Chapter 43: The Entrance to the Black Market

Cabal suddenly realized, pointed to the black market on the map, and said, "If it were me, I would definitely go here, find clues or hire bodyguards to escort me to a safe place." ”

Wang Xiaotian suddenly said: "The question is, which place is the place where they feel safe?"

Hua Ziyu thought for a while and said, "Generally speaking, the place I am most familiar with is the place where I feel safest in my heart. ”

Xia Xianlong wondered, "Do they want to go back to the Canaan Federation?"

Hua Ziyu shook her head and said, "There is another place, and that is their destination." When they encounter danger, they also feel that it is a safe place. ”

Wang Xiaotian nodded and said, "It's very likely." ”

Hua Ziyu concluded: "Without further ado, let's hurry to the black market. There should be some clues to be found. ”

The group immediately left the Sand Bird Oasis and hurried to the black market. They were not dragged down by large quantities of cargo, and their speed was more than twice as fast as that of ordinary caravans. In the evening, they arrived at the Heavenly Street Market.

Heaven Street Market is actually a very large campsite. The camp is surrounded by a strong fence of poplars and red willows. There are two guards at the entrance to the camp, and each person enters the camp for a gold coin.

Facing the gate of the camp is a large road, and there are warehouses, grocery stores, taverns, inns, restaurants and other facilities on both sides. At this moment, there are many people coming out and entering the entrance of each store, and it is very lively.

Tang San followed behind Hua Ziyu and introduced to Hua Ziyu in a low voice, "This place used to belong to the Three Regardless Realm. Later, a group of bandits who washed their hands of gold took a fancy to this location, forcibly occupied the place, and then opened taverns and warehouses to attract passing caravans to come and repair it. ”

Later, more and more caravans came and went, and many merchants also came to visit. The robbers allowed them to do business here and collected taxes from them. After a long time, this place slowly became lively. ”

"More than 100 years ago, some Shatuo people who migrated from outside took a fancy to this place and wanted to settle here. When the robbers saw that they were numerous, they were worried that it would be difficult to control them, so they did not agree. The two sides fell apart, pulled out the men and horses for a tragic fight, and both sides were defeated. ”

Both sides were worried that they would lose all their old books and cheapen others for nothing, so they agreed to sit down and negotiate. Eventually, this road was bounded, with the shops managed by the bandits on the left and the shops on the right belonging to the Shatuo people. The Shatuo people do business here and pay taxes to the bandits. ”

Hua Ziyu asked curiously, "Who are the Shatuo people?"

Tang San tugged at Hua Ziyu's sleeve and quietly pouted forward. Hua Ziyu looked in the direction of Tang Sannu's mouth, and saw a woman with a veil on her face, brown skin, a hot body, wearing a crop top and shorts, and barefoot at the door of the tavern on the side of the road on the right.

Hua Ziyu was very surprised, and said, "This woman is from Shatuo, and she looks like she is from the Canaan Federation." ”

"No, they're not from our Canaanite Federation. They are a branch of the Desert Orcs. They are masked because their physiognomy still retains some of the characteristics of camels. ”

Wang Xiaotian was stunned when he heard this. He was very curious, if a person's face had the characteristics of a camel, what would it look like? He walked to both sides and asked Tang San quietly, "Have you seen the appearance of a woman in Shatuo?"

Tang San shook his head, "The villain hasn't seen it." However, those who have heard it say that the appearance of the Shatuo woman is extremely ugly, which makes people have nightmares in the middle of the night. It's just that they are in good shape, and people can't help but think about it. ”

Wang Xiaotian smiled and didn't speak. In this way, the figure of the Shatuo woman is really strongly deceptive.

The Shatuo woman at the door of the tavern, when she saw them coming, immediately greeted them and said in the blunt Dongchu Chinese: "Venerable."

Expensive guests, the shop has the best wine, don't you come to two catties of wine to relieve your fatigue? The shop also has the fattest mutton, which is the most suitable for drinking. Even if you don't drink alcohol, it's excellent to fill your stomach with two catties of mutton. ”

Hua Ziyu thought for a while and said, "Yes." Can I stay at the hotel?"

The Shatuo woman immediately nodded again and again, "Yes, yes." Wrap around the villain. The villain must let the distinguished guests eat and drink well, and then sleep in the most comfortable bed, and sleep until dawn. ”

Hua Ziyu smiled: "This is the best." However, when it comes to the ugly words, if I am not satisfied, I will definitely not give you money. ”

"Satisfied. You will be satisfied. The shopkeeper has come to greet the guests. ”

With a "coming", an old man in his fifties came out of the tavern, he looked no different from ordinary people, but his body leaned forward, and his back was raised high and a hill was raised, and he looked like Luo Guo when he went back.

The old man smiled all over his face, "A few distinguished guests, please come inside." You lazy worms, lead the guest's camel to the backyard so that you can feed it. ”

Wang Xiaotian followed everyone into the tavern. There were already a few people seated in the tavern. They turned their heads to look at Wang Xiaotian and the others, and found that they didn't know each other, so they turned back and continued to drink and talk.

Wang Xiaotian and the others found a few tables and sat down. The shopkeeper followed behind Hua Ziyu and diligently asked what to eat.

Hua Ziyu thought for a while and said, "You bring all the best dishes, and then bring fifty catties of wine." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard that there was a big business, his eyes lit up, and he immediately prepared wine and food, and then asked Hua Ziyu: "Do you have any other requirements, do you need to make small arrangements at night?"

