After leaving the mercenary hall, the middle-aged staff member took Xia Yan to Xicheng District.
Perhaps he felt that Xia Yan was not difficult to get along with, so this staff member gradually began to talk more. When he learned that Xia Yan had come to Hua Qing City for the first time, the staff member straightened his chest and began to talk about some things in Hua Qing City.
Celebrity stories.
After some small talk, Xia Yan found out that his name was Shang Fugui.
"Sir, are these mercenaries you are looking for your friends?" Shang Fugui's eyes flashed and he asked hesitantly.
He wanted to ask this question just now, but he was worried that Xia Yan would be angry with him for asking too many questions. However, after becoming more and more familiar with Xia Yan, Shang Fugui became more courageous.
Xia Yan said, "They are my friends."
Hearing this, Shang Fugui couldn't help but feel envious.
It is a great honor to be able to make friends with a fourth-level mercenary. In Hua Qing City, the four-level mercenaries generally associate with upper-class people.
Shang Fugui has lived in Huaqing City from his birth to the age of thirty-five, and he knows the Xicheng District quite well. There are relatively poor people living there.
The friend of this young fourth-level mercenary lived in the old district of Xicheng. Shang Fugui envied those few people from the bottom of his heart to have friends like Xia Yan, and Xia Yan personally came to Hua Qingcheng to look for them, even more so.
Waited in the mercenary hall for two days. Shang Fugui has worked in the mercenary hall for nearly twenty years and has a very deep understanding of the situation of the mercenaries in Hua Qingcheng. The mercenaries in Xicheng District are not very strong.
"Sir, the yard ahead is the one mentioned in the registration information. If your friend is not going on an adventure mission, he should be here. I will knock on the door for you."
With a flattering smile on his face, Shang Fugui bent down and said.
Xia Yan looked at an old courtyard not far away and nodded. This courtyard should have been built decades ago. It has never been renovated and looks quite dilapidated.
After receiving Xia Yan's permission, Shang Fugui quickly stepped forward and knocked hard on the courtyard door.
Xia Yan also followed Shang Fugui and stood in front of the courtyard door.
"Huh?" After a while, Shang Fugui frowned.
There seemed to be no sound in the yard. Was no one there?
Xia Yan also sighed secretly, maybe this time, he wouldn't be able to see Bai Hua and the others.
"If I can't see Bai Hua and the others this time, let's wait until next time." Xia Yan's eyes flashed and he thought helplessly.
"Chachacha..."
Suddenly, footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and Xia Yan's eyes lit up.
Shang Fugui suddenly became energetic and knocked on the door a few more times.
"Who is it?" An old voice came from inside. It sounded like an old man.
"We're here to find some people, please open the door!" Shang Fugui spoke before Xia Yan.
With a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door was opened, and a wrinkled face appeared inside. The old man was holding an oil lamp in his hand, and looked at Xia Yan and Monk Fugui with wide eyes.
"Old man, I am a staff member of the Hua Qingcheng Mercenary Hall, here to find some mercenaries." Shang Fugui turned around and looked at Xia Yan, then said to the old man with a smile.
"Mother, who's knocking on the door?" At this time, another woman with a big belly walked out of a side room. She was probably in her twenties. She walked slowly towards the courtyard door and asked aloud, looking at Xia Yan.
Scanned on Monk Fugui's body.
"Oh, are you looking for someone? There are only two of us in this courtyard now, and there is no one else. However, my son bought this courtyard a week ago. Is the person you are looking for the previous owner?" The old man asked.
He is smart and speaks very smoothly.
Hearing what the old man said, Xia Yan frowned again. Bai Hua and the others might have lived here before, but they have moved away now. Although Huaqing City is not as big as Ziye City, if you want to find someone, you have to go through the Holy Church.
That’s it.
Shaking his head, Xia Yan was a little reluctant and said to the old man, "Old man, do you know where the previous owner of this yard has gone?"
The old man turned to Xia Yan and shook his head, "I don't know about this, but I heard from my son that one of them was seriously injured, and he should still find a place to live nearby, and he won't go far away.
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The old man shook his skinny hand and said, the oil lamp in the other hand kept flickering with dim light.
"Sir, shall we ask nearby?" Shang Fugui asked Xia Yan.
Xia Yan looked at the already dark sky. There were very few pedestrians on the nearby streets. Even if he asked, it would be difficult to get anything out of him. However, he had to try.
"Okay, let's look around again." Xia Yan nodded.
"Old family, I'm sorry to bother you," Xia Yan said apologetically.
"It's okay!" the old man said, and then slowly closed the courtyard door. Xia Yan could still hear the mother and daughter talking quietly in the courtyard.
"Just now the old man said that the owner of the yard was injured in the past..." Xia Yan was also a little worried. He didn't know who was injured, let alone how serious the injury was.
Frowning his brows, Xia Yan looked into the darkness.
