Chapter 3 The Old Man
We're still packing up and getting ready to go back to the city, while the master's side has already made a fuss.
The words are divided into two ends.
In a courtyard in Beijing's Third Ring Road, not far from us, most of the shopkeepers of No. 8 Pawnshop arrived here at the same time.
Except for the little Buddha and the God of Wealth to deal with private affairs, everyone is basically there.
In the courtyard, Galeries Lafayette was sitting on the main seat, lifting the rabbit mask up for half a minute, smiling and drinking tea, and seemed to be in a very happy mood.
There are eight seats side by side, but there are not eight people sitting in them at this time.
The coffin master and the three shopkeepers on the north side of the fairy are dead, and their places are empty as a matter of course.
The people sitting next to Lafayette are Liu Sanye and the ghost, and below them are the master and the old half-immortal, because the little Buddha and the God of Wealth did not come, and the seats were vacant for two.
"Over the years, our pawnshop can be said to have been smooth sailing, and there have been many critical moments, but the last one has passed easily." Lafayette placed the teacup on the right side of the table, pulled the mask down, and returned to its original state.
Perhaps everyone noticed that although Lafayette's voice was hoarse, it was much better than before.
"I didn't expect it, it's the same as it has been in the past two years, but a few of the shopkeepers in our pawnshop have left." Lafayette smiled coldly, glanced at everyone with a calm and waveless gaze, and smiled: "I don't know what you want to say?" ”
The big shopkeeper Liu Sanye is still that gentle scholarly look, playing with three copper coins in his hand, and shook his head: "Time is also fate, their lives are set by God, and no one else is to blame if they die." ”
Lafayette nodded and said nonchalantly: "Indeed, it is true that others are no wonder that the waste is dead." ”
"The third child died in an unknown way, and I can accept it if he dies in the tomb, but I didn't expect this little grandson to die in the hospital." The second shopkeeper smiled hoarsely: "I can't even recruit the soul back, I think, the shopkeeper who has died in our pawnshop for the past two years has an inside story."
The second shopkeeper ghost can be regarded as the most mysterious character in the entire pawnshop except for Lafayette.
Judging from his appearance, this man was no more than forty or fifty years old, with gray hair, a few black lines on the right cheek, and black lips as if a person had been soaked in water for a long time.
He has a very unique smell, similar to the smell of herbs and incense, which is very unique, and it is difficult for outsiders to forget when they smell it.
In the pawnshop, his relationship with Galeries Lafayette is average, it can't be said to be too close, it can only be regarded as a mutual cooperative relationship.
But his relationship with the three shopkeepers in the north is obvious to all, these two people usually belong to the kind of brother and brother, because of this, after the death of the north fairy, the temper of the ghost can come, and he has been looking for the murderer until now, but unfortunately he still didn't expect that the one who killed the north fairy was the God of Wealth who usually smiled at everyone and seemed to have no quarrel with the world.
Suddenly, the old man sitting on the wooden chair on the side smiled.
"The old coffin's skills are not weak, but I didn't expect that this grandson would die in the territory of Xiangxi, I guess he met a master."
The person who spoke was the old half-immortal, don't look at him in a gray Tang costume and look very kind, in fact, he is also a murderer without blinking, no wonder they all say that things gather people in groups, just like him and Lafayette worship is a real perfect match.
"I have recruited the soul of the coffin, I have only recruited one soul and three souls of three souls and seven souls, and I can't recruit the rest of the souls, I should have been scattered." Lafayette nodded: "The news he revealed to me is two, first, he died in Xiangxi, and second, he died at the hands of a young man surnamed Yi." ”
Lao Banxian also seemed to know the inside story of the Dao, and said with a smile: "The Yi family in Xiangxi can produce many people, we thought that Lao Yi was not a simple person, but we didn't expect that his grandson was also powerful enough to do all the coffins." ”
In this process, the six shopkeepers were just smiling and drinking tea, without making a sound, very quiet.
It wasn't until Lafayette asked him, what do you think of these things, that the master said.
"It's useless to say anything now, let's just be careful." Master's smile was very gentle: "The current world is very chaotic, and we can't afford to be careless." ”
The old half-immortal gently stroked his white beard with his hand, and grinned: "I heard that the wife of the God of Wealth was shot dead in the street, do you know about this?" ”
"The last time I came to see the Buddha, I knew the Tao." The master said respectfully.
"You really think this has nothing to do with you?" The old half-fairy's eyes were indescribably weird, a bit of a joke.
