Looking at the signboard of "Tonggu Xuan", Gu Xiao silently recited it several times, but he always felt that it was strange. Although there was nothing strange about the antique store being chosen in a secluded place, the place chosen by Tonggu Xuan was too secluded.
, so secluded that no one would take the initiative to find it unless they were regular customers.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao looked back at the way he came from. The street was eerily quiet, with no trace of pedestrians. The sunlight shining down on the street made it even more desolate, which made people feel sad.
However, at this deserted street, an inconspicuous shadow appeared at the street corner. When Gu Xiao looked back for a moment, Gu Xiao saw clearly the retreating figure of the shadow on the ground.
Immediately his heart trembled, Gu Xiao frowned and looked back, thinking secretly: "Since I have sent this team leader to monitor me, why is there still someone secretly watching me?"
Thinking in his mind, he couldn't help but look at the corps commander who had led him here. At this moment, he was constantly beating the door of Tonggu Xuan's shop.
"Shopkeeper, open the door quickly, open the door quickly!"
"If it was Yu Lie's manpower who had placed an informant around me, he wouldn't have done anything else...who could it be? This person's tracking skills are quite good. He followed me all the way. If it wasn't a coincidence, there would be nothing.
Notice it." Gu Xiao thought secretly in his heart, but after thinking about it for a while, he still had no clue. When he was about to think again, he was interrupted by the sound of Tongguxuan's door opening.
"Who is it? The city is closed, how can there be any business!" The person who opened the door was extremely impatient, but when the store door opened and he saw the person coming, he was stunned for a moment, then he immediately realized what he was doing and put on a smile.
"It turns out it's the military master, and he's not far away to greet you. Why don't you inform him in advance that the military master is coming, so that the villain can carefully prepare a party?"
"Come on." The shopkeeper who opened the door was wearing a broad robe and glanced at the two people in front of him.
His eyes swept over the two of them, and when they landed on a person standing on the street, a cold light flashed through his eyes. Even the nearest corps commander could not be seen...
But after experiencing many crises, Gu Xiao had already developed the habit of staying vigilant. The strange look in the shopkeeper's eyes just now was keenly caught by Gu Xiao.
Looking back at the street corner where he came from, the figure on the ground had long disappeared. Looking back, Gu Xiao thought to himself: "The look in the shopkeeper's eyes just now is not like that of an ordinary person. Could it be that the person following behind him is related to him?"
The captain seemed to be dissatisfied with the shopkeeper opening the door so late. He looked back and saw that Gu Xiao was silent. He thought that the distinguished guest was dissatisfied. He raised his eyebrows slightly and immediately said: "I'm going to waste my time. If I hadn't thought of my General Yu, I would have
I bought something I like in your Tonggu Xuan, how could I think of your remote shop?"
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and apologized: "Master Jun really misunderstood the villain. Our antique business usually does not do much business. After Yanbei City was closed, there were even fewer customers, so we closed the door."
, I am not just being polite and slighting the military master, but I hope you will forgive me."
From the corner of his eye, the corporal commander saw that the distinguished guest behind him still did not speak. In order to prevent the distinguished guest from being dissatisfied with him, he had to withdraw his gaze and pretend to shout: "Qiaoyan, I think you have something shameful, I want to check it out, Master."
Check this little shop of yours to see what the mystery is."
After finishing speaking, he was about to break into the store regardless of the shopkeeper's obstruction. The shopkeeper, with a smile on his face, hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "Master Jun, what are you doing? The shop is indeed..."
Shopkeeper
While he was entangled with the corps leader, the young man behind him finally spoke.
"Master Wu, we don't need to pursue this trivial matter. We are here to buy antiques, so don't let this trivial matter affect your mood, right?"
The captain did not intend to get into too much entanglement with the shopkeeper. He just wanted to vent his anger for the distinguished guest. Since the distinguished guest had spoken, he naturally would not pursue the matter any further. He immediately turned around and said to the shopkeeper: "Since the distinguished guest has spoken, I will
I'll spare you this time."
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Your Majesty." The shopkeeper bowed to the Wu Commander repeatedly, and then turned to the distinguished guests outside the door to salute.
But the captain didn't care, and only urged: "Hurry up and lead the way to lead our distinguished guests into the store."
The shopkeeper hurriedly took a few steps, walked to Gu Xiao, bowed and said: "Dear guest, please come in quickly."
