Chapter 186: Buying and Selling
Lin Yingxue and the others entered the city smoothly, and Feng Wanjin had already arranged a few people in the city who were similar to Lin Yingxue and others to wait, and brought these people with them when they left the city, so as not to find out about the abnormality by the people guarding the city at that time.
acted so well, Lin Yingxue could see that Feng Wanjin was not a simple character based on this alone.
"Okay, a few people, I can only help you get here, and the rest needs to be arranged by yourself." Feng Wanjin arched his hand and was about to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he seemed to remember something, so he stopped his movements and turned his head and said, "By the way, for the sake of you being a friend of the Meng Pavilion Master, I will kindly tell you a piece of news." ”
Feng Wanjin's words made Lin Yingxue and the others interested, and the three of them all cast curious glances at Feng Wanjin, only to hear Feng Wanjin continue: "Go forward along this street, and then turn two corners to the right, there is a calligraphy and painting shop called 'Nameless'." On the surface, this shop is dealing in antique calligraphy and paintings, but in fact, it is doing the work of buying and selling news, and they are not from Hunan Province, if you want to know something, you might as well try it somewhere. ”
After saying this, Feng Wanjin left without looking back.
After listening to the news, Lin Yingxue and the others glanced at each other, and finally the three of them unanimously decided to find an inn to live in first.
"Xu Jingsheng is Yin Ze's staff, the two have always been inseparable, this time Xu Jingsheng appeared here, I don't know if Yin Ze is also in this city." Lin Yingxue frowned and analyzed the current situation.
Originally, they planned to go to the Imperial City of Xiangguo to find Yin Ze and rescue Murong Yue by the way, but if Yin Ze was also in this city, then not only would they be able to save a lot of footsteps, but if they could capture Yin Ze alive, then they wouldn't have to bother to find Murong Yue and risk their lives to rescue them, they only needed to capture Yin Ze alive and exchange Yin Ze's life for Murong Yue's life.
Anyway, Yin Ze is also the prince of Xiangguo, so there must be no reason for Xiangguo not to compromise...... Thinking of this, Lin Yingxue hoped that Yin Ze was really in this city.
"There are many princes of Xiangguo, and there are many outstanding princes, I heard that the power of the queen of Xiangguo's mother's family has been greatly weakened recently, and other princes are eyeing the position of the East Palace, if Yin Ze wants to sit firmly on the throne of the prince, it is not impossible to venture here to seek meritorious opportunities." Murong Jun poured Lin Yingxue a cup of tea and echoed Lin Yingxue's conjecture.
And Fang Mengru didn't know much about this kind of conspiracy, so she just listened quietly on the sidelines, and didn't mean to interject.
Lin Yingxue took a sip of the tea in her hand and took a sip gently, and then she seemed to think of something, her dark eyes lit up, "Didn't Mr. Feng say that there was a place in the city for business news when he left, why don't we go there and have a look, maybe they will know Yin Ze's whereabouts." ”
Lin Yingxue's proposal was agreed by Murong Jun and Fang Mengru, and the three of them didn't even bother to rest and went towards the calligraphy and painting shop that Feng Wanjin said.
The calligraphy and painting shop is located on a street in the middle of the city, and the store is not very large, and it can accommodate about seven or eight people at the same time.
The shopkeeper standing behind the counter saw someone coming in, and he didn't even raise his eyes, but said indifferently: "The guest officer can take a look at it, what price you like is easy to discuss." ”
Lin Yingxue and Murong Jun, one is a prince, the other is a young lady, what kind of good things have not been seen, but at a glance, they can see that the calligraphy and paintings placed in this store are not even high-quality, and they have no collection value at all.
Therefore, their eyes did not linger on these calligraphy and paintings at all.
"Boss, is there anything better here?" Lin Yingxue stepped forward, she was still dressed in men's clothes, wearing the most ordinary coarse cloth clothes, but this still couldn't hide the noble temperament exuded by her.
The shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at Lin Yingxue, a flash of light flashed quickly in his eyes, but he still said: "Everything in this store is here, if the guest officer doesn't like it, change ......it."
