Having experienced the mystery of listening to all things under the falling rain, Ji Yuan is now very confident in his hearing at this moment. Although he did not have any distracting thoughts just now, at such a close distance, the sound of a person’s footsteps will never be missed. Down.
Recalling what Jin Shunfu said just now, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.
In the cold night of the barren mountains, a scholar of unknown origin suddenly appeared, which was not normal no matter how you thought about it.
But the scholar’s demeanor and movements were all in place, and coupled with the scholar’s identity and powerless appearance, it seemed that he had successfully gained the trust of the merchants.
To be honest, this mountain temple is not the private property of the merchants. Everyone has the right to come in and rest. After all, they are not vicious and unreasonable people, so even if they are wary of the scholars, they cannot drive them away.
Of course, the foot traders were not completely unwary. Although they politely asked the scholar to sit down, they still wanted to ask the scholar clearly about his feet.
“May I ask, sir, who’s your name, where do you live, and where do you go to school?”
Zhang Shilin had read some books after all. When he asked the scholar, his sentence seemed more elegant, which made the youngest Wang Dong couldn’t help but look at him several times.
The scholar did not dare to be negligent upon hearing this, and bowed to Zhang Shilin.
“The young student’s surname is Lu, and his single name is Xing. He lives in Paimenfang, Shuixian Town. He is a student of Qingsong Academy in Desheng Prefecture. This time, he went to the mountains with his academy friends after returning from a study tour…”
Probably because of the way Zhang Shilin asked, the scholar regarded him as a half-scholar and changed his self-identification from “I” to “Xiaosheng”.
The scholar was filled with memories and fears. He told in detail which friends he went to the mountains with, why he accidentally got separated in the mountains, where he lived, and which academy he studied in. From time to time, he would spit out a line of literary poems. The words were all coherent and did not sound like nonsense.
The scholar’s behavior is neither gentle nor pretentious, and his words are polite and appropriate.
Especially when they heard that the scholar was a student of an orthodox academy, the businessmen were even more in awe. Compared with the scholars who studied hard at home alone, the students of the academy were much better in terms of status, family, and talent. As the saying goes, High gold content.
Scholars have always been admired, let alone students of Qingsong Academy.
Slowly, even Zhang Shilin lowered his guard. Not only that, everyone also treated Lu Shusheng with great respect.
The scholar is not arrogant either. He will thank him profusely when receiving water or food, but he will just say that he is not hungry and will not eat for the time being.
Ji Yuan’s heart has sunk to the bottom. This so-called scholar is so good at acting. If Ji Yuan hadn’t already determined in his heart that this guy is definitely not a human being, he might have believed him already.
This is terrible, terrible!
If there was an option now that allowed Ji Yuan to choose between staying in time travel or going home immediately, he would choose the latter without hesitation, but unfortunately he had no choice now.
Now Ji Yuan still has a bit of luck, because the scholar needs to act like this, which means that this thing should not be able to kill everyone, and the other party seems to have not discovered the beggar lying behind the mountain **** statue.
Scholar Lu and the merchants were already talking and laughing. It was rare for a student from a large college to have no prejudice against these merchants, so they naturally chatted harmoniously.
As if something suddenly occurred to him, the scholar patted his head and said mysteriously to Zhang Shilin and others.
“That’s right! I don’t have much money with me, so I can’t repay everyone for your help, but I saw a good thing on the way to the mountain temple, and I think it can bring you some benefits!”
Sure enough, it immediately aroused everyone’s interest.
“I wonder what it is?”
The scholar lowered his voice.
“Full-aged Sanwang Ginseng!”
Ginseng is a valuable medicinal material, and adding the word “Shanwang” before the word “ginseng” often refers to the best ginseng.
As a traveling trader who travels through mountains and rivers all year round, if he encounters suitable medicinal materials, he will carefully dig them out and take them away, which will bring considerable profits.
When everyone heard about Sanwang Ginseng, their expressions became a little excited.
Zhang Shilin frowned and looked at Scholar Lu.
“Master Lu, you are a scholar, but you also recognize the appearance of Shan Wang Ginseng?”
“Hahaha, what Zhang Xiongtai said is true. Although I did read the characteristics of ginseng in the miscellaneous book “Essentials of Plants and Trees”, I can’t identify the ginseng at a glance, but I can’t do it, others can!”
When Lu Shusheng said this, he carefully looked around and then lowered his voice.
“I am from Shuixian Town. I know that occasionally a group of mountaineers come to the town to sell mountain medicinal materials at the market. I have also chatted with them several times and I know some inside stories.”
“The most important thing is that the mountain king ginseng has nine leaf palms and tall red seed flowers…”
Speaking of this, all the merchants, including Zhang Shilin, could not help but put their heads together.
“The most important thing is that there are three small red ropes tied to the ginseng stalk. This is a clever method of driving the mountain leader to prevent the ginseng from escaping!!”
This statement is refreshing to many travellers, and also makes them very excited.
“Yes, I heard the old man say that old ginseng will escape through the soil, and only the most powerful mountaineers can catch them!”
Kim Soon-bok also recounted what he had heard before.
“It’s absolutely true! What Jin Xiongtai said is true!”
Shu Sheng Lu patted his palms and nodded in agreement.
“The mountain driver tied a red rope and did not dig it away, presumably because he had to wait for the Sanwang ginseng to reach the optimal temperature, but you don’t need to do this. If you can get this Sanwang ginseng, it must be a huge profit, if not at that time I was very scared and I was afraid that I might damage the medicinal materials, so I might have already taken them away.”
“Yes!!!”
“Brother Shilin, let’s go dig!!!”
“Scholar, where is the ginseng?”
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The merchants were so excited that they could not wait to dig up the ginseng.
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The chill in Ji Yuan’s heart is getting deeper and deeper, and he has only one thought – it’s going to be bad! !
Faced with the eagerness of the merchants, the scholar thought for a moment before answering.
“That place is not far from where Xiaosheng took shelter from the rain. It only takes two sticks of incense to get back and forth. If you really want it, you’d better come with me before dawn.”
“Why is this? It’s dark and the roads are slippery right now. Isn’t it too unsafe?”
Zhang Shilin asked doubtfully.
“Brother Zhang doesn’t know. The mountaineers all go into the mountain before dawn. I see that the red ginseng flowers are already standing on the mountain. If the mountaineers come to dig ginseng in the next day or two, we won’t do it tonight. Wouldn’t it be missed if I went?”
“Yes!!”
“That makes sense!!”
“Brother Shilin, my hands and feet are flexible, let me go!!”
“Yes, we are going to dig soon!!”
These days, supporting the family is the most important thing, and the mountain king ginseng is naturally raised. It doesn’t mean that the mountain people tie the red string and say it must be theirs. As long as they don’t bump into it, it will be fine.
“You don’t have to go all, just go with a few who are flexible, and the rest will watch things here.”
Zhang Shilin did not hesitate any longer and began to find torches, oilcloths and other items from the basket.
“Lao Jin, Xiaodong, Liu Quan and Li Gui, the four of you are going with Mr. Lu. The roads in the mountains are slippery. Be careful to ensure Mr. Lu’s safety on the way!!”
“Keep it on me!” “Don’t worry, Brother Shilin, I won’t let Mr. Lu fall!”
“It’s hard work, it’s hard work”
Shusheng Lu bowed and thanked him. On the side of the fire where no one was paying attention, his smile opened in a pale and strange arc…
Ji Yuan felt waves of coldness running through his scalp and roared in his heart.
‘Don’t go! ! ! Don’t go with him! ! ! ’