Chapter 180: Pearl Dragon and Phoenix Orchid
Wei Jie, Xiuning and Wen Qian were in Linjing for eight days before and after, and after taking care of the affairs of Xiuzhenzong, they left Linjing City, and still came to Qingping City in the form of a private visit with microservices.
Qingping City is a prosperous city in the central part of the Great Wei Dynasty, with a large city and a large population. The strange scenes of the world are fully displayed here, and there is everything.
It's the same with people, there should be all kinds of characters. The rich are rich and the poor are barefoot, starving half to death.
As soon as Wei Jie and Xiuning Wenqian entered the city, they saw a downtown that was more prosperous than the imperial city, and they all praised Qingping City as a good place.
The three of them walked towards the Qingping Inn and saw a large group of people gathered around the gate, talking about it. Such an occasion is a good opportunity to check the truth, and the three of them will naturally not miss it, and they will also be among them.
The three of them saw a little girl of eleven or twelve years old lying on the ground, and an old man removed the hand that was placed under the girl's nostrils, shook his head and sighed, and said, "There is no help, alas! ”
The onlookers sighed as the old man sighed. The little girl lying on the ground was dressed in rags, dark and thin, and looked like a malnourished child from a poor family.
The girl still has tears on her face, she must have been greatly wronged, otherwise how could she cry in this busy city.
Wei Jie followed his mother Michelle Wong to live in seclusion in the countryside for those years, mixing with the poor every day, knowing the weakness of the poor and the difficulties of life.
This poor girl threw her body on the street, Wei Jie felt very sad, and couldn't help but squat down and repeat the examination done by the old man. Wei Jie found that the girl was still slightly warm, so he immediately took out a big pill, broke the girl's mouth and fed it.
Someone in the crowd of onlookers suddenly let out an exclamation: "Da Huandan, Immortal Pill!" When people heard that it was Da Huandan, they immediately discussed: "This girl is saved!" "A poor girl who is about to starve to death, how can she get such a great blessing and get a big return pill!" "What kind of character is this young man, who has an elixir, and casually took it out to save a poor child." "Every year there are strange things, but this year is very different!"
Da Huan Dan melted in his mouth, Xiu Ning entered the inn and asked for some warm water, and Wen Qian helped the girl to pour it. After a few minutes, the girl slowly began to breathe, and her face gradually improved. After another moment, the girl opened her eyes.
As soon as the girl opened her eyes, she cried weakly: "Oh my God, my orchid has been snatched away, what can I do to treat grandpa." ”
Wei Jie was shocked and comforted the girl and said, "Don't worry, you speak slowly, and we'll find a way." ”
The girl drank a large bowl of water, and under the influence of Da Huandan, she had the strength to tell what had happened.
The girl's family is in the rich mountain, and there are only two people in the family, she and her grandfather, who was seriously ill and bedridden the day before yesterday.
The grandfather said to his granddaughter, "I am about to give up, son, and you will have to support yourself in the future."
Grandpa didn't leave you anything, only the pot of orchids was worth some silver, and when I died, you exchanged it for silver, which would be enough for you to grow up. ”
The girl smiled bitterly: "Can a pot of orchids be exchanged for silver?" ”
Grandpa said: "Don't underestimate this pot of orchids, this orchid is called pearl dragon and phoenix orchid, a few years ago the city lord spent 5,000 taels of silver to buy a pot, tribute to the court, the emperor dragon face is happy."
We don't ask for five thousand taels of silver, but if we can sell one thousand taels, it will be enough to raise you to adulthood and pay a dowry. ”
The girl said, "I don't want any dowry, I don't want to grow up, as long as my grandfather lives." I'll exchange it for money right now and ask the doctor to treat you. ”
Grandpa didn't object, thinking that it would be okay to see how much silver was sold, so that he could tell Shanying how to plan it.
The girl boiled porridge for her grandfather, and then took the orchid out of the mountain and went to Qingping City to sell it.
The girl came to Qingping City with a "pearl dragon and phoenix orchid" and asked for a thousand taels of silver, and there was no one thousand taels that would not be sold. There were a lot of onlookers. But no one came out with a starting price.
The girl was thinking about whether to lower the price a little, but her grandfather was seriously ill and in urgent need of treatment, so she couldn't afford to wait.
The girl heard many people talking: "Flowers are rare and good flowers, but they are not affordable for ordinary people." There are a few people who have 1,000 taels of silver in their homes, and those who have 100 taels of silver are also well-off. ”
The girl felt that what people said made sense, so she took the flower pot to the door of the Qingping Inn to sell it. This inn is the best inn in Qingping City, and the price of accommodation is also very expensive, and the cost of staying overnight is enough for the poor to eat for a year.
