Later, I became the prince of the group

The air-conditioning in Jingzhou City has not yet faded, even with the sun above its head, it is still a bit chilly.

It was colder than the weather, but there were lifeless human faces, only the tavern was more lively, full of curse words from all over the world, which was a bit harsh.

The proprietress stood at the door with her waist pinched, and shouted something loudly.

No one paid attention to her, so she picked up the broom and drove out a drunk man who took off his clothes in broad daylight, with a "pooh" on her lips.

No one came to stop this shirtless drunk man who was barking his teeth and claws in the street and playing drunk madly. The patrolling and security in the city was useless, and the people coming and going were exhausted. No fuss.

The old shopkeeper in gray clothes led a man in green clothes to the pharmacy next to the tavern, and said with a smile, "I made Boss Xiaoyan laugh, there is no room for chaos now."

Just as he was about to close the door, there was a sound of horseshoes outside. "Boss Xiao Yan" stretched out his hand to block the door, only to see passers-by avoiding one after another, and a group of men in coarse linen clothes galloped past and went straight to the distance.

Pedestrians have long been used to it, and after a while of panic, they returned home one after another, and someone shouted along the road: "The bandits are coming again!"

The proprietress of the tavern ordered someone to pull the drunk man in and locked the door. The shopkeeper in gray also said, "Let's close the door first too."

"Boss Xiao Yan" nodded, let go of his hand, and the shopkeeper immediately closed the door, and took out a few weapons from under the table, and stood them on the side of the cabinet for easy access.

They are weapons, but they are actually sticks, kitchen knives, and iron ladles. The kitchen knives are very blunt, and it is good if they can cut medicinal materials. Don't expect to kill people.

The shopkeeper poured hot water for the guests, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have much tea, and money is very tight these days."

"It's okay, just enough water."

The two sat down, and the shopkeeper said again: "Boss Xiao Yan, your robe looks expensive, so don't go out later, wait until they leave the city."

"Boss Xiao Yan" pretended to be curious and asked: "What is the origin of these bandits? How dare they blatantly enter the city in broad daylight?"

The shopkeeper smiled wryly and sighed: "Boss Xiaoyan doesn't know something, we just changed the prefecture, and the newcomer is a cowardly and incompetent person who doesn't care about anything other than guarding the one-third acre of land in the government office. "

"Could it be that the last Zhizhou committed something?"

"That's not true. Boss Xiao Yan should know about the floods in Yuezhou and Tanzhou last year. Many people died at that time, and those who survived had no food. Many victims of the disaster came to Jingzhou. The previous city closed its gates. , not letting them in, those people starved to death outside the city, and some died fighting for food. Later, some people diverted to other places, and some went directly to the mountains to become bandits." The shopkeeper recalled Like something, his face couldn't help but darken.

Seeing this, "Boss Xiao Yan" took up the conversation and asked him to continue: "Could it be that Zhizhou was killed by bandits?"

"That's right." The shopkeeper said, "Actually, Zhizhou is not a bad person. Those victims are pitiful, but they are all hungry and crazy. Let's put them in the city. Let's not talk about whether there is so much food in Jingzhou, just say What if they go to the common people's house to grab food? In the end, it's the dog emperor's fault, we clearly have a righteous leader here, but why... are we living in troubled times?"

"Boss Xiao Yan" was silent for a while.

Last year, there was a flood in Yuetan, but the Southern Jin court did not even provide disaster relief. Tanzhou was better. The flood passed Yuezhou first, and there was an early warning, so only the crops and houses were flooded, and not many people died. Those who escaped could still go north and south. Find a way out.

However, there were many casualties in Yuezhou. Many people were unwilling to abandon their injured family members, and they stayed in the city hoping that the court would distribute food. As a result, the plague broke out not long after.

As soon as the plague broke out, the imperial court sent an army. They thought it was to save lives, but they didn't expect that they blocked the city gate from the outside and surrounded Yuezhou, letting the people fend for themselves inside, waiting for them to starve. Death, illness and death, and then a fire to burn it clean.

