Otherworld Qin

Chapter 53 Chapter 59

Shengxuan and others returned to Karin all the way. In one of the strongest rooms in the basement of the Chilong Chamber of Commerce, the prisoner was being held. He Lianzan personally interrogated him there with a whip, but this person was very stubborn and would rather die. He didn't say a word, but he still found something among his belongings. There was a note in it that hadn't been processed in time. It was impressively written with the detailed route of the Chilong Chamber of Commerce's goods, and a weird badge even attracted everyone's attention. Pay attention to the gold-edged badge on a silver background with a strange-looking lion fiddling with an upside-down balance. No one has seen such a badge, so they can't see the origin of this person. A pass token was also found inside, with a crown and a balance engraved on it. This is clearly an item from the Elder's House. Could it be related to the Elder's House at this time?

Shengxuan is not in the mood to care about these things at all now. The brothers in the tavern have helped a lot this time, and they have also shown him how powerful a team that works closely with magicians and warriors is.

He withdrew 10,000+ gold coins from Du He, and then hurried to the academy. Although the 10,000+ gold coins are not small, what is this small expense to save the entire Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce?
Before entering the tavern, I heard the lively noise inside. This trip can be said to have topped the income of these experts for a few months or even more, but they are obviously not financial experts, so these people rushed in as soon as they got the gold coins. The tavern drank fine wine, and then gambled with astonishing bets. I am afraid that thousands of gold coins that no one gets will not be able to withstand a few days of expenses.

As soon as he entered the tavern, he saw that the alcoholic was also drinking in it, as if it was his job to drink in this tavern during the holidays, and at night he had to bring a bunch of wine back to the courtyard to continue drinking.

Seeing Shengxuan walk in the door, the drunkard couldn't help shouting, "The matter is over? Then come and have a drink with me." Shengxuan waved at him, and then took out 150 gold coins and handed them to the fat boss, "Boss, these money I'll put it here for you first. Some brothers helped a lot this time, and a few people were injured. Their names are all on this piece of paper. If you meet them, distribute the money to them. It's my heart. "Speaking and handing over a piece of paper, the fat boss took a look in his hand, then nodded, as if agreeing with his approach, "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of these things." Then Shengxuan again He took out [-] gold coins, "Because this is not over yet, but we don't need so many people, so I asked [-] people to come back first, and these [-] gold coins per person are some compensation for these brothers." The fat boss couldn't help but Whistle, "Boy, you are very generous, don't worry, I will allocate the money according to your arrangement."

Then Shengxuan raised his voice and shouted, "Thank you brothers for your help. I'm treating everyone to drink to your heart's content."

Suddenly I heard the drunkard say, "Oh, I'm really worried that you dragged all these people into the water, this muddy water is not as simple as you think." Sheng Xuan hurried to the drunkard, "Teacher, don't worry, I will I have something I want to ask you." Then he told about the badge, who knew that the alcoholic was taken aback when he heard it, then shook his head and smiled wryly, "I knew it wasn't that simple. The emperor's money bag, someone dares to use their brains on it, it seems that this is the only possibility." Cheng Xuan understands the temper of drunkards too well, half of this remark is unwilling to say, and the other half is deliberately trying to make a fool of himself, so he hastened to tell The fat boss yelled, "Boss, bring me two jugs of the best wine for my teacher." Hearing this, the drunkard squinted his eyes and looked at him with a smile.

"Do you know what is the relationship between the Chilong Chamber of Commerce and the royal family?" Sheng Xuan was taken aback, "What is the relationship? The interest relationship, every year the Chilong Chamber of Commerce provides a large amount of funds to the royal family, which is a donation in name but is actually a political bribe. A little money wins the support of the royal family." But the drunkard couldn't help laughing, "You are too naive, if that's the case, how many big chambers of commerce will rush to do it, why the royal family only pays special attention to the Chilong chamber of commerce?"

Hearing this, Shengxuan immediately felt that this matter is really not that simple. It is true to say that He Lianzan has brains, but in the face of those established chambers of commerce with a century-old reputation, it is far from impossible to rely on brains alone for more than ten years. This allowed him to quickly rise to the position of the boss of the chamber of commerce, and which one of those established chambers of commerce is alienated from the royal family?But Chilong can do some business that obviously touches the interests of the country. This is not something that can be justified by a simple sentence of good relationship. I didn't have time to think about it before, but now that the drunkard said it, he had to think about it.

"What is the relationship between Helian Zan and the royal family? Could it be that the royal family is manipulating the chamber of commerce under the guise of his hand?" The drunkard nodded slightly. Confused about what this has to do with the queen, but he really didn't know about this question alone, so he shook his head and continued to say, "The queen's surname is Yao and she is from Qiling, and Helian Zan of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce is also from Qiling. Empress Dowager He Yueqianlan is also from Qiling. Do you think this is just a coincidence? You must know that Helian is an ancient surname, and there are very few people who keep this surname now. Later, this surname formed several branches, and one of them is the Yao surname."

