star hunter

After handing over the watch, the middle-aged man handed him a number plate with numbers on it, and pointed at him casually: "You can choose freely, and when you're done, go to the calculus machine over there and wait for it to be cut. "

Zhong Yuncong was holding the sign, dumbfounded: "I handed over such a valuable thing, just give a sign? Are you too... too casual?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked him up a few times, and then showed a meaningful smile: "Brother, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?"

"Uh... this is my first time here." He didn't have the nerve to say that he really didn't know, so he replied vaguely, but the other party was very smart, and he knew that the young man didn't even have half a bucket of water , I guess I don't know much about Jade, and I don't know why I came here to join in the fun.

However, if he has money to earn, he will naturally not refuse: "We are sneaky here...you know what I mean?"

Zhong Yun saw him with a smile on his face, but there was a hint of warning in his tone, and he immediately realized: This is a black market, the kind that doesn't pay taxes.

He nodded quickly: "Ah, I understand, I understand." Then he added: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret!"

The middle-aged man nodded with a smile and walked away.Zhong Yuncong breathed a long sigh of relief, and was about to bend down to pick wool, but was stopped again.

He turned around helplessly, but this time it was Xiaotao.

Her thin face was tense, and her slender eyebrows were slightly frowned: "This risk is very high, you...you should think twice."

Zhong Yun knew that the girl was worried about him, so he smiled at her comfortingly: "Don't worry, I know it."

Xiaotao's sad expression remained undiminished: "Can you read it? I heard it's hard to see."

Zhong Yuncong scratched his head, and approached her ear mysteriously, paraphrasing what the fat boss at the entrance had scolded him earlier: "I don't even understand fart."

Xiaotao's complexion changed slightly, and she opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Zhong Yuncong's hiss: "But, I can do tricks~ Just keep your eyes open and watch."

The girl's eyes really widened, she looked full of curiosity but didn't dare to ask, Zhong Yuncong smiled, turned around and began to pick wool.

The other people were holding the stones to observe carefully, and they were holding strong flashlights in their hands, and they kept taking pictures of the leather shells. ], so dense, still pine needle-shaped, the probability of green is absolutely high!"

"There are several snake belts [Note 2] on my piece! Two of them are still growing on the pine flowers, there must be green!"

"This one is good for me! The whole piece is covered with silk [Note 3], and there are a few pine flowers on it, absolutely top-grade!"

Zhong Yun never understood any of the words that popped out of their mouths, such as "songhua", "python belt" and "Xiao'er", they were almost like the Arabian Nights.

Although he knows nothing, he can cheat.

I'm really sorry everyone, the young master is born to be the strongest king, and he is not on the same level as you bronze primary school students.

Although he was about to go to heaven in his heart, Zhong Yuncong was still relatively restrained. He also pretended to splash water on the wool, and when he was done, he took a strong flashlight to shine back and forth.

In fact, he didn't see anything, he just took the opportunity to touch the wool and give full play to his special talent.

He fumbled for no less than four and fifty yuan, many of which were green, but Zhong Yuncong was not satisfied. Emerald is very important for water. He bought such a commemorative watch, so he had to change it back no matter what. Great value for money.

Zhong Yun has never understood jadeite, but he can also tell the difference from the different greens he perceives - the color depth, the amount of impurities, and the degree of transparency are all simple criteria for judging. Although simple and crude, they are still quite effective of.

Almost two hours passed, and he felt that his fingers were going to be blistered, and he thought that panning for gold was really not that easy.

It took him a long time, but fortunately, there are very few people who can make a decision in an instant, and there are many people who are as slow as him.

Zhong Yuncong sighed, put down the piece of inferior material in his hand, and then his eyes fell on the half-meter-high piece of wool next to him. It was not small, weighing tens of kilograms by visual inspection.

He felt tired just looking at it, not to mention, his supernatural ability seemed easy without going to war, but it still took a lot of energy.

He was about to collapse from exhaustion right now.

He took a deep breath, looked left and right, made sure no one was paying attention to him, and pulled Xiao Tao's sleeve: "Help me cover it."

What he said was not clear, but Xiaotao still obeyed and stood in front of him.

Zhong Yun touched the surface of this gray-black stone with his fair and slender fingers, closed his eyes, and began to concentrate on exploring.

Xiaotao paid attention to his every move, and noticed that his face was expressionless at first, and after a few minutes, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face, but after a while, the look of joy disappeared without a trace, and his brows frowned instead.

