"Brother Xiangyun, can you now tell me why you want to compete with Li Shu?" As soon as the three of them arrived in the courtyard of Tingwei Mansion, Liu Ningshi couldn't wait to ask what was on her mind.
"I carefully observed Li Shu, and my intuition told me that he must have some unknown secret." Tong Bo smiled and said, "And have you discovered that after he was imprisoned in this cell, he could no longer do anything except this physical technique?" I have never practiced other techniques, so I am obviously extremely confident in this set of movements of mine; I just have to weaken his spirit and arrogance in order to defeat his psychological defense step by step."
"Hey! It seems that those hidden weapon skills were not passed down to someone in vain." Ghost Face glared at Tong Bo: "Now you know the situation in this cell better than I do."
"Kid, of course I have to thank you for your help." Tong Bo patted Ghost Face on the shoulder: "Don't worry, someone will send you a pot of cooking knives later."
"Brother Xiangyun, what method did Yaozhu tell you to induce Qiongqi?" Liu Ningshi recalled the whispers between the two just now and couldn't help but be curious.
"It's up to Miss Liu to help." Tong Bo stared at Liu Ningshi with malicious eyes.
"Brother Xiangyun, I can tell by the look on your face that you have come up with another bad idea!" Liu Ningshi looked at Tong Bo and guessed it in her heart.
"I have an idea, but I have to plan it carefully." Tong Bo smiled mysteriously: "Let's go to the kid's house, and we can have lunch on the way."
"Hey! Okay, let you two try my skills." Ghost Face touched his right wrist with his left hand, showing an eagerness to try.
Panshi Village in Shenshi can be said to be the busiest time of the day. The villagers will bring their own items to buy, sell and exchange at the market in the south of the village; no, there is still a moment before the market opens, and the villagers have already occupied the market. After setting up the stall, we started selling loudly.
"Selling eggs, selling eggs!" A village girl with double braids and a coarse floral dress couldn't find a stall because she arrived late, so she had to carry a bamboo basket and wander around the center of the market to sell.
"Little girl, how do you sell these eggs?" A fat village woman carrying a vegetable basket stopped the village girl.
"Auntie, these eggs cost three cents each." When the village girl saw someone wanting to buy her eggs, she smiled happily and said, "If you buy more, it can be cheaper."
"Let me see how your eggs look like?" The fat village woman took out an egg from the village girl's bamboo basket, looked at the color, and then stroked it carefully: "Little girl, why haven't I been in the village before? Have you met?"
"Auntie, I'm from the neighboring village." The village girl seemed aggrieved: "Because there is no market in our village, and we missed the time to go to the city today, I came here to see if I can sell some eggs in exchange for some money."
"So that's it." A trace of greed appeared on the village woman's fat face: "Little girl, your eggs are too small. I think they cost as much as one."
"How could it be?" The village girl didn't realize that the village woman wanted to take advantage of her, so she explained seriously: "These are eggs laid by the hens at home. Everyone in our village praises the eggs as delicious!"
"Really?" the village woman shouted to the nearby villagers: "Everyone, come here and take a look. This little girl from another village said that their eggs are not small, and they cost three grains each."
"This egg is too small. You people from other villages are really dishonest in doing business."
"That's right, even one zhen of these eggs is too much."
In just half a cup of tea, more than a dozen villagers gathered around and started talking.
"No, these eggs are not small." The village girl did not expect that just selling some eggs would be criticized by so many people, so she tried her best to explain to the villagers.
"Little girl, you see everyone is saying this." The village woman smiled triumphantly: "If you are willing to sell it for a cent, the villagers can consider it, otherwise you won't be able to sell your eggs."
"Auntie, please be kind." The village girl begged to everyone anxiously: "If I only buy these eggs for one yuan, I won't have enough money to buy rice. My brothers and sisters at home will still be hungry waiting for me to go back."
"Humph! The little girl really doesn't listen to advice. If you don't give in, no one here will buy your eggs." The fat village woman saw that the village girl refused to compromise, and her originally proud face suddenly turned cold: "My shop It's at the eastern end of the market. If you figure it out, you can come to me at any time."
"Sell eggs, sell eggs!" The village girl was still shouting hard, but as soon as she was disturbed by the fat village girl, no one came forward to ask the price.
"I didn't expect Yu'er to pretend to be a village girl." In the tea shed not far away, leaning against the outer table, Liu Ningshi, dressed as a young master, was observing the movements around her: "Brother Xiangyun, are you Have you already discussed this with Yu'er?"
"Where is it?" Tong Bo didn't expect that Huan Yu would be so expressive when pretending to be a village girl: "You were supposed to be the bait, but it's a pity that Qiong Qi saw you last time; that's why I invited Miss Huan Yu to act in this play."
"This is too unfair to Yu'er." Liu Ningshi looked at Huan Yu's appearance and couldn't help but feel sad in her heart: "Brother Xiangyun, you have to compensate Yu'er when this matter is settled."
