This is a prosperous city two thousand miles away from the imperial capital.
At this moment, we are twenty miles outside the city.
"call out!"
A stream of light streaked across the sky in the distance, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, extremely bright.
But it stops just as quickly as it comes.
But in the blink of an eye, it landed from the sky.
It wasn't earth-shattering, because when it was about to land on the ground, its speed suddenly slowed down.
And that dazzling halo quickly restrained itself and disappeared into the body of a figure in an instant.
This is a young man in his early twenties, wearing a long black coat, with thick shawl black hair, a delicate face, and eyes as deep as the vast starry sky.
After slowly landing on the ground, he strode towards Ping An City ahead without stopping at all.
If it wasn't a matter of life and death, Qiu Yijian probably wouldn't have easily crushed the soul jade he gave her.
The Ping An City ahead is where the Soul Jade was shattered.
Soon, he stepped into a towering city gate and entered Ping An City.
The streets were bustling with people and traffic, and they looked prosperous, with no signs of chaos at all.
"Have you been deceived by Qiu Yijian?"
Ye Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he didn't see any strange phenomena.
In order to verify his guess, he quickly came to the specific location where the soul jade was broken.
This is a rather grand-looking mansion.
On the door, there is a huge plaque with several powerful characters written on it.
Ping An City Jubao Auction House Branch.
"Master, who are you looking for?"
Although they didn't know Ye Chen, the two guards at the gate were quite polite. When Ye Chen came, one of them cupped his fists and cupped his hands, and asked why he was here.
"My name is Ye Chen, and I'm here to see Qiu Yijian, the shopkeeper of your Jubao Auction House!"
Ye Chen said calmly.
"So you are Mr. Ye!"
"Disrespect, our shopkeeper Qiu has been waiting for a long time and said that if you come, let us welcome you in immediately!"
The two guards seemed to have known that Ye Chen would come for a long time, and did not even have any intention of finding out the identity. They immediately retreated to both sides excitedly, and both bowed and made a "please" gesture to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen just nodded and walked into the mansion.
Under the guidance of one of the guards, he soon arrived at a magnificent hall.
At this moment, a fair-looking young man who looked gentle and elegant was sitting on a chair in the main hall.
Ye Chen is naturally very familiar with this person. He is the shopkeeper of Jubao Auction House, Qiu Yijian.
But at this moment, Qiu Yijian seemed to have encountered something troublesome, his brows were furrowed and his face was full of sadness.
"Brother Ye, you are finally here!"
After hearing the footsteps and seeing Ye Chen walking into the hall, Qiu Yijian suddenly turned from sadness to joy, and came forward with excitement on his face.
"What happened?"
Ye Chen didn't mince words, he sat down on a chair calmly, poured himself a cup of tea, and said slowly: "I thought something serious and urgent had happened, but now it seems that I was a little too nervous."
Qiu Yijian was startled, and then apologized angrily: "Brother Ye, I crushed the soul jade you gave me before because I had no choice but to do it!"
"Then tell me, what's going on?"
Ye Chen urged.
Qiu Yijian did not tell Ye Chen the difficulty immediately. Instead, he looked at Ye Chen strangely and asked cautiously: "According to the latest information I got, I heard that you are the Nanlang in the oracle, and you also forcibly supported the little princess Nangong.
Mingyue ascended the throne, is this true?"
"good!"
Ye Chen nodded first, and then asked: "Why do you ask this?"
"It's actually true?"
Qiu Yijian's face was full of shock, "Brother Ye is so courageous. He quelled the civil strife in the empire by himself, ended the struggle for the throne so quickly, and supported a fallen princess to ascend the throne. Ye
Brother, your methods are really as good as the sky!"
"You crushed the soul jade and came to me, aren't you just trying to flatter me?"
Ye Chen was a little impatient.
When he just sensed the soul jade shattering, he thought something happened to Qiu Yijian that put his life on the line, so he rushed over immediately.
