Yi Xifeng saw that there was such a big difference in the attitude of the old man before and after, so he thought that he was treating him this way. However, the other party was obviously doing it in good faith, so he did not want to annoy others, so he decided to get some information from the little old man.
"Old shopkeeper, we are all sensible people. Since I bought this spiritual fruit, I naturally know its value. The appearance alone is not less than one thousand five hundred taels."
At this point, he paused, leaned over and whispered: "I also have a master to take care of me, so I want to ask more, who ordered this courtesy?"
The old man rolled his eyes, and an order came down from above, asking them to give them some benefits when they see this little Taoist priest wearing a white robe. Even if they do business at a loss, they must take good care of this distinguished guest.
At first, the old man didn't care much about it. After all, the things he sold belonged to the second floor of the Bao Pavilion. Such a big customer would definitely not stay on this floor for a long time, so he
That scene at the beginning.
"Haha... This distinguished guest, I am also working in the Zhong Family Trading Company to make a living. I really don't know what I should say and what I shouldn't say!"
Yi Xifeng saw that the old man was quite stubborn, so he walked over and lowered his voice deliberately: "Well, you tell me who spread the word, so I can go back and tell the people above me. To be honest, Zhong
Home is not for me, but for the people above me."
After thinking about it for a while, the old man suddenly felt that what the young man said was 80% reasonable. After all, at his age, it was really impossible to get such care from the family master.
The old shopkeeper lowered his voice and said: "In this Ruilingbao Pavilion, the person who can give such an order is wrong. He is either the head of the family or a member of the master's family."
"A member of the master's family?" This was the first time Yi Xifeng heard this title, so he asked.
The old man raised his eyebrows, but he quickly controlled his emotions, and looked very calm on the surface. Yes, this scene still fell in Yi Xifeng's eyes. He has been listening to gossip news all year round... Well, it should be because he has been reading gossip news all year round.
The experience of conducting salary list intelligence research, and the expression of the old man at that moment just now, show that there is a lot of exciting gossip to be dug here, oh, no, it is intelligence to be discovered.
"Oh, I heard that the Zhong family is originally from Luo Yun State, so the head of the family is also from Luo Yun State?"
"I think this information, little brother, is good! The head of the family is definitely from the Luo Yun Kingdom, but as for the master's family, they are locals from the Kingdom of Beasts."
Hearing this, Yi Xifeng's heart moved. As expected, it was just as he had guessed. This Zhong Family Trading Company was once the leader of the Zhong Family, one of the six major Yinren families. And this head of the company was probably the former Zhong Family.
Zhong Qianhe, the head of the Zhong family, is Zhong Lingxi’s grandfather.
Thinking of his old friends from Yinren Town, Yi Xifeng felt a little sad. No matter what, being able to meet his old friends in a foreign land was something that was rare for him who was always away from home.
"Mr. Zhong...is he in good health?" Yi Xifeng asked softly.
The old shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Mr. Zhong? Are you talking about the head of my family?"
Yi Xifeng came back to his senses, blinked and asked doubtfully: "The current head of the Zhong family is very young?"
The old man grinned and said: "That's natural. Our Zhong family leader is also a young and talented person! Otherwise, she can..."
At this point, the old shopkeeper realized that he had let something slip and immediately shut up.
"Oh, haha, I followed my master to learn Taoism in the mountains since I was a child. I didn't expect that things would change so quickly after not coming down the mountain for so many years. I guess the head of our Zhong family only became the head of the family in recent years, right?" Yi Xifeng said seemingly casually.
He asked, but his heart was far less calm than on the surface.
The old man was a little stunned, nodded and said: "The head of the Zhong family is the grandson-in-law of the previous head of the Zhong family, and it was only after their marriage was settled that the position of head of the family was established."
As soon as he said these words, Yi Xifeng's hands froze obviously, and even the internal energy around his body became a little unstable. After a while, he laughed at himself and said: "It's been so long, things have naturally changed! Haha,
I should have thought of it earlier."
Seeing that the old man had different feelings of opposition, his heart of gossip was suddenly ignited again, so he quietly observed Yi Xifeng from the side without interrupting him, and listened carefully to every word the young man said.
"If Zhong Lingxi gets married, won't she have to come back from the Qingyun Sect?" Yi Xifeng asked directly. At this time, he had a calm look on his face.
