The three of them came to Wollongong along the White River and saw the "Shengyuan Hall" sign hanging high, and the lamp in the hall. The three of them stepped into the pharmacy and saw an old man with reading glasses sitting behind the counter, it should be Zhu Ziqian, and there were two young men next to him.

Qin Yixuan stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "May I ask if Mr. Meng is in your mansion?" ”

The old man rolled his eyes from the top of his glasses and looked at the three of them and said, "Just look for me if there is any disease, what kind of person is my master, he usually does not give people a doctor." ”

Qin Zhenxuan said: "I am from Kaizhou 'Hongjitang', surnamed Qin, named Xuanxuan, I want to meet your shopkeeper." ”

When the old man heard that Qin Yanxuan was from the 'Hongji Hall' in Kaizhou, he quickly stood up and said, "Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Qin from Kaizhou, disrespectful and disrespectful, please take a seat." He asked the guy to make tea.

Qin Yuxuan didn't sit down, and said to the old man: "I have something important to discuss with your shopkeeper, can you talk to him?" ”

The old man said, "It's not a coincidence, my shopkeeper went out to drink." Why don't you come back tomorrow? Qin Yanxuan said: "Dare to ask your shopkeeper which restaurant did he go to drink?" The old man said, "My lord usually likes to go to the 'Wangjiang Tower' on the side of the White River to eat the White River perch there. It's impossible to say if you're going there tonight, so why don't you try your luck? ”

Qin Yixuan thanked him, asked for directions, and took Shang Zhilin and Cai Zhongshan to the "Wangjiang Tower" by the White River.

The "Wangjiang Tower" is a first-class restaurant in Nanyang Mansion, at this time, the lanterns are on, and the white river is shining, reflecting the beautiful reflection of this restaurant. The restaurant is full of laughter and laughter, the sound of people is boiling, the aroma of wine wafts out with the night breeze, the willows on the bank of the White River are swaying, and the little fishing fire adds to the charm of this ancient city.

Qin Yixuan walked into the restaurant, and Xiao Er greeted him. Qin Yuxuan explained his intentions, and Xiao Er said that the shopkeeper Meng was drinking with a few friends in a private room on the second floor. Qin Yuxuan and the three of them walked to the second floor and walked towards the room where Meng San was.

As soon as I came to the door, I heard a melodious erhu sound from inside, and a woman was singing inside. Then I heard the laughter of several people: "Third brother, you have made a fortune this time." Don't forget a few brothers when this batch of goods is out, the fifth, where do you say the third brother should invite us to play? "Naturally, I went to the 'Cuihua Building', where the little ladies all had raw fine skin and tender meat, soft as boneless. Hee-hee! "Hahaha, yes, yes, go to 'Cuihua Building'. Hey, the girl who sings the song, don't keep singing what Mu Guiying is in charge, come to a meat, how about singing 'Eighteen Touches'? . ”

There was another round of laughter in the room. Suddenly, I heard a male duck's voice say, "I see that the little girl who sings this song looks good, look at this hand, and this little face." Come on, little girl, sit on the lap of the master and drink one with the third master. ”

The erhu and singing in the room stopped abruptly, and only an old man's voice said: "Uncles, she is still an underage child, please raise your noble hands, please let her go." I only heard a snap, followed by the sound of the chair falling to the ground, followed by a person's scolding: "Old fellow, get out of the way, and delay Lao Tzu's good deeds and pick your skin." ”

The girl's cry came from the house again: "Third master, please let me go, I don't sell my body." I only heard the male duck say: "Of course I know that you don't sell your art, and if you don't give you money after sleeping with the third master for a while, it won't be sold." Then there was the sound of lewd laughter from several people in the room.

"Stop," a person suddenly burst into the room before the words fell, "you brutes, how can you bully an underage girl." The people in the house were startled, and when they looked up, it turned out to be a young girl who had broken in. The gang suddenly put their minds at ease: "Haha, a chick is not enough points, and there is an automatic door-to-door one, this little girl is more beautiful than that, I will take care of it." ”

This girl was Shang Zhilin, and the more she listened outside the room, the more angry she became, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled out her sword and broke into the room with an arrow. Qin Yixuan and Cai Zhongshan also entered the room afterwards.