Hearing this sentence is no less than a thunderbolt sounding above Shengxuan's head. If it is just a competition for interests in the business field, I can't be too involved in it, but this matter obviously designed the relationship between the royal family, so the nature is It is very different.

He hurriedly told about the badge, but the drunkard shook his hand when he heard it, and half of the wine in the bowl was spilled, and then the drunkard put down the bowl with a wry smile, and said while shaking off the wine on his body, "it seems This badge is a secret, but I just happen to know it." Seeing his complacent expression, Sheng Xuan really wanted to flatten his face, even at this moment, he was still in the mood to show off, so Shouted to the boss, "Boss, prepare a month's worth of good wine for my teacher." Hearing this, the drunkard finally showed a satisfied smile, stretched out his hand and stroked his hair, "I didn't realize that your apprentice is still so filial. I really love you for nothing." Sheng Xuan shook his head angrily, dodged his hands, and could not help cursing inwardly, "A black-hearted alcoholic will take the opportunity to rip you off, buy more wine and drink to death."

The drunkard suddenly leaned into his ear and said, "That badge is the badge of the elder, the headmaster's private army." This sentence was even more earth-shattering, shocking Cheng Xuan completely numb.

The drunkard continued with a smile, "Do you know any stories about the elder's family? Huangfu Yixin has only one son, Huangfuji, and Huangfuji's wife is Ka Xiangqing, the fourth princess of Sanmiao. Now you know why those goods were robbed. It will be sent directly to Sanmiao."

Chengxuan really admires the drunkard now, he never said these things at all, he seemed to be as clear as he saw it with his own eyes, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong, "Since you said it was them who did it, but Chilong was originally with him. San Miao has business dealings, even if the Great Elder acts for the benefit of San Miao, what good will it do him? Does the Great Elder not know the relationship between Chilong and the royal family? This is obviously unlikely. Is the royal family an open enemy?"

"Although the Chilong Chamber of Commerce has business with Sanmiao, it strictly controls the type and quantity. The business with Sanmiao is far from meeting the demand. On the contrary, it has aroused the desire of the Sanmiao people. They hope to get a large number of young people. Qiu Weapon made himself stronger, so the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce was a stumbling block for them. If this is the case, it is not difficult to explain, besides, the Elder House has a tendency to override the king's power in recent years, and the elders have publicly opposed the emperor's decree. Not once or twice, are you still afraid of doing something to a small chamber of commerce?"

After hearing the drunkard's words, Shengxuan finally had a clear understanding of this matter. It seemed that this was no longer a simple competition for business interests, but an outright power struggle.

I'm afraid Jingman is involved in this, because this batch of goods is [-] excellent hand crossbows, and there are also a large number of fine iron arrowheads. It poses an even more terrifying threat. You must know that the hand crossbows produced by Qingqiu are not just as simple as having a long range and high accuracy. The most terrifying thing is that these batches of hand crossbows are all fired in three bursts. s price?

San Miao was afraid that Jingman would be threatened by these hand crossbows, so he did not hesitate to use force to stop this transaction. At the same time, he could also eradicate the Chilong Chamber of Commerce, thereby breaking their monopoly on weapons. There are other chambers of commerce to take over the weapons business. At that time, there will be great elders who will deal with them. I am afraid that the benefits obtained will not be so simple. Besides, Sanmiao buys weapons in exchange for the passage of Nanming goods, which is such a large sum. How many people can resist the temptation of wealth passing under their noses?
After a thorough analysis, Sheng Xuan already understood the whole story, but his intimacy with Helian Zan still prevailed. For the sake of this brotherly friendship, what's the big deal even if he wants to be an enemy of the Elder's House?

Knowing the whole story, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and smiled at the drunkard, "Thank you teacher for telling me this, then I'll go first." Then he turned around and left the tavern.

The drunkard looked at his back and smiled helplessly, "It's a young man after all, he never knows what the danger is, let him hone it himself."

Back at Chilong Chamber of Commerce, Shengxuan hurriedly told Helianzan what he knew, but the other party didn't seem surprised, as if he already knew that this was the case, which made Shengxuan doubtful in his heart, but Helianzan Zan's next words dispelled his doubts again, "Actually, I thought it might be the elder's hands and feet, but there is no evidence, because he mentioned the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce several times at the meeting of the elders' house, because the royal family The relationship and the prime minister's dealings with it didn't make it. I didn't expect him to jump over the wall and use force, but this move was really insidious. It not only completely wiped out our private army, but also almost caused the chamber of commerce to close down. But the next thing is us Laugh and they cry."

