Hu Yuan is a local scholar in Linzi City, when he was young, he had no hope of gaining fame, and he could only go to the account office in order to make a living, so he came to Xiangfu Inn at that time.

He was careful in his work, lively in his thinking, and good in handling interpersonal relationships, and was deeply liked by the old shopkeeper at that time.

The old shopkeeper saw that he was down-to-earth and hardworking, and he had a bright brain, so he married his only daughter to Hu Yuan.

A hundred years after the old shopkeeper, he naturally became the shopkeeper of the Xiangfu Inn. And his popularity in Linzi is not bad, the guests are willing to eat at his inn, and under his management, Xiangfu Inn is thriving.

When Xu Xiang and his party came to Xiangfu Inn, he immediately judged that this group of people was either rich or expensive, and took out the best wine and food at that time.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiang asked for a lot of drinks every day, but he never planned to pay the money, and he found that the person who followed this noble son before had not appeared again in the past three days.

At the moment, Xindao may have looked away, but he was afraid of offending the distinguished guests.

So, from the side, I talked to the drunk Xu Xiang about the money for wine and the money for staying in the hotel.

Who knows, Xu Xiang said that he was penniless, Hu Yuan turned Xu Xiang's luggage upside down in a fit of anger, except for a jade pendant with a good texture, he didn't see a copper plate.

So there was a scene where Xu Xiang was kicked out of the Xiangfu Inn before.

On this day, Hu Yuan took Xu Xiang's jade pendant and walked to the most famous pawnshop "Fine Gate" in Linzi City.

This pawnshop existed before he was born, and the business was very large, and it is said that the entire slightly larger city of Great Xia has their semicolon. The fine door is rich and rich, not only is the entire shop decorated as luxuriously as a nobleman's mansion, but even the guys who run the hall are also wearing silk satin.

Although he was dressed in good Shu brocade, when he walked into the fine door, he felt that he was a dirt bun.

The customers here are all princes and nobles, and the big merchants who are famous all over the city. With his head down, he walked straight towards the ninth pawn table.

In front of the stage sat a young man of about eighteen or nineteen years of age, dressed in green silk, which was of the best color, and even he could only afford a foot, and made a handkerchief for his wife.

"Master Lin." Hu Yuan walked over and said hello.

The young man looked up and showed a smile on his face: "What kind of wind blew the shopkeeper Hu here today?" Sit down. ”

This young man's name is Lin Zixiao, and he usually drinks on the second floor of his inn, so the two naturally know each other.

"I have a jade pendant, Lin Ye will help me palm my eyes?" Hu Yuan sat down, took out a piece of cyan Shu brocade from his arms, put it on the pawn table, and gently unfolded the piece of Shu brocade, revealing a piece of jade pendant, which was the one he got from Xu Xiang.

Lin Zixiao took the jade pendant, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully, "This is a piece of fine Hetian jade." ”

The jade pendant is oval in shape, dense and delicate in texture, extremely tough, crystal clear in color, warm and elegant, carved with cumbersome veins, and a raised diamond-shaped fold in the center.

Lin Zixiao touched the diamond-shaped fold with his hand, his face changed slightly, and then he picked up the Xuanyuan mirror from the pawn table.

This Xuanyuan mirror is the magnifying glass of later generations, and he feels that this diamond-shaped fold is a little strange, and it is impossible to see clearly with the naked eye.

Through the Xuanyuan mirror, he saw that the diamond-shaped folds were like a hill carved into a jade pendant. And there was a dragon entrenched on the mountain, and the crystal jade pendant was shining in the sun, and he saw the dragon cruising around the hill.

"Dragon Order?" He muttered quietly, his brow furrowed deeply.

"What Dragon Order?" Hu Yuan's ears were sharp and he heard Lin Zixiao's words.

Lin Zixiao raised his head, "Shopkeeper Hu, you wait a moment." I'll show it to our treasurers. ”

"This ......"

"Shopkeeper Hu, don't worry, I, Lin Zixiao, will definitely give you a satisfactory price!"

"That'...... All right. Hu Yuan didn't expect much from this jade pendant, he hoped to be satisfied with the exchange of a thousand dollars. However, judging from Lin Zixiao's attitude, he estimated that it might be worth more money.

He is not worried that the fine door will ignore his jade pendant, the fine door is big, but he never deceives customers.

Lin Zixiao bowed slightly, and then walked into the inner hall.

After a while, Lin Zixiao walked out and said to him: "Shopkeeper Hu, please go to the inner hall, our shopkeeper is invited." ”

Hu Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, it seems that this jade pendant has a great background, otherwise the shopkeeper of the fine door would not invite himself in. He figured out that he might be getting developed.

Walking into the inner hall, the decoration inside is not as luxurious as the outside, the corridors are just ordinary nan wood, and the pillars are carved with dragons of different shapes, which makes him feel a kind of reverence.

Passing through the corridor, there is a small courtyard with a variety of flowers and plants, which exude a refreshing fragrance of flowers. Among the flowers and plants is a winding bluestone path that connects to a pond.

This pond is about seven or eight zhang wide, and the pond is full of lotus, but at this time in spring, the lotus leaves are not yet luxuriant.

A pavilion was built in the middle of the pond, and this bluestone path led to it.

"Master Lin, how come I have never seen the flowers and plants planted in your shopkeeper's yard? It's beautiful! Can I pick one? Hu Yuan thought that this flower was so beautiful that he could pick one and give it to his wife.

