In the south-central part of Chiwangqiu, there is a large town, and the houses in the town are strange, and you can find almost all the styles of houses from south to north in the hometown, and there are many otherworldly style houses. The town looks very messy because of this, but this does not prevent Shuangxiang Town from becoming the top three largest town in Jiuqiu. The town has a population of nearly 30,000 people, more than half of whom are humans, and the rest are aliens from different planets.

Today's town is very lively, two days ago there were two juggling troupes in the town one after another, and yesterday there was a well-known troupe in Jiuqiu - Hejiaban. It's not that there is any celebration in Twin Elephant Town, these wandering artists just happen to get together. He Jiaban planted a stage in the center of the town and sang in the town for ten days. The two juggling troupes circled a piece of land at a distance of 200 meters on both sides of the stage, one playing acrobatics with guns and sticks, and the other performing tricks and magic. The three circles have their own fans, and nearly a third of the people in the town have come to the central square, and for a time the gongs and drums are noisy, and the voices of people are full of people, as if they are celebrating a festival.

At the intersection of the street south of the central square, a person sits on the ground, and a piece of paper is laid out in front of him, on which is written "exchange energy points". He had already been sitting here all morning, and only a few people stopped to watch, and then these people were quickly led away by the gongs and drums in the square. Originally, he was going to go to the energy station to exchange energy points, but for some reason, the energy station in Shuangxiang Town had not been guarded by a soul cultivator for a long time. He got the advice of someone to set up a stall here.

There was a sudden exclamation in the square, and then someone was scolding, but it was quickly muffled by the laughter of the crowd, and this person did not bother to pay attention. After a while, three young men came out of the crowd and ran south, and when they passed the stall, they stepped on the paper with one foot, and when they left, the paper was taken away, and he hurriedly reached out and caught it, and there was a heavy footprint on the paper. The stall man stood up angrily, roared "You ......", and the stomping guy turned around and gestured a middle finger at him, and ran away. His bamboo-like body shook slightly, and then he sighed and sat down again, re-laying the slightly torn piece of paper, and picking up a few pebbles by his side to use as a paperweight.

In the middle of the day, those who sing, juggle, and play tricks have to eat and rest, and the crowd leaves one after another. After passing through several waves of people, still no one paid attention to him, he began to sigh again, and prepared to close the stall and go outside the town to pick some fruit for lunch. He was picking up the stones on the paper, but he saw a pair of feet stop in front of the paper.

"Outlander, haven't you changed to a power point yet?"

He looked up and saw that he was pointing out the one who had set up his stall. This person is wearing a robe, a shawl in his hair, and two beards, looking like a down-and-out scholar in his hometown in the early days of the Republic of China.

"Hey......" the down-and-out scholar sighed: "Outsiders are not treated very well here, and there are very few people who have surplus energy points over the years, who is willing to exchange." ”

The stranger nodded, and folded the paper silently.

"And why are you here?"

"Jiuqiu is so big, naturally I want to take a walk around, who would have thought that as soon as I arrived in Chiwang territory, I would be robbed of most of the energy points and seeds. ”

"Hey," the down-and-out scholar sighed again, but he was a very sympathetic person, "When you go out, who doesn't have a problem, I'll help you, how many energy points are you going to change?"

The stranger's face was overjoyed, and he said eagerly: "I have a five-striped silver seed, which can be exchanged for two thousand." ”

"Huh?" the scholar said in surprise, "Why didn't they rob you of your five-pattern silver seed?"

"Hidden close to him, undetected by them. ”

"Oh," the scholar sat down and looked at the stranger level, "It stands to reason that the exchange of five stripes of silver for two thousand energy points is a common price, which is reasonable, but the points that can be exchanged on my body are only one thousand and a half points, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you." ”

The stranger crumpled the folded paper, threw it on the ground, thanked him, and got up to leave. The scholar also got up, shook his head, and turned to leave. The stranger opened his mouth, but stopped talking. When the scholar took more than twenty steps, the stranger seemed to have made up his mind, and he asked, "How many do you have?"

