After Ye Qiu and his party left Xiuning College, they came to Anding Street, the street was bustling with a lively scene, Ye Qiu and his party went straight to the North Lane of Xueyuan Road, the market concentration area of Anding Street.

In Daxia, there is a rule that the width of the road is not more than 10 meters, which is called the lane, more than 10 meters and less than 30 meters is called the street, and only the road with a width of more than 30 meters is called a certain street or avenue.

The north lane of Xueyuan Road is about 9 meters wide and about 3 miles long, facing the north gate of Xiuning College, and you can see that there are shops on the left and right sides of the road when you enter the north lane from Anding Street, selling weapons, herbs, formations, books, clothes, pawnshops and so on. Because the main entrance of North Lane is at the entrance of Anding Street, the closer to Anding Street, the more expensive the rent of the shops is, and they are often the shops of some large chambers of commerce. The market in North Lane and the market on Fu Lu Street have their own merits, and the shops on Fu Lu Street are mainly in the middle and high-end, and there are low, medium and high-end in the North Lane but not in the high-end. In the middle of the street in the north lane, there is a special area for personal baggage stalls, as long as individuals pay a certain fee, they can set up stalls. Although the rules seem to be chaotic, it does not affect the popularity of the stall market in North Lane, it will be cheaper for buyers than in the shops, and the income for sellers will be more than selling to shops. The most important thing is that some people here bought spiritual weapons at the price of cabbage, and there are also items that were bought with a lot of money and finally found that they were just a imitation of no more than 100 gold coins. There is even a group of people who specialize in selling imitation goods, and they pay attention to their eyesight when buying things in the stall market.

Ye Qiu and his entourage spent two quarters of an hour briefly walking around the North Alley, and found that there were very few rented shops, only three. Ye Qiu compared and fell in love with a shop next to the stall market, the shop was a square house with a length and width of six zhang, and the whole house was about 400 square meters. The shop was originally a typical courtyard house type, but it was changed to a shop divided into a front and back yard, the front store has a shop surface of about 200 square meters, and across the front store is a yard of about 100 square meters, there is a well in the courtyard on the left wall of the yard and a kitchen, and there are three side by side houses at the back of the yard about 100 square meters. The original store used two of the three rooms in the back as storage warehouses and one as a place to live. On the left side of the front door of the store is a pull-through counter, behind which there is a row of cabinets for placing goods, and on the right side of the door is a large reception area with some flower and grass screens, and the entrance to the backyard is behind the counter. Ye Qiu felt that one of the three houses in the back could be used as an alchemy city, and Guo Xie and Mo Yuanbo could live temporarily, which was just right, so that the shop owner could communicate about the lease. The original store also happened to be in the business of collecting and selling medicinal herbs, but the business was not very good, and the rental cost of the house was too high, so it was ready to be transferred. Because the location of the store is biased towards the middle position and the size of the store area is not up or down, the powerful chamber of commerce feels small, and the smaller ones feel that the cost performance is not high, but for Ye Qiu, these don't matter, Ye Qiu quickly signed the lease agreement and paid the money, and the store was done in less than an hour. Then Ye Qiu asked Guo Xie and the others to purchase the items for the follow-up residence and the daily necessities for the store, and then Ye Qiu took Zhongbo to purchase the items for the follow-up alchemy.

Ye Qiu was going to go to the stall market first, because the shop was close to the market, and Ye Qiu heard the shouting and selling in the market as soon as he left the store. When Ye Qiu came to the stall market, many stall owners took the initiative to attack.

"This young master, I have a genuine painting of Mr. Xiangshan here, and the price is easy to discuss, don't miss it when you pass by!"

"Young Master, I have refined iron ore from the Wangwu Mountain Range and sold it at a low price!

Looking at these overly enthusiastic stall owners Ye Qiu was unmoved, Ye Qiu took a look at the quality of the goods, but often these goods in good condition are pits, and Ye Qiu didn't talk while walking. These stall owners didn't know that Ye Qiu was not a chick when they saw it, and they didn't spend saliva on Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu walked to a stall, the stall owner didn't sell many things, a Dan furnace and a big knife and some fragments of ore, looking at the material of the Dan furnace is a bit old, the big knife looks very ordinary. Ye Qiu looked at the stall owner was a sturdy middle-aged man, who seemed to be a martial artist, Ye Qiu picked up the Dan furnace that was in good condition and looked at it, the Dan furnace was about one foot high and eight inches wide, and then Ye Qiu asked, "Can the boss tell me about this Dan furnace?"

The stall owner's answer was very direct: "I don't know the quality of the secret realm of Wangwu Mountain, but the hardness is full and I have found someone to identify the seal carving formation, as for why there is no formation, I don't know." At that time, the martial artists who were in the secret realm couldn't hurt them even if they used weapons, if you want to buy 3,000 gold coins!"

