"There are five big easy pavilions in the capital, have you thought about which one to go to see first?" Sitting in the carriage, Xue Rui asked Yu Shu.

"You don't need to look anywhere else, go directly to the Xin family." After Yu Shu finished speaking, seeing Xue Rui raise his eyebrows, he explained: "I met the sixth lady of the Xin family at the Shuangyang meeting, and I heard her say that she would also go to the Taishi Academy to study, so I inquired about what to prepare before entering the school, she made a detailed list for me this morning, presumably it is sold in their Yi Pavilion, why should I go elsewhere to run errands." ”

As he spoke, he also took out the list he brought with him and showed it to Xue Rui.

A piece of paper is full of writing, most of which are book titles, and the rest are divided into categories, including paper and ink, and some strange things, such as sheep bone grass ashes, snake skin and beef tendons, etc., which make people scratch their heads.

Xue Rui read the list and nodded: "This is the best, prepare in advance, so as not to rush to buy it when you enter the school." ”

There are five big easy museums in the capital, except for the main hall in the north of the city, there are branches everywhere, but the items inside are complete, and the main hall is still to be counted.

Yu Shu and Xue Rui talked all the way, and they didn't think that the road was far, and they soon arrived in front of the Xin Family Dayi Pavilion located in the middle of Changming Street.

The two got out of the car, stepped on the paved road made of bluestone slabs, and looked up to see the centennial plaque of the Xin family, two feet from the ground, ten square five long, and the four words "Xin Ri Chongguang" were upright.

Yu Shu looked at the old door plaque and asked Xue Rui puzzled: "What does this mean?" ”

She also hung the words "Xin Da Yi Pavilion" on the door of her new home, who would have thought that it would be so confusing.

Xue Rui knew that she didn't read much, so it was inevitable that she would ask this question, so she smiled and said: "Erya. Shi Tian has a load, Tai Sui is in Xin, and it is said to be a heavy light. This 'Xin' is the eighth place in the heavenly stem, you should not know it. ”

Yu Shu smiled: "Of course I know this, but I don't understand this if I use this as a signboard." ”

Xue Rui coughed lightly. Leaned closer to her and said in a low voice: "A century-old family, naturally it is necessary to have a righteous name, but it is good that people can't understand it." ”

"A good plaque. was explained by Xue Rui like this, and it turned out to be a trick, which really made Yu Shu cry and laugh, only to find out that Xue Rui also had such an improper time.

"Let's go inside." Yu Shu saw that the two waiters on duty at the entrance of the Yi Pavilion kept looking at them, afraid that they were standing here blocking the door.

"Hmm."

It can be called the "Great Yi Pavilion", which must meet a certain specification, first of all, there must be at least five serious Yi masters in this Yi Pavilion to help people ask for divination. The second is to have a book pavilion that accommodates hundreds of classics, and then there is a treasure pavilion to provide high-quality things to exorcise evil and avoid evil for guests with status.

This is the most embarrassing thing, that is, there must be a Great Yi Master in charge to ensure the name of the Great Easy Pavilion.

This is only the standard of the "Great Yi Pavilion", but which of the five major Yi Pavilions in the capital can be ranked, which one is not supported by a senior official of Si Tianjian behind it.

Like this Xin family, the left judge of Si Tianjian. It is the third master of the Xin family, and he is also the grandfather of Miss Xin Liu, whom Yu Shu knows.

As soon as Yu Shutou came back to the Xin Family Dayi Pavilion, he couldn't touch the north and south after entering. The hall on the first floor is full of people, and the stairs on both sides don't know where they lead.

Xue Rui was familiar with the way, and beckoned over to a waiter and asked, "Which steward is here today?" ”

"It's Steward Zhou."

"Ask him to come over."

As soon as the waiter heard that he was looking for the steward, he cheered up and did not dare to slack off: "May I ask who the son is?" ”

"You just say my surname is Xue, go."

"Childe, wait a minute."