Hua Ziyu said: "That's not necessary. But I have a few small things that I would like to ask you to help with. As he spoke, he took out a small bag of gold coins and threw it on the table, "Of course, I won't let you help in vain." ”

When the shopkeeper saw the bag of gold coins, his eyes immediately lit up, and he nodded again and again, "Don't worry, as long as the small one can do it, it will definitely be done." Go to the soup and go to the fire, and do not hesitate. ”

Hua Ziyu said: "Have you been here in the past few days, a large group of people from the Canaan Federation, there are a lot of them, but they don't carry many goods?"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "There is indeed such a wave of people as you said. They came three days ago and haven't been out since they went to the black market. ”

Hua Ziyu asked, "How to get to the black market?"

The shopkeeper said, "You can go straight inside along that main road and you will enter the black market." However, the black market can only be entered at night, not during the day. Moreover, ordinary people have no way to enter the black market. ”

Hua Ziyu is very strange, the legend says that as long as you have money, you can buy anything on the black market, such a powerful place, so easy to enter? Isn't it necessary to spend money to buy a road, or defeat a gatekeeper or a gatekeeper or something?

He asked, "Have you ever been to the black market?"

The shopkeeper shook his head with pity, "We are just ordinary people who eat here, and we are not qualified to enter." ”

Hua Ziyu asked again: "Are there any taboos in the black market? For example, what can't you say or do?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "No." The biggest taboo on the black market is the lack of money. As long as you have money, you are customers when you enter the black market. The customer is God. ”

Hua Ziyu took out the earrings and asked, "Have you seen this?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, followed by his reaction, and said, "Please wait a moment." With that, he turned and walked away.

Everyone was confused by his reaction. Could it be that this shopkeeper has something to do with this? Then why did he just tell the whereabouts of those people so easily?

While the crowd was wondering, the shopkeeper ran back.

He reached out to Hua Ziyu's eyes and opened his palm. I saw that he had an earring in his palm that was exactly the same as Hua Ziyu!

At this moment, everyone was stunned. How could he have the same earrings? Could he be the one he was looking for?

Hua Ziyu was the first to react, grabbed the shopkeeper's wrist, and hurriedly asked, "Why do you have this thing?"

Although Hua Ziyu carefully controlled the power, she was a little strong because of her emotional excitement. The shopkeeper grinned in pain, "It hurts, it hurts." ”

Hua Ziyu hurriedly let go of her hand and asked again, "Why do you have this thing in your hand?"

The shopkeeper shook his hand and said, "This thing was quietly given to me by one of the women in the group you just inquired about." She told me that if someone came with the same earrings, let me tell them two words. ”

Hua Ziyu asked eagerly, "What are the words?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "The first sentence is, people are in Dushant. The second sentence seems to say that the pilgrimage path will not be interrupted by sandstorms. ”

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Cabal.

Cabal was very uncomfortable to be looked at by everyone, and said stubbornly: "Does the first sentence mean that the people in our delegation are all in Dushant?"

As for the second sentence, it is a proverb of our Canaanite Federation, which means that as long as the goal is right, no matter how dangerous it is, we must go on bravely. I don't know if she is part of our delegation, and I can't tell if she is talking about the visit. ”

Hua Ziyu nodded, then turned her head and asked the shopkeeper, "Did she say anything else besides these?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "No." As soon as she finished speaking, she hurried away. Confused me. ”

Hua Ziyu pushed the gold coin over and said, "Hurry up and serve the food." We're going to go to the black market in a minute. ”

The shopkeeper gratitiously picked up the bag of gold coins, and then trotted all the way, urging the men to hurry up and serve the food.

Everyone was full of food and drink, and Hua Ziyu arranged for Lu Yusheng and them to stay. Wang Xiaotian, Xia Xianlong, and Kabal went to the black market with him.

Regarding this arrangement, Wang Dadi and Lu Ziming obviously have different opinions. However, they secretly glanced at Hua Ziyu and suppressed the disagreement in their hearts.

They are very aware of Hua Ziyu's temper. Usually when there is no task, they play a little temper and take him a beating at most. If you dare to play a little temper at this time, there is a high probability that Hua Ziyu will be driven back to Kashgar, or even directly back to the academy.

When Hua Ziyu and the others left the hotel, they saw the lights of the shops on both sides of the street. Through the lights of the shops, even ordinary people can clearly see that some people have come out of these shops one after another.

They looked at each other very vigilantly, and after making sure that the other had nothing to do with them, nor any hostility or danger, they withdrew their gaze and quietly walked to the end of the road.

Hua Ziyu didn't walk over immediately, but waited patiently for the other people, all of whom disappeared at the end of the road, before signaling Wang Xiaotian for them to follow him. The group walked quietly and quickly towards the end of the road.

When he first entered the Tianjie Market, Wang Xiaotian clearly saw that at the end of the road, there was a wooden fence without any exit.

Now, however, he saw that the place where it should have been a wooden fence was only gray, something that seemed to be fog but not fog, condensed but not dispersed, and the fence had long since disappeared.

Hua Ziyu stood in front of this gray thing, closed her eyes and felt it carefully, the space around her fluctuated, and then put her hand into the gray mist, tried it, and couldn't help but admire: "Tsk, what a wonderful design." ”

Wang Xiaotian also felt that the spatial fluctuations around him were obviously abnormal. He immediately informed Taling and wrote down the data of the spatial fluctuations.

Then, with an open look on his face, he asked, "Professor Hua, what is this gray mist, and what's going on in the black market?"