Chapter 192
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Bai Xiao Sheng was not a person but an industry.
In one's life, there were thousands of positions. There was the Imperial Palace and also the common people of Jianghu. Thirty-six professions and seventy-two professions. There was such a type of people who belonged to the three religions and nine schools. It did not sound respectable but there were many ways and uses. At times, the little bit of relationship between the Imperial Court and Jianghu was maintained by these people from the three religions and nine schools.
And Bai Xiao Sheng was one of these industries.
As the name implied, Bai Xiao Sheng was somewhat similar to a detective. In hundreds of years of inheritance, this industry did not appear many times and ordinary people would not have heard of it. As for where it was and what kind of people it was, no one knew. But not knowing did not mean that it did not exist. This Feng Xian Pawnshop in the Ding capital was the current Bai Xiao Sheng of Ming Qi.
That red clad female's gaze gradually became solemn as she looked at Shen Miao, which made Mo Qing and the rest feel somewhat inexplicable. Even though they were in the army and had been in Jianghu, they really did not know what kind of thing Bai Xiao Sheng was.
Naturally, no matter if it was Feng Xian Pawnshop or Bai Xiao Sheng, ordinary people would not know that the people who came here were all prepared.
"Young Lady is …" The red clad female asked tentatively.
"I am here to make a transaction."
Hearing that, the red clad female's expression slightly moved and under the stunned gaze of the shop assistant, she smiled and said to Shen Miao, "This Young Lady's things must be expensive. Since that is the case, please follow me to the back for a discussion."
Mo Qing and the rest also wanted to follow but were stopped by the red clad female, "These few people need not."
"Young Lady …" Jing Zhe was somewhat worried. If Shen Miao were to go in alone, perhaps she would meet with an accident.
"You all stay." Shen Miao said, "I will return after this transaction is done."
After Shen Miao and the red clad female left, Mo Qing and the rest stayed in the outer hall. One of the guards that Shen Qiu gave to Shen Miao asked Mo Qing, "Brother Mo, what is Young Lady doing here?" After all he had killed and seen blood, he naturally had some intuition towards danger. That red clad female's expression and the conversation between Shen Miao and Shen Miao made the few of them feel that this matter was not simple.
"I also do not know." Mo Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head. Looking at the corridor that led inside, he said, "Young Lady knows what to do."
The red-clothed woman led Shen Miao through a very long corridor. At the end of the corridor was a square wooden pavilion. It had a total of six floors, and the top was covered with a veil. It was impossible to see what was inside, but it seemed to be very well maintained. At the very least, the wood used to make the pillars was the invaluable Evening Fragrant Wood.
There were rumours from outsiders that the Feng Xian Pawnshop's Head was extremely wealthy, else the pawnshop business could only barely be maintained for so many years. After all, to buy such a large piece of land in the most prosperous area of the Ding capital, but to be unable to make ends meet, it was not something that everyone could afford.
But Shen Miao knew that the reason why the Feng Xian Pawnshop was so rich and overbearing, was naturally because the way they earned money was not through pawning things. What they did was a business that had no capital and naturally it was profitable with little capital.
The red-clothed female welcomed her to the lowest floor of the pavilion and found a room for her to sit down. It was a tea room and the mahogany tables and chairs in the tea room were engraved with landscape paintings. The carvings were lifelike and with one look, one would know that the craftsman's craftsmanship was exquisite and of course the value was not cheap.
"I am called Hong Ling." The female smiled. When she smiled, the corners of her eyes were so charming that water could drip out, as if the amorous feelings were carved into her bones. She asked, "How should Young Lady be addressed?"
"My surname is Shen." Shen Miao said.
When Shen Miao was sizing up the other party, Hong Ling was also sizing up Shen Miao. She was secretly surprised in her heart. Initially she thought that it was some rich young lady that came to the Feng Xian Pawnshop to create trouble, but who knew that she actually heard 'Bai Xiao Sheng' from the other party's mouth. Knowing that this was most likely an expert, she welcomed her inside. But Hong Ling had been doing business in the Feng Xian Pawnshop for so many years, but it was the first time that she met such a young customer. She was not sure how much the other party knew and feared that it was her first time doing business, so she was thinking if she should brush it off.
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