Chapter 115 – The Longitudinal Road
At this time, Xue Qingqiu had already collected the scrolls and brought Xue Mu to the black market.
The so-called black market, but the front is just a very ordinary store, the plaque is written “strange treasures Pavilion”, walk into the inside of the meaning of a small department store, are some special things, such as the Qiankun bag and other special objects, here on sale.
There is a woman is in front of the counter, the shopkeeper foaming at the mouth in her introduction: “Madam, this corner Mr. is and state white jade carving, the whole body is silky smooth, hidden warmth, the appearance of the slightly raised, absolutely is the ultimate enjoyment ……”.
Xue Mu, who had just stepped through the door, dripped in cold sweat and peeked at Xue Qingqiu, but she was as if she hadn’t heard.
It shouldn’t be that she doesn’t know what Mr. Horn is, right? Probably doesn t care ……
The shopkeeper raised his eyes and saw Xue Qingqiu, his eyes have been, Mr. Horn is not marketing, stuttered: “Xue, Xue ……”
Xue Qingqiu faintly said, “Can there be a secret meeting today?”
“There is, there is ……” that shopkeeper wiped cold sweat: “But you go in, others will run out.”
“This seat is not a crossroads rice bucket. Open the side door, less nonsense.”
“Yes, yes ……” The shopkeeper gulped and carefully pressed a mechanism, slowly cracking open a passage behind the counter. Xue Qingqiu didn’t even look at him and pulled Xue Mu inside.
The woman in front of the counter carried Mr. Horn and tossed it, sneering, “Xue Qingqiu, pulling a man’s hand?”
The shopkeeper was also surprised, “Yes …… really didn’t expect to see such a scene …… This man is not the new city lord that has been rumored recently?”
The woman snorted, “It looks like the cultivation is too weak, I guess it’s not as good as Mr. Horn.”
The shopkeeper then laughed, the Harmony Sect is indeed ruthless, seeing Xue Mu not first consider the hatred of Lu Shutong, but to taste people that thing …… he was lazy, laughed: “This three hundred taels.”
“You might as well go grab it!”
“Or try this one in person that’s fine too, for free.”
Xue Mu walked in the passageway, the passageway is narrow, two people walking in parallel seems a bit crowded, so also slightly staggered, Xue Qingqiu walked in front, faintly said, “The devil’s door, three sects and four paths, now you’ve seen it all.”
Xue Mu knew that this kind of black market was not something ordinary people could open, there must be a backstage, and it seemed that this was the last one in the Devil Sect. So the shopkeeper recognized Xue Qingqiu at a glance, it’s normal for ordinary people not to recognize them, if people in the Devil Sect don’t know this kind of first big brother on the same path, wipe their necks before it’s too late.
The three sects are the Star and Moon Sect, the Acacia Sect, and the Deceitful Heaven Sect. As for the Yan Yang Zong does not count, if you want to Yan Yang Zong such as two or three grades of the subordinate nature of statistics, that is the sea to go, pressure is not only three Zong four Road, such as the righteousness of the road is more than eight clans, eight hundred are there.
The four paths, is for the extinction of the love of the road, no trace of the road, horizontal road, as well as now see the vertical and horizontal road.
The name of the vertical and horizontal road is very high style, sounds with the vertical and horizontal diplomacy some relationship, in fact, the style is much lower, although there are so a few points of vertical and horizontal meaning, but the essence of the typical treacherous businessman road.
In this world, decent merchants are not discriminated against, than Xue Mu’s world ancient status is much higher, the righteous sects are responsible for the business of the hall, the court is to encourage trade and commerce, business tax system is also quite perfect. The real discrimination was beaten into the devil’s door is the vertical and horizontal road of the treacherous merchants, this group of goods do not do the right thing, specializing in hoarding, price gouging, create something out of nothing, to make something good, counterfeiting, smuggling, tax evasion, selling stolen goods ……, etc., etc., put into the modern society is also the color of the goods of the people to be beaten up, Xue Mu suffer from the gutter oil tainted milk powder is the group of goods of the “road”. The “way”.
This gang of goods force value is not high, but they and cross the road of the robbers as well as deception of the heavenly sect of burglars and swindlers are brother and sister, often scales do not leave the weight, cooperation. In the early years, they are not big sects, but the soil is more and more suitable for them to play in the past thousand years, huge resources to support but also quite out of some strong, although the top one have not been out, overall is also considered a strong sect, slowly will be among the ranks of first-class magic sects, and called the three sects and four roads.
