Chapter 327: Treasure Village
Regardless of Hu Laozhuan's best efforts to stay, Yin Nuo took Xiao Cong and Hongxiang to leave indifferently, and when he left the main hall, the four vigorous men presented the promised rewards one by one, one no more, one less, Yin Nuo did not have Mi Kei, Xiao Cong's Mi Kei could not be shown, and these things could not be held by Yin Nuo himself, so they were all handed over to Xiao Cong and Hongxiang.
The three of them walked down the street swaggering like this, not to mention the dazzling eyes.
The first meeting in this plan is not an unhappy parting, but it is definitely not a good beginning and a good end, Yin Nuo put forward all the conditions without tactfulness and scruples, and did not give an inch, Hu Lao said a lot of good things, but Yin Nuo was unmoved from beginning to end, it was completely a picture of "I won't play with you if you don't help me" The look, if you put others aside, this Hu Lao Bolt can definitely be regarded as a master of negotiation, the price is reduced little by little, the soft grinding and hard bubbles are induced in order, and the knowledge is reasonable, but this time he met Yin Nuo, who is soft and hard and does not eat the shaft, can be regarded as having seen what it means to not enter the oil and salt, and what makes him most angry is that Yin Nuo has never come to him with a straight eye, and his hospitality is not even a little expressed, you say that you don't want to stay, how many times can you say it? But Hu Lao Xuan still sent the three of them out of the gate, and watched the three of them go away with a smile, no wonder they could get such a status in a place like Forgetaway Valley, which is a place where people eat people, this kind of heart, ordinary people really can't compare!
However, in Xiao Cong's opinion, Yin Nuo's battle is really beautiful, although if it were changed, he would never be treated so harshly, as the saying goes, if the transaction is not dealed, don't complain if you can't make money, but Yin Nuo's move on this trip can be enough to show the domineering attitude of the three of them, the stereotypical image of the partner's reputation is simply a perfect match, even if Yin Nuo is a little meaner, then Hu Laozhuan can't say anything, because as we all know, he is like that. Besides, Hu Laoshuan's efforts to keep him may not be holding back some bad water, if the three of them live here tonight, they will definitely have a lot of dreams at night, and they will not be able to rest at night, and he has not learned much about the routines in the Valley of Forgetfulness, and he doesn't know much about Yin Nuo, so it's better to be careful.
After coming out of Hu Laozhuan's house, the three of them did not go back to the inn where they lived before, but followed a route that had never been walked, and came to a courtyard that was more spacious than Hu Laozhuan's house, the door was wide open, looking in from the outside, red walls and green tiles, carving dragons and phoenixes, feeling that this was definitely not a big family's house, but a palace!
Although the palace is deserted, it is not as empty as when he first entered Hu Laoshuan's house, there is an old man cleaning the courtyard in the courtyard, hunched over, skinny, sackcloth and grass shoes, a wooden hairpin on his head, barely tied up his gray hair, he is facing Xiao Cong sideways, so Xiao Cong can't see his whole face clearly, this old man looks weak and can't help the wind, but in the spiritual sense, the spiritual energy in the body is abundant like a lake, and the tide is endless, estimating its strength, at least in the middle of the Star Picking Realm.
As if sensing that someone was coming, the old man turned his head and glanced at Xiao Cong and the three of them, intentionally or unintentionally
Then he turned back and continued to work weakly on the work in his hand, parting forward and rowing backward, slowly but very steadily.
Xiao Cong only glanced at the old man, and didn't think much about it, people who lived to a handful of years in a place like Forgotten Life Valley, but swept the floor here in their later years, there are nothing more than two possibilities, one is that this old man has a story, but this place has a story, but no matter which side of the story it is, it has nothing to do with him, and he is too lazy to that idleness.
The three of them continued to walk inside, stepped on the steps, and walked into the "main hall" facing the door, the whole compound is this building, looking tall and wide from the outside, and only when they walked into the interior did they feel that this space was much larger than in the feeling, gilt and jade, magnificent, if they could enshrine the golden body of the Buddha, it would be more suitable.
But there is no golden body of the Buddha here, only a few people, a few tables, and a few abrupt walls, which look a little empty.
Xiao Cong maximized his spiritual sense, but he tried to try again, and after trying a few times, he found that although these people were also monks, they could be cultivated compared with the spacious layout here, which was really mediocre, basically around the early stage of the realm, and it was not as good as the sweeping old man outside the door!
