Ling'er scratched her head and said with a smile: "I don't blame him for wondering, it's all rich families who add men to scatter their wealth, let's open a new store, what about the scattered wealth?"

"You haven't seen it, the people in the capital haven't seen it either, everyone is curious about things you haven't seen, and this curiosity will come up and take a look. Looking at this, don't you know that there is a pawn shop called Xi Yintang that has opened?" Yuan Xi wiped his palms with a handkerchief: "There was a poet named Chen Ziang in the Tang Dynasty, he was still an unknown when he first arrived in Chang'an, so he spent 1,000 taels of gold to buy a guqin, and made an appointment to play it in public the next day. The next day, people were curious to come to listen to the piano, but he broke the piano in public, took out the poem manuscript and distributed it to everyone, and became famous in Chang'an for a while. Compared to him, we are still far behind. ”

was chatting, and suddenly a tall man broke in, he turned the door very high, and shouted when he entered the door: "I heard that your store is open today, and the brothers are coming to ask for a deal!"

Liu Tianbao glanced at Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi nodded slightly, and Liu Tianbao smiled and said, "It's easy to say, one penny of silver per person." ”

As soon as the man heard that he had been given a penny of silver, he was annoyed: "What's the matter, the third lady of the Wei family's shop will give a penny of silver?

Yuan Xi walked over slowly, and saw more than a dozen men standing outside the door, all of whom were tall and big, and they were by no means good. Yuan Xi gave a salute and said with a smile: "How much do you want?"

The man looked Yuan Xi up and down: "Not much, one hundred taels per person." ”

The opening is more than a thousand taels of silver, and it is by no means an ordinary gangster, who is clearly deliberately looking for trouble. Yuan Xi gave Liu Tianbao a look and motioned him to stop. Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Yo, more than a thousand taels, so many I can't be a maid, how many masters don't go to the street to find my third lady, she will scatter money at the street." ”

The man who took the lead pondered, anyway, he didn't come for the silver, he was here to smash the field, the third lady was not there, who was the field to smash? ”

The troublemakers rushed to the corner of the street, and Yuan Xi turned around and hurriedly ordered: "Close the door quickly, and open the door board." The two men worked together, and as soon as they turned around, they locked the doors and windows.

Liu Tianbao has been in a pawn shop for so many years, and he has seen a scoundrel, but he has never seen such a blatant troublemaker, and he is also a little dazed: "Third Miss, we have escaped today, what will we do tomorrow? They can't find you on the street, and they will definitely come to make trouble tomorrow." ”

Shopkeeper Wang He took off his hat: "I'll report to the official." ”

"Slow," Yuan Xi stopped his way: "Now who are you going to report to the official to arrest? ”

Wang He breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what should I do?"

Yuan Xi pondered for a moment and asked, "It just so happens that the four of you are here, I want to open the cabinet and find two dead antiques to come out." The shopkeeper Li Lin took the key, and Liu Tianbao stopped him: "Third Miss, don't you want to use antiques to please those people?"

Yuan Xi snorted indifferently: "I please them, don't ask, hurry up and find two decent ones, I have something useful." ”

Chao Feng Ruan Er chose two things, one is a Lantian Moyu snuff bottle, and the other is a sterling silver gilt luan bird ornament. Wrapped in a brocade box and handed it to Ling'er, a carriage was already waiting at the back door of the pawn shop. Yuan Xi saw that everyone was flustered, so he smiled and said, "You can go back with confidence, come tomorrow as usual, I promise that tomorrow will be fine." Liu Tianbao and Wang He glanced at each other, and had to order the young men to disperse.

Yuan Xi got into the carriage and told the coachman to go to the official mansion Lan's house. As soon as Mrs. Lan heard that it was the three girls of the Wei family, she hurriedly asked someone to bring them into the house, and there was a smart-looking little girl in Mrs. Lan's room, who was about the same age as herself, and it must be Miss Lan. Yuan Xi gave a salute: "Wei Yuanxi has seen Madame, Miss." ”

Mrs. Lan smiled and beckoned her to sit down: "What a coincidence, I just got two things, and I was looking for you to palm, and you came." Miss Lan was not interested in antiques, and beckoned the girl to play in the snow in the yard.

Yuan Xi smiled: "What a coincidence, the little girl's pawn shop has just opened, and she received two good things and specially brought them to Madame." ”

"Send?" Mrs. Lan was a little surprised by this word, and when Ling'er opened the brocade box, she was even more surprised. Although I don't know much about goods, good things are good things, and I have a different extravagance at a glance. Mrs. Lan held the Luan bird ornament with both hands, and couldn't help but admire: "It's so beautiful." ”

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "This ornament is for Madame, and this snuffbox is for Lord Lan." ”

Mrs. Lan was a little embarrassed, she shouldn't have accepted it so straightforwardly, but she really liked these two things. smiled and said, "It's hard for you to still think about him." ”

Yuan Xi glanced into the courtyard: "The little girl has never seen Miss before, so I don't know what to send." I've seen it now, and the next time I receive something suitable for Miss in my store, I'll send it to Miss. ”

Mrs. Lan was even more overjoyed when she heard this, and took Yuanxi's hand and smiled: "Good girl, you are so young at this age, but you are so thoughtful in your words and deeds, it is really annoying." If only my jade was half as smart as you. ”

