Chapter 2 Jade Pendant

Zhou Changsheng drank the medicine and woke up in less than half a day, which made the hearts of Zhou Youcai and his wife finally let go. It's just that he slept for too long and was a little hungry, and Zhou Changsheng drank a big bowl of goat's milk to be satisfied.

Seeing that the shopkeeper's mind was on Changsheng, Li Da subconsciously touched the jade pendant in his arms with his hand, and thought: "This shopkeeper is so rare and immortal, if he knows that I took Changsheng's jade pendant, he will not be able to hang me up and beat me." Besides, if I sell this jade pendant, I will also be the shopkeeper, who is still angry under your hands, just for those few taels of silver?"

When he arrived at the pawnshop, Li Da saw that there were people in the shop, so he shook outside the shop, but he didn't go in. After the people in the shop left, they slowly walked in.

In fact, the courtiers in this shop had long noticed that Li Da's face was dangling outside the door, but he didn't enter, and he didn't come in until there was no one. It's just that he pretended not to know, and waited for Li Da Mian to come in, and then got up to greet the guests.

The courtier who got up in this pawnshop, surnamed Li, because of a big mole on the corner of his mouth, called him Li Lizi behind his back. No one knows what this Li Lizi originally did, only that he came to Cold Wind City a few years ago and directly opened a pawnshop in the west of the city, because of his generous hands, he slowly gained a firm foothold in Cold Wind City. This is also one of the reasons why Li Da Yan ran all the way from the south of the city to the west of the city, and the second is that the pawnshop in the south of the city is too close to the inn, and there are many people.

Seeing that Li Da was wearing coarse linen clothes with rough hands and feet, Li Zhenzi knew that he was a subordinate who worked hard, so he got up and said, "This benevolent brother is here in the pawnshop, what is the matter?"

Li looked at the guy standing next to him with a big face, but he didn't speak.

Li Yuzi knew it in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Go and make a cup of tea for this brother, and ask for that can of Eagle Peak Sparrow Tongue, you know." Brother please, I don't know what to call a brother?"

Li Da Mian heard the four words of Eagle Peak and Bird's Tongue, knowing that this tea was a tribute, and it was specially paid tribute to the emperor Lao'er to drink, but he didn't expect that he would have such a blessing and be able to taste what this tea tasted like. said: "My surname is Li, you can just call me Brother Li." ”

Li Yuzi pulled out the chair and said: "Brother Li sits first, and his surname is Li, and they all say that the surname Li is a family in the world, and we can be regarded as a family." At this time, the guy walked in with tea.

Li Yuzi said enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, drink tea first, drink tea first, I didn't expect to meet my own family in a foreign land." ”

Waiting for the guy to leave, Li Yuzi casually closed the door and said: "How about it, this tea is good, this is a tribute Eagle Peak Sparrow Tongue, brother, I spent a lot of money to buy one or two from the merchants from the south, if it weren't for the fate of you and me, brother, I wouldn't be willing to drink such a good tea." ”

Tea is indeed good tea, Li Da Mian has never drunk such a delicious tea in his life. I just felt that the aroma of the tea rushed straight to my head from my mouth, and the whole person was refreshed. At the same time, looking at this Li Chaofeng, the more pleasing he looked, he took out the piece of jade from his arms and put it on the table, and said in his mouth: "This is this thing, come to Li Chaofeng with long eyes and see how much silver it can be worth." ”

As soon as Li Da Mian took out the piece of jade from his arms, Li Zhenzi's eyes straightened. He opened a pawnshop, and he has naturally seen a lot of good things, but there is nothing that can compare to this piece of jade. I knew that this Brother Li might have something good on him, but he didn't expect it to be such a superb product. Seeing Li Da's face casually put this jade pendant on the table, he was not afraid of bumping into it, and he knew in his heart that this benevolent brother was afraid that he didn't know the true value of this jade.

Li Yuzi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and pretended to be calm: "This jade is good and bad, it depends on the material, origin, knife work, etc., there is a lot of knowledge in it, since you and I are so fateful, then I will help you grow your eyes first?"

As he spoke, Li Yuzi reached out and picked up the jade pendant from the table. This jade pendant is warm and moist in the hand, and there is no impurity in the whole body, and it is clearly the best Shouyang seed material. This carving, although it is not clear which master's craftsmanship, just look at the smooth lines of the carved auspicious clouds, you can see that it is done in one go. Li Yuzi himself thinks that no one can do auspicious cloud carving in one go, it is simply a miracle. Even the living jade idiot Wang Shushi has no work that can do it. And this jade pendant directly overturned his cognition. It can only be said that the world is so big that there are no surprises.

Li Zhenzi knew very well in his heart that this jade pendant was a priceless treasure, but how could he let this piece of fat that had been eaten in his mouth be swallowed comfortably into his stomach. Li Yuzi decided to make a dangerous move, just to see if he could bluff our big-faced brother.

