When Xing Renju counted to "seven", suddenly the door was slammed, and a huge noise came, which scared Tian Xing'an, but Xing Renju was not frightened, but stood up, smiled all over his face, and continued to count in his mouth, and after he counted to "seven" again, the door was knocked again.

Xing Renju immediately walked out of the cubicle quickly, to get the things on the top doorpost, Tian Xingan was just about to help, but was pushed aside by Xing Renju with a wave of his hand, and at the same time pointed to the pawnshop counter, signaling Tian Xingan to wait there.

Tian Xing'an didn't know what was going on, so he had to quickly return to the pawnshop, standing in the window and watching Xing Renju take everything away from the door, and then knocked lightly on the door eight times, and then walked back quickly, just when Xing Renju left with his front foot, the door was pushed open suddenly, Tian Xing'an was startled, but he didn't see anyone at the door, but the lantern at the door didn't know who lit it, but this time the lantern was glowing with blue light.

Tian Xing'an stared at the strange blue light emitted by the lantern, completely unaware of what was going on.

At this time, Xing Renju returned behind him, Tian Xingan subconsciously glanced at Xing Renju, and when he turned his head to look at the door, he found that the man with the hat had appeared under the window at some point.

Tian Xing'an was taken aback, staring at the man with the hat and not knowing what to say, his mind was blank.

Seeing Tian Xing'an stunned there, Xing Renju immediately stabbed him with his fingers, this stab didn't matter, Tian Xing'an shook like an electric shock, and the man in the hat under the window also let out a low laugh, and then carefully took out the pair of chopsticks from the bag and slowly pushed them into the window.

Tian Xing'an looked at the chopsticks carefully, but he didn't dare to get started, Xing Renju, who was standing behind him, pinched his sweat, he forgot to remind Tian Xing'an of one thing, that is, during the Midyear Festival, in the face of this kind of guest who came to the door in the middle of the night, he had to ask the other party if he could get started, and only after the other party promised could he pick up the things.

And this time, after Tian Xing'an looked at the pair of chopsticks left and right, he actually asked, "Excuse me, can you get started?" ”

"Of course." The man in the hat replied cheerfully, but kept his head down, and all Xing Renju could see was his hat, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

Tian Xingan immediately took a special oil lamp under the counter, this kind of oil lamp is also called "bright eye lamp", the name is because of auspiciousness, which means that you will not go away when you light this lamp, but in fact, this kind of oil lamp is a kerosene lamp, and it is not an old thing, and the "bright eye lamp" used in the early years of the dynasty is a special candle, because in the late Qing Dynasty and early period, China did not have such a thing as a kerosene lamp.

Tian Xing'an looked at it for a long time, and through the touch and smell, he judged that this pair of chopsticks was made of thousand-year-old ebony wood, and the material of thousand-year-old ebony wood is rare in the world, not to mention making chopsticks, even a piece of wood is priceless, and it can be replaced by a whole street in the hands of those who know the goods.

Tian Xingan had a smile on his face, looked at the man in the hat, and wanted to go out and talk in detail, because there is a rule in the court, if you meet such a distinguished guest, you must "treat each other with courtesy", and you must not stand on the high counter and look down on the other party, you should invite the other party to drink tea in the side hall next to you to talk in detail, but this big night, he can't figure out where the other party is coming from, at this time to shoot such a valuable thing, will it be a villain?

Finally, Tian Xingan leaned over and leaned his face against the window, put on a smile on his face, and asked softly: "May I ask this gentleman, how much do you plan to be?" ”

"One word." The man in the hat said in a deep voice, "When you say a word, help me convey a word to someone." ”

"Huh?" Tian Xingan was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

Tian Xingan actually understood, but he didn't want to believe it, using such a valuable thing to let the pawnshop help him convey a word to another person, is this person crazy?

The man in the hat raised his head slightly, but all Tian Xing'an and Xing Renju could see was his mouth and half-exposed snow-white teeth.