Before he finished speaking, he felt the young man patting his shoulder quickly with one hand. The shopkeeper was also an old man from the Golden Knife Sect. How could he not check the young man's probing intentions, avoid dodging, and let the young man slap him with his palm.
"Ouch."
The shopkeeper shouted softly and staggered a few steps. He was about to fall for a moment, but the distinguished guest reached out to support him. Although he couldn't see the distinguished guest's face, he could see his bright star-like eyes, which were constantly looking at him.
Feeling slightly shuddering in my heart, I quickly stood up straight, straightened my clothes, showed an embarrassed smile on my face, and spoke with self-reproach.
"It's all my fault that the villain is unsteady on his feet and makes the distinguished guest worried."
Gu Xiao retracted his palm, a look of astonishment appeared in his starry eyes, and said softly: "The shopkeeper does not need to blame himself, it is all the fault of others. The action was not serious and almost caused the shopkeeper to fall."
The shopkeeper said in fear: "It doesn't matter..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the distinguished guest was already there
He raised his feet and entered the store first... Only the shopkeeper stood there, stunned for a moment. The shopkeeper calmed down his fear in his eyes, then quickly followed him into the shop without his previous flattery.
The moment he entered the store, he saw that the distinguished guest did not even glance at the antiques on the shelves in the store, but went straight to the back hall. The shopkeeper was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said: "Dear guest, distinguished guest, that is the back hall of the store.
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"Look at my recklessness. I have never seen the objects in this hall clearly. I only think that these ancient objects are precious and should be in the back hall... Don't blame the shopkeeper." Gu Xiao replied with a smile.
The shopkeeper's eyes flashed with alertness, and he replied with a smile: "Although the antiques are precious, when the shop is open for business, it is natural to put them in the front hall. The back hall is messy, and I am afraid it will dirty the eyes of the distinguished guests."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he saw that the guest had stopped and turned back to the front hall. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, then turned around and led the two of them to sit down. Fang took something from the shelf, looked at it for a moment, and then turned around and sent it to
In front of the two of them, he opened his mouth to introduce.
"You two, please take a look. This object is from the palace of the previous dynasty..."
Gu Xiao listened to the endless chatter from the shopkeepers, and kept glancing at the back hall. When he stepped into Tongguxuan, he was sure that this store was no ordinary business. Although the store was quiet, there were many things on the side.
On the shelves and on the furnishings in the store, there is indeed the residual smell of the battle between martial arts masters.
Ordinary people may not notice it, but after entering the robot realm, Gu Xiao's perception was very sharp. He sensed it the moment he entered the store, so he pretended not to know and went straight to the back hall to get a closer look.
What's more, when he was tested outside the store just now, the shopkeeper clearly knew martial arts, but he pretended not to know it. His pretense failed, and coupled with the previous doubts, Gu Xiao was full of suspicion.
Close your eyes slightly at this moment
, secretly transporting the inner force, raising the perception to the peak, and trying to use the inner force to sense the location of the master in Tongguxuan.
The team leader beside him saw the distinguished guest closing his eyes and thought it was because the distinguished guest was tired from the journey. He hurriedly raised his hand to stop the shopkeeper and signaled the shopkeeper not to disturb the guest's rest.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he immediately kept silent, nodded and apologized, slowly retreated to the shelf, put the ancient objects in his hands back, and motioned for himself to go to the back hall. With the permission of the corporal commander, he motioned with his eyes to the servants in the hall to keep an eye on the two of them.
Then he turned around and lifted the curtain and entered.
The moment the door curtain behind him was lowered, the smile on the shopkeeper's face disappeared, and was replaced by a look of solemnity and caution. The young master had not returned, and Elder Xu was not in Tonggu Xuan. The guest in the hall looked like a master who was not easy to dismiss, but he didn't know that he
Where did it come from.
The shopkeeper was getting more and more worried. All the shopkeeper could think of was to summon people to prepare for the young man to attack at any time. The shopkeeper who was walking through the back hall was thinking when he suddenly heard a slight noise on the beam. When he was about to use his inner strength to be on guard, there was already one person.
Jump in from the roof.
The person who came was none other than the secret sentry sent by Elder Xu in the city to follow Gu Xiao. He came into the city wearing ordinary people's clothes and was well hidden, so he was not noticed by Gu Xiao. He was the shadow that Gu Xiao saw at the alley earlier.
, that is this person.
The secret sentry kept an eye on Gu Xiao and the others until they reached the alley where Tonggu Xuan was located, and then they realized something was wrong. When they saw the two men in military uniforms entering the pavilion, they quickly used Qing Kung Fu to jump up to the roof, hoping to report the news.
