Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 318 Taking Over the Medicine Market
Don't blame Xiao Heikui, but blame Zhao Daniu for biting him to death. It will be difficult for him and Grandpa Jiang and the others to deal with it next.

"Aoao~~!" Little Heikui ran to Liu Qingsong, wagging his tail, and then crawled down.

That's like saying it won't happen again next time.

In the sky, a cry that pierced through gold and split rocks was heard, and then a little eagle was seen flying over with the tiger king's skin in its mouth.

It flew closer and threw the tiger king skin directly into Liu Qingsong's hand, then flew high into the sky.

It was so quiet at the moment that you could hear a pin drop.

After a brief silence, all the locals knelt on one knee on the ground and shouted a dialect that Liu Qingsong could not understand.

But Wu Niang understood, and she excitedly said to Jiang Lao and Li Juren: "It's great that this child has become the manager of this year's medicine market."

"We will never run away again." Jin Ruyi happily agreed.

"Really?" Li Juren smiled happily.

Mr. Jiang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to ask Wu Niang what he needed to pay attention to in order to become the manager of the medicine market, Zhao Xiaoying's heart-wrenching cry came from the cliff: "Brother...Brother...I won't let your death be in vain, I will definitely avenge you!"

After finishing speaking.

Zhao Xiaoying began to climb down the cliff.

But because of exhaustion, grief and anger, he accidentally fell off the cliff.

This cliff is nearly a hundred meters high. There is no hope of survival if you fall down.

But unexpectedly, the little eagle swooped over, grabbed Zhao Xiaoying directly, and then flapped its wings and flew towards where Liu Qingsong was.

Nearly.

He threw Zhao Xiaoying directly at Liu Qingsong's feet.

After Zhao Xiaoying realized what was happening, she looked at Liu Qingsong with tears in her eyes: "I am in your hands now, you can kill me or chop me up as you please."

"I tell you, if you don't kill me today, I will definitely avenge my brother in the future."

"Then I'll help you." Liu Qingsong took off the broken knife from his shoulder.

"Wait." A burly middle-aged man and a group of villagers hurried over. After taking a look at Liu Qingsong, he stepped forward to help Zhao Xiaoying up, then slapped her in the face: "What nonsense are you talking about? It was your brother who broke the rules and wanted to shoot this brother."

"He deserved to die, no one else is to blame."

"But..." Zhao Xiaoying wanted to argue, but was glared back by the burly middle-aged man: "If you still recognize me as your father, then behave yourself. Don't you understand the rules of fighting for the tiger king's skin?"

"When you climbed the cliff, you used the eagle you raised to kill so many people. If their families came to seek revenge like you did, how many of your father, me, and your brothers and sisters would survive?"

"I...I..." Zhao Xiaoying cried and didn't know how to answer.

She was confused for a moment and didn't think too much about it. She only wanted to avenge her brother.

Now that he thought about it carefully, if he really did that, then his Zhao family would probably be eliminated from the medicine market.

This is not alarmist, but a fact.

Because there has been an unwritten rule since the establishment of the medicine market.

This rule is that when competing for the tiger king skin to become the manager of the medicine market, you can use any means, even killing the opponent.

But once the manager of the medicine market is determined, if someone still wants to take revenge and kill the manager of the medicine market, then this person will become the public enemy of the medicine market and will be eliminated as soon as possible.

She had just made such a mistake. If her father had not arrived in time, her death would have been the least of her worries, but the entire Zhao family would have been ruined.

When she thought of this, Zhao Xiaoying's hatred for Liu Qingsong suddenly disappeared, and she was filled with fear.

He was afraid that because of his momentary impulse, the entire Zhao family would be implicated.

Wu Niang saw through Liu Qingsong's thoughts immediately. Seeing that Liu Qingsong was an outsider and didn't know the rules of the medicine market, she quickly came to the burly middle-aged man, Zhao Xiaoying's father, Zhao Yinwu, and said, "Uncle Zhao, the death of your son Zhao Daniu..."

The words are not finished yet.

He was interrupted by Zhao Yinwu: "Don't say anything. If Zhao Daniu had listened to me and restrained himself, and stopped causing trouble in the medicine market, he would never have suffered the misfortune today."

"Now that things have happened, everything should be done according to the rules."

"Okay!" Wu Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Yinwu was worthy of being Zhao Yinwu. He was so reasonable that she was speechless.

Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be another big battle. After all, the Zhao family and the Chen family are now the two largest families in the medicine market.

Seeing that the surrounding villagers and vendors were all looking at her and Zhao Yinwu, Wu Niang said to Liu Qingsong, "Don't just stand there like an idiot. Now that you have obtained the tiger king skin, you are the newest person in charge of the medicine market."

"According to the rules, you have to hold a grand banquet to invite everyone present to dinner, and pass five levels to officially take over the medicine market." Zhao Yinwu followed.

"Really?" Liu Qingsong didn't want to be in charge of the medicine market. Hearing this, he was about to give up the position of the person in charge. Li Juren smiled and stepped forward: "My Qingsong is a villager of the Huaishu production team. There is nothing prepared today. Can the big banquet be postponed for a few days? How about holding the banquet next time he comes to the medicine market?"

"Of course." Zhao Yinwu replied.

"But these five levels are not easy to pass." Wu Niang reminded in a low voice.

"It may not be easy for you, but there will be absolutely no problem for my Qingsong." Li Juren replied softly.

"Really?" Wu Niang looked at Liu Qingsong with strange eyes.

Zhao Yinwu smiled and said, "Since Mr. Li said there is no problem, I will take this little brother to go through the five levels."

"What will happen if we can't get through?" Liu Qingsong asked.

"Hahaha..." All the villagers and vendors present couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhao Yinwu also had a faint smile on his face: "If you can't get through, just leave an arm in the medicine market. It won't cost you your life."

Liu Qingsong: “…”

"Let's go!" Zhao Yinwu took the lead and walked towards the canyon ahead.

The other villagers and vendors followed in a mighty procession.

But Liu Qingsong did not follow him. Instead, he asked Li Juren in a low voice: "Grandpa, I have a lot of things to do at home! Why do you insist on me taking over this medicine market?"

Li Fenfen also looked at Li Juren in confusion.

"Silly child, there are many benefits to taking over the medicine market!" Li Juren replied earnestly: "First of all, your Grandpa Jiang will no longer have to worry about purchasing any herbs in the future. Secondly, becoming the manager of the medicine market means owning everything here. Everyone will listen to you. This will only benefit you and not harm you."

"There is one more thing. Just because Zhao Yinwu is easy to talk to doesn't mean that other people are easy to talk to. If you don't take over the medicine market, then all of us, including Wu Niang, will be in trouble."

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong nodded. Seeing that Zhao Yinwu was waiting for him in front, he had to go over with Xiao Heikui, Li Fenfen, Li Juren, Jiang Lao and others.

Ten minutes later, the group arrived at a cliff.

There is a chain as thick as an arm connecting the cliff to the opposite cliff. Due to wind and rain, the chain is now rusty.

Zhao Yinwu pointed at the chain and said, "Little brother, the first of the five levels is to walk across this chain and reach the cliff on the opposite side without any external force."

"If you succeed..."

The words are not finished yet.

Li Fenfen interrupted him with a cry: "This cliff is bottomless. If you ask my Qingsong to walk over there with his bare hands, wouldn't that be a death sentence for him?"

"Really?" Zhao Yinwu smiled.

Zhao Xiaoying next to him understood what he meant, and after tying her belt, she carefully stepped onto the chain. Then, under the breathless gaze of everyone, she calmly maintained her balance and walked to the opposite cliff.

Zhao Yinwu said: "The reason why there is this level is that as the person in charge of the medicine market, I often have to lead the team to climb cliffs and mountains to pick herbs. This requires extraordinary skills."

Liu Qingsong knew that Zhao Yinwu was referring to him.

After shaking his head, he said something to Liu Fenfen and walked towards the chain. After going up, he used the ability of the Wanjin Divine Ring to control metal to stop the dangling chain in mid-air, and then walked quickly towards the cliff.

In just a dozen seconds, he reached the cliff opposite.

When Zhao Xiaoying saw Liu Qingsong so relaxed, she was dumbfounded.

Villagers including Zhao Yinwu, Wu Niang, Old Man Wang, Jin Ruyi and others were also a little surprised, and only then did they realize that Liu Qingsong was not simple.

"What is the second level?" Liu Qingsong turned his head and looked at Zhao Yinwu on the cliff.

"Drink." Zhao Yinwu replied.

