No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 257 White Jade Underground Palace
Wei Changting, who came back from nowhere, couldn't help shaking his head when he saw the interaction between the two, "You two are really laid back, I really thought you were here tonight?"

Luo Junyao didn't feel embarrassed at all, turned around and said with a smile: "Otherwise?"

Wei Shizi was speechless, looking at Xie Yan who was also calm and composed, he couldn't help but help his forehead.

It's only been a few days since they got married, and His Royal Highness the Regent has already been spoiled by the little princess.

Although the relationship between these two people seems to be quite warm and loving, and it doesn't make people feel strange at all, but how could Prince Wei admit it?
Wei Changting was playing with three exquisite small wooden signs in his hand, and asked, "Do you have any of these?"

"No." He directly answered Wei Changting's question without looking closely at Luo Junyao, because they really didn't have anything.

He took the small wooden plaque from Wei Changting's hand. It was carved out of cold hard ebony in the shape of a phoenix bird. It didn't look special, except for a number engraved on the back.

Regardless of the other two in Wei Changting's hands, they should be similar.

Wei Changting turned over the two in his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that two of them are indeed for you." The three wooden plaques were exactly the same, only the numbers on the back were three, four, and eleven.

"Where did it come from?" Luo Junyao asked curiously.

Wei Changting said casually: "Drinking over there, a steward of Mingyin Pavilion gave it to me suddenly. He said that with this brand, he can participate in the late night activities of Mingyin Pavilion."

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows, looked around and found that among so many guests coming and going, less than one out of ten had a sign.

However, it is not ruled out that some people don't like to show off and put away the sign.

She was looking at others, and naturally someone was looking at them.Seeing the signs in their hands, those people seemed to have more envy and curiosity in their eyes.

Luo Junyao threw the wooden sign in his hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that the time is almost up, then let's go. I don't know about the eldest brother and the others..."

Wei Changting said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, Mingyin Pavilion knows to give us a sign, can you still miss the eldest son of the Luo family?"

"makes sense."

Sure enough, someone came to invite them soon.

The three of them followed the steward who came to guide the way and walked into the gate where the young girl had led Bai Jingrong and the others in. They walked down the long corridor instead of going up the stairs.

The steps and walls of white marble, the walls are carved with exquisite patterns, inlaid with gorgeous gemstones and night pearls.

Compared with the splendor outside, this place seems to be more low-key.But those who know the goods will know that each of these luminous pearls inlaid on the walls and steps is of extraordinary value.

Luo Junyao could clearly hear that the few guests walking in front of them were even breathing quickly.

Luo Junyao became more and more curious about this place, Mingyin Pavilion obviously knew their identities.That being the case, is it purely a demonstration or is there any other purpose for inviting them to such a place?

Luo Junyao calculated as he walked, until they stood on a square that was almost the same size as the central area of ​​the lobby above, they were already 60 meters below the ground.

It looks like a small indoor stadium, but the square in the middle is paved with finely carved white marble.The zenith above is also made of the same white marble. I don't know what is inlaid on the white marble, but it has complicated and gorgeous black patterns.

Luo Jun shook his head and looked up, always feeling that the black pattern seemed to be flowing.

Numerous night pearls are inlaid on it, forming a pattern of stars in the sky.It is conceivable that if all the lights are extinguished, there may be a feeling of standing under the stars when looking up.

"Isn't this Mingyin Pavilion wholesale Ye Mingzhu?" Luo Junyao asked in a low voice.

Wei Changting lowered his head and let out a muffled laugh, "It's not that bad, Ye Mingzhu is different from Ye Mingzhu, this kind of big pearl is not the same as what girls use to make jewelry, it is a kind of luminous ore carved and polished. It's done. Although it's expensive, it's not very beautiful to make jewelry, far inferior to the ones in your hand. But... this Mingyin Pavilion seems to be really rich and powerful."

Although it is not comparable, but to be able to inlay night pearls everywhere, to be honest, even the Prince Regent's Mansion probably doesn't have such arrogance.

Wei Changting looked around and praised, "I didn't expect such a place to be hidden under Shangyong."

Luo Junyao followed Xie Yan forward, and took the time to answer him, "Don't you think this place looks like an underground tomb?"

"..." Can you not spoil the fun?
In the middle of the square there is a platform taller than one person, and there is no one on the platform at this time.There are small rooms around the square, and there are signs with numbers on the door of each room.

The three of them quickly found the room corresponding to the wooden sign in their hand, after all, their room numbers were quite high.

The Mingyin Pavilion is obviously very condescending to the Prince Regent, Xie Yan's room is in the first row facing the high platform.

Wei Changting looked at the attendant who was waiting respectfully at the door of Room No. [-], raised his eyebrows and said, "Only one person can enter each room?"

The attendant laughed quickly: "Of course not, every invited guest can have a separate room of his own, but it's up to the guests whether to use it or not."

"Oh." Wei Changting nodded in satisfaction, and directly followed Xie Yan and Luo Jun into the third room.

