35. Black Market Auctions

"You can't kill me!"

Zhou Long said in a panic, he was not a martial artist, and when he saw Yang Mucheng killing people with a snap of his fingers, this scene was simply shocking.

"Why?" Yang Mucheng asked lightly.

"My Zhou family is rich! If you dare to kill me, my Zhou family will issue a wanted warrant, so that you have no way to enter the earth in the country! Even if you are not afraid, you always have a family, and there are always people you care about!" Zhou Long looked at Yang Mucheng and said busily: "If you let me go, I will give you money and give you a large sum of money!"

"How much money can you give me?" Yang Mucheng asked with a smile.

"Thirty thousand taels of silver!" Zhou Long gritted his teeth and said, "This is a year's tax revenue of the Great Qian Kingdom!"

Oh?

Yang Mucheng suddenly became interested. He only knew that the Zhou family was very rich, but he didn't expect to be rich to this extent. "It seems that I have to investigate the Zhou family and find out where he has so much money. If it's really business, forget it. If there is black money in it, you will not be able to blame me!"

Thinking of this, Yang Mucheng looked at Zhou Long and shook his head. "No, I'll take your Zhou family's money......"

What the?

Zhou Long was startled, and before he could react, he saw Yang Mucheng's right hand flick again.

Bang!

Zhou Long's head burst on the spot.

Dozens of people were killed with a snap of his fingers, Yang Mucheng walked out of Tianxiang Building with his hands behind his back, leaving only a mess in Tianxiang Building.

Lu Yao'er was like a shadow, obediently following behind Yang Mucheng.

Walking out of Tianxiang Building, Yang Mucheng took out a token from his arms, handed it to Lu Yao'er and said, "You go back to the palace first, and find Ye Wuheng with this token." Let him secretly investigate the Zhou family...... I remember that the Zhou family was just an ordinary small merchant a few decades ago, but it took twenty or thirty years to develop such a scale, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he could take out 30,000 taels of silver, which was absolutely impossible without eccentricity.

If Ye Wuheng found out something, let him take the Praetorian Guards directly to Zhou's house. ”

"Yes, young master!" Lu Yao'er nodded and said, "Young man, aren't you going back to the palace with me?"

Shaking his head, Yang Mucheng said: "If I don't go back, I'm mainly going out for a spin, and I haven't understood the folk affairs thoroughly, how can I just go back like this?"

After speaking, the two parted ways in front of Tianxiang Tower.

This turn really made Yang Mucheng know a lot of things.

For example, the Zhou family hoarded grain and grass during the harvest season, and then waited until the famine to raise the price of grain to earn black money.

For example, the collusion between officials and businessmen of the Zhou family......

And one more thing, it's the black market!

"Black market?"

"I want to see how many things I don't know are hidden in your Zhou family this week!"

Thinking of this, Yang Mucheng walked towards the black market.

Along the way, he got a lot of news about the black market, which attracted not only the people in the imperial city, but also the rest of the cities in the Great Qian Kingdom. There is an auction house, where almost all of the country's best treasures are concentrated.

The slogan of this black market is even more - as long as you have money, you can live like a god!

"With just this sentence, I can destroy your Zhou family!"

"Your Excellency, I don't know what is the matter that my black market can serve?" a guard was in charge of reception.

"I want to participate in the auction!" Yang Mu said.

"Your Excellency, this is your first time coming to the auction, but what evidence do you have?" the waiter said, ...... blades, martial arts, and elixirs.

"How about this?" Yang Mucheng took out the Guan Dao obtained from the storage bag to kill Zhang Jiyuan.

"Spirit Rank Lower Grade Blade?" a trace of astonishment flashed in the waiter's eyes. In the black market, there are indeed many items that will be auctioned, but most of them are treasures that have not yet entered the grade. For example, this young man took out a spirit rank weapon so easily, which was really amazing.

"Your Excellency is a generous man. It just so happens that there will be an auction of a magic artifact on the black market today......" said the waiter.

Ritual weapons?

Yang Mucheng nodded secretly, he originally just wanted to come to the black market to take a look, but he didn't expect to hear this news, this time he came, it was indeed worth the trip.

I don't know what kind of magic weapon it is.

The entire black market takes on a circular shape, surrounding the central auction room, with rows of chairs in a trapezoidal upward shape. As soon as Yang Mucheng found a place to sit down, Ye Wuxian blended in.

"Holy Lord, I found it!" Ye Wuheng said in a low voice: "Your estimate is really right, what the Zhou family did is indeed not a legal thing...... The law of the Great Qian, which strictly forbade the sale of minerals abroad, did so. Moreover, they also have a relationship with Goryeo......"

Yang Mucheng asked in a deep voice, "Is the news true?"

There is an account book in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which records all the transactions between Huo Yan and the Zhou family. It not only contains all kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures, but also a large number of mines. In addition, the Zhou family also maintained a fairly close relationship with many bandits. The treasures plundered by the bandits will be laundered by the Zhou family......"

"The profit of the entire Zhou family for one year is equivalent to ten years of taxes in the Great Qian Kingdom!"

"The Zhou family's crimes this time are quite large, collusion between officials and businessmen, violation of the law of the Great Cadres, collusion with enemy countries, and collusion with bandits...... Each one of them is a great crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan!"

Yang Mucheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

His unintentional move in this private visit really caught a moth hidden in the dark. "Hmph, it seems that the Zhou family can't stay!

"Holy Lord, the three hundred Praetorian Guards are already on standby, as soon as you give the order, they will rush in immediately. Ye Wuheng said.

"Don't worry!" Yang Mucheng waved his hand and said in a low voice: "I want to see what magic weapons the Zhou family has brought this week...... When that artifact is in hand, it's never too late to do it!"

Just when Yang Mucheng and Ye Wuheng were discussing.

The death of Zhou Long also reached Zhou Xianming's ears!

"What? Someone dares to kill my son boldly?" Zhou Xianming was furious.

"My lord, the person who killed the young master is an internal martial artist. Moreover, he has already infiltrated the black market to participate in this auction!" said one of the subordinates respectfully.

"Okay, it's really bold! My son dares to kill him, and this time even if the emperor comes, he can't protect him!"

Zhou Xianming's eyes were cold. He turned his gaze to a rickety old man beside him, and said respectfully: "Master Jian Wushuang, it seems that you need to make a move this time." The other party was able to kill Zhou Long, and even so many martial artists couldn't stop him, but I was afraid that his cultivation had already reached the perfection of his internal strength!"

"A martial artist with perfect internal strength, is also worthy of my master's hands, I can do it!" beside the old man, a black-clothed young man said disdainfully. "It doesn't matter who he is, kill him with a sword!"

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(End of chapter)