He asked the shopkeeper and hurriedly spoke in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, just now..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the shopkeeper raised his hand to stop him. He quickly kept silent and followed the shopkeeper to a secluded room in the back hall. He covered the door and opened it eagerly.
Mouth: "Shopkeeper, the two people in the front hall, please be careful. The person Elder Xu ordered me to follow at the city gate is the guest whose face is covered."
"The person who came here is not good."
After hearing the report from the secret whistle, the shopkeeper was a little flustered and murmured. After a while, he calmed down and ordered the secret whistle: "Have all the people in the city received the order from the young master?"
"Brothers are all ready, we are just waiting for the master's order." Anshao responded in a low voice.
"Okay, please order us to go down and send a few people to go separate ways to find Young Master and Elder Xu and tell them about this person's arrival in Tonggu Xuan. I will try to stabilize this person and then make a plan." The shopkeeper thought about it again and again, but still
He gave up the idea of gathering people to capture the young man on the spot, and asked the secret sentry to go find the young master to take charge of the overall situation.
The secret whistle responded in a deep voice and walked away quickly.
The shopkeeper recalled that this guest said he was here to buy antiques. In order to stabilize this person and wait for the return of Young Master and Elder Xu, it seemed that he had to bring out some good items...
With his mind moving, the shopkeeper walked quickly to the bookshelf in the room, reached out on tiptoes, grasped the small porcelain bottle at the highest point of the bookshelf, and twisted it hard. The bookshelf in front of him suddenly opened, and the dark compartments began to appear. Taking advantage of the little morning light coming in from the window, he reflected the
The jewels illuminated the solemn face of the shopkeeper.
The hidden compartments were filled with jade treasures, gold ingots and silver notes. These treasures were enough for ordinary people to live for several lifetimes. The shopkeeper's eyes did not stop at all, thinking that these common things might not be able to retain the guests in the hall.
His eyes finally stayed on an antique weapon. After thinking about it again and again, the shopkeeper finally reached out and took out the weapon...
In the front hall, the boy's eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be resting with his eyes closed. The corners of his lips were already
He showed a smile, but it was hidden by the face towel and the team leader beside him didn't see it. He still felt that the guest was resting with his eyes closed, so he had to sit beside him honestly.
The waiter in the store never took his eyes away from the two of them. Even when he changed the hot tea for the team leader, he never slacked off for a moment. It was not until he heard the sound of footsteps in the back hall that the waiter in the store secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The two guests have been waiting for a long time." The shopkeeper held the antique in his hand, opened the curtain and came in, and apologized.
The moment the shopkeeper entered the hall, Gu Xiao, who had slightly closed his eyes, suddenly felt a murderous intent rushing towards him. His mind was shaken, and he hurriedly raised his eyes and saw that the shopkeeper was holding a simple long sword in his hand.
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Even before the sword is unsheathed, murderous intent has already filled the air. You can tell at a glance that these weapons are supreme weapons.
The sword is more than three feet long, with dark patterns surrounding the handle and hidden patterns on the scabbard. It is indeed not as dazzling as those magic weapons, but it is unforgettable at a glance.
"Good sword." Gu Xiao's eyes were firmly attracted by this sword, and he couldn't help but murmured.
Hearing that the guests started to praise him before he was introduced, the shopkeeper's eyes flashed with pride, and he thought to himself, these two people were wearing armor, and those ancient objects were inaccessible to them, but it was these rare weapons that could keep the two of them.
Although I couldn't see the guest's face, from the moment I entered the hall, the man's eyes never moved away, so I knew it was done.
After gathering his thoughts, the shopkeeper walked quickly in front of the two men, held up the ancient sword in his hand, bowed slightly and said: "Looking at the attire of the two military officers, the jars and jars in my shop cannot be discerned by the two military masters...
It's a coincidence that three or five months ago, the shop accidentally got an ancient sword... and I asked you two to take a look."
Starlight flashed in Gu Xiao's eyes
, the length of the ancient sword was not much different from that of Broken Moon in appearance. He reached out to take the sword, but unexpectedly the sword was extremely heavy in his hand and he almost lost his grip and fell to the ground.
I was busy using my inner strength to hold it firmly, and when I got closer, I could see clearly that the faint dark patterns on the sword were not the decoration of the scabbard, but simple seal characters.
The young man looked carefully and couldn't help but recite the name of the sword.