Next to the tea shed on the official road, a young man who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, with red lips and white teeth, dressed as a hawker. Suddenly, he saw two magnificent carriages stopped on the side of the road, and a tall man in green clothes rode towards him.

The man covered his forehead, left eye, and the bridge of his nose with a delicate silver mask about the size of an inch, and saw him standing tall on his horse, and asked condescendingly, "Are you a vendor here?" What do you sell? ”

The young hawker knew that there was business, and at first glance he was a big customer, so he immediately greeted enthusiastically: "There is everything, do you want this minister to take a look at the mask, there are all kinds of styles, light and breathable." ”

"Masks?" Ji Qing repeated gloomily.

"That's right!" The peddler turned around and pulled around, and soon came out with a small stack of masks, all made of cardboard, some painted bright red, some painted grimaces, and some inscribed "People without etiquette, what is it to not die?" Such aphorisms to persuade people to tidy up their appearance.

The hawker introduced respectfully: "Don't look at it made of paper, but it's sturdy, it's no problem to wear it for three or five years, do you want to have a few copies?" ”

"......" Ji Qing reported with a gaze that wanted to kill.

"If you like it, it's better to try on both sides, there is a bronze mirror here!" The vendor held a mirror, which reflected Ji Qing's murderous eyes.

The peach branch that followed behind quietly wiped a handful of sweat, so the peddler was born as a monk, and he was squatting in the temple, and even his eyes were not good. How did this peddler tell that General Ji likes paper masks and wants to try them on?

Ji Qing wore a silver mask when he was a guard in the Dong Mansion, and Taozhi never saw him take off the mask in front of people.

The peddler is still trying to persuade: "The husband can wear it differently, but it is so boring to always wear the same mask." Laugh and don't be too rigid! ”

Seeing that the people in the carriage in the distance also came over, and they knew which lady and lady in the house they were dressed up, and the vendor became enthusiastic again, "What do you want to see the ladies and misses?" My goods are all good and good, wearing them on my head, playing with them in my hands, you name it! ”

Wei Qihua asked, "Where did your goods come from?" ”

The peddler smiled: "This is an industry secret, but looking at your style, you know that you are a big family, and you will not steal business with me, so I will reveal a little bit to you." ”

"Say."

"Look at the hairpins and pendants I have here, they are all things that flow out of the homes of big families like you, they are absolutely genuine, and they are not bullied!"

Wei Qihua frowned, arrogantly glanced at the jewelry, and sure enough, he found some real things, although they were a little old, but they were real things, not local goods that a country merchant could do. It is really strange that a merchant who sets up a stall has jewelry in condition comparable to that of Zhenbao Zhai in the capital.

Wei Qihua even noticed that the long jade wrench in the middle of the linoleum cloth is really like Dong Qianmo said, there are all colors, the red is the agate wrench, the purple is the purple chalcedony wrench, the hibiscus is the Dushan jade wrench, and the serpentine pattern is the Xiuyu wrench.

The styles are similar to Yu Wentan's jade talisman wrenches, and some are simply carved out of a mold. Wei Qihua saw this in the car just now, so he stopped the carriage.

"How do you sell this?"

Wei Qi drew a Huanglongyu wrench, and took a cursory look, the jade is Huanglongyu, and the available is a second-class stone, the handwork is too rough, as if it was carved in a hurry, and even sandpaper grinding and polishing have not been done. But the strange thing is that the carved patterns on it are exactly the same as Yu Wentan's jade talisman fingers, and it is like being made by comparison.

The peddler smiled and said, "Madame, this is the best thing I have here, and the price is not expensive, five dollars of silver!" ”

"Do you want to sell it for two dollars?" Dong Qianmo asked coldly.

"Two cents?" The peddler was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's just two dollars of silver!" How many do you want? ”

"Do you still have an emerald wrench here?" Wei Qihua looked around, and there was no jade in the wrenches of various materials.

"Jadeite is expensive, and it costs three dollars to sell it." Hawker Road.

"Do you think we are like men who have no money?" Wei Qihua sneered and sighed, "Take it out!" ”

The peddler was shaken by the drink, and said helplessly: "There is no ready-made jadeite, you have to leave the fixed silver, and it will take ten days to get it." ”

"Why did it take so long?"

"The grandfather of the stonemason in the village is old, and his work is slow, and it is not easy for the craftsman to earn a few hard-earned money." The peddler said earnestly.

"So, your wrenches here are all from a country stonemason?"

"It's a skilled country stonemason." Hawker correction.

Everyone frowned, it turned out that the wrenches here were all imitations from the countryside and were worthless, but the question was, how did Yu Wentan's priceless real wrench get into the hands of the hawkers?

"Wig boy, do you remember me?" Dong Qianmo asked softly.

The peddler looked at her and said confusedly, "Who are you?" ”

"A few days ago, you set up a stall in the north of the city, and I bought a jade wrench from you, do you still have an impression?" Dong Qianmo asked slowly.

"Chengbei Bazaar?" The vendor shook his head, "No, I haven't been there to sell it." ”

"Think again."

"Really no," the hawker looked at Dong Qianmo, "This young lady is very angry, see you for the first time today!" ”

"You open your eyes and tell nonsense!" Momozhi shook his fist angrily, "We know your old bottom, you don't know us, I'm going to expose your old bottom!" ”

"W-What old guy?" The peddler asked in alarm.

Taozhi stepped forward and forked his waist proudly, "You thief bald, you have been abducted once, and you didn't even change your clothes the second time, I am anxious for you." As he spoke, he grabbed the peddler's braid with both hands and pulled it back—

But it didn't move.

