Not long after the completion of Shenzhou City, the buildings and houses in the city seemed neat and clean.

"We people, I'm so happy today, I'm so happy, I'm so happy." Zhao Yan hummed an untoned song and walked on the streets of Zhoucheng, as long as the next two exams can be passed, the county exam will be passed, and then the government exam will start in April.

That Han Governor's Mansion seems to be a little natural, and it is estimated that it will not work for him to release the water directly, but if his article is passable, he must not hesitate to promote himself, so that the government will pass the test, at least he can mix the name of a child.

As for the college exam, it seems that the imperial history of the school is in charge of the main exam, and the specific situation will be said at that time.

Seeing the west gate of the state city, a delicate and light voice suddenly came from Zhao Yan's ears: "Brother Tai, please stay, eh, don't go, Brother Tai, Brother Tai, I am just talking to you." ”

Call me? Zhao Yan turned his head to look, and saw a teenage girl standing in front of a shop on the side of the road, wearing a azure skirt and a placket of the same color on the outside, which looked very elegant, with a little powder on her small face, Qiong's nose was slightly upturned, and there was no lack of anger, with moth eyebrows, slender eyelashes, and smart eyes blinking as if she could speak, a lovely little girl.

"This little lady, are you calling me?" Zhao Yan looked back and forth, and the school-age people who could be called Brother Tai by this girl in this neighborhood seemed to be the only one himself.

The girl nodded, blinked her two beautiful big eyes and said, "Brother Tai, I met you like ...... Ahh ”

Belch...... What's going on? Are the little girls of the Ming Dynasty so proactive? It's a pity that there is no pedophilia in a certain family......

Glancing at the chest of the girl Yima Pingchuan without a trace, Zhao Yan hugged his fists and said: "I'm sorry, the little lady should have recognized the wrong person, and she still has something to do next, so she is out of company." ”

Saying that, Zhao Yan turned around and wanted to leave, but unexpectedly, the girl stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, and said with a pitiful expression on her tender white face: "Brother Tai, you listen to the slave family first." ”

Slave family? Hearing the girl's sudden snarling voice, Zhao Yan couldn't help but shudder.

"You let it go first." Zhao Yan motioned for the girl to let go of herself, and then asked, "The little lady doesn't know what to teach?" There's really something going on at home. ”

The girl took out a towel out of nowhere, twisted it with both hands, lowered her head slightly, and looked shy and timid.

"Brother Tai, the slave family sees that you have an extraordinary bearing, you must be a scholar, so you must know the words on the plaque of the shop behind the slave family?"

When Zhao Yan heard this, he looked up and saw that the plaque had four golden characters written on it, 'Yuhua Silver Building', so he nodded and affirmed: "This shop is called Yuhua Silver Building." ”

In ancient times, the production of gold and silver jewelry utensils, and engaged in the trading of shops are generally collectively called the silver building, Shenzhou City is not prosperous, the two silver buildings in the city are not big, one is in the south of the city, the other is in the west of the city. The name of this silver building in the west of the city is called Yuhua Silver Building, which sells all kinds of gold and silver utensils, with the most jewelry, and the style is mostly imitated from various styles popular in Beijing.

"That's great." The girl said to Zhao Yan with a sad face: "The little woman's grandmother will be 60 years old in a few days, and the little woman wants to buy a pair of jewelry for her grandmother's birthday, but the money was stolen on the way here...... thief. ”

The girl looked pitiful, and Zhao Yan couldn't tell whether what she said was true or not, so she had to comfort her accordingly.

The girl was comforted by Zhao Yan, and a smile flashed in her eyes that she had succeeded in her conspiracy, and continued: "When I came to the silver building, I knew that the silver had been stolen, and I also knew that this silver building would have a riddle every month, and the first person to guess the riddle could choose any set of jewelry worth ten taels of silver, and no money." Brother Tai ...... No, since Childe is a scholar, he must be very good at guessing riddles, can he be kind enough to help others solve a riddle? ”

"This ......" Zhao Yan wanted to tell his father and Li Fuzi the good news that he had won the first place as soon as possible, but the girl in front of him was entangled in every way, so he had to quickly cut through the chaos and asked: "Little lady, please tell me the riddle." ”

The girl's eyes rolled, and she said crisply: "The riddle is 'round when drawing, writing when square, short in winter, long in summer', Gongzi is a talent, Yushu is in the wind, you must be able to guess the riddle, right?" ”

Painting time circle, writing time square, winter time short, summer time, this is the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Anshi out of the riddle, most readers know, the riddle is a 'day' word, Zhao Yan does not need to guess at all to know.

"Oops, it turns out that the riddle is the word 'day', Childe is really knowledgeable, people haven't thought of the riddle for a long time." The girl burst into tears and laughed, patted her hands and said: "Childe is righteous, the little woman is grateful, and asks Childe to stay at the door of the store for a while, and the little woman will go into the store to solve the mystery." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Yan to speak, the girl turned around and walked quickly towards the store, and when she walked to the door of the store, the girl suddenly turned around and asked, "I don't know the name of Gongzi yet." ”

Zhao Yan wanted to say goodbye and leave, but the girl didn't give him a chance at all, so she had to reply: "Under Zhao Yan." ”

The girl nodded, turned around and walked into the store quickly, Zhao Yan saw that she had said a few words to a man who looked like a guy after entering the store, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at himself twice, the guy nodded and handed a brocade box to the girl.