So Xue Qingqiu that attitude obviously look down on them, is justified. According to the shopkeeper’s attitude, perhaps this was also the first time ever that Xue Qingqiu had run into their territory to buy goods.
However, in Lingzhou, this group of goods was the most thriving clan, and the prosperity of Lingzhou, it was estimated to say that half of it was brought up by them, which could be completely justified. In fact, they also existed in the capital, just that Xue Mu didn’t come into contact with them at the time.
This Pavilion of Curious Treasures itself is the Ming Market, what it sells besides Mr. Horn’s oddball stuff like this, most of it is actually other people’s regular proceeds consigned here, which are considered to be good stuff, except that after going through the hands of their Vertical and Horizontal Path, whether it’s genuine or not is a two-way street.
But the real good things will not be openly put out for sale, more through the auction form, held from time to time.
In addition to the auction, the real good things will have to count on the underground black market. Inside are some thieves, grave robbers, robbers from all kinds of indescribable channels to get the stuff, can not be sold openly, by the victims and Department Six know can not be good, so there is such an underground trading floor.
Xue Qingqiu such a tiger to enter, the shopkeeper will be afraid that she will kill all the people inside on a whim, robbing all the things to leave. Seriously Xue Qingqiu just did that, and they vertical and horizontal road also take her no way at all …… Outside of the capital, the existence of people like Xue Qingqiu is a BUG.
But Xue Qingqiu is right, she is not the Horizontal Way, doing that kind of thing is against the Way, and it is not a special situation that she will not do it.
The passage wasn’t too long, it was soon finished, inside was a basement illuminated by night pearls, at the moment there were a dozen or so people sitting around inside, all with black cloaks covering their faces, such as Xue Qingqiu walking in brightly, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.
Then the gazes turned into horror, and then into shock, more than ten people jumped up almost simultaneously, subconsciously leaning against the wall, “Xue …… Xue ……”
Xue Mu, who was following behind, was amused to see this scene, which gave him a sense of immediacy of a police officer on the verge of arresting prostitutes and gambling.
Xue Qingqiu said indifferently, “This seat came to buy something, what are you guys nervous about?”
Once this was said, the black-clothed people looked at each other in dismay, and finally thought that Xue Qingqiu was not of the same path as them, and didn’t do much in the way of killing and seizing treasures, so they also breathed a sigh of relief. Then an unmasked shopkeeper came up and carefully said, “Patriarch Xue, please take a seat.”
Inside the house is four scattered sitting against the wall, there is no primary and secondary, must be divided into a so-called “upper seat”, that is the position of the house is leaning against the wall, there are three or four seats, at this time these three or four people are busy consciously get out of the way. Xue Qingqiu was not modest, and led Xue Mu indifferently walked over and sat down.
When they sat down, they were very casual, but in the eyes of the bystanders, all of them straightened their eyes.
Because Xue Mu was on the left, and it was very natural, Xue Qingqiu didn’t even have a reaction.
The shopkeeper looked like swallowed a mouthful of saliva, before not daring to find death to ask anything more, very carefully said: ”Xue Patriarch today came to visit, the Pavilion of Curious Treasures is really flamboyant …… I do not know the Patriarch came here, want to find what things? The Pavilion of Curious Treasures will surely offer whatever it has with both hands.”
Xue Qingqiu did not speak, Xue Mu opened his mouth and laughed: “We want to find a poisonous formula ……” After a pause, he originally wanted to say that the poisonous formula requirements, on second thought this kind of requirement is very strange, in the future, Ji Qingyuan really out of the ordinary, today’s people can not guarantee that they will associate it with this place, and then turned his mouth: “Xue mou practicing needs all kinds of poisonous formula, you have what poisonous formula, we buy at the price.”
Poison prescription only, this world is really not too much importance. Many people have said: “Look at the general manager said, but a poisonous formula, it will be given to the general manager.”
Saying this, a few people really pulled out a booklet or something and respectfully sent it over. Xue Mu didn’t take advantage of them, and said to the shopkeeper, “Tally up the price, and pay it all together at that time.”
The shopkeeper laughed bitterly, in fact, this black market where is the money, all to barter ah …… but at this time where dare to say, can only only be only should.
Xue Mu slightly browsed through, the poison formula is indeed high grade, quite beneficial to him, but the kind of effect wanted is still not …… seen for a while, a little disappointed sigh: “Who has a black scaly horn?”