The Jingjiu Dynasty had extremely strict management of magical artifacts. Selling and buying them privately were both serious crimes. However, some people still took risks because the profits from smuggling magical artifacts were so high. Some people could fly away for the rest of their lives as long as they made a profit. .
Feilong doesn't dare to engage in magic weapon business. He mainly helps with matchmaking and pays an intermediary fee. He doesn't personally get involved in buying or selling. The advantage of this is that even if the incident comes to light, he won't lose his head, and he can do it in a short time. The longer it grows, the more popular it becomes.
The disadvantage is that it is easy to be targeted by people from the local government and Xuanqing Guard.
A few years ago, Feilong was almost imprisoned because of a prohibited material case, but he was finally able to escape because he was willing to serve as a secret agent for Xuanqing Guard. The person in charge of investigating that case at that time was Shen Hao, and this is how the two of them got to know each other. Later, Shen Hao uncovered many people in the black market through the internal information provided by Feilong, and Feilong gradually became famous in the black market because of Xuanqingwei's turning a blind eye.
But not long ago, Feilong heard that Shen Hao had been promoted and became the general flag of the newly established Black Flag Battalion. Then there was the shocking killing show in the East Market, where more than two hundred heads were loaded into bamboo baskets. He was Having seen it with my own eyes, I only became more and more afraid of Mr. Shen Qi.
Now when asked about the magic weapon, Feilong didn't dare to respond.
"Mr. Shen, the black market is in a slump now. There are almost no large-scale transactions, and most of the sporadic ones cannot be brought to the market. They are all trivial things. Although there are magic weapons, they are all burying gadgets... ..”
"Maitai thing? Please make it clear."
"Hey, it's a magic weapon that uses illusion to create a beautiful woman and then in the magic, a toad eats swan meat. The jargon is called "Bai Mei Plate". This thing is now the best-selling magic weapon."
Shen Hao: "..."
What a 100-dollar plate!
"Did this thing just appear recently?"
"That's right. It's been more than a year. In fact, it existed before, but it was very rough, not very practical and had few tricks. It is completely incomparable with the new products now."
"What about going forward? In addition to this kind of magic weapon, are there also maze and blind magic weapon transactions?"
"This... you are making things difficult for me. There must be transactions, but they are not handled by me. I never touch such things."
"Is there any way to find out?"
"Huh? Well..." The risk was very high, but Feilong really didn't dare to refuse.
Shen Hao waved his hand, and a powerful man behind him immediately took out a five hundred tael silver note from his arms and placed it on the table.
"Five hundred taels, this is the down payment. If you bring me the information you found, I will pay you another one thousand taels. Do you want to do it?"
Feilong felt that the two naked men in the torture room were already looking him up and down, and a cold sweat broke out on his back. If he didn't agree, he was sure that his end would be extremely miserable.
"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Shen, don't worry, I will do my best!"
"Okay, you keep the banknote yourself. I won't let you have lunch if you have something else to do. Someone will take you out of the back door later. Remember, three days. You only have three days. I will take a look then. Get what I want."
"Okay, okay."
Feilong stooped out of the back door of Xuanqingwei with a pale face and trotted all the way to a deserted alley before sitting down on the ground and breathing heavily.
Compared with his five-strong body, Feilong is just a small person in his heart. He is greedy and fearful of death and cautious, and he is walking on thin ice when living in the three colors of black, white and gray. Just now in the torture room, he saw indifference in Shen Hao's eyes. His eyes were like looking at an insect, and he was the insect in other people's eyes.
Fortunately, he came out alive.
Just to check the black market magic weapon transactions in the past years? This is also a fatal errand!
run?
Feilong shook his head and rejected the idea. He still wanted to run in front of Xuan Qingwei. He really thought too much. The only thing he can do now is to grit his teeth and obey, and help Shen Hao investigate the magic weapon transactions. If it succeeds, he may still be able to live freely, but if it fails, he will die anyway.
"Why......"
Sitting on the ground with a stick of incense, Feilong got up and patted his cheek hard to cheer up. When he walked on the street again, he turned into a tall and strong "Brother Feilong" with a fierce look.
...
The black market seems mysterious, but in the eyes of people like Shen Hao, it is just that.
Looking for clues about magic weapons on the black market is only one aspect. However, Shen Hao is not sure yet whether he can gain anything.
"General Qi, this is the secret report sent back by Wang Xiaoqi."
The strongman under his command handed over a copper bar with Wang Jian's signature and seal on it.
Use your belt card to open the copper bar. After unfolding it, there is a volume of secret investigation progress reports on the personnel of the Population Department of each city. This thing was classified. Wang Jian was not able to deliver it in person but he also used the confidential information transmission channel in Xuanqing Wei.
When investigating officials in the local government without communicating with the local government, you can be aware of this matter, but you must not expose it to the public, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble.
However, Shen Hao had obtained permission from Xuanqingwei for this matter. Neither Tang Qingyuan nor Chen Yiyun paid much attention to Black Flag Camp's investigation of the local population department. They had always been accustomed to not taking the local government seriously. , even if there are some violations, wouldn’t it be enough not to let the other party know?
"The background is innocent? Nothing unusual yet?"
Seeing these words, Shen Hao nodded secretly. He was secretly relieved that there were no problems with the people in the local population departments.
"So it seems that those evil cultivators secretly sneaked into the Population Department to look through the population register. Hmm... It's not easy to check this way."
As the time approached noon, Shen Hao thought about it and did not go to Xuan Qingwei's canteen for dinner. Instead, he changed into regular clothes and went to the breakfast stall on the west gate.
The time was stuck just right. When Shen Hao got there, the young couple was closing down half of the stall.
"Hey! Brother Shen is here? I haven't seen you for a few days. I remember the extra money you gave me last time."
"Okay, two bowls of soy milk, five meat patties, and a bowl of porridge if you have any. I'm hungry."
"Okay, sit down first and I'll be here soon."
The stall owner did not close the stall when regular customers came. He picked up five remaining meatloaf and heated them in a frying pan. He then scooped up two large bowls of soy milk and gave them to Shen Hao. I touched a braised egg and placed it beside the bowl.
"Braised eggs, I'll give you something to eat."
"Oh? Thank you then."
Shen Hao took a bite of meat pie, a bite of soy milk, another bite of braised eggs and a bite of porridge.
"By the way, boss, did you recall anything about the day your daughter disappeared last time? I heard that a child was lost in Yucheng a few days ago."
"Hey, no, if there was, I would have remembered it a long time ago."
"Can't you? I think there must be! You can't disappear so silently. Think about it carefully. What happened that day or did you feel different from usual?"
"Hey... I remember everything that happened that day clearly. If you want, I can tell you." The stall owner has always been very kind to people who are concerned about the whereabouts of his children, even if he doesn't want to recall that day. However, the words that had been in his mind for several years were poured out again.
Shen Hao listened carefully while eating. Even though he had read these words once in the file, he did not lose focus. What if there was something missing from the file?
"...Then I smelled a fresh fragrance, which was very good. I thought it was some girl coming in front of the stall, but I didn't see it. Only then did I realize that she was helping to gather food at the stall just now. The girl in the bowl has disappeared..."
"Wait a minute, did you just say you smelled a fresh fragrance?"
