Great Swordsman

Chapter 138

At the beginning of June, the summer solstice has not yet arrived, but the imperial capital has entered the scorching heat ahead of schedule. The hot weather enveloped the imperial capital, like a layer of steamer scorching the earth.

"finally reached."

Outside the imperial capital, a group of five came riding on horseback, and it was Li Mu and five people.

After leaving Qingti Island, they crossed Taihu Lake, turned to Manghe River, braved the wind and waves all the way, and finally arrived at the Imperial Capital on the last day of the half-moon period!
This is the Daqian Imperial Capital... Li Mu looked up, the imperial capital was thirty feet high, standing majestically like a stretch of mountains.

On the city wall stood a row of sergeants in black armor. It was extraordinary to be able to stand guard in armor in such hot weather.

The city gate is eight feet high and five feet wide, with chariots and horses like dragons, and the flow of people is like weaving, shuttling endlessly.

There are also two rows of sergeants patrolling on both sides of the city gate to prevent chaos in Xiaoxiao.

The five of Li Mu got off their horses and walked into the city along with the flow of people.

Passing through the five-foot-wide city wall, you can see a broad avenue in front of you. Towering green trees are planted on both sides. Behind the trees are rows of big houses, and there are tall buildings and pavilions in the distance, row upon row, as if stretching to the sky.

The five-foot-wide avenue is like a dragon and a horse like a water. On both sides of the street, you can see from time to time young princes wearing jade pendants, beauties in long skirts, gentle and elegant scholars in white robes, Taoist priests in green clothes and hair, and handsome knight-errants.

Several people walked with horses. Every 300 meters on the avenue, there are two side streets, two feet wide, which are more lively. There are various restaurants, theaters and rice shops. Soldiers patrol with spears, bustling and orderly!

It is worthy of being Daqian Dijing!
"It's getting late, let me hurry up." Lin Zhihe got on his horse.

You can ride a horse on the main road of the imperial capital, but you must get off your horse and lead it when you enter the side street, otherwise you will easily hurt passers-by.

"This is the first time I've come to the Imperial Capital, it's too busy." The white dragon horse stepped on the black horse, looking around curiously.

"Longma doesn't know something. It's close to the city gate, and the market is very lively. After you settle down, this county... I'll take you around the imperial capital." Lin Zhihe stroked his beard and smiled. After entering the imperial capital, he, a remote county guard, was also very proud. Woke up.

Bai Longma hurriedly asked what fun places there are.

Lin Zhihe laughed, and said: "If you want to talk about the most interesting place, Qinglong Street is the only place! There is the Jiaofang Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and there are countless brothels. Among them, there are 36 oirans, big and small. The three young masters of Honghua Xiaozhu are even worse than that!"

Li Mu pricked up his ears with a 'whoosh' sound, and listened carefully, but this guy was so appetizing that he stopped talking!

Next to him, Zhao Binhong answered, "Why is the oiran so easy to meet? I heard that there is an oiran who got eight purple qi, and he is one of the nine great talents in the imperial capital. Countless kings and grandchildren flock to him. It is harder than ascending to the sky to meet each other!"

Eight purple qi?

Bai Longma took a deep breath: As expected of the Imperial Capital, there are indeed a lot of talents!

Li Mu is also very itchy, not because he wants to sleep, but mainly because his family lacks talents!

Zhao Binhong continued: "I think it's better to go to Xuanwu Street. There are many restaurants, theaters everywhere, and countless shopping. It's a good place for entertainment."

"Zhao Binhong, shut up!" Lin Zhihe said angrily.

"Junshou Lin is so powerful!" Zhao Binhong sneered, "I just don't keep my mouth shut, what can you do to me?"

"You..." Lin Zhihe burst into anger.

Seeing that the two were about to fight in the street, Li Mu interrupted them helplessly, and asked, "Since there are Brothel Street and Xuanwu Street, are there also Zhuque Street and Baihu Street?"

