Chapter 19: The Moon Shines on the Ditch
Back in the courtyard, Zhou Ruo and Wu San'er had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Shen Ao coming back, Wu San'er hurriedly said, "Then the merchant is gone?" ”
Shen Ao stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”
Zhou Ruo tried not to look at Shen Ao, but this time there was no longer the previous disdain in her eyes, but she was a little shy. It's embarrassing to pretend to be this guy's sister and say these things in public.
From the very beginning, Pan Ren fell into the trap carefully arranged by Shen Ao, this mansion was bought by Shen Ao and Zhou Ruo together, a total of seventy yuan. Shen Ao plays a dilapidated gentleman, Wu San'er is still a little girl, and Miss Zhou is Shen Ao's sister.
Shen Ao went to the tea shop first and stole Pan Ren's money bag, Pan Ren had no money to pay the bill, Shen Ao helped Pan Ren at this time, which gave him the opportunity to contact Pan Ren.
After coming into contact with Pan Ren, Shen Ao has been showing the stupidity of a gentleman, in order to make Pan Ren relax his vigilance against him. After that, he was led to this house and deliberately let Pan Ren see the painting of Yang Jie.
The next step is simpler, set a bigger bait for Pan Ren to get in, as long as Pan Ren is greedy enough not to be afraid that he will not take the bait.
The next step is when the net is closed.
"Sister, I'm afraid you're going to live here temporarily, Pan Ren will come back at any time, we have to be cautious, don't let him see the slightest flaw." Shen Ao approached Zhou Ruo and said with a hippie smile.
Zhou Ruo said angrily: "Who is your sister?" ”
"Wow...... Turn your face and don't admit it, San'er, you come to evaluate the reasoning, just now I called my sister, did she respond? Shen Ao was very hurt, calculating Pan Ren He had two purposes, one was to rob the rich and help the poor, Pan Ren was rich and unkind, just robbed his wealth, and relieved himself who was still in dire straits. The other is to avenge Zhou Ruo. Who knew that he had exhausted his brain cells, but in exchange for Zhou Ruo's treatment.
"I want to illuminate the moon with my heart, but the bright moon shines on the ditch, hey, ......" Shen Ao sighed and walked into the chamber with his hands.
Zhou Ruo recalled Shen Ao's 'Mingyue' emotion, and at first felt a little new, and then couldn't help laughing, thinking to himself: "He compared me to Mingyue, this guy is ghostly." Then he thought: "The bright moon shines on the ditch?" What is this ditch? Ah, is this guy being sarcastic about me? ”
Shen Ao and Wu San'er entered the wing, Zhou Ruo was embarrassed to follow up, so he had to sit on the stone bench under the locust tree in the courtyard, and found that he couldn't guess Shen Ao's thoughts. This person is really strange, obviously has a lot of stunts, and is extremely smart, and he is no worse than being a scholar, but he is proud of being a scholar, and he looks very happy.
This man is scheming, he can come up with such an ingenious trap to extort people out of money, but why does he not even have the capital to do business so far.
"What a weird man." Zhou Ruo thought about it, her pretty face turned red, and she snorted: "I guess what his mind does." ”
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When Pan Ren returned home, he didn't even care about the business of Zuiyun Building, and it was already dark at this time, and the handyman who guarded the door saw the master coming back, and hurriedly came out with a lantern to guide him. Pan Ren hurriedly said: "I don't want you to serve here, hurry, go and call Mr. Xu, ask him to come to the study, I have something important." ”
Menzi answered, handed the lantern to Pan Ren, and trotted away.
Pan Ren arrived at the study, pacing back and forth in the study with his hands, his heart was very uneasy, his eyes that could smile at any time shone with a hint of greed at this moment, and he muttered: "Wanguan family wealth, Wanguan family wealth...... The emperor does not live up, the emperor does not live up. ”
"Why hasn't Mr. Xu come yet? Hurry, call someone to call again, put down the big things for the time being, and come here quickly. Pan Ren yelled outside the study, and the family outside didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly said, "Don't stay long, let's go." ”
Pan Ren suppressed his excitement and spread the painting rolled up in his hand on the desk, the candle flame in the study flickered, which could clearly illuminate his lips trembling slightly.
"If you sell it at a good price, 300 paintings are 15,000 yuan, and Zuiyunlou will not be able to save such a big family business in a lifetime." Pan Ren was looking at the painting, while thinking wildly, at this time, everything was no longer important, what was drunk cloud building, what was the official record of the teaching workshop, what was drinking tea, all of them were forgotten cleanly, and his mind was full of paintings, this painting sometimes became a dragon and snake in Yang Jie's pen, and the next moment it became countless golden ingots, changing back and forth in Pan Ren's mind.
The study was pushed open, and a Confucian scholar hurriedly entered, this man had thin cheeks, a goatee under his chin, and was wearing a round-necked Confucian shirt, and his eyes were cloudy. He saluted Pan Ren: "The owner." ”
He was Mr. Xu, who was born in Xiucai and befriended Pan Ren, who later invited him to his home to teach his children to read. Mr. Xu has a talent, he is very good at appreciating famous paintings, and the authenticity can be seen at a glance.
Pan Ren beckoned: "Mr. Xu, come and see, help me see if this painting is real or fake." ”
Mr. Xu saw Pan Ren's Adam's apple rolling, his eyes were red, and he was shocked, and he didn't know what was going on with the owner. Hurriedly went over to look at the painting, Pan Ren knew that this Mr. Xu had an eye disease and could not see clearly from a distance, so he personally went to get an oil lamp and went to the side of the painting to illuminate it.
Mr. Xu's face was almost attached to the painting inch by inch in the painting, hunched over the goatee and nodding constantly, and said: "That's right, this is Yang Jie's painting, this paper happens to be the Xuanhua paper of Emperor Taizong, and the painting style is not wrong, the ink is a little blurred in the subtleties, presumably caused by poor storage and dampness." This inscription is also Yang Jie's words, and there is nothing wrong with it. He stood up and said to Pan Ren: "The owner, there will be no mistakes, it is genuine." ”
Pan Ren rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Okay, good, that's good, great......" His lips trembled when he spoke, and he was very excited.
Mr. Xu said regretfully: "Owner, students don't know whether to say something or not. Although this painting is genuine, it is not worth much silver, and thirty or fifty times has reached the limit, so why should the owner do this. ”
Pan Ren sat down, picked up the tea on the desk and took a sip, then rolled up the painting again, and said slowly: "What if it is three hundred such paintings?" ”
"Three hundred!" Mr. Xu's hand pinching his beard stopped moving, and he looked at Pan Ren with wide eyes.
Pan Ren said brightly: "That's right, it's three hundred, three hundred paintings that Yang Jie has left, haha......"
Seeing that Mr. Xu didn't believe it, Pan Ren told what he had seen and heard today, and Mr. Xu was dumbfounded when he heard it, and muttered: "This painting is all owned by that gentleman, what does it have to do with the owner?" Could it be that the owner wants to buy these paintings? This is a way, then the gentleman doesn't know the value of the painting, and when the time comes, the owner will give him some money to send him away. ”
Pan Ren said with a calm face: "You can't buy his paintings, once we buy them, it's hard to guarantee that he won't be alert, and it will be troublesome if you ask someone to evaluate it." What to do...... What to do......"
Pan Ren paced back and forth in the study, tapping the back of his right hand with the knots of his left hand.
Suddenly, he raised his eyes and said in a loud voice: "Yes! We buy a house, buy a house! ”
"Buying a house?" Mr. Xu couldn't turn the corner and looked at Pan Ren suspiciously.