Chapter 31: Treasure Hunting in the Treasure Pavilion
The treasure loft is nine floors high, the eaves helmet top pure wood structure, the golden pillar runs through, the corridor rafters and purlins are tenoned together, nine is the number of poles, the momentum is magnificent, but it also has a profound meaning.
Looking up, the plaque on the lintel is completely made of gold, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing are written with the three big characters of the Treasure Pavilion, and the door post also hangs a pair of dragons and phoenixes dancing couplets, "Gather the world's rare treasures, gather all things to create." Obviously, this is from the hand of one person, and the calligraphy attainments are really top-notch, unmatched, and people can't help but feel shocked.
There are two guards on each side of the store, specifically responsible for protecting the safety of the store, these four people stand motionless without taking their eyes off it, not afraid of the hot weather, and if you look closely, you can faintly see that the position of their temples is high and protruding, obviously these four people are from the Lian family, and their internal strength is very profound, extraordinary.
Murong Yu walked into the Treasure Pavilion, there were not many customers in the store, only three or four people were listening to the shopkeeper introducing the items. The shelves are filled with all sorts of curiosities. Everything is very beautiful and well-made, and you can guess without asking, and every item here must be expensive.
As soon as Murong Yu walked in the door, a relatively idle junior in the store greeted him.
"Guest officer, may I ask if there is anything I can do to help you? In our Treasure Pavilion, there are all kinds of rare treasures. ”
"I don't need any of that, I need something special, I don't have it. ”
"I don't know what you need, can you tell me one or two, maybe the little one still knows. ”
"I need to buy some dark goods, and I asked my brother to help introduce the shopkeeper. Murong Yu said in a soothing tone, and as he spoke, he quietly pinched a piece of broken silver and stuffed it.
This is a commonly used code language in the rivers and lakes, and it is usually a code used by people in the rivers and lakes to knock on the other party's door, and Murong Yu also learned it from the manuscripts written by his predecessors.
The so-called darkness is usually not visible.
The so-called dark goods are goods that are traded privately in an unsightly situation.
Of course, there is no shortage of murder and overselling goods, stealing and robbing items that need to be sold, there are also some celebrities and high-ranking officials who hide deepest secrets, and all kinds of inconvenient transactions are called secret goods.
Because there are too many hidden goods involved, it is very easy to offend the forces in the rivers and lakes. Usually, only some relatively powerful forces dare to accept covert goods, regardless of the source. And the Treasure Pavilion is the most powerful of these forces that receive dark goods, and there is no one.
It was also his first time using it, so he didn't know if he was wrong.
"Dark goods?" the shopkeeper couldn't help but be stunned.
Murong Yu opened his mouth and replied again, "You heard me right, I need some secret goods." ”
It's obviously not the first time that Dian Xiaoer has heard such a thing, but he feels surprised, he hasn't heard of this word for a long time, but he doesn't ask more, he is very self-aware, some things are not what they should know, if they know, it is often not a good thing for them.
The shopkeeper hurriedly beckoned Murong Yu to sit down in the rest area, which was in a quiet room in the store, a little away from the commodity area, "Guest officer, please sit down and rest for a while, I will let someone go to report immediately." "The unhurried tea and water in the hand is very quick.
After finishing the task in hand, the shopkeeper whispered a few words to a guard-like person waiting on the side, and the man turned to leave, probably going to find the shopkeeper.
Murong Yu didn't drink these teas, he wasn't afraid that they wouldn't be clean, but he didn't feel thirsty.
He sat quietly and waited, and didn't wait too long, when the shopkeeper walked in with a man in his forties.
It is not difficult to guess that even if this person is not the shopkeeper, he must be a steward-level figure here.
Sure enough, as soon as the visitor walked into the house, he said: "Let the young man wait for a long time, the old man is the shopkeeper of the store, and the young man is very raw, but I don't know where he comes from and which son." ”
"From where you come from, where you go. Could it be that the Treasure Pavilion also started the official business, and the guests came. Murong Yu pretended to be angry and said.
"Don't be angry, the old man just looked at the young man's face, and he was a little curious, please forgive me. The shopkeeper hurriedly said politely, "I don't know if the young man came to the Treasure Pavilion to buy news or buy objects?"
"I'm here to buy things. ”
"But I don't know what you want, officer?"
"Admission to this auction. Murong Yu directly stated the purpose of this trip.
"Admission to the auction? The shopkeeper said hesitantly.
"It turns out that there are still things that the Treasure Pavilion does not have, it seems that I have gone for nothing, since this is the case, then I will leave below. Murong Yu knew very well in his heart that things would not go so smoothly, so he got up and prepared to leave.
"Wait. The shopkeeper's opening stopped Murong Yu, who wanted to leave, "If the guest officer wants to go, it's not impossible." ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"I do have some places in the Treasure Pavilion, but in terms of price?"
"Good to say in terms of price. I just need a ticket to this auction. ”
"Since the guest officer is so cheerful, I won't grind! The lion of the shopkeeper said widely.
"One hundred taels? The shopkeeper didn't mean to entertain me, the rivers and lakes all said that the Treasure Pavilion was very fair, and it was nothing more than that when I saw it today. It seems that I am in the wrong place, an admission ticket is one hundred taels of silver, and the Treasure Pavilion is really good at business. Murong Yu said in an unhappy tone, although he could still afford this hundred taels of silver, he still felt very unhappy, one hundred taels of silver was equivalent to the price of ten taels of gold, and he couldn't tolerate being wronged.
Hearing Murong Yu's slightly dissatisfied tone, the shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, please let Old Man Rong finish his words." Then he said: "Although the price of the ticket for this auction is extremely high for one hundred taels of silver, it is also high. As you know, the Treasure Pavilion is full of fine products and curiosities, and the tickets for this auction can be sold in the Treasure Pavilion, which is naturally a fine product. ”
"Oh? Murong Yu couldn't help but be curious.
Seeing Murong Yu's curiosity, the shopkeeper continued, "Not everyone can come in this auction. ”
Murong Yu couldn't help but say in his heart, isn't this nonsense, if you can easily get in, I will come to you to do something. But he didn't say it, just listened to the shopkeeper's continuation and said slightly.
"Because of the large number of people participating in this auction and the disparity in the status of people from all walks of life, the Supreme Box, the Top Box, the Ordinary Box, the Front Row Seat and the Ordinary Seat are specially set up according to different needs, and of course, there are also standing seats. As for this supreme box, it is priceless in the market, and it has long been given to the top sects and high-ranking officials of the imperial court in the martial arts. And this one hundred taels of silver is the price of the top box, and the young man still feels unreasonable or expensive. ”
"I'm sorry I misunderstood. Murong Yu apologized embarrassedly, and then took out a silver ticket and put it on the table.
"Young heroes don't have to be polite, although my Treasure Pavilion is expensive, it is all about the price and the goods, and I never do the trick of stealing customers. Then he said, "The young man will rest for a while first, and the old man will come when he goes." ”
"The shopkeeper, please. ”