The night was actually very late, and the time had already reached Haishi, but the streets of Yaoxu City were still as bright as day, and men and women wearing various colors of clothing kept coming and going.
Li Danqing couldn't help but secretly marvel at the densely packed vendors on both sides of the street, and said: "I have long heard that the black market in Yaoxu City is different, and it is indeed extraordinary when I see it today. Even in Wuyang City at this time, there are only those
A place with beautiful girls can be so popular."
Next to him, Song Tong'er, who had reluctance written all over his face, rolled his eyes at Li Danqing when he heard this: "You have no knowledge and skills, and you can't talk about drinking and sex. I think you only have the ability to visit a brothel and drink flower wine."
When Li Danqing heard this, he was not angry but said instead: "There is a way, food and sex. Everyone will think about it, but they don't dare to say it. This is what I call daring to act."
Li Danqing's frankness did not win Song Tong'er's favor at all, but only received a cold snort from the other party.
Li Danqing shrugged his shoulders, not caring about it, and turned to look at the vendors around him again.
"Have you seen enough? Let's go when you have seen enough! I have to go back to the door!" Song Tong'er urged impatiently. She and Li Danqing had been walking in the black market for half an hour.
While walking and stopping on the road, Li Danqing had to stop for a while in front of almost every vendor, but he only looked at them with interest. After more than half an hour, Li Danqing didn't buy anything.
Such behavior in Song Tong'er's eyes reinforced the suspicion that Li Danqing wanted to take this opportunity to be alone with her.
"Don't worry, I haven't bought anything yet." Li Danqing waved his hand and said.
"Buying something? There is a dazzling array of things on this black market. I dare not say anything else. Even Wuyang City may not be much more prosperous than this place. Prince Li has been shopping for more than half an hour. I saw that he was selling something.
On the contrary, it's more like stalling for time. The drunkard's intention is not in the bar?" Song Tong'er sneered and said sarcastically.
Having said this, Song Tong'er glanced at Li Danqing and stood up straight, raised her neck and said: "Although I, Song Tong'er, am just an ordinary disciple of the Yaoxu Sword Sect and am not as noble as the Crown Prince, I am not an ignorant girl. The Crown Prince is
Stop wasting your time on me!"
"If the prince is really depressed, there is a place to drink wine in front..."
Song Tong'er said this, but Li Danqing, who was walking in front, suddenly seemed to have discovered something and walked quickly towards that place. Song Tong'er was stunned, and there was some anger in her heart that was ignored by Li Danqing, and she gritted her teeth and sneered.
: "Let's see how long you can keep pretending!"
She thought this and quickly followed him.
It was a very ordinary stall. The stall owner was a middle-aged man in his early forties with a thin build and a beard on his chin that looked like weeds. It seemed that he had never taken care of it. His clothes were in tatters, and what he called
There was just a canvas spread out on the stall, and more than ten kinds of products were randomly placed on it.
Most of these things are some kind of iron utensils, varying in size, and most of them are still rusty and stained with a lot of mud. To be fair, such things are neither antiques nor rare items. They are just for a glance.
, it is difficult for people to have the desire to buy.
but……
This is probably because of the reputation of the black market in Shake Void City. Every once in a while, there will be news that someone has bought treasures at low prices in the black market, resold them and made a fortune, or he has had the opportunity to cultivate to a high level.
Soaring story.
This has also led to many speculators who are influenced by these stories or some fantasy novels to come here to look for opportunities with the dream of getting rich overnight. And since there are such customers, it is inevitable that there will be derivatives that cater to these
Customer's Merchant.
There are honest businessmen in the black market, and there are also some speculators who deliberately sell old goods and take advantage of people's greed to make huge profits. These things are not uncommon for Song Tong'er, who grew up in the Shaoxu Sword Sect. And this is the one in front of her.
Street vendors, like these guys.
The stall owner was half lying on a wooden chair, squinting his eyes and seemed to be taking a nap. He did not greet Li Danqing and Song Tong'er who arrived. Rather than doing business, it was better to say that he was enjoying the cool air on the ground.
