Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 18: Come here to ask for a long gown
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Chen Ku carried the money box he got from Huang Ba's house and walked for more than ten miles before he could breathe a sigh of relief.

Although it's not the first time he's killed someone.

But when a greyhound bites someone to death, it still makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Safety is the most important thing.

Then he recalled the words he overheard outside Huang Ba's yard before taking action.

"You bastard, you actually thought the same thing as I did. We both thought of taking advantage of the bandits to flee to Sheyu Town and attack them."

Chen Ku was a little scared:
"Luckily I took action tonight. If I had waited two days, I don't know what would have happened!"

Although he now possesses a strength of 800 kilograms, which is similar to those heroes in storytelling, he is still a mortal after all. He is not indestructible and cannot defend himself from swords and guns, let alone poisoning, assassination, and sneak attacks...

"Next time I encounter someone who is unfavorable to me, I'll take action as soon as possible, otherwise I will definitely suffer!"

Chen Ku once again reaffirmed this idea in his heart.

Subsequently.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, he opened the money box taken from Huang Ba's house.

After careful counting, there were actually more than fifty taels of silver.

"No wonder people say that I got rich suddenly! Even though I have a narrow nose and my ability to make money has greatly increased, I have only saved a dozen taels in the past half month. This time, I killed someone and robbed him, and I got more than fifty taels!"

Chen Ku lamented that the money came easily.

He was about to throw the cash box away or burn it.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong when looking at the cash box: "The depth inside the cash box is inconsistent with the height outside? Is there a layer?"

Put it on the ground and crush it with one foot.

He was right.

A small box and a few letters rolled out from the wood chips on the ground.

Chen Ku picked up the small box, which was about the size of a palm. After opening it, he saw three pills the size of thumbs. "What is this? Pills?"

He was surprised.

"How could a scoundrel like Huang Ba actually have elixirs? Isn't this something that only the best talents in the county's martial arts halls or the Medicine King Hall can have?"

Then he looked at the letters.

I found out after I opened it.

"I see. No wonder Huang Ba can be the leader of the gangs in Sheyu Town. He is actually a distant relative of a pharmacist in Yaowang Hall. This makes sense. After all, if a bully like this doesn't have a background, how can he be the boss? It turns out that he is relying on the power of a pharmacist."

Chen Ku saw these letters, which were all private correspondence with the pharmacist named "Huang Gun". They assigned him some tasks and some internal information of Yaowang Hall, asking him to interfere and make profits.

It turned out that Huang Ba took advantage of his power and extorted a lot of money, and more than 70% of it was given to Huang Yaoshi as a gift. In return, he could use his power in the countryside to lead a group of thugs to do whatever they wanted.

At the same time, he could occasionally get a few pills from Master Huang Yaoshi for practicing martial arts.

These three pills are called "Yangyuan Pills". Taking one is equivalent to taking several ginseng pills.

The reason why Huang Ba still had three pills left was because his martial arts physique was not very good. After taking one pill, it would take him a month to digest, otherwise he would have nosebleeds every day.

"Huang Ba has practiced martial arts? Didn't you feel anything when you killed him?"

Chen thought hard.

Is Huang Ba too weak, or am I too strong?

Think about it too.

The explosive force of eight hundred kilograms bursts out all at once. Unless Huang Ba is a master of Hua Jin, he will not be able to withstand it and will be killed instantly. It is normal.

"Medicine King Hall, Huang Yaoshi..."

Chen Ku looked at these letters and intended to destroy them, but he thought that if he really wanted to join Yaowang Hall, perhaps it would be useful to keep them in the future?

After burning the money box and finding a place to hide the letter, Chen Ku went home.

The family members slept soundly as they had no idea what he was going to do all night.

And after killing Huang Ba.

Chen Ku originally thought he was going to have a nightmare, but in fact, he slept extremely soundly and sweetly.

unexpectedly.

The next morning, I was woken up by the noise.

Chen Ku got up vigilantly, and his first reaction was, even though he was so careful and left no traces, he was still discovered to have killed someone?

But when I heard the sound in the yard, I realized it was not me.

"Old Chen's family, in ten days or so, it will be the time to pay the autumn tax. As the head of our village, I have to come and warn you."

In the yard was an old man with a melon-shaped hat, a goatee, ruddy skin, and a long gown. He had his hands behind his back, and was followed by two young men.

Village Chief Chen was the official of Dachen Village. He and another village squire Guo were the only two people in the village who were allowed to wear long gowns.

Chen's mother and Xu Lan were supporting in the yard with their heads lowered.

Mother Chen whispered, "Brother Chen, we know."

Chen Ku pushed the door open and walked out.

Village Chief Chen looked at Chen Ku, sighed, and said, "Ku'er, I'm not here to embarrass your family, I'm just here to remind you."

Chen Ku nodded slightly: "I know."

Village Chief Chen raised his hand, and the young man behind him brought his pipe over. He took two puffs and sighed, "If it really doesn't work, just flee. It's better than not being able to pay taxes and doing corvée labor, which is really exhausting."

Say it.

He turned and left.

"Escape..." Chen's mother and Xu Lan both looked at Chen Ku.

Chen Ku said softly to the two of them, "Don't think about it. We won't flee. There are refugees everywhere now. It's easier to die if we flee than if we do corvée labor."

Mother Chen hesitated and said, "Son, why don't you use the money you have saved to redeem our land from Mr. Guo's family? Then we can be registered as a resident and won't have to pay so much tax."

Chen Ku looked at his mother and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."

He had quite a bit of money on him, but he kept it hidden from the public.

Even if the money can be seen, redeeming the land is still a losing business, and when the money arrives, you will still be exploited.

What he wants...

It is to leave this countryside completely.

"Mom, I'm going to the county today. When I come back, all the problems will be solved."

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Baojiao County.

Divided into inner city and outer city.

The outer city was much more run-down and ordinary, like a large-scale snake and fish town gathered together. There were markets, streets, and various stalls. People hawking goods along the streets came and went, all in plain clothes.

All kinds of fireworks smell came over at once.

"Big hot buns, two for the vegetables for one penny, one for the meat..."

“Homemade vegetables, fresh and clean!”

"Fried boxes, fragrant fried boxes..."

"I can sharpen scissors and kitchen knives. If you can't sharpen them well, I won't charge you!"

"Rat poison! Rat poison! One dose will kill a whole nest! Two doses will kill a whole bunch!"

"My dear old men, please make way and watch out for the pole head!"

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Walking to the main street market in the outer city, the front half of the market was crowded with people, and all kinds of things were being sold.

Further inside, there is a circle of city walls.

Behind the city wall is the inner city.

The main store of Yaowangtang is located in the inner city.

After paying the ten-cent city entrance tax and entering, I immediately felt the difference of the inner city.

The ground is paved with shiny bluestone slabs, and there are classical buildings all around. It is exactly like the Muslim Street, Confucius Temple and other places that I visited in my previous life, full of ancient atmosphere.

In fact, there are fewer people wearing short jackets and cloth shoes on the streets, and two or three times more people are wearing long gowns.

"County households, long gowns, those who can afford to wear long gowns are considered to be people of status and position in this county."

Chen Ku had already reached the gate of Yaowang Hall.

Looking at the huge pharmacy in front of him, a wide shop about several dozen feet long stretched across the street.

The aroma of medicine kept coming in, and looking inside, there were dozens or even hundreds of waiters. It was worthy of being the Medicine King Hall. Even the waiters inside were wearing long gowns and were people of status.

This is also Chen Ku’s purpose.

With the things in the backpack,

Come here,

Ask for a long gown.

(End of this chapter)