After looking for a while, Li Qingan finally walked into a Huren jewelry store called 'Tuozhi Township', the capital of Shiguo is called Tuozhi City, obviously, this jewelry store should be related to Shiguo, he remembered that Suning told him that his gem seems to be called 'Sun Stone', which is a famous product of Shiguo.

"Guest, are you here to buy gems?" The shopkeeper welcomed him in very warmly.

There are not many Hu people here, and the guys are all Han Chinese, Li Qingan nodded and smiled: "I'm going to a high-ranking official's house today as a guest, and I want to buy a precious piece of jewelry, do you recommend it, what is better?" ”

"The guest is in the right place, our jewelry store is dedicated to the wealthy family, and even the palace will come to us to order, it depends on what the guest needs, such as whether to propose relatives or ask for help, and then whether it is a relative acquaintance or the first time to come to the door, etc., this is very particular, the guest wants to tell me the purpose, I can recommend."

"It's the first time I've come to the door, and it's not for the sake of asking for errands, it's just a regular visit."

"Oh! In this case, I suggest that the guest buy a mid-range jewelry, buy too low to get it, buy too expensive, others are embarrassed, the guest said yes! ”

Li Qingan smiled and nodded, "That's right, just do as you say." ”

"Guest, please come with me."

The shopkeeper invited Li Qingan to a room, took out a few flat boxes, opened them and said with a smile: "These are all mid-range products, each one can be taken, and the guests can choose by themselves." ”

He pointed to a pearl crown and said with a smile: "This is the color of the country's goods, it is rumored that it is the deep-sea pearls collected by the girl who went to the sea naked, each round and crystalline, the crown is cast in silver, the asking price is 100 yuan, and the minimum is 80 yuan." ”

Li Qing'an was not interested in the crown of pearls, he picked up a pair of wine glasses inlaid with blue rubies and smiled: "How much is this pair of wine glasses?" ”

"The guest is very discerning, this pair of wine glasses is carved from two whole pieces of broken leaf warm jade, each inlaid with twenty-four red sapphires of that color wave, very precious, the asking price is one hundred and fifty guan, if the guest sincerely wants, the minimum is one hundred and thirty guan, we use sandalwood box."

Li Qing'an liked the wine glass very much, so he smiled and said: "I want it, but I only have official silver on me, do you accept it?" ”

"The official silver can be collected, but it is slightly cheaper than the black price, one or two silver is exchanged for one thousand and one hundred dollars, is the guest willing?"

"That's fine!"

Li Qingan took out five cakes of silver and put them on the table and pushed them to the shopkeeper.

"Wait a minute, I'll ask the shopkeeper to come."

After a while, a Lingxi Hu man hurriedly walked in, bowed down, and said with a smile in fluent Chinese: "Do you want to buy a Baicui cup?" ”

Only then did Li Qingan know that this pair of wine glasses was called Baicui Cup, and he nodded and smiled: "Go to a high-ranking official's house as a gift." ”

The shopkeeper sat down and sighed, "Hey! To be a guest, you have to spend 130 yuan to buy a gift, and now this year is really more and more luxurious, I remember ten years ago, it was already very good to buy a good fine amount of a few hundred yuan, at that time the doumi was only ten yuan. ”

Li Qingan suddenly felt that he was wronged, was he too generous, that Dugu Shi and he didn't know each other, just went to the door for a meal, and he had to give him a gift of one hundred and thirty yuan, if ten people invited him to dinner, wouldn't he be bankrupt?

He regretted it a little, but the silver had already been taken to the account room for identification, and now it seems a bit embarrassing to regret it, forget it, he asked for this Baicui cup himself, and it was enough to buy a two-dollar cake and pastry for that Dugu Shi, and it was not to honor his father-in-law.

He had made up his mind, and at this moment, a Orchid maid brought two cups of tea.

"Guest, please!"

The shopkeeper smiled and pushed a cup of tea to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an took a sip of the wine glass slowly, and asked quietly, "I don't know if the shopkeeper has heard of the Sun Stone?" ”

'Sunstone? The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "I have been in the jewelry business for almost 30 years, and I have never heard of any sun stone, could it be another name for a gemstone?" ”

Li Qing'an looked into his eyes and saw that there was nothing abnormal about him, so he asked tentatively: "I have a friend who is in the army in Anxi, and he has a ruby in his hand, and I heard that there is a flame rising in the gem, and some people say ......"

Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper's face changed greatly, and he grabbed Li Qingan's hand and said, "Could it be the 'Eye of Light' you are talking about, where is it?" ”

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, this is what a friend of mine said in Anxi, what is the 'Eye of Light'?"

Li Qing'an's interest increased greatly, and it turned out that his gem was called the Eye of Light, which was a very strange name.

The shopkeeper sighed, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be it, the Eye of Light is a sacred object of the Jacket Sect, how can it be in the hands of the Han people." ”

"Is this Eye of Light valuable?"

"Worth the money?" The shopkeeper snorted and said, "If it is really the eye of light, then it cannot be measured by money, let me tell you this!" The gem has been enshrined in the Zoroastrian temple of Yazd, and Ardashir I of the Sassanid Empire has offered to trade thirty cities for this incarnation of the Lord God Ahuramadaz. ”

"The incarnation of the Lord God of Ahuramaz, what does this mean?" Li Qingan asked puzzled.

"Ahuramaz is the god of light, and that gem is his eyes, one of his three incarnations."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper knelt down, kowtowed to the sunset outside the window, and murmured, "Lord God! Forgive me for being disrespectful to you. ”

It was only at this time that Li Qingan knew that his gem was so precious, no wonder Suning wanted to pay tens of thousands of dollars to buy it, so the white bone he buried at that time would not be an ordinary person.

At this time, the tent came over and retrieved a bag of money, and the shopkeeper carefully put a pair of Baicui cups into the sandalwood box, handed it to Li Qing'an and said, "Guest, this is your Baicui cup, please put it away." ”

After a pause, he admonished: "Please do not mention the name of the Eye of Light in front of the Sogdians, it is disrespectful to God." ”

"I see, I don't have it, just ask."

Li Qing'an took the Baicui Cup and walked away, the shopkeeper kept watching Li Qing'an's back and walked away, he suddenly beckoned another guy, pointed to Li Qing'an's back and whispered: "You take my carriage, keep an eye on this person, and see where he lives?" ”

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Li Qing'an went to a famous pastry shop to buy a few high-quality snacks and two bottles of 30-year-old Gaochang wine, and then went to the Dugu Mansion in Wubenfang according to the address on the invitation.

The Dugu family is a famous family since the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the queen of Emperor Wen of Sui is the Dugu family, the sister of the queen Dugu is married to the Xiliang Li family, and the third son is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan, so the Dugu family and the Li family have a deep relationship, and in history, the queen of Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty is the daughter of the Dugu family.

Dugu Shi is the head of the Dugu family, he worships General Qianniuwei, he is about sixty years old this year, burly and tall, with a loud voice.

Hearing that Li Qing'an was coming, he smiled and greeted him in person, "General Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Li Qingan bowed his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know etiquette, I only bought a few fine snacks and good wine on the road, I hope the general will not be disgusted." ”

"There's no need to do it, what else to buy, just come here, General Li, you're too polite."

Dugu Shi complained a little, but since he had already bought it, he had no choice but to let the housekeeper accept it, and invited Li Qingan into the mansion with great enthusiasm.

Dugu Mansion occupies a vast area, I don't know how many courtyards overlap and overlap, the pavilions and pavilions are exquisite and elegant, the huge buildings are carved beams and painted columns, it looks magnificent, and there are precious flowers and trees planted everywhere, although it is the deep winter when ten thousand trees wither, but Dugu Mansion can still feel a little green.

"Today, the Anxi Double Tigers are famous in Chang'an, I don't know how many people want to invite you as a guest, but General Li was invited by me, it's an honor!"

"The general has won the award, how can I have such fame."

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "My name is Qilang, the general might as well call me Qilang directly." ”

"Huh! Then you're welcome, I bought a few glasses of water and wine today, and I specially invited Shichiro to the house to talk about it, it's a bit abrupt, please bear with Shichiro. ”

"Where! Where! I'm the one who bothered you. “

The two walked through the middle gate with greetings, and at this time, a noble lady in palace costume hurriedly walked surrounded by several maids, and she whispered in the ear of Dugu Mansion: "The third girl said that she was sick and could not come to see the guests, and she didn't listen to any persuasion I had." ”

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