Chapter 200: No involvement in Xiaoyi, fish market conflict (4k)
Looking at the mountains, the time when Zhao Qing and his party saw the two peaks of Wushe Gorge was at noon on the sixth day, but it was already dusk when they officially arrived at Wushe Xiaoyi next to them.
Although Wushe Xiaoyi is called a small town, it is also several miles long and wide, not much smaller than Chunquan Town, and in terms of the strength and prosperity of its military force, it is many times better. p>
There are as many as twenty-four Pogang Crossbows deployed in this city, and the warriors who control them are even stronger, which is enough to threaten the masters of Shenjin; plus the Gai family in the city, hundreds of them
In recent years, there has been almost no unrest.
As one of the key nodes of Ruoxie Creek, Wushe Xiaoyi holds a large-scale auction every June and December. However, it is still spring, and we have to wait for several months.<
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The sky was dark and gloomy, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the rolling river looked like a giant dragon with shining scales, chasing their passenger ship.
When the boat approached the shore, the bright moon had already risen. Someone from the opposite side stretched out a few bamboo poles, gently pulled the boat closer, and put on a fixed rope.
Zhao Qing and his party jumped off the bow of the boat and went ashore to look at the surrounding environment.
Duanmu Shuliang decided to spend the night in Wushe Xiaoyi on the way, firstly to replenish supplies, and secondly to visit a friend of his.
Zhao Qing, who needs to heal Ruixi, is also planning to purchase some medicinal materials here.
With Zhao Qing's current internal strength cultivation and meticulous control of Qi, he could probably complete the treatment before arriving in Kuaiji City, remove all internal injuries, and reshape Ruixi's lower limb bones so that she could return to normal.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that she adopted the safest treatment method to ensure that there would be no consequences, it would not have taken so many days. As for those treatment methods that stimulate the potential of others, Zhao Qing was always worried about whether there would be any future consequences.
negative impact.
In addition, Zhao Qing is also interested in the big sword fish that has recently migrated, and wants to see what is unique about it.
The area near the wharf of Wushe Xiaoyi is quite lively and full of various tents and scaffoldings, some of which are used to store goods, and some of which are open-air restaurants that serve business travelers with a variety of cooked food and pastries.
Business is booming.
Duanmu Shuliang bought a few bags of cakes and handed them to Zhao Qing and Zheng Dan. He introduced them as he walked: "There are rumors that Gai Yongtai, the governor of this place, accidentally fell into paralysis for more than a year because of his hard work in a unique skill.
Never appeared to the public."
"In recent months, Gai has become less and less concerned about the management of Wushe Xiaoyi, which has caused the city's markets to become a bit chaotic, with many fakes appearing. If you want to buy something, you must also
Be cautious."
Zheng Dan held a mouthful of cakes in his mouth and said with an unclear expression: "I just bought some honey bait to eat, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
Qu Yuan's "Calling the Soul" wrote, "The honey bait is more delicious than the glutinous rice flour." "Honey bait" describes the sweet pastry made by boiling honey, glutinous rice and flour.
Perhaps due to improvements by practitioners, Zhao Qing felt that the honey cake tasted quite good, much better than the food in Chunquan City. From this, it can be inferred that the quality of life in the more prosperous capital city of Jicheng should be even better. More.
A group of people walked on the main street that connects the east and west city gates. This is the most densely populated thoroughfare. There are many shops on both sides, and almost every one is doing business.
At a glance, there are seven or eight shops, claiming to be able to buy big fish that contain the meaning of swords.
Duanmu Shuliang said hello to the two of them, went around to a hidden alley, ready to find his old friend, and asked Zhao Qing and Zheng Dan to take a stroll on the street first.
While shopping, Zhao Qing naturally used his mental power to activate the special effects of the Netherworld Jade, shielding others from their reactions, while also thinking about ways to imitate the abilities of the Netherworld Jade.
After seeing the "Chaos Flame Wheel" used by Peng Yu, she discovered that in addition to its extremely powerful power, this move also had a special spiritual attraction, making the enemy feel like giving up defense and resistance.
Zhao Qing thought carefully and realized several key points: Just as true energy can form an aura with special effects and control mental power in a subtle way, it should also be possible to form a similar spiritual field like true energy and achieve all kinds of wonderful things. operation.