Yu Shu heard Xue Rui instruct the waiter to find someone, and turned his head a little suspiciously and asked him, "How do you know the steward here?" ”

Xue Rui didn't say a word, just waited in place for a while, and Yu Shu saw the waiter just now leading a middle-aged man over in a hurry. Before he got closer, he put on a smile and bowed to Xue Rui and said:

"The little Zhou Qun has seen the eldest son."

Xue Rui nodded, asked Yu Shu for the list and handed it to the steward, and ordered, "Prepare the things on it." ”

The other party took the list without saying a word, turned his head and instructed the waiter: "Take Xue Gongzi and this girl to the tea room on the third floor to rest." Let Wei Er pick out a few new gadgets from the Treasure Pavilion and give them to Xue Gongzi to take a look. ”

The waiter was about to answer, when Xue Rui interrupted: "No need, let's take a stroll around the building, you can go." ”

Zhou Qun hurriedly replied yes, leaving the waiter to follow, and walked away quickly with the list.

After he left, Yu Shu looked at Xue Rui with a smile, "Big brother's name really works everywhere." ”

was ridiculed by her, Xue Rui told her the truth: "Where, my second aunt was originally the daughter of the Xin Mansion, so the steward here recognized me, don't you know Miss Xin Liu, in terms of seniority, she wants to ask the second aunt to call her aunt." ”

Yu Shu figured out this relationship, and couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the Xue family still had such an in-law as the Xin family, no wonder the steward just now was particularly respectful to Xue Rui.

"There's nothing to see on this floor, but there are a lot of strange things in the Treasure Pavilion on the second floor, I occasionally come over to sit and find a few good things, let's go, take you to take a look."

As he spoke, Xue Rui led Yu Shu up to the second floor, passed through an empty aisle, and entered another attic, where two large vases of pink pottery stood in front of the hanging flower door, all of which were inserted with an emerald green Wangsui pole, and as soon as he entered the room, he smelled a stream of sandalwood.

Looking up, the bead curtains blocked the view, and under the white wall of Xitou, there were horizontal rows of eight-treasure lattices, and all kinds of jade, copper, and wood utensils were placed on the square and round shelves, separated by a layer of glass yarn, except for the two guards with refined eyes, there was only an old man with frosty white hair sitting on a rattan chair playing with some utensils, and no one was disturbed by him.

In the distance, there are a few tea houses scattered out of the east window, and occasionally three or two guests sit there drinking tea, and the voices of people are chattering.

Yu Shu looked left and right, and casually saw a thing on the shelf, the valuation was above a thousand taels of silver, and the dazzling array of treasures dazzled her, a hillbilly who had never seen the world, and secretly marveled at the financial resources of this easy-to-learn wealthy family in the capital.

Thanks to the fact that she and Yu Xiaoxiu once dreamed of opening a big Yi Pavilion in the capital in the future, now it seems that it is really enough to support her, and if she is sold, it is not as good as a shelf here.

Of course, she can't sell it by the pound.

"Hey," Xue Rui looked at the old man sitting on the rattan chair, was surprised, and turned his head to Yu Shu and said, "We are lucky to meet Mr. Xin today." ”

As he spoke, he was going to take Yu Shu forward to greet him. Yu Shu initially thought that the old man was Xin Zuoju, who was the supervisor of Si Tianjian.

But when they arrived, they heard Xue Rui raise his hand and saluted: "The old academician is polite." ”

Academician? What kind of official title is this?

Mr. Xin slowly put down the broken rosary in his hand, raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at Xue Rui for a while, and seemed to recognize it:

"Oh, it's the young master of the Xue Shangshu family."

"It's a junior." Xue Rui saw the ceremony, and then turned sideways to reveal Yu Shu, and pointed to the old man who was too old to know, "This is Miss Yu, Xiuyuan, who is a member of the first department of Dayan thaumaturgy this year, will soon go to the Taishi Academy to study, and I am here to buy it today." ”

Yu Shu stepped forward and saluted with great eyes. "Meet student Yu Shu."

