How did he come here? And why would you want to buy cinnabar
This thing has never been popular before!
It is precisely because it is not popular and the price is still expensive, so not many people are interested, which is why Ji Mingxiu thinks that it may not be sold out after so many years.
While Qiao Wei was thinking about it, the old voice asked the price again: "Three thousand taels!"
I go!
The price increase is 500 yuan, and you two are leaving at 11,000 yuan!
"Is there any more after three thousand taels?" the maid asked.
"Three thousand..." Qiao Wei yelled, and the dark head looked towards the corner here. Qiao Wei straightened her expression and said seriously, "Three thousand one hundred taels."
After two price hikes of one thousand taels, the increase of one hundred taels seemed a bit contemptuous, and there was a burst of muffled laughter from the crowd.
Qiao Wei blew her beard and stared, if she had a beard.
"Four thousand taels." The young man bid again.
"Five thousand taels." It was that old voice again.
Qiao Wei felt that maybe, probably, maybe nothing would happen to her in the future, and it turned out that she was right.
The two added one thousand and one thousand, and when it reached ten thousand taels, the guests in the entire inner hall couldn't sit still.
No matter how good the cinnabar is, isn’t it still cinnabar? Can it become a flat peach in the sky? The most flashy thing is it. Although it is not bad for money, it can't be rushed to be taken advantage of!
"Who is it?" The leader murmured.
"Cangjiu." Huo Shigong said.
Xiao Erhuo asked about the man who bought the cinnabar, but Huo Shigong answered another man.
Qiao Wei and the leader are no strangers to this name. He was the man who kidnapped Jing Yun and brother Liu. I didn't expect to meet him here tonight. Is it a coincidence? How could he want Dansha? And he is a Yeluo person, how does he know about this kind of underground trading market in Daliang
No matter how confused Qiao Wei and the others were, Cangjiu's asking price was getting higher and higher.
Going on like this is not an option, they must get the cinnabar, but Cangjiu seems to have made up his mind to get the cinnabar at all costs. Qiao Wei is a businessman, and businessmen don’t trade at a loss. For a little money, who wouldn't do that
"Master, you and Ming Ye wait for me here first, don't ask for a price, I'll go over."
Master Huo nodded.
The leader grabbed her sleeve: "Where are you going, I will go too."
Qiao Wei pushed him down: "Wean you, child!"
It is always said that the Third Highness is not weaned, but she is not weaned when she looks at the little bastard, clinging to her all day long, it's just that she didn't grow on her body!
The leader's face is stinky.
Qiao Wei stood up and walked quietly to the rightmost position in the first two rows. There happened to be a pillar blocking it, which was considered hidden. If Qiao Wei was not really familiar with this person's voice, she might not have a chance to recognize him.
As if feeling the approach of a strange aura, the man frowned and turned his head coldly: "Who is it?"
"My lord, it's me." Qiao Wei whispered.
King Yin was stunned.
Qiao Wei took off the mask on her face.
King Yin frowned even tighter: "Why are you?"
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "I should ask you this, you are a majestic prince, why did you come to such a place where you are pretending to be a fake?"
King Yin said coldly: "This king or a woman, who is more strange to appear in this kind of place?"
alright, you win.
Qiao Wei cleared her throat, lowered her voice and said, "Don't smell so strong of gunpowder, and I don't owe you money! Let me ask you, why do you want cinnabar?"
"What are you doing?" Prince Yin gave her a fixed look, "You want it too?"
Qiao Wei said generously: "Yes, I want it too."
King Yin frowned and said: "You are a woman, what do you want that kind of thing for?"
Qiao Wei didn't answer him, but asked instead: "What about you? What do you want it for?"
The item that was not in high demand, but on the same day, she, Cangjiu, and King Yin all rushed to snatch it. Those who didn't know it thought they had made an appointment.
How strange it is.
King Yin refused to say anything.
If you don't say it, don't say it, she didn't come to inquire about the news.
Qiao Wei gave a weak glance to the right: "Did you see the person who just yelled with you?"
"You know him?" King Yin asked subconsciously.
Qiao Wei sneered: "He caught my son, and I am at odds with him. Before I knew who he was, I thought about cooperating with him to deal with you, but now, I have changed my mind."
Prince Yin's mouth twitched angrily: "You are honest! What if I don't want to?"
Qiao Wei smiled and said: "Then I'll bear it for a while and buy the red sandstone together with him. You just saw that he is determined to get the red sandstone. With your financial resources, it may not be so easy to scare him away, but If you add me, it will be different. In other words, if either of you counts me, it will be a win-win situation. How about it? Do you want to cooperate?"
