medicinal herbs, is that the girl's yours?" Wang Dakui came back to his senses and asked in a gentle tone.

"That's right, the carriage is mine, what? Can I help you? Qing Zijin asked.

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask, is the girl's car of medicinal materials going to be sent to the Zhou family pharmacy?" Wang Dakui didn't know the visitors either, so he naturally thought that Qing Zijin was responsible for delivering medicinal materials.

As soon as Qing Zijin heard Wang Dakui's words, he understood in his heart, the man in front of him was a person from the Zhou family's pharmacy, after all, he intercepted other people's goods, Qing Zijin was inevitably a little embarrassed, nodded and said: "This eldest brother, this cart of herbs was indeed going to be sent to the Zhou family's pharmacy, but I bought it at a high price halfway through, and the guest has already returned to Hucheng to rewash and stock up, and he should be able to arrive today." ”

Wang Dakui was unhappy, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "So, you cut off our family's herbs?" ”

"Sort of."

"Girl, isn't it a little inappropriate for you to do this?" Wang Dakui looked at Qing Zijin and pouted and said, "It's convenient for you to intercept the goods, but it's not easy to explain if I delay the time." ”

Qing Zijin knew that this was a bit immoral, and said with a slight smile: "Big brother, don't be angry, the visitor will definitely be able to arrive today, if your pharmacy is in urgent need of these three medicinal materials, I will sell you three boxes at a low price, do you think this is okay?" "What Qing Zijin wants is not any herbs in the first place, but they just need to use carriages and boxes as cover, these herbs will be thrown away in their hands sooner or later, it is better to sell a favor to the other party.

Hearing what Qing Zijin said, Wang Dakui was a little embarrassed, and said: "Girl, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that our batch of herbs is going to be sold to Hongcheng. ”

"Are you saying you have a batch of medicinal herbs to be sent to Hongcheng?" Qingzijin's eyes lit up, Hongcheng is the most remote small city in the northwest of Qingzhou, and less than twenty miles southeast of Hongcheng is Wild Wolf Ridge, which is the hiding place that Cangbei Mountain chose for Gu Tianying before.

"yes, what's wrong?" Wang Dakui looked at Qing Zijin, who was delighted, and said in some surprise: "If you intercept our medicinal materials, won't you also send them to Hongcheng?" ”

"To tell you the truth, big brother, this batch of medicinal materials was originally going to be sent to the border city, but the shopkeeper in the city suddenly changed his mind and didn't want it, so there is no buyer for this batch of medicinal materials now." Qing Zijin looked at Wang Dakui and said: "You see if this will work, I will sell this batch of medicinal materials to you at a low price, and you can hire me to deliver it to you by the way, so that it will not delay your departure time, and I can also reduce the cost and have another private job." ”

"So?" Wang Dakui thought for a while and asked, "Then how much silver do you want for this truckload of goods?" Give a price first. ”

"Deal with it at a low price, twenty taels, how about it?" The price that Qingzijin said is already very low, not to mention in Qingzhou, even in the origin of medicinal materials, this price can't buy a truckload of goods.

"Twenty taels? No kidding? ”

"Cash on delivery, only charge you twenty taels." Qing Zijin did not forget to remind: "However, you have to count me as a share of the delivery business to Hongcheng." ”

"No problem, deal." Wang Dakui was happy in his heart, the price he originally negotiated was twenty-five taels of silver, if twenty taels could receive the goods, he would have earned five taels of silver for nothing this morning, how could he miss this good thing. Besides, the customer bought his goods halfway, which was originally unjust, and Wang Dakui didn't need to talk to him about any rules.

"Then let's go to the backyard to inspect the goods first, and then we will set off?" Qing Zijin asked.

"No, I've already inspected the goods just now." Although the delivery customers are different every time, Wang Dakui is more familiar with the carriage, and there are indeed three herbs in the box, which will definitely not be wrong. "That's it, you have some breakfast first, I'll go back and let the others prepare, and in half an hour, you come to the Zhou family pharmacy to find me."

"Okay, then it's settled." Qing Zijin sent Wang Dakui away, and first went back to the house to ventilate Gu Tianying, and Gu Tianying also agreed very much to pretend to be a guest and sneak into the medicine delivery caravan and go to Wild Wolf Ridge.

The two made up their minds, Qing Zijin first went to the tailor shop in the village to buy Gu Tianying a visitor's shirt and hat, and after returning to the house to change Gu Tianying into it, he dressed him up a little, and after putting on the one-eyed mask again, he could already hide his eyes.

The two went downstairs, ate breakfast, then prepared enough dry food, and inquired all the way to the Zhou family pharmacy in a carriage. At this time, there were already horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the pharmacy, and there were more than a dozen cars in front and behind, and all kinds of medicinal herbs were pulled on the carts. Wang Dakui was gathering more than 20 guys and visitors in one place to explain something, and when he saw Qing Zijin and Gu Tianying coming side by side, he came to the two with a gray-bearded old man, looked at Gu Tianying and asked suspiciously: "Girl, who is this?" ”

"Oh, this is my companion and a visitor, don't worry, the two of us only charge one money." Qing Zijin hurriedly explained.

Wang Dakui nodded, let the old man behind him and said: "This is the leader of this caravan, you can call him Lin Lao, which road to take along the way, where to rest, you just listen to Lin Lao." ”

The one named Lin Lao nodded very kindly to Gu Tianying and the two, and Gu Tianying and Qing Zijin hurriedly bowed back.

Wang Dakui took out a few taels of silver, handed it to Qing Zijin and said: "This is the deposit for this delivery, a total of five taels of silver, pay half of it first, and the other half, and wait for the place and the herb money to be paid to you." ”

Qing Zijin nodded and accepted the silver, the freight of five taels of silver is not less.

"Okay, go early and come back early, let's go." Wang Dakui turned around and spoke.

Lin Lao nodded slightly to Gu Tianying and Qing Zijin, turned his head and walked towards the front of the team. More than a dozen carriages lined up in a long line on their own, and headed northwest without hurrying or slow.