Upon arriving in the prefectural city, Xiao Yunqi naturally intended to visit Guiyun Tower, but Shen Qingyu did not wish to go.

With so many people selling their children during this famine year, I wonder if the pawnshop will have anything good.

The thought of selling things in the space mall excited Shen Qingyu, and she decided to go and try her luck at finding treasures.

The pawnshop was indeed more crowded than usual.

As soon as Shen Qingyu entered, the shopkeeper recognized her: "Madam, are you here to pawn something or to buy something?"

Shen Qingyu smiled: "I want to see what new and interesting things there are."

The shopkeeper then led Shen Qingyu to the backyard and asked the shop assistant to show her all the things that had been recently acquired.

The items I've recently acquired are mostly hairpins, gold and silver jewelry, and thick winter sweaters...

As Shen Qingyu browsed through the items, she asked about the prices while listening to the prompts and prices given by the Space Mall regarding the addition of new categories.

She skipped items where the purchase price was similar to the selling price in the space mall, but a fox fur cloak piqued her curiosity.

The shop assistant quoted fifty taels of silver for the fox fur cloak, but the mall quoted five hundred taels of silver.

The inside and outside are quite different!

Shen Qingyu carefully flipped through the pages.

This fox fur isn't rare; it's white with streaks of black hair, and the lining is made of brown satin with fine, even stitches, showing quite good craftsmanship.

That means it's worth about fifty taels...

But why are the prices so high in the mall?

Remembering the silver hairpin from before, Shen Qingyu's heart skipped a beat, and she decisively made a decision: "I'll take this fox cloak."

The shopkeeper was also happy: It's almost summer now, and this kind of thing doesn't sell well this season!

It was pure luck that we were able to sell it.

The waiter immediately helped wrap it up, and Shen Qingyu readily paid and prepared to leave.

But as soon as they stepped out of the backyard, they heard an old Taoist priest with a scraggly beard arguing with the shopkeeper: "That Western sign is clearly here, how can you say it's not there?"

The shopkeeper's patience had clearly run out, but since this was a person from outside the secular world, he couldn't very well offend him, so he could only explain with a bitter face.

"Master, that Western watch was a sure thing; it was sold a few days ago..."

"Impossible! I've calculated it, the final destination is here!" The Taoist priest expressed his disbelief.

The shopkeeper said, "I can't exactly let you in to search us, can I? If you keep bothering us, don't blame me for kicking you out!"

As the two sides were arguing, the shopkeeper caught sight of Shen Qingyu and was immediately stunned. He remembered that the Western watch had been bought by this young master's distinguished guest!

It was the young master who brought this person here back then!

But since the other party has already bought it, it wouldn't be right for me to lead this mad Taoist to cause trouble for the owner's distinguished guest.

So the shopkeeper immediately ordered his staff to kick people out.

Shen Qingyu understood what was going on and then remembered the pocket watch.

After buying the pocket watch, I forgot about it and left it in the storage room. I haven't even had time to repair it yet.

Could this Taoist priest be looking for that one?

Did he know what was special about the pocket watch?

However, with such a huge price difference, I would never give it to someone else unless I figured it out myself.

So Shen Qingyu pretended not to know anything and started walking out.

But she hadn't gone far when she sensed someone following her. Turning her head, she saw it was the unshaven Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest grinned as soon as he saw Shen Qingyu: "Madam, we are destined to meet."

Go to hell with you!

This flirting skill is almost on par with that of a 21st-century thug!

Shen Qingyu suppressed the urge to curse and asked him, "Is there something you need?"

The Taoist continued to grin: "Madam comes from beyond the heavens; she is no ordinary person."

Shen Qingyu's heart skipped a beat: This old Taoist priest really has some skills?

How could he even see that his soul had traveled through time?

Fearing he would continue spouting nonsense, Shen Qingyu said coldly, "Stop laughing. Your teeth are yellow and black, and your laughter is disgusting."

The Taoist priest shut his mouth abruptly, looking at Shen Qingyu with an embarrassed expression.

Shen Qingyu turned and left.

To everyone's surprise, the Taoist priest followed them.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Qingyu decided to ignore him and head straight for the horse market.

She had already inquired and found out that Qian Wanliang's comfortable carriage was ordered from there.

It doesn't make sense to conjure a carriage out of thin air; it's safer to just buy one.

After entering the horse market and asking around, Shen Qingyu easily found the carriage shop.

There was a similar carriage in the courtyard. When the shopkeeper heard that Shen Qingyu wanted to buy this kind of carriage, his eyes almost disappeared with laughter!

"This is a top-quality carriage. Have you seen the carriage that the eldest young master of the Qian family owns? It's this very model..."

Very well, Qian Wanliang is just a mobile billboard.

Shen Qingyu didn't waste any time and bargained with the shopkeeper down to one hundred taels of silver before buying the carriage.

Finally free from the cart ride, Shen Qingyu was very satisfied and instructed the shopkeeper to take the carriage directly to Guiyun Tower.

This is the most important purpose of this trip to the prefectural city.

The Taoist priest followed them all the way to Guiyun Tower. Looking at the seemingly ordinary clouds with golden edges in the sky, he was slightly shocked. He did not follow them in, but instead squatted down against a wall and continued to wait.

As Shen Qingyu went upstairs, she ran into an inconspicuous man walking out.

Based on her intuition from dealing with soldiers, Shen Qingyu sensed a sharp aura that the man couldn't quite conceal.

This person had an upright posture and his every move was crisp and efficient.

Shen Qingyu couldn't help but pause and take another look at the person.

The man was also alert, and in an instant he realized that he had attracted Shen Qingyu's attention. While surprised by Shen Qingyu's keenness, he slightly bent his back and slumped his shoulders, and his temperament changed instantly.

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