Chapter Twenty-Seven: Stones

Out of the door of the inn, Zhang Fang wandered all the way, shuttling in the flow of people. Linshan County is very large and has a lot of streets, which is still very challenging for Zhang Fang, a road idiot.

Unconsciously, Zhang Fang has been walking in the city for a long time, after all, he is a foreigner, and he is not familiar with this place, just like a headless fly, bumping around.

When passing by a deserted shop, Zhang Fang slammed and stopped.

"What is this?" Zhang Fang glanced at the white cloth notice posted in front of the shop, the ink on it had not yet dried, and he could smell a faint scent of ink, as if it had been written recently.

He took a few careful glances and got a general idea of the situation.

"I see. Zhang Fang was slightly happy, it turned out to be a notice for selling the house, and he was worried that he couldn't find it.

Zhang Fang walked into this store, the store is very neat, simple and elegant, very stylish, there are two floors, everywhere reveals a simple atmosphere.

There are a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings in the store, all of which are exquisite works of art from the old age, and only some powerful and wealthy mansions will buy these.

At this time a man in his forties. Some middle-aged men who had been blessed greeted him with a smile, and the two thick mustaches on his mouth trembled and trembled.

"Guest officer, please inside!" The middle-aged man was the shopkeeper of this store, the shopkeeper Xu.

"There are a lot of calligraphy and paintings here that have just been collected recently, such as mountains and flowing water. Shopkeeper Xu stood on the side of Zhang Fang, and as he spoke, he showed Zhang Fang the calligraphy and paintings on the wooden shelf.

"Stop ... Zhang Fang immediately stopped him, and said directly and simply: "Do you think a person like me is the kind of person who fiddles with this all day long?"

"This ... Not like. The middle-aged man took a closer look at Zhang Fang's whole body, he didn't have the elegance of a scholar at all, but he was a complete martial artist, especially the big knife in his hand, which was extremely eye-catching.

However, the backing force behind Xu's shopkeeper is huge, and he is not worried that Zhang Fang is here to blackmail him.

"I read a notice at the door, are you going to sell the house?" Zhang Fang asked.

"I see!" Shopkeeper Xu said with a clear face: "This is my friend entrusted me to consign, he is going to the Central Plains, and he plans to sell all the real estate." ”

Zhang Fang said: "I don't know the price?"

The two talked and walked up to the second floor, where there was a private room with two Taishi chairs.

"In this way, it was originally for six thousand taels, and my friend was also in a hurry, so he will charge you four thousand taels of silver, what do you think?"

"I'll have to see it for myself before I can make up my mind. Zhang Fang wouldn't believe that there was such a good advantage for himself to take advantage of, two thousand taels for nothing.

You must know that the purchasing power of two thousand taels of silver is about the same as a few million in the previous life, and it is not something that ordinary people can take out casually.

"Well, I'll show you there. Shopkeeper Xu got up, thought about it and said.

Suddenly, Zhang Fang was stunned, walked to the edge of an antique brown wooden shelf, and stopped.

"It's ... The red vortex in Zhang Fang's mind appeared in vain, and he looked sideways to see a small round stone of dark red lying on the shelf.

"I got it a few days ago, how about it, you have a look. Shopkeeper Xu looked at Zhang Fang's face and immediately knew that Zhang Fang was interested in it.

Zhang Fang couldn't help but reach out and touch the stone, and suddenly a cold breath came down his fingers.

"If you buy it, I will give you a preferential price, and I will only charge you three hundred taels of silver, you see how it is. Shopkeeper Xu said with a smile.

"Well, I do plan to buy it, but is this broken stone really worth three hundred taels of silver?" Zhang Fang said with a smile.

"If it weren't for the fact that I thought it was a little peculiar, I wouldn't have bought it no matter how cheap it was. So I will only give you fifty taels of silver, and it is up to you whether you succeed or not. Zhang put the stone back on, pretending not to care.

"Deal!" Shopkeeper Xu didn't think about it, and nodded directly.

This stone was nothing more than a silver he bought from an ordinary person, and it had been sitting here for more than a year, and no one cared about it, and he had planned to take it off the shelves in a few days.

Now it can be sold for fifty taels of silver, which can be said to be a lot of money.

He took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and handed it to him, and the stone was immediately returned.

Shopkeeper Xu briefly explained some matters to a few guys, summoned a carriage, and drove to Huayue Street with Zhang Fang.

It didn't take long for them to arrive at Huayue Street and successfully arrived at the destination of the trip.

When Zhang put down the car, he saw a fairly good house from afar, and the surrounding environment was quite good.

"Well, you're quite satisfied!" shopkeeper Xu said, pointing to the big mansion in front of him.

"Well, let's go in and talk about it. Zhang Fang said a word, and walked towards the vermilion gate.

There were two iron rings on the door, Shopkeeper Xu picked it up lightly and knocked it, and after a while, the door opened, and an old man with a white beard came out of it.

"Master Xu!" the old man saluted respectfully to the shopkeeper Xu, looked at Zhang Fang again, and also said hello.

"This is Uncle Liu! is the housekeeper of this house. Shopkeeper Xu said as he walked, and then looked at Uncle Liu and said, "Uncle Liu, this Zhang Gongzi is here to see the house, you lead us to have a look." ”

Uncle Liu answered, took out a bunch of keys, opened the doors one by one, and asked Zhang Fang to look around the house, except for the sealed room facing west on the side.

"Open that room. Zhang Fang pointed to the room and said, and deliberately glanced at Uncle Liu.

Zhang Fang was originally wary of this house, but after seeing the scale of the house, his suspicion became even heavier.

According to Zhang Fang's preliminary estimate, such a good yard will not cost only 4,000 taels of silver. No matter how busy and anxious you are, you can make a move with 5,000 taels of silver, and there must be a problem here.

"This ... Uncle Liu hesitated, and a large bunch of keys in his hand shook, making a jingling sound.

"Open!" Zhang Fang frowned, and said with a straight face.

"Uncle Liu, open it! There's nothing unsightly, it's okay. Shopkeeper Xu looked at Uncle Liu's instantaneous change in face, and he was also a little puzzled.

"Master Zhang, Master Xu, when the master leaves, let me not open this door, I... Liu Bo said hesitantly.

"Since you are going to sell this house, you should open everything to me. Zhang Fang narrowed his eyes and said secretly: Sure enough, there is a secret.

"Well, my old man is not afraid of anything. Uncle Liu seemed to have made up his mind and led Zhang Fang forward.

At that moment, Uncle Liu took off the seal and opened the lock with trembling hands.

"It's nothing!" shopkeeper Xu glanced at the situation inside the room and wondered.

However, just after he finished speaking, an eerie cold wind blew from inside, like an ancient cave that had not been explored for many years.

Uncle Liu and Shopkeeper Xu tightened the clothes on their bodies in unison, but Zhang Fang stepped into the door with a knife like no one else.