Xuanxia

Chapter 236 Priceless
After seeing off Hua Wuying and Wu Changfeng, some of the Wulin Alliance disciples who were traveling with them had to rush back to Luoyi to inform Jiang Baichuan, while others had to immediately follow the instructions of their eldest brother, the Young Alliance Leader, and go to deal with the chaos caused by the Qianlong Post.

In the blink of an eye, the teahouse that was bustling just now became deserted, with only two people, two horses and a cart left.

"Brother." Tang Jiao looked at Fu Qingzhou and asked sweetly, "What about us?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled helplessly and took a sip of herbal tea: "Brother Hua has asked us to spread the news, so let's do it."

As he said that, he put down the bowl and turned to look at the tea shop owner: "Brother, can I ask you something?"

When he was killing people just now, everyone in the tea shop was watching. Some timid tea drinkers had already run away out of fright. The boss obviously wanted to run away too, but the shop was still there, and his entire fortune was estimated to be invested there. Where could he escape to?

So the boss could only hide in the corner and tremble.

Seeing Fu Qingzhou called his name, he trembled with fear, and said with a smile that sounded like crying: "Hero, I, I didn't offend you..."

"What are you talking about?"

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "Don't worry, I'm a very nice person - I just want to ask you, which is the largest town nearby and how to get there?"

The tea shop owner breathed a sigh of relief and pointed in the distance: "Go north from here for twenty miles, there is a fork in the road, take the left one and go northwest for another ten miles, and you will reach Hengfeng City."

"Thank you."

Fu Qingzhou nodded and smiled at him, then turned to look at Tang Jiao: "Jiaojiao, let's get going immediately."

They did not take the carriage again. The carriage was left on the official road. One person and one horse galloped towards Hengfeng City... After all, the carriage was too slow.

"Big brother!"

Tang Jiao urged her horse and shouted, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"We're running out of time." Fu Qingzhou didn't shout. His inner breath was so powerful that his voice easily overwhelmed the sound of horse hooves and wind. "The Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Gathering will be on August 15th. It's already mid-to-late June. It will take time for the news to spread. If we don't hurry up, there will be more bloodshed in the martial arts world."

Tang Jiao looked suspicious: "Then, big brother, how are we going to spread the news?"

"Of course we can't just find a restaurant or inn to chat. That would be too inefficient."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Professional matters should be done by professionals."

With the sound of galloping horses and the rising of dust, the journey of thirty miles was completed in the blink of an eye.

Soon, the two arrived at Hengfeng City, the largest city nearby, as mentioned by the tea shop owner.

This city is quite ordinary, not surrounded by mountains or rivers, but because it is located in a plain and is a transportation hub of official roads, it is well connected. Once you enter the city, you can see caravans everywhere. The commercial market is also very prosperous, and the streets are crowded with cars. It is indeed a big city.

Fu Qingzhou walked among them, leading his horse, his eyes constantly wandering over the signs of various shops, and finally locked onto a rather luxurious pawnshop called Wanbao Pawnshop.

There is a small Nebula Chamber of Commerce logo in the corner of the pawn shop sign.

"Let's go, this is it."

He laughed and walked inside with Tang Jiao.

There were quite a few people in the pawnshop. There were several waiters sitting behind the long counter. There were customers coming to the shop to pawn their things, and there were also some obviously wealthy people who gathered around the shelves of the pawnshop and observed carefully.

Pawnshops accept items according to the pawning principle - the pawner can redeem the items before the pawn expires; if no one comes to redeem the items after the expiration of the pawn period, the pawnshop will deal with the pledged items at its own discretion, either keeping them for itself or selling them again.

Obviously, the things on the shelf are expired pawn items, which have become commodities, so some people will come to pick them up.

This was the first time Fu Qingzhou had seen such a busy pawnshop since he came into this world.

He and Tang Jiao looked young and dusty, and it was obvious that they were not particularly rich. After entering the pawnshop, no one greeted them.

He didn't mind and waited in line quietly and obediently.

When it was his turn, the old official behind the counter window just glanced at him and started yawning, looking bored.

Fu Qingzhou smiled, took out the Nebula Order, and gently pressed it on the counter: "Brother, how much is this worth?"

The old Chaofeng rubbed his eyes, took a closer look, and his expression suddenly changed.

“Ouch, ouch…”

He quickly put on a smile and said, "This is a good thing, sir. Please come in, please come in!"

