This barter banquet is located in the attic on the top floor of Qianlongtang. The lights in the attic are bright, and the decoration style is not splendid, but low-key, luxurious, and rich in style, giving people a sense of heritage.
In the center of the attic is a platform surrounded by clear water, connected to the private rooms by several half-foot-wide quaint paths. There is a table on the central platform, and seven items covered by dark gold cloth are placed on the table.
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At this time, all the guests had arrived. Except for Cheng Qiao, Yan Lingji, and Zi Nu who were hiding behind the curtain, the others did not hide their figures and appeared in public.
Slight footsteps sounded, and Situ Wanli, the master of Qianlong Hall, slowly walked out of the passage, his face calm and calm, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the Gengzi Pavilion where Cheng Qiao was.
Situ Wanli has an oval face, a goatee and a mustache. He has straight hair, white in the middle and black on both sides, giving him the look of a young individual.
Wearing a gorgeous dress with complex color patterns, the waistcoat collar is spread out to both sides, the outside of the lining is a green auspicious cloud pattern, and the middle of the lining is a whole black dragon pattern on a golden background. It looks really good.
Walking to the table, Situ Wanli showed a smile on his face. He first opened his arms and then clasped his fists in salute. A calm voice slowly sounded, without any nonsense, he went straight to the topic.
"Welcome to Qianlong Hall."
"Today you have all brought your own rare treasures, so let's barter, exchange, take care of each other, and make friends."
After saying his opening remarks, Situ Wanli took a step forward and lifted the dark gold cloth covering the seven items one by one.
"This is the Panlong Cauldron, a treasure brought by the guests of the A-zi Pavilion, and a pair of jade bracelets brought by the guests of the Y-zi Pavilion."
The A-shaped pavilion is Touman, and the B-shaped pavilion is Yandan. It is worth mentioning that this pair of jade bracelets is the pair given to Xue Nu by Yan Chunjun in the Qin Dynasty.
Yan Chunjun is Yan Dan's biological uncle and Yan Wangxi's biological brother. It is not surprising that the jade bracelet in Yan Dan's hands fell into Yan Chunjun's hands.
Compared with Yan Dan, the crown prince of the Yan Kingdom who had just ended his proton career, Yan Chunjun, who had been working hard in the Yan Kingdom for many years, was much more powerful.
Although Yan Dan is the crown prince of the Yan Kingdom, with Uncle Wang's status and the power that spreads all over the Yan Kingdom, the current Yan Chunjun really doesn't take Yan Dan too seriously.
In Yan State, Lord Yan Chun only needs to pay attention to King Yan Xi, and no one else can compare with him in terms of power.
"The guest from Bingzi Pavilion brought three black crystal arrowheads. This treasure from the guest from Dingzi Pavilion is an incredible treasure. It is said that when the fine wine pours into the bottle, the blue sea will surge."
Since the treasure Han Fei brought was indeed the most valuable among the treasures that had appeared, the wine-loving people present were all tempted, but the degree of expression was different.
Yan Chunjun hugged a girl with a delicate face and charming manner, with greed in his eyes. Jing Ke moved the most, touching his chin and shaking his head from side to side to look at her.
"The guest from Wuzige brought a jade bracelet, and the guest from Jizige brought an ancient box containing an unknown treasure."
In the W-zi Pavilion is Yan Chunjun, and in the Ji-zi Pavilion is Zi Nu.
"The last treasure is a precious gemstone brought by Geng's guest, a piece of Fire Rain Agate that is as big as a baby's fist and of excellent quality."
"The introduction to the treasures is complete. If there is anything you like, you can take action."
The Fire Rain Agate that Cheng Qiao took out was not the one on Mrs. Hu's body, but was collected in Qin's internal treasury. Before the Fire Rain Villa was destroyed, a lot of Fire Rain Agate came out.
As the saying goes, things are rare and precious. Today's Fire and Rain Agate rarely appears on the market. In addition, the Chengqiao Fire and Rain Agate is large and in good condition. Its value can be said to be one of the best in today's Yibao Banquet.
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Therefore, there are a few people who are attracted to this Fire Rain Agate.
Of course, bartering is not just about the price, but more about the value to oneself.
Zi Nu thought of the Fire Rain Agate on Nongyu's body, and thought that if she gave it back to Nongyu, Nongyu would be very happy.
However, this idea only flashed through Zi Nu's mind. After all, this trip had another purpose, and it was not just to exchange for treasures.
As soon as she thought of this, the tall and curvy purple girl in the curtain slowly opened her mouth, and the sexy and sultry voice of the imperial sister slowly sounded.