Li Yuzi forcibly suppressed his pounding heart and said, "Well, Brother Li, it's not that my brother lied to you, your jade pendant is not worth much, that is, a few taels of silver." I have dozens of jade pendants of this style here, and they are on the shelf over there. If you can trust me, I will give you three taels of silver, what do you think?"

Li Da's face was stunned, and he secretly said in his heart: "What, it's worth three taels of silver?" You took this jade pendant and looked at it for a long time, and the green tendons on your neck came out with excitement, so you almost carried the jade in your arms. Really when I'm a fool, you have good tea and good hospitality, just for three taels of silver?

Li stood up with a big face, took the jade pendant from Li Yuzi's hand and put it into his arms and said: "This jade pendant is my family's ancestral thing, if I wasn't in a hurry to use the money, I wouldn't take it out and sell it." I originally thought that this jade pendant could be sold for a few hundred taels of silver so that I could revive the family business, but you said that it was only worth three taels of silver, so I might as well keep it for a thought. Li said with a big face and walked out.

Li Yuzi hurriedly said: "Five taels of silver, no more, you have to let me drink soup." ”

Li Da face was also beating a drum in his heart, is it really only worth so much money? Five taels of silver is not a lot, besides, who will put a thousand taels of jade pendants and babies together. has such a valuable jade pendant, can you still afford to raise a baby if you sell it?

Li Da Yan was about to agree, but Li Zhenzi couldn't help it first, after all, this jade pendant, if he missed it, he would never have such a good opportunity. With a ruthless heart, he took out a packet of medicine from his cuffs, carried Li Da's face on his back, and poured the medicine into the teacup while pouring the tea. He also said: "Brother Li, don't worry, we can't buy and sell benevolence." You can go out and inquire, if anyone pays a higher price than me, you can go and sell it, I have nothing to say. If other people's prices are lower than mine, even if you bring the things, I will still pay five taels of silver, you don't think it will work. If you think it's okay, then sit down and have a cup of tea, and I won't mention the jade pendant. ”

Li Da Yan thought to himself that this Li Chaofeng is really righteous, no matter what, I have at least five taels of silver in my account. Thinking of the taste of the cup of eagle peak sparrow tongue just now, Li Da turned around and sat down, picked up the teacup and drank it. Immediately, I felt a little dizzy, lying on the table unconscious.

At this time, Li Yuzi looked ruthless and vicious, and he was like the two of them just now. There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to throw yourself into. Isn't it good to have five taels of silver, it's too little. I don't want to inquire about your Li Ye's name in the green forest back then. It's just a pity that this shop is gone, but in exchange for a priceless treasure, it still makes a lot of money. As he spoke, he took out the jade pendant from Li Da Face's arms and rubbed it with his hand. With this jade pendant, plus my savings over the years, I should be able to buy a place for an introductory disciple. Hmph, Lei Quan, you wait for Lao Tzu, if you hadn't designed to frame Lao Tzu back then, Lao Tzu would have died in the world. Lao Tzu is now an introductory disciple of the Five Elements Sect. Where are so many years wasted in vain. Anyway, the money has been saved enough, and it is not beneficial to stay in Cold Wind City any longer, so it is better to rush to the Five Elements Gate early. Calculating the time, it is also time for the Five Elements Sect to recruit introductory disciples. Don't leave now, but when. Li Yuzi first dismissed the pawnshop guys, and burned the pawnshop to the ground that night. Li Lizi disappeared from then on.

Wutong Inn, Zhou Youcai and his wife, who were playing with Zhou Changsheng, finally waited for Changsheng, the little ancestor, to get tired of playing and fell asleep, and then remembered that Li Da Mian had not come back yet. Zhou Youcai thought that maybe he was delayed by something, but he didn't see Li Da's face until it was dark, and Zhou Youcai didn't care. The next day, I heard that the pawnshop in the west of the city ran out of water last night, and a good shop burned to the ground, and the boss burned him alive in the pawnshop, and when he picked it up, he didn't even have a human appearance. Zhou Youcai went to the wing room to find Li Da Mian, only to find that Da Mian had not returned overnight, and after waiting for a long time, he still didn't see anyone, so he panicked and hurriedly reported to the official. It's just that the water has just gone out at night, and someone has died, who cares about a person who is temporarily lost, it's just a record, a formality, and in the end, it will naturally be over. It's just that no one would have thought that the person who burned to death in the pawnshop was Li Da Mian.

As the days passed, Zhou Changsheng grew up day by day. Ten years have passed in a flash, and Zhou Changsheng has grown from a baby to a half-sized son today. It's just that in response to Jiang Lao's words, his body bones are a little weaker than his peers, but this is not a big problem, but he has grown up by stumbling.