"Sir, don't worry, I'll help you search around here. I'm relatively familiar with this area." Shang Fugui still spoke humbly to Xia Yan.
"If you have something to do, please leave first." Xia Yan said, digging in his clothes and taking out two gold coins. "These two gold coins are considered as hard work. You can't let your trip go in vain."
Xia Yan delivered the gold coins to Shang Fugui.
When Shang Fugui saw the gold coins, his face turned red, his blood surged, and his fingers trembled. The money he could earn in the mercenary hall in a month was only two gold coins and three silver coins, so Xia Yan gave him two gold coins at once.
A gold coin, which is quite a windfall.
"Sir, I have nothing to do. I must help you find someone today." Shang Fugui carefully took the gold coin and said loudly.
Then, he caught up with the pedestrians who had just walked past and began to ask if he had seen a few people. One of them was injured. They were all mercenaries.
An hour later!
Xia Yan, monk Fugui, searched almost all of this area, but did not find any useful information.
"Forget it, tonight, I will rush to Qiankun City overnight." Xia Yan plans not to continue searching this time. If this continues, even if he searches for a month, he may not be able to find anyone.
Vice President Li Yun and others are still waiting for him at Qiankun Academy.
"Fugui, go back, I'll be out of the city in a moment." Xia Yan stopped and said to Shang Fugui, who was walking in front.
Shang Fugui paused and turned around, with a disappointed expression on his face.
"Sir, are you not going to continue looking for those friends?"
Shang Fugui didn't look tired at all. He followed Xia Yan from the mercenary hall, which was quite a long distance. However, he was also a cultivator himself, so he had some foundation.
"No more looking. I still have things to do, so I can't stay here any longer." Xia Yan shook his head helplessly.
"Oh..." Shang Fugui lowered his head and took out the gold coin that Xia Yan gave him just now, "The man was not found, sir, this gold coin..."
When Shang Fugui took out the gold coins, Xia Yan was still wondering what Shang Fugui was going to do. Hearing what he said, Xia Yan couldn't help but laugh.
This rich man is in his thirties, but he is still like a child. If no one can be found, the gold coins will be returned?
Xia Yan shook his head with a smile and took out two more gold coins from his lapel, "These gold coins are all yours."
Four gold coins were placed in Shang Fugui's hand. Shang Fugui's eyes widened even more.
"Is this...really mine?" Shang Fugui said in a surprised voice. Looking at the golden coins in his hand, Shang Fugui was a little unbelievable. Today, he actually made four gold coins, which was like pie in the sky.
There is no difference.
"Okay, it's time for me to go!" Xia Yan looked at a lantern not far away, turned around and left.
"Sir, next time you come to Hua Qingcheng, ask me to help you lead the way. I am very familiar with Hua Qingcheng." Shang Fugui shouted to Xia Yan's background.
"Mr. Lu! Please, please give me some more medicinal materials on credit."
Not long after Xia Yan and Shang Fugui separated, they turned to a brighter street where there were more pedestrians and the street was more prosperous.
When Xia Yan passed by a medicine shop, a woman in white suddenly came out of the shop. The woman seemed to have been pushed out by the people inside, and she was still begging.
"Bai Rui, it's not easy for me to open a shop, you know. During this period of time, you have owed me three gold coins of medicinal materials on credit. If this continues, my shop will close. Bai Rui, you
I grew up watching it, but now..."
Standing in the door of the drug store is a pharmacist wearing a prescription with a sad look on his face.
"You also know, my wife, well..."
Mr. Lu sighed again, his face full of helplessness, "I owe you so many medicinal materials on credit, she has already peeled off my skin... I think, Bai Rui, you'd better find a solution elsewhere.
There is really nothing I can do!”
"Old guy, get out of here quickly!"
A loud roar came from the medicine shop. Xia Yan, who was standing not far away, was frightened. He had heard the conversation between Mr. Lu and Bai Rui just now. Mr. Lu was afraid of his wife. The one who yelled just now should be
She is his fierce wife-in-law.
This shout made Mr. Lu tremble all over. He quickly shook his head at Bai Rui and walked back quickly.
"Old man, are you attracted by the beauty of that little vixen? Be careful, I'll take off your old skin!" Some curses continued to come from inside.
Bai Rui stood in front of the shop door with a grimace on her face. She rubbed her hands together for a few times, and then turned around slowly as if she was carrying a huge boulder. Xia Yan was standing less than two meters behind her.
.
Xia Yan had already given up hope, but he unexpectedly met Bai Rui here again, and he was naturally happy. He had just seen Bai Rui talking to Mr. Lu, but he only saw a familiar figure from behind. Xia Yan was really not too worried.
Dare to step forward to confirm. When Bai Rui turned around, Xia Yan's eyes lit up and he was sure that this Bai Rui was the Bai Rui he knew, Bai Hua's sister.