Chapter 1548: Earn a Little Money, Tomb Demoness

It’s just past midsummer.

The five people left Taohua Island and arrived at Lin'an Pier.

At this point, everyone should have gone their separate ways.

Su Mingzhe called over several of his junior brothers and sisters:
"It's a long journey to deliver the letter. If you rely on your own legs to walk, I'm afraid your legs will be broken. I suggest that you go to the horse market first and buy a walking stick to save time on the road!"

"Big Brother is right, we think so too!"

Yang Guo, Da Wu and Xiao Wu have wanted to ride horses for a long time.

Unfortunately, there was only one little red horse on Peach Blossom Island, and it had a very stubborn temper. It would only let Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Guo Fu ride it.

This time when leaving Peach Blossom Island, Guo Jing gave the little red horse to Guo Fu to ride.

As they chatted and laughed, they arrived at the horse market in the eastern suburbs of the city.

After a while.

Five people walked out with gloomy expressions.

Xiao Wu was even more indignant and said:
"A horse is priced at fifty taels of silver. It's more expensive than a person!"

Throughout the Song Dynasty, the price of horses in Jiangnan was very expensive.

Here, the price of an old ox for plowing the fields is about five or six taels of silver.

The price of servants and maids sold by human traffickers was about five to ten taels of silver.

The starting price for an ordinary castrated blue horse is fifty taels of silver.

In other words, one horse can be exchanged for ten girls or boys.

With horses being so expensive, it’s no wonder that several people were in a bad mood.

When leaving Peach Blossom Island this time, Huang Rong prepared two hundred taels of silver for each person as travel expenses.

Based on normal consumption, this money would naturally be enough for several people to use for half a year.

However, nowadays, if people want to buy horses for transportation, the money spent on purchasing horses must not be too much.

Otherwise, if you spend too much, you may not have enough money for living expenses in the second half of the year.

"Don't be discouraged. Normal horses are indeed expensive and we can't afford them. But don't forget that we are the disciples of the 'Horse God'. If we spend more money to buy horses in this horse market, it will weaken the reputation of our sect!"

The 'Horse God' that Su Mingzhe mentioned is Han Baoju, one of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

Han Baoju was the third among the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan. According to legend, he was not tall, like a dwarf, but he was an excellent horsemanship and his ability to judge horses was unparalleled in the world.

Da Wu and Xiao Wu did not understand what Su Mingzhe meant, but Yang Guo guessed it and his face lit up:
"Brother, if possible, do you want to make some money?"

"decide as things go!"

Su Mingzhe and the other four found an inn nearby to stay in. After they changed into coarse clothes, they returned to the horse market.

Under Su Mingzhe's guidance, the five of them walked around the horse market and found twelve "sick" and "to be slaughtered" horses.

Because the horses were 'sick' and 'waiting to be slaughtered', the price was naturally not expensive.

It only cost three hundred taels of silver in total.

The five men led the horses back to the inn. Su Mingzhe immediately went to the pharmacy to buy some medicine, ground it into powder, mixed it with the horse feed, and fed it to the horses.

At this point.

Da Wu, Xiao Wu and Guo Fu finally understood how Su Mingzhe was going to make money.

Two days passed.

The twelve horses are in high spirits and no longer show any of their former sickly signs.

Su Mingzhe and the other three each picked one horse, and the remaining eight were sold at prices of fifty or sixty taels.

After all the money they spent, including the money for medicine, they not only had four more horses, but also made a net profit of one hundred taels of silver.

Riding on the tall horse, Xiao Wu rode back and forth for a while, and then he said in high spirits:
"It's really thanks to Senior Brother that he likes reading, otherwise we would have to tighten our belts in the second half of the year!" Guo Fu was very happy holding the forty taels of silver that Su Mingzhe gave her.

When she heard Xiao Wu's words, she agreed in her heart.

However, due to the habit of living together on the island for many years, she started to complain:
"Big Brother is just a bookworm. He has almost torn all the books on the island apart!"

After hearing this, Yang Guo responded rudely:

"My senior brother wouldn't read a worn-out book. He has a very good memory and never reads a book a second time!"

Seeing that Yang Guo had already heated up the conversation as soon as he opened his mouth, Su Mingzhe could only laugh and say:

"Don't worry about the book. We will say goodbye today and we won't see each other again until half a year later. You must be careful on your way. If you encounter any problems, go to the Beggars' Sect first. Don't deal with them blindly..."

The four junior brothers and sisters were fed up with the nagging and hurriedly bowed and said goodbye.

Guo Fu, Da Wu and Xiao Wu were sending the letter in the south direction, and they were temporarily heading in the same direction.

Yang Guo headed west.

And Su Mingzhe was heading north.

After leaving Lin'an.

Su Mingzhe first rode to Wuxi, and then crossed the river to the north.

The twenty or so letters he had on him needed to go from Jiangbei to Qi and Lu, through Bianliang, across Jinzhong, and finally reach Guanzhong.

This journey was full of mountains and rivers, wind and rain.

After a journey of two or three thousand miles, Su Mingzhe was afraid that his mount could not bear the hardships of the journey, so every time he rode, he used his immortal energy to comb its meridians and relieve its fatigue.

When resting at night, I don’t forget to feed him some herbal soup that I prepared myself to help treat hidden diseases.

After traveling like this for more than a month, they had left Shanxi and arrived in Guanzhong.

And the mount is still in high spirits.

At this moment, Su Mingzhe only had a letter from Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain in his hand.

Thinking that Chongyang Palace was just a stone's throw away, the Little Dragon Girl in the ancient tomb seemed to be waving at him.

A light called desire began to bloom in Su Mingzhe's eyes.

Young man in the arena, old horse hoof,
The wind is so strong that my eyes are blurred.

After all the storms, the sword is still there.
Throwing swords, drinking wine and wearing straw raincoats!

Seeing that Mount Zhongnan was already in sight, Su Mingzhe inevitably became excited:
"I don't know. The little dragon girl who grew up in the ancient tomb is somewhat similar to Wang Yuyan in "Tian Long". Well, their temperaments are definitely very different..."

"Besides, without Yang Guo, this troublemaker, 'Madame Rong' should still be alive and well..."

"I don't know if my plan to promote Xiao Long Nu will be blocked by 'Madame Rong'. If that doesn't work, I can only..."

While he was plotting in his mind the plan to overthrow Xiao Long Nu, he had unknowingly arrived at the foot of Mount Zhongnan.

Su Mingzhe was just about to eat something at the town at the foot of the mountain before heading up the mountain, when he saw two Taoists walking out of the town, humming as they walked:

"The little witch from the Tomb Clan and that old witch are really powerful. The five of us took on two women and they still hurt someone! Fortunately, the little witch was hit by a sword and ran away. The only thing left is the old witch, so she had to surrender..."

"The little witch from the Tomb Sect? The old witch?"

"Little Dragon Girl and Grandma Sun?"

When Su Mingzhe heard this, his head was about to explode:
"Why did the Taoist priests from Chongyang Palace fight with Xiao Longnu?"

"Little Dragon Girl was also hit by a sword, and Granny Sun was also captured!"

Unable to figure out what was going on, Su Mingzhe didn't bother to think too much and quickly expanded his spiritual sense. He saw an injured young girl lying in the grass several miles away.

In the town’s only inn a few hundred meters away, an old woman in her fifties or sixties was tied up and thrown into the woodshed.

"Wait until I rescue my wife first, then I'll settle the score with you!"

Su Mingzhe gave the two Taoists a vicious look and didn't bother to settle accounts with them. He immediately drove his horse towards "Little Dragon Girl"!
(End of this chapter)