The business of Linglong Restaurant in Yingzhou City has always been very good, and the reputation is also good. Locals know that this restaurant has a wide range of dishes, the meals are very authentic, and the prices are not expensive.

The shopkeeper of Linglong Restaurant was originally surnamed Wu, and after the old Wu shopkeeper died, he was succeeded by his son Wu Liu. But not long ago, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was surnamed Feng.

The story that people are talking about now is this: Wu Liu lost the restaurant to the surnamed Feng because of his gambling addiction.

The guise in front of the restaurant swayed in the wind, and the shopkeeper was smiling and ushered in.

At noon, a red-faced man walked into the Linglong Restaurant, the man was magnificent, dressed in gorgeous costumes, and he saw that he was a character with a lot of money in his pocket.

In the past few days, the red-faced man has become the most popular guest in Linglong Restaurant. He spends a lot of money here every day, whether it is serving food or drinking money, he never asks the price, he takes out a silver ingot and throws it on the cabinet, and he leaves without change.

A table near the window on the second floor of the restaurant is specially reserved for the red-faced man in the hotel these days, and the red-faced man has set this position at an astonishing price of ten taels of silver per day.

The little second-hand foot quickly brought the dishes that had been prepared to the table.

The red-faced man smiled slightly and sat down.

He drank slowly, as if he were tasting wine.

The red-faced man drank for two hours, and it was time to leave on weekdays.

But today, the red-faced man did not leave after drinking, and lowered his head to look for something under the table, and gradually frowned tightly.

What would make this money-spender man worried?

The sharp-eyed Xiao Er quietly told Shopkeeper Feng, and Shopkeeper Feng ran upstairs in a panic and asked, "Dare to ask the guest officer what is the matter, but it can be said that with the shop, the shop will do its best." ”

Shopkeeper Feng's voice was very careful, lest something was not done well and offended this money-spender customer.

The red-faced man said sullenly: "You can't help!" I've lost a piece of jade pendant! ”

Shopkeeper Feng was shocked in his heart, and secretly wondered if this person was going to lie to him. Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Feng glanced at the red-faced man and did not squeak.

When the red-faced man saw Shopkeeper Feng's face, he knew that he had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "This matter has nothing to do with you, or I lost it somewhere else, but I can't remember." ”

Shopkeeper Feng breathed a sigh of relief: "Dare to ask the guest officer, what kind of jade pendant is it?" ”

The red-faced man sighed: "It's not a valuable jade pendant, it's just that it has been passed down from the ancestors for several generations, so it is more precious." If it is sent to the pawnshop, it is only worth ten taels of silver, or it is not worth so much, but what is left by the ancestors is not easy to lose. ”

After that, the red-faced man looked depressed.

Shopkeeper Feng said with a smile: "I will pay attention to the guest officer, and if you find out who has picked it up, let him send it to you." ”

The red-faced man shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's not easy, if it is picked up by someone who loves to take advantage of it, it will not be easy to return it." ”

Shopkeeper Feng was stunned for a while, not knowing how to enlighten the red-faced man.

The red-faced man thought for a while and said, "Shopkeeper, please bring the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to use." ”

Shopkeeper Feng didn't know what the other party's intentions were, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he called Xiao Er to take the four treasures of the study and go upstairs.

Xiao Er quickly went upstairs with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

The red-faced man muttered, "I'd better leave a proclamation." Whoever finds it, he is willing to give 10,000 taels of silver. Under the heavy reward, it may be promising. ”

As he spoke, he wrote a proclamation.

Shopkeeper Feng is really dumbfounded, what an object, it is worth 10,000 taels of silver! watched the man finish writing, and hurriedly took the proclamation with both hands.

The red-faced man took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and stacked them

On the table, he probably glanced at it, sighed and said, "I'm afraid I have to have some blood." ”

Shopkeeper Feng glanced at it, and roughly estimated that these silver tickets also had tens of thousands of taels, he was really a rich man.

The red-faced man shook his head with a wry smile, took the silver ticket back, and instructed the shopkeeper Feng: "Just stick it in front of the store." ”

So, this proclamation was posted in front of the door of Linglong Restaurant.

The red-faced man walked away, and behind him was a group of stunned drinkers, who watched in a daze.

No one noticed that among the drinkers, there was a young scholar, who was staring at the red-faced man in the distance with a surprised gaze, and suddenly showed a smile.

His smile was meaningful.

The next day, the red-faced man came to drink again and asked Shopkeeper Feng if there was any news.

Shopkeeper Feng said not yet.

The next day, the red-faced man came to see again.

Still no news.

The red-faced man said that he was going out to run errands, and when he came back in about ten days, he left a hundred taels of silver for the shopkeeper Feng as a thank you and asked him to help pay attention.

The red-faced man said goodbye and left with a sad brow.

The young scholar looked at the back of the red-faced man with a smirk.

At noon on this day, a middle-aged man strode in from Linglong Restaurant.

The man was seven feet tall, with a thick beard and bright eyes, and he entered the store noisily, went straight to the counter, and asked loudly where the man who posted the proclamation was.

When Shopkeeper Feng heard this, he greeted him, and Shi Yili asked, "Which one are the guest officers looking for?" ”

The bearded man glanced at Shopkeeper Feng, and snorted in his nose: "I'm just looking for this post." ”

Shopkeeper Feng asked, "What are you looking for him to do?" ”

At this time, a group of wines had been gathered around to look at it objectively.

The bearded man said, "I have found the jade pendant worth ten thousand taels of silver." ”

After saying that, he took out a piece of jade pendant and put it on the cabinet, and looked at Shopkeeper Feng with bright eyes.