"We were introduced by Mr. Feng." Before the shopkeeper's words were finished, Lin Yingxue tentatively reported Feng Wanjin's name.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked at Lin Yingxue's expression and finally changed, "Guest officer, please come inside." ”
As soon as the shopkeeper made a gesture of guidance, the only guy in the store walked up to the door and closed the door with a bang.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue and the others couldn't help but glance at each other. Fang Mengru and Murong Jun instantly tensed their minds, and the three of them followed behind the shopkeeper with a wary look, only to see the shopkeeper walk to the corner and move the vase in the corner, and then a wall began to turn.
Behind the wall is a tea room, very spacious, even larger than the storefront outside, "A few of you, please take a seat, the sound insulation here is very good, and the people outside can't hear the conversation inside." ”
The shopkeeper led Lin Yingxue and the three of them to sit down, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but glance at Murong Jun, and after seeing Murong Jun nodding slightly to her, she said: "Mr. Feng said that you are a reliable person, then we will not beat around the bush, we want to know if the prince of Xiangguo is in this city now." ”
The shopkeeper was obviously a person who had seen the world, and Lin Yingxue's words did not make any fluctuations in his calm face.
"Okay, three thousand taels, don't negotiate, pay half of the deposit first, I'll give you the news you want tomorrow, and then settle the rest of the silver." The shopkeeper is also a cheerful person, and he took over the business without much thought.
But 3,000 taels for a piece of news, it does seem to be a bit expensive. Lin Yingxue didn't rush to respond, but turned her head and glanced at Murong Jun again, only to see Murong Jun hanging his head, his slender fingers lightly tapping on the table.
"Okay." After a while, Murong Jun's quiet voice sounded, he stretched out his slender fingers and directly took out three thousand taels of silver tickets from his body and threw them on the table, "Settle it all at once, but you need to make sure that the news is accurate." ”
As Murong Jun spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the shopkeeper lightly.
Inky eyes, calm eyes, but with a wordless deterrent. Even though he has seen a lot of big people, the shopkeeper can't help but be shocked in his heart.
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The night gradually covered the entire sky, and Lin Yingxue and the others had already left for an afternoon, and now they must have settled in the city of Xiangguo.
Peony waited anxiously in the room for an afternoon before waiting for Meng Yi, who came back from outside.
"Pavilion master, now that Lin Yingxue is outside, it is a good time to start, so my subordinates want to take this opportunity to do it." As soon as Meng Yi came back, Peony couldn't wait to greet him.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yi glanced at her and rejected her proposal, "No, Mengru is still with them, and I will do it again at another time." ”
Although he had long known that he would get such an answer, Peony still struggled: "I know that the pavilion master is worried about Miss Fang's safety, but his subordinates will definitely pay attention when they act, and their subordinates will definitely not hurt Miss Fang!" ”
Peony's emotions seemed a little excited, after all, she had a long-standing hatred for Lin Yingxue, but she had never found a suitable opportunity to do it, and now Lin Yingxue was far away from another country, it was a good time to do it, if she missed this opportunity, she didn't know when she would be able to wait for the next opportunity.
Yes, she didn't want to give up.
But Meng Yi's attitude was equally resolute, "I don't want to repeat what I said a second time, if you dare to act privately behind my back, you know what the end will be." ”
Meng Yi's words made a chill run behind Peony, she opened her mouth and wanted to say something more, but looking at Meng Yi's tense side face, she reluctantly retreated after all.
After returning to the room, the more Peony thought about it, the more resentful she felt in her heart, and after smashing the last cup in the room, a glimmer of light finally flashed in her eyes, "Someone." ”
As soon as Peony's voice fell, a dark shadow jumped in from the window, "Master." "The black shadow was wrapped in a black robe, and it looked like a shadow that merged with the darkness.
"You go and tell the people of Xiang the news that the third prince of Rong Guo is in the Wind City of Xiang Kingdom." In this way, even if she doesn't do it, there will be people from Xiangguo to clean up Lin Yingxue and her party.
"Yes." The shadow replied emotionlessly and then retreated.
Looking at the dark night outside the window, a sneer appeared on the corner of Peony's mouth.