Chapter 489: Rumors
"This kind of rune will not be shattered, this stone rune is exactly like this, but to say that there is no little divine power, it is not accurate, there is still a little bit."
"I see, teachable, what price do you think this thing should be?"
"Fifty thousand gold coins."
"What, 50,000, are you going to rob it openly?" Before the words were spoken, the shorter of the two guests stood up and listened to the voice, still a young woman.
"Sit down." Another black-robed man stood up and scolded, this person should be a man in the prime of life, tall and loud, but there was some neutrality in his voice, and there seemed to be some suffocation between his movements, it should be a leg injury. The middle-aged black-robed man put his hand on the woman's shoulder, and the woman immediately sat back again, angry and silent.
"Seeing a smile and laughing, the girl is not sensible, and I ask this gentleman to give advice."
Zhao Feng cared, and said directly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, this freshly mined hundred-scale stone, such a color, size, to say the least, it costs 1120,000, plus the carving, it is not uncommon to be 1780,000, and it is a priceless treasure if it is refined." However, this one is different, if you want to sacrifice again, one, you have to grind away the ancient runes on the stone runes, so that the stone runes will become thinner, and the scale stone is a bit brittle, and it is easier to damage when carved. Second, this stone talisman has carried divine power, just like a white cloth soaked in ink, that is, it is difficult to wash it again, and it is very likely to be directly shattered because of the law of conflict, so the used stone talisman, the longer the year, the better the quality, and the lower the price. If you want to use this stone talisman again, it will take a lot of effort to repair, and it will be a high price if you give 50,000 yuan. ”
"I see, thank you for your advice, how about the deal?" After listening to Zhao Feng's explanation, the middle-aged black-robed man did not procrastinate.
Qi shopkeeper, groaned for a moment, stretched out his palm and said, "So, deal." ”
The middle-aged black-robed man also stretched out his palm, and the two shook it vigorously. This is the rule of the black street, and shaking hands means that there is no regret.
Zhao Feng saw that the two sides had a deal, so he got up and said goodbye, and the shopkeeper did not stay, only said, "Everything is as usual." According to the usual practice, Zhao Feng will receive half of the transaction price as a reward for this kind of antiquity. Walking out of the elegant room, there was already a shopkeeper waiting outside the door, ready to pay, Zhao Feng received it directly in his arms, and he no longer returned the same way, but walked through another tunnel.
The exit of the tunnel is in a low small shop, and when you go out of the store, you can already see the willows on the moon and the sky full of stars. Under the moonlight, there are many people on the small street outside the store, each of them is covered with black robes and masks covering their faces, although there are many people, but all of them are silent.
The side streets are lined with low-rise shops, most of them dilapidated, some of which look crumbling. However, Zhao Feng knows that some shops may have been crumbling for more than three to five hundred years, and they still haven't fallen down today. There are many open spaces between the shops, and some vendors sit on the ground, with a white cloth in front of them, and various objects are sold.
This is the real black street, the largest black market in the Tiantai Kingdom. There are three small streets in the black street, one vertical, two horizontal, and the total length is no more than eight miles, and the things sold can be described as all-encompassing, and there are all kinds of strange things, that is, the population and slaves are sold. Black Street has a long history, it is said that it can be traced back to before the Kingdom of Tentai King, for more than 1,000 years, the shops here, the owners have changed one after another, but the style and rules of Black Street are the same. Even the royal family has never intervened in the affairs of the black street, and it is even rumored that the royal family also has several shops in the black street. In the black street, the steward on the surface is a few masters invited by various shops, and the rules of the black street are also very simple: one is not to use force, the other is not to buy and sell people from their own country, and other things are not taboo, that is, you are abducted and deceived, as long as it does not make people angry, no one will pay attention to it.
At the age of sixteen, Zhao Feng entered the Jiuyue Academy to study history, and worked the identification of antiquities. Later, the treasure hall of the Academy of History lacked a person on duty at night, and Zhao Feng was born in a family of eunuchs, so he entered the treasure hall. The treasure hall of the School of History has a very large collection, although there are very few treasures, but it is better than a complete range of categories. In the past few years, Zhao Feng studied here and observed in the museum, but he practiced the means of identifying antiquities. Two years ago, Zhao Feng began to wander around the black street, but he picked up a few leaks back, two of which were in the Qi family's black shop, and the third time he went, Zhao Feng was invited by the Qi shopkeeper to drink tea. After coming and going, Zhao Feng became an appraiser of the Qi family's store, specializing in appraising some objects from ancient times.
In the black street, there are also rules for setting up stalls, most of the stalls, the stalls are not fixed, and the things sold are not fixed, which can be said to be varied and all-inclusive. There are indeed a lot of good things here, but most of the people who sell them are old fritters, and if you want to pick up the leaks, you have to spend a lot of effort to find and ponder. As a frequent visitor to the black street, Zhao Feng is quite knowledgeable, and he looked at the stalls one by one, most of them glanced at it and left, and he didn't find anything he liked for a long time. After walking around for an hour, Zhao Feng found a good object in a stall selling ancient books, this is a thread-bound ancient book, the paper looks like the leaves of some kind of plant, just looking at the material, you know that this thing is very extraordinary. The Chinese character of the book is the script of the ancient alien Nu tribe.
