Chapter 54: Toyoyama Castle
At dawn, Xu Yan and Mei Sanniang hastily had breakfast, and under the protest of Xiao Hei's snoring, they came to a large pharmacy in the west of the town early. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The pharmacy was indeed opened by the Mei family, even Xu Yan could see it at a glance, because the plaque of the pharmacy said 'Mei Family Pharmacy'.
The little apprentice who got up early pushed open the door, stretched his waist, and was about to sweep in front of the door, when he looked up and saw a pale-faced woman and a sloppy little Taoist priest.
"Are you going to see a doctor or to catch medicine?" The little apprentice who was an apprentice in the pharmacy made a smile and said, "If it's to catch medicine, just give me the prescription, if you see a doctor, you two have to wait, Mr. hasn't woken up yet." ”
"Who is the current shopkeeper, isn't it Wu Kuan?"
Mei Sanniang asked first, she has been away from home for five years, and there is still a Mei family pharmacy in Lijia Town, but the shopkeeper in the pharmacy may not be the original.
When the little apprentice heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "Our shopkeeper is not surnamed Wu, but Zhou." ”
Oh no, Mei Sanniang's heart sank, she didn't recognize the shopkeeper surnamed Zhou at all.
There is nothing to prove her identity on her body, Mei Sanniang is a smart person, she knows that it is useless to stay here and wait for the shopkeeper, so it is better to think of other ways as soon as possible.
Xu Yan saw Mei Sanniang's face and knew that the situation was not very good, and then heard the little apprentice shake his head and say that the shopkeeper was not surnamed Wu, which showed that this Mei family pharmacy had a new shopkeeper, Mei Sanniang was indeed a member of the Mei family, but people didn't recognize it, so it was impossible to give you herbs for nothing, let alone allocate money.
If you don't have money, you can't hire a carriage, and if you don't have a carriage, Mei Sanniang's poison will be even more troublesome.
The two came to the side of the pharmacy, Mei Sanniang pulled out a silver hairpin inserted in the bun on the top of her head, she had no money on her, but with a headdress, the Mei family is a wealthy businessman, this hairpin was bought for her by her family when she was a teenager, and it is worth a lot of money, even if it was plundered into the Yuan cottage, this hairpin has always been carried by Mei Sanniang.
"Let's go, go to the pawnshop. ”
Mei Sanniang pointed the way, when the silver hairpin is dropped, at least the money for hiring carriages and horses is enough.
Just as the two of them walked in the direction of the pawnshop, several businessmen dressed in leather clothes and hats happened to pass in front of the pharmacy, and the first young man seemed to have come to the pharmacy to grab medicine, and Mei Sanniang and Xu Yan almost walked face to face.
"You ......"
The two groups of people had already staggered by, and the leather-clothed young man who was the leader suddenly turned around, stared at Mei Sanniang with a frown, and said suspiciously: "Third Sister Mei?"
Hearing the other party shouting herself, Mei Sanniang carefully identified it, and after a while, she was overjoyed and said, "You are the third child of the Li family, your boy!"
"You are really the third sister!" The leather-clothed young man was obviously very happy, Qi Guoren was fierce, and he didn't mind whether men and women were kissed or not, he grabbed Mei Sanniang and said happily: "It's me, third sister, I'm Li Gui!"
"I haven't seen you for five years, but your boy has grown so big. Mei Sanniang saw her acquaintance, and her heart warmed.
The Li family and the Mei family have business contacts all the year round, and the relationship between the two families is very good, Li Gui often ran to the Mei family when he was young, and followed Mei Sanniang like a fart, and he was very close to his third sister, but he didn't expect that after five years, the third child of the Li family was already a young man.
"Third sister, it's great that you're not dead, what about Xiaocheng?"
The Mei family had an accident five years ago, and the Li family naturally knew that not only did the Mei family think that Mei Sanniang was no longer alive, but even Li Gui thought that his third sister had died a long time ago, but he didn't expect to meet him in Li Jiazhen.
