Chapter 40: Black Market Gambling
At the same time as bursts of cheers came from the "arena" in the center of the city, a dilapidated inn in the "White Tiger District" in the west of the city in the distance came from the sound of shouting and scolding:
"Yesterday, I ran to sleep in the middle of the night, and I woke up today and didn't want to pay?!"
"I didn't know this was an inn yesterday, I was just too tired to find someone to spend the night. 」
"Then you'll give me a day to be a handyman here before you leave!"
"No! I'm going to race!"
"Compete, look at you as a homeless man, it's almost as good as begging!"
"Really, why don't I pay you back when I win?"
"You've won?!Dream on!"
But I saw the fat female proprietress of the dilapidated inn, pinching a young man's ears to prevent him from leaving, the young man had a handsome face, but his hair was unkempt, and his face was full of stubble, as if he hadn't trimmed his appearance for a month.
And this young man turned out to be Extraordinary Yu!!
I saw that he was begging and begging for mercy, but he couldn't say that he could move this boss lady who was stronger than Shijian, and in the end, Fei Feiyu really had no choice, so he suddenly pretended to have another face, and said coldly:
"I'm really going to race! If you don't let go, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Rude?!Come on! I'll sue you for indecency!!"
Fei Feiyu looked at the boss's fat body and bloated and oily cheeks, thinking that if she shouted indecent, his life would probably be over.
stopped talking at the moment, leaned his right hand behind his back, and sighed in his heart:
"Master, I can't imagine that the first time I used the sword technique you passed down, I would actually use it on such a fat woman, I'm really sorry for you. 」
However, as soon as his hand touched his back, his heart immediately sank.
When the proprietress saw his expression, she immediately guessed seven points and smiled proudly:
"Want to take that broken sword?!When I saw that you had no long things on your body this morning, I secretly sold it to the sassy lady in the underground black market!!! Not enough to pay for your house!!"
Extraordinary Yu exclaimed, and subconsciously took a step with his right foot and left foot respectively.
The proprietress still tugged at his ears tightly and sneered:
"I can't help you run..."
Step 3 out!
Extraordinary Yu finished two steps, his left and right feet were crossed, and the third step suddenly drove a whirlwind, not only shook off the boss's hand, but also magically moved behind the boss's wife, and he also gave up his hand in his busy schedule:
"If you have money, I'll pay you back!"
Then without rushing back, he hurried away from this terrible inn.
As soon as he left the inn, he immediately began to carefully observe the surrounding environment, preparing to go to the "black market" to retrieve the sword. Just because if he loses that sword, even if he rushes to the "martial arts" now, I'm afraid he won't be able to help much.
And although the proprietress only provided a few clues, he immediately heard who the "Sao Po Niang" was in her mouth.
In the city of "Tianxia", the business courts in various districts are strictly controlled, and there are not many merchants in the underground black market, and there is only one of them who can be called "Sao Po Niang".
"Jade Lion" emerald glass.
Fei Feiyu quickly studied the surrounding buildings, streets, and current directions, and finally stopped abruptly in front of a pharmacy.
"Comparison of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Commercial Law of the Three Dynasties" and "History of Underground Commerce" both mention that the black market merchants in the city of Tianxia have special methods to deal with their "trading places".
"Hidden in the city and open to trade, sitting in the north and facing east, the wind becomes a square tile tassel curtain, and the gray foot white wall is lonely and red. 」
While sorting out his thoughts to himself, Fei Feiyu carefully confirmed some hidden features of the appearance of this pharmacy, and deduced that this is the nearest "underground black market", and each "black market" has its own "scope" and does not interfere with each other, which means that it is very likely that the proprietress came to this one.
He walked into the pharmacy and saw an old woman sitting at the counter, staring blankly ahead.
"What kind of medicine do you want to catch?" asked the old woman feebly.
Fei Feiyu smiled slightly, and said the answer that he had thought of a long time ago:
"Just catch one or two corn whiskers and two taels of soybeans. 」
The old woman muttered to herself:
"Corn whiskers, soybeans..."
Then suddenly there was a coquettish laugh, and the laughter was so exquisite, it was like a young woman:
"I'm the Jade Lion, are you going to catch me?"
Extraordinary Yu replied lightly:
"I'm going to take the sword, the one in the morning. 」
The jade lion snorted coldly, and with a flick of his right hand on his face, he actually showed a delicate face like water, with round cheeks and spring eyebrows.
