Holy Bone

Chapter 896
The layout of Chixintang is the same as that of Cixintang. The store is full of black sunken wood medicine cabinets.

This is a mom-and-pop store. The proprietress is standing behind the counter, her abacus is crackling in her hands, and she is concentrating on checking the books.

The boss stands in front of the counter and carefully sorts out a fresh blood ginseng plant that seems to have just been unearthed.

Seeing a guest coming in late at night, the proprietress continued to check the account book without raising her head. The boss hurriedly closed the ginseng box and came over to greet the four of them enthusiastically.

"The distinguished guests are a bit unfamiliar, but this is the first time to come to the Cixin Hall? I wonder if the distinguished guests want to follow the prescription or come to consult the doctor?"

"We want to buy ginseng."

Hearing that the four people from Jin’an came to buy wild ginseng, the boss quickly led the four to sit down at the tea table and handed herbal tea to them personally, saying that if you talk about the quality of ginseng, you can’t find another one after leaving Cixintang. They got better, and then asked expectantly what kind of ginseng do you want to buy?
Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao, who entered the ghost shop for the first time, were still a little dizzy. After taking the herbal tea, they subconsciously wanted to drink it, but were secretly kicked by the old Taoist priest. The two brothers woke up like a dream, and quickly put down the herbal tea in their hands.

Jin An: "Oh?"

"It's the first time I bought wild ginseng. I don't know that there are so many ways in it. Can the boss introduce it?"

The shopkeeper of "Ci Xin Tang" smiled and said, "Wild ginseng can be roughly divided into three types. One is the most precious wild ginseng, the second is Yi ginseng, and the third is cultivated ginseng."

"As the name suggests, this wild ginseng is born from the earth, it gathers the essence of heaven and earth, and has the best medicinal properties; Yishan ginseng refers to those wild ginseng that are of high quality but have not yet reached the heat, so they are transplanted into specially designated medicinal gardens. Let it grow naturally, wait for more than ten years, and then dig it out after more than [-] years; wild ginseng is sown artificially and let it grow naturally."

"Under the wild ginseng, Yishan ginseng, and Yushan ginseng, there is also the most common ginseng, called garden ginseng, which is the most common ginseng planted by drug dealers in the medicine garden."

"If it's just for ordinary soup and stewed chicken, customers can buy the most common garden ginseng. If there are other special needs, it will involve a lot of tricks, and the specific recommendation depends on the needs of customers."

Jin An held the teacup in his hand and never drank it: "I don't know what kind of wild ginseng is the most bought in Cixintang?"

The boss said without hesitation: "It is naturally wild ginseng or Yishan ginseng. Most of the people who come to our Cixin Hall to buy ginseng are middle-aged people with weak qi and blood. The effect. And the older the fire, the more vitality it will replenish, the ginseng will not age, and it is worthless."

Jin An raised his eyes and looked at the proprietress who was standing behind the counter, concentrating on typing the plan and checking the books: "Mom and pop shop? Is that the boss's wife?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily: "It's the wife, who is in charge of the house, and is responsible for careful planning. I am in charge of the outside, doing business to support the family."

"The proprietress is very beautiful, with fair skin and smooth skin, and she still has a charming charm. It seems that she has eaten the ginseng in the store to nourish her resentment." Vitality, resentment, and similar pronunciations have very different meanings.

The boss didn't hear the meaning in Jin An's words, and still said with a happy smile on his face: "Yes, I didn't eat less, but it was all worth it."

"I know some facial features, why don't you let me show the proprietress my face?"

Jin'an didn't care whether the boss agreed or not, and in front of the boss, he commented on the proprietress on the spot: "The proprietress' adultery is popular, which is a sign of dissatisfaction and anxiety, and the folks also call it 'peach blossom eyes'. If peach blossom eyes are like spring water, boss, you look skinny, can you satisfy the boss lady?"

The boss frowned. Jin An's words were already too much for a man, but in the spirit of making money with peace, the boss finally let go of his brows: "I don't need the guests to worry about it. Only my family knows about my own affairs."

Jin An nodded, then looked at the boss with a smile: "Boss, why don't you go and ask the lady boss, if she is not satisfied with her desires every day, why don't you come here instead?"

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The old Taoist priest, Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao brothers all turned to look at Jin An.

The boss's face darkened: "Guest, please respect yourself, your joke is too big."

Unexpectedly, Jin An chuckled: "Does the boss think I'm joking?"

"Boss, you can ask the boss's wife now, if you eat so much ginseng every day to make up for your grievances, but you don't get enough satisfaction, is it because your chest is swollen and uncomfortable?"

The boss clenched his fists, with an unhappy expression on his face: "It's the same if I suck with my mouth."

Old Taoist priest, Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao brothers: "!"

