Chapter 149: Peach Blossom House
The past is not recalled, but fortunately, she and her brother had blood on their faces at that time, and after being locked in the cage, because she and her brother were too good-looking, they were afraid of being bullied and touched by some dishonest soldiers, so they deliberately smeared mud on their faces, which avoided being taken advantage of.
Otherwise, so many enemy soldiers have seen her and her brother, and she will definitely be recognized if she appears in the barracks like this.
However, before the war, there were a few enemy soldiers who had seen her and her brother's true faces, but it was a question of whether the few people could survive the brutal war.
Therefore, in the huge military camp, the chance of meeting someone who knows her is really too small.
When Nan Qiao walked to the school grounds, she saw the burly black-faced general training his troops, and she thought that this person should not be wrong.
She always remembered what she promised Mu Baizhuo, and before leaving, it was time to fulfill her promise.
Nan Qiao stepped forward generously, "May I ask if Your Excellency is Wei Wu, General Wei?" ”
The black-faced general came back to his senses, glanced at the girl next to him who was a little shorter than himself, and said in a rough voice,
"It's General Ben!"
He glanced Nan Qiao up and down, and his tone became serious, "The barracks are heavy, and women are not allowed to enter, how did you get in?" ”
Nan Qiao took out the dragon order and directly explained the intention, "I'm here to find the general, and I want to ask the general in private about something!" ”
When Wei Wu saw the dragon order, his tone was obviously more respectful than just now, "What's the matter with the girl?" ”
"General Wei, let's go over there and talk!"
The more mysterious Nan Qiao is, the more he will give people a sense of coercion.
Wei Wu gave an order to the people below, and followed Nan Qiao to a slightly more secluded place on the side.
Nan Qiao didn't go around in circles with him, and said directly, "General Wei, do you remember the Bodhi you took off the wrist of the prince of the Southern Jin Dynasty at that time?" ”
Wei Wu hesitated for a moment and frowned.
In order to avoid being suspected by Wei Wu, Nan Qiao added, "That Bodhi was given to the prince of the Southern Jin Dynasty by the Southern Concubine Nan, and before the prince of the Southern Jin Dynasty disappeared, he had told Concubine Nan about it, and now Concubine Nan is deeply favored by the emperor, so I was specially ordered to find this thing to comfort Concubine Nan's homesickness!" ”
When Wei Wu heard this, he couldn't hide it anymore, "So that's the case, it's all bad to blame, I was greedy at the time, and I thought that the things on the prince of the Southern Jin Dynasty were valuable, so I resold them after I got them!" ”
"Who did you sell to?"
As far as Nan Qiao knew, Mu Baizhuo had never bought that kind of ghost-faced Bodhi until now.
"At that time, I wanted to sell it to a pawnshop, but I thought that the Bodhi on it had a special shape, and I had never seen a Bodhi like that, so I thought it was a rare treasure, so I took it to the black market and sold it!"
The black market is like finding a needle in a haystack, and the buying and selling inside are all masked transactions, and there is no telling who the buyer and seller are.
Nan Qiao's eyebrows were solemn and a little confused.
Wei Wu sighed when he saw this, "This matter is all the responsibility of the subordinates, and the subordinates know the black market, and they are willing to cooperate with the girl to find the intercourse!" ”
Nan Qiao couldn't help but ask, "How much silver did you sell at that time?" ”
Wei Wu smiled embarrassedly, "Don't say it, as soon as the buyer saw it, he directly asked people to give him five thousand taels of silver, I haven't met such a happy buyer!" ”
Four ghost face Bodhi 5,000 taels, 1,000 taels higher than the price of the Dongjun Palace, sure enough, someone secretly bought ghost face Bodhi.
Nan Qiao saw that Wei Wu was so sincere, and he couldn't blame others anymore, so he could only wait to follow Wei Wu to the black market at night.
The black market was not in Chang'an City, but in Qingzhen, which was not far from Chang'an, and before it was dark, Wei Wu came to ask her whether she would go by carriage or on horseback.
Nan Qiao thought that it was not appropriate to swagger through the city on this road, so he told him to take a carriage.
Along the way, Wei Wu also brought a few soldiers with him, and when he arrived in Qingzhen, it was just dark.
Wei Wu invited Nan Qiao to go down to the restaurant to eat something before going over, and when they passed, the time was just right, and it was the time when the black market trading began.
The so-called black market is a street under special jurisdiction, when you enter here, you must get a mask at the door to enter, whether you are a bandit, an officer, or a merchant, you must abide by the rules of the black market, and you must not fight after entering, otherwise you will be killed.
This place existed five years ago, the first emperor once sent people to take care of it, but the effect was very small, there are countless organs here, there are countless masters, after losing batch after batch of officers and soldiers, and then even the imperial court did not care.
After Yu Wenmo succeeded to the throne, a system had been formed here, and he probably felt that these were trivial matters, so he didn't plan to spend energy on it.
Nan Qiao picked out a fox mask and put it on, and followed Wei Wu and the others inside.
The stalls here are still open, and they all wear all kinds of masks, but the things that appear on the black market are rare treasures and all kinds of high-quality weapons.
