On the official road, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses pulling goods, and Wang Hongtao, Chu Qi and his party were mixed in, no different from the merchant dart team. A piece of green rice outside the city wall, like a green shawl for the ancient city, a first-class gas from the city, stirring up layers of rice waves, brushing straight through the heart. Wang Hongtao looked solemn, led Chu Qi into the city gate, a few parting words, Shen Tang, Xu Fei and other heroes, standing on their waists, raised their hands and hugged each other, their expressions swept away the frivolous look of the past, and shouted in unison: "Brother Chu, farewell!" The act of speaking in unison and sounding like a bell can't help but attract the attention of cars, horses and pedestrians.

Chu Qi saluted in return, Lian'er quietly stood behind him and hung down the show, Wang Hongtao saw this, sighed secretly, and turned around with the brothers. Lian'er boarded the carriage by herself, Chu Qi stood and looked at it from afar, and when the figures disappeared at the end of the bluestone ancient road, she held the horse rope and walked towards the inner city with a heavy heart. At the time of parting, Wang Hongtao's face was solemn, Chu Qi probably thought of the approximate reason, this went to Hongjun City, all the way to the heavy burden, the steps were hidden, and at night he was afraid of the invasion of ghosts and ghosts, so he did not dare to move forward, and delayed the military situation. If this situation is grabbed by someone, it is indispensable to have a reward and punishment. Wang Hongtao kept silent, Chu Qi knew that he couldn't ask why, and he was even more exhausted.

Long carriages and horses and pedestrians are inspected and checked at the city gate, and after the checkpoint, it is a checkpoint, except for the business traveler with special documents, other cars and horses are not allowed to enter the city. The bluestone slab road several zhang wide, the left and right sides are the Loufang post stations, all of them are blocked, the crowds are crowded, there are still a lot of cars and horses coming out of the city, it is a dilemma. It was noon, and there was a restless atmosphere among the crowd of chariots and horses, filled with a fishy stench, and the strong men who unloaded the goods were sweating profusely and rudely walking through the flow of people, fortunately there were soldiers to maintain order, otherwise they would have been beaten and cursed.

Seeing this, Chu Qi called Lian'er, and simply abandoned the car, leaving the carriage and horses aside, and whoever picked it up got cheaper. The two of them worked hard to squeeze out the crowd, Chu Qi protected Lian'er, and physical intimate contact was indispensable, and the girl who was directly provoked was full of red faces, I don't know whether it was ashamed or hot.

The two found an inn, opened two upper rooms, settled down, Chu Qi explained a few words, left some broken silver for Lian'er, and went out of the inn alone, looking for the money village, the money on his body was already not much, and it happened that he had recently earned a huge amount of money, and he took it to exchange some cash.

Leaving the market, the sound of traffic faded away, and I entered a torii and walked to a wide alley. In the meantime, the courtyard of the house with blue bricks and blue tiles, two rows are lined up, and occasionally three or five carriages and horses stop in front of the palace gate, and the men and women who come down are all men and women in fragrant clothes and gorgeous clothes. Chu Qi strolled around, the dark and pale robe looked particularly out of place, and according to what the inn junior said, where could he manage the suspicious eyes of the surrounding foxes, and walked forward for tea time. I saw a big golden word "money" written on one side of the pavilion, presumably the money village had arrived.

Several gorgeous carriages stopped on the side of Qianzhuang, and immediately the coachman's eyes were like torches, although they were plain and strong, shining in the sun, showing that they were dressed extraordinarily, Chu Qi touched his nose and walked in slowly. I felt a faint sandalwood fragrance coming to my nose, and the guests in plain silk clothes stood in front of the counter, or exchanged cash for silver, or exchanged cash for silver tickets.

"Brother Dao, what can I do for Your Excellency?" said a middle-aged man with young hair, holding an abacus in his hand.

"I want to exchange some cash. Chu Qi was slightly stunned in his heart, he was sixteen years old, and he was called by the Taoist master, and today he finally became a Taoist brother, could it be that this person in front of him has some Taoism?

"How many denominations do you want to redeem? ”

"One thousand taels..."

