Although Liu Wuzhou vowed not to die again, on the way back to Shanyang County, more than a dozen people were seriously injured and died, and two days later, the caravan covered with wounds finally returned to Shanyang County.

A few days ago, more than 500 people had set out, and in the end only about 80 people had returned, which was very embarrassing, and the merchants in the city came out to greet them, they were glad that they did not set off to the north, and at the same time they were very sympathetic to these unfortunate colleagues.

Soon, Zhang Xuan led the businessmen to kill hundreds of black horse thieves, and finally defeated the black horse thieves The story quickly spread in Shanyang County, and Zhang Xuan's origin and background quickly became a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys.

The front of the Longhu Inn was crowded with merchants and dignitaries who came to visit, hoping to meet this legendary figure, and many even gave money and gifts to thank him for his kindness in saving the caravan.

As Zhang Xuan's only partner, Cheng Yanjin turned everyone away, for the simple reason that Zhang Gongzi was injured and needed to recuperate and could not be disturbed.

Although they turned people away, the gifts they gave were accepted one by one, as for how to deal with these gifts in the end, Zhang Xuan may not ask, and Cheng Biting Jin may not report truthfully.

The room was dimly lit, and Jang Hyun sat cross-legged against the wall, his mind as calm as water, with a bluestone slab next to him, the sixth and last picture in his practice bluestone slab.

The hammer bearer sits cross-legged in the snow, his hands are slightly closed in the dantian, and the sledgehammer is placed aside, called the Gathering God and Returning to the Heart Diagram, and there is a note next to it, 'The heart is like an empty valley, the qi is like a hanging thread, the strength is returned to the dantian, and the repair is incomplete.' ’

This is actually a healing diagram to restore the meridian disorders caused by excessive practice, and Zhang Xuan forcibly practiced the marrow washing chapter in the Qingshi Sutra without the cooperation of medicine, which almost caused serious consequences.

Cheng Biting Jin tiptoed to the window, pulled up the edge of the gauze on the window a little bit, peeked for a moment, quietly retreated, walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard, and said to Zhao Dan, who was waiting outside: "The son estimates that he will not come out in two hours, if Manager Zhao has anything to say, I will tell him!" ”

Zhao Dan's imperial caravan also suffered heavy losses, Deputy Steward Sun was killed, most of the men died, less than twenty people remained, and he himself lost a left ear, but fortunately, the loss of goods was not large, only a few boxes of porcelain were lost.

However, this encounter also made him disheartened, he just wanted to return to Luoyang immediately, and he didn't want to stay for a moment.

Zhao Dan sighed and said to Cheng Yanjin: "Please tell Zhang Gongzi, I will remember his life-saving grace, and we will meet later." ”

He took out another bag and handed it to Cheng Yanjin, "There are fifty taels of gold here, please transfer it to Zhang Gongzi, I thank him for his great kindness on behalf of the master, although the money is small, it is already my greatest authority." ”

Cheng bit his eyebrows and smiled, "Steward Zhao is too polite, I will definitely transfer the amount to Zhang Gongzi to ensure that there will be no shortage of gold or two." ”

Zhao Dan shook his head, turned around and walked away quickly, Cheng Yanjin saw him go away, took out ten taels of gold from it, checked it, and said to himself: "It costs money to live in a hotel, it costs money to eat, and it costs money to live in a world. ”

He casually carried the gold into his bosom.

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When Zhang Xuan was recuperating in his room, in a wine shop not far from the Longhu Inn, Chai Shaozheng secretly met with a person who came to him, this person was the official Zhang Xuan met in the alley next to the county office, his name was Li Jing, the word pharmacist, the nephew of the famous general Han Baohu of the Sui Dynasty, and the official commander Cao of Mayi County participated in the military.

Li Jing, like Chai Shao, is also a member of Fengming Hall in Wuchuan Mansion, but he is not a Guanlong nobleman, but was born in one of the seven great families in the world, Zhao County Li, he was appreciated by Xiangguo Yang Su, recommended him to enter Wuchuan Mansion to study military affairs, and then he was reused by Dou Qing, last year he was recruited as a full member of Wuchuan Mansion, and recommended him as a soldier of Mayi County Cao to participate in the military.

This is also Dugu Shun's dissatisfaction with Dou Qing, and even the Shandong Shi clan has been absorbed into Wuchuan Mansion, which is simply nonsense.

Li Jing handed a letter to Chai Shao, "This is a letter from the Lord of the Society, it was delivered yesterday, and you will be back today." ”

Chai Shao hurriedly opened the letter and read it hurriedly, he was a little stunned, Li Jing saw that his expression was different, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

"The leader said that those weapons may be in the area of Julun Lake, Yu Wenhua has already rushed with his subordinates, and the leader asked me to rush to Kulun Lake with Zhang Xuan immediately."

Li Jing pondered for a moment and asked, "Is Zhang Xuan willing to go?" ”

Chai Shao sighed, "The problem is here, Zhang Xuan is very shrewd, even if I can hide it from him for a while, he will soon see the flaws, and I'm afraid I will have to tear my face with him." ”

"If he knew the truth, would he turn his face?"

"I don't know, but it's very likely."