King Yin's cold eyes fell on her face: "You threaten me?"
Qiao Wei spread her hands: "If you have to say that."
King Yin squeezed his fist and looked at the red sandstone in the maid's hand.
Qiao Wei is not afraid that he will not agree, he and that person are determined to win the red sandstone tonight, he should understand that her joining will definitely turn the situation around, and he is not a temperament who can throw his head and blood in one breath, he knows how to weigh the pros and cons.
Sure enough, when the maid asked if there was a price increase for the third time, he said flatly, "Half for each person."
Qiao Wei smiled: "Of course."
Neither stone nor silver.
King Yin raised his hand: "Fifty thousand taels."
Qiao Wei grabbed the armrest tightly, I can bear it, I can bear it, I can bear it!
Cangjiu frowned slightly, even though he quickly called out 60,000 yuan, it was enough to see from this small pause that he was no longer as confident as before.
It seemed that he was reaching the limit of what he could bear.
King Yin unceremoniously called out one hundred thousand.
Everyone was frightened and stupid. Qiao Wei said that she was so heartbroken that she wanted to cry. She vowed that after defeating the bastards in the National Teacher Hall, she would loot the National Teacher Hall!
That piece of red sandstone was finally bought by King Yin at a sky-high price of one hundred thousand taels.
Qiao Wei's heart was bleeding, and she bought half a piece of broken stone for 50,000 taels. It was really a huge profit for her to sell preserved eggs.
"Do you know how many eggs I have to sell to make up the 50,000 taels?" Qiao Wei grabbed the banknotes with both hands, she was so wronged that she was about to burst into tears.
King Yin grabbed the other end of the bank note, pulled it away for a long time, and said angrily, "Mr. Qiao!"
Qiao Wei let go of her hand in pain.
King Yin's goal tonight seems to be only Danshashi. After getting the item, he got up and left. Qiao Wei and the three followed him into the carriage. They stared back one by one with those stunningly beautiful eyes.
After getting into the car, Qiao Wei pulled out Fen Tian, and cut the Dansha stone in half with a single knife.
King Yin glanced at her dagger suspiciously: "Isn't this belonging to Little General Mu? Why is it in your hand?"
Little General Mu had been to Daliang, so he probably used this dagger at that time and let King Yin see it.
Qiao Wei put away the dagger and cinnabar, and said flatly, "Yes, it belongs to him. I exchanged a pair of two fruits with him. Why? Are you not convinced?"
Thanks to the gift of the national teacher, not only the identity of the priest of the Ji family was leaked out, but even the fact that Qiao Wei was the little Dolma of the hermit clan spread one after another.
King Yin looked at her gloomyly.
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Do you really regret stabbing me with a sword? It would be a mistake if you made a mistake with me. Now you are the little consort of the Yin clan! What a pity, what a pity!"
King Yin was so angry that he vomited blood.
Now that the item is in hand, Qiao Wei stopped talking nonsense with him, turned around and was about to get off the car, but at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
A few sharp darts swished over from the depths of the dark night, Qiao Wei quickly flashed back into the car, the darts were nailed to the door panel, a "caught fish" broke into the car, Qiao Wei turned sideways In a flash, the dart shot at King Yin behind him.
King Yin moved his fingers, caught the dart, and then glared at Qiao Wei coldly. That look, it was so resentful, so resentful.
More darts shot in, King Yin flicked his wide sleeves, and pressed Qiao Wei on the stool. The darts slid past his arm, and the cold air made Qiao Wei, who was protected under his arms, Wei Du's hairs stood on end.
When the third round of dart attacks came, Yan Fei made no move.
The two sides fought fiercely.
At the same time, Cangjiu also fought with Master Huo.
The people who attacked them were not all Cangjiu people, there were also some people who fished in troubled waters.
Qiao Wei lifted the curtain and went out, but was dragged back by King Yin, and threw it on the stool: "This is a man's business, what are you meddling with like a woman? Stay in the car!"
After all, the fierce figure greeted the group of assassins who attacked at night.
This group of people obviously came for their red sandstone, how could she sit still and wait for death
He pulled out his dagger and rushed into the crowd.
Cangjiu's skill is slightly inferior to Huo Shigong, but within 30 moves, he can be invincible. He seems to have come prepared today, and instead of fighting Huo Shigong head-on, he led Huo Shigong away .
The rest of the people fought with King Yin and Yan Feijue.
There were also some local rats who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, and Qiao Wei solved them one by one.
