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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 120: It¡¯s over, no trace left

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    Wang Yuanbao used all his strength to push away all those who were blocking him, and his fat body ran under the colorful building as quickly as he did more than twenty years ago.  He stared blankly at the package on the ground. The package was wet with water, had many footprints on it, and was stained with dark fire ashes.  He knelt down and slowly opened the package.  There was originally a glass vase inside, which was bought by a food merchant from further west, passing through the desert and the sea, to Yangzhou.  Due to deficiencies in craftsmanship and materials, the glazed ware produced by the Tang Dynasty itself was somewhat more difficult to bake than the glazed ware produced by the Tang Dynasty.  For example, bottles.  Therefore, this glass vase cost Wang Yuanbao a full four thousand guan to buy.  But now, it's just some gorgeous glass fragments.  No matter how gorgeous the fragments are, they are just fragments. It is impossible for them to serve as the finale and participate in this city competition.  At this moment, Wang Yuanbao was sad because he broke four thousand pieces of glassware, but he was even more sad about this city competition.  It was a complete failure.  Of course he had other glassware in his hand, but no matter which one he took out, he was not as sure of victory as this gorgeous glass vase.  He is not afraid of losing. He has been floating in the business world of Chang'an City for decades, and it's not like he has never lost.  But like today, losing in a useless and inexplicable way, he was really unconvinced.  ¡°Moreover, if he loses in the city competition this time, it is not his family that is affected, but the entire Dongshi City.  Originally, Dongshi City was one year behind West City in the utilization of cement. If it loses this time, it will fall behind by another year.  Many wealthy businessmen in the East Market place their hopes on him because of the credibility and prestige he has accumulated over decades.  But now, this credibility and prestige have been severely damaged.  For a moment, Wang Yuanbao felt a little discouraged, but soon he cheered up.  Raising his head and letting out a long breath, he calmed down and saw Huo Xianqi standing in front of him with a gloomy face.  "I pay my respects to Mr. Huo." Wang Yuanbao bowed respectfully.  "My lord, although the fire is extinguished, it has already disturbed the tourists and women. According to my opinion, this city competition should end as soon as possible." Huo Xianqi said softly.  "I understand, but you can't you can't." Wang Yuanbao rejected his suggestion.  At the end of this time, Dongshi will lose battles and lose people, which will attract ridicule from all parties. If you persist, failure due to an unexpected fire will arouse sympathy.  Seeing him like this, Huo Xianqi didn't force him, but warned: "Wang Weng, you have to think clearly. If you have such trouble again, I will be merciless." "Yes, yes, I understand."  Wang Yuanbao said bitterly. After getting his promise, Huo Xianqi naturally left again.  After getting up, Wang Yuanbao closed his eyes and took a short rest. However, the wealthy businessmen in Dongshi did not give him time to breathe. They came up one by one, either anxiously asking him how to deal with it, or complaining that he was not prepared in advance.  .  Only one person asked cautiously: "Okay, why is the brocade silk burning?" This question reminded everyone.  Yes, that brocade silk hanging on the beam is in good condition, why does it spontaneously ignite?  Everyone looked at each other in confusion. People in the Tang Dynasty were superstitious and often thought of going to ghosts and gods.  Even Wang Yuanbao also changed his color at this moment.  The capital for his fortune came from an erroneous source. Although he made up stories about encountering the advice of immortals as a excuse, and he has devoted himself to worshiping the God of Wealth for decades, in his heart, he did not believe in gods and Buddhas.  But today¡¯s strange events made him begin to overturn his previous understanding.  "Could it be that there are really gods and Buddhas in the dark, who suddenly had an attack when he was closest to victory to punish him?  His thoughts wavered for a moment, and then Wang Yuanbao gathered them up.  He said in a hoarse voice: "Don't talk nonsense, it's clearly because the sky lanterns were placed over there, and the sparks fell down and got on the brocade and silk." This is an explanation, but no one present can really understand it.  Trust this explanation.  "We lost today, and I will bear all the expenses for this city competition." Wang Yuanbao said again.  "Anyway, the expenses this time will be shared as originally agreed. Victory or failure is a matter of military affairs. We didn't really lose to Xishi this time, but to the expert behind them." "Exactly  , Exactly, at worst, after we go back, we will also find a way to get to know that expert and spend a lot of money to recruit him, and we will definitely win next time. " This was echoed by all the wealthy businessmen present.  , nothing else, not lacking in vision.  This time, Saixi City actually did not win any qualitatively over Dong City. It relied on nothing more than ingenious tricks.  As long as they find the person who came up with the strategy, they can naturally win the game next time.  Only Wang Yuanbao knows that things are not that simple.? The person behind Xishi must be Ye Chang, and the reason why Ye Chang helps Xishi is probably because he covets the football market.  Although he had to give up the ball market due to the power of Princess Yuzhen, he came back with revenge in this city game.  But now is not the time to think about this matter, now we still need to meet the people in the West City.  The other wealthy merchants in the East Market were unwilling to see the proud faces of their competitors in the West Market, so this time Wang Yuanbao went there, only he and his entourage were there.  Hu Yuanxiang over there had heard about what happened here a long time ago. He smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I heard that Wang Weng's side got away with water and even broke the finale treasure?" This is adding salt to Wang Yuanbao's wounds, but Wang Yuanbao  Yuan Bao suffered it, but his face did not change. He just sighed: "It's really unfortunate. It was probably the sparks splashed from the Kongming Lantern that ignited the brocade" This is a mistake for the West Market, so Wang Yuanbao did it  The vision is extraordinary, but it is still difficult to get rid of the problem that businessmen are not ambitious enough at this time.  " If not, he should have gone directly to Ye Chang to ask for cooperation regarding the ball market, but instead he took a roundabout way and found Princess Yuzhen through Wang Jin, thus causing these troubles.  "Don't eat random things, and don't talk nonsense. Wang Weng, what do you mean by what you said, is that we deliberately set fire to the West City? If Wang Weng has evidence, just go to the officials and file a lawsuit." Hu Yuanxiang was suppressed by Wang Yuanbao for decades.  , this time he turned over happily, his eyes could not tolerate the sand: "Hmph, I heard that someone was convicted of a crime, and a divine fire came from the sky." When he said this, Hu Yuanxiang suddenly felt something in his heart, thinking of Ye Changlai.  He was also very strange in his heart, why did the brocade silk in Dongshi catch on fire? Now that he thought about it, could it be Ye Chang did it?  Thinking of the reputation of Mengxian behind Ye Chang, Hu Yuanxiang originally only had one guess, but now he has six guesses.  Wang Yuanbao was stabbed by his words, knowing that there was no point in arguing anymore, he immediately smiled and said: "Anyway, we lost this time in Dongshi, a loss is a loss, I don't have to make any excuses, there is no need to compete.  After that, he flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave.  After walking a few steps, I saw a young man coming towards me with a smile, and saluted him with my hands raised.  Wang Yuanbao ignored the young man, but when the two of them passed by, he heard the young man introduce himself: "Xiu Wu Ye Chang, it's a pleasure to meet Wang Weng today." "Xiu Wu  Ye Chang, Ye Shiyilang." Wang Yuanbao suddenly stopped.  He turned his face and looked at Ye Chang carefully. This was the first time he saw Ye Chang with his own eyes.  Sure enough, he is as young as the rumors, only 18 or 19 years old, with delicate features and a cool demeanor.  Although he is not the kind of person who attracts everyone's attention everywhere, he does easily arouse the favor of others.  But just such a kind and gentle face made Wang Yuanbao feel tremendous pressure.  "Youwhat do you want to do?" Wang Yuanbao asked with some difficulty.  "I would like to express my gratitude to Wang Weng. Thank you Wang Weng for the one hundred thousand guan." I got the news this morning that Wang Yuanbao had transported the 100,000 guan to Princess Yuzhen. Princess Yuzhen called Ye Chang to send the eight hundred thousand guan to him.  Take Wan Guan away.  "One hundred thousand guan?" Wang Yuanbao raised his eyebrows.  "The price that was delivered to Princess Yuzhen is the price set by someone, one hundred thousand guan." Ye Chang said with a smile: "Starting from tomorrow, Wang Weng can send someone to the ball market to hand over." "One hundred thousand guan  ¡­¡± Wang Yuanbao murmured, and he suddenly understood.  Ye Chang stopped him at this time not only to see his failure, but more importantly to tell him the news.  Wang Jin said that Ye Chang wanted 120,000 guan, but in fact Ye Chang only wanted 100,000 guan. What does this mean?  This means that his partner Wang Jin had already taken away 20,000 yuan from him before their career started.  If Wang Yuanbao had learned about this before, he would have just laughed it off and wanted Wang Jin to contribute, but he couldn't do it without spending some money.  But after today's defeat, when he learned about this, he had to think twice: Wang Jin is clearly a man of great ambition and talent. Is his cooperation worth the 20,000 yuan?  