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, it is better to make this matter clear and tell him, we will help him find medicine, and let him also help us with this." ”

Chai Shao was stunned, "Is the pharmacist going too?" ”

Li Jing nodded, "I received an order from the master of the guild to follow Sichang to act together." ”

Chai Shao secretly screamed that it was not good, this must be the master guessing Li Shentong's attempt, so he let Li Jing follow them, his heart suddenly became a mess, what can I do now?

At this time, a rough voice came from outside the door, "Shopkeeper, bring me a jar of wine!" ”

The voice was extremely familiar, Chai Shao looked up and saw Cheng Yanjin walking into the wine shop

In the evening, Zhang Xuan recovered from meditation, the boredom in his chest and abdomen subsided a lot, and his mood improved, but he didn't see Cheng Yanjin, but he learned from his buddy that Zhao Dan had returned to Luoyang, and left him a letter.

He didn't go out of the room for a day, Zhang Xuan was also a little hungry, he cleaned up a little, and was about to go out to eat something, suddenly, Chai Shao ran in like a gust of wind, and said excitedly: "Zhang Gongzi, I bought it!" ”

"What did you buy?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"Purple insect jade chrysalis! Didn't you come to the Turks to look for it? ”

Jang Hyun was in ecstasy, "Where?" He asked impatiently.

Chai Shao took out a small bag from his arms, Zhang Xuan snatched the bag over, turned around and ran into the room.

Chai Shao's heart was weak for a while, in fact, he had wanted to give it to Zhang Xuan for a long time, but he couldn't find a chance, and he didn't give it until today, could he mistake Zhang Xuan to practice martial arts? He hurriedly followed.

In the room, Zhang Xuan sat at the table and carefully took out two small crystal bottles, which were brought from the West by the Sogdians, the bottles were only the size of little fingers, and each small crystal bottle contained half a bottle of purple juice.

Zhang Xuan heard Zhao Dan say that the purple insect jade chrysalis is afraid of heat, and it will turn into slurry when it reaches the south, and it seems that the bottle is genuine, judging from intuition, this should be two purple insect jade pupa.

The formula on the bluestone scripture said that he needed twenty purple insect jade chrysalis to configure one hundred pills of purple fetal pills, but now there are only two, which is still too far away.

"Sichang, where did you buy the purple insect jade chrysalis?" Jang Hyun turned around and asked.

"He is a Turkic merchant, he is also preparing for his wife to have children, and there are only so many in his hands."

"And where is this Turkic merchant? I want to meet him. ”

Chai Shao said in a panic: "I guess I can't find anyone anymore, he has already gone to Sogdia, and I don't know where he lives?" is encountered in the market. ”

Zhang Xuan stared at him for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! Since you can't find anyone, forget it. ”

Chai Shao said hurriedly: "Although he couldn't find anyone, he told me that the purple insect jade chrysalis was bought on the side of Julun Lake." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't speak, he took out ten pills from the leather bag he carried, crushed them again, put them into a small bowl, carefully poured the purple worm jade chrysalis juice into it, stirred it slowly with a small silver spoon, and when it was stirred evenly, poured in half a cup of wine, and kneaded them into ten pills again.

The original pale red pill turned purple, and there was a strong fishy smell, this was the purple fetal pill used to practice cohesion, and the smell and color were exactly the same as those recorded on the stone slab.

Chai Shao was flustered in his heart, he knew that Zhang Xuan was beginning to doubt himself.

Chai Shao was apologetic and weak-hearted, he should have given him the purple insect jade chrysalis a long time ago, but it dragged on until now, allowing Zhang Xuan to endure the severe discomfort of his body.

Chai Shao's lips moved, he wanted to say something, at this time, Zhang Xuan said lightly without raising his head: "I'll accompany you to Kulun Lake!" ”

Chai Shao's heart fell into the ice cave, and Zhang Xuan said this, which means that he knew that he was lying to him to go to Julun Lake, and he really couldn't hide it from him.

Chai Shao let out a long sigh in his heart, shook his head, and walked out of the room, when he walked out of the room, Zhang Xuan raised his head to look at his back, his eyes were very complicated, it turned out that Chai Shao had always had purple insects and jade chrysalis on his body, which should be left by Zhang Zhongjian for himself, but Chai Shao never took it out.

He had already sorted out all the clues, starting from the Qingshi Sutra, Wuchuan Mansion was inducing him to go north step by step, the purpose was to let him participate in the competition for that batch of armor.

Although he doesn't like to be manipulated, others will not give him the bluestone scripture for no reason, as he initially guessed, this is actually a transaction.

That's it! For the sake of the bluestone scripture, I will accompany him on a trip, even if I accept the deal.

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Zhang Xuan didn't tear up with Chai Shao in the end, but he didn't want to ask Chai Shao why he went to Julun Lake, he just wanted to complete the deal, and other than that, he didn't want to get too involved in the affairs of Wuchuan Mansion.

And Zhang Xuan also has a glimmer of hope in his heart, since he can't go north, it's not bad to go to Julun Lake, maybe he can really buy purple insect jade chrysalis there.

Since they had decided to go east, they had to make some necessary preparations, first of all, they had to recruit a few guards, Li Shentong's guards only had six left, which was far from enough, and they also had to find another guide who could speak Turkic, and they also had to buy tents, wound medicine, and some weapons.

Everyone acted separately, Cheng Yanjin took the initiative to ask Ying, he was responsible for recruiting guards and guides, Zhang Xuan knew that he liked to do this kind of lively thing, so he agreed to him.