Downstairs to inquire with the inn Xiao Eryi, there are only three medicinal herb stores in the city, two on Nanshi Street, and one in Dongshi.

This is easier, the inn goes out and turns right to Nanshi Street.

In the first small medicinal herb shop, he took a casual look at it, and then asked casually: "Shopkeeper, are there any guests who have come to buy medicinal materials such as healing muscles and bones today?" ”

The shopkeeper raised his suspicious eyelids, his face was not good-looking, and said, "I don't know, I don't know." ”

Ning didn't say a word, he was empathetic and reasoned and stuffed a silver ingot into the shopkeeper's hand, and the shopkeeper immediately smiled and groveled, "The small shop is simple, all of them are cheap herbs used by ordinary people, and there are no noble customers to visit." The guest officer may wish to go to the Ciren Hall over there to take a look, their family's medicinal materials are the most complete in the city. ”

Tzu Ren Tang is indeed very large, with a complete range of medicinal materials and supplements. Moreover, it is not only a medicine shop, but also a medical hall, where Lang Zhong sits in the hall to see a doctor. The flow of people is like weaving, and business is booming.

When he arrived at Ciren Hall, he found a guy to concoct the same method, and the young man immediately saw that Qian Kai's eyes opened, and the words flowed out like flowing water:

"The guest officer is the right person, the small one can't do anything, just remember the best. Let me think about it, in the last seven or eight days, only Zhang Butcher from Wang Street sprained his waist, and Liu Da, who bought fish, also broke his arm, and they all came to Lang Zhong to see it, and then prescribed medicine for several days to go back. Nothing else. So, I'm afraid it's going to disappoint the guest officer. ”

Why bother to make sure again, "Is there really no more?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded firmly, "Not really." When the guest officer looks at my booklet, there are all the records? ”

“……”

The guy is a clever man, and he rolled his eyes and said, "The guest officer is looking for someone, right?" Or, take a look at the East Market, there is also a medical center there! Oh, just like us here, not only Lang Zhong sits for consultation, but also sells all kinds of precious medicinal supplements, everything. ”

Ning He's heart moved, "There is another one in the East Market?" What's the name? How is Lang TCM? ”

The guy blinked and whispered, "It's called 'Huirentang', as for anything else?" …… Hehe, the guest officer will know everything as soon as he asks there. ”

After the man finished speaking ambiguously and mysteriously, he turned around and beckoned the other guests, and after going out, he turned directly to Dongshi Street.

"Huirentang" is at the intersection of Dongshi Street, and you can see the big and eye-catching gold-lettered signboard from a distance, the location is excellent, and it is a feng shui treasure place for doing business at a glance.

However, it seems that the front of the huge store is very deserted, with pedestrians coming and going, but no one entering or leaving.

Ning He wondered in his heart, but when he got closer and took a closer look, the store was closed.

What's going on?

He looked up and saw that next door to the medicine hall was a jewelry store called "Treasure Pavilion", with an endless stream of people. In stark contrast to the closure of this side of the car, it is deserted.

When he came to the door of the store, he saw that there was a big wooden sign in a conspicuous place on the street outside the door, on which it was written with a red pen: Buy conch beads at a high price.

Why don't you feel a stir in your heart: what kind of treasure is the conch bead?

He has always been a doer, and it is better to act than to be excited, just go in and take a look. You can also casually ask what's going on next door?

He casually walked around the store, and in addition to the daily gold and silver jewelry, the most attractive thing was a variety of precious and characteristic jewelry made of saltwater pearls.

And it is these saltwater pearls produced in the deep sea that attract foreign businessmen and tourists.

Saltwater pearls are full of size, round shape, bright color, flawless, and expensive, and are sought after by officials and nobles in Beijing.

But Ning He's attention was not on these lustrous white pearls, and after looking around the store, he asked the guy who couldn't shake off his buttocks, "Don't you have conch beads for sale in your store?" ”

The young man was seventeen or eighteen years old, with good facial features, tall and thin, and long legs, and at first glance he was a typical seaside man who was blown up by the sea breeze.

If it were someone else, he would definitely tell the truth and reply directly: "No." But he was different, first took a closer look at Ning He, and after seeing the attire and appearance of the person who came, Fang said understandingly: "The guest officer is from out of town, right?" Do you know that in our place, although conch beads are produced, ordinary people have never seen them. Not to mention putting it on sale in the store. ”

“……”

Ning He pointed to the door and gestured, and the guy smiled knowingly, "It's written to buy, but I don't have to accept it!" Fishermen go out to sea for a month or two, risking their lives and following each other, and they may not be able to catch a phoenix snail. This phoenix snail is rare and precious, hidden under the deep-sea rapids reef, and is not as common as sea mussels. Does the customer know how much it costs to buy a conch bead? ”

Ning He asked him with his eyes: "How much?" ”

The guy stretched out a finger, "A conch bead is a thousand gold." If the condition is excellent, it is a different matter. ”

Ning He was really taken aback: "A thousand gold? ”

The guy nodded silently.

Ning He understood that the conch beads were produced by the phoenix snail, a creature in the sea, and a bead was worth a thousand gold, not to mention, and the store only collected but did not sell.

