Five hundred miles west of Xijing You'an, there is a Xiongguan guarding it. This pass is surrounded by desert to the west, Juejian to the east, Xiongling to the south, and a large river to the north. It is called Yanhui.
Ningdan's earlier disciples went here to assist the garrison in patrolling the border, and to sweep away the wandering monsters and some Xirong tribesmen who committed crimes.
Baili Ming, Yuan Zhaoxi, Zhou Jiang, and Zuo Sisi were sent to a small county a hundred miles southwest of Xijing. Because it was surrounded by mountains, it was called Qianshan County.
This place produces a relatively rare medicinal material, which is one of the important materials for refining Peiyuan Dan.
This medicine is shaped like an umbrella, with bright color. The umbrella cover is brown, the handle is white, and it is covered with fine hairy scales. The flesh of the umbrella is white, tender and thick, with a fine texture. It only grows in deep mountains.
It will grow after continuous rainy weather. If not picked in time, it will wither and wither in three days, so it is called dry grass.
A month ago, the herb collection team from the Qianshan County branch of the Tongfu Chamber of Commerce went into the mountains to collect herbs. They were attacked by beast monsters, killing and injuring several people. The dry grass was also taken away. Bai Liming and others were arranged to protect the collection.
The medicine team also found the beast monster and destroyed it.
The group of people worked hard all the way and arrived at Qianshan County in less than an hour. In front of the low city gate, a group of people were waiting eagerly. In addition to the county magistrate, county lieutenant, county prime minister and other officials, Tongfu Chamber of Commerce shared the helm.
As the principal party, this is also included.
The steward's name is Gong Mi. She looks like a mature woman in her mid-twenties. Due to her years of practicing martial arts, her figure is not as plump and graceful as that of an ordinary woman. Although she is slightly muscular, she is also curvy and has a unique charm.
After everyone greeted them one by one, the fat magistrate had not yet spoken, but Gong Mi took the lead and said: "The presence of several immortal masters has made this small Qianshan County shine. There are several immortal masters here."
Please help, if those beast monsters are still waiting to be killed, the immortal masters will definitely be able to capture them and bring peace to Haiyan in Qianshan County."
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and smiled sweetly: "County Magistrate Zhang, do you think so?"
The county magistrate agreed submissively: "It must be so, it must be so."
Bai Liming glanced at the absent-minded Yuan Chaoxi, Zuo Sisi who was watching from the wall, and General Zhou who was looking around. He had no choice but to step forward and cup his hands and said: "County Magistrate Zhang, please don't worry, Master of the Palace. I won't say that I can capture you, but I'll wait for you."
We must do our best to eliminate this evil."
Another round of praise sounded.
After greetings, the group of people surrounded Bai Liming and others as they entered the county town. However, they did not go to the county government office, but went directly to the Tongfu Chamber of Commerce's headquarters in the center of the county town.
Looking at the tall front entrance with its high eaves and carved beams, and the slightly dilapidated low-rise buildings on both sides of the road along the way, the Tongfu Chamber of Commerce's house can be said to stand out from the rest.
On both sides of the main entrance stood two large stone lions that were taller than people, which suddenly added a sense of majesty. At this time, the main entrance of the house was opened wide. Gong Mi led everyone into the main hall, occupying the main position as the master, and the county magistrate and others
All the officials could only sit at the bottom of the table in a sullen manner, not daring to show any anger.
Baili Ming took in all this and thought to himself:
"It seems that the Tongfu Chamber of Commerce, as the Eighth Prince said, has a deep foundation in Qianshan County. It relies on supplying dry grass to the Taoist sect, and is backed by people from the Taoist sect. It is somewhat domineering, and even the county magistrate at the head of a county obeys.
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Gong Mi gave another word of praise, and then detailed the attack on the herb collection team. It was nothing more than a treacherous beast monster. Taking advantage of everyone's relaxation in collecting herbs, it suddenly sprang out from the depths of the dense forest and beat them.
The team was caught off guard.
The members of the team are all mortals, and they can deal with ordinary beasts, but they are vulnerable to beast monsters and suffer heavy losses.
Bai Liming asked in detail about the location of the attack, the number of beasts and monsters, and other details. General Zhou couldn't bear his temper and shouted to set off into the mountain to explore now.
