"Why did you fill in so much mud?" Zhao Jinyu felt a sudden rush in her heart, and asked almost eagerly.
Seeing that Zhao Jinyu was so nervous, the man became more and more happy. He thought that he was a young lady raised in a deep boudoir who had never seen the world. He was really soft, and then he turned his head to look at Chen Rong, who made him afraid. Seeing that she had been expressionless and did not express any opinions, she became more courageous in her heart, thinking that maybe she was just a hired bodyguard, as long as the employer insisted , Escorts usually ignore the employer's private affairs, and said, "Miss, I don't know, this stone can not only talk, but also jump, if I don't fill it with mud, it will keep making noises in it. "
Zhao Jinyu didn't think of this reason, and couldn't help thinking of Shitou's fussy look every time he took a bath. He loved cleanliness to the point of being a clean freak, but now he has been staying in the mud. Isn't he mad
"I want it!" Zhao Jinyu felt that he couldn't wait for a minute.
The man suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and said with a smile, "Miss, you have vision. Since the lady likes it, then I will give up, as long as you give me this amount..." The man stretched out two fingers, "You can talk again!" , the bouncing stone is yours again."
Zhao Jinyu nodded, took out twenty large coins from her purse and threw them on the table. The round copper plates stacked together made a crisp sound, which also made the man look as if he had been struck by lightning.
The man's eyes widened, and he said loudly with some displeasure, "I'm talking about two thousand taels of silver!"
Zhao Jinyu pouted dissatisfiedly, and said to Chen Rong who was on the side, "Aunt Chen, let's go, this person thinks we are fools, let alone this stone is just an ordinary rain flower stone, it is not worth two at all. A thousand taels of silver, just to say that this stone can talk and jump? Who would believe it? If it is really this kind of strange stone, it might be a stone spirit, and it has been sent to the Qizhen Pavilion long ago, so why would it be sold here?" Zhao Jinyu spoke and paused, seeing the man's face turned blue and white, which was very ugly, she felt happy, and said, "If you can really prove that this stone can talk, let alone two thousand taels of silver, it will be twenty thousand taels of silver I want to buy it too."
Chen Rong's overly rigid face finally softened, and after hearing this, she said, "Miss said yes, let's go now."
The man's expression froze, and he smiled awkwardly after a while, and held Zhao Jinyu back, "Wait a minute, this stone is a strange stone after all, and he will only talk at night."
"Then we'll wait until night." Zhao Jinyu lifted her chin lightly, as if I had plenty of time, she was like a mirror in her heart, only a fool would speak twice in front of strangers, so that people could catch her handle.
Cracks finally appeared on the man's stubborn expression, and he said, "I'll sell it to you for two hundred taels." He has no ability to make the stone talk now, as long as Zhao Jinyu picks up the stone and takes a look at it, he will understand that the stone is incomplete at all. Buried under the muck, a large corner was missing, which is why he filled the box with muck, trying to hide its flaws.
Since he hit it with a big stone, he stopped talking. At first he thought that the stone was dead, but later he found that it still had an inexplicable luster on it. He was sure that the stone was still alive, but no matter who he was What methods are used, such as steaming, roasting, burying alive, putting them in salt water... They just don't talk about life and death.
Just like what Zhao Jinyu said, he also took this stone to Qizhen Pavilion to try his luck. Qizhen Pavilion is a well-known business house that specializes in collecting some rare treasures. The famous alchemy Taoist made longevity pills and sold them to the royal family and nobles. Obviously, this stone is one of the best materials, but it is a pity that who would accept a broken stone that has missing horns and can't speak? He knelt at the door and begged bitterly, and Qizhen Pavilion believed him once, but after waiting for a long time, Shi Shi didn't see anything, so they beat him out unceremoniously, those grandchildren were too cruel, his legs were torn It still hurts a little now!