The tall and thin man's eyes moved slightly, turned sideways, raised his hand and asked, "Your Excellency, please upstairs." ”

Chu Qi nodded slightly, and was not polite, and walked to the second floor with his legs open. The two of them entered the Accord, sat on the golden silk nanmu comb back chair, and invited the best Biluochun before the rain, and the treatment was as straight as the difference between clouds and mud.

"This downstairs..."Chu Qi couldn't help but ask, the warm breath of Ganlin was still in his nose, this tea was really the best in the world, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Downstairs is a place for a hundred taels of trading. ”

"Oh..."Chu Qi replied clearly, and couldn't help but wonder what the situation was on this upstairs.

Chu Qi took out a thousand taels of silver ticket from his arms, "Exchange one hundred taels of silver, and exchange the rest for a small amount of silver tickets, which is tiring." ”

The tall and thin blue-haired man took the silver ticket with both hands, his face changed slightly, and nodded, and after the tea time, a gold silk brocade bag, several small silver tickets, and an exchange voucher were placed on the desk. Chu Qi signed the note, flipped the brocade bag with one hand, and shook a few silver tickets with the other hand, and did not count them, and stuffed them into his arms at will.

"I have some questions and I want to ask for advice. Chu Qi took a sip of tea and asked.

"Don't dare" The man's voice frowned, and for some reason his attitude was much more respectful.

"Recently, a large number of cultivators have entered Hongjun City. ”

"There are thousands of people coming and going in Hongjun City every day, and they have been stationed in Qianzhuang for a long time, and they know very little about the external facts. ”

"Something extraordinary has happened lately. ”

The man pondered for a moment and said, "Recently, there have been many guests who have exchanged large amounts of cash, and Rao is my Baofeng Silver Account, and they are all a little overwhelmed. ”

"Oh, what kind of guests are they, is it convenient for you to reveal?"

"We're so sorry that one of our information about our guests is that we are tight-lipped and tight-lipped about it. The man paused, and said, "However, it seems to be heading east." ”

"Oh" The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

"I don't know what your Excellency is called. Chu Qi asked.

"The cheap name is not enough to worry about, and the next surname is Xie, and the single name is a Ke character. ”

"Brother Xie is too modest, and there is another question below, what kind of procedures do you need to go through if you want to buy a house in Hongjun?"

Xie Ke shook his head and said: "Brother Chu, Hongjun City is the imperial capital of the Zhongyuan Dynasty, no more than other cities, it is difficult to buy a house in this place." ”

"What's the explanation?" asked Chu Qi.

"To buy a property in Hongjun City, you must first have one million taels of assets, and you need to obtain naturalization qualifications from the Department of Household Affairs. For example, I still have a thousand taels of money a year in this money village, which is already considered a good salary compared to ordinary laborers, and if I want to buy a house, it is something that I dare not think about in several lifetimes, I advise Brother Chu to dispel this idea as soon as possible. Xie Ke paused and said: "Zhongyuan Nanqin is a good place, although the commercial development is not as good as that of the north, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the land price is much cheaper." ”

"Brother Xie is modest, how can a thousand taels be enough to live in Hongjun City. ”

Xie Ke smiled and didn't answer, and said: "We all have food and accommodation here, and we don't have much money on weekdays, you look at those markets on the street, they are all sold by tourists, business travel, or daily purchases of shops, not like Brother Chu, how dare you consume at will." ”

The two smiled, looked at each other for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Like Brother Xie, are all the people in the shop cultivating for Taoism?" Chu Qi asked tentatively.

"People are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the wood has pear and red sandalwood, which naturally varies from person to person. ”

The two talked for a long time, and when they left, Xie Ke sent Chu Qi all the way outside the store. Chu Qi caught a glimpse of no one around, took out two silver tickets that had just been redeemed from his arms, and stuffed them into Xie Ke's hands.

"I can't help it, Brother Chu, you're making me sin. Xie Ke exclaimed.

"Oh, it's even worse, you and I are out of the bank, and there is no business-customer relationship. Chu Qi pressed Xie Ke's hand with both palms and said, "Make a friend!"