It's no wonder that her voice was raised a few degrees, but the prompt of the wooden bell was too strange.

"It's done. Under the gaze of the two, the word "Huang Da" that had been hanging on the bell for several months finally disappeared, and then a little golden light flew out and went straight to Chitose.

The task of the mandarin duck spectrum was completed, so the reward was paid.

This is her favorite stage of sharing the spoils. Chitose closed his eyes and enjoyed the comfort of the power descending, and then sighed happily: "Awesome, it's not much worse than the wish power to solve the plague god's reward!"

Yan Saburo's share was still stored in the wooden bell, and he didn't have a direct understanding of it, so he sighed softly when he heard it: "Why?"

They wiped out the plague demons, essentially saving at least hundreds of thousands of lives, and this mission was just to smooth out a mismatched marriage on the mandarin duck spectrum, and the wrong would be wrong. Why is it that in the end, the reward that the wooden bell grabbed is not much weaker than the destruction of the plague god?

Is there a pattern to follow?

"Sure enough, this mission is not as simple as it seems. Chitose thought for a moment and said to Yan Saburo, "Although the mission is shown as 'Huang Da', our skunk is just an opportunity. You go to inquire about the current situation of Zhao Feng and his wife, it seems that the key still falls on them. ”

Yan Saburo nodded.

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, he went into the city and gave Hongyan Feishu a task, and the reply he received was that he would have to wait at least three months.

After all, Chunming City is too far away from Liang Kingdom, and it takes a long time for the news to go back and forth.

No matter why the task was completed suddenly, it was a great joy after all, and it also eliminated the months-long anxiety between the two. This somewhat diluted the shadow that Yan Saburo almost went mad in the morning.

However, when he then went to the medicine store Baishunyuan, he actually received another bad news:

The needle flower is out of stock.

This is one of the main medicines that Yan Saburo must use in his practice, and it has the effect of appeasing the little dragon in the "Dragon Feeding Formula". Especially when Xiaolong just rebelled, Chitose increased the amount of needle flowers for him, and if this thing is not supplied, he will be in big trouble.

"This thing has been in stable supply for the past year, how can it be suddenly missing?" Needlebud flower is not a common medicinal material in other regions, but it has been used in pharmacies in Chunmingcheng for many years, and it is as popular as ginseng and ganoderma lucidum.

"Little boy, it has rained heavily in the past few months, and the output of needle fetal flowers has dropped sharply. "The person who received Yan Saburo has always been Bai Shunyuan's shopkeeper, he knows that although the young man in front of him is young, he is the major shareholder behind the medicine store, where dare to snub him?

Yan Saburo was taken aback when he saw the price: "So expensive, the price has increased five times!"

"In fact, the supply in the city has long been out of supply, and several large households are urging it, so we still leave the last part to you. ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly, "This is the purchase price we collected from Hongmo Village, with your relationship with Bai Shunyuan, we don't have a penny." ”

"Even if it rains heavily, the needle flowers should not be out of stock. Yan Saburo was familiar with pharmacology, and he could hear the abnormality at once, "This flower was originally born in the land of extreme yin, and it is good to not see the sun for twelve months in a year, even if it rains?"

The shopkeeper spread his hands, "The local medicine farmers and the doctors in the hall all say so, but it has a limit to how much it likes yin and moisture, I heard that this year's flash flood broke out, and most of the valley behind Hongmo Village was flooded." After all, this needle fetal flower is not a water weed, and it will rot the roots after soaking for a few days. ”

He was right, and Tsubame understood that the heavy rainfall in the mountains was usually more abundant than in the towns. "Is there nowhere else to buy it?" said that when Chitose prescribed this prescription, it was estimated that the price of needle fetal flowers could account for one-third of the cost of each pair of medicines, that is, ten taels of silver and one penny, but in the past year, the purchase price of Baishunyuan was only two taels of silver.

It seems that the good days are over.

"Within a radius of 500 miles, only the Red Mill Valley is produced, and there is not a single one in other places. But in the past, the output was huge, and it could supply the nearby villages, but now—" The shopkeeper shook his head, "I heard that because the price could not be negotiated, other procurement agencies even fought with the locals, and they were blocked in the village and not allowed to go out." In the end, they handed over their beaters so that they could escape. ”

Yan Saburo frowned: "I really can't get the next batch?"

"I heard the comprador who came back privately say that a few big households in Hongmo Village still have the stock in their hands, but it is last year's inventory, and the price of the next batch will at least double. The shopkeeper muttered, "Besides, it's about to snow, and the mountain road can't be walked." Our team has returned, and we probably won't be going again until the beginning of next spring. ”

Walking out of Baishunyuan, Yan Saburo frowned: "Is there a herb to replace the needle fetal flower?"

