Qi Ning said: "Uncle, can you figure out the origin of that person?" Since the goddess figure is an immortal treasure, how can anyone take it to the pawnshop? The people who can store such treasures have an extraordinary origin. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Gu Wenwen raised a hand and slapped it on his face, and said with annoyance: "It's all my negligence, I saw that it was Han Shengzi's painting, and I was dizzy for a while, I heard Qiao Yu say that this kind of painting is difficult to find even if it is 10,000 taels of gold, and he also joked that if I can receive a painting from a great master like Han Shengzi one day, he will take out at least 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"Qiao Yu's father is just a small household official, and his shot is so bold, their Qiao family seems to have indescribable wealth." Qi Ning said lightly.

Gu said: "I have done business with him a few times and earned thousands of taels of silver, so I feel that he will not lie to me." "I was afraid that the man would run away with the picture of the goddess, so I politely left him behind, and then let the old miscellaneous man of the shopkeeper Jiang look at the painting." This goddess is a treasure of the world, I naturally know it, and I am also worried that this person will pass off as the real thing, so I am very careful, and the Jiang shopkeeper carefully looked at it carefully to make sure that it is the real work. ”

Qi Ning just looked at Gu Wenwen, only to listen to Gu Wenwen continue: "I trust that old thing too much, he concluded that it was genuine, so I didn't doubt it, and immediately asked how much silver that person wanted." After a pause, he said: "The man did not have a lion to open his mouth, he said that he had important things to do, and there was a lack of cash in hand, as long as 50,000 taels of silver, he would redeem it after half a month." ”

At this time, someone came in and gave new tea, and after retreating, Gu Wencai said: "I didn't have so much cash on hand at that time, and it was not easy for me to take out 50,000 taels of silver for a while, but Han Shengzi's painting was close at hand, and if I missed it, I would regret it for the rest of my life." He picked up the teacup, sighed, and put it down without taking a sip: "I will make the man wait and give me half a day to raise money." ”

"Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, and it is naturally not easy to raise it in half a day." Qi Ning asked, "Is my uncle going to find Qianzhuang?" ”

Gu Wenwen shook his head and said, "No." With my reputation, it is naturally very easy to mortgage the silver from the Qian Zhuang with a few shops and goods, but the money collected by the Qian Zhuang is not a small amount, so I went to find Qiao Yu first, and asked him if he dared to accept this Han Shengzi's painting, thinking of borrowing some silver from him. ”

"He borrowed it?"

Gu Wenwen smiled bitterly: "Qiao Yu is also generous, I only said that I found Han Shengzi's goddess Chao Lutu outside, and I didn't say that someone sent it to the pawnshop and asked him how much silver this goddess Chao Lutu was worth." He told me that this picture of the goddess is divided into two volumes, such a painting, if only one volume appears, can only be regarded as a fragment, this antique calligraphy and painting, if there is a trace of flaw, the value will be greatly reduced, not to mention the fragment, if it is just a picture of the goddess Chaolu, at most he can give me 60,000 taels of silver, but if he can find the picture of the goddess returning at dusk, the two volumes together, he is willing to take out 300,000 taels of silver. ”

Qi Ning was dumbfounded, secretly thinking that although 300,000 taels of silver could not be said to be an astronomical amount, but buying two paintings with 300,000 taels of silver would be a real astronomical amount.

"I was so confused that I was determined to put away the two scrolls, and immediately went back to the pawnshop and asked if the man had a picture of the goddess returning at dusk." Gu Wenwen looked annoyed: "The man brought two picture scrolls, and he was going to be one, and the rest was still in his hand, telling me that it was the picture of the goddess returning at dusk." I begged him to open it and take a look, but the shopkeeper Jiang looked at it and said that the picture of the goddess's return at dusk was genuine, so I asked the man to make a price to buy both pictures. ”

Qi Ning sighed lightly, thinking to himself that people are obsessed with money, this Gu article is really dizzy, there are many doubts in this matter, but he is not alert.

"That man just made a painting, but he resolutely refused to sell it." Gu Wenwen said: "I said for a long time, but the man didn't change his mind at all, and he didn't even take the goddess to Lutu, so he hurried away, and I couldn't stop him." ”

Qi Ning sighed: "This is his trick, deliberately hooking his uncle's mind and not making a move." ”

"yes." Gu said: "In the next two days, I searched everywhere for the man's traces, but there was no news, and on the evening of the third day, the man came again, and I was very happy, and the man looked very anxious, and told me that he was going to take both paintings, but he wanted 150,000 taels of silver, and he needed them urgently. I asked the shopkeeper to test it, only to know that this man also went to find other pawnshops, but no one could take out 150,000 taels of silver, and the man told me that it was indeed difficult to take out 150,000 taels of silver at once, but as long as I could take it out, half a month later, he would redeem it with 180,000 taels of silver. ”

Qi Ning said: "Half a month for you to earn 30,000 taels of silver for nothing, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world." ”

Gu Wenwen raised his hand and slapped himself, and said: "Looking back now, this is the truth, how can there be a good thing in the world that a pie falls from the sky, but I was fascinated at the time, thinking that if this person can't take out the silver to redeem it for half a month, I will sell the two paintings to Qiao Yu, and I can get 300,000 taels of silver, and I can earn 150,000 taels of silver with one hand, even if this person can redeem it as scheduled, I can also earn 30,000 taels of silver for nothing, why not?" I also deliberately bargained with him, and in the end the man gave 20,000 taels, asked for 130,000 taels of silver, and promised to give 160,000 taels of silver when he ransomed it. ”

"Uncle's 60,000 taels of silver are not easy to come up with, where did the 130,000 taels of silver come from?" Qi Ning frowned.