"There is one condition that must be followed in exchange for my treasures, that is, the box cannot be opened before the exchange."
"I choose the owner of my treasure. For some people it is priceless, but for others it may be worthless."
"It's really interesting."
Han Fei, who was wearing purple clothes, sat up straight, looked away from the box, smiled, and had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Pretending to be mysterious!"
"I see that you don't have any treasure at all, just a broken box to fool people."
Yan Chunjun waved his arm and said disdainfully.
"Haha..."
Zi Nu smiled disdainfully in return, but because of her outstanding voice, the disdainful sneer was quite pleasant to hear.
"Whether you want to change or not, the choice is in your own hands..."
Han Fei took a sip of wine, made up his mind, and was about to speak, but someone beat him to it.
"I changed."
The person who takes the lead is naturally Cheng Qiao, and others will not use their real treasures to try.
It is worth mentioning that Cheng Qiao changed his own voice, which was not difficult for Cheng Qiao, who has extremely high control over himself.
"Are the risks a little too high?"
Yan Lingji, who was nestling in Cheng Qiao's arms in the Gengzi Pavilion, whispered to Cheng Qiao, her moist and warm breath sultry.
"It's okay, let's have some fun." Cheng Qiao didn't care and transmitted the message into the secret.
Yan Lingji didn't say much when she saw this, since it didn't matter if she lost the money anyway.
Of course Cheng Qiao knew what was in the box, so he just teased Han Fei and Zi Nu out of spite.
"I'm interested too."
With a competitor, Han Fei quickly spoke.
Hearing Han Fei's voice, Zi Nu, who was a little surprised, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Count me in."
Yan Dan, who had been silent all this time, saw that two people in a row were willing to change, and one was from the Korean clan, so he also thought of giving it a try.
"Yan Dan does not allow you to exchange with him. You must exchange with me. I am interested in your pair of jade bracelets."
"If not, don't blame uncle for being rude when you return to Yan Kingdom."
Seeing that the prey he was looking for was about to fly away, Yan Chunjun could not agree, so he directly warned Yan Dan arrogantly.
Yes, it was Yan Chunjun's idea to exchange one jade bracelet for two, and there is still a gap in quality.
It's not that Yan Chunjun is short of money and needs to make money in this way, but that Yan Chunjun is unhappy with Yan Dan.
Although there is no evidence that Yan Dan was behind the officials of Yan State who opposed him, who allowed Yan Dan's teacher Ju Wu, the master of Yan State, to get involved?
Yan Chunjun didn't believe that there was no trace of Yan Dan in it.
Looking at Yan Dan in Yanchun Jun, he looks like someone who is hiding an adulterer...
So Yan Chunjun likes to bully Yan Dan very much and make Yan Dan look bad.
However, King Yan of Yan trusted Yan Chunjun, his brother, very much, and he would often get embarrassed when he complained to his elders. In addition, Yan Chunjun was already very powerful, so Yan Dan's situation in the Yan Kingdom was actually quite worrying.
Situ Wanli pretended not to hear Yan Chunjun's behavior that clearly broke the rules.
One is because the two parties already have interests in each other; the other is that the two have already reached cooperation.
Third, this is a conflict between an uncle and a nephew. Once an outsider intervenes, it is easy to end up as someone who is not a human being...
Jing Ke originally wanted to say a few words, but considering the uncle-nephew relationship between the two, he clearly chose to keep silent.
If Yan Chunjun said, "This is a family matter between our uncle and nephew, what qualifications do you, an outsider, have to get involved?" Jing Ke himself really didn't know how to answer...
As for the others, it was natural that the matter had nothing to do with them.
Yan Dan looked very ugly for a moment, not only because he had been bullied and threatened, but also because he felt that Yan Guo's face had been lost.
But people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Yan Dan knew that if he persisted, when his evil uncle returned to the country, the officials in the Prince's Mansion and the officials he promoted would definitely suffer severe blows.
Even his teacher who is also his teacher and friend will suffer disaster. Although his teacher is not so easy to fall in the court, he cannot be guaranteed if some underhanded methods are used.
Yan Dan knew his evil uncle very well. He was cruel, moody, ruthless, and would use any means to achieve his goals.
In fact, Yan Dan did not realize that he himself was actually a person who would do anything to achieve his goals.
"Why does uncle behave like this?"
When Yan Chunjun heard this, his face turned ferocious, and he was about to explode. Fortunately, there was a sequel, and Yan Dan spoke quickly enough.