The shopkeeper continued: "Later, Jingzhou was closed for too long, and the merchants protested. Last year's harvest was not good, and they all blamed the grain merchants. Zhizhou could only open the city gate. As a result, the next day, bandits broke into Zhizhou's house in the middle of the night. , Killed people. Fortunately, we are close to the border town, and we have business with Beiqi, the court will not ignore it, and then sent Xinzhizhou over, and Xinzhizhou naturally dare not take care of things."

"Boss Xiao Yan" wondered: "The imperial court ordered the official to be killed, why didn't the imperial court send some people to pay the bandits?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "There is no way, there are bandits everywhere now, how can we manage them, and these bandits are actually just hoping to survive, they don't rob poor people, they only focus on yamen and those rich businessmen to rob, people As long as you avoid it, nothing major will happen, and the court can only turn a blind eye."

After a while, the two chatted back to business.

The shopkeeper thought that this person came to him just to prepare some medicinal materials, but he didn't expect that he packed all the remaining medicinal materials in the shop.

The shopkeeper was very happy, and said repeatedly: "Boss Xiao Yan is really rich, really rich!"

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled and said: "I have to ask the shopkeeper to make a list of these medicinal materials. Weigh each of them into a catty and pack them carefully. The ones we want to take away must not be damp."

"This is natural, don't worry." The shopkeeper unconsciously used the honorific, "Although our medicinal materials are from last year, they are still in good condition. I have a family method here to ensure that the medicinal materials will not be damp. Wait In three days, bring someone directly to pick it up, and it will be wrapped for you when the time comes."

"Boss Xiao Yan" didn't take his words seriously. The shopkeeper just treated him as a young man who was just getting into the business world.

He didn't expose it, and readily paid half of the deposit.

"The shopkeeper doesn't need to be so anxious. The manager under my hand lives in the Shunhe Inn on the opposite street. The only sky-shaped room is there. When the shopkeeper is ready, go directly to deliver a message there and ask them to come and pick it up. "

This is to remind the shopkeeper that his people are watching here, don't try to take the money and run away.

The shopkeeper didn't think so, he happily responded and refilled the tea for the guests.

"Boss Xiao Yan" thanked him, and asked casually: "By the way, is there a poison called Baisha in the Southern Jin Dynasty?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Yes, it comes from the southern border."

"Oh? I don't know where I can get it." Probably because he was afraid that the shopkeeper might misunderstand, he quickly added, "My father has been poisoned by this poison, so I don't know where I can get rid of it."

The shopkeeper thought for a while: "If you say where you can get it... there are some merchants in southern Xinjiang. When you go there to buy medicinal materials, you will buy some. You can buy it from them, and the antidote is the same. But we It's too far from there, I don't have this antidote in my shop, you have to go south."

"Boss Xiao Yan" nodded thoughtfully.

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and then said: "Boss Xiao Yan, there is something I still want to remind you."

The young man smiled politely, "Please tell me."

The shopkeeper said: "If you still go to other places to collect medicinal materials, then you must not say that you are from Beiqi. I will think too much, and I will turn around and sue you to the government... In some places, the government does not care about ordinary people, but the businessmen who come from outside can be closely watched. Those corrupt officials want to get a fortune from you if they are not sure. If it's time to charge you directly, it will be difficult to handle."

"There is still this matter?" The young man was surprised, "Thank you for reminding the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper seemed to want to say something again, but the young man suddenly made a gesture of silence.

There was another sound of horseshoes on the silent street, and the shopkeeper looked out through the window, only to see that the gang of bandits came back again, stopped for some reason while passing by, and wandered on the street.

Just at this moment, a person cast his eyes on the closed pharmacy.

The shopkeeper took a few steps back in fright, and said, "They, they might be coming..."

