The sky will be bright.

Wu Lu, the newly promoted housekeeper of Ning Guofu, hurriedly arrived in Jia Rong's courtyard, and he didn't care about looking for the mother-in-law and maid, so he shouted directly under the windowsill:

"Childe, it's amazing! Yesterday, the person we sent to buy that Zhang Hua was tied to the stone lion outside the gate with his bare buttocks, and fed the mosquitoes all night! ”

"What?!"

Before the words fell, a vicissitudes of voice came from inside, and then the door creaked left and right, and Jia Zhen came out of it in disheveled clothes, and said angrily while wearing his pants and belt: "How can this be? Could it be that Zhang Hua did it?! ”

In his eagerness, he even wore Hu's bloomers by mistake.

Wu Lu didn't dare to look at it more, and hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "I heard that Sun Zhizhong had already sent someone to ambush Zhang Hua's house, and as soon as our people came to Daoming, they were taken by the other party, and I heard that they also recorded a confession......

"Rubbish!"

Jia Zhen roared angrily, turned around and scolded the room, "Didn't you say that this plan will definitely work? How could he be taken by the one surnamed Sun! ”

With his shouting and scolding, Jia Rong also walked out of the room, still holding a pair of pants in her hand, and said embarrassedly: "Dad, look at this ......"

"Rubbish!"

Jia Zhen snatched the pants away, hurriedly entered the inner room, and after a while, he heard him on the bed in the inner room, panting and changing his pants, while asking angrily: "The idea was yours, and now the person surnamed Sun has taken the handle, if he bites back, Lao Tzu may not be able to protect you!" ”

Sure enough, it's my father!

This is not yet a catastrophe, so I first think about dissociating the relationship.

Fortunately, Jia Rong was also used to it, and said with a servile face outside the door: "Father is angry, if the surnamed Sun really wants to bite back and hand over the person directly to Dali Temple, wouldn't it be more appropriate?" Since he sent people back, he must not have the intention of completely falling out. ”

There was silence inside for a while, and then he saw Jia Zhen coming out with dignity again, and sneered: "In this way, then Sun Erlang is really still afraid of the prestige of our Ning Guofu?" ”

If you are really afraid of Ning Guofu, how dare you tie people naked in front of the door?

However, Jia Rong didn't dare to say this, so she only followed Jia Zhen's tone and said: "Although that Sun Erlang is already timid, but after all, we have a handle in his hands, and it is not good to coerce him too much. ”

"That's fine."

Jia Zhen flicked the sleeves of her robe and said reluctantly: "This time, I'll spare him first!" ”

Obviously, he was cowardly, and he wanted Jia Qiang to admit defeat, but he also lost the lotus flower of the father and son, and it could be said that he wanted to let Sun Shaozong go.

Not to mention the father and son, how did they call Jia Qiang to come over and explain.

said that Sun Shaozong got up before dawn, let the embroidered orange wait for a simple freshening, and returned to the study over the wall and window.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, he first went to the East Cross Courtyard and mentioned the matter of accepting Jia Lan as an apprentice to Yu Qian.

I heard that he wanted to accept the grandson of Rongguofu as an apprentice, and it was highly recommended by Sun Shaozong, so Yu Qian naturally didn't want to refuse, but he couldn't be sloppy in accepting apprentices, especially since this was his founding disciple.

So he responded ambiguously at first, only saying that he would wait for the Ji Ji Shi to finish the exam, and let him see the child before making a decision.

When he came out of the East Cross Courtyard, Sun Shaozong went to the backyard to visit Ruan Rong again, and saw that she was no longer in trouble, so he promised to take her and Xiangling to Wangjiang Tower to listen to the play tomorrow.

The book is not too much to say.

After breakfast, Sun Shaozong went all the way to the Criminal Name Division, called Wei Ruolan, Lin Delu and others to accompany him, and ordered all the officials and officials under the Criminal Name Division, and there were two or three hundred people standing in the courtyard.

