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Chapter 309: Going to the Old Market
After Xu Yuan and Aunt Wang left yesterday, Miao Yan announced to the congregation: The two artifacts have been repaired and there shouldn't be any problems in the future.

There was cheering throughout the Champa Association, as they finally felt relieved.

Moreover, some careful members of the congregation noticed that Master Fei never mentioned the audit at all!
He was originally very critical of the Fire Master and never had a good face at all.

But just now, when Master Fire announced the news, Master Fei, who was standing behind him, actually looked at him with a smile!
Could it be possible that... our Champa Association can still survive the audit?
No one thought it was the Fire Master's credit. After all, the Fire Master stayed with them the whole day and was only called away by Master Fei when it was almost dark.

They secretly guessed that it was Lord Xu who supported the Fire Master.

Master Fei is giving face to the inspector of the Extermination of Filth Division!

In the corner, a fire master also noticed this and decided to send a secret letter to Shen Qingpeng early tomorrow morning to report that a key figure, Xu Yuan, had appeared in Champa.

It is necessary to pull Xu Yuan to his side in order to completely defeat Miao Yan and take Champa into his possession.

So, early in the morning, two secret letters were sent out from Huode Jishitang...

Miao Yan spent a lot of money to prepare a good horse for his messenger and also prepared some copybooks.

As soon as the messenger left, Master Fei couldn't wait any longer and urged him, "Let's go to the South City Patrol Office together."

There was nothing specific, Master Fei just wanted to stay with the Grandmother.

We haven't seen each other for so many years. The grandmaster might leave Champa at any time, and Master Fei doesn't want to waste any time.

Miao Yan accompanied him to the South City Patrol Office.

The fire master named Jiang Zhao watched secretly and curled his lips in disdain: Flatterer!

Are you so impatient to lick Lord Xu so early?
His dissatisfaction was entirely because... he couldn't lick Lord Xu yet.

When Aunt Wang saw them coming, she tried to give a kind smile.

It was now difficult for her face to make subtle expressions.

"You've come just in time. I've already deduced the sixth- and fifth-rate techniques. I'll give them to you first..."

What Aunt Wang left to the Sanniang Society was not her own inheritance.

But it was something I got accidentally when I was making my way around.

So we need to deduce it.

Things in Hegong Lane cannot be passed on to outsiders.

Master Fei quickly stepped back, waving his hands repeatedly: "Madam, you should wait until Waimiaozi and the others arrive before you take it out."

Miao Yan was shocked in the back: I have deduced it...

The grandma is so strong!

Shen Qingpeng spent ten years visiting many sixth-rate alchemy practitioners, but was unable to develop this practice to the sixth rate.

The grandmaster deduced to the fifth level in just one night!
Li Yichuan is no longer around. If he saw this scene, he would immediately decide to give Mr. Xu a dividend of at least five thousand taels at the end of the year!

Master Fei refused to take it and quickly changed the subject: "Madam, what work do you need to do here?"

Aunt Wang suddenly realized that she seemed to have returned to decades ago.

At that time, she had just rescued these beggars. These little guys lacked a sense of security and tried hard to show their value in front of her.

So I come early every morning to help myself with the work.

Tidying up the house, sweeping the yard, washing clothes and cooking, massaging the waist and back...

"No need, you are already old, and you are still a master."

"Yes, it's mainly because I'm old and my legs aren't very flexible, so I can't do some heavy work..."

While they were chatting, Xu Yuan called Miao Yan aside to question him.

After listening to what Master Xu said, Miao Yan asked, "Master, are you looking for the old market?"

Seeing Xu Yuan didn't understand, Miao Yan quickly explained: "After the big market is the old market.

The big market is held during the day and disperses at night. The old market follows the big market and occupies the night time.

There is indeed such a gathering in Champa, but…"

Miao Yan hesitated, but Xu Yuan saw through him immediately: "Is it a market for evil spirits?" "It's not just evil spirits, but it's mostly evil spirits, especially the ones setting up stalls at the old market, most of them are evil spirits.

There are evil spirits within the city, and there are also evil spirits from the surrounding mountains that have come here specifically.”

Xu Yuan nodded: "Can you come in?"

"You can go in...but if you want to go, you must not reveal your identity as an official." Miao Yan still didn't dare to say it directly: "Besides, there are some things in there, I'm afraid you will get angry if you see them.

Also, you don’t need money to buy things there.”

"For what?"

"Well... the best thing is of course a living person, followed by a soul. Good materials and crafts can also be traded.

Even if adults catch some evil spirits, they can use them to exchange for things."

"Evil spirits are also okay?" This was beyond Xu Yuan's expectations.

"Living beings buy and sell slaves, and so do demons. Furthermore, some demons have particular tastes and prefer to eat other demons."

Evil spirits eat people and also eat evil spirits.

They have absolutely no concept of being "of the same kind".

Eating one's own kind will further increase one's strength.

Miao Yan asked curiously, "Your Excellency has a good relationship with Zhang Lao Ya, why don't you ask him to take you in?"

Others didn't know that Zhang Laoya was dead.

"Mr. Zhang?"

"He has a shop in the old market in the city—there are only three living people in the entire Xiaoxi Temple old market, and they have shops inside."

Xu Yuan cursed inwardly, Zhang Lao Ya had so many secrets hidden.

But on second thought, he studied commercial law and ran a pawnshop, so it was not surprising that he got involved in the old market.

"Could the treasure he promised me be in Lao Ji's shop?" Xu Yuan guessed in his heart and decided to find a way to sneak into his shop after arriving at Lao Ji to take a look.

"Don't worry," Xu Yuan reassured Miao Yan, "I'm just going in to see if there's anything I need. I can control my temper."

Miao Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, we can travel at night today. There's a fair going on. I'll take you there tonight."

"Is there a big fair during the day? I want to go and see it."

"Not today. The big gathering of living people happens once every two weeks."

The old market in the city is near the ruins of an old temple in the west of the city.

This "Xi Miao Ji" has a long history.

It existed before Huang Ming came.

There are seven or eight villages outside the west gate, not far from Champa, making it very convenient to enter the city.

At that time, the poor people in Champa lived in the west city, and a large market was held every two weeks around the temple of the Jiaozhi local god.

After the Ming Dynasty conquered Jiaozhi, the Daji was interrupted for several years.

Because the temple was destroyed by the Shanhe Division.

The once bustling temple is now reduced to ruins.

The big market was restored a few years later. Even though most of the poor people now live in the south city, they still go to "Xiaoxi Temple" to go to the market because of habit.

During the day today, the Li family happened to come and take care of the Xuanguang bamboo paper matter, so Xu Yuan helped to deal with it.

The main thing was to rent some warehouses in Champa and sign contracts for transporting bamboo paper with several ship owners in advance.

By personally participating in this process, Xu Yuan's business law knowledge has grown a little bit.

Before dark, Master Fei went back by himself.

Xu Yuan searched Zhang Lao Ya's room carefully, then changed into ordinary clothes. When he went out, he saw Miao Yan standing in front of a carriage waiting for him. "Sir, please get in the carriage. Let's go to Xiaoxi Temple."

(End of this chapter)