When he came back from Qizhen Pavilion, he really regretted that his eldest son was green. Why did he smash the stone in a moment of anger? Now he feels like guarding the treasure and suffering poverty. The injustice sold the thing and set the location at Tongzhou Wharf. There are people coming and going here, and many people only stay for one night. After he sold it, the soles of his feet were smeared. He has to take a boat back to Tongzhou Wharf to settle the accounts, doesn't he
Yes, this person is Zheng Xiaoliu who picked up stones from the bottom of the well a few nights ago.
Zheng Xiaoliu searched for a long time at the entrance of the inn and finally set her sights on Zhao Jinyu. It's not that Zhao Jinyu looks like a rich man who has been taken advantage of, but mainly because she saw that Zhao Jinyu kindly bought two steamed buns for a little beggar who was obviously a liar. Such kind-hearted people are best lied to.
Who knew it would hit the iron plate? This girl is very shrewd!
Zhao Jinyu was unmoved in the slightest, she thought it would be very generous to pay the other party 20 big money to get back her own things, if she didn't think that if the lost property was claimed, she would have to talk about why the stone was in the dry well..., even It was to make the other party realize that she knew that the stone could talk, and she originally planned not to make a dice. "Twenty big coins." Zhao Jinyu said firmly.
"Twenty taels!" Seeing Zhao Jinyu's unmoved look, Zheng Xiaoliu gritted his teeth and lowered the price.
"Twenty bucks."
"Twenty taels!"
When Zheng Xiaoliu talked about twenty taels, he was unwilling to lower the price. Zhao Jinyu raised his chin and said firmly, "I don't want it anymore." She took advantage of the situation to suppress him and asked him to accept the price of twenty copper coins, but who knew that Zheng Xiaoliu suddenly fell to his knees.
"Miss, please do me a favor. There is an eighty-year-old mother in my family, and a child who is waiting to be fed. It's just that the lady is seriously ill and has spent all of the family's savings... It's really hard to live through this day. You just look at it." Young lady of a rich and powerful family, a little money leaking from the fingers is enough for us to eat for a whole year, so don't bother with me about this little money." Zheng Xiaoliu immediately transformed into a good person who contributed everything to the family. man.
In fact, Zheng Xiaoliu still has a good eye for people. Don’t look at Zhao Jinyu’s ordinary clothes, but his adoptive father is an official of the imperial court, and his adoptive mother is from a wealthy Jinling family. He taught Zhao Jinyu strictly and taught him by example. Ordinary people.
Zhao Jinyu heard that her eighty-year-old mother almost collapsed, =. =
In the end, Zhao Jinyu took twenty copper coins to buy the stone, not because she was so good at talking, Zheng Xiaoliu was almost sloppy and shameless later on, but it was Chen Rong who couldn't see it and made a move, scaring Zheng Xiaoliu away.
Zheng Xiaoliu came out of the inn with a face full of depression, but he felt a little nervous when he thought of Chen Ronglu's grabbing hand just now. He weighed the copper coins in his pocket and walked back swiftly, and heaved a sigh of relief when he couldn't see the inn. , couldn't help muttering, "Isn't that trick just now the head of the Xingtian Escort's fame?" Then he shook his head, thinking that this is really impossible, Xingtian Escort is also one of the best in the world. Most people don't dare to provoke him, the head of the bodyguard has long since left, so how could he appear here now, and still protect a little girl? After thinking about it this way, he no longer has the idea of entanglement with Zhao Jinyu and others, and he comforts himself thinking that after all, he has exchanged some money, which can be regarded as covering his expenses for the past two days.
It started snowing again at night, Zhao Jinyu closed the door, sat on the bed in the inn and opened the box, poured out the mud, and took clean water to wash the stones, and was busy for half an hour.
Just looking at the missing corner on the stone, she couldn't help jumping, why didn't she pay attention to it just now! If you know that you are short of so many..., let alone twenty copper coins, you won't give a single coin!