The old man didn't expect that this young man knew so much. He was shouting "Mr. Zhong, Mr. Zhong" just now, but now he directly revealed the details of Zhong Lingxi. You must know that because the master, Xiu'er, has been in charge of things in Ruilingbao Pavilion all year round.
, so people who hang out here don’t mention the nominal real female head of the family!
"Um...Actually, they are just engaged, not married yet." The old man stuttered back.
"Oh? Then I am even more curious about the identity of the head of the Zhong family? Who is it that can make Lingxi willing to marry?" the young man asked in a deep voice.
The old shopkeeper was stunned on the spot, and even his breathing became a little short.
It’s so exciting! Something big is going to happen! This guy must have a close relationship with Miss Lingxi! He actually calls her Lingxi directly. The key is that he does it so smoothly...
The old man's thoughts were racing. Seeing that the other party was staring at him, he said in a panic: "Uh, oh! You said the head of the family is Mr. Zhong Rui!"
When Yi Xifeng heard this reply, his eyes shrank first, then turned around and left the stall.
The old shopkeeper, who was still stunned on the spot, came to his senses after a few breaths. He rushed towards Yi Xifeng and shouted: "Wait, wait!"
The movement here successfully attracted the attention of others, and even the guards hiding in the dark moved towards this side.
Yi Xifeng found out helplessly that he was blocking the way not far in front of him, so he had to stop and wait for the old man behind him to catch up.
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Why did you just leave?" The old man finally ran over, but apparently he was out of breath because he ran too fast.
"Oh? Did you sell me the nourishing fruit and red fruit for nine hundred taels?" The young man wearing a moon-white Taoist robe asked calmly, but he did not lower his voice so that the guards around him who were watching the movement could hear.
arrive.
The old man nodded and continued: "Well, of course!"
"Well, I already paid a thousand taels of silver before entering the venue. Do you know how to deduct the fee?" Yi Xifeng asked again without waiting for the other party to say anything else.
Regarding the admission fee deduction mechanism, Ruilingbao Pavilion is relatively advanced. Whenever customers come to the stall, they will register there with the inner energy breath, and their admission ticket (which costs one thousand taels)
The one I bought) also has its own inner energy.
When they finally left, everyone handed back their tickets, and Baoge would check with everyone again based on the buyer information left in the store.
"This is all registered, no problem." The old man said pitifully.
Yi Xifeng tilted his head and asked in a cold voice: "In that case, do you have anything else to do with me?"
The old man suddenly became a little stuttering, "This is between you and the head of the family... that, between you..."
Looking at the way the other person scratched his head, he naturally understood the pain of being aroused by the soul of gossip. That desire to be strongly satisfied can only be satisfied by more gossip. This is probably why many middle-aged women like to listen to and understand gossip.
important reasons.
After all, as the old saying goes! "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than enough damage!"
However, Yi Xifeng would not satisfy the old shopkeeper's pursuit of gossip. He did not look at the other party, turned around and left, walking towards the third floor. Before leaving, he whispered to the other party: "You didn't follow me
What did you say? I don’t know what the connection is. You just made a mistake in your calculations and came over to give me change."
The old man looked at the back of the young man leaving on the trail, and naturally understood the warning in his words. At the same time, he was increasingly looking forward to the development of the subsequent events.
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In the empty room on the sixth floor of Ruilingbao Pavilion, Xiu'er was having lunch with her maid. As a resident of the Kingdom of Beasts, the big families here were different from the aristocratic families in the Central Plains. The aristocratic families in the Central Plains were influenced by Confucianism.
, divide the people or things in the world into the so-called "lords of heaven and earth, relatives and teachers", and divide people into three, six or nine grades.
But the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Beasts is different. It has always been looked down upon by Confucians. It is willing to associate with monsters. Naturally, there is no class distinction as Confucianism talks about. People in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Beasts also feel that people from the Central Plains countries are too
Hypocritical and hypocritical, these monsters have grown up with their masters and are more reliable than the most reliable companions. Why can't they keep company with them?
Naturally, the aristocratic families in the Kingdom of Beasts do not agree with the hierarchy of the aristocratic families in the Central Plains where master and servant are subordinate. In their minds, dining with servants can not only bring them closer to each other, but also provide safety.
