Chapter 45: The Intelligence Dealer
It's the weekend in a blink of an eye, and in the early morning, An Xu got up early, cleaned up and prepared to go out.
As soon as he walked out of the room, he saw Ya Yunling holding An Xin with his left hand and Dai'er with his right hand, talking and laughing along the way. The smiles on the faces of the two girls, especially An Xin, even jumped up and down when they walked, and they didn't know what Ya Yunling said to them, and they were so excited.
An Xu couldn't help but feel a little jealous, how long have they known each other, the relationship between these three people is so good, and he feels that he is about to become an irrelevant character.
"Brother!" An Xin's eyes were sharp, and he saw his brother at a glance, and let go of Yayunling's hand and ran over with a cheer.
An Xu is very pleased, it's still her sister, she hasn't hurt you in vain all these years.
He touched An Xin's head and asked curiously, "Where are you going to go?" ”
The three girls have obviously been carefully dressed, and with their own understanding, An Xin is definitely a little lazy worm, and she has always been draped in her hair at home. And now she not only tied her hair well, but also put on the only headband, and she looked like she was going out.
An Xin said happily: "Sister Ling is going to take us shopping!" Brother, are you going? ”
"I'm not going, there's something going on later, you guys go play!"
With Bayunling, the five-ring mage following, An Xu has nothing to worry about, speaking of which, he really hasn't taken her out to play for a long time, no wonder An Xin is so excited.
"Okay, brother! Give me pocket money. An Xin said as she stretched out her little hand in front of An Xu, with a flattering expression on her face, and the little girl also knew that An Xu had been quite wealthy recently.
"No need, what do you like in a while, my sister will buy it for you!" Yakumo Ling said from the front.
"No, the teacher said you can't spend other people's money indiscriminately!" An Xin has a lot of words, of course, my brother can't be regarded as someone else.
"Well, that's right! Give, don't spend it all by yourself, you and Dai'er are half of each other! An Xu agreed with her sister's good habit, thought about it, and took out two gold coins and put them in An Xin's hand.
As a result, An Xin got the money, and immediately let go of An Xu, jumped in front of Bayunling and Dai'er, and showed the two of them like a treasure: "Hehe, get it, let's go!" ”
An Xu was injured all of a sudden, and the sister who said that she felt sorry for herself the most, why did the pocket money flash as soon as she got it? I didn't even look at myself anymore, and I used to at least say 'thank you, brother'.
He stood in place, and he could still hear Yakumo Ling's low voice in the distance: "Your brother is really slamming the door." ”
Damn, two gold coins is a lot, okay? When they first came to Hidden Moon City, one gold coin was enough for their brother and sister to live for a month! Usually she usually gives An Xin a few silver coins, and she will spend a long time.
Do you really think that everyone is as rich as your Yakumo family?
An Xu also wanted to correct her sister's values, so as not to learn some bad habits from Yayunling, a noble chick, but unfortunately the three of them had already gone away.
Restrained his expression, An Xu also went out with him, he hadn't forgotten that he had something to do.
The East Street in the outer city of Hidden Moon City is definitely the most chaotic place in the local area, where there are all kinds of people! Although the name is East Main Street, it is actually just a small alley.
As soon as you step inside, you can smell a foul smell, the alleys are lined with livestock carrying goods, and the barearm porters keep carrying bags of goods into the depths of the alley, and if you continue to walk inside, you can see all kinds of shops.
The shops are small, but you'll find a lot of things to buy here, and even some of the stalls in the alleys have a lot to offer. The owners of these stalls are often adventurous mercenaries, and every time they come back from a long trip, they always come up with a bunch of strange things.
Further inside, you can see many simple taverns, which are also places for commoners to have fun, some scantily clad women who have to sell their bodies in order to make a living, standing alone under the eaves on both sides of the alley, with numb expressions allowing passers-by to glance at them.
It often takes only a few to take them away for a long night.
After teaching a pickpocket who tried to take his money bag by the way, An Xu walked into a small inconspicuous alley and pushed open a dilapidated wooden door with blackened eyes.
A few humble tables and chairs, a bar stacked with wine barrels, and apparently a tavern too.
Maybe it was because it was too remote, and there were few guests inside, An Xu walked to the corner and sat down, spent a silver coin, ordered a large glass of sweet fruit wine, and stayed quietly.
He's waiting for someone!
An hour, two hours, the time passed slowly, An Xu was still sitting there alone, but he was not in a hurry, with An Xu's understanding of that person, if he was not sure of absolute safety, he would definitely not show up.
A vigilant guy.
An Xu had also heard that there were a lot of enemies in that person in Hidden Moon City, and it was not surprising that someone like him who relied on intelligence for a living was the easiest to offend people.
