The man in charge hurriedly said, "Immortal Chief, he will sell this medicine for twenty taels of silver each." ”

"Twenty taels. The leading Taoist priest also seemed to be taken aback, looked at the wounds on Zhu Yanjiu's body that had healed, and nodded, "Such a miracle medicine is indeed worth the price." ”

Then he looked at the other Taoist priests a few times, and his eyes shone brightly, and he asked Zhu Yanjiu, "Where did you get this medicine?

Zhu Yanjiu lowered his head, and he couldn't see the Taoist priest's expression, and responded: "Hui Immortal Chang, this medicine villain also came in from others. ”

The leading Taoist priest looked stern and asked again, "Where did you come from, and where did he get it?"

Zhu Yanjiu shook his head, "The villain doesn't know what to do." ”

The Taoist priest said, "Where is that man?" and then turned to the man in charge, "You...... With two people, hold this person ......" said and pointed at Zhu Yanjiu, and continued: "Go and bring that person over and let me see." ”

The man in charge hesitated and said, "Immortal Chief, if I leave, the ring will ......."

The Taoist priest looked indifferent, and said arrogantly: "Let these martial artists wait." ”

When the man in charge heard this, he didn't dare to say more, and waved his hand to the two soldiers, "Escort him, let's go." One of the soldiers stepped forward, pushed Zhu Yanjiu, and shouted, "Get up and lead the way in front." ”

Zhu Yanjiu was pushed and took a quick step forward, and then stood firm. He looked at his own silver and medicine on the ground, which were a few hundred taels of silver, and where could he give it, so he was afraid. But he still had the courage to say to the Taoist priest: "Immortal Chief, a villain's thing." ”

The leading Taoist priest glanced at him coldly, and then sneered: "Your thing? This is the magic medicine Ruyi Gold Creation Pill prepared by my master Xuanhua Zhenren himself, and it was stolen by someone some time ago. If you sell stolen goods, I have not punished you, it is already light, and you still want to ask me for medicine? Beware of provoking the Taoist master to get angry, and having people send you to the yamen, treat you as a drug thief, and beat you to death with a torture stick. ”

Zhu Yanjiu heard him say fiercely. I couldn't help but shudder in fright. But he was secretly muttering in his heart: Looking at this situation now, it is clear that this Taoist priest covets his money and things, and he is greedy, but he bites back. It is said that this drug is matched by a real person. Blame others for stealing medicine. If this medicine was really prepared by his master, Xuanhua Zhenren. Before that, how could he not know it? Reverse inquiring about the properties of the medicine, let himself test the efficacy of the medicine? But even if this Taoist priest was telling a lie. Who dares to expose him, not to mention that his master Xuanhua Zhenren is also involved in these words, that is the national teacher of the dynasty, can he still prove it in front of the national teacher of the dynasty?

The situation is not as good as others, and Zhu Yanjiu didn't dare to say more, so he could only admit that he was unlucky.

The man in charge commanded two soldiers, escorted Zhu Yanjiu, and asked Zhu Yanjiu to lead the way in front, and the four of them got off the high platform and walked out.

Zhu Yanjiu lowered his head as he walked, thinking about how to get out, thinking: I didn't say my name, I kept my head down just now, and they may not have seen what I looked like. That girl is not easy to mess with, I took these three people to find someone, can I find that girl and don't say, even if I find it, what good will it do me, that girl is angry, I don't want to sell her drugs anymore. Wealth and danger, what was I like before and what I am now, I finally have a personal appearance, and I am hateful to that Taoist.

Thinking of this, I suddenly let go of the Lu, and turned my heart sideways: I found an opportunity to secretly run out of the Lu and report to the girl, in case she was caught by the Taoist priest and the prescription was taken away, for me, it was also unlucky, and a financial road that I had finally found was gone.

Zhu Yanjiu made up his mind, still keeping his head down, but his eyes began to look out, secretly looking for a chance to escape. I saw a narrow alley, he is from the capital, the road conditions are familiar, and he knows very well that it is a market from this narrow alley. Today is the fair, as long as you run out of this narrow alley, go to the market, and drill into the crowd, these three people will never find themselves again.

He pretended to be stupid and confused, so that the other party could be unguarded, and said to the man in charge: "My lord, the villain met the medicine seller near here. He looked around.