Then he hurriedly said: "Boss Xiao Yan, you go inside to hide. They may be here to get medicine. These bandits would come to my place to see if they had any headaches before. It shouldn't matter."

As soon as the words fell, the door was slammed loudly.

The young man glanced at the door and entered the room silently.

Not long after, he heard a conversation coming from outside.

"Several...guest officers." The shopkeeper laughed with him, his voice trembling, "I'm here to get the medicine, hey, what are you looking for, what do you want, I will help you find it."

A strange voice had a fierce attitude: "Where are the medicinal wine and bandages?"

"Is someone injured? Guest officer, wait, the little one will get it for you right away."

The medicinal wine was placed in the inner room, and the shopkeeper entered the room without any delay. The bandits pushed open the curtain, but they didn't look carefully at the room, and they didn't find that there was someone hiding behind the medicine shelf.

The shopkeeper had no secrets, and several bottles of medicinal wine were given to the bandits. I thought they should be satisfied, but the bandits said again: "You go and see with me how to deal with it."

The shopkeeper was taken aback, and quickly said: "My lord, my lord, I'm just a shopkeeper, I only sell medicine, not a doctor."

"Stop talking nonsense, if you haven't eaten pork, you must have seen pigs run away, hurry up and let me go!"

After a curtain, "Boss Xiao Yan" slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and an idea slowly took shape.

After a while, a person came out from the room: "Wait a minute."

The shopkeeper who had been dragged to the door looked back, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.

"Boss Xiao Yan" said: "I know a little bit about trauma, if anyone of you is injured, why don't you take me to have a look."

The bandit holding the shopkeeper looked at him suspiciously: "Do you know medical skills?"

"Boss Xiao Yan" looked profound: "I've eaten pork."

The bandit let go of the shopkeeper, walked up to him, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "You must not play tricks on me, otherwise you will never want to come back."

After finishing speaking, he wanted to reach out and grab him.

"Boss Xiao Yan" took out a folding fan at some point and beat him on the hand, smiling coldly: "Give me a horse alone, and I will go by myself."

The bandit gave him a fixed look, then turned around and nodded at his brothers.

After they left, the shopkeeper wiped off his sweat and took a long time to relax. Before he left, Boss Xiao Yan made a gesture with the back of his hand behind him, which seemed to mean... "enter the house"!

The shopkeeper hurried into the room, lit up a lamp, and saw a line of words written with his fingers on the dusty medicine shelf: inn.I'm going to be Mr. Yazhai, come quickly.

Shopkeeper: "..." This is something out of tune!

But he was reminded by the first two words, and hurried to report to the inn opposite.

Tianzi room of Shunhe Inn.

The young man who looked like a boy patiently listened to the incoherent speech of the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, then turned his head to look at the people sitting in the room.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but also looked over. The person behind the screen hadn't made a sound since he entered the door, except for saying "tell me everything you said after you met".

Shocked by the invisible aura, the shopkeeper subconsciously told the truth, and didn't feel something was wrong until he finished speaking... The other party was not a police officer.

At this time, the person behind the screen gave a "hmm", and the boy said to the shopkeeper, "Thank you, shopkeeper, for reporting the letter, it's hard work for you to make this trip."

He sent the shopkeeper out, and when he came back, he comforted him cautiously: "Brother, Seventh Brother should be joking, not to do that... What about pressing the village, don't be angry..."

"He's not joking."

"Huh?" The boy was a little taken aback.

The person called "Big Brother" was exactly Chu Yan, and he said calmly: "I'm afraid he has taken a fancy to the things in the bandit's lair, Yuncheng, you go outside the city and gather all our people, I'll go and inquire about it." Where is the bandit den, I'll come later."

Lu Yuncheng replied "Yes", and then patted his head in great perplexity: "What did you fancy?"

"people."

The author has something to say: In other words _(:3)∠)_Don’t try to connect place names with ancient place names. I’m all maps in my head. Place names are half based on common sense and half based on making up...just take it as a fiction.