Inside a pawnshop in Feng State City.
The pawnshop's manager was a middle-aged man with a big belly. He wore a robe embroidered with copper coins. His eyes were so small that they were almost invisible when he squinted. He was holding a jade pendant in his hand and carefully examining it.
After a while, he put down the jade pendant and looked at the man wearing a bamboo hat in front of him, saying: "I'm sorry, Sir, but we can't accept this jade pendant."
"Why?"
The man wearing a bamboo hat had an ethereal voice, and his age was indiscernible.
The shopkeeper changed the topic and asked, "May I ask sir, where did you get this jade pendant from?"
"I picked it up," the man replied lightly.
As a pawnshop manager, he had heard this kind of excuse many times in his life. He smiled and said: "Without the permission of the Emperor, even a prince can't wear such a jade pendant. Either the person who made this jade pendant is extremely daring, or the person who stole it has eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall. Our shop is small, so we don't dare to accept this kind of thing."
"If that's the case, then I'll take my leave."
The man wearing a bamboo hat put away the jade pendant and turned to leave without hesitation.
He didn't expect that the other party would be so straightforward. The fat manager's expression changed and he immediately said: "Wait!"
"One thousand taels of silver."
He looked at the man's back and said: "One thousand taels of silver. Leave this jade pendant here. I can't go any higher. Let me tell you the truth, no one in Feng State City would dare to accept this jade pendant except for me!"
The quality of this jade pendant was the best. It was shaped like a five-clawed golden dragon that only emperors could have. Of course, this didn't mean that this kind of jade pendant only appeared in the royal family.
Some officials who had great merits or were extremely favored would often be rewarded by the Emperor. They would be able to own some royal items, but these things were treated as family heirlooms and rarely leaked out.
Because of this, the value of these items was extremely high. Although they couldn't be sold openly, there was actually a market for them secretly.
The manager walked to the door and closed it. He then slowly said: "How about it? Do you want to consider it?"
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After a quarter of an hour, a man wearing a bamboo hat came out of a pawnshop in Feng State City with a bag in his hand.
One thousand taels of silver sounded like a lot, but it wasn't heavy at all. In the future, it would only be about sixty pounds.
Buying medicinal herbs and other things required a lot of silver. The most valuable things they had were Miss.Liu's autumn water and the jade pendant hanging on it.
Miss.Liu wouldn't sell the jade pendant even if she was beaten to death. He forgot when she had asked for that jade pendant from him. A dragon-shaped jade pendant was rarely seen. It was probably given by the old emperor. He didn't expect that it would come.
As for the bamboo hat on his head, he had just bought it on the street. He had even borrowed a few taels of silver from the burly man surnamed Lin. Although no one here knew him, it was better to be vigilant just to be on the safe side.
After all, he had, he had a bamboo hat, and a middle-aged man. by, and Li. and. and he Ling.
On his way here, he passed by a medicine shop and wanted to buy some useful medicinal ingredients. Li Yi took a few steps and suddenly stopped. He turned his head to look and saw two shadows flashing into the alley.
. "Li Yi didn't stop and continued forward.
"Big Brother, that man just came out of the pawnshop. His bag was bulging. He must have pawned something good."
"He's alone. Let's follow him. We might be able to kill a fat sheep this time!"
"Contact Third Brother. We have a job!"
Whispers could be heard coming from a small alley somewhere.
After an hour, Li Yi came out of a pharmacy. He looked back and shook his head. How was this buying medicine? This was robbery!
One thousand taels of silver was gone in an instant. All he got was a small bag of medicinal herbs. It seemed that the difficulty of seeing a doctor and buying medicine had been like this since ancient times …
He stood at the entrance of the pharmacy and looked in a certain direction. After walking for a short distance, he turned and walked into another alley.
"Chance!"
In the crowd, several people's faces lit up, and they quickly walked towards the small alley.
"Where is he?"
After a while, they looked at the dead end in front of them. They looked like they had seen a ghost.
They clearly saw the man wearing the bamboo hat walk in here. How did he suddenly disappear?
Could it be that he flew into the sky?
Just as this thought appeared, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of them.