He interrupted the process of perception, opened his eyes, and murmured: "No way, there is only one layer?"

He almost wanted to give up this piece, but somehow, he rested for a while, closed his eyes again, and continued to grope.

Xiaotao noticed that this time he did it for about a quarter of an hour, presumably because the piece of wool was too big.

In the end, there was sweat running down his forehead, she was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and helped wipe it off with the corner of her sleeve.

He seemed to be ignorant, and it took almost 10 minutes before he finally opened his eyes. This time, his face was pale, but his brows and eyes were stretched, and there was an uncontrollable smile at the corner of his mouth: "That's it!"

>>>

Su Xian put his hands in his trouser pockets, leaned against the wall expressionlessly, and let the little woman look up and down, left and right around him, shaking her head from time to time, and still tsk-tsk.

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect, you actually begged me for another man~"

"Have you seen enough?" Su Xian was tormented by her wretched eyes, and urged distractedly, "Whether you want to help or not, let me tell you."

"Then," the lady with fluffy hair and a colorful body asked coyly, wriggling her fingers, "Is there any good for him?"

Because of her pretentiousness, Su Xian's stomach felt slightly uncomfortable, and he coughed dryly: "What benefits do you want?"

"Poodle" smiled shyly: "Look, how about that doctor Jibai...?"

The corner of Su Xian's mouth twitched, he corrected his facial expression, and said seriously: "No problem, I can tell you all his preferences, and I will also create opportunities for you to meet..."

"Oh, our boss is really decisive without any hesitation, and he really doesn't blink his eyes when he betrays his friends." "Poodle" covered his mouth and giggled coquettishly, "But you seem to have misunderstood what he meant."

Su Xian's eyebrows twitched, and he had an ominous premonition: "Then what do you mean?"

"I don't want to have sex with Dr. Zhang." "Poodle" stopped pretending to be reserved, and grinned, his eyes shining brightly, "I just want to sleep..."

"Okay, okay, don't go on, if he hears what you said, we both have to finish the game!" Su Xian hurriedly asked her to stop, and he could no longer look directly at the female hooligan: "Then what , can you wipe the drool off your mouth first?"

She smiled shyly, and really raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth: "I lost my temper, I lost my temper, please don't tell Dr. Zhang~"

Su Xian sighed and rubbed his temples with a headache: "No, do you have to make it so difficult for me?"

"Poodle" chuckled: "Then why don't you look for it~"

"Who said I'm going to look for him..." Su Xian said a few words before he couldn't continue under the teasing eyes of the other party, so he changed his excuse and sneered: "Do you know why I'm looking for that guy?" ? Because that bastard took away a coat from me and still owed me a month's rent, I came to him purely to ask for a debt, there is no other reason."

"Hey," "Poodle" covered his mouth exaggeratedly and smiled coquettishly, "I'm not very interested in the things between you and Brother Zhong, so there's no need to explain it to me so deliberately~"

"..." Su Xian said that he didn't want to talk to this woman anymore.

The side of "Poodle" is relentless: "Then do you agree or not?"

Her boss spread his hands helplessly: "How can I agree? I'm not Zhang Jibai, and I can't learn the ability to influence other people's will."

"It doesn't matter, you have so many means, there must be something that will come in handy."

Seeing the woman's eyeballs rolling, Su Xian was afraid that she would get more and more outrageous, so he quickly changed the topic: "Okay, okay, let's talk about Fenghuaxueyue another day, but it's my favor, you have to do it now help."

The curly-haired lady seems to be taking on a ladylike style recently, she has to cover her mouth every time she laughs, and the laughter still pops out word by word, which makes Su Xian feel hairy.

"Hey, who told you to be the leader, you can't do it if you don't agree~"

Su Xian raised his eyebrows: "Then let's..."

"Just whatever." "Poodle" didn't seem to notice his anxiety, and still said slowly, "My nose is good at finding people, but you also need to look at the range. You don't even know which direction he is going. If you go, the range is equivalent to the entire East City. There are so many smells in this person, even if I have another nose, I won’t be able to smell it.”

"Then I advise you not to think about Zhang Jibai." Su Xian dropped this sentence indifferently, turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by the sleeve by the "poodle": "You really turned your face and refused to recognize anyone." Ah~ haven't I finished my words yet?"

Su Xian turned around and looked at her with burning eyes: "Then do you have any other options?"