She looked Fei Feiyu up and down a few times with a pair of wonderful eyes, only to see that he was covered with dirt, but his eyes were bright, and there was a calm and unhurried demeanor in his gestures, and she suddenly smiled:
"Do you want that strange sword? a thousand taels of silver. 」
Extraordinary Yu almost fell, although that sword was an extremely important priceless treasure to him, it was not of much use to ordinary people, and it could be sold at a price of one thousand taels of silver that even ordinary famous swords were dwarfed.
He finally knew why the woman in front of him, who was smiling and seductive, was called the "Jade Lion".
"It's really a 'lion's big mouth'!" Fei Feiyu smiled bitterly.
"There's another way to get this sword back. 」
The jade lion smiled.
"Selling yourself?" Fei Feiyu subconsciously took a step back, covering his chest with his hands on his face, with a panicked expression.
"Who wants you to sell yourself!" the jade lion immediately took a sip:
"You can bet. 」
"Bet??"
"Exactly, since you can see that this is not an ordinary pharmacy, and you know that I am a jade lion, haven't you heard of the 'black market' gambling market?"
"What are you going to bet on?"
"Of course, it's the hottest 'martial arts' right now!!!Stupid!"
Fei Feiyu was shocked, and couldn't figure out whether this "Jade Lion" knew that he also participated in the "Martial Battle", and asked tentatively at the moment:
"Which are the two sects with the lowest and highest odds right now?"
"Jade Lion" Cui Liuli replied like a few treasures:
"Of course, the most favored ones are the 'Ruthless Sect' led by the 'Ruthless Son', and the mysterious sect 'Red', which has been acting unusually arrogant recently! 」
When Fei Feiyu heard the word "red", his face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to calm.
"As for the least favored, it was 'Firmament', which just won the first game this morning. They fell in love with the "Shaolin" sect from the "Oriental Martial Arts", and the vanguard, the second striker, and the central defender were all defeated in the hands of a small monk in one move, and the deputy general was defeated without a fight and surrendered directly. 」
Extraordinary Yu opened his mouth wide and couldn't help but ask:
"And how did they win?"
"It's up to the main general! I heard that she danced a messy dance, and the other party all abstained, and now the woman called the night dance is popular, and there are many rumors, some people say that she has magic, some people say that she relies on illusion, and some people say that she is too ugly to scare her opponents away. 」
"Jade Lion" talked a lot in a row, and Fei Feiyu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh when he heard it, and he really couldn't imagine what the situation was.
"Jade Lion" saw that Fei Feiyu did not respond, and saw that although he was unkempt, he had a handsome face, a free and easy demeanor, and a gentle atmosphere of a child of a family.
"How? Since you just talked about selling your body, I'll let you use your body to press, and it doesn't matter if you want to press the 'Ruthless Gate' or 'Red'. You win the bet, the sword is returned to you, and if you lose the bet, help me with chores for a year. 」
Fei Feiyu sighed, secretly thinking about why everyone I met today wanted me to do chores? I really should find time to freshen up, he took a deep breath, and said slowly:
"Okay, I'll press, press the sky!"
The jade lion was startled, reached out and touched Fei Feiyu's forehead and said:
"You want to do my chores so much?
Fei Feiyu didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, so he said casually:
"Exactly, but my sword must be returned to me first. 」
The jade lion thought for a while, and suddenly smiled:
"Okay, I'm not afraid you'll run away!"
As he spoke, he took a sword with a black scabbard from the cabinet behind him, but the hilt was a wooden sword, and gave it to Fei Feiyu.
Fei Feiyu took the sword, turned around and left, leaving only one sentence:
"After the 'martial duel' is over, I'll come back to you. 」
After saying that, he walked out of the store and walked away without looking back.
The jade lion watched his tall back go farther and farther, his heart suddenly moved, and he chased him out at the moment, and called out:
"Wait a minute!"
Fei Feiyu knew that time was tight and he shouldn't stay longer, but when he heard such a soft and moving call, he couldn't help but stop and turned his head slightly.
"What else?!" Extraordinary Yu looked calm, feeling that everything was in order.
The jade lion smiled coquettishly:
"You're going in the wrong direction, the arena is on the other side. 」