Chapter 0852 Searching (2-in-1)
The night was getting deeper.
The lights in the big night city are like day, this is a city of trade, so there are endless cars and pedestrians at any time, but because the seven teleportation arrays will operate at the same time there will be a huge sound, so at night, the frequency of the teleportation array will be greatly reduced, and only the richest and most respected people will be eligible to use it.
The busiest places in the big night city are the north and south of the city, one leads to Zhongzhou, and the other leads to Nanling, so when the city was built, most of the shops were concentrated in these two places, and the west of the city is mixed, with some shops, some restaurants, cars and horses, and the east of the city is the real prosperous area.
In fact, a hundred years ago, it was even more crowded here, and many trading houses did not have a foothold here, which seriously affected trade, and the big night city had to expand, but only after a hundred years, this place was a little insufficient. β
Chen Muqi knows the Big Night City very well, and Su Qi has also heard that although the Chen family in Zhongzhou is not good at business, after all, it has a long history and a lot of heritage, and among the thirty chambers of commerce in charge of the Big Night City, one is the property of the Chen family.
"So this shop of Xilin Commercial Bank is a little strange......" Chen Muqi's red big hair crackled in the night wind, and Chang Xiaoliu followed behind her, looking quite well-behaved, "Few commercial houses will set up warehouses here, and most of the eastern part of the city is a place for fun." β
She glanced at the cheerful restaurants on both sides of the road, her face disdainful.
The soft chuckle, the hazy figure, the faint smell of wine and singing, clearly told everyone what this place was.
"This street is full of this kind of place," Chen Muqi rubbed his fists, as if he was pressing the desire to fight, "I heard that the women here come from all over the world, there are homeless noblewomen, there are scholarly young ladies, and there are even many monks. β
Su Qi was stunned for a moment, "Monk?"
"Well, of course, they are only low-level cultivators, mainly in the Spirit Sea Realm, but there are a few of them with the top brand of the Divine Mind Realm, and the price of one night is enough to buy half of the shops here, and only those really rich businessmen can afford to spend this kind of money," Chen Muqi sneered, "When I came here the day before yesterday, I heard that there is a son of the Wei family who has been here all the year round, and I heard that he is also the cousin of Wei Nong...... Hmph, most of this Wei family is a waste, and they are still greedy for the position of Wei Chong's makeup, if I were her, I would just kill it clean!"
Chen Muqi said with a lot of anger, obviously annoyed by the recent strength of the Wei family and the arrogant posture of some of the Wei family's children.
Su Qi was silent, he also knew very well that any rapidly expanding force was in danger of having an unstable foundation, external hostility, internal moths, and even the loyalty of his subordinates were all an anthill that could collapse thousands of miles, and as the Wei family's wealth rolled more and more, there would be more and more Wei family members who wanted Wei to abdicate.
After all, the Wei family is just a huge family that can only be supported by a few people and foreign directors, and more Wei family members are just some wine bags and rice bags.
Xilin Commercial Bank is at the end of this green building street, there are two city guards outside the door, no one is allowed to enter or exit, fortunately Li Qiu is also here, after the report Su Qi and others entered smoothly, only to find that Xilin Commercial Bank is full of city guards, almost to the point of one person.
Li Qiu was interrogating everyone in the firm.
Hearing that Su Qi and Chen Muqi came to the door, he walked out of a hut with a tired face, "Something is wrong with the two of you?"
"The road is uneven, come to help," Chen Muqi put his hands behind his back and looked at the main hall, Director Feng was sitting in the lobby in a daze, Chen Muqi raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter? Isn't this director the old man of Xilin Commercial Bank? He should be used to seeing wind and rain, why is he still depressed after so long?"
"Because if you can't recover the relics, the Xilin Trading House will be in big trouble," Li Qiu took the hot towel from the hand of the guard and wiped his face vigorously. Guichan Temple is not easy to mess with, this Buddhist temple in the West Desert reputation is not too good, and the temple is not a temple such a righteous way has a lot of differences, in the past thousand years, Guichan Temple shot several times, destroyed several business houses that do not respect Buddhism, and even had ten monks to cross to the east, and Zhongzhou Zongmen war, the relics were lost, Xilin Commercial Bank will inevitably go bankrupt, and he and Yu Hong, are the most directly responsible for this matter, Yu Hong died, then he naturally bore the brunt, to bear the wrath of Guichan Temple and Xilin Commercial Bank. β
There was a moment of silence.
Su Qi broke the silence and asked, "Where were the relics stored before?"
