There's something wrong with me

Half an hour.

Xiao Wuzi walked and turned, arriving at the northern streets of Lin City.

Before entering the palace, he was a local of Lin City, the imperial capital, and was very familiar with this area.

He also knew that there was a 'know-it-all of the Jianghu' in the north of Lin City.

This was because before Xiao Wuzi entered the palace, he leaned towards being a wandering knight, often mingling with all sorts of people in the Jianghu, and that's how he learned about this.

But six years have passed now, and he doesn't know if this 'know-it-all' is still around.

Similarly, Zhang Feng asked Xiao Wuzi to handle this matter because he valued his past as a 'Jianghu person'.

It's always easier and faster for a Jianghu person to inquire about Jianghu affairs, and it doesn't interfere with their own cultivation.

At the same time.

Xiao Wuzi, like a Jianghu person, lowered his hat brim and quickly passed through several bustling streets.

He arrived at a large alley area.

Following his memory, he turned into a small alley that could only accommodate two people.

After turning back and forth like this, he arrived at an area of buildings similar to a courtyard house.

This is the old city in the alleys of the North City.

"Uncle ~"

Facing him was a brothel, with people coming and going on the small street, no less lively than the bustling main street of Lin City.

Xiao Wuzi didn't stop and continued walking north.

After walking for about two li, there were more alleys ahead.

'I hope the Jianghu know-it-all is still there...'

After praying a few times in his heart, he turned into a familiar alley.

After passing through about two small paths.

He bent down in a deserted alley, looked left and right, and then patted the wall next to him.

Dong dong—

The sound was hollow.

'This is it! I found it!'

Xiao Wuzi was also looking for the know-it-all for the first time; he had only heard that he could be found here before.

At the same time, a brick was moved from the inside at about waist height, and a male voice, sometimes hoarse and old, sometimes low and young, came out,

"Seeking stone or seeking road?"

'Password?' Xiao Wuzi paused for a few seconds, recalling the 'password' his Jianghu companions had taught him, and replied,

"Inquiring about people and asking about things."

If he answered incorrectly, the people inside would evacuate through the tunnel.

Fortunately, Xiao Wuzi had a good memory, and the password hadn't changed.

The person inside said again: "One tael to throw a stone."

Xiao Wuzi didn't hesitate, took out one tael from his purse, and handed it in through the small opening.

The person inside seemed to be checking the authenticity of the silver in the dark, and after more than ten seconds, said again: "Please ask your question, young hero."

"Rock Stone Fruit."

Although Xiao Wuzi was a eunuch, his physiological voice was fixed when he was purified, and now his voice is the same as a normal man's.

"Where in the city can I buy this fruit?"

"As far as I know, there is no Rock Stone Fruit in the city now."

The person inside replied: "But in half a year, three people in the city will have it."

"Who?" Xiao Wuzi asked.

"Not enough."

The person inside stopped talking.

Xiao Wuzi didn't hesitate and took out another tael to hand in.

"Not enough."

The person inside shook his head, "Two taels."

'So black...' Xiao Wuzi's left ring finger moved, but he added another tael.

The person inside then said: "Shopkeeper Chen of the herbal medicine shop in the north of the city, he deals in Rock Stone Fruit, and also has people in the Southern Border. He should have it in half a year.

The other two are uncertain, so I won't mention their names.

But if Shopkeeper Chen doesn't have it in half a year, come here again, and I will tell you the names of the other two.

If I am not here at that time, go to the big willow tree in the north of the city at Chen Shi on the twenty-second day of the eleventh month, and I will have someone relay the message.

Don't worry, young hero, since I have taken your money, I will not break my promise to you."

"Thank you."

Hearing this familiar Jianghu tone, Xiao Wuzi couldn't help but miss the past, and readily cupped his fist.

The person inside shook his head, "Young hero, let me give you a word of advice.

The aura of the palace is too heavy on you, you are no longer a Jianghu person, so don't perform Jianghu etiquette.

Calling you a young hero is because you once had affection for the Jianghu."

The words fell.

Hua—

The brick was closed.

...

Half an hour later.

Xiao Wuzi arrived at Shopkeeper Chen's place in the north of the city.

Perhaps it was the know-it-all's warning.

Xiao Wuzi also subconsciously relaxed his body, trying to show the dashing spirit of a Jianghu person.