The man in the hat wondered, "Don't you think it's worth it?" ”

"No, no, no!" Tian Xing'an subconsciously glanced at Xing Renju, who was expressionless behind him, but was clutching the hay tightly, and Xing Renju nodded to him, Tian Xing'an was relieved, and immediately said, "Okay, wait a minute, I will open a pawn ticket to you, and the pawn ticket is two, and the sentence you want to convey must be written clearly on both of them, but this kind of pawn method has not been done before, so this kind of pawn is a dead pawn, in other words, you are equivalent to exchanging this pair of chopsticks for our Jiu'an pawnshop with a sentence." ”

"Never?" The man in the hat sneered, "You're still an apprentice, right?" And it's just an apprentice of the court, and you haven't gone to the next step, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, the master behind you should understand, but you have to remember that you have to be responsible for the object you handle to the end, so, what I told you, you also have to meet that person and say it in person, understand? ”

Tian Xingan immediately nodded: "I understand, you wait." ”

Tian Xingan immediately prepared the pawn ticket, carefully placed it on the counter, and then asked: "May I ask who this sentence is brought to, where does his family live, who is the person, and the content of the words?" ”

The man in the hat didn't speak immediately, just stood there, and Xing Renju's breathing became rapid at this time, his hands trembled slightly, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Finally, the man in the hat spoke, and lowered his head again as he spoke: "Please tell Chen Jiujin that Qimen is in the world, let him escape with a secret, how far can he escape, if he can't escape, then die, that's all." ”

Tian Xing'an was very puzzled, but he still wrote these words below the value of the ticket as the original silver, and asked at the same time: "May I ask the distinguished guest's surname?" ”

"You don't need to write your name, it's a death anyway." The man in the hat said in a deep voice, and then waited for Tian Xing'an to get it right, then took the pawn ticket and turned around and left, and then disappeared at the door.

Tian Xingan stared at the door blankly, if it weren't for the thousand-year-old black incense chopsticks and pawn ticket in his hand, I am afraid he would have thought that it was just a dream before.

"Xing'an, close the door, and then come to the storeroom to find me." After Xing Renju finished speaking, he turned around and left, and did not take the thousand-year-old black incense chopsticks into the warehouse according to the rules. Tian Xingan had to lock the chopsticks into the cabinet next to him first, and then quickly went to the door to look around, then closed the door, put the latch and the top doorpost, and returned to the counter and took out the chopsticks and walked quickly to the warehouse to find the master.

When Tian Xing'an walked into the warehouse, he saw Xing Renju sitting on the wooden chair of the big court in the middle of the warehouse, and at the same time, Xing Renju also said: "Xing'an, you can become a teacher." ”

"Really?!" Tian Xing'an was overjoyed, but found that Xing Renju was looking at the ground in front of him blankly, with a sad face, his smile was put away, and he subconsciously asked, "Master, what's wrong?" Am I doing something wrong again? ”

"It has nothing to do with you, this is fate, you can't hide, I've been hiding for so many years, and I've always found the door." Xing Renju said in a low voice, "The Chen Jiujin that the person said before is my previous name. ”

Tian Xingan looked at the master blankly, he didn't come back to his senses at all, what was going on, what he wanted to ask, and he didn't know where to start.

Xing Renju touched the armrest of the chair, looking very anxious: "I don't know who this person is, but he must know the rules of this industry, so he deliberately came to the door today, and brought these pairs of thousand-year-old black incense chopsticks, the purpose is to tell me that someone has found a clue to Qimen, and the next step will be to find the door, and try my best to dig out the place where Qimen is located from my mouth." ”

Tian Xingan shook his head and said with a sad face: "Master, I don't understand a word, I don't even understand why I want to open the door tonight to do business, I know that our master and apprentice are in trouble, and the one who wears the hat is a gangster, right?" ”

"No, on the contrary, he is not, he should be the one who broke the Golden Gate." Xing Renju shook his head, "I have to leave right now, it should be said to be an escape, from now on, our master and apprentice will not meet again, and in the near future, I will ask someone to send you a letter, and when the time comes, I will write clearly in the letter what you want to know and what you should do in the future." ”

After Xing Renju finished speaking, he got up and walked to Tian Xing'an, pressed his shoulder and said: "Xing'an, let's say goodbye to our master and apprentice, you guard the shop tonight, don't go anywhere, don't say anything, at least three days later, when I am far away, you can tell the boss that I left, but don't tell him the reason, just say that I won't say goodbye." ”

"Master-" Tian Xing'an watched Xing Renju turn around and leave, he immediately chased out, and found that Xing Renju went to the backyard, but when he chased to the backyard, he found that Xing Renju disappeared as if he had escaped to the ground.