Sun Chengye moved a Taishi chair and placed it on the steps of the main entrance, and Sun Shaozong sat upright on it, which made Sun Chengye ask on his behalf: "My lord summoned you and others today, I want to ask if anyone has ever heard of 'Tao Zhu Jinbei'?!" ”

The officials below exchanged heads and ears for a while, and sure enough, some of them responded, saying that they knew about it.

Sun Chengye then ordered aloud: "Don't panic, everyone who has heard of this thing, please stand in front and speak!" ”

The phalanx of more than 200 people squirmed in a chaotic manner, and finally squeezed out thirty or forty people, including both clerks and three classes of officials.

Among the government offices, there is actually a sixth-of-a-half proportion?!

Sun Shaozong's heart sank, and he personally ordered: "Those who have bought and sold this thing should be listed alone!" ”

This time, everyone stared at each other for a long time, and only then did four people stand at the front of the line with a cower, a scribe and three officials.

Luckily, this conversion rate isn't very high.

If most of the people who have heard of 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' have bought this thing, then the matter is really going to be a big problem.

Sun Shaozong was a little relieved now, and asked the four of them: "You guys, why do you want to buy and sell this thing?" ”

"Back to your lordship."

The scribe first arched his hand and said, "This thing means auspiciousness, and it is said to have the benefit of prosperity and wealth, so I bought twelve pieces and kept them at home." ”

"But I don't know how much it costs?"

"The villain bought it earlier, and shared thirty-two taels of silver."

When the scribe said this, he was quite complacent, and the twelve medium-grade gold shells that Gaine now had risen to nearly fifty taels of silver in the market.

"Oh my mother, this thing is so valuable!"

When a servant next to him heard this, he couldn't help but say: "No wonder when I go to the casino to play money now, I use this thing as a bargaining chip!" ”

"Make chips?"

Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and hurriedly asked, "Now in the casino, do you really use this thing as a bargaining chip?!" ”

The officials exchanged glances, but the staggered man arched his hand and said: "If you go back to the master, it doesn't seem that every family is like this, but the gambling house that the villains often go to has recently replaced some bamboo chips with this thing, saying that one can top five dollars of silver!" ”

Another person added: "Sir, the little ones have only used it in the gambling house, and they haven't brought it home with them, but there are a few people like us." ”

As soon as his words fell, two scribes and four officials flashed behind him, all of whom said in a sincere and fearful manner: "My lord [master], if you don't deliberately hide it under [small], you really don't know how to use it as a bargaining chip, and you can be regarded as having bought and sold this thing." ”

Tut~

It is not worth mentioning at least that it is used as a bargaining chip in the gambling house, after all, many gambling houses used bamboo chips as chips in order to avoid the trouble of weighing silver.

But if this matter is said to be bigger, it gives Jinbei the function of exchanging it into equivalent silver at any time!

Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment, and then asked again: "Then if you bring similar golden shells over by yourself, can you make chips?" ”

"This ......"

Several gamblers exchanged glances with each other, shook their heads in unison, and said: "The Jinbei in the gambling house is stamped with a red seal on the inside, and they are afraid that they will not recognize it." ”

One of them said: "It's not that I don't recognize it, I heard that only two foreign golden shells can be exchanged for a stamped golden shellfish, but this thing can be sold directly outside for more than four dollars of silver, and the fool is willing to exchange it with them!" ”

In this way, although it is much worse than the legendary market price, it can indeed be exchanged for silver in the gambling house!

"Hmph~"

At this time, the scribe who collected the golden shellfish suddenly sneered disdainfully and said: "My lord, the golden shells they are talking about are just some low-grade defective products, compared with the real golden shells, the value and appearance are far inferior, let alone the best 'Taozhu Jinbei'!" ”

Hearing this, he should be the most familiar with this thing among the hundreds of people present.

Sun Shaozong pretended to be very interested and asked, "But I don't know what is the difference between the two?" ”

"Returning to your lordship."

