Chapter Twenty-Three: A Visit to Ma Qi
The moment I heard "Yujiang Secret Realm", what came to my mind was the face of Suzaku.
Here she comes?
She's here, and then she's angry with me, that's why she will stand up and auction off the news of the secret realm of Yujiang?
However, I quickly dismissed this speculation, because in my opinion, Suzaku is a woman with high emotional intelligence, although she shows a mostly innocent personality, but that is only the appearance - a life that has lived for thousands of years, even if it is innocent, will have unique thinking and considerations.
Suzaku wouldn't be so naΓ―ve.
Ma Yiao and Li An'an both looked at me.
They are one of the few people in the know, and they understand the significance of the "Secret Land of Yujiang" to me.
Bruce Ma also looked at me.
These days, we have been looking around in Yazhou with "Qin Liluo", what we are looking for, we didn't say, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything.
I was silent for a moment, then said, "Go and see." β
The group walked towards the venue, the auction place, in the backyard of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, by a pond full of spirit turtles and koi carp, on the high arch bridge, a short-bearded man sang loudly: "Three million two million, three million two million, is there more?" β
Three million two million, what is the concept?
Many people may not be able to understand, let's put it this way, the fat penguin with a market value of more than 4.5 trillion yuan, in the Internet winter period at that time, Pony Ma almost wanted to sell 1 million directly to GD Telecom, if it weren't for the fact that people insisted on only giving 600,000 and not relaxing, maybe the current Internet world would be different.
All in all, three million and two hundred thousand is worth a lot.
And the auction is still going on, the people of the rivers and lakes, the cultivators, the obsession with the "Yujiang Secret Realm" is obviously much stronger than the fat penguin, there are constantly bidders, and the atmosphere is extremely lively.
Ma Sifan introduced us to the guy who knew the "Secret Realm of Yujiang", but it was a big-headed, tall young man next to the short-bearded man.
The guy was wearing ill-fitting clothes, shabby and embarrassed, and looked a little financially strained, and at this moment, when he heard the rising auction price, the whole person was in a state of tension and excitement, and his breathing became more and more rapid.
He, knows the whereabouts of the "Yujiang Secret Realm"?
I looked at him and didn't speak, while Ma Yiao next to me couldn't sit still and asked me in a low voice, "Do you want to pay?" β
I shook my head and said no.
In fact, the price has already reached 5 million at the moment, and there is a trend of going up, even if we get some money from Hong Kong Island, we still can't afford to do this.
It's better to wait and see.
The auction went on for a while, and the price was finally set at 5.63 million, and the short-bearded man repeatedly declared that he would pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and anyone who tried to make any small moves in vain would be the enemy of the entire Nanhai Guanyin Festival.
I was a little puzzled, and Ma Xiaolong next to me explained to us: "The organizer of the Nanhai Guanyin Festival will charge 20% of this money, of course, correspondingly, it will give both parties enough protection." β
I see.
The person who finally took the news was a fat man with a big belly.
The fat man was really fat, one meter seven tall, three or four hundred pounds of fat, and he was out of breath when he walked, as if it was very difficult.
However, Ma Yiao and Li An'an all knew him, and told me that this person's name was Hu Bawan, nicknamed "Modern Shen Wansan", and he was one of the most business-savvy people in the rivers and lakes.
Mo Yige is his industry.
Seeing the end of the auction, the young man with the big head and big eyes, together with Hu Bawan, entered the temple under the leadership of the organizer to make a specific transaction, Ma Yiao frowned and asked me: "Do you want to ......"
He only said one word, but with the tacit understanding we have honed over the past few days, I also understand his thoughts.
I shook my head and said no.
As soon as the words "Yujiang Secret Realm" came out, whether it was the young man who knew the location or Hu Bawan who took the news, they would be like rotten eggs cracked, attracting countless flies, and I don't know how many people will stare at them.
After all, there are many local tyrants on the rivers and lakes, and there are also many poor ghosts.