In the past few days, the Chilong Chamber of Commerce has been crowded with merchants negotiating business again, and the chamber of commerce on the verge of bankruptcy has resumed its operation, and Shengxuan has also helped the chamber of commerce to contact a group of reliable experts to supplement the losses of the private army, but these people are already lazy. Therefore, it is impossible for them to stay in the chamber of commerce like a private army, and they can only be used like mercenaries. These people all expressed their gratitude to Shengxuan for giving them this opportunity to make money, and also made him a lot of favors , This may be the income he has already thought about.

Finally, news came from Qingqiu. Except for a small part of the magic crystals being sold, most of them are still in the hands of the robbers. However, they have contacted Qingqiu's weapon workshop several times, and it seems that they are eager to sell Since they were in a hurry to take this hot potato, it was our chance, so Shengxuan rushed to Qingqiu with his people.

Shengxuan came to Qingqiu for the first time and couldn't help but feel that everything was so novel, especially the handicraft workshops that can be seen everywhere, and the exquisite items produced by those workshops, making people feel that Qingqiu is a beautiful, rich and peaceful country, but they The weapons produced are the most vicious human weapons.

Qingqiu has been completely reduced to Lone Bamboo's vassal for more than a hundred years, so the language here is already Lone Bamboo language, which saves him a lot of trouble, but Qingqiu people still like to use Qingqiu language when talking, especially This was especially the case when they were worshiping gods and chanting scriptures. What surprised him the most was the belief of the Qingqiu people, who even told their gods when they ate and slept. He was so busy, but the temples in the city were full of people, which still shocked him. Could it be that a belief is so powerful?
The people from the chamber of commerce led him to the largest weapons workshop in Qingqiu. Seeing that the master craftsman was instructing the craftsmen to make weapons, they couldn't help coming over curiously. The craftsman was making a two-handed epee. The piece of refined iron was folded repeatedly, then calcined and then folded again. After doing this several times, it gradually formed the shape of a sword. It seemed that the process was quite simple, but after asking, I realized how much money an epee would cost. It took a month to build it, no wonder it has such a great reputation.

Seeing this process, he couldn't help but think of his own ghost howl, because the gap the size of a grain of rice has always been a heart problem for him. He believed that these skilled masters would be able to repair it, so he quietly took out the sword and handed it to the master. In front of him, "Master, I have a sword here, but there is a gap on it, can you help me see if it can be repaired?" The master glanced casually, obviously confused by the broken appearance, when he drew the sword out of its sheath, Immediately stunned by the sword, "Oh my god, this is like a magic weapon, young man, where did you get this sword?"

"This is a gift from a friend." The master didn't say anything when he heard this, but he could not stop touching the blade of the sword with trembling hands, as if he was caressing a beautiful bride. His face sank, "Young man, I have to say a few words to you, although this sword is yours, but it is the first time I have seen such exquisite craftsmanship, it should be regarded as the common wealth of our mankind, but But you don’t know how to cherish it at all. Look at the marks on it. I think it’s all caused by your improper use. You must know that a sword also has a soul. If you don’t cherish it, you will be punished by it sooner or later.”

Shengxuan knew that these people were somewhat fetish, and would feel distressed when they saw a good item being damaged, so he hurried forward and actively admitted his mistake, "The master is right, I was too young to cherish before, and when I understand But it has been severely damaged, so I want to use the master's hand to restore it, which is also my apology for it."

When the master heard this, he nodded in satisfaction, his expression was full of childish taste, but he shook his head immediately, "Oh, I'm afraid I can't repair it with my shallow skills, maybe such an exquisite one The artifact will be destroyed in my hands, how about I recommend you to go to Master Elis, I think maybe only he can repair this sword," but after thinking about it, the master changed his mind again, "I think I should bring it myself You go, Master Ellis has a weird temper, I am afraid he will be unhappy if you go so rashly, besides,,,,,,, maybe he will change his mind when he sees this sword."

Shengxuan heard that there was something wrong in the words. I'm afraid it's not just that Elis has a weird temper, but it's not easy to ask random questions. Since he wants to accompany him in person, of course he is very grateful.

The master led Shengxuan out of the workshop all the way, but after turning around, he came to a city. This city is called Keshaman, and it is an acropolis of the capital, because there is a small desert not far outside the city. , It is precisely because of the high-quality emery produced in this desert that the forging technology here is so excellent, and these fine sands are also necessary materials for masonry furnaces. Almost all well-known weapon workshops are built around Shacman, and the city is full of It is a workshop for daily items, so this city is also called the city of craftsmen.

