Danyang Black Market (Part I)
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Different from the previous spring season, this year's Kunlun Kingdom seems to be a little more vibrant.
Rong Bao Zhai began to borrow money from civilians and down-and-out mages, and those who had no livelihood gathered into new villages, using the borrowed money to reclaim wasteland and build a habitat.
According to Rong Bao Zhai's budget, as long as the next three years are smooth, these civilians will be able to pay off the principal and interest by harvesting.
Unlike the prosperity of the common class, Shui Rujing has been under a lot of pressure recently.
The first is Long Quanjun, who can't figure out his attitude. Long Quanjun knew that the King of Kunlun was dead, but he did not make trouble as recklessly as Shui Rujing expected, but quietly returned to the mage camp of the Shenguan, as if there was no one. Shui Rujing continued to use the identity of the King of Kunlun to give orders to test Longquanjun, but he didn't expect that he would not refuse to accept all the orders.
There must be something greasy in this! Long Quanjun must be planning something behind the scenes!
But the eyeliner lurking beside him didn't find anything!
The newly formed mage army also does not let the water be as easy as a mirror. The mage legion led by the nobles of the An clan has begun to take shape, but that old man An still seems to be suspicious of his granddaughter's death, and he disobeys the orders of Shui Rujing.
said that he was training the mage army every day, but two months have passed, and the mage army is still free and loose, let alone fighting with the tiger and wolf army under the command of Long Quanjun, I am afraid that even the task of long-distance march will not be completed.
In addition to internal worries, there are also external troubles.
The news that Chen Shu was sheltered by the Kunlun royal family has been in an uproar, and Sikong Ming Sikong Haoyue and his son asked the king of Kunlun to hand over Chen Shu, otherwise he would immediately send troops to attack Kunlun.
At this time, Shui Rujing really hopes that the king of Kunlun is still alive, and it is really difficult to be the acting king.
Although Chen Shu is talented, Shui Rujing also has a little love for talent, but compared with the tragic battle array, Shui Rujing naturally wants to hand over Chen Shu in exchange for purity.
At this time, the whereabouts of Chen Shu and the ghost car were unknown.
Shui Rujing even personally took someone to search Rong Bao Zhai to the bottom, and the old boy smiled all the way, and he was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door without doing anything wrong.
"Where the hell did you hide Chen Shu?"
"I'm hiding him, brother, don't be joking, Chen Shu has always been above the top, since he has been in a relationship with you, where do you still put me in your eyes, he is just a temporary residence in Rong Bao Zhai, it is normal not to see him for ten days and a half, he is not here these days, I thought he was helping you run errands...... If there is anything to sit down and talk slowly, with the friendship of our old brothers, I will definitely help you...... Good tea, man!
The words are like a stream, and the water does not leak, so that the water is like a mirror and can't find a little fault.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Suzaku stopped outside Danyang City with Chen Shu and the ghost car.
Hundreds of miles around Danyang City are still frozen soil, even though it is the summer solstice, as soon as they land, the two of them feel a slight chill.
Danyang City is more desolate than the last time I came, the city wall is even more dilapidated, it is like a ruined city, there were still some shops and vendors on the street last time, but this time there is no one.
Chen Shu and the ghost car were a little puzzled, and the two walked through the streets and alleys to the foothold of the Rong Bao Zhai caravan.
Fortunately, there is still some popularity here, and the dozen or so mages who stayed behind warmly entertained the two, and the two tables of wine banquet were lively and warm, which made the two of them sweep away the fatigue of rushing for days.
During the banquet, Chen Shu asked the mage in charge, "But in a few months, why did Danyang City fall so far?"
The steward mage sighed and said, "Brother Chen doesn't know, not long after you left, strange things began to happen in Danyang City. ”
"What's weird?"
"More than a dozen low-level mages have disappeared one after another, and one of them is one of ours. ”
Without waiting for Chen Shu to ask, a mage added, "No, our little second son is also missing." The second son of the little second son is the lowest cultivation among the left-behind mages, only the third order, but he treats people very well on weekdays, and he is very popular with everyone, but he suddenly disappeared because he didn't know what happened early. ”
Another mage said: "We have searched all over Danyang City, there is no clue at all, if we haven't been paying attention, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the dozen or so missing low-level mages." All of them have no backstage and no status, or they are newcomers, and no one will notice them even if they disappear. ”
Chen Shu pondered for a while and said, "But I see that there are a lot fewer civilians in the city. ”
"It's not that our Rong Bao Zhai's loan policy this year is good, those civilians who have no livelihood borrowed money and moved away together, saying that they were going to find a place to open up wasteland and farm, and they don't want to be rootless duckweed in this lifeless place. ”
Chen Shu asked the mage in charge again, "What do you think about the disappearance of the little second son?"
"We analyze, the people who have the ability to harm these low-level mages must be some mages with high cultivation, there are only three places where the mages in the city gather, one is our Rong Bao Zhai, the other is the city lord's mansion, as for the third place, it is very mysterious, we have only heard about it, and we have not seen it. ”
"Oh, is there such a mysterious place like Danyang City?"
"But no, it's a black market, it's said to be a black market, but it's actually just an underground auction venue, but it is said that the things sold there are the only ones in the world, and the days when the black market opened are also quite particular, only the days of the dead in Danyang City will open. ”
Chen Shu picked the corners of his mouth, "Coincidentally, the black market is about to start tonight." ”
"Is there a dead man today?"
"It doesn't seem that hard to get a person to die. ”
The steward mage asked, "Brother Chen, are you going to join the excitement of the black market?"
Chen Shu clapped his hands and smiled: "How could I miss the excitement, but before that, I have to visit the Danyang City Lord first." ”
The steward mage glanced at the people around him, "City Lord...... The lord of the city...... Seriously ill, no visitors. ”
"Oh, when did you get seriously ill?"
"After we found out that the little second son was missing, we tried all means to find it, but we found nothing, and we wanted to ask the city lord to help find it, but the people in his house told us that the city lord was seriously ill, bedridden, and could not see guests. ”
"In that case, I'm going to see him. ”
The fat city lord of Danyang City is indeed sick, but he has a heart disease.
Since the disappearance of the second son, this kind of heart disease has entangled him, which once made him unable to eat and sleep, and his bucket-like belly has lost weight.
But later, he saw that Rong Baozhai was not as ruthless as the Red Dragon Caravan, and when he learned that he was sick and did not come to the City Lord's Mansion to make trouble, but what to do according to the rules, he gradually relaxed his heart.
On this day, he was taking inventory of his gold and silver treasures in the secret room, and when he heard the staff say that Chen Shu was visiting, he was really shocked into a cold sweat.
"Chen Shu, when did he arrive in Danyang City, what did he come to me for? It can't be for the sake of the little second son, right?" asked the fat city lord in a panic.
The staff said: "I don't think I'm here to find trouble, and he also prepared a generous gift, saying that he came to visit the sick." ”
"That'...... Tell him that it's not convenient for me to see a guest. ”
The staff looked embarrassed, "But he has already come in, and the guards can't stop him!"
The two were talking, only to hear Chen Shu already shouting outside the house: "Tell the fat man to come out and make it clear! When he begged me to do something, he stammered in every way, but now he doesn't need me, it's so difficult to even see each other? If he doesn't come out today, the master won't leave!"