"Never!" Lin Zixiao hurriedly waved his hand, "These flowers were planted by our shopkeeper himself, even if the eldest prince of the East China Sea came over, the shopkeeper refused to give them." ”

Hu Yuan secretly said to himself, these flowers are even liked by the eldest prince, they must not be ordinary products, maybe they are still valuable medicinal materials.

Walking all the way to the pavilion along the bluestone path, he saw a little girl about ten years old in the pavilion, the little girl was wearing a white wide-sleeved fairy dress, combing two pigtails, the skin on her face was like a jade carving, very delicate, she held the jade pendant in her hand, and sat quietly in the pavilion.

Lin Zixiao stopped in the pavilion, Hu Yuan looked around, except for this little girl, there was no one else in the pavilion, didn't he say that the shopkeeper of the fine door wanted to see him?

"What is Shopkeeper Hu looking at?" The little girl's voice was like a silver bell, and the sound came to the ears like fairy music, which made people feel happy.

"Shopkeeper Hu, don't look for it anymore, this is the shopkeeper of our fine door, Miss Luomin." Lin Zixiao opened his mouth and said.

This made Hu Yuan's jaw drop in surprise, the shopkeeper of this thin door was actually a ten-year-old girl?

"In the Xia Xiangfu Inn Hu Yuan, I have seen the shopkeeper Luo!" Hu Yuan is a smart person, and he knows that people have a big business, and what their shopkeepers are like is not something he can inquire about.

"Sit!" Luo Min opened his mouth and motioned for Hu Yuan to sit down.

Hu Yuan saluted, sat down on the stone bench, and waited quietly. He knew that this piece of jade pendant must be extraordinary, otherwise this little girl would not attach so much importance to it, and he would wait for her to speak at the moment.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Luo Min's mouth, "Shopkeeper Hu, the owner of this jade pendant is not you, right?" ”

Hu Yuan panicked for a while, it seems that this jade pendant really has a great background, could it be this little girl or her acquaintance? Did she know the guest?

"Shopkeeper Luo laughed, this jade pendant is my family heirloom......"

"Hu Yuan, grandfather Hu Ran, served as the secretary of the criminal gate during the reign of King Duan, from the seventh rank, cowardly and cowardly, and was dismissed from the case of King Ding's rebellion, and his career has been hopeless since then. The former wealth disappeared like a cloud of smoke, and your father Hu Xin could only plough and study in the fields, and failed the exam eleven times in a row, and died depressed. Inherit your father's will......" Luo Min said leisurely, turning his bottom upside down, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.

Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, and he was sure that this fine door would not specifically collect his information, and the information he collected would only be collected when Lin Zixiao walked into the inner hall. Investigating his information in such a short period of time is so detailed, which shows how terrifying Hosomon's power is.

After Luo Min finished speaking, a smile appeared on his face again, but Hu Yuan was like a man's back at this time, he didn't know if the fine door investigation was related to this jade pendant, but he was sure that if he didn't tell the truth, there would definitely be no good results.

"Shopkeeper Hu, you don't have to be nervous." Luo Min opened his mouth again to comfort him, and gave Lin Zixiao another look, who took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and gently placed them on the stone table in front of Hu Yuan.

"There are 1,000 taels of Xia silver tickets here, if you tell the whereabouts of the owner of the jade pendant, it will be yours." Luo Min said as he tapped lightly on the stone table with his left hand.

A thousand taels of silver tickets? One tael of silver tickets is equivalent to one hundred dollars, and isn't one thousand taels worth 100,000 dollars? This is a hundred times different from the 1,000 yuan he expected to be this jade pendant!

Hu Yuan's heart was pounding, looking at the pile of silver tickets on the table, his eyes showed a greedy look.

The sound of Luo Min knocking on the table echoed in his ears, and he spoke: "This jade pendant is indeed not mine. ”

Luo Min didn't speak, but looked at him quietly, as if waiting for him to continue.

"This is a son who lived in my store before, when he lived for three days, spent 3,000 yuan, but he didn't have any money, and I had no choice but to use the only jade pendant on his body to pay off the debt!" Hu Yuan told the cause and effect in one breath, for fear that he would make this aunt unhappy if he didn't explain it clearly, after all, who knows what she has to do with that guest?

"What about the whereabouts of that child?"

"I haven't seen him since I kicked him out of the store!"

"You always know the name, right?"

“...... I don't know the name of that childe. Hu Yuan said and secretly glanced at Luo Min's face, and found that her face was gradually cold, and hurriedly added: "However, I registered when his subordinate came at that time, and I remember that his name was Yang Dianfeng." ”

"Yang Dianfeng? Zixiao, go and check. ”

"Yes!" Lin Zixiao left in response.

"That'...... Can I go? Seeing Lin Zixiao leaving, Hu Yuan asked.

"Hmm." Luo Min responded, and kept looking at the jade pendant in his hand and ignored it.

Hu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, got up and turned around to leave. Every word and deed of the shopkeeper of this fine door made him feel extremely pressured, even in the face of those ministers in the court.

"Wait!" After taking a few steps, Luo Min suddenly stopped him, making him tremble in fright, and he froze in place.

"I don't know what else the shopkeeper Luo commands?" He turned around and asked in a whisper.

"Take the silver ticket."