The scholar turned around, waved his hand and said, "It's only one thousand two, which is too far away." ”

The stranger bit his lip and said, "I'll exchange you for 1,200 energy points with five stripes of silver." ”

The scholar's face changed slightly: "Stranger, then you will lose a lot." ”

"If you can't travel, you have to go home. Without these energy points, it would be a problem to go home. ”

The scholar walked back and said, "Then I will take advantage of you." ”

The stranger took out a five-pattern silver seed from his personal pocket, and the scholar took it and looked at it, saying that it was in good condition. At this moment, a chubby hand reached out from the side and snatched the seed from between his fingers. "You are so bold that you dare to make a private energy transaction in Twin Elephant Town. The person who spoke was fat, with a round head and big ears, his eyes were squeezed into two thin slits by the fat on his face, he had a garlic nose, thin lips were wider than ordinary people, the corners of his mouth were naturally upturned, and he always looked smiling. Behind him were two sturdy men, one yin owl and the other fierce.

The scholar was shocked, and asked the mayor for forgiveness, saying that he just saw that the stranger was pitiful and wanted to help. The stranger also hurriedly saluted and explained the reason for his exchange of energy points.

The fat man smiled and listened patiently to the stranger's statement: "According to what you say, it is understandable. The soul planter at the energy station has been on leave for several months, and he still doesn't know when he will be able to return, which has indeed caused inconvenience to you outsiders. However, I am strictly forbidden to trade power points privately in Shuangxiang Town, and I can't break the rules because of my momentary kindness. It stands to reason that the seeds and energy points of both parties to the transaction will be confiscated in a private transaction, and I Xiangyu is not an unreasonable person, so let's do it, half of the fine will be confiscated, and you can get back this five-pattern seed if you pay two four-pattern silver seeds. ”

The stranger hurriedly said: "But this is my only five-pattern silver seed, and there are only more than ten one-pattern silver seeds." ”

"So?" Xiang Yu's eyes narrowed even more, and his eyes seemed to be stuck to two short strands of hair, "Lu Liang, give him two four-striped silver seeds." ”

Xiang Yu gave the five-pattern seed to the man of the Yin Owl, who put it in the cloth bag hanging from his waist, took out two seeds from it, and handed them to the stranger. The stranger thanked him bitterly.

"Don't blame me, if you trade outside the town, I won't care, but in Twin Elephant Town, my rules can't be broken. After Xiang Yu finished speaking to the stranger, he turned to the down-and-out scholar, "As for you, as a townsman in this town, you know the rules and break the rules, which is unforgivable." Lu Liang, Mu Sheng, bring him back to me. ”

The yin owl and the fierce man walked towards a large mansion on the north side of the town square, and the scholar shouted as he walked: "Mayor Town, spare me." ”

Xiang Yu squinted at the stranger: "There will be another time, all of them will be confiscated." ”

When a few people were far away, the bitterness on the stranger's face turned to resentment and guilt, he stomped his foot, spat lightly on the ground, and turned to walk south of the town.

"Outlanders, wait. Hurried footsteps came from behind him, and soon caught up with him, walking side by side with him. "You came from out of town and don't know the rules of Twin Elephant Town, how can the people you trade with not know? Look at you pitiful, I'll show you the way, south of the town at seven o'clock, two miles up, there is a mound, and the cave under the mound is a black market. Trading on the black market may cost you a loss, but it's safe, and the town won't take care of it. "It was a flat-headed man who looked loyal.

The stranger looked at the flat-headed man suspiciously, and the flat-headed man said angrily as if he had been humiliated: "Don't look at me like that, I just kindly mention it, I'm not a broker, you go there to trade, I can't get any benefits, you don't like to go." With that, he walked away angrily.

The stranger thought for a moment and continued to walk out of town.

Two hours later, the stranger came out of the cave with a long sigh, only to hear someone sighing beside him. When I turned my head, it was the father and daughter who were doing tricks in the town.

"Why is the old man sighing?"

The old man said: "When I was acting, I was robbed of a lot of seeds, and I was pitted with a lot of energy points here. ”

"Uncle is performing magic tricks, what do you do in exchange for energy points?"

"In order to be realistic, many of our props are one-off, which is a lot of wear and tear. This time I came to Shuangxiang Town, and I lost a lot. ”

"I've always felt like there's something wrong with this town. The stranger said.

