Ping'an County.

Baicao House.

Shopkeeper Liu Qinshou welcomed Ge Hongmin into the guest room and asked his servants to make tea.

Ge Hongmin smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Liu is too polite. I'm just here to buy some medicinal materials. I can't afford such a big courtesy."

In the past, when he was still a county clerk, he occasionally came to Baicaowu and received much better treatment than this. Every time, Liu Qinshou welcomed him into the backyard hall with great courtesy. Later, after he lost power,

The pay plummeted.

Not to mention not being entertained, it was even difficult to meet shopkeeper Liu. The waiter at the door could use words to ridicule him.

"Brother Ge, it was my fault in the past, so I gave you a bad one..." A smile appeared on Liu Qinshou's plump face.

"What's wrong with you? Shopkeeper Liu, you are a busy man." Ge Hongmin waved his hand.

In these years, what kind of battle has he not seen? Showing courtesy for nothing, committing adultery or stealing. As he said this, he was already on guard in his heart.

Liu Qinshou's sudden show of goodwill was completely unreasonable.

He has never held an official position, nor has he had an unexpected future.

A snob like Liu Qinshou would do this if he has no interests to gain?

Don't say it's for the "friendship" from the past? That's funny. What is "friendship"?

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Please bear with me, brother Ge... By the way, what medicinal materials do you want to buy, brother Liu?" Liu Qinshou always had a smile on his face, and faced Ge Hongmin's teasing and sarcastic remarks without any emotion.

The more this happened, the more vigilant Ge Hongmin became.

"I need these medicinal materials, do you think they are in stock?" Ge Hongmin did not continue to be weird, but took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

The paper was wrinkled, obviously it had been trapped in the cuff for a long time and had wrinkles.

Ge Hongmin placed the paper on the table, pressed it with his hand and spread it flat.

The beautiful small characters written with a brush on the paper have already come into view.

Seeing the words above and the medicinal materials above, Liu Qinshou, who had kept his smile unchanged, his eyes changed slightly in an instant, and his smile dropped slightly, then bloomed again.

Most people will ignore such a simple change of expression in an instant, and are unlikely to explore the issues in detail.

But Ge Hongmin was different. He had served as a clerk in the county government for many years, and he noticed changes in his expression very quickly when he was being delivered.

He immediately felt that Liu Qinshou was very concerned about this piece of paper...

Do you care about the words on the paper, or this special prescription?

Or do you care about both?

Ge Hongmin didn't know, but he had a hunch that Liu Qinshou probably knew something about his wife's poisoning back then.

He directly showed Zi Yan's handwritten prescription. This was the purpose. He was testing it.

"Yes, yes, but this medicine is quite expensive, especially these flavors, which are in short supply." Shopkeeper Liu Qinshou stretched out his finger, tapped the paper a few times, and pointed out some of the herbs.

"Money is not a problem, I have it!"

Ge Hongmin took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeves and slapped them on the table.

Liu Qinshou subconsciously picked up one and pinched it with his index and middle fingers...

Based on his knowledge of banknotes and gold and silver, this banknote is genuine and not a forgery.

The fifty-tael banknotes were all marked with the Royal Bank's signature.

Royal banks existed originally, but they were small in scale before. Now they are spread all over Daqi. It was started by the current emperor.

Based on this alone, the current Holy Emperor has already surpassed the Supreme Emperor.

"Brother Ge, where did you get the money?" Liu Qinshou asked with a smile.

"I don't need to tell you this, right? We are just in a business relationship." Ge Hongmin sneered.

Liu Qinshou nodded and said, "I'm just asking casually, I don't mean anything else..."

"Okay, I have all these medicinal materials here, but some of them need to be picked up from the treasury. Please wait a moment."

"Okay, I'll wait here." Ge Hongmin said calmly.

Seeing Liu Qinshou leaving in a hurry, he suddenly felt a little uneasy. What if he found something out, what if someone came to harm his life?

At least he can't die yet.

As soon as he thought about it, he felt that he shouldn't take this risk.

However, when he stood up and walked out of the door, he saw a strong man saluting him and saying, "The shopkeeper is going to ask for it, please wait a moment."

This young man's words were polite, but from the long knife hanging on his waist, it could be seen that he was not easy to deal with.

"Tell your shopkeeper to hurry up, I'm in a hurry." Ge Hongmin dropped a word and returned to the room.

He saw the coldness in the eyes of the mature man. He had seen this look before...

The kind of look in the eyes of a desperate man who treats people like little chickens.

He didn't dare to go out. If he dared to go around that person, the consequences might be disastrous.

He felt a little heavy, and now he could only hope that his original idea was right.

Not long after, he heard footsteps coming back from outside.

His heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate. When the wooden door was opened from the outside, the person who moved in was the shopkeeper Liu Qinshou.

Liu Qinshou gasped a few times and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Brother Ge, don't look for this medicinal material, but it will make me exhausted. It's too difficult."

Liu Qinshou was followed by a boy carrying many medicinal materials in large and small bags.

"Come and count it to see if it's enough?" Liu Qinshou said.

The boy put the medicinal materials on the table and stepped back.

Ge Hongmin was a little surprised and uncertain.

He thought Liu Qinshou would find an opportunity not to give him the medicinal materials, but he didn't expect that he would take out the medicinal materials so calmly.

If there is anything wrong with the medicinal materials, he only needs to take a preliminary look.

He is not afraid that there is something fishy in the medicinal materials, and there will be a powerful young man to identify it after he returns.

"That's pretty much it. Here's the money. You can pay for it yourself."

The process was quick. After everything was cleaned up, Ge Hongmin carried the packaged medicinal materials, rolled up his sleeves, and left the Baicao House.

When Ge Hongmin's figure disappeared at the end of the nearby street, the waiter Liu Wu whispered: "Shopkeeper, why did you let him go?"

"That idiot, don't ask and don't care about this." Liu Qinshou slapped Liu Wu on the forehead.

Ge Hongmin walked quickly to the end of the street. He looked back and forth, quickly took off his thick gown, and then turned it over and put it on.

His coat can be worn on both sides, and the colors on both sides are not necessarily the same. It was specially made a few years ago.

After wearing it backwards, turn the dome hat over and pull the inner trim, and the style will change greatly. After putting it on the head again, the whole person will have a completely new look.

He didn't expect to hide it from people who were interested, as long as he could hide it from those who met by chance.

After everything was settled, he changed direction and prepared to walk back in a circle.
Chapter completed!