Xiji is a market building in the west of the city, with six floors, one floor for storing goods, and the rest of the floors for commercial transactions or negotiations. The high platform in the center lobby on the first floor also holds bidding and auctions for special products from time to time. Outside the high-rise buildings is a large business district, where all kinds of hawkers are clustered, and the alleys are intricate.

Horse-drawn carriages swayed from side to side, and people who were rushing to the morning market on the side of the road had already arrived at the stalls and began to shout, and people walked on both sides of the path, and some stopped to talk to the vendors.

Wu Chi swayed left and right with the carriage, and the shouts of selling meat in his ears were deafening at first and then gradually faded away, and then a woman bargained and the rattle of the children around her crackled, and the shouts of Aunt Yang, who sold fruit in the east of the city, followed by the sound of the peaches in her fruit and vegetable garden were ripe.

Hearing a familiar voice, Wuchi beckoned Daifuku to pull over and pull back the curtain of the carriage

"Isn't this the little girl in Xuanpu?" Aunt Yang immediately recognized Wu Chi

Wu Chi lay on the edge of the carriage window and smiled lightly, and talked with Aunt Yang

"Aunt Yang, aren't you from Dongji, why did you come to Xiji today?"

Aunt Yang placed the red and tender peaches in the sack on the stall one by one, with a proud smile on her face

"The generals of the war field won a complete victory in suppressing the bandits, and the division returned to the court, and my youngest son also followed the army of the generals of the war field, and followed the occupation of the light, and heard that the army entered the city from the west gate, so he came here in advance to sell some and wait."

Wu Chi's eyes followed Aunt Yang from the peach in the sack, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise

"That's the case, Aunt Yang, your peach is tender, look at me and feel itchy, put a few on me."

Aunt Yang took out a bag from the bamboo basket behind her and loaded a few large and red peaches

"Okay, the little girl is going to see the returning army today, I heard that it is very lively." Aunt Yang handed the peach bag to Daifuku.

Wu Chi took out the ten-pattern stone from the small purse he was carrying, handed it to Aunt Yang, and then looked at Xuan Niang sitting on the opposite side of the carriage with surprise, hoping to get permission to participate in the excitement

Xuan Niang sat upright, her cheeks gloomy, and her frowning brows were almost twisted together with the wrinkles on her forehead

Xuan Niang's reflection was really expected by Wu Chi, Wu Chi's shoulders shrugged slightly, and she replied helplessly to Aunt Yang, "Forget it, our family's Xuan Niang's face doesn't seem right." “

Dafu called the horse to continue walking, and Xuanniang also began to preach

"You are not too young, either you run to join in the fun every day, or you wear a big green robe to the tavern every day to tell stories, or you are on the way to buy ice cakes, the Yuan girl of the big teahouse on the opposite street is now making tea, and the account is also unambiguous, I went to the tea a few days ago, and I saw her in and out, and the people who saw it said that there was no one of the girls of the same age in the ten streets in the radius, hey, I heard that the red matchmaker was about to break through the threshold of their family."

Xuan Niang frowned and looked at Wu Chi who was eating peaches with disgust.

Dafu stopped the horse, and Wu Chi saw that Xuan Niang was still going to say something, so he immediately took over the conversation and left the place of right and wrong

"It's coming."

Daifuku moved out of the back of the carriage, Wuchi got out of the car first, and then helped Xuanniang get out of the car, and the two entered the West set together.

Daifuku pulled out the curtain, and what caught his eye was a wooden case as high as a person, and the door bar stood behind the wooden case with a small high platform, revealing half of his body.

When the door stopped, he saw that someone was coming, and immediately greeted him, "Xuanpu is here, what are you doing today?" “

Xuan Niang took out a wooden strip with engraved words from her pocket and handed it to the doorman

"I told your shopkeeper a few days ago that I want to test the clay pot from Haisheng."

The people of Xiji call this number plate, and there are some strange words engraved on it, which is not the language of any country, and only the people of Xiji can understand these words.

The door barricade put away the number plate, and guided Xuan Niang and Wu Chi through the lobby, the inside of the West Set is not as noisy as the outside, on the contrary, it is more silent, and the sky shines on the lobby through the hollow atrium, providing light for the corridor next to it. Several people stopped in one of the many storerooms.

The doorman took out the copper key from his coat, opened the big copper lock in front of the warehouse door, and then raised his hand, "That's it, please." “

In order to prevent theft, the storehouse did not open a large window, but instead had a long, thin and high window, which, despite the bright sun, could only reveal a faint strip of light, which was soon swallowed up by the darkness of the storeroom. The storeroom was a little dim, and the air was mixed with the dampness of wooden boxes and the earthy smell of firing clay pots. There are more than a dozen large wooden boxes piled up in the warehouse, neatly arranged.

