Chapter 35: Finger I

In recent years, Yuanfeng has annexed its peers everywhere, and there are more than 20 pawnshops in Jinmen together with the general number, and the opposite of the teahouse where Zhao Guanhou is located is a branch of Yuanfeng. It is relatively close to Chengguan, convenient to enter and exit the city, and has a large population flow, which is a prime location. The pawnshop's huge copper coin signboard, a huge "dang" word on the wall, is particularly conspicuous.

On the doorposts on both sides of the pawnshop, hang the door couplet of "not ascending the dragon and tiger land, enter the fortune door first", although the poor can not do without the pawnshop, but the pawnshop's business is the same as the jewelry store, there are not too many customers, even if it is in the prime area, the pawnshop does not enter a person for half a day, it is also a common thing.

Zhao Guanhou has been sitting in the teahouse for the past two days, observing the number of people entering and leaving here, and making records on a piece of paper. Hou Xing on the side turned pale, his fists clenched tightly, and after a while, he held back a sentence, "Big brother, why don't we wait?" ”

"Don't wait, let's do it today. A few days ago, the city gate was closed to traffic, and there were few pedestrians, and today the gate was just opened, and the most people entered and exited. ”

In order to catch the criminals, the owner of Zhicheng also made a bloody investment, which raised money for the household department, and had some ways with the government. In order to help him get the thief, the gate of Jinmen was closed, and even the wharf sent patrol ships and officials and soldiers to find people, and the entry and exit were also cut off.

However, such a large dock city cannot be closed for a long time. Especially now there are still a large number of foreigners living in the city, and those people do not pay much attention to the local government, and have been demanding the resumption of traffic and ensuring the order of commerce.

A few days ago, small-scale access was carried out, and today it is officially restored, and on the axiomatic newspaper on Zhao Guanhou's desk, "The giant thief of Jinmen has been killed, and a large number of Zhaoxin stocks have appeared in Haihe" is eye-catching, accompanied by a photo of floating corpses and shredded paper on the Haihe River.

He stood up and was about to walk towards the pawnshop, but Hou Xing grabbed his arm, gritted his teeth and said, "Big brother, you are the owner of the village, and I can't let you go to this matter." I'm familiar with pawnshops, so let me do this. ”

Zhao Guanhou shook his head, "Brother, it's not that my brother can't trust you, this matter is not suitable for you." The owner of the village is responsible for charging into battle, and the military division is responsible for making suggestions, if you go to the front to charge, you will break the rules of the industry. The military advisor will sit firmly in the tent, and the work of charging into battle will be handed over to me. His hand slapped Hou Xing's shoulder, pressed him back into his seat, and walked into the pawnshop by himself.

His legs are already half better, and he can already walk without crutches, Su Chunhua does have the means, the broken bones are connected just right, and it takes no effort to go up and down the steps. Pawnshops are no different from other businesses, there will be no guys at the door to greet customers, there will be no welcome words, and there will be no good face to treat customers.

After entering the door, there is a row of screens in front of you, in order to prevent outsiders from seeing the situation inside, and to avoid the pawnbroker being embarrassed to be seen by acquaintances. Turning the screen is the counter of the pawnshop, and the counter near the head of the door is called the three cabinets, which collect some shabby clothes or quilts and other items, and deal with the poor.

Further inside is the second cabinet, which collects some leather goods and slightly better furniture. And in the innermost, there is the head cabinet, where the collection of treasures and antiques, celebrity calligraphy and painting, may not work once in half a year, but the vision is the strictest, non-connoisseurs dare not take on this heavy responsibility. In the pawnshop, the status and treatment of the head cabinet are the highest, which is not comparable to the other two cabinets.

At this time, there was no railing in front of the counter, and the height of the counter was the same as that of ordinary shops. Zhao Guanhou entered the pawnshop and walked straight to the direction of the head cabinet, and the courtier behind the three cabinets hurriedly shouted, "This lord, please stay, what do you want, just tell me." ”

He looked at Zhao Guanhou who was wearing short clothes, and he didn't hold a package, it didn't look like he was bringing any precious treasures, most of them were his clothes. Such a thing, even if it goes to the head cabinet, will be driven back, it is better to stop him yourself.

When Zhao Guanhou turned around, he looked carefully, and saw the tattoo on his front and the dagger in his waist, knowing that most of them were gangsters on the streets of Jinmen. These people have no permanent property, but they are regular customers of pawnshops, and the backer behind them is Pang Guanband, and they are not very afraid of gangsters making trouble. Even with that dagger, he didn't take it to heart, there were several guards in the backyard, not far from here is the city gate, where there are dozens of guards and soldiers, if someone really goes crazy and dares to rob the pawnshop, it is guaranteed that he will not be able to escape. Therefore, the courtier only looked at it a few times, and then asked unhurriedly, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Don't ask me what to do, I want to ask first, what do you pawnshops collect."

