Sweet as candy

Chapter 73

There was a strong wind outside the door, and the small signboard of the teahouse standing there was shaking from side to side.The boy clutched his hat tightly, ran outside and moved in.

Xiao Lang and Song Fengqing sat near the door, waiting for the family across the street to move.

Half an hour later, the closed door was finally opened, and a man wrapped in an airtight package slowly walked out of the door, holding a wolf hair dipped in gold powder in his hand, and drew a horizontal line under the door knocker.

It's time.

The two looked at each other, and Xiao Lang took the lead to bypass the street, enter from the back alley, and looked along a row of corners, until he found a backyard with a tiny "Longevity" engraved on it.

After knocking on the door, a half-grown boy came out from inside: "Who are you looking for?"

Xiao Lang whispered: "Look for a good medicine."

"We don't sell drugs here."

"Then find a treasure."

"What treasure?"

"A treasure that can help me immortalize my soul."

Only then did the boy chuckle lightly: "Come in."

He cautiously opened the door only to allow Xiao Lang to come in. Xiao Lang entered the backyard, lowered his eyes, and only looked at the weeds beside the bluestone slab on the ground.

Seeing that he didn't look around, the young man smiled and said: "According to the rules, you have to search first when you enter the door. I'm offended."

Xiao Lang nodded and raised his hand cooperatively.

The young man raised his chin, and immediately several attendants came over and checked Xiao Lang carefully, making sure that the other party did not bring anything he shouldn't have brought before leaving.

"Please." The young man led him all the way into the compound, where the defenses were really tight, there were no fewer than five guards in a short distance just for the corridor on the clear pond.

At this time, looking around will definitely arouse the other party's suspicion, Xiao Lang behaved like an ordinary medicine seeker, he just followed behind the guide with his eyes lightly, and didn't ask anything.

They didn't intentionally cover up the layout of the courtyard. In addition, the weeds in the garden have already jumped over the edge of the stone slabs, and the handrails of the corridor are also covered with dust. I'm afraid this house is only used temporarily. Nothing came out.

The young man put on a mask that could cover his own face, and led him into a huge room that had been remodeled. There were dozens of small tables in it, and a half-person-high table was built in the front. .

There were already five or six guests who were also wearing masks seated in the room, and when they saw someone coming in again, they didn't even raise their heads to give alms.

Xiao Lang sat down in the corner according to the instructions, with his special tea and a graceful maid beside him.

The room was quiet and silent, everyone didn't know anyone, and they all came for a common purpose, everyone present was their own competitors in disguise, there was really no need to talk.

The maid next to her was considerate, and she took care of everything meticulously without his instructions.

There were new people coming in constantly, Xiao Lang glanced at them out of the corner of his eye, and saw that although there were both men and women, older people still accounted for the majority.

After about an incense stick of time, Song Fengqing was also brought in. He was sitting in front of Xiao Lang on the left, not far away, but in order not to reveal their identities, the two still chose to abandon all eye contact.

It was not until all the seats in the room were filled that someone finally stood on the high platform in front.

"In heaven and earth, I am the only one."

The man raised a bowl of wine above his head with both hands, and everyone below immediately moved in response, and also picked up the wine bowl prepared by the maid: "In the sky and on the earth, I am the only one."

Dozens of people shouted in unison, which sounded majestic.

The wine wasn't too strong, but it was mixed with a weird bloody smell that couldn't be any weaker.

Xiao Lang put it down silently, and secretly decided in his heart - as long as the master didn't take the initiative to tell, he would never take the initiative to ask what was added to the wine.

After the salute, someone respectfully presented a long casket.

The person on the stage opened the long box without saying a word of nonsense, and saw five pills the size of a fingernail neatly placed inside.

The movement underneath became louder in an instant, and the man closed the cover again, with a calm voice: "As you can see, the longevity medicine that can be made this year is only the last few."

Immediately someone from the audience asked: "What do you mean, there are so many people sitting here, yet you tell me that there are only five longevity medicines left?"

The man sneered and said: "There are so many people who want to live forever. It's not easy for your Excellency to get the chance to come in. Don't you know how precious this precious medicine is?"

The other party got angry for a while, and he said again: "Your Excellency, don't be excited. It's okay even if you don't succeed in the competition today. The Wujiang God Sect always welcomes like-minded people. Anyone who joins my religion will have the opportunity to participate in the competition again." right."

"But how do we know whether these five longevity medicines are really what you said?"

Another question was raised, but the expression of the person on the stage remained unchanged, and he replied calmly: "If you don't believe me, why are you sitting here? We never force others. If you doubt the authenticity of this medicine, I can send someone to deliver it to you." leave."

"It's just that we need to wait until these five longevity medicines have found their homes." He said: "Everyone should have heard that there are quite a few people staring at us in the world recently. If you attract hyenas outside because of your mistake, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Boundless God Sect to explain to all the honored guests here."

