Zhang Lun was planning to secretly investigate Kou Ji in the yamen, and Kou Ji scolded his mother outside the yamen.

"Dog, knowing that I was assassinated, he didn't send two people to protect me......"

The sedan chair drivers and entourage who came with him, those who returned to the house, and those who went to Dali Temple went to Dali Temple, and they have not come back yet.

Kou Ji didn't dare to go back to his house alone, and if a group of assassins rushed out along the way, then he would really be cold.

I waited at the door of the Punishment Division for about half an hour.

The palanquin bearers of Koufu carried the palanquin and hurried back, and behind them, there were no servants of Koufu to follow, only a thin man dressed in black followed.

The man's face was emaciated, his face was slightly pale, he was dressed in black, and he had two knives pinned to his waist, the handles of which were facing downward.

When Kou Ji followed Cao Xu to practice martial arts in the East Palace, Cao Xu once told Kou Ji that when the handle of the knife holder was facing down, the speed of the knife was very fast.

It can be inferred from this that this man must be a master.

"Little Master......"

The sedan chair bearers carried the sedan chair and arrived in front of Kou Ji, nodding and bowing.

The emaciated man walked up to Kou Ji, arched his hand, and did not speak.

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Have you returned home?" ”

"Returned ......"

"What about the people sent by the government?"

The two palanquin men heard the displeasure in Kou Ji's words, and at the same time looked at the emaciated man, and explained in a low voice: "The villains returned to the mansion and told the housekeeper about the assassination of the little young master, and the housekeeper sent the eight old pawns who had protected the little young master before. When I was halfway there, I bumped into the master.

The master sent this fish captain to protect the little master. ”

"Captain Fish?"

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, looked at the thin man, and said unexpectedly: "You serve in the army?" ”

The thin man said lightly: "Yuyou, serving as an instrument supervisor ......"

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, not asking.

The three words of instrument supervisor were enough to block Kou Ji's mouth.

There are a lot of guards around the emperor, such as the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Dragon Zhuzhi, the Golden Gun Squad, etc., as many as 10,000 people, but the only person who can really be called a master of the Great Inner is the person who is in charge of the instrument.

It is said that the people inside are all talented martial arts wizards selected from millions of people, and all of them have superb martial arts skills, which are difficult for ordinary people to reach.

It is precisely because of this that there are not many of them.

On weekdays, they would only be dispatched when the emperor was out.

Kou Zhun was able to mobilize the people of the equipment supervisor to protect Kou Ji, which really surprised him.

However, Koji didn't know.

There are two people in the instrument prison next to Kou Zhun.

Not only Kou Zhun is around, but also Ding Wei and Li Di are around.

They were all sent by Zhao Heng to protect them.

With the instrument supervisor by his side, Kou Ji has some confidence.

He waited until the two entourages who went to Dali Temple came back, and then said, "Go to Zhouqiao Street......

The sedan chair drivers carried the sedan chair and swayed to Zhouqiao Street.

On the way, Kou Ji intended to be close to Yuyou, but people ignored him, so Kou Ji gave up the idea of being close to him.

In the middle of the street.

Kou Ji got off the sedan chair and saw two guises, swaying in the wind.

On one of the banners, it reads 'Qinchuan Cloth Shop', and on the other it says 'Pawn Shop'.

The ruins of the original Donglai Pawn Shop and the Purple Gas Gambling House have disappeared and have been replaced by two brand new shops.

The Qinchuan cloth shop is small and has been repaired, and Zhang Cheng and his wife have opened the door to do business.

Business in their shop is very prosperous, and people come and go.

In comparison, the pawnshop next to it that has not yet been repaired, the business is a bit bleak.

A large table was placed in the doorway, and in front of it squatted a white sail with the rules of pawning written on it.

The young Lu Ming, wearing a washed white gown, sat upright behind the table, his eyes fell on the passers-by, with a hint of anticipation, as if hoping that any of them would come over and pawn something.

Seeing this scene, Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction.

Lu Ming seemed to feel Kou Ji's gaze and looked over.

When he saw Kou Ji, he said in surprise: "Young Master?!" ”

He hurriedly got up and trotted in front of Kou Ji, the surprise in his eyes undisguised.

However, when he ran in front of Kou Ji, he paused his feet and saluted Kou Ji in a proper manner, "Villain Lu Ming, I have seen the young master." ”

Kou Ji nodded in admiration: "You are very good......

Lu Ming raised his head and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"How's business?"

Kou Ji asked.

When Lu Ming heard this, the smile on his face froze, and he said aggrievedly: "I didn't receive many good things...... Our shop hasn't opened yet, and people don't look for us to pawn good things.

Most of the people who are willing to pawn good things with us are liars, they think that the villain is not very old and easy to deceive.

How could the villain let them succeed.

The young master's money is not blown by the wind, so they can't be taken advantage of. ”

Kou Ji smiled with satisfaction: "I am very happy that you have this idea." But I heard Erbao say that with the help of Brother Zhang Cheng, you have collected a lot of things. ”

Lu Ming said embarrassedly: "It's all some tattered skin and rotten jackets......"

"Go see ......"

Lu Ming hurriedly nodded and led Kou Ji to the table, he cleaned up the things on the table and took Kou Ji into the pawn shop.

There are also craftsmen painting in the pawn shop, and the smell of vermilion lacquer is very strong.

The craftsmen also had vision, and when they saw that Lu Ming was very respectful in front of Kou Ji, they knew that Kou Ji was the owner of the pawnshop, and they all put down the work in their hands one after another and gave gifts.

Kou Ji nodded at them and walked towards the middle courtyard

I walked through the cabinet room in front of the pawnshop and arrived in the middle courtyard.

Kou Ji only then got a glimpse of the pawn shop.

Although the pawnshop was designed by him, after it was actually built, it still has a reference to his design drawings.

The whole pawn shop is a paper yard.

The southernmost side is the pawn and hospitality cabinet room, one side is the side room for people to live in, and the other side is the storeroom.

There is a bedroom in the far north, as well as a row of storerooms.

That bedroom was naturally for Kou Ji.

Although Kou Ji may not live there, as the owner, Kou Ji must have a bedroom of his own in his own shop.

Lu Ming led Kou Ji to the front of the warehouse on the north side, carefully pulled out the hanging key from his neck, and opened the door of the warehouse.

The warehouse is full of rows of shelves and cabinets.

One of the shelves was filled with all sorts of things.

Furs and clothing are the majority, but there are also a lot of gold and silver goods.

Kou Ji looked at the things on the shelf and said in amazement: "This is the tattered leather jacket in your mouth?" I see a lot of gold, silver and bronze? ”

It is not surprising that the pawnshop collects fur and clothing.

Many people were poor for clothes, which was common in ancient times.

Second-hand clothes also had a market in ancient times, and pawn shops collected furs and clothes, processed the following, and then sold them, which could also earn a certain income.