"In Chief Feng's secret room, follow me," Li Qiu pointed to a path next to the main hall and walked first, "There are four courtyards behind the main hall, three of which are used as warehouses and are also the residences of the subordinates, and the remaining one, which is also the outermost one, is the residence of Chief Feng and several core disciples of the trading house. β
"There are only two small buildings in this courtyard, and the one that is high is the residence of Master Feng, I have already gone to see it, although there are some protection methods, such as formations, prohibitions, etc., but they are not powerful, and they can only restrict monks below the Divine Mind Realm. β
The yard is not big, tidy and tidy, the two small buildings are on the left hand side, the right hand side is a well-kept flower garden, the back of the small building is the courtyard wall, behind is a small river, on the other side of the river is a brightly lit restaurant.
"This courtyard was obtained by Xilin Commercial Bank thirty years ago, when there was a competitor of Xilin Commercial Bank in the big night city, both of them were engaged in trade between Ximo and Nanling, and most of the business overlapped, so the competition was very fierce, but the commercial bank fell behind in the competition with Xilin, and lost money in a big gamble, not only lost this courtyard to Xilin Commercial Bank, but eighty percent of the business was also taken over by Xilin Commercial Bank, and since then it has been sluggish. β
Li Qiu smiled, "This courtyard is worth a million taels. β
Su Qi smashed his tongue, this number is not easy for many monks.
Zhao Zi stood beside him, sniffed, took out a small compass, and searched around.
He would stand in front of the flower garden for a while, walk around the small building, start to climb the courtyard wall, and finally push the small building open and plunge into it.
"What is he doing?" Li Qiu frowned, "It's best not to mess up here, maybe the Grand Commander will come over in person tomorrow." β
"Treasure hunting," Su Qi shrugged and followed into the small building, "He is a professional in this." β
The small building has three floors, it is the common style of Nanling, the first floor is the main hall, there is no room, but many statues of gods are enshrined, and it is a Buddha statue facing the door, but it is not a true Buddha, but one of the twelve disciples of the true Buddha sitting, in the West Desert, although all Buddhist temples respect the true Buddha, but many Buddhist temples directly worship the disciples of the true Buddha, especially some Buddhist temples think that they are the descendants of these disciples, so in addition to the statue of the true Buddha in the main hall of the Buddhist temple, the statue of these disciples will also be erected.
And this also caused a dispute over Taoism in the Western Desert, supporting different true Buddha disciples of the Buddhist temple often preached Buddhism and Taoism, arguing endlessly, all thinking that they were the orthodox inheritance of the true Buddha, others were just partial doors, and even fought for it, and the three major temples such as the temple have been adhering to a neutral attitude, rarely mixed into this Taoist dispute, and the main hall also simply set up thirteen statues, the true Buddha and his twelve disciples are sitting on it.
And this Buddha statue in the small building is called Su Bodhi, it is said that this person has a bad character, but he is very intelligent, he has been disrespectful to the true Buddha, but he was surrendered by the real Buddha by great means, abandoned what he has learned, and turned into the Buddha's way, since then he has been singing all the way, becoming one of the strongest few half-emperors of the true Buddha sitting down, because he is good at fighting, so there are a large number of Buddhist temples in the Western Desert who believe in him, and Guichan Temple is also in this list, and he believes that he has inherited the lineage of Su Bodhi's Buddhism, and their Lan Ruo Sutra is indeed related to Su Bodhi's Empty Sutra, and Xilin Shangxing has a good relationship with Guichan Temple, and it is not a surprise to worship this Buddha all year roundγ
After entering, the god of wealth of Nanling is also enshrined under the wall on the right hand, Zhao Zizheng is squatting under the god of wealth to study something, this god of wealth is the ancient god of Nanling, with a fat head and big ears, a round belly, a smile, a bronze bowl full of copper coins on each side of each hand, and the stairs on the left hand side.
"The Chamber of Secrets is under the statue of the God of Wealth. Li Qiu walked over, inserting two bronze bowls with both hands at the same time, and with a soft click, the statue of the God of Wealth rose higher and higher, revealing a hole below, and a steep stone staircase extended down.
"There is the breath of a treasure!" Zhao Zi suddenly spoke, the needle on the compass in his hand spun wildly, he pushed Li Qiu away, and jumped straight down.
Su Qi and the others followed.
This secret room is built on the ground of the entire downstairs, so it is quite spacious, there are three wooden shelves in it, there are many scrolls on it, Su Qi glanced at it, and found that most of them are the account books of Xilin Commercial Bank, and a small part is the record of Xilin Commercial Bank for many years of gifts, if this thing is taken out, it is estimated that it will cause a lot of chaos, and there is also a wooden table under the wall opposite the stairs, on which there are some wooden boxes, all of which have been opened, and there are rare jewelry inside, many of which are magic weapons from the hands of monks, and there are also some wooden boxes piled up on both sides, and most of them are spiritual grass, spirit stones, and even rune paper artifacts, although precious, are not rare.
