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Chapter 246
"Human traffickers are catching children—"

A dirty child nimbly got out from the crotch of passers-by, and ran forward with all hands and feet, shouting while running.

After the child, a burly man pushed the passers-by away and chased after him cursing.

"It's always to blame."

Chu Jiu called softly, but Chang Qizuo shook his head.

"Don't worry, look again."

Huh?Chu Jiu looked at Chang Qizuo, and thought to himself that there is nothing interesting about it, the child should be saved first.

"Look at the expressions of the two of them." Chang Qijiu reminded, only then did Chu Jiu realize that the kid running in front didn't seem to have that kind of panic, while the big man behind was sweating anxiously.

That is to say, this child...Looking at the silk purse in the child's hand, Chu Jiu immediately understood that this child might be a thief, and the big man chased after him because he stole the big man's money bag.

Fortunately, I was not impulsive. Chu Jiu thought about it and shouted at Yan Shu and Bailihong who were behind, "Stop him."

Yan Shu glanced over, Bai Lihong had already rushed out, and punched the big man in the face. The big man never thought that he would suffer such a catastrophe, he was beaten out by the whole person, and his whole body fell on the roadside. At the stall, the stall was smashed into a mess.

"Wrong!" Chu Jiu shouted again, but Bai Lihong didn't seem to hear it, which made her a little anxious.

"If you dare to act evil in front of grandpa, treating me as the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty will not work!" Bai Lihong said and went forward to grab the big man's arm, and folded it back fiercely, only to hear the crisp sound of fracture.

The corner of Chujiu's mouth twitched, thinking that Bailihong was really...

"I think your eyes are just for decoration."

Suppressing anger in the cold voice, Chu Jiu looked back and saw that the other party was a young man about 25 or [-]. His appearance was very ordinary, but his eyes were unusual. He was dressed in a white Confucian robe embroidered with gold silk. Covered in black and gold tulle, she was spinning a pair of dark gold handballs that did not match her age.

He was talking to Chang Qijiu and Chang Qijiu on the ninth day of Chongchu, obviously he knew that they were with Bailihong.

"Ask Baili to let him go." Chang Qizuo winked at Chu Jiu, Chu Jiu nodded and explained to Bai Lihong.

When Chu Jiu came back, the young man was still frowning with a haughty look on his face. Chang Qizuo stretched out his hand to Chu Jiu. A bank note was handed over to Chang Qijiu, Chang Qijiu took out two and gave the rest to the other party.

After the other party got the money, his eyes immediately showed greed, "I can't see, you are still a gold master."

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Jiu, "Your book is not bad, the original edition is big, at least it can be worth a hundred grains of silver, and my grandfather is also good at it. If you are interested in selling it, I can give you an extra 20 taels."

The market price of this book is 120 grains of silver. If it falls into the hands of the doctor, it will only double. How much is there, how much will I charge."

The young man was slightly stunned, knowing that Chu Jiu knew the value of this book, and then he raised the corners of his mouth and laughed, the stunned was so fast that it was almost invisible, so it can be seen that he is an extremely shrewd person, "The rest of the money will be I won’t return it to you, and you also know that my purse was stolen by a thief, so just treat it as a friend, and let’s forget about it.”

After finishing speaking, he shouted to the big man: "There is a lot of money, let's go."

His business must be a steady profit, because even if he put it in the money bag, he couldn't put much money in it, and what Chang Qizuo handed him was actually a lot more.

After the master and servant left, Chu Jiu looked up at Chang Qizuo, "How much did you give him?"

"His mouth is like an abacus, and there are hundreds of taels of silver in the crackling, even his servants' daily tributes are counted." Chang Qijiu said while shaking his head with a smile, "This Lu Yao's eye for wealth is open, and he can't get along with him." The rumors are exactly the same."

"Lu Yao?" Chu Jiu faintly felt that this name was very familiar, but couldn't remember where he heard it.

"Well, the current head of the Taihe faction, you will inevitably have to deal with him in the future, and it will be inconvenient to have a conflict with him now." Chang Qizuo explained, Chu Jiu remembered who this Lu Yao was.

The Lu family is a descendant of the Taihe faction, and the Taihe faction is a businessman, and they are very fancy about money. This Lu Yao is even more so than his ancestors. Although Chu Jiu has never met Lu Yao, he has also listened to the king. Xing and Cang Yuhe mentioned that this person was driving up the price of medicines and profiting from it.

Did not expect to meet here today.

"I probably won't meet him in the future, there's no need to do this, and the money is not picked up." Chu Jiu looked at Chang Qizhuo, she was planning to return the bank note to him, but he refused because he had nowhere to put it.

It's completely unnecessary to use money to help her build relationships that I don't know if she can manage, because she doesn't intend to have anything to do with the Taihe faction, and she doesn't think they will share the secret recipes that they have collected so hard.

Chu Jiu really didn't know how much Chang Qizuo's salary was, but she also knew that no matter how much money she had, it would be exhausted. She originally planned to take out some of the medicinal materials she had grown from the Chenyuan bottle along the way and sell them in exchange for the travel expenses. But now because of their following, they can only use what Chang Qizuo gave for the time being, and think about returning it to him later.

