Chapter 20: The Strange Pawnshop

When it gets dark, it's not so hot outside. Duckweed and Xiaowa finished dinner, packed up the signature table and went to the willow tree by the river in Xishi, where they went last night.

The street was bustling with people, and after a while, many people still came to duckweed to see the excitement, but as soon as they heard that today's fortune teller was going to collect money, they went shopping again.

Xiaowa then understood why duckweed was so worried about today's business, it turned out that it was not unfounded.

Most of those who watched the excitement had calculated the hexagram yesterday, and who was in the mood to come out and hang out if they really needed to tell the hexagram or encountered trouble? The little baby sat on a stool, bored, playing with the dog's tail grass while waiting for the first guest.

"Little lady. A man interrupted him, and the baby looked up to see that it was a gentle man. The man looked like he was no longer in his prime, and bowed to the duckweed very humbly and politely.

"In Xia Zhang Xianzhen, he is the owner of a pawnshop. Yesterday, I heard from a neighbor that there is a lady in the West Market who is very good at fortune-telling, and she comes here in the hope that there will be no abrupt beauty. The man said in a straight voice.

Duckweed asked suspiciously, "What trouble did Childe encounter?"

Zhang Xianzhen nodded, frowned and sighed: "Don't hide it from the lady, I have indeed encountered some troubles recently, I wonder if the lady can solve my doubts?"

Duckweed nodded and smiled, "Is it a business trouble?"

When the man heard this, he hurriedly said yes, and said very respectfully: "The lady is really as they say, clever and clever. It's been almost ten years since I opened a pawnshop, because I haven't married a relative, and the pawnshop is small. So I've been taking care of the pawnshop's accounts, but recently the business has improved, and I haven't had time to tally the accounts for a long time. Who knew that a few days ago, I checked and found that I had been losing money these days. This is something that should not be done at all. ”

"Could it be a thief or someone else who did it?" the little baby on the side interjected.

Zhang Xianzhen shook his head, smiled at the little baby, and then frowned and said to the duckweed: "At the beginning, I thought like this little girl, but there is no one in my family, and there is no one to do anything at all." If it is a thief, it is even more impossible, I learned martial arts when I was young, although I am not proficient, but the thief enters the door, I can still detect one or two. ”

Duckweed looked at the faint demonic aura wrapped around Zhang Xianzhen's body, and said with a smile: "It may not be stolen by someone." Don't worry, I probably know what's going on. It's just that this matter is not something that I can solve with your guidance. ”

"What should I do?" asked Zhang Xianzhen with some concern.

Duckweed said lightly: "Tomorrow at noon, I will come to your pawnshop to take a look, maybe there is some demon spirit at work." ”

Zhang Xianzhen was a little hesitant and said embarrassedly: "However, there is only one person in my family, and the little lady is afraid that others will gossip." ”

"Don't get in the way, I'll bring the baby with me. If someone asks, you can say that this baby is your distant relative, and you didn't want to meet it on the street, but you just invited the child to have a meal. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhen said happily: "Thank you, little lady." Then tomorrow will be waiting for you at the Zhen Kee Pawnshop in the East Market. I decided to prepare a table of delicious dishes to be treated, but I don't know if the two of them have their favorite dishes, and what are the taboos not to eat. ”

"Loach! Add more peppers and garlic. The two said together.

After Zhang Xianzhen left, a few young women who were married came, and after duckweed counted them one by one, he urged Xiaowa to close the stall early.

Xiaowa was very puzzled and asked, "Sister, we finally have more guests, and it's still early, why are we in a hurry to close the stall?"

Duckweed was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just think we should go to Zhang Xianzhen's house tonight, otherwise, we may miss a good show." ”

"But, sister, didn't you just tell Zhang Gongzi to go tomorrow, why?" Xiaowa was even more puzzled.

Duckweed shushed with his hand, covered his mouth and smiled: "That's just to rub a loach, don't care about these details."

The little baby smiled happily, hurriedly packed up the table, bench and duckweed and walked back to the inn happily. After putting away the things, the two rushed to the location of his house that Zhang Xianzhen said.

After a while, they had arrived at the door of the pawnshop. In the Great Song Dynasty, there was no separation between the fang and the city, and many merchants lived in their own shops. Xiaowa looked up at the words "Zhen Ji Pawnshop" on the wooden signboard, and said to the duckweed with some trepidation: "Sister, we seem to be trespassing on a private house like this, it seems that it is not very good." ”

There were no people on the streets of East City, except for the occasional barking of dogs. Duckweed thought for a while, recited a few spells that the little baby couldn't understand, and then said with a smile: "It's okay now." ”

Regardless of the doubts on Xiaowa's face, he directly took Xiaowa's hand and walked to Zhenji Pawnshop. Xiaowa hurriedly stopped in a panic: "Sister, the door is closed." It's too rude, and if you want to get in, you should go over the wall. As he spoke, he did not forget to restrain the volume of his speech.

Duckweed looked at the baby like a fool, and didn't care about her reaction, just walked straight towards the closed door. Xiaowa's eyes widened, and duckweed actually passed through the door directly.

Seeing that Xiaowa was stunned in place and did not react, duckweed came back with a smile and knocked on her head, "Hey, Xiaowa drank too much mung bean water today, and even forgot that I am a monster." ”

As soon as she heard duckweed mention mung bean water, Xiaowa couldn't help but go crazy and said, "Sister, can you not mention mung bean water." ”

The duckweed sighed a few times, came over, and took the little baby's hand: "Oops, I have cast a spell, and mortals and demons can't see us, so." She lowered her voice: "The little baby doesn't have to deliberately whisper, no one will hear." ”

Xiaowa was a little embarrassed for a while, so she had to divert the topic and urged: "Then let's go in quickly and see what is making trouble." lest my sister can't get up again tomorrow morning, and then blame me for not waking you up. ”

The two of them entered the pawnshop with a smile, and as soon as they entered, they saw a large table at the door, and behind it was an elevated cabinet with all kinds of antiques on display. Thinking of those people who are in the middle of the road to come to the current things, duckweed took those things and played with them in his hands, and said to Xiaowa very curiously: "This Zhang Xianzhen should obviously make a lot of money, that thing is really greedy." ”

"What is that thing?" As soon as Xiaowa asked, she was pulled by duckweed and walked to the backyard, and Xiaowa hurriedly said: "Zhang Gongzi is still sleeping, won't it be good for us to do this?"

Duckweed ignored the little baby and led the little baby forward, until she saw Zhang Xianzhen sleeping soundly on the bed, and showed a satisfied smile.