How much does it hurt
As for why Zhao Jinyu suddenly changed her mind and went back to fetch the stone, the reason is actually a bit mysterious. Although she was a little restless after throwing the stone into the dry well, she couldn't bear it. She thought it would be fine in a few days, but she had dinner that day Suddenly, she felt a burst of suffocation in her heart, and then a piercing pain came, and she couldn't help screaming, and almost fell to the ground.
At that time, she was drenched in cold sweat and her face was pale. She just thought that something might have happened to the stone, and she had to go back and have a look.
Such a personal connection also reminded her of the origin of the stone. She had forgotten many things after a long time. If Shitou hadn't lied to her that night, she would not have remembered it. The origin of this stone is quite special. It is not the treasure that the emperor said was lost by the stone, but something that someone sewed in the pocket of her little coat when she transmigrated into Zhao Jinyu nine years ago. She intuitively felt that it was related to her life experience, but Can't think of anything else.
Later, when she was adopted by her adoptive father, she put the stone in the jewelry box and never moved it. Who knew that one day, the stone could speak.
What's ridiculous is that this stone actually told it that it was the emperor's lost treasure. At that time, Zhao Jinyu felt that something was wrong, and woke up in the middle of the night to realize that the stone was originally hers, and it was still quietly in her jewelry box. How could it become the emperor's property in the blink of an eye after lying in bed for nine years
Thinking of this incident, Zhao Jinyu was sure that the stone had been lying to her all along, and it was almost a disaster to hand it in by herself, and there would be no good results, so she threw the stone into the dry well.
Who knows, if it should be yours, you won't be able to run away. The stone went around and returned to her side.
"It hurts, right? How did he abuse you?"
"Little thing, if you hadn't lied before, how could I have left you behind? I actually left you there temporarily. I will definitely go back and find you. "
"Little thing, I don't know what your identity is? Or you have some supernatural powers that I don't know about, but... the arrest of a woman named Zhang Hong must be your choice, right? You don't want to say that your background is fine, you I don't want to ask if I have my own secrets hidden in me." Zhao Jinyu paused here, thinking of her own life experience, why isn't she hiding secrets? "It's just that if you have the ability to ask someone to let them go."
"If you really have a way, can you help my father? I miss him so much." Zhao Jinyu thought of Zhao Changchun's skinny appearance, and also thought of his handsome appearance, and felt pain in his heart like cutting flesh.
When the emperor opened his eyes, he felt very comfortable. It turned out that he was lying on the soft silk, and the surroundings were as warm as ever. The familiar fragrance wafted out of his nostrils, and people unconsciously took another deep breath. He looked up and saw There was a woman lying beside her, sleeping on her side. The candles in the room were dimly lit, shining on her fair face, giving her a golden-plated feeling as if she had been in another world.
In the past two days, he has been living in dire straits. The man who caught him used all means to deal with him in order to make him speak, roasting him on the fire, boiling him in water, and even putting him outside to watch the water freeze him little by little. ..., but he will not bow his head. Once he speaks, the man will definitely find a way to sell him. Nowadays, many alchemy priests like to use this kind of spiritual thing as medicine to induce alchemy. Basically, they crush it and put it in ointment. Then he sold it to those dignitaries who wanted to live longer, so he didn't dare to try it. All he could do was rather die than speak, making Zheng Xiaoliu feel that he was dead, and then discarded it to regain his freedom.
In order to avoid this kind of torture, he also tried to lure Zheng Xiaoliu into giving out his name and address with money, but it was a pity that Zheng Xiaoliu obviously had some common sense, and said with a sneer, he would not let him know. Will he take revenge? Later, he tried not to sleep at night, but it was like being possessed by an evil spirit. As long as he didn't pay attention, he would enter the dreamland and repeat the painful torture.
In the beginning, he hated Zhao Jinyu and wanted to tear her into pieces, but for some reason... He was frozen in the water while talking, and he still missed the days when Zhao Jinyu was hugging her to sleep.
At this moment, he began to re-examine his identity as a stone. Unlike the powerful and respected emperor, when he became a stone, he was just an ordinary stone. He also began to re-examine the value of Zhao Jinyu.