Chapter 098: The Lion Speaks
"Sister Xi!" When Huang saw her, he bypassed the pearl and came to her, and said, "Sister Xin is in trouble outside, and she was defrauded of two thousand taels of silver, and now she can't even come back, please come with me to take a look!" ”
As he spoke, he told her the ins and outs, and looked at her worriedly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this age, she probably spoke to her juniors in a low voice for the first time.
Shen Xi secretly scolded Shen Xin for two sentences!
After thinking about it, he immediately turned around and went to change his clothes and makeup.
If it was the usual one, it would be none of her business if she was blackmailed for 20,000 taels in her long room!
But now that she has taken over her errand, she has to pay attention to it, in the end, she knows Shen Xin's temperament, and she can't stand it, in case she spills it on the spot, she will lose her face!
She came to change clothes and dresses herself, and within two quarters of an hour, she packed up and went out.
Although Huang was anxious, she couldn't help but be amazed when she saw that she had changed into new clothes and cleaned herself up neatly.
"Let's go!"
Shen Xi took the fan under the porch and went out first.
Although Huang walked behind him, he didn't feel aggrieved at all.
Qionghuatai is in Nancheng, three streets away from Lumingfang, and the name Shen Xi has never heard of before.
On the way, I heard from the Huang family that it is a famous gold and jade jewelry shop newly opened in recent years, the scale is not smaller than the previous hairpin jade building, and it is said that the head jewelry sold is extremely gorgeous and expensive.
Generally, the young lady of the official family can only buy a few pieces as a line before she meets or marries.
The carriage traveled fast, but it arrived in front of the Qionghuatai door at a tea hour.
This place is really magnificent, and there are many people in the whole downstairs store, standing and sitting. Most of them are female dependents, and they can be seen to be either rich or expensive by their clothes, and most of them speak softly.
Of course, there are also bold and unrestrained, but in the end, they are not too exaggerated.
It can be seen that from the four hundred years of Helian rule, the Tuoba nobles have become exquisite, but the Shen family is an outlier.
Shen Xi arrived at the store, looked around, and didn't see Shen Xin. At this time, Dongying inquired and came back and said, "In the back hall!" ”
Huang couldn't help it, and preemptively followed her from the back door of the store to their back hall.
Some guys had already seen that it was someone from the Shen family, and they hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way.
After passing this door, Shen Xi heard Shen Xin's low sobbing voice.
The back hall is also a courtyard, but the end of the patio is a row of three open halls, now people sit in three directions, the top is a shopkeeper who looks like a person, I think it is the shopkeeper of this Qionghuatai.
And the first one on the right is Shen Xin, who is accompanied by the maids, his eyes are already red and swollen, and he is wiping his tears there with his head hooked, and the unspeakable nest is useless.
On the left is a woman in her thirties, dressed in gold and silver, with very fine makeup, and a golden phoenix on a towering cloud bun is particularly conspicuous.
Even if she sat here and waited, she was calm, she couldn't see that she was bullying, and there was no ridicule or anger, only a contempt all over her body.
It's just that in her eyebrows and eyes, after all, she still shows a bit of her usual low-eyebrow pleasing posture.
On the case among them, there was a jade bracelet.
"The wife and the second girl are here." Winter Hotaru stepped forward and said.
Shen Xin immediately stood up, and was glared at by Shen Xi, she immediately sat back again, changed to a slow and leisurely posture to stand up, and then shouted at Huang's short body, and then called "mother".
Huang couldn't help but be surprised when she saw her posture at first glance, but in the blink of an eye, she was ready to rush forward.
Shen Xi stretched out her hand and pulled her clothes, coughed, and then she looked at the other side again, and then asked Shen Xin, "What did you do?" ”
"I think this must be Mrs. Shen."
At this time, the shopkeeper who was sitting at the top stood up: "The surname is Liu, and he is the second shopkeeper of this store."
"Here's the thing, this jade bracelet was polished by Mrs. Qi in the shop, which made her mistakenly think it was the goods of the shop, and when she took it to see it, she was careless for a while, so she made a gap.
"Now Mrs. Qi is negotiating compensation with Miss Shen. Now that you're here, it's time to talk. ”
Shopkeeper Liu arched, and retreated to the side after speaking, obviously not wanting to participate in this dispute.
The Huang family didn't seem to be very familiar with this Mrs. Qi, but in the end, he still paid his respects first.
Then I picked up the bracelet and looked at it, and sure enough, a gap the size of a grain of rice was knocked out on the outer edge, making the bracelet difficult to see.
But such a small gap will cost two thousand taels of silver, which is too dark!
Huang held his breath in his heart and looked at Shen Xi.
Mrs. Nazi also slipped her gaze over to them.
Shen Xi took the bracelet, walked to the bright place and looked at it repeatedly, only to see that the bracelet was clear and green, the clear part was ice-like, and the floating green part was very green, but it was indeed a bracelet that only ate the price.
But it costs two thousand taels to knock a gap, which is really dark.
She put down the bracelet and looked at Mrs. Qi, there was no ornament on her body to show her identity, and even the Huang family didn't know her, so she must not be a great official in the family.
But since he knew that Shen Xin was the young lady of the Shilang Mansion, and he was also the squire in charge of the Criminal Department, he thought that the strength behind him would not be too weak.
After thinking about it, she first saluted Mrs. Qi, and then said, "I wonder how much Madam thinks we should compensate?" ”
Mrs. Qi also looked at her and said with a smile: "I don't know who the girl is?" ”
"I am also the young lady of the Shen family, and this is my eldest sister. Madame told me the same thing as she told her. Shen Xi's jaw head.
"It turned out to be the young lady of the Shen family." Mrs. Qi stood up and said, "Then I'll say it directly."
"I bought this bracelet for three thousand taels, and it was a birthday gift specially bought for me by my lord, so this bracelet is worth a lot of money. This gap, to say the least, you have to pay me 2,000 taels of silver! ”
"Why do you need so much money-"
Shen Xin blurted out, and when he received Shen Xi's gaze, he immediately cleared his throat and stopped.
She hadn't cried anymore. For some reason, after seeing Shen Xi also coming, her heart also settled.
Shen Xi first looked at Shopkeeper Liu: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, how much does a bracelet like this cost in your shop?" ”
Shopkeeper Liu didn't expect that it would lead to trouble, glanced at Mrs. Qi, and coughed: "The best old pit ice species are also worth thousands of taels of silver." ”
"Then you see, is this bracelet a good product for a few thousand taels?" Shen Xi asked him again.
Shopkeeper Liu took a long breath and touched his nose.
Obviously, he can't afford to offend this Mrs. Qi, but the Shen family is not so easy to mess with.
This kind of problem makes it really difficult for him to be caught in the middle.
But since he asked, he couldn't keep silent. After a slight pause, he raised his eyes and said, "In the girl's opinion, what about the texture of this bracelet?" ”