Chapter 394 Shocking Case
The middle-aged scribe called himself Han Guangzhong. He was very talkative. Along the way, he and Ma Lu talked a lot about the customs and customs of Qingzhou.
He is involved in a wide range of subjects, ranging from music, chess, calligraphy and painting to Cuju, donkey ball and ball.
Ma Lu also took this opportunity to ask him some questions, including the source of ingredients for this plane that he was most concerned about at the moment.
After all, it is impossible for him to be so lucky every time. When the escort agency escorts medicinal materials, then everyone dies to take advantage of him.
"Hey, you are a person in the world, don't you even know where the secret medicine comes from?"
Han Guangzhong looked at Malu with an increasingly strange look, "Well, I have nothing to do, so I will tell you Let's talk.
"Our Daqian Dynasty is rich in resources. There are secret medicines in many mountains and rivers. If you are lucky, you can find them. There are many extremely rare species, and one plant can be worth ten thousand taels of silver."
“Every once in a while, there will be such a lucky person who becomes rich overnight with the help of a secret medicine. From then on, he buys land and has no worries about food and clothing. There are also some people who go to those inaccessible mountains and old forests. , regardless of the poisonous beasts, just to find the precious secret medicine.
“These people are generally called medicine seekers. Most of the medicine seekers are desperadoes who not only fight against the sky, but also against people. Fight, every time a priceless secret medicine appears, there are often many lives hidden behind it. ”
After hearing this, the monk who was immersed in chanting sutras also clasped his hands and said Amitabha.
Han Guangzhong continued, "However, the secret medicine in the wild is scarce after all, and it is far from being able to meet the needs of people in the martial arts practice. Moreover, these martial arts masters are already very busy practicing and playing cards every day. Most of them are No one has time to dig into the mountains anymore.
“So someone tried to grow these secret medicines by himself. However, after he succeeded, he inevitably attracted the covetousness of others, so he opened the gates of the mountain and recruited disciples. , to protect those secret medicines, this is the origin of the martial arts sect.
“Nowadays, forces of all sizes in the world basically cultivate secret medicines. In addition to satisfying the daily practice of their disciples, the excess can be sold or exchanged for other needed secret medicines.< br>
“And those famous sects and martial arts families often occupy famous mountains and rivers in order to cultivate secret medicines, and they also have rare secret medicines in their hands that match their martial arts practice.
"In this way, even if the sect's martial arts is accidentally leaked, without the corresponding secret medicine, other people will not be able to practice it if they get the martial arts secret book."
"Well, in addition to the two sources I mentioned above, the countries in the Western Regions There are also some unique secret medicines that are brought to the Central Plains by caravans for sale, which is their important source of income.
"As for those small sects and sects that do not have a mountain gate and cannot grow secret medicines, they can practice if they want. You can only use money to buy secret medicines grown by those sects. For example, Baicao Sect is a sect that specializes in secret medicine business.
“Their medicine shops are located all over Daqian, and they both buy and sell secret medicines. The prices are fairly fair, but the secret medicine itself is extremely valuable. The cheapest medicine costs hundreds of cents, which is unusual. People can afford it.”
After hearing Han Guangzhong talk about the secret medicine, Ma Lu asked him about Tianlongmen again.
"Tianlongmen is a new sect that suddenly appeared in Qingzhou Wulin in recent years. It has developed rapidly. In less than ten years, it has tens of thousands of members.
" The leader Li Tianlong Kungfu Not bad, it is said that he once played cards with Director Song of Zhengqi Academy. The two of them could not win or lose, and they became good friends because of it.
"But his origin is quite mysterious. Usually the dragon rarely shows its true identity even in front of the gang members. Only one person in the world knows his identity."
Han Guangzhong paused, "In addition, I heard that the people from the Beggar Clan don't seem to have a good deal with Tianlongmen."
"Why?"
"Li Tianlong founded the Tianlong Sect, regardless of origin or past, and recruited a large group of martial arts heroes. It was inevitable that there was a mixture of good and bad among them, and there were many conflicts with the disciples of the Beggar Clan. In addition, although the power of the Beggar Clan spreads all over the world, Qingzhou is where the chief helm is. .
"Now that there was another person on the side of the couch, it was inevitable that I would feel unhappy. Fortunately, the former gang leaders Deng Youtai and Li Tianlong were very restrained and restrained their disciples, so there was no conflict. "However, now that Deng Youtai is dead, the new gang leader does not know how he plans to treat Li Tianlong and his Tianlong Gang. The Qingzhou Wulin may not be peaceful again."
< br>Han Guangzhong sighed, but soon changed the topic and smiled, "But this kind of thing has nothing to do with us ordinary people, but you, Ma Shaoxia, don't get involved in these two gangs in Yuchang County. "In the middle of the fight."
"Thank you, Brother Han, for the reminder." Ma Lu thanked him, and the two chatted for a while.
Seeing that he was about to arrive outside Yuchang County, Han Guangzhong suddenly felt inspired, got off the car early, and ran to pay his respects to a nearby historical site.
Ma Lu successfully arrived at the south gate with the caravan, got off the carriage, and took back his pack horse, but did not see Gu Qingyi's shadow.
Just when Ma Lu was wondering if Gu Qingyi had encountered any accident, he found someone in the crowd peeking at him furtively.
It was a kid of about twelve or thirteen years old. He looked quite smart. When Malu looked over, he first lowered his head, then raised his head, then lowered his head again and rubbed his eyes.
When he looked up again, Malu had already arrived in front of him and said to him, "What are you looking at? Let me take a look too."
Before the child could answer, Ma Lu had already snatched the piece of paper from his hand.
On it there was a drawing of a little man riding a horse and holding a sword. With just a few strokes, one man and one horse appeared on the paper, but the face of the man on the horse was very similar to Malu.
"Who gave you this painting?" Ma Lu asked the child.
However, the child did not answer and asked, "Is it Ma Shaoxia?"
"Yes, it's me."
Hearing his answer, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, "Someone hired me to wait for you here. Come with me, Ma Shaoxia."
"Wait a moment," Ma Lu did not go with him, "Hired Who is your man and what is his name?”
“I don’t know.” The boy said, “He just said he was your friend and had an appointment with you at the south gate.”< br>
Hearing the second half of the sentence, Ma Lu knew that the person who sent this child must be Gu Qingyi.
I just don’t know why she is so mysterious. Maybe she met some enemies in the city.
While Malu was thinking, he and the boy walked towards Zuiyan Tower. The latter led him to the door and then disappeared again.
Then Ma Lu revealed his identity, and the waiter of his own restaurant led him to a private dining room on the second floor.
After Ma Lu walked in, he saw Gu Qingyi sitting by the window, but now she had changed her clothes again. She looked like a rich country squire, with a few strands of beard stuck to her chin.
But she was still very happy after seeing Malu, "Brother Ma, are you done with your work?"
(End of this chapter)