A neatly dressed middle-aged man with a thin figure came forward, he had an ordinary face, with the sideburns and beard of a scribe, although he looked a little vicissitudes, but still white, and felt a rare peace in the Valley of Forgotten Life, he waved his hand and smiled:
"Your Excellency, here you are. β
Yin Nuo bowed back, and his face was finally a little solemn.
"Come with me. The middle-aged scribe said, then turned and walked inside.
Yin Nuo didn't say a word, and followed the middle-aged scribe to continue walking inside, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang held a pair of utensils and followed behind Yin Nuo, until now, he didn't see what the reputation of this extravagant place with a story was there.
The three of them followed the middle-aged scribe to a wall unhurriedly, there was a table next to the wall, and next to the table sat a weak scholar facing Qingxiu, Yin Nuo glanced at the two, and the two of them understood, and carefully placed the utensils in their hands on the table.
The weak scholar picked up the utensils one by one and carefully examined them, and each one was checked, he wrote down a note on the account book on the table, and the end was very cautious, and several people present were speechless, the middle-aged scribe had a warm smile on his face, his hands folded in front of his abdomen, and he stood naturally like this, Yin Nuo's body stood straight, his upright figure and cold face made him look like a lifelike woodcut at this time, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang both half-bowed their heads, hiding their whole faces under the brim of the long gray robe, and retreated behind Yin Nuo after putting the utensils on the table, under the loose gray robe, it was not clear what kind of posture the two were standing, but both were motionlessγ
The weak scholar finished the inspection and recording of the utensils, raised his face and nodded at the middle-aged scribe, and the middle-aged scribe bowed his head back, turned his face to Yin Nuo and said:
"Please follow me. β
Yin Nuo glanced at Xiao Cong and Hongxiang again, and the two of them did not drop any of the utensils on the table
The ground was put away, and Yin Nuo, who had already stepped forward, walked across the table and into the wall.
Behind the wall is a black stone staircase that leads diagonally down, etched, and it looks like it has been many years, although the light is dim, it does not feel damp and cold, and there is no strange smell, but when I look up, I see neither the torches nor the pearls of the night, I really don't know where these faint rays come from.
The stone steps are very narrow, at most only two people can pass shoulder to shoulder, a group of four people go down diagonally, Yin Nuo is the leader, followed by Hongxiang Xiao Cong and the middle-aged scribe, at the end of the stone steps is a door that looks like black iron, Yin Nuo walked to the front, directly pushed the door in, and then the three mermaids entered.
Walking here, Xiao Cong had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart that this was a place, at first he thought it was a pawn shop, now he thinks this is a treasure village, but it may also be a place that combines the pawn shop and the treasure village, it should be specially prepared for unemployed vagrants like Yin Nuo who live in no fixed place, and when he asked Yin Nuo why there is an inn like the Valley of Forgotten Life where they temporarily live, he thought of one thing, things are precious, and honesty is definitely priceless in the Valley of Forgotten Life, not only priceless, but also powerless for most people, so this thing is more valuable hereThis value is reflected in the reward when the bearer abandons it, such as the inn, where the guest puts his personal belongings in the inn, and if something happens to him outside, where will these ownerless things be forwarded? As the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, even if they blatantly take it for themselves, outsiders can't say anything, because in a place like the Valley of Forgotten Life, morality is really a much-spurned thing, and if anyone dares to talk about morality, it will definitely be regarded as a joke, not to mention, no one will care too much about these, everyone is ill-gotten gains, why do you laugh at 50 steps and 100 steps? It's just a flock of generally black crows.
As for the pawnshop and the treasure village, if you can uphold integrity in the valley of the forgotten life, it will be more profitable, the most important thing in the valley of the forgotten life is the unemployed vagrants like Yin Nuo, who have no fixed place, they are greedy and suspicious, and they hold the utensils that cannot be put in the inn and do not have the mustard to bloom, and they want to open an extra room in the inn to store, but the inn does not have this transaction, nor can they afford such a risk, maybe a place like "Baozhuang" came into being like this.
But the fierce and cruel competition for survival in the Valley of Forgotten Life is obvious to all, and no one can say who will die one day, so what about the utensils they hide in the treasure house?
Although Xiao Cong still didn't know the operating mechanism and mystery of this place, he thought, there must be some way here to ensure that no one can take out the things here after death, oh no, it is except for themselves, so that these artifacts can justifiably fall into their hands, after all, the money earned by burning and looting is still the property of the living, and the money earned from these transactions is the wealth of the dead, what is ill-gotten gain, this is called ill-gotten gain!