People are poor, it does not mean that they have no ambition and desire, nor does it mean that they have no interest in the "Yujiang Secret Realm".
In fact, these people are even more eager to get rich overnight, to find the "Yujiang Secret Realm", get the secret treasure, and walk to the pinnacle of life.
So after the young man announced the news, they couldn't stop.
At least in the past few days, it is not possible for them to go directly to the "Yujiang Secret Realm" to find something, according to my calculations, that Hu Bawan will either wait for a while, wait for the rumors to pass, or transfer the news to a trusted subordinate or friend, and let others verify it on his behalf.
If he wants to go by himself, I'm afraid it's not an adventure, but a group tour - "Hey, let me go, walk by, don't miss it, Yujiang Secret Land Day Tour, pay the fee first, and then enter the park, no noise, no trouble, I'm a tour guide, and I earn hard money......"
Li Anan understood what I meant, and said, "Maybe it's not necessarily true. β
The news auction of "Yujiang Secret Realm" delayed our time for a while, and then everyone briefly discussed it and decided to divide the soldiers into two ways, Li Anan and Ma Sifan, followed by Ma Xiaofeng, who was staring at the business, to stay at the venue and listen to the news at any time.
I, Ma Yiao, and Ma Xiaolong rushed to the place where Ma Qi lived, found someone, and asked about the leprosy village.
Because the leprosy germ carrier, even if he was not the one who kidnapped Anna, was related to the deaths of Yan Yan and Wei Xiaoqin.
We left Nanshan Temple and drove to Yashan City, where we walked for more than an hour, and in an old residential area, we found Maqi's home.
It is a typical Hainan dwelling, self-built house, two-story small building, with mosaic tiles on the outside, and the small yard is full of green plants.
We knocked on the door, and after a while, an old woman came and opened the door, looking at us with a puzzled expression.
When we explained our intentions, her face changed suddenly, and she closed the door while saying, "There is no one named Ma Qi here. β
Seeing that she was about to close the door, Ma Xiaolong grabbed the iron door, and then he took out five old man's heads from his pocket, handed them to the old woman, and said calmly: "Grandma, it's convenient for you to be with others, it's convenient for yourself, we just ask a few words." β
The old woman used to have a good temper, but these tempers were like ice and snow under the spring sun, which disintegrated under the power of money.
However, she took the money and said with some concern: "His mood is very abnormal now, don't stimulate him too much, otherwise he will beat people." β
Lose your marbles?
Ma Xiaolong said that he understood, and then under the leadership of the old woman, he came to a room on the second floor, opened the door, it was dark inside, and the curtains were closed, and he could only see a person curled up on the bed, shivering constantly.
That black shadow seems to be Ma Qi.
I didn't expect a cultivator who still had some reputation on the island to become like this at this moment.
The old woman is Ma Qi's mother, she has to watch us interrogated from the side, Ma Yiao gave me a look, I hurriedly did ideological work with the old woman, persuaded her to go downstairs, and took out the humble posture of running business before, and said a lot of good things to her, and gave Ma Yiao and Ma Xiaolong time to delay, so that they could have a good chat with Ma Qi.
As a result, not long after going downstairs, I heard a hysterical roar from upstairs, and I don't know what the two of them used, so Ma Qi roared like a ghost.
When the old woman heard this, she couldn't sit down anymore, and while scolding the local vernacular, she desperately wanted to go upstairs.
I reluctantly stopped her from leaving, and the old woman grabbed me, scratched me, and spat on me.
I was full of anger, but in the face of an ordinary person, and an old man, I didn't have a seizure after all, but I endured it patiently, and after a few minutes, a voice came from the corridor, and then a voice said: "Mother, don't embarrass others, I'm fine." β
With that, a thin figure appeared beside me, and then fell to her knees towards the old woman.
When the old woman heard this, she was shocked, walked over, hugged the man, and cried aloud: "My son, you have woken up at last......"
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The little Buddha said: Add more at noon, it is proper.