Tianping Town is slightly smaller than Taiping Town and is one of the four towns in Siping County. The town lies in a valley, a street crosses the east and west, and there are walled forts built at both ends, and soldiers guard the gates.

It's a veritable frontier town.

The mountain people rushing to the scene on the street were dressed differently, and their expressions were simple. The streets are two or three miles long, lined with shops, and people of all colors come and go. A long street is lively.

Walking on the street, Lin Yi couldn't help but think of Lao Lulai. I remember that Lao Lu said that his son was in a blacksmith shop in Tianping Town, and it would be nice to take this opportunity to take a look.

"It's here!" Lin Kaiqu said loudly.

Lin Yi looked up when he heard the sound, and there was a pharmacy in front of him. He took off the basket from his body and said, "Uncle, I'll go to the other side of the street to look for an acquaintance, and I'll be back in a moment." ”

"Cheng! you go!" Lin Kaiqu readily agreed.

"Brother, come back soon!" Cui'er waved at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi smiled and nodded, and walked towards the east end of the street.

He walked and looked, and after walking a short distance, he saw a very magnificent storefront in the north of the street - Xiao Ji Jade Shop. Lin Yi couldn't help but think of that shopkeeper Xiao. After the meeting of Pingshui, it is just fate that comes and goes, and there is no need to have too many intersections. With a faint smile on his face, he kept walking forward.

The food stalls of all kinds were crowded with people.

In front of the burden of the candy man, several children widened their eyes and salivated......

The market is varied.

Gradually walking to the end of the street, Lin Yi's ears heard the sound of "ping pong". He followed the prestige, and a blacksmith shop appeared in front. The shop is not large, and on the paving board in front of the shop, rows of iron tools such as plowshares and hoes are arranged, and some knives are hung on the wooden shelves on the side.

In the corner of the shop, a man of twenty-five or sixteen, with a brown face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, was bare-chested, and his muscles were knotted, and he was struggling to swing a hammer.

With the sound of ping-pong, sparks splashed everywhere.

While the man who was striking iron was wiping his sweat, Lin Yi shouted with a smile: "Brother Lu!"

The man looked up with surprise on his face. He shoved the iron in his hand into the fire, and said loudly: "Isn't this the little one! Haha! It's growing a lot taller! My father was talking to you yesterday, come and ——!."

Before the hearty laughter fell, the man waved his strong arm and greeted Lin.

This man is Lao Lu's son Lu Meng, who has a bold temperament and likes Lin Yi very much.

Lu Meng took Lin Yi to the small courtyard behind the store, and when he saw Lao Lu, who was holding his grandson, he had a surprise, and the two met without mentioning it.

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Let's say that Lin Kaiqu took Cui'er into the pharmacy, and there were still many people who took medicine to see a doctor. The old gentleman sitting in the hall was closing his eyes and thinking hard, and the patient next to him was full of anxiety. The guys in the shop are also busy.

Lin Kaiqu's father and daughter stood in the store with a basket, which was very eye-catching. A thin man in a long robe with a goatee walked out from behind the tall counter and asked, "Are you selling medicinal herbs?"

His voice was high-pitched, and Cui'er was startled, and she hurriedly hid behind her father.

"Shopkeeper, you've sold herbs many times in your shop. Lin Kaiqu nodded hurriedly, accompanied by a smiling face.

The thin man let out an expressionless "um", stretched out his hand to greet a fellow, and ordered, "Take them over there!"

A man ran over and took the father and daughter aside to check the herbs. Lin Kaiqu carefully took out the herbs in the basket and spread them on the ground. This fellow came with a rod scale in his hand, and another fellow with a pen and ledger in his hand.

"Qi Po vine is half a catty, Ye Shaoteng is wet, minus two percent, one catty and two taels. The guy with the scale was rummaging through the herbs on the ground, and at the same time he was pulling a lazy long tone to report the pounds, and the guy with the pen was recording quickly.

"Shihecao is two catties and three taels, the leaves are small and the roots are tide, minus three percent, counting one catty and six taels...... Mountain licorice ...... Subtract one percent, count one pound and two taels ......"

Lin Kaiqu smiled flatteringly, but stared at the guy who reported the number with a somewhat uneasy expression.

Cui'er pouted Lao Gao's small mouth, and looked at the two ruthless guys with indignant eyes. These are all the best medicinal materials that have been dried by their own hands, how can they become so unbearable in the eyes of the other party!

"Ahem, is the shopkeeper there?"

A dull voice rang out from outside the door, with a heavy phlegm sound.

Immediately, a well-dressed man appeared at the door, swaying his body. This man was twenty or thirty years old, with a pale complexion, puffy bags under his eyes, a pair of dead fish eyes glowing with blue and white, and his gaze was dull.

"I don't know what Li Gongzi commanded?" the shopkeeper squeezed out a smile on his face, and walked a few steps forward to meet him.

Li Gongzi's eyes rolled and snorted. At this time, two people flashed out from behind this Li Gongzi, one with a long face and one with a round face, both of whom looked arrogant.

"My son-in-law is a little tired, and he is on phlegm, so go and get a good medicine to nourish the fire!" the long-faced man commanded with a broken gong

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"Please sit down next to Li Gongzi and wait for a while!" the shopkeeper hurriedly instructed the guy, and then accompanied the other party to sit down on the side.