Xuan Niang patted Wu Chi holding her hand, and turned her head slightly to Wu Chi and said

"Chi'er, you go to the test."

Wu Chi bowed slightly, stepped forward to open one of the wooden boxes, took out a clay pot in the straw, closed his eyes and picked up the clay pot with one hand, tapped the body of the pot with the knuckles of the other hand, and then put it on the wooden box, approached it with a wax lamp, and observed it carefully for a week.

After doing this, Wu Chi returned to Xuan Niang's side, approached Xuan Niang and whispered: "The voice is crisp and bright, there are no cracks on the surface, the surface color is smooth, and there is no color difference, it is indeed the best goods in Haishenglang City." “

Xuan Niang said to the door stop waiting outside the door, "The goods have been experienced, and I am tired of leading the way to meet the owner of the goods." “

The door barricade responded yes and led Xuanniang and a few people upstairs.

Outside the capital, an army is mighty towards the gate, the fluttering red flag is written with the word "battlefield", the soldiers who have won the battle hold high their spears, step on iron boots, the war horses are wearing silver armor, the neat footsteps of thousands of troops, and the hooves of ten thousand horses vibrate with the surrounding air.

The leader rode a strong brown horse, extremely majestic, and the man on the horse was Zhan Ye Hua, who was nearly middle-aged, nine feet long, with a wide waist and ten girths, full of energy and high spirits.

Zhan Ye Hua stroked his beard and looked back, but he didn't see the person he was looking for

Then he opened his mouth and asked, "What about General Yin?" “

There was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Yin Qu was wearing a silver mask, tall and thin, cold, a pair of eyes under the mask were sharp and cold, dark and deep, the sword eyebrows revealed the unique killing aura of a soldier, and the white face was sharp and angular, and the thin lips were slightly raised, exuding a strong force that was proud of the world.

"General Zhanye, Yin Qu is here." Yin Qu's deep voice came as the sound of the horse's hooves stopped, and Zhan Yehua's eyebrows frowned

"Qu'er, what are you running around, this is going to be close to Beijing soon."

Yin Qu smiled in his eyes, and said lightly, "I went to Xiji for a walk."

Zhan Yehua raised his head slightly, and smiled quietly, "Sure enough, he is still a playful boy, let's go, the saint should have been waiting for us for a long time." “

West set

Coming to the third floor, there is a row of private rooms on the left and a row of wooden chairs surrounded by a hook fence on the right, and you can see the sky outside, several dark red lanterns hang above the wooden chairs, and the red tassels are still in the sky.

The door barricade pointed to the room at the end, "This is it, please." ”

Xuan Niang stopped and said softly to the fog behind her

"Chi'er, you go in and negotiate the matter, and I'll drink tea and wait in the next room."

Misty opened his mouth in disbelief, and his voice weakened unconsciously

"Xuanniang won't go in with me?"

Later, he approached Xuan Niang's ear and said, "I have never talked about business alone. ”

Xuan Niang said calmly

"How you played when you told the book, how you play it now."

After saying that, Xuan Niang turned around and left, raised her feet and entered a private room on the left, but as soon as she entered, she sat in the corner closest to the end of the room, listening carefully to the movement next door.

Wu Chi sighed and patted it with his hand on his chest, suppressing the uneasy tension in his heart, he had seen Xuan Niang talk about business, and the war of words was.

Wu Chi approached the door, the steps slowed down and stopped, Xiu Narrow and slender hands pushed open the double door, in front of him was a large screen embroidered with flowers and birds, around this screen to see his own people who want to fight wits and courage.

I thought it would be an obese middle-aged businessman, but it was actually a young man, who was dressed in a beautiful white forged robe, with silver piping on the cuffs, long black hair half-tied, scattered hair was blown by the breeze on the jade-like face, sideburns were like knife cuts, eyebrows were like ink paintings, and every move revealed the temperament of a polite son.

Wu Chi bowed first, walked to the chair opposite the man, and sat down with his skirt smooth.

The man's thin hand picked up the green glazed ice jade teapot, poured tea into the teacup at a slight angle, and the clear tea swept through the air and poured steadily into the teacup.

Wu Chi was a little stunned, and he didn't wake up until the teacup was handed to him.

Wu Chi went to pick up the teacup with both hands, inadvertently wiped the thin hand, and after glancing at the black eyes, he immediately took the teacup

"Childe is He Shangjia of Haisheng Kingdom."

He Lingjun's eyes exuded a sharp light, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked

"Am I sitting across from the girl, and I can't prove myself?"

Wu Chi pursed his lips, and his heart flashed speechless for a moment.

"Curry's goods have been inspected for the first time, and after the transaction, Xuanpu will carefully inspect each clay pot."

He Lingjun smiled like a moon, his eyes were deep, and he raised his eyes to look at the fog.