And this pretending to be profound made Song Tong'er more confident in his guess.
But Li Danqing didn't think there was anything strange. He just squatted down and didn't care about the dirt on the iron things. He stretched out his hand and started rummaging inside.
"What? Your Majesty, do you still have the ability to discover rare treasures?" Song Tong'er sneered.
Although she doesn't like these speculators who are swindling in Yaoxu City, she obviously hates Li Danqing in front of her more than them, and naturally she doesn't mind seeing him being deceived.
"My prince is famous for his sharp eyesight. This ability is not worth mentioning." However, Li Danqing seemed not to understand the sarcasm in Song Tong'er's words, and instead responded with some complacency.
The man lying on the wooden chair was also attracted by the conversation between the two. He opened his squinted eyes slightly and glanced at the two people talking. Seeing that they were dressed in luxurious clothes and had extraordinary appearance, he curled his lips in a lack of interest.
, squinted his eyes and took a nap again.
"Really? Then I want to see what treasures the prince can find." Song Tong'er said with a secret smile in her heart.
"That girl needs to look carefully." Li Danqing seemed to be inspired, lowering his head and staring at the tattered things in front of him, and began to rummage inside more seriously.
Suddenly Li Danqing's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something. He took out something from the pile of rags and looked at the
The stall owner, who was almost asleep, asked, "How much does this cost?"
The stall owner squinted his eyes, took a quick look, and then responded in a nonchalant manner: "One hundred taels."
"What?" Song Tong'er, who was preparing to watch the show, subconsciously exclaimed after hearing this.
The thing in Li Danqing's hand is an iron tool with only a thumb cap. One side is smooth and arc-shaped, and the other side protrudes a jagged outline. It looks like the corner of some kind of tool. Other than that, there is nothing special about it.
.
Although Song Tong'er hated Li Danqing from the bottom of her heart, the stall owner in front of her was a bit too loud. In Song Tong'er's opinion, such a rag could be bought for one or two taels of silver, which was already a sky-high price. One hundred taels of silver, that was her.
A full half-year's monthly payment. Even if she had the heart to see Li Danqing's jokes, she couldn't help but feel that the stall owner was too outrageous at this moment.
But before she could say a few words, Li Danqing beside him smiled and said: "Okay."
As soon as these words came out, Song Tong'er's expression suddenly became strange. She turned her head to look at Li Danqing and asked, "Are you crazy?"
"No?" Li Danqing blinked and looked at Song Tong'er innocently.
"How can this thing be worth a hundred taels of silver!" Song Tong'er asked with wide eyes.
"Only those who know the value of a good thing can see its value. Unfortunately, I am such a knowledgeable person." Li Danqing didn't take it seriously and said with a relaxed expression.
"If you think that spending a hundred taels of silver in vain will make me think that you are rich, I advise you to accept this idea. I am not that superficial, and... I will never have anything to do with you, Crown Prince.
Intersecting." Song Tong'er said again, secretly thinking that Li Danqing just wanted to show off in front of her.
"You know so soon that you are helping me save money? Miss Tong'er will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future." Li Danqing seemed to have not understood Song Tong'er's words, and said with a smile at that time.
Song Tong'er's face turned red and she glared at Li Danqing angrily: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart! If you want to buy it, just buy it. It's not my money anyway!"
Song Tong'er hated Li Danqing so much in her heart that she secretly felt that she shouldn't have been kind enough to remind this bastard.
"I said... If you want to flirt, just change to another place. There is an inn in front and there are no people in the alley behind. I am doing business here. If you want to buy, just give me the money. If you don't buy, just get out."
At this moment, the stall owner suddenly spoke, his tone full of impatience.
"Buy! Of course I have to buy it! Good things like this are hard to come by." Li Danqing was not angry when he heard this. He said this and took out a one hundred tael silver note from his arms.
Lest the man regret it, he handed it over.