Zhao Feng's participation in the compilation of the "Beiyuan Translation" is a general understanding of the text of the ancient Nu people's Beiyuan lineage, so he is familiar with the text of this book.
When he looked down at the book, Zhao Feng once again secretly urged the yin eye to watch, and under the yin eye, Zhao Feng saw a trace of yin qi lingering on the book, and it was obvious that this book should have been poured out of an ancient tomb. Speaking of which, there are all kinds of things on this black street, stolen, robbed, and stolen from the tomb, but here, everything is bought and sold, no one cares about the way, and of course, the final destination of most of the things is also confusing. I found that this book is not simple, at least this paper is definitely a good thing, and it can be called a rare book. At first glance, this book is still a little bit related to cultivation, and the title of the book is very interesting, it is called "Duke Esma's Cultivation Experience". Zhao Feng was very interested in the book, so he negotiated the price with the stall owner. The stall owner is also an old fritter, and he directly opened a sky-high price, with a lot of black street cuts between his words, Zhao Feng did not show weakness, and when he counter-offered, all kinds of incisions were also at hand. After several bargains, it was finally sold for two hundred gold coins. With this book, Zhao Feng was even less anxious, and looked at the stalls one by one, until he finished reading all the stalls, and then Shi Shiran left the black street.
After Zhao Feng left the black street, he turned left and right in the small streets and alleys, and finally walked onto the street and blended into the flow of people from south to north. At this time, it was already ten o'clock at night, but the streets of the inner city were bustling and boiling, and there were monks riding spirit beasts to pass by, and the lanterns lit by the shops on the street merged into a fire dragon more than ten miles long, which is the true face of Kyoto at night.
However, Zhao Feng was worried about Old Man Zhao in his heart, so he hurried to the house.
When he returned home, Old Man Zhao hadn't rested yet, looking at that expression, his face was full of redness, and he didn't know if he was excited or because of something else. Zhao Feng talked with the old man for a while, and seeing that the old man was not sleepy, he chatted with Zhao Feng until midnight. Back in his room, somehow, Zhao Feng felt a little restless and restless. Since he couldn't sleep peacefully, Zhao Feng simply studied the ancient books he bought on the black street.
In the early morning of the second day, before Zhao Feng woke up, he heard a knock at the front door, and a rough voice shouted: "Assistant Teacher Zhao can live here?" Guarding Wang Chengjun in the lower palace, please have something important! ”
When I came to the front yard, I saw four knights parked in the courtyard, two of them were very kind-faced, they were the guards of Princess Qinxin, Zhao Feng had seen them in the Muyue Mountain Range.
"Brother Wang, I'm invited, I came to the door early in the morning, I don't know what to teach?"
"Assistant Teacher Zhao, let me find it easily, the princess has something urgent, please come with me."
Zhao Feng groaned in his heart: "Don't you have something good to translate?" But he said, "The king's guard will come later." ”
After a few words of explanation with Old Man Zhao, Zhao Feng hurried to the palace. Princess Qinxin is not yet married, and still lives in the palace. Several people galloped all the way to the gate of the palace, and saw a simple black oil carriage parked here. "Assistant Teacher Zhao, please board the bus."
When Zhao Feng entered the car, he saw that the decoration inside was very good, showing the style of the Wang family everywhere.
The carriage galloped into the palace, and it didn't take long to enter an elegant courtyard, where several palace maids, led by a female official, came to the courtyard and explained the etiquette of meeting the princess.
Seeing that Zhao Feng's etiquette was correct, the female official led Zhao Feng into a palace next to him, Tongqin Palace.
After a few more guards, Zhao Feng saw Princess Qinxin.
Xu is the reason why she is in the palace, Princess Qinxin's dress today is very formal, although she is dressed in a palace dress, she also looks quite solemn, not to mention that the Ying Protector is still eyeing her.
After Zhao Feng greeted him, Zhao Feng asked, "I don't know what the princess sent today?" Please also be explicit. ”
Princess Qinxin smiled slightly and said, "It's not a big deal, some ancient books still need to be translated by Assistant Teacher Zhao." ”
Zhao Feng had nothing to do, Princess Qinxin saw that Zhao Feng agreed, and after a few words, she went to the apse. Zhao Feng was led to the side hall again, which looked like a study, but it would be occupied by piles of ancient books and rubbings.
When Zhao Feng saw these books, he couldn't help but feel a little, and without waiting for others to greet him, he entered the state of work.
The books here can be said to be very ancient, most of them are left by the Yuyang tribe, and a small part of them are ancient books of the Nu tribe collected by the Yuyang tribe.
The records in this can be said to be varied, from astrological medicine to spiritual exercises, from cultivating land and raising animals to anecdotes, they are all involved, Zhao Feng translated these documents, I am afraid it will take a month, this is still because the documents are very simple.
Fortunately, Zhao Feng didn't have too many teaching tasks, this month, Zhao Feng soaked in the princess every day, and he didn't know that there were already many not very good rumors outside.