Chapter 35: The Demon Appears
With this white jade in his hand, an expert like Deng Hao could feel a trace of aura hidden and hidden. He dared to bet his reputation in the trading house that this must be a spirit jade!
His mind turned sharply, and he suppressed his excitement, and asked the girl in front of him, "Is this really your family heirloom?"
Ning Xiaoxian actually tilted his head and directly denied it: "Of course not." She continued in Deng Hao's stunned gaze, "This is just a statement that I want to see Mr. Deng. Yu Pei was given to me by an old Taoist leader, and asked me to exchange it for him to convert it into money, and by the way, exchange it for some favorite goods and go back. ”
She found a false backer for herself, Deng Hao saw that her eyes were clear and not like lying, and thought that this country girl was young, except for a pair of eyes that were smart and different from ordinary people, there was nothing special about it, maybe the master was unwilling to come forward in person, and let her run errands. Thinking about this spiritual jade, his heart was pounding again, so he suppressed the restlessness in his heart and nodded: "Okay, I will accept this thing, and the estimate is one thousand taels of silver!"
He didn't know that Changtian was facing Ning Xiaoxian and said, "After you took out the jade pendant, his heartbeat was twice as fast as before, it seems that his heart is moved." ”
Ning Xiaoxian smiled, wrapped the jade pendant carefully, and raised his legs to leave. Deng Hao hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "Girl, are you not satisfied with this price? If you take it to a pawn shop, you can pay up to three hundred taels of silver!"
She shook her head: "I'm not going to the pawn shop again." Isn't there a god living on Chixiao Mountain? If I sell it to them, I will have to walk ten miles more. ”
Deng Hao understood as soon as she heard it, she already knew the true value of this jade. In fact, many caravans usually go to business, and they don't mind being robbers in the wilderness, but he can't figure out whether there is a master behind this girl, so he has to smile bitterly: "Okay, how many are you willing to sell?"
She stretched out three fingers: "Three thousand taels." ”
"Two thousand taels at most. Although this jade pendant is useful, a hole has been carved out in the center, and the value has to be reduced a lot. ”
This makes the team leader right, if you don't dig a hole in the middle, this jade pendant is simply a priceless treasure! She looked at Deng Hao, just shook her head, but the expression on her face was very resolute.
Deng Hao thought in his heart, if he could send this jade pendant back to Fengzhou safely, he would not be able to run away if he earned back five thousand taels of silver. After deducting the cost, there is still a lot of profit, so he gritted his teeth and said: "At most, two thousand five hundred taels, it can't be higher!"
When Ning Xiaoxian heard this, his face darkened: "Two thousand five hundred and one taels!" The meaning of two thousand five hundred taels is ten times that of two hundred and five, right?
Deng Hao didn't know what to do, but just one or two more, and there was nothing to worry about. The two then made a deal. Two thousand five hundred taels of silver were converted into two hundred and fifty taels of gold, and it was inconvenient to take them, so what he handed Ning Xiaoxian was the silver banknotes of Jitong Qianzhuang, which was commonly used in the southern states, as well as some broken silver.
"I wonder what else the girl wants to buy?"
Ning Xiaoxian was careful, and when she saw that Deng Hao led her in, she specially left the door open, to show that she did not deceive the dark room and did not destroy her reputation, and she already had a good impression of him in her heart. As for the subsequent bargaining, it was the buyer's job, she said, "I need some nourishing herbs, as well as ginseng seeds." "Take out a prescription.
This recipe was drafted according to the requirements of Changtian, and there were seven or eight names of medicinal materials listed on it. She was about to hand it over, when Chang Tian suddenly said, "Don't you want to make money?" I'll read what you wrote, and then memorize a few medicinal herbs. ”
“…… Ah, wait, a few notes were missed. She asked the middle-aged uncle in front of her for pen and ink, and quickly wrote down the list of medicine names that Changtian read out.
Deng Hao took it and took a look, and was even more sure that there must be a master behind her, otherwise why did she, a civilian girl, need so many tonics?
He pondered for a while and said, "The medicines you want are very common, and I have basically received them along the way, but the amount is not much." He sighed and said, "In the past, when I came to Siping County, I could always receive a lot of white poria and angelica, but this time it was really strange." Several large medicinal herb stores said that in the past two or three months, some people in the county have been in weak health, and they have successively bought a lot of medicinal materials to nourish blood and qi and stew them, and there are even fewer who can sell them to me. ”
Her heart jumped, and a thought swept through her, but the speed was too fast to catch it.
Deng Hao continued: "As for the seeds, it is easy to do. One of the ginseng I harvested yesterday was in perfect condition, with leaves and seeds. If you want, take the ginseng seeds away, and you won't be charged for this. Our caravan will leave in three days, and if you have any problems, you can come to me. ”
When Ning Xiaoxian walked out of the caravan, there was already a large bag of medicinal herbs in the storage bag. She was in a very good mood, because Changtian told her that it was not difficult to make money, and she could refine some pills to sell. She may have some transactions with this caravan later, so she didn't accept the ten taels of silver from the receiving guy, but just said that she could give up. As a result, the man was grateful, and looked at her with a much kinder look.
made a lot of money today, and she was about to find a restaurant to treat the Five Organs Temple, but Changtian said in a deep voice: "There is a demonic spirit again." Of the two people who just walked past you, the one in the little guy clothes was a youkai, and the smell was similar to that of the one who spied on you yesterday. ”
She was startled, but did not turn back immediately, but silently counted ten numbers in her mind before turning around, and the two had already walked twenty steps away. It turned out to be a man dressed as a small servant helping a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy and slowly walking down an alley. The young man was wearing a satin robe and a jade belt pinned to his waist, and he looked like a rich child, but he walked a little crookedly, as if he was drunk, and most of his body was leaning on the little girl.
The little guy muttered: "Young master, hey my little young master, how can you steal the master's wine in broad daylight?" but his head kept turning, obviously observing the situation around him. As soon as he turned around, Ning Xiaoxian saw that this person's face was plain, but there was a hint of scarlet light between the opening and closing of his eyes, and he was obviously very excited. Fortunately, his eyes were very small, and it was daylight again, so this anomaly was not obvious on the busy road.
Changtian naturally saw it, and looked down on it: "Before I eat it in my mouth, I can't help but leak my identity, this monster is really cheap!"
She rolled her eyes, and was about to follow, but stopped and looked around, pulling a boy playing beside her.
"Little brother, is it okay to do my sister a favor?" she stuffed a piece of silver into the boy's hand, "Now immediately run to Master Huang's house, find an uncle named Quan Shifang, tell him the words 'life is at stake', and then lead him into the alley in front." If you do this well, my sister will give you two more pieces of silver!"
This boy was dressed ordinarily, and it seemed that he was a child of an ordinary family, but although he was young, he already understood the beauty of silver, so he nodded desperately with great joy, and ran in the direction of Huangfu. Huangfu is in the downtown area, not far from here, with this boy's footsteps, it should be there soon.