After all, they had heard that many aristocratic families in the Central Plains died because their servants were bribed and poisoned. In their opinion, this was indeed stupid and ridiculous.
At this time, a strong man dressed as a guard came outside the door to report.
Xiu'er pushed the food box in front of her, wiped her mouth with the wet handkerchief on the table, and said, "Come in!"
The strong man pushed open the door and entered. After walking a few steps, he knelt down on one knee and cupped his hands and said, "Report to the master's house. The young Taoist priest who is being watched has information to report."
Xiu'er, who was dressed as a girl in front of her, frowned slightly, but it could be seen from her spread-out eyebrows that although she dressed like a girl, her speech and behavior were close to that of a young woman.
"Just say it!"
"The little Taoist priest wandered around on the first and second floors for less than half an hour, and then entered the third floor and started making purchases."
When Xiu'er heard this, her frown relaxed a bit, and she said calmly: "It's good to buy on a large scale. What's wrong?"
The strong man raised his head slightly and did not see the girl's face. He could only vaguely see the long, slender and round legs from under the table!
Taking advantage of the emptiness of the other party's questions, he only dared to glance at it with his peripheral vision, and then answered honestly: "The main thing is that the things he bought were all on credit!"
"What? Credit?" Xiu'er's eyes widened after hearing this.
The strong man obviously knew the little ancestor's temper, and immediately explained: "From the third floor up, we have set up auction houses of different sizes. This kid did not take credit at the ordinary stalls, but kept raising the bids.
Then he bought all the auction items he was optimistic about at extremely high prices."
At this point, the girl also understood the other party's routine. After all, auctioning is different from selling from a stall. The stalls on each floor involve paying one hand and delivering the goods, while the auction will start with bidding first and then leaving the venue.
Real gold and silver delivery. After all, the customers who come here to bid have paid the entrance fee, and no one is stupid enough to deliberately entertain the Zhong family business, so it is rare that the auction price is too high and the delivery cannot be completed in the end.
Case.
"What did he buy?" The maid on the side suddenly interjected and asked.
The steward of the escort took out a piece of yellow paper from his arms, the ink on it was still fresh.
Xiu'er took the yellow paper passed from the maid's hand, and after scanning the contents on it, she discovered that this young man had bought a lot of medicinal materials, as well as some weapon refining materials, and there were actually several barrels of good quality Western Regions in the list.
wine!
"That's interesting. Why do you think Brother Rui pays attention to such a person?" She looked at the amount on the paper and found that the cost was about three thousand taels. Then she asked the kneeling strong man, "These things do he
How much did the photo shoot cost in total?”
"In total, it adds up to ten thousand taels!"
Hearing this number, the girl made a judgment in her mind. If something worth three thousand taels can be sold for five thousand taels at auction, even if the auction house makes a profit. You must know that this business is actually not easy to work in. It does not mean that as long as the goods are good, they will be sold.
When I went out, there were a lot of good things on display there, but in the end they had to be rejected because of the price.
But something like Yi Xifeng, which cost only more than 3,000 taels, actually sold for a high price of 10,000 taels. It was not an auction item, but a list of items, and in the end he chose to pay on credit.
Then nine times out of ten, this person is deliberately looking for trouble.
Xiu'er nodded and ordered in a low voice: "Let someone check, who does this little Taoist priest communicate with more closely on the first and second floors?" The maid on the side immediately bowed and accepted the order and left.
Then she raised her head and looked at the guard leader, and said calmly: "In that case, if our Ruiling Bao Pavilion can afford these more than three thousand taels, let's agree to his credit first. Moreover, I don't care about this person.
I'm getting more and more curious. I'll make arrangements when he gets to the fifth floor. I want to meet him."
The strong man also followed the order and left. At this time, Xiu'er was the only one left in the entire hall. She stood up from her seat, raised her hands and stretched, and an proud curve appeared at the girl's hip and waist! She
Slowly walked to the window and looked at the street to the south.
Ruilingbao Pavilion is located in the center of Nanshi Street, Nancheng District, Xuanwu City. From here, she can clearly see the southern city wall and the dense woods outside the city.
"Brother Zhong, Xiu'er will definitely handle the things you entrust me with. You should also think of Xiu'er in Luo Yunguo!"