"You and I are uncle and nephew. If my uncle falls in love with these jade bracelets and asks for them directly, how can my nephew not be filial to his uncle?"
Yan Dan quickly calmed down, suppressed the resentment and resentment in his heart, and bowed his hands with a smile on his face.
Such behavior made some people present look at Yan Dan with admiration, and they couldn't bear it. This is one of the necessary conditions for someone to achieve great things.
Regarding Yan Dan's behavior, Yan Chunjun was both happy and a little unhappy.
Yan Dan relented, which made Yan Chunjun feel happy, but Yan Chunjun would rather see Yan Dan resist him and give him an excuse for subsequent attacks.
In this case, it would be hard for him to be aggressive anymore.
"It's my uncle's fault. I underestimated your filial piety. I will be rude to you in the future."
These words made some people present secretly say shamelessly, "Respect the old and love the young, only half of it is left here?"
The corner of Yan Dan's mouth twitched and she didn't want to speak anymore. It was such a bad luck for eight lifetimes to have such an uncle on her side...
"Thank you three for your consideration. I have thought about it and chose to exchange with the guests of Dingzi Pavilion."
After the farce stopped, Zi Nu opened her mouth and made a choice.
"This is really a pity. I like opening blind boxes the most."
"On the last resort, I really like that wine bottle. I wonder if the girl can exchange it with me?"
Cheng Qiao usually likes drinking. Compared with gems and jade, he prefers to collect some special wine bottles, which have greater practical value.
Zi Nu had already regretted missing out on this Fire Rain Agate. Now that she heard that there was still a chance to exchange it, how could she not allow it?
"Yes." Zi Nu lightly opened her red lips and said.
"What do you think about exchanging my Panlong Cauldron for your three Xuanjing arrowheads?"
He has a full head of hair, a full beard, and a strong build. Tou Man, who is wearing a robe on the left side, looks at Jing Ke expressionlessly, with a deep and rough voice.
"Your cauldron is of no use to me. If you replace it with fine wine or gold and silver, it will be about the same." Jing Ke shook his head and said.
"Master Situ, exchange all the Panlong Cauldron into gold and silver." Touman's expression remained unchanged, he turned to look at Situ Wanli and said.
"No problem." Situ Wanli said with a smile on his face.
At this point, the Yi Bao Banquet comes to an end.
Since everyone had already paid their commission, they could just take the exchanged treasures and leave. Only Jing Ke and Tou Man needed to delay a little.
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Outside the Qianlong Hall, Cheng Qiao and Yan Lingji stepped onto the carriage that was coming to kill them. Ten snare killers were guarding the surroundings, and they quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"How is it going?"
In the carriage, Cheng Qiao hugged Yan Lingji and leaned lazily on the soft backrest with a lazy voice.
"There are more than 150 people ambushed in the woods about twenty-five miles ahead, fifty of them are Qianlong Hall disciples, fifty are Wolf Clan warriors, and fifty are soldiers of the Yan Kingdom."
Outside the carriage, Xuan Jian sat upright and reported the investigation situation with a sneer on his face. His voice was cold and solemn. The sound of horse hooves and wheels could not stop the sound from being clearly transmitted into the carriage.
"Haha... Situ Wanli is quite capable. He actually convinced Touman and Yan Chunjun to come together to cause trouble for us."
"He is also very cautious and looks down upon us, a group of people with unknown origins."
"What is the relationship between Situ Wanli and Yan Chunjun and Touman?"
Cheng Qiao looked calm and calm. Although the number of people was more than ten times smaller, it was no big deal. They were all a bunch of chickens and dogs, and no one could fight them.
"According to Qianlongtang Anzi's report, Qianlongtang has business dealings with those two people, especially with Touman."
"Thirty to forty percent of the food, salt, tea, cloth and other daily necessities required by the Touman tribe are provided by Qianlongtang. In addition, Qianlongtang will also provide a small amount of weapons to the nobles of the Touman tribe."
"It's probably Situ Wanli who gave them some benefits. They both think it's not difficult to deal with us, so why don't you help us?"
After Xuan Jian finished his report, he expressed his guess.
"It seems that you have completely offended Situ Wanli before, otherwise he would not be willing to pay a certain price and crush us without giving us a chance."
Although his words sounded like he was asking for punishment, Xuanjian knew that Cheng Qiao didn't mean that and was just joking.
"It saves trouble if we go together. We don't have to defeat them individually."
"It's just that Mr. Yan Chun was a little unjust. Originally, I had no intention of taking action against him. Now that he's been sent to you, wouldn't I be sorry if I didn't accept it?"
