The Ancient Tea Horse Road originated from the tea and horse markets in the southwest frontier and the northwest frontier, flourished in the Great Qi and Great Jin periods, flourished in the Great Wei and Daxuan, and the ancient tea horse road connected Shuzhou, Yunzhou, and the Western Regions, extending into the territory of Bosa Prefecture until the Western Continent.

Along the way, many markets for turnover trade have been formed, which are quite prosperous.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu walked more than 100 miles along the ancient tea horse road, and saw the smoke of the pillar and pillar cooking rising from afar, and a small town gradually emerged, located next to the ancient tea horse road, a flag fluttered in the wind, and the two big characters of "mountain market" were written on it.

Qi Xuansu was a little surprised: "It turned out to be 'Mountain City'." ”

Zhang Yuelu has been in the ancestral court for a long time, and she is not very familiar with many things on the local rivers and lakes, so she can't help asking: "What is a mountain market?" ”

Qi Xuansu replied: "The so-called mountain market, the earliest time originally refers to the mirage of Jinao Peak of Taiqing Mountain, it is said that you can see dozens of palaces, Biwa Feiyong, high walls, even six or seven miles, among which there is a Loutangfang City, like a city. The mountain market is not common, it can not be found, some people imitate the mountain market in the vicinity of Jinao Peak to build a trading town, most of the people in the rivers and lakes come and go, it is very lively. Later, it spread, and the rest of the places also built mountain markets, to put it bluntly, it is a trading market, commonly known as the 'black market', flying swords, pills, firearms, can be sold, can not be sold, everything. ”

"It turned out to be a 'black market.'" Zhang Yuelu understood, "I've heard of the black market name for a long time, I've never seen it, since we have met it, we can't miss it, we have to take a good look." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Look at nothing, the key is to have money, the first 'Divine Dragon Handcuff' here costs 800 Taiping money, which is far more expensive than the normal market price." But then again, with the normal market price and no relationship between the people in black, how many people can buy the 'Divine Dragon Handcuffs'? ”

Zhang Yuelu thought for a while: "Although I am embarrassed and don't have a lot of money, I still have a few hundred peaces." ”

This is reasonable, the five-grade Taoist priest who enjoys the treatment of alternate sacrificial wine in Tiangangtang can have a hundred yuan of silver per month, and the fourth-grade sacrificial wine Taoist priest must be higher. And after returning from the Western Regions, there is an additional subsidy of 100 yuan of Taiping money, if Zhang Yuelu has no savings in his hands, Qi Xuansu will not believe it.

Since Zhang Yuelu is rich and wants to go shopping, Qi Xuansu naturally will not object, and the two entered this "mountain market" together.

From the outside, the town is not very eye-catching, but after entering, you find that it is actually two worlds, the houses on the street are mainly two-story pavilions, black tiles and white walls, red lacquer pillars, blue carved beams, the street floor is paved with smooth blue bricks, which can be used for two carriages in parallel, not like a remote town located on the ancient tea horse road, but like a street scene in Jinling Mansion and Jinguan Mansion.

The town is not big, the pattern is a standard "field" word, one horizontal and one vertical two streets divide the town into four parts, and these two streets are stalls and exchanges.

As soon as the two entered the town, they were greeted by a person, who was dressed in a short dress, with a hem that did not exceed the knees, flat cloth shoes, and a six-in-one hat on his head.

The so-called "six-in-one hat", also known as "six-in-one scarf", was made by Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty in the previous dynasty. This hat style comes from the Golden Horde, the Golden Horde hat system must be round and six-petaled, after the Golden Horde entered the Central Plains, it was also passed to the Central Plains, which is the same as the Central Plains inherited the Golden Horde's thousand-household, hundred-household system.

Later, Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty expelled the golden tent and imitated it into a "six-in-one cap", with six petals of gold seams, and the upper and lower brims were decorated. Advocate the unification of mountains and rivers, so take the meaning of six and unification, and the world is one.

In the previous dynasty, it was stipulated that this hat was a nationwide hat type, and it was usually used for ordinary people, and officials often wore it when they were at home. When the Great Xuan Imperial Court sits on the world, it is not prohibited. However, the Daomen has its own scarf and hat system, so the people of the Daomen never wear this hat, and at first glance, it is still a little unfamiliar.

This person first made a gesture to the two of them, and then said: "Villain Qian Bao, the steward of the mountain city here." The two of them looked at each other, is it the first time to come to our mountain market? ”

Qi Xuansu motioned to Zhang Yuelu not to speak, and said, "Pass by, just take a look." ”

"That's right." This person's eyes flashed, "Our mountain market is a small business, renovating the shop, maintaining order, it is not a small expense, so whether it is buying or selling things, you have to ......."

As he spoke, he rubbed his thumb and forefinger slightly, making a gesture to ask for money.

"Greeting the door? Say. Qi Xuansu said, "Let's quote a price." ”

The so-called "welcome pestle" means the ticket money.

Qian Bao immediately understood that Qi Xuansu didn't understand anything, so he didn't dare to open his mouth, and said honestly: "One person has one Taiping money." ”

Qi Xuansu took out two Taiping coins from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Qian Bao, and asked, "What do you have in the mountain market?" ”

Qian Bao said: "That's a lot, Cai Lizi, pick Han'er, make gold dots, make plates, eight forks, pick green, pick vines, pick non-seeds, pick yellow gnaws, pick fire treasures, pick water treasures, pick gold treasures, pick earth treasures, pick wood treasures, there should be." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded, and asked again, "Is there a goose tail?" ”

Qian Bao's face stiffened, and he smiled dryly: "This is up to the guest officer to see it himself." If it's bright, then it's not; If you are half-open, then there may be and may not be; If it's empty, it's probably there. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "Thank you, let's just take a look around by ourselves." ”

Qian Bao said goodbye and turned to leave.

Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean by the big list of black words you said just now?" ”

Qi Xuansu said succinctly: "First, I paid the ticket money for two Taiping dollars, and then he said that there are people who sell medicine, weapons, firearms, ammunition, fortune tellers, tricks, and various materials in the mountain market. I asked him if he had any liars, and he said that if he knew the rules, there would be no liars; If you don't understand it half-well, you may or may not have it, depending on luck; If you don't understand the rules, there must be liars. ”

Zhang Yuelu smiled: "It's a little interesting." ”

As soon as the two walked out not far away, it was a women's business stall, Zhang Yuelu was not interested, and went directly to the weapons stall next to it.

The proprietress greeted Qi Xuansu and said, "I wonder if this son has a favorite girl?" As the so-called woman is the one who pleases herself, the son may wish to buy some rouge gouache or jewelry and give it to the girl, and the girl must like these. Even if you don't have a favorite girl, you can still be ready for emergencies. ”

Qi Xuansu was a little moved, picked up a Huadian from the stall, looked at Zhang Yuelu not far away, and asked, "Qingxiao, what color Huadian do you like?" ”

Zhang Yuelu, who was looking through a nine-section whip, didn't raise his head and said, "I prefer cyan handcuffs." ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly felt embarrassed and coughed lightly: "Actually, I also like the cyan handcuffs, which have a bronze texture, a little more simple and heavy, not as eye-catching and dazzling as gold, revealing a little frivolous." ”

Then Qi Xuansu put down the Hua Tian in his hand in the disappointed gaze of the proprietress and shook his head at the proprietress .

Zhang Yuelu put down the nine-section whip in his hand and asked, "Is there a nine-section whip with the appearance of a spiritual object?" ”

The stall owner was a middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "Spirit objects are not uncommon, but there may not be a Qimen blade among the ten spirit objects, which will disappoint the girl." ”

Zhang Yuelu didn't say much, left directly with Qi Xuansu, and continued to walk deeper into the town.

The further you go in, the more people there are, and the things you sell are also strange.

Qi Xuansu saw that someone was selling "imitation poor blood", which was much more expensive than the price quoted by Qi Niang, and there was only a small bottle, so the person didn't sell it, just sat behind the stall, waiting for others to ask the price.

Zhang Yuelu naturally saw it, and frowned slightly, because only Daomen can make "imitation of poor blood", but this kind of thing can be seen in any mountain market, which shows that there is a big problem inside Daomen.

However, Zhang Yuelu knew very well that the key to this matter was not the mountain market, but the source inside the Daomen, so she quickly withdrew her gaze and continued to look at other stalls.

The two of them walked around for most of the hour, and they didn't spend a single round of Taiping money, not because they didn't have the things they liked, but because the things they liked were too expensive. Qi Xuansu took a fancy to a new eighty-percent "Divine Dragon Handcuff", the asking price was not expensive, only six hundred Taiping money, but Qi Xuansu was shy in his pocket, so he could only look at it. As for Zhang Yuelu, she also took a fancy to a flying sword, but the price was 1,600 Taiping yuan, and Zhang Yuelu left without looking back after asking the price.

Zhang Yuelu is about the first time to come to the mountain market, although there is no gain, but still full of interest,

Qi Xuansu is not tired, but he is a little tired, the things are good, what's the point of looking at it? So Qi Xuansu quickly slipped away and asked Zhang Yuelu to wander around alone, he found a wine shop by himself, spent a small circle to ask for a pot of tea and a plate of fennel beans, and waited slowly.

When the sun was setting in the west, Zhang Yuelu came to find Qi Xuansu, mainly to buy some gadgets, and also bought a gift for Qi Xuansu, which was a complete set of flying knives, a total of eighteen, which can be inserted into the belt and recycled. Although it is not a spiritual object, it is just a mortal thing, but its sharpness is not inferior to the "thin tiger knife" that Qi Xuansu once used, if Qi Xuansu launches it with "sword control technique", the power is even better than Qingluanwei's "jackdaw crossbow".

Qi Xuansu was quite surprised: "How did you think of buying a flying knife?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "I saw that you brought a lot of iron awls, which should be used as hidden weapons, but these iron awls are not serious hidden weapons after all, I happened to see this set of flying knives when I was wandering around, so I bought them." ”

Qi Xuansu was inexplicably ashamed, he was impatient to accompany Zhang Yuelu to visit the mountain market, but Zhang Yuelu was still thinking about herself, counting the cloak she bought for herself, this was the second time.

Qi Xuansu has been lonely since he was a child, the master went early, Qi Niang was stingy, and Zhang Yuelu was the first person to send him something.

It's what you care about if you lack something, to say that Qi Xuansu doesn't care about this, it's a lie.

Zhang Yuelu saw Qi Xuansu looking at him with burning eyes, but she was a little embarrassed, and waved her hand and said: "It's just a set of flying knives, it's not worth a few Taiping dollars, you don't have to take it to heart, just buy me a gift in return." ”

Qi Xuansu retracted his gaze and answered.