The next morning, everything was fine.

As Xu Zijie said yesterday, after eating early in the morning, Xu Zijie took Xu Chen and Xu Yang to the carriage to the maple leaf pawnshop.

In fact, the entire Yong'an Town is not very big, I think when Xu Chen followed Lao Wu, he walked there, but as the head of the Xu family, he naturally had to put up some shelves, otherwise he would be laughed at by others.

The anger in the carriage was strange, and although everyone knew what was going on, no one would say anything about it.

With the noise outside the carriage all the way, the carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Maple Leaf Pawnshop, I don't know why, today's Maple Leaf Pawnshop seems to have more people than usual.

Before they could get off the train, they saw waves of people entering the Maple Leaf Pawnshop, the three people in the carriage were all cultivators, and they clearly felt that most of these people who walked into the Maple Leaf Pawnshop were cultivators, and some seemed to be not locals.

Walked to the backyard and went to the top floor of the auction hall, the spacious hall was even more dull and gloomy in the past, all the windows were opened, and the hall was crowded, which made Xu Zijie and the three people very puzzled.

Chose a slightly remote position to sit down, Xu Chen didn't say a word, leaned back in the chair boredly, and seemed to be heading for something.

"Hua Suiye, no, it's the second senior brother, he should still be in the capital, right? It shouldn't appear here, it seems that the boss is not here, this rule has changed!"

This time, Xu Chen didn't have the idea of buying something, so his expression was a little trance-like, but at a certain moment, his casual and relaxed expression suddenly stunned, tilted his head slightly, and looked at an old man in tattered clothes not far away.

The old man was obviously not from the Central Plains, his strange hair ornament was slightly old, and his clothes really looked like he had just crawled out of the pit, but Xu Chen clearly felt some kind of pressure, indescribable pressure.

"Father!"

Xu Chen pouted and motioned for Xu Zijie to take a look, "Do you know that old man?"

Hearing Xu Chen say this, Xu Zijie also looked over slowly, looked at it casually, Xu Zijie shook his head, "This is on the border of the empire, naturally there will be some foreigners coming in for a long time, but it's not surprising, think about it, the reason why the maple leaf pawnshop is opened in our town is that it can't just want to make money in our town, naturally most of them are interested in the characteristics of the border." ”

"It's not!"

Xu Chen lowered his head and said, "Father, I naturally know this, but how do I feel so weird, this old man exudes a special temperament. ”

"Oh?"

Xu Zijie laughed, but when he thought of Xu Chen's cultivation at this time, his smile stiffened again, "What temperament?"

Xu Chen smacked his lips and said softly: "It's an invisible pressure, it seems that his cultivation must not be low." ”

Just as Xu Chen and Xu Zijie were talking, an old man and a young man slowly walked into the hall, saying that it was a coincidence, after they looked around the hall, they walked straight to the sloppy old man, with a slight smile on their faces.

"Huang Shouren?"

Xu Zijie looked at the old and the young in surprise, he should be quite familiar with those two people, so he could hand over each other's names so quickly.

At this time, Xu Chen leaned towards Xu Zijie slightly, and said softly: "Father, who is that Huang Shouren." ”

"Hmmm......"

Xu Zijie stayed for a long time, "Chen'er, although this Huang Shouren also lives in our Yong'an Town, his property is in Danyang City, and this person's travel has always been secretive, the people of Yong'an Town, some have never seen him at all, and I only met this person once in a while when I was talking about business in Danyang City, but it has been a long time, and he may not know me soon." ”

Xu Chen blinked, "Does it have anything to do with the Bai family?"

"Well, as far as I know, there shouldn't be. ”

Xu Zijie hesitated, "But I don't know if there is any contact, but this person generally does business on the Beiqiang side and rarely touches local things, so he ......"

"Beiqiang?"

Hearing this name, Xu Chen's nerves tensed all of a sudden, and he vaguely remembered that when he was in the Dushan Sect, in the competition of entering the Drizzle Pavilion, the representative of Beiqiang.

I don't know why, Xu Chen just connected the two in an instant.

After fixing his mind, Xu Chen was not looking at the old man, but the appearance of the old man was deeply imprinted in Xu Chen's heart.

At this time, Xu Zijie suddenly asked, "What's the matter?" Chen'er, is there a problem with the old man?"

Xu Chen nodded slightly, and said lightly: "I don't know, but I always feel that this thing is abnormal, but I can't say what is abnormal." ”

This is ridiculous, Xu Chen subconsciously clenched his fists, he can be regarded as a cultivator of the Five Realms at this time, in this generation of Danyang City, I am afraid that only Bai Qiantian can be qualified to stand with him.

However, he sensed danger at this moment.

At this moment, an auctioneer dressed in white slowly walked to the stage, obviously, this time it was not the flower year, but a few ordinary middle-aged people, but there was a hint of pride in their expressions.

