Chapter 215: Bartering

The page boy nodded without thinking. “Then I’ll take you to the event. Follow me closely. It’ll be bad if you end up in the wrong place.”

“Alright.” Jun Huang and Nan Xun followed the page boy to a more brightly lit room. They were stunned by what they saw.

There were a great many people here, including important officials and their companions. Everyone had something of great value with them.

This was the annual trading market. Only bartering was allowed. Money was as useless as a piece of paper here.

None of the participants were regular peasants. Jun Huang realized how lucky they had been. If they had not followed the finely-dressed man and were thought of as his servants, the guards watching the door wouldn’t have let them in.

To enter the market, however, they had to go through another round of checkup. The guard frowned when he saw that they were empty-handed. “Where are the valuables you’ll use to barter?”

Nan Xun took out a fine piece...