The stall owner was a little surprised to see Li Danqing so cheerful. He took the banknote, glanced at Li Danqing, and asked, "Young master, do you know this?"
Song Tong'er could clearly feel that the stall owner's tone was much gentler at this time.
"I only know some superficial things, but I thought my friend liked it very much, so I bought it for him." Li Danqing said with a smile.
"That's it." The man nodded, with some emotion in his tone: "There are not many people who know this method anymore, especially in the northern border. There are some hidden sects in the southern border that specialize in this method. Although this thing
It’s rare, but in the final analysis it’s just a fragment of the Yanjia core, and it’s not an easy task to raise a complete Yanjia core.”
Yan Jia?
Song Tong'er's face changed slightly when she heard this rhetoric. She vaguely felt that it sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
"Nothing is difficult in this world, only those who are willing to do so." Li Danqing smiled and took out something from his arms. It was a black iron ball the size of a fist. It didn't look surprising. There was a streak in one corner.
A notch the size of a thumb cap.
But the moment he saw this thing clearly, the stall owner's expression changed, and he stared at the thing in horror: "Yan Jia Core! The young master actually has such a rare thing."
Li Danqing smiled and said nothing. He just turned the iron ball in his hand to the defective area, made slight gestures, and then slowly placed the iron tool he bought on the defective area.
Click.
Just a soft sound was heard. The sawtooth pattern of the iron perfectly matched the gap of the iron ball. The iron was firmly inserted into the iron ball. Then there was a sound of gear rotation inside the iron ball. The next moment, the surface of the iron ball trembled slightly.
Then it becomes extremely smooth, with no trace of inlay visible.
"It is rumored that the Yanjia cores are all made of the same standard. Even the fragments removed from two completely different Yanjia cores can be completely closed. It seems that what is said is true. This Yanjia core is indeed the master of skilled craftsmen." Li
Danqing also smiled when he saw this and whispered like this.
"Although there are still some sects in southern Xinjiang who are studying the core of Yanjia, since the previous dynasty and the destruction of Luohe Academy, which specialized in the method of Yanjia, the method of manufacturing the core of Yanjia has long been lost. In Southern Xinjiang,
Although there are a few Yanjia Cores in the Hidden World Sect, they don't treat them as treasures and will never show them to others easily. The rest are fragments scattered in various places. It is necessary to collect all the Yanjia Cores.
The fragments, I think the young master's luck and financial resources are pretty good." The stall owner also sighed at this time, looking at the iron ball in Li Danqing's hand with envy in his eyes.
"Originally I just heard that there is a black market in this city, so I wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to actually meet it. Speaking of which, I have to thank the boss for making it happen." Li Danqing seemed to be in a happy mood.
It was also very good, I said with a smile at that time.
Song Tong'er, who was on the side, saw that the two of them were speaking in a clear and precise manner, and her heart suddenly moved, and she suddenly remembered where she had heard this word.
Among the methods of mechanism that my young sect leader is obsessed with, there is such a thing as Yanjia. It seems that this method of Yanjia is the most profound one among the methods of mechanism. As for the core of Yanjia, although Song Tonger will not be able to figure it out for a while.
Where exactly is it, but from the conversation between the two, she can feel the preciousness of this thing. In this way, Li Danqing did not just spend the hundred taels of silver just for the limelight, but had a purpose...
Wouldn't that mean that I'm being overly sentimental?
Song Tong'er's face turned red when she thought of this, and then Li Danqing suddenly turned to look at her. I don't know if it was because of guilt in her heart, but Song Tong'er didn't dare to look directly into Li Danqing's eyes for a while.
"Miss Tong'er, I will take the disciples out of Yaoxu City tomorrow." Li Danqing didn't seem to notice Song Tong'er's strange behavior, but said so.
This sentence seemed a bit confusing. Song Tong'er gave Li Danqing a strange look and thought, this guy doesn't think I can't let him go, right?
