Vol 2 Chapter 215 (1/2)
Chapter 215: The Old Shop on Xiushui Street
The arrangements of diploed in advance Going by the norm, for sojing would require the appropriate personnel as escort But Fan Xian orried about such arrange the negotiations, Fan Xian still asked permission from Northern Qi’s Imperial court, and careeed for both Xiao En and Si Lili This already put Qing at a deficit, which hy Fan Xian was in a hurry to find the person secretly in charge But unexpectedly, Minister Shu of the Board of Rites, as actually the vice-recruiter of the Brocade Guard, refused to see his out a few nored Northern Qi’s officials and stor had rushed over from the Office of the Grand Herald He secretly shook his head at Fan Xian
Once the four were back in the carriage, Lin Jing said, ”Vice-Minister Wei Hua also disappeared after leaving the palace”
Fan Xian sighed ”I bet it’s the same elsewhere Qi wants to delay a few more days”
”What good does that do for the to hand the person over in the end regardless I doubt they could drag this on forever”
Fan Xian shook his head ”We yun as soon as possible”
”How?”
”We go to Wei Hua’s ho said, troubled ”We’re talking about the e there would be very taboo I’ so would only stir up hed ”Hopefully those Imperial censors under Northern Qi’s e Ninghou for conspiring with a foreign nation toe left the Board of Rites, followed by the I like passersby, tailed the group froe, could sents He said quietly to Fan Xian, ”Sir Commissioner, there see us”
”We have the I lost?” Fan Xian said ”Ignore the few days, do not hurry to contact the Council ents any unnecessary risks”
Those secret agents of Northern Qi were under Imperial orders to watch over the envoy They were puzzled as to why those southern officials would be interested in touring the streets after leaving the Board of Rites Further just any street, but the —Xiushui Street It sold luxury ite ordinary civilians could afford
One of the agents frowned ”Why do those southern barbarians want to visit Xiushui Street?”
His subordinate answered, ”Visiting a foreign country is a rare occasion Of course they want to bring back so nice Those southern barbarians are all madly rich noill they explain to their faoblets?”
”Idiot! All the glass is exported by Southern Qing Why would they come all the way here for it?”
There weren’t a lot of people on Xiushui Street, but the few that were seen walking around were all potbellied rich lance one could tell they didn’t carry around much silver, but stashes of bills thicker than a book The stores were spaced out along the street at just the right distance frons of those stores were even more conspicuous, erecte
d vertically outside the storefronts The signboards were painted black, with golden characters, though so The store owners didn’t seens However, upon closer exans had quite some history to theraphers a century, or perhaps even o Those business men wanted to use the faded paint to flaunt the history of their stores, and to add an air of antiquity
The seven stores in the ns were horizontal and, while not brand new, looked obviously newer than the signs of the other stores Sooods, some sold soaps and such, some sold perfume, some sold cotton cloths, and so because it specialized in selling toys
The carriages stopped just in front of the street entrance Being accompanied by soldiers of the Ihest-ranked nobility But the stores on Xiushui Street kept their self-esteeuests They waited for the four people who exited the carriage to pass by one by one