Well of Mystery

At around [-]:[-], Bai Xiuqi closed the door, went downstairs quietly, and came to the courtyard.Le Yaochun was already waiting for him in the cab of a small pickup truck.

"Just the two of us?" Bai Xiuqi asked before getting into the car, "How will the goods be moved later?"

"You don't have to worry about this, Shanren has his own plan."

As he spoke, Le Yaochun waved a pair of dusty old leather gloves on the dashboard: "Put them on, even this truck is no problem!"

"It's so amazing...could it be made of the skin of some ancient beast again?"

Bai Xiuqi was speechless, and then remembered a doubt that had been lingering in his mind for a long time: "You said that you have been working in the store since high school, how did you find Xuanjing Apartment in the first place?"

"Well, I actually have nothing to say."

Le Yaochun chuckled: "My parents often go on business trips, and my grandma lives in this city, so I also studied here. Later, my grandma passed away, and I refused to go back to my parents. I entrust it to her old friend Boss Shang."

He said it simply, but Bai Xiuqi immediately smelled something unusual—since Le Yaochun's mother knew Boss Shang, she probably wasn't an ordinary person.

Sure enough, perhaps because he was bored along the way, Le Yaochun continued to tell his own story.

It turns out that Le Yaochun, who is now reduced to a part-time job in a small Taobao shop, is still from a scholarly family.His parents were both university professors of folklore and senior intellectuals.They not only conduct academic research on paper, but also often "go deep into the grassroots" to face some events that cannot be explained by science for the time being.

It was also when he was "going deep into the grassroots" that his parents got acquainted with Shang Douxing.

"Young master, you may not know. There are actually many places like Xuanjing Apartment in this world, and each place has its own characteristics... Some of them are even taller than Xuanjing."

Le Yaochun said that when he was young, his parents took him to a tall building that looked a bit like a hospital and a bit like a police station.In the newly renovated hallway, the marble floor reflects the light of the lights.But every door is locked tightly, and the monitor is turning silently in the corner...

Another time, a group of men in black suits and black sunglasses suddenly came to the door and invited Le Yaochun's father.It took seven full days before the person was sent back.

Just as there are various groups and organizations in human society, goblins and ghosts often have various permutations and combinations.Low-key is their common characteristic, as if someone once set the rules for their world.

But looking around, Le Yaochun still thinks that Xuanjing Apartment is the most warm and casual, with the feeling of home.

"Sometimes monsters are more like people than people. But sometimes people are more like monsters than monsters."

The road in the early morning was unimpeded, and the pickup was speeding eastward all the way.The building edifice disappeared.The distant sky covered the horizon little by little.

The sea breeze brought melodious sirens.

"It's almost there!"

Le Yaochun fully opened the car window.Cheering and reaching out the window.

With his cheers, the truck climbed a gentle slope.At the moment of reaching the top, Bai Xiuqi's eyes suddenly brightened.

The endless, navy-blue sea lies quietly several kilometers away. Between the road and the sea, there is a large complex of labyrinth-like streets and alleys.

The sky is turning from pitch black to navy blue.But the lights in the streets and alleys are still bright, criss-crossing to form an airport runway-like pattern.

Le Yaochun yelled, "Hurry up", and rushed down the gentle slope with one kick of the accelerator.

The jewelry and jade wholesale market is on the east side of the pier. It is a large area of ​​low-rise tents. At first glance, it is no different from an ordinary vegetable market.But after Le Yaochun's introduction, Bai Xiuqi knew that dozens of tons of precious stones were traded and changed hands every day, and there were thousands of employees—this is not counting the skilled workers in the processing factory.

The market is large, so it is divided according to the material of the gemstone.Shang Douxing's Taobao store is engaged in the sale of religious supplies, so it generally only purchases some crystal caves and Qibao materials.There are not too many requirements for the appearance and texture.

What Bai Xiuqi wanted to buy was white crystal, which happened to be one of the seven treasures, so Le Yaochun led him directly to a familiar shop.

The pickup truck slowly advances in the alley of the market.

To be honest, after all, gemstones are not a seafood business that races against time, and there are not many people rushing to the morning market.About [-]% of the shops are closed.The ones that are barely open are just a small door opened on the shutter door, and a clerk is leaning against the door drowsily.

Bai Xiuqi also yawned because of the infection, turned her head and asked, "So there's no need for us to get up so early, is there?"

"Who says it's unnecessary?" Le Yaochun didn't take it seriously: "The excitement during the day is reserved for laymen, and the real good things are all shipped at this time."

As he said that, the pickup turned around at a T-junction, and drove backwards into the narrow alley that only allowed one car to travel alone.Bai Xiuqi jumped out of the car, and saw that in the dark alley, only the house at the far end was lit under the eaves, and there were still two red lanterns made of paper, and there was a bit of gloom in the joy.

"Boss, boss, I'm coming!" Le Yaochun was familiar with the road, and yelled as he walked over.

The red lantern shook twice in the wind, and the door opened.

What came out was a young man who was about the same age as Le Yaochun, with a pale face and a decent and delicate appearance.Maybe it's because the eyebrows have been trimmed so thinly that the whole face seems a bit masculine and feminine.

