Chapter 14: The Female Crown
14, female crown
Yang Da changed his clothes and came out, and he met Qianqian bringing chilled bean soup, and distributed bowls and bowls to all the officials. When she saw him, she smiled: "The official is here, sit down and drink a bowl to relieve the heat." ”
Yang Da looked at the white porcelain bowl, filled with sweet soup with bean paste, he felt delicious at first sight, and then looked at the hand holding the bowl, the white wrist with the tender onion-like fingertips, it was even more mouthwatering than sugar water. He licked his mouth, and without much excuse, he took the soup bowl and sat down to eat.
Qianqian watched them all drink, smiled contentedly, walked over and put down the bamboo curtain at the door of the store, and said, "This shop is dried in the west, and the sun will shine after a while, and the slave family will block it." After putting the curtain down, she turned around and smiled, "Although the officials sit and rest, the slave family will go and fill a few bowls of sugar water." Then she went back to the inner hall.
It is very pleasant to have a quiet rest on a hot day, and this is not a messy place, the study is clean and clean, and the tip of the nose is full of ink fragrance, which makes people feel calm. Yang Da talked to a few people to pass the time, and before he knew it, he began to doze off, and fell asleep after a while.
Xiaohe came to investigate, and when he saw that everyone was asleep, he went back to call Ah Piao and Qianqian, and after a while, the two came out, but they both changed their clothes. Qianqian smeared powder on her face, deliberately painted her skin brownish, she also dotted a big mole on her cheek, her eyebrows were drawn short and thick, and her eye-catching black hair was wrapped in a flower handkerchief, looking like an ordinary village woman.
And Ah Piao is dressed as a servant, the soapy blue robe that has just been washed has not yet dried, the chest is moist, and Yang Da's waist card is still hanging on his waist. His disguise is simple, just a little fake beard around his mouth, and he looks more stable.
Xiao He tiptoed up the curtain and let the two of them go out: "Go and come back quickly, I have less drugs, and I will wake up in an hour at most." ”
Qianqian nodded, looked back and glanced at Ah Piao coldly, and said in a warning tone: "Stand up straight and look up, don't look like a thief!" If you dare to do it, I can't avenge the little monk, and I will clean you up myself! ”
Ah Piao looked up at the sky aggrievedly, almost crying without tears.
What kind of sin did he create in his last life to provoke this aunt......
In the royal pawnshop in the city, the shopkeeper is dozing. His head slumped, and he hit the counter coldly, and he woke up suddenly in pain. He rubbed his head and looked around, but there was no one, so he fell asleep with his head propped up.
"The Shopkeeper's ......"
A soft voice floated from under the counter, like a dream voice, ethereal and illusory, the shopkeeper's frown and brows were ignored, and then the voice was louder, still cramped.
"Shopkeeper, as a thing."
The shopkeeper opened his eyelids and swept under the counter, only to see a thin figure with a gray flutter, a flower veil on the top of his head, blocking most of his face. He yawned and spread his hands over, and said angrily, "What should it be?" ”
I saw that the woman dressed as a village woman took out a cloth bag from her bag and wrapped it tightly in layers. She opened it slowly, like some terrible treasure, and gently handed it to the shopkeeper: "This." ”
The shopkeeper had despised her a little in advance, thinking that she couldn't get anything good from a countrywoman, so he didn't care about grabbing it with one hand, and was stunned when he lowered his eyes and looked at it.
It's a jade. The material of Hetian jade is engraved with the auspicious pattern of dragon and phoenix, which is as warm and warm as mutton fat.
Look at this style, this pattern, this carving, this color, and a pair of dragons and phoenixes on it, it is clearly an old object! It's still something that only the royal family could have in the past, and it's priceless!
The shopkeeper pressed the ecstasy in his heart, looked at the visitor again, and said tentatively: "Where did the thing come from?" ”
Qianqian stared at the yellow mud on the tip of her shoe, which she specially smeared, and she replied timidly: "Family heirloom." ”
This is an old object, there are very few family heirlooms, and the shopkeeper found that there was still soil in the cracks of the jade surface, which was clearly unearthed not long ago. If the person who came told the truth that the Tao was dug out of the ground, he immediately offered the price. But this little lady is lying a lot, and she is in such a hurry to pawn, I'm afraid it's a little boring. The shopkeeper didn't seem anxious, but asked her first, "How much silver are you going to make?" ”
He had to see if this man could read the goods.
