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When Xu Yang and the four of them came to Xiangcheng, they saw that Xiangcheng had returned to its former prosperity, with a lot of traffic and people shuttling, sweeping away the decadence of the previous days. Xu Yang, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, looked at the lively and bustling scene of the market, and when they were about to step into Xiangcheng, they saw two pawns holding two rolls of paper from the city quickly, and then came to the city wall on the right, and after smearing the wall, they pasted two notices on the wall and left.

When Xu Yang and the four of them saw that the notice was surrounded by people, they also stepped forward to look, and heard an old pedant say, "Reward is wanted." Two days ago, the crooked and heretical fanatics of the Holy Lotus Sect attacked the barracks at night, burning, killing and looting, causing heavy losses of personnel and materials in the barracks. If someone can provide a den of the Holy Lotus Sect, he will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, if he can capture a member of the Holy Lotus Sect, he will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and so on, if he can kill a member of the Holy Lotus Sect, he will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and so on, and if he can capture his main backbone, he will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver. The outlaws of the Holy Lotus Sect are the stubborn cancer of the imperial court, a scourge that endangers the society, and everyone is condemned. If someone provides information, you can report it in various prefects and county yamen, and you will definitely be rewarded with gold and will never break your word. ”

Xu Yang saw that it was another notice of the Holy Lotus Sect offering a reward, and he was really impatient to think that this Holy Lotus Sect was really alive, and he actually killed people and set fires everywhere, and the persecuting government always issued notices to arrest him. Xu Yang and the four shook their heads and strode towards Xiangcheng. When Xu Yang and the four of them saw that there were obviously many more officers and soldiers at the city gate than before, and the inspection was much stricter, they knew that the Holy Lotus Sect had become the top priority for the officers and soldiers to deal with.

When Xu Yang and the four of them were checked by the officers and soldiers in turn, they slowly walked towards the city. And Xu Yang hid the silver ticket in his underwear close to his skin, so as not to be searched by the officers and soldiers, otherwise he would be troubled. Xu Yang thought about exchanging the silver ticket first, then dispensing medicine for Lian Gui, and then eating a meal, and then returning to Anning Village before it was too late. It's just that now these four people have come to Xiangcheng at noon, and if they return to Anning Village, I'm afraid it will be evening again.

So, the four of them quickly came to Jinxin Qianzhuang in the south of the city, and saw that the gate of Qianzhuang was still full of people, and the business was still very prosperous. It's just that the number of people is obviously much larger than usual, which shows that it has something to do with the Holy Lotus Sect's murder and arson. When the four of them saw that Qianzhuang was not closed, they breathed a heavy sigh of relief, for fear that Qianzhuang would close. When the four of them stepped into the bank, a banker came up and asked, "Is it to exchange silver, tickets, or storage?"

"We're going to exchange silver tickets for silver. Xu Yang said.

When the staff of the money bank heard that the other party came to exchange silver, their eyelids jumped, and they still nodded and said: "Our Jinxin Money Village has branches all over the country, and the funds are sufficient, and the silver tickets can also be used to buy and sell, so why exchange the silver?" When he was about to euphemistically persuade the four people not to exchange silver, he saw that the four people were determined to exchange silver, so he reluctantly said: "If you want to exchange less than 1,000 taels of silver, go to the counter to exchange it, and if you want to exchange more than 1,000 taels, please come back tomorrow." ”

"What? Isn't it possible for the money bank to exchange more than 1,000 taels of silver?" or is it that there is no silver left for such a large bank?" Ma Zichen shouted.

When the staff of the money bank saw Ma Zichen shouting loudly, they guessed that the other party was going to exchange more than 1,000 taels of silver, and they became more and more reluctant, but they still said with a smile: "There are too many people who came to exchange today, and you exchanged it in the afternoon, so the money bank no longer has so many ready-made silver to exchange." Ladies and gentlemen, you should come tomorrow morning to redeem it. With that, he turned and left.

Xu Yang saw that the other party left as soon as he finished speaking, and his attitude towards exchanging silver tickets before was almost like two people, and he became more and more determined that there were too many suspicious points in this Jinxin Money Village. When I saw that the other party went to other people and began to ask about the exchange of silver tickets, I peeked at my side from time to time, but I didn't come to ask myself.