Jin An put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a half-smile: "Boss, didn't you say that the quality of your family's ginseng is the best in Jiangzhou prefecture, and that eating your family's ginseng can strengthen your body and nourish your yang? Why is it so difficult for you when it comes to you?" It's useless, your family is not running a black shop, deliberately deceiving us, right?"

"When did I say I was useless? Customer, you came here to smash the signboard of our store on purpose, right?" The boss's eyes were full of anger, as long as he was a man, he would not allow anyone to make fun of his wife, let alone being told that he was not good enough.

Jin'an was able to pinpoint the two biggest dead spots of a man. The boss was only angry and didn't hit him on the spot. He was already quite tolerant. He opened the door to do business in order to make money with peace, so he had to bear it.

Jin An still said the same thing: "Then boss, call the lady boss to come over and confront me."

The boss was furious and calm, and his expression became calm: "The customer has not seen the ginseng in our store, how do you know that the ginseng in our store is not good? It happens that we have just arrived at a fresh ginseng, and the customer will make a decision for the store after seeing it."

The boss got up and walked to the counter, and brought the ginseng box that he put away earlier.

During this period, Feng Yun's proprietress was still clattering and reconciling the accounts, the couple did not exchange a word, and the boss took the ginseng box and sat back to his original position.

"Guests, please take a look." The boss pushed the ginseng box in front of Jin An.

Jin An picked up the ginseng box from the tea table and opened it. The ginseng box was tightly wrapped in gold and silk red cloth. There has been a folklore that old wild ginseng will become fine, so red silk rope or red cloth must be used to catch old wild ginseng covered.

As the red cloth was uncovered layer by layer, a blood ginseng inside was finally revealed. The roots of the blood ginseng were developed and complete. This is a well-preserved root of ginseng.

But in the eyes of Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao brothers who opened their eyes with cow tears, the ginseng box is not ginseng, it is clearly a mass of flesh and blood, and there are blood vessels pulsating on the flesh and blood, and there is an illusory human face struggling in pain on the flesh and blood , but that face was not Master Yu who had disappeared, but a middle-aged man about 30 years old.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao were just ordinary yamen servants, and the most tragic murder scene they had ever seen in their life was just a dismemberment case. Where had they ever seen such absurd and strange things, the two brothers stood up from their seats in fright.

"Isn't it just a blood ginseng? Don't stand around like a stunned young man who has never seen the market. There will be a lot of eye-opening things in the future." The old Taoist came out to smooth things over, and pulled Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao to sit back seat.

Jin An pretended to be nonchalant and wanted to reach out to pick up the blood ginseng, but was stopped by the boss, who said that valuables should only be seen but not touched, lest the sweat on the palms affect the appearance.

"This blood ginseng is too young to work." Jin An pushed back the ginseng box, pretending to be dissatisfied.

"This is blood ginseng, which is more precious than ordinary mountain ginseng. It's rare to find, and it's the best blood ginseng that can't be exchanged for a hundred dollars." The boss was angry at Jin An's words, thinking that Jin An was ignorant, and explained.

Jin An sneered: "The ginseng is not old, it's not worth the money' but you, the boss, said it yourself just now."

The boss put away the blood ginseng with gloomy eyes, turned around and brought another ginseng box.

When Jin An opened the ginseng box, he showed a surprised expression: "Is this ginseng for couples?"

Seemingly satisfied with Jin An's surprised expression, the boss said proudly: "This time, the customer has recognized the goods for the first time. This is indeed a couple's ginseng."

Jin An looked at it for a while, and then sneered: "Boss, do you have any good ginseng in your store? Why do you always bring out defective products? The blood ginseng just now is not old enough. Small, one fat and one thin, it looks like a fake couple at first glance, a fake couple who are artificially bonded."

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao's eyes widened. They finally found the whereabouts of Master Yu who had disappeared!

The couple's ginseng in the ginseng box suddenly showed the illusory face of Master Yu!I also saw the phantom face of the concubine who was eaten by Master Yu!
The two of them were terrified at this moment, and there was a chill in their hearts.

Not long ago, two big living people were still alive, and they were made into ginseng by a ghost shop within one night. The ginseng here is not the name of the medicinal material, but the real ginseng.

Zhang Hu was smarter than Zhang Bao. With the reminder from the old Taoist just now, Zhang Hu pretended to be calm and sat back in his seat, and signaled his younger brother to sit down honestly with a look and not to cause trouble for Jin An.

But in the scene before him, which normal person can sit still, even Zhang Bao, who is full of blood, is still sitting on pins and needles. He only dares to put half of his butt on the chair, and if the situation is slightly wrong, he will immediately draw his knife to resist.

