After a while, the two of them left the Taoist temple and came to a scenic pavilion near the top of the back mountain and sat down.

"Taoist Master Zhengsong, you should have seen the situation of my family, right?" The two of them were sitting in the pavilion, and Mao Chengfu went straight to the topic.

Zhang Buyi nodded and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I guess I can tell. The only thing that puzzles Pindao is why it is like this? If Pindao is not mistaken, the whole family of the nobles must be smoking tobacco.

?”

During these days, Zhang Buyi also met many dignitaries. It is true that many members of the family were infected with tobacco. But like the Mao family, where everyone from the old, weak, sick and disabled to women and children smoked tobacco, it was really

First time meeting.

When Mao Chengfu heard this, his eyes flashed with a cold light.

He did not answer Zhang Buyi's words, but asked another question: "After hearing that the Taoist Master had a detoxification method, I secretly sent someone to test it in half a month, and found that it was not a rumor. Do you know if the Taoist Master can detoxify the poison in my body?

"

Um?

This means...

Zhang Buyi did not speak immediately, but said: "Can I let me take my pulse?"

Mao Chengfu stretched out his hand very simply, and Zhang Buyi took his hand to feel the pulse. A trace of magical power rushed into the opponent's body from his fingers. In an instant, Zhang Buyi felt a strange power entrenched in the opponent's body.

It is somewhat similar to Zhang Buyi's medical magic, but completely different. It seems to be a special medical poison?

Laundry powder? Or extraordinary laundry detergent?

"Is this... a special tobacco poison?" Zhang Buyi said in surprise.

When Zhang Buyi was trying to remove the poison from tobacco before, he felt a little bit different from the so-called tobacco in his previous life. But he couldn't confirm it. Now that this case has appeared, he has completely confirmed it.

These tobaccos are basically products refined by alchemists, not ordinary tobacco. The ones in Mao Chengfu's body should be refined products and have entered the category of professionals.

It's probably similar to the Huanglong Powder used by Zhang Buyi? It's just that it has completely different uses.

Seeing Zhang Buyi, he could tell the difference at a glance. Mao Chengfu looked happy and said, "Can Taoist Master detoxify?"

Zhang Buyi sensed it carefully and said: "It should be possible, but it's a bit troublesome and requires a lot of energy."

Before yesterday, he might not be guaranteed to solve it, but now he is a ninth-level apprentice and can completely solve it.

When Mao Chengfu heard this, he said with great joy: "Seriously?!"

"Seriously! What does it mean to me to deceive layman Mao?" Zhang Buyi said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Mao Chengfu immediately explained: "I don't doubt the Taoist priest, it's just that I was a little excited for the moment..."

Zhang Buyi waved his hand to stop the other party's explanation, and said: "I can understand the layman's mood, and there is no need to explain more. What I am more concerned about is, where does the layman's tobacco come from?

If I'm not mistaken, the things used by lay people are carefully refined products, and it should be very difficult to make these kinds of things nowadays."

What Zhang Buyi didn't say is that if there weren't professionals and alchemists, there shouldn't be "washing powder" nowadays, at least not on the market in Daxia.

When Mao Chengfu heard this, the joy on his face gradually faded, and he said with deep eyes: "Some time ago, probably more than a month ago, my family went out for fun, and accidentally sold some exquisite snacks at a stall.

The food tasted great, so I took some of it home. Because the workmanship and style were quite novel, the whole family ate some of it, and they all thought it tasted great and liked it very much.

Therefore, for several days in a row, even I couldn't help but be greedy, and the seeds of disaster were sown.

When I realized something was wrong, before I could figure out the situation, I discovered that the pastry seller had disappeared.

In the next few days, after the supply of cakes was cut off, the family felt like purgatory every day. The whole body felt like needles pricking all the time, as if thousands of ants were eating the body, and the situation became more and more dangerous day by day.

I didn't dare to speak out, so I quietly sought medical treatment from a good friend, and concluded that I was suspected of being poisoned by cigarettes, and the symptoms were more severe than those of people who are terminally ill from smoking cigarettes, and it was even impossible to force them to quit smoking.

When I was desperate, a mysterious person came in at night and told me that I could use tobacco to relieve the symptoms, but it was only a relief, and the effect would become weaker and weaker.

As for getting the pastries from before, you have to listen to their instructions. After that, they didn’t give any instructions and left nothing behind. They just disappeared without a trace.

And when I was forced to have no choice, I could only choose to smoke tobacco.

After giving it a try, it turned out to be true.

Smoking tobacco can indeed relieve the symptoms of tobacco poisoning, but it can only change from being gnawed by thousands of ants to crawling like countless bugs in the body. There is no such thing as the feeling that ordinary people say that smoking is like falling from the top of the clouds. And the attacks are getting worse.

Frequent, the demand for tobacco is getting bigger and bigger."

At this point, Zhang Buyi already frowned and said, "Then do you know who is behind this?"

Mao Chengfu shook his head and said: "I don't know, and since I was given the relief method that day, I haven't appeared again. But what I said that day is probably that if I want cakes, I can only wait for instructions."