Gu Wenwen said: "I asked the man to give me two days to raise, the man didn't agree at first, I persuaded him again and again, telling him that no pawnshop could come up with so much silver at once, he agreed, I personally arranged for him to stay in the inn, and sent someone to keep an eye on it, just afraid that he would run away." In order to get the two paintings, I found the money bank, mortgaged the three out of the store, and took 50,000 taels of silver, and scraped together 30,000 taels of silver, but there was still a gap of 50,000 taels of silver, and it was naturally impossible to transfer silver from Jiangling for a while, so I could only find Qiao Yu, take the title deed of Jiangling as a mortgage, and find 50,000 taels of silver from him.......! ”

Qi Ning smiled bitterly and shook his head, secretly thinking that this Gu article was really big-hearted, and he could do such a desperate thing, knowing that these things must have been done by Gu Qinghan, otherwise as long as he had a little wind with Gu Qinghan, he would not have ended up in this situation.

"I finally scraped together 130,000 taels of silver, and got two pictures of the goddess from that man's hand." Gu Wenwen's face was extremely ugly, "After the man took the silver, he repeatedly said that he would redeem it within half a month, so that I could take care of it, and if there was a slight injury, he would have to pay heavy compensation at that time, and said that this was left by his ancestors, and if it was damaged, he would accompany him for 300,000 taels of silver." ”

Qi Ning asked, "Are those two paintings still in your hands?" ”

Gu Wenwen nodded and said, "Yes." Clenched his fist, "It's just two rolls of waste paper, and it's useless." I got the painting, and after ten days, the guy who painted it didn't appear, and there were still a few days before the time limit, and I just hoped that he wouldn't come, and I couldn't bear it, so I took two paintings to see Qiao Yu. Speaking of this, his face turned slightly pale, "Qiao Yu was also excited at first when he learned that I had brought a picture of the goddess over, but after looking at the paintings, he immediately concluded that these two paintings were fakes...... ”

Qi Ning had already guessed that it must be a fake, and Gu Wen's voice was a little weak: "Qiao Yu also told me in detail why the two paintings were fakes, but I didn't listen to them at all. ”

"The 60,000 taels of silver that my uncle owes is famine, is it the other side of the money village?" Qi Ning asked.

Gu Wenwen sat softly on the chair, cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Qian Zhuang took 50,000 taels of silver, according to the time limit, after half a month, it will become 60,000 taels of silver, and now there are two days to reach the time limit." Qiao Yu said that my deed in Jiangling was mortgaged over there, and as long as I took 50,000 taels of silver, I could get back the deed at any time, and he also advised me not to worry, and I would take it at any time when I had the silver. But the money village naturally could not be accommodating, they did not know where they knew that I had spent more than 100,000 taels of silver to get two fakes of the goddess, and they were worried that I would not be able to pay the 60,000 taels of silver, so they not only sent people to find me several times to remind me that the time was coming, but also sent people to keep an eye on my shops day and night, and when the time came, they would collect the debts and collect the storefront. ”

Qi Ning scolded this Gu article in his heart for being as stupid as a pig, and so easily fell into the trap designed by the other party, no wonder Mrs. Gu was so angry that she almost died, and Gu Qinghan was also extremely angry, if this Gu article was not the nominal uncle, Qi Ning couldn't wait to go up and beat him hard.

"What is my uncle going to do next?" Qi Ning said: "If I guess correctly, I am afraid that this house will also be targeted by Qian Zhuang." He picked up the teacup and said, "The floor of your three shops, even if you add goods, I'm afraid it's not worth 60,000 taels of silver, right?" The people of Qian Zhuang will not talk about any friendship, and if they don't get it when the time comes, even this house will be taken away. ”

The corners of Gu Wenwen's eyes twitched, he raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a bitter face: "Little Hou Ye, this time Uncle I really encountered a big incident, you are the Hou Ye of the imperial court, can you help me think of a way, at least let Qian Zhuang have a grace time." ”

"Even if we can really forgive them, will this debt be escaped?" Qi Ning sighed: "Yes, where is the shopkeeper Jiang now?" Also, can you send someone to find someone to be a painter? ”

"Less than two days after I received the painting, the old miscellaneous piece of the shopkeeper Jiang said that there was an urgent matter at home and rushed back to his hometown." Gu Wenwen said: "If the dog thing that was painted disappeared after taking the silver, since he has the intention to blackmail my silver, it will definitely never appear again." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "Uncle, you take those two paintings with you and go to a place with me overnight, there are only two days left, we have to hurry up." ”