With a snap, the window closed, and the old clergyman ran out from the counter. In front of the surprised eyes of all the pawnshop customers, he led Fu Qingzhou and Tang Jiao into a small door at the side.

Just before the door closed, a scholar walked into the pawnshop.

The scholar's arms were filled with scrolls of calligraphy and paintings. He glanced at Fu Qingzhou's back as he entered the small door and closed it behind him. He murmured, "Why does he look familiar..."

If Fu Qingzhou looked back at this moment, he would definitely call out the scholar's name in surprise. Yue Heng!

This scholar was none other than Yue Heng, the scholar with whom Fu Qingzhou had protected for three days in the dilapidated temple and with whom he had a good relationship!

But at this time, Yue Heng did not recognize his good brother from the back, and Fu Qingzhou did not turn back.

As the small door closed, Yue Heng quickly turned his attention back to the calligraphy and painting in his arms.

He put on a smile, walked to the counter, and excitedly splashed the calligraphy and paintings onto the counter.

"Sir, please take a look at these values..."

Before he finished speaking, a sneer suddenly came from the side.

"Yue Heng?"

Yue Heng turned his head and saw a group of rich young men dressed in silk and satin walking towards him with disdain and arrogance on their faces.

They had just gathered around the pawnshop shelves to pick up bargains, and at this moment they noticed Yue Heng and started to move closer.

The leading young man looked slightly cold, and said with a fake smile: "How can you be so blind? You offended Master Lan, and you still want to make a living in the city? Get out of here quickly, there is no place for you in Hengfeng City!"

Yue Heng was startled and scratched his head: "Ah? Ah? I, I have offended Master Lan? How come I didn't know... and..."

He carefully looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Brother, who are you?"

The young man was immediately furious: "Damn it! I was right next to you that day, and you dared to say you didn't know me! How dare you humiliate me! Beat me up!"

Yue Heng looked puzzled, but seeing those dandy young men rushing towards him with their fists waved, he could only prepare to run away in panic.

But after running two steps, he thought of his calligraphy and paintings, and hurriedly turned back to get them... Because of this delay, he could not escape.

In a blink of an eye, those dandy young men rushed over and pinned Yue Heng to the ground.

The pawnshop was in chaos for a while. The fearful customers scattered. Yue Heng screamed in pain, and the playboys laughed wildly, beating and kicking him...

Fu Qingzhou didn't know all this.

After entering the small door and the backyard of the pawnshop with the help of the Nebula Order, he and Tang Jiao were invited into a quiet tea room.

The old court official respectfully brewed tea for them and said softly, "Young Master Fu, Miss Tang, are you here to make a deal? Or do you want to see if there are any guest missions for the White Square and want to earn some extra money?"

Tang Jiao was quite surprised that Lao Chaofeng called out her identity, and her beautiful big eyes immediately widened.

Fu Qingzhou had seen the capabilities of the Xingyun Chamber of Commerce before, so he was not surprised and laughed: "There is a deal."

He did not hide anything and told everyone what the Wulin Alliance was going to do next.

These things could not be secrets for an organization like the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, not to mention that we would be purchasing their services in the future.

The old official listened attentively, stroked his goat beard, and his expression gradually became solemn.

“So my request is simple.”

Fu Qingzhou said softly, "I just hope that the Xingyun Chamber of Commerce can spread the news I said quickly and widely... I wonder how much it will cost?"

The old court official nodded slightly, as if thinking for a moment, and then slowly said: "Young Master Fu, please wait a moment."

As he spoke, he took out an abacus from his arms.

"Young man, you don't know."

The old court official smiled and said, "I am Situ Chong, a Class A actuary of the Xingyun Chamber of Commerce. All the things that are difficult to price in the three provinces are calculated by me."

After saying this, Situ Chong lowered his head and started calculating with his abacus using his five fingers quickly.

The fingers on his abacus almost disappeared into afterimages, while his other hand was calculating something at the same time and he was muttering something.

Fu Qingzhou and Tang Jiao looked at each other, both quite surprised.

Can this thing really be priced?

Anyway, for Fu Qingzhou, he always thought that the Nebula Chamber of Commerce would roughly estimate the price of such abstract and difficult-to-price things based on the difficulty... But it seems that they actually have a set of calculation methods?

Situ Chong was fully focused, and after clacking away on his abacus for a long while, he stopped with a long sigh.

Then he smiled bitterly and looked up at Fu Qingzhou: "Young man, this matter... is priceless."

(End of this chapter)