Momozhi was dumbfounded all of a sudden, "Huh? Why can't you rip it off? "Last time, if you didn't pull it, it would fall off by itself.

"Get out of the way." Ji Qing stepped forward.

Peach Branches dodge.

Ji Qing raised his hand and pulled it, and with a painful wail from the vendor, the wig set fell to the ground. It turned out that the vendor had learned the lesson of the last goof, and this time he applied a kind of gum to his head.

After removing the wig, everyone saw that this peddler, who was very good at business, had a scar on the top of his head that had been ordained, and he was actually a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little monk!

"Little master, do you have any impression this time?" Dong Qianmo asked kindly.

"Villain...... Little Monk ...... Come to think of it. ”

"Then where did you get the jade carved dragon jade wrench you sold me, do you remember?" Dong Qianmo asked again.

"Like...... Seems to ......"

Ji Qing picked up the little monk, mentioned that he was as tall as him, looked at the other party coldly, and asked, "Who handed over the wrench to you, and what is the origin of that person?" ”

Dong Qianmo persuaded from the side: "Little master, you can explain, you see how fierce this general is, if you don't tell the truth, he will not rest with you." ”

"Uncle broke your arms and crushed your bones." Ji Qing cooperated with the release of threats.

"I say, I say!" The little monk sifted the chaff all over his body and explained, "The little monk is a monk of Famen Temple, and that wrench is a funeral item, which was stolen and sold by the little monk!" ”

"Funeral goods?" The crowd shouted in unison, "This can't be! ”

The little monk said with a sad face: "It's true, more than half of the goods here are funeral goods smuggled out of Famen Temple, and every time they are sold in the market in the north of the city, they can be sold at a good price." The little monk's greed made a big mistake for a while, all the uncles and sisters spare their lives, spare their lives! ”

"Then do you remember, who was the jade wrench buried with?" Wei Qi asked faintly.

"The one in the Three Temples."

"The Three Temples?"

"That's right," the little monk nodded, "it's the one who wants to do the Forty-Nine Heavens Dojo, and it seems to be the female dependent of the Yuwang Mansion." ”

"Impossible," Wei Qihua gritted his teeth, "I handled her funeral by myself, what is in her funeral goods, will I not know?" ”

The little monk insisted: "It's true, the jade wrench finger was offered before the spiritual position at that time!" ”

Wei Qihua didn't believe it: "Nonsense, you are talking nonsense, shielding the real bandits!" Tell me, who are your accomplices? ”

"The monks don't speak, the little monk really didn't lie," the little monk said pitifully, "The little monk just ordered some small funeral goods in exchange for some silver flowers, and never did anything hurtful to heaven and reason!" ”

Wei Qihua still didn't believe it, he was so angry that he was so angry that his face was pale, there was no blood left, and his body trembled slightly. At this time, she didn't know what she thought, she took two steps back, staggered and almost fell.

Dong Lianyue hurriedly helped her: "Cousin-in-law, be careful of your step." ”

Wei Qihua was stunned, and muttered to himself: "The jade wrench finger is the prince's talisman letter, the prince regards it as his life, and he usually can't even touch me, not to mention that the palace is tightly guarded, and it is impossible for outsiders to break in and take away such an important thing, but it will not be of great use, but put it in front of her spiritual seat, unless...... Unless ......"

Unless it was someone in the palace, he took out the jade wrench and voluntarily took it to the woman's spirit to worship!

And in the palace, who else can easily access the jade wrench, except for Yu Wentan?

At the same time, Ji Qing also had the same idea as Wei Qihua. Could it be that the prince took the jade wrench finger to worship the late princess to comfort her spirit in the sky?

But it's not right, Ji Qing remembers clearly, the prince was going to transfer the soldiers and horses of the northern battalion, and when he found that the soldiers were missing, he was really furious, and he also delayed the important task of disposing of the military aircraft.

The stunned and angry after the prince lost his charm was definitely not pretended, so the jade wrench finger was definitely not taken by him to the Three Temples.

It's just that, recalling the prince's crazy behavior in the Three Temples last night, Ji Qing is not so sure again, is it ...... Is it really the prince who guards and steals?

"You little monk, you don't have a word of truth in your mouth." Ji Qing glanced at the little monk coldly, "I'm going to tie you up and take you to the camp to torture you personally, to see if you tell the truth!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled the little monk's belt, and his subordinates acted like butterflies wearing flowers, and in an instant, the little monk's hands and feet were knotted behind his back.

Ji Qing said to Wei Qihua: "The princess don't listen to this little thief's nonsense, the prince's talisman letter is stored in the study, which military affairs are not needed, how can it be taken somewhere else?" ”

Wei Qihua's face gradually turned around, and he nodded slowly: "This is reasonable, I don't believe that anyone would use a jade wrench to sacrifice a sinner." ”

The little monk's hands and feet were sore for a moment, and he said: "What the little monk said is the truth, the official uncle spares his life!" ”

Ji Qing said gloomily: "I expected that this thief still has a comrade, and when I bring it back, he will be tortured slowly, so that he can spit out the truth word for word." ”

Wei Qi drew his head and said: "You go and do it, this guy is very slippery, let him suffer." ”

The little monk was completely frightened, turned his head to look at Dong Qianmo, and asked for help with a sad face: "The girl save me, my aunt and grandmother save me, you know that the little monk is wronged!" Tell them about it! ”

Dong Qianmo stepped back a little and said fearfully, "What do I know?" Don't talk nonsense, I don't even know who you are. ”

The little monk shouted: "You can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, girl, well, since you are unkind, the little monk is also unjust!" He twisted his head vigorously and told the others, "This girl is the accomplice of the little monk, and she asked me to set up a stall here!" ”