Chao Feng smiled, "Yuanfeng has opened twenty-five stores in Jinmen, which is the golden signboard of our Jinmen line, friends can go and ask, who doesn't know the ground in Jinmen, the owner behind us is the eldest son of the Pang family." Both the official and private sides of Jinmen have to give us some face, even if it is the lobby of Jinmen County, they also come and go casually. Our Yuanfeng does not accept anything except for the dirty thieves and the dead, and there is nothing that is not collected. Even if it's a dragon coat and a phoenix jacket, as long as you have it, we are willing to accept it. It just depends on what you come up with. ”

He smiled, his eyes were full of disdain, and it was impossible for Zhao Guanhou to take out something good to pawn. If he can really come up with any red goods, he will not suffer a loss.

I heard that there was something good that I had encountered, and several courtiers and men had a lot of bonuses, twenty semicolons, all of which had saved up enough strength and wanted to learn from them, so they were a little unconcerned about ordinary things, and their attitudes were more cold than before.

Zhao Guanhou was not angry because of his attitude, he just stared into his eyes and asked, "Everything?" Do you have the final say? ”

"Since I am doing a pilgrimage here, although I don't dare to say that I am the master of the owner, but I naturally have the final say on the matter. This friend, what treasure do you have on you, why don't you take it out and let me open my eyes? To tell the truth, although the trumpet is a semicolon, there are tens of thousands of taels of silver stored on the counter, if the value of the treasure you bring is too high, we are near the silver number. 300,000,400,000, you can withdraw money at that time, you reward the baby, let me open my eyes. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, put his left hand on the counter, "Since you say so, I am relieved." Don't you want to see the baby, it's easy, the baby is here, please take it. As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand was already stretched to his waist, and then a bright light flashed, and a snow-bright dagger was pulled out by him, drawing an arc in the air, and falling rapidly.

A red light splashed.

By the time his dagger was sheathed around his waist, there was already a bloody severed finger on the counter. Zhao Guanhou's left hand was covered with blood, and his tail finger had been cut off from it, and the blood flowed from the broken point. The frightened face of the courtier was like earth, and it was clear that Zhao Guanhou had cut off the tail finger of his small hand, but Chaofeng held down his left hand and shouted.

The courtiers of the first cabinet and the second cabinet had already rushed over when they heard the shouting, and several strong bodyguards also rushed over from the backyard with sticks, but they saw that Zhao Guanhou had lost a finger, so he couldn't do it. In addition, some passers-by also entered the pawnshop at this time, and these nursing homes couldn't do anything. Hou Xing mixed in the crowd and quietly agitated

"Old and young masters, this excitement is rare, the Yamen of Jinmen County sells beating, and Zhao Dashao, who broke his legs for the second time in Jinjiajiao, went to Yuanfeng as a finger. But I can inquire about Jinmen, which pawnshop can accept fingers, that is, Yuanfeng dares to accept this place. Let's see how this matter is resolved. ”

The people of Jinmen were so lively, and near the city gate, there were also many people who were in a hurry, selling coolies, and idlers who had nothing to do, and they were also rushed over to watch the show, and dozens of people poured in at once. Among them, there are also a few decent people in long shirts, who also pay great attention to this good show as a finger.

In front of so many outsiders, no matter how domineering Yuanfeng was, he didn't dare to beat people. The courtier of the head cabinet, wearing tortoiseshell glasses, stepped forward and hurriedly ordered: "Come on, quickly bring medicine to this good man." How do you say this, to be a thing, the price is negotiable, why can't you think about it so much, you want to cut off your fingers? He said as he reached over and tried to take the severed finger away. Who knew that Zhao Guanhou sank his face, "Don't move!" This is a pawn thing, we haven't said a good price yet, this thing moves, don't rely on me to say that you Yuanfeng is going to grab something. ”

"When the fingers?" Chao Feng was stunned for a moment, "Good man, it's not such a joke, since Jinmen has been in the industry, when Longyi is a python, I haven't heard of the truth of being a finger." Parents who have suffered from the skin of their bodies must not be destroyed at will, so how can they be pawned? ”

"Can't pawn? Then don't tell me, you ask you three cabinets, whether this thing can be used or not. Zhao Guanhou pointed to the three cabinets with his right hand, "He told me personally, you Yuanfeng will accept everything, but he didn't say that he didn't accept his fingers, now cut it off and say no, it's too late." If you want to say whether you want to accept it today, then we have to talk about it well. ”

I don't know who it was in the crowd, and shouted "That's right, since you have spoken, you have to take responsibility for yourself, since you have taken everything you say, and now you don't accept it, what is the reason?" The crowd was provoked, and someone immediately echoed, "That's right, you can't accept it, you can't talk about it and don't count." ”

Most of these people have been exploited by pawnshops every day, and at this time they unconsciously stood on the side of Zhao Guanhou, Yuanfeng pawnshop was not afraid of a group of coaxing people, but it was difficult to be angry. Moreover, among the people who enter and leave the city, no one can be sure if there are any big people, and there are a few people wearing long shirts in the lively crowd, even if they are in the head cabinet, they don't dare to really give an order and tear their faces.

At this stalemate between each other, the big shopkeeper of the pawnshop here turned out of the backyard with a white paper bag in his hand, and smiled at Zhao Guanhou, "Good man, don't worry, it's easy to talk about the matter, let's treat the injury first." The wound is always bleeding, Yu Haohan's body is hindered, I have the best knife wound medicine released by the long reed medicine, am I giving it to you, or are you coming yourself? ”