The man in charge walked behind him, and when he saw him turning his head to look blindly, he couldn't help but push him, and scolded: "Look at what, walk well, and take me to find someone quickly." ”

Zhu Yanjiu looked back and looked back, suddenly sighed, looked surprised, stretched out his hand and pointed back, and said loudly: "My lord, the medicine seller is here, right there." ”

When the man in charge heard this, the two soldiers looked back at the same time. Zhu Yanjiu seized the opportunity and ran into the alley.

The man in charge glanced back, saw no one, was taken aback, turned his head, and saw that Zhu Yanjiu had already run away, and immediately became furious, "Dare to lie to me, chase me." ”

Together with the two big-headed soldiers, they chased into the alley.

Zhu Yanjiu picked up a stone casually and shouted, "Get out of the way." "Thrown backwards.

The alley was narrow, and the man in charge and the two soldiers couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly withdrew to hide. When he went back again, Zhu Yanjiu had already run out of the alley and couldn't see it.

The man in charge looked gloomy and his face was full of anger, "Damn, this pariah is so cunning that he dares to run away and let Lao Tzu catch him, he must break his dog's legs." Then he waved his hand and ordered, "Give me a chase." With two soldiers, he chased after him.

The three of them chased to the market, but they saw that the crowds were chaotic and there were people rushing to the market everywhere, but where could they still find Zhu Yanjiu's shadow?

One of the soldiers asked, "Governor, what should I do?"

The man in charge lost Zhu Yanjiu, and he was angry in his heart, and said angrily when he heard the words: "What else can I do, go back and tell the immortal chief, report to the yamen, and draw a shadow god to arrest people." ”

The three of them walked back to the ring, and the man in charge explained the matter. As a result, he was naturally scolded by the leading Taoist priest, "Waste, waste, you can't do this little thing well, what's the use of asking you? Why don't you quickly notify the commander and envoy Yamen, and draw a shadow god to arrest people." ”

The man in charge didn't dare to say anything, but he heard the Taoist priest's command and obediently agreed. He took two soldiers to the commander's yamen.

After Zhu Yanjiu escaped from the market, he went out of the market, and he didn't want to, so he immediately went to find Liu Zhenzhen.

Liu Zhenzhen was idle, with a red line, wandering around the street. Zhu Yanjiu asked all the way over, asked people about one big and one small, two beautiful girls dressed as men, and found them at a fruit stand. He walked straight to Yoo Zhenzhen's side and bowed down. "Girl. ”

Yoo Jung-jung is picking apples at the stall. Suddenly heard someone talking to him, he couldn't help but be startled, and when he saw the other party's face clearly, he made up his mind. Unhappily asked, "What's the matter??," in her opinion. Xiao Jiu looks for himself. Most likely because the drugs are sold out.

Zhu Yanjiu looked cautious, looked at the stall owner, and said in a low voice: "Girl." Let's take a step to speak. ”

Seeing that he looked the same, Liu Zhenzhen felt a little strange in her heart, so she pulled the red line, followed Zhu Yanjiu away for a distance, and when she arrived at a place where no one was, she asked again: "What's the matter, so mysterious and secret." ”

Zhu Yanjiu said: "Girl, there is trouble." ”

Liu Zhenzhen was a little unhappy when she heard this, "What's the trouble? Let's make it clear, is it you who is in trouble, or is the girl in trouble? The girl has never been in trouble, your trouble, that's your own business." ”

Zhu Yanjiu hurriedly said: "It's the girl who is in trouble, and even the villain is in a little trouble." ”

Liu Zhenzhen scolded: "Make it clear." ”

"Yes, yes. Zhu Yanjiu responded twice, and then told him what happened to him just now, from beginning to end.

When Liu Zhenzhen heard this, she couldn't help but snort, "What kind of stinky Taoist priest, so arrogant, dare to fight the girl's idea of medicine, you let him come to me." ”

"Yes, yes. Zhu Yanjiu didn't dare to take her words, so he resignedly agreed.

Liu Zhenzhen said her lips, but she was a little weak in her heart, and quietly asked the red line, "Sister, a few stinky Taoist priests, have you ever beaten them?"

The red line said: "Sister, don't worry, even if I can't beat it, isn't there still Uncle Xu?"

When Liu Zhenzhen heard this, she immediately relieved her heart and thought: My ...... Although he is not doing his job, he is good at fighting, and the stinky Taoist priest in Tongyuan Guan is so powerful, he hasn't been beaten away. What are these stinky Taoist priests?

