Chapter 8 Lee Kee Pawnshop

"Insects eat insects, and they have broken skin and rotten jackets!" As soon as I walked to the gate of the pawnshop, a familiar episode from a TV series came out. The high counter of the pawnshop is crowded with people in shabby clothes, and even the solid people are a little unable to bear it in such a situation, not to mention the poor people who are already struggling with food and clothing.

"Shopkeeper, you can see clearly, this is a fine fur coat, I only wore it once, it was bought for me by my son who was a platoon commander in the new army when he was 60 years old!" An old man with gray hair at the counter shouted with red eyes.

"You don't like it, the people behind you are still waiting!" The guy in the melon skin hat behind the cabinet didn't lift his eyes, but his voice became louder.

"When, when, when!" The old man said helplessly: "See if you can give more money!" ”

"Insects eat insects, bite one piece, three pieces are now in the ocean!" The guy gently fiddled with the abacus and quoted a price.

"It's only three oceans, but I bought this leather jacket for thirty oceans!" The old man's face changed dramatically and he said excitedly.

"Why do you look like this, the people behind you are still in line!" The guy hasn't spoken yet, and the people in the back queue are unwilling. "The shop is a murder shop, forcing the poor to find a short-term view." It's not forced to come to the planting place, since I came, I want to go back as soon as possible as some money, and the family is waiting for the rice to go to the pot.

"Dang, dang!" The old man panicked, and his wife at home was lying on the sickbed and urgently needed money for treatment.

"Take it, next!" The man quickly threw out three pieces of ocean and a pawn ticket, and the old man took the ocean and the pawn ticket and staggered out of the crowd.

"This master, are you a pawn or a rancher!" Tang Zhidao, who witnessed the tragedy of the couple's world, was thinking about whether to go over to line up, and a gentleman who looked like a steward led him to another room and made him good Longjing tea, obviously treating him as a VIP customer.

"Show me this thing!" Tang Zhidao carefully took out the jade wrench finger that Han Zitai gave him.

"Wait a minute!" The steward took a pair of glasses from the table behind him and savored them.

"The materials and workmanship of this wrench are of the highest quality, but the price is ......," said the steward slowly.

"I don't deserve this thing!" Knowing that he was going to lower the price below, Tang Zhidao hurriedly said.

"Why don't you give it to me!" The steward said displeasedly.

"Show it to your shopkeeper, he knows what's going on!" Tang Zhidao took a sip of tea and said calmly.

"The shopkeeper is what you want to see!" The steward was already very displeased, and it was obvious that the other party did not take himself seriously.

"Wait!" The steward thought about it and sent it to the shopkeeper to see, if he really missed something, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep his job.

After a while, the steward rushed out of the inner courtyard in a hurry, and said with a sneer: "This master is invited inside, the shopkeeper is waiting for you inside."

Li Ji pawnshop is a typical front store and backyard type pattern, the back of the pawnshop is an ordinary courtyard, the two of them just walked into the courtyard, a well-dressed middle-aged man with gold-rimmed eyes has greeted out, and the steward has retreated with interest.

"This noble surname?" Shopkeeper Li asked while leading the way: "Xiao Ke is the shopkeeper of the pawnshop." ”

"Don't have your surname Tang!" Tang Zhidao said politely with a fist.

"Mr. Tang, please, let's talk in the study!" Shopkeeper Li opened the main entrance of the hall and let Tang Zhidao in, and after looking around, he closed the door again.

"Where did you get our bosses!" In the study, there were already two people, one tall and one short, one elegant and one vulgar, waiting there, the short man with a fierce face and a habit of rivers and lakes, and a bulging waist. …,

"Shopkeeper Li's is your hospitality?" Tang Zhidao ignored the short man's flickering, turned his head and said lightly: "In this case, Tang will leave first." ”

"If you want to leave, there is no way!" The short man pounced directly, and Tang Zhidao pounced in a flash. The short man was annoyed and swung his heavy punch over, Tang Zhidao saw this, picked up his shirt and kicked the opponent in the chest, and the short man flew out like a balloon.

"Stop it!"

"Mr. Tang, stop!"

At this time, Shopkeeper Li, who had been watching coldly, and the tall man in a long robe shouted together, originally wanting to give the other party a dismount.

"What? You still want to go together! "Grandma's, could it be that Han Zitai said the wrong place, as soon as he entered the door, a strong man called, and Tang Zhidao slandered.

"Mr. Tang misunderstood, he also cares too much about Brother Han to be like this!" Mr. Changsam made a gesture and said, "The contemptible Wang Changling has made amends to Mr. here." ”

"Misunderstandings, misunderstandings are all misunderstandings!" Shopkeeper Li also hurriedly said in a round, it seems that Boss Han has met an opponent, and this time the matter is tricky.

