bookrebus Chapter 65 Secret
Chapter 65 Secret
The venue for Trudeau's exhibition was not difficult to find. After all, it would be hard for anyone to ignore the huge sign with the four characters "Zangxing Baoge" (藏行宝阁), and its facade was also quite luxurious.
Compared to the surrounding houses built of stone and mud bricks, the Hidden Treasure Pavilion was built with the finest blue bricks, and there were even two black panther-like demonic beasts tied to the outer door to guard it. Judging from the appearance of those two demonic beasts, they should be at least level three or four. For ordinary people, this is already a very generous gesture.
After all, this guy, who looks like he has high combat power and is very suitable to be a contracted beast, is only used to guard the gate.
Having a large and powerful family makes all the difference!
Liu Xingxing then naturally walked in, drawing her current conclusion.
To be honest, although the Treasure Pavilion doesn't look particularly big from the outside, it's not even as big as a typical auction house in other places, and it only has two low floors, it feels very spacious inside. I guess some kind of illusionary formation is used.
Liu Xingxing looked around and found that it was not much different from the previous Yanyun Pavilion. It had all kinds of businesses, like a large supermarket, except that the people doing business inside were all Tru Dazang's own people.
It was midday, and there were quite a few people coming and going. She hadn't seen many other outsiders like herself outside, but she had met a few here, and they all seemed to have gathered here.
Watching them argue with the sellers over what they wanted to buy, Liu Xingxing was momentarily at a loss.
So what exactly is she doing here?
I originally wanted to come and see what was going on after hearing the shopkeeper from before talk about this Tru Daizang, but when I got there I didn't know what to do.
Frustrated, Liu Xingxing grabbed a handful of hair. She hadn't even finished what she was doing, yet she was getting distracted by this commotion.
Just as I was thinking of leaving, a skinny-looking seller walked up to me and started a conversation.
"Oh, a new face. Is this your first time buying something from us, young lady?"
Liu Xingxing looked at this stranger with slight surprise: "How are you sure I'm new here?"
It's not just knowing, it's certain.
Liu Xingxing looked at him calmly, feeling that something was strange but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
The man didn't hesitate at all and said frankly, "Hey, young lady, you don't know, do you? My eyes can accurately identify people and things, and I can quickly tell if someone is someone I've seen before. It's normal that you don't know."
Oh wow, a human scanner? Liu Xingxing didn't believe it.
She wasn't surprised that anyone with a bit of experience could tell whether someone was new or not just by looking at them. What surprised her was that he actually took the initiative to strike up a conversation and even made up these things that didn't sound like the truth.
Is he trying to trick her into buying his stuff?
Liu Xingxing crossed her arms and looked at him amusedly: "So, what do you want to do?"
"Hey, isn't this..."
"Get out of the way, don't block the young master's path!"
Before the man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an extremely impatient voice.
The once bustling Zangxingbao Pavilion suddenly fell silent as everyone turned to look at the main entrance.
The person who had been chatting so warmly just moments before also retreated to the side in a panic, ignoring Liu Xingxing completely.
Liu Xingxing looked at the door with a blank expression, but she followed their example and stepped aside to lower her presence in order to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble, since the place where she had just been standing was blocking the doorway.
A group of six or seven servants dressed in linen escorted a tall, handsome young man who swaggered in.
The young man appeared to be gentle and refined, but the behavior of his servants was completely at odds with his demeanor, creating a strange sense of disconnect.
Liu Xingxing looked at the young man with slight surprise, wondering what was going on with him.
This person was the fake Xin Shaoming she had met once before.
That day, when they went to verify his identity, they happened to meet his aunt, Lady Fuhua, who was chatting with him. Liu Xingxing listened to their conversation about clan matters while remaining hidden, and only had the opportunity to make her move after Lady Fuhua left.
Actually, the waiting process didn't take long. They chatted for a few minutes and then parted ways. Liu Xingxing drugged him without him knowing before she went to examine his physique.