It is not difficult to understand that within the empire, the maple leaf pawnshop should be the largest secret service, and it is sitting on this lucrative business while probing the situation in various parts of the empire.

Some of these news naturally arrived in the palace, but the other part only stayed in the hands of the great eunuch.

Therefore, His Majesty the current emperor loves and hates this maple leaf pawnshop, and he is also half trusting and half suspicious of that Zhang Zhongjin.

From ancient times to the present, there is no one who is truly trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, and naturally, even Chu Yang, who is the crown prince, probably cannot make His Majesty the Emperor absolutely trust.

Looking at the past history, how many examples of the prince killing the emperor, and how many examples of the rebellion of the ministers of Wang Gong, you can understand the suffering of the emperor.

This maple leaf pawnshop is an institution approved by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and it is generally half of the government's business, but at this time, the power is completely controlled by the great eunuch. For some reason, Xu Chen had a sad look at this time.

"Please be quiet. ”

The auctioneer on the stage said loudly, "I think today is probably the hottest day for the Maple Leaf Pawnshop here, although I don't know what day it is, but I still thank you for coming here to cheer." ”

As he spoke, the auctioneer leaned forward slightly and saluted everyone, "Okay, since today's scene is so hot, then, I will make a decision here and take out the protagonist of this auction for everyone to feast their eyes." ”

As he spoke, the auctioneer did not turn around, but waved his right hand back, and the red cloth on the table behind him slid down like water.

At this time, countless pairs of eyes were staring at a square box on the table, all with doubts and curiosity in their eyes.

I saw that the auctioneer smiled slightly, picked up the square box casually, and then gently opened it, and carefully took out a wooden vial in the square box.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the ancient leaf grass, oh, excuse me, inside this wooden bottle, is the nectar purified by the ancient leaf grass. As we all know, the ancient leaf grass only grows in extremely cold places, and it is the most important medicine for cultivators, but unfortunately, the extremely cold land stretches out to the north of the barbarians, even if the barbarians are difficult to reach, even if they arrive, it is difficult to enter, and even if they enter, it is difficult to encounter this grass. ”

This paragraph made everyone in the audience sigh for a while, but the ancient leaf grass made these people's eyes a lot greedy.

"Of course, for great cultivators, this ancient leaf grass is chicken ribs, and it is a pity to discard the so-called tasteless food, because the ancient leaf grass can only wash the marrow, and it is almost useless for improving cultivation, but for ordinary cultivators, this is a treasure in ten thousand, because, whether you have a talent for cultivation, or you have encountered a bottleneck in your cultivation, this ancient leaf grass can help you relieve your troubles. ”

Maybe some of the people below were already a little tired of listening, and a voice came from the corner, "I said, you just say the price, the ancient leaf is such a cherished herb, I think everyone knows something." ”

I saw that the auctioneer smiled coldly, "Naturally, but it is the habit of my Maple Leaf Pawnshop to introduce the auction items completely, yes, you are in the habit of understanding the ancient leaf grass, but this does not mean that everyone understands, does it? My Maple Leaf Pawnshop is not just your own business." ”

This is polite, but the wording is extremely strong, and it does not take the guest in the corner seriously at all, which is naturally the arrogance of the Maple Leaf pawnshop.

At this time, everyone also nodded their heads, whether it was a cultivator in the empire or a ronin from a foreign race, none of them had any objections, and they probably understood the origin of the maple leaf pawnshop.

However, at this moment, only an old and slightly funny voice was heard, "I said, this doll, what you said is so fanciful, is this true?"

"I've heard that this ancient leaf grass rarely appears even in the extremely cold land in the north, and besides, even cultivators in that extremely cold place don't dare to say that they can come out safely after entering, your ancient leaf grass is not fake, right?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on a sloppy old man at the same time, of course, Xu Chen was no exception.

Because, that old man was the foreign old man he had paid special attention to before, the old man who made him feel some kind of pressure.

At this time, I saw that the auctioneer on the stage actually smiled slightly, and his expression was much better than the voice that had just treated another question, thinking about it, the auctioneer on the stage was by no means an ordinary person, and naturally saw that the old man in the audience was not simple.

"Haha, this old gentleman, your suspicions are justified, but your suspicions are superfluous, come to think of it, I don't know how many maple leaf pawnshops there are in the empire, and they have always been known for their integrity, if we sell fake medicines, wouldn't it be ruining our own signboard?"

He paused slightly, and then said, "Naturally, old man, looking at your outfit, I'm afraid you're not from the Central Plains, right?"

Hearing this, the old man smiled stupidly, but without the slightest kindness, and even more cold, "Yes, I am not from the Central Plains, I am from Beiqiang, I have nothing to do, go here for a walk, haha!"