Xu Yang also saw that the other party's eyelids jumped significantly when the money bank staff spoke, and he clearly saw a sneer on the corner of the other party's mouth, and immediately felt that there was something strange in it. The silver ticket of Jinxin Qianzhuang in Xu Yang's hand, plus the villagers and Ma Zichen, had a total of more than 2,100 taels, and he thought: "If Jinxin Qianzhuang doesn't open tomorrow morning, or it won't open forever, won't it all be lost?"

Xu Yang pulled Ma Zichen and Dahu Xiaohu into the corner of the bank, then took out all the silver tickets from his arms, and then gave each person five hundred taels of silver tickets, so that they could directly exchange silver at the counter, and there was no need to wait until tomorrow. The big tiger and the little tiger looked at the silver ticket of five hundred taels in their hands, and their faces bloomed, and the two of them had never seen their own more silver since they were children, so how could they not smile.

All four of them took their silver tickets and walked towards the counter. Xu Yang thought that if it was all exchanged for silver, he was afraid that too much silver would be too heavy and would cause inconvenience to walking, so he decided to exchange it for gold, so that it would be convenient to carry. Therefore, the nine hundred taels of silver tickets in the hands of Xu Yang and Ma Zichen were exchanged for gold, and they became ninety taels of gold, while the two of Dahu and Xiaohu exchanged more than 1,200 taels of silver tickets for silver. It's just that after the four of them exchanged the silver ticket for silver, they still need to pay a certain fee to the bank.

After the four of them successfully exchanged it, Ma Zichen carefully hid it with two ingots of ten taels of gold, while the big tiger and Xiaohu hid more than 1,200 taels of silver, Xu Yang had seventy taels of gold, and the other one hundred taels of silver tickets were in Li Guangzhen's hands. And just after the four of them exchanged all the silver tickets, as soon as they stepped out of the bank, they saw that the staff of the money bank who had just received the four people immediately ran towards the back of the bank.

The four of them came out of Jinxin Qianzhuang to look for a pharmacy, and when they were about to approach the center of the city, they smelled the smell of medicine all over the street, and then they saw a pharmacy across the street, with a plaque hanging on it, titled "Jiren Pharmacy", and the left and right couplets wrote: Jishi hanging pot has a Dan heart, and the benevolence can be rejuvenated. Xu Yang and the four of them saw that this big pharmacy was full of people, some were depressed, some were elated, and the people who came out were carrying a small package wrapped in paper.

Xu Yang and the four of them stepped into this prescription, and saw that this prescription covers an area of one acre, and the left side is full of medicine cabinets, and the young men are running around to select and weigh medicines for the guests, and there are a few old men on the right. Xu Yang walked to the left, and a guy stepped forward and asked, "Guest officer, are you taking medicine or seeing a doctor?"

"I'm here to grab medicine. You take a piece of paper, I write out the medicine list, and you grab it for me. Xu Yang said.

The guy nodded, and then gave the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to Xu Yang. Xu Yang researched the ink pen, waved the pen on the paper, and the prescription was finished. The guy took the medicine list and looked at it, and began to grasp the medicine one by one according to the number of medicinal materials on the list, and wrapped it. Xu Yang asked the guy to pack four courses of treatment, and then the guy wrapped three more packs according to the number of medicinal materials on the list. After the guy wrapped the medicine, he asked Xu Yang to go to the counter at the door to settle the bill.

When Xu Yang was about to turn to leave, he suddenly found a stack of red paper packages placed in the conspicuous position of the medicine cabinet, which was the size of an orange, and the word "Shou" was written on the red paper.

When the guy saw Xu Yang looking at these packages, he immediately smiled and said, "The guest officer wants Fushou paste (opium)? This Fushou paste is much cheaper than other places, and you can buy a pack for only two taels of silver." ”

Xu Yang saw that there was this kind of Fushou paste in the conspicuous position of each medicine cabinet, and when he heard the guy recommend it to him, he sneered in his heart and waved his hand and said no. Xu Yang never expected that even pharmacies would start selling opium, wouldn't this be even more harmful to people? What he didn't expect was that the profit margin of the black soil would be so large. "Such a small bag of black soil only needs a few pennies to be collected from Anning Village, even if it is lost in the process of boiling, excluding labor costs and other expenses, the profit will be more than dozens of times!"

The big tiger and the little tiger carried the medicine bag, followed Xu Yang and walked towards the counter, and when they were about to pay, Ma Zichen had already paid less than one or two silver for the medicine.

Xu Yang saw that Ma Zichen had already paid for it, smiled and patted the other party's shoulder, and said, "It seems that you still have a crush on that girl!"

