Chapter 16: The Treasure Pavilion
Gu Qingzhou's heart could no longer calm down: "There is actually a Yin Summoning Talisman in this Jianbao Pavilion, could it be said that this Jianbao Pavilion is related to the flower monk that Xiao Li said?"
"No, this Jianbao Pavilion belongs to the City Lord's Mansion, is it ......" Gu Qingzhou thought of this, and his heart began to become calm.
"Gu Qingzhou, what are you looking at?" Xia Wanyan saw that Gu Qingzhou was a little distracted, and walked over and asked.
"Is this an exorcism talisman? Could it be that there is something evil in this treasure pavilion, how can it be posted here?" Xia Wanyan glanced at the talisman casually, and said with some puzzlement.
"You're taking a closer look!" Gu Qingzhou couldn't help but speak.
Xia Wanyan glanced at Gu Qingzhou, and said, "Isn't it an exorcism talisman?
Saying that, Xia Wanyan couldn't help but go in a little.
"Strange, how can this exorcism talisman be drawn in reverse?" Xia Wanyan frowned lightly and asked.
Gu Qingzhou looked at her with a smile on his face and explained, "What's the matter, the dignified Dao Sect Holy Maiden is also wrong?"
Xia Wanyan's face turned red, and she hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "What the hell is this?"
Gu Qingzhou pointed to the changes in the spell and said to her: "You see that the symbols drawn on this charm are all reversed, so the function of this charm is also reversed, and now it is not to drive away evil spirits, but to summon yin!"
"Summoning Yin Talisman?" Xia Wanyan had an epiphany in her heart, and the exorcism talisman was reversed, so "exorcism" would become "Summoning Yin".
"But what exactly is in here, why would the Treasure Pavilion post a summoning yin talisman here?" Xia Wanyan was still a little puzzled.
Gu Qingzhou also shook his head, this was also the answer he wanted to know.
"Is this Jianbao Pavilion and even the City Lord's Mansion related to the flower monk that Xiao Li said in his mouth?" Gu Qingzhou secretly guessed in his heart.
Ever since the drunkard called him to come to the Savage City to train, he said that strange things had happened in the Savage City. However, Gu Qingzhou hadn't noticed anything wrong after coming here for so long, so he couldn't help but relax his vigilance a little.
But when Gu Qingzhou came to the Treasure Pavilion and found the Yin Summoning Talisman, there was a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart.
Gu Qingzhou wanted to say something more, but the door of the "ground" door opened at this time. The maid walked out and saw Gu Qingzhou and the others standing in front of the door of the "Tian" number, and their faces changed significantly.
However, after all, they were well-trained, and they quickly reacted, and immediately said with a smile on their faces: "Two, I have already arranged it, and I ask you two to follow me to the treasure appraisal room and wait for the appraisal of the treasure connoisseur!"
Gu Qingzhou and Xia Wanyan glanced at each other, and immediately saw something in each other's eyes, so both of them smiled, as if nothing had happened, and followed the maid into the "ground" room.
Enter the compartment.
Gu Qingzhou saw a white-haired old man sitting upright next to the wooden table, holding a cup of tea in his hand, sipping it slightly.
When the old man saw Gu Qingzhou and Xia Wanyan coming, he directly pointed to the seat next to him, and said, "Two little friends, please take a seat." ”
Gu Qingzhou nodded, and was not polite, and sat directly opposite the old man, Xia Wanyan saw Gu Qingzhou sit down and sat next to him.
After the two of them sat down, the old man directly picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Gu Qingzhou and Xia Wanyan.
"But the two of you want to make a move on something created by the Dao Sect?" the prefecture-level treasure connoisseur went straight to the point.
Xia Wanyan nodded, and directly took out the sword pill and put it in front of the old man.
"Master, please take a look, I don't know how much silver my sword pill is worth?"
"Sword pill?" The eyes of the treasure connoisseur obviously lit up, and he took the sword pill in his hand and began to examine it carefully.
After a long time, the prefecture-level treasure connoisseur looked happy, and said to himself: "Sure enough, it is the thing of the Dao Sect. ”
The prefecture-level treasure connoisseur held the sword pill in his hand and checked it repeatedly, with a sense of excitement on his face.
But then he suddenly sighed, only to see him shake his head slightly, and said very regretfully: "Although this sword pill is finely made, it is indeed a thing of the Dao Sect. However, the only disadvantage is that there are only ten swords hidden in it, which is really lacking in number, and its connection is slightly flawed, so it can be seen that the person who forged the sword pill is still a novice. ”
Xia Wanyan couldn't help but purse her lips after hearing this, pursed her small mouth, and turned her head to the side.
Gu Qingzhou was secretly happy when he saw it, but he still nodded and agreed with the treasure connoisseur's words.
"It seems that this treasure connoisseur is still of some level!" Gu Qingzhou said in his heart.
The prefecture-level treasure connoisseur of this Treasure Pavilion, who really lived up to his reputation, could actually detect the number of treasure swords hidden inside the sword pill through his appearance, which couldn't help but make Gu Qingzhou admire for a while.
You must know that treasure connoisseurs can only infer the specific situation of the treasure through the surface of the item. If it is an ordinary treasure connoisseur, I am afraid that he will not be able to guess the number of swords inside the sword pill at all, but this ground-level treasure connoisseur in front of him can easily and accurately say the number of swords hidden inside, which shows that his ability is really powerful.