The master shrugged his shoulders and did not answer the words of the old half-immortal, but turned his gaze to Lafayette.
"It's natural that the God of Wealth doesn't come, after all, his family is gone, but" Lafayette flicked the wooden table next to him with his fingers, and said, "It's a bit undeserved if the little Buddha doesn't come, right?" ”
"Little Buddha, I haven't contacted him, you also know that he is now"
Without waiting for the master to say more, Lafayette waved his hand, left only one sentence, and then got up and left.
"I'm going to go to other provinces with the second and fifth children to run errands, and Liu San is fully responsible for the pawnshop during this time, you'd better settle down and don't make trouble for me."
There were also old half-immortals and two ghosts who left.
As for Liu Sanye, he just shook his head helplessly, sat on the chair and drank tea, without any intention of leaving.
The master frowned and didn't speak again.
Three days later.
"Meow."
"What's wrong?"
I was lying by the window and smoking, looking at the city in front of me that was poured by heavy rain, the cat seemed to be very interested in rainy days, and kept stretching out its pink and tender paws to catch the raindrops, and barking while grabbing it, acting stupid.
I took a deep puff of my cigarette and threw the cigarette butt downstairs from the window, and after exhaling the smoke, I patted the cat and motioned for it to follow me out of the house.
Little Buddha belongs to the kind of daughter-in-law who forgot his mother, and forgot to shop in the hotel, and the grandson retreated from here after the hotel opened, and basically didn't come to the antique shop to take care of the business.
If it weren't for a few guys helping to watch the business, I guess the Little Buddha store would have closed down a long time ago.
"Brother Yi is down, let's eat some together?"
"No, you can eat it, I've already eaten it." I smiled and shook my head.
In fact, sometimes I am quite depressed, and I say that how big is the master's hand to keep me?
I don't make a big deal out of them on their side, but at least there are a lot of people who know about my existence, but that's it, no one in the pawnshop comes to trouble me, let alone the Lafayette who is bent on arresting me.
"It's raining so hard today, I guess there's no business anymore." A young man sighed, poured some chili sauce into the pot, stirred it in the hot pot with chopsticks, and was about to continue to put the vegetables in it, only to hear someone ask outside the door.
"Anyone?"
I was sitting with my back to the door, and I was stunned for a moment when I heard the voice.
This sound sounds familiar
I didn't think much of it at the time, and I was smoking a cigarette while holding my cat and watching TV.
"Uncle, aren't we just human." The young man walked over with a grin and asked, "Do you want to buy or sell something?" ”
The man's laughter was hearty, giving people an inexplicable sense of intimacy: "I can't afford to eat lately, so I'm here to sell some things to live." ”
"Ouch, you're going to sell something, please come in, please come in."
"Look at how much these things are worth."
I don't know what the man took out, and the guy in the pawnshop was silent for a while, and after a while, only one guy exclaimed.
"Great Xia Zhenxing?!"
(Note: Daxia Zhenxing, is the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, Helian Bobo in the first year of Zhenxing ordered to mint coins, because of the scarcity of the world and exquisite casting, can be regarded as a fine coin in the coin, the market price generally ranges from hundreds of thousands to several million.) )
At this moment, the guy said something puzzled again.
"The pulping and casting methods of this money are exactly the same as the real ones, and there is nothing wrong with the copper font, but why does this money look so new?"
"I'm going to say that this money is because it's kept well, do you believe it?"
"Uncle, you're not going to take a fake to tease us juniors, right?" The guy laughed back.
Suddenly, the cat made a strange meow, got up from my lap, climbed to the edge of the couch, and looked in the direction of the door.
"What's wrong?" I asked suspiciously, not caring if the cat could understand human speech.
The cat barked twice, crawled back in, and continued to rest on my lap.
"Do you take this object or not? If you don't accept me, I'll find someone else. ”
"Why don't you wait for me to have a few palms come over and take a look?" The guy smiled and said, "I'm not very good at verifying things, I can't see the authenticity of your object, so I have to find someone to come and take a look." ”
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry."
"Okay, you go sit down first, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
"Hurry up, the old man hasn't eaten for a few days, so he's waiting to sell his belongings and buy food." So saying, the man went into the house.
Hearing the footsteps of the person behind me getting closer and closer to me, I subconsciously glanced back, and said that this person was talking a little interesting, but when I saw the person coming, my surprised expression completely stiffened on my face.
Left left and left?!
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