Because the herbs produced in this mountain, as well as rare birds and beasts, are very famous, so pharmacists from all over the world often come here to purchase, which makes the small county business flourish, both in terms of population and area, compared with the surrounding counties, are second to none.

Therefore, Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang took a sedan chair and walked for a long time, passing several streets, before they came to the shopkeeper of Lu. Although it is the beginning of the lanterns, it is still crowded with people, because this street is the most prosperous street in the county, with shops, restaurants, and inns one by one, and there are more than two miles of land.

Zheng Yushi only brought five or six entourages, but when people saw that these people were wearing official clothes and there were two sedan chairs, they knew that this was an official person, so they all avoided it in advance.

As soon as the sedan chair settled in front of the door of the shopkeeper Lu, a guy from the store quickly ran into it and reported to the shopkeeper Lu in the back room: "Old shopkeeper, you hurry up and go out to have a look, the county master of our county, I don't know what happened, I suddenly came to our store."

The shopkeeper Lu had just finished dinner and was drinking tea, when he heard that the county master was coming, he couldn't help but panic, he didn't know what was going on, but the county order came here in person, so he hurriedly sorted out his clothes, and came out to greet him in a little hurry.

At this time, Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang were already sitting on the Taishi chair in the hall, and they saw an old man with white hair and kind eyebrows, hurriedly walking out from behind.

As a businessman, of course, the shopkeeper Lu is very shrewd, and he has not been introduced by others, this old man only glanced at the room a little, and guessed which one was the county master, so he walked a few steps to Zheng Yushi and wanted to give a salute. And Zheng Yushi hurriedly held the shopkeeper Lu and said: "Oh, your old man is so old, you don't need to be polite, this is not in the lobby, the elders are respected." ”

After a few words of greeting, the shopkeeper Lu saw that the county master was so approachable, and the tension in his heart was relieved a lot, and he saw that there were many people around, so he hurriedly let Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang into the back room.

The county lord is the "sky" of a county, especially in this place where the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, the weight of the county lord can be imagined.

And this county master, without any notice in advance, suddenly came to him in person, which made the shopkeeper Lu feel in a hurry and a little overwhelmed.

After the three of them came to the back room and sat down, the shopkeeper Lu asked the guy to take out the best tea and brew it, and then the guy withdrew, and there were only three of them left in the house.

Shopkeeper Lu was sitting there, and when he didn't know how to speak, an unexpected thing happened - I saw Zheng Yushi get up from his seat, and then take two steps, plop, and kneel in front of Shopkeeper Lu!

At this moment, the terrible shopkeeper Lu was frightened, he stood up at a loss, and then, while pulling Zheng Yushi on the ground, said incoherently: "Oops, oops...... My lord...... How did you...... You're going to torment the grass people...... Adults, please".

The old man Jiang who was sitting next to him was also taken aback, he didn't expect Zheng Yushi to be like this, the officials and the people have a clear hierarchy, who has ever heard of the county order to kneel down to a grass people!

And Zheng Yushi knelt there very firmly, and let the shopkeeper Lu pull desperately, he just didn't stand up. After the shopkeeper Lu pulled a few times, seeing that Zheng Yushi had no intention of standing up, he also knelt down with a thud, and the two knelt opposite each other.

The shopkeeper Lu asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, why do you want to bow down to the grass people, you are the parent official of this county, this is going to mess up the Gangchang." ”

And Zheng Yushi said in a very calm voice: "Old man, I came here to ask for something, this matter is related to the safety of the people in this county, I am begging you on their behalf, if you don't agree, I won't stand up."

After hearing this, the old man Jiang who was sitting next to him secretly admired in his heart, he had always heard that this Zheng Yushi was upright and loved the people like a son, it seemed to be true, and the admiration and emotion in his heart suddenly came to his heart.

The shopkeeper Lu never thought that a dignified court official, for the sake of an ordinary surname, could kneel for him, he was also deeply moved, and hurriedly said to Zheng Yushi: "My lord, please hurry up, if you have something to say, I will definitely agree, please get up quickly, you kneel down again, the grass people are really going to die on the ground."

Zheng Yushi slowly stood up, then sat back in his chair, sighed and said, "Then I will have something to say and stop beating around the bush." ”

Then, Zheng Yushi paused, pointed to the old man Jiang who was sitting next to him and said, "You may not know this, right?" Do you remember the young hunter with whom you had a good relationship? This old man is the young hunter's neighbor, and they are not ordinary neighbors, but they are like relatives."

"Are you that Uncle Jiang? When Xiao Tian chatted with me, he often mentioned you", the shopkeeper Lu seemed to know immediately, and the person in front of him was the old man Jiang. It can also be seen from this that the relationship between the young hunter and this shopkeeper Lu is really extraordinary.

