The destination they were going to was Gangdu.

The largest prefecture on this side of the border is Gangdufu, where the black market can only be found.

It would take them at least a day to rush over from Qingyun Mountain.

If you don't stop halfway, you should be able to get there before closing the gates.

At the bottom of the mountain, they bought enough flax cakes, plus two catties of braised pork, and went on the road.

After taking the carriage, there was only a short section of the first year, in a deserted forest, Luo Li disguised himself and sat on the wheel.

Helan Yue also put on a human skin mask.

She didn't want to stay in the carriage with Chu Xiaohe, and Wen Chongming stared at her in the carriage, and also came to sit on the wheel.

Luo Li's car was driving steadily and quickly, Helan Yue was worried that the horse would not be able to bear it, so when she fed the horse concentrate feed halfway, she added some spiritual spring water to it.

At noon, they only ate a little dry food on the side of the road, rested for two quarters of an hour, and then went back on the road.

Finally entered the city before closing the gates.

Gangdu Castle is very lively at night, and lanterns are hung in front of each shop to light up both sides of the street.

At this time, it was the time to eat, and there were not many people on the street, but there were still some small vendors shouting, and some jugglers continued to perform.

Some hotels and teahouses are relatively lively.

Luo Li took them to find a business-like inn to settle down and booked four upper rooms.

The carriage was taken to the backyard by Xiao Er.

They came to the lobby and ordered a few random dishes, listening to the chatting of the people around them while eating.

Restaurants, inns, and green buildings are all places where news spreads the fastest, and they are also places where there are many people.

A few people ate quietly and did not talk much.

After dinner, they went back to their rooms.

It was not until it was completely dark, and at eight o'clock in the evening that they went out again.

Although there is no curfew in Jiangdu Fucheng, there are almost no people on the road at this time.

Except for the Qinglou Gambling House, except for a few dim lights on the other streets, there is almost no one on the street.

Luo Li had told her before that she knew the location of the black market, so He Lanyue didn't ask much, and followed him quietly.

They walked through five or six alleys and came to a dim alley at the west corner of the city.

Stopped in front of a straw shop that had not even lit the lamp, lifted the curtain and walked in, and inside a blind man with a pipe heard the sound of someone walking in, and knocked on the table.

Luo Li blew up the fire fold, and Helan Yue saw that in addition to a broken bowl on the table, there was a pile of small pebbles next to it.

Luo Li quickly divided the pebbles into four small piles, and put five taels of silver into the broken bowl.

The blind man first touched the small pebbles that had been divided, and then he took out the silver from the bowl and took it in his hand and weighed it.

"The money is not right, and you can only go in for two."

Chu Xiaohe muttered in a low voice: "You are really a little child." ”

As he spoke, he put five taels of silver into the broken bowl, and the blind man took the money, and then pressed the mechanism under the table, and a wall behind him slowly opened.

A dimly lit passage immediately appeared in front of several people.

The blind man took out four more masks and put them on the table, and each of them took one and put it on.

Luo Li took He Lanyue's sleeve and walked towards the passage, and Chu Xiaohe and the others hurriedly followed.

Walking out of this dim alley, I immediately felt that my vision suddenly widened, and the wide and dim streets were lined with stalls on both sides.

None of the vendors shouted.

The pedestrians on the road were also quiet, and everyone wore masks on their faces.

Most of the things on these stalls are of unknown origin and cannot be sold on the open side.

It's the same with people, some exiled official slaves will also be sold here at a clear price.

That's why it's called the black market, and it's not visible.

There's a lot to do here, and there's everything you need for goodies.

Helan Yue even saw a lot of poisonous herbs and poisonous insects and poisonous scorpions.

I thought that when I was done with business, if I had extra time, I would definitely make some purchases.

When he was about to walk to the place of population trading, he suddenly found that there was one person missing from the crowd, and Chu Xiaohe didn't know when he was separated from them.

And at this time, a man came in the hall of a wooden building.

Soon someone stepped forward to ask, and the man didn't say anything, but took out a token.

When the man saw the token, he immediately knelt down and bowed, and hurried upstairs.

After a while, a man in his twenties hurriedly ran down and immediately knelt on the ground.

asked very respectfully: "I don't know if the lord has arrived, and his subordinates have missed the distance." ”

The man said in a deep voice: "A few people who are with me, no matter what you ask for a while, you must try your best to meet them, and you must not slack off." ”

"Subordinates obey."

The man turned away from selfishness, and the man took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and followed the man not far away.

When Chu Xiaohe came to Helan Yue's side, he only listened to the fat man who was in charge of selling the human beings, and introduced the people in the iron cage with an arrogant attitude.

"The woman in the iron cage here is sixty taels of silver, the man who can work costs eighty taels, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are thirty taels cheaper for you."

The price of this slave who signed the death contract was more than double that of the slave who signed the life contract.

Seeing Helan Yue and a few people walking in, many people were lying on the edge of the iron cage begging to take them out of here, and talked about their specialties.

Helan Yue noticed that a man in the iron cage was covered in wounds, and even had an iron ring and chain around his neck.

The man didn't even move the whole time.

He Lanyue took a few more steps to the side, and then saw that there were several half-grown children behind the man.

He walked around the iron cage, squatted not far from the man, and observed that the man was sturdy, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were bulging, "You know martial arts." ”

The man raised his head like an eagle and glanced at Helan Yue lightly.

"If you can buy the three children behind me together, I am willing to use it for you, and use my life to protect you from worry-free life, but a few of them, you must be kind to them, teach them, and teach them to practice and read."

"Are you literate?"

"Hmm!"

Helan Yue thought about it and decided to test him.

"I want you to play the role of a rich boy after you go out, and trick the woman I designated into going to the Qinglou to sell, this is what you will do in the future."

"I can't do this kind of thing, so you can find someone else!"

"Seeing that you won't live long like this, you are not afraid that you will die, and the three of them will not end well."

"If you only want to live for yourself, and do everything you can, then you might as well die."

Helan Yue nodded secretly, if this person lost the minimum bottom line in order to live, she would not want it.

Otherwise, it's like having a white-eyed wolf by your side.

Always guard against being bitten by this wolf.

"Those words just said are a test for you, I don't need to do this, I will give you three months to sneak into a mansion in Kyoto, and be able to stay, I can agree to the conditions you propose, otherwise, you are of no use to me, where you and your brothers came from, you still go back."