Lin Sen and Lin Lin heard that the person lying on the stretcher was He Er, the housekeeper of the He family, who was arrested at the inn.
The sympathy that was still there on his face disappeared in an instant, and his face was quickly replaced by a look of annoyance.
However, the two of them just stared at He Er lying on the stretcher hatefully, standing aside with a blank look on their faces, saying nothing, and scratching He Er's body over and over again with their eyes. .
In front of several innate strong men, they had no qualifications to speak at all, so they had to use this method to eliminate the hatred in their hearts.
Seeing that his good intentions had been made clear, the old man waved his hand and asked the four stretcher-carrying servants to carry the stretcher away together with the people on it.
When the four servants carried the stretcher away, the old man gently cupped his hands and said: "Brother Gu, I won't stay here anymore, take my leave."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
City Lord Ouyang and Gu Tian accompanied him until they arrived outside the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, then stood still and stopped seeing him far away.
"Master Gu, let's go back to the small courtyard and sit there for a while."
City Lord Ouyang looked at Gu Tian and raised his hand to say "please".
"Okay, let's not bother City Lord Ouyang."
Gu Tian turned around and walked back.
He saw that Lin Sen and Lin Lin were always looking at the several carts of goods outside the door, and then he understood and said, "You two go Check the goods to see if they are all in order.”
"Yes."
Brother and sister Lin Sen and Lin Lin agreed happily, jumped down the stone steps in large strides, and rushed to the several carts of goods in front of the door.
Gu Tian smiled and shook his head, turned around, and returned to the small courtyard with City Lord Ouyang.
Returning to the room in the small courtyard, the table had long been cleaned up and covered with a layer of pale white gauze.
A cylindrical teapot was placed on it, with several white porcelain teacups surrounding it.
City Lord Ouyang picked up the teapot, turned over the two white porcelain teacups, filled the two cups with tea one after another, and pushed one of them in front of Gu Tian.
"The water for making tea is spring water from Mount Burao, and the tea leaves are picked from the mother tree on Mount Burao.
Master Gu takes a sip and tastes it."
Gu Tian picked up the tea cup, blew away a few tea leaves floating on it, and took a sip with his mouth.
The tea tastes slightly bitter in the mouth, but soon a hint of sweetness appears in the mouth, and the fragrance is lingering on the tip of the tongue, which is endless aftertaste.
Even a person who does not know how to taste tea can feel that it is good tea.
"Good tea."
After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Tian gave it a thumbs up.
City Lord Ouyang smiled, filled up Gu Tian's cup again, put down the teapot, and sat back in his seat.
Gu Tian held the tea cup in his hand, shook it a few times, smelled the aroma of tea, and waited for Ouyang City Lord to take the initiative to mention the purpose of calling him back here.
The atmosphere in the room slowly became solemn.
After a while, City Lord Ouyang suddenly said: "Master Gu, do you want to participate in this competition on behalf of the He family?
If Master Gu insists on taking action, I will give up my position as City Lord."
Gu Tian was stunned for a moment, and then said in confusion: "What are you trying to do to compete with City Lord Ouyang?
Why should you give up the position of City Lord?"
"Master Gu, didn't you accept the thousand-year-old ginseng from the He family for the purpose of fighting for the master of Youlan City?"
City Master Ouyang looked at Gu Tian in confusion.
Gu Tian frowned, shook his head and said, "This is the first time I have come to Youlan City.
I don't even know what the battle for the city lord is, so how can I participate in the battle for the city lord."
City Lord Ouyang only thought about it for a moment, then understood and laughed loudly: "Haha, I understand, it turns out that the old guy from the He family misunderstood."
Gu Tian put down the tea cup in his hand and asked: "Misunderstanding, Brother He, what did you misunderstand?"
"Master Gu, you should have never been to Youlan City."
City Lord Ouyang said with certainty.
Gu Tian rolled his eyes and thought to himself, isn't this nonsense?
I just said it was my first time to come to Orchid City.
Could it be that the memory of you, the city lord, can only exist for a moment.
However, he smiled at City Lord Ouyang and repeated: "That's right, this is indeed your first time coming to Orchid City."
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"That's right."
City Lord Ouyang said uncharacteristically excitedly: "Master Gu, can you please take out the sandalwood box that Old Man He gave you?"
"No problem."
Gu Tian agreed, waved his hand and took it out in his arms.
A sandalwood box appeared out of thin air in his hand and placed it on the table.
"City Lord Ouyang, please take a look."
City Lord Ouyang carefully brought the sandalwood box to his eyes, held the box with one hand, and opened the lid of the box with the other hand.
As soon as the lid of the sandalwood box was opened, a faint and fragrant herbal fragrance came out from inside, and soon filled the entire room.
The smell was soothing, as if bathed in sunshine, the whole thing became full of vitality.
Although he knew that he could only take a look at the thousand-year-old ginseng in the sandalwood box, he still couldn't help but swallow, and the thought of possessing it emerged in his mind.
After a change of thought, I took one last greedy look at the thousand-year-old ginseng inside, my breathing became unnaturally rapid, and I pushed it to Gu Tian with great reluctance.
"This thing is Millennium Ginseng, a treasure that Old Man He has collected for more than ten years."
Gu Tian took it over and looked at it.
Inside was a ginseng that was almost human-shaped.
The root was densely covered with many whiskers and was very well preserved.
The ginseng is surrounded by a circle of red silk cloth, holding the ginseng in the middle like stars holding the moon.
This shows how much the original owner cared about this thousand-year-old ginseng.
Gu Tian closed the lid, and the scent of herbs was suddenly blocked out by the sandalwood box.
The scent of herbs floating in the room, like a rootless source, quickly dissipated in the room.
He gently placed his fingers on the sandalwood box and slid it.
The box disappeared from the table and was put into the storage bag in his arms.
Although he is not worried about City Lord Ouyang snatching the thousand-year-old ginseng, it is human nature to keep wealth secret, so he will naturally keep the precious stuff away.
"City Master Ouyang, could it be that Brother He's matter has something to do with this thousand-year-old ginseng?"
Gu Tian guessed it in his heart when he saw City Master Ouyang hesitate to speak.
City Lord Ouyang nodded and said: "It is related to this.
A year ago, the He family announced a message that as long as there is an innate strong person willing to compete for the position of the Lord of Orchid City for the He family, this thousand-year-old ginseng will be given as compensation. he."
"Don't the city lord of Youlan City have to be a member of the three major families of Youlan City?
Can outsiders also compete for it?"
Gu Tian raised his eyebrows and said.
"You can participate, but you can only represent the He family, the Xu family and one of our three Ouyang families.
After winning, the position of the city lord can only be that of our three families."
Ouyang city lord explained.
"That means that if I accept this thousand-year-old ginseng, I will fight on behalf of the He family."
Gu Tian frowned, feeling very dissatisfied with the He family's secret plot against him.
In an instant, the impression of the old man from the He family in his mind plummeted.
"That's why I said, Master Gu, this is your first time in Youlan City.
You definitely don't know about Thousand-Year Ginseng, so you really accept Thousand-Year Ginseng as a gift from the He family."
City Lord Ouyang said with a smile, "That's it.
The Lin family’s goods are not worth the price of a thousand-year-old ginseng.”
Gu Tian slowly picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and then looked at the water ripples spreading in the cup without saying a word.
No one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
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