"Hmph!" Lin Zhihe snorted at Zhao Binhong, turned his head to look at Li Mu, and corrected him, "Magistrate Li, it's Qinglong Street, not Qinglou Street! As for Zhuque Street, that's where all the ministries of the imperial court are located, adjacent to the imperial palace! Baihu There are food, clothing, housing and transportation on the main street, and there are several big medical clinics there, Longma, once you settle down, I will take you to Baihu Street to buy medicine and make alchemy!"

"Leave this kind of thing to me." Zhao Binhong rode his horse between Lin Zhihe and Bailongma, vowing to be the third party.

Amidst the noise, a group of five people came to the post house on Taiping Street.

The post house in the imperial capital is very large, with continuous buildings, and it receives officials from all over the country every day.

And the frontage of Taiping Street is Qinglong Street!

Li Mu and the others looked over, and there were high terraces and pavilions everywhere, and there were air bridges between the pavilions. The girl shuttled among them.

Li Mu's rough technique of ventilation and water, calculated the location of the post house, with wind in front and water in the back, it is a proper place for geomantic omen!
"Cough cough." Lin Zhihe retracted his gaze, and coughed dryly, "Communist Zhao, County Magistrate Li, let's go report with the county guard first."

He took the two of them to the Yiguan Yicheng, and took out their respective official seals, as well as the smelly imperial edict, to verify their authenticity.

"My lords have worked hard all the way, please rest for one night first, and I will pass the word to the palace right now." After seeing the imperial decree, Yi Cheng's face changed slightly. The news of King Shu's death had spread throughout the imperial capital, and he knew that these three people were important witnesses. Don't dare to be negligent, arrange the best house quickly, and report this matter to Shangfeng immediately!
As soon as the trivial matters were settled, Lin Zhihe and Zhao Binhong rushed to the outside of Bailong's stable after packing up their luggage. As a result, Bailongma's house was empty.

"What's going on, what about people?!" Lin Zhihe was furious.

"Li Mu, it must be Li Mu who took the white dragon horse away!" Zhao Binjie was also shocked.

The butler next to him trotted over and confirmed their guess: "My lord, Bai Longma and County Magistrate Li have just left."

"Bastard, why didn't you stop them!" Lin Zhihe was furious.

"My lord, I dare not stop the little ones." The housekeeper was very aggrieved. He had seen the scene of Li Mu beheading hundreds of people on Qingti Island, and he would never be able to harden himself in front of Li Mu in the future.

"You!!" Lin Zhihe hated iron for being weak, but thinking that he also chose to lie flat in front of Li Mu, it seemed that he really had no position to blame the housekeeper.

……

Leaving the post house, Li Mu and Bai Longma rented a nearby carriage and went straight to Baihu Street.

On the way, Li Mu was chatting with the groom driving the horse: "Tell me about Baihu Street."

"My lord, Baihu Street is one of the busiest main streets in our imperial capital. If we spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation, as long as we have some, we can definitely find them on Baihu Street! The drunken fish in Yuchang Restaurant is Baihuyi. Absolutely, a hundred gold is hard to come by. When the clothes are exhausted, a new phoenix-tailed skirt has appeared, and it is said that the female relatives of countless dignitaries are flocking to it..." The horse driver is very good at chatting, and he just chatters when he starts a topic, without giving any chance to outsiders to intervene .

Li Mu listened one after another, and after half an hour, the carriage finally arrived at Baihu Street.

Only then did Li Mu get down to business: "I want to refine Tendon Renewal Pill, is there a way?"

As he spoke, he threw out a piece of broken silver.

The horse driver immediately said: "My lord, there are four major medicine stores in Baihu Street, namely Shantang, Qinyuan, Xingge and Dancaolou. The medicine reserves of the four medicine stores are the largest in the imperial capital, and it is said to be second only to the imperial palace. And there are alchemists in charge, as long as the price is enough, any kind of pill can be made!"

Can the elixir of immortality be refined?
Li Mu thanked him and jumped off the carriage.

The white dragon horse followed closely behind.