Li Yi jumped down from the wall and knocked out three people. He stood at the entrance of the alley and asked the last person, "Who sent you? Where is the Empress?"
"What, what Empress?" The last man's face was pale and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"It's good that you don't know her."
Li Yi walked over and knocked him out. He walked out of the alley.
Halfway out, he turned back. He searched the waists of the four people and took out a few money bags. This was a critical time. It was time to pick up his old profession.
"His family is quite well-off."
He collected the dozens of taels of silver and walked out of the alley. At the same time, two streets away, another young man stepped into Fragrant Forest Park.
"Greetings, Young Master Bai!"
Inside the shop, several workers immediately bowed and greeted him.
In a corner of the shop, the man surnamed Lin curled his lips and said, "That Bai guy, why is he here again!"
The young man smiled and asked, "Is Wanru in the shop?"
A worker immediately said, "Miss is in the back."
The young man nodded. Just as he was about to go over, his expression suddenly froze. He looked in a certain direction in the shop.
"This is, Horse Stepping on Swallow – Colored Glaze?"
The young man's face revealed a surprised expression. When he was about to reach out to touch it, someone grabbed his wrist from the side.
"Don't touch it. It's very valuable." The man named Lin Yong said expressionlessly.
The young man showed an apologetic expression and said, "Sorry, it's the first time I've seen such a perfect Colored Glaze. I couldn't help myself."
His eyes stayed on the Colored Glaze for a while. Seeing a figure walk out from the back, he hurriedly walked over and said with concern, "Wanru, I heard that you encountered bandits on your way back. How are you? Are you hurt?"
A guilty expression appeared on the young man's face. "If I knew 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 for your concern, Brother Bai. I'm fine."
"As long as you're fine." The young man nodded, then a smile appeared on his face as he said, "Yesterday, I happened to get a piece of Zhao Xiuwen's calligraphy. I don't know much about poetry, but I know Wanru likes it, so I specially brought it over today as an apology."
He waved his hand. Immediately, someone behind him took out a scroll of painting and unfolded it on the table beside him.
"Light perspiration slightly penetrates the jade, bathing fragrant orchids during the Ming Dynasty's Dragon Boat Festival. Fragrance blossoms fill the clear river. Colorful threads lightly wrap around red jade arms. Small talismans hang diagonally from green clouds. Beautiful people meet for a thousand years. "
The handwriting on it was elegant and elegant, like moving clouds and flowing water. It was an excellent piece of semi-cursive writing.
Zhao Xiuwen was the number one poet in the Qi Kingdom. Although he was young, he was very talented in poetry. Even those who did not know poetry would have heard of his reputation.
The young man explained, "This poem is called 'Huan Xi Sha – Duanwu'. It is said that when Zhao Xiuwen was competing with the number one scholar in the Jing Kingdom, the scholar wrote it. After Zhao Xiuwen returned to the Jing Kingdom, he admired the scholar very much. He even imitated the scholar's handwriting many times. This is one of his imitations. Therefore, the style of his handwriting is different from his usual style."
Lin Wanru looked at the words. A strange look appeared in her eyes, but she quickly hid it. She shook her head and said, "This is too valuable. I can't accept it."
Zhao Xiuwen was very famous in the Qi Kingdom. Not only was he famous for his poetry, but his calligraphy had also reached the peak. However, Zhao Xiuwen treasured his calligraphy very much. Other than a few pieces, he rarely let them out.
Because of this, his calligraphy had always been very valuable. It was said that each word was worth a thousand taels of gold.
The young man smiled and said, "Wanru, you don't have to decline. If this is left with me, it would be the real MIngzhu casting herself in the dark."
The man named Lin Yong stood at the side. He touched his chin and said, "I don't think there's anything good about this. It can't be fake, right?"
A servant behind the young man said angrily, "You fool, do you think you can understand Lord Zhao's words?"
"I don't understand. Do you?" The big man glanced at him and casually pulled over a young man who had just walked into the shop. He asked, "Li Brothers, they said this was written by Zhao Xiuwen. You are a scholar. Come and take a look. Is this calligraphy good?"
Li Yi put down the bag and glanced at it. He said, "It's fake."
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