On the spacious flat ground outside the mountain gate, various caravans and horse caravans have gathered in one place, waiting to be inspected and pass through the pass, making the place look a little disorganized.

At this time, Li Ding found that there were two rows of shops on both sides of the pass, and the shops were built close to the mountain, with different levels of high and low floors, about forty or fifty.

The man who had just spoken was driving the carriage to the right. Li Ding saw that it was far away from the entrance, and couldn't help but slowly follow the convoy, in order to wait for an opportunity to move.

Soon, the convoy stopped in front of a shop, looked at the sign of the store "Lingcaotang", and thought that the man who drove before had talked about medicinal herbs, Li Ding judged that this should be a pharmacy.

Sure enough, as soon as the man jumped out of the car, he shouted to the store: "Shopkeeper Zhang, the medicinal materials you asked for have been delivered." ”

Immediately, a middle-aged man with a round face and big ears and a rather gorgeous dress in the store greeted him and said, "Brother Wang, I calculated that you should arrive tomorrow, but I didn't expect it to be delivered today." ”

"The road is too peaceful, so go faster, please hurry up and order some goods, right, along the way scattered vitality pretending to be ordinary people, I feel that in the past three days, the bones of the whole body are going to fall apart." The man surnamed Wang said with a smile.

The man surnamed Wang said this casually, but it made Li Ding in the back excited.

You must know that what cultivators are most worried about is the lack of vitality, and this person will instead dissipate his vitality and pretend to be an ordinary person, although it is strange, but it makes Li Ding feel like an initiation, and suddenly think of a solution to the current trouble.

"Brother Wang has worked hard, but there is no hurry. Shopkeeper Zhang also smiled: "Trouble the brothers to carry the box inside first, let's count it slowly, and I'll be the east tonight." Be sure to have a drink, brothers. ”

"That's fine. The man surnamed Wang smiled even more, and shouted at the people in the carriage behind: "I heard it." Hands and feet are sharper, and the shopkeeper will treat you tonight. ”

"Okay. The man's companions responded. Several people immediately began to unload large boxes from the wagon and carry them into the store.

At this moment, two officers and soldiers in the distance patrolled over this side, and Li Ding lowered his head and walked into the pharmacy.

"May I ask this guest officer, do you have any needs? All the products in our store are of first-class quality, and the real price is clear, and there is absolutely no deception. ”

As soon as Li Ding stepped into the pharmacy, a guy immediately greeted him. Asked with a smile.

The man's enthusiasm made Li Ding stunned, and he hurriedly said: "I'll see for myself first, and then call you if there's anything I need." ”

"Okay, the guest officer is at his own convenience, I'm over there, call me anytime you need to. The guy pointed in the direction of the counter on the left, and walked away.

Li Ding looked around and found that the front of the pharmacy was not large, but the inside was very spacious. There are many people who choose and purchase the thing they need.

In the drugstore, the unique smell of herbs fills the air, making people smell refreshed.

Directly in front of the store, there are many wooden boxes on a large flat wooden board. There are various sun-dried medicinal herbs, and a small wooden sign stands next to it with the names and prices of the herbs.

There are many kinds of medicinal materials, and the price is mostly a few yuan a piece. But there are also hundreds of yuan a piece.

However, Li Ding only glanced at it, and found that the quality of these medicinal materials was very average. Some of the ones that should have been used as a whole plant are only half of them. There is even a box of herbs that are different from what is written on the brand.

This made Li Ding frown, turned the wooden board and walked in, and saw a staircase on the right to go upstairs, and more than a dozen rows of tall medicine shelves were lined up one after another against the stairs, directly occupying one-third of the area of the pharmacy.

There are two guys in front of the medicine shelf, and if someone needs any medicinal materials, the guys will take them down from the medicine shelf, and it seems that the quality of the medicinal materials on the medicine shelf is much better, and no one is allowed to touch them.

Behind the counter on the left, there are two other rows of medicine shelves, on which various styles of porcelain bottles and jade bottles are neatly placed.

Li Ding was stunned, he didn't expect that an ordinary-looking pharmacy would actually have pills for sale.

Suddenly, there was a shout from inside the store, and I heard a clatter, as if something had fallen to the ground.

Li Ding turned his head sharply and saw a woman lying on the ground, crawling out in a panic, there was a broken medicine box next to him, obviously she was knocked down by the medicine box.

"You are a woman, you dare to come to the Lingcao Hall to steal medicine, don't you know how to write dead characters?" A person rushed to the woman's side viciously and kicked it, looking at the clothes should also be a guy in the store.

"Stop. Seeing this scene, Li Ding instinctively shouted, as soon as the words came out, he already felt that it was inappropriate, but unfortunately he couldn't take it back.

"Don't see this guest officer, she's a woman, this kind of thief who steals things doesn't deserve sympathy at all. Although the guy was angry, he didn't want to offend the guest, so he hurriedly stopped and explained to Li Ding.

"It's not...... I just don't think you can just hit someone. ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Li Ding felt like a man on his back, and forced himself to speak calmly.

Who knew that the woman on the ground suddenly crawled forward, grabbed the hem of Li Ding's clothes, and begged: "This son, my husband is dying of poisoning, Mr. said that only Veligo can detoxify, I am not stealing, I just don't have enough money, and when I have enough money, I will make up for it immediately." ”

"Don't listen to her, the guest officer, the fire orchid grass is the main medicinal material for refining the Great Returning Pill, and a good plant is worth at least fifty gold coins, and a person like her can't make enough money even if she sells herself. The guy said.

"That's not the case, I had money, I met a spirit beast with my husband halfway, my husband was bitten by a spirit beast, and the money was lost, I didn't really want to steal it. The woman shouted.