"Director Feng said that he and Yu Hong handed over the relics here, and the wooden box was opened with about half a pillar of incense," Li Qiu pointed to the surrounding walls, "The walls here are engraved with formations, which can block breath and sound, and also have a certain defensive ability, and the two of them are mortals, so they don't know much about it, so after the wooden box was opened, they didn't rush to close it, but continued to talk about some business problems." β
Su Qi closed his eyes, the aura gathered here, because there were a lot of treasures, so the aura was very mixed, but he still found a little Buddha aura in these chaotic breaths.
"There is indeed a remnant of Buddha qi," Su Qi looked at Zhao Zi, "How about it, is this Buddha qi enough for you to find the whereabouts of the relics?"
"Reluctantly, but at least I can try. β
Zhao Zi fiddled with the compass in his hand while chanting words in his mouth, and a strange aura swirled around him.
Everyone watched his movements silently.
There are nine silver needles on the compass, which rotate extremely fast, but as the aura on Zhao Zi's body continues to pour in, the speed of the silver needles gradually slows down, pointing to the mysterious notches on the compass in turn, and after all the pointers stop, Zhao Zi lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a while, and sighed lightly, "Someone blocked my investigation, and I can't see the specific whereabouts of the relics, but it seems that it is not very far from the Great Night City," he looked at it carefully, and became puzzled again, "It's strange, I didn't find the relics, but I found another place in this courtyard where the Buddha's qi remained." β
"Another?"
Su Qi was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Qiu, "Has the wooden box containing the relics been opened elsewhere?"
"According to Director Feng, no," Li Qiu's expression was solemn, "Where is the residual Buddha qi?"
Zhao Zi recognized the direction and said hesitantly, "It seems to be ...... Is it the lobby where Director Feng was sitting just now?"
Su Qi was stunned, "Could it be Master Feng......, right?
"No," Zhao Zi shook his head, "he doesn't have much Buddha energy on him." β
"Yes or no, just go and see. Chen Muqi turned around and strode away.
Everyone hurried through the stone path between the courtyards, Director Feng was still sitting upright in the lobby, and there was food on the table next to him, but it seemed that only a few chopsticks had been moved, and the young man he had seen before was persuading him to let Director Feng use more.
"Ah Gong, the matter has come to this, don't hurt your body," the young man's voice was soft, "The people from the Chamber of Commerce will come over tomorrow, if Ah Gong doesn't eat some, how can he cope with it tomorrow?"
Director Feng shook his head slightly, and Yu Guang noticed Su Qi and the others, he stood up tremblingly, his eyes showing anticipation, "Commander Li, there is good news." β
Li Qiu nodded and looked at Zhao Zi.
Zhao Zi held a compass in his hand and walked with strange steps in the lobby, walking from east to west, and then from west to east, with a spiritual aura on his body.
Director Feng's eyes widened slightly, "This is ......"
Chen Muqi raised an index finger and shrugged softly.
Director Feng was silent, a trace of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes, and he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Director Feng's arm.
Zhao Zi walked back and forth several times, gradually patrolling around Director Feng, and after a while, Zhao Zi suddenly put down the compass and stared straight at Director Feng and the two.
"You have a remnant of Buddha qi in your body. β
"What?" Director Feng was stunned, and gradually understood what Zhao Zi meant, and his face showed anger, "Are you suspicious of the old man? The old man has been in the Xilin Commercial Bank for decades, and he has always been loyal! You dare, you dare to ......."
Zhao Zi impatiently brushed away Master Feng's hand and stared directly at the young man, "It's not you, it's him!"
"What?"
Everyone was taken aback, the young man was stunned for a moment, and immediately took a few steps back, he took a jade pendant from his waist, his eyes showed a fierce look, and he slammed it into the ground.
But the people in the field are all monks, which one will be taken advantage of by mortals?
The fastest reaction was Su Qi, his figure flashed, and with a sweep of his right hand, he grabbed the jade pendant tightly, but the spirit pattern on the jade pendant had completely lit up, and the powerful spiritual light exploded instantly.
Su Qi snorted coldly, and the sword qi poured out from his body, instantly turning into a sword cage, firmly restraining this explosive aura.
Chen Muqi followed behind Su Qi, stepped to the young man's side, and tapped the finger of his right hand, and the young man was instantly paralyzed and unable to move.
Su Qi looked down at him, then glanced at Director Feng, who fell to the ground because he was too surprised, and muttered, "This is interesting." β