Li Gongzi glanced around, looking disgusted. He ignored the shopkeeper and stood still in the shop. If there is a person who takes medicine to see a doctor, he should be careful to bypass it.

The shopkeeper's smile was hard to look at, so he had to laugh helplessly, and he didn't dare to say more.

At this time, the two guys also collected the herbs and were settling accounts for Lin Kaiqu.

"A total of two cents and three cents of silver, take it!" the man said, shoved a small piece of broken silver and a few copper plates into Lin Kaiqu's arms, and clapped his hands to let them leave.

"Okay, thank you!" Lin Kaiqu carefully put the silver money in his arms, and walked out with his head down. He took two steps and turned back to look for his daughter uneasily, but before he could see Cui'er behind him, he felt a strong force hit his chest.

Lin Kaiqu couldn't help but let out an "oops" and fell to the ground. His eyes were black for a while, and he almost couldn't breathe, so he covered his chest with one hand and raised his head in surprise.

A long-faced man was rolling up his sleeves, staring at him with a fierce look and shouting: "Mountain people, blind ——!" The broken gong voice resounded in the room.

Looking down at the shoe prints on his chest, Lin Kaiqu knew that he had been kicked by someone. Seeing the terrifying appearance of those three people, he knew that he couldn't be provoked. He breathed a sigh of relief and accompanied by a smiling face: "I didn't see a few masters, offended, offended!"

Cui'er followed behind, and she didn't see how her father offended others, so she was kicked down. Her anxious little face flushed, and she hurriedly picked up the basket and helped her father stand up.

"Hmph! Bah——!" Li Gongzi's dead fish eyes slanted, and a mouthful of thick phlegm spit on Lin Kaiqu's body.

"This is Childe's tonic, please take it!" The shopkeeper had already delivered a package of medicine, and the round-faced man behind him reached out to take it. Li Gongzi snorted without smiling: "Thank you, see you in the shopkeeper!" He waved his hand lazily, and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Don't go, why are you beating my father?"

Cui'er felt sorry for her father and cried out for her father. How can these people be so unreasonable, beat people for no reason and insult people. She was in a hurry, and she didn't care about anything else, so she rushed forward to grab Li Gongzi to comment.

A room full of people watched this, no one dared to make a sound, and the shopkeeper also pulled his goatee tightly and shook his head secretly.

"Stab" a cracking sound.

Li Gongzi stopped and stared at the dead fish behind him. His silk brocade robe was torn from the back of his waist with a long gye.

The room full of people watched with bated breath.

Cui'er, who was originally ruthless, was also scared silly by herself.

Cui'er wanted to hold Li Gongzi to reason, but she didn't think that it was hot and her clothes were thin, who wanted to tear other people's clothes with one tear.

Li Gongzi's puffy eye bags trembled a few times, and there was a hint of evil light in his eyes. He stepped forward and grabbed Cui'er's wrist, and said with a smile: "This son's brocade robe is worth ten taels of silver, take the money to accompany me!"

The two attendants also laughed strangely, squinted their eyes playfully, and looked at this handsome little girl with malice.

"I don't have any money, I ...... Why are you beating my father?" Cui'er was anxious and angry, but she couldn't break free, tears rolling in her eyes.

"No money?" The dead fish's eyes flashed a few times, and Li Gongzi laughed strangely: "Then I will take you offset." Li Si, take this girl away for me!" said and pushed Cui'er in front of the long-faced man.

The man named Li Si showed a flattering evil smile, stepped forward and stretched out his claws like iron hoops, grabbed Cui'er tightly and walked out.

Li Gongzi had a hint of lewdness in his eyes, and said to himself: "The appearance of the little girl is quite weekly, maybe she will be a beauty after a few years!"

"Daddy——!" Cui'er cried and struggled, her little face full of tears.

"Let go of my girl!"

Lin Kaiqu let out an angry roar and rushed up with red eyes. He never thought that he had been so tolerant that he would even catch his own Cui'er.

Cui'er is the life* root of his husband and wife, seeing Cui'er crying, Lin Kaiqu's heart was torn apart. He no longer has the appearance of an honest man, and he is completely desperate.

Li Gongzi and Li Si walked out with Cui'er, but the round-faced man dodged behind him. There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he didn't pay attention to this mountain person at all, he stretched out his hand to put his arm around the other party, and took advantage of his strength to take it out, and he didn't forget to shout arrogantly in his mouth: "Give it to me!"

Lin Kaiqu, who was in a hurry, was thrown up by the cold and fell straight out of the door.

Lin Kaiqu only had Cui'er in his heart, he just wanted to save Cui'er, and when he was so anxious, where could he take care of a lot, he was thrown more than a foot away by this round-faced man, and fell on the bluestone street outside the door. He snorted, and couldn't get up for a while. This fall was not light.

A person suddenly fell out of the pharmacy, causing the pedestrians on the street to flash to the side, and they were all shocked.

"Daddy——!" Cui'er couldn't stop struggling, but she couldn't break free of Li Si's hands, so she could only cry desperately.

In Li Gongzi's eyes, there was a rare glimmer of brilliance. He and Li Si, with the crying Cui'er, ignored Lin Kaiqu on the ground and the onlookers, and swaggered forward.

At this moment, a cold cry suddenly came from behind him: "Stop me!"

Li Gongzi's face was full of impatience, his eyes were raised, and he turned around suddenly.

He was about to get angry, but he was stunned with half his mouth open......