Martial Arts: Opening Awakening

Chapter 19 The Rougher The Better

A scar-faced man with a sullen expression walked out of the backyard.

The fat shopkeeper hastily greeted him with a flattering smile.

The scar-faced man first glanced at the three people in Jiangnan who were lying on the table, and then patted the fat shopkeeper on the shoulder:

"Good job! After returning, I will ask the leader to transfer you to the city."

"Thank you, third master! Thank you, third master!"

The fat shopkeeper was overjoyed, turned around and took out an exquisite wooden box from the bottom of the counter, held it in both hands and handed it to Scarface: "This is a wild ginseng plant that I received by chance a while ago, and it is 50 years old. Please accept it with a smile." !"

The scar-faced man happily took it, and couldn't wait to open the box.

After carefully identifying the "five shapes and six bodies" of ginseng, holding the ginseng box close to his nose, he took a deep breath of the fragrance of wild ginseng, then closed the box like a baby, and stuffed it into his arms.

As a well-known tonic, aged wild ginseng is especially effective for warriors.

Warriors temper their muscles, bones and skin, and frequently fight fiercely, their physical bodies are often overdrawn, and there are more or less hidden injuries, which are in need of such great nourishing things to repair.

And to make up for the overdraft, after the hidden injury is repaired, and then practice martial arts, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, there are often legends that warriors' skills increase after taking old ginseng.In addition to the fact that the old ginseng really nourishes qi, it also repairs the hidden dangers of the warrior itself and consolidates the foundation.

Wild ginseng of fifty years old can be sold for at least 1000 taels of silver on the market.

And there is still a price but no market, which can be met but not sought.

"Hahaha. I really saw you right!"

The scar-faced man was overjoyed, and put his arms around the fat shopkeeper's neck and promised: "Don't worry, I will definitely arrange the best position for you after entering the city. I will cover you for whatever happens in Nanshan City in the future!"

"Thank you, Mr. San! From now on, the little one will be your dog and will only obey your orders. I will bite whoever you tell me to bite, and I will never hit anyone." The fat shopkeeper hastily expressed his loyalty.

"Then why don't you call me out?"

The fat shopkeeper was taken aback, then opened his mouth without hesitation: "Wang——"

"Hahaha……"

Scarface laughed loudly, let go of the fat shopkeeper, and strode towards the Jiangnan trio.

"what?"

Scarface stopped suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"What's the matter? Third Master." The fat shopkeeper was startled and asked hastily.

I thought my Mongolian sweat medicine had gone wrong.

"Unexpectedly, she is still a beauty like no one in a million!"

Scarface stared at Qin Si's exposed half face with burning eyes, and licked his lips.

Scarface hid in the backyard before, and could only hear the movement in the front hall, but did not see Qin Si's face.

When I saw it at this time, I was immediately shocked.

I just feel that this half of face exposed outside is better than all the oirans I have seen in Chunfenglou.

The fat shopkeeper heard the string song and knew the elegance, and suddenly smiled strangely and complimented:
"Congratulations to the third master. Not only has he completed the task and made this great contribution, but he can kill two birds with one stone and enjoy the beauty!"

"Haha... this is luck, no one can stop it! Hahaha... uh..."

As Scarface spoke, his heart itched unbearably, and he wanted to reach out to touch the beautiful cheek of the woman on the table.

Qin Si's hand hidden under the table suddenly moved.

A long sword pierced through Scarface's heart and protruded from his back.

Scarface grunted, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

Only her squinting eyes were wide open, full of shock.

"you……"

The fat shopkeeper was about to yell, but a long knife was placed on his neck.

Li Chen and Jiang Nan who were lying on the table also sat up.

Qin Si drew his sword.

Scarface's body crashed to the ground.

The fat shopkeeper was terrified and trembling all over, but he didn't dare to move.

"Brother Jiangnan, I killed this perverted guy without permission, didn't I destroy your plan?" Qin Si said embarrassedly to Jiangnan while holding the bloody long sword.

"It's okay."

Jiang Nan waved his hand: "I just want to use my tricks to attract the people behind the scenes."

"Besides, this Scarface has something on your mind. Even if you don't do it, I will kill him."

"Brother Jiangnan, you are so kind to me!" Qin Si looked at Jiangnan, her two big watery eyes were full of heart.