The special ability of Youshen Jade gave her relevant inspiration, and she tried to use her spiritual field to exert similar and opposite effects.
Of course, after only six days, Zhao Qing barely tried out the relevant prototype, and it was still far from perfect.
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No involvement in Xiaoyi, fish market area.
Since it is the season for the "swordfish" to migrate, the business of all larger fish shops is extremely good. The table with the big fish is crowded with people and it is noisy.
People coming and going include business travelers from various places, as well as various figures in the world. From time to time, a group of patrol soldiers wearing leather armor and short swords can be seen passing by to maintain order in the market.
"How do you sell this fish?" In a remote corner of the fish market, at the front of a shop, a rough man pinched his money bag and pointed to a two-foot-long, green and blue fish in front of him. Asked.
"A hundred coins a piece, do you want to buy it?" The fish shop manager was a hunchbacked old man, who was eating his dinner with his head down. When he heard a customer asking about the price, he didn't look up and replied calmly.
"One hundred big coins?" The big man frowned, and the hand that was about to open the money bag suddenly stopped.
One fish is equivalent to a common person's total income for one or two years. Even if it is a fish that contains a weak sword spirit, the price is too expensive. If you also buy a fake fish, wouldn't it be a big loss?
"Shopkeeper, what about this one?" The big man looked at the fish next to him for a while and picked out a fish that looked good but was only one foot, three or four inches long.
"Didn't I mention the price?" The old shopkeeper glanced up at him and explained impatiently: "All the fish here have the same price."
"The same price?" The big man almost yelled. The smallest fish was less than half a foot, but it also cost a hundred coins. Isn't the shopkeeper crazy?
It is said that the bigger the fish, the stronger the sword intent contained in it is likely to be. They are all sold at the same price. Could it be that they have encountered that kind of unabashed liar?
The big man snorted coldly, patted the hilt of the sword at his waist, and strode away.
Zhao Qing, who was hiding beside him, couldn't help but blink his eyes, feeling that this shopkeeper was a bit outrageous.
She has visited several fish shops, some expensive and some cheap, but she has never seen anything as strange as this one.
At this moment, a young man in a blue shirt, aged 23 or 24, walked over leisurely and said calmly: "Can you make sure that the fish you buy here are all real? It's not from here.
Are you trying to trick buyers?"
"Of course it's true." The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he said coldly: "But if you come to buy it, you'll have to pay a thousand big coins for one piece."
"Haha, the fish seller has such a personality and refuses customers from the store, but he can't make much money." The young man in blue shirt had an extra gold cake in his hand at some point, and said leisurely: "For one gold, I will buy you.
All the 'real fish' in the store."
The shopkeeper stared at the glittering gold cake in the other person's hand, and couldn't help but his face dropped.
There were a total of fifteen fish in his shop, but the other party offered a piece of gold cake. Calculated based on one thousand gold coins, it was only enough to buy ten fish.
In other words, this was another time the other party questioned him and determined that he was selling fake fish, and there were as many as five.
"Every fish here was caught yesterday after I worked hard to dive into the bottom of the river and spent a lot of money on it."
The shopkeeper lifted up his sleeves, revealing an arm covered with purple scars, and said in a deep voice: "Boy, you are a foreigner buying fish for the first time. Don't think you are doing anything righteous."
"The migrating fish with sword intent is far more spiritual than ordinary fish, and its strength is also astonishing. Once it resists with all its strength, its ferocity is even greater than that of ordinary tigers and leopards. Only warriors take the risk to sneak into the rapids
Only by fighting fiercely at the bottom of the river can we catch it."
"It's okay if you question the pricing in my store! But it's not that simple to slander my character and despise the life and death of our fishermen!"
"That's right! Just because he has a lot of money, the young master from a rich family wants to insult our profession? Let Yizhai and Yu Wei do justice for us!" The shopkeepers of several nearby fish shops saw the quarrel here from a distance and rushed to the scene one after another.
Come and express your support.
"Although the fish here is more expensive than elsewhere, the store does not force the purchase or sale. You are not the official of the Yue Kingdom, so why are you meddling in other people's business?" Another passerby passed by and asked others for a while.
