Chapter 7: The Beginning (17)
"My name is Ru Hui, and I am the owner of this Xuanyu Pavilion. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The woman's flower-like smile is the warmth of the veins, which is more tender than the peach blossoms in March.
Xiaoxue retracted her past memories and looked at the woman named Ru Hui, she could see at a glance that the woman was the shopkeeper, and the little girl's call, presumably this was a pair of sisters. Coincidentally, she also has a sister who has studied spices, but people make perfumes for a living, and her sister simply likes to collect spices, and rarely burns incense or incense, except for the Yaoyue Qiongfang she sent.
"Boss, you know Yaoyue Qiongfang so well, do you have this kind of fragrance?" Xiao Xue smiled sweetly at others.
"Hey, do you really want to buy it?" Bai Fan pushed Xiaoxue with his elbow and whispered, "I don't have much money with me." ”
He is not a rich man, and even if he buys it, he can't afford it.
"Stingy, it's so stingy to borrow some money. Rest assured, it will be returned to you later. Xiaoxue looked up at him, "A big man can't be too stingy, otherwise he won't have a wife in the future." ”
"You're so open-mouthed. Bai Fan's face turned red for a while, and he turned away, too lazy to take care of her.
Xiaoxue didn't look at him either, and asked Ru Hui: "Can you sell it?" Of course, this was asking her if she could sell Yaoyue Qiongfang.
Ru Hui didn't expect the guest to be so straightforward, so her first reaction was not to respond to the question, but to be stunned for a moment. Xiaoxue didn't care about her reaction, she just looked at the store casually, very leisurely.
Ru Hui was only stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "I'm afraid I'll disappoint the guests, although I know this fragrance, but there is indeed no Yaoyue Qiongfang." ”
Xiaoxue had already guessed her answer, and she was not embarrassed, her finger was on a box, and her eyes were half lowered. said: "Yaoyue Qiongfang is hard to find, the proprietress must have another fragrance here." ”
"Girl, don't play dumb riddles, let's be clear. Ru Hui said politely, she stroked the little girl's head in her arms, and looked at the girl in front of her with a light smile. Immersed in the underground black market for many years, she has already developed a pair of vicious eyes, and her ability to recognize people and things has reached the point of perfection, so at first glance, she knew that the guests who came today were good, especially this young girl.
The people who can come to the black market are usually not ordinary people, and there are many famous and powerful people in all directions, and it is not surprising that they are thieves and capable people on the rivers and lakes.
The black market is a place where there are many fish and dragons, three religions and nine streams, there are dirty and filthy things prevailing here, there is no law, benevolence, righteousness and morality to speak, and the people who live here only believe in one - the law of the jungle, only money and power determine your survival. The strong dominate everything, while the weak can only prostrate and subordinate.
True natural selection, survival of the fittest.
She was mixed in the rivers and lakes when she was a child, and lived a period of wandering, and then came to the underground black market, and after years of hard work, she had the store Xuanyuge. There is a place in the black market. She understands the rules of survival here, and if she is careful, she will be fine, and she has struggled through a gap in the treacherous place to survive. She has not lived an easy life, and the hardships she has experienced, all of which have made her who she is today, no matter when and where, she will be the first to find all the traces of danger hidden under the surface, so as to seize the factors in her favor to save the only life.
But her always confident observation of words and colors did not work on this girl, she observed for a long time, and found that she could not dig out more information from the girl.
This is a rare occurrence.
She couldn't help but wonder about the girl's true identity.
People who can hide themselves without leaving a trace are generally veterans who are very profound, and those who can deceive others are masters of disguise.
The only person she can't see through is only one kind of person - a fellow practitioner.
But, the girl is not. She obviously found that there was a hint of nobility on the girl's body, which was a natural temperament. Although every word and deed has the coquettishness of a little girl, this temperament is difficult to ignore, and it is even more difficult to approach, like a mist covering her eyes, she can only see a vague outline.