His face is not so easy to forget, and it's hard to tell who he looks like. In any case, he's not Xin Shaoming's real parents. After all, he doesn't look like Shaoming at all, and there's not even a hint of resemblance in his facial features, which also rules out the possibility that he's an illegitimate child.
Liu Xingxing didn't understand why he suddenly became interested in coming here for a stroll. After all, although Saint Sand City was close to the royal residence, the two were not closely related.
Members of the Sand Gu royal family rarely show their faces in public, and even rarely leave their residence. It's unclear what strange rule governs this, and their whereabouts are extremely secretive.
In any case, there was only one outer palace to receive both internal and external affairs, essentially acting as an intermediary to provide services to both sides.
The Sand Gu Clan's management model is very different from that of the immortal sects in the mainland, but it has been like this for many years without any major problems.
And yet he, a young master, flaunts himself in public all day long, as if he's afraid others won't know who he is. I wonder what he's up to.
(ps: Young Master is a general term for the next Lord, and it has nothing to do with blood relation.)
The manager of the Hidden Treasure Pavilion, having received word of the situation, immediately darted out from behind and hurriedly ran to him, bowing respectfully and saying:
"Young Master, what brings you here? I am so sorry to have met you."
"I've been having some free time, so I came here to ask for a cup of tea and see what new gadgets have arrived."
Xin Shaoming spoke in a very refined manner and seemed quite polite, which made him even more detached from his servants.
"Oh, that's great! A new batch of goods just arrived a couple of days ago. I guarantee you'll be satisfied. This way, please."
The person in charge led the group directly up to the second floor, and the group left the place.
The first floor, where no one had dared to utter a sound just moments before, suddenly erupted into a frenzy once more.
"Is that the young master? He's really handsome."
"Is this your first time meeting the young master? The young master often comes to Shengsha Market."
"Why would the young master come here to buy things? After all, this is Tru Daizang's territory, I remember..."
"Oh, brother, you don't know, the young master is a regular at the Treasure Pavilion."
……
Liu Xingxing noticed what the people behind her were saying. From what they said, she learned that Tru Dazang and the Sand Gu royal family seemed to be at odds. Why?
Aren't they from the same family?
The person who said this only said a sentence or two and then stopped there, deliberately changing the subject as if they were quite averse to it.
Oh ho, she seems to have heard something interesting.
It seems this impulsive trip wasn't entirely wasted; at least I learned a little about the royal family.
Liu Xingxing glanced at the direction where "Xin Shaoming" disappeared at the corner on the second floor, raised an eyebrow slightly, and followed him up to the second floor.
If the first floor is the distribution center, then the second floor is full of shops. There are all kinds of shops, and the products sold in each shop are relatively uniform. Shops selling medicinal herbs, ritual implements, and talismans all sell the same things. There are no miscellaneous shops. It is very organized, just like a shopping mall.
Liu Xingxing vanished from the corner in the blink of an eye, then released a wisp of divine sense to locate "Xin Shaoming" and followed him.
The person in question did not notice anything unusual. He left his servant and steward and went into a room. He then calmly watched as the steward controlled a mechanism in the room, and a secret passage suddenly appeared by rotating a wall.
The steward silently gestured for him to enter, and "Xin Shaoming" then walked into the secret passage as if he had been there countless times before. The steward followed him in, and the wall suddenly returned to its original state.
Liu Xingxing regained her senses and saw the whole process, and her expression showed more interest.
"Oh ho, there's a secret here, this is going to be interesting..."
Liu Xingxing glanced at the room with a group of people guarding the door not far away, then leisurely walked over and entered the room.
As soon as Liu Xingxing entered, she sensed that the room was protected by a restriction, but it was as if it didn't exist for her. The restriction was not triggered at all, and neither the person inside nor the person outside the door noticed that someone had entered.
Liu Xingxing looked at the wall that was made into a mechanism and reached out to touch it, but stopped just before she touched it.
A wisp of red silk thread darted from the fingertip and disappeared into the wall, drifting along the secret passage behind the wall until it stopped when it saw where the person inside was.