Fortunately now, Qiu Yijian didn't say what difficulties he encountered, but instead started to flatter him wildly.
Isn’t this just making fun of yourself?
"Brother Ye, don't get me wrong, I just think this news is too shocking, and I happen to know you, so I just want to confirm it in person!"
Qiu Yijian first gave him an apologetic smile, then straightened his face and got down to business.
"I did encounter an extremely difficult matter, so I had no choice but to crush the Soul Jade!"
"oh?
Tell me!"
Ye Chen said with great interest.
"Wugou Auction House, have you ever heard of Brother Ye?"
Qiu Yijian asked instead without answering.
"Yeah, I've heard of it!"
Ye Chen nodded, "This auction house has a long history, and it has long occupied the majority of the Imperial Capital Auction House's share. Jubao Auction House like yours should only be able to eat the leftovers of Wujiu Auction House. I don't know.
Is there a mistake in understanding?”
"No, absolutely correct!"
Qiu Yijian nodded with deep understanding, and then said: "What happened to me is related to my colleague from Wugou Auction House!"
Next, Qiu Yijian patiently recounted the specific process.
Originally, Ye Chen didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, peer competition is a common phenomenon.
Even if Qiu Yijian suffers some losses here, he does not intend to use his current status and strength to forcefully intervene, otherwise it will destroy the principle of fair competition and disrupt the entire market order.
However, after listening to Qiu Yijian's account, he couldn't help but cursed, "Is there such a thing?"
According to Qiu Yijian, just recently, a handwritten letter came from Liu Fuguo, the shopkeeper of Wugou Auction House.
The letter clearly stated that he requested Qiu Yijian to incorporate Jubao Auction House into Wugou Auction House.
Qiu Yijian naturally refused sternly.
After all, Jubao Auction House was a business he built from scratch and worked hard to save, and now it is booming. How could he agree to merge with other peers?
After being rejected by Qiu Yijian, Liu Fuguo, the owner of Wujia Auction House, actually brought out the forces behind it to suppress Qiu Yijian.
The forces behind Liu Fuguo's move were not the princes and princesses, nor the major forces of the Yong'an Empire, but Nan Lang in the oracle, Ye Chen, who helped the little princess Nangong Mingyue ascend to the throne.
"Now, you should know why I crushed the soul jade and came to Brother Ye, right?"
Qiu Yijian smiled bitterly and said: "When Liu Fuguo just moved you, Brother Ye, I felt some closeness and explained to Liu Fuguo that I happened to know you, Brother Ye!"
"What do you think he said?"
"He actually said, how can a low-level businessman like me have the qualifications and opportunity to meet a big shot like you!"
"I thought it was funny at the time, but no matter how I explained it, Liu Fuguo just didn't believe it!"
"I explained too much. He thought I was using your name to refuse his annexation. Not only did I find people to destroy the auctions held by Jubao Auction House, but they also robbed the treasures we transported midway."
"Anyway, as long as it can damage the sign of our Jubao Auction House, he will do anything he can!"
"Especially since we are about to hold a grand auction, but when the final treasure was transported outside Ping An City, it was robbed by a group of mysterious people!"
"If my guess is correct, the man behind the scenes should still be Liu Fuguo!"
"He has repeatedly destroyed Jubao Auction House's business, and he must be trying to force me to submit."
"But I knew it was him who did it, but there was nothing I could do about it."
"In desperation, I have no choice but to invite you, Brother Ye!"
After saying this in one breath, Qiu Yijian added: "Of course, if this makes you too embarrassed, Brother Ye, then forget it."
"This issue……"
Just as Ye Chen was about to say something, a guard suddenly rushed over in a panic, knelt down on one knee in front of Qiu Yijian and said out of breath: "The shopkeeper of Qiu, Liu Fuguo, the shopkeeper of Wugou Auction House, with a group of people
Coming to your door!"
"oh?
Are you using my reputation to deceive the real owner?"
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "In that case, I will accompany you to go out and have a look!"