Just as the battle situation gradually became favorable to Qiao Wei and her party, a ghostly figure rushed towards the leader.
In an instant, a long sword appeared on the neck of the leader, and he yelled: "Ah, what are you doing?"
The assassin yelled: "Stop it! Or I'll kill him!"
Qiao Wei and Yan Fei stopped fighting.
King Yin said indifferently: "Just kill him, he has nothing to do with this king."
The leader immediately exploded: "You, you... how can you do this? I am your cousin! You nephew, you are so disrespectful!"
The assassin asked: "Which one of you owns the cinnabar?"
"he!"
"she!"
Qiao Wei and Prince Yin pointed at each other in unison.
The assassin froze for a moment, then said coldly: "Whoever it is, hand it over to me!"
"This king won't hand it in." King Yin looked optimistic about the show.
Qiao Wei's eyes flickered, she looked at the assassin and said, "Let's discuss it, how about paying half a dollar?"
The assassin said without hesitation: "No! Hand it all over!"
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "My lord..."
King Yin's face darkened, this woman can't do without dragging him into the water once!
It's impossible not to save the little bastard, but it's too risky to grab it so hard. If you give the cinnabar to the other party, you can get it back later...
Just as Qiao Wei was holding Xiao Jiujiu in her heart, a white oil paper umbrella painted with peach blossoms slowly appeared above the assassin's head.
The assassin was unaware of this.
Qiao Wei's eyes widened slightly, the umbrella was hanging above the assassin's head, shaking with the night wind, it was so gentle that it made people's hearts flutter, but the moment Qiao Wei was dazed, the oil-paper umbrella suddenly froze in the air , making a sharp clicking sound.
The assassin suddenly realized something, and raised his head with a swish, but before he could see what was above his head, he was pierced into a hedgehog by an unbelievably fast rain of silver needles.
The assassin fell to the ground in a daze.
The leader looked back, shivered with aversion to the cold, and ran back to Qiao Wei's side!
Qiao Wei looked at the umbrella, which slowly floated into the air and landed in the hands of a man in red.
The man is holding an umbrella, his face is invisible, his black hair is like ink, his fingers are like jade, and his temperament is hard to describe.
Qiao Wei looked at him fixedly, although she couldn't see his appearance clearly, Qiao Wei could feel that he was looking at her too.
"Are you still alive? Interesting."
The voice was so clear and smooth, without a trace of emotion.
But that content...why does it sound so weird
As if to say, eh? Aren't you dead? How can he still be alive
He knows her? He knew that "she" was dead
Before Qiao Wei could figure out why, he spoke again, with a tone of sudden realization: "So that's how it is."
Qiao Wei was even more at a loss.
But he didn't intend to answer Qiao Wei's questions, held an umbrella, turned and left.
Everyone walked away, and there was a sentence in the air that seemed to be there: "Two fruits, thank you."
This seemed to guess Qiao Wei's identity.
I have already got her twin fruit, and Qiao Wei still can't guess his identity, so it's a bit unreasonable. After returning from the hermit, Qiao Wei gave a twin fruit to Hai Shisan, and asked him to help bring it to the seventh man. people.
It looks like it was brought.
Yan Feijue covered his heart: "I was scared to death! He saw me just now, and I thought he would take the red sand back... Fortunately, fortunately!"
King Yin took a deep look at the man, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he was in a hurry and didn't bother to inquire about anything, so he said goodbye to Qiao Wei and got into his carriage.
On the other side, Master Huo is back.
The old man Cangjiu obviously had the intention of destroying Master Huo, and led him into a seven-person killing formation. Unexpectedly, Master Huo not only broke his formation, but also killed all the seven people. He, too, suffered an irreparable blow.
In a short time, they should not dare to come out and make trouble again.
This business was finally safe and secure, they got the cinnabar and saved Xiaoerhuo's life, and the three went back to the mansion happily.
In order to test the effect of the cinnabar, Ji Mingxiu released the five dead men, but they ran away like a mouse seeing a cat.
Afterwards, Ji Mingxiu called Shiqi over, and the moment Shiqi saw the red sandstone, he pulled out his sword as if he was facing a big enemy. If Mr. Huo hadn't acted fast, he would have smashed that thing into pieces!
Qiao Wei went to the iron shop overnight, and gave Luo Yongnian Danshashi and the Xuansha brought by Huo Shigong from the Yin clan, and asked him to forge a dagger as soon as possible.
On the other side, King Yin immediately entered the palace after getting the danshashi.
In a remote palace, Concubine Rong was lying on the bed with a pale complexion, and King Yin hurried in: "Mother!"
