Chapter 541: Conspiracy in the Dead of Night
In the past, I always thought that there was no difficulty in attracting these customers, but I did it myself to know that this is also a very physically demanding job, just a sentence "Who is coming", I said countless times, and I also felt that my throat was dry.
In the afternoon, I looked at the list prepared by Uncle Xia, except for a few sects that were about to enter the city, everyone else had already arrived, so I notified Senior Brother Geng and asked him to guard the bridge instead of me, and then entered the ghost market through the secret passage.
Those big sects don't need me to guide, but are led by people from Yuxian or Tunmeng, which is also the rule set by the ancestors.
When I entered the ghost market, I went straight to the town gate, where Uncle Xia and the others were already waiting.
When I passed by a shop, the shopkeeper came out of the door and shouted to me: "Left master, is the black dog treasure still with you?" ”
He is the one who sold the black dog treasure in the first place.
I raised my wrist and shook it, and responded to him with a smile: "It's really a good thing to carry it all the time." ”
He smiled at me, too, and said, "Come and have a look at my store when you have time?" I've got a couple of things here that you might be able to look at. ”
I nodded: "I will definitely come if I have the chance." ”
With that, I continued on my way.
When they came to Zhenmen Hall, Uncle Xia and Uncle Zhao were explaining things to my Senior Brother Zhuang, and Senior Brother Feng and other people from Soul Zhuangmen were also present.
I've been so busy these days, I don't even know when Senior Brother Zhuang and they came.
When Uncle Xia saw me, he asked from afar, "Why are you back, are all the patrons here?" ”
I said, "There are only a few sects left, and I have already asked Senior Brother Geng to go over to guard the bridge." ”
As I spoke, I found an empty chair to sit on.
Uncle Xia shouted at me again: "Master and nephew, come here, don't sit around." ”
He didn't remind me, and I forgot that his right-hand position was mine.
Sitting in the position where Master used to sit, I felt very awkward, in the past, my Master didn't want to sit here, looking in the direction of the door from this position, the left and right sides were full of people from the sect of Jisoulzhuang, and every pair of eyes looked at me, which made me feel like a public display on the street, and I guess Master probably felt the same way back then.
What's more, all of you here are my elders, and the way they look at me is definitely different from the way they look at my master, and although most of them are kind, I still feel uncomfortable.
After Senior Brother Zhuang and Senior Brother Feng left the Zhenmen Hall, there were no peers around me, and other people with characters were standing at the entrance of the hall, and some of them did not have much intersection with me, and when they looked at me, there was a little worry in their eyes.
I think they are probably worried that, at my current age, I can't afford to be the head of the right line.
Xia Shibo and Zhao Shibo assigned tasks to the people present, and it didn't take long for the hall to disperse, and I was finally relieved, finally I didn't have to be paid attention to by so many pairs of eyes, so that I didn't even dare to move.
Walking out of the town gate, Liang Houzai and they were waiting for me at the door, Xian'er and Luo Fei were also there, and then Xiao Renya also followed.
Before the opening of the door, my main task was to patrol the ghost market and ensure security during this time.
The ghost market is still the same for thousands of years, there is a blood-red lantern hanging in front of each store, in the place where the ever-bright light does not shine, these lanterns are the only light source, and the red light covers every small alley in the ghost market, adding a bit of weird temperament to the annual ghost market.
I still remember the first time I entered the ghost market, and when I saw these blood-red lanterns, I thought that the ghost market might be a very evil place.
Since I have a stronger sense of the Qi Field, my patrols are much easier than Master's back then, and I occasionally find a shop that is not right in the Qi Field, so I go in and have a look.
Most of these shops are engaged in business related to the yin, ghost children, and evil corpses, and it is reasonable that the evil spirit will fall again.
After turning around a few times, I didn't find anything abnormal, so I took Liang Hou back to the store to see if the sect had arrived.
By dusk, every store in the store was open, and I saw a lot of people queuing up in front of the store in Jiufengshan. Although Jiufeng Mountain doesn't come to participate in the ghost market every year, as long as they come, business is very good.
After all, Jiufengshan buys and sells news, and a lot of news is exclusively in their hands. In our industry, the relationship between sects is complicated, even if it is a small sect, there are many things that you want to know but can't find.
The store in Baiwushan also opened, and there were many people gathered in front of their store, but few people entered the store. Most of them gathered here just out of curiosity, and they probably wouldn't have thought that Baiwu Mountain, who had always had a deep grudge with the Soul Village, would actually enter the store.
I squeezed through the crowd and went straight to the front of the Baiwu Mountain.
The person guarding the door and I are also old acquaintances, he is the first to rebel against Baiwu Mountain, and the first Elder Wei to support Yan Xiaotian, I usually call him "Old Man Wei".
At this time, the wallhead grass who saw the wind and steered the rudder stood in front of the store, and he had to put on a high posture, looking down on the crowd of onlookers at the door of the store.
When I came to him, he immediately put on a smile and arched his hand at me: "Left master, don't come unharmed." ”
I also smiled politely: "It's fine." Can I get in now? ”
Old man Wei immediately stepped out of the way: "The head of the sect has been waiting for you." ”
Although I didn't have a good impression of Old Man Wei, I still had to leave him some thin noodles in front of so many people, so I also bowed my hand to him, thanked him, and then entered the store.
