Chapter 877

After reading the battle report, He Lingchuan stared at the Boston ivy on the wall in a daze. The current Longchuan bandit gang, counting everyone big and small, only had twenty-one people left.

With the annexation of the Xiji puppet army inside and the suppression of the Yuheng City army outside, under this kind of mixed double-teaming, the lives of the water bandits have been very difficult recently.

More than fifty bandit gangs are left with only twenty-one, tsk tsk, the number is still too many, should he take action to push again? "Boss." Hu Min came.

He Lingchuan didn't react, and he repeated it again.

"Found him."

He Lingchuan focused his mind before he understood what he was talking about: "In Bantuan Town?"

"Right in the old street of Yuheng City, on Putiao Street."

He Lingchuan smiled: "Quite bold, right under our noses." What is this for, excitement? "How long has it been open?"

"Seven or eight years."

"Let's go, go find him for tea."

He, Hu Min, and A Luo changed into casual clothes and went to Putiao Street.

This street was about ten feet behind the main street. The construction of the new Yuheng City was horizontal and vertical, with roads extending in all directions. Putiao Street also had good popularity, with many adults and children coming and going. The shops here didn't have the grand storefronts of the main street, nor big restaurants or big inns, mainly selling some pastries, preserved fruits, and general merchandise, and also opening some small inns. If you know how to search, you can still find many good things here.

Hu Min walked to the front of a shop and signaled to He Lingchuan: "Here."

This shop was not big, and a cloth banner hung at the door, swaying in the wind, with "Nangang Good Goods" written on it.

Yuheng City likes to use "Good Goods" as a shop name, similar to the "XX Grocery Store" that He Lingchuan is familiar with.

It happened to be evening, and some shops on the street were closing. This "Nangang Good Goods" also closed two door panels, leaving only one for entry and exit, which meant by convention that it would close in ten or twenty minutes.

The three of them walked in and saw that the goods inside were dazzling, indeed mostly products from Bai Sha Port in the south. Placed in the C position in the shop was a group of palm-sized dolls, whose eyebrows and expressions were lifelike, and even the hair buns and clothing were exquisitely crafted. The most interesting thing was that the dolls were not simply placed in a row, but relied on a whole set of landscape layouts, as if every little doll had a story.

A Luo was attracted by several translucent resin jars on the shelf, which contained medicinal materials.

Hu Min walked around a small circle and whispered to He Lingchuan: "There isn't a single piece of contraband on display. This shop really has a problem."

Some things are explicitly prohibited from being sold in Yuheng City, not to mention powerful explosives, addictive drugs, knives, guns, and weapons, etc., just say there is a candy called "Sweet Vine" from Bai Sha Bay, which is colorful but very easy to rot teeth, but children love to eat it very much. Most grocery stores will sell a little privately to increase profits, but this shop has none at all.

He Lingchuan nodded.

Not selling contraband means this shop is afraid of being checked and afraid of being noticed, and it also means its profits are rich and it doesn't lack this bite.

The curtain of the back hall was lifted, and the shopkeeper came out, his voice arriving before he did: "A few guests, what have you taken a fancy to? Our shop has complete commercial goods."

He had just finished eating, and the oil on his mouth hadn't been wiped clean.

Hu Min pointed at He Lingchuan: "He wants to buy Dragon Scale Selaginella, do you have it here?"

The shopkeeper was stunned.

Dragon Scale Selaginella is a medicinal herb native to Beijia, which can be refined into "Selaginella Pill," making men's masculinity flourish. It is very expensive in Beijia, and even more expensive here.

But no matter who buys this thing, they come quietly alone, wishing that no outsiders would see them coming in and out, unlike this group of people? He Lingchuan said angrily: "Listen to his nonsense! I want to buy a doll for my little niece, how much are these few?"

He pointed to the shop's signature product, and the shopkeeper smiled: "Those are exhibits, only for display, not for sale. I have a few more dolls here, would you like to take a look?"

"Okay." He Lingchuan and A Luo followed him to the back, Hu Min was still wandering around the shop, actually guarding the front door.

A Luo walked two steps and asked: "Where is the latrine, I'm in a hurry."

"Go out the back door, turn left and you'll be there."

A Luo hurried away.

The shopkeeper took out a few dolls from the back cabinet, which were also very exquisite. He Lingchuan played with them one by one and asked about the price, which was indeed expensive.

This thing is very similar to the figures in his world. The shopkeeper also said that in Beijia and Mou Nation, these dolls are by no means just toys for children, and more adults collect them.

This point was not wrong; He Lingchuan had indeed seen this kind of doll in Lingxu City in later generations, and one could sell for several taels, or even dozens of taels of silver. It seems that this business has been going on for one or two hundred years.

While talking, A Luo came back and nodded at him: "Okay."

As soon as the words fell, He Lingchuan moved like the wind, quickly pointing at the shopkeeper's ribs.

This is the technique of cutting off blood and fixing pulses. Once pressed, there is severe pain between the ribs, the breath cannot be lifted, and even breathing hurts—a bit like the feeling of a big fork in the breath, but it actually does no harm to the body.

Who knew this shopkeeper was short and fat but flexible, twisting his body like a spinning top to dodge, wanting to drill back to the front hall from the gap, while shouting "someone come."

But before the word "come" could be spat out, the person wilted, and all the strength in his body seemed to be drained.

He couldn't lift his legs, and fell to his knees in front of He Lingchuan with a "pop".

"Oh, I don't dare to accept it." He Lingchuan smiled and lifted him up, throwing him onto the cabinet.

A Luo frowned: "This medicine takes too long to take effect, actually letting him take two steps, it needs to be adjusted."

The medicine he released was colorless and odorless, with a muscle-relaxing effect.

He Lingchuan changed out the spider rope and tied the shopkeeper tightly: "You gave too much, he can't even speak."

A Luo took out a smelling bottle and put it under the shopkeeper's nose, who sneezed and was able to speak.

"Who are you!" The shopkeeper was alert, "Don't mess around, I have people here!"

"Your people are all sleeping in the cargo warehouse." A Luo shook the bottle in his hand, "They have to sleep for at least half an hour, and they won't know they were plotted against when they wake up."

He had just used the excuse of going to the latrine to quietly throw some muscle-relaxing powder into the cargo warehouse. "There are three people guarding the goods inside."

Hu Min had already closed the last door panel of the shop, walked to the cargo warehouse to take a few looks, and came back with a wooden bottle in his hand, saying to A Luo: "He has collected a lot of stolen goods here. You identify it, is this White Dragon Pill?"

A Luo took it, pulled out the cork and just smelled it and nodded: "Top-quality White Dragon Pill."

The shopkeeper had long been pale.

He Lingchuan asked him: "Your name is Fu Lin'an, right? Selling stolen goods for the Longchuan water bandits, do you know how this will be sentenced?"

Fu Lin'an still argued strongly: "What's strange about collecting a few bottles of White Dragon Pill in my shop? How can you slander it as stolen goods!"

A Luo poured out a pill and placed it in front of him: "See the green mark on the surface of this pill?"

The other three all saw it.

"This is a first-class product from Nanli Rentang in Bai Sha Bay, called 'Green-Veined White Dragon Pill'. The medicinal effect period is very short, only half a year, so there is a mark under the pill, which is the date of release from the furnace." A Luo pointed it out to the three of them, "This was refined half a month ago, and during this period, Li Rentang only entrusted the Hexin caravan to transport White Dragon Pills north, which was robbed. What else do you have to say?"

(End of chapter)