Where there are people, there will be trade, and where wealth and goods gather, there will also be hyenas and vultures chasing for money. The Gray Branch Exchange is the only trading venue and neutral zone in the entire Wenning District. Here, in addition to the barefoot coolies who carry goods, the most common are the traders who are chatting and laughing, and the villains who hide in the shadows of the crowd, searching for their targets with their dark eyes, always ready to strangle their targets in the shadows of the trading area.

A middle-aged man sat in the corner of the trading floor and yawned profusely. He had a conspicuous scar on his cheek, and his eyes scanned the crowd in the hall sharply. Another young man came over, holding two large glasses of beer in his hand, placed them on the table in front of him, and sat down beside him: "Uncle, why are you so unenergetic. ”

"There's nothing worthwhile to target...... Scarface picked up his glass and took a big sip. "It's either 'acquaintances' or 'hard bones'. ”

Putting the cup down, Scarface pointed to a medium-sized young man scurrying around the crowd in the distance, and told the young man next to him, "See? That guy with three white eyes, wearing a brown leather vest, that's an 'acquaintance'." ”

And the three white eyes that Scarface refers to don't look very old, but he seems to be an "old-timer", and he is very inconspicuous in the crowd, even if Scarface specifically pointed it out to him, the young man looked at it for a long time before turning the three white eyes out of the crowd.

"Remember, our industry is a very small circle, and there is only one exchange in Wenning District. If you don't want to do useless work, write down the faces of every one of your peers, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty when everyone carries the guys and stares at them on the street. ”

"There are fewer and fewer bones to gnaw on...... Scarface said casually after explaining what to pay attention to, "If you had been in the industry two years earlier, then I wouldn't say anything, but now that you come in, you are indeed in the wrong business." ”

“...... Is it because of the bazaar in the new district?" the young man was silent for a moment, "I heard that there was a bazaar in the trading area a few years ago, and now it has moved to the front of the church...... Is the exchange really going to fail?"

"Not necessarily, but we're definitely done. Scarface scanned around the exchange, looking for a suitable target, but his words were more pessimistic than the young man's, "The exchange can also be used as a transit place for the goods of big merchants, and we who have lost the target of robbery can only rely on luck to hunt wild food like other ordinary robbers, which is inefficient and dangerous." So I have to join the gang at this time, I really don't know what you kid thinks. ”

The young man was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "Uncle...... Otherwise, let's go to work in the lower city together, although it will be a little harder, but we don't have to worry about being caught by the sheriff or killed by the people of the Golden Lock of the Raven. ”

"Going downtown, just me?" Scarface laughed out loud when he heard the young man's words, "Come on, I've killed several people, and it's strange that I can pass the church's divine review." ”

At this moment, the doorstop at the entrance of the exchange hall was pushed open with a "squeak", interrupting Scarface's words......

"Whew......" Suzo gasped softly, the spacious trading floor was filled with the smell of alcohol and tobacco. It looks quite scary for the bearded adults to quarrel and fight for a profit of one or two cents.

"I really want to hire two bodyguards...... However, I heard that mercenaries are no better than robbers...... Forget it. Su Zuo looked at the people in the hall, covered in cold sweat, to see who looked like a villain.

"Quick fix...... It's better to make a quick decision......" Su Zuo muttered and changed his original plan, originally according to the information he had collected in the past few days, he was going to integrate into the trading floor first, and see if he could find out those so-called "stalking". However, this idea proved to be somewhat unrealistic, even though he was wrapped in a black robe, which obscured his face and figure. But from the curious eyes of others, he could feel that this did not have much effect, and as a child, he was too dazzling to appear here.

And the longer it drags on, the greater the risk of being noticed, if it doesn't work steadily, use quick attack tactics, take advantage of the crowd and get it out quickly, maybe the stalking hasn't reacted yet.

Thinking of this, Su Zuo tightened the paper bag in his arms a little and stepped into the hall......

Scarface blinked, he thought it was his own delusion, but it was indeed a child who pushed the door open.

It was a child, not a dwarf or a dwarf. The robe may cover the waist, but it can't support the shoulder line, and the little guy's careful camouflage is full of flaws in the eyes of a veteran like Scarface.

The scar man looked at the piercing but inconspicuous little guy, and a subtle feeling surged in his heart, so why did a child come to the exchange?