As soon as I entered the store, I saw two customers talking to each other while walking quickly outside, and the topic they discussed was also how Baiwushan opened a store in the ghost market this year.
They had a lively discussion, didn't notice me, and I didn't bother them, bypassing the screen and going straight into the lobby.
All the storefronts in the store are similarly furnished, with screens, coffee tables, two sets of tea sets, a small couch opposite the coffee table, and a few chairs. Don't look at the simple layout, but every household item is moved from Jisoul Village, and they are all finely crafted antiques, which are priceless.
At this time, Yan Xiaotian was leaning on the couch half-leaning and half-sitting, with a sad face, not knowing what he was thinking.
It wasn't until I moved a chair to sit in front of him that he raised his head, and when he saw that it was me, Yan Xiaotian sighed: "Alas, you are here, you are worried about me." Brother Xiaoliang, why didn't they come in? ”
I said, "Your new store is open, and they are not from the Soul Village, if they all come in, they are afraid that people outside will gossip." ”
Yan Xiaotian smiled helplessly: "You also have to think about these things now, sitting in the seat of the head of the house, it's a bit cold from a high place, right?" ”
I smiled and shook my head: "I've only been in charge for a few days, and you told me that the height is unbearable, which discouraged my enthusiasm?" What's wrong with you, why do you look sad when you come in? ”
Yan Xiaotian: "Oh, I'm worried." You saw Lao Wei outside, do you want to ask me, how can you let him guard the door, is there no one in Baiwu Mountain? Let me tell you the truth, there are a lot of people in Baiwushan, but they can really do things, and they are just such an old Wei. I want to train some newcomers now, but these old antiques are afraid that newcomers will squeeze out their seats when they grow up, so they obstruct them in every way. Don't look at me as if I have real power now, but these elders have joined forces to contradict them, and I can't do anything about them. ”
I said, "He sings his opposite, you do your thing, I'm afraid he's a bird." ”
Yan Xiaotian shook his head: "You don't know how ruthless these people are, if I cultivate a new person, they will stumble me everywhere, the resources used for practice are detained, and the medicine used to supplement the body is not matched, if I urge them, they will have a lot of reasons to prevaricate me, so that I don't have a temper at all." Alas, sorrow! ”
I smiled and asked him, "How's your business going?" ”
Yan Xiaotian said: "It's not bad, your Senior Brother Shi is really a business material, what project is in his hands, it will be completed." Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of money. ”
Hearing him say this, I suddenly felt a lot more relieved, since the business in Shaanxi is good, the funds in the second half of the year will be settled.
I asked him, "Isn't the money you got enough to train a group of new people?" ”
Yan Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "Enough is enough, but the problem is that the money is not my own, most of it still has to be spent on Baiwu Mountain, and the rest of it, let alone cultivating new people, even if I changed the car a while ago, I have to think about it for a long time." ”
"It's easy," I said, "invest the money." You use the money to open two new industries, one for antiques and the other for medicinal herbs, and the business is done on weekdays, and if there are good things in the store, it will be left to the newcomers you want to cultivate. Antique shops, no matter how you say it, it is easier to collect magic tools and resources for practice, not to mention medicinal herb shops, which are mainly used for medicine. Anyway, as long as you ensure that these two shops do not lose money or make a profit, and the interests of the elders are not damaged, even if they are dissatisfied, it is not easy to say anything. ”
Speaking of this, I smiled and added, "As long as you use this method to cultivate an imaginary newcomer, the elders feel that they can't stop you, and I estimate that when the time comes, they will see the wind and rudder again, and begin to fully cooperate with you." Even if they don't cooperate, you can place the people you have cultivated in key positions in various industries, and let them directly control the interests of the elders, and when the time comes, these elders around you will have to cooperate with you even if they don't want to cooperate with you. ”
Yan Xiaotian patted his thigh: "Why didn't I think of it!" Hey, Zuo Youdao, I still don't believe it, why do you have an idea every time, when can you come to me for advice when you can encounter something that can't be solved? ”
I smiled and didn't speak, but Yan Xiaotian said to himself: "My IQ is not low." Well, it must have been that I was too conservative in my education in the past and tethered my brain. ”
I interrupted him: "I came to you this time because I wanted your help with something. ”
Yan Xiaotian was suddenly happy: "What did you say just now, look at it, don't you have a time when you can use me?" Say, whatever you can do, whether you can do it or not, I'll continue. ”
I said that it was not a big deal, I just wanted to show the seal of the sky after the door and the foot line opened, and let him create a momentum for me at that time, I know that Yan Xiaotian is very good at creating momentum.
Yan Xiaotian asked me if I wanted to make a big noise or a small one, and I said that it should be big, but it was not enough for people to see that they were building momentum.
Yan Xiaotian pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so dishonest." Tell me, when are you going to sacrifice your Fantian seal? ”
I also laughed: "You don't care when I sacrifice the Heavenly Seal." After the door is opened, you just need to act when you see the opportunity. ”
(End of chapter)