Chapter 11: Ding Churou [I]
Tang Bai's taxi galloped all the way, gradually leaving the city, and when he approached a courtyard in the suburbs, he turned off the engine and stopped. The courtyard is surrounded by evergreen pines and cypresses, and several security guards with big shoulders and round waists are patrolling around the courtyard.
After settling the fare with the driver, Tang Bai walked out of the taxi with a heavy black backpack. There seemed to be a faint hint of moist seafood in the air.
Tang Bai looked at the few security guards outside the door, took out his mobile phone and dialed the number Qi Lianfeng gave him, and the phone was quickly connected.
"Mr. Tang?" A slightly hoarse voice was transmitted from the microphone to Tang Bai's ears.
"It's me, I've arrived." Tang Bai whispered into the phone.
"Please wait a moment, I'll send someone to bring you in right away." The man on the phone was very crisp, and hung up the phone when he was done.
Soon, a middle-aged man walked out of the courtyard, turned around and entered the courtyard with Tang Bai, who had already walked to the courtyard door, and went straight all the way, bringing Tang Bai to a room similar to a warehouse. After the man brought Tang Bai to this room, he immediately retreated.
Tang Bai didn't have the heart to pay attention to the man's whereabouts, and after coming in, his gaze stayed on the two people in the room.
One was an old man with gray hair and a very old look. However, his mental outlook looks extremely robust, and his gait is agile when he walks, without giving people the slightest sense of old age. A pair of eyes that are translucent, and when they look at you, they seem to be able to point directly at people's hearts.
This old man is the old man who received him and Qi Lianfeng last time. Tang Bai vaguely remembered in his mind that Qi Lianfeng called this old man Guan Lao.
There was also a woman standing next to Guan Lao.
The woman looks like about twenty-four or five, and although the figure wrapped in a black OL professional women's dress is not hot, it can also be deserved to be bumpy. Two long legs hidden under black stockings step on a pair of black high heels. The face is mature and gorgeous, and with the crisp and refreshing temperament on the body, it is quite impressive.
The old man beckoned Tang Bai to sit down, and the woman beside him naturally poured tea for the two of them.
The teapot is a purple clay pot, and the brewed tea leaves are indistinguishable. The woman's movements are skillful and elegant, and there is quite a pleasing tea ceremony charm in it.
"Listening to Qi Gongzi, this time Tang Shao brought something that was not easy to shoot? I wonder if you can take it out for me to watch now? Guan Lao took a sip of tea, looked at Tang Bai, who was sitting opposite, and asked with a smile.
"Of course you can, but I can't be the old man's name Tang Shao." Tang Bai nodded very naturally and said calmly. Sitting next to the old man, being watched by the other party's bright eyes, Tang Bai actually had a sense of restlessness. Tang Bai was no stranger to this feeling, and when he faced the queen in the palace, the queen brought him such a feeling. Fortunately, Tang Bai has a very good control over his emotions.
Guan Lao smiled, a little noncommittal, and did not answer.
As Tang Bai spoke, he stood up and picked up the heavy black backpack under his feet with both hands and placed it on the wide wooden table. The weight of the backpack even made the sturdy-looking wooden table creak slightly.
"Wow! Good weight! It's not all gold, is it? Guan Lao said in surprise, but his eyes were not shocked.
"The ginger is still old and spicy, the old man guessed right, this backpack contains gold." Tang Bai stretched out a thumbs up at Guan Lao, and pulled the zipper of his backpack in front of him.
"It's really gold." Guan Lao looked at the gold coins revealed in his backpack, and his eyes flashed with regret. Obviously, the heavy backpack of gold in front of him not only surprised him a little, but also made him feel a little disappointed.
"Hey, the style of these gold coins is very curious, I have never remembered it." The woman beside Guan Lao suddenly let out a surprise sound, and her white and tender palm reached into her backpack, and she took out a few gold coins and watched.
Tang Bai suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart. He seemed to be vaguely aware that the woman's palm had trembled slightly for a moment when her palm touched the gold coin.
"Indeed, this is the first time I've seen this type of gold coin, and it looks like it's been some years old." The old man also picked up a few gold coins and held them up in front of him to look at them. I don't know if it's an illusion, Tang Bai observed that after Guan Lao got the gold coin, the regrets and disappointments he had shown before seemed to disappear, and they were replaced by a few wisps of solemnity and seriousness.
"If so, can Mr. Tang reveal the origin of these things?" It was still the woman in professional attire who spoke. Tang Bai's gaze swept down Guan Lao, and found that he was very calm about the woman's interjections several times, which made Tang Bai guess a little more about the woman's identity in his heart.
It seems that this woman's identity is not what he thought at first, what kind of simple employee is it?
"Ancestral." For the origin of these gold coins, Tang Bai naturally couldn't reveal too much, after saying the three words of the golden oil, the next few questions about the woman were either ignorant or at a loss, and he couldn't help but shirk.
This excuse was thought of by Tang Bai from the beginning. He knew that with his social experience and the amount of knowledge he possessed, he could not find a perfect excuse for himself. Rather than being mercilessly poked and doubted at that time, it is better not to rack your brains to think of a perfect excuse from the beginning.
Sometimes, an excuse full of loopholes can also be a good choice.
When Guan Lao and the woman heard Tang Bai's answer, they obviously understood what Tang Bai meant to evade. After asking a few words, seeing that Tang Bai couldn't ask anything else, he skipped this question.
"You want to sell the gold?" The woman threw the gold coin in her hand back into her backpack quilt, took the initiative to take over Guan Lao's work and talked about business with Tang Bai. Seeing Tang Bai nodding, the woman then asked, "What about the price you expect?" ”
Tang Bai thought for a while and said frankly: "As long as it is about the same as the current gold price." ”
"I see, please wait. I need to weigh the exact weight of these coins. The woman said, looking at Tang Bai and nodding. With Tang Bai's permission, she immediately summoned two people in and took out the backpack containing gold coins on the table. She was talking with Tang Bai.
For the backpack to leave his sight, Tang Bai's mood was only nervous for a moment and then eased. The strength and power of this pawn shop, when he came to Qi Lianfeng the last time, he vaguely learned some information from Qi Lianfeng's mouth. Although the amount of gold in his hand is said to be a lot, it is probably not a big deal in the eyes of the other party. Besides, when he came, he had already weighed the weight of these gold coins in advance, as long as there was not much difference between what the other party said and what he weighed, even if it was a little less, Tang Bai decisively pretended not to know and sold it.