Chapter 32: The Underground Bazaar
Under the guidance of Zhu Qingshan, Yang Sheng and he went to the back of the restaurant, and when they went out, there was an internal courtyard, and a road led to a side building in the style of a hilltop in front of them, with stone lanterns on both sides of the road, and houses next to them, and the farther part of the house showed the outline of some pavilions.
He Zhu Qingyi walked down the stone steps into the building on the top of the mountain, and when he stepped into the door, the scene in front of him was a little dim in an instant, and the sun was shining outside.
Then gradually adapted, what appeared in front of me was a two-story internal structure, the ground was smooth as a mirror, facing both sides were two permanent lamps, each in the shape of a tree, with hundreds of candles burning on it, and in front of it was a shrine, there was a middle-aged man with a fair face and a long robe, right there, as if he was concentrating on worship.
Zhu Qingyi stepped forward, arched his hand to the man, handed over Yang Sheng's little jade man, and said, "Second shopkeeper, this guest came with a letter talisman. ”
The person called the second shopkeeper took the jade man, looked at Yang Sheng, and nodded.
Zhu Qingshan turned around and whispered to Yang Sheng, "For the follow-up, you just listen to his arrangement." ”
Yang Sheng nodded, it seems that Zhu Qingshan is also the person in charge of bringing the tokens here.
After saying that, Zhu Qingshan left, and the second shopkeeper looked at Yang Sheng and said, "Do you have a need?"
"Look at the situation and make a deal. Yang Sheng responded.
The second shopkeeper nodded and didn't ask much. The underground bazaar will not open at any time, and the opening hours are specifically recorded in the code words of the newspaper "Liang Miscellaneous Chapters" issued by Liang Guo. Only the underground alchemists who know the existence of this bazaar will go to the appointment on time.
Of course, Yang Sheng knew this through the fat Dao people, and today was the time when the underground bazaar was open.
The second shopkeeper led Yang Sheng into a passage from the side, as if entering the medicine warehouse, surrounded by a large cabinet containing medicinal materials, in the large warehouse warp and weft, full of strong smell of medicinal materials, in the cramped environment to one of the cabinets between the cracks, Yang Sheng saw a small door, the second shopkeeper knocked on the small door a few times, the small window on the door opened, and the second shopkeeper handed the jade man in.
After a while, the jade man handed it out, and the second shopkeeper took it and handed it back to Yang Sheng.
The door opens.
The second shopkeeper turned around and left, leaving someone in the door to speak, "Come in." ”
Yang Sheng walked in, the door closed behind him, he found that the inside was just a hut, next to it was a cabinet, in front of him was a slightly chubby middle-aged man wearing a scarf, dressed like an outsider, just smiling, and said, "There is a robe and a mask next to the guest officer, you can use it and wear it, and then enter the bazaar." ”
Yang Sheng said as he said, and found a cloak that could wrap his body in the cabinet next to him, as well as a white mask. After the mask was put on, nothing could be revealed except for the two eyes.
Yang Sheng put it on, put it on again, and even the bookcase was wrapped in a wide cloak.
"The bazaar is special, and this move is also to ensure the safety of the participants, and I hope that the guest officers will not be surprised. You walk straight through the front door, and it's the market. Also, I will routinely talk about the rules, there are no taboos in the bazaar, but there is one point, any price you negotiate, the bazaar will be adjusted by 30%. Hope understandable. ”
Yang Sheng nodded. Thirty percent, it's indeed a bit high. But thinking of the risk that Zhu Qingshan said about the bazaar, this price is still relatively reasonable. After all, participation and organizers are both crimes of disorder in the girders, and the organizers take more risks, and there are costs associated with maintaining such a place.
After Yang Sheng sorted everything out, he pushed open the door and entered.
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Zhu Qingshan returned to the restaurant, and Shi Yun had already come over, and said strangely, "Didn't accompany you in the same year?"
Zhu Qingshan said, "He...... I made an appointment with someone, and now I'm going to the tea shop for tea. After a pause, Zhu Qingshan looked at the woman in front of him who had changed into a dance dress and was wearing a light red dress, looking delicate, "You just helped me wash the dishes......"
The woman named Shiyun waved her hand, "Don't worry, I won't deduct your money." Your fellow countryman's brother is here, how can you lose face, and since you can sue him here, he also came to see you to prove that we have a good relationship with each other, you just talk to him, you don't have to rush back to work......" The woman was a little angry again, "Am I the kind of harsh person in your eyes?"
Zhu Qingyi smiled, "How could it be." ”
Shi Yun glared at him and said, "But...... You must be very unpopular. ”
Zhu Qingshan was slightly stunned, "How to ......"
"It's been so long, and only one of you has come to see you in the same year. Shi Yun joked, "But a rare good friend, don't snub others." In the future, if we all get fame, we can still help each other, but don't be like my father...... He thought he was lonely and didn't associate himself with people who didn't like what he didn't like, but as a result, officialdom poured in, and he didn't even have a person to talk to him......"