But people like Yin Nuo should also understand these truths, but why do they still do this?
Come to think of it, they don't have a choice other than squandering on the premise of guaranteeing the bottom.
In this way, can forgetfulness really be called forgetfulness?
Walking through the black stone gate, the middle-aged scribe sped up a few steps to the front to lead the way, this place is densely packed with small rooms, the path between the rooms is narrower than the previous stone steps, if you are a little fatter, I am really afraid that you will not be able to walk.
After walking through the black stone gate, Xiao Cong finally smelled the breath of the master, in his spiritual sense, there are no less than ten masters above the Heavenly Realm here, and no less than three masters above the Star Picking Realm.
"Hey, the owner of this treasure village, could it have been someone from the Murong family?" he thought wildly.
The three of them followed the middle-aged scribe straight forward, turned a corner, walked some distance, and stopped in front of a room that was indistinguishable from the others, and the middle-aged scribe stood not far from the door, bowed, and said respectfully, "Please." β
Yin Nuo walked to the door, took out an unpretentious brass key, inserted it into the keyhole, turned it slightly, the deadtongue "bell" popped open, the lock body was crooked, and it was quietly hung on the lock nose after a few swings back and forth, and the door opened automatically at the same time.
Yin Nuo walked into the room with Xiao Cong and Hongxiang, and the middle-aged scribe remained outside the door with a respectful and peaceful posture.
The room didn't look empty or crowded, there was nothing else, only the utensils held in Xiao Cong and Hongxiang's arms, Xiao Cong knew that don't look at Yin Nuo, this guy looks shabby, I didn't expect that the family foundation is quite thick!
Without Yin Nuo's eyes, the two tacitly put the things in their arms neatly together with other things, without any lingering, and followed Yin Nuo to turn around and leave.
Out of the door did not look back, just walked straight forward, the middle-aged scribe locked the door with a smile, not in a hurry, Yin Nuo walked in front unhurriedly, and walked back to the black stone door with Xiao Cong and Hongxiang accurately - this black stone door was dug in the southeast corner of the warehouse, as long as the sense of direction is not ridiculously poor, anyone can find it.
In this way, they walked through the stone steps again, walked through the wall, walked out of the "palace", stepped over the paved stone slabs in the courtyard, turned around in the alleys and alleys, and returned to the bustling street.
Yin Nuo's choice of place, it shouldn't be wrong to think about it.
When I first entered the inn, the scene was the same as the last time I entered the hotel, but with the experience of staying in the hotel last time, this time Yin Nuo directly opened three rooms, for this trip, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were not surprised, since they knew Yin Nuo's fame, they had heard of the things related to Yin Nuo that happened on North Street recently, not to mention that the inn was the most crowded place, if even they couldn't hear the rumors, it must be a little-known secret.
Three of them in Yono's
Gathered in the room, sitting around the table, Hong Xiang had already taken off his gray robe as soon as he returned to his room before, because he felt that it was really uncomfortable to wear that thing, Xiao Cong went back to his room and stood on his feet and came to the next door, taking off the gray robe in Yin Nuo's room.
The time is already unitary, the sky has not yet darkened, Xiao Cong opened the window, let the sunlight that has begun to dye into the room, he hates dullness and closure, especially in a place like the Valley of Forgotten Life, although it is said that opening the window will be connected to the downtown outside, but to say that through the sky, he is connected to the world outside the Valley of Forgotten Life, although he knows that these are actually psychological effects.
Pouring tea into the tea bowls of the other two, Yin Nuo was the first to speak,
"Today's matter, Fourth Young Master Xiao is still satisfied?"
Xiao Cong smiled and nodded, and replied:
"It's done well and it's in line with where we're now. β
Yin Nuo smiled, his expression was sincere, not a little false,
"Fourth Young Master Xiao feels satisfied, if there is something inappropriate, I hope Fourth Young Master Xiao will not mind, say it, I will definitely change it in the future." β
"You are the aboriginal here, I am just a passerby, I am not familiar with the place, in terms of the means of doing things, it will definitely not be able to compare with you, you can do what you want, as long as you forget my identity, as usual. "The tone is gentle, like a close friend.
"By the way, what kind of place is the hunting city that Hu Lao Xuan is talking about? It sounds like it should be the depths of the Valley of Forgotten Life. As soon as Xiao Cong's voice fell, he raised his face and suddenly asked.
