Chapter 121: Half a Pretty Face (Part 3)
If you want to talk about the world, where is the most well-informed, except for those mysterious institutions in the palace that are not known to outsiders, it must belong to Xianyang's Tingfeng Tower.
Tingfeng Tower is located in the most prosperous area of Xianyang, occupying a whole half of the street.
You must know that Xianyang can be said to be an inch of land, and the rich and noble families of ordinary counties and counties can't even afford to buy a 100-square-square mansion when they arrive in Xianyang. Unless it's in the middle of nowhere.
The strong financial resources of Tingfeng Lou can be seen from this.
Xianyang is not as good as other places, if it is just rich, it is obviously not enough to make Tingfeng Lou famous in Xianyang and even the world.
It's hard to even get a foothold.
In addition to being rich and rivaling the country, the power of Tingfeng Tower is also amazing, or the backer behind Tingfeng Lou is terrifying.
The backer behind Tingfeng Tower is not just a certain person, or a certain family, but a force, an amazing and terrifying force that is enough to shake the pattern of the dynasty.
There is unverifiable gossip that says that the biggest boss of Tingfeng Lou is a person surnamed Ji.
Anyone who has been to Xianyang City knows that there are eight floors in Tingfeng Tower. In fact, if you look into it seriously, it should be eight and a half floors.
"Nine" and even the number of respects, even the illiterate people know this.
Tingfeng Lou deliberately left one floor, or half a floor, in fact, it did not mean to avoid the taboo of the royal family.
However, in fact, eight and a half floors is only the number of floors above the ground, and underground, it has another floor.
It stands to reason that if it is more harsh, Tingfeng Lou's move is undoubtedly a great crime of rebellion. But strangely, the government has never asked about it. It's as if I never knew there was another floor underneath the Wind Tower.
And in fact, it is probably the case, although there are few people who can go to the eighth floor, but there are many people in Xianyang, so it is not too few. But those who are allowed to go down to the first basement floor are very rare.
One is that the first basement floor is only used for the meeting of "internal bosses", and the other is that the first basement floor hides peerless treasures.
Tingfeng Lou mainly has "two sales", one is to sell the treasures of the world, which can be a divine weapon, can also be an antique cultural relic, can also be a rare beast and so on.
Because Tingfeng Lou has almost all the treasures in the world, as long as the tribute is paid every year, or the birthday of the emperor's concubine, or the birthday of the court officials, the business of Tingfeng Lou is always very hot.
In addition to selling the treasures of the world, Tingfeng Lou also sells "news and intelligence".
When it comes to listening to the news of Fenglou, there is such a sentence in the market - "Listen to the news of the world, and collect all the news in the world".
Although this sentence is suspected of exaggeration and bragging, it can also be seen that Tingfeng Lou is well-informed.
So when he heard Zhao Qingying's question, the steward dared to answer like this.
Seeing that Zhao Qingying was so solemn, but what he took out was only a moon pearl, to be honest, Fat Sanjin was a little disappointed and disdainful at that time.
It's not that the moon pearl of this white-clothed beauty is too small, it's not small, and the fat three catties glanced at it casually, in terms of texture, this moon pearl is still good.
But Fat Sanjin sat in the position of steward, and it can be said that he had seen more treasures than ordinary people had ever seen.
Can a man with a million dollars of silver be thrilled when he sees just a silver ingot?
But out of politeness, Fat Sanjin still looked at the moon pearl in the box seriously.
Anyway, the other party is also a stunning beauty, and a beauty should always have the treatment that a beauty should have.
Zhao Qingying waited patiently.
On the surface, her expression was indifferent as usual, but in fact, at this moment, her mood was turbulent.
If Tingfeng Lou knew the origin of this moon pearl, then it would probably mean that the mystery of her life experience was solved.
Although she began to prepare herself mentally from Gangneung Mansion, even at this moment, she was still not fully prepared.
Fat Sanjin took his eyes back from the box, he glanced at Zhao Qingying, and said, "Girl, although I am only in charge of affairs on weekdays, and I don't specialize in identifying treasures, I still have some eyesight." With all due respect, there is nothing unique about this girl's moon pearl, like this moon pearl, not to mention other places, there are hundreds of them in our wind building alone. It's the same, but I'm afraid it's hard to judge its origin. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Qingying frowned slightly.
"Well, girl, maybe it's just my clumsiness, or I'll take your bead behind and ask someone to take a good look at it, maybe I'll know where it came from. Fat Sanjin said.
Zhao Qingying nodded lightly and said, "But don't touch this bead with your hand." ”
Fat Sanjin was stunned for a moment, can't touch the beads with his hands? What does this mean, since it is an inspection, it is naturally indispensable to touch it with his hands. In addition to seeing with the eyes, the sense of touch is often an important means of distinguishing things.
It's just that what I don't know is that this moon pearl has been held in Zhao Meiren's mouth for many years.
"Good. Although he was puzzled, Fat Sanjin still agreed.
Although the request of this white-clothed beauty is a little strange, but before that, Fat Sanjin does not mean that he has not seen similar ones. In fact, there are quite a few guests who have strange requests of one kind or another. Tingfeng Lou only needs to complete the business, and there is no need to delve into how strange the requests made by the guests are.
"The troubled girl is here for a moment, and we will give her an answer in a moment. Fat Sanjin said with a smile.
Zhao Qingying said "um" and sat down to the side to wait.
After about a stick of incense, a guy came out of the back hall and handed over Zhao Qingying's box containing the moon pearl to the fat three catties.
Zhao Qingying sat in the distance and saw that the guy had said a few words to the fat three catties, and then turned around and went back to the back hall.
Fat Sanjin carefully took the box and walked towards Zhao Qingying.
Looking at the box in the other party's hand, Zhao Qingying's heartbeat sped up for no reason.
After approaching, Fat Sanjin looked guilty and said, "Sorry girl, there are too many beads like you, and we haven't been able to find out the origin of your bead." ”
While speaking, Fat Sanjin handed over the box.
For some reason, hearing that no news was found, Zhao Qingying's heart suddenly calmed down a lot.
Maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing for her to have some suspense.
Because the truth is likely to be cruel, the last thing she wants to hear and see.
Zhao Qingying gently opened the box, her eyes fell lightly on the moon pearl, she looked a little sluggish at the moment, but she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.
Seeing the beauty on her face, she was displeased, and the fat three catties blamed herself inexplicably. He said: "Girl, because we couldn't find out the information for you, so according to the rules of Tingfeng Building, we don't charge any fees. If the girl wants to leave at this moment, she can leave directly. ”
Zhao Qingying sat there motionless.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Qingying withdrew her gaze from the moon pearl, and her white hand, which was as white as spring, gently touched the lid of the box, ready to close it.
However, at this moment, a beautiful voice sounded behind her.
"I know where this bead came from. ”
Zhao Qingying turned back suddenly.
What caught my eye was a slender woman, dressed in red, with a mask on her face, covering half of her delicate face. (To be continued.) )