Chapter 42: Ghost City

At Qingming time, the early sun rises slightly, the east is white, and the light warms people's hearts.

Although it was the beginning of April, Qin Chen had the feeling of summer.

When the sky is about to be bright, the cold is slightly thick, and the flower beds in the yard are crumbling with dewdrops.

At the beginning of the morning sun, the flowers gradually regained their vitality under the baking of the sun, the leaves stretched, the buds bloomed, and the dewdrops on them crumbled, and finally at a certain moment, the flowers bloomed to the extreme, and the dewdrops rolled down in response.

When it reached the position of the green leaves, the cold light flashed, and I saw a black object instantly piercing the beads, and the dew drops spread out in all directions, falling on the dust, splashing dust two or three times.

The black object collided with the ground, sparks erupted, and a screeching sound echoed in the courtyard.

Qin Chen frowned, slowly withdrew the spear, looked at the scratches on the head of the spear, and shook his head with a sigh. This spear is considered good, but after all, it is not even a mortal soldier, and after several major battles, there is basically no intact place, especially when I got up this morning and played with it, I found that the spear was not far from the edge of scrapping.

This spear was used by the village chief in his early years, and it conveyed Qin Chen's nostalgia for the mountain village, and if it was not necessary, Qin Chen didn't want to change it at all. But first, Qin Chen found that no matter how he used the spear, he didn't have a big knife to make it easy, which should be related to Qin Chen's practice of the Thunder Knife Technique for more than a year, although I heard that those grandmaster-level figures, no matter what kind of weapon they used, could turn all iron into divine weapons, and the Flying Leaf Killing was not a problem, but Qin Chen obviously couldn't reach such a level; Qin Chen didn't plan to change and couldn't change it, so he planned to change it to a good knife.

With that in mind. Qin Chen looked at the spear in his hand helplessly, "Brother spear, see you again." ”

At this time, the sky was just dawning. Huihui hasn't gotten up yet, Qin Chen knows that Huihui spent too much energy yesterday, and she won't get up if the sun doesn't reach her buttocks.

Next, Qin Chen began the basic exercises that must be done every day, sit-ups, push-ups, and trots. In fact, these are quite effective, Qin Chen has taught the children in the village, but no one can persevere. Even Huihui did the same, she did it once and gave up.

The sun finally crossed the horizon, and the cold air in the courtyard was swept away, dry and cool.

Qin Chen guessed correctly, and didn't get up until the sun hit his buttocks. Opening her sleepy and hazy eyes, Huihui became the cute, smiling little girl again, and opened the door. Rubbing his eyes, "Brother, I'm hungry." ”

Looking back, Qin Chen's face showed a hint of doting. wiped the sweat on his body with a towel, "Hungry?" ”

This time, it was the maidservant who came to deliver breakfast, and Qin Chen served the meal with his own hands. It was handed over to the maid after it was packed up, which was a very common thing in Qin Chen's eyes. But in the eyes of that maid, Qin Chen became a weirdo.

In the land of a hundred countries, it is attacked by monsters all year round. The population is sparse, except for the warriors, it is a terrible thing to kill a person anywhere, and the local officials must solve the case within a time limit. Therefore, at the beginning, more than 100 children from several villages in the southern part of Shanshen Township disappeared, causing turmoil in the entire Chen Kingdom, and Luo Yegui rushed over for the county guard of Qingyuan County. Of course, because Qin Chen rescued the child, this matter was over.

Therefore, in the land of a hundred countries, the status of the common people is not low, and of course it is not high, and such a person as a slave has never appeared.

And as a maid in the eunuch's house, although it will not happen like in ancient times, the master casually killed the house slave, but there is also a difference between respect and inferiority.

