"Sir, are you satisfied with this hairstyle?" The handsome barber stood behind Xia Pingan and used a comb to rearrange Xia Pingan's hair. Looking at Xia Pingan's reflection in the mirror, he praised, "According to your request, I cut your hair short. Don't say, you look quite spirited …"
Xia Pingan looked at himself in the mirror and felt somewhat unfamiliar.
The face in the mirror was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. It was plain and not even as handsome as the hairdresser behind him. It was the kind of face that would be hard to remember if it was thrown into a crowd on the street. There was nothing distinctive about his face. If one had to find a distinguishing feature, it would be the short hair that matched his face. It looked very energetic.
At this time, with a change of face and hairstyle, even if Yan Duo stood in front of Xia Pingan, he probably wouldn't be able to recognize Xia Pingan.
"Not bad, this is fine. I'm very satisfied!"
"Okay, then I'll wash your hair for you …"
The barber shop's service was very considerate. After washing his hair, drying it, and changing his clothes, Xia Pingan walked out of the shop feeling refreshed. The sun was shining brightly on the street outside. It was just noon.
The street was bustling with people coming and going. Four-wheeled carriages and small trains with tracks shuttled back and forth on the street. The sound of sirens and the ringing of bells on the carriages rose and fell on the street. Two chatting policemen on patrol walked past Xia Pingan and only casually glanced at Xia Pingan without giving him a second glance.
It was just a morning, and the people of the Sun Family shouldn't have discovered Sun Hao's disappearance. Xia Pingan had already completely changed his appearance in Shang Jing City.
Xia Pingan glanced at the Great Wan Guild Hall more than a hundred meters away. Outside the hall, Tang Long had just boarded a carriage and was sitting next to the coachman at the front of the carriage like a bodyguard. The carriage had just left the hall, and the person sitting in the carriage was the elder of the Tang Family.
When he was getting a haircut in the shop just now, the mirror in the shop was diagonally facing the entrance of the Great Wan Guild Hall in the distance. From the reflection of the mirror, Xia Pingan saw the elder of the Tang Family come out of the hall and get into the carriage.
It seemed that the elder of the Tang Family would stay in Shang Jing City for a while, but he didn't know what the elder was doing in Shang Jing City.
Xia Pingan didn't dare to look too much. He only glanced at him. To avoid being discovered, he quickly looked away. He didn't even dare to use his long-range vision ability. who knew if the elder of the Tang Family sitting in the carriage would sense anything. The perception ability of such an expert was too terrifying. Xia Pingan didn't want to beat the grass grass grass grass and alert the enemy.
Speaking of spying, Xia Pingan thought of the Illusory Child's realm pearl that was still in his spatial warehouse. It was said that the summoned Illusory Child was ever-changing and elusive. Just like Little Ghost and Tu Xingsun, it was the strongest scout and spying tool. Unless it was a powerhouse above the Seven Sun Realm, no summoner below the Seven Sun Realm would be able to find traces of the Illusory Child.
If he could fuse with the realm pearl and summon the Illusory Child, then use it to keep an eye on the elder of the Tang Family, the elder of the Tang Family would definitely not discover anything.
However, if he wanted to fuse with the realm pearl, he had to find a place to stay first. He couldn't just start fusing with the realm pearl on the street or in a random hotel. It was too dangerous to fuse with the realm pearl in such a crowded place.
He definitely couldn't go back to the apartment. The new place he found had to be safe enough. At the very least, it couldn't be like that apartment, where any Tom, Dick, and Harry could find a bunch of bounty hunters and police to surround the apartment and make dumplings for him. That kind of situation was too dangerous.
He had to find a quiet place where he wouldn't be disturbed when fusing with the realm pearl. Even if there was a piece of trash like Sun Hao, he wouldn't dare to easily find the police and bounty hunters to cause trouble.
As Xia Pingan walked on the street, he was thinking about where to settle down.
Previously, when he was looking for a place to stay in Shang Jing City, he had mainly considered the price. Now, this problem could be thrown to the back of his mind.
Last night, Xia Pingan counted the things in Sun Hao's spatial equipment. In addition to the five or six thousand gold coins, there were almost three thousand gold notes. The current Xia Pingan was already a person with more than ten thousand gold coins.
With almost ten thousand gold coins on him, in Shang Jing City, he could be considered a slightly "rich" person. Although this money couldn't buy any good mansions or courtyards in Shang Jing City, it was common for the top mansions and properties in Shang Jing City to easily cost a hundred thousand or eighty thousand gold coins. Mansions that cost a few hundred thousand gold coins weren't little either. However, it was still possible to take out a little of this money and rent a good house to settle down.
In addition to renting a house, this money could also buy a lot of realm pearls, which could quickly improve his strength in a short period of time.
Xia Pingan had already thought about how to use this money.
As for the place to stay …
Xia Pingan's mind suddenly flashed and he thought of a place — Ping Mountain.
The main camp of the Judgement Army was at Ping Mountain to the north of Shang Jing City.
At the foot of Ping Mountain, near the main camp of the Judgement Army, there were many courtyards and courtyards. That was the oldest high-end residential area in Shang Jing City. Those who could live at the foot of Ping Mountain were either rich or noble. In addition to those rich people, the foot of Ping Mountain was also the embassy area of many countries in the capital of the Shang Dynasty. There were also several important government offices of the Shang Dynasty. The public security there was absolutely first-class.
If he had lived at the foot of Ping Mountain near the main camp of the Judgement Army, even if Sun Hao had ten times the courage, he wouldn't have dared to casually find a group of people to block the road and encircle and annihilate him.
Would those bounty hunters and policemen dare to casually cause trouble under the eyes of the Judgement Army? Absolutely not.
He was a member of the Shadow Squad of the Judgement Army. If he really encountered an emergency, he could still find the organization and support nearby.
Seeing a high-end clothing store on the side of the street, Xia Pingan directly walked into the store.
A few minutes later, Xia Pingan walked out of the store with a different appearance — Xia Pingan was wearing a double-breasted black silk robe and straight black trousers. Inside the robe was a purple silk vest and a white shirt. A silver pocket watch chain peeked out from the inner lining of the robe. Around his waist was a custom-made belt with a golden lion head and white jade buckles made of rhinoceros skin.
Wearing this set of clothes that cost more than five gold coins, one could only describe it in one word — exquisite. At first glance, one could tell that he was a rich person.
Xia Pingan directly called for a carriage on the street and had the carriage go directly to Ping Mountain.
In the wealthy district at the foot of Ping Mountain, there were also brokers who sold and rented houses.
… …
More than an hour later, Xia Pingan had the carriage stop at the entrance of a high-class broker house. Wearing several gold coins, Xia Pingan alighted from the carriage. As soon as he entered the broker house, someone immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
In the world of the rich, everything could be done quickly. The people around him were full of kindness, patience and thoughtfulness.
Xia Pingan only needed to state his requirements. Soon, the people in the broker house brought out a pile of prepared house and house information for Xia Pingan to choose from.
Xia Pingan skimmed through the information provided by the broker house and picked out a house.
The house had a small courtyard. It was a stand-alone house with blue tiles and high walls. It had a somewhat Hui style of architecture. The small courtyard was in an alley and there were mansions and courtyards on both sides.
"How do you rent this house?"
The broker immediately began to speak eloquently, "Ah, sir, you have a discerning eye. The owner of this house used to be an official of the Concierge Department in the imperial court. He retired and returned home last month. Only then did he leave this house for his children and grandchildren when they come to the capital to study. This house is close to Ping Mountain and is warm in winter and cool in summer. There are several embassies in the surroundings. Although the house is not big and only covers an area of less than one mu, this small house has two floors and a basement. The furniture is ready-made and is suitable for a respectable person like you. Our broker will send someone to clean the house every few days so that the house is clean and ready to move in at any time. Moreover, this house is not expensive, only 130 gold coins a year. The deposit is 200 gold coins …"
130 gold coins a year was indeed not expensive for Xia Pingan. Even if he lived here for ten years, it would be less than 2,000 gold coins. But for ordinary people, it was a sky-high price.
It didn't take much effort. After drinking two cups of tea in the broker house and chatting for a while, Xia Pingan directly rented the courtyard after the broker house lowered the annual rent by 6 gold coins.
Thinking of the realm bead that he was going to integrate, Xia Pingan gave himself a pseudonym, Yang Cheng.
The broker house's people helped to tidy up the house and prepare to buy things to move in. In the evening, Little Pingan got the key and settled down in the courtyard again.
What satisfied Xia Pingan most was the basement in the courtyard. In fact, it was the summoner's cultivation room. There was a secret door in the basement that could be locked from the inside. It was not easy for outsiders to get in.
As soon as the broker house's people left, Xia Pingan went to the basement and sat cross-legged on the warm bed for cultivation. He took out the realm bead that could summon the illusionary child and began to integrate it …
At the same time, after disappearing for a day, the Sun family's people finally discovered that the young master of the Sun family, Sun Hao, and his bodyguards were missing …
The Sun family sent people to search but only found Sun Hao's carriage.
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