His room is at No.11. Although it is near the front, it is not as good as this location. Although I don't know what kind of medicine this Mingyin Pavilion sells, it is very important to occupy a good location.

The room is not too big, but the furnishings inside are extremely gorgeous and comfortable.

The floor is paved with snow-white soft fur carpet, the tables, chairs, and soft couch in the room are all made of the most expensive wood.Exquisite carving and beautiful decoration.There are ancient paintings from the previous dynasty on the wall, and even the incense burner is an antique white jade.

Luo Junyao didn't know much about the antiques of this era, but Wei Changting wandered around the room praising them repeatedly.

"My lord, why don't we flatten the Mingyin Pavilion?" Wei Changting couldn't help but suggested.

Showing off your wealth like this is clearly seducing people: come and rob me, come and rob me.

Shang Yong dares to show off his wealth like this, does he not want to live?
Xie Yan glanced at him lightly, then took off the mask and put it on the table, "You can try it."

"try what?"

Xie Yan said: "Let's see if you level the Mingyin Pavilion first, or hang your head on the gate of the city first."

Wei Changting didn't take it seriously, "Isn't it? They really dare to do something to this son?"

Xie Yan said: "This king will avenge you." But if a person dies, he cannot be saved.

Under normal circumstances, Mingyin Pavilion probably didn't want to ask for trouble.But since Wei Changting was going to flatten Mingyin Pavilion, he probably didn't mind doing it first.

Sitting on the soft couch, Luo Junyao couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing Xie Yan's words.

Wei Changting turned to look at her, "My lord, what are you laughing at?"

Luo Junyao gently poked a pot of green plants placed next to the soft couch, and said with a smile: "Wei Shizi has such thoughts, it's best to leave here."

"why?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Because I'm afraid that you will offend Pavilion Master Mingyin, we will accompany you to be buried here."

Wei Changting smiled and said, "How do you say?"

Luo Junyao sighed and said, "This...underground palace is equipped with a self-destruct system, if one is not careful... Boom! Everyone is finished."

Wei Changting couldn't help laughing, "Why didn't I see it?"

Luo Jun said: "I told you just now that this place looks like an ancient tomb. Do you think there are any anti-theft measures for such a large tomb?"

Wei Changting pulled his hair, and looked at Luo Junyao with some grievances: I am not a grave robber.

Luo Jun shrugged his shoulders and said, "Under the square outside, at least half of the place we walked through just now is empty. And on the top of the head, those patterns should be inlaid with colorless glass. Guess what that black thing is?"

Wei Changting didn't speak for a while, and after a while he looked at Luo Junyao with a complicated expression, "You've watched so much in just a short while?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Just take a look."

You are so casual.

There was a knock on the door, and the door was pushed open. Luo Jinyan was standing outside the door looking at them.

"Big brother!"

Luo Jinyan glanced at the three people in the room before stepping into the room.

"Where are Ji Rong and Xie Chengzhao?" Wei Changting asked.

Luo Jinyan said: "It's next door, number nine."

Luo Jun stood up and walked to Luo Jinyan, took his arm and said, "Brother, have you talked with that Ninth Prince?"

Luo Jinyan raised his hand and tapped her forehead and said, "What do you think we can talk about in this kind of place?"

Luo Junyao covered his forehead and looked at Xie Yan aggrievedly.

Xie Yan pulled her to his side, raised his hand and gently rubbed her forehead, "Does it hurt?"

Luo Junyao immediately smiled, "It doesn't hurt."

"..." Luo Jinyan sighed, and consciously went to the other side to sit with Wei Changting, "Bai Jingrong is also here, on the [-]th, it seems that Mingyin Pavilion is really lively tonight."

Wei Changting asked, "What is this place for?"

Luo Jinyan thought for a moment and asked, "What does Wei Shizi think this is like?"

Wei Changting said: "Auction?" In this kind of place, a room is prepared for each of the guests, it can't be to invite them to enjoy singing and dancing, right?
Xie Yan said: "If it's just a routine ordinary auction, there's no need to be so mysterious."

Yong was not absent at the auction, and anything out of the ordinary could be sold.If such an underground palace is built just for this reason, Mingyin Pavilion may not be able to earn back its capital in 100 years.

What makes people willing to make such a fuss must be something absolutely rare. Even the Mingyin Pavilion may not be able to support such high-frequency auctions on a regular basis.

"And..." Xie Yan frowned slightly and said, "This place smells very bloody."

In fact, for ordinary people, the smell in this underground palace is very pleasant.The most expensive spice is more expensive than the same weight of gold.To make the entire underground palace permeated with such a delicate fragrance, it would naturally cost a lot of money.

However, this couldn't be hidden from Xie Yan, a top expert with sensitive five senses.

"Many people died here."

"Recently?" Luo Jinyan frowned.

If it was a long time ago, even Xie Yan would hardly be able to smell it again.

Xie Yan said: "In the near future, no more than five days."