Hearing the stall owner's bidding, Ye Qiu was stunned, could this be a new routine? Use a cold method to make people take the initiative to come to the door? This Dan furnace does not carve a formation on it, and compared with the ordinary Dan furnace, the material is a little better. You must know that the price of an ordinary Dan furnace with an unengraved formation is only 50 gold coins, and although the Dan furnace with a seal carving formation is very expensive, it can also be bought with one or two thousand gold coins, although the stall owner's Dan furnace can carve the formation but does not have to carve the formation and has to spend money, this asking price is too outrageous, so that Ye Qiu can't help but suspect that it is a new routine of the pit people. Ye Qiu smiled politely at the stall owner, then put down the Dan furnace and turned around to leave.

When Ye Qiu was about to leave, the stall owner hesitated a little and said, "If this young master is interested in the Dan furnace, all the things in the stall will be given to the young master as an additive." ”

Ye Qiu shook his head to indicate that he didn't need it, a trace of loss flashed in the man's eyes, and he smiled politely at Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu didn't take this little episode to heart, Ye Qiu and Zhongbo didn't pick up the leak after walking around together, Ye Qiu bought some medicinal materials, and the whole price was about two percent lower than in the shop. When the two of them finished buying the medicinal herbs and were about to go back to the store, they saw a group of people watching something next to the store when they approached the store.

Ye Qiu heard a somewhat familiar voice from the crowd: "Don't deceive people too much, if you force me to be anxious, my Hou Tienan will make you feel good if I fight for my life." ”

Ye Qiu saw a group of ruffians surrounding the previous stall owner through the crowd, and one of the men who seemed to be the leader said to Hou Tienan: "Hehe, desperately? You can try it? Hou Tienan, I tell you that it is best to accept the conditions obediently, otherwise it will be easier for your family." The man in the lead saw more and more people gathering to watch, and shouted to the people around him: "I Qi Yue help do things, what do you see, I will disperse for me!"

Most of the stall owners who set up stalls in North Lane are people with poor backgrounds, and when they heard that they were the number one gang in Xicheng, the names of the Qi Yue Gang were all scattered, and they didn't even dare to watch from afar. When the crowd dispersed, Ye Qiu could clearly see that there were five people surrounding the man named Hou Tienan. Because Hou Tienan's stall was next to Ye Qiu's shop, Ye Qiu had to pass by Hou Tienan's stall when he went back. The gang members of the Qi Yue Gang saw that an old man and a young man actually dared to walk towards the stall without listening to the greeting, and one of the minions looked at Ye Qiu and the two and said arrogantly: "Which thing is not eye-opening and still jumping up?"

Ye Qiu didn't bother to pay attention to it, for Ye Qiu, if a random person yelled at him, he had to respond, he would not be tired to death, Ye Qiu didn't want to care about it, sometimes the disadvantaged groups he saw did not mean that they were kind people, and the human heart was really unpredictable. The minion of the Qi Yue Gang saw that Ye Qiu didn't speak, and his momentum instantly became even more full, and there were still some leading men who wanted to stop him, and he didn't care about the younger brother's behavior, the man continued to shout: "Talk to the two of you, can't you hear, are you fucking deaf or blind?"

Before Ye Qiu could speak, he only heard a muffled sound, and the shouting man flew straight out as if he had been hit by a galloping carriage and crashed into the stone pillar on the side of the road. I saw the man vomit blood from his mouth, and then fainted. Cai Yingying has been loved by thousands of people in the Shushan Sword Sect since she was a child, not to mention scolding, and she is reluctant to even say heavy words, hearing that these minions actually dare to scold Ye Qiu, Zhongbo did not hesitate to shoot directly, if it wasn't for the Zhongbo in the city, it would be heavier. The other three minions of the Qi Yue Gang saw their companions flying out, and instantly became angry and were about to rush towards Ye Qiu and the others, and the man in the lead kicked over the little brother next to him and shouted: "Stop the, don't you have any rules for the little four?" After the leading man finished speaking, he said to Ye Qiu and the others: "This son is sorry that I have no way to discipline and offend the child. I don't know the son's name, another day we will come to the door to apologize!"

Ye Qiu was thoughtful when he heard the name of the Qi Yue Gang, Ye Qiu ignored the little leader of the Qi Yue Gang, Ye Qiu said to Hou Tienan: "Hou Tienan, right? After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he crossed Qi Yue and helped everyone enter the store.

The little leader of the Qi Yue Gang said to Hou Tienan hatefully: "Hou Tienan is your good luck today! But you are good-looking against my Qi Yue Gang, you wait for me!" Then several people helped Xiao Si who had fainted to turn around and leave, and glanced at Ye Qiu's shop as they left. Hou Tienan put the things on the stall into the storage ring, tidied up his clothes at the door of the store, and then took a breath and stepped into the store.