The maids of Luofu were used to being called, but this time they felt a little unbelievable when they met a master like Qin Chen, who didn't often call people.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, Qin Chen was originally a standard modern person in Shenzhou in his previous life, and his outstanding ideas were democracy, republican, equality, and civilization, even if he had been in this world for more than ten years, he was either in the Ruins Immortal Palace, or in the backing village, and had never been in contact with any feudal landlords and aristocratic classes, and of course he did not have that school of style. Huihui has lived in a mountain village since she was a child, and she has always done her own thing, and now she is only five years old, where did she think about calling people.

After breakfast, Qin Chen remembered one thing, he hadn't officially met Luo Junshou since he came to Luo's mansion, and he hadn't even eaten once, so he couldn't help but feel a little blushing, and immediately picked up Huihui and walked out without saying a word.

Out of the courtyard door, along a path towards the front hall, I have to say, Luofu looks like an outburst house from the surface, but the inside is not bad, quite a Jiangnan garden feeling, nine bends and eighteen bends, small river bends, stone bridges are all over, winding paths are secluded.

Having said so much, in a word, Qin Chen was lost. Although I just walked through yesterday, it was under the leadership of the next person. Originally, I wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but as soon as I saw Huihui's eyes, Qin Chen's brother's almighty blood was burning, and it couldn't be extinguished no matter how it was destroyed, in order to act as a "big-tailed wolf" in front of Huihui, Qin Chen was stunned and walked around the backyard for a long time.

Passing through a door, the view suddenly became larger, and as far as the eye could see, there was a huge pool, but it was no less than a small lake. Qin Chen was not surprised, in his previous life, Luo Ye was equivalent to the governor of a province and the secretary of the provincial party committee, so it was not surprising that he had such financial resources.

The pond is in the shape of a gourd, and in the middle of it is narrower, and a meandering pavilion is built that runs through both banks.

Qin Chen hugged Huihui and walked up, and there were guards guarding the entrance of the Water Pavilion Tower, but they all learned from Luo Junshou that Qin Chen was a distinguished guest who could not be messed with, so they did not stop it, Qin Chen and Hui Hui smoothly stepped onto the Water Pavilion Tower.

Walking and walking, Qin Chen and Huihui slowed down, it turned out that Huihui was attracted by the scenery here, and watched it with relish, Qin Chen did not stop it, so he let Huihui play crazy, so that Huihui could forget the news of her grandfather's death and divert her attention, which is also a good way.

Besides, Qin Chen also felt that this place was very beautiful, although it was April, but the water surface was green, the lotus leaves were spreading, and from time to time you could see a few flower bones, hidden in the lotus leaves, and replied shyly, which reminded Qin Chen of an article by the great writer in his previous life. Although he wrote it in the middle of the night, the artistic conception is the same.

Walking and walking. Qin Chen and Huihui came to the center of the pool, which was the narrowest place.

"Mr. Qin. It's rude. Qin Chen looked up and saw Luo Shiping greeting him. Since he learned from his father that Qin Chen was a martial artist of the "Eightfold" Body Refining Realm, Luo Shiping changed his name to Mr. Qin, Qin Chen originally disagreed, but acquiesced at Luo Shiping's insistence.

Qin Chen took a closer look, and it turned out that a pavilion had been built in the center of the pool, and Luo Shiping was here to enjoy the lotus, and there was a babbling child next to him.

"This is?" Qin Chen began.

Luo Shiping raised the baby in his hand. "This is the younger brother, called Luo Shi'an, come to An'an, and say hello to my brother and sister. It can be seen that Luo Shiping still loves this younger brother very much.

But his younger brother is only three years old this year, and he can only say some simple words, babbling for a long time, and Qin Chen didn't listen to what he said, so he asked Luo Shiping not to say hello.

"By the way, what about Ling Zun?" At this time, Huihui was playing with Luo Shi'an. But it's better to be amusing An An! Anyway, the two little ones had a lot of fun.

Qin Chen leaned on the railing, while Luo Shiping leaned on the railing, and the two of them chatted like ordinary friends. To be honest, there is not much difference in age between the two, of course, this refers to the psychological age. So it was okay to talk a little bit, when facing Luo Ye, Qin Chen felt that there was nothing to talk about.

