Chapter 301: Underground Transactions
Shen Feixue knew that Cao Zhengde was worried about his temperament, and something happened when he arrived in Yongxing City, so he asked Cao Bin to follow.
However, Shen Feixue still refused the kindness.
He didn't think about who Yongxing City was targeting, he just tried his luck to see if the mysterious person could appear as promised.
Still, he didn't have much hope.
What has happened in Excalibur Villa these days, maybe where that mysterious person is hiding, can be clearly observed.
After resigning from the cave with Cao Zhengde, Shen Feixue also informed Lu Ruoguang and Ye Wuhua of the direction of his going.
Originally, Lu Ruoguang also wanted to follow, but was rejected by Shen Feixue on the grounds that Qin Feng needed someone to take care of him.
As for the night without words, he was tired of being by Qin Yu's side and said that he wouldn't go anywhere.
Shen Feixue didn't have to mind, she left the Cao family alone, and Edgeworth headed east.
Yongxing City and Yongle City both belong to Ying Tianzhou, and with Shen Feixue's current speed of the Imperial Sword, it will only be half an hour.
After entering the city as Yu Lang, Shen Feixue went straight to the most prosperous trading street in Yongle City.
He was going to stay in the Feather Flying Pavilion for three days, which naturally required a lot of money.
And he basically has no money on him, anyway, the little bit of silver left is not enough to pay for the house.
Fortunately, among his rings, there are still three earth-level spirit pills, as long as they are exchanged, the house money is enough, and by the way, he can also purchase a batch of materials for the items in the exchange system in the imperial city.
As the Yongle City of Zhaoyong Imperial Capital, these materials are naturally more complete than anywhere else.
However, Shen Feixue was also well aware of the influence of the prefecture-level Gathering Spirit Pill on ordinary people. In order to avoid a repetition of the first Qingzhou City incident, he did not choose formal trading venues, but set his sights on those underground trading venues.
In such a place, the benefits of exchange are not as good as those of a regular trading place. For example, a prefecture-level elixir can be exchanged for 5,000 taels of silver in a regular trading venue, but when it comes to an underground trading venue, it can only be exchanged for 3,000 taels, and a certain degree of "handling fee" must be charged from it.
In the Zhaoyong Dynasty, this kind of untaxed trading place was expressly forbidden, and if it was found once, it would be confiscated as a soldier at least and lose its head at worst.
It is precisely because of this that those who run such establishments will extract a large degree of profit from them. After all, it's no different from pinning your head to your waist.
Moreover, the things that are traded are mostly things that are not visible.
Of course, Shen Feixue's ground-level Gathering Spirit Pill is not a shady thing, but he likes the quick transactions in these places, and he doesn't have to worry about the situation of black eating black, in this kind of place, there are their own rules, and no one dares to break them easily.
Shen Feixue walked quickly towards the trading area, he had been to Yongle City many times, and he knew one or two about these trading places.
Soon, he walked into a shop called "Wong Kee Pawnshop".
Coming to the counter more than one person high, Shen Feixue said to the young man in the counter, "The third master introduced me." ”
This third master does not refer to a certain person, but a general term for the group of guys who conduct underground transactions.
If Shen Feixue remembers correctly, it should be like this.
One life is two, two is three, and three is everything. Those people call themselves the third master, and they also have a kind of arrogance in them, which means that they dare to accept and change everything.
But the guy at the counter looked confused, scratched his head and asked, "Which third master?"
"It seems that those people's secrets are still very thorough!" Shen Feixue thought to himself, he had a trading experience, and he was led to this shop by someone. Although a hundred years have passed, the signboard of the pawnshop has not changed, and it is still run by the same owner, and the last time it is also a family.
Shen Feixue was thinking about it when the voice of the young man at the counter came again, "Master, this person said that the third master introduced him." ”
At the sound of his voice, an old man with loose hair, a gray beard, and a wrinkled face like dry bark appeared on the counter.
"You were introduced by the third master?" the old man was sleepy-eyed and looked at Shen Feixue condescendingly.
After a while, his face was suspicious.
In his opinion, the person who came was not very old, and it stands to reason that he should not know about the underground trading place.
Shen Feixue saw the old man's suspicious appearance, and immediately said, "Master asked me to come." ”
The old man put on a suddenly bright, original expression, his head disappeared from the counter, and with a sound of footsteps, his slender body appeared at the small door next to the counter.
"This way, please. He greeted Shen Feixue.
Shen Feixue followed, followed the old man, all the way into the backyard of the pawnshop, and came out of the back door.
Going out the back door is a messy alley with all sorts of miscellaneous items.
Shen Feixue and the old man shuttled among them, the old man just led the way without saying a word, and Shen Feixue didn't ask much.
Walking through the tea, the old man finally stopped.
Twisting his head and looking at the left and right ends of the alley, after confirming that there was no one, he took out two masks from his arms, handed one of them to Shen Feixue, and the other covered his face.