Ye Qiu sat in the reception area on the right, and Hou Tienan looked at the environment inside the store after entering the store. Hou Tienan clasped his fists at Ye Qiu and Zhongbo and said: "Thank you two for relieving the siege today, about the Dan furnace because I am really in a hurry to use the money, so it can't be cheap, and the price still has to be 3,000 gold coins, but I think Gongzi's shop is doing medicinal herbs and pills business, I promise to make up 3,000 gold coins of medicinal materials to Gongzi within three years, do you think this is okay?" Hou Tienan had been to many chambers of commerce before, and the valuation was around 1,000 gold coins, so the asking price of 3,000 gold coins was still a little empty in his heart, and he looked at Ye Qiu a little nervously after speaking.

Ye Qiu believed that fate had met Hou Tienan twice and he hadn't bought a suitable Dan furnace, so he was willing to listen to Hou Tienan's story, Ye Qiu said to Hou Tienan: "It's okay, it's convenient to tell me how you offended Qi Yue's gang?"

It turned out that Hou Tienan had a beautiful daughter-in-law who was taken by the leader of the Qi Yue Gang, but it seems that the leader of the Qi Yue Gang was also looking for a powerful son in Pingyang City. At first, the Qi Yue Gang was a lure to Hou Tienan's daughter-in-law, but if the lure did not work, they began to coerce, and they harassed Hou Tienan's family twice in three days. One day, Hou Tienan's son Hou Anji was set up by someone, and when the people of the Qi Yue Gang harassed Hou Tienan's daughter-in-law, Hou Anji couldn't help but move, and then the people from the government quickly changed and arrested Hou Anji to the yamen. In fact, Hou Anji didn't use much force on the injured people, and the injured people were abolished by the Qi Yue Gang, but the Qi Yue Gang and the Yamen people colluded together and arrested Hou Anji. According to the laws of Daxia, the time of service for those who injure people varies depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, but fortunately, Hou Anji was admitted to the literary academy of Xiuning College, and the law of Daxia has a provision for students of the nine colleges that those who make mistakes can pay a deposit of five million copper coins and promise to take the initiative to join the army at the border of Daxia after graduation, and the labor can be canceled depending on the circumstances, so Hou Tienan will raise money. Qi Yuebang's people finally made a bureau, how could they let Hou Tienan easily scrape together enough money, Qi Yuebang told Hou Tienan that the requirements were very simple, if Hou Tienan's daughter-in-law was willing to accompany him for one night, this matter would be changed, and they could withdraw the lawsuit. Hou Tienan, as a martial artist in the realm of knowledge, it stands to reason that five million should be no problem after so many years, but because Hou Tienan's son has a good talent, he spent a lot of savings to support his son in martial arts and literature, and all the remaining savings are about two million, and there is still a gap of three million, so there is today's scene.

The reason why Ye Qiu was willing to help Hou Tienan was because of fate, and the main reason was because he remembered that the Qi Yue Gang was the minions of the Yang family. The Qi Yue Gang is one of the four major gangs in the underground strength of Pingyang City, and its sphere of influence is in Xicheng. The force behind the Qi Yue Gang is the Yang family, and the reason why it is called the Qi Yue Gang is because the two Yang Ji brothers are from the land of Qi Yue. The leader of the Qi Yue Gang is just a manager of the Yang family, and the real person of the Qi Yue Gang is the Yang family. For Ye Qiu, the Qi Yue Gang is the enemy, and getting rid of the Qi Yue Gang can also be part of Ye Qiu's plan, based on these two points, it is just a convenient way to help Hou Tienan.

After listening to Hou Tienan's story, Ye Qiu said: "Do you think this will work, my store has just taken over at the time of employing people, I will spend 3,000 gold coins to buy your Dan furnace, and then you have to help me do things for five years, and I will pay you an extra salary every month, what do you think?"

After listening to Hou Tienan: "Thanks to the young master, the young master is willing to believe that the young master does not need to pay me a salary in the next five years." ”

Ye Qiu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be like this, I will never treat people who do things for me badly, don't you need your son and daughter-in-law." You can accept the money with peace of mind, and there is only one requirement for me to do things, that is, when you follow me, just do things well! My surname is Ye Qiu, you first take the money and go to the yamen to finish your son's affairs and then come to the store to find me, if I don't find a man named Guo Xie in you, just tell him that I ordered him. Of course, if you encounter something in the yamen, don't be impulsive, it may be the other party who has set up a bureau for you, come back to me when the time comes, and I will help you solve it. ”

Hou Tienan took the money with both hands and then said solemnly to Ye Qiu: "Young Master Ye's kindness today, I, Hou Tienan, remember it in my heart after all, and I will be loyal to repay it." After Hou Tienan finished speaking, he said goodbye to Ye Qiu and rushed to the Yamen of Pingyang City.