“Drinking???” Liu Qingsong was surprised. Could this be the second level?
"Don't underestimate this wine." Zhao Yinwu waited for Liu Qingsong to come back to him on the chain and said, "It's made from more than a dozen poisonous insects, such as centipedes, scorpions, and toads. Ordinary people can't drink it."

"Then... isn't this second level too tricky?" Li Fenfen was anxious. She didn't want her Qingsong to get poisoned.

"A scam? I don't think so." Zhao Yinwu replied, "People living near the medicine market have to deal with miasma, humidity and other poisonous gases all year round. If he doesn't even dare to drink poisoned wine, then he is not worthy of being the manager of the medicine market."

"Where is the poisoned wine?" Liu Qingsong asked.

He is now immune to all poisons, so naturally he is not afraid of poisonous wine.

Old Jiang did not speak, because he had antidote pills with him. Even if Liu Qingsong drank the so-called poisonous wine and was poisoned, he was confident that he could detoxify him. "Here is the poisonous wine." An old man brought a wine jar.

Even before the jar of wine is opened, the rich aroma of wine wafts into the air.

This immediately aroused Liu Qingsong's interest. Just as he was about to take it, Li Fenfen beside him was extremely anxious: "Qingsong, we are not going to manage this medicine market anymore, and we are not going to drink the poisoned wine. Let's go home."

"Fenfen..." Li Juren called out softly.

In this situation, the arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. There is no reason to quit halfway. If this gets out, where will Li Juren put his face? How can he dare to come to this medicine market in the future?

Of course.

The most important thing.

Zhao Yinwu said that the wine was poisoned, but in fact it was not poisoned. He knew this very well in his heart, otherwise he would have stopped Liu Qingsong long ago, and would not have waited until now and done nothing.

"Fenfen, don't worry, I know myself well." Liu Qingsong also comforted Li Fenfen, then opened the seal of the wine jar in front of everyone, picked it up and drank two big gulps.

The wine tastes bitter at first, but after entering the throat, it becomes sweet and mellow, and it is no longer so irritating to the tongue.

After Liu Qingsong noticed it, he couldn't help but say, "Good wine, really good wine, such wine can't be bought on the market even if you have money."

“Hahaha… I didn’t expect you to be a connoisseur of good things!” Zhao Yinwu laughed. “You’re right. This poisonous wine may not sound very good, but it is a famous good wine around here.”

"It takes five years to brew a jar!" echoed the old man who was carrying the wine.

"Really?" Liu Qingsong smiled. If that was the case, then he would have gotten a great advantage.

"You..." Zhao Yinwu looked at Liu Qingsong at this time: "How do you feel now? Do you feel dizzy? Is your vision blurred?"

"No! I feel fine." Liu Qingsong picked up the wine jar and gulped down two more mouthfuls of the poisoned wine: "It's just that there is no snack to go with the wine. Drinking alone is meaningless."

Zhao Yinwu: “…”

Zhao Xiaoying: “…”

Wu Niang, Jin Ruyi and other villagers were also dumbfounded.

After all, after drinking poisoned wine for the first time, people will feel dizzy and have blurred vision and lie down.

Seeing that Liu Qingsong was really fine, Zhao Yinwu grabbed the wine jar from Liu Qingsong with a distressed look on his face: "Since you are fine, drink this wine later, and then we will go through the third level."

"What is the third level?" Liu Qingsong reached out and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth.

Zhao Yinwu didn't say anything, but made way.

Seeing this, the villagers who were watching the fun around took out their axes and stood up.

Dozens of villagers stood up, each of them strong and powerful.

Zhao Yinwu and the other dozens of people surrounded Liu Qingsong before saying, "The third level will test your skills. You must knock down the people who surround you in half an hour."

"Of course, they can knock you down."

"Remember, we are all family now, so you can't kill us."

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong nodded with a smile: "Then can I use the hatchet I carry with me?"

It is said to be a hatchet.

It is actually a broken knife.

Zhao Yinwu naturally didn't know how sharp the broken knife was. Hearing this, he replied, "Of course you can use the hatchet, otherwise how can you beat me? But you have to be careful. Although I can't kill you, I can still injure you."

"I understand." Liu Qingsong took off the broken knife on his shoulder. Seeing that two villagers who had no moral principles had already rushed over, he swung the broken knife and chopped at them.

For fear of being hacked to death.

He only used 10% of his strength when swinging the broken sword.