The girl walked out of the store quickly, and whispered to Zhao Yan very quickly: "Thank you Zhao Gongzi for your help, the little girl is grateful, we will meet later." ”

After saying that, the girl ran to an alley not far away without looking back, and disappeared after a while.

Zhao Yan only felt that there was something wrong with this girl at this time, and he didn't think about it deeply, and intuitively felt that he should leave this place as soon as possible.

"Eh, this little man, please stay." The guy in the store saw that Zhao Yan wanted to leave, so he hurriedly came out of the store and stopped him.

Zhao Yan asked inexplicably: "Is there anything wrong with the next family, is there anything wrong with this big brother stopping him?" ”

The guy replied with a smile: "Just now, your sister took a pair of bracelets from our store and left, saying that she was going home to get the money, leaving you here to wait for her, if you leave, where can we ask for money?" ”

As soon as the guy's few words came out, Zhao Yan seemed to be covered with a basin of cold water on his head, and he was poured inside and out. Hehehe, it's really sitting at home behind closed doors, the disaster comes from the sky, and he finally sent back his kindness, but he was even regarded as a wronged leader.

Zhao Yan was full of anger, but his words to defend himself were denied by the guy in every way, and finally the shopkeeper of the silver building heard the sound and walked out. After listening to Zhao Yan's words of defense, the middle-aged shopkeeper with a mercenary face smiled and said: "Boy, we don't know if what you said is true or false, and we don't want to know, we only know that you collaborated with others to cheat in my Yuhua Silver Building, but unfortunately in the end, things didn't go well, and you couldn't get out and were caught by us." At this point, you only have two paths to choose from. First, we will arrest you and send you to the officials, so that the government will clean you up; Second, you make up for the silver, and you are not allowed to step into my Yuhua Silver Building for half a step in the future. Which one do you choose? ”

Zhao Yan didn't want to choose any way, but unfortunately the situation was up to others at this time, in order not to let his future 'resume' be dusted, he could only choose the lesser of two powers.

"The shopkeeper, for no reason, was regarded as the wronged leader, the culprit has already fled, and she can only make up the silver for her first, here are two taels of silver, and you can send someone to my house to get the remaining eight taels."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper of the silver building sneered and said: "I want to buy the gold and jade bracelet in my store for ten taels of silver, I really don't know what to do." To tell you the truth, that pair of bracelets is made by the best Yu Tian Meiyu, and there are only two pairs in my store, and one pair is worth one hundred taels of silver. ”

A hundred taels? Zhao Yan smiled bitterly, he was really pitted this time, and now he can only try to minimize the loss, and wait until he meets that black-hearted little girl in the future.

"Shopkeeper, I admit it, but can I take out another bracelet for me to see, it can't be that after being deceived, I don't even know what I was deceived."

The shopkeeper of the silver building glanced at Zhao Yan suspiciously, turned his head and saw that there were many people watching around, and he was not afraid of what tricks he played, so he ordered the man to take out another gold-inlaid jade bracelet from the store.

"See, there are only two pairs of such gold inlaid jade bracelets in this store, the jade quality is exactly the same, but the jade color is slightly different, it is the best Yutian jade, the so-called color is not evil, and the bracelet style is novel and refined, it is carefully carved by the craftsmen of our silver building, and the price of one hundred taels is definitely worth the money."

When Qin Shi Huang unified China, Hetian jade was called 'Kunshan jade' because it was produced in Kunlun Mountain, and later it was called 'Yutian jade' because it was located in the territory of Yutian country. It was not until the ninth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty that Khotan Zhili Prefecture was established, it was officially named 'Khotanese Jade', and it was not until later generations implemented simplified characters and began to simplify the writing of Chinese character place names that Khotan was changed to Hotan.

Zhao Yan ignored the boastful talk of the shopkeeper of the silver building, he circled around the gold inlaid jade bracelet held in the hand of the shopkeeper twice, looked at it for a while, and then wanted to pick up the bracelet and take a closer look, but the guy didn't let him touch it at all, and closed the lid of the brocade box containing the bracelet with a snap.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of the silver building said with a smile: "You have already seen the bracelet, it is definitely the genuine Yu Tian Meiyu, hurry up and pay for it." ”

After seeing the bracelet, Zhao Yan had a bottom in his heart, and his mind quietly calmed down, and he didn't pay attention to the shopkeeper of the silver building to ask him to pay for it, but confirmed it again and again: "Shopkeeper, are you sure that this bracelet is the same as the bracelet that was cheated away?" ”

The shopkeeper of the silver building said angrily: "Naturally, these two bracelets are made by the skillful hands of our silver building, and the jade quality is generally the same, but the jade color is slightly different, and the gold leaf inlaid on it is also exactly the same." You little thief should take care of him left and right, and quickly make up the silver taels, otherwise he will take you to the officials. ”

"Hahaha......" Zhao Yan suddenly laughed twice, and the shopkeeper of the silver building and the people watching the excitement did not know why, but they also quieted down.