Baihu Street is very lively, with restaurants, medicine halls, clothing stores, grocery stores, dental shops... Looking around, there are almost all busy shops on both sides of the street, and the flow of people is like weaving.

Bai Longma looked at those people, the men wore long robes and jade, with extraordinary demeanor, and the women wore waxy skirts, elegant and beautiful, he felt a little inferior, at a loss, and a little cramped.

"Let's go." Li Mu led him into the street.

"Lord Li, I, I don't have much money on me." Bai Longma quickly followed behind Li Mu, and said in a low voice.

After entering the Imperial Capital, although he didn't buy anything, he has already felt the prices here from the bustling surroundings. I am afraid that the refining price of Xujin Pill is beyond his imagination!
"It doesn't matter." Li Mu just started to search several big gentry families in Qingping County and made a lot of money. This time he came to Beijing, he brought more than half of it, which should be enough.

The two walked forward for half an hour and came to a huge pavilion.

"Dan Cao Building." Li Mu looked at the huge gilded signboard in front of the building, and entered quickly.

Behind the door is a hall, with a doctor on the left for consultation, and on the right is a counter for taking medicine and collecting bills.

When Li Mu came to the counter, before he could speak, the apprentice behind the counter said enthusiastically, "Hello, sir, may I ask you to get medicine or see a doctor?"

"I want to refine alchemy." Li Mu cut to the chase, "Continuing Jin Pill!"

Big business... The apprentice's eyes lit up, and he quickly said: "Guest officer, the Tendon Renewal Pill needs to use a variety of precious medicinal materials such as thousand-year-old pearls and century-old Polygonum multiflorum, and needs to be refined by alchemists, so the price..."

"But it's okay to say." Li Muhao said cheerfully.

The apprentice said: "20 taels!"

How many? !
Li Mu retreated tactically.

He checked the four major gentry and only found 30 million taels. If you make a pill, it costs 20 taels!
"Moreover, the success rate of alchemy is only [-]%. If it succeeds, half of the elixir will go to the alchemist and half to you. If it fails, it will be no different from others." The apprentice said.

As for the [-]% success rate, the alchemist still needs to get half of the share... Li Mu was speechless.

This shop is really dark!

"Guest officer, our four major medicine shops all have the same rules. If you don't believe it, you can go to the other three to have a look." The apprentice saw what Li Mu was thinking, and said quickly.

"My lord, how about..." Bai Longma backed off when he heard the price.

"What if I just buy the Renewing Tendon Pill?" Li Mu asked.

The apprentice shook his head: "Forgive me, sir, because the medicinal materials are precious, so there is no appointment, and this building will not refine Xujin Pill alone."

Sure enough, the rich and powerful would not sell it... Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I want to see your shopkeeper."

The apprentice's eyes lit up, and he quickly invited Li Mu to the back hall and asked them to wait.

Not long after, an old man in robes with white beard and hair came out: "Old man Dancaolou's second shopkeeper, Xu Danqing, the two guests are very polite."

At this time, the imperial capital was extremely hot, and those who could wear long robes were definitely practitioners. Li Mu dared not underestimate him. He made a gesture of reaching into his left sleeve with his right hand, but actually secretly took out the fist-sized pearl from the dragon scale space.

"Master Xu, take a look at this bead first," Li Mu said.

"This is..." Xu Danqing took it carefully, examined it carefully, his beard and hair seemed to be trembling, "This is a 3000-year-old deep-sea pearl!"

Li Mu didn't know whether it was 3000 years or 5000 years, so he smiled at Xu Danqing without saying a word.

"If the honored guest wants to use this pearl as medicine to refine Xujin Pill..." Xu Danqing pondered slightly, "The probability of failure is probably more than [-]%!"

"Why is that?" Li Mu was puzzled. It was only [-]-[-] just now, so that's a [-]% failure rate?

"Because this is a 3000-year-old pearl, and its medicinal properties are quite overbearing. To be honest, there are not many medicinal materials in this building that can compare with it. If you forcibly refine it, you will lose your yin and yang, and you will not be able to make a pill. Moreover, the price..."