Old man Jiang hurriedly nodded to the shopkeeper Lu, and said politely: "Well, in the next place, Xiao Tian and I can be said to be as close as father and son, he doesn't hide anything from me, about you, he also told me, he said that you are the most worthy friend in his life."

Including the secrets you told him, he didn't hide them from me, and I hope you don't blame him, because except for me, he really never told anyone else, from him, I know that you are a hidden master, now, the python in the mountains has eaten a lot of people, and, last night, he even rushed to the village, and ate a family of three in the village, it's really miserable, adults love the people like children, these days for this matter, I can't eat, I can't sleep, I want to get rid of the python.

But I don't know how to start, I want to find a master to ask for advice, think about it, I think of you, and ask the shopkeeper Lu to sympathize with the hard work of the adults, as well as the lives of the villagers, help the adults think of a way, get rid of the python, this is definitely a matter of immeasurable merit, and please Lu shopkeeper do not shirk.

Alas, Oda and his wife were most likely eaten by this python, this beast is really evil. If I could kill him, I'd rather give up my life."

Zheng Yushi sat next to him and nodded frequently. After hearing these words, the shopkeeper Lu suddenly bowed his head and fell silent.

Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang were beside them, and they didn't say anything anymore, they sat silently, and when they saw this reaction of Shopkeeper Lu, they couldn't help but lift their hearts again. Seeing that Shopkeeper Lu was so hesitant, did he have anything unspeakable?

After a long while, the shopkeeper Lu seemed to have made up his mind, hammered it firmly on the table next to him with his hand, raised his head, looked at Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang and said: "My lord, it is the first time I have seen a parent official like you, who can love the people like a son so much, and you actually knelt down for me, a grass person, for the sake of the people, I am afraid that I will not find one in the past few hundred years."

Brother Jiang is right, I am also nearly eighty years old, and I can still live for a few years, and I am not afraid of anything. Since adults and Brother Jiang look up to me like this, then I have nothing to be pretentious about. ”

Shopkeeper Lu's words made Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang breathe a sigh of relief.

The shopkeeper suddenly stood up, walked to the door first, opened the door and looked out for a while, to see that there was no one around, and then closed the door again, and then plugged in the door from the inside, as if someone would suddenly break in.

Seeing him so mysterious, it was as if he had some earth-shattering secret to tell.

After Shopkeeper Lu sat back, he pulled the chair to Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang, and then lowered his voice and asked Mo Min's wonderful words: "You two, do you believe that there are fox spirits in this world?" ”

This sentence was so abrupt that Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang were a little confused.

The shopkeeper then whispered: "My father once met a 'fox spirit', and it was the encounter with that 'fox spirit' that made our family's fortunes change dramatically. ”

The more Shopkeeper Lu said, the more confused Zheng Yushi and Old Man Jiang became. It wasn't until they listened to Shopkeeper Lu that they knew what was going on.

It turned out that the father of the shopkeeper Lu was also a scholar, but since he won the promotion, he has failed in the imperial examination one after another, until he was in his forties, and he has never been admitted again.

Under the introduction of others, Lu's shopkeeper's father became a staff member for a general who led troops, but his luck was very bad, because later, the general was involved in a power struggle and was beheaded by the emperor.

After Lu's father returned to his hometown, he used some of the money he had saved to open a small pharmacy. But because it was halfway into the industry, the business was very bad.

In the miserable and poor life, Lu's father, one of the biggest hobbies, is to collect all kinds of folk medical books, he not only collects, but also reads and studies every day, and in the long run, he has learned a lot of strange secret recipes and cases, and he enjoys it every day.

But unlike ordinary people, the purpose of Lu's shopkeeper's father to read and study medical books was not to treat people, but just to find these prescriptions and cases very interesting, and he could get great pleasure from them in the process of studying.

But no one expected that it was precisely because of this hobby that Lu's shopkeeper's father encountered a strange thing.

Among the friends of Lu's shopkeeper's father, who grew up playing with children, one of them became a tomb robber. Usually, Lu's shopkeeper's father especially likes to listen to this tomb robber friend and tell some strange stories and anecdotes encountered in tomb robbing.

As long as the two get together, they have endless things to say.

One night, Lu's shopkeeper's father was going to sleep, and suddenly, his tomb robber friend came to invite him over to drink, as long as the friend invited him to drink, Lu's shopkeeper's father would generally go over, and this time was no exception, he let his family sleep first, took a can of soju, and followed the tomb robber friend.

After three rounds of drinking, the tomb robber friend said mysteriously that there was a gift for the father of the shopkeeper Lu. Then, he took the cloth bag and opened it gently, and the father of the shopkeeper found that it was a bamboo slip inside.