Long Yuan and Long Zhun glanced at each other, said no more, and drove the carriage to the Zuixiang Pavilion in Nanshi.

The wine house is built in Nanshi, which is a high-end commercial district in Luoyang.

After Liu Xiu set the capital of Luoyang, the population of Luoyang increased rapidly and the scale expanded rapidly.

At present, Luoyang is divided into two major areas, one is the area inside the city, called the urban area, and the other is the area outside the city, called Guo District.

Together, the two are the castle.

The inner city, also known as the urban area, was the official residence of the imperial palace and even the imperial court, princes and nobles, and ministers of the court, and some wealthy families also lived here.

Guo District encloses the entire urban area in it, which is several times or even more than ten times the area of the urban area, and most ordinary people live in Guo District.

Nanshi is located in the city and is very close to the Imperial Palace, so its geographical location is destined to be not a place for ordinary people to come.

Of course, there are no soldiers and officials guarding the city outside the city, and ordinary people are strictly forbidden to enter, and the high prices here have naturally excluded ordinary people.

Walking in Nanshi, the number of pedestrians on the street has decreased significantly, the number of people riding cars and horses has increased significantly, and most of the people are brightly dressed.

As far as the eye can see, people are dressed in brocade, with jade pendants hanging on one side and swords hanging on the other, and they walk with tinkling sounds.

Their swords were not used for self-defense, but were merely an ornament with either gold or silver plating on the scabbard, and gems encrusted with them.

In fact, there is no difference between the ancients and modern people, they all love to show off, modern people show off luxury cars, the ancients show off horse-drawn carriages, modern people show off famous watches, and the ancients show off beautiful jade and famous swords.

In essence, ancients and moderns are the same.

When Yin Lihua entered and exited Luoyang, she only passed by Nanshi and entered Nanshi for the first time.

She lifted the curtains and looked out to see that the streets were lined with shops, and the facades were large and luxurious.

Many of the customers who come in and out of the store are women, all dressed in gold and silver, and they are very glamorous.

Seeing that Yin Lihua's eyes lit up, Liu Xiu smiled and patted the wall of the car, and Long Xiao immediately stepped forward and said, "Son! ”

"Parking! Lihua and I got out of the car and took a walk. ”

Long Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still agreed.

Before getting out of the car, Liu Xiu also signaled Yin Lihua to bring a veil to save trouble.

Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua walked in front, Zhang Kun and Luo You followed, and Long Yuan and others, who were in civilian clothes, were scattered around Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, secretly on guard.

The two walked not far away, and happened to see a jewelry store on the side of the road, which was called a grand one, and even the plaque was scalded with gold letters, giving people a feeling of gold.

Yin Lihua looked inside curiously, there were not many guests, among them was a man and a woman, who looked like a young couple, and the others were dressed as servants.

Seeing Yin Lihua's eyes fall on the jewelry store, Liu Xiu took Yin Lihua's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go in and have a look." ”

The two walked into the jewelry store, followed by Zhang Kun and Luo You.

From the outside, the jewelry store is luxurious and magnificent, and when you enter it, it gives people a sense of splendor.

In the jewelry store, only some ordinary jewelry that is not very valuable are displayed, and the really good high-end jewelry will not be placed here.

Seeing that another customer came to the door, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and asked, "The guest officer wants to choose jewelry?" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xiu responded.

Seeing that Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua's eyes swept over the jewelry on display, obviously not interested, the shopkeeper smiled and waved his hand: "Guest officer, please here!" ”

As he spoke, he gave Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua to the side seats.

After the two of them sat down, the man enthusiastically brought tea again.

The shopkeeper, who was originally entertaining the young couple, took advantage of the opportunity of the young woman to choose jewelry, walked up to Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, and before he spoke, he first looked at Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua without leaving a trace.

Liu Xiu is well-looking, with dragon eyebrows and tiger eyes, and a high nose bridge, which is both handsome and elegant.

Yin Lihua is veiled, but even just looking at her eyes exposed outside the veil, it makes people feel absolutely beautiful.

In addition, looking at the clothes of the two of them, it is not a very expensive material, but the workmanship is extremely exquisite, and it looks like it is from everyone's hands.

Also, the aura on the two of them, that is, their temperament, is different from ordinary people, even if they are ordinary, they also give people a sense of wealth and compelling.

The shopkeeper is well-informed, and the people he contacts on weekdays are dignitaries, he looks at people, not only looks at appearance, but also notices many details, in his eyes, this couple born in front of each other, is by no means an ordinary person.

He just walked by, and then made a rough judgment on the identities of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, and when he came to the two of them, he bowed down and saluted, and said with a smile: "Childe is going to choose jewelry for his wife?" ”

"Hmm."

Liu Xiu put down the teacup and responded slowly.

"I wonder what jewelry Childe plans to choose?"

"Just take a look."

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and motioned to the man, go upstairs and get a few pieces of jewelry.

After a short time, a guy came down with a few brocade boxes.

The man put the brocade boxes on the table one by one, and the shopkeeper opened a box, which was placed in a step shake, silver, and the most exquisite was the silver thread hook flower at the top of the step shake.

The flowers are woven from silver threads, which are lifelike and ingenious.

The shopkeeper introduced: "This step shake is from the hands of the famous Mr. Shixi, and it is the only one in the world." ”

Liu Xiu took the step shake out of the box and looked down, it was indeed quite exquisite.

He handed it to Yin Lihua, who took it, his eyes lit up, and in terms of workmanship, this step was no longer inferior to the jewelry in the palace.

Seeing Yin Lihua holding the step shake, looking at it over and over again, Liu Xiu raised his head and asked, "Shopkeeper, what is the price of this step shake?" ”

"Hardware."