"It's weird...... If you're looking for something good to eat and have fun, the market in front of the church is a better choice. ”

Looking at the paper bag he was holding in his arms, Scarface frowned, the thing wrapped in the paper bag was not large, about the size of two apples, like a small round bread.

"Maybe it's not something valuable......" Scarface thought about it, but even he didn't believe it, he vaguely felt that something was not right.

Maybe it was the neat and unhesitating posture and walking posture that looked less like a child cowering and straying into the tiger's den, but more like a brave man who slayed a dragon, launching an indomitable charge towards the treasure of the dragon's den.

Scar Man was intrigued, and he planned to keep an eye on the little guy to see what he was going to change......

Without hesitation, Suzo walked straight to the depths of the trading floor, and he only had to tilt his head slightly to see the huge black bulletin board on the wall on the right side of the hall, densely filled with information about selling and seeking trades.

But that wasn't his goal.

At the end of the hall, Suzo found what he was looking for.

It was just a row of inconspicuous counters, about the size of the bar in the corner, but the long counter was isolated from the curtain by a wooden board, and from under the curtain you could see the tall wooden stools fixed to the ground, and as long as you sat on it, the whole person would be hidden behind the curtain.

"That's it, Agent. Su Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, and without hesitation, he opened the curtain, stepped on the stool beam, and sat down......

Scarface was a little surprised, and he saw that the little guy who had just come in did not hesitate and went straight to the intermediary desk.

Until he sat on the barstool, Scarface didn't have a chance to see what the goods in his arms were, and the sharp posture made Scarface tremble slightly: "Don't you even look at the bulletin board...... It's too tender...... It's so tender......"

Scarface felt like he was pretty sure. That's right, even in the eyes of a veteran like him, the little guy's series of choices are undoubtedly the most correct - choosing to wrap the goods in a paper bag and use the intermediary desk, rather than exchanging them directly with others, are all choices to minimize the risk of exposure to the goods on his body.

But the problem is that this choice is so correct and so neat that it doesn't look like a kid or a novice trader at all. If there were no veterans to guide him behind his back, it would never have been possible for him alone to achieve this level.

And the little guy himself also has great courage and extremely high action, and there are almost no mistakes in the whole process, but it is precisely this extraordinary action that shows the flaws.

"That's right, the intermediary desk can indeed sell the goods in their hands quickly and covertly through consignment and currency transactions...... But you've forgotten that the consignment fee of up to 1 piece of black silver is enough to constitute a flaw......"

Scarface licked his lips, he had a feeling, it was a big deal.

In this way, all doubts can be explained.

Question 1: Why don't the little ones go to the market before the church? Answer: Because the market vendors in front of the church don't have the ability to swallow the deal.

Question 2: Why don't you take a look at the bulletin board and barter with other dealers? Answer: It may be that there is a danger that the value of the goods on his body will be exposed in direct trading, and there is no force or force behind him that can protect him from threats;

Question 3: Why can he act so firmly and without hesitation in the face of a transaction fee of up to 1 black silver? Answer: Because the value of the goods in his hand far exceeds the risk of 1 black silver.

To sum up, this prey in front of him is a "fat sheep" that is weak, has weak resistance, and is completely asymmetrical with the value of the goods he carries.

A sneer appeared on Scarface's face, and he stood up, even if the other party was just a child, there was no pity in his heart.

The next step is to make a final confirmation.

The little one's means are indeed perfect.

Yes, he did, and it would be difficult for them to deal with them, but that didn't mean they couldn't handle it.

As real, year-round old villains who have been entrenched in the exchange, no matter what kind of defense the traders come up with, they can crack it.

Looking down from the sky like a vulture, besieging like a hyena, not being spared because the opponent is a woman or child, nor reluctantly because the opponent is unarmed, chasing the stench of copper coins, scavengers flock to it, the prey they are targeting has no ability to resist, and the bones of the prey they are targeting are gone.

In Scarface's mind, he had already conceived of a place to throw the corpse, and without bothering, as he had done hundreds of times before, he secretly followed from behind, covered his mouth, slit his throat, and waited for the breath of life to pass away from the small body, and then quietly took the paper bag, leaving the corpse to the hungry dog and crow, leaving no trace, no mercy or mercy.

Because only in this way can you be called a qualified "professional stalker......

Information that can now be made public:

[Gray Branch]: A tree branch that represents freedom and peace in Nanling, similar to the symbol of the olive branch of the earth, but it is a gray iron branch, because of its tenacity is often used to make shields, so it is placed on people's good wishes.