Yuan Xi took advantage of the situation and said: "If Mrs. doesn't dislike it, I will recognize Mrs. as a godmother, the little girl has no mother since she was a child, and she feels very close when she sees Mrs. Without waiting for Mrs. Lan to agree, Yuan Xi had already knelt down and kowtowed, but Mrs. Lan didn't think anything about it, so she simply admitted it, and hurriedly asked the maid to pick up Yuan Xi: "Good daughter, you will call me godmother in the future." ”

Yuan Xi struck while the iron was hot, revealing a trace of sadness: "Now that I recognize my mother, my daughter will not hide it from you." My daughter really encountered something today, I don't know what to do, and I want to ask my godmother to help my daughter get an idea. ”

As soon as Mrs. Lan asked, Yuan Xi told Mrs. Lan about the troublesome man. Mrs. Lan was slightly angry: "This is too unusual, the opening is more than a thousand taels, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can they be allowed to be so vicious." If I don't know about this, I will let them know it, and I will not have their good fruit to eat. You don't have to be afraid, the store will open as usual tomorrow, and I will see who dares to make trouble. ”

Yuan Xi is happy, with this sentence, she can have no fear. Mrs. Lan and Lord Lan have a harmonious relationship, as long as Mrs. Lan helps blow the wind on the pillow, Lord Lan can suppress things with a little thumb.

In the early morning of the next day, the snow began to fall in the sky, Yuan Xi stood in front of the door wearing a jade-colored cloak to breathe, Liu Tianbao rubbed his hands and came over: "Third Miss, what should I do if those people come to make trouble again today?"

"What should I do? Officers and soldiers will do it. Yuan Xi was saying, the two teams of officers and soldiers who came on, and the officer led by him bowed his head to Yuan Xi slightly: "Miss Wei, we are here to protect your safety on the orders of Lord Lan." ”

Liu Tianbao was startled, and Shengsheng was startled by this sentence and bit his tongue. Yuan Xi slowly bowed: "Thank you, Master Jun." Liu Tianbao hurriedly pulled Yuan Xi and said, "Third Miss, two teams of officers and soldiers are standing at the door of our store, who dares to come in and pawn?"

Yuan Xi thought about it, so he took a piece of five taels of spindles from his purse, and said with a smile: "If the military master is standing here, he must scare those thieves away, and we can't do business." Why don't you invite the military master to sit and drink tea in the teahouse opposite, and when those thieves come, I will ask someone to invite the military master?" said and handed the silver to the officer. The officer tossed his weight and beckoned people to go to the teahouse opposite.

Liu Tianbao felt more and more that he had underestimated the third miss before, and hurriedly chased after him: "Third miss, do you still know Lord Lan?"

Yuan Xi stared at him suddenly, and said in a low voice: "Yes, Mrs. Lan is my godmother." Liu Tianbao swallowed his saliva and didn't answer.

At noon, when the sun was shining, the troublemakers yesterday broke into Xiyin Hall again, or yesterday, the person took the lead, and when he came in, he began to smash, Yuan Xi gave Ling'er a look, and Ling'er hurriedly took advantage of the chaos to get out.

"You're the third lady, aren't you? The man grabbed a round pier and walked towards Yuan Xi, who took a few steps back: "Who asked you to come? I'll give you double the money and tell me who asked you to come!"

"Tell you, I'll tell you after I finish pumping!" said and smashed the round pier over, as soon as Yuan Xi dodged, he pounced, Liu Tianbao pulled Yuan Xi aside, and he tore him up.

"Who's making trouble! Arrest them all!" The two teams of officers and soldiers rushed in and pushed the people who were falling to the ground. Ling'er rushed over and grabbed Yuanxi: "Miss, are you okay?"

Yuan Xi shook his head, and saw that Liu Tianbao's forehead was bleeding, so he instructed Ling'er: "You go find some white medicine and cloth." ”

The officer gave Yuan Xi a hand, and took the troublemakers out of Xiyin Hall one by one, and the ordinary people watching the excitement outside the door whispered one after another, saying that there were official forces in Xiyin Hall and something like that. Liu Tianbao smiled and shook his head: "Come on, now, the reputation of our Xiyintang can be regarded as a hit." ”

"Come here, I'll help you get some medicine. Ling'er put down the medicine tray and greeted Liu Tianbao. Yuan Xi took the cotton and dipped it in some white medicine: "I'll come." ”

Liu Tianbao was a little shy, Wang He, Ruan, Er, and Li Lin all held back their laughter, and Liu Tianbao's mouth trembled: "Third Miss, I'll do it myself, in fact, I don't need it, we are usually rough, I really don't need to ......"

couldn't help but say, the medicine in Yuan Xi's hand had been pressed against his wound, causing him to gasp, and Ling Er smiled: "I'm almost thirty years old, and I'm still afraid of pain." ”

Yuan Xi rubbed the medicine and said: "Don't look at me so gratefully, one yard to one yard, if you hadn't pulled me just now, I would have been the one who was injured, I don't want to owe you a favor." Won-hee wiped the medicine and wrapped a few more strips of white cloth around his head. Give him the rest of the medicine: "Usually change it diligently, and the wound will scab over." ”

Liu Tianbao snorted, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence: "No one has ever been so good to me like Miss San." ”

Yuan Xi had married someone in her previous life, and in the face of Liu Tianbao's expression, it was not difficult for her to guess that Liu Tianbao had a good impression of herself at the moment, but she didn't want to let this kind of thinking continue to spread, so she smiled indifferently: "Then work hard in Xiyintang." ”