Five days later, in the evening.

Pingjiang Mansion, the first silk village green silk workshop has just closed, and after another day of prosperous business, the big shopkeeper and more than a dozen guys are busy in the shop. The abacus crackled, the shopkeeper carefully calculated the profit and loss of the day, and the men went to the carriage outside, carrying the silk and satin cloth that would be sent to the branches tomorrow.

In the dim street, the dusty Liu Xunyi came quickly, and held the reins in front of the green silk mill, accompanied by a loud neigh, and several guys who were moving goods were also startled by the sudden arrival of the horse.

"Oh, who is this? Why are you still riding a horse in the street?"

Liu Xunyi ignored the complaints of the guys, turned over and dismounted, and strode towards the green silk workshop, the two guys hurriedly rushed forward to stop Liu Xunyi, and hurriedly said: "This guest master, we have closed, if you want to buy cloth, please come back tomorrow!"

"It's not about buying cloth. Liu Xunyi arched his hand to the two guys, "Master Zhou of the Qing Silk Workshop in Pingjiang Mansion is a well-informed master, who has been in business for more than 40 years and has been doing cloth business. I have something to ask for today, so I came to meet Master Zhou. Please also ...... you."

"Don't you buy cloth?" Before Liu Xunyi finished speaking, the two guys were already extremely impatient and hurriedly pushed Liu Xunyi out, and one of them complained angrily, "Why don't you buy cloth and make a mess here?" Our guys are busy and don't have time to greet you, let's go!"

"I came from Quanzhou and passed through more than a dozen silk villages along the way, and none of them were as rude as your green silk factory. Liu Xunyi said quite unhappily, "That's it, I won't argue with you, you invite Master Zhou to come out, even if it is a refusal, it should be his refusal, and it is not your turn to turn me away." ”

"I said you kid is looking for trouble, isn't it?" A tall and fat guy took off the cloth on his shoulders, stepped forward menacingly, and shouted, "Our green silk workshop is a place to do business, not a temple and Taoist temple, nor a school academy, you are in the wrong place if you want to find someone who understands etiquette." Acquaintances, hurry up, don't delay our work. ”

"I can give you money, please let me know......"

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to hand over a few copper plates in his hand, the fat guy waved his big hand, knocked over four or five copper plates to the ground, and shouted impatiently: "We don't lack your two copper plates, hurry up! You don't inquire about where the green silk workshop is, and then dare to die and pester, beware of me letting the government arrest you in prison!"

Before the words fell, the fat guy had already turned around and walked into the green silk workshop with a sigh of relief.

Behind the counter, the big shopkeeper with thin eyebrows and small eyes seemed to have a fox face, and at this moment he was lying next to the candlestick, crackling with an abacus in his left hand, and writing something on the account book with a brush in his right hand. Seeing the fat guy come in, the big shopkeeper asked without raising his head, "What was the movement outside just now?"

"I don't know where a poor boy came out, and he still wants to see our master in tatters. The fat guy replied, "Looking at his poor and sour appearance, I guess I can't even afford to buy one of our worst cloths." ”

"Surely you are not a distinguished guest?" the big shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at the fat fellow, "Don't forget the lesson of last month, we will lose a big business." ”

"Definitely not. The fat guy swore and laughed, "I already know our guests, the kid outside is not a local when he hears the accent, and he is a poor man named Huazi from outside, and he wants to ask our master for some gold and silver." ”

The big shopkeeper nodded lightly and said, "Then hurry up and go farther, don't let outsiders see and affect our business." If you can't do it, throw him a few copper plates......"

"You don't need to spend that money, I reprimanded me just now, and now I guess I'm gone. As he spoke, the fat man picked up a roll of black cloth and turned to walk out, but suddenly he heard a noisy noise outside.

"What's going on?"

The big shopkeeper hurriedly threw down the pen and walked out, but before he and the fat guy walked out of the green silk workshop, they saw two figures screaming like kites with broken strings and flying in, and the two smashed directly on the fat guy, and the three of them hit a piece of meat and eight vegetables, and immediately fell into a piece.

"Who?" the big shopkeeper looked at the three guys lying on the ground in surprise, curled up and rolling, and just wanted to look up, but saw a cold sword, which was pointing directly at his eyebrows at the moment, so frightened that the big shopkeeper's body trembled, and he almost collapsed on the ground.

The fat guy who rolled into the corner saw that the situation was not good, and struggled to get up and wanted to run outside. Liu Xunyi casually raised his foot and kicked the roll of black cloth that had just fallen to the ground, and flew to the fat guy who had just stood up with a "whoosh", accompanied by a muffled sound and a scream, the heavy black cloth smashed the fat guy to the ground, and he couldn't get up again for a long time.

"This ...... This guest master ...... What is there to discuss......" The big shopkeeper begged for mercy tremblingly, "Do you want money or cloth, just open your mouth......"

