"I'm sorry, but this pearl, no matter how much silver, is my family's inheritance. We don't want to sell. ”

The girl didn't say that, the old man was willing to give a thousand taels of gold, and asked the girl to give it up. ”

"A thousand taels of gold?"

The leopard was surprised.

The old man never broke his promise. He can pay on the spot, even if it's only half.

The leopard couldn't imagine that this python bead was worth a thousand gold, and asked Cuicui: "What do you think?"

"Brother Leopard!" "After selling the pearl, how can you get the light at night?"

Leopard - I think too, I live in a cave, I don't have this bead, although I don't care, but Cuicui can't do it, I light a torch when I go in and out, how troublesome it is!

The leopard did not covet a thousand gold coins, but the warmth and pomp of the Hariza seemed to be somewhat difficult.

Hearing Cuicui's words, he bowed to Hariza and said, "I'm sorry, sir. This pearl is precious to my sister, and I need it even more at night. I'm not going to sell it. ”

Hariza laughed.

"Is there too little gold? The old man can pay again. ”

Cuicui said, "If you give more gold and silver, we don't want to sell it." ”

The leopard stood up, put up his hands and said, "There is nothing to do." The juniors are leaving now. ”

"Ahh ”

"What else will my husband tell me?"

"If the virtuous brothers and sisters want to give up, the old man gave a thousand taels of gold, even if this hall is two, is this okay?"

"What? Is this house ours?"

The old man could immediately give a written guarantee. ”

Cuicui said, "What's the use of us asking for this mansion! How can I take care of such a big house, where only my brother and I live?"

"Don't worry, miss, all the servants and furniture in this house will belong to Brother and Sister, and the old man will leave here with Mingzhu and his four servants. ”

Leopard and Cuicui were surprised to see each other.

They could not have imagined such an unexpected python bead, so precious that the Persian merchants gave not only a thousand pieces of gold, but also a house and so many slaves and beauties.

Are these beads worth a fortune?

Or did the Persian merchants decide to sacrifice the world's only python beads?

Because Cuicui had read the book of Zen Master Fangwu, she knew that this jewel could not only illuminate at night, but also detoxify and ward off evil, and it was indeed a priceless treasure for Xuanling people.

The leopard doesn't know.

They weren't mistaken.

The pearl was indeed worth a fortune, and if the Persian merchants brought it back to Persia to sell, they would buy a big city.

He exchanged a thousand gold coins for the house, which was only one hundredth of the pearl's value.

Persian traders seem to know the origin of the python, which only appears once in a thousand years.

The Persian merchant Hariza was surprised when he saw Leopard and Cuicui, and thought that such a high price had touched their hearts, believing that they could not believe it, and at the same time continued: "Brother and sister have so much gold, silver and jewelry, and can live the life of an empire, everything is a service, no longer yourself, it is your children and grandchildren, and you can also drink." If the virtuous siblings don't believe it, the old man can immediately hand over the deed and the slave deed. “

A man who looked like a steward said to Leopard and Cuicui, "Young Master, Miss, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, it's too late to regret it. If it weren't for the knowledge of my master, I'm afraid I wouldn't find anything like it in the whole world. The leopard put up his hands and said, "Uncle, my sister and I may not be able to enjoy this thousand taels of gold and this house, I'm really sorry." ”

Harissa's eyes almost widened.

"I don't want to give up this pearl?"

Cuicui frowned and said, "Yes!

Some tell us that in order to obtain gold, silver, and wealth, we must work hard all our lives to avoid a violent death.

This bead is not only the wealth of our family, but also the wealth of our life. I hope this old man doesn't come too strongly. ”

Hariza was stunned for a long time before he burst out laughing.

"Okay, okay! We can't buy or sell. Since this is the case, the old man will not buy it. ”

The leopard said, "Thank you, old man." If we could, we'd go. ”

"Okay, little brother, then the old man won't send someone. If the little brother has any difficulties in the future and wants to sell this bead, he will come to my humble house to discuss it with the old man. ”

The leopard said, "Then I'll thank you first!"

