Inside a pawn shop in Fengzhou City.
The shopkeeper of the pawnshop was a middle-aged man with a big belly, wearing a robe embroidered with copper coins, his eyes were so small that they could hardly be seen when he squinted, and he was holding a jade pendant in his hand and looking at it carefully.
After a while, he put down the jade pendant, looked at the man wearing a bamboo hat opposite, and said, "Sorry, guest officer, we can't accept this jade pendant."
"Why?"
The voice of the man wearing the bamboo hat was erratic, and his age could not be discerned.
The shopkeeper changed the subject and asked, "May I ask the guest officer, where did you get this jade pendant?"
The man said lightly, "I picked it up."
As the shopkeeper of the pawn shop, he has heard this kind of excuse eight hundred times if not one thousand. He smiled and said: "Without the emperor's permission, even the prince can't wear such a jade pendant. The person who owns the jade pendant is daring, and the person who stole this jade pendant has the guts of a leopard, our shop is small, so we dare not accept such things."
"In that case, farewell."
The man in the bamboo hat put away the jade pendant, turned around and left without hesitation.
I didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, the fat shopkeeper's face changed, and he said immediately: "Wait!"
"One thousand taels."
He looked at the man's back and said: "One thousand taels of silver, this jade pendant is here to stay, there can't be more, and I'll tell you the truth, no one in this Fengzhou city dares to accept this jade pendant except me! "
The quality of this jade pendant is the top choice, and the shape is a five-clawed golden dragon that only emperors can have. Of course, this does not mean that this kind of jade pendant can only appear in the royal family.
Some courtiers who have made great contributions or are extremely favored will also be rewarded by the emperor from time to time, and they can own some royal things, but these things are offered by them as family heirlooms and rarely leaked out.
It is precisely because of this that the collection value of these things is extremely high. Although they cannot be aboveboard, there is actually a market for them secretly.
The shopkeeper walked to the door, closed the door, and said slowly: "How about it, do you want to think about it?"
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A quarter of an hour later, a man wearing a bamboo hat walked out of a pawn shop in Fengzhou City with a bag in his hand.
One thousand taels of silver sounds like a lot, but it is actually not that heavy. When it is converted to later generations, it would be over sixty catties.
Buying medicinal materials or other things requires a lot of money. Now the most valuable things around the two of them are Miss Liu Er's autumn water and the jade pendant hanging on the autumn water.
The former would not sell the second Miss Liu even if she killed herself. I forgot when she begged for that jade pendant from me. Dragon-shaped jade pendants are rare. I guess it was rewarded by the old emperor sometime. When it comes in handy.
As for the bamboo hat on his head, he bought it on the street just now and borrowed some money from a man surnamed Lin. Although no one here knows him, just to be on the safe side, it's better to be vigilant.
In case the owner of the pawn shop is a fanatical follower of the middle-aged Taoist nun, and finally finds a stable place, he has to start running around again.
When I came here just now, I passed by a pharmacy, just in time to buy some available medicinal materials, Li Yi walked a few steps, stopped suddenly, turned his head and glanced, and two shadows flashed into the alley.
Li Yi continued to walk forward without stopping.
"Brother, that man just came out of the pawn shop, and the bag is bulging. I'm afraid he pawned a good thing."
"He has only one person, follow up, maybe he can kill a big fat sheep this time!"
"Contact the third child, there is a life!"
Somewhere in a small alley, there was the sound of a small conversation.
Half an hour later, Li Yi came out of a pharmacy, looked back, and shook his head. This is not buying medicine, it is simply stealing money!
One thousand taels of silver, two hundred taels disappeared in an instant, and what I got in exchange was only a small bag of medicinal materials in my hand. It seems that the difficulty of seeing a doctor and buying medicine has been like this since ancient times...
He stood at the door of the pharmacy, glanced in a certain direction, walked a short distance, and then turned to a certain alley.
"good chance!"
Among the crowd, several people showed joy on their faces, and walked quickly to that alley.
"Where are people!"
After a while, several people looked at the dead end ahead with expressions of seeing a ghost.