All the large workshops in Qingqiu are several miles outside the city, but why did they walk into the city when they were looking for this Ellis?Doesn't the master stay in the workshop?Just as he was wondering, the master stopped and pointed at Sheng Xuan, "This is Master Elis's workshop." Sheng Xuan was dumbfounded when he saw it, and saw a small workshop with a A large pile of metal plates and bowls, these things are extremely delicate, but I can't imagine why Ellis, who can make the master so respectful and even fearful, is in such an ordinary workshop.

The master whispered to Shengxuan, "You wait for me outside first, I will go in and inform Master Elis, and if he is willing, I will come out and call you." Seeing that the master is so serious, Shengxuan had no choice but to do so, but he did not expect that the master had just entered Soon, there was a rattling sound inside, and a person was shouting angrily, "Get out, get out, how many times have I said that I will never make weapons again, you villains, murderers, get out of my workshop." Seeing the master crawling out in a state of distress, his clothes had been torn a few holes, and his face was still bruised and bloodshot.

The master escaped scrambling and crawling, and the roar in the workshop gradually disappeared, and he stabilized his mind, and said to Sheng Xuan with an embarrassed face, "I'm really sorry, Master Elis is in a bad mood today, I forgot today is His son's memorial day, well, let's go back."

Shengxuan was helpless when he heard this, but since he came here, he still had to meet the master, even if he was kicked out, he could at least prove that he had been here, so he said to the master, "Why don't I go in with my own things, maybe he sees this Will the sword change your mind?" The master hesitated several times, and finally nodded, "Then you go in and have a look, but don't argue with Master Elis, if he disagrees, come back quickly." Sheng Xuan nodded and walked directly into the workshop.

Before he could see the person, he heard the roar inside, "Get out, how many times have you said this, get out of here,,,,," Sheng Xuan was unmoved, but gently pulled out the ghost roar, and then stretched out his finger on the spine of the sword With a light flick, the clear and crisp dragon chant sound immediately lingered in the entire workshop, and the cursing sound inside also stopped abruptly.

Shengxuan continued to move rhythmically, suddenly a black shadow rushed up, snatched his sword, and then ran outside to taste it carefully in the sun, while constantly praising in a low voice, "It's really ingenious, it's simply A masterpiece of God, it is a gift from God to be able to witness such exquisite craftsmanship in this life, alas, what a pity," then turned to Sheng Xuan and shouted, "Hey little guy, is this sword yours?" Sheng Xuan Nodding his head, Elis rushed over and grabbed his collar, "How can you spoil the masterpiece of God like this? Look at how you damaged this sword?"

From the eyes of ordinary people, Ellis must be a lunatic, because today is his son's memorial day, and his son refused to listen to his persuasion, and insisted on taking the next order to cast the sharpest sword in the world, but the sword was not cast. Cheng himself became a dreamer and became a demon and finally lost his life. From then on, Ellis vowed not to forge swords in his life, but today he couldn't help but rushed forward when he heard the ghostly howling sound, and almost fought with Shengxuan, but it was also It just shows that his favorite is still casting swords, which is not a complex that can really be parted with those few vows.

Shengxuan quietly listened to Elis's cursing with a humble face, and it took a long time for Elis to recover, throwing the ghost screaming to him, and then walked slowly into the workshop, Shengxuan hurried away Two steps said politely, "I'm here to ask Master Elis to help me restore this sword. I know it's my fault that it was damaged because of my fault, so I'm willing to pay any price to make up for it now." People at the monster level have to pretend to be pious when they speak. As expected, these words moved Elis. He stopped and thought for a while, then shook his head, "I also want this artifact to regain its luster, but I really want to I can't do anything, I really can't repair this sword. If I force it to be repaired, I'm afraid it will only destroy him. Maybe only the dwarf master Hodhek can repair it in this world, but it's just a legend. No one has seen him, and if he If he is still alive, he is probably already a thousand or hundreds of years old."

Hearing this, Shengxuan couldn't help being disappointed, could it be that this Ghost Howler really couldn't be repaired?He couldn't help deeply regretting that he used it to chop rocks and firewood.

Elis took two steps towards the workshop but stopped, "I can feel the powerful sword soul hidden in this sword, but the feeling that makes me shudder tells me that this sword is probably a real sword. It is a murderous weapon in the world, I hope you will use it less in the future, lest your soul be swallowed by the sword soul and turn you into a murderous demon king."

Elis took another two steps but stopped again. Just as Sheng Xuan was about to turn around and leave, he heard his voice, "This sword is not in its complete form yet, because the eyes on its hood should be inlaid with two pieces. Magical gemstones, if you can retrieve these two gemstones, maybe this sword soul will be revived, and then maybe you will find a way to repair it.” This time Elis really went back, Shengxuan savored his words, although He didn't fix Gui Xiao, but at least he knew some other useful things, so he still bowed respectfully to the workshop entrance.

(End of this chapter)