News, ask questions.
"Old Man Gu has lost his son for many years and has no other talents except for his skillful fishing skills. This rich young man did this to ruin Old Man Gu's reputation and wanted to force him to death!" said the crowd watching from a distance.
In the middle, someone whispered.
"Sure enough, people should not be judged by their appearance. This young man looks pretty good, but I didn't expect that his heart is actually dark..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Zhao Qing thought slightly. If the fish sold by the store were not fake and he risked his life to catch it, it is indeed unreasonable for the young man to make trouble and question the other party.
"So, except for what you said, no one can prove that these fish are indeed 'real fish'?" Faced with the ridicule and curses of the crowd, the young man behaved calmly, picked up the gold cake and shook it
After a while, he did not change his words and apologize, but continued to question.
"I have been selling fish here for thirty-five years, and I have never sold a fake fish! Who am I to prove it to you?" The old shopkeeper roared angrily, suppressing his voice.
"Oh?" The young man in blue shirt nodded, as if suddenly enlightened and said: "It turns out that you have been selling fake fish for thirty-five years, so you are also a capable person!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" The old man slapped the wooden table in front of him and shouted: "Every knowledgeable person in the fish market knows the way to prove authenticity. You must prove it, yes! If the fish I sell today
If one of them is false, I will be struck by thunder and die. However, if all of them are true, what will you do?"
"Then I will be struck by thunder once." The young man clapped his hands and asked: "How are you going to prove it? A newcomer like me from outside is not as knowledgeable as you, and I am afraid of being deceived by some people.
."
"Let's do this, you use your own way to prove the truth and falsehood, and I also have my own way." He shook his head slightly, suddenly looked towards Zhao Qing's position, and said aloud: "This little girl, about this
It’s up to you to judge whether the so-called ‘Swordfish’ is true or false.”
Can the other party see me? Zhao Qing couldn't help but feel secretly frightened and began to think.
With her mental state, she could clearly sense that the young man's eyes were indeed on her, not on other passers-by standing behind her.
In Zhao Qing's speculation, it must be at least the third level of Shenjin, or even a higher level, to have the ability to penetrate the spiritual shield of Youshen Jade.
So, this young man who seems to be deliberately provoking trouble is actually a great master whose martial arts skills are not inferior to Peng Yu's? Is the master's "deliberate provocation" really deliberately provoking trouble, or is there another reason?
Having said that, isn't it a coincidence that the other party met me?
Also, he asked me to judge the authenticity of "Swordfish", but I only heard Duanmu Shuliang mention it at noon today.
Now that I have seen the real thing, except that the fish is larger than normal, I haven't found anything special. How can I judge whether it is true or not? Is it possible to try eating it to see if the sword power is improved?
Zhao Qing thought secretly in his heart, quietly unlocked the mental shield of Youshen Jade, and used the mental force field to try to make people around him ignore the sudden appearance of himself and Zheng Dan.
Seeing that the young man randomly chose a passing little girl and asked her to judge the authenticity, the old man in the shop seemed to have been greatly insulted. He took a sip and cursed:
"Okay, okay! Of course you can find other ways to determine the authenticity of the 'Swordfish', but whether you can make the passersby around you believe it too, that's your problem."
"Haha, I thought you had some special tricks, but it turns out it's just a sharp tongue. If you admit now that you are deliberately stirring up trouble and slandering my reputation, I don't want you to swear that the sky will thunder and crack.
, just slap yourself fifteen times."
The fifteen slaps here obviously correspond to the fifteen fish placed in the fish shop. For a while, everyone was talking about it, looking forward to the fierce conflict that will follow.
"If you admit right now that you have been lying for thirty-five years about the oath about thunder and cracking in the sky, I can temporarily let you go and let it take two hours to come true."
Zhe Ge Wuhan glanced at the old shopkeeper indifferently, turned to Zhao Qing and said: "Don't be too nervous. Opportunities like today to eat fish for free will come again in the future."
So, did this young man really want me to judge the authenticity of the "Swordfish" by eating fish to test the sword's will? But with this method, even if the test comes out, how can I convince the onlookers?
What?
Zhao Qing thought secretly in his heart, what does "there will be more in the future" mean?