Hearing the other party ask Xiaocheng, Mei Sanniang's face suddenly turned a little pale, and her body shook, if there was no Xu Yan to help her, I am afraid she would have fallen.
"The town is dead. Mei Sanniang said in a deep voice: "His revenge has been avenged." ”
"Xiaocheng is dead?" Li Gui was also indignant when he heard this, cursed a few words of those hateful mountain bandits, and asked: "Where are you going, the old man asked me to go to some shops and talk about a few deals, if the third sister is not in a hurry, she will wait for me for a long time, and I will entertain the third sister when I come back after I am busy." ”
This Li Gui is enthusiastic, not hypocritical, and it seems that he is indeed very kind to Mei Sanniang.
"I just escaped from the cave and want to go home immediately. Mei Sanniang hesitated slightly and said.
"The third sister is going back to Fengshan City, okay, I will go back after a while, and I will visit the third sister when the time comes. ”
Li Gui still has something to do, and he is ready to say goodbye, he is a clever man, and found that Mei Sanniang was a little hesitant between her eyebrows, as if she had something to say, and there was not even a package around her, so she immediately ordered a few of her servants to take out ten pieces of money, and said: "The third sister has just escaped from Ascension, and this money is the travel fee that the noble boy gave to the third sister." ”
Mei Sanniang refused, but had no choice but to accept it, and the two said goodbye.
Now there is no need to sell hairpins, Xu Yan smirked, it seems that there are really nobles in the world, otherwise how can people call Li Gui.
"The little Taoist priest who saw the money was open. ”
Mei Sanniang's mood also improved, and she scolded with a smile.
The two of them first went to the Meijia pharmacy to buy some medicinal herbs, although it was less than half of the antidote, but it was better than nothing, and then rushed to the carriage and horse shop, hired a carriage, picked a driver with a wide back, and prepared enough dry food on the side of the street, and then left Lijia Town and rushed to Fengshan City.
At least half of the herbs have not been gathered, but Fengshan City, an important city in the Qi country, should be able to gather the antidote.
The horses of Qi are indeed very fast, and the drivers are even more experienced, although they are dusty along the way, they are also safe, and the journey of seven or eight days only takes more than six days.
The deeper he went into the Qi Kingdom, Xu Yan found that the towns he passed through would become larger, and the larger the towns, the higher the city walls.
When he looked up at the huge city wall more than ten zhang high under Fengshan Castle, his little face was full of surprise.
Where is the city wall, this is clearly a mountain.
The young man who came out of the small village and town naturally had no knowledge, and the driver who drove the car said with a smile: "This is not high, the wall of the Great Qi Imperial City is called a high, and the sky can withstand it when it falls." ”
Using the city wall to withstand the sky, Xu Yan doesn't believe it, but using the sea of people to stand up to the sky may be possible.
Passing through the huge city gate, entering a prosperous scene, the street side shops are lined up, pedestrians are weaving, there are hawkers selling along the street, the dialect shouts as if singing opera, and the merchant who carries the flat shoulder speaks like a bead, and says a big slip of Xu Yan is not understood, but the food in the flat shoulder is wafting with a strong fragrance, and there is a small baby who shuttles among the pedestrians with a small and light body, touching this and patting that seems to be lost, but turning over and taking out a purse from someone's pocket.
Oh, that's the legendary thief.
Fengshan City is also known as Fengdu, and the city is crowded with people, which brings Xu Yan a deep shock in addition to being noisy and lively.
There are already a lot of people in Linshan Town, but as soon as he came to Fengshan City, the most famous big city in Qi Country, Xu Yan found that Linshan Town was like a barren grass under a big tree in front of Fengshan City, and it couldn't be compared at all.
I'm afraid that a hundred Linshan towns can't reach this half of Fengdu.
Along the street more than ten zhang wide, the carriage that had slowed down had stopped and walked, and the lively scenery along the way made Xu Yan see enough, and when he turned around and wanted to ask Mei Sanniang why the largest shop in Fengshan City was not a restaurant inn but a huge boat, he suddenly realized that the woman who had returned to his hometown had fainted, and there was still a wisp of bright red at the corner of his mouth.