I only heard the red line and continued: "These stinky Taoist priests, none of them are good people, and the one who can't go back is a stinky Taoist priest." Then he turned to Zhu Yanjiu and raised his voice, "Hey, the stinky Taoist priest you said, is it the one who caused me not to go back?"

Zhu Yanjiu didn't know which one was the one who caused her to not be able to go back, and she was surprised to ask, but she didn't dare to ask more, so she had to say, "Maybe...... No way. ”

The red line said: "Since it's not, then ignore him for now." Then he turned to Liu Zhenzhen, "Sister Zhenzhen, let's continue to buy apples to eat, I just picked a big and red one, it must be delicious, this time, don't let others pick it." ”

Liu Zhenzhen nodded, and then instructed Zhu Yanjiu: "Go back by yourself, and if you see those stinky Taoist priests again, bring them to see the girl, I want to see if these stinky Taoist priests are so arrogant, do they have three claws and four hooves." Dare to hit the girl's idea of medicine, it's really impatient. ”

"Yes, yes. Zhu Yanjiu agreed repeatedly, but how could he dare to go back and see those Taoist priests again? He had escaped just now, and when he saw this, he was afraid that he would be unlucky first.

When she looked up, Liu Zhenzhen and Red Line held hands and returned to the apple stall.

He wanted to catch up, but he didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a moment, I decided to take a break for a few days to avoid the limelight. Anyway, I have a few hundred taels of silver in my hand, and I still have more than 100 gold pills thrown at home, so I am not afraid that I will have no money to spend.

Thinking of this, he walked back, not wanting to meet Huang Xiaoqiao on the road. This man was a little luckier than him, and he didn't meet an unscrupulous Taoist priest, or the Taoist priest was actually unvirtuous, but he didn't notice him. Huang Xiaoqiao, like him, left most of the medicine at home, and only brought thirty or forty pieces with him at one time, and after selling them, he was planning to go home, and by the way, he went to Qianzhuang to exchange the silver for silver tickets.

Zhu Yanjiu intercepted him and told him what had happened to him, and Huang Xiaoqiao was taken aback when he heard it. Like Zhu Yanjiu, he didn't dare to go out to sell medicine, so he discussed with Zhu Yanjiu, and after listening to his plan, he also planned to hide for a few days to avoid the limelight.

Zhu Yanjiu said a few words to him, then broke up and went home directly.

In the courtyard of his house, his wife was talking to Uncle Zhang's aunt. The fourth aunt Zhang was thirty-five or sixteen years old, and when she married Fourth Uncle Zhang at the beginning of the year, she was also a rare beauty in this area. Now the are still charming. When he was idle, he walked the streets and alleys, specializing in being a matchmaker.

Seeing Zhu Yanjiu, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he greeted, "Xiao Jiu is back?"

Zhu Yanjiu stepped forward and bowed, and shouted, "Fourth aunt." Then he asked, "Why don't you go to the house and sit down?"

Aunt Zhang said with a smile: "The weather is too hot, and the house is stuffy, so it's better to be in the yard." ”

His old lady's face was full of smiles, and she said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, I am discussing with your fourth aunt about telling you about matchmaking." Fourth aunt, there are three girls here. You also come and listen, see which one you like, if you like, let your fourth aunt go to her house to say goodbye. ”

Zhu Yanjiu heard this. The old face couldn't help but blush slightly. But he's not young. I haven't married yet. I'm so desperate to find a mother-in-law.

At that moment, he stubbornly agreed, and said, "I'll move a few stools." Boil some more water, make a pot of tea, mother, you and the fourth aunt sit and talk slowly. ”

"That's good, you go. When his wife heard this, she immediately agreed. She herself is blind and can't do many things, and the whole family is basically taken care of by her son.

I only heard Aunt Zhang Si say: "Xiao Jiu, this kid is sensible." ”

His wife hurriedly replied, "This child has been sensible since he was a child. ”

Zhu Yanjiu hurriedly moved two stools and asked his wife and Aunt Zhang to sit under the old locust tree in the yard. He set up a simple tripod in the yard, hung a kettle to boil water, and listened to his wife and fourth aunt talking by the way.

I only heard Aunt Zhang say: "I am here, there are three suitable girls now, one surnamed Zhou, seventeen years old this year, and the west outside the city is Pengwan Village." Her grandfather used to rent a shop on the street near us to sell fish, so my sister-in-law should know about him?"