"Hiss...Wei Changting couldn't help but take a breath, "Could it be that Mingyin Pavilion wants to lure us in and kill us? "

The three people in the room glanced at him contemptuously, and had to say that Wei Shizi really insulted his reputation as a wise general of the Zhenguo Army when he was usually not thinking.

While everyone in the room was chatting, the lights in the square outside gradually dimmed.

Not all of them were extinguished, but the light was obviously much dimmer than before, so the originally pale pearl on the zenith became brighter and brighter.

Each room has a large window, wide enough for four people to stand side by side.

The attendant came in to announce that the event was about to begin, and asked to lower the windows for the guests to watch.

After getting the consent, the attendants skillfully opened the window, and they sat at the table so that they could clearly see the situation outside.Even if Luo Junyao was sitting on the soft couch, he could have a panoramic view of the high platform outside.

Soon, they knew what the Mingyin Pavilion's activities in the second half of the night were about.

Suddenly, a huge iron cage slowly rose from the high platform of the square.

The iron cage was divided in half by an iron grate.

On one side was a strong man with ragged clothes and disheveled hair whose face could not be seen clearly, while on the other side was a fierce tiger.I don't know if it was full or something, but the tiger was lying quietly in a corner of the iron cage at this time.The undulating belly from time to time let people know that it is indeed a living tiger.

The four people in the room frowned, and Wei Changting said with some disgust, "They want this man to fight a tiger?"

This is actually meaningless to the four people in the room, because these four people have all been on the battlefield and seen countless killings.It's actually not difficult for them to deal with a fierce tiger alone, so this game seems a bit low-level and boring to them.

Not only will it not arouse their interest, but it will make them more vigilant and disgusted with Mingyin Pavilion.

Luo Jinyan thought about it for a while, and said lightly: "Wei Shizi may find it boring, but not everyone thinks so." It is also impossible for Mingyin Pavilion to make a special trip to deal with them, and naturally it still depends on the interest of most people.

Sure enough, because there were faint excited voices coming from around the open windows, it was obvious that many guests were very interested in today's opening performance.

After a while, the young girl from before strolled onto the high platform.

She looks sweet and delicate, and she smiles like an innocent and carefree girl.But looking at the iron cage behind her, as well as the people and beasts in the cage, many strange eyes that were originally fixed on her were silently withdrawn.

Miss Qing smiled and said: "Welcome all distinguished guests to the VIP feast tonight in Mingyin Pavilion, my little girl greets all distinguished guests on behalf of the Pavilion Master."

After all, she really bent her knees slightly and performed a standard lady's ceremony.

Then I heard her laughing, "Before we start the topic, we have prepared an appetizer for all distinguished guests, I hope you will like it."

She looked sideways at the iron cage behind her, and continued: "The person behind me is surnamed Jiang and named Tie. Someone must have heard of his name?"

Hearing his name, the brawny man suddenly rushed towards Miss Qing excitedly.He stretched out his hand and wanted to catch Qing girl through the iron cage. Qing girl stepped back a few steps neatly, and the strong man's fingers were about to touch her, but no matter what, he couldn't get past the inch distance. The iron cage was smashed hard.

Someone in the stands shouted: "Is it the murderer who killed the Chen family in Luzhou three years ago?"

Miss Qing smiled in the direction where the voice came from, nodded and said: "That's right, although this person is only good at boxing, he led a few accomplices to kill more than 50 members of the Chen family in Luzhou overnight three years ago." Since then, he has been wanted by the government, and the elders of my cabinet arrested him in Qingzhou two months ago."

Discussions were faintly heard from the stands, Miss Qing smiled and said, "Such an inhuman lunatic, isn't it just compatible with this beast? I just don't know, is this tiger or this lunatic more powerful?"

Because the strong man smashed the iron cage too loudly, the tiger that was lying quietly had already stood up.The tiger obviously sensed the movements around it, and circling around in the cage frantically, its appearance was actually somewhat similar to that frantic strong man.

Soon another person said: "Mingyin Pavilion wants a tiger to fight this person? What if he wins?" If he loses, he will naturally be killed by a tiger.

Miss Qing said with a smile: "This person is the first auction item today. If he wins, the one with the highest price will get it and let others dispose of it."

"What if he is disabled?" someone asked sullenly.

Mingyin Pavilion also said that this person only knows some boxing skills, and his chances of winning against a fierce tiger are not great.

Miss Qing said: "Abolition also has its uses. If no one wants it, then naturally it can only be given to the government."

The stands quickly fell silent. Seeing that no one was asking any more questions, Miss Qing clapped her hands to signal the man in black guarding the corner of the platform to step forward.

The strong man obviously knew his fate, and became more and more frantic, wanting to forcefully bend the railing of the iron cage to escape.

However, he soon had no time to worry about these things, because the bars separating him and the tiger in the iron cage were suddenly pulled out.

The iron cage that was divided into two instantly became a whole.

The tiger roared and rushed towards the strong man.

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