[I had something to do yesterday, so I apologize to you and make it up today.] 】

From Luoyang to Xiangzhou, it took ten days.

The seat of Xiangzhou is located in Anyang, and this city is located on the main road connecting the north and south, and the north and south city gates have always been the most lively. Now because of the Yinxu incident, it is even more lively.

Getting off the carriage, Zhang Xiang only felt that his bones were about to be torn apart. Turning his neck, he rattled twice, after all, the years are unforgiving. is in his forties, still running around outside, and his body and bones are naturally unbearable.

Walking into the inn in front of him, Zhang Xiang directly reported his name. The smile on the innkeeper's face was even more modest, and the flesh on his cheekbones was piled up: "But the shopkeeper of Jiguxuan in the capital?" The servant had already set up an upper room, which was at the back of the courtyard. Brother Lingfu Nineteen has just left the city and has not yet returned. ”

Zhang Xiang nodded and was led into the backyard.

This inn is between the restaurant and the foot shop, and the merchants who come and go from the south to the north live the most. I went to the upper room in the backyard, and the few I met on the way were all dressed as merchants.

However, the two people who passed by after the most disappointment, Zhang Xiang felt that they had a similar taste to himself.

'The nose is really more than a spirit. ’

Retracting his gaze from behind the two men, after only a few glances, Zhang Xiang had already confirmed their identities.

Zhang Xiang has always claimed to be the second shopkeeper of Ji Gu Xuan, and came to Xiangzhou to receive the goods, but in fact, the brand of Ji Gu Xuan is hung by people all over the world, no matter how vulgar it is, if you want to check the details, you can't find it out for a year and a half.

Zhang Xiangzhi said, the most important thing in his business is a reasonable identity, walking in the countryside, buying antiques of unknown origin, if there is no past identity that can be said, the probability of being caught directly in the government is even higher than that of selling smuggled salt, and the possibility of being hacked is even higher.

It's just that the risk is greater, and the profit is only greater. An antique dealer like him likes the old capital of the ancient city of all dynasties. Needless to say, Chang'an and Luoyang, the fame of Anyang, Xiangzhou, this month, in Zhang Xiang's line, he will have to catch up with Chang'an and Luoyang.

On the same day, he heard rumors in Banqiao Town, outside Kaifeng City, and Zhang Yuan even sent his clan brother to Anyang to fight the front station. I went back to Luoyang to deal with the big and small affairs in my hand, and I also rushed to Anyang with money.

The inns of this grade where Zhang Xiang stayed were all against the city gate. His brother Zhang Shijiu, who came here in advance, agreed to book a room at the first place in the east of the south gate, and if it was full, it would be postponed. So as soon as he entered the city, Zhang Xiang directly found a place.

It's just that Zhang Shijiu is out of the house now, and the person is not in the room. Push the door into the room, empty, no expensive furnishings, but clean and clean.

The kid who led the way withdrew and asked his companion to pack up, and Zhang Xiang casually unfolded a keju tabloid on the table—late autumn and winter were in full swing in the state keju leagues—but he glanced at it twice and threw it aside.

The Keju League here in Xiangzhou is hosted by the Han family's people behind the scenes, and it is also lively, but after all, it is still not as good as the capital and Luoyang. There are many dignitaries and nobles in Tokyo and Xijing, and they pay attention to their faces, even if they manipulate the results of the game, they do not dare to do it blatantly, so that gamblers also trust such a game. But Xiangzhou's side is a dominant company, just looking at the results of the last game in the tabloids, Zhang Xiang knew that there must be ghosts in it. That's how the ghost will go out to gamble.

The person Zhang Xiang wanted to wait for didn't let him wait too long. Half an hour later, a lean and lean junior pushed the door and picked it up, with slender hands and feet, neat manners, and looked very capable. It was Zhang Xiangxian who sent Zhang Shijiu to Anyang, Xiangzhou.

As soon as he saw Zhang Xiang, Zhang Shijiu said, "Brother is late." ”

"Nineteen, what do you say?"

"The price of oracle bones has gone up to heaven. The younger brother went outside for a while, and the oracle bones in the countryside, as long as they are in good condition, have risen to a consistent level, and those with more words have to add money. I only dared to buy two pieces first. ”

Zhang Shijiu took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and after five or six layers, there were several columns of small characters, yellowing and white tortoise shells.

Holding the tortoise shell in front of his appearance, he sighed, "Thank you so much to Master Xiao Han, if he hadn't uncovered the bottom, this keel would only be sold for the price of a bone, where can a piece be worth as much as it is now?" A month ago, I am afraid no one would have imagined that the words on the bones were so valuable. ”

"You don't want to think about how many peers come to Anyang to receive goods now?" Zhang Xiang said, took the tortoise shell, and didn't need to hold it in his hands, but still held it with a cloth bag. He just saw two, and there would never be too few peers who wanted to come to Xiangzhou City and do the same business with him.

Carefully placed the tortoise shell on the table, Zhang Xiangzai looked at it carefully, and took out a magnifying glass from his arms, shining on the oracle bone inscription that seemed to be painted on it.

Zhang Shijiu said on the side: "But now it's rising too fast." The villages below are all privately owned, and they just refuse to buy it like this, and they want to wait for it to rise a little higher. At this rate, in another month, I am afraid that the price will rise more than ten times. ”

Zhang Xiang held a magnifying glass, his eyes were focused, and he casually responded to Zhang Shijiu's words: "Wait for another month, there will be more fakes." The price may not be higher than it is now. ”

As Zhang Xiang spoke, he carefully examined the two pieces of high-value tortoise shells. After a long time, the companion had already packed up the salute, and Zhang Xiangcai raised his head: "It turns out that this is the ancient text of Yin Shang, no wonder no one has paid attention to it for thousands of years." When you see something, you know what the road is for. ”

Putting away the two pieces of tortoise shell, Zhang Xiang stood up and said to Zhang Shijiu: "Go outside first and explore the wind." ”

"My brother has worked hard all the way, and he won't take a break?" Zhang Nineteen asked.