The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face: "If the son and the lady like it, they really want it, and the price can be lowered by two percent." ”

After listening to the shopkeeper's offer, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua didn't feel anything, and Zhang Kun and Luo You on the side were secretly grinning.

As the saying goes, it's a thousand dollars.

The so-called one gold is a gold cake, and ten thousand coins are ten thousand five-baht coins.

The shopkeeper's opening price of hardware, even if it is two percent cheaper, is four gold, a full 40,000 yuan! A step shake, and a silver step shake, actually cost 40,000 yuan, this is simply a robber! Yin Lihua is from the Yin family, a wealthy family in Nanyang, and after Guan Zhong, she has not been short of money since she was a child, and she has no concept of money.

Although the four golds are a little more, for her, it is not to the point of surprise.

Just as Yin Lihua was playing with the step shake, a hand suddenly reached out next to her and took away the step shake in her hand at once.

Yin Lihua turned her head in surprise, only to see that the young couple came over at some point, and it was the young woman who took her hand just now.

The young woman took the step shake, admired it in amazement, and asked at the same time: "Shopkeeper, this step shake is really from Mr. Stony Brook's hand?" ”

For her actions, the shopkeeper also frowned secretly, he secretly glanced at Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, and saw that both of them were silent, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the young woman: "Mrs. Li, this step is definitely from the hands of Mr. Shixi, the small shop is based on sincerity and will never deceive people!" ”

"I don't dare!"

The young woman said domineeringly.

When she was looking at Bu Shao, her eyes were also rolling on Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua.

Seeing Liu Xiu's appearance clearly, she was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yin Lihua, and saw that she was wearing a veil, she pursed the corners of her mouth disapprovingly.

She said to the young man on the side: "Husband, the concubine wants this step." ”

The young man snorted, looked at the shopkeeper, and asked, "I want this step." ”

"This ......" the shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, this step shake was shown to this pair of guests, and now another pair of guests want to buy it, which is somewhat inappropriate.

When Liu Xiu heard the young man's words, he raised his head and looked at the young man.

The young man looked at Liu Xiu proudly, looking at him triumphantly, with a look of 'even if I rob you, what can you do'.

Liu Xiu was about to speak, Yin Lihua pulled his arm and whispered: "Forget it, I just look fresh, and I don't like it very much, so let it be for them!" ”

Yin Lihua wears a veil, which makes people can't see her appearance clearly, but listening to her voice, it is tactful and pleasant, which makes people reverie.

The young man's gaze fell on her, and his eyes were about to fly out.

Her words made the shopkeeper breathe a sigh of relief, and the shopkeeper picked up another brocade box, opened it, put it in front of Yin Lihua, and said with a smile: "Madam, this necklace is also from Mr. Shixi's hand, please take a look." ”

Everyone present looked down at the brocade box, inside was a necklace made of gold thread, on which hung many rubies, the first layer of rubies was slightly smaller, the lower layer of the layer gradually larger, a total of nine layers, the bottom layer, is a thumb nail size ruby, shiny, red, bright red as if about to drip blood.

This necklace is very delicately conceived, and the rubies used, whether large or small, are each one very fine.

When the young woman saw this necklace, she immediately put down the step shake in her hand, picked up the brocade box again, looked at it with bright eyes for a while, and asked excitedly: "Shopkeeper, what is the price of this necklace?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Twenty gold." ”

The young woman's eyes widened in disbelief and asked, "Twenty gold?"

Can it be cheaper? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "This necklace can't be cheap for a penny." ”

The young woman twisted her eyebrows, turned her head and said, "Husband! ”

Even if he came from a wealthy family, twenty gold was too much, and the young man looked at the brocade box in the young woman's hand and said, "I don't think it's very good!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu opened his mouth and said, "Shopkeeper, I want this necklace." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone present was secretly surprised, and their eyes fell on Liu Xiu's face.

This is twenty gold, he doesn't even gasp, who is he?

The young couple's faces were not very good-looking, and they felt that they had been swept away, but if they were asked to buy this necklace with twenty gold, they really didn't have that much money.

The young man's gaze fell on Liu Xiu's face, stared at him for a while, and asked, "I don't know your Excellency's name?" ”

"Excuse me, Jin Wen."

Liu Xiu said with a smile.

Clementi?

The young man frowned, in his impression, he had never heard of such a person as Jin Wen in Luoyang.

Shoot boldly and spend a lot of money, but Luoyang has never heard of such a person, there is only one explanation, this Jin Wen is not a native of Luoyang, but from other places.

The corners of his mouth raised, nodded with a smile, and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Jin, I remember." ”

As he spoke, he pulled the young woman on the side, and before leaving, he took a deep look at Liu Xiu.

In this regard, Liu Xiu didn't think so, and didn't bother to ask the other party's name.

He looked back at Zhang Kun and mouthed Nunu at the brocade box with the necklace.

Zhang Kun understood, turned around and walked out of the jewelry store, brought in a small box from the outside, opened it, and it was full of gold cakes.

He took out twenty pieces of gold and said, "Count, shopkeeper!" ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Don't count, don't count." ”

As he spoke, he picked up two gold cakes, handed them back to Zhang Kun, and said to Liu Xiu: "Li Gongzi robbed Jin Gongzi's step just now, and these two gold are considered to be the apology of the small shop." ”

Yo! This shopkeeper is quite good at doing things! Liu Xiu nodded with a smile and asked, "What other good jewelry, just take it out from the shopkeeper." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Jin Gongzi, ma'am, please upstairs, please upstairs! ”

In the eyes of the shopkeeper, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, the husband and wife, are no different from the God of Wealth, so they are naturally honored as guests and given VIP treatment.

The ordinary jewelry in the jewelry store is on the first floor, and the precious jewelry is on the second floor, so that the store can invite guests to the second floor, in modern terms, that is VIP VIP.