Qianqian still leaned sideways, not revealing all her face, and whispered, "Six hundred taels." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he became more and more suspicious, and concluded that it was not simple. If it was really a country woman, where could she have such a strong eyesight and could see that this antique was worth hundreds of taels? Those women with long hair and short knowledge, giving forty or fifty taels is enough, how can the lion open his mouth.
But in all fairness, he still doesn't lose money if he can exchange a few hundred taels for this jade jue worth a thousand gold.
The shopkeeper was a little moved, but he didn't dare to make an idea, for fear that something would go wrong. So he asked Qianqian to wait, turned around and entered the inner hall, and went straight to the owner Wang Yuanwai who was resting inside.
Wang Yuanwai was lying on the rocking chair at this moment, and the fat meat was stuffing the seams of the chair, and a maid next to him was peeling longan for him to eat. He ate the longan and spit out the core, and saw that there were still scattered white flesh on it, and raised his hand to point: "I've rewarded you." The maid was not surprised, thanked the master, held the longan kernel and opened the curtain and went out, and when she reached a place where the king could not hear, she threw the thing angrily, clapped her hands angrily and scolded: "Choke you iron rooster!" ”
At this time, the shopkeeper entered the house and told the situation on the shop, Wang Yuanwai listened to it and suddenly his eyes lit up with excitement, and he took the jade jue to play with it, and he couldn't put it down, and praised it: "Good thing!" What a baby, how much do you think she wants? Six hundred taels?! ”
The shopkeeper said yes, but Wang Yuanwai was in pain, beat his chest and said: "This is to rob people!" You tell her that it is at most a hundred taels, and if it is not right, it will be pulled down! After speaking, he put the jade jue on his chest, looking intoxicated as his own.
The shopkeeper went out to tell Qianqian the price, and soon returned to the inner hall, and said with some embarrassment: "That little lady insisted on six hundred taels, and it was not appropriate to have one less, she said that if we don't accept it, we will pay her back, and she will find another buyer......"
Wang Yuanwai suddenly felt a sense of sadness that the baby was going to abandon him, and hugged Yu Jue very reluctantly: "That...... He added ten taels more, and asked her if she should be right, if she wants to be, she must die, and she cannot redeem it. ”
The shopkeeper had no choice but to go out again, and then came in to pass the word, Qianqian was unwilling, and his attitude was very tough and resolute. The two of them bargained back and forth, but the shopkeeper who ran errands was tormented, and tossed in and out so that an old bone was about to break.
After the last, the shopkeeper panted and said to Wang Yuanwai: "East, East, if you really like it, you can buy it for five hundred taels, the small one has tried her best, and she is only willing to pay one hundred ......taels less."
After grinding to the extreme, Wang Yuanwai was like cutting meat, and he endured the pain and bought this piece of jade. The shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief, took the jade Jue and the silver ticket out of the hall to open the pawn ticket, noted the characteristics of the pawn, and noted that it was a dead pawn, he asked Qianqian to press his handprint on it, and then the silver goods were paid.
At the moment of handing over the money and delivering the goods with the other, an official suddenly came in from outside the door, and took Qianqian without saying a word.
