This is an adult black panther, lying on a thick branch that stretches outward, its soft body like a snake clinging to the trunk, its huge front paws in a posture of swooping down at any time, its sharp claws sticking out of its claw sheath, firmly grasping the bark, and its two fierce eyes are waiting for the approacher of this group of invaders with anger and hunger.

A black lightning bolt swooped down on the nearest Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan was caught off guard, and was thrown to the ground by the leopard, the strong Mingguang armor on his body blocked the sharp claws of the black leopard, the leopard shook its head, and the blood basin bit his neck, Li Qingan took advantage of the situation to stuff the bow and arrow in his hand into its mouth, and with both hands free, he grabbed the leopard's neck.

The Tang army under his subordinates all panicked, and they all drew their swords and pounced, Li Qingan yelled, "You all dodge!" ”

At the moment of life and death, his wild surname was aroused, and his big hand grabbed the leopard's neck, and he turned over violently, and actually pressed the leopard under him.

The leopard's eyes were blood-red, its mouth kept spewing out a pungent fishy smell, its neck twisted desperately, and its sharp claws grabbed Li Qing'an's face, and suddenly, it screamed wildly, and gradually stopped struggling, and the luster in its eyes disappeared, revealing the gray of death.

The tail waved weakly, it finally didn't move, Li Qingan slowly pulled out the dagger from its heart, he sat weakly on the snow, and felt a little prostration.

After a long time, Li Qingan stood up, patted the snow on his body, and smiled at several stunned subordinates: "How much do you say this black panther is worth?" ”

Ten Tang soldiers surrounded him, and they talked one after another: "The year before last, Li Feishu attacked a spotted leopard and sold it for ten yuan, this kind of black panther has never been seen, and it is estimated that it is more valuable, at least twenty yuan." ”

"More than that! More than! ”

The veteran Han Jinping shook his head and said: "It was sold to the Hu merchants who came to the door, of course, the price was lowered, if you go to Bahuan City to sell it, it will be at least five times more." ”

Li Qingan put the black panther on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go to Bahuan City and sell it." ”

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Bahuan City is today's Aksu, about 200 miles away from Sulou Fengshu Fort, it is the capital of Gumo Kingdom, a big country in the Western Regions, here is the only way for Qiuci to lead to Shule, the pasture is abundant, the rivers are numerous, and it is a densely populated place since ancient times.

This afternoon, Li Qing'an, He Yanming and Qian Shu came to Bahuan City, Qian Shu deputy is called Qian Jin, is the deputy of Li Fei Yuanli, he came to Bahuan City to deal with Li Qing'an's fire chief, after entering the city, Qian Mian went to do business, made an appointment to meet the place, Li Qingan and He Yanming took the sheep's head and antlers to the shop opened by Hu Ren.

Bahuan City is not big, the houses are low, most of them are flat-roofed, made of stones, there is only one main road in the whole city to the east and west, leading directly to the palace, there are all kinds of shops densely distributed on both sides of the avenue, buying and selling gems, silverware, spices from the Lingxi region, as well as cloth, silk, tea, grain, etc. from the Central Plains region, the street is full of people, very lively, the Hu people of Bahuan City are mainly the descendants of the Wusu people, after the southern invasion of the Turks, the Anxi region has also integrated the blood of the Turkic people, and there are many Han people on the street, They are mainly family members of military households, and some businessmen also set up shops here from the Central Plains, so the Central Plains characteristic wine shops, inns, green buildings, and gambling halls can also be seen everywhere.

Argali, a kind of mascot for the locals, many local Hu people like to hang their heads in their homes as decoration, and along the way, Hu people stop them from time to time.

"Master Jun, how about selling me that plate of sheep's heads?"

Hu Ren's Chinese is very jerky, but his hands are shaking 'Bang!' The money bag was particularly beautiful, Li Qingan stopped his horse and smiled: "How much do you want to pay?" ”

"Three times money, do you want to do it?"

