Zhao Jin walked into the room and immediately felt a cool breath, this should be the place where the medicine is made. As soon as he entered, Zhao Jin smelled a strong fragrant smell and immediately recognized it, it seemed to be musk. An old man in his fifties was busy in front of a cauldron, staring intently at the front of him. walked in, and saw that he was developing Gu pills one by one, rolling brown and black small particles, uniform in size, like pearls, moist and lovely. Zhao Jin and a few people saw that he was busy, and they didn't dare to disturb him, so they looked around and found that they were all some unnamed medicinal herbs, and there was a painting hanging in the middle of the main hall, the person in the painting looked very peculiar, with a cow head, eight feet and seven inches tall, with a dragon face and big lips, a thin body, and a medicinal herb in his hand. It is Shennong's family, the ancestor of the pharmacist.

The old man finally stopped what he was doing, and asked a few people about the intentions of the people, I heard that it was a snake, the old man's eyes fluctuated a little, after all, the two thin children did not look like snake catchers at all, snake hunting is an extremely dangerous profession, the more poisonous the snake, the better the effect, so a little accidentally lost his life. Snake has a strong medicinal value, as early as in Shennong's Materia Medica, there is a record of the whole body, the whole body has medicinal value, snake meat has the effect of invigorating blood and driving away wind, removing phlegm and dampness, tonifying and invigorating qi, rheumatoid arthritis, limb numbness, qi deficiency and blood deficit, convulsive epilepsy and skin itching and other symptoms have a good curative effect. Snake gall bladder, snake bone, snake molt (prescription name Qinglongyi, commonly known as snake shell, snake clothing), for the treatment of sciatica, migraine, rheumatic arthralgia and leprosy have a good effect. The price of snake venom is ten times more expensive than gold, so it is known as "God-given medicine".

The old man lifted the weeds, revealing the snake's body, and he was surprised, "What a big five-step snake." "The five-step snake is the best poisonous snake among the snakes, in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Minghuang's body was empty, but it was still a song every day, and the imperial doctor recommended taking the health wine made by the five-step snake, and he was immediately refreshed. This type of snake is rare and is generally found only in the backwoods of the mountains. The old man held the snake body and carefully examined the pattern. He sighed: "It's a pity that he is dead, otherwise it will be a living treasure for a few more years." ”

Zhao Jin and Zhu Zi glanced at each other, and said to each other, if this is the case, it is us who will die. This serpent may not be able to appear before your eyes. Zhao Jin asked out loud, "Doctor, how do you accept this here?" It's better to be able to take the whole snake away, we came too late to send it to the restaurant to sell, and we can't leave it for too long. ”

The old man said, "We usually only accept snake venom and snake gall, it has been dead for a few hours, and the snake venom is gone, and we want the snake gall." Zhao Jin also wanted to fight: "Doctor, you have opened a pharmacy for so long, and you must not have less snakes in the past, whether it is alive or dead, in the end, you must use incomplete snakes, in this case, you must have your own way to deal with it, snake meat is also very nourishing, and it is good to eat it yourself, why don't you do something good to save my sister and brother to find another restaurant to touch nails?" I also have a snake head here, which can be soaked in medicinal wine to strengthen my body. ”

The old man had an interesting expression on his face, playing with his beard, and couldn't help but smile: "Girl, you are so shrewd, isn't that a loss for me?" Aren't you afraid that when I settle accounts with you, I will quote you a low price?

Zhao Jin shook his head and said: "Rejuvenation Hall can not fall for a hundred years, doesn't it rely on the accumulated reputation, not to oppress the people, not to sell fake medicines, not to cheat?" The benevolence of the healer? ”

The old man laughed: "You girl, it's a little interesting." Have you ever read a book? I think you still know a little bit about pharmacology. "This girl is too smart, and her foundation is not bad, so it's good to take in an apprentice if she is younger. Zhao Jin saw that he was in a good mood, felt that there was a play, and said: "Wild children in the countryside, how much do you know a little about the wild." The old man smiled: "Seeing that you are so interesting, and when it comes to this situation, I will not have such a big foundation in the Rejuvenation Hall as if it were a few dollars of silver, otherwise how can I be worthy of the wonderful hand on the door." After speaking, he took a dagger, cut down the snake body neatly, took out the snake gall bladder, and then called an apprentice to come in and weigh the snake meat. After a while, the apprentice came in and said that the snake meat weighed forty-five pounds, and the old man took them to the bookkeeper, and told them the price of each thing, two hundred dollars for a pound of snake meat, two thousand dollars for snake skin, and two taels of silver for snake gall. The bookkeeper picked up the abacus

There was a crackling fight, and then he said, "Sixteen taels of silver in total, do you think it's right?" ”

When Zhu Zi heard these numbers, his whole person was stunned, he couldn't believe his ears, a snake could be sold for so much money? He pulled his sister's sleeve, unable to hide his excitement, Zhao Jin also knew that the price was already high, and the Rejuvenation Hall really had the style of a general, and he was not informal.

Zhao Jin bowed to the old man to show his gratitude. Then the old man asked the little brother who brought them in to send them out, but what they didn't know was that a man came out from the back of the next hall, and said to the old man after they left: "Old Ge, it's the first time I've seen you so human!" The old man said with a little meaning: "This woman should not be underestimated in the future." I looked at the seven inches of the snake, and it was pierced hard and accurately. I don't know what kind of country people can raise such a woman. ”