The shopkeeper was shocked: "What is this?" ”
This official frowned coldly, he didn't look angry and arrogant, although he didn't feel very old, but he was very majestic, I saw him escorting Qianqian, and said in a deep voice: "This woman is the perpetrator of a serial theft in the capital, this group of people first stole everywhere, and then went to various places to sell stolen goods, which is really cunning." I came to arrest it on the order of Lord Zhizhou, and after a few days of ambush, I finally let me catch this woman, the shopkeeper, what you are holding in your hand is the stolen goods, could it be that you are also involved in selling the stolen goods? ”
The shopkeeper was shocked, and even cried out: "I don't know!" This is a pawnshop, and I will say a few words to her when she comes to do something, and she has no intention of buying or selling stolen goods! He hurriedly excused himself, and the official stared at him hesitantly, looking at him as if he didn't believe it.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly stuffed a piece of silver into the sleeve of the official, and said all the good things: "The official is Mingjian! When we open the door to do business, it is inevitable that there will be times when you are a big man, and you are accommodating. ”
The official was silent, and only after a long time did he snort coldly: "Whether it is an accomplice or not, I will wait for Lord Zhizhou to interrogate." For the sake of you as a businessman, you don't have to go to the yamen, but you have to take these things away and present them as physical evidence. ”
The shopkeeper said yes, and handed over the Yujue ticket to the official, and then the official pointed to the silver ticket and said: "The silver ticket is also needed, this is an important ironclad evidence that the criminal sold the stolen goods." The shopkeeper had a slight doubt, so the official couldn't help but say that he took it, looking fair, "On the day of the opening of the hall, someone from the yamen will come and ask you to be a witness, and it will be returned at that time." ”
Only then did the shopkeeper put his mind at ease, gave five hundred taels to the official, and then saw that he was vicious and viciously holding the little woman who was said to be the culprit, and pushed away.
"Official, go slowly!" The shopkeeper stood at the door and watched, after a long time, he still felt that his legs were weak, and he felt extremely lucky when he had palpitations, but fortunately he was hit by the official and broke the transaction, otherwise his shop would become a den of thieves who sold stolen goods, and he couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River at that time!
When Yang Da woke up, he saw Qianqian rolling up the bamboo curtains, and when he looked out, the sun began to set westward. Qianqian looked back and smiled: "The sun is not so poisonous this time." ”
Yang Da stretched his waist and subconsciously touched his waist, but the waist card was still there. He stood up and bowed his hand to Qianqian: "Thank you lady for your hospitality." After speaking, he saw that a few of his subordinates were still wandering, and went up and slapped him awake, "Get up and go back to the yamen!" ”
Only then did the servants get up one after another, rub their eyes and mutter, "Why did you fall asleep...... What time is it? ”
Qianqian smiled and said: "It's not yet time to Shen, in fact, you have only taken a short nap, half an hour of effort." ”
Xiaohe came out with the washed and folded soap clothes and returned them to Yang Da, Qianqian said: "The weather is good today, the clothes have just been washed and dried." ”
Yang Da took it and was a little embarrassed: "I'm tired of the lady, I'll change it." ”
Qianqian nodded with a smile, Yang Da changed his clothes, and then led his subordinates out of the study, and looked back at Xiaohe, who was closing the door of the study.
In the inner courtyard of the study, Ah Piao was annoyed that the pay was too low and quarreled with Qianqian.
"Qianqian, you cross the river and tear down the bridge! Can you do it without me? I am a cow and a horse, why do you give me a hundred taels! ”
Qianqian snorted: "You just pretend to be an official, and the shopkeeper also stuffed silver for you in private, don't think I didn't see it!" You didn't splash the ink, you didn't boil the sugar water, you didn't wash the clothes, and you didn't put the medicine...... If it weren't for the fact that you owe gambling debts and can't afford to be hunted down, I won't give you one or two! ”
Ah Piao was so angry: "That's not what you did!" You just move your mouth and say two words, what do you have to do?! ”
"Because the idea was what I thought. Without my female Zhuge head, can you get silver? Qianqian disagreed, and comforted Ah Piao with a smile, "Don't be angry, I'll call you next time I have something good." ”
Ah Piao glanced at her fiercely, shook his hand and went out: "I'll help you next time, I'm a dog!" ”
Not to be outdone: "You just practice dog barking first-"
Xiaohe closed the door and rushed over, holding a silver ticket of one hundred taels at a loss: "Girl, why did you give me so much silver at once?" There's a lot of it from last time, so how can I spend it......"
"Buy clothes and jewelry, if you can't spend it, you can save it, and buy a husband to go home in the future." Qianqian teased her, smiled and put the remaining three hundred taels of silver tickets into the lotus purse, and asked Xiaohe longingly, "What do you say I should buy for the little monk?" ”