"You can see it, this black market is the one that opened the skin, he drove away the soul cultivator of the energy station, and the town prohibits private transactions, if you want to exchange energy points, the black market is the only way. The old man sneered, "Look at this realm, eat people without spitting out bones." ”

The stranger suddenly laughed: "Uncle is wrong, if you eat people here, you will still spit out some slag, and my five-pattern silver seed has been exchanged for four hundred energy points." ”

The originally dull atmosphere has become a lot more relaxed. The girl next to the old man burst out laughing, and the old man also laughed: "The young man is an optimist." ”

"It's not counting, if someone cheats the money, you can't pit the spirit and spirit, otherwise I'm afraid that I won't be able to go home, and I'll vomit blood and die. ”

This is true. ”

"What are the plans of the old man?"

"Let's go to Taotang, where the people are simple and simple, and I hope to make up for the loss in Chiwang. I will never come again for the rest of my life. What about you?"

The stranger smiled bitterly: "Originally, I was planning to travel around, but now like this, what else can I plan, go home, and be a teacher with peace of mind." ”

After saying goodbye to the stranger, the father and daughter walked south, walked ten steps, and a voice came from behind them: "My name is Zhuo Wei, and I hope to meet in the future." The old man stopped, and Pingshui met, and there was no need to report his name, "My name is Shi Anxing, and the little girl is Xichun." ”

In the hall of the mansion on the north side of the town square, Xiang Yu's round body squeezed into a wide seat, and the fat and buttocks on his waist scrambled to drill out through the gap in the seat. There were Lu Liang and Mu Sheng standing beside him, and there were five other people in front of him—a down-and-out scholar, a flat-headed man, and three young men who had snatched Shi Anxing's seeds. Xiang Yu shook his hand, "A few of you who don't have any technical content, go down first." The three young men then retired.

Xiang Yu squinted at the down-and-out scholar, "Rich friend, your acting skills have grown a lot, you have a reward." ”

"This is all taught by the old man well. Fu You nodded at Xiang Yu and bowed his waist, Lu Liang had already taken a three-pattern silver seed from the cloth bag and walked in front of him, he took it carefully, and then pretended to be shocked: "Master, this reward is too heavy." ”

"Too much?"

"The old man is very loved, how dare the little one not accept it?" said the rich friend, and hurriedly put the three-pattern silver seed into his cloth bag, for fear of being taken back. The flat-headed man was also rewarded with a two-striped silver seed.

"No, sir, I'm greedy for that little seed. Xiang Yu said: "It's really boring these days, so it's a little fun to play with the foreigners." ”

Fuyou and Xiong Yan hurriedly nodded yes.

Xiang Yu said again: "You two go and see if it is possible for that troupe and juggling troupe to play." ”

As soon as the rich friend and the flat-headed man walked on his front feet, another person came in, not tall, with dark skin, and slippery eyes, looking very elf, this person's name was Diao Deming, a spy raised by Xiang Yu. "Master, I just received a letter from Feiyan, saying that I saw Mr. Jiu's Jianmu branch going in the direction of Taotang. ”

Xiang Yu sewed his eyes into hair again: "Lao Jiu went to Tao Tang again, if he went to the boss, it would not be strange that he and the boss have always been close." ”

"There is no news from Tao Tang's side, so I'm not sure if he went to Mr. Big. ”

"Which day?"

"Two days ago. ”

"What happened two days ago?" Xiang Yu's smile that had not changed all year round was finally gone, the flesh on his face was squeezed together, and two hair-thin eyes were slit in the folds, and there was no trace. "Feiyan is too slow to pass on the book, delaying things, how is our harrier training?"

"Harriers are wild and not easy to tame, and so far there are only about a dozen of them, and they have all been sent to the north and south. ”

Xiang Yu didn't speak, Diao Deming said carefully: "Maybe we should try to use some secret words, so that we can transmit messages through video conferencing without worrying about tree ...... The Banshee discovered. ”

The folds on Xiang Yu's face disappeared in an instant, and he asked with interest, "Do you know secret language?"

"I don't know much about the secret language, but the little one knows some cuts. ”

Xiang Yu waved his hand: "Forget about the incision, it's not a normal person talking when you hear it." ”

"The little one tried to make it normal. ”

Xiang Yu squinted at Diao Deming for a long time before saying, "You are very good." ”

Diao Deming breathed a sigh of relief and was about to retire, but he heard Xiang Yu say: "Tao Tang has news from over there and told me immediately, the one above has spoken, let us keep an eye on Lao Jiu." ”

Hearing "the one above", Diao Deming couldn't help but shudder.