At the end of the market, a five-story wooden building comes into view. It is brightly lit in the night and is extremely gorgeous. Occasionally, the wind blows, and there is the faint sound of laughter and fragrance.
"Red Square."
Song Shuwan watched from a distance and read out the words above the plaque one by one. She thought that Red Square was a street, but she didn't expect that it turned out to be a building.
She looked around, and everywhere she looked, there were people covered tightly. None of the people near the Red Square showed their faces.
"Baicao, those people..."
Baicao pursed her lips and smiled: "You come with me, my slave."
A moment later, Song Shuwan and the others reappeared, covering themselves tightly with black cloaks. As soon as they approached the Red Square, they were stopped by a man wearing a tiger mask on his face.
"Stop, bring me the banknote."
Song Shuwan glanced at Baicao, who immediately stepped forward, took out the banknote from her arms and handed it over.
Just when Song Shuwan thought Tiger Mask would accept the banknote, he returned the banknote to Baicao and asked at the same time: "Are you buying or selling?"
Baicao replied: "Buy and sell."
Hearing this, Tiger Mask took out a wooden sign and handed it to Baicao: "After entering, follow the rules of the Red House and don't cause trouble at will. If something happens because of breaking the rules, we, the Red House, will not be responsible."
"Got it."
Baicao took the sign and the three of them entered the Red Square. A stage was set up in the middle of the first floor. There were dancers with naked waists dancing on top. There were many naked people surrounding them, and they all watched mesmerizedly.
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Baicao said softly: "The first and second floors are both places for people to relax. If you don't want to go up, it doesn't matter if you don't cover it up. The business is on the third and fourth floors. If you want to buy news from Hongfang, you have to go to the fifth floor."
She said it simply and clearly. Song Shuwan nodded slightly and walked upstairs. The second floor was full of men hugging women and making fun of them. Seeing this made her feel uncomfortable, so she simply ran to the third floor.
Different from the lively first and second floors, the atmosphere on the third floor is very solemn, and even the surrounding light is much darker.
At this moment, someone approached Song Shuwan and asked in a low voice: "Do you have Yundingxiang?"
Song Shuwan felt a sudden thought, and almost thought that her bringing Yunding Xiang here had been exposed, but she soon realized that this person must be casting a wide net, but in fact she didn't have high hopes.
She remained silent, and after a while, the person who asked the question left.
Song Shuwan shook her head and motioned to Baicao to lead the way to the fourth floor. She was going to go to the fifth floor tonight, so she had to take out Yunding Xiang as quickly as possible.
After a while, Song Shuwan looked at the auction table on the fourth floor and fell into deep thought. It turned out that this was what selling meant.
Baicao handed the cloud top incense to the steward of Hongfang and quickly turned back: "Master, it has been sent over."
Song Shuwan nodded and glanced around casually, then suddenly settled on the entrance. Aren't they Zheng Yao and Zhong Rou over there? Why did they come to Hongfang too?
Noticing the change in her gaze, Baicao and Feiyuan also looked over.
"Master, those two people seem to be Zheng Yao and Zhong Rou." Baicao lowered his voice, and his words sounded vague, but his tone was very firm.
Song Shuwan slightly twitched her lips: "It is indeed them, please be careful next time."
"yes."
Not long after, a beam of light fell on the stage, and within a few moments, the surrounding darkness was dispelled, replaced by five boxes placed on the high stage, and a charming and beautiful woman.
Song Shuwan discovered her box containing Yunding Incense almost instantly. It was ranked third, not behind but not in front.
The woman walked into the crowd with a charming voice: "Shaoyao has met you all. I am very happy that you have come to the Red Square. There are only five kinds of medicinal materials for auction in the Red Square tonight, namely ten thousand-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old snow lotus, cloud top incense, benzoin and century-old rhinoceros horn."
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Song Shuwan raised her eyebrows slightly. Except for Yunding Xiang, the other four types would definitely attract people to flock to.
However, with the Yunding Incense, they are not so precious. If they are placed together with the Yunding Incense, I am afraid that they have lost the identity of the Yunding Incense.
Sure enough, someone raised questions.
"Given the scarcity and effectiveness of Genting Incense, the other four are simply incomparable, right? Why are they auctioned together?"
On the stage, Shaoyao arched his eyebrows, his eyes flashed, and his eyes were filled with brilliance: "This red flower needs green leaves, and there are no other four kinds. How can it bring out the scarcity of Yundingxiang? Okay, without further ado, let's
Start taking photos of the first medicinal ingredient - Wannian Ginseng."
As Shaoyao told the story, many people made bids. Song Shuwan noticed that Zheng Yao and Zhong Rou were also bidding, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. It turned out that these two people were here for ginseng.
Speaking of which, Yue Hong had also been looking for her before and wanted to buy the ginseng she was holding. It was really strange, how come both of them couldn't get along with ginseng?
Song Shuwan put her thoughts away, looked at it for a moment, then took Baicao and Feiyuan with her to the fifth floor.
"Stop, you three..."
Before the person blocking the road finished speaking, Baicao showed the wooden sign. The person who was speaking looked at it carefully and immediately gave up his position.
Not long after, Song Shuwan entered a dark room and waited at the table for a while. Suddenly, there was a scratching sound, and a man in black suddenly appeared opposite her.
"what do you want to buy?"
The man in black's tone was cold, without any fluctuation.
Song Shuwan's eyes narrowed slightly and she said calmly: "Is there any news about the Song Mansion case in Hongfang?"
"Dali Temple?"
The man in black proposes a key.
Song Shuwan nodded, her father was indeed in Dali Temple before anything happened in the Song Mansion.
"good."
The man in black on the opposite side pondered for a moment and then quoted a price: "Thirty thousand taels, silver."
Song Shuwan's eyebrows twitched: "Don't you think this price is ridiculously high?"
The man in black said: "Hongfang never makes random quotes. The news you want is worthy of the price."
Song Shuwan pursed her lips, and her expression hidden in her cloak changed several times. She said that she was worthy of the price. In other words, was the matter in the Song Mansion too involved, so the investigation would be costly?
"How about it? Do you agree to the price?"
The man in black on the opposite side spoke again. Song Shuwan closed her eyes and opened them again. There was a calmness in her eyes: "I agree, but this silver tael will have to wait until the auction of medicinal materials on the third floor ends."
The man in black nodded and threw an iron sign on the table: "We will deduct the cost of the investigation from the sales price of the medicinal materials. We will receive the news in three days."
The man in black disappeared after saying this.
Song Shuwan picked up the iron sign on the table and left the fifth floor without saying a word.
At the same time, the auction of Yundingxiang downstairs also ended.
Baicao whispered the result: "Yundingxiang was sold for fifteen thousand taels, which is gold."
Song Shuwan clenched the iron plate in her hand: "Feiyuan, you stay and get the gold. By the way, Hongfang will deduct 30,000 taels of silver from it. Remember to be right..."
After she finished speaking, a scream suddenly came from the side.