I only heard his wife say: "You mean Zhou is funny, Zhilu Dao, Zhilu Dao, he walks a little smoothly, and someone gave him a nickname, called Zhou Funny." ”

Aunt Zhang Si said with a smile: "The old sister-in-law has a good memory, what she said is good, it's him, now that Zhou has passed away, his son has not inherited this business, and followed others to build a house and become a plasterer." Old sister-in-law, the girl in his family is just seventeen years old, six years younger than our family, but it doesn't matter, as long as the person is good, nothing will be impossible. ”

Zhu Yanjiu couldn't help but interject: "Auntie, how is this girl?"

Aunt Zhang Sizi said with a smile: "There is no character to say, and the mouth is also sweet, when you see me, they are all called by the four aunts and four aunts." Marry her back, keep and honor the old sister-in-law. ”

Zhu Yanjiu and his old lady couldn't close their mouths happily, and answered: "I don't want her to be filial to me, just live a good life with my Xiaojiu." ”

Aunt Zhang Si smiled: "Old sister-in-law, don't worry, you are satisfied with this." ”

Zhu Yanjiu said, "Auntie, how does this girl look?" Now that he has some money in hand, he can't help but care about the girl's appearance.

"It's good, it's good. Aunt Zhang replied with a smile.

Zhu Yanjiu heard that her words were a little perfunctory, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't lie to me." ”

Aunt Zhang said: "It's very good, anyway, I look very good, Xiao Jiu, marrying a wife depends on character, and appearance is secondary." ”

"yes. His wife echoed: "Let's marry a daughter-in-law, we are living, what do we want to look so good? It is really the same as what is drawn in the painting, delicate and delicate, you can't pick it on your shoulders, you can't lift it in your hands, don't let her do things, I'm afraid that I will have to find a maid to serve her." In my opinion, this is pretty good. ”

Zhu Yanjiu didn't think about it, and his expression became more and more cautious, "Auntie, tell me the truth, how does this girl look?"

Aunt Zhang listened to his cautious question, so she had to say: "Although this girl is not very good, she must not be considered bad." ”

Zhu Yanjiu nodded, thinking: That's very ordinary.

At that moment, he asked, "Auntie, what about the others, how do the other two look?"

Aunt Zhang didn't answer, but asked, "Xiao Jiu, you tell your aunt, do you particularly care about the girl's appearance?"

Zhu Yanjiu was slightly embarrassed when he heard this, he was quite concerned in his heart, but he was embarrassed to admit it, and said euphemistically at the moment: "I care very much, I can't say it, it's best to take it." ”

Aunt Zhang already understood what he meant, thought for a moment, and then said: "In this way, I have one here, and the one is good, but it's just ......."

"It's just what?" Zhu Yanjiu hurriedly asked.

Aunt Zhang said: "It's just a widow." ”

"Widow?" said his wife, repeating the sentence, turning to her son, but not speaking.

When Zhu Yanjiu heard this, he was also a little hesitant, and after a while, he said, "Auntie, which one are you talking about?"

Aunt Zhang said: "She is a girl from the Dongqiao Wang family, and she is a carpenter." At first, he married Xu Er, who was on an errand in the yamen of the Criminal Department, but in less than a year, Xu Er died. Speaking of this person's appearance, he is really a first-class talent, and even the paintings in the paintings cannot be so neat. Because she is young, just 20 years old this year, and has no children, her mother's family also advocates marriage. After Xu Er's death, he left her with something worth thousands of taels, four boxes, five large cabinets, the clothes in the boxes were all slowly loaded, there were several gold bracelets, jade bracelets, and countless other gold jewelry shells. There were two maids waiting, one called Lotus and the other Orchid. If they get married, they will come with them. Xiao Jiu, you are three years older than her, when it comes to the age, it is the same, that is, this lady is used to enjoying it, and I am afraid that she will not be able to take care of the house. ”

When Zhu Yanjiu heard this, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "Auntie, are you talking about Yumantang?"

Aunt Zhang Sizi smiled and said: "It turns out that you have also heard of her, and what she said is good, isn't it her?" This lady's maiden name is Wang Yu, and when she was a child, she played with a group of girls, and people saw that her skin was as white as jade, and it happened that there was also a jade character in her name, so she gave her a nickname, called Yu Mantang. Just talking about appearance, it's first-class, Xiao Jiu, since you also know each other, do you know that my aunt didn't lie to you......?"