Luo Shiping swallowed melon seeds. "Dealing with official business, these are extraordinary times. Coupled with the siege of the Dawn Demon Beast yesterday, it is very busy now. But the group of idiots who can only eat public food and enjoy pleasure in the national capital do not realize the seriousness of the matter, so my father is now in a mess. Obviously, Luo Shiping has no good impression of those nobles, which may have something to do with his father's education since childhood.

Qin Chen didn't want to comment on this matter, political matters, he was a martial artist who couldn't tell, "Do you know where there are weapons for sale in Lu Dao?" Luo Ye is an eightfold martial artist in the Body Refining Realm, and Luo Shiping is also a threefold body refining realm, he should know some news about Lu Dao that ordinary people don't know.

"Weapons, there are a few good blacksmith shops in the east of the city. Luo Shiping was eating melon seeds, and just saw Qin Chen's smiling expression, his face turned red, and he was opposite a figure of the same level as his father, how could he use these ordinary weapons.

Luo Shiping immediately straightened his sitting posture and said: "You also know that all weapons that have been entered, like pills, are all strange goods, and the price is expensive, and those ordinary martial artists can't afford it at all, so there are not many places to buy and sell such items, of course, it is not nothing." ”

After drinking a cup of tea to moisten his throat, Luo Shiping spoke again: "Speaking of the largest, it is Fuya Auction House, you don't know Lu Dao, last time Fu Ya Auction House also auctioned a miracle demon pill seventh-level demon pill!

Seeing that Luo Shiping was getting farther and farther, Qin Chen hurriedly pulled him back, "It was obtained by Master Du's auction, and this matter was in an uproar at the time, so you don't need to talk about it." "And the demon pill is still his own, Qin Chen added a sentence in his heart.

Luo Shiping smiled, only pulled away by himself, and hurriedly remedied: "You also know that now that the demon beasts are invading, I don't know how many martial artists have poured into the south, which has led to a sharp rise in the number of martial artists in the south. ”

"Oh, what level can you get?" Qin Chen asked.

Luo Shiping lowered his head and thought for a while, "Mr. Qin, you also know that there are many foreign warriors in Qingyuan County now, they are simply Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and some of them are probably not under my father, with Mr. Qin's strength, the highest and middle grade." ”

"Medium grade?" Qin Chen frowned, with Qin Chen's strength now, the middle grade is really low, and the top grade is just right, of course, the spirit soldier is better.

"Aren't there any other weapons shops?" Qin Chen asked without giving up.

Luo Shiping frowned, "It's not nothing, you also know that the south of the land of a hundred countries is the boundless vast mountain range, every day I don't know how many warriors go into the mountains to hunt demon beasts, and every day I don't know how many warriors give away their lives, in the vast mountain range, the most dangerous thing is not the demon beasts, but their own kind, which has to be said to be a kind of irony." ”

Luo Shiping shook his head and continued to speak: "Some martial artists have obtained things from other martial artists, although some can be sold to those large chambers of commerce, but some are really disgraceful, which led to the establishment of an underground market, which in the early years was dedicated to trading those items that could not be seen. However, over time, it became the largest market in Qingyuan County. ”

"For this market. Since it is not visible, most of the people who enter are wearing a black cloak. It looks like a ghost, and this market is called a ghost market. ”

"In the ghost market, nothing is clearly priced, it is all up to the buyer and seller to negotiate, there are often some treasures there, so there are quite a lot of people who go, but most of them are Taobao, if Mr. Qin wants to go, there will definitely be something to gain." ”

I said a lot of things. Qin Chen has a basic understanding of the ghost market, to put it in layman's terms, it is the underground market, which will be there no matter what dynasty or place it is, as long as you have people there, a society has been formed.

Qin Chen often went there in his previous life, and that was when he went to Taobao with Qin Lao, when Qin Chen was just working. There has been a wave of treasure appreciation, archaeology, and tomb robbing, and many folk national treasures have been left out. So at that time, the underground market specially opened up an antique market to provide sales of stolen goods, and Qin Chen had been to Qin Lao a few times. I found some treasures, so Qin Chen was no stranger.

