Although the commercial metropolis is independent of the rest of the mainland, it is not much different from the state.

It has a complete system similar to a country, there are rulers and administrators, etc., the country has a royal family, while the rulers of the commercial city are the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce is their "royal family".

It can be said that a commercial city was built by a group of merchants.

There are hundreds of metropolises in the city, large and small, which constitute the upper and lower systems of the entire commercial metropolis.

In the metropolis, the five metropolises are the core, and the other is Zhang Liang, Du Wei and Chen.

These five guilds control nearly half of the assets of the entire trading city.

Therefore, their leader naturally became the most powerful person in the entire trading city.

There is a building in the middle of the city, which is not too tall and does not occupy a wide area compared to the rest of the surrounding buildings, but it stands out from this position.

First, because it is short compared to the surrounding buildings, but also because its main structural materials are all paved with marble, the whole is thick and majestic, and the twelve Doric columns support a large corridor.

The eleven hole coupons are neatly arranged, which is very mysterious.

The outer corridors of the building are surrounded by heavily armored guards, and pedestrians are often deterred.

At this time, a group of people walked out of the building, these are the minds of the major trading houses, and they regularly come here for monthly meetings.

There are dozens of beast carts parked in the building square, most of them are four beasts and three beasts, many of which are pulled by eight beasts.

Each beast cart was accompanied by an entourage, and they were quietly waiting for their respective masters.

The men who came out of the building waved goodbye to their colleagues and ran to where their beast carts were.

After the crowd dispersed, the two appeared at the door.

One of them was dressed in coarse linen clothes, wide and fat, and if he walked down the street, no one would associate him with Zhang Tiancheng, the president of the Zhang Clan.

The tall and thin middle-aged man next to Zhang Tiancheng looked more like a businessman, wearing a purple robe with a large golden chain on his neck, carrying jade jade wrenches on the five fingers of his left hand, and holding two oval blood ruby stones in his right hand.

This person is Wei Chang, the president of the Wei Clan.

"Recently, the five neighboring countries have frequently purchased a lot of weapons from us, and it seems that each of them has a small abacus in mind!" Zhang Tiancheng said.

"Isn't this a good thing for our entire city?" Wei Chang snorted.

"For now, it is true that there is not much harm to us, but in the long run, if there is turmoil in various countries, it will be difficult for us to be immune to it!" Zhang Tiancheng said with some concern.

"You, you, why do you always think so much, who knows what will happen in the future, it's a big deal that we just roll up and leave, we don't lack anything in our position now!" Wei Chang said.

"Yes, life is really lonely!" Zhang Tiancheng also felt that Wei Chang's words were very reasonable.

As the five presidents of the trade metropolis, they can compare to a country in terms of power and wealth, and for them, there is nothing in the world that can attract their attention anymore.

Zhang Tiancheng stayed for a while and left, leaving Wei Chang alone at the door of the building.

When he saw Zhang Tiancheng get into the beast cart and disappear into the flow of people, Wei Chang turned around and walked towards a dark stone room in the corner of the building.

There was already a dark shadow standing there, and the black shadow had been observing all the changes in the outside world from beginning to end.

"It's been a long wait!" Wei Chang said as he stepped into the shadows.

However, the black shadow couldn't see the change in his expression, and just said in a hoarse voice, "You have to watch the students of Shengyuan Academy!"

"Don't worry, I won't take my life as a child's play!" Wei Chang said, "and ......"

Wei Chang wanted to speak and stopped, his face faintly showing some worry.

"Say!" the hoarse voice came from the darkness again.

Wei Chang hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his concern.

"According to the report from the spies, Shengyuan Academy has sent someone to investigate this matter!"

After he finished speaking, the black shadow man didn't respond for a long time, and Wei Chang obviously didn't know what the other party was thinking at this time.

"Good!"

Wei Chang only heard these two words, and the man seemed to be a little excited when he said these two words.

"What should we do next?" Wei Chang asked again.

"Kill one by one!"

There was another long silence, Wei Chang didn't dare to say another word, just stayed quietly aside, and he never dared to provoke the person opposite.

"Yes!" Wei Chang said these two words cautiously and exited the stone chamber.

When he reached his original position again, he looked up at the sky, and saw that two black clouds in the sky had completely obscured the sun.

"It looks like it's going to change!" Wei Chang muttered to himself......

After Qing Ming and the others entered the commercial city, they found a restaurant to live in, and the next day they went to the contact points in various parts of the college to investigate the situation of the missing students.

But after several days of investigation they did not have any information about the students who disappeared.

It wasn't until the third day that they learned some clues from a point of contact.

There were six missing students, and one of them, Huang Wei, visited the contact point, asked the person in charge of the contact point for a map of Luoqiao Town, said a few words, and then left in a hurry.

"Luoqiao Town?" Qing Ming and the others were puzzled.

"Oh, Luoqiao Town is not a small town, but the name of a trading market, located in the northwest corner of the city!" the person in charge of the contact point told Qing Ming and the others.

So, Qing Ming, Song Xuan and Han Fei walked in that direction.

However, just as they disappeared around the corner, behind them, an inconspicuous little guy also disappeared in place.

After a quarter of an hour, the three of them arrived at the northwest corner of the city.

In front of them, a stone square was erected, on which were written the three big characters "Luoqiao Town".

"It turned out to be a trading street!" Song Xuan said as he looked at the overcrowded people.

According to the person in charge of the contact point, Huang Wei asked for a map and left, saying that he was going to a place called Chunfeng Building to meet the rest of the students, and did not say much information after that.

The students did not return to the contact point until a week later, and it stands to reason that the students had to report their whereabouts and the status of the mission to the various contact points every week for remarks.

But a week later, the six students did not report to any of the city's contact points, and the heads of the contact points realized that the six might be in danger.

After weighing the pros and cons, they decided to report the matter to the academy.

"Chunfeng Building!" the three of them found the building on this street.

The building is basically at the end of the street, so there are no pedestrians on the road.

The building is slightly grotesque, the whole building is large and small, giving people the feeling that a bamboo pole holds up a stone.

The building is not as regular as the rest of the surrounding buildings, but curves and twists as if the whole building had been twisted.

"Tut-tut, this isn't as poetic as its name, Chunfeng Tower!" Song Xuan said as he clasped his hands and looked at the building in front of him slightly.

"Why do I think it's like a snake!" Han Fei said.

Qing Ming was silent, his eyes fixed on the pair of wind chimes fluttering in the wind on the top of the building......