Qin Yanxuan suppressed the anger in his heart, thinking that he still had to ask for someone tonight, and he couldn't make things too stiff. He stretched out his hand to stop Shang Zhilin, blocked her behind him and said, "Miss Shang, you stand down, I will say a few words to Meng Sanye." Shang Zhilin's face was flushed with anger and refused to retreat, Qin Yuxuan stared at her eyes with his eyes: "Don't miss a big deal." Shang Zhilin put away the sword and stepped aside.

When the people in the room saw two more men entering, one of whom was also holding a sword, and his face was full of anger, and he could not help but be afraid. The male duck's voice was Meng San, and I saw him pointing at Qin Yuxuan with his hand: "What are you doing?" ”

Qin Yixuan clasped his fists with both hands: "Third Master Meng, you really shouldn't disturb your Yaxing tonight." This sister of mine is not sensible, so I'm here to accompany you. Shang Zhilin heard Qin Yixuan call her sister, and her heart warmed, and the resentment in the past few days has been alleviated a lot. I glanced at him deeply, and my eyes were full of affection. Cai Yat-sen saw all this in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. Seeing that the person who came was not malicious, Meng San gradually relaxed his mind and asked, "Where are you from, and what are you coming to me for?" Qin Yuxuan said: "Under is Kaizhou 'Hongjitang', surnamed Qin Mingxuan, come to talk to the third master tonight about some business." ”

Meng San was surprised: "Kaizhou 'Hongjitang', surnamed Qin, are you the third master of Qin who is known as 'Qin Sanbao'?" ”

Qin Zhenxuan said: "Don't dare to be, it's under it." Meng San hurriedly said to the friends around him: "I have an important business to discuss tonight, and the brothers will go to other rooms to avoid it first." And the father and daughter who sang the song, give them two taels of silver, and let them go back. ”

When they heard this, they all withdrew, and one of them gave the father and daughter two taels of silver, and the father and daughter stopped their grief and withdrew. Shang Zhilin was afraid that the other people would not let go of the girl who was singing, so she withdrew and followed out, and when Cai Zhongshan saw it, he also hurriedly chased him out. Only Qin Zhenxuan and Meng San were left in the room.

Meng San smiled embarrassedly and said, "Brothers, you were playing with that singing song just now, Qin Sanye don't laugh, please sit down." Qin Yixuan also smiled and said, "Where is it, Meng Sanye said that he was laughing." ”

Meng San said: "Qin Sanye has traveled thousands of miles from Kaizhou to Nanyang Mansion this time, I don't know what advice you have?" Qin Yixuan said: "Since the third master is straight to the point, I won't go around the bend." This time, I came to the third master to buy a batch of medicinal materials. "When Meng San heard this, he understood eight or nine points in his heart, and thought that he must have asked me to buy 'Artemisia annua', and I would slaughter him severely.

So Meng San pretended not to know and asked, "I don't know what kind of medicinal materials Qin San Ye wants to buy?" "Artemisia annua," Qin Yixuan went straight in, "This 'Artemisia annua' in Nanyang Mansion is in the hands of Meng Sanye. Now that the people of Runan have suffered from the plague and need a large number of medicinal materials, this 'Artemisia annua' is the most critical medicinal material. I don't know how Meng Sanye made this batch of medicinal materials? ”

I saw Meng San say quite proudly: "I do have a batch of goods on hand, but I am not ready to sell it recently." I hope that Qin Sanye will forgive me. As soon as Qin Yuxuan saw him playing meat, he arched his hand and said: "Third Master Meng must know that Runan in the east has suffered from the plague, and the people are crying every day. I also hope that Meng Sanye will sell this batch of 'Artemisia annua' to me with the common people in the world in mind, so as to solve the difficulties of Runan. If Meng Sanye can do this, the people of Runan will set up a monument to build a memorial arch for you, then you will be famous for centuries and be famous for eternity. ”

Meng San thought to himself: "Don't bring me a top hat, I, Meng San, never eat this set." What is the legend of the centuries, the name of the ages, what the monument to build the archway, I am not rare. It's still good for white money, and the reputation is a fart, can it be eaten as a meal? But it was another set of words: "Oh, listening to what Qin Sanye said, this plague in Runan is so powerful, I can still consider taking action." After all, it's important to save people, but I don't have many goods in my hands, I don't know how many goods Qin Sanye needs? ”

"At least tens of thousands of catties, the people of Runan have been seriously affected. And 'Artemisia annua' is the main medicinal material, so we should ask for more. I don't know how much the third master is going to cost. ”

