Just from the old and shabby appearance, it is not difficult to imagine that the business of this shabby shop is deserted. When Sun Wu stepped in the door, a pungent smell of medicinal herbs came straight to his nose. It was no ordinary medicine. The material smell is the pungent smell of herbs that have been left out for too long and have become moldy due to moisture.26nbsp;
A drug shop that has a business will not let herbs accumulate dust and become moldy. Sun Wu soon realized this, because he knocked on the table twice, and a middle-aged man ran out from the back hall. Ji glanced at the guests, waved his hand and drove the two guests out, saying that the medicine shop had been closed for a long time and would not accept outsiders. He asked Sun Wu and Fei Lianxiu to find another place to buy, until Sun Wu read out the secret code and saw The waiter in the store showed a look of surprise, yelled loudly, and ran towards the back hall.
"Boss! Stop playing cards, business is coming!"
The shop owner who came out in response was a little old man with gray hair and short braids. When he came out and saw Sun Wu and the two of them, there was no hint of joy on his face. Instead, he seemed angry because the card game was interrupted. The customer was angry. Seeing this expression, Sun Wu roughly understood why this store was in such a dilapidated state.
"...Although some secret shops will use a shabby appearance to cover up, this shop is probably not like this, right? With such an expression and attitude, which customer who comes to the door will not run away?" Sun Wu had this understanding. , I asked the store owner to buy energy crystals, but the store owner seemed very reluctant and kept nagging why he didn't go to other stores to buy them. Since Wanzilou's forces entered the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in a big way, they almost took over all the secret stores. Due to the stronghold and annual quota, there are usually no customers in the store. Now it is extremely troublesome to have to adjust the goods in a hurry.
If it were other people, they would have turned against such an unfriendly store and left the house long ago. However, Sun Wu was quite good-tempered in this regard and didn't feel there was anything to be angry about. On the other hand, if he didn't buy anything here, then Going to other stores in the city was a choice Sun Wu never wanted to make.
"I know, I'll sell you. Young people today are really troublesome..."
The two customers had no intention of leaving. The store owner had a look of disgust on his face, delivered the goods as soon as possible, took the money, and handed the refined energy crystal to Fei Lianxiu. The transaction was over, and everything should have ended here. Sun Wu and Fei Lianxiu were ready. I left, but this shabby shop may have had no customers for a long time. Although the shop owner was indifferent, the waiters were very attentive, serving tea and handing towels. I hope the customers can stay longer and help with the shopping. The tens of thousands of years of inventory dropped from the store, especially when Sun Wu paid the fee, he sold a few ingots of gold at a time. If he sold it generously, the shopkeepers had already considered him to be a big fat sheep.
"In addition to consumables such as energy crystals, the store also sells other magic weapons. I wonder if the two distinguished guests are interested in taking a look?"
"Magic weapon? What do you mean?"
"Oh, you two distinguished guests are well-informed and must know what I'm talking about. It's not like Wanzilou is the only one who can get good stuff in this city."
At first, Sun Wu really didn't know what the other person was talking about, but from the waiter's deliberately lowered tone and mysterious hints, he suddenly realized that there must be banned magic weapons hidden in this store, which are also so-called black goods. .
But...even if I am a layman, I still know to some extent that this kind of contraband should only be sold to regular customers and cannot be given to strangers who come to the door for the first time. A more reasonable explanation is that I am treated as a fat sheep to be slaughtered. , this guy saw that one of them was young and the other was blind, so he wanted to get some crappy stuff to spread the word, and sell it at a high price.
"Oh, it would be great if Xiao Shang was here at this time, or Xiang Ling was here. The two of them know how to deal with this kind of situation..." Thinking like this, Sun Wu finally accepted the invitation of this guy, The reason why he went to the back hall to see the secretly hidden goods in the store was not because he wanted to go, but because Fei Lianxiu quietly held his hand and asked him to agree.
"I...I want to see."