Then he couldn't help asking, "Although it is less, it doesn't mean that there is none, right?" What about the conch beads that were recovered in the past? I just want to buy one, and the price is not a problem. ”

The guy stopped talking, and after he looked at Ning He Ku a few times, his lips moved, and he stopped talking. After a while, he changed his complexion again, and made a send-off gesture without humility or arrogance: "The villain doesn't know, the guest officer is leaving, and the small shop doesn't have anything you want to buy." ”

Ning Heku stopped him in time, "Man, let me ask you another question, why didn't the medicine hall next door open?" ”

The corners of the man's mouth raised a sneer, "Why are you opening the door?" When the door was opened, there were no guests or patients. ”

Surprised: "Why? ”

Disdain: "Too expensive! ”

“……”

Why bother to ask: "Is that already closed?" ”

The guy kept the same expression, "Why don't you close the door?" ”

Now, why bother to ask, 'Neither closed down, nor opened the door to do business, so how can it be maintained?' You have to pay the rent, right? ”

The guy was a warm-hearted man, and just as he was about to speak, a thin middle-aged man called him, "Ah Hai, don't come over to help." ”

"Come on!" Ah Hai responded crisply, glanced at Ning Heku, and after walking a few steps, he looked back at him again, his eyes were complicated.

Ning He looked at that look thoughtfully.

He stood there and was stunned again, pretending to say to himself, "It's just that I want to buy a conch bead, is it so difficult?" Besides, don't you have big letters written on the door of your store? I can't even ask! ”

After muttering, he turned around and walked out, with a little sluggishness, and laughed at himself: "After asking for a long time, I didn't even ask why the next door might as well be "closed door", it's really useless?" ”

However, he didn't continue to inquire about the second person, but hid his figure opposite the store, and waited until it was dark, and the "Treasure Pavilion" made a feint and fell locked, and then Ah Hai shook his long hand and shook it out.

He quietly followed Ah Hai, walked through two long streets, and walked until he reached the depths of a secluded alley, Ah Hai suddenly stopped, stood in place and did not turn around, only said softly: "Come out, don't hide." ”

Ning was surprised, he asked himself how he found out when he was as light as a swallow, as quiet as a ghost, and tracked without a trace?

He appeared, walked up to Ah Hai generously, and greeted him naturally and familiarly, "Ha, Ah Hai! What a coincidence! We meet again. ”

Ah Hai stared at him and was silent for a while, and Fang Shen said: "You stared at me at the door of the store for an afternoon, and waited for me for another afternoon, wouldn't it be just a coincidence to come and say hello?" ”

Ning He pretended to be surprised, "Oh! Didn't you want me to wait for you? ”

"......" Ah Hai: "When did I say that?" ”

Ning Heku: "You didn't say it, but when you turned around and left, you told me with your eyes." ”

Ah Hai looked at Ning Heku's eyes at that time, and he really had a lot to say to him.

But that's just a thought.

He didn't expect that Ning Hehard not only understood him, but could also wait for him quietly for an afternoon.

But he didn't admit it, nor did he deny it, just smiled lightly and asked, "The guest officer waited for me all afternoon, not just to prove whether your guess is accurate?" ”

"......" rather praised in his heart: a good clever offspring. The next moment, he said solemnly: "Naturally not, I came to you because I wanted to ask you two things." ”

"Oh!" Ah Hai replied lightly, with an expression of "this is right", and then stretched out his rough and slender right hand and spread it out in front of Ning Heku's eyes.

Ning He was a little confused, "...... What does this mean? ”

Ah Hai obviously didn't expect him to ask this question, he was very surprised, his slender eyebrows jumped a few times, and his tone was displeased, "Silver money!" Usually you ask someone for some information, aren't they all very good at dealing with people, and like to stuff money into people's hands or something? Besides, I can't tell you in vain......"

After Ah Hai finished speaking lightly, Ning He was suffocated, and then apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry!" I thought you were the one out of the rest? ”

In the dark, Ah Hai was also suffocated, and then stretched his hand forward, "Don't take it for granted, there has never been such a thing as 'I think' in this world." Do things according to the rules, everyone is safe and sound, and they complement each other. ”

Ning He looked at the big rough and dark hands in front of him, listened to his words with a lot of realm, smiled thoughtfully, and cooperatively took out a silver ingot from his arms and put it in his hand, and then took out another ingot.

Ning He, who loves money like life, would be so generous, and the two ingots he took out casually were both ingots of silver, which were as many as one hundred taels. The pressure of the precipitation made Ah Hai's hands tremble. He looked at the bright silver in his hand, his eyes were cloudy and uncertain, and his emotions were full of emotions, but he could see it clearly, and there was clearly no trace of greed and surprise in his eyes.

In the end, Ah Hai calmly put away the ingots and silver, and fulfilled the spirit of the contract without humility or arrogance, "If the son wants to ask, just ask." ”

Ning He stopped talking nonsense, and asked the most important one: "The room next to it seems to be closed, but it is not closed, what is going on?" ”

"Simple! The boss is rich and capricious, he can open it when he wants it, and close it when he wants to. Ah Hai replied briskly.

Ning He thought for a while, "How rich is it?" ”

The corners of Ah Hai's lips hung with a hint of sarcasm, "No matter how rich he is, he can't be rich, but my owner." ”

“……？”

Ning He swallowed hard, but resisted the urge to ask him casually who the owner was. In the end, he also asked the question he had always wanted to ask: "Have you seen any special patients in his store in the past few days, or have there been any customers?" ”

Ah Hai continued to sneer: "I haven't opened the door for half a month, so it's strange that someone comes." ”

Ning He just wanted to ask the next question, but Ah Hai suddenly continued: "Do you want to ask where the boss lives, what is the situation at home, and why do you want to do whatever you want?" Right? ”