Just now I clearly saw the man wearing the bamboo hat walking in here, why did he suddenly disappear
Can he still fly to the sky
Just as this idea came to mind, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him.
Li Yi jumped down from the wall, knocked out the three casually, stood at the entrance of the alley, and asked the last person, "Who sent you here? Where is the Empress Dowager now?"
"What, what Empress Dowager?" The last man's face was pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"It's good if you don't know each other."
Li Yi walked over, knocked him out simply, and walked out of the alley.
After walking halfway, he turned back, groped around the waists of the four people, and took out a few money bags. Now is an extraordinary time, and it is time to pick up the old business again.
"The family is pretty solid."
Gathering up the dozens of taels of silver collected, he stepped out of the alley. At the same time, two streets away, another young man stepped into Fanglin Garden.
"Hello, Mr. Bai!"
Inside the shop, several clerks immediately bowed and said.
In a corner of the shop, the man surnamed Lin curled his lips and said, "This man surnamed Bai, why is he here again!"
The young man smiled and asked, "Is Wanru in the shop?"
A clerk immediately said, "Miss is behind."
The young man nodded, and was about to go there when his expression froze suddenly, and he looked towards a certain direction in the shop.
"This is, Horse Stepping on a Flying Swallow—Glassware?"
The young man showed surprise on his face, and when he was about to reach out to touch it, someone grabbed his wrist from the side.
"Don't touch it randomly, it's very precious." The man named Lin Yong said expressionlessly.
The young man expressed apology on his face, and said, "Sorry, this is the first time I see such a perfect glassware, I can't help it."
His eyes stayed on the glazed vessel for a while, when he saw a figure coming out from behind, he hurried over and said with concern: "Wanru, I heard that when you came back, you encountered a bandit, how are you, are you not injured?" ?”
A guilty look appeared on the young man's face, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let you go, it's all my fault..."
Lin Wanru took a step back and said, "Thank you Brother Bai for your concern, I'm fine."
"It's fine." The young man nodded, then smiled and said, "I got a pair of Zhao Xiuwen's calligraphy by chance yesterday. I don't know much about poetry and prose. I know Wanru likes these, so I brought them here today. It's an apology."
He waved his hand, and immediately someone behind him took out a scroll and unfolded it on the table beside him.
"Sweat lightly permeates the green jade, and the Dragon Boat Festival of the Ming Dynasty bathed in Fanglan. The fragrance rose and filled the Qingchuan. The colored thread was lightly wrapped around the red jade arm, and the small amulet was hung obliquely on the green cloud servant girl. The beautiful woman has seen each other for a thousand years."
The handwriting on it is handsome and elegant, like flowing clouds and flowing water, and it is an excellent running script work.
Zhao Xiuwen is the number one poet in the Qi State. Although he is young, he has great poetic talent and is so powerful that even people who don't understand poetry have heard of his fame.
The young man explained: "The name of this que is "Huanxisha Dragon Boat Festival". It is said that it was written by Zhao Xiuwen when he was competing with the number one talented person in Jingguo in Jingguo. , and even imitated his handwriting many times, this is a copy of his imitation, so the handwriting is different from his previous style."
Lin Wanru looked at the word, and a strange look appeared in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it, shook her head and said, "This is too precious, I can't take it."
Zhao Xiuwen is very famous in Qi State, not only his poetry, but also his calligraphy has reached the peak. However, Zhao Xiuwen cherishes his calligraphy very much, except for a few pieces, there are very few leaks on weekdays.
It is precisely because of this that his calligraphy has always been very precious, and is known as a thousand pieces of gold.
The young man smiled and said: "Wanru doesn't need to refuse. If this word stays with me, it will be a real gem."
A man named Lin Yong stood aside, touched his chin, and said, "I don't think there's anything good about this word, can it be fake?"
A servant behind the young man said angrily: "You bastard, can you understand Mr. Zhao's writing?"
"I don't understand, do you understand?" The big man glanced at him, pulled a young man who had just walked into the shop, and asked, "Brother Li, they said that this word was written by Zhao Xiuwen, you are a scholar, you Let's see, is this word good?"
Li Yi put down the bag, glanced at it, and said, "It's fake."