"It's not that simple. This is..." Tong Bo was about to express his thoughts when he suddenly saw a young man wearing a gray shorts saying something to Huan Yu: "Miss Liu, over there. People are not like the villagers of Panshi Village, so they should pay more attention."
Just when Huan Yu was at a loss with the bamboo basket, a servant who looked like a servant came over and said, "Girl, how do you sell these eggs?"
"If you want to buy it, sir, then three, no! Two with five patterns and one." Huan Yu pretended to look aggrieved and submissive.
"Hmm! This egg looks pretty good." The boy in gray also picked up an egg and looked at it carefully for a long time like the village woman: "We want this basket of eggs, but the silver price has to be agreed by the owner. You and me Let me do it."
"Where are you going?" Huan Yu looked at the boy timidly: "My parents are still waiting for me to go back early."
"Not far away, the master of the house lives in the north of the village." The young man in gray put the eggs in the basket again and turned to leave: "I bought so many eggs at a price of two and a half cents in silver. Even a little man can't live with it. , you need the master’s nod; if the girl doesn’t want to go, then forget it.”
"Hey! Brother, I'll go with you." Huan Yu looked at the basket of unsellable eggs in his hand and nodded.
"Then come with me." An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of the gray-clothed boy's mouth.
The path from Fengyuan Lane to Beiguan Road is winding and rugged, with towering cliffs made of steep rocks on both sides, which is daunting; the valley is filled with green mist all year round and is full of miasma, and all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts are there. Countless.
In a hidden cave in the mountain stream, a man wearing a navy blue robe and a ferocious beast mask was playing with the bottles and jars on the bluestone table.
On the left and right walls of the cave, four torches illuminated the originally dark space. Another man in green was sitting on a stone bench not far from the blue stone platform, holding a gourd and saying with a smile: "Brother poor, recently Is the quality of the goods good?”
"Brother Zuo, why are you embarrassed to say that?" Qiongqi in front of the bluestone table poured some black powder from a green porcelain bottle into a black pottery bowl filled with water, and gently stirred it with a small spoon: "You clearly know I need women with Xuanyin bodies, these are young women, what’s the use?”
"Hahaha, don't be upset, poor brother!" The man in green clothes picked up the gourd and took a sip: "You can use these young women first, our people are casting the net, don't worry about not finding them."
"If I, Minzong Qingwu, can practice to a great extent, I won't suffer the loss of that person last time." Qiongqi poured the mixed potion into the mouth of a young woman tied to the stone wall.
"I, I!" After drinking the potion, the young woman's face glowed with green light, she struggled painfully, and after three breaths, she fainted again.
"Hey! This medicine still seems to be ineffective!" Qiongqi shook his head and walked to the bluestone table again to continue tinkering with the porcelain bottles.
The other young women with disheveled hair who were tied to the stone wall were all trembling with fear and pale as they looked at this scene.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" The man in green saw Qiongqi's method of testing poison, as if it was commonplace: "Although Brother Qiong is not satisfied with the effect of this poison, it is already very sharp in Zuo's eyes."
"Tch! It's a pity that Liu Ningshi's little girl ran away last time, otherwise it would be perfect for me to test the poison." Qi Qiong said angrily.
"Back to the subject, when will the medicine I want be delivered?" The man in green tied the gourd around his waist and regained his previous casual expression: "These trial medicines are not provided in vain."
"Hmph! It's just because the test medicine you provided is not good, so I keep putting it off." Qiongqi pointed at the young woman who just tried the medicine: "You don't want to have such a half-dead effect, right?"
"Three days!" The man in green raised three fingers: "This is our deadline, we can't wait any longer."
"Okay, three days is all." Qiongqi was quite depressed: "We will meet at the same place in three days. We need to concentrate on developing drugs, so I won't keep Brother Zuo!"
"Brother Qiong issued an eviction order so quickly." The man in Tsing Yi stood up and gave Qi Qiong a very playful look: "I'm looking forward to the delivery in three days."
Huan Yu carried a bamboo basket and followed the young man in gray clothes into a small house in the north of Panshi Village. He saw that it was empty and there was no one around: "Brother, where is your master?"
"Girl, you should have a peaceful sleep first." The boy opened a white porcelain bottle with green smoke in his palm. "You will see it when you wake up."
"You?" Huan Yu felt dizzy, and all the strength in his body gradually disappeared, and the bamboo basket in his hand fell down.
The boy held up the unconscious Huan Yu with one hand and caught the fallen bamboo basket with the other: "It would be a waste to break such a good egg, just keep it here."
"Did they enter the secret room?" Liu Ningshi, who was following outside the house, quietly asked Tong Bo beside her: "Shall we go in too?"
"It turns out that Qiongqi tried his best to block the formation last time to cover up the secret room behind it." Tong Bo nodded: "Follow me quickly to prevent Miss Huanyu from making any mistakes."
