Chapter 104: Ghost City

The beggars of the Fengtan Gang fought on the grounds that the Tanzhou Gang had crossed the border to beg, and Han and Li were worried that they would no longer be able to keep an eye on the three big men in the official post, so they came to help. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Fengtan helped the beggars with poor skills, and was subdued by Han and Li, so he had to leave in a huff, and he didn't seem to be convinced in his words. "That's it for now! Next time, if you dare to give alms to the people of the Tanzhou Gang in our realm, then we will not be polite! ā€

sent away the beggars of the Fengtan Gang, and they were safe for half a day. When night fell, the people in the city went home, and when the street was deserted, Han and Li looked out of the window. I saw that the four Tanzhou Gang beggars were still leaning against the corner, chatting in a low voice, and their eyes were closely watching the official post. Han Xiaoyue said with a little reassurance: "You see, the people of the Tanzhou Gang are quite kind, and they haven't relaxed for a moment. Li Jingxian nodded and said, "Yes, the Tanzhou Gang is really exquisite!" It's just that I don't know what happened to them, but they were bullied like this by those people in the Fengtan Gang. As they spoke, they yawned twice and went to bed.

Li Jingxian made an appointment with the beggars of the Tanzhou Gang, and if the three Han men left the official post, they would make a cuckoo call. As soon as the cuckoo sounded, Han and Li would immediately get up and chase them out to see what was going on. When it was ugly, before the cuckoo chirped, Han Xiaoyue suddenly opened her eyes and stood up. He suddenly had a nightmare that Long Yan had been inhumanly abused in Fangcaohui, and was crying and begging her for help, which was exactly what he had been worried about for days. He firmly believes that as long as he does not appear, Long Yan will not be threatened. Of course, as rumored in the rivers and lakes, if the owner of Fang Caohui is violent and perverse and does not follow the usual routine, then it is not impossible to be ruthless to Long Yan.

"I hope what I'm worried about won't happen, otherwise I'll regret it for the rest of my life......," Han Xiaoyue thought silently in her heart, "Yan'er, you must wait for me!" Han Xiaoyue was thinking about it, when she suddenly felt that there seemed to be a voice talking softly behind the wall next to her. The sound came and went, and from time to time there was the sound of vessels clashing. "It's so late, why is the next room so noisy?" Han Xiaoyue thought about it, pricked up her ears to listen, and sure enough, she heard the sound of porcelain and jade colliding. Han Xiaoyue couldn't help but be curious, and she had no intention of sleeping at this time, so she gently got up and put on her clothes. Li Jingxian was still asleep on the other bed at the moment, so he gently pushed the door open.

When the door opened, he couldn't help but be shocked. I saw that the entire corridor on the second floor of the inn, except for his own room, the other rooms were lit with dazzling lights, illuminating the attic on the second floor very dazzling. "What the hell is going on?" Han Xiaoyue thought secretly, and walked towards the lighted room next door, only to hear the sound of the conversation between the two in the room.

"I said old man, you can see clearly, this is a treasure that Prime Minister Cao Cheng picked up during the Three Kingdoms period."

"Of course I see it clearly, the bronze lord of the Spring and Autumn Chu Kingdom. I'm not doubting the authenticity of your thing, but the price...... Can't be negotiable anymore? ā€

"Old man, as soon as I get out of this house, I'm sure I'll sell it in half an hour, and it's even higher than that! Do you believe it? ā€

After hearing this, Han Xiaoyue secretly said in her heart: "It turned out to be a trader who stole and sold cultural relics!" Thinking about it, he took two more steps to the door of another room, and heard someone inside discussing the price of a golden bowl in the Tang Palace. It turned out that these people were not only selling unearthed cultural relics, but also court goods. This couldn't help but make Han Xiaoyue very surprised, why did such a transaction occur in this small inn?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a person walk out of a room, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, and there was a "ding" sound inside. The man went out and saw Han Xiaoyue looking at him, so he smiled and said, "If you want to buy a baby, please move!" So saying, he went downstairs. Then, four or five people followed out of the door. After a while, the guests from the other rooms came out, all with various pockets. They were accompanied by twenty or thirty buyers, all of whom were heading in the same direction.

Han Xiaoyue followed the crowd out, turned left and entered the narrow alley on the edge of the inn. Several vendors with pockets stood in their respective positions as if agreed, and displayed the contents of their pockets on the ground one by one. Han Xiaoyue's eyes were opened at this moment, these items were some exquisite vases and porcelain, and even large vessels with crane and dragon totems that had only been seen in the court. In an instant, forty or fifty buyers gathered in the deserted street, communicating with each other and buying and selling, and the sound was very small, like dozens of ghosts whispering.

Han Xiaoyue walked to a stall and squatted down, and saw that the small bowl made of jade was very delicate, so she picked it up and looked at it in the moonlight. Seeing this, the stall vendor smiled and said, "This little brother has good eyesight, and he has taken a fancy to this bowl at a glance." This bowl is not simple! As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the inside of the bowl, "This is the jade bowl used by our emperor, which is made of a whole piece of Baiyue Burmese jade, and the lines inside are like a giant dragon rising into the sky." Han Xiaoyue looked in the direction of his finger, and this emerald green jade bowl did show a sense of a giant dragon soaring through the clouds and fog in the moonlight.