Emerald asked, "What's the problem with us?"

The butler smiled and said, "You shouldn't say such a thing, miss." As the saying goes, every day there are ups and downs, and every day there are misfortunes. The road of life is long, which one is always safe and smooth sailing?"

"Why are you babbling in front of the guests?" exclaimed Hariza. "Get the horses ready and take the guests home. ”

said to Cuicui again, "Don't mind, girl, my subordinates are rude, please forgive me." ”

Cuicui smiled and said, "The housekeeper's words are not wrong, how can this person keep peace forever?"

"What a good girl to forgive!"

Hariza drank the butler's wine again.

"Won't you send someone to call some horses?"

"Yes, sir. ”

The leopard hurriedly said, "There is no need to prepare a horse to send it. We live in the mountains and in the barren mountains. The trail is steep and treacherous, so people can climb it, but horses can't. ”

I don't know if Hariza is a hospitable person or a good person who is good at attracting customers to do business.

He ordered someone to carry the burden for the leopard, and sent him to the city to see him off, saying, "The old man will not send you, be careful on the road." If you don't mind, come to the humble house any day. ”

The leopard replied, "Yes, yes! In the future, when the younger generation comes to Wangjiaqiao, they will come to visit this old man." ”

So, he took off the burden from his servant's shoulders and took Cuicui to the southwest.

Walked a while.

Cuicui asked Leopard, "Brother Leopard, what kind of person do you think this Persian merchant is?"

"He's good. ”

"Is that so? I hope you're right. ”

Leopard was suspicious: "Cuicui, does he have ulterior motives?"

"I don't know. I don't know how he knew I was carrying such a big python in my arms. ”

"Cuicui, did you pull it out for people to see?"

"Don't you know I said that?"

"yes! You'll never come out of a cave to see it. How did he know? Does he really have a special pair of eyes that can see what is hidden in other people? Or does this pearl really have a purple light that no one else can see, and he sees it?"

"Brother Leopard, I think he must be a weirdo who can recognize all kinds of treasures. ”

"I never thought he would pay such a terrible price for a pearl of a python that sparkles at night. ”

"Brother Leopard, do you think it can only glow?"

"What does it do?"

"Brother Leopard, do you know what python we killed?"

"What kind of python is this?"

"It is one of only thousands of years old ironclad pythons in the world. It grows in the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Its blood, which people drink, can enhance people's internal strength, more than ten years of practice, but we only drank a little, and the rest of the python blood was wasted. ”

The leopard was stunned: "How do you know? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Brother Leopard, I didn't know until I saw the book that your master wrote in the stone house. ”

"Oh! what does that book say?"

"Your teacher also said that this thousand-year-old iron-scaled python has a bead on its head, but it can be illuminated at night, and it can detoxify and ward off evil spirits. He will not be afraid of any poison or poison in the world!"

Leopard was surprised: "Really?"

"Why should I lie to you?"

"Why else would the old man give him a thousand pieces of gold and a palace in exchange for it? Do you think he's an idiot? Or do you have too much money?"

"Yes, yes! He must be a strange man, how could he recognize this pearl. ”

"Brother Leopard, this python, and another one is also a rare treasure in the martial arts!"

"Oh! what else is there?"

"You forgot python skin?"

"Well, there's python skin, and it's invulnerable. That's why he's called the Iron Python. But it's so hard, it's not your Blue Rainbow Sword, you really can't peel it off! But what good is it to us? Can we take it with us after we fight?

"Can't we make it into a two-piece vest and wear it?"

"Cuicui, it's so hard, the knife can't be cut, the knife keeps chopping, how can you cut it?"

"You can't cut it with a sword to make a vest and wear it on your body. ”

"Well, you can only rely on me!"

"What do you do?"

"Brother Leopard, do you know why I bought these two cans of vinegar?"

The leopard was taken aback: "Did you buy vinegar made of python skin to make two vests?"