The owner of "Compassion Hall" was enraged by Jin'an's words: "Guest, what you said is too much. This is already pointing at my nose and calling this shop a black shop, selling fake medicines. I think the ginseng bought by customers is fake, so they came to smash the shop on purpose." The signboard is the real thing, since you have been picking thorns everywhere since you entered the store."

Jin'an didn't say any unnecessary nonsense, but sarcastically said: "Isn't there a saying that 'a hundred years of cultivation can cross the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation can make you sleep together'? Is this a couple with the same heart? Is it true love? It's still hypocrisy, boss, your eyesight as a ginseng seller should not be as good as that of a layman like me."

The boss put away the couple's ginseng and walked back to the rows of medicine cabinets. This time, he fetched three ginseng boxes at once.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao's face darkened. How many lives did this ghost couple kill during this period? Why didn't the local government report it?
"This is Codonopsis Codonopsis Ginseng, taken from the extreme north."

"This is white ginseng and couple's ginseng. It tastes as sweet as sucrose."

"This is blood ginseng for husband and wife, the best of the best. It is priceless in the market. It is the treasure of our store. No matter how much money customers pay, they will not sell it."

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao saw the faces of dead souls from the three husband and wife ginseng, and the couple ginseng was a middle-aged couple who fell into the water and drowned.

White ginseng husband and wife ginseng is a pair of white-haired old couple who grow old together with their children. Their faces are frightened, as if they were scared to death by seeing some terrible scene.

As for blood ginseng and husband and wife ginseng, you can't see the dead soul, just look at it and feel blood in front of you, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, and hallucinations.

In the end, it was the old Taoist who pinched the thighs of the two with his nails and spun them around fiercely. The two were so painful that their hearts felt cold and cold, and they immediately recovered from the influence of the bloody red light.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao rubbed their thighs violently in pain, and kept sucking in cold air.

The old Taoist continued to sit as if nothing had happened.

Jin An's eyes swept over the couple's ginseng one by one, his eyes were calm, and no one could see what was going on in his heart at this time, only the old Taoist priest who accompanied Jin An day and night vaguely guessed some changes in Jin An's heart , Hey, the old Taoist sighed in his heart, and silently recited "Supreme Taiyi Saves Ku Tianzun" "Supreme Taiyi saves Ku Tianzun"...

"Why are they all husband and wife ginseng?" Jin An's eyes finally stopped on the blood ginseng couple's ginseng.

The boss smiled triumphantly and said: "Couple ginseng is a great tonic. Eating one is equivalent to two stalks. For some people, it is a great tonic. Moreover, this store is a husband and wife shop, so we are more interested in buying couples' ginseng."

Jin An: "Then do you have husband and wife lung slices?"

boss:"?"

Jin'an: "Pig lung, sweet in taste and flat in nature, belongs to traditional Chinese medicine. It is often used for lung deficiency cough, hemoptysis, and hoarseness. Sliced ​​pig lung, fried with sesame oil, eaten with porridge, can cure lung deficiency cough. Boiled pig lung Sliced, white and [-] wen, ground into powder, eaten together with sliced ​​pig lungs, can cure hoarseness. Boss, don’t you run a pharmacy, why don’t you even know this little common sense of life?”

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao looked at Jin An in shock. It was the first time they had heard such common sense in life.

Only the old Taoist muttered, and the little brother started to fool the ghost again.

The boss was surprised: "It turns out that the customer was referring to the husband and wife pork lung slices, I thought..."

Jin An: "What does the boss think? I mean husband and wife lungs cut from people?"

The boss laughed without admitting or denying it, and then asked Jin An which box of ginseng he liked.

When Jin An selected the box of blood ginseng and couple's ginseng, the boss replied: "As I said just now, this piece of blood ginseng and couple's ginseng is priceless in the market. .”

"Guests may wish to choose the same from blood ginseng, couple's ginseng, dangshen couple's ginseng, white ginseng couple's ginseng."

Jin An: "I want this blood ginseng couple's ginseng."

The boss shook his head resolutely: "This is the treasure of our store, and it really cannot be sold."

Jin An's tone was flat: "What if I must buy blood ginseng and couple's ginseng?"

The boss's gaze sank, and he wanted to put away the ginseng box containing blood ginseng and couple's ginseng, but was firmly held down by Jin An's palm.

"Does the customer want to buy and sell by force today?" The boss's eyes gradually became gloomy and cold.

"The boss is so important about the blood ginseng and husband and wife ginseng in this ginseng box. It seems that my vision is not bad. The boss is destined to reluctantly give up today."

Jin An turned to the old Taoist priest and said, "Old Taoist, you pay the money."

"Ah?" The old Taoist was stunned. Since when did the Five Viscera Taoist let him take care of the money?

The old Taoist thought for a while, and finally took out a thick stack of evil spirit talismans from his Taiji gossip bag and slapped them on the table.

(End of this chapter)