"It's important to get down to business." Zhang Xiang seemed to have nothing to do on the surface, but in fact, he was very anxious in his heart, he came out this time, but he brought a lot of belongings, and he must not lose money.

Zhang Xiang and his entourage of three people only carried a little precious soft belt on their bodies and went straight out of the inn.

As soon as the three of them stepped out of the inn, they were greeted by a gong sounding in Dangdang, and a group of people knocked on two sides to break the gong, and entered the city from the south gate, attracting hundreds of onlookers at once.

Zhang Xiang and the three stopped to watch.

In terms of dress, this group of people are all farmers in the township. However, each of them carried a stick, held a long fork, and opened the placket of the chest, most of them were the identity of the Baoding in the armor.

Among the men, there were two other men, who were tied to poles by four horses, and carried them into the city gate. A treatment when you hit a bear and a big insect in the township.

"Which blind thief was captured alive?" Zhang Xiang looked at it from afar and said with a smile, "This is Hebei's armor!" ”

The Baojia Law has been implemented for many years, and the thieves who have crossed the border and plundered are often caught by the Baojia, which has gradually improved the local public order a lot, especially in Hebei and Shanxi, where the people are strong, and the end of the thieves is very miserable. In the old years, when Renzong was in the old years, the strongman passed through the county, and the situation of 'one gang more than one' no longer existed. There were also many more caravans and pedestrians on the road than in old years.

Zhang Shijiu squeezed into the crowd to inquire about the news, and after a while, he squeezed back with a pale face, "Brother, it's not good, it's Liu Leopard from the Daimyo Mansion who lost his wind, and said that he was caught digging people's graves." ”

Zhang Xiang's face also changed, Liu Leopard is a famous antique dealer on the rivers and lakes, why did he beat people as tomb robbers? Zhang Xiang has never heard of him making a cameo appearance as Captain Jin.

Standing on tiptoe and staring carefully at the two unlucky ghosts on the bar for a while, Zhang Xiang became even more puzzled, "Why didn't I see Liu Leopard?" ”

"Bao Ding was killed on the spot, and the head hung in front. When a person dies, his appearance is completely changed. But the scalded spot on his face, who else would it be if it wasn't Liu Leopard? ”

Zhang Xiang looked further, and the group had already walked away in the direction of the state government. He frowned, his eyes followed the person for a while, and then shook his head, still unwilling to believe it after all.

"Liu Leopard has been doing this business for 30 years, how many have you ever heard him do it himself? The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, but he has a net worth of more than 100,000 yuan, and last year he accepted a concubine, who was delicate and expensive, and he went into battle when he was crazy. If it weren't for the fact that this time it was a new deal, he would definitely be staying in the Daimyo's Mansion and would not have come to Xiangzhou at all. ”

Tomb robbers, like smuggled salt sellers, have their heads hanging from their belts and have a worse reputation. But Liu Leopard only cares about receiving the goods, even if he suffers retribution, he also suffers first as a thief.

"Maybe Liu Leopard is mostly anxious." Zhang Shijiu guessed, "The villagers in the township are clumsy and clumsy, and those tortoiseshell bone fragments will be broken if they are a little stronger, and how many can they go down with a shovel." It's not used to make medicine, it can still come in handy if it's broken......"

"No matter how anxious you are, you won't go into battle in person." Zhang Xiang didn't believe it, "Liu Leopard, I have dealt with him several times, and I never take risks." ”

Zhang Shijiu almost had to swear by a curse, but Zhang Xiang was still skeptical.

Suddenly, the two of them called from behind: "This is not Fifth Brother Zhang?" ”

When Zhang Xiang heard the sound and turned around, he saw a familiar face. Before he could react, he was dragged horizontally and vertically into the alley behind.

"Zhou Xiaoyi, what are you doing?" Zhang Xiang broke free and questioned angrily while protecting his clothes. He knows this person, and he is also a peer in a business, and he also has some friendship. It's just that Liu Leopard seems to have had an accident, which makes Zhang Xiang can't believe any outsiders, and hearing the sound of Zhang Shijiu and his companions hurriedly catching up behind him made Zhang Xiang feel a lot more relieved.

Zhou Xiaoyi lowered his voice and said hurriedly, "Liu Leopard, that fine person has lost his wind, why are you still so careless, Fifth Brother Zhang?!" ”

"Is it really Liu Leopard?!" Zhang Xiang glanced back at Zhang Shijiu.

"Who else could he be? The head has been cut off! I don't know where the corpse went, he saved hundreds of thousands of net worth, and he didn't even have a whole corpse in the end. ”

"It's a digging of a grave."

"Where is the digging of a grave? Competing with others for food is a crime. Zhou Xiaoyi clenched his fists angrily, "I've never seen such a desperate person...... Fifth Brother Zhang, Xiangzhou can't stay, someone wants to eat this deal. ”

"Who killed Liu Leopard?"

"Xu Xing Xu is bearded, he is a serious Anyang native of eight hundred." Zhou Xiaoyi said: "Fifth Brother Zhang, don't say that Xu Huzi's subordinates haven't seen you, those few are staring at you in the crowd." I don't know how many people have been targeted. Xu Huzi made up his mind to drive all outsiders out of Xiangzhou. ”

"Where did Xu Huzi come from to be so bold, who supported him!?"

"Behind Xu Huzi is someone from the Han family!" Zhou Xiaoyi sighed again: "As long as the Han family wants the business here in Xiangzhou, it will definitely be the Han family, and outsiders can't fight for it." ”