"Three times the money will give you a red deer head, and you want to buy a sheep's head at least four times."

"Mrs. Siguan is too expensive, I'll add another 500 Wen, it's okay!"

"No! At least three times nine hundred and fifty yuan, less than four dollars. ”

"Forget it, four times will be four times! Let me pick the good one. ”

"Huh! Deal. ”

One person made a deal, and immediately a large group of Hu people surrounded him, you fought for me, and in a moment, they snatched all the argali, argali, and red deer in their hands, and exchanged them for a bag full of yellow and clear copper coins, Li Qing'an was full of flowers, and said to He Yanming: "Xiao He, let's drink." ”

He Yanming hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Huo Chang, I want to go home and have a look, is it okay?" ”

His house is just outside Bahuan City, and it just so happened that Deputy Qian Shu went to do something, of course he didn't want to let go of this opportunity, Li Qingan nodded and smiled: "You go and go back quickly, we have to rush back in the afternoon!" ”

"I'll just go home and take a look, and I'll be back right away."

He Yanming turned his horse's head and ran out of the city, Li Qing'an's throat was itching, and he turned around and came to a wine shop opened by a Han Chinese.

"Master Jun, drink!"

Hu Xiaoer greeted him attentively, he could still understand Chinese, Li Qingan pointed to the sack, "Move the money in for me, and reward you with ten cents." ”

"Okay!"

Hu Xiaoer happily went to carry the sack, but unexpectedly, the nearly 200 catties of copper coins almost crushed him, and it took him a lot of effort to drag the sack into the wine shop.

The wine shop was very spacious, and half of the people were seated, and a orchid who persuaded him to drink greeted him like a butterfly, leaned on him and asked with a smile, "What kind of wine does Hanlang drink?"

"Two pots of good Gaochang wine, and three catties of mutton in sauce."

"Hanlang sit down for a while, and here come." The orchid flew away like a butterfly again.

Li Qing'an sat down, came to the Tang Dynasty for more than a month, and many things were used to it, but he couldn't adapt to this one, the Tang Dynasty had no chairs, they all knelt on the mat, or sat cross-legged on the low Hu bed, which made his legs sore.

Li Qingan sat down on a hu bed, and put the package containing leopard skin on the low table, when the shopkeeper came over and saluted: "Master Jun, it seems to be the first time to come to the shop!" ”

"I served in the army in Sulou Fengshu Fort, and I rarely came to Bahuan City."

"Oh! It's far away, Master Jun, my surname is Yang, and I am the shopkeeper here. ”

"Definitely! Certain! ”

Li Qing'an nodded with a smile, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Shopkeeper Yang, which is the most famous gem shop in Bahuan City, I mean the store that specializes in precious gemstones." ”

Shopkeeper Yang thought for a while and said, "It should be the 'Sogdian Old Shop', it is the most famous." ”

"Thank you!"

Li Qingan opened the package, pointed to the black leopard skin and said, "Shopkeeper Yang, ask me again, how much can this leopard skin sell for?" ”

"Ahh It's a black leopard. ”

The shopkeeper exclaimed, attracting the attention of the surrounding diners, and everyone gathered around and talked in surprise.

"Master Jun, leopard skin is expensive, this kind of black panther has never been seen, I estimate that it is worth one hundred and fifty yuan, if it is sold to a big place like Chang'an and Luoyang, it will cost more than five hundred yuan."

Li Qingan suddenly remembered that the black leopard should be a jaguar, there is no one in the East, this leopard is estimated to be a genetic mutation, so speaking of which, this black leopard may be the only one in the world, and it is indeed a pity to sell it like this.

"I just asked casually and didn't want to sell it."

Li Qing'an changed his mind and put away the leopard skin, and when all the diners saw that he didn't want to sell it, they each returned to their seats, and then the wine and food were also delivered.

Li Qingan had just picked up his wine glass when he suddenly heard a crisp voice, "Soldier, sell me your panther skin." ”

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