Today is just stunned, there is a saying in the book, stunned, the spring thunder roars, the thunder gives birth to all things, and all things recover. It happened to be in time for Mr. Gym to have something to do, and he took a day off, but Zhou Changsheng was so happy that he hurriedly called his friends to go out of the city to play together. There are the two cattle of the Wang butcher's family, Li Shan of the Li tailor's family, and Zhang Wenxian of Zhang Xiucai's family. On weekdays, the four of them are the best, and their addresses are relatively close, and they always go together to study in the school. These four people are not fuel-efficient lamps, they have fought with their classmates, quarreled with the teacher, pulled the old man's beard, and painted the cheeks of the little master, they are simply the reincarnation of the demon king of the mixed world. There was nothing to do today, so they left the city early.

Because Cold Wind City is located in the Northern Wilderness, the four seasons are cold, so the folk customs are quite fierce, and martial arts are still in the style, everyone has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they worship those martial arts masters the most. Like the city lord of Cold Wind City, Thunder Sword, the one-handed Wind and Thunder Sword Technique has already entered the hall, almost into the mystery, and can be said to be a first-class master in Cold Wind City.

On the way, Wang Erniu said: "Hey, do you know, I heard that the city lord has now reached the innate realm, and when he enters the innate realm, he will be at the level of a martial arts grandmaster! ”

Li Shan hurriedly answered: "That's it, that's it, I heard my father say that our city lord had worshiped in the Wind and Thunder Mountain in the early years, learned a subtle swordsmanship, and later learned to go down the mountain, go all over the world with a sword, and killed a lot of harmful demons and monsters, falling grass thieves, and later was appreciated by our Yanwu Emperor, so he was named the city lord of Cold Wind City." ”

Zhang Wenxian also said: "I heard that Fenglei Mountain is an immortal sect, and the people inside are all immortals who can call for wind and rain and fly with swords. They drink morning dew in the morning, eat clouds in the evening, collect the essence of the sun and the moon, cultivate the qi of the five elements, and finally become immortals and live forever. ”

Zhou Changsheng said disdainfully: "It's really fake, where are there any immortals, calling the wind and rain, have you ever seen the flying sword? It's still immortal, who of you has ever seen someone who has lived for hundreds of years? Isn't that an old monster? Wen Xian has listened to the drama and heard too much, and the fake is all taken as real, hahaha......"

Zhang Wenxian was so anxious that his face was flushed and said: "Do you believe it or not, anyway, I believe it, how do you know if you haven't seen it?"

A group of four people noisily walked out of the city gate and walked straight to the north pier. It's just that the cold wind city is cold all year round, although it is already a stinging solar term, the snow outside the city has not melted at all, looking up, the eyes are full of silver, and the sky and earth are white, which seems a little lonely. However, the birds and beasts that haunt from time to time have brought a bit of liveliness and vividness to this world.

The wharf is very lively, there are fishermen who have just returned from fishing, there are merchants who have traveled thousands of miles to trade here, there are vendors who have set up some simple shacks on the side of the road to sell some snacks and tea, there are also baggage eaters who carry a sack, and there are also peddlers and pawns who transport goods. The sounds of talking, shouting, quarrelling, and trumpets were intertwined and mixed together, like an invisible torrent, slamming towards the four people who had just arrived.

The four of Zhou Changsheng were like fish in the water, and they disappeared with a brush. First look at this family's fruit cakes, and then look at the candy people sugar cakes of that family, eating the donkey meat of the east family and saying that it is good, and drinking the mutton soup of the west family. After eating and drinking, I don't forget to have a bamboo sword and a wooden knife in my hand, learn from the swordsman and knight, you come and go, huhuhahehe, and keep fighting. Wang Erniu is the strongest among the four and Zhou Changsheng is the most alert and sensitive, these two people are holding bamboo swords and wooden knives, one will be a golden rooster independent style, one will be an immortal guiding style, one will be a river and sea style, one will be a ten thousand swords return to the sect style, Li Shan, Zhang Wenxian begged for mercy again and again. After a while, a few people got tired of playing, and discussed going to the fish market again.

The fish market is not far from Fangshi, and it is next to the North Sea for easy unloading. There are fishing boats coming in and out of the place everywhere, and those with a deep draft are obviously just returning from fishing, and most of the people with a shallow draft have to set sail and go out to sea. Not far from the fish market, there is a large garbage dump, which is the destination of the four Zhou Changsheng and their playground. There are slap shells, colorful conchs, strange-shaped corals, beautiful broken porcelain tiles, and the garbage mountain in the eyes of others is simply a treasure mountain in their eyes.

