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In a ruined old mountain village, a convoy of horses laden with goods is encamping here. Each carriage of this fleet of horses had a small flag with the traditional Chinese character 'Zhou' written on it. If Lu Qi was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this was the caravan of the Zhou family in Jiangzhou City that he was going to rob.

Speaking of this Zhou family, it was originally a family of general medicine in Jiangzhou City, which has practiced medicine for generations. But in the early years, because of the war in various places, the people were not able to make a living, and in order to escape the war, many people left their hometowns and came to Jiangzhou City, which had no war for thousands of years. However, the problems that followed the many people also came out, and most people had no place to live after coming to Jiangzhou City. All crowded outside the city, the sky and the ground are just resting for the bed, and the sanitary conditions can't keep up. It didn't take long for dysentery to break out, and seeing that a plague was about to form, the state pastor in the state capital was in a hurry. Urgently ordered all the city's medical centers to send people out of the city to control the epidemic.

If it was just a plague, this would have been possible, but the people outside the city had been poor for a long time, and there was no government to control it. It was already a mess, and every person was robbed, and as soon as the doctor in the city went out, he hadn't cured a few people, and the medicine box was robbed first. What's more, they didn't even let go of the clothes that the doctors were wearing. So that these doctors who went out to save people could only come back unclothed in the end, becoming the laughing stock of the whole city. Who dares to go out this time, no matter how ordered by the above, they are all sick at home.

Seeing that the disaster is about to erupt, corpses will soon be scattered all over the field. At this time, the old head of the Zhou family, who had practiced medicine for generations, couldn't stand it anymore, so he sold his property and took his family to be the first to go out of the city to see a doctor for the victims. After a long time, the people who grabbed things knew that the Zhou family really came to save people, so they no longer robbed those people with the word 'Zhou' written on the medicine box. This time, the government also asked other doctors to write the word 'Zhou' on the medicine box, and after leaving the city, no one grabbed it.

In this way, the disaster was controlled, and the Zhou family also became popular because of this incident, and outsiders and people in the city went to the medical clinic opened by the Zhou family to see a doctor. The family business is getting bigger and bigger, and after a few generations, it has become the second largest family in Jiangzhou City. However, when the family business is big and there are more clansmen, people's hearts will be mixed.

The Zhou family became more and more secular and valued the amount of money more and more. Most of the doctors in the hospital are blackened by interests. In order to earn the patient's consultation fee, the patient is prescribed expensive medicinal materials for major and minor diseases, and no matter what the effect is, he just blindly wants to make money. Moreover, the medical clinic opened by the Zhou family often sells fake medicines, or mixed medicinal materials. Although it is not fatal for people to eat, it is really not good for the disease. The benevolent and righteous family of the year eventually became a black-hearted businessman. Money is a charming eye!

In the ruined cottage, a group of grooms each took a bag and scattered something around the camp.

I only heard one of the slightly young short men open his mouth and say, "Brother Ma, we are all in this broken mountain villa, and we have been here so many times." I have already had a human taste, do you still need to sprinkle this realgar powder? I've been here so many times, and I've never seen a snake here! Is this realgar powder a bit wasteful? ”

Hearing the short man say this, a yellow-faced man walking in front looked at him: "Xiao Liu, don't say it's you." It's Brother Ma, I have been in business for so many years, and I haven't seen a snake in this villa again. However, if the shopkeeper says to please, then save. Anyway, I won't let you pay for it. ”

"Brother Ma, if you don't have a snake, you still have to sprinkle realgar powder. You said that the shopkeeper is not sick, and why don't you give more monthly money to your brothers if you have this money. I can't even open the pot. Short Liu complained.

A horse groom in his forties next to him, listening to the two chatting, couldn't help but interject: "Scattering male yellow powder is to avoid snake trouble, although there are no snakes here." But the poisonous dragon pool behind Zhuangzi is a snake cave!"

Hearing someone interject, the short Liu glanced at the man, only to see that it was a groom, so he continued: "I've been here so many times, and I haven't seen a snake anywhere in the poisonous dragon pool. It's not going to die a long time ago, is it?"

"It's not that it's dead, it's not yet. Little brother, this realgar powder must be sprinkled well, spread evenly, I can't say that we will use this thing to save our lives!" said the middle-aged groom with a look of admonition.

Xiao Liu and Brother Ma glanced at each other and said to the groom: "Does the eldest brother know something? If it's convenient, I don't know if you can tell us about it, and it's good to increase your knowledge." ”

The middle-aged groom is obviously a chatter, otherwise he wouldn't have interjected when he heard the two chatting. Seeing the two of them looking at him expectantly, they were also a little proud in their hearts. He looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he whispered, "Then I'll just talk about Ang, and don't tell anyone else after you hear it, just take it as a story." ”

The two nodded, and the middle-aged groom continued: "Speaking of which, this is also more than a hundred years ago, and I also heard my master say it before. The mountain villa where we are now used to be called Cuiyun Villa. It is one of the best forces in the martial arts, although it is not as good as the top faction like Shaolin Temple, but it is not far behind. There is a treasure of the town in this mountain villa, which is called the medicine spirit tripod. Legend has it that it can live the dead, flesh and bones, restrain poisons, and even more wonderful is that it can transform toxins into a kind of spiritual milk. After taking it, it can not only make people quickly recover their physical strength, increase their internal strength, but also improve their understanding in a short time. It's just an inexhaustible treasure of heaven and earth! In order to have more essences, the people of Cuiyun Villa have collected all kinds of poisons from all over the world. ”

After a pause, the middle-aged groom said again: "But this poison is so easy to use, and it was okay at first. But when there are more poisons, the people in Cuiyun Villa are a little unbearable, and they often sneak out to harm people. Until one day, I don't know what the reason is, the poison raised by Cuiyun Villa suddenly went viral. One or two are fine, but they all run away at once, and the people of Cuiyun Villa can withstand this, so they let these poisons be exterminated on the same day. It was said that the place was left without vegetation for ten years because of the poison left by the poison. ”

When Xiao Liu and the others heard what the groom said, they got goosebumps. Staring at the grass, for fear of some poisonous insect coming out.

Looking at the performance of the two, the middle-aged groom smiled: "This is nothing, what is even more strange is that after destroying these poisons in Cuiyun Villa, I don't know why I didn't go far, but all entered the Cuiyun Pond behind the villa, which had long dried up." And every once in a while, it will come out and break out, biting all the people or animals that pass by. And because the poison in it is mostly snakes, some people call that place Poison Dragon Pond. In fact, in my opinion, it is more appropriate to call it the Poison Dragon Cave, after all, the pool has long since dried up, leaving only a large hole deep into the ground. ”

After speaking, the middle-aged groom turned around, but found that Xiao Liu and Brother Ma looked trembling, and they were seriously spreading male yellow powder there. Shaking his head, he secretly remembered the way he looked when he first listened to it, and he also lowered his head and sowed.

It may be that the realgar powder has played a role, or it may not be the time for the outbreak of the poisonous dragon pool. The night passed, and not a single snake appeared.

Early the next morning, the caravan began to pack its bags and head towards Jiangzhou City.

And Lu Qi and the others also waited early on the way for the caravan to go to Jiangzhou City.

On a narrow sharp turn, Lu Qi took Yang Xing and a group of bandits quietly at the intersection, waiting for the Zhou family's caravan to come.

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