When seeing this young man, Bai Xiuqi's eyes widened suddenly, and there was a "thump" in his heart.

Familiar, very familiar, have you seen this person before?

But where is it?

Bai Xiuqi thought about it hard, but found that he couldn't get a result for a while.

In his ear, Jiang Chenglu called out again: "Huh? Who are you? I don't know you. You're new here?"

"Ah, yes..." The young man's answer was very vague: "I guess."

"What do you mean? Yes is yes, no is no!" Le Yaochun thought to himself that he was a regular customer, but he started to ask someone to train him: "The shopkeeper has never taught you, you must speak accurately, and you must not let the customer feel bad. Any doubts?"

"..."

The young man didn't seem to be eloquent, so he just nodded after being stunned for a long time.

At this time, another middle-aged man walked out of the door, and when he saw Le Yaochun, he greeted him with a smile: "It's Ah Chun, come to fetch things for Boss Shang again?"

"Uncle Gong." Le Yaochun also greeted the man with a smile, then turned around and introduced to Bai Xiuqi: "This is the shopkeeper, just follow me and call him Uncle Gong."

I saw Uncle Gong come out to smooth things over.The young man who didn't talk much immediately wanted to sneak back into the shop, but Uncle Gong grabbed his collar quickly.

"Here. This kid is my son Gongping, who has been out in the field all the time. He just came back to take care of the family's business in the past few days. In the future, I have to ask Ah Chun to teach you a lot."

"Ha, good talk, good talk!"

Le Yaochun was not humble at all, he took out today's purchase list while grinning, and before Uncle Gong could open his mouth, he pointed out that Gong Ping should lead him to see the goods.

I saw the old man staring at him, and the young man who didn't talk much could only obey obediently with a helpless expression.

Bai Xiuqi followed them into the store, and found that the store's front was not that big - there was a circle of glass containers against the wall.Inside were some plastic baskets.All covered with satin.It should contain various precious or semi-precious stones.

There was a small door in the southwest corner of the store, and Gong Ping, who was at the head, lifted the cloth curtain that covered the door, and Bai Xiuqi took a look inside and knew it was another evil door.

What was supposed to be Yimapingchuan Jewelry Market unexpectedly built a high-rise wooden structure, with colored silk hanging high above and below, and brightly lit.It's just like the ancient Goulan tiles.

Bai Xiuqi recalled that when he entered the alley just now, he didn't notice the existence of this pavilion at all, thinking that the good guy must be a pot again, and this store is really unusual.

Gongping led the way and led them into the first floor of the pavilion.

I saw a large dry pond in the shape of eight trigrams dug on the ground in the center of the room. The eight trigrams and the central Tai Chi diagram are all made of different kinds of broken gemstones, with a thousand jewels and auspiciousness.

It's really artistic, and it's almost the true biography of the tally clerk in the supermarket.

Bai Xiuqi thought to himself, and secretly asked Le Yaochun: "Didn't it be difficult to get the things in the pot sky to come from reality?"

"These are not produced in Hutianli. They are just used as a stack for storage." Le Yaochun replied: "The capacity is large, and it is also anti-theft. There was such an unlucky thief who kept looking at the carts during the day. Pull the gems inside, pry open the store door and lift the curtain at night to have a look, the latrine!"

"So we are standing in the latrine now?!" Bai Xiuqi decisively grasped the point.

Although Gongping didn't talk much.But the business is quite skilled.After learning that Bai Xiuqi needed the East China Sea White Crystal and the purpose of the crystal, he quickly estimated the approximate weight needed.

He led Bai Xiuqi to the edge of the gossip pool, and took a handful of samples to confirm. Bai Xiuqi didn't know how to do it, so he nodded happily.

Le Yaochun also purchased some goods on this floor, mainly pearls, corals and giant clams.Gongping only confirmed the sample and quantity of each item, but did not weigh them. The three of them just walked around the first floor, and then went up to the second floor along the stairs in the corner.

"The bottom ones are miscellaneous materials, and the top ones will be better."

A coral curtain hangs on the stairs on the second floor.When explaining like this, Gong Ping had already lifted the curtain, but Bai Xiuqi did not see the resplendent scene in his imagination.

On the periphery of the second floor, there are more than a dozen crystal caves against the wall, with an average height of about four or five meters. Crystal caves of this size are very rare in nature, and the price must be very expensive.

But compared to other things in this floor, these crystal caves seem to be nothing.

The room was dimly lit, and Bai Xiuqi had to widen his eyes.The first thing he saw was a huge glass tank, which contained many unnamed fish and shells, as well as living coral polyps breathing and breathing on the reef. It looked like a tank of sea water.

It was agreed that it was a jewelry store, how did it become an aquarium?

Bai Xiuqi continued to look forward with doubts, and finally saw an even more outrageous scene - in front of him was a huge glass cover that stood up to the sky, and inside the cover was reinforced a layer of barbed wire.Inside the barbed wire fence was a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves - looking closely, Bai Xiuqi was so frightened that his soul almost jumped out of his body.

A giant python five or six meters long was hovering on the tree, spitting dark purple snake letters towards this side!