Chapter 333
2014-08-16
Now that the plan has been made, the next step is to execute it in a hurry. The soldiers who came with the team contacted Bourney, divided the stolen goods and set off overnight, running towards the city all around.The next day, Tang En also went out early in the morning for the City Hall.
In fact, there are still three days before the banquet, so there is no need to rush it, but after hearing that Bosco said that this invitation was in high demand last night, Tang En decided to buy it first to avoid problems.
However, this decision was regretted after leaving the carriage from Tang En. Because the city hall hasn't opened yet, as if it's not time to go to work, I do... In desperation, Tang En scratched his head, bought a newspaper from a newsboy, and sat on the high side of the stairs. Level by.
The location of the City Hall is not far from the central square. In the early morning, Hanshui City is already lively enough, people coming, people going, most of them are Business Groups that have set up the carriage ready to go. Of course, there were also some men who did not go home at night, packing their clothes and hurried past. As for how to see it, it's simple, there is still a little rouge left on his neck... Pray, I hope he won't die too badly when he goes back. hehe...I didn't pay much attention to that newspaper, Tang En prefers to observe all kinds of passers-by, guessing their whereabouts, identities, what they did before... It sounds a bit boring, but for Camouflage, training Assassin Thinking and so on is beneficial, uh, well, it's really boring when it comes to killing people...shook the head, Tang En casually opened the newspaper and flipped through a few pages, which couldn't help but be a little boring. Because of their arrival, Burney's secret agency has not done any publicity recently, in order to ensure the successful completion of the procurement of Quest. And this was misunderstood by the official newspapers as weakness, and several pages were filled with slanderous remarks that were pursued by victory... eh? While flipping through it boringly, Tang En suddenly moved in his heart, lifted the newspaper slightly, and swept his eyes around. It turned out that during this period of time, some people gathered around, far or near. Upon further observation, Tang En was relieved, not an ambush. These people dressed as merchants or stewards should have waited for the city hall to open to buy invitations like him.
tsk tsk, it seems to be really popular... "Sir, good morning."
Putting down the newspaper, Tang En looked up at the facial features that appeared in front of him A rather wretched young man: "Hello."
"The big brother is here to buy invitations for the banquet. Well, when I see the big brother, I feel like a good match. I have the last invitation. Would you like something cheaper?" The young man was familiar with him, and he started to get involved first. After speaking, he glanced around vigilantly, carefully took out a big red hot stamping sticker from his arms, unfolded it for a few seconds, and put it back again.
Although the time was short, Tang En could still see clearly the appearance and content of the invitation. This should be the invitation of the Shuiyue Manor banquet. No matter it is packaging or paper, it looks like an advanced item. . The column for the guest's name is empty, and there is the seal of the City Lord's house in the lower right corner.
Tang En looked a little weird, looked at the young man in a daze, and opened his mouth: "There is also a Yellow Ox party here?"
"...What, what bull?" The young man was stunned Next, a face of unfathomable mystery.
"Oh, nothing." Tang En came back to his senses and raised his eyebrows, "Then how much do you plan to sell this invitation."
"It's not expensive, just When I gave it to my big brother. Well, 50,000 gold coins."
"Huh?" Tang En was stunned at first, and then silently called the head, said with a smile, "hehe, you can call it all Ming robbed it. Well, as far as I know, the price of the invitation is about 8,000 gold coins, right?" Tang En is rich now, but that doesn't mean he is willing to take advantage of it.
"That's right." The enthusiasm on the young man's face disappeared, and the invitation on his chest, Mysterious said, "But do you think you can still buy it now?"
Tang En eyebrow raised: "Oh? You have to try it. Sorry, you are too expensive, I can't afford it."
"Forget it, others are still rushing to buy it." The young man said angrily, took two steps, and turned around again, "When you come to me again, the price may be more than this." After speaking, he walked to the other side without looking back, where there was a seemingly Businessman looking man.
shrugged, Tang En got up carelessly, and the door to the city hall was already opened not far away.
Of course, the City Hall is not only a sales function. After suffering a few indifferent glances, Tang En finally found out the place. This kind of encounter gave him a vague illusion of returning to the world... "What, it's sold out? How is it possible, this invitation is only available for sale today."
Before entering the door, Tang En heard the inside. An angry voice came out. Pushing the door and entering, I saw a few people excitedly surrounding a desk and approached, a middle-aged official in uniform was holding his arms, his eyelids were drooping, and his expression was very indifferent.
After listening for a while, Tang En couldn't help feeling depressed. This middle age person is the person in charge of the sales. According to him, the invitations for the banquet have been sold out. This is definitely absurd, because the invitation only went on sale this morning, and Tang En and the others were already waiting before the town hall opened.
After thinking about it for a while, several guards in armor appeared outside the door, forcibly driving out the most violent people on the grounds of obstructing official business.