After another half hour or so, suddenly a dark shadow blocked the light from the window, and a man wrapped in a cloak appeared at the table, and no one noticed how he appeared, as if he were standing there.
He was covered with a black scarf over his face, revealing only the upper half of his featureless face, and his eyes flashed with a dangerous cold light, and he looked at him as if he was being targeted by a snake and scorpion, and he was uncomfortable.
Because of this, he has the nickname 'Black Scorpion', and An Xu knows very well that this person does not only look like a snake and scorpion, but also a very vicious and dangerous person, of course, this is only for his enemies.
"Thanks, do you want to drink something? I'm in for a treat. An Xu wiped the table and motioned for him to sit down and talk.
The black scorpion let out a low laugh and said, "You know that when I talk about business, I never touch anything!" ”
"Okay, actually, I'm just being polite, but I forgot that it's useless for you, you only have gold coins in your head!" An looked left and right without a trace, and then asked in a low voice, "Is there anything to gain?" ”
The black snake didn't speak, and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
An Xu shook his head, threw a small bag of gold coins in front of him, and said: "You are really this virtue, you don't see mice and don't scatter cats, has anyone said that you are very snobbish?" ”
"Hey, hey!" The black scorpion was not angry, in fact, the word 'snobbery' was completely a compliment in his eyes, he took the money bag, checked it in his hand, glanced at An Xu and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, have you made a fortune?" I've never seen you shoot so generously before. ”
"Get down to business!" An Xu made a rare high-profile appearance, thinking that it wasn't my money anyway.
The black scorpion took out a piece of paper from his arms and pushed it in front of An Xu: "This is the black market, the approximate trading volume in a few months, and the deviation will not be too big!" It's also thanks to you that you found me, and if this matter is someone else, it may not be possible to find out, and I'm sure someone is trying to block this information. ”
An Xu took it and took a cursory glance, which was divided into the types of rare ores, followed by their monthly trading volume.
"The past few months have been very smooth, and there has been no big inflow that you have kept my eye on, but I have found something very interesting!" The black scorpion suddenly came to An Xu's side and said.
"Oh? Let's talk about it! An Xu believes that the black scorpion is keen to detect intelligence, and some superficial things can be hidden from himself, but not necessarily from the eyes of the black scorpion, which is the main reason why An Xu found him.
"I've already checked, although these rare ores have changed hands several times, they finally fell into the hands of one person, and that person is still an outsider!"
"You're saying someone is buying rare ore in large quantities?" An Xu asked, rare ores are materials for crafting refined weapons and equipment, and some people will buy some in small quantities through the black market for their own use, and the royal family will turn a blind eye.
However, if a large number of acquisitions are made, it will definitely be over.
Even some of the largest blacksmith shops have their trading records strictly monitored. Not to mention the private acquisition of so many rare ores, is it preparing to form an army to rebel?
"Of course, you have to have confidence in my information, and I have another piece of news, I believe you will be interested!" The black scorpion sold the guanzi.
An Xu took out a few gold coins again and placed them in front of the table.
"Refreshing!" The black scorpion swept his palm on the table, and the gold coin had already been put into his pocket unconsciously, and it could be seen that his fingers were extremely flexible.
"I'm curious why you're investigating this, but it's a rule in our industry not to intervene in the employer's private affairs! I'll tell you directly, the guy who bought the ore seems to have sensed the news and is ready to run away, and if you have any plans, you'd better hurry up. ”
"Only one person?"
"Yes, he is the only one in the city, but there should be someone outside the city, I have carefully searched, the ores he bought are no longer in the city, and he alone will never be able to hide from the city guards." Black Scorpion affirmed.
An Xu pondered for a moment, the task that Yayun Ling gave him was just to find out the news, but if these people ran away, then the information would not be of much use, and he almost didn't contribute much to this mission, and he definitely couldn't gain much experience, which was almost equivalent to doing it in vain.
This person who bought rare ores is very likely to have something to do with this matter, otherwise why did he run away when Yakumo Ling was preparing to investigate?
He looked up and asked, "Can you still lock down that person's location now?" ”
"According to his speed, he should have almost reached the gate of the southern city, and if he immediately sets off to take a shortcut, he may be able to intercept him on the path outside the city."
Now to inform Yayun Ling, it must be too late, An Xu decided to follow up first, if he can track the gang behind him, it will naturally be the best! If it really can't be done, I can only capture him first, and then hand him over to the Yakumo family to deal with.
For the sake of experience, An Xu also fights!
He stood together decisively and said in a low voice: "Let's go, you lead the way!" ”