"The most effective way to find people in such a large area is crowd tactics." "Poodle" smiled slightly, "As long as he doesn't leave the 'isolated island', there will always be people who have seen him. Then let's find more people to ask, ask If there are more, we will naturally get his whereabouts."

Su Xian's eyelashes moved slightly: "I know what you mean. But after all, this is not an official business, and it is not good to use the resources of the bureau..."

"I know, it's your private matter~" "Poodle" dragged out his tone, and teased his leader meaningfully, "It's not good to use the intelligence network in the bureau for private matters."

Su Xian ignored her teasing: "Don't be a fool."

"You forgot, we have one. He is different from us. He is not a supernatural being. He finally entered the Administration Bureau. In order to prove his ability, he not only trained hard, but also raised a lot of informants." Poodle" showed a subtle smile, "Many people said that his behavior style is more like the previous 'police'."

Her directivity was obvious, and Su Xian understood immediately: "You mean Huo Jing?"

"That's right, it's the 'individual killing machine' in our bureau." "Poodle" smiled and nodded: "The informant network in his hand will definitely help you."

Su Xian lowered his eyes to hide his wandering gaze: "He...may not help me."

"Poodle" raised his eyebrows: "Why? Do you have any festivals?"

He shook his head, unwilling to say more: "It is he who is prejudiced against me."

"Poodle" is very interested in this kind of gossip, but she also understands that now is not the time to ask about it, so she flicked her messy hair: "It's okay, I just come forward. He will definitely give me face."

Hearing this, Su Xian's expression was a bit strange: "You won't give him too... I heard that guy is not good with supernatural beings, so arrogant, he will talk to you?"

"Poodle" gave him a sideways look: "Hmph, underestimating my old lady's charm, the consequences will be very serious."

Su Xian shrugged his shoulders: "Since you said so, then please."

"Don't worry, leave it to me~"

The "poodle" turned around charmingly and left. Su Xian looked at her back, shook his head and laughed, but after a while, he suppressed his smile and his face sank.

"You better not let me find it."

>>>

The huge piece of wool that Zhong Yuncong selected has already been placed on the understanding stone machine.

At the same time, a heavy piece of wool was also placed on another piece of equipment next door, ready to start work.

The two rock-dissolving machines were working simultaneously, attracting many onlookers who kept commenting on the two stones.

"Although the one on the left is a bit smaller, the pine flowers are so bright on the surface, and there are several python belts growing on it! I can't see it."

"On the other hand, the one on the right is big, and there is green on the leather shell, but this piece of green is too big, I'm afraid it's only one layer!"

"That's right, didn't you say 'I'd rather buy a line than a piece'? This color looks good, but I'm afraid it won't sink."

"I think ninety-nine percent will not sink."

Listening to these people's comments, Xiao Tao looked at Zhong Yuncong worriedly, she could tell that the watch was very important to him, and she didn't want him to lose everything.

Zhong Yuncong smiled at her, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I won't fail."

Xiaotao nodded, remembering his strange behavior when choosing the stone, and looked at the big stone curiously.

The two rock breakers adjusted the position of the saw blade one by one, the front and rear feet, and pressed the buttons respectively, and began to operate the saw blade to cut the wool.

The moment the saw blade came into contact with the stone, fine stone foam flew across, Zhong Yun pulled Xiao Tao back a little, but kept staring at the stone breaker all the time.

Although he was confident, it was his first time playing stone betting, so he was somewhat excited and did not want to miss a second.

The saw blade sank slowly, making a noisy rubbing sound, but in this quarry, no one would find the sound harsh. Everyone was watching the process wholeheartedly, and secretly guessed the result.

If this knife goes down, will it go up or down?

Soon, the noise subsided, only the sound of the machine itself was left, and the wool was split into two with a bang.

The two machines also stopped at almost the same time. Everyone looked over eagerly. The two pieces of wool were left and right. The results of the first cut were completely different.

The smaller one on the left is still gray-white rock, while the big one on the right is a pleasing piece of Zhengyang green.

There was a small exclamation from the crowd, but the owner of the wool on the left was calm: "Don't worry, let's make a second cut."

Judging by his appearance, he is full of confidence.

As for Zhong Yun cutting out a large piece of Zhengyang green [Note 4] from this side, he did not see him smiling. Xiao Tao turned her face to the side and asked in a low voice: "Is this considered finished?"