"Do you think I like to be jealous? Your teacher said in the book that if you soak python skin in vinegar for more than half a month, the python skin will be as soft as silk and can be cut, not to mention making vests, hats, clothes, and pants. ”

The leopard was shocked again.

After a while, he asked, "What's the use of making a vest?"

"Ahh

"Cuicui, you call me stupid, I think you are stupider than me. If the python's skin could cut scissors, and needles and threads could pass through, wouldn't it be able to stick a sword into it?"

"Brother Leopard, you don't understand. It is made into a vest and then rinsed with clean water. It is soft as silk, hard as steel, and invulnerable. ”

"Really?"

"No, your master said it in his book. If that's a lie, it's your master lying, not me. ”

"Cuicui, I know my teacher won't lie. ”

"Yes. ”

"That's great. ”

Cuicui said: "Also, Lao Zhaohua, parents, Jin gang leader." ”

"Yes, that's right. Everyone we know deserves to be happy. ”

Cuicui "spitted" him: "Happy your head!"

The leopard was stunned: "Cuicui, don't you want to give them to?"

"Do you think this python is a precious skin that will never run out? Can you make thousands of vests?"

The leopard was shocked: "Then, how many pieces can you make?"

"It's great to be able to shoot two. ”

"Two?

"Otherwise, come on your own. ”

"Cuicui, why are you angry?"

"I was wrong, wasn't I?"

"You're right, I'm wrong! ”

The leopard was a little angry when she saw Cui'er, and hurriedly said, "You, don't be angry, when I say the wrong thing, I will slap myself in the mouth." ”

Cuicui saw that the leopard really wanted to cover her mouth, and hurriedly said: "Hey, stop messing around, if you break these two bottles of vinegar, we won't do anything!"

"So, are you still angry?"

And so they went, ready to go back to the cave at sunset, when there was no one in the country. ”

Suddenly, the leopard stopped.

Cuicui asked, "What have you done? Is the burden too heavy to rest?"

The leopard sighed and whispered, "There seems to be someone in the forest ahead." ”

"Oh! anyone?"

Looking up at the verdant sky, it has been obliquely illuminated by the setting sun, the western sky is like blood, and the evening birds enter the forest.

In the distant town, full of smoke, Cuicui thought to herself: It's dusk, it's a woodcutter hunter, and it's time to go back!

Who is still left in the forest?

She asked Leopard gently, "How many people are there?"

Did you hear that?"

"Oh, maybe four or five. ”

Cuicui was sensitive, and said softly, "Oh! I'm afraid it's for the python." ”

"Oh! How did they know we had anacondas?"

"I am afraid that the great merchant of Persia was not a great merchant, but a great, unknown robber who specialized in robbing other people's rare treasures. ”

"No, if he's a thief, why don't you kill us in his house and send us out of town?"

That's what he thought. What if he kills us at your house without attracting the attention and suspicion of the town? Then will he be able to live in a small dam by exposing the vast number of thieves? Won't the local officials send troops to arrest him? Even if the local officials can't catch him, he will attract the attention of the martial arts people. Will he be able to move around like a businessman in the future?"

The leopard was still skeptical, and Cuicui said again: "Otherwise, besides him, who knows that we still have this python bead?"

"Cuicui, let's not guess. Let's see what they look like. Maybe they are hunters in the forest. ”

"Brother Leopard, don't be careless. ”

"Don't worry, I know. ”

As they spoke, they walked towards the edge of the woods.

As soon as they reached the edge of the woods, they screamed, and three strong men in white scarves rushed out of the woods, two with machetes in their hands and one lying in front of them empty.

One of them was a middle-aged man with a sallow face and a two-inch rat whisker.

A face like a pumpkin, fat and short and ridiculous;

The second man was a thin old man with empty hands and a goatee on his chin.

Leopard and Cuicui took two steps back.

The leopard asked, "Who are you?"

"You're robbers, aren't you?"

The three laughed, and the pumpkin face said, "You're right, little brother." We are robbers who block the road. What property do you have? Give it to me quickly, and we will save you from death. ”

The rat shouted, "How can you talk such nonsense, why are we robbers?"

