Chapter 472: Waiting for the Rabbit
Xu Dayou came forward and quickly found the medicine warehouse He Lingchuan wanted.
This row of barns is divided into three rooms, which store four kinds of herbs. Prunella vulgaris is among them, monopolizing a storehouse.
"Is there any other place to store prunella in Luocang?"
"Yes, but they are scattered in seven or eight small warehouses, and the herbs are all mixed, and we checked the inventory, and the most there is about 400 catties, and the least is only 40 catties, which is not classified." The person in charge pointed to the warehouse behind him, "This has been loaded, a total of 17,300 catties, and it will be sent to seven places within three days."
"That's it." He Lingchuan personally went in and looked around, and confirmed that the herbs were there, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.
It's not in vain that he has been running back and forth since last night, and finally seized the opportunity.
"Has this warehouse been stocking prunella?"
"yes. The warehouses in the center of the town are the most well-preserved, so the most valuable medicinal materials are stored; These warehouses on the edge of the town have been stocking up on prunella and ephedra."
These herbs are cheap, and no one steals them.
General Ling was always a little worried: "Will Wan Song find a few random medicine shops and grab some prunella grass to deal with first?"
He Lingchuan asked him, "Why did you choose Zhitian Township as your base?"
General Ling thought for a moment, "It's easy to get herbs here?"
"If that's the reason, the demon golem's consumption of prunella grass won't be small." If you only need a few catties and a few taels, you can buy them all by finding a few pharmacies, so why move to Shibata Township?
Only in Zhitian Township can drugs be purchased in bulk for a long time without arousing suspicion.
Before He Lingchuan could speak, Jiao Yu said, "Since Mr. Mai has been exposed, they can't stay in Zhitian Township, and they must evacuate as soon as possible. If you were Wan Song, and the monster under your command couldn't do without Prunella grass, what would you do?"
General Ling blurted out: "If you get a big vote, you will withdraw."
Anyway, you have to grab a vote, so it's better to be small than big.
He Lingchuan patted the medicine bag on the side: "There are more than 20,000 catties of prunella grass here, which should be enough for it to use for a while until a new source of goods is found."
"Does he know how to come here?"
"Wan Song may not understand, but Mr. Mak should know it very well." He Lingchuan said lightly, "Mr. Mai is a careful person, and he usually has a plan for retreat. There is always prunella to be transshipped in Luocang, so this is their backup warehouse."
In fact, he still has a ridiculous idea in his heart, and he has never told anyone else or demons.
To be verified.
"So what do we do now?"
"Do some arrangement, and then just wait for the rabbit." He Lingchuan asked Xu Dayou, "I heard that the grass jelly here is delicious?"
"That's a must!" Xu Dayou said with a smile, "Every time I go to Luocang on business, I have to drink a bowl of grass jelly back and forth."
It's the height of summer in July, and it's the season of sweating profusely when you move. Although everyone has real power and yuan power to protect the body, which can reduce the harm of summer heat, but the bowl of cold food on a hot day is also a good board.
So under the leadership of Xu Dayou, everyone found a nearby soup shop.
The shop has been in operation for more than 60 years, and the craftsmanship has been passed down to the fourth generation. He Lingchuan wants the grass jelly is the juice boiled out of the fairy grass bunch, soaked in the cold well water overnight to become jelly, when the guests want to eat, then pour osmanthus nectar water, add a few powdery glutinous rice balls, eat in the mouth half sweet and half bitter, the heart of the little roar of dryness also eliminated.
The most important thing is to be cheap.
He Lingchuan killed two large sea bowls in a row, and he only needed four copper coins.
If it is in the country of kites, the osmanthus nectar alone is more than this price.
Sugar water can be sold at a high price anywhere, but in the country of Bega, it is a condiment that ordinary people can use casually.
Abundant variety and affordable prices.
Therefore, whether it is the Baoshu Kingdom or the Chiyan Kingdom, the streets and alleys are full of all kinds of candy shops, many of which have become time-honored brands. Like the bowl of grass jelly that He Lingchuan is eating now, the ratio of "fairy grass" is the store's unique secret recipe, and it is said that thirteen herbs are used, and even two kinds of nectar are used.
Just talking about this kind of happiness of eating sweets and freedom, it is rare in the world.
All the officials also sat down to rest, and asked for sugar water to eat. One of them was a skunk with a black body and white stripes, and he didn't want grass jelly, just two bowls of honey.
Of course, it's not just humans who work in the government.
In summer, it gets dark slowly. But at this moment, a few dark clouds drifted in the sky, brutally driving away the scorching sun and pulling out the black curtain.
A few lightning bolts rolled through the clouds, and the storm was coming.
He Lingchuan was waiting for this, and immediately stood up and said, "Go back, get ready to work."
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The wind and rain came at night, the momentum was magnificent, and the sky and the earth were dull.
The entire Luocang was immersed in a rustling sound, and there was no one on the road.
Dried herbs are most afraid of water, and even the busiest warehouse has to be still.
The manpower brought by He Lingchuan was evenly distributed in the nearby warehouses, and he and Jiao Yu took four or five people to guard the main warehouse where the prunella grass was stored.
This warehouse covers an area of 300 square meters, built squarely, the beam is particularly high, and there are two zhang (more than six meters) from the ground. 20,000 catties of prunella grass were neatly stacked, accounting for only half of the storage capacity, and the rest was empty.