I listened to the scribe's gushing words: "The real golden shell is pure white throughout, and the gold thread that makes up the coin pattern is a brilliant bright gold; The inferior gold shell is more mixed, and the gold thread that makes up the coin pattern is even more dull, and even the pattern is very blurred! ”

"As for the superb 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', not only the color should be more transparent, but the coin pattern can even faintly show the appearance of some words!"

As he spoke, he spread his hands and said, "It's a pity that I didn't bring Jinbei here, otherwise I can carefully distinguish it for adults." ”

Who knew that his voice fell, and someone behind him suddenly shouted: "You didn't bring it, but I took it!" ”

I saw that the crowd was about a minute, Qiu Yunfei was late with a cloth bag, and when he got closer, he shook off the cloth bag, but saw that there was nothing else inside, only three shells.

"After my lordship gave my order yesterday, I sent someone to find three pieces, which were worth four coins, four taels, and thirty taels of silver, 'Tao Zhu Jinbei!'"

Although the people this kid is getting along with are a little worse, his work efficiency is okay.

Sun Shaozong raised his chin to the scribe and said, "Since the thing is already there, I will ask you to distinguish it for the official." ”

The scribe did not refuse, and with his eyes shining closer, he carefully took the three golden shells, and quickly discarded one of the impure colors.

And the other two, he held it in his hand and carefully distinguished it for a long time, then he took one in one hand, first put the right hand in front of Sun Shaozong's eyes, and said: "My lord, please see, this golden shell is white all over, and the gold line is clear and translucent, which is very different from the gray one, and you can see that it is genuine at a glance!" ”

Immediately, he showed another one to Sun Shaozong, and said excitedly: "As for this one, the color is delicate and transparent, and it is like ivory, and there is a faint word 'treasure' on the left side of the money pattern, which is really a rare 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' in the world!" ”

When he introduced, Sun Shaozong also took a closer look at these two shells, to be honest, the appearance is really good, it looks like it should belong to the seashell, and the gold thread does faintly form a copper coin pattern.

But......

The so-called word 'treasure', if it weren't for the swear that the scribe said, Sun Shaozong really didn't see that it was a text.

Seeing the excitement on the scribe's face, Sun Shaozong asked curiously: "But I don't know how many taels of silver do you think this 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' can be worth?" ”

"Fifty...... No, sixty taels! ”

The scribe said conclusively: "If it is below, as long as it is not higher than sixty taels, it will be included in the bag even if it is smashed and sold iron!" ”

"Sixty taels?"

Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "Didn't you say that the market price of this thing is about twenty-eight taels?" ”

"That's the price that would only be given if there was only a vague text." I heard the scribe say: "But the word 'treasure' on this piece can already be vaguely distinguished, and its value is naturally far more than the ordinary 'Tao Zhu Jinbei'!" ”

"If the word 'treasure' can be clearer, the price of more than 100 taels will not be a problem!"

The price is more than 100 taels?

Lin Delu's eyes widened unconsciously, and he lost his voice: "This shell with a strange pattern will cost a hundred taels of silver in exchange?" Are you crazy?! ”

"Your Excellency's words are wrong!"

As soon as the scribe heard that someone was denouncing the value of 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', he couldn't care about any dignity and humility, and he raised his head and said endlessly: "The rules of taking shellfish as treasure have existed since ancient times, so there is a 'baby' saying!" ”

"What's more, this kind of golden shellfish is only available on the shore of Mandala Lake in the Western Regions, how difficult is it to transport it all the way to the capital?"

"Therefore, it is not just a villain, there are many masters in the city now, and they are all highly respected!"

"For example, in the home of a certain person surnamed Li in Dongcheng, there is a superb 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', which has a clear 'Zhou' on it, which is really the treasure of my Great Zhou, I heard that someone offered five hundred taels of silver, and he refused to cut his love!"

"A certain old Hanlin in the Hanlin Courtyard even once sighed that 'I would rather eat no meat than hide no shellfish'!"

"To be able to exchange for such a 'baby', how can it be enough to pay a hundred taels of silver?!"

Listening to him say so much in one go, including Lin Delu, when many people looked at the golden shell again, they really felt more golden.