Chapter 20: Copper Gu Weapon
"Big brother, you take this one." Du Yuesheng said very clearly.
"For what? Our brothers are blessed and share hardships, you still need money to go back to Shanghai, I can't ask for these jewels. Wu Zhiyuan was unmoved, and pushed the small pile towards Du Yuesheng, with an extremely resolute attitude.
"Big brother, when ** I met in Pingshui, you risked your life to save my life, if it wasn't for you in the tomb last night, I would have been strangled to death by that female corpse. Before we said goodbye, when I have money, I will give half of it to my eldest brother. Although I, Du Yuesheng, am not angry, and I have no status in the rivers and lakes, I live by fighting, killing, stealing chickens and touching dogs all day long, but what I say counts. You have to accept these things no matter what, this is a piece of my heart little brother. Du Yuesheng's attitude is sincere, and he has the demeanor of a hero.
Wu Zhiyuan knew that Lu Dao could no longer refuse, so he had to pack this small portion together.
"Don't pretend to be so neat, we'll go to the pawnshop tomorrow to change money." Du Yuesheng saw that Wu Zhiyuan was dressed carefully one by one, and reminded him on the side.
"All for money?" Wu Zhiyuan was very surprised, if a treasure could be exchanged for a copper coin, this pile was estimated to be exchanged for nearly a hundred oceans. He had no idea of the value of the gold and silver jewels in front of him, and he had never pawned anything when he was so big, so he didn't know how much they were worth.
"Of course, it's all money. Although these treasures are precious, but in today's society, it is difficult to move an inch without money, and even the beggars on the street will bully you. Besides, the identities of these things are not innocent after all, and they have been on their bodies for a long time, and they dare not guarantee that they will not cause any extraneous branches. Du Yuesheng saw that Wu Zhiyuan was stunned, so he patiently explained.
After a night of silence, early the next morning, Du Yuesheng and Wu Zhiyuan came to a pawnshop in the city with the funeral goods in the sack.
The two came early, and the pawnshop had just opened. The reason why this time was chosen was completely Du Yuesheng's idea, and there were very few pedestrians on the street in the morning, which was not easy to attract attention. Wu Zhiyuan was first involved in the world, so he naturally didn't think so thoroughly.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw the sacks on the backs of the two people, he knew that Lu Dao was a big customer, and he was busy standing behind the counter to greet him with a smile.
Wu Zhiyuan put down the sack on his shoulder and was about to pour all the things on the counter, but Du Yuesheng stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Shopkeeper, if you do our business, you don't have to do it this year." Du Yuesheng looked around the store smartly.
"Oh?" The shopkeeper's eyebrows raised, and he let out a surprised tone, "Then it depends on how much money you make in this business." ”
"Close the door first." Du Yuesheng glanced out of the door vigilantly, and the shopkeeper immediately understood, and ordered the man to close the door of the store.
Du Yuesheng took out a string of pearl necklaces from Wu Zhiyuan's sack and put it on the counter, and the shopkeeper picked up the necklace, straightened the reading glasses in front of his nose, and took a long breath.
"Come on, you can bid directly." Du Yuesheng lowered his voice, what he said was because he didn't know how much this pearl necklace was worth.
The shopkeeper picked up a magnifying glass, looked at the necklace for only a moment, raised his head suddenly, and asked in a low voice, "Should I live or die?" ”
"Die!" Du Yuesheng replied.
The shopkeeper put down the necklace and stretched out two fingers from his right hand.
"Two copper coins?" Wu Zhiyuan shouted out in a lost voice, with surprise and joy in his tone.
"Two hundred oceans." The shopkeeper's brows furrowed, thinking that Wu Zhiyuan was sarcastic about his eyes.
Hearing this offer, not only Wu Zhiyuan, but even Du Yuesheng couldn't believe his ears, just such a string of necklaces is actually worth two hundred oceans! Two hundred oceans can buy the entire Yihong Courtyard.
Du Yuesheng is mixed with the rivers and lakes after all, hearing this, he was calm, only said the word "good", the deal was closed, and the procedures were drawn, Du Yuesheng took out a jade jade bracelet from the sack, and the shopkeeper carefully checked, and the price quoted made the two of them happy, so they took more than 20 pieces in one go.
At this time, there was a pile of oceans sealed with red paper in front of the two, and Du Yuesheng took out a copper utensil from the sack, shaped like an incense burner, with a lid on it, and placed it on the counter.
The shopkeeper was about to reach out to take it, but when he stared, he stretched out half of his hand and hurriedly retracted it, looking like this copper furnace was hot.
"I'm sorry, we don't accept this thing." The shopkeeper's words were crisp and clear.
"What? This stove is not worth anything? Du Yuesheng and Wu Zhiyuan were both surprised, the quotations of everything they had previously offered exceeded their psychological expectations, and this one actually fell into the embarrassing situation of being turned away. The same artifact that came out of the coffin, the gap shouldn't be so huge.
"You can't say that." The shopkeeper straightened his glasses, and his eyes looked at Wu Zhiyuan and Du Yuesheng carefully behind the lenses, "Do you know what the name of this thing is and what is it used for?" ”
This is a very good question. There have been such rules in the pawn industry since ancient times, and the pawnshop cannot ask about the source of the items that customers should have, for two reasons, one is that the pawnshop is doing the business of goods, only looking at the value of the goods, and nothing else, after all, the pawnshop is not a patrol house. Second, more than half of the things that customers come to the pawnshop to be, there must be more than half of the unknown origin or innocent identity, which is why they will come to pawn, if the pawnshop must be compared, I am afraid that I will not be able to take much business at the end of the day, and it will be closed for a month. However, the shopkeeper's question indirectly involved the origin of the copper furnace, and if the two of them were even vague about the name and purpose of the copper furnace, then it was obvious that the origin of this thing was unknown.
"You just have to say how much it's worth!" Du Yuesheng is so smart, he didn't show his heart when he heard the words.
"In my shop, I don't want anything for nothing." The shopkeeper coughed twice and replied unceremoniously.
"For what?" Wu Zhiyuan suddenly asked in astonishment.
"I don't think you two know the name and purpose of this copper furnace. To tell the truth, the name of this copper furnace is called the Purple Copper Gu Weapon, which is used by Maoshan Taoist priests when refining Gu techniques. This thing is made of copper, which is originally worth a lot of money, but because it is used for practicing Gu, its inner wall contains highly toxic over time, and if there is a slight wound on the body, it will be infected by it, and once it is infected with the gods, it is difficult to save, so it has become a plague star, and only those Maoshan Taoists who practice Gu take it as a treasure. The shopkeeper's seemingly eloquent explanation really startled Wu Zhiyuan and the others.
Especially Wu Zhiyuan, every word of the shopkeeper surprised him so much that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Maoshan Taoist priest...... Practice Gu ...... The words "highly toxic ......" lingered in Wu Zhiyuan's mind, making him puzzled. Didn't the Taoist priest of Maoshan subdue ghosts and eliminate demons, and find dragons and points? Why did you still start practicing Gu harm? In his mind, the situation of Zhang Zefang casting spells to save himself and fighting female ghosts flashed, how could Zhang Zefang's upright image be associated with sinister and vicious Gu techniques?