Ma Zichen laughed dryly, and suddenly blushed like an apple. Xu Yang saw that the other party blushed and was about to continue joking with the other party, when he suddenly heard firecrackers outside, and then the guests and guys in the prescription ran outside one after another. Xu Yang and the four of them also went out to have a look, and they were horrified to see a shop open.

Xu Yang saw a plaque hanging on the top of the shop, titled "Hengchang Great Smoke House", the entrance of the smoke house was scattered all over the place, and several guys stood at the door of the smoke house, one of which was a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears to the passing guests, and invited the guests into the smoke house. Some people scoffed at it, some walked into the smoke house with a smile, and some said hello to each other.

Xu Yang was reluctant to step forward to join in the fun, but as soon as he took two steps, he suddenly found that this smoke house was the smoke house with many mudworms, and he thought: "Didn't I burn down the smoke house last time? Didn't the officers and soldiers also seal up this smoke house, why is it open again now? What is even more interesting is that this smoke house is actually opened at the door of the prescription, the former is used to harm people, and the latter is used to save people." It's true: it's not that enemies don't get together. ”

When Xu Yang and the four of them passed by this smoke house, they also had to clearly smell the smell of fruit and sandalwood in the air, and they couldn't help but laugh and make people reverie, and then they saw the curious guests walking into the smoke house and never came out. Xu Yang looked at the people at the door, and found that none of these people knew each other, and they were not from the Duo Mudworm group, and he immediately wondered where the Duo Mudworm was hiding?

Xu Yang shook his head and didn't think about this question, and Ma Zichen also recognized that this smoke house was the smoke house of many mudworms, and he was also very strange in his heart who bought this smoke house from the official mansion? Xu Yang and the four of them thought about their thoughts as they walked, and then they were surprised to find that there were smoke houses in every street in Xiangcheng, and some of them even placed a sign at the door, saying how cheap and how good their black soil was, and so on, and obviously started a price war. Some shops began to tear down their own signboards, began to hang the signs of tobacco houses, and changed to tobacco business.

Xu Yang and the others saw that the vendors were gradually not doing their old jobs, and they all began to change their signboards to do black soil business, which didn't push everyone in the market into the fire pit more and more. Ma Zichen and Dahu Xiaohu looked at the more and more black soil shops around them, knowing that the merchants only pursued profits, and they would care about the lives and deaths of these people in the market. Xu Yang sighed, chose a slightly better restaurant to have a hasty meal, and then left towards the south gate.

When the four of them left the city, the guards at the gate did not check the four of them, but only searched those who entered the city. When the four of them walked along the road back to Anning Village, it was already late in the evening. Xu Yang was still thinking about whether to buy four horses, wouldn't it be much faster to return to Anning Village in this way, but later learned that horses are strategic materials, and even if they want to buy, they will cost twenty taels of silver, and it is difficult to buy good horses. There were basically no horses for sale in the city, only mules and donkeys, so this idea was dispelled.

Ma Zichen also saw Xu Yang asking about horses, so he told the other party that not only the officers and soldiers needed horses, but even the people of the Holy Lotus Sect also bought horses everywhere, "A horse that is almost good will cost fifteen taels of silver in today's market, and if it is a good horse, it will cost thirty taels or even more silver." Moreover, horses are a strategic commodity, and it is rare to see better horses in the market. ”

Xu Yang had no choice but to dispel this thought, but he didn't expect that horses were also something that could not be found. As the four of them continued to walk forward, they saw a three-way intersection appear. When Xu Yang and Ma Zichen saw this three-way intersection, they couldn't help but think of the old and young people who abducted and trafficked people, and now there are only a bunch of cruelties left at this intersection, and they vaguely remember what happened that day.

Although the grass tent no longer exists, there are a few people resting and chatting on the side of the road. Xu Yang saw these people resting on the side of the road, and saw that there were several horses tied to these people's backs, and after a closer look, he suddenly found that these people were tied with a white cloth strip around their necks. After Xu Yang saw that these people were tied with a strip of white cloth around their necks, he knew that these people must be the Holy Lotus Sect. Xu Yang saw that there were six people and six horses among these people, and immediately signaled Ma Zichen and Dahu Xiaohu to hurry up.

And when Xu Yang and the four of them passed by the six people, they saw that the six people suddenly jumped up, showed their knives, and blocked the four of them in front of them, looking at the four of them with a smile, and one of them sneered: "I drove this road, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, stay and buy road money." ”