Zhu Qingyi said, "What if I can't get fame and don't enter the officialdom in my life?"
"That's even better." I don't care about any fame, I don't care, I've seen a lot over the years, and I know that those fame and fortune may make people lustful, so that in the end, the family will be ruined. Knowing the so-called glory and wealth, it will also be like a bubble bursting, and the dream will wake up. Only down-to-earth happiness is permanent. If you don't insist on gaining fame and fame, you can also open a small wine shop when you save enough money in the future. As a small boss, you can do the same in the back office, of course, if you want to attract business, you need someone to dance. When the time comes, you can ask me if I would like to!"
The woman's eyebrows are picturesque, and her smile is like a rhinoceros.
Zhu Qingshan said softly, "Okay." ”
Shi Yun smiled, "By the way, I have newly arrived grapes and some fruits there, I'll wash them, and I'll wait for you to come back after drinking tea in the same year, and I'll invite him to eat fruits!"
“......”
"No need!" Zhu Qingshan paused, "He is actually not my year, he is my fellow villager, but he only went to the academy to study this year, and he came to see me by the way." ”
"No wonder, I said how to be younger," Shi Yun smiled, "Then it will be even more entertaining!"
......
Yang Sheng walked into the bazaar.
In front of him is a room about ten zhang long and wide, the roof has a lotus petal structure hollow, embedded with glass, so that the light of the sky can be brought in, shining into the center of a young man in white robes, and on the left and right sides of the house, is the little jade figure in his hand enlarged sculpture, is a certain armored god, standing with a sword in his hand.
There are many small doors on the walls around them, and people like Yang Sheng walk in through such small doors, all of them are black cloaks and white masks, blending into this room.
The white young man in the center spoke, "The person in charge is below, and all the participants present can discuss privately about the things they want to trade, or they can put forward them directly, and then bid for each other." You can communicate privately, but whenever a deal is made, it must go through me. This is a guarantee, please understand. ”
"Now you can trade. ”
Yang Sheng thought to himself that it could be like this.
He first observed from the side and found that these people were very vigilant, most of them should be You Fang Qi Practitioners, and You Fang Qi Scholars were in this Great Liang, under the suppression of the Great Liang Royal Power Cultivation Organization and the Taihao League, they were tantamount to street rats.
Finally someone spoke, "May I ask you, brothers, can you hold the ambergris herb, a spiritual herb?" If so, please make a price." ”
Everyone looked at the man who spoke, and he was wrapped in a cloak, but his body was taller, probably the tallest of them.
There was silence.
A cloaked man spoke, "Ambergris grass is a high-grade spiritual grass, in this Liang court, it is a rare elixir for the noble royal family to heal the wounds, I heard that Zhao Shangshu's Shangshu Mansion only got one not long ago, and it was used as an heirloom." There may not be a shortage of this kind of spiritual material on the Tahoe League, but on my side, let alone having it, I haven't even seen it. Maybe you'll have to wait a little longer, but once the ambergris appears, it's expensive, and you're sure you can afford it?"
The tall cloak man asked, "I can pay for all my Lingqi stones, and in addition to that, I am willing to pay for what I can't afford by myself, and I can do things for you." ”
The man spoke, looking around at the crowd.
Everyone could feel that under his white mask, there were some dazzling eyes.
Someone said, "Why is ambergris worth it?" It's hard to convince people if you don't have a good reason. ”
The man pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "My child has a rare form of tuberculosis, and only ambergris can cure it. I need this herb, or herb with the same healing effect, and if anyone can help me find it, I'm willing to give all my money and what I can do for you. ”
The crowd fell silent.
Some of them set foot in cultivation for their own sake, but how many of them, in fact, are forced to embark on this path for the sake of the people around them.
"Ambergris is not a rare thing in the upper echelons of cultivation, and nobles in the palace can also be seen everywhere. But for us, it's hard to get to the top. At least I didn't dare to go to Shangshu Mansion and risk being killed by the Fulong camp to get the heirloom spirit grass of Lord Shangshu. ”
Someone spoke, and basically the people in this bazaar responded like this. But many people still have some sympathy for the tall cloaked man.
The man said, "Do you have a vermilion fruit?" Although the vermilion fruit cannot cure the rare tuberculosis, it can delay the disease, buy time for my daughter, and make her suffer less. ”
"I have three. I want thirty pills of Lingqi stones. ”
The tall cloaked man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's already six pills lower than the market price, thank you for your kindness." ”
The person who spoke nodded slightly, and then the two of them came to the young man in charge of the bazaar, the fee charged by the man, and then raised half of the fee, and said, "We know your identity, you are not lying, for your honesty, we hope that you can get ambergris as soon as possible to treat your daughter's illness, so this order, only half of you will be drawn." ”
The tall man probably hadn't felt this kind of kindness for a long time, and after pausing for a moment, after paying for the things and taking them, his voice was dull, "Thank you!"
The principal smiled at the audience, "Go on, this is also the principle of our bazaar, I hope it can help everyone." ”