Jiang Nan shivered, and he couldn't bear it in his heart.

Quickly changed the subject, turned to the fat shopkeeper and said indifferently: "Tell me, what other methods have you prepared for the Poisonous Wolf Gang?"

The fat shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, and then he begged for mercy with a bitter face:

"My lord, please forgive me. The younger one is not from the Poisonous Wolf Gang. It was the Scarface who found me just now and threatened me to drug them. If the younger one doesn't follow through, he will kill my whole family. It's really none of my business! The little ones are completely forced!"

"Guess I believe it or not?"

Jiang Nan looked at the pitiful fat man with a half-smile, and spoke slowly.

"Uh……"

The fat shopkeeper was dumb for a while, his expression changed for a while, he didn't pretend at all, he gritted his teeth: "Hmph! Since you know my Poisonous Wolf Gang, do you know that you have caused a catastrophe?"

"Oh? What a disaster?"

"The one you killed just now is the third-ranked master of our Poisonous Wolf Gang. Our Poisonous Wolf Gang has been in Nanshan City for many years, and we have helped hundreds of brothers. The leader of the Poisonous Wolf Gang is unparalleled and has no plans. Kill Third master, if there is no one in the gang to help you cover it up, you will never escape the revenge from the gang."

"so what?"

"So, I advise you to let me go and run away quickly."

"Although you are all fine now, only this little brother has been infected with bee venom and seems to have the upper hand. In fact, it was just a fluke for you."

"You know, the name of our leader 'Poisonous Wolf' is not something that was blown out. The previous chain plan was just an appetizer, and there must be a big move waiting behind."

The fat shopkeeper deliberately added: "If you let me go, I can help you spread false news and delay time."

"is it?"

Jiang Nan pondered for a while, as if he was moved by the fat shopkeeper's words: "It's not impossible for us to let you go. However, I can't trust you. What if you just pretended to delay for us, but actually leaked information. What's the matter?" It's better to send you away with a knife, it's easy and safe."

The fat shopkeeper shrank his pores, and then sneered: "Hmph! If you have the ability, you can do it now. Do you think I don't have any other bargaining chips?"

"Is there really something wrong with the antidote pill?"

Jiang Nan directly stated the fat shopkeeper's bargaining chip.

"That's right." The fat shopkeeper nodded, with a little regret: "That pill can indeed cure bee poison. However, I have mixed seven kinds of poison into it. If there is no antidote, the seven orifices will bleed to death within an hour. Unfortunately, I couldn’t trick the three of you into taking all of them.”

Li Chen's face changed drastically, and the long knife on the fat shopkeeper's neck tightened slightly.

Subconsciously turned his head and looked at Jiangnan with resentment in his eyes.

At that time, Jiang Nan refused to take the pill, obviously guessing that there was something wrong with the antidote pill.

Don't even know to stop yourself!

I am a big wronged species!

"Uh. I wasn't sure at the time." Jiang Jiang explained: "Besides, if there is a problem with the pill, we can solve it by catching this fat man."

Li Chen couldn't say anything more.

Blame yourself for being unlucky!
"call out--"

The blade was slightly slanted, and with a light flick, the fat shopkeeper's left ear flew straight up.

"The antidote!" Li Chen said heavily.

"you--"

The fat shopkeeper gasped.

Originally, he wanted to use the antidote in his hands to negotiate conditions with these three young men, but they didn't know that the other party directly did it without any martial ethics.

"You are deceiving people too much! At worst, we will die together!"

The fat shopkeeper endured the severe pain, and directly stiffened his neck, pretending to be ashamed of death.

I want to make Li Chen feel jealous.

Unexpectedly, Li Chen turned the blade and swiped down again.

The fat shopkeeper's left arm also fell to the ground.

"Ouch-"

The fat shopkeeper couldn't bear it anymore, and cried out in pain.

Li Chen's saber continued to slide, and landed on the fat shopkeeper's thigh.

The fat shopkeeper was so excited that he didn't even bother to cry out in pain, and directly raised his remaining right hand to beg for mercy:

"Don't! Don't! I'll give you the antidote! Can't I give you the antidote?"

As the fat shopkeeper said, snot and tears flowed down together.