Concubine Rong stretched out her hand towards him, wanting to speak, but coughed heavily.
King Yin quickly came to the bed, sat down and hugged her into his arms, picked up the teapot on the stool, poured a cup, took a sip and found it was cold, his complexion turned bad instantly: "Come here!"
The goddess of the palace ran over in a hurry: "My lord!"
King Yin put down the cup heavily, looked at her with a cold face and said, "You don't even have hot tea, so you serve my mother and concubine like this?"
The maid fell to her knees.
Concubine Rong said weakly: "I want to drink it myself, don't blame her."
King Yin said coldly: "Go and boil a pot of hot tea!"
"yes!"
The maid went tremblingly.
King Yin took out the red sandstone from his bosom: "Mother, can this thing really cure your illness?"
Concubine Rong lowered her eyes and said: "Who knows? I also heard from my natal family that wearing her can drive away evil spirits and cure diseases. I don't know if it's true or not."
King Yin found a purse, carefully put the stone in it, and pressed it gently under her pillow: "It must be true, you will be fine."
Concubine Rong closed her eyes sadly, and a tear rolled down.
…
At the end of August, the autumn air is crisp.
On a sunny morning, the duel between the National Teacher Hall and the Ji family officially kicked off.
The venue for the competition was chosen in the political palace. On a piece of emerald green grassland, a four-foot-square high platform was temporarily built, and a drum was erected on the east side of the platform. A burly guard of the Imperial Forest Army was selected as the drummer for this competition.
He held the drumsticks and stood solemnly beside the drum stand.
And under the high platform, the officials have already sat down one after another, a square formation of Daliang officials, a square formation of Xiongnu envoys, and a square formation of Yeluo envoys.
It is worth mentioning that after the identities of Ji Mingxiu and Qiao Wei were released, many Jianghu sects were also itchy and wanted to enter the arena, but it is a pity that this is the imperial palace, not the Suxin sect, so how can they welcome them casually? The heroes of the world? Aren't you afraid of getting into a bunch of assassins
The second prince of the Xiongnu, as the master of ceremonies of this competition, stepped onto the stage and announced the rules of this competition in fluent Chinese. Any side that can beat three people in succession with one person will be considered as the winner of this round.
The criterion for winning is to beat the opponent until they can no longer get up or admit defeat.
As for accidentally stepping off the stage, you can still turn up and continue fighting.
"The sword has no eyes, and life and death are conceited."
After the second prince of the Xiongnu announced the last item, he walked back to his seat holding a cold sweat.
For such a grand occasion, Queen Yeluo did not come, but the third highness couldn't bear the loneliness, so he followed with a shameless face, but instead of sitting on Yeluo's seat, he stuck to the second young master of the Ji family, look at his little arms and legs Son, I just missed sitting in someone's arms!
"Cousin, who do you think will win?" He stuck his whole body on the arm of the leader.
The leader wanted to slap him and blow him away.
The person from the National Teacher Hall entered the stage, he was a tall and thick man, although he was wearing the costumes of the National Teacher Hall, but his appearance and aura did not resemble a weak little wizard, his eyes were cold and cruel, and everyone felt ashamed as soon as he appeared on the stage. There was a strong coercion.
"Are you sure you don't want Seventeen?" Ji Mingxiu asked.
Qiao Wei smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Young Master Ming, I'm still sure about dealing with these guys."
Shi Qi is also a dead man, and a dead man has weaknesses, maybe not only Dansha, but also others, that group of people know Shi Qi better than them, if what happens to Shi Qi, Fatty and Jing Yun will feel distressed.
Qiao Wei stepped onto the stage neatly.
The officials looked a little dumbfounded, were they not dreaming? Why is it a woman
Wait, isn't this the wife of the Prime Minister's Mansion
How did she come up
The eldest disciple sneered and said sarcastically, "Master Prime Minister, is there no one in your Ji family? Why would you send a woman to fight? We don't fight women."
The Prime Minister said amiably: "I heard that many years ago, the National Teacher Hall was almost destroyed by someone. The person who beat the National Teacher Hall to pieces was a woman. Could it be that your National Teacher Hall was killed by a woman?" If you run away, you don’t dare to accept the woman’s tricks again?”
"You..." The eldest disciple was so stunned that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood!
The national teacher looked at Qiao Wei deeply, the black bow in his hand shone coldly under the sunlight, his thumb gently rubbed on the black bow, his thin lips parted slightly, and he said something .
The eldest disciple said indignantly: "Let's start!"
The drumming guard looked at Qiao Wei, who nodded.