"Brother Han is now locked up in the Jingshi Detention Center, and he asked me to bring the message out!" The person in front of him is Han Zitai's friend, and Tang Zhidao will temporarily let go of the unhappiness in his heart.

The three words "Brother Han" immediately made the three of them understand that the young man in front of them was a friend or an enemy, and they became closer.

"It turned out to be my own person, so it's a fart!" The hand that the brute bull put on his waist hung down, rubbing his chest that was still a little painful, this kid was also quite beaten.

"Tang is Brother Han's friend in prison, he came out first, if you have anything else to ask, just ask!" Tang Zhidao also said straightforwardly.

"What are you being polite to your brother!" Wang Changling came back to his senses and quickly pulled Tang Zhidao to sit down, and the shopkeeper Li next to him also poured new tea, and the four of them chatted about you and me.

"At that time, I didn't agree with my eldest brother coming to the capital in person, but I didn't expect something to happen!" Wang Changling said apologetically: "Sixth Brother Li is familiar with you in the capital, so please leave this matter to you." ”

"Don't worry, the eldest brother has the grace of my life, and I will naturally do my best to rescue him!" Shopkeeper Li patted his chest and said: "You guys are too careless, big brother too, don't come to me first when you come to the capital, otherwise there will be such a thing!" ”

"It is estimated that there is no way to do it, and the situation of the Four Tigers at that time was very dangerous." Wang Changling sighed and said, "Now that the lives of the four tigers have not been saved, the boss has fallen into it again." ”

"I'm afraid of a bird, I'll go and rescue my eldest brother now!" The brute's eyes widened, and he pulled out the two box cannons on his waist and was about to rush out.

"You die!" Shopkeeper Li blocked him at once and scolded angrily: "Why have you become more and more brainless in recent years, you think this is the Mobei grassland, this is the capital, the capital and the capital of Gyeonggi, even if you pull the whole pole, you may not be able to save the big boss." ”

"How's that for good?" The brute bull squatted in the corner like a deflated ball, and after following Boss Han for so many years, he really didn't learn anything other than fighting, killing, and killing.

"I can only go and do it first, so that the big boss can suffer less guilt inside!" Shopkeeper Li could only say helplessly, his relationship in the capital is also relatively limited, and it is not easy to fish people out directly.

"Money is not an issue, we must try to save the boss's life first!" Wang Changling knew best that if Boss Han's crime was verified, he would definitely not be able to escape a dead word, although their group had never harmed ordinary people, and they only took one-third of the property of ordinary caravans, and only dealt with those landlords (lords) bullies who did a lot of evil.

"The situation is not so bad, at least Brother Han is still alive and well!" Tang Zhidao comforted and said, "A few days ago, I also asked someone to send some food in. "Han Zitai is also lucky, his case happened to coincide with the moment when Yuan Shikai became emperor, and everyone's attention was focused on this. First, a large number of state criminals were arrested, but before the state criminals could be dealt with, the imperial system was abolished, and both the central and local governments were in chaos, and the army and police were not enough to maintain local law and order and arrest the Kuomintang, and who still had the heart to care about the life or death of a so-called horse bandit leader. …,

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, for coming to report the news, otherwise we would still be in the dark." Wang Changling said with emotion: "When we arrived in the capital, our eyes were black, and we had no clue for most of the month. "In the north, I can barely be considered a character, and the brothers on the road give a few thin noodles, and once I enter the pass, I am not a fart in the capital.

"Now that the letter has been delivered, Tang will leave!" What should have been said was also said, and Tang Zhidao hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

"Mr. Tang, you're leaving?" Wang Changling kept and said, "It's better to stay and think about ideas with us." ”

"If I can help Brother Han, I will naturally try my best to help." Tang Zhidao waved his hand and refused, so far he didn't know exactly what these people even called Brother Han in his mouth, and he didn't bother to figure it out, at least it wasn't a good stubble. Helping Han Zitai is purely intuitive, out of the grace of that side, at least for now, I don't want to get involved with these people.

"Then please smile at this little bit of kindness!" Seeing that he couldn't keep Tang Zhidao, Wang Changling took out a paper bag from the package next to him and handed it over.

"What do you think of me, I respect that Brother Han is a man to help him pass the word!" Tang Zhidao wrapped the paper in his hand, weighed it a few times, and slammed the things in his hand on the table, and a few small yellow croakers were exposed from the paper bag, which was really generous enough, and there were three gold bars as soon as he made a shot.

"Mr. Tang misunderstood, I just want to express my gratitude!" Wang Changling and Shopkeeper Li looked at each other, and the tone of their speech became more respectful.

"Farewell!" Tang Zhidao hugged his fists and saluted and left the study directly, and when he arrived at Hujia Hutong, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished Han Zitai's affairs, and the next step was to consider his future path.

"It's just that those three gold bars are a bit of a pity!" Tang Zhidao said to himself, the price of pretending to be B is not small, and a gold bar is worth at least hundreds of oceans.