At this time, Gong Mi's peach-cheeked face showed a look of helplessness. He took a deep look at Zhou Jiang's strong body with roving eyes, licked his lower lips slightly, and explained:
"Master Zhou is dedicated to eradicating monsters and eliminating harm for the people. The slave family is also very happy, but please be patient. The whereabouts of these beast monsters are mysterious. Searching in this vast thousands of mountains will undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack. In case of alerting the snake,
It’s even harder to find it.”
"The slave family thinks that we might as well wait for the fish to take the bait, and it would be more appropriate to set up a trap the next time we go into the mountains to collect herbs and catch them all. What do you think, Master Zhou Xian?"
Zhou Jiang scratched his head and said: "The palace helmsman is laughing. We don't know much about the situation of the beasts and monsters. To use an analogy, we are like blind men trying to figure out the elephant. Everything depends on the palace helmsman's arrangement."
Gong Mi stared at General Zhou with a pair of peach blossom eyes, covered his mouth and said with a sweet smile:
"That's great. Master Zhou Xian doesn't need to be outside. Now we work together and are like a family. You can just call me Sister Gong."
Zhou Jiang smiled awkwardly and hesitated, not knowing how to respond.
At this time, Zuo Sisi changed the topic and asked: "Then when will we set out to collect medicine?"
Gong Mi was about to continue teasing, but when he saw the strange expressions on everyone's face, especially the look of disdain on Yuan Chaoxi's face, as if he had just realized that he had lost his temper, he said seriously:
"This dry grass only grows after continuous rainy weather, and its smell is very light and difficult to find."
As she said that, she took out a piece of dry grass and handed it to everyone. Baili Ming and several others sniffed it. As a golden elixir monk with sensitive five senses, they could only smell a faint fishy and sweet smell.
Later, Gong Mi added: "Looking for this grass requires the help of a monster with a keen sense of smell, and it also requires special training to find it in the vast mountains. However, the monster escaped last time when we were attacked.
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Zhou Jiang said anxiously: "What should we do? Wouldn't it be impossible to lure the beast monsters to take the bait?"
Gong Mijiao smiled and said: "Master Zhou, don't worry, the Chamber of Commerce is training a new monster, and it will be able to enter the mountain in a few days."
Hearing this, Baili Ming and the others felt relieved. After all, they did not want to waste their time here and gain nothing in the end.
The two sides chatted for a while, and Baili Ming and others went to the guest room to rest. Lu Zhouzhoujiang couldn't help but use a secret method to transmit the message:
"Why do I feel that the palace helmsman looks at us a little strangely? For example, he is like a hungry wolf who sees meat and seems to want to devour us."
Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi also felt the same, but after all, they were young and ignorant about matters between men and women.
On the contrary, Zuo Sisi, as a dandy, had gone to Goulan to listen to music, and had also peeked at erotic pictures. He was more mature, so he could tell at a glance what Gong Mi was thinking about Zhou Jiang, so he teased:
"I'm going to eat you up. That woman looks like she's not satisfied with her desires. Brother Zhou, you have to control yourself."
Zhou Jiang was stunned for a moment, then spat: "Bah, bah, she can be my mother at that age, but I don't like her."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh, and the secret transmission of sound failed. The maid who was leading the way was startled, but she didn't dare to say anything. She just thought it was because the immortal masters had weird personalities.
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In the main hall of the Tongfu Chamber of Commerce, after everyone left, Gong Mi waved his hand to shield the servants, leaving only a middle-aged scholar with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and two light beards.
The scholar first opened the door slightly, looked around, then closed the door tightly, turned around and said flatteringly:
"Captain, everyone is gone."
Gong Ya leaned back lazily on the chair and hummed softly.
The middle-aged scholar said again: "Master, if you don't give face to the county magistrate just now, will it arouse the resentment of these immortal masters?"
Gong Mi sneered and said: "It doesn't matter if they are a little disgusted. I am killing the chicken to show the monkey, otherwise a group of young brats will not be able to sit on my head and dominate me. If you don't obey the arrangements, you are a child and it is bad."
How will we explain our plans to the president then?"
"Besides, they are not stupid. They must have understood our backgrounds before coming here. We are just doing what we need. As long as we don't conflict with each other, everything will be easy."
As he spoke, he snorted coldly: "Liang Li, you are an incompetent military advisor and your vision is too short-sighted."
Hearing this, Liang Li hurriedly bowed to the end and responded solemnly: "Yes, it's the villain who thinks superficially."
Then he made amends for his merits and added: "I see that the helmsman is interested in the little immortal master named Zhou. Do you want me to set up a game and ask you to step into the trap? The helmsman will make up for it a lot."