"Ru Hui's boss lady, she keeps staring at others, it's a bit rude. ”
Although Xiaoxue turned her back to someone, it was not difficult to notice that someone was looking at her intently, she changed her name, not intentionally sarcastic about the other party, but actually wanted to remind that person that her behavior was a bit excessive.
"You want to know what I'm going to buy from you, don't worry, you must have it, I won't embarrass you. She turned around and said leisurely, "I want to buy ghost incense." ”
The shop was silent, and the smoke of incense was swirling, dyed with the faint fragrance of each body.
The light smile on Ru Hui's lips was calm for a while, and her eyes gradually became cold.
"How do you know about this incense?" Bai Fan broke the silence, "This is an incense extracted from a dead man, where did you hear about it from a girl's family?"
"You are really lonely, and the ghost fragrance has a real name, which is that Yuan Lan Qi. The incense we smelled before we came. Xiaoxue looked at Ru Hui, her eyes did not squint, and she only hastily explained Bai Fan's astonishment.
"Where did you get so much erudition?" Bai Fan was too surprised to ask for a while.
Xiaoxue replied lightly, "It's just a matter of hearing and seeing." ”
There are many well-informed and knowledgeable people in the family, who grew up in a group of elites, and she is really stupid if she doesn't know some knowledge. To put it bluntly, she is not a talented woman with much knowledge, but her family is really better than the other, she has listened a lot, and naturally she is a little really talented.
"Ghost incense...... Yuan Lanqian ...... "For a moment, Ru Hui thought about it a thousand times in her heart, and only after waking up did she understand the meaning of the guest's words, "You are from the outer world. She looked at them steadily.
Xiaoxue looked at Bai Fan, "What is the Outer Dao?"
"If you want to enter the black market, you must be recommended by people on the road to enter, most people will take a specific black road, and only a few people enter the black market through other channels in order to disguise their identity or purpose. We don't have shark beads, and we don't have anyone to recommend us, so we are naturally from outside. Bai Fan said.
"In this case...... Xiao Xue thought of the three people who came in before them, the woman named Feng Niang opened a black shop, and brought two merchants to the black market, it seems that she is the introducer.
Xiaoxue didn't understand what was worth their risk in a black shop and a black market.
"Why do you want ghost incense? What are you thinking about when I speak?" Bai Fan spoke, but found that the girl was wandering again, and couldn't help but laugh: "Smell that fragrance again?"
"Nope. Xiaoxue replied in deep thought, and then her eyes began to drift away.
Bai Fan crossed his arms and found a comfortable position to lean on the counter, looking at her for a long time.
A man and a woman, standing and looking, the beautiful picture wafts through the fragrance, heavily imprinted on the bottom of the heart of the person who watches, leaving a touch of incense lingering on the tip of the nose for a long time.
Ru Hui frowned, his face was like frost, and he looked at the two of them carefully, not letting go of a trace of detail, but it was in vain, these two people seemed to be in chains, and they couldn't open it, how to see what was inside.
"I do have Yuanlan cocoon, but I can't sell it. ”
After a long time, she gave up the inquiry and said with a little worry.
Xiaoxue was brought back to her senses by these words, and raised her eyes to her: "Why can't you sell it?"
"Someone has already ordered this incense from me, and my Yuanlan Coconut is for someone else. ”
"Looks like I don't have a chance. ”
"Don't be disappointed, girl, although the shop can't sell incense to you, there is still a chance that you may be able to get Yaoyue Qiongfang. ”
Xiaoxue raised her head, the woman in front of her was a head taller than her, "What chance?" she asked.
Ru Hui narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Today happens to be an auction once a month, and there are many people who have collected strange things from all over the world to trade here, perhaps among them is Yaoyue Qiongfang, after all, although this kind of incense only appears in books, if you want to find it, it may not be impossible."
"It must be a great way for two guests to come in from the outside world, why not go to the East Market, where there is a casino, and the auction is there. ”
Bai Fan raised his eyebrows, looked at Xiaoxue obliquely, and said, "The casino in the underground black market is not for ordinary people, should we go?"
Xiaoxue curled her mouth and smiled: "Of course I went, can I not go to such a fun place!"