Pumpkin Face was startled by his little bean-like eyes.

"So, what are we?"

The mouse had no choice but to say seriously: "We are heroes in the green forest, robbing the rich, not the poor, and not killing the innocent." ”

The emaciated old man frowned silently.

Cuicui thought the pumpkin's face was funny, so she wanted to joke with them, saying, "You're outlaws, that's great! I think you robbed a lot of rich people's money today, right?"

Pumpkin Face said, "This, this, we haven't done it yet." ”

Cuicui asked, "Really? That's too bad! I thought you robbed me of a lot of money!"

Pumpkin Face blinked: "We robbed a lot of silver, so what?"

"So we're halfway there. It's a pity you haven't sold it yet. ”

The mouse glared: "Little girl, maybe you don't know how to write 'death'?"

"Yes!

I haven't read a single book, and I don't know a word.

I certainly don't write 'death'!"

The rat must yell, "Don't bother me!

Cuicui shook her head and said, "I don't think you're a hero at all. ”

Pumpkin looks silly and asks, "We're not fugitives." Who are we?"

"You're just a bunch of thieves who have been instigated. Or why don't you know me?"

"You, you, who are you?"

"A little killer with only one person's head. ”

"What? Are you a charlatan?"

"Don't believe me? Unfortunately, no one paid me to cut off the heads of the three of you. ”

The rat must be angry and said: "Lao Tzu, whether you are a small killer or a big killer, leave me something!"

"We can keep these things. I'm afraid you won't be able to hold them. ”

"Joke! What can't I bring?"

Cuicui suddenly showed the magic of the Phantom, "snapped" twice, gave the rat beard two loud slaps, and then threw him out and fell on his back.

The mouse never imagined that this thin little girl would suddenly slap her twice, her eyes flutter, and her blood would not stop, and finally throw her away, and she would not be able to stand up in pain.

Pumpkin's face was shocked, he couldn't see how Cuicui moved, and threw his companions out.

He was stunned: "You, you, are you really a little killer?"

Cuicui smiled and asked, "Do you believe this?"

Then the leopard said, "You go, don't provoke my sister to kill you." ”

The thin old man was unmoved by the situation in front of him, and praised the voice: "Good kung fu! No wonder he is so rich, and he is not afraid of being robbed at all." ”

Cuicui glanced at him and winked, "Look, you're really not a bandit, I'm afraid you've been hired to fetch the treasure, right?"

"There is no need for the girl to ask questions, but the old man wants to learn some clever tricks from her. ”

"Then you must be good at martial arts, right?"

The old man didn't dare to say it, but he learned to say it.

"What if you lose?"

"The old man was defeated. He immediately left the place, leaving the girl alone. What if the girl loses?"

"What do you think I'm going to do?"

"Leave the jewels to that girl. ”

"You really want to get it cheaply, if I lose, I'm going to give you the pearl, if you lose, just walk away easily, is there such a good thing in the world?"

"What does this girl want?"

"Leave your head, or tell us who hired you to come to us. ”

The old man seemed to be defeated, so he had to give his head to the girl. ”

"Oh, would you rather die than say it?"

"No one hired him at all, so how could the old man tell him?"

Cuicui said, "Okay!

"If that girl is defeated, can't she give me the pearl?"

"Don't say I won't lose to you, but if I lose, and my brother! Don't say that until you beat my brother. ”

"Then why did the old man and the girl fight? The old man and your brother had better go first. ”

"You ask yourself, can you beat me?"

"The phantom hand of Shanxi Longmen, I'm afraid it's not difficult for the old man. ”

When Cuicui heard this, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Have you seen my martial arts routine?"

The thin old man sneered: "The old man has been walking all over the rivers and lakes for decades, if he can't even see the martial arts on the other side, how can he walk all over the rivers and lakes?"

Indeed, the phantom magic of the Xue family is also one of the leaders in the martial arts world.

Unfortunately, the girl was not ready.

If she wants to win, she has to practice for another 10 or 8 years. ”