Old Mr. Xin squinted his eyes and looked at Yu Shu for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "Taishi Shuyuan is a good place to work hard to make up for clumsiness, it may not be good, the little girl studies hard." ”

Although Yu Shu felt that the old man was speaking strangely, he was seriously instructed on his face: "Student, write it down." ”

Xue Rui intended to chat with Mr. Xin, and when he saw the rosary he was holding on his lap, he asked with a smile: "I don't know if the academician got the antiquities this time." Are the younger generations lucky enough to hear the story? ”

"Ha Luha," mentioned his love, Mr. Xin suddenly had a spirit. beckoned Xue Rui and Yu Shu to sit down on the round stool next to them, straightened their waists, twisted the string of prayer beads in their hands a few times, and said to them mysteriously:

"This is a string of Buddha beads, the road is not very bright, and it has been more than 400 years. Look at these nineteen beads, the largest one is called the main bead, and the other eighteen small beads, each of which has a Sanskrit inscription on it, which is ingenious. The strange thing is that this string of Buddhist beads weighs heavier than the ordinary wooden mallet, I pondered for a few days, it turned out that there was something hidden here, I was hesitant to cut it open, and I was afraid of destroying the treasure, the Xue family boy came just right. I often hear Jingjing praise you for how smart you are and give me ideas. ”

Mr. Xin gave Xue Rui a problem, four hundred years of Buddha beads, such cultural relics are precious, it is conceivable, but he asked Xue Rui to help him get an idea, if Xue Rui came up with an idea to let him cut it, wouldn't Xue Rui be responsible for the destruction? Or Xue Rui stopped him from cutting, it seemed that he had no idea, and he was stupid.

Yu Shu saw the stiffness on Xue Rui's face flashing by the side, turned his head and snickered, secretly saying that he would be a good thing, and this time he hit it right.

Xue Rui heard Yu Shu's snickering at the tip of his ear, turned his head and pretended to glare at her, cleared his throat, and said to Mr. Xin seriously:

"It's not easy for the younger generation to draw conclusions, so it's better for the old academician to lend me this string of Buddhist beads to watch for a few days, so that I can handle it."

Hearing this, Mr. Xin immediately pinched the string of beads in his hand, looked at Xue Rui with a reluctant face, and asked hesitantly, "How many days do you want to borrow?" ”

Xue Rui smiled and stretched out a finger: "Just borrow it for a month, and I will definitely help you come up with a good idea after a month." ”

Waiting for Xue Rui's outstretched finger, Mr. Xin twitched his beard, reluctant to send the baby to others, changed his enthusiasm, and shook his head resolutely:

"Forget it, it's still the old man, I'll make up my own mind."

Yu Shu watched Xue Rui's move to advance and retreat, successfully fooling the old man, and couldn't help pouting, saying that he was cunning.

Staring at the antique string of Buddhist beads in the old man's hand, Yu Shu's heart moved, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and ask:

"Old man, do you have any research on ancient weapons? I've seen an ancient sword that looks like it was unearthed from the ground, so I don't know what the origin of the Dao is. ”

Mr. Xin's white eyebrows trembled, and he raised his chin and said: "The old man has lived for eighty years, and he has been obsessed with antiquities for sixty years, not to mention weapons, but if you have seen anything from the junior, I am afraid that there is no name that the old man can't shout, and the little girl said to listen to it." ”

Yu Shu's eyes lit up, when she was in Yiyang, she got a rusty ancient sword from a demon Taoist priest and brought Jing Chen, at first she wanted to find a master to identify, and then gave it to Jing Chen, and it was gone, but she always had a heart.

Now that she had the opportunity to know the origin of the sword, her curiosity was aroused again, so she recalled, and while gesturing with her fingers, she described:

"That sword, the length is always one foot eight inches, the sword body is covered with green rust, and when you look down at it in the night, there is a hidden red light, which is suspected to be a bronze weapon. The handle is in this shape, the sword head is narrow, oh yes, and the handle is also engraved with marks, like ancient characters, I don't recognize, write it to you. ”