We chatted for a while. Qin Chen felt that the time was not early, and he was about to leave. Luo Shiping saw it and hurriedly invited Qin Chen to dinner, Qin Chen refused on the surface, but he couldn't ask for it in his heart, so he agreed after half pushing. Immediately, the four of them went out.

Because he was still with a child, Luo Shiping originally wanted to invite Qin Chen to eat outside, but Qin Chen refused, it was so messy outside, it was not good to take a child, and Qin Chen was not at ease to let Huihui be at home alone.

Near noon, Qin Chen, under the leadership of Luo Shiping, basically walked around half of Luofu, and of course, the two children wasted a lot of time playing.

Qin Chen could see that Luo Shiping was very doting on Luo Shi'an, thinking of himself, Qin Chen shook his head, isn't he the same? It seems that children are really likable.

Finally, when he arrived at the meal, Qin Chen saw the familiar hall, and tears rolled in Qin Chen's eyes, he finally saw it, and finally came out. Thinking about himself, what is it to pretend? Wasting so much time, if it was in the wild, Qin Chen could still jump to a high place to take a look, but this was in someone else's house, Qin Chen had to restrain himself, so he wasted so much time.

Of course, this is also the case, and I got the news of the ghost market from Luo Shiping's mouth, and it seems that there is a certain number of drinks and pecks.

Lunch was eaten in the dining room, because Luo Junshou was not at home, so there were fewer dishes, but it also surprised Qin Chen and Huihui, it was really a big family, what a luxury!

This meal, Qin Chen hindered his image, just chatted and ate a few bites, but Huihui didn't have any scruples, her belly was bulging, Qin Chen was envious when she saw it, and sure enough, children also have children's happiness.

After lunch, Qin Chen refused Luo Shiping's invitation and took Huihui back to his room.

Smoothly returned to his yard, according to the habit of the past, Qin Chen accompanied Huihui to take a nap, when he saw his grandfather's urn, Qin Chen was relieved when he saw that the sadness in Huihui's eyes was not so strong, it seems that grandpa's death will not leave any indelible sadness to Huihui, this is a good thing, children! The most important thing is to be happy.

After waking up, Qin Chen got up and took out the wooden box he was carrying, and took out fifty spirit coins, in fact, he didn't need so much to buy weapons, Qin Chen was just in case.

Originally, Qin Chen was going to go quietly by himself, but at this moment, Huihui woke up.

As soon as Huihui woke up, she saw her brother and was about to go out alone, "Brother, where are you going?"

Looking at Huihui, Qin Chen just couldn't lie: "My brother is going to buy weapons." ”

"Huihui is going with her brother. ”

I don't know when Huihui has been sticking to Qin Chen, no matter where Qin Chen goes, Huihui has to follow.

Qin Chen smiled bitterly: "The place where my brother is going is very dangerous and chaotic, is it okay for Huihui to stay at home?"

It's strange to say, Huihui's tears seem to never end, and they come when they say: "This is not Huihui's home, Huihui's home is in the mountain village, my brother doesn't want to leave Huihui alone." Then he began to cry.

Qin Chen panicked when he saw that he would cry, coaxed and lied, until he agreed to take Huihui with him, and Huihui broke into laughter.

Qin Chen couldn't help but sigh, could it be that he owed Huihui too much in his previous life, and he came to repay his debts in this life?

Before leaving, Qin Chen put three sticks of incense on his grandfather's urn, making Huihui kowtow a few times. This time Huihui was calmer, as if she were touching it normally.

Qin Chen was silent on the surface, but he sighed in his heart, he was still too optimistic, Huihui suppressed the sad emotions in his heart, in this case, Qin Chen had no choice but to work hard.

Out of the gate of Luofu, Qin Chen hugged Huihui and went straight to Fuya Auction House. (To be continued......)

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