Chapter 321: Gambling Stone
"Your Highness, the person you are looking for, we have brought it to you!"
A few days later in the afternoon.
In Mia's room, I followed and saw two guards pressing a pot-bellied man left and right.
The man fell to his knees, very frightened, and trembled with fear when he saw me in front of him.
"Randy, is this the guy you're talking about?" Mia, who was in a wheelchair, asked.
I replied, "Yes, it's him, and I'll recognize him when I turn to ashes!"
"Adults spare your life, adults spare your life, I'm just a little horse thief, I shouldn't have provoked you, I beg you adults have a lot, let me go, I still have a wife and children, I don't want to die, my lord!"
Before he could open his mouth to question, the guy in front of him had already begun to shout and beg for mercy, and he was so frightened that he burst into tears, looking so pitiful.
One of the guards in charge of the escort said, "Your Highness, Lord Randy, this guy is a horse dealer who specializes in stealing horses for resale!"
"Just a horse dealer?" Mia looked puzzled.
I confronted the man, "Do you know what crime you've committed?"
The man's voice trembled, "My lord, it's the villain's fault that the villain shouldn't steal your horse, but the villain doesn't want to die!"
"You stole the horse from the horse factory?" I asked.
The man shook his head and said, "How dare a villain steal horses from a horse factory.
That mare was bought by the villain at a low price from the underground black market, and almost all the things there were unknown and unclean, so the price was so low!"
Mia said in a soft tone, "You are just a horse dealer, there is no great sin, I have a chance to redeem the merits on my side, I don't know if you are willing to do it, and after the deed is done, I will give you a certain reward."
"Yes, yes, of course I'm willing, as long as I don't die, I'm willing to do anything!" The man said excitedly.
Mia pointed at me and said to him, "You go to the black market with this Lord Randy, and find the black market owner who sold you horses in the first place, and I will pardon you, if it is done well, money is not a problem!"
"Yes, yes, I'll do it right away, right now, right now!" The man nodded.
In this way, I followed him out of the clubhouse and into the street.
"Lord Randy, I'm very familiar with the black market, and I'll be able to take you there soon!"
"Hehe, don't you want to play any tricks, you've seen my methods!"
"Yes, yes, I don't dare to play tricks, you are the person next to Her Royal Highness the Princess, even the baron listens to you, the whole town is so big, where can I escape to?"
This guy was caught by Mia's men, of course, if I provided the information.
If he wants to escape, it is estimated that he will not be long before he will be caught again.
The underground black market, as the name suggests, is a black market located underground.
There are slave traders, animal traders, jewelry and utensils......
When I came here, I looked at these vendors and thought to myself.
When I saw scrawny slaves passing by me in chains, I felt a little bit of resistance to this kind of trade.
It should be because I am a time-traveler, and the education I received since I was a child made me think that this was a wrong thing, but in this other world, the slave trade has become a thing that these people are accustomed to.
The location of the underground black market is relatively hidden, on the inside of a sewer entrance, and there are guards guarding it when entering.
It's very lively inside, but it's not as crowded as on the street.
Following the man, I was always on the lookout for pickpockets.
On the way, through conversation, I learned his name, Anker.
"My lord, there is a gambling stone field ahead, where am I, the horse that I exchanged two magic stones for."
"Gambling stones?" I was very curious and asked, "What's that?"
Anker said, "Gambling on stones, as the name suggests, is gambling on stones with money, gambling on stones in the quarry
The head is obtained in some labyrinth, ruins.
If you're lucky, you can open a priceless magic stone, or the elven beast sleeping inside, isn't it lucky...... There's nothing."
"So there's such a thing!" It dawned on me.
Anker said, "Is this the first time your adult knows this? Let's play two and you'll be sure to have fun!"
I shook my head and said, "No, it's better to get down to business!"
As he spoke, the gambling stone field arrived.
Although the shelves inside are full of stones, they are also full of different colors, which look very beautiful, and some will glow, with dotted lines on them.
"Hey, I'm in, I'm in!"
"My God, it's an emerald star stone, this thing is perfect for jewelry!"
"Oh my God, that's a lot of money, I'm so envious!"
Not far away, I saw a man leaning against the counter, scraping the stone with a knife, jumping up excitedly, holding up the green hedron in his hand and shouting loudly.
The hedron glowed green, only the size of a little finger, and the crumbs on the counter were piled up into a small mountain, and it seemed that the man must have been grinding for a long time.
"Is that green hedron valuable?" I asked.
