Where had the Southern Tang people present seen such a delicate metal instrument, and their eyes widened one by one.

Unexpectedly, the guy at the counter said with a professional smile: "I'm sorry, this son, we only accept cash, not collateral." ”

Now Zhou Xuan is really exhausted.

Someone in the corner asked, "How much silver do you want to pledge?" ”

Zhou Xuan bought this blues harmonica for one hundred and sixty yuan, but now that it has passed through thousands of years, its value has naturally skyrocketed.

"Ten taels of silver." Zhou Xuan said.

"Okay." The man in the corner walked out slowly, a middle-aged strong man, wearing a black gauze shirt, a light blue round-necked shirt, a beard like a hedgehog, a lion nose and a wide mouth, and a fierce appearance.

This is a knowledgeable person, who spends 5,000 yuan to mortgage something for 160 yuan.

The middle-aged strong man was followed by a young man, white and clean, with a pointed chin, holding a black clay pot in his hand, and his eyes were staring at the harmonica in Zhou Xuan's hand.

Zhou Xuan said: "I have a condition, I only temporarily mortgage this treasure qin, and I will redeem it when the fighting insects are over, otherwise I will lose a lot, and this treasure qin is worth at least one hundred taels of silver." ”

The middle-aged strong man asked: "Are you so sure that you will win the bet, which side do you bet on?" ”

Zhou Xuan's eyes swept towards the sign of "Dongwu Ganning" and said, "You don't care which side I bet on, if I lose and have no money to redeem, then this Baoqin will be yours." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." The middle-aged strong man happily took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from the bottom of his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Xuan.

Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, Zhou Xuan also handed over the harmonica to the middle-aged strong man and advised: "Be careful, don't fall, you will never see the second one in your life." ”

The middle-aged strong man snorted and sat back in the corner with the little family.

Zhou Xuan held a silver ingot worth 5,000 yuan, and was about to buy a hundred notes of "Dongwu Ganning", when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, he just glanced at the "Dongwu Ganning" brand, and the middle-aged strong man immediately agreed to mortgage, did this middle-aged strong man think that "Dongwu Ganning" could not win?

Be cautious, this is the first bet after coming to the Southern Tang Dynasty, you must not miss, otherwise you will lose the harmonica, which is really a ridiculous starting point.

Zhou Xuan took back the money and said, "I want to see the worm again." ”

The man in the cabinet said, "Please hurry up and place your bets, there is still half an hour before the war starts." ”

Zhou Xuan entered the small room, looked carefully at the crickets before the two decisive battles, and found that the black-faced and golden-winged "Dongwu Ganning" was a pair of red teeth, remembering that Jia Yidao commented on this kind of cricket, white teeth are the best, red teeth are second, downgraded one level, it seems that the "Dongwu Ganning" is rated as a colonel is too high, it should be a lieutenant colonel level.

Zhou Xuan looked at the "nameless fierce general" again, this cricket with a broken beard was still the same shrunken look, lying motionless at the bottom of the basin, this cricket was a major, and the lieutenant colonel-level "Dongwu Ganning" was only one level away, it was barely able to fight, but looking at its nest, it could not be the opponent of "Dongwu Ganning".

At this time, Zhou Xuan suddenly thought of a possibility: "Could this nameless fierce general be a hook?" ”

The so-called "hook head" is to use more powerful crickets as sparring partners, and those high-level crickets will wear off their murderous spirit if they don't fight for a long time, so they have to have a "hook head" to let them grind their teeth and maintain their sharpness.

The "nameless general" in front of him except for a broken tentacle, no obvious scars were found elsewhere on the body, if it is really a "hook", it shows that its defense is very good, and it is remarkable that it can not be bitten half to death under the attack of high-level crickets.

Zhou Xuanyi gritted his teeth, the gambler just had to dare to take a risk, come out and bet a hundred bets on the name of the "unknown fierce general".

Jia Ding Laifu was surprised and said, "Ah, uncle, you bet wrong, right?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Don't talk nonsense, watch the duel." ”

At this time, the gamblers on the second floor have been empty, and more than 20 people have gone down to the first floor, and there is a ring fence in the middle of the first floor, and the gamblers are leaning on the fence to look down.

Zhou Xuan squeezed over to take a look, the fence surrounded a circular open space with a diameter of three meters, which was nearly two meters lower than where Zhou Xuan was standing, and the "bucket grid" made of ebony for fighting crickets was placed in the middle.

