"I was careless this time, and the group of Qingluan Guards discovered my traces, resulting in my efforts falling short."
In the courtyard of a single-family inn, the woman in red who escaped said softly. She didn't even have time to change her clothes, and the spring light appeared on her body.
"Sister, it's better not to be so harsh. Even if the group of Qingluan Guards hadn't disrupted the situation, you wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything. That Master Zhang has long seen through your tricks. Do you think you're an 'immortal' in the art of looking at energy' for nothing?" A delicate voice said.
A foxy voice came, "When you escaped, that mage instinctively wanted to keep you, but instead of taking action, he left a paper crane on you. This was because he wanted to follow the clues, and you almost exposed everyone.
"
The face of the woman in red changed slightly. She turned around and saw a woman wearing a fox fur walking in. She was pretty and not inferior to the woman in red.
The two women looked at each other, full of anger.
At this moment, the man who had not spoken a word said in a dull voice: "Boss Hua has told me many times not to scare the snake, but you are still rushing to provoke me. Are you turning a deaf ear to Boss Hua's words?"
The woman in red said aggrievedly: "I didn't take the initiative to provoke him, it was just a coincidence."
The man glanced at her: "Did we just meet you? You know it in your heart. If you have anything to say, you'd better save it for Boss Hua."
The fox-furred woman added fuel to the fire and said: "We are all taught by the same master, who can deceive whom?"
The woman was so angry that she could only secretly think about how to explain it to Boss Hua.
Just as Zhang Yuelu wondered, what kind of fraud is setting up a grass stage to dance in broad daylight? Because she is not cheating, but setting up a game specifically. This game is not against Zhang Yuelu. After all, Zhang Yuelu is a woman. She
She is also a woman. When a woman meets a woman, she will not be able to use most of her abilities, so this game is actually aimed at Qi Xuansu.
Her idea was very simple. The man next to Zhang Yuelu should be a fledgling. Although this boy seemed to be a martial artist in the stage of returning to his true form, which was beyond her expectation, she was not very afraid. Ordinary people could not escape the three evils of greed, anger and stupidity.
Poison does not necessarily require the use of force. A man of this age is passionate and fearless, but his biggest weakness is that he has no resistance to women. As long as she takes action in person, she will not be fascinated by this boy.
Confused? Then with just a few words, this kid will have to spit out everything he knows. Maybe she can also plant an ear retribution god next to Zhang Yuelu, so that she can know Zhang Yuelu's movements at any time.
At that time, she would be able to show her face properly in front of Boss Hua. But who would have thought that things were self-defeating, and now it was her who shot herself in the foot.
Qi Xuansu still didn’t know at this time
He said that the woman in red was here for him, but the woman in red really looked down upon Qi Xuansu. It is true that Qi Xuansu was a boy. Not counting Mu Jin and Tian Baobao, who he had just worked with recently, he had three women in total.
Familiarity: Qiniang, Taoist Cui, and Zhang Yuelu. Their experience is also very shallow, but Qi Xuansu has been in the world for a long time. He has seen the dangers of the world and knows how powerful Yanweizi is. As long as he is wary, he will not be seduced by beauty.
Lost my mind.
What's more, there is Zhang Yuelu beside him. Even if he is really dizzy, Zhang Yuelu will definitely help him wake up.
At this time, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had already left the street and continued to walk to Huasheng Hall.
Jinguan Mansion was once the old capital of Shu Kingdom, so it was naturally huge. It was not easy to get up and down in the city, so they could only walk at a normal speed, so the two of them walked for more than an hour before arriving at the market.
As the man in black guarding the door said, the facade of Huasheng Hall is extremely impressive. The main building and the foundation below are as high as two stories. The gate is about two feet above the ground, with thirty-six white marble steps stacked in the middle of the steps.
A specially built platform was built at the location, and a statue of Houtu Empress, as tall as a human, was placed, which means that the terrain is kun, and virtue is used to carry things, which means that the earth produces all things.
Qi Xuansu came to the bottom of the steps, looked up at the "Huashengtang" archway with gold characters on the black background, and couldn't help but admired: "This is more majestic than the main hall of our Tiangang Hall."
Zhang Yuelu said: "Then you haven't seen the main hall of Huasheng Hall. The branch halls are all built according to the appearance of the main hall."
Qi Xuansu asked: "Why doesn't our Tiangang Hall have any branches?"
Zhang Yuelu said: "Ziwei Hall, Duzhi Hall, and Beichen Hall don't have branch halls. It would be strange to have branch halls."
Qi Xuansu thought about it carefully and realized that it really made sense, and then asked: "What else is there to say here?"
Zhang Yuelu explained: "Ziweitang, Duzhitang, Tiangangtang, and Beichentang respectively represent the power of personnel, finance, military, and supervision. These four powers are actually in the hands of the local government.
Different deputy palace masters are in charge of each, and one palace master takes over the overall situation, so we do not need to add branch halls. Huashengtang and Tianjitang are exceptions. They also take care of some very special commercial businesses and local Taoist temples.
We couldn't afford to take on these businesses, so we had to set up branch halls and have them coordinated by the ancestral court."
"Understood." Qi Xuansu walked up the steps first, followed closely by Zhang Yuelu.
Ordinary restaurants and shops have two doors at the front.