Gu Qingzhou could see the shortcomings of this sword pill at a glance, because he had already practiced the "Twelve Chapters of Dao Sword", and his forging technique for the sword pill was still above Xia Wanyan.
The prefecture-level treasure connoisseur returned the sword pill in his hand to Xia Wanyan, and said, "Although this sword pill is flawed, after all, it was made by the Dao Sect, and its value is about one thousand taels of silver. ”
Hearing the price, Gu Qingzhou secretly smacked his tongue. You must know that the cost of ordinary people living in the Wild City is only ten taels of silver a month.
And the sword pill that Xia Wanyan casually refined was still a defective product, and its value could reach one thousand taels of silver. And this is still in the wilderness, if it is placed in Middle-earth, its value is even higher.
Xia Wanyan smiled smugly at Gu Qingzhou, her eyes blinking, as if she was showing off.
"I wonder if you two are satisfied with this price?" asked the prefecture-level treasure connoisseur.
Xia Wanyan nodded, indicating that it was acceptable.
Seeing Xia Wanyan agree, the prefecture-level treasure connoisseur continued: "I don't know if the two of you can buy this sword pill in our Treasure Appraisal Pavilion? If you don't believe it, you can ask casually after you go out, and if the price can be higher than one hundred taels of silver, then we can return it to you directly without saying a word. ”
"The price of one thousand taels is okay!" Gu Qingzhou also nodded, because he knew how much it cost to forge a sword pill.
Xia Wanyan also nodded in agreement.
They themselves didn't expect that this Jianbao Pavilion would be so interested in this sword pill, and besides, the price of this thousand taels of silver was indeed not low for the two of them, and it could save them trouble, so the two of them directly agreed.
The transaction speed of the Treasure Pavilion was very fast, and after a while, a maid helped them complete all the formalities, and a thousand taels of silver were successfully handed over to them.
The two of them took the silver out of the Treasure Pavilion, Xia Wanyan blinked her big watery eyes, and proudly showed off to Gu Qingzhou: "How about it? ”
Seeing Wanyan's cute appearance, Gu Qingzhou couldn't help but smile, nodded and obeyed her and said, "Okay, that little one will be mixed with Miss Saint Maiden in the future!"
"Hey, be quiet. After hearing Gu Qingzhou call her a holy daughter, Xia Wanyan hurriedly shouted, and at the same time, her eyes didn't forget to look around, and only then did she relax after seeing that no one noticed them.
Gu Qingzhou couldn't help laughing again, and he didn't forget to continue to ridicule the words "Taoist Holy Maiden".
"Hey, Gu Qingzhou, are you finished?"
Xia Wanyan pouted, looking as if she was angry.
Seeing that Mo Yuyan was angry, Gu Qingzhou hurriedly begged for mercy, and the two continued to fight for a while before stopping.
Gu Qingzhou was suddenly stunned, only to see him standing in place, looking somewhere, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xia Wanyan followed his line of sight, only to feel that this place was somewhat familiar.
She suddenly remembered, isn't this the place where she sold her daughter, but now the middle-aged man has bought his daughter and left here.
Gu Qingzhou thought about the thousand taels of silver he had just gotten, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
"Human life is so cheap that he sells his own daughter just for two taels of silver?"
Gu Qingzhou thought in his heart.
"However, if it weren't for those two taels of silver, their family would have starved to death in this year of great drought!"
At this time, Gu Qingzhou was extremely conflicted in his heart, he didn't know who was right and who was wrong, he only felt a lot of pain in his heart.
Every human being is born a life. But why are some people high in the sky, worry-free about food and clothing, and enjoying all the glory and wealth, while some people are so despised, even food and clothing have become a problem, and they are forced to sell their sons and daughters?
Gu Qingzhou couldn't figure out whether this world was wrong or he was wrong.
"This is just a very common thing, the middle-aged man's family needs silver to survive, and the daughter will eventually marry in the future, so it is better to sell it early, not only to save food, but also to exchange some silver to subsidize the family. Xia Wanyan said.
Gu Qingzhou looked at her deeply and opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.
He didn't know what to say. He said that the man was wrong, but he had no choice but to continue living. Say that the world is wrong, but all the people are going on.
For a while, Gu Qingzhou felt as if he was a little confused.
"Have you heard? The city lord of the City Lord's Mansion, Su She, Su Shao, seems to have a strange disease, and he will cut people when he sees them, I heard that the people of his family have been hacked to death I don't know how many!"
"How did I hear that he has had this disease since he was a child, but wasn't he cured by a flower monk who didn't know where he came from?"
"Who knows? That flower monk hasn't appeared for a long time, so maybe he'll be gone long ago!"
The sound of the discussion between the two pedestrians next to him came into Gu Qingzhou's ears, and Gu Qingzhou looked surprised.
"Isn't Su Shi okay in the morning? I just beat him up?" Gu Qingzhou said in his heart.
Xia Wanyan on the side also looked at Gu Qingzhou, looking puzzled.
"It's really retribution, he deserves it, who told him to bully Miss Ben!" Xia Wanyan looked relieved when she heard this.
Gu Qingzhou shook his head a little helplessly: "But this Su Shi has something to do with Monk Hua, it seems that I have to go to the City Lord's Mansion to have a look." ”
After Gu Qingzhou and the others left, they didn't know that the two pedestrians who had just spoken turned the corner into an uninhabited alley.
"How's it going?"
"Master Hui, I have deliberately said it to those two people word for word according to what you said. ”
"Well, well done, it's your reward. ”