After a while, the small doors on both sides opened, and two people walked out, and Zhou Xuan saw that the middle-aged strong man holding the porcelain basin of the "Unknown Fierce General" was the one who mortgaged his harmonica.

The floodgates in the middle of the "Douge" opened, and the "Dongwu Ganning" took the lead in rushing through the middle line, waving two big teeth, like two sharp axes, flapping their wings and roaring wildly, like a bell, really like the appearance of the Dongwu general Gan Ning showing off his might in front of Cao Ying.

On the other hand, the "nameless fierce general", where there is a little bravery, shrinking in the corner of "fighting" does not dare to fight.

"Dongwu Ganning" was very excited, rushed over and aimed two big teeth at the "nameless general" to block the waist, the "nameless general" had a good ability to escape, and the bounce was very strong, so he dodged it when he jumped.

After fighting for about a minute, it was "Dongwu Ganning" who chased and bit the "unknown general", and the "unknown general" had no power to fight back.

Those gamblers who bet on "Dongwu Ganning" smiled happily, although the odds were low, and the steady earning of three out of ten was not bad.

Zhou Xuan saw that the name was coming, although the "nameless fierce general" retreated everywhere, but the pace was not chaotic, and it didn't seem to be very difficult to deal with the attack of "Dongwu Ganning", think about it, if it often gave some colonels, colonels, and even general-level high-mouthed crickets as sparring partners, then the experience was not ordinarily rich-

Sure enough, the "nameless general" counterattacked, maybe it escaped for so long, and saw that the "Dongwu Ganning" was just two hits, the donkey of Qian, not afraid, suddenly twisted, a sharp tong, a heavy mouthful, and actually lifted the "Dongwu Ganning" into the air, and then shook his head, threw the "Dongwu Ganning" out, fell belly up, got up and fled in a hurry, and no longer dared to talk to the "nameless general", its owner used the grass to tease it several times, encouraging its fighting spirit, but it had no effect, and was afraid of being bitten in one bite, admitting defeat.

The gamblers were very cultivated, although they were surprised, they did not scream, and they went up to the second floor, and then they began to talk about it.

Zhou Xuan proudly held the thirty taels of silver he won together with the principal ten taels in his hand, haha, heavy, too fulfilling, raised his eyes to see the middle-aged strong man and the little family Ding looking at him in surprise, especially the little family Ding, his mouth opened and closed.

"This is ten taels of silver, take it, return the Baoqin to me, speaking of which, I want to thank you, this bet is considered to be borrowed from me, I owe you a favor."

The harmonica was in the hands of the little family, and his hand was put behind his back, refusing to return it.

The middle-aged strong man asked, "Didn't the son just now bet on 'Dongwu Ganning'?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "I changed my mind temporarily. ”

The middle-aged strong man looked at the little family, but the little family still refused to stretch out his hand, and the middle-aged strong man said: "This son, why don't you ask for a price, I will buy this treasure qin, it will be one hundred taels, how about it?" ”

Zhou Xuan shook his head.

"Five hundred taels?"

Zhou Xuan saw that the middle-aged strong man's eyebrows increased sharply from one hundred taels to five hundred taels without shaking, he was really rich, but Zhou Xuan still shook his head.

"One thousand taels!"

The middle-aged strong man still didn't shake his eyebrows, but Zhou Xuan's eyelids were jumping, one thousand taels, one thousand taels is 500,000 yuan, God, the blues harmonica bought for one hundred and sixty yuan can be sold for 500,000 yuan, is it so easy to make a fortune through it?

Jia Ding Laifu was also excited, pulling Zhou Xuan's sleeves, and his voice was hoarse: "Uncle, uncle-" means urging Zhou Xuan to make a deal quickly.

Zhou Xuan glanced at the middle-aged strong man master and servant, Nantang has no silver ticket, how can these two people bring a thousand taels of silver, don't be fooled by him, besides, the harmonica can't be sold like this, buddy wants to be a talented man who knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, this harmonica is indispensable, buddy can only play the harmonica.

Zhou Xuan shook his head resolutely: "If you don't sell it, you won't sell it for ten thousand taels of gold." He walked over and grabbed the little housekeeper's hand, pulled the harmonica out of his hand, and went out upstairs with Laifu.