"It's really good...... Han Xiaoyue muttered to herself. Of course, he doesn't understand jade, but whether it's true or not, at least he does work hard in the workmanship. The vendor laughed and said, "If the little brother likes it, then it is better to give a good price!" Han Xiaoyue paused and asked, "However, if this bowl is for the emperor's royal use, how can it appear in your stall?" If the origin of it is unknown, I'm afraid I really wouldn't dare to buy it. Han Xiaoyue wanted to test the origin of this bowl through such methods, so she showed her affection.

When the merchant saw that he was playing with it repeatedly in his hand, and that he was very fond of it, he smiled and said, "Little brother, let me tell you directly." This bowl was entrusted to me by a friend and asked me to help sell it, and I only got a commission after the fact. Han Xiaoyue asked, "Could it be that your friend is someone from His Majesty's side?" The vendor shook his head and said, "My friend also entrusted him with a friend and asked him to help resell it." And the people who entrusted it to my friend's friend are the people who are close to His Royal Highness the current Prince. ā€

Han Xiaoyue was confused when she heard this, and said with a suspicious expression: "Why are so many hands resold here?" The vendor laughed, "It's not complicated. His Royal Highness instructed his subordinates to sell this jade bowl, and his subordinates found his friends, and his friends found my friends, and my friends found me. Those of us only take a part of the commission from it, but in the end it is His Majesty the Prince who gets the money, understand? As he spoke, the vendor put away his smile and lowered his voice even more and continued, "How can this kind of thing appear in a daytime market?" If this is the case, isn't it equivalent to telling the people of the whole world that His Royal Highness the prince is short of money, and the court is short of money? ā€

Only then did Han Xiaoyue understand that the "His Royal Highness the Prince" in his mouth was the owner of this bowl, and nodded: "So, you guys will take it out and sell it at night?" The vendor looked Han Xiaoyue up and down, suspicious in his heart, and realized that he didn't really want to buy this bowl, so he reached out and snatched the jade bowl and said, "Little brother, you can't sleep at night, come to the ghost market to tease me?" After asking so much, do you buy it or not? ā€

"Ghost City?" Han Xiaoyue muttered to herself. The vendor snorted and said, "It's been a long time, but you don't know that this is the ghost market in Tanzhou?" As he spoke, he pointed to a few vendors around him and said, "Those royal families and nobles have no silver to use, so they will hand over some valuable things at home to us to sell." These people still want to save face, and it is impossible for them to sell in the market in broad daylight. This ghost market has been on display for more than a year, and it has never sold fakes! As he spoke, the vendor waved his hand and continued, "Little brother, see if you really want it. If it's okay, I won't make small talk to you. With that, he wiped the jade bowl and put it beside him.

"I know both princes, either Li Zhongyu or Li Zhongxuan. Who is so down that they want to sell their property? Could it be that the finances of the Tang State are already so unable to make ends meet, and they have to rely on reselling these things to raise military spending? "If you ask directly, I'm afraid that the two princes won't admit it. Han Xiaoyue thought about it, so she decided to buy this bowl first, and then ask the reason, so that there was evidence. At this time, the vendor was a little impatient and said, "Little brother, if you don't buy it, you will be troubled, but don't get in the way of others!" ā€

Han Xiaoyue smiled when she heard this: "Okay, I'll just buy it." You make an offer! The vendor's face was happy, and he thought for a while, "Well, for the sake of your first visit to the ghost market, I won't ask you for more." Eight hundred taels, how's that? Han Xiaoyue said: "Eight hundred taels? It's too expensive! The vendor said, "Is this still expensive?" Don't forget, this is a jade bowl used by the emperor, and the prince himself took it out and sold it. As he spoke, he raised the jade bowl again and said, "Look at this color, look at this pattern, this is what the emperor is qualified to use!" ā€

Han Xiaoyue is indeed shy. Since the farewell of the dry Zen Temple, the silver taels given by Yang Fan, the Taishou of Liangcheng before, have been used up, how can he get eight hundred taels of silver? Seeing that he was so hesitant, the merchant guessed one or two: "In this way, I earn less, how about seven hundred and fifty taels?" As he spoke, he looked at Han Xiaoyue again, "Seven hundred and fifty taels, it can't be less!" ā€

"This brother, we bought it for a thousand taels!" As he spoke, a big hand reached over and picked up the jade bowl. Han Xiaoyue looked back and saw that this person was the leader of the three big men. The two big men behind him crossed their hands on their hips, and a wave of arrogance struck. When the merchant heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is a rich man at first glance!" One thousand taels, let's decide! As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to receive the money. The big man took out a pocket from his waist, and the silver taels that fell in it looked heavy, and he threw it directly to the merchant without looking at it. The vendor opened it and looked at it, nodded and smiled, "You're so refreshing!" As he spoke, he pointed to the other items under his feet and said, "Do you want to see anything else?" ā€

The big man snorted and looked at Han Xiaoyue and said, "Whatever this little brother likes, we have to buy it!" ā€