162. Hairpin
Seeing Lin Mu'er and the others getting up to leave, they were playing happily and peacefully, they threw away the toys in their hands and ran over, their little hands tightly tugging at the corners of Lin Mu'er's clothes, staring at Lin Mu'er with blank eyes.
Lin Mu'er looked at Xiao Ping'an's wet eyes, and suddenly felt soft in her heart, touched his head, and stretched out her hand. Revealing the silk thread in his hand: "Oh, your silk thread." Godmother is going back, will I come to see you another day? ”
Ping'an pursed his lips, with a reluctant face, but he still obediently let go of his hand, took the silk thread in Lin Mu'er's hand and pinched it in his hand, and obediently got into Quan Yu's arms.
After appeasing Ping'an, the group walked towards the door, passing by the kitchen, there were people who brought over a few small food boxes, Quan Yu explained with a smile: "It's all freshly baked dim sum, it's hot when I go back to eat, and the taste is good!" Lin Mu'er smiled and nodded, Quan Yu still had a heart in the end.
Out of the door, this hour, is the most lively time on the street, large and small gorgeous carriages come and go, the carriage of the palace is blocked at the corner of the street, although you can see, but if you come, I am afraid that it will have to wait for a while.
"Oops, be careful, be careful......"
As soon as Lin Mu'er stood at the door, he heard a hurried voice coming, and before he could follow the prestige, the guards behind him were already in an uproar and surrounded themselves tightly, only to see that Cheng Yan's golden sword standing on his right side, only to see that Cheng Yan was lying on his chest with a sword in both hands, holding the hilt of the sword in one hand, the sword body was slightly unsheathed, and the murderous aura of his body instantly spread, which made people can't help but feel chills in their hearts!
Before Lin Mu'er could see clearly, he saw that Cheng Yan took two steps forward, slightly stabbed the horse, and flew up in an instant, kicking over an oncoming wheelbarrow flatbed, only to see that the car overturned and fell directly to the ground, "bang", all the objects on the car were pressed under the plank, not to mention, this kick was so strong that even the wheels of the car were kicked into several sections!
The heavy object was kicked away, and it was a lot of noise, and it also attracted a lot of attention on this noisy street. Lin Mu'er and the others were frightened, and the two little dolls of peace and joy hugged Quan Yu tightly with a frightened face.
"The nobleman spares his life, the nobleman spares his life!" A man and a woman, slightly old, begged for mercy one after another.
Lin Mu'er stabilized his mind and took a step out, the guards were still cautious, although they gave way to a small aisle, they were still vigilantly surrounding Lin Mu'er, all of them holding the hilt of the sword, and the sword body was slightly unsheathed.
"Noble man spare his life! Spare your life! The villain doesn't dare! The voice was crying, and the two old men with gray hair knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, begging for mercy.
Lin Mu'er frowned: "What's the matter?" ”
Seeing Lin Mu'er asking, the two finally stopped begging for mercy, only to see the man lying on the ground, and finally didn't dare to raise his head, and stammered back with a trembling voice: "There was something wrong with the wheel of the car this morning, and the villain originally wanted to repair it, but he was afraid of delaying the stall, so he just found a wooden block to plug it, and wanted to repair it until the evening." Who knew that the wood chip was broken all of a sudden, and the car was just that
Out of control, disturbed the nobles, and hoped that the nobles would spare their lives! ”
"Noble man spare his life, spare his life!" The woman on the side also kept kowtowing, Xu was very scared, and her shoulders were trembling.
As soon as he wanted to speak, he saw Cheng Yan walking in front of the overturned car in three steps and two steps, and examined it carefully. Only then did Lin Mu'er clench his fist in front of him and report: "Niangniang, it is indeed a problem with the wheel!" ”
Lin Mu'er breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, it was a misunderstanding! But now at this time, I have to be cautious.
As soon as I heard the guard call this noble man "Niangniang", the old couple kneeling on the ground was like being struck by lightning, only to feel that the sky was about to fall, cold sweat fell to the ground one by one, and even begged for mercy in their throats, just a strong "bang bang" kowtow!
Lin Mu'er was a little unbearable, seeing the old couple trembling and kowtowing, the two hands lying on the ground were like laceration wounds, some were scabbed, some were still covered with red flesh, the back of the rough hands, and the joints were also swollen.
"It's okay, get up!" Lin Mu'er said in a soft voice as much as possible, these two people are already like frightened birds, don't be scared anymore: "Nothing happened to Ben, there is no need to be like this, you have to be careful next time!" ”
The two kneeling on the ground were a little incredulous, and the old couple looked at each other, although the horror on their faces was still gone, but the surprise in their eyes could not be concealed.
Lin Mu'er didn't care about the two of them anymore, moved the lotus step lightly, walked to the side of the car that had already been broken into a pile, and frowned, this is obviously a stall for small crafts, I am afraid that it is to make some jade jewelry, but now it has been kicked over by Cheng Yan, it is already broken, and the ground is a mess, I am afraid that there is no way to sell it anymore.