Shopkeeper Feng picked it up and examined it carefully, and sure enough, it was a jade pendant with Ruyi written on it for a hundred years, just like the characteristics of the jade pendant that the red-faced man said.

Shopkeeper Feng was overjoyed in his heart, but he said quietly on his face: "The guest officer doesn't know, the uncle who lost the jade pendant is not there." You'll have to wait a few days. ”

The bearded man said impatiently, "How is it so troublesome." Don't wait, I'm still on my way. ”

After that, he picked up the jade pendant on the table and left.

Shopkeeper Feng was so shocked that he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his beard: "Don't worry! Don't worry! This guest officer, how about we discuss it carefully? ”

After saying that, he turned around and called Xiao Er to tea.

Bearded and Shopkeeper Feng sat down opposite each other at a table.

He thought for a moment and said to Shopkeeper Feng, "Why don't you give me some silver first, and then put the jade pendant here for you, and then you can return it to him." ”

Shopkeeper Feng frowned, seeming to be a little hesitant.

At this time, those who watched the excitement among the drinkers began to talk about it.

The young scholar who came out of it smiled at the bearded man: "It's better to be like this, I'll give you silver, and I'll accept this jade pendant." ”

The beard was stunned for a moment, and he looked at the young scholar: "You? ”

The scholar smiled: "Don't despise me. ”

With that, he took out a stack of silver tickets and held them in the air.

The drinkers exclaimed, and the silver tickets in the scholars' hands were at least several thousand taels.

The bearded man smiled: "How much is this young master willing to give?" ”

The scholar smiled slightly: "How much are you willing to want?" ”

The bearded man smiled: "Aren't you afraid that I will ask for a price when I have a strange goods?" ”

The scholar shook his head and smiled:

"Even if you offer a sky-high price, I can pay it back on the spot."

The bearded man nodded: "Okay, you and I might as well discuss." ”

The scholar smiled: "It's easy to say." ”

The scholar sat next to his beard.

Shopkeeper Feng had already listened anxiously, and he hurriedly said to the scholar and the bearded: "You two don't know, this matter was entrusted to me by the guest officer, so naturally I have to deal with it." ”

After saying that, he arched his hand towards the bearded man and said, "This jade pendant, I will accept it for the guest officer for the time being." I don't know how much this lord costs? ”

The bearded man smiled: "I still know a few words, and the proclamation is clearly written, 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Shopkeeper Feng hurriedly smiled and said, "The small shop doesn't have that much silver, and I hope to collect less." ”

The bearded man shook his head: "No." It was written in the proclamation, and it was written very much. ”

Shopkeeper Feng said: "You are in a hurry, and there are not many in this store, so I hope to collect less." ”

The bearded man's gaze seemed to hesitate, but his mouth was stiff: "How to collect less, I will not be able to suffer." ”

So, the two bargained, and Shopkeeper Feng spent five thousand taels of silver to buy this jade pendant.

The bearded man reluctantly took the five thousand taels of silver tickets and left.

The drinkers also scattered in all directions.

Someone said jealously: "This shopkeeper Feng really lost his fortune and fell into the golden hole." ”

Shopkeeper Feng waited for the red-faced man with peace of mind, and he was very happy in his heart, and he wishfully believed that this jade pendant would be exchanged for 10,000 taels of silver.

Of course, Shopkeeper Feng was fooled, and this time he was extremely miserable. He has to at least close the restaurant and get some money.

The red-faced man never showed up again.

Shopkeeper Feng, who was looking forward to wearing it, almost regretted that his intestines were blue.

……

Just when Shopkeeper Feng exclaimed that he was fooled and beat his chest, the red-faced man was drinking a little wine comfortably.

The red-faced man was none other than Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian's disguise technique may not be able to catch up with Mr. Wang, Ouyang Jian and Tang Qian, but it is more than enough to fool the shopkeeper Feng.

Of course, he has now returned to his original self.

There were a few plates of side dishes on the table in Lu Xiaoxian's house, and a jar of wine that had been opened, and the smell of wine wafted throughout the room.

Xing Feng sat on the side and looked at Lu Xiaoxian with a smile, the master was so talented, and with a little trick, he let the shopkeeper Feng fall into the pit.

Under Lu Xiaoxian's instructions, he pretended to be the bearded man, and the two of them jointly performed this scene of picking up jade pendants.

Xing Feng raised a glass of wine and said respectfully: "Master, Shopkeeper Feng must be beating his chest in pain now, your trick is really wonderful, I can be regarded as a long insight." Come, I'll give you a glass. ”

After that, Xing Feng raised his head and drank.

Lu Xiaoxian smiled faintly: "This kind of character deserves to be like this." He set up a gambling game to rob Wu Liu's restaurant, and this time he had to lose a fortune. ”

After speaking, Lu Xiaoxian also drank.

Chen San pushed the door in, and brought in a jar of wine and a few side dishes.

Lu Xiaoxian asked, "These days, how are you and Wu Liu?" ”

Chen San replied: "Childe, don't say it, this Wu Liu really has two strokes, he not only has a divine tongue, but also can think about creating some new dishes, in this regard, he is indeed much stronger than me!" ”

"That's good! If the two of you can become partners, it can be regarded as a perfect match! Lu Xiaoxian changed the topic and asked again, "Where is Wu Liu now?" ”

"Still in his dilapidated house!"

"Go and call him!" Lu Xiaoxian commanded.

Chen San agreed and went.