After doing everything, he said to Shen Feixue without looking back: "Wait and go in according to my posture." ”
As he spoke, he spread his feet apart and raised his hands at the same time, and the whole person fell towards the wall next to him like a "big" character.
At the moment when the head touched the wall, the thick stone wall suddenly rippled like a puddle of water.
The old man just disappeared into the wall.
When the old man disappeared, Shen Feixue stepped forward and touched the stone wall, it was indeed an entity.
It seems to be some kind of formation!
Shen Feixue didn't think much about it, put on a mask, spread her limbs according to the old man's posture, and fell down.
I felt that there was a flower in front of me, and the golden scene replaced the previous messy alley.
The place where he is located is a huge building space, whether it is from the decoration, or the furnishings and materials of various home furnishings, Shen Feixue feels luxurious.
But big space doesn't mean spacious.
As far as the eye can see, except for the rooftops, all you can see is a crowded crowd of people, all wearing various masks on their faces.
These people, either carefully holding an object in their hands, or carrying a money bag, just walked in the space, looking at the things in the hands of others, or talking in twos and threes.
This place gives Shen Feixue the feeling that it is like a luxury vegetable market.
"Okay, you go to the buyer yourself, and after the deal is concluded, someone will come to you to collect the relevant fees. The old man said a word beside Shen Feixue, turned around and walked towards the wall behind him.
After taking two steps, he turned back and reminded: "Young man, if you take out the things you want to dispose of, it is better to dispose of them here, otherwise you will be outside...... You know what I mean, right?"
Shen Feixue nodded, fully understanding the meaning of the old man's words.
Most of the things that can be traded in this kind of place come from the wrong way, and if they are not disposed of here, they are targeted by some malicious buyers, and when they go outside, it is really difficult to say whether there will be a robbery.
Although everyone wears a mask, the world is so big, who can guarantee that everyone can recognize the difference between people, they must rely on their faces.
However, Shen Feixue didn't take it to heart, he believed that the ground-level Gathering Spirit Pill was here, and it would be relatively easy to exchange it for some silver taels.
From the ring, he took out the ground-level Gathering Spirit Pill and walked towards the crowd.
More and more people noticed the pill in Shen Feixue's hand, and the originally noisy scene gradually quieted down.
"Am I right?"
"You should be right, it's the ground-level Gathering Spirit Pill of Tianji Pavilion!"
"Someone actually dared to steal the Heavenly Machine Pavilion's earth-level Gathering Spirit Pill to trade here!"
In the crowd, there are more and more such exclamations.
Shen Feixue listened to these voices, and secretly rejoiced that she didn't need to make any more introductions. Just as he was about to announce that he wanted to exchange the silver taels he needed, another sour voice sounded.
"What's this, three days ago, the Nine Dragons Cup of the Spiritual Heart and the Yagami Crystal Bow in the palace were stolen!" said a man with a rabbit head mask.
As soon as these words came out, more exclamations were ushered in.
"No, that's the personal magic weapon of the Seven Princes and the Nine Emperors?"
"That's right, if you want to steal something in the palace, even if you steal Saint Liu Yefei, you may not dare to go, right?"
"That's a heavily guarded palace!"
The rest of the people expressed their disbelief, after all, now everyone is wearing masks, and no one knows their true identity, so they can say whatever they want, and they are not afraid of offending people.
In the face of doubt, the rabbit-headed masked man spoke again: "You don't believe it, do you?"
As he spoke, the light flashed in his hand, and then there was something more in his hand.
Eight lifelike figures are carved into the crystal arch bone.
"This is the Yagami Crystal Bow, let's make a price if you want!" said the Rabbit Head Mask Man directly.
There was an uproar at the scene, no wonder the man was so sure, it turned out that he was the one who stole the bow.
However, everyone also knows where this place is, and they have no other thoughts than emotion.
"I'll give you 10,000 taels of silver!" someone had already started to shout, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 10,000 taels, and there were other people who were adding to it.
But obviously, the rabbit-headed masked man didn't want money.
When those people shouted the price, there was not the slightest fluctuation in his eyes, which were exposed under the mask.
More people began to want to exchange what they had in their hands.
They didn't seem to be worried, and they couldn't use it blatantly when they went out with the bow.
Looking at this scene, Shen Feixue's raised hand was finally put down, and the Gathering Spirit Pill that could cause a sensation anywhere became gloomy in front of the Eight Gods Crystal Bow at this moment.
He also believed that before the crystal bow had a true belonging, his earth-level Gathering Spirit Pill would not want to be traded.
At this moment, no one noticed that Shen Feixue under the mask had a solemn face, and his eyes never moved away from the rabbit-headed masked man.
It's not that the rabbit-headed masked man delayed his dealing, but ......
He found something even more noteworthy!
P: These days in the field of business, a little busy, can only ensure that every day to keep changing, will try to make up for it later, here to say sorry.
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