Zhang Buyi's eyes flashed when he heard this.

He was originally a person of later generations, and he was familiar with the general environment of this era through compilation. From these traces, he could see several possibilities here at a glance.

Although he had an idea, he did not say it out loud. Instead, as if he didn't care about it, he looked at Mao Chengfu and said: "Then Master Mao's family is here today because he wants Pindao to detoxify you. I don't want to wait for news from the other party.

At his mercy?"

Mao Chengfu nodded without hesitation and said: "I have observed the Taoist Master's behavior through various parties in the past few days. I will not take it for granted and be naive to ask the Taoist Master for mercy.

As long as the Taoist priest can remove the poison for us, my Mao family can become a vassal of Qingyu Temple and worship Qingyu Temple."

Zhang Buyi looked at Mao Chengfu with raised eyebrows and said: "Mao is very courageous. Aren't you afraid that I am no different from those who coerced your family? It's just half a pound to half a pound?"

Mao Chengfu said with a smile: "I can still trust the reputation of Taoist Master Zhengsong and the reputation of Qingyu Temple. Besides, my Mao family's wealth is just a castle in the air. It is a great blessing to be able to worship Qingyu Temple."

And although I don’t know who those people are, I still have a rough guess. I, the Mao family, can’t do anything like traitors.”

Zhang Buyi looked at Mao Chengfu seriously, and then said: "Let's not mention the matter of worship for now. Our Qingyu Temple does not want to be known as taking advantage of others' dangers. Moreover, even if our Qingyu Temple falls into ruins, it is still the inheritance of the ancient Taoist sect, and it will not be

He is so destitute that he coerces people into making sacrifices."

Mao Chengfu was slightly stunned, with a serious look on his face, waiting for Zhang Buyi's next conditions.

Zhang Buyi paused and continued: "Pindao can help your whole family get rid of the poison. You just need to meet a few small requirements of Pindao."

"Master Taoist, please tell me, my Mao family will go all out." Mao Chengfu said seriously.

"First, I need you to help me find someone. This is very urgent." Zhang Buyi said.

"A child named Wang Yuanlu?" Mao Chengfu answered.

Zhang Buyi was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Do you know your whereabouts?"

Mao Chengfu's face stiffened and he said awkwardly: "Well, that's not true. It's just that the Taoist priest's repayment of kindness is no longer a secret in the city these days. After all, the Taoist priest has done this to those he saved.

requirements.”

"Has it spread all over the city?" Zhang Buyi said in surprise, obviously he still underestimated Ban Yue's influence. No wonder Magistrate Liu couldn't help but come to visit him at night!

Mao Chengfu nodded and said: "Now almost no one in Massachusetts City knows about it. Even in the villages and towns outside the city, people from all walks of life went to inquire about the whereabouts of this son.

I am not very talented. I have put in a lot of effort in half a month, but I have achieved nothing. Is there an error in the news from the Taoist priest? Is the person not from Massachusetts City? "

Zhang Buyi's heart sank when he heard this.

Damn it, no wonder this identity comes with advanced skills, and with such an identity, feelings are waiting for him here!

Sure enough, nothing is that cheap.

"Pindao didn't know either. Time was tight at the time, so he only told me to take care of his descendants. The information I mentioned was all information that I accidentally revealed during a chat with him."

In Zhang Buyi's words, he supplemented the previous lie of 'life-saving grace', making it more reasonable.

Mao Chengfu nodded and said: "I understand!"

Zhang Buyi glanced at the other party and didn't understand it himself. He didn't know what he understood. He didn't dwell too much on this and continued:

"Besides, I need your Mao family to start stocking up on grain, and hoard it as much as possible without affecting the price of food in the city. When Pindao needs it, your family needs to sell it at a fair price."

When Mao Chengfu heard this, he was startled for a moment. Then based on Zhang Buyi's words and his character of rescuing people in distress these days, he suddenly thought of something and said something that was beyond words.

"Taoist Master, are you saying that in this war, the imperial court will not surrender soon, and the war will last for a long time?"

Zhang Buyi looked at Mao Chengfu in surprise. He was indeed a top rich man who made his fortune as a grain merchant. His reaction was faster than others.

Zhang Buyi said: "You don't need to know this, you just need to know that in the next two years, you need to collect as much grain as possible and be ready to release it at a fair price at any time. Is this condition possible?"

Mao Chengfu took a deep look at Zhang Buyi and saw that Zhang Buyi had determined the approximate time period, with a strange light shining in his eyes.

"No problem, don't say flat price. As long as the Taoist leader needs it, we can give you food at half price or even for free."

But Zhang Buyi shook his head and said: "What Pindao wants is not just a day or two of relief. If that's the case, Pindao doesn't need to ask you, the head of the grain merchant, to do it. He can just find someone to do it."

What Pindao wants is long-lasting and stable food. No matter how rich your family is, they won't be able to last long."

"Understood!" Mao Chengfu nodded without saying anything more.

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Chapter completed!