Oh yes, there are a couple of black jars in the corners of the warehouses.
He Lingchuan and Jiao Yu became gentlemen on the beam once.
It has been three hours since I returned to the warehouse after eating the grass jelly.
The warehouse was always quiet, and nothing unusual.
It's almost midnight, the standard midnight.
He Lingchuan looked out of the air window of the warehouse, and could not see half a figure.
Fortunately, Jiao Yu is also a fierce beast that is good at ambushes, and he is used to waiting and has no complaints.
There was a sudden "click" sound below, and He Lingchuan suddenly tensed his nerves.
But he soon saw that it was just a small twig blown by the wind and falling to the ground.
A few thunderbolts flashed between heaven and earth, and all the fields were bright.
He Lingchuan suddenly reached out and patted the tiger's back, pointed out the window, and said hurriedly, "Look!"
As soon as Jiao Yu turned around, the hair on his body exploded:
There seemed to be a behemoth outside the window opposite, dark and unrecognizable, but at least as tall as a medicine warehouse.
If it weren't for the electric light that happened to light up the sky, I am afraid that no one would have noticed such a thing in the dark and rainy night.
Immediately after that, the window went dark.
"Let's go!"
Sure enough, the plan is not as fast as the change, He Lingchuan originally thought that the monster would emerge from the ground of the warehouse, but he didn't know that it would appear directly outside the warehouse.
Don't look at the spaciousness of the medicine warehouse, but the size of this thing outside is so big that you can't squeeze in at all!
Fortunately, he still had Plan B, and as soon as he turned around, he jumped out of the small window opposite.
Jiao Yu followed.
And for the officials and monsters who were guarding the other medicine warehouses around, this rainy night was long and boring.
Xu Dayou yawned for the tenth time and wiped off the water that flowed out of his eyes, but saw that General Ling on the side was still concentrated, staring at the medicine warehouse opposite without blinking.
The energy of these monsters is so good, it is difficult for ordinary humans to beat them.
The scenery outside the window is unusually monotonous, just the same heavy rain and still life.
Well?
There was something wrong with the medicine warehouse opposite, like there was a huge black shadow behind it.
But the thunder and lightning flashed, and the outside fell into darkness again.
What is that?
Xu Dayou thought he was dazzled and rubbed his eyes. When the next lightning bolt, he saw that the medicine warehouse was still in place, and nothing had changed around him.
The great black shadow was gone.
Is it really a delusion?
But at this time, Jiao Yu suddenly jumped out from behind the medicine warehouse, accompanied by a long roar: "Shoot arrows at the medicine warehouse!"
The tiger's roar pierced through the rainy night, like a thunderclap in everyone's ears.
The surrounding medicine warehouses were opened one after another, and everyone rushed out with bows and crossbows, raising their hands and releasing arrows!
Each arrow is backed by a long rope.
Although they didn't see any other suspicious characters, they still did as they gave Jiao Yu's order.
The Diamond Wind Beast also slammed open the door of its hideout, and sprang out like an arrow.
For them, this distance of ten zhang is a matter of two steps.
The Drill Wind Beast lowered its head and slammed the spiral horns into the outer wall of the medicine warehouse like a bull top man!
Almost at the same time, everyone flew arrows and shot the same medicine warehouse.
With such a big goal, even He Lingchuan, who was a beginner in archery a few months ago, could not miss.
A strange scene appeared:
The arrows slid down one after another, and none of them were nailed into the wall.
Even the sharp corners of the two Drill Wind Beasts did not pierce the wall skin, only a few deep scratches, and brought out a very crisp "dong dong" three sounds.
This sound shows that it is not only very hard, but also hollow!
The two Diamond Wind Beast guards staggered two steps and shook their heads, apparently stunned by the force of the shock.
Only General Antelope's sharp horns were half a finger deep, but it didn't seem to have poked the flesh yet. With just one stroke, it could fly the giant elephant upward, but the medicine warehouse was unmoved.
It struggled to pull out its sharp horns and shook its head.
I was a little dizzy from the collision.
Now everyone saw that it was weird.
The medicine warehouse is obviously made of wood, how can it be so strong?
Even if this kind of warehouse usually sticks some talismans, it is also waterproof, fireproof, and mothproof, and it should not be built with a little edge.
The worst thing is that after this round of attacks, the medicine warehouse actually sank quickly.
Yes, sinking towards the ground.
If left unchecked, it will sink completely into the ground after three or five breaths at most!
How can this thing run so fast?
Fortunately, when General Ling rushed up to collide, he roared angrily: "Get up, get up quickly!"
As soon as the words fell, the official badge on Jiao Yu's neck began to glow.
With the summer dry herb warehouse as the center, there are seven places within a radius of twenty zhang where the ground is lit up with a yellowish light, which is the formation talisman buried in the ground that has begun to take effect.
In front of each formation stood an official messenger, holding a sharp blade to protect each other.
The ground didn't seem to have changed significantly, it was still a muddy ground, and the mud splashed as everyone ran, stepping on deep and shallow pits, but the sinking trend of the medicine warehouse suddenly stopped.
This is one of the most widely used formations in the war of the Bega Kingdom.
Forbidden art.
It is usually used in city defense warfare and positional warfare to isolate the enemy's soil and water escape techniques, so as to prevent people from sneaking into their own territory to cause destruction, which is a very practical means.
After all, the methods and talents of the youkai are really strange.