Ye Chang's intention is also very obvious, to alienate his relationship with Wang Jin.  But this is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy. The seeds of discord have been planted long ago. Ye Chang just poured some water and accumulated some fertilizer.  With a long sigh, Wang Yuanbao raised his hands to Ye Chang and bowed deeply: "I will listen to Ye Langjun's teachings another dayI'm sorry, I'm sorry" After saying that, he staggered, then stood firm and left the West City.  For him, this city competition scene was a sad place, so after returning to his place, he summoned several shopkeepers and stewards to explain, and then he got in the car and went back to his house.  As soon as he left, most of the wealthy merchants in the East Market also left. Although the shops were still holding on, they were only barely able to do so.  At this time, Chong Niang held Ye Chang¡¯s arm tightly.?, her big eyes were still staring at him, obviously still very curious about what had just happened.  "You can ask if you want." Seeing her look like that, Ye Chang found it funny.  "Just now what happened? How did you do it?" "It was just borrowing the sun's rays uh, the fire of the sun to light up the brocade silk. It's nothing. You can do it." "  "Really?" "Of course it's true. I can't lie to you It's getting late. Let's go back for lunch?" "Okay, you can teach me how to borrow the fire of the sun." After lunch, Chongniang was reluctant to leave.  Di said goodbye to Ye Chang and returned to the palace.  In her hand was the jade ball given to her by Ye Chang.  She had just learned a skill from Ye Chang, and she was very happy and excited. She ran to the courtyard in front of the temple, found some dead leaves, and used the jade ball to refract the sunlight and set the dead leaves on fire.  She was focused on playing and giggling non-stop, but she didn't know that behind her, a figure was slowly approaching.  It¡¯s Li Longji.  He looked at the Zhuque Gate for a long time, but after all, he couldn't join in the excitement, which made him feel that it was a fly in the ointment.  Although there are internal guards who bring news from the street from time to time, there is nothing like being there. Moreover, he is very smart. Others can't see Ye Chang's layout, but he can see it clearly.  But there are some questions that need to be asked to know. For example, he knows some of the authors of the poems and songs sung by Hu Ji, but there are others that he does not know.  The most important thing is how to ignite the brocade silk.  Like Wang Yuanbao and Hu Yuanxiang, Li Longji also believed that this must be Ye Chang's fault.  However, the next question put him in trouble, how did Ye Chang ignite the brocade.  Li Longji thought about it for a long time but couldn't find the reason. Then he remembered something.  Others don¡¯t know this, but Twenty-nine Niang definitely knows it. She has always been by Ye Chang¡¯s side.  Now Li Longji handed over the government affairs to Li Linfu and took a leisurely stroll in the garden. After lunch, he wandered over to Erjiu Niang.  He didn¡¯t bring many people with him. From a distance, he saw Erjiu Niang playing like a child, so he signaled his attendants to be quiet and quietly approached to see what Erjiu Niang was playing.  ¡°Then I saw her lighting a leaf on fire, stamping it out, and lighting another leaf on fire.  Li Longji was startled and couldn't help but grabbed Erjiu Niang with his hands: "What kind of magic is this, and who taught you?" He asked sharply, making Chong Niang startled and found out  It's him. Chong Niang bowed down and said, "Aye." Li Longji let go and snorted coldly. One of the most taboo things in the palace was witchcraft. He shook his sleeves and said to Gao Lishi behind him.  With a look, Gao Lishi understood and whispered to an eunuch to summon Chen Xuanli.  "What kind of witchcraft is this?" Li Longji asked again.  "It's notnot a witchcraft, it's borrowingborrowing fire from the sun" Chong Niang's body trembled slightly, realizing that something was wrong.  "Borrowing fire from the sun?" "The light of the sun can be turned into fire." The insect lady looked at the cracked water jade ball rolling on the ground, with tears in her eyes: "Just use this water jade ball to focus the sunlight on it.  Just a little can turn light into fire." Hearing this, Li Longji's frown relaxed slightly: "Isn't it a magic trick?" "Aye, let me try it."  Li Longji said nothing, but Gao Lishi signaled to a young eunuch. The young eunuch carefully picked up the water jade ball. There were cracks on the surface of the water jade ball, but generally there was no problem.  Under the command of Chong Niang, the little eunuch soon started a fire. Seeing this scene, Li Longji suddenly realized: "This must be what Ye Chang taught you. Today's market competition, the brocade silk in the East Market suddenly caught fire."  "That's it" He originally wanted to say it was a witchcraft, but after thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem like a witchcraft, so he finally changed it to the word "trick".  But soon, he became curious again: "Why does it turn light into fire?"
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