Chitose's voice came from the bookcase on his back: "Yes, but the medicinal properties will drop by two levels. You have now raised seven dragons in your meridians, and if you don't appease them in time, you will never be at peace. Speaking of this, he fed, "It's about to snow, don't you want to go into the mountains at this time?"

As a cat, she hates cold winters. This season, you should nest in the warm pavilion, lie on the brocade mat and roast the fire, while eating small dried fish, while letting the little three help comb the long hair of the whole body, this is called a comfortable cat!

"You also heard from the shopkeeper that there is no place for needle flowers to be produced nearby. Yan Saburo exhaled and saw it turn white in the air. Chitose is right, the weather is getting colder and colder, and maybe the mountains are already snowing. "The medicine in our hands will not last until the beginning of next spring. ”

The true power dragons in the meridians are always waiting for an opportunity to rebel, and without the help of the needle fetal flower, Yan Saburo's suppression of them will become more and more difficult, let alone raising the eighth, ninth, and even twelve little dragons.

The higher you go, the more the difficulty coefficient rises, and every bit of help is especially precious.

He was reasonable, and the white cat was deflated: "Okay, then don't rush home, it's at least seventy miles from here to the Red Mill Valley, and it's not more than enough to go up the mountain, so you need to prepare some dry food." The Jin family has to bring at least ten roast chicken and spicy braised rabbit heads, and at least three packs of orange cake, right? I also need twenty catties of good wine. By the way, you can bring a few more betel nut taro on the road, and the fire roast and dip in sugar are delicious...... Hey, where are you going?"

Chitose saw that he had changed directions, not like he was going out of the city to go home, but it was not like he was going to the market.

"Go find Xing Tianyou. ”

The cat was even more strange: "What are you looking for him?"

"Borrow. ”

It was also Yan Sanlang's good luck, Xing Tianyou had just returned to Chunming City a few days ago, and he was surprised when he explained: "How many people do you want to borrow?"

"Twenty, no, fifty at best. Yan Saburo thought for a while, "You have to be good at trekking mountains and rivers all the year round, and you want to have a clean bottom of your money, and accompany me to Hongmo Valley for a trip." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to buy some needle flowers. Yan Saburo then told him about the trouble he had encountered, and then said, "This is an essential adjuvant for my cultivation, and I can't be in short supply this winter." But I didn't feel comfortable hiring someone from elsewhere, so I had to come to you. ”

Xing Tianyou listened, patted his chest and said, "Just look for me! The caravan that came back with me this time is very reliable, the leader is experienced, and dozens of people have signed a contract with my family." ”

"That's for the best. This season I hired them to accompany me into the mountains, and my salary doubled. Yan Saburo already had a draft, "In addition, I have to find a comprador to go with me, it is best to deal with the Red Mill Valley often, and be familiar with it." ”

Xing Tianyou knew that this kid was rich, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this?"

And so it was decided.

Walking out of the criminal mansion, the white cat patted Yan Saburo on the back of the neck and scolded with a smile: "Coward." It takes so many people to buy a medicinal herb to give you courage. ”

"Not for courage. Yan Saburo said, "I just want to cause less trouble." ”

If he hadn't hired people, he would have carried a cat alone and went to a small isolated mountain village to buy medicine with a huge amount of money. It's hard for others to remember the bad intentions.

Tsubame Saburo is not afraid of killing, but at the same time he does not like pointless fights.

That night, in a remote rural town thousands of miles away, there was a young man who fought with candles at night.

He was alone in the old mansion, and he yawned for the Nth time, and then went to the study to pick out two more books.

The old books were stacked high, and he pulled out one of them, and another thick and heavy ancient book fell to the ground with a clatter.

When did grandfather's study enter this book? Why didn't he have any impressions?

The boy looked at the young man and picked it up and looked at it, but the book was very strange, there were no words on the page, but there were one incomprehensible pattern after another.

The study was dimly lit, and he was dazzled when he turned two pages at random, and he didn't know what to do with the complicated lines, but after staring at it for a long time, he felt as if there were words in it.

On the page he flipped through, the left page was like "Zhao Feng", two words, and the right page was "Feng Liwan", the two sides formed a whole circle, and each line was red, as if it was festive.

What does that mean? He yawned and flipped back, and on one of the pages he seemed to see two names, one of which was himself.

(This is the end of the volume of "Mandarin Duck Spectrum", and the next chapter enters the new volume collection "Fairy in Flowers")

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