Chapter 14: Arriving in the Willows
As a coastal city in Zhongzhou, Liuzhong has developed river transportation and a large flow of people.
Several cargo ships were docked on the edge of the bustling wharf, and many young men carried various goods on their backs, carrying the goods on board to the wharf.
A passenger ship was docked on the shore, and the old man took out a linen cable from the cabin and tied it to a stake by the dock.
Xiao Yueming took out the broken silver from his arms, paid the fare, and walked off the dock.
The streets were crowded with people, and the small vendors shouted loudly with all their might, and it was a lively scene.
Xiao Yueming was dressed in green clothes, with a handsome face and outstanding temperament, which attracted the attention of some people around him, and they were all wondering which son-in-law this was coming out to play.
"Xu's Mansion is almost here, I haven't seen him for a year since I said goodbye last time, and this time I say goodbye to Uncle Xu, so I can't leave empty-handed. "
"But what should I give?
On the corner of the street, an antique shop appeared in sight, Xiao Yueming touched the silver ticket in the placket, and slowly walked into the antique shop.
"Yo, officer, what do you want to buy?"
The shopkeeper looked handsome and dressed extraordinarily, and at first glance he was a wealthy customer, and he immediately smiled and had a warm attitude.
"I want to buy something and give it away. Xiao Yueming replied.
"Give it away, I don't know who it's for?"
"Elders in the Family"
"Give it to the elders in the family, the son is really both virtuous and courteous, please come here."
The shopkeeper immediately introduced Xiao Yueming into the inner hall, and did not mention the defective objects placed outside.
The shopkeeper pointed to a carving about a foot high and said, "Childe, please see, this carving is the most famous Baiyue Tower in Xianzhou, using the top Huanglongyu, the carving work of Master Lai." "
Xiao Yueming looked at the Baiyue Tower carved by Huanglongyu, and thought: "This Baiyue Tower is good, but I remember that there seems to be a similar one in Uncle Xu's study, which is half a person high." "
"Boss, how much is this Baiyue Building worth?" Xiao Yueming asked.
"This Baiyue Building is the top collection of the small shop, and it should not be sold if it is less than six hundred taels, but today I saw that Gongzi was very angry and had an extraordinary temperament, and I made an exception, five hundred and eighty taels, which can be regarded as making friends with Gongzi.
The shopkeeper touched the mustache on the side of his mouth and said with a smile.
When Xiao Yueming heard this, she didn't answer, pointed to a porcelain vase next to her and asked, "What about this?"
"Oh, Gongzi is really good eyesight, this is the treasure of my store, the red cloud painting show bottle, this is the tribute of the Western Regions Dynasty back then, maybe this is the only one in this world, if Gongzi sincerely wants, the price is nine hundred and sixty taels.
The smile on the shopkeeper's face was even worse.
Xiao Yueming frowned slightly, not because she was distressed about money, but because there were too many of these things in Uncle Xu's house, and it didn't make sense to give them away.
Looking around the rows of wooden shelves, there are a lot of goods here, ancient bottles, calligraphy and paintings, jade carvings, everything, suddenly, a wooden corner of the goods attracted Xiao Yueming's attention.
"Boss, show me that piece of jade. "
Xiao Yueming pointed to a wooden grid in the innermost part and said.
The shopkeeper took out a piece of jade from the wooden lattice and handed it to Xiao Yueming.
"This is an ordinary piece of red jade, or the leftovers of carving, if the son likes it, it will be given to the son as a gift. The owner explained.
Xiao Yueming looked at the palm-sized red jade in her hand, and remembered the wood carving villain carved by Sister Muyin, and couldn't help but have a way.
"Boss, I want this piece of red jade, how much is it. "
When the shopkeeper saw that Xiao Yueming wanted to buy this red jade, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted and said with a smile: "Since the son wants this red jade, then give it to the child, I hope I can take care of the small shop more in the future." "
When Xiao Yueming heard that the shopkeeper didn't collect the money, he took a deep look at the smiling boss and said, "Then thank you boss." "
Sending Xiao Yueming out of the door, the shopkeeper came to the back hall and rubbed his stiff face that was smiling, at this time, a young man ran to the shopkeeper and said:
"Master, why did you give that piece of red jade to that person, I came in for a long time, I thought he was going to buy something good, so I picked a piece of broken red jade. "
The shopkeeper knocked on his apprentice's head and said, "You know a fart, you look at that boy's bearing, dress, it must not be simple, how much can a piece of red jade be worth?" "
Outside the store, Xiao Yueming walked to the door, looked up at the plaque of the store, Liu Ji antique shop, silently remembered the name of the store, Xiao Yueming walked into the distance.
"Gotta find a secluded place and get the presents ready. "
Xiao Yueming thought about it, so he turned around and walked towards the alley, just when he walked around the corner, a drunk man bumped into him, full of alcohol, Xiao Yueming frowned slightly, and the hilt of Qingyuan's sword gently pushed down the drunkard's lower abdomen, and immediately turned him over.
"Don't you have long eyes, do you know who I am, ah, dare to provoke me, I can't kill you!" the drunkard sat on the ground, his face ruddy, and opened his mouth to scold.
Xiao Yueming looked at the drunk man who was full of swear words indifferently, didn't say a word, and then turned to leave, Xiao Yueming didn't expect this drunk man's legs and feet to be so vain, he just wanted to push him away, but he didn't expect to put this drunk man on his heels.
This matter was just a small episode for Xiao Yueming, and it was forgotten after a while.
In a remote alley, Xiao Yueming looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he took out the red jade from the wooden box.
Throwing up the red jade in his hand, Xiao Yueming pulled out the Qing Yuan with his right hand, and carved it on the jade with the tip of the sword as the blade.
"Zheng Zheng Zheng~"
The sword qi in mid-air was vertical and horizontal, Xiao Yueming used the Twelve Leaf Chopping Styles to inject the sword intent cultivation of the unity of human and sword into the red jade, and after a while, Qing Yuan returned to the sheath, and the red jade fell from mid-air, and Xiao Yueming caught it with one hand.
The palm-sized red jade plate lay quietly in the palm of his hand, and a black maple island was carved on the jade stone that revealed the red light, Xiao Yueming's carving skills were not very good, and he could only carve with kendo cultivation, so the carving of the red jade plate could only be regarded as mediocre.
Xiao Yueming looked at the ordinary red jade card in the palm of his hand, and the internal force was injected into the jade card, and suddenly, the red jade card burst out with amazing sword intent, the internal force was withdrawn, and the sword intent disappeared suddenly, taking out the wooden box given by the shopkeeper, carefully putting in the jade card, closing the lid, Xiao Yueming nodded with satisfaction.
Xufu
There are several carriages parked outside the Xu Mansion, the carriages are richly decorated, the horses are fine, and they look quite extraordinary.
Xiao Yueming stood outside the Xu Mansion, looking at these carriages, with a somewhat puzzled expression: "Could it be a special day today?" Shaking his head, Xiao Yueming didn't think much about it, and walked towards the Xu Mansion.