"It's always good to make more friends." Chang Qizuo didn't take it seriously, and said to Chujiu: "The sun is going down soon, let's find a place to live, and there is no rush to go to Wenjiazhuang at this time."

When Chu Jiu heard what Chang Qizuo said, he nodded.

Indeed, there was no prior appointment to go to Wenjiazhuang, so there was no rush. On the contrary, after days of running around and sleeping outside, I was inevitably a little tired and needed to take a shower and change clothes.

She needs this, and he needs it even more. "Just the one in front, we still need some dry food."

Chujiu refers to an inn that looks pretty good. The name of the inn is Xixiangying.

Chang Qizuo looked around, saw that the inn had two floors, it didn't look very big, but in this small town, it was considered big, so he followed Chu Jiu to go.

When they arrived at the inn, Chu Jiu and Chang Qizuo were politely welcomed in by the younger brother, while Bai Lihong led them to the backyard. The young master's unruly temper cannot be led by the younger brother.

Yan Shu, on the other hand, lingered outside the door for a while before disappearing.

Chu Jiu and Chang Qijiu sat down in the private room on the second floor, while Bai Lihong stood guard outside the door. This made Chu Jiu somewhat awkward. Forgot Bai Lihong and Chang Qizuo's status as master and servant.

"Let Bailihong go down to have dinner, why should we let him guard it, it's not appropriate for people to see it." Chu Jiu said lightly.

Chang Qizuo's status is in the end, Chu Jiu would not know the rules and ask Bailihong to sit down, but it's not too much to let Bailihong go to eat first after running around for days.

Chang Qijiu heard what Chu Jiu said, so he ordered Bai Lihong to eat on the first floor, but drinking was not allowed.

Bai Lihong was reluctant at first, but was reprimanded by Chang Qizuo, so he could only go downstairs.

When Bailihong came downstairs, Chu Jiu asked strangely, "Where's Yan Shu, I didn't see him when I came in."

"I asked him to do something, and he will be back later, don't worry."

"work?"

"You'll find out later." Chang Qizuo said as he put a piece of crispy chicken into Chujiu's bowl, "Try this, the store says it's their signature dish. Although this inn is a small place, the dishes are delicious. good."

Chu Jiuxin said that it's not enough to be frightened, and if she makes such a fuss in the morning, she might be nervous.

Thinking of what I saw in the morning, and seeing Chang Qigui's smile at this moment, I felt an indescribable charm.

Chu Jiu also stopped chewing, her heart was beating hard, her face was burning badly, she lowered her head, wishing she could bury her face in the bowl.

"Don't just eat, eat a la carte." Chang Qizuo didn't seem to notice Chu Jiu's abnormality, and reached out to pick up some more vegetables, intending to put them in her bowl, but Chu Jiu was startled, and quickly put the bowl on the table On, stood up.

"I'm going back to my room first." After speaking, he hurried out of the private room and walked to his own room.

Chang Qizuo hung the chopsticks in the air for a long time, and finally slowly put the vegetables he was holding into Chu Jiu's bowl.

Besides, on the ninth day of the ninth day, he returned to the room as if fleeing, and hurriedly unlocked the door, then ran to the shelf where the copper basin was placed, took off half of the mask, and immersed his entire face in the water.

"Bang bang bang." There was a knock on the door.

Chu Jiu suddenly lifted up from the basin, splashed water and landed on the ground, looking in the direction of the door vigilantly, "Who is it!"

"My lord, the water for bathing is ready, and the lord just ordered it as soon as he entered the door."

It turned out that there was a welcoming shopkeeper outside the door, bringing wooden barrels and hot water for bathing. Chu Jiu was relieved, but also a little indescribably disappointed, which made her flustered.

Going to the door and opening it, watching the guys coming and going, filling up the water, Chu Jiu gave them some big money, let them go out, and said that he didn't need anyone to serve him.

After everyone had gone out, Chu Jiu looked at the steaming wooden barrel, slowly drew the curtain, and took off his clothes.

Chu Jiu wanted to have a good time at the bar, and maybe forget all those distracting thoughts. After the bath, she could have a rest and read a medical book that she had never read before. A little bit, but it still looks very good to look at.

Thinking of this, Chu Jiu let herself relax a bit, but the moment she closed her eyes, Chang Qigui's face appeared in her mind, and she quickly opened her eyes again, watching the candlelight shine on the water through the white cover In fact, there was not even a sound of a wick in the whole room.

Putting her hand on her forehead, Chu Jiu closed her eyes to prevent the water brought by her hand from flowing into her eyes, she was really going crazy.

Folding the wet cloth in half and covering his face, Chu Jiu went through the things that happened in these days one by one in his mind.

Chang Qiyu and her, the two have known each other for a long time, from Nanzhou to Dadu, from being amazing at the beginning to ordinary, from being impatient with him at the beginning, to treating him like a friend later, it seems that they all changed unconsciously .

(End of this chapter)