Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 23
After leaving the inn, Su Hao followed the flow of people towards the city center.

I have to say that this Zhending Mansion really deserves to be the place where the government is located. The level of prosperity is by no means comparable to that of a small county town like Yu County. There are many restaurants and teahouses along the way, and the fragrance of tea can be smelled from a long distance. The voice of the storyteller in the teahouse is loud and loud. , the audience is full of seats.

On both sides of the street, hawkers put out all kinds of things, selling everything.

Some sell pastries, some vegetables, some melons and fruits, and some sell cloth......

Just looking at this bustling and bustling scene, Su Hao really can't see the end of the dynasty. Unfortunately, Su Hao knows very well that this prosperity won't last long. In the next 30 years, natural disasters and man-made disasters will continue to happen, and finally the Ming Dynasty will be ruined. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

As he walked, a crowded place caught Su Hao's attention.

When I got closer, I realized that it was an old man doing tricks.

I saw the old man with white hair, holding a shallow wooden basin in his hand, hunched over, trembling a little when he walked, at this time, the wooden basin in the old man's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and rolled away However, the empty pelvic floor can be clearly seen at a glance, and then it fell to the ground with a few bang bang bangs.

At this time, the old man suddenly shouted: "You mud monkey, why don't you come out and meet the judges?"

The next moment, the wooden basin that was upside down on the ground suddenly topped, and then a pair of feet appeared on the bottom of the basin, then the legs, the body, and finally the wooden basin was lifted, and a little girl about ten years old was braided.

Seeing this scene, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. This big city is a big city, and he can easily meet the masters of Caimen. In his previous life, he had seen many magic performances, but those magic tricks were all with the help of various props. Just now He could see the wooden basin very clearly, there was no mechanism inside, and the size of the wooden basin obviously couldn't hide a ten-year-old child.

At this time, the old man was rummaging through boxes and cabinets as if preparing for his next trick, while the little girl was already begging for a reward with a tray.

When he came in front of Su Hao, Su Hao also threw a small bunch of copper coins, not many, only a hundred or so.

"Thank you for your reward, Lord, you are blessed with good luck and a long life."

Seeing Su Hao throwing so many coins, the little girl kept saying beautiful things.

After asking for the reward, the little girl returned to the arena, and saw the old man walking towards the little girl with a big red silk cloth. The next moment, the red silk cloth directly covered the little girl.

"go!"

The old man yelled loudly, and the next moment, the red silk cloth fell to the ground, and the little girl had disappeared without a trace.

The onlookers clapped their hands and applauded!

After watching it for a while, Su Hao lost much interest. Although the tricks of the grandfather and grandson are exquisite, they are too plain. According to the records in the travel notes of the ancestors of the Su family, the tricks of Caimen can also be divided into plain colors and fishy colors. .

Sucai is mostly ingenious tricks, organs and props, and there is no bloody, while bloody color is based on beheading and then reconnecting, dismemberment, human-headed spiders, celestial ropes, etc. There are often bloody and terrifying scenes, and the social customs have always been He likes to talk about strange things, so Xing Cai's tricks are more popular among the common people.

And if you want to see the really powerful tricks, you have to go under the flyover in the capital, which is the Shura field of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes.

It doesn't matter if you want to be famous or you want to make money.

As long as you can make a name for yourself on the bridge of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, wherever you go in the future, people will recognize your name in the rivers and lakes.

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After walking for nearly half an hour, Su Hao came to the Miaoshoutang that the innkeeper mentioned.

At this time, in the Miaoshou Hall, the tables of several doctors sitting in the hall were full of people, and the place where the medicine was taken was also full of people. Obviously, the inn staff did not lie to him. There will not be so many people seeking medical treatment.

After scanning around, Su Hao saw an apprentice running around in Miaoshou Hall, grabbed him, and said directly: "I want to see Mr. Zhou, and I want my brother to report to him."

While speaking, he also stuffed a small piece of silver in the past.

Originally being held back for no reason, Zhang Li, who was about to get angry, saw the silver in his hand, immediately suppressed his anger, and smiled obsequiously: "I don't know what this master wants to do with the old man?"

It's no wonder that he has no backbone, it's because Su Hao gave too much, this piece of silver is at least one or two weights, you must know that he is an apprentice in this Miaoshoutang, basically he has no salary to get, except for two meals a day, Miaoshoutang's package In addition, he couldn't even get a single copper coin throughout the year, and he had to take money from home to buy things as gifts for Master during the holidays. This tael of silver was already the most money he ever got in his life!

"I got a precious medicinal material, and I want to find someone to concoct it. I heard that Mr. Zhou is very good at medicine, so I came here to ask for it."

Su Hao said calmly.

"Father, come with the little one!"

Tension and flattery led Su Hao into the inner hall: "Master, please wait here for a while, I'll invite the old man here."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Li quickly walked towards the backyard, as if he was afraid that Su Hao would go back on his word and ask for the money back.

Not long after, an old man walked slowly with the support of Zhang Li.

"I don't know the name of the distinguished guest Gao?"

Zhou Chongyang looked at Su Hao curiously. In fact, he has long been reluctant to see customers, and his son has long been in charge of Miaoshou Tang. If the apprentice who came to report said that Su Hao had a valuable medicinal material in his hand and wanted him to concoct it, he would not have done it. Will come forward, but let the people below dismiss it!

"No expensive, the boy's surname is Su."

Seeing Zhou Chongyang, Su Hao got up and cupped his hands, "This time I came to see the old man, the main reason is that I want to ask the old man to prepare some medicinal materials."

"I don't know what medicinal material Su Xiaoge is talking about?"

Zhou Chongyang smiled lightly.

"Please look, old man."

Hearing this, Su Hao took out a long wooden box from his sleeve, and opened it. Inside the box was a piece of bone as white as jade.

"what?"

Seeing the bones, Zhou Chongyang gasped in surprise: "Tiger bones?"

But after picking up the bone, Zhou Chongyang quickly frowned again and said, "This is not an ordinary tiger bone."

As a doctor, he handles a lot of tiger bones, but he has never seen this kind of weird tiger bone before him. The color of the bone is similar to that of ordinary tiger bone, but there is a terrifying aura in it.

"Brother Su, is this the bone of a demon tiger?"

After a long time, Zhou Chongyang frowned and said, although he had never personally contacted him, his decades of medical practice were not in vain. He soon thought of demon tigers. Demon tigers have existed since ancient times, but their numbers are rare, compared to hundreds of years. Materials and treasures are rare, and he has always heard of them, but he has never personally come into contact with them.

　() Three requirements for quality, seeking collection, recommendation, and pursuit
　　


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