Nan Qiao had no interest in these things, so Wei Wu took her directly to the trading point of Ghost Face Bodhi.
There is an antique shop, which contains antiques from various countries and some royal goods that once destroyed the country, but the prices on it are sky-high, and the cheapest one is 1,000 taels of silver.
Nan Qiao's eyes stopped at one of the tokens with a special pattern and looked at it for a long time, and when the shopkeeper saw this, he came up and introduced,
"Guest officer, this is the token left by the royal family of the Yuelan Kingdom, I don't know what it does, but we have identified it here as something from the Yuelan Kingdom, I think the Yuelan Kingdom is very mysterious, maybe you can find the mysterious Yuelan Kingdom through this token!"
In her memory, when she first crossed over, the woman who died in the snow next to her also had a token with such a pattern on her waist, and below the token, there was a snow-white feather falling below, could it be that her life experience was related to Yuelan Kingdom?
Wei Wu next to him said kindly, "Girl, Yuelan Kingdom is just a legend, no one has ever seen it, who knows if this is something from Yuelan Kingdom?" ”
The shopkeeper was a little unhappy, "The things we have here are all genuine things, although everyone has never seen Yuelan Kingdom, but the one who identified this thing is the appraiser of Peach Blossom House on the black market, and his words will not be fake!" ”
Wei Wu stopped talking, the people of Peach Blossom House are in charge of the entire black market, and the things they identified there will not be fake, not to mention, the people in the entire black market will not dare to mess with Long Weilou.
Nan Qiao took out two thousand taels of silver tickets from his body, "I bought it!" ”
Seeing that she was so happy, the shopkeeper directly wrapped the token, "Girl, take it!" ”
Nan Qiao took the token, "Shopkeeper, there is one more thing I want to ask you." ”
The shopkeeper looked left and right, and lowered his voice, "What does the girl want to ask?" ”
Nan Qiao also lowered his voice and asked, "A few days ago, how many ghost face Bodhi were traded in your store?" ”
The eyes under the shopkeeper's mask rolled in horror, "Girl, don't ask about private transactions here, besides, if Peach Blossom House knows that we have broken the rules..."
Seeing that Nan Qiao hesitated and refused to leave, the shopkeeper reluctantly added, "The girl can go to the second floor of the Peach Blossom House to ask, there is a special one that sells news, but it has to be exchanged at the same price, and ordinary people really can't afford to exchange it." ”
Out of the antique shop, Nan Qiao and Wei Wu came to the door of the Peach Blossom Residence.
"Girl, there are a lot of fish and dragons here, there are just a few of us, we really can't guarantee the safety of the girl!" Even Wei Wu was a little jealous of this Peach Blossom Residence.
It seems that this place is not as wonderful as its name.
Nan Qiao looked up at the sign of the Peach Blossom House, "It's okay!" ”
As soon as he entered, Nan Qiao was shocked by the scene on the first floor.
The room was packed, and on the ornate platform, in golden cages, there was a group of beautiful unmasked women, all under seventeen years old, dressed in thin, revealing dresses. Tall, short, fat and thin, with different facial features, and many exotic women, each of them shivering as they looked at the masked buyer below.
The man in the wolf mask on the platform waved his whip in his hand and slammed it against the iron cage, and the women shrank in the cage and wept like frightened birds.
Most of the people in the audience were men, and they all burst into laughter when they saw this scene.
The man in the wolf mask spoke, "These women tonight are noble women from all over the world, and each of them has the best skin appearance, according to the old rules, one by one, the highest price wins!" ”
The words fell, and there was a high cheer below.
One of them asked vaguely, "I don't know if the goods are good?" If it's not good, it's not a loss to buy it back! ”
"That's right! You can't buy someone else's used one! ”
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The man in the wolf mask seemed to be accustomed to these problems, he said with a smile, "Don't worry, the goods of Taohuaju are all checked before they are released for sale, if you don't worry, you can also pay half of the deposit first, and inspect the goods on the spot. ”
As soon as these words came out, the cheers below swelled even more, and everyone was excited, anyway, everyone was wearing masks, who knew whom?
Soon, a beautiful woman was taken out of the golden cage for auction, and everyone who came here knew the rules, usually starting at one thousand taels.
"I'll give you five thousand taels!"
It has just begun, and someone below has directly offered 5,000 taels. Just because there is a rule here, when the auction item reaches 5,000 taels of silver, one piece of clothing will be taken off, and when the next 5,000 taels are used, another one will be taken off, until finally the clothes are taken off and auctioned, and the more beautiful the woman, there will be two more clothes.
This is also the reason why many people come to join in the fun without buying.
The woman was forcibly stripped of a dress by the two people on the stage, and someone below directly held up the price card.
"Ten thousand taels, take it off!"
Nan Qiao's fist hanging down his side was clenched, and he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but he didn't have that ability to care about himself, and glanced at Wei Wu next to him, as if he also saw that his eyes were straight.
"Let's go!" Nan Qiao gritted his teeth and walked quickly up the stairs next to him.