"Originally, I wanted to go to Wujian Pavilion and Tingjian Pavilion to have a long experience. It seems that there is no such opportunity now, so there is no need to wait for a long time, so I want to trouble the girl." Li Danqing said and took out the priceless Yan in his hand.
The armor core was handed to Song Tonger.
Song Tong'er was stunned, obviously not understanding what Li Danqing meant by this move.
"I have been carrying this thing with me since I came out of Wuyang City. I know that Xiaomanzi has liked this way since he was a child. After he left, I have been asking people to collect this thing. I wanted to give it to him when I came to Yangshan, but I didn't want to
At that time, some circumstances occurred and I had to take a detour, but now I finally have the opportunity, and with the help of Miss Tong'er, I have completed the work, which really surprises me."
"Little Manzi has some misunderstandings and grudges against me now. When I go to look for him, he may not be willing to meet me, so I want to trouble the girl to help me transfer this thing to him." Li Danqing said with a smile on his face.
I don't know if it was his fault, but the smile on Li Danqing's face at this moment no longer looked as obscene as before, but was extremely sincere.
Song Tong'er was a little stunned. She couldn't believe that Li Danqing would be willing to give such a precious thing to her young master. She frowned: "This thing is worth a lot of money..."
"Miss Tong'er, don't look at the little man who is shouting at me now, but when we were in Wuyang City, we were brothers who drank blood wine... He also helped me take a lot of blame, but there were some misunderstandings.
But sooner or later it will be solved one day. Besides, although this thing is expensive, it must be in the hands of knowledgeable people to be valuable. In this world, even when playing football, I think it is too tough." Li Danqing
But at this moment, the hesitation in Song Tong'er's words was interrupted.
Song Tong'er was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came back to her senses. She stared at Li Danqing in disbelief and said, "So... you asked me to be your guide, just to let me transfer this thing to the young master?"
Li Danqing was a little unhappy when he heard this and said: "How is that possible!"
"I saw clearly that day that Miss Tong'er is the most beautiful in the entire Yaoxu Sword Sect. I would not be happy for anyone else to be my guide."
Although Li Danqing still didn't say a serious word in his mouth, Song Tong'er felt inexplicably that the playboy in front of her was not as annoying as before. She took the thing, looked at it and said: "Then
I will keep it for the time being. If the young master is unwilling to accept it, I will find a way to send it back to the prince."
"Besides, although the young master likes this way, it is a heretic after all. The sect master is quite critical of this and is afraid that he will lose his ambition because of it..."
"Young lady, what you said is wrong. Mr. Liu Shen once said that in the world, the most important thing is the shortcut. And the most important thing in a person's life is to live comfortably. Xiaomanzi likes this way and has his own talent.
, why must we follow the path of our predecessors? If the girl really cares about Xiaomanzi, she must try to understand him instead of following what others say. In the final analysis, such concern is just a burden, not a help." Li Danqing
But he spoke sternly, with a rare serious expression.
Song Tong'er couldn't help but secretly think about what Li Danqing said. She felt that it didn't make sense, but it seemed to make some sense. In short, she couldn't really think about it for a while, but she just felt that the prince seemed to be very different from the rumors...
…
And at the corner of the street not far from the two of them, a man wearing linen clothes and a hood on his head walked into the dark alley. Several figures in the alley were already waiting there.
"Is it them?" Just as the man walked in, a voice suddenly came from the darkness.
The man nodded quickly: "I have seen that woman before. She is Song Qiankun's adopted daughter Song Tong'er. Although I don't recognize Song Zimo, but just now he and Song Tong'er were discussing Yan Jia in the mechanism method. In Yaoxu City, at this age,
The only person who is so interested in this thing and can get so close to Song Tong'er is Song Zimo."
"It's all him, it can't be wrong!"
The figure in the darkness nodded when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "That's good! If we catch Song Zimo, I don't believe that old guy Song Qiankun hasn't been tough on him yet!"
"Do it!"
The man said this, and then slowly walked out of the darkness, and dozens of figures behind him immediately stepped out, and a short knife slipped from their sleeves, flashing with a cold edge.