"What kind of deal are you doing?" Lin Mu'er turned her head and asked.
When the little old man saw Lin Mu'er asking, he didn't dare to raise his head, so he just knelt on the ground and replied: "Return, Hui Niangniang, the villain was originally a person from Zhuzhou, and he learned the ability to recognize jade and distinguish jade since he was a child. In order to make a living, the villain had to do some small business of corner jade. ”
Lin Mu'er nodded, most of the cheap jade on this ground was smashed into such a shape, but it can also be seen that the handiwork is very fine, and the style of the jewelry is also with a bit of ingenuity in it, but it does not look so tacky.
"What is this?" In a pile of broken jade, a jujube red wooden box fell to the ground, the lid of the box was overturned, and a white hairpin was exposed.
"Niangniang..." Seeing that Lin Mu'er reached out to pick it up, Lan Xue, who was close to her, stopped her, reached out and picked it up, wiped it clean with a silk handkerchief, and then handed it to Lin Mu'er.
Lin Mu'er took it, and then looked at it carefully, this is a man's hairpin, the whole hairpin is basically made of ivory, just polished and polished, and there are no other ornaments. hair
The upper end of the hairpin, inlaid with a piece of mutton fat jade the size of a little thumb, polished extremely smooth and more exquisite, look carefully, there are wisps of bright red silk embedded in it. But it is two different materials, and they fit together, and when you hold it in your hand, it seems to have a sense of warmth!
Lin Mu'er was surprised in her heart, looked at this hairpin for a long time, and only felt that the more she looked at it, the happier she became, so she turned her head and asked with a smile: "Old man, this hairpin is for sale?" ”
The old couple raised their heads when they heard this, and when they saw the hairpin in Lin Mu'er's hand, they were stunned for a moment, and the two looked at each other, although they hesitated, the little old man opened his mouth: "If this hairpin girl can see it, it should be regarded as a villain who makes amends to the mother!" ”
Seeing the hesitation of the two, although they said so, Lin Mu'er didn't take it seriously, and only smiled and excused himself: "I see that the materials for this hairpin are very exquisite, and the price must be expensive, if you don't want to sell it, I can't make it difficult." Besides, you didn't hit me, but my guards kicked your car over, so you can't make amends! ”
Lin Mu'er said softly, there was no blame in her tone, but she seemed very sincere. The old couple was still in the heart, but they were more soothing.
"Don't hide it from Niangniang, this piece of jade was brought to the capital by the villain in Zhuzhou, saying that it was mutton fat jade, but it was mixed with some red silk wool, and the jade craftsmen who worked with the villain said that this was just a piece of inferior miscellaneous jade, but the villain felt that it fit his eyes and kept it treasured, and he never found a matching material. That ivory was given by the Lord's family many years ago, and the villain matched the two things together! The little old man saw that Lin Mu'er really liked it, so he said 1510: "Originally, I wanted to sell it on a stall, although ivory is expensive, this jade is not looked down on by many people." In addition, the villain is doing a small business, and at this price, ordinary people can't accept it, so it has not been able to sell. ”
"Old man, even if our mother asked, it must have met the mother's eyes, you can report the number!" Lan Xue on the side took over the conversation.
The little old man cautiously raised his eyelids, looked at Lin Mu'er with a smile on his face, swallowed his saliva, and hesitantly stretched out a finger: "One, one or two silver!" ”
Lin Mu'er frowned: "One or two silver? ”
Even if this piece of jade is not worth much, just this unusually smooth ivory polished will definitely not be more than this price!
Seeing Lin Mu'er asking, the little old man immediately panicked, prostrate on the ground again, and said in a trembling voice: "50 Wen is okay, Niangniang, just look at it and give it some!" ”
It's no wonder that this old man was afraid and collided with Niangniang, don't say that if you pay a hairpin, you will put their old couple in the prison of the official yamen, and they also deserve it, not to mention that they will also ask Niangniang for silver.
That's it, Lin Mu'er sighed slightly, glanced at the old couple who were trembling on the ground, and knew in their hearts that no matter how they asked, they would definitely not tell the truth. Turning his head, he whispered to Lan Xue: "Count the damaged car and other jade, give twenty taels of silver." ”
"Yes!
Lan Xue nodded.
After saying goodbye to the drunken flowers, he helped Lin Mu'er into the carriage, and then took out a silver ticket of twenty taels from his purse and handed it to the two people who were still kneeling on the ground.
"This hairpin, our mother wants it, and the rest is the car repair and other jade money that Niangniang rewarded you, take it!"
The two kneeling on the ground seemed to be in disbelief, slowly raised their heads, their cloudy eyes were full of shock, but they didn't dare to reach out and take the silver ticket, their lips trembled, they wanted to say something, but they couldn't say it.
(End of chapter)