The man sneered, and said: "But I heard that there was once a member of your sect who tried to sell the wrong medicine introduction to others because of greed for profit, and was almost discovered by the people of the Wulin League in the end, right? "

"How do we know if you are still greedy for profit this time, and sold us the wrong pills as longevity medicines?"

Mentioning the Martial Arts Alliance, Xiao Lang's heart was shocked. He shifted his gaze to the stage without showing any emotion, and saw that the man's five fingers holding the wooden box suddenly glowed a little white, and soon faded: " It was indeed an accident, but it was not as you said."

"It was the dealer who resold the information in the middle who found a person who fit the identity of Yaoyin. He was only an hour away from his employer, so he wanted to cross the sky and sell him to the Wujiang God Sect as a medicine. But we soon discovered it. He sneered: "The informant has already been dealt with by us, and the wrong drug lead was fed to the dog. The owner has reached an agreement with us and promised that we will search for a new drug lead for him. If it weren't for the dog owner's meddling , Your Excellency may not be able to know about this matter."

The man resentfully stopped talking, but Xiao Lang's heart was full of turmoil: So it turned out that the Jiangnan case was actually thwarted by the Wujiang God Sect!

After the person on the stage finished speaking, he still maintained a calm demeanor and said to everyone in the audience: "Everyone can rest assured that the doctrine of the Wujiang God Religion is strict and will never tolerate any desecration of longevity by any congregation. It's the same, there can never be a single flaw."

As soon as he gestured to the person beside him, the person smiled and took the wooden box, and said loudly: "Everyone can start bidding now."

Immediately, someone below couldn't wait to say: "500 taels!"

"700 taels!"

The price gradually went up, Xiao Lang supported his head, and joined the competition in a serious way: "800 taels!"

Song Fengqing turned his head and glanced in his direction, then increased the price: "Nine hundred."

People continued to join the competition, and the price they shouted exceeded 1000 taels in the blink of an eye.

1000 taels, which is a luxury even imagined in the homes of ordinary people, is now being used by these people to chase a pill that they don't know whether it is true or not.

Wanguan family wealth is not worth mentioning in front of immortality.

How ironic, Xiao Lang smiled faintly, and listened to the customers around him raising their prices again and again, sighed in regret, and put down his hands.

The maid beside him smiled at him, bent over to pour him a cup of tea, and comforted him, "Even if you can't compete with the elixir of longevity, you can try something else."

Xiao Lang touched the human skin mask on his face: "With my skin, it doesn't matter whether I stay young forever or not."

The maid covered her mouth with a coquettish smile, and said softly, "You are so funny."

Xiao Lang turned his head with a smile that was not a smile, the bidding was over, and all the elixir of longevity went into the hands of several people, who were served by the maid at the side.Xiao Lang glanced at the layers of folds and ravines on their hands, and sighed in his heart.

After the money and goods were cleared, it was the people from the Wujiang God Sect who evacuated the house first.The guests in the room were all rich or noble, and as soon as the people from the Borderless Religion retreated, the guards they brought came in to escort their masters.

Xiao Lang and Song Fengqing waited until everyone had left before they looked at each other and stood up slowly.

The mansion was really only used temporarily, but upon closer inspection, dust was piled up everywhere, showing traces of no one living there.

The two traveled all the way to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Wulin League, and Xiao Lang let out a deep breath: "The medicine they mentioned just now is probably the reason for that heart-wrenching case."

Song Fengqing said: "Is it the one in Jiangnan?"

"Yes." Xiao Lang said: "According to what they said, the idiot's birthday is an hour behind the employer's, so it can't be used as a medicine, so his heart will be found in the dog's stomach. And Ji Hua is also because he was forced to work together. People who know their birthdays will be brutally murdered."

"This group of people yearn for longevity and understand the value of life, but they ignore the lives of others and regard it as a medicine to continue their own lives. It is really outrageous."

Song Fengqing sighed: "If you are too persistent, you will become a demon in your heart. People who dream of immortality have such unforgivable sins on their hands. I think even God can't tolerate it."

"Just from this point of view, it is even more difficult to find the culprit in Ji Hua's case." Xiao Lang said sadly, "Where can I find the person whose birth date is exactly the same as his?"

"Since it's related to the Wujiang God Sect, it's natural to start with them." Song Fengqing said: "I believe that one day, you will be able to reveal the truth to the public for Ji Hua and the others."

"Our top priority right now is to find a way to prevent the Sect from Borderless from persecuting more innocent people."

Xiao Lang pondered: "The beliefs of the believers of Wujiang God Sect are so paranoid that it is difficult to understand, and they all join spontaneously for their own self-interest. If we want to catch everyone, it may not be easy to cut the grass and root out."

"However, I have a way to add some chaos to them and temporarily prevent them from harming others."