The people who come to Qingping Inn to stay are either rich or expensive, and these people are the ones who can afford to raise orchids.
Sure enough, as soon as the girl arrived at the Qingping Inn, someone soon made a bid.
A noble lady asked the girl, "Son, how much do you have to sell it?" ”
The daughter immediately followed what her grandfather told her, saying, "Madam, you may not know the benefits of this flower. This flower is called pearl dragon and phoenix orchid, and it is the rarest flower species among orchids.
You see if its stamens are like pearls, each flower has four distinctions, two distinguishes like a dragon, two distinguishes like the wind, subtle and vivid, lifelike.
And the biggest advantage of this flower is that it is safe and relaxing, and if you put the flower in the bedroom, even people who often suffer from insomnia will fall asleep quickly and sleep solidly.
When you are in a bad mood, you can sniff the flowers a few times, and you will feel relaxed and happy, and your troubles will disappear.
As soon as the girl said this, there were more and more onlookers, and there were many people who wanted to buy it, some of them bought it for their own use, some of them bought it for gifts and bribes, some of them sold it to honor their parents, and some people bought it for their lovers.
Whether it's for your own use or as a gift, this orchid is too suitable, too fashionable and too noble. If there are many people buying, there will naturally be bidding. The noble lady was just about to take out the silver ticket, when a man who looked like a petty official said, "Fifteen hundred taels of silver, I want this cost!" ”
"I'll give you two thousand taels." A wealthy businessman said. "Three thousand taels!" A rich man bids. "Five thousand taels!" "Six thousand taels!" ...... "Ten thousand taels!" ”
The little girl was secretly happy, with 10,000 silver, she must be able to invite the best doctor in the city, and her grandfather was saved.
But at this time, a voice sounded like thunder: "Stand away, I want this flower!" ”
A man who looked like a noble boy squeezed in with four or five bodyguards, and one of the bodyguards came to grab the flowers. The bodyguard's hand was about to touch the flower pot, but the flower pot disappeared into the hands of another tall, thin middle-aged man dressed strangely.
The man took a step and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The little girl hadn't eaten for two days, and she saw that the money in her hand was gone, and her grandfather's illness was gone.
The little girl was so angry and hungry that she fell headlong and knew nothing.
Wei Jiewei sympathized with the little girl's experience and persuaded the little girl: "The flowers are gone, and grandpa's illness still needs to be treated." Is that right! Take me to your house and cure your grandfather's illness. ”
Wen Qian and Xiuning pulled the little girl into the inn, bought a table of good dishes in the inn, and said to the little girl: "What's your name, hurry up and eat, eat it and go back to treat your grandfather." ”
The girl, the three nobles, said that they were treating her grandfather, and as soon as they were happy, they felt very hungry. While gobbling it up, he said, "My name is Shan Ying, and I'm twelve years old this year. My father and mother died early, and I relied on my grandfather for my life. ”
While a few people were talking, a group of young men walked to the table, and one of them, who looked like a noble son, said to Wei Jie: "I heard that you have a big Dan, how many are there, sell them to me, I want them all." ”
Hearing this voice, Shanhua seemed familiar, and involuntarily raised her eyes to look at it, and immediately exclaimed: "It's them, the person who robbed my orchid is here." ”
Wei Jie sneered: "What a big Dan, no!" ”
Gui Gongzi said: "Just now I saw that you saved this girl with Da Huandan, how could it not be, you want to lie to me!" Tell you, don't be embarrassed.
If you provoke grandpa to be angry, you will be beaten half to death, and the things on your body will still be mine. Boy, which path would you like to choose? ”
Wei Jie: "You hurt this girl's orchids are gone, I haven't settled accounts with you yet, you sent them to the door." Good! Leave your storage ring as compensation, and get out of here. ”
The noble son laughed: "I often hear people tell jokes, but I have never heard such a good joke!" Boy, do you know who I am, if you don't take out the big pill, you can stand it. ”
Wei Jie: "Don't you say, I know who you are, which pig girl and dog father gave birth to?" ”
Several bodyguards said angrily: "Dare to scold our master, you have a kind!" The master of our family is Hou Jinkui, the head of the Qingping City Branch of the Xiuzhen Sect, and our son is the famous Hou Renjie, now I know, honestly take out the big return pill. ”