The hidden city at night is more noisy and lively than during the day. The colorful crystal stones illuminate the sky as bright as day, the neon signs flash, and the aroma of wine and makeup are intertwined.
Lin Qingyang was still holding the white rabbit head wearing sunglasses, eating the meat skewers he just bought while walking. Spider Girl twisted her waist and followed him, her six arms swinging gently with the pace.
"Photographed by Photo Stone, Tie Zhenshan came here a month ago and only went to the Zuishengtang in front."
As Spider Girl spoke, she pointed with her pipe at a wine shop with an extremely luxurious appearance not far ahead.
There are luminous crystals all around Yin City, which outsiders only think of as lighting and decoration. In fact, they are surveillance equipment set up by Lin Qingyang, which can record the surrounding images. Only the core people of Fusheng Pavilion know this secret.
"The boss of Zuishengtang is a rat-headed half-demon, and everyone calls him 'wine rat'. He used to work in a human wine shop, but later he stole the recipes and opened a wine shop here. I heard that the business has been good recently, and he often delivers wine to Demon Emperor City." Spider Girl introduced, blowing out a smoke ring, "It's strange to say that a master of weapon refinement from Tie Zhenshan came all the way to buy wine instead of looking at the ore and iron tools."
"It's not strange if you make an appointment with someone." Lin Qingyang said while biting the meat skewers.
As they talked, they came to the front of the store. The three large gilded characters "Zuishengtang" shone under the light, giving off an aura of nouveau riche. Several half-demon were busy in the store. The sign next to them read "Thousand-year-old ancient method of cellaring, one cup is better than the gods."
The corners of Lin Qingyang's mouth twitched, and the false advertising had spread to Yin City!
"Hey, Third Master, Madam Spider! What brought you here?" A clever half-demon young man saw this and immediately came up to him, with a smile on his face.
"Who are you calling old?" Spider Girl rolled her eyes dissatisfied, "Stop talking nonsense and let the drunkard come out!"
"The boss went to Demon Emperor City to deliver goods yesterday, but he hasn't come back yet." The half-demon boy replied.
"Does he need to go there in person to deliver the goods?" Spider Girl raised her eyebrows and asked doubtfully.
"The boss said that the wine he delivered this time was for the Demon King's Palace. It was a big business and he was afraid of things going wrong, so he personally escorted it." The half-demon boy answered carefully.
"He took all the wine from the Demon King's Palace? This damn rat is quite capable." Spider Girl said in a sour tone.
"Our boss said that the success of Zuishengtang depends on your care." The half-demon boy said with a smile.
"He knows what's going on." Spider Girl snorted softly.
Lin Qingyang couldn't stand Spider Girl's nonsense and asked directly, "A month ago, a human man with an iron arm in his left hand came to the store. Do you have any impressions?"
The half-demon boy scratched his head, thought for a moment and said, "It seemed like I had an impression... but the boss personally received the man and led him directly into the back hall. He didn't buy any wine when he left."
The Spider Lady next to her heard this and cursed in a low voice, "Sure enough, it was this damn rat that did the trick!"
Lin Qingyang frowned, but since no one was here, he couldn't ask anything. He could only tell him, "Fusheng Pavilion will order a batch of wine recently. When your boss comes back, ask him to come over and have a chat immediately."
"Don't worry, Third Master, I will definitely bring the message to you." The half-demon boy said respectfully, sending the two of them out and giving them new products from the bottle shop.
After the two of them walked some distance away, Zhu Ji finally couldn't help but cursed, "What a damn rat! He is making money from my mother's territory, and he actually dares to do these deadly things behind my back! When he comes back, I will peel off his skin!"
Lin Qingyang frowned and thought without saying anything. Zhu Ji cursed, glanced at him again, and couldn't help complaining. "You too, worry about other people's affairs every day. If you spend more of your brain on making money, our Yinshi's turnover can be doubled."
"I'm not doing this just for business. If the two sides really get into a fight, there will really be no need to do this business." Lin Qingyang said confidently.
"It sounds nice, but who knows who it is for." Spider Girl said in a strange tone, "While you are collecting goods from Demon Emperor City at a high price, you are also selling food and medicine at a discount. Are you doing this kind of business? I don't know, I thought you were having an affair with that Demon King."
"This is called early investment to seize the market." Lin Qingyang said, opening the wine given by the wine rat.
"Stop fooling me," Spider Girl took a puff of cigarette and looked at Lin Qingyang with squinted eyes, "You are a human, pretending to be a rabbit and hiding here. Something must be wrong. Are you hiding from the demon king?"
Lin Qingyang was drinking wine when his face suddenly changed and he looked ugly. "This wine..."
"What's wrong? It's poisonous!" Spider Girl looked nervous.
"It seems like it has been watered down!" Lin Qingyang said with a wrinkled face.
Spider Girl gave him a speechless look, and Lin Qingyang laughed, her two rabbit ears twitching.
"I'm sleepy, go back to sleep." Lin Qingyang said, yawned, and walked quickly to Fusheng Pavilion.
"Why are you running? Tell me." Spider Girl chased him and shouted.
The two of them returned to Fusheng Pavilion noisily. From a distance, they saw many people gathered around and talking among themselves outside Fusheng Pavilion.
"What's going on?" Lin Qingyang frowned.
I saw seven or eight tall horses of different coat colors parked at the entrance of Fusheng Pavilion, and a very luxurious carriage in the middle. The large carriage was completely black, inlaid with complicated gold thread patterns and various gems, and glazed palace lanterns were hung on the four corners of the roof. In front of the carriage were four golden-coated horses snorting, their fur as smooth as satin, shining with a faint golden light in the moonlight, and their manes flying like flames.
"Is this the Spirit Shadow Colt?" Spider Girl said in surprise. The number of Spirit Shadow Colts is already rare, and this kind of pure gold ones are even rarer. I don't know what the origin of such a grand display is.
"This is a big customer!" Spider Girl said with excitement on her face, completely forgetting about being rejected just now. She shook her waist and excitedly pushed through the crowd and rushed into Fusheng Pavilion. She didn't even notice that the two horse-faced gatekeepers at the door were not there.
Lin Qingyang frowned, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, and followed Spider Girl in.
The lobby was a little dark and unusually quiet. There was no sound of silk or bamboo, no noisy human voices, and the half-demon who used to wait at the door to welcome guests were all gone.
Spider Girl, who was walking in front, was standing in the middle of the hall, waving her pipe. Her whole body was as stiff as a wooden board. Only the hand holding the pipe was trembling slightly. There was a short sword on her neck, and the one holding the sword was the hawk demon she had seen in the Red Refining Sect before.
Ku Rong was gagged, tied into a rice dumpling and thrown on the ground. Standing next to him was a tall tiger demon. The other demon soldiers in the lobby were also holding weapons and were menacing. The half-demon girls and the playing boys in the lobby were all huddled together stiffly and shivering.
And right in front of the lobby, on the large boss chair, was a man sitting upright, wearing a black robe and flamboyant white hair. His amber wolf eyes were slightly raised, skipping the spider girl in front of him, and accurately nailed Lin Qingyang who had just entered the door. The corner of his mouth slowly raised an arc that made people's scalp numb.
"We meet again!"