About ten years ago, Coldwind City had a strange rule, if any fisherman who went out to sea to fish caught something strange, he could go directly to the City Lord's Mansion to exchange for reward. At first, everyone didn't believe it, until someone took a big tattered piece of iron and exchanged it for dozens of taels of silver, and the fishermen who went out to sea began to bring things back. Like shells, corals, rotten wood, pieces of cloth, pieces of iron, and broken porcelain, they all came back in one go. However, only a very small part of it can be exchanged for silver, and most of it is thrown away as garbage on the beach not far away. Over time, it has become a large mountain of garbage.

In the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Lei Jian was drinking tea with a young man wearing a yellow shirt, carrying a long sword and holding a folding fan.

Lei Jian asked: "Senior Brother Bai, you asked me to collect these things before, but I didn't slack off for a moment, and now it's been ten years, and the warehouses in the city are almost full, and the things that Senior Brother is looking for haven't been found yet?"

This Senior Brother Bai glanced up at Lei Jian, took another sip of tea, and said, "This tea is good, go back and wrap me a few catties, and I'll take it back and drink it slowly." Lei Jian, it's not that Senior Brother didn't remind you, you forgot why you were punished by Elder Zhanglu back then? Back then, you were also considered a leading existence among the disciples of the Inner Sect of Wind Thunder Mountain, why haven't you made some progress over the years. The senior brother who should know will naturally tell you, don't ask more if you shouldn't know, and be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth. Okay, Senior Brother should also go back, and by the way, that Senior Sister Jin of yours has officially formed a Taoist couple with Senior Brother Li, so don't be delusional. After speaking, I saw the long sword behind the man in yellow shirt flying out silently, and the man jumped on the flying sword and disappeared into the sea of clouds in an instant.

At this time, in the city lord's mansion, Lei Jian smashed the tea cup in his hand, and said with a hideous face: "Adulterer and adulteress, you wait, sooner or later one day I will let you know what life is better than death!"

In the fish market, as soon as Zhou Changsheng and the four of them arrived at the garbage mountain, they found that there was a group of strangers dressed gorgeously next to the garbage mountain, who were picking and choosing there, obviously having a lot of fun. Zhou Changsheng didn't care, and walked directly towards the garbage mountain.

A little fat man in a silk robe, when he saw the four people coming over, he shouted arrogantly: "Stop, where did you come from, the wild seeds, dressed in tatters, I didn't see your uncle and I here, now this is my territory, don't get out of here!"

This little fat man is obviously arrogant and domineering, and Zhou Changsheng is not a master to be messed with, so he can stand such anger there, so he just waved his fist and went up. The little fat man obviously didn't understand what was going on, and he was punched in the nose, and the blood flowed out instantly.

"You, you pariah, dare to beat me? You dare to beat me?" the little fat man was very angry, and he fought with Zhou Changsheng as he spoke. Zhou Changsheng is a little thin, he is better than being smart, the little fat man is tall, fat and powerful but a little clumsy, the two of you punch me and kick you are inseparable.

Wang Erniu, Li Shan, and Zhang Wenxian took a look, this was worth it, and they rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward. The group of people on the opposite side was obviously not good at stubble, and the two groups of people started to work on the garbage mountain. At first, Zhou Changsheng and the four of them could still deal with it, but they couldn't stand the other party's large number of people, and they fell behind after a while. Zhou Changsheng saw that the momentum was not right, and shouted: "The wind is tight, run", and the four of them ran in different directions. The little fat man was broken by Zhou Changsheng's nose, hated him very much, and was determined to take revenge, chasing Zhou Changsheng to the death.

Zhou Changsheng's body was weaker than ordinary people, and he fought again, and he had no strength for a long time, and when he ran, he felt that his eyes were full of gold stars, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and the more he ran, the slower he became, and he was pushed to the ground by the little fat man who caught up.

"You, dare to beat Lao Tzu, do you know who Lao Tzu is?" The little fat man kicked Zhou Changsheng a few times, and together with a few partners, he took Zhou Changsheng to the garbage mountain.

The little fat man said with a gloomy face: "If you don't get out, you don't get out, if you have to come, you dare to beat me." I'm shouting what's wrong with you wild seeds, ah, believe it or not, I'll kill you!" he said and took out a dagger out of nowhere and gestured at Zhou Changsheng's face. "Come, good son, kneel down and shout Daddy and I'll let you go, hahaha......"

Zhou Changsheng was almost angry, he had never been insulted like this in his life, and his eyes were staring at the little fat man. Suddenly, Zhou Changsheng felt as if his head had exploded, everything in front of him slowed down, and even his voice slowed down. The whole world seemed to be trapped in a transparent paste, and Zhou Changsheng struggled with the last of his strength, broke away his hands, and grabbed the dagger.

At this moment, that wonderful feeling disappeared in an instant. The little fat man suddenly saw that Zhou Changsheng's freed hands were grabbing the dagger, and subconsciously stabbed down.

With a pop, the sharp dagger was plunged directly into Zhou Changsheng's chest.