Chapter 16: The Old Man's True Intentions
As the sun slowly rises, the morning fog of Matsumon Castle slowly dissipates under the illumination of the sun, and it is not only the morning mist that disperses, but also the humidity and cold, and the existence of dog days can only be felt at noon in Matsumon Castle.
The number of people on the medical hall avenue gradually increased, and most of these people were residents of the main city of Songmen Castle.
In recent years, due to the opening of the arsenal of Emperor Liyang, martial arts is no longer a rare commodity, and now everyone will have one or two hands, although most of them have mediocre qualifications and cannot learn the subtlety, but it is also a good choice to strengthen the body. Most of them ran from door to door to the hospital or pharmacy by themselves or with their children, some came out and went home with joy on their faces, some of them were depressed and then ran to the next one, and some simply left their children inside and ran home happily.
These people are here looking for work.
Songmen City is most famous for its blades and medicines, attracting a large number of Jianghu guests to come, but buying blades and medicines is not simply to take the money, the blades should be handy, the weight should be moderate, the blades of the Jianghu Ke are different from the standard blades of the army, they are all customized according to their respective habits, techniques and exercises, some Jianghu Ke who use Qimen Blades also have to spend time to build a mold shelf for him, generally speaking, it takes at least half a month for a Jianghu Ke to come to Songmen City to get a satisfactory weapon.
Drugs are more difficult to choose, most of the rivers and lakes are not brainless to wander around the world, each of the twelve cities has a lookout pavilion, and tasks will be issued every once in a while, in addition to catching wanted criminals, there are also tasks such as assisting officials to solve cases, searching for mysterious ruins, exploring unknown areas, etc., and you can get rewards issued by Wangji Pavilion after completing the task, there are many types of rewards, money, secret medicine, blades, honorary titles, and so on. The Jianghu guests who wander the rivers and lakes are nothing more than these things, in order to better complete the task, the things they carry must be streamlined, and they have never seen the pursuit of key criminals or the exploration of ruins and carry large bags and small bags, so the Jianghu guests can only choose what they need most at the moment, and the same is true for medicines.
The medicine in Songmen City can be said to be the most complete, poisons, drugs, insect repellent, beast introduction, and even some out-of-the-way Gu worms, pharmacists need to configure and refine according to the current needs of Jianghu guests, ordinary drugs are fine, but when encountering those Gu worms who have to refine for seven seven or forty-nine days at every turn, it is estimated that it will not be enough for a few months.
Some local residents with fast brains began to pay attention to these lavish Jianghu guests, and opened hotels and restaurants one by one, earning the silver of those Jianghu guests who purchased drugs and waited for the completion of the construction of the blade, and often made those Jianghu guests happy to serve and shook their hands is a big silver ingot knocked on the table, and those Jianghu guests who lived in the hotel were even more open money bags in the eyes of the shopkeeper of the Songmen City Inn, just waiting for him to reach out and take out the money.
The head of the Jianghu guest is pinned to the waistband of his trousers, and he is naturally drunk today
The city lord of Songmen City is also happy to see this, and the taxes are getting higher and higher, but in the eyes of those inns and taverns that make a lot of money, those taxes that are several times higher than those of other cities are nothing more than some drizzle, and they are given.
However, since the closure of the city, almost no Jianghu customers have entered the city, and those restaurants and restaurants that rely on Jianghu customers to eat have begun to struggle under the high taxes every month, and even some inns have closed their doors, on the other hand, blacksmith shops and medical halls and pharmacies are still busy every day.
The closure of the city is temporary, the blade can be made out of embryos and stored, and the medicine can be made into finished products and encapsulated, and when this limelight passes, it can still be sold, but the food cannot be placed, and those empty guest rooms will not make money out of thin air.
So those inns and restaurants simply closed their shops and ran to Blacksmith Avenue and Medical Hall Avenue to find a way out.
Blacksmiths need to blow the hearth to make iron, and pharmacies need a lot of people to handle medicines.
There was an endless stream of residents of Songmen City who came in and out of those medical halls and pharmacies looking for work, but there was only one that no one cared about, and that was Sun Lao's medical center.
Sun Lao is a well-known apricot forest expert in Songmen City, and it stands to reason that no matter how many thresholds are laid at the door, it is not enough for visitors to step on, but people come and go around.
There is no other reason.
The door of the medical hall was closed, and six tall and strong horse runners sat in a neat row on the steps at the entrance of the old Sun Medical Hall, full of depression.
"It's good now. Lu San bit a straw pole in his mouth: "Although our brothers were not born on the same day, the same month, but they all died on the same day, the same month, and the same year, I don't know if it will become a good talk if it will be passed on." ”
"It's a laughing stock!" Lao Si said: "When others talk about our brothers, they will only say, 'On a certain day, a certain month, six brothers of the Lu family sought medical treatment by violently beating the concierge of the medical hall and forcing the Holy Hand Doctor to leak, but they were refused, and they died of poison and sudden. ’”
Lu Sangan laughed twice and turned his head: "No, Mr. Xiaobai won't write like that, right?"
Bai Xiaosheng squatted behind the six people, writing and painting on the bamboo slips without raising his head: "If you ask for someone and offend others like that, if it were me, I would directly pretend to agree, and then directly poison and torture you for three days and three nights, and then poison you to death, and then use your corpse to raise Gu." ”
Lu San rolled his eyes disdainfully when he heard this: "Just that half-crippled old man who can't control his bladder?
