"Okay, okay!" The shopkeeper's eyes turned into crescent moons with smiles. He didn't know how long it had been since he had so many customers come to his door. "There are definitely five upper rooms. We will clean them out with the young master right away."
After saying that, the shopkeeper winked at the waiter, who quickly went upstairs.
The shopkeeper looked at Xia Shang with a smile: "How many days will the young master plan to stay?"
"one day."
"One day...that's five taels of silver. If you stay longer, you can get less."
Xia Shang took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver, which was the last money he had with him. After spending this sum, he had to go to Chengdu to see if his family had sent any money.
"Prepare something rich tonight."
"Oh! The young master is so generous!"
The shopkeeper's face was filled with joy, and his eyes were filled with tears as he looked at the shining silver.
But just as he was about to get it, his hand stopped and asked tactfully: "Sir, we must agree in advance that there cannot be any weird people in your team. I believe you are here."
I have seen some of them. The situation in Xu County is different from before. There are patients everywhere in the county.
Not many have been cured, and the rest are all dead. If any of your people are uncomfortable, then I dare not let you in. After all, no matter how much money you have, it is not as important as your own life.
Say yes?"
Xia Shang thought for a moment: "Shopkeeper, are you telling me this? Most of my team of more than a dozen people are patients."
"What?" When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes widened, and he watched Xia Shang take a few steps back involuntarily, "You, you, you... don't make fun of me!"
Xia Shang was very calm: "Shopkeeper, you don't need to be nervous. All the patients in my team have recovered. I am a doctor and I can treat diseases, so you don't have to be afraid."
"You know how to treat diseases?" The shopkeeper looked unbelieving, "There are so many doctors saying this, but none of them are effective! We people in Xu County died after listening to the nonsense of you doctors.
There are so many people in Xu County who don’t know that? If you want to cure that kind of strange disease, you must have the elixir of the Great Immortal of Purdue!"
"Pudu Immortal?"
"You don't even know this? Our Xu County... no, no, no, not just in Xu County! Within a hundred miles, anyone who can recover from strange diseases has taken the elixir of Pudu Immortal. Napu
Immortal Du is really a living god. A strange disease that everyone is helpless to deal with, in the hands of Immortal Pudu, only needs an elixir, and the patient will be cured in less than two days."
"Huh?" Xia Shang frowned.
He is very familiar with this kind of drama. There must be people with malicious intentions who want to take advantage of this plague to profit from it.
"Since this Pudu Immortal is so powerful, why are there so many patients in Xu County? Why didn't he cure all the people named Xu?"
"Sir, you are just joking! That is an elixir! It is not a grass root in the ground. How can you say that it is there? It is not easy to get an elixir now! Either become a disciple of Pudu Immortal, or you can
Be prepared to pay a high price to buy it. Moreover, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.
That elixir is a life-saving amulet, who would sell it easily?"
"So, Pudu Immortal is just selling elixirs to make money? When did this immortal become such a philistine?"
"No, no, no...Pudu Immortal never collects money. It's all those false believers who became disciples of Purdue University, begged for the elixir, and sold the extra ones, and the price was horribly high, at least one hundred taels.
silver.
Everyone dislikes this approach, but there is no other way. If you want to survive, you must either pay or become a monk."
Just as he was talking, a man wearing a monk's robe came outside the inn. This man was wearing a monk's robe, but he had long hair. The monk's robe was also dressed crookedly, and he looked carefree. He didn't look like a monk at all.
But as soon as he came in, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Amitabha... the great immortal who saves the world. I have an elixir in my hands. Is there anyone who is destined to take it?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, the few people in the inn immediately stood up: "What? Do you have a magic pill?"
"Quick, quick, quick...show us?"
"Is your elixir real or fake?"
The man in the monk's robe put his hands together awkwardly and bowed: "Amitabha, monks don't lie, the elixir is guaranteed to be fake. This is a gift from the Great Immortal Purdue. This is the only one. I don't want anything else."
As he spoke, the monk took out a medicine bottle from his side, opened it carefully, and only glanced at it in front of everyone.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw it, and they exclaimed in surprise: "Oh! It seems real!"
"Little monk, how much does it cost?"
"Two hundred taels of silver."
"What? Two hundred taels?" Everyone was so shocked that they almost bit their tongues, "Wasn't it one hundred taels before?"
The monk pretended to be humble, shrugged, turned around and left without saying anything, as if he didn't want to buy anything.
When everyone saw it, they quickly grabbed him: "Hey... little monk, we have something to talk about! Do you think we can make it cheaper? Your two hundred taels are really expensive, and we can't pay for it!
"
Everyone agreed: "Yes, yes...two hundred taels is really too expensive!"
The disdain on the monk's face flashed across his face, and he bowed and said: "The poor monk has said before that there is only one golden elixir, and I hope someone is destined to take it. Since you can't afford so much money, it means that there is still a gap between us.
It lacks a little bit of fate.”
After saying that, the monk ignored them and left the inn.
But no one expected that the moment the monk stepped out of the inn, what happened outside? The monk suddenly screamed, his body was thrown into the air like a leaf, and he fell heavily into the inn, landing on Xia Xiang's side.
before.
Xia Shang was startled and protected the two girls next to him with his body. At the same time, the three of them exchanged glances and understood in their hearts.
There is a man with great martial arts skills outside!
Sure enough, just as the monk fell to the ground and groaned, a middle-aged swordsman, walking as fast as the wind, walked in with a strong momentum, wearing a bamboo hat.
This man looks very strong, and the sword on his waist is wrapped in coarse cloth, which is very tight, but it can be felt that the weight of the sword is not light. Although the face under the bamboo hat cannot be seen, you can tell by the chilling aura coming towards him.
This is by no means a nice person.
This man entered the inn, grabbed the monk's collar without saying a word, and lifted him up from the ground. The monk had not yet taken a breath, but now he was grabbed by someone again, and he was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were broken.
, shouted repeatedly: "Hero, spare your life! Hero, spare your life! I will give you the elixir you want!"
"Whoever wants your bullshit elixir, I want your life!"
After saying that, the other party snatched the medicine bottle from the other party's hand and smashed it to pieces on the ground. The enviable elixir fell to the ground. Several people wanted to rush up to pick it up, but before anyone made a move, the person kicked it.
I have already stepped on the elixir, and an elixir was instantly trampled to pieces. (To be continued)