As a result, the people who stayed were a little dumbfounded. The person who had shivered started to set close, secretly stuffed money, but the middle age person was still unmoved, and he just said indifferently that the invitation was gone. After lingering for a while, everyone had to scolded and walked out of the room.
Black box operation? But it was too thorough...Tang En frowned, exiting the room with the crowd.
As soon as he came out, he just happened to have a face-to-face with the previous Yellow Ox youth.
"Hehe, what's up, isn't it for sale?" The young man said proudly with a mocking smile on his face when he saw Tang En.
Tang En's face didn't move, nodded: "Yeah."
"hmph!" The young man twitched his lips and walked into the room, closing the wooden door.
Tang En step one stopped, throws it after the right hand, the protruding dagger will be resisted when the wooden door is closed. Looking around, those who didn't buy it were foul-mouthed out. Although there are some guards not far away, their attention is not here for the time being.
Tang En quickly took two steps back and put on the wooden door... "Sir, your approach is really brilliant. Those ten invitations have already been sold, and this is the money obtained." Needless to say, The voice of flattering and fawning timed the youth no doubt.
"hmph, you brat hid it!" The majestic voice of the middle-aged official sounded.
"Yo, I've been wronged. Even if I give the little one ten courage, I won't dare to deceive you."
"There is no best, if you know the consequences!"
"Yes, yes..."
"Well, I'll give you some more. Do it well, I won't treat you badly afterwards!"
"Thank you sir , thank you sir, I will definitely..."
......hehe, I knew it would be like this...He shook his head and laughed silently. Before the guards not far away looked over, Tang En said Step away.
Out of the City Hall, Tang En did not leave, but sat behind a column. After a little observation, I soon noticed that a dozen or so people were constantly shuttled among those anxious-looking crowds, bowing their heads and whispering something from time to time.
It goes without saying that they should be from the otherworldly Yellow Ox party just like the young man. It seems that no matter what time and space, as long as there is a desire for money, the choices made are always the same. Because of the statement of the middle-aged official in the city hall, these people are now doing very well and the turnover rate is extremely high.
Originally, only they have invitations. So there is some confidence, love to buy it or not. But the buyer is different. As long as they want to buy, they have to be slaughtered, and even the counter-offer is impossible. In the end, they have to reluctantly buy.
To report? This is impossible to succeed. Middle-aged officials only need to say that the invitations were bought by these people. After all, as long as others have money, you can't care how much others want to buy. Even more how to jump from 8,000 to 50,000 or even higher prices, an official must not be greedy, nor has the ability to be greedy. If you think about it for a while, you will know that there must be a lot of intricate protection behind this.
This is the formidable power of unwritten rules... There were also a few people who came up to Tang En to sell it, but Tang En shook his head and refused, saying that he was just here to sit and have a rest.
Not long after that, the wretched young man walked out of the city hall. Looking at the man with a bulging chest, he knew that the middle-aged official had given him a lot. Presumably the reward after the event was also generous. After he came out, he did not delay, and immediately walked into the crowd and began to lobby and sell.
The corners of Tang En's mouth were slightly raised, and he turned out from behind the pillar and walked straight towards the young man.
In this short period of time, the young man made another stroke on a man who looked like a steward. Just when he was proudly putting the golden ticket into his arms, someone suddenly patted him on his shoulder.
"How's the business?"
The body trembled, the young man let out a short exclamation, turned his head suddenly, and suddenly flustered and exasperated: "Why... it's you. !"
"Yes." Tang En nodded with a smile.
Phew... The young man first breathed a sigh of relief, then rolled his eyes a few times, his face full of a smug smile: "Hehe, I finally figured it out, right? But this price is not what it used to be. , 80,000, no less than a cent!"
"You misunderstood." Tang En stretched out his hand to patted the young man's shoulder again, said with a smile, "I just want to ask how your business is going?"
Pop, an angry look flashed on the young man's face, he reached out and knocked off Tang En's arm, curl one's lip, "Business is not bad, what's wrong?"
"Well, congratulations, congratulations ." Tang En nodded, full of sincerity, "Then keep working hard, don't bother."
After finishing speaking, he simply turned and left.
The young man stood still, opened his mouth, and came back to his senses after a while: "I'm sick!"
.......On the other side of the square, the carriage was already seated Tang En flipped his left hand, and three big red gilded invitations appeared in his hand.
"Hehe, the feeling of reap without sowing is good... Well, one for me, one for Ferry, one for Bosco, tsk tsk, 50,000 gold coins. No, this has to be reimbursed , at least the Old Guy will be rewarded. Don't say no Good at it, at least not as good as Jack. But to take things face to face, the key is to be fast, Tang En is still confident.
As for the young man who lost three invitations, how should he explain it to the middle-aged officials? That's not what Tang En considered... tsk tsk, it's probably going to hang up, it's a pity... …