It seems that this pearl is indeed a treasure. The four major medicine shops in the imperial capital said that there are few medicinal materials that can compare with it... Li Mu pondered and said, "What if I use this pearl to directly buy Xujin Pill?"

"Of course it's possible!" Xu Danqing's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "There happens to be a top-quality Xujin pill in this building. If the guest really wants to change it, I can make the decision, and I will give the guest a bottle of top-quality gold sore medicine, half a bottle of Huoyuan pill, Half a bottle of water essence pill!"

According to Xu Danqing, Huo Yuan Dan and Shui Yuan Dan are refined from precious spiritual herbs of fire and water respectively, which contain a large amount of spiritual energy of fire and water attributes, and the two spiritual energy can be recovered in a very short time after taking them!

If the five qi are in the Yuan Dynasty, and the five qi are born and destroyed, then taking this pill can replenish any kind of aura!
In the imperial capital, only rich people can afford such pills!
Saying that, Xu Danqing also took out a Huo Yuan Pill.

Li Mu took it and sensed it. The fire attribute in the pill is also full of aura, one can replenish one-twentieth of the fire essence.

"How many pills per bottle?" Li Mu asked.

"A bottle of ten." Xu Danqing said.

"I don't want Water Yuan Pills, I only need Fire Yuan Pills, twenty pieces." Li Mu returned the pills to Xu Danqing.

Xu Danqing was not annoyed by demanding the price and paying back the money on the spot, he laughed and said, "Twelve pieces!"

"Nineteen!"

"Thirteen."

The two haggled over the price, and finally settled on fifteen Fire Yuan Pills.

Xu Danqing put away the 3000-year-old deep-sea pearls, then took four white jade porcelain bottles, and handed them to Li Mu one by one: "This bottle contains ten Huoyuan pills, and this bottle contains five Huoyuan pills. This bottle is the ultimate gold sore medicine. This bottle is the best supplement pill."

Li Mu casually threw the last white jade bottle to Bai Longma.

"Thank you, my lord!" Bai Longma was grateful, "My lord is so kind and virtuous, and Bai Longma will never forget it. From now on, I will follow my lord, and I will never hesitate to die!"

He really didn't expect that the price of Xujin Dan was so expensive!

Hearing Lin Zhihe and Zhao Binhong's words before, I thought this pill was mediocre, but I didn't expect... Yes, these two officials must be corrupt, let alone 20 taels in their pockets, maybe 40 or 80 Both can be taken out!That's why he didn't take Xujin Dan seriously, unlike Mr. Li, who couldn't afford the money, so he could only exchange 3000-year-old pearls for things.

"Okay, I will take the Tendon Renewal Pill when I get back, and I will recover as soon as possible," Li Mu said.

"Dear guest, after taking Xu Jin Pill, the meridians in the body will continue to flow within an hour, and no one should disturb you during this period. There is a quiet room in this building, and the room is burned with ambergris, which can help people calm down. If the guest does not give up, Why don't you just take it in this building." Xu Danqing said with a smile.

Li Mu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then take it here."

He had just completed a big deal, and it was impossible for Dancaolou to cheat him. Instead, Lin Zhihe and Zhao Binhong, these two guys were eyeing Bailongma, and it would not be beautiful if they went back and made trouble for him.

After placing Bai Longma in the quiet room, Li Mu agreed with him to meet in an hour, and then left the back hall.

As a result, as soon as he returned to the lobby, he saw an acquaintance.

"One million taels?!"

"The success rate of alchemy is only [-]%?! Half of it will be taken away by alchemists?!"

"That's unreasonable! Do you know who the sheriff is?"

"Are you deceiving the county captain as a foreigner?!"

Lin Zhihe and Zhao Binhong stood in front of the counter, blushing and reasoning with that handsome apprentice.

What a coincidence... Li Mu covered his face with his hands calmly, pretending not to know them, and left the Dancao building quickly.

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(End of this chapter)