Meng San rolled his eyes, secretly totaling in his heart. But he said: "This 'Artemisia annua' was not a precious medicinal material originally, but the price has skyrocketed recently, and I spent a lot of money when I bought it." Qin Sanye, you are a famous doctor, you are kind-hearted, and you can think about the people of Runan, which really moved Meng Someone, and I can't ask you more. If you want to make too many appearances, it will seem that I am not interesting enough, lest others say that I took advantage of the fire to rob and make a lot of ill-gotten gains, and I will also leave you enough profits. ”

Qin Zhenxuan said: "The third master doesn't know, this disaster relief is the money from Huanghuashen Temple, and he bought medicine for the people of Runan for free. What profit is not profit at this juncture? I also hope that the third master can keep the price lower. ”

Meng Sanyi's eyes widened when he heard this: "What? Buy free medicine for those mud legs? What are they trying to do? What are you trying to do? ”

Qin Yuxuan said: "I also happened to catch up, for the doctor, he should set his heart for the world and his life for the common people, how can he be mercenary?" Single-mindedly for money? ”

Meng San said in his heart: "Just with a few words of your rhetoric, you want to buy 'Artemisia annua' from me at a low price?" No way! So he said: "In this case, if I don't sell this batch of medicinal materials again, it will be too unrighteous." However, as I said just now, the price of 'Artemisia annua' is indeed not as good as before. When I bought it, it went up more than tenfold, if Qin Sanye really wanted it, then we would pay this price. ”

As he spoke, Meng San stretched out a finger and flipped it back and forth. Qin Yanxuan asked nervously: "One tael of silver and one catty?" ”

"What? Do you buy firewood to burn? Meng San was furious.

"That'...... Is it ten taels of silver a pound? Qin Yuxuan's heart was cold.

"One hundred taels." Meng San said coldly. Qin Yixuan was so angry when he heard this.

The friends of Shi Zhilin and Meng San walked in from outside, and those people sat down to eat and drink. I saw Shang Zhilin take a toothpick from the table, walked to the lamp and dialed the wick with a toothpick, the light became brighter, and then there was a faint fragrance in the room. Shang Zhilin then asked Qin Yuxuan: "How was the discussion?" Qin Yuxuan shook his head lightly and said with a wry smile: "The lives of the people of Runan are in the hands of Meng Sanye. I also hope that Meng Sanye can lower the price and save these people. Meng San poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Qin Yanxuan, casually raised the other glass and said, "Qin Sanye, drink this cup for our cooperation." As he spoke, Qin Yuxuan reluctantly drank a cup.

Qin Yanxuan said: "I think it will be difficult for us to do this business. The original purchase price of 'Artemisia annua' was only one or two hundred wen a catty, and one tael of silver and one catty was already a huge profit, but now you want one hundred and one catty, this is simply a joke. How do you say we can work together? ”

Meng San snorted: "At this time, at that time, Qin Sanye, look at the current market, my 'Artemisia annua' was bought at a great price." Forget it, for the sake of us all disciples of Xinglin, I will let Li buy it for you. How about 10,000 catties and 800,000 taels of silver? You see whether I'm kind or not, I erase 200,000 taels in one bite. If you want, let's make a note today, pay the deposit and press the fingerprint, and the matter will be settled. ”

Qin Yixuan said: "The total amount of silver we brought is not enough for 800,000 taels, and the 'Artemisia annua' alone is not enough, and there is no way to talk about other medicinal materials. Besides, just buying 'Artemisia annua' can't cure malaria, so it seems that I have to venture to Chongqing." ”

Meng San sneered: "Go to Chongqing? Do you think you can buy 'Artemisia annua' in Chongqing? You look down on me Meng San, this is so close to Chongqing, who will want me if I sell it at this price? Everyone knows to go to Chongqing to buy. To tell you the truth, as early as half a month ago, when the plague in Runan began, I sent people to Chongqing to buy 'Artemisia annua', and you can't even think of buying it in Chongqing. ”

Qin Yuxuan suddenly felt a splitting headache, and held the table with his hand and said, "Third Master Meng, I have a headache, I'm afraid we won't be able to talk about it anymore tonight, let's discuss this matter another day." As he spoke, he was so dizzy that he couldn't stand up, and suddenly he leaned back and fell down.

Shang Zhilin hurriedly held on, Qin Yanxuan only felt that his whole body was soft, without any strength, and his consciousness did not seem to be sober. There was only a faint fragrance in his nose, and he fell into Shang Zhilin's arms. In the dimness, I heard someone screaming, and it seemed that he also fell to the ground.