Cheng Qiao's most important purpose in coming to Nanyang Qianlong Hall is to take advantage of this opportunity to win the two valuable chess pieces Touman and Situ Wanli.
Especially Touman, its utilization value is huge. If it is used well, the country and the people will benefit endlessly!
"Master Hou, this is fate."
"Haha, yes, this is fate."
"By the way, is Touman coming to Korea just to do business with Qianlongtang?"
"No, the transaction with Qianlongtang is just incidental. The main purpose is to discuss horse trade with South Korea."
"Who started it?"
"Ji Wuye suggested it."
"In this case, there is one more reason to move."
"This Ji Wuye is quite motivated. It seems that we need to find more things for him to do."
Although Ji Wuye has many shortcomings, he is a sensible person. He knows very well what he relies on, so he spares no effort to strengthen the military power in his hands.
Horses have always been rare, and war horses are even rarer. After all, war horses must be horses, but horses are not necessarily war horses.
War horses have always been one of the top strategic resources. There is no doubt that the role of cavalry on the battlefield is very important!
The role of a stable war horse channel in improving military strength is self-evident!
"Kill and stay, you all go and take action."
"Pay attention to the killing efficiency and give others a chance to arrive and send reinforcements."
"My subordinate understands."
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Cheng Qiao was a little surprised when he saw Yan Lingji get up from his arms and quickly grabbed Yan Lingji's arm.
"Didn't I say that besides killing and staying, you all should take action?" Yan Lingji said with eager eyes.
It had been a long time since Yan Lingji had fought in person, and Yan Lingji was a little ready to make a move. In addition, Yan Lingji felt that she had mastered fire spells, so she couldn't help but want to try her skills. She finally caught the loophole in Cheng Qiao's words. How? Can you let it go?
"You are not included in this, they can handle it, so why do you need to take action?"
"And the characteristics of your methods are too obvious, which can easily leave hidden dangers."
"Besides, if you take action, as your man, can I stand by and watch?"
Cheng Qiao explained patiently.
"At worst, I won't use fire spells. Please, just let me go. I haven't fought in a long time."
Yan Lingji held Cheng Qiao's arm and shook it, squeezing it with a charming and soft voice.
It’s really hard to bear...
If he really wants to resist, it's not that Cheng Qiao can't resist, but considering that the wildness in her body is also one of Yan Lingji's nature and charm.
Moreover, Yan Lingji has been restrained for a long time. It doesn't matter if she lets her vent and be happy occasionally. Anyway, with Yan Lingji's skills, those people can't hurt her.
Among the people present, he and Xuan Jian were the only ones who could definitely defeat Yan Lingji. Even if they were to kill this top-level killer, their winning rate against Yan Lingji who was using Xiao Zao was less than 40%. In terms of safety, you can rest assured. .
"Okay, since you want to go, then go."
"But when I arrive, you have to stop."
Cheng Qiao lovingly pinched Yan Lingji's fair and tender face, smiled slightly, and said softly.
"good."
Yan Lingji was filled with joy after hearing this. She was finally able to show off her skills. She happily kissed Cheng Qiao, then turned around and ran out of the carriage. She was quite agile and quick.
Regarding being kissed, Cheng Qiao's mentality did not fluctuate because it was blocked by the human skin mask, but he could also feel the joy and excitement in Yan Lingji's heart.
As soon as they arrived outside without Xuan Jian's instructions, the quick-thinking Snare Killer gave up his horse to Yan Lingji, and jumped on another horse, and the two of them rode together.
In addition, there is a snare killer who rides with others.
"action!"
Xuanjian, who was riding a horse alone, saw that everything was ready and ordered coldly.
Everyone speeded up, quickly passed the carriage, and quickly disappeared.
Seeing the disappeared people driving the carriage, a look of envy flashed in the cold killing eyes on their faces. He really wanted to join in and have a hearty fight.
It's a pity that he has a greater responsibility, which is to drive the carriage for the Marquis. He must make the Marquis sit comfortably, and the skills of others are not up to standard.
It’s quite interesting to say that the killers responsible for assassinating Cheng Qiao in the anime are Xuanjian and Gansha, but this is how it is in this life...
It's not a dark moon tonight, but the moonlight is very round and big, just like on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moonlight emitted covers the sky and the earth with a layer of silver gauze.
When they were five miles away from the ambush site, Xuanjian and others dismounted, yoked their horses in the woods, and then silently sneaked forward...
This chapter has been completed!