The main entrance of Huasheng Hall is composed of eight doors. At this time, they are all opened, and it will not be crowded even if dozens of people come in and out at the same time.
Entering it, you will find a very open hall, with twelve screens separating the front and back. Opposite the door is a long counter, but it is not made of wood, but made of stone, dark, and like stars. There are many tables placed against the wall.
Although the chair is only made of red sandalwood spliced together with small materials, it is also reasonably priced.
Behind the counter was a Taoist lady with a smile. When she saw the two people coming to the counter, she smiled and asked: "Are you two..."
Qi Xuansu had already taken out the two people's certificates and placed them on the counter.
The female crown looked at the ultimatum and her face changed slightly: "It turns out to be Deputy Hall Master Zhang, Deacon Qi, please wait a moment."
After saying that, the female crown hurriedly turned behind the screen. After a while, a middle-aged man came out, wearing a Taoist formal attire. Judging from the clothes and crown, he was a fifth-grade Taoist priest.
"Song Wan, the local chief, has met Deputy Hall Master Zhang." The man bowed respectfully.
Zhang Yuelu returned the gift and briefly explained his purpose straight to the point.
After listening to this, Song Wan looked troubled: "Vice Hall Master Zhang should know the rules of Huasheng Hall. This kind of medicine is not within the scope of reduction. Even if Vice Hall Master Zhang is a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest, he can only reduce the price by 10%.
"
Zhang Yuelu had already expected this and said directly: "Please quote a price."
Song Wan estimated for a while and said: "Based on the amount of medicine, it will cost about 3,000 Taiping. I can make the decision, erase the fraction, and calculate it as 3,000."
In Song Wan's view, although three thousand peace coins is not a small amount, a fourth-grade Taoist priest can still afford it, and Zhang Yuelu is a well-known figure in the Taoist sect, appreciated by the earth master, and is from the Zhang family.
The future is really bright, with a little peace of mind, it's naturally simple.
But he didn't know that Zhang Yuelu was not from the Zhang family, and she didn't have much help from her family. The Earth Master appreciated her, but he wouldn't give her peace money, and she was honest and self-sufficient, and she refused to be like Sun Yongfeng.
"There is a way to make money", but now I only have a net worth of one thousand Taiping coins.
She had expected the high price and was not too surprised. What really surprised her was that the price was almost the same as Qi Xuansu's estimate in advance.
Qi Xuansu had said long ago that the protective treasure could be sold for at least 4,000 Taiping coins. First, go to the Huasheng Hall. The remaining money should be enough to buy a "Dragon Hand Gun". Brand new on the black market
The "Shenlong Gun" is eight hundred Taiping coins, four thousand minus eight hundred,
There was exactly 3,200 Taiping left.
At this moment, Qi Xuansu asked: "Mr. Song, you also know that it is difficult to carry large amounts of money when you go out. We don't have that much cash on us now. But there is a treasure on hand that we don't need for the time being. I wonder if it can be priced?"
Huashengtang is not a pawnshop, and according to the rules, it does not accept bids. However, there are exceptions to everything. For outsiders, the rules are the rules and cannot be changed in the slightest. However, Zhang Yuelu is not an outsider, but a member of the Taoist sect.
In the Taoist sect, as a Taoist priest with a promising future, the rules can be flexible.
Song Wan pondered for a moment and then nodded and said: "Okay, let's just treat it as a good relationship with you two."
Seeing Zhang Yuelu frowning, Qi Xuansu hurriedly spoke first, "Thank you so much, Master Song."
After that, Qi Xuansu took out the treasure that looked like a luminous pearl and handed it to Song Wan.
Although Song Wan was not of high rank, he had been working in Huasheng Hall for a long time and was well-informed. He took the bead and looked at it carefully, and then tried to inject the zhenqi. He could roughly confirm it and said: "It is indeed a treasure.
According to the market price, it can be priced at 4,100 peace coins."
Qi Xuansu cupped his hands and said, "Then there will be Chief Lao Song."
Song Wan asked the two of them to sit here for a while and asked people to serve them tea while he went to the back with the beads.
About half an hour later, Song Wan came back, carrying a box in one hand and a stack of bills in the other.
Qi Xuansu signaled Zhang Yuelu to continue drinking tea, and he stood up to greet him.
Song Wan also saw that Deacon Qi was the one who was really doing the work, so he directly said to Qi Xuansu: "Deacon Qi, this is Deputy Hall Zhang's main ointment."
As he spoke, he handed the box into Qi Xuansu's hands, which was similar to the medicine boxes carried by doctors.
Qi Xuansu opened the box and took a look, only to see jade boxes of exactly the same size and specifications arranged neatly inside. There were twelve boxes in total. Calculating carefully, each box cost 250 yuan in peace money.
Song Wan handed the bills in his hand to Qi Xuansu: "In addition to the gifts, there are also eleven large bills, totaling 1,100 yuan in peace money. I would like to ask Deacon Qi to count them."
The so-called "fafeng" is also known as "copying", "clockwork" and "invoice". If you want to reimburse, you must have this thing.
Qi Xuansu closed the box, took the bill, glanced at it and put it into his bag, and thanked him again: "Thank you so much, Mr. Song. I will have a drink with Mr. Song when I return to Yujing in the future."
This was what Song Wanwei said, so he naturally responded with a smile.