The voice was very low and thin, as if she was very embarrassed. This really surprised Sun Wu, because Fei Lianxiu did not seem to be a person who likes to watch the excitement, and it was hard to imagine that she would be interested in watching these things. However, it was not Come to think of it, Fei Lianxiu grew up in a remote place in a barren mountain. She learned everything through books. She was similar to herself. She was full of curiosity about real things in the outside world. This was normal.
Thinking of this, Sun Wu immediately felt relieved and walked to the back hall with Fei Lianxiu. Using this short time, the young waiter gave a simple product introduction to the guests, most of which were things Sun Wu had known since he was a child.
All people who use magic weapons know the most basic knowledge, that is, magic weapons in the world can be divided into three categories.
Mechanical magic weapons: made of various instruments and mechanisms. When activated, they absorb the operator's vitality or built-in energy crystals. They are the largest and most widespread type of magic weapons on the market today. Xiaoshang's magnetic aeroflotation board, Dawu Dynasty All flying and air force ships are of this category.
Biochemical magic weapon: During the Taiping and Military States, it was created by master craftsmen from foreign races. The magic weapon production technology was directly transplanted into the human body to create alien creatures. Some can be driven like ordinary animals, and some can become semi-human. Life forms have both magic weapons and biological forms. Yuan Chenfeng's Snake Fang Cage Hands and the Dawu Dynasty's Alien Cavalry are representative works in this regard.
The last series is a series that is difficult to classify. All magic weapons that do not belong to the mechanical or biochemical systems are classified into this special series, which also includes those ancient legacies. Originally, the magic weapons were left over from ancient times. Mysterious technology has been studied and summarized by technicians from foreign races for many years. They try to use mechanical simulation to create the effects of ancient magic weapons. Only then did they succeed in modern times, leading to the advent of the magic weapon era. However, today's various magic weapons seem to be incomparable to ancient relics. Different, in fact, there is a decisive difference.
There are no complicated instruments in the magic weapons made by the ancient ancestors, especially the highest-level legendary magic weapons. The materials are simply a piece of iron or jade, and there is not even a gear in it. It is impossible to imagine how it works. .According to technicians' speculation, the ancestors mastered some unknown magical technology, using magic weapons to cause energy fluctuations in the nearby space, thus exerting infinite power. To give an example, the sacrificial knives of foreign races are classified in the special system. Inside the magic weapon.
Due to the prohibition of the Dawu Dynasty, ordinary people have no way of knowing this knowledge, but Sun Wu has been doing experiments with Xiao Shang since he was a child, and he has long been familiar with these basic common sense. Now listening to the guy shaking his head and showing off, saying many things wrong in his words, Sun Wu He didn't say anything to correct him, he just came up with an idea.
"I didn't notice it before. It turns out that Xiao Shang is a magic weapon developer in the mechanical department. Well, she has been playing with machinery all day long, so that's right." Walking into the back hall, Sun Wu was surprised to find this room. The shabby shop has a large backyard. Although it is overgrown with grass and has a large number of broken and decaying medicine shelves, it can still be seen that there are many footprints on the bluestone floor, which are messy and seem to have Many people have started fighting here.
"Two distinguished guests, these are precious collections from the shop. I wonder what kind of weapons you two like?"
The clerk in the store asked the customer's preferences diligently, and rummaged through the box to take out the so-called secret treasure, which was seven or eight knives, swords and other optical weapons. They were really lackluster. Sun Wu was not interested at all, and unconsciously moved his eyes sideways. He moved his attention outside the house and looked at the mottled green brick floor again.
"Is it a fight? No... something seems wrong. There are no traces of weapons here, and it doesn't feel like anyone was killed or injured." There is no clear basis for it, just a simple intuition. Sun Wu feels that there are no traces of these footprints. "Murderous aura" is just a strong fighting spirit. It doesn't look like two people fighting each other, but it looks like a group of people are here... practicing martial arts?
"...forty...seventy...eighty..."
Sun Wu found that Fei Lianxiu was counting in a low voice. Although she was not looking at anything, she was counting while looking around. The direction of her exploration moved upward from the ground, looking at the walls covered by vines and grass, as if she could see through them. The vines looked straight down, read new data from certain traces on the wall, and then combined them with the footprints on the floor tiles to calculate the answer.
