The store wasn’t big, but it had the herbs he needed. The price was very high, even if he took all the money from his ho, he couldn’t buy even a tiny bit of the herb.
Although he was disappointed, he still bargained with them, but he also knew in his heart that the price was unlikely to change.
Sure enough, it was a fixed price, and not a penny less.
Just as he was about to leave in disappointnt, an old man ca out of this Caozheng Hall, followed by a young man. The old man said he was the owner here.
He gave him a suggestion, which was that he needed a peach blossom tree branch. However, the old man had a previous grievance with the people of Peach Blossom Valley, so if he went there now, they definitely wouldn’t give it to him. If he could go there and break off a peach blossom branch for him, the owner of the herbal dicine store would agree to give him the herb.
Not to ntion the value, it’s just barter.
After much thought, he agreed. At that ti, he didn’t know the significance of the old peach tree in this village. He was not unfamiliar with peach trees. In Jinling City, there used to be two peach trees planted in his ho’s courtyard.
But later they said planting trees in the courtyard was bad, so his father cut them down forcefully. He rembered that when he was young, those peach blossoms blood beautifully.
In the suburbs of Jinling City, there were also many people planting peach trees, which were contracted fruit orchards planted in recent years, so he didn’t take it seriously.
Then the young man beside the owner and two other assistants took him to the cave, telling him they would wait for him outside the cave.
Once he brought back the peach blossom branch, they would give him the herb.
But who would have thought that as soon as he sawed off the peach blossom branch, he was discovered.
Then, they imdiately tied him up.
When he arrived, it was late at night. By the next morning, the punishnt had already been decided for him because the ti for sacrifices also needed to be chosen, and it was set for the twilight at sunset.
So, the punishnt was not executed imdiately, and it was at this ti that Gu Qiaoqiao and the others arrived.
The Old Clan Leader, after hearing this, frowned deeply.
Caozheng Hall?
What kind of Chinese Herbal dicine Store is that?
How co he didn’t know about it?
Moreover, the young man’s description of that person’s appearance, he had never seen him. Why did that person want a peach blossom tree branch from Peach Blossom Valley?
Could it be that he wanted to make a peach wood sword, but why would a herbal dicine store want a peach wood sword?
And in his mory, very few outsiders ca here, and they never had any conflicts with people from outside, especially those from the provincial city.
They were almost isolated from the world here.
Except for him going to town for a eting every few months, he spent the rest of his ti in the village.
Thinking of this, he suddenly looked at Gu Qiaoqiao and asked, "Qiaoqiao, when you arrived, was there anyone outside the cave?"
Gu Qiaoqiao shook her head, "No, when we arrived, there wasn’t a fourth person along the way."
Gu Qiaoqiao said with great certainty.
This, she could indeed confirm.
Gu Qiaoqiao’s hearing was also excellent. If there were people nearby, she would be able to tell. It’s impossible to walk quietly in the wilderness.
When they arrived, there were sounds of animals and birds moving, but no humans.
And along the way, there wasn’t a trace of outsiders.
So that ans, after those people sent the young man here, they left directly.
Why is that?
Weren’t they after the peach blossom tree branch?
They should have waited near the cave entrance.
Could it be that they imdiately fled knowing the young man was caught?
Perhaps that’s a possibility.
User Comments
0 comments from readers