The guard beat the drum.
The dead man rushed towards Qiao Wei fiercely, Fu Xueyan guessed correctly, the dead man dispatched this time was much stronger than the last time, his speed was unbelievably fast, and his whole body was full of strength, which made people feel at ease. There is no doubt that his punch will plant Qiao Wei into the ground.
Everyone's hearts suddenly rose.
His Highness hugged the leader's neck tightly: "It's over, cousin, sister-in-law is going to die!"
With a bang, the dead man's fist hit the wall behind Qiao Wei, and the wall collapsed!
Everyone stared dumbfounded at the dead man's back, Qiao Wei's petite figure was completely blocked by him.
Three seconds later, the dead man fell straight to the ground.
Qiao Wei drew back the scarlet dagger, wiped the blood on the blade with a clean handkerchief, her movements were as graceful as wiping a small vase, and everyone was stunned.
one move…
Only one move!
How did she do it? !
The eldest disciple stood up in shock.
Qiao Wei blew on the sharp dagger, and said with a smile on her face: "I wanted to use a few more tricks to feast everyone's eyes, but my hand slipped, I'm sorry."
If you slip by your hands, you will scrap a dead man. If you don’t slip by your hands, you won’t be able to go to heaven? !
The eldest disciple's handsome face flushed as if he had swallowed a hundred catties of peppers.
The national teacher made a gesture, and the first disciple suppressed the surprise and anger in his heart, and called the second person to play.
This person's skill is still higher than that of the previous one, especially since he also uses weapons. I believe that Qiao Wei's cinnabar dagger can't get close to him at all.
His Highness the Third Highness hugged the leader even tighter: "It's over, cousin, cousin is going to die again!"
The second dead man rushed towards Qiao Wei with a sword in his hand. He seemed to know that the dagger in Qiao Wei's hand was the key, so he did nothing but attack Qiao Wei's right hand.
He chopped Qiao Wei's dagger to the ground with one sword.
Qiao Wei's complexion changed!
The eldest disciple smiled smugly.
Without the cinnabar dagger, Qiao Wei has nothing to contend with the dead.
The dead man frantically chased and killed Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei was forced to dodge left and right, and went to pick up the dropped dagger several times, but every time she was perfectly blocked by the dead man. She jumped at the dagger, but the dead man was one step ahead of her and kicked the dagger off the stage!
Everyone dared not look down.
The dead man slashed at Qiao Wei with sword after sword, and Qiao Wei pulled out Fen Tian from her short sleeve, cutting off the dead man's sword!
The dead man's sword was broken, so he simply didn't want it anymore, threw the sword away, and began to fight with Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei's dagger pierced into his arm, and without raising his eyelids, he choked on Qiao Wei's throat.
"Ah—" His Highness the Third Highness buried his head in the arms of the leader, flat and uncomfortable, he took out his hand and squeezed it, squeezing out a small groove.
A group of crows flew over the head of the leader...
Ji Mingxiu looked calm, but King Yin couldn't sit still: "Ji Mingxiu, are you still a man?! She's already like this, why don't you give up quickly?! If this continues, she will die!"
Qiao Wei's face turned blue and purple, and she stabbed into the shoulder of the dead man one by one, but the dead man strangled Qiao Wei's neck as if he didn't know the pain.
At this moment, Qiao Wei pulled out the hairpin from her head.
There is nothing a dagger can do to take a dead man, but what can a hairpin do to him
No one paid attention to Qiao Wei's resistance to death
Unexpectedly, the corners of Qiao Wei's lips curled up slightly.
The eldest disciple frowned slightly.
Seeing that Qiao Wei folded her finger, the hairpin broke, exposing a section of sharp and crystal red sandstone inside, the eldest disciple yelled out to be careful, but it was too late.
Dansha pierced the dead man's neck.
The second dead man also fell.
The people in the National Teacher Hall were dumbfounded, they couldn't believe that the high-ranking dead soldier they were proud of was so easily broken in the hands of a woman
Qiao Wei inserted half of the hairpin back into the bun, and looked at the people in the National Teacher Hall with a smile: "Do you still want to fight?"
The national teacher took a deep look at Qiao Wei, and Qiao Wei smiled at him.
In the next second, he gestured to the eldest disciple.
The eldest disciple suddenly changed his face: "Master! We can still fight one more time! The next one will be..."
The national teacher's cold eyes fell on his face, he lowered his head instantly, folded his hands, and saluted: "I understand."
Turning around, looking at Qiao Wei and Ji Mingxiu, he said unwillingly, "You have won."