"Ninety-two people." Fei Lianxiu said to Sun Wu: "There were ninety-two people practicing martial arts here. The exact time is unknown, and the duration is also unknown, but the fact that this was once a martial arts training ground cannot be wrong. of."
"Miss, you saw it accurately. During the Taiping Rebellion, this was the martial arts training ground of Cihang Jingdian. Many masters trained here."
Sun Wu was surprised when he heard this. Cihang's main courtyard is not far from here. There is no reason for his disciples to practice martial arts outside. Could it be that this place was the property of Cihang Jingdian before?
The clerk simply explained that during the Taiping Rebellion more than ten years ago, Cihang Jingdian lowered its original standards, recruited young disciples, taught martial arts, and trained local militia to resist the invasion of the Taiping Army. This place was leased to Cihang Jingdian at that time. The Hangjing Hall is used to train newly recruited lay disciples.
"Although the disciples we accept are all lay disciples and are not ranked according to seniority in the temple, there are indeed many masters here."
"Well, if there are many masters, then this place should be of great commemorative value. Why has it become so shabby?"
"Because...all those masters later joined the Taiping Army and killed officials and rebelled."
"...No wonder."
Seeing the embarrassed expression on the waiter's face, Sun Wu probably knew what was going on. Although Cihang Jingdian recruited many disciples, hoping that these new generations would become a force to resist the Taiping Army, he was unable to effectively restrain them after teaching them, and many consequences occurred. The disciples joined the Taiping Army camp, and when the Taiping Army was completely defeated, this incident also became a shame for Cihangjing Temple. The monks in the temple were disgraceful and tried to cover up their ugly appearance. This place that had been the teaching place would naturally be dealt with. Over time, naturally, It became what it is today.
"Cihang Jingdian must feel disgusted that all the people who have been trained have become enemies. However, everyone says that the Taiping Army is not good, but so many people join their camp. What is going on? Well, that kind of In this era, there must be many secrets that have not been handed down..." Sun Wu accidentally broke into a secret in Cihang Jingdian. Sun Wu felt very complicated, but his expression accidentally became a signal in the eyes of the shopkeeper.
"Speaking of which, my guest, you may not know that among the masters trained at that time, in addition to those who joined the Taiping Army, there was also a famous figure. You must have heard of it, and that was the number one prostitute in the world. Thief, Ximen Zhuyu!"
"Xi, Ximen Zhuyu used to practice martial arts here? Is it true?"
"Of course it's true. We won't lie to people about this kind of thing. On that earth wall covered by vines, there are poems and essays written by Ximen Zhuyu himself, but I don't know where they are written. , as long as it’s written down.”
The waiter glanced left and right and whispered: "The real point is that Ximen Zhuyu recorded his secrets of being an undefeated thief in love in a book and kept it in our store. As long as you get his secrets, even if you A man as ugly as a pig and as stupid as a dog can turn into a handsome man in the eyes of women. From then on, there is no girl he can't fall in love with. Originally, this set of secrets cannot be passed on casually, but as soon as I see my guest, you will feel attracted to me. As long as you come up with something. Price, Ximen Zhuyu’s secret to picking up girls is..."
"is fake."
Fei Lian exposed this outrageous lie with just one breath. Although she couldn't see the other person's expression, she could hear the tone and heartbeat of the person in front of her. She could also smell the sweat on his body due to nervousness. Several items The characteristics put together are undoubtedly evidence of lying, and the answer will naturally emerge.
In order to avoid being sold again, Sun Wu and Fei Lian left without looking back. They heard the guy chasing after them, refusing to give up and shouting loudly.
"Guest, don't leave in a hurry. Even if you don't like picking up girls, the shop still sells Ximen Zhuyu's martial arts secrets. Do you want to take a look... Hey!"
Ignoring the waiter's pursuit, Sun Wu pulled Fei Lian's sleeve and hurried to the front hall. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the shop owner with a foul expression grumbling again, saying that today was an unlucky day and the guests were coming. One after another, he had no time to relax.