The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

"Young Master Lu, are you alright?" I heard Yan Guangbo ask with concern as soon as Lu Jing leaned against the wall.

"Ah… I just expended a bit too much energy in that battle just now and need a little rest. It's nothing serious."

Lu Jing tried his best to maintain the image of an expert who had just defeated Yama's Xiao, but in the end, he couldn't hold back and asked, "Where do I collect the money?"

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"Oh, I, Yan, will take the corpse back to the capital and hand it over to the Commissioner for inspection. The case will be closed soon, and someone will inform Young Master Lu. Then, Young Master Lu can withdraw the reward money from any of the Four Great Money Houses. As for the time, it will be forty to fifty days if fast, and seventy to eighty days if slow, before you see the money."

Not bad.

This speed wasn't particularly fast, of course, but there was no internet these days. It would take Yan Guangbo at least a month to return to the capital, and then to send the message back. The time spent going through the process was actually already very short.

After all, more than ten thousand taels of silver couldn't just be issued on a whim.

Lu Jing could understand this, and afterwards, he completed some procedures with Yan Guangbo, signing where he needed to sign and affixing his seal where he needed to, to confirm that he was the one who killed Yama's Xiao.

According to Yan Guangbo, the Imperial City Division would also send someone to verify the matter, to prevent collusion between officials and outsiders to embezzle the reward money.

Lu Jing was initially a little worried, afraid that the person verifying the matter would ask him to perform the staff technique that killed Yama's Xiao again.

But Yama's Xiao was already dead, and no one was giving him buffs. He couldn't dish out that kind of explosive damage.

However, Yan Guangbo then told Lu Jing that with Old Master Zhao as a witness, the person verifying the matter probably wouldn't come looking for him. Even if they did, it would just be a formality.

The Imperial City Division had always been very respectful towards experts, so Lu Jing was relieved.

Coming out of the Song residence, Lu Jing felt like he was floating.

There was no helping it. Having jumped from the proletariat to the shameful bourgeoisie, anyone would feel like they were floating.

Ten thousand taels of silver in the Chen Dynasty had roughly the same purchasing power as ten million yuan in his previous life.

If he just ate and drank, as long as he didn't eat delicacies every day, Lu Jing could eat until the day he died.

And his living arrangements could also be changed.

How could a millionaire still live in a leaky thatched hut? He should at least get a courtyard house in the city.

Then, he could find a matchmaker to buy a maid who could add fragrance to his sleeves… Hmm, let's forget about that. He had too many secrets, and Amu was living with him. It wasn't suitable for outsiders to appear in the house.

Speaking of Amu, Lu Jing remembered his real business, and his mind cleared up at once.

No matter how much money he had, he had to solve the problem in his dantian before he had a life to spend it.

Otherwise, if he was dead, the money would be useless.

Lu Jing waved at the wooden dummy on the roof next to him, and then the two of them disappeared into the other end of the long street.

… … … …

Xiao Yi's residence wasn't hard to find.

Lu Jing casually asked the neighbors nearby and found his house. Moreover, Xiao Yi had been single since joining Song Zhongwen, and there was no one else in his family.

Lu Jing and Amu easily climbed over the wall and went inside. Then, Young Master Lu began to carefully search the house.

He first found several weapons that Xiao Yi had collected. Normally, Lu Jing would definitely take them to exchange for money, but now that he was someone with tens of thousands of taels of wealth, so… he decided to temporarily keep them for Xiao Yi.

Then, Lu Jing found a few taels of silver and a two-hundred-tael silver note.

Hehe, small change.

Lu Jing casually pocketed them.

Xiao Yi had helped Song Zhongwen poison him first, so Lu Jing didn't feel any guilt taking the money. Besides, Xiao Yi was dead, so there was no use in keeping the silver.

Lu Jing continued to search, and also found a spring picture book on the bookshelf… Good for you, Xiao Yi. Looking at your thick eyebrows and big eyes, I didn't expect you to be such an unprincipled person in private.

Lu Jing criticized it for a while in his hand, and quickly put it back in its place.

There was no helping it. The painting skills were too clumsy, and he could barely make out the human figure. It couldn't compare to the artistic works of a certain island next door in his previous life, and Lu Jing really couldn't muster any interest.

Half an hour later, Lu Jing had turned Xiao Yi's residence upside down, and even searched many possible hiding places three or four times, but still couldn't find what he wanted.

Strange, where could that poison formula be hidden?

Lu Jing stepped on a long bench, looked around at the mess, and finally his eyes fell on a storage ticket.

The date of the storage ticket happened to be three days ago, which was the day he met Song Zhongwen at the charcoal kiln.

And the stored item was inconspicuous, a very common book called "Universal Relief Medical Formulas." This book was very popular among doctors, and almost every doctor had one.

Lu Jing had seen it in Doctor Jia's thatched cottage before.

And paying attention to that storage ticket again, Lu Jing's eyes lit up.

Where is the best place to hide a drop of water so that it is not easily discovered?

The sea.

By the same logic, where is the safest place to hide a poison formula?

That would naturally be among the prescriptions.

Lu Jing didn't hesitate any longer, grabbed the storage ticket, and ran out the door.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the streets had become noisy again.

The place where Xiao Yi stored the book was a small money house called Renhui, located in the west of the city, far from his residence.

But precisely because of this, it made this "Universal Relief Medical Formulas" even more suspicious.

This time, Lu Jing didn't stop, and ran straight into Renhui Money House, handing the storage ticket to the shopkeeper there. The latter glanced at it, turned and walked into the warehouse, and after a moment, took out a copy of "Universal Relief Medical Formulas".

Lu Jing took the book and pretended to flip through a few pages, then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the shopkeeper take out paper and pen, preparing for him to sign.

So Lu Jing imitated Xiao Yi's handwriting on the storage ticket and signed the two characters Gao Yi.

Then he saw the shopkeeper's eyelids twitch, and he looked up and said, "This thing… isn't yours?"

"Why do you say that?" Lu Jing asked, trying to remain calm.

"Because when you pick up the item, you don't sign your name, but the number agreed upon with the money house," the shopkeeper said, while already preparing to call the guards outside the door in.

However, at this moment, he heard the movement from above his head and subconsciously looked up.

When he turned his gaze back, Lu Jing had already stuffed the "Universal Relief Medical Formulas" back into his arms, "Then I won't take it."

After saying that, Lu Jing turned and walked out of the money house.

The shopkeeper looked vigilant, staring at Lu Jing's disappearing back before putting down the bell in his right hand. Then, he looked at the "Universal Relief Medical Formulas" in his arms.

The book was still the same book, but for some reason, it looked a lot newer, and there was a faint smell of ink.

The shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and he quickly chased out the door, but he couldn't see Lu Jing's shadow anymore.

ps: I got a notice from the editor that it will be on the shelves next Monday, February 1st. Please support me with the first order and monthly tickets~ In the new year, let's work hard together, and I will try to update more after it is on the shelves. ⊙﹏⊙b sweat