Danyang Black Market (II)
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The fat man was already lying in the coffin on the left, he was born round, and the huge coffin could only hold him.
Chen Shu followed his example and lay down in another coffin.
As soon as he lay down, the lid of the coffin was tightly closed, followed by the clatter of nails.
The withered old man nailed nails while chanting: "One nail Ding Wang, the family is prosperous, the second nail is wealthy, the business is prosperous, and every gamble must win, the third nail is easy to practice, step by step rises to the immortal, and the four nails are ......."
His voice came through the coffin board, hazy. As soon as the thump stopped, the coffin shook for a moment, and then began to sink.
Fortunately, the brocade under his body was thick enough, and there were a few bumps in the way, and Chen Shu did not feel uncomfortable.
After more than ten minutes, the coffin finally stopped, followed by the sound of nails being pulled out, and when the nails were pulled out, the coffin lid was opened.
The dim light was just right for Chen Shu, who had been in the dark just now, and he saw a stone room, with doors and no windows, and there were three coffins parked in the stone room, all of which had been opened, and in one of the coffins, the fat man was getting up and probing out, and the people in the other coffin were missing.
The old man was already standing at the door of the stone room, "Two, please." ā
There is a long road outside, there is a lantern every ten meters, the further you go, the brighter the light, and the more fine the layout of the road. The first 30 steps is the stone road stone wall, walk through dozens of meters, the foot is smooth, look down, the blue brick pavement, walk another 30 steps, the wall appears a vivid mural, and after 30 steps, the mural has a gild, a piece of gold splendor.
After the last ten steps, they entered a large hall.
A total of 100 steps were walked along the way.
There are about 100 seats in the hall, most of which are already occupied. People covered their faces and didn't talk to each other, obviously no one wanted to get noticed.
The old man led Chen Shu and the fat man to two positions at the edge of the third row, and the two sat down, Chen Shu was on the right hand side of the fat man, and on the left hand side was an old woman wearing a veil, the old woman was full of silver hair and did not squint.
A few more people came one after another, and the thin old man finally walked onto the half-man-high platform in front of him.
The old man smiled, and the wrinkles on his face were really uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the old man was also self-aware, and quickly put away his smile and said: "You must all be here for the Longevity Pill, and I won't sell it, today's 50-year-old Longevity Pill starts at 3,000 gold coins, and everyone is free to shout the price, the old rules, the highest bidder wins." ā
After speaking, the old man put a brocade box on the platform, carefully opened the brocade box, and retreated from the high platform.
Immediately, someone raised the price of hundreds of gold coins and hundreds of gold coins, and Chen Shu asked the fat man in a low voice: "The buyer is not authentic, and the price increase is not large every time." ā
The fat man smiled and said, "These people are better than monkeys, and they all want to leave a way back for themselves." ā
"What's the back road?"
"Hmph, who knows how many longevity pills you need in the future? If the price is really raised, you won't even be able to afford it in the future, isn't it just a cheat. ā
Chen Shu suddenly realized, "Hehe, it is said that buyers are not as good as sellers, but I don't think so." ā
The fat man nodded and said, "Look at it, the price of this longevity pill will not exceed sixty thousand gold coins." ā
Chen Shu looked around again and said, "I see that the guards around me are not outstanding, how can the Kowloon Gang ensure that the people participating in the auction do not come to make trouble?"
"This is the unique benefit of the longevity pill business. ā
"What's the benefit?"
"The longevity pill itself is not valuable, what is valuable is the recipe for alchemy. The fat man lowered his voice and continued: "It is said that the Danfang is only exclusive to the Kowloon Caravan, and it is indeed not difficult for these people to snatch a Longevity Pill, but the Kowloon Caravan has already put the ugly words in front, but if anyone dares to do something in the black market auction, this Longevity Pill will not be sold." ā
Chen Shu raised his eyebrows, "Good intentions, so that not only do these people present dare not fight the idea of the black market auction, but if someone really dares to act recklessly, I am afraid that these people participating in the auction will have to stop it first." ā
"Hey, hey. The fat man smirked, as if he had come up with the idea.
Chen Shu said again: "You can help me introduce me." ā
"Who do you want to see?" asked the fat man warily.
"The master behind the black market, the Blue Dragon Caravan, this business is very profitable, and I want to join it. ā
"This ...... No...... the fat man hesitated: "The Kowloon Merchant Gang doesn't want to be intervened in making money." ā
"I don't take their money for nothing, you tell them that I will provide the most difficult alchemy materials to obtain. ā
The fat man's breathing became obviously short, but he tried his best not to say quietly: "Hehe, are you kidding? Alchemy materials...... How could you possibly know that Dan Fang is a secret of the Kowloon Gang. ā
Chen Shu said leisurely: "Although I have never seen the Dan Fang, it is not difficult to guess one of the alchemy materials, it should be the life of a low-level mage." I've been thinking about it just now, the ability to prolong life is very bizarre, there is no one in the world's heavenly treasures that has this effect, because this has broken the basic logic of this world, just imagine, if a person has countless longevity pills, it is actually equivalent to immortality. ā
"So what?"
"Therefore, there must be an extraordinary way for extraordinary things, and the person who eats the longevity pill is not prolonged for no reason, but transfers the life span of others to himself, just like ...... The same law of conservation of energy. The Longevity Pill is supposed to have been refined with low-level mages, and the lifespan of these mages is condensed in a single pill. More than a dozen low-level mages have recently disappeared in Danyang City, as the city lord, you don't know about it, right? These missing mages have probably been refined into longevity pills. ā
The fat man's shoulders trembled, "You...... How do you know these ......"
"When the low-level mages disappeared one after another, it was also the time when the black market began to operate, and it was not difficult to figure out if there was a connection between the two things. ā
"You...... What do you want from the Kowloon Gang?"
Chen Shu shook his head, "It's not the Nine Dragons Gang, but you, the city lord of Danyang City, you should ask what I want from you." ā
"No, no, no, you misunderstood, this business is really the Kowloon Gang......"
Chen Shu glared at the fat man and interrupted, "What about you who lied to the fool?"
The fat man finally gave up arguing.
Chen Shu continued: "I am sure that this business is yours, there are three reasons, first, what kind of existence is the Nine Dragons Gang, if they really have the Dan Fang of the Longevity Pill, there will definitely be some big moves. And a small black market in Danyang City, how to say it, this stroke is too pediatric, which makes people feel that the people behind the scenes not only want to make money, but also worry that the stall is too big and will be targeted, and they are a little afraid and guilty, so the people behind the scenes will not be the Kowloon Gang. ā
"Second, the auction is not held every day, which shows that the longevity pill is not refined every day. I guess it's because it's not easy to catch a low-level mage, if it's the Kowloon Gang with a lot of masters, this matter shouldn't be difficult, but if it's a down-and-out city lord, such as you, it does take some effort. ā
"Thirdly, and what convinced me that the person behind the scenes must be you. No one has died in Danyang City today, and I made up the matter of killing the mage who was following me, and I only told you one person. If the black market is really open only when there are dead people, as rumored, then today's opening must be temporarily controlled by you, not some Kowloon Gang. ā
The fat man nodded slightly, but said in his mouth: "Brother, you are really joking, I see that you are not interested in the Longevity Pill, let's find a place where no one is drinking tea and chatting." ā
The fat man got up and left, followed by Chen Shu.
Chen Shu knew in his heart that the fat man no longer refuted Chen Shu's inference, but he didn't want to talk about it in a crowded place.