Anker replied, "Of course, my lord, it is a jade star crystal for jewelry, and in general, women like to use it as a diamond ring, or a necklace, or earrings, and the market price is very high."
"Got it!" I nodded slightly, thinking that I was about to marry Hikari, and a diamond ring was essential.
If you can find the raw materials for the diamond ring, especially this emerald star spar, maybe Shikari will like it.
Also, I want to bring some to Yani, but I have never given them any hand ornaments, and I feel a little indebted.
I opened my mouth and said to Anker, "I've decided, I'm going to gamble on stones!"
"Ah, what, my lord? Didn't you say, don't you bet on stones, how can you ......" Anker looked puzzled.
"What's the problem?" I asked him rhetorically.
"No problem, no problem, as long as you like it!" He immediately shook his head.
Then I was taken to the counter by him.
Standing behind the counter was a young man, who took the initiative to say hello when he saw Anker, looking like an old acquaintance.
"Mo Jie, let me introduce you......
"No need!"
Anker was opening his mouth to introduce my identity to the counter guy, and I interrupted him directly and said to the counter guy, "I'm going to gamble on stones!"
The guy at the counter smiled, enthusiastically pointed to the shelf next to him, and said, "Then you have really come to the right place, our gambling rate here is quite high, one out of every ten customers gambles on good things in the stone."
I recommend that you choose the row on the top shelf, because the higher the price, the better the chances of success, and maybe a good elf beast?"
I asked, "According to you, there are some elven beasts trapped in the stone, so why are they in the stone?"
The guy at the counter was stunned for a moment, and said, "It seems that you are here for the first time, let me tell you, spirit beasts, especially insects, will turn off their senses to receive information from the outside world and hibernate during special periods.
Among them, there are some ancient-level elven beasts, they hibernate for a long time, growing to the vicissitudes of the sea, the earth's crust changes, or some elven beasts in the hibernation period, encountered an accident, buried in the ground, their periphery has a layer of magic condensed eggs, protect them from death, buried for a long time, turned into stone, and was later discovered by humans on the continent, over time formed a gambling stone culture!"
"Interesting!" I smiled slightly, took out the sunglasses I had brought with me from my arms, put them on, and opened the Elven Eyes.
Elven eyes emit a green glow, so I wore sunglasses so I didn't let anyone notice.
"Can I choose freely?" I asked.
The guy at the counter said, "Just give the money, but it's your first time, and I won't bully the newcomer, so pay it back."
I suggest you listen to me and choose the row with the highest price?"
I shook my head and said, "No!"
Observing the stones on the shelves, I quickly discovered the treasure buried inside.
I stepped forward and reached out my hand, pounded around the pile of stones in the bottom row for a long time, and pulled out a gray stone the size of an egg.
"That's it!" My voice.
The guy at the counter sighed and said, "This guest, the shelves in that row are all cheap goods, and the grade is very low, even if they can be opened, they may be some miscellaneous things, not valuable, are you sure you want this?"
"It's confirmed, how much do you say!" I said.
The guy at the counter held out five fingers, "Fifty copper coins!"
I threw out a silver coin and said, "I don't need to look for the change, I'll gamble the rest on the stones!"
"Okay!" The guy at the counter happily took the silver coin, bit it with his teeth, and after confirming that it was correct, he put it in the cash cabinet.
He handed over two things, a knife for sharpening stones, and a rectangular grinding stone rod.
I waved my hand and refused, "I don't need any of that."
"Ah, I heard you right, did I? Guest, you're sure you don't need that!" The guy at the counter stared wide-eyed.
Anker next to him said, "Lord Randy, grinding stone is a very careful and careful job, the slightest mistake will damage the contents inside, the price will drop, if you don't use utensils, you can open it directly with magic, it is easy to damage the contents inside!"
"I know!"
Nodding slightly, I used my own grinding stone method.
I saw this egg-sized stone, gently rubbed by my three fingers: large, food, and medium.
The outer layer of stone, as if it had been polished by a machine, turned into powder and fell off.
This operation directly stunned the counter brother and Anker next to him, and they were dumbfounded.
After a while, the other people around me were attracted to me, and their eyes widened and they looked at me incredulously.
"Oh my God, that man was grinding stones with his hands!"
"This ...... This, how much skill does it take for a teenager to be so exquisite?"
"I didn't look dazzled, didn't that guy's fingers hurt?"
"It's amazing, it's a veteran at first glance!"
I smiled, looked around at the people, and concentrated on polishing the stone.
Half a minute later, the stone in my hand was polished by me, revealing the sparkling white diamonds inside.
"It's finished!"