I don't know if it hurts or scares me.

To deal with reckless and tough guys, we must talk about tactics and plan slowly.Because tough guys are not afraid of bloodshed and death.

To deal with cunning villains, the opposite is true.The simpler and rougher the better.

Li Chen grew up in the market, and he doesn't have many twists and turns in his mind, but he still understands these common sense experiences.

It is also decisive enough to start.

Jiang Nan couldn't help giving Li Chen a thumbs up.

Enduring the severe pain, the fat shopkeeper took out the antidote from under the counter where he had just taken the old wild ginseng.

Li Chen took out an "antidote pill" that he had taken before, and asked the fat shopkeeper to swallow it, and took another antidote that he had just taken out, and stuffed it into his mouth.

After a while, seeing that there was nothing unusual about the fat shopkeeper, he felt relieved and took one himself.

After a lot of tossing, it was getting late.

Jiang Nan asked the fat shopkeeper who had bandaged the wound: "Do you have a cellar or a secret room here?"

The fat shopkeeper shook his head: "The small one is a serious pharmacy, how can there be such a thing?"

"Really?" Jiang Nan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The fat shopkeeper's heart jumped, and he hurriedly replied: "Oh. I remembered, it seems that there is really a cellar."

"I took over this shop a few years ago. The cellar was also left by the previous owner. I never used it, and I almost forgot." The fat shopkeeper added.

Jiang Nan didn't take it seriously, and took off the valuables such as the ginseng box and silver taels in Scarface's arms, and asked Li Chen to carry Scarface's body and follow behind the fat shopkeeper.

The fat shopkeeper immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Jiang Nan was trying to hide the scarred corpse in the cellar.

The fat shopkeeper pushed away a room in the backyard where sundries were piled up, and with his remaining right arm he struggled to move a basket full of odds and ends, and opened the hidden cellar cover under the basket.

"right here."

The fat shopkeeper pointed to the dark cellar and looked at Li Chen.

Li Chen nodded and threw Scarface's body down.

The fat shopkeeper leaned over and was about to close the cover again.

There was a sudden pain in the vest.

Something goes in and out.

then.

I also got kicked in the butt.

He plunged into the dark cellar.

"Cover it."

Jiang Nan casually picked up a rag from the sundries, wiped the blood on the sword, and gave Li Chen instructions.

Li Chen was not surprised, and nodded his head.

Cover the cover, put the basket, and move two bundles of dry firewood to press on it.

The backyard of this pharmacy is huge and there are many houses.

Several people searched and found nothing wrong.

I don't know if the clerk of the pharmacy has been sent away by the fat shopkeeper in order to secretly plot against Jiang Nan and the others.

"Sisi, are you hungry? Let's see my brother show you something."

"Brother Jiangnan, can you still cook?"

"Of course. There are a lot of brothers."

"I'll light the fire." Li Chen took the initiative to speak.

The kitchen in the backyard of the pharmacy is fairly complete with cooking utensils and ingredients.

More than half an hour later, bursts of fragrance came out.

"Brother Jiangnan, I didn't expect you to be really good at it! This ginseng rice porridge tastes better than what my master cooks." Qin Si put down the big, smooth bowl, and licked the white porridge liquid from the corner of his mouth with his clove tongue, sighing unsatisfactorily.

"Of course. Wild ginseng worth more than 1000 taels of silver. After cooking three bowls of porridge, can it not taste good?" Li Chen, who was licking the bottom of the bowl, couldn't help interjecting.

All the meals he has eaten in his life are not as expensive as this bowl of porridge.

"Haha. Time is short, so it can only be done like this. If there is a small red clay stove, a flattened casserole, and a good silver bone charcoal, cook it for twice as long, and the taste will be even better."

Jiang Nan put down the empty bowl and smacked his mouth.

It's a little sweet and a little bitter, but I don't think it's delicious.

Originally, as the eldest son of the Jiang family, he was weak since he was a child. Not to mention the 50-year-old wild ginseng, even the older Changbai ginseng was bought by his mother at a high price and eaten a lot.

Nature takes it for granted.

Hearing Qin Si mention his master, Jiang Nan couldn't help asking:
"Sisi, I don't know yet, what martial art sect did you join?"

(End of this chapter)