Zhong Yuncong shook his head slightly, and then heard the discussion next door: "The piece on the left is probably a line of 'belt green [Note 5]'. Although the area is not that big, it is better in thickness. I am still optimistic about it. "

"The piece on the right has this beautiful water color, but no matter how I look at it, I think it's 'relying skin green [Note 6]', which is unreliable."

"Wait for the second cut and you'll know."

Soon, the two devices were readjusted, ready to make a second cut.

It was another short but difficult process, and the result of this second strike was another earth-shaking upside down.

This time, the colors of the two sides changed dramatically.

The woolen material on the left is emerald green. Although it is not wide enough, it is thicker. As for the big guy on the right, this time, except for the initial thin layer of green, it is gray and completely rocky.

"Sure enough, it's 'belt green'!" The people who had guessed the result before cheered, "The water color of this clock is not bad, no matter what, I can make some noodles, and it's so expensive!"

The owner of the piece of wool took back his own wool amidst the congratulations of everyone, and when he passed by Zhong Yuncong, he patted him on the shoulder incidentally: "It is risky to bet on stones, young people are still inexperienced... "

"I know." Zhong Yuncong replied with a smile, "However, I still need a third knife here."

As soon as this remark came out, someone sarcastically said: "This little brother, it seems that he still doesn't give up. What else can such a typical 'rely on the skin' do?"

Zhong Yuncong didn't seem to have heard of it, so he just walked to the edge of the stone machine and asked the stone breaker for a pen: "I have to make a third cut on this piece, but this time I have to cut it according to the line I drew."

Jie Shigong's eyes widened: This kid can't even choose wool well, can he still draw lines?

Of course Zhong Yuncong didn't know how to draw a line, so he just drew a rough line based on his previous memory, so that the stone cutter would know which direction to cut.

The stonebreaker looked at the crooked line suspiciously, but adjusted his saw blade and prepared to cut.

Anyway, this wool is his, and he can do whatever he likes.

The saw blade quickly started working again, and the stone foam flew, and after a while, the third cut was over.

The crowd of onlookers hadn't dispersed yet, and they felt that they couldn't cut anything, so they continued to wait, just wanting to make fun of the kid.

Xie Shigong shook his head at Zhong Yuncong: "No."

Everyone booed as expected, Xiaotao stared at Zhong Yuncong nervously, who smiled shyly: "I guess the line I drew was too crooked... Please grind the bottom right corner of the cut plane." Drop some stones."

The stone worker was stunned, and then looked at the lower right corner. After looking at it, he really found a little bit of greenery in the lower right corner. He picked up a strong flashlight to shine on it, and a mass of lush green light was immediately reflected inside the wool.

"Yo ho, there is really something hidden here!" He blurted out, and then transferred the remaining corner of the wool to a diamond grinding wheel, and started cutting and grinding.

Everyone didn't expect such a change, they all stretched their necks to watch, and after a while, the jade hidden in the corner showed the tip of the iceberg.

A touch of rich greenery appeared in front of everyone.

Someone looked at Zhong Yuncong in disbelief: "Could it be full of green?"

Another person was speechless: "If it is, then this kid is really lucky!"

After the wool was nearly polished, the entire piece of jadeite was peeled off, revealing the true face of Mount Lushan—about the size of two fists, verdant and transparent, with a slight blue tinge.

"Emperor Green! This kid has opened Emperor Green [Note 7]!"

"And there are not many cracks and miscellaneous, it is really the best!"

It can be said that there was an uproar, and the uproarious discussions almost rushed to the roof. Not only that, but the exclamation here also attracted the attention of the entire quarry.

"Cut up! Absolutely cut up!"

The veteran Jianghu who patted Zhong Yuncong on the shoulder hadn't left yet, and Yang Lu, who was holding him, felt very uncomfortable: he can be regarded as a cut-up, but compared with this kid, he is nothing.Thanks to him triumphantly teaching others a lesson, he really lost his old face!

After all kinds of envious, jealous and hateful eyes turned around the emerald for a few times, they would always fall on Zhong Yuncong in the end, which made Zhong Yuncong not even dare to show his complacency.

He was afraid of being killed by being too high-profile.

Against everyone's gaze, he pocketed the priceless emerald, then pulled Xiaotao and left.

Don't stay here for long.

Although the stone gambling was successful, the success was a bit too much. He, the strongest king, has probably become the focus of this trading market at the moment. He is used to keeping a low profile, and just wants to make a fortune in silence.

But things backfired, he wanted to leave quietly, but he was stopped before he even walked out the gate of the trading market.