Poisons are often violently bloody, and the production of chronic poisons is difficult to control, not to mention that it is difficult to reach the blue sky; the conditions for raising Gu are even more harsh, not only pay attention to the right time and place, but also be proficient in feng shui, good at investigating the earth's qi, and the slightest carelessness will be counterattacked.
Hearing Lu San's words, Lu Liuque shook his head: "Mr. Sun does have this ability. "Really?" Lu San's eyes widened: "Then we offend others like this, and I'll do it directly if I change it." Saying that, he gasped and stretched out his hand to scratch his body: "It's okay if you don't say it, I feel that my body is starting to itch when you say this." "You haven't taken a bath for a few days, haven't you?" Bai Xiaosheng and the six brothers of the Lu family were back to back, still doing their own business in their hands, and their mouths were curious: "Brother Lu, we have only been working separately for a few days, how did you do this?"
The last time they were separated, they were still clean, although there was some smell but it was not so strong, this kind of smell Bai Xiaosheng was very familiar with, he had been soaking in the record hall for several days to rummage through the information, and it was also the same smell, which is why the smell of the Lu family brothers mixed with the unique horse smell of the horse runner was enough to make people retreat, but Bai Xiaosheng was able to deal with it calmly - sometimes the smell of Bai Xiaosheng's own body was even more unacceptable than this smell.
Lu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's a disaster, fourth, show it to Mr. Xiaobai." Bai Xiaosheng stopped what he was doing and looked at Lu Si with curious eyes, and the taciturn Lu Si raised his head slightly, revealing the wound on his neck. "Dense as silk?" Bai Xiaosheng's eyes widened: "Why did you provoke Blood Songwei?" Lu Yi said with a bitter face: "It's a long story......
Lu Yi told Bai Xiaosheng about the matter before and after, and smiled bitterly: "That old man poisoned our brother, saying that he would give us the antidote if he found the person he was looking for, and the six of us brothers found it in Songmen City in order to get the antidote." Bai Xiaosheng fell into deep thought. Lu San muttered in annoyance: "Who knows where the person that old thing is looking for, there are no facial features, there are no relevant clues, there is no way to find it, if only we ignored that old man at that time." Bai Xiaosheng shook his head: "Even if you ignore him, he will use other methods to talk to you, the reason for the disaster of the six of you brothers is not you, but me." The six brothers of the Lu family were stunned, and Lu Yi reacted first: "When we entered the Blood Pine Forest with Mr. Xiaobai, we were already targeted?" "That's right. Bai Xiaosheng stood up and put the bamboo slip and bamboo pen in his hand into the cage erected on the side: "The old man can see that you are a Western Desert Horse Runner, and you are not Alzheimer's, how could you let a Western Desert Horse Runner who is not familiar with the Twelve Cities come to find someone? If my guess is correct, the old man's target from the beginning was me." Lu San immediately jumped up: "Other people still have an errand fee for passing on the news, why didn't you get the benefits to us, but hung up your own life?" Mr. Xiaobai, you have to help us." ”
As soon as Lu San's voice fell, the six brothers of the Lu family all set their eyes on Bai Xiaosheng, if Sun Lao was unwilling to detoxify a few people, then there was only one way left - to find the person the old man was looking for and get the antidote.
The old man was obviously going for Bai Xiaosheng, and the six brothers of the Lu family only suffered an unwarranted disaster because they stayed with Bai Xiaosheng, but they did not get angry with Bai Xiaosheng because of this, because they knew that some things in the rivers and lakes were so unreasonable.
Bai Xiaosheng bent down and picked up the cage and carried it on his back, and adjusted his center of gravity slightly: "Don't worry, because of me at this time, I will naturally be responsible for it to the end." The brothers of the Lu family were overjoyed, Huo Ran got up and bent down towards Bai Xiaosheng: "Then please Mr. Xiaobai!" Several powerful men bowed to a young man who looked like a powerless scholar, which attracted the attention of many people on the street, Bai Xiaosheng waved his hand: "This matter started because of me, I will be responsible for it to the end, you just need to wait for the news." ”
So Bai Xiaosheng disappeared into the crowded streets under the eyes of the Lu family brothers.
"Big brother, do you think Mr. Xiaobai will really help us?" Lu San was a little uneasy: "In case ......" Lu San is not a fool, can there be a few people who call the blood Songwei in this Songmen City? Bai Xiaosheng is really willing to go to this troubled water for a few of them who have only known each other for a few days?" "That is also the fate of our brothers. Lu Yi said lightly: "This trip to the troubled water, a few of our brothers have been pulled down, don't think that we can climb out cleanly and refreshingly, but as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, we can't give up." Besides, Elder Sun hasn't said bluntly that he won't help us detoxify. As he spoke, he sat down again with his back to the door of Sun Lao's medical hall, leaning against the door.
With a "squeak", the door of the old Sun Medical Hall opened.
Lu Yi, who was leaning back, leaned into the air, and the back of his head hit the bluestone floor tiles on the ground firmly, making a dull bumping sound, but he didn't care about the pain, bared his teeth and quickly got up, and the Lu brothers also stood up one after another to look at the person who opened the door.
Behind the doorrail, Sun Lao sat on a wooden folding machine chair expressionlessly: "You come in." As he spoke, he turned around and entered the lobby: "Remember to close the door." The Lu brothers were overjoyed, walked into the hospital in a few steps, closed the door of the hospital again, and chased Sun Lao into the lobby.