Yin Nuo smiled coldly, and said in a slightly teasing tone:
"Before, he was only the master of that old bolt and was not a big man, but I didn't expect it to be a person in the hunting city, what the fourth young master Xiao said is true, this hunting city is indeed the deeper part of the Forgotten Valley, after the hunting city, it is the refining pot, that is the real Forgotten Valley!"
"Have you been there?" Xiao Cong asked with an eyebrow.
Yin Nuo shook his head,
"No, although I can stay there for a while with my cultivation, I have never been there, Xiao Sigongzi may have also seen that the people who live in the Valley of Forgetting Life are not all heinous people who sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, at least these people who live in North Street to South Street, most of them came here out of helplessness, but over time, they can't leave, I am such a person. β
As he spoke, Yin Nuo's gaze slanted slightly, and then he sighed faintly.
Xiao Cong also let out a long sigh, and after a while, he asked:
"Then according to you, what is the bad luck of this trip?"
Yin Nuo smiled,
Anyway, this hunting city is a must-go now, rather than bothering to weigh the bad luck here, it is better to resign yourself to fate, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and the living will never let the urine suffocate to death, besides, extraordinary people have their own extraordinary fate, and Jiren has their own celestial statues, I believe in Xiao Sigongzi. β
Xiao Cong also smiled, and then the smile slowly faded, staring at Yin Nuo's eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"Are you really not afraid? It's still too late to quit. β
Yin Nuo didn't dodge or dodge, he rested his elbows on the table, his face leaned forward, and his tone was slightly like this
joked:
"This sentence should be what I said to Xiao Sigongzi, Xiao Sigongzi still has a choice, but I really don't have a choice, I am a person in the Valley of Forgotten Life, like them, I can't leave here, I promised Hu Laozhuan to go to the hunting city is me, even if Xiao Sigongzi runs away, I still have to go, so I still hope that Xiao Sigongzi will not retreat in his heart. β
Xiao Cong smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked a gratifying arc, everything was silent.
"Let's not talk about this, let's talk about something funny, do you know what's going on with that treasure village?"
"What's going on?" Yin Nuo asked with an eyebrow.
"That is, how he reassured you people to entrust your belongings to him. β
Yin Nuo thought for a moment and replied:
"There's nothing mysterious about that place, but ordinary people really can't get in, even in a place where the Forgotten Valley is mixed with unscrupulous means, it can be regarded as a tight insurance. β
After a pause, he continued:
"With Xiao Sigongzi's experience and insight, distinguish the material of the building materials there, it should not be a problem, then I will directly say something that Xiao Sigongzi does not know, to ensure that the orderly conditions of the treasure village in addition to the sturdiness of the warehouse and the presence of masters, there are two other two, one is the steward there, the other is that there is a mysterious weapon that can identify the true identity of others, the steward is talented, has a superior memory and never forgets, although the mysterious weapon can not directly indicate who the person is, but it can be distinguished by a certain amount of information, I don't know how to say this, anyway......β
Looking at Yin Nuo, who looked pained, Xiao Cong smiled and said:
"It's like a password, the performance of the people who store things here is recorded in the form of a password, because the steward has a super memory, so he can determine who the person is based on the performance on the mystery, I'm right. β
Yin Nuo slapped his thigh and said in ecstasy:
"Fourth Young Master Xiao is thorough at a point, that's what it means!"
Xiao Cong smiled proudly and said:
You go on. β
Yin Nuo cleared his throat, straightened his body, and continued:
"Then there is the layout in the warehouse, the cubicles we see are not fixed, every once in a while, they will be rearranged all the rooms, and the specific change of location is only known to the steward, so after entering the warehouse, he has to take it to find his cubicle. β
When Xiao Cong heard this, he nodded slightly, and suddenly realized:
"Oh, I see, so that even if the custodian is killed outside and steals the key, then he can't find a specific room when he comes here, so he can't open the lock on the door, and the ownerless thing can be rightfully taken by them!"
Yin Nuo's face was slightly surprised, and he couldn't help muttering:
"And this stubble, I really didn't think of it before......"
"Do you know who the boss of that treasure village is?" Xiao Cong raised his face and asked, without waiting for Yin Nuo to reply, he said to himself: "If my guess is right, it should be the old man sweeping the floor in the yard!"
Yin Nuo was stunned for a moment, then gasped, slowly gave a thumbs up, and said solemnly:
"Fourth Young Master Xiao, you are really this!"
As he spoke, he shook his thumbs-up right hand up and down.
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