Cui Zhongjiu is not a fool. He knows that Hou Xian looks down on him.
If your qualifications are not as good as others, your cultivation level is not as good as others, and you only earn a few spirit stones every month, how can you let this arrogant senior brother look into your eyes?
So in the early years, Hou Xian took the initiative to find him, and he rarely contacted him.
If you can't afford to offend me, can you still afford to hide?
But this time, Hou Xian took the initiative to contact him and actually asked for something from him.
Although he didn't help the other party and was embarrassed on the surface, he was secretly happy!
This happiness made me want to brag myself even more.
But he had been mediocre in the palace for decades, and he seemed to have nothing worth boasting about.
After pondering for a long time, he finally found the same thing.
"My clan uncle is indeed inseparable from me. I am responsible for the big business of hundreds or even thousands of spiritual stones."
This was all he boasted about, but he didn't expect that just these words would make it difficult for him to save his life.
why? Because before eating, he once said this:
"After dinner, I have something else to do. I have to meet someone on behalf of my uncle."
This sentence is actually a bit of a show off, showing that he is valued by the palace manager.
After drinking so much, he has forgotten his original words.
But Hou Xian didn’t forget it!
The two sentences were put together, and Hou Xian thought about it in his mind: to meet people on behalf of his clan uncle, and to deal with hundreds or thousands of spiritual stones, to show up for his clan uncle.
In other words, Cui Zhongjiu is probably holding hundreds or even thousands of spirit stones in his hands, ready to meet people!
Realizing this, Hou Xian suddenly became greedy.
As his mind turned, there was something in his hand. It was an intoxicating elixir that even a monk with perfect qi training would be fascinated by.
"After drinking this cup, it's time for me to leave, senior brother." Hou Xian's voice was filled with loneliness.
He picked up the jug and poured the wine for his junior brother himself. As a trick, the elixir fell into the wine and melted instantly.
Cui Zhong didn't doubt that he was there for a long time, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
…
A quarter of an hour later, Hou Xian opened his junior brother's storage bag.
450 low-grade spiritual stones, 4500 gold coins.
A total of 900 spiritual stones of property.
What a windfall! Hou Xian's eyes were gleaming, which was equivalent to the fact that he had been working hard outside for several years.
His grandma was a man who was neither rich nor rich. He glanced at his junior brother who was lying on the table, and he suddenly felt murderous.
He didn't feel uneasy about his conscience. He had been doing beheading business all these years and he didn't care about one more thing.
What's more, this junior brother is obviously close to his uncle, but he refuses to reach out to help him, which has already made him feel unhappy.
Recalling the entire meeting with his junior brother, he notified him using a transmission note and did not show his face at the palace at all. I just said something intentionally or unintentionally, so no one should know.
Besides, he already has a case on him, so what difference does it make if he has one more case and one less case?
In this case, there is nothing more to say.
He took out his sharp blade and prepared to give his junior brother a good blow.
Just when the sharp blade was about to pierce the opponent's chest, he suddenly felt something in his heart.
"Since it's a business, and there are 900 spirit stones here, shouldn't there also be the same amount of property over there?"
With Cui Zhongjiu's ability, the cultivation level of the people he deals with must not be much higher.
Why don't you go take a look? He weighed it again and again.
Youdao will kill the bold and starve the timid. Today may be the day when I, Hou Xian, will make a fortune.
He had an idea in his mind, and Cui Zhongjiu could save his life for the time being.
…
Cui Zhongjiu slowly opened his eyes, his mind still a little confused.
A fat, smiling face appeared in front of him.
He was agitated and felt that something was wrong.
Turning his head to the side and seeing the storage bag that had been opened, he suddenly realized.
"Can you let me go?" He asked tentatively, regardless of regret.
"Of course!" Hou Xian patted his chest: "We brothers have no enmity, why should I harm your life?"
If it weren't for this bag of spiritual stones, maybe it would still be possible. Now, hehe...
Cui Zhongjiu's heart felt cold.
"Give it a good time!" He continued to test.
"Hey, junior brother, why are you so stubborn!" Hou Xian leaned over and said, "Senior brother, I want to ask you something. Who is the person you want to meet later and where is he?"
This is... I’m still thinking about another one! Cui Zhongjiu sneered in his heart.
He wished that the other party would come over. He was from the Wang family of Zi Mansion. This guy was willing to seek death, but that would not be possible.
But the appearance still needs to be done.
"If you want to know, why don't you search for the magic talisman and ask?" Cui Zhongjiu replied with a cold face.
The cheapest talisman you can search for is two hundred. Can I afford it? Hou Xian complained in his heart, but there was a smile on his face:
"Searching for magic talismans affects your sanity. How can senior brother do this? How about exchanging a few fingers with junior brother?"
After saying that, he picked up the dagger and put it on Cui Zhongjiu's right thumb.
"Don't, don't," Cui Zhongjiu quickly begged for mercy: "For the sake of our two brothers, I'll be happy if I stay here, okay? I'll tell you whatever you want to ask."
"It's a child of twelve or thirteen years old, located in Jiumuzi Lane..."
He specified the time and place of the meeting.
"A child of twelve or thirteen years old?" Hou Xian looked suspicious: "What's your background?"
"A member of the Wang family of Qing'an County," Cui Zhongjiu said without any secret: "The illegitimate son of the fourth elder of the Wang family..."
"The Wang family allows a child to trade with you without protection?" Hou Xian questioned.
"It was there earlier, but then it became familiar and should have been withdrawn." Cui Zhongjiu explained: "Anyway, the Wang family knows everything about the transaction between the two parties, and we don't dare to do anything extraordinary."
Hou Xian was silent, pondering the authenticity of this matter.
"What are you trading?"
"Shattered Star Iron." With this skill, Cui Zhongjiu had already thought of a replacement.
Xuanyang wood is definitely not good, and people will lose interest as soon as they hear it.
Broken Star Iron is a relatively rare mineral material, mainly used in the refining of offensive weapons such as flying swords and spears. Adding a little bit of broken star iron to the raw materials can greatly increase the strength of the flying sword, and even directly increase the grade by one level.
It can be understood as the rare earth metals on the earth.
Therefore, this kind of mineral material is also controlled by Yunxiao Sect, and private transactions are strictly prohibited.
"How many pieces of broken star iron can you buy with this little spiritual stone?" Hou Xian still looked unbelieving.
"Just because the quantity was small, I secretly traded with this illegitimate child!"
Well, that makes sense.
Hou Xian reconsidered his thoughts:
The Wang family discovered a small broken star iron mine somewhere and secretly mined it.
In order to avoid risks, they introduced this illegitimate son and made a private deal with Prince Ju's palace.
If one day the matter comes to light, the Wang family can push it aside.
Hou Xian thought of another question: "If Manager Cui does this, isn't he afraid of causing trouble to Prince Ju's palace?"
Cui Zhongjiu looked at him expressionlessly and did not answer.
You can't explain too much, otherwise it will make him suspicious. Let him figure this out by himself.
Hou Xian just asked casually, but when he didn't say anything, he immediately realized that this was Manager Cui's secret work, and he believed it 90% of the time.
At this time Cui Zhongjiu finally said what he had been brewing for a long time.