Liu Xunyi sighed and shook his head gently, and said, "You people are really toasting and not eating and drinking, and when you are polite, you are arrogant. Now that I am being rude to you, you have become polite. Where is your Master Zhou? I have something to see him. ”

"I don't know what this guest master is looking for the old man?"

In the inner hall of the green silk workshop, an old man who was nearly seventy years old walked out, this person was dressed in silk and satin, and he was a rich and noble person at a glance. When the old man saw the men wailing all over the ground, he couldn't help frowning, and asked, "What does this mean, Master Ke? You don't have to hurt people when you do business, right?"

"I'm afraid that if I don't hurt them, Master Zhou won't come out to see me. Liu Xunyi said lightly, "I want to ask Master Zhou for help with something, and I will pay to make up for the losses caused to your shop today." ”

Master Zhou looked at Liu Xunyi, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Please also invite the guest to speak in the inner hall." ”

In the inner hall, Liu Xunyi handed the two rags to Master Zhou and asked him to look at them carefully, while he sat on the side with bated breath, although he was extremely nervous, he never dared to take a breath of air, for fear of disturbing Master Zhou's train of thought.

"These two pieces of black cloth belong to the same robe, and the cloth is also a very common muslin cloth. Master Zhou looked at the two black cloths on the table, and said unhurriedly, "This kind of cloth can be found in any cloth shop in the world, and it is not a rare thing." ”

"What Master Zhou said is the same as what more than a dozen shopkeepers said before. Liu Xunyi nodded and said, "Because of this, I would like to ask Master Zhou to take a closer look, can you see a more detailed origin with these two rags......?" Where is it made, and where does this weaving come from?"

Master Zhou shook his head and smiled: "This kind of fine cloth is all over the world, and this kind of warp and weft weaving is also the basis of female workers.

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi's face couldn't help but darken, and he muttered to himself: "In this way, wouldn't it be impossible to find out the origin of that person from these two rags......

"Huh?"

Just when Liu Xunyi was disheartened, Master Zhou suddenly let out a light cry of surprise, only to see him carefully take one of the rags to the candle flame, take the glass lens and take a closer look.

After a while, Master Zhou picked up a long needle, carefully flicked it on the rag a few times, and then slowly peeled off a thread that was no more than two or three points long and finer than a hair.

"Master Zhou, what is this?"

"Shhh Then he took the thread to the candle flame and burned it, but strangely the blazing candle flame did not burn it. See this scene. Liu Xunyi's face couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"Master Zhou, this ......" Liu Xunyi seemed to be infected by Master Zhou's caution, and subconsciously asked with a boo, "Why is this not on fire?"

Master Zhou held the thread in his palm and slowly stretched out in front of Liu Xunyi, with a look of concern. Liu Xunyi was like a second monk who couldn't figure it out at all, and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

"Green silk!" replied with a solemn expression.

"Silk?" Liu Xunyi looked at the small piece of cyan thread in astonishment, and his eyes were even more puzzled, "Shouldn't silk be white? Why is it cyan?"

Master Zhou shook his head solemnly, and said, "Didn't Master Hakka hear what I said just now? This is not ordinary silk, but a rare treasure in the world, green silk." The clothes woven from green silk are called green silk armor, and it is said that they are invulnerable to knives and guns, and water and fire are invulnerable. ”

"Qing Sijia?" Liu Xunyi was taken aback when he heard this, and then his brows tightened, and his mind quickly recalled what he had seen and learned in the Tianji Pavilion Library Building, he had indeed seen the name Qing Sijia, but he couldn't think of the root cause for a while.

Master Zhou continued: "Can you tell me bluntly that this rag is ......?"

"It was taken from a man. Liu Xunyi said, "As expected, the person is still wearing a layer of green silk armor inside his coat, so he will only bring a strand of green silk when he grabs this rag." ”

"That's right. Master Zhou nodded and said, "Those who can wear green silk armor must be either rich or expensive." ”

"Either rich or noble?" Liu Xunyi frowned, carefully recalling all the scenes about the man in black in the Lu Mansion that day, and thought to himself: "That person should not be a rich and noble person, otherwise he would never have personally stepped forward to take risks." Since the man in black was not rich, where did his green silk armor come from? either borrowed or stolen, or someone gave it to him......

Thinking of this, Liu Xunyi raised his eyebrows and asked: "Dare to ask Master Zhou, you said that this green silk armor is worthy of being owned by people who are either rich or noble, so do you know how many green silk armors there are in this world? Who has this kind of green silk armor?"

"As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any dignitary in the world who has a green silk armor. But it's no wonder that even if this kind of treasure exists, it will definitely be hidden tightly, how can it be told to outsiders?" Master Zhou smiled bitterly, "So the old man doesn't know." ”

Liu Xunyi replied undeniably: "Yes, how can such treasures be easily lent to outsiders? Possessing green silk armor will definitely be worn on the body day and night, in case of emergency, and how can it be easily stolen by others? