Xue Huan pointed at Wei Lao Gou and said, "This is the Wei Lao Gou you were looking for on the wanted list. I brought him here to claim the bounty."
The manager has to receive countless pieces of intelligence information every day, so how could he remember a small character like Wei Laogou?
He turned the task booklet to the page that offered the bounty for Wei Laogou, compared it with the portrait above, checked whether Wei Laogou had disguised himself, compared it with the identity-providing features provided on the task list, and confirmed his identity.
"Yes, he is indeed Wei Laogou."
The manager asked his men to take Wei Laogou away and gave the reward to Xue Huan.
The original reward for capturing Wei Laogou was one thousand taels, but now it has increased to one thousand five hundred taels.
Xue Huan was very satisfied with making a profit of 1,500 taels for free and getting rid of Wei Laogou at the same time.
It was almost dusk when Xue Huan came out of the Tianxia Pawnshop. She was not in a hurry to go back because there was no curfew in Yujing City, and the economy was developed and the business was thriving. Even at night, it was very lively, especially the night market.
There are two main night markets, one is the stone bridge at the city gate, and the other is in the West Market. Every night, the night market is crowded with various vendors and pedestrians.
Xue Huan planned to take a good stroll.
Although there is no curfew in Yujing City, the city gates will be closed at a certain time. Therefore, if you want to go shopping near the stone bridge, you must be prepared to not return to the city all night.
Xue Huan naturally didn't plan to be a night owl all night, so she went to the West Market.
The moment she stepped in, Xue Huan was overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of life. Her ears were filled with all kinds of sounds. If she didn't listen carefully, she couldn't hear what others were saying at all.
Xue Huan didn't know where to start, so she just randomly chose a direction and walked in, buying food, toys and other things along the way.
Of course, as the city of jade, how could the night market be without raw materials and various jades?
Gambling on stones is also indispensable, and there are many different ways to do it. There are ring tossing, stones being cut on the spot for customers to place bets, and even acrobatics with the theme of "gambling on stones", which are so dazzling that people can't keep up.
There was a stall in front surrounded by a crowd of people. Xue Huan walked over, but couldn't see the situation inside through the crowd. This is when her spiritual sense came in handy.
It turned out to be a ring-tossing stall, with 81 items arranged on the stall like a nine-square grid. Most of them were raw materials, but considering the size of the rings, those raw materials were very small, and the largest one was only the size of a bowl.
Raw materials are as common as cabbage here. Since this place attracts so many people, it is naturally not because of the raw materials, but because of the few rare treasures.
In the middle of the third row from the bottom was a piece of Ming Dynasty rough jade. On the side facing the guests, a window had been scraped open, revealing the emerald green jade flesh as big as a child's palm, which captivated the hearts of everyone present.
A piece of this kind of rough jadeite, with such a good window after being rubbed, might even yield a top-grade jadeite! If it were in a decent shop, it might fetch hundreds or even thousands of taels, but here, ten coins could buy ten rings!
Each ring only costs a penny. If you are lucky enough to win, wouldn’t you be rich! The opportunity to get rich overnight is right in front of you. How can you not be excited?
However, there are more good things on this stall than just that piece of Ming gambling rough stone. On the far left of the second to last row, there is a Maitreya Buddha made of ice jade!
In the corner of the last row, there is an imperial green ring.
The charming color and crystal texture are really eye-catching and exciting.
When you look at a beauty under the light, she becomes even more beautiful. Similarly, when you look at jade under the light, it becomes even more irresistible.
The stall owner was wearing a conical hat and leaning against a table, his face supported by his hands, so his expression could not be seen clearly.
He didn't greet customers loudly like other stall owners, but just sat there quietly, motionless, making people wonder if he was asleep.
Next to him stood a wooden board with a few words written on it: "Ten coins for ten rings. Pick up the rings yourself. No change will be accepted. Please put the money in the box. If you violate this rule, you will bear the consequences at your own risk."
Xue Huan thought to herself, this stall owner really has a personality.
Unfortunately, his trick doesn't seem to work in the crowded night market.
After all, few people can remain calm in the face of huge temptation.
"Do you think that Maitreya Buddha and the imperial green ring are real?"
“It doesn’t look fake.”
"If this is real, how much would it be worth? How could this person just display it like this?"
Everyone was eager to move, but hesitated for a moment.
At this time, a group of people came over, about five or six of them, all of them looked like hooligans, and it was obvious that they were not serious people.
When passing by food stalls, they would just reach out and take food without paying. The stall owner dared not say anything. However, those people were not satisfied with the free food. They would take a bite and throw the food on the ground, "Pah! What a piece of crap!"
The onlookers all showed expressions of fear and began to talk in low voices.
Xue Huan was at the edge of the crowd and heard people in front of her say that the leader of that group called himself Qin Ba Wang, but he was actually a gangster. He led a group of younger brothers and did not do his job all day. He went from house to house on the street to collect protection fees and took things for free.
The stall owners are all small businesses, and they dare not speak out, so they can only pay.
But those shop owners were not much better off, because compared with the hawkers, they were even worse off, because their shops were right there and they couldn't run away. If they didn't ask for protection money, Qin Bawang would bring people to cause trouble, making it impossible for the shops to do business.
The store owner had no choice but to accept the loss and spend money to avoid disaster.
It’s not that no one protested, but Qin Bawang had the support of the Deng family, and the Deng family was no ordinary family. They were relatives of the county magistrate. When it came to official matters, how could ordinary people get ahead of the Deng family?
If it comes to money, the Deng family is not short of money.
Nowadays, the gambling stone industry in the entire Yujing City can be said to be monopolized by the Deng family. Others can only buy from the Deng family. If they don’t want to buy, then they can forget about doing this business.
With such a powerful backer, Qin Bawang and others naturally became arrogant and domineering.
When Qin Bawang and his group came over, everyone unconsciously retreated to both sides to make way for him.
Qin Bawang walked to the stall, squatted down, picked up a piece of raw material and weighed it in his hand. "Old man, who allowed you to set up a stall here? Do you understand the rules?"
He was still smiling a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, his face suddenly turned gloomy. He slammed the raw material in his hand to the ground, "Brothers, smash it for me!"
If this were a TV drama, the scene where Qin Bawang threw the wool would definitely be shot in slow motion.
The exclamations of the people around seemed to be stretched out.
However, everything actually happened in just a moment.
Before the raw material hit the ground, Qin Bawang and several of his younger brothers fell out first. When they hit the ground heavily, the raw material seemed to be attracted by some force and fell back gently.
No one saw how the stall owner did it, except Xue Huan.
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