"Look, admit it's stealing. The guy grabbed the woman's words and continued to scold: "Besides, who are you fooling, I've been a buddy for so many years, and I haven't heard that fire orchid grass can detoxify beasts." ”

"Really, it was said by a gentleman with the surname Gong. Three days ago, my husband and I finally arrived at Yumen Pass, but the pharmacist here couldn't save him at all, but fortunately I met the gentleman surnamed Gong, who saved you, and didn't take medicine again. My husband is going to die. The woman said, already in tears.

"Full of nonsense. Hurry up and get the herbs out. The more the man spoke, the more angry he became, and suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the woman. Directly put his hand inside the woman's clothes.

"Ah......h

The woman shouted in shame, opened her mouth and bit the man's arm, and the man withdrew his hand in pain, but there was already an extra red herb in his hand.

Li Ding looked at the herb, but saw that although the dark red leaves had become a little curled due to the loss of moisture, they still looked full of aura, especially the top of the herb There was a blood-red fruit, which was bright as if it had just been picked.

For a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to the violigo.

"Sure enough, it's a very good spirit grass. It wasn't damaged after some tugging!", someone next to him said in surprise.

"I dare to steal things from the Spirit Grass Hall, I really don't know whether I live or die. ”

"I've never heard that the fire weed can detoxify, this woman is bold enough, let her be handed over to the officers and soldiers to deal with. Immediately, someone next to him suggested to the guy.

Seeing that someone supported him, the guy smiled proudly, and was about to arrest the woman with his companions, Li Ding suddenly stepped forward and said, "Can I ask one more question?"

The guy was stunned. Seeing that it was Li Ding, who had stopped him from beating people before, he probably felt that this young man was a little unfamiliar, and his face sank and said, "What else do you want to ask, didn't you also see what she stole from?"

Li Ding didn't pay attention to the guy at all. Turning to the woman, he asked, "Was your husband bitten by a snake-like spirit animal with a turquoise body?"

As soon as she heard this, the woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly nodded and said, "Exactly." The serpent was a green man, and it came and went as fast as it came. I was bitten before I could see it. ”

"Your husband's wound is not just a small hole, it doesn't look like much from the outside. But the pus that comes out is green, isn't it?"

"How do you know!" the woman sat up from the ground in shock.

This also caused everyone to look at Li Ding again, but Li Ding said without any scruples: "The spirit beast that hurt your husband is called 'Bicui', which is actually not a snake, but a bird without wings, but it has a green body and a long tail, and the fast human eye can't see it clearly, so it will be mistaken for a snake." ”

"This boy is really a man of God, and he is exactly the same as the gentleman surnamed Gong. The woman suddenly stopped crying and knelt down in front of Li Ding and begged: "Gongzi must have another way to save my husband, please save him, if he dies, I will not live." ”

"There's no other way. Li Ding sighed, helped the woman up, and said: "To solve Bicui's poison, the only way to solve Bicui's poison is to burn it to ashes with the fireweed grass that bears fruit, and then cut the wound and apply it to it to pull out the poison." ”

"What!" the fellow suddenly exclaimed, "You're crazy that such a valuable herb is going to be burned to ashes?"

Other people around him also raised objections, or were puzzled and surprised, or disdainful and ridiculed, and most of them thought that Li Ding was talking nonsense.

"Believe it or not, I'll just buy this herb. Li Ding said.

These words made the guy stunned, and his originally somewhat disdainful expression suddenly turned to a smile and said: "It's good that the guest officer can buy it, but it's just the price...... This plant of fire orchid needs eighty gold coins to do it. ”

"Eighty is eighty. Li Ding took out the money bag from his arms and threw it to the man: "Take it yourself and count it, wrap the herbs for me." ”

Li Ding didn't expect that the gold coins he had just received would come in handy so quickly, but he had never thought of spending such a lot of money.

Seeing that things had become like this, the people around them were no longer in the mood to see the excitement, and they all had to do what to do.

The guy took the money bag, and immediately ran to the counter happily, and in a blink of an eye, he ran back and handed the money bag and a wooden box to Li Ding and said: "It's the villain's clumsy eyes, I mistook the nobles, and I ask the son to forgive me, this is your herb and the rest of the gold coins, please order it." ”

Li Ding took the money bag, expected that the guy didn't dare to take more, so he put it directly into his arms, turned around and handed the wooden box to the woman, and said, "Take it to save your husband." ”

The woman kept standing beside Li Ding and didn't dare to speak anymore, took the wooden box with trembling hands, and said with gratitude in her eyes: "Thank you Gongzi, and please leave your name so that you can come back to answer." ”

Li Ding did this for his own reasons, why not ask for repayment, and said with a faint smile: "There is no need to repay the repayment, I just want to ask, whether the Mr. Gong in your mouth is a young man about thirty years old in a white robe, whether he is still here." ”

The woman shook her head and said, "That Mr. Gong met him three days ago, and he should have already entered the customs." He was also dressed in a white shirt, but he was a thin-faced old man, who looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old. ”

"I thought I knew someone. A hint of disappointment flashed in Li Ding's eyes.

At first, when he heard the woman's husband's surname Gong, and he knew so much about medicinal herbs, Li Ding immediately thought that the person was Gongshui, but it seemed that it was just his guess.

When he came back to his senses, Li Ding found that the woman was still in front of him, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Why are you still here, hurry up and save your husband, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

These words startled the woman, but she still thanked her twice before running quickly towards the outside of the drugstore.

Seeing the woman leaving, Li Ding also realized that she was too ostentatious just now, no matter whether it attracted anyone's attention or not, it was better to leave here quickly.

At this moment, the guy just now ran up and said, "This son, our shopkeeper has an invitation." ”

(To be continued.) )