And coincidentally.

Xiao Wuzi had really heard of this Shopkeeper Chen.

Because his adoptive father had once worked as a servant in the harem, and was also a eunuch.

It's just that he has passed away for many years now.

'Perhaps he used the connections left by his adoptive father to do this forbidden fruit business.'

Xiao Wuzi thought in his heart, came to the back door of the herbal medicine shop, and knocked on the door.

Because it was late at night, the front door was closed.

"Who is it?"

After Xiao Wuzi knocked about ten times.

A middle-aged voice came from inside, it was Shopkeeper Chen.

He was quite bold, or perhaps he thought the security in the capital was good, so he opened a crack in the door in the middle of the night and looked at Xiao Wuzi standing outside.

Xiao Wuzi was straightforward and asked directly: "Shopkeeper Chen, I heard that you will have Rock Stone Fruit in half a year. Can you keep it for me? How much is the deposit? I can bring it tomorrow."

Xiao Wuzi only had five taels of uncut silver and some copper coins on him now.

He thought it probably wasn't enough.

"Did you hear it from the know-it-all?"

Shopkeeper Chen was a shrewd person and saw through it in one word, but he also denied: "You can't believe what he says. How dare I buy and sell such a deadly forbidden drug?

Do I not want to live? Or do you not want to live?"

Shopkeeper Chen chuckled a few times and was about to close the door.

Xiao Wuzi pushed the door and didn't let him close it.

But it was precisely when Xiao Wu made a move that his body subconsciously bent slightly.

Shopkeeper Chen was knowledgeable and often prescribed medicine for some wealthy families, so he saw that he didn't look like a Jianghu knight, but rather like a servant from some wealthy family.

"What are you looking at?"

Xiao Wuzi saw the shopkeeper sizing him up and subconsciously wanted to cover his face with his sleeves.

However, this wave of sleeves brought a faint sandalwood scent, which made Shopkeeper Chen's heart skip a beat.

'Peppermint? Yu Yun wood? Purple agarwood?

Bad! It's a grand eunuch from the palace!'

He was horrified and quickly said: "Please move on, distinguished guest. I don't have what you want to buy here, and I can't receive what you want!

The imperial court explicitly prohibits forbidden drugs. If he dared to say he could receive them, wouldn't that be courting death?

Not to mention that the other party was a grand eunuch who could use purple agarwood!

According to his official position, he was at least a Zheng fifth rank!

Before his adoptive father passed away, he had barely reached this level.

Xiao Wuzi didn't move his feet, but instead stared intently: "You recognized that I am from the palace?

That's right, your father is Eunuch Liang. It's not surprising that you can identify people from the palace."

"You know my father?"

Shopkeeper Chen's hand holding the door paused slightly, "Are you from the harem?"

"Don't ask too much."

Xiao Wuzi pretended to be profound and unpredictable: "You help my master collect medicine, and I will give you a deposit.

When I get the medicine, you and I will go our separate ways."

Shopkeeper Chen didn't reply, but fell into thought.

Xiao Wuzi didn't urge him and waited quietly.

About a few dozen breaths passed.

After thinking it over, Shopkeeper Chen felt that this eunuch didn't seem to be here to investigate him, but really seemed to be here to buy medicine, so he cupped his fists and said:

"Since the eunuch has already come to me, I also know that this matter is difficult to refuse.

If I refuse, I will definitely suffer a great disaster."

Although Shopkeeper Chen didn't know who the 'master' standing behind this eunuch was, he also knew that he was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

After all, the person who could drive a fifth-rank eunuch was at least a concubine or something.

"Now I only hope that the eunuch will be merciful and let me go after you get the medicine."

He now only wanted to 'try his best' to clear the relationship and didn't want to get involved with the people in the palace.

Because his father was a person in the harem, he naturally knew that the water in the harem was very deep.

Don't look at his sharp eyes, but the concubines and nobles in the harem have eight hundred schemes in one sentence, and they can play him to death without repeating themselves.

Therefore, he didn't want to move into the harem's power struggles, and he didn't want to know what Xiao Wuzi was buying medicine for.

But if he knew that Xiao Wuzi was Seventh Prince's man.

Then he wouldn't be reluctant to get involved, but would try every means to beg to hug Seventh Prince's thigh.