However, even so, his broken knife chopped the axes that were blocking the two villagers into two pieces. No, to be exact, it cut them into two pieces, as cleanly and neatly as peeling a cucumber.

This scared the two villagers, and the other dozen villagers also broke out in cold sweats. They never expected that Liu Qingsong's hatchet was so sharp.

After a brief silence.

A burly middle-aged villager threw away the hatchet in his hand and said, "How can we fight if we don't fight anymore? The weapons are not equal."

"That's right, unless you put down your hatchet and fight us." A short villager who was unwilling to accept the defeat said.

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Qingsong stuck the broken knife into the ground: "Come on, all of you! Stop dragging your feet, I have to go back later!"

"You said it." The short villager sneered and kicked Liu Qingsong.

He must be a martial artist, because when he kicked out, there was a whistling sound.

This made Li Fenfen worry about Liu Qingsong.

However, Liu Qingsong, who did not dodge or evade, was fine, but the short villager rolled on the ground holding his foot in pain, tears coming out of his eyes due to the pain.

When the other villagers saw this, they looked at each other in confusion.

But they did not back down, instead they rushed forward and attacked Liu Qingsong.

Liu Qingsong had been waiting for this moment. He didn't bother to be polite anymore. He jumped out of the encirclement and kicked with his leg.

In just a breath, five or six villagers were kicked and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

“This…this…” Zhao Yinwu and the villagers who were watching the excitement were shocked. Seeing that Liu Qingsong was about to attack the other villagers who were fleeing, they shouted, “Stop, stop! You have passed the third level.”

"Passed already? I haven't had enough fun yet!" Liu Qingsong said with a smile.

Zhao Yinwu: “…”

Villagers: "..."

Mr. Jiang, Li Juren, Li Fenfen, Wu Niang, and Jin Ruyi couldn't help laughing.

Among them, Elder Jiang stroked his beard after laughing and asked, "Tell me the other two levels quickly! Our Qingsong doesn't have much time to waste with you."

"There's no need to go through the other two levels. With his ability, he can pass them without a doubt." Zhao Yinwu replied, "Since you're still in a hurry to go back, I won't keep you here."

"But before leaving, he must hand over the account books and other related matters left by the former head of the medicine market." After a pause, Zhao Yinwu added.

"Then you lead the way." Liu Qingsong said.

“Okay! Okay!” Zhao Yinwu took the lead and walked towards the canyon: “Since you are younger than me, I will call you Qingsong from now on!”

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong had no objection.

The name is just a code name, it doesn't matter to him.

Seeing that Liu Qingsong was so easy to talk to, Zhao Yinwu stopped hiding anything: "Qingsong, let me tell you the truth! In fact, I have already made preparations for my daughter Zhao Xiaoying to take over the medicine market."

"Because the entire medicine market is basically under the control of my Zhao family and the Chen family."

"Now that a Cheng Yaojin like you has shown up, I may not be convinced, but I will still abide by the rules."

"That is to say, I won't hate you for killing my son. After all, he broke the rules first."

"But I also want you to..."

Speaking of which.

Zhao Yinwu didn't say anything else.

But Liu Qingsong heard the hidden meaning in the words.

He said: "As long as your Zhao family doesn't cause trouble for me, I will naturally not cause trouble for you, but there is one thing I have to remind you."

"You say." Zhao Yinwu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't play tricks in front of me, otherwise both you and the Zhao family will lose more than you gain." Liu Qingsong said seriously.

These words seemed to be a warning to Zhao Yinwu and the Zhao family, but in fact they were a warning to all the villagers present.

Zhao Yinwu heard it. Although he was a little surprised and dissatisfied in his heart, he still didn't say much on the surface: "Don't worry, my Zhao family is the most disciplined people."

"That's good!" Liu Qingsong nodded.

Zhao Yinwu didn't say anything else, but walked quickly in front to lead the way, heading towards a man-made cave in the canyon.

The cave is very large, at least nearly a thousand square meters.

And in the very middle, there was a coffin.

Lying in the coffin was the former manager of the medicine market, Chen Yuping. His son, grandson and daughter-in-law were all crying and burning paper money beside him.

Among them, the eldest son Chen Zhongju, who was injured in the arm, saw Zhao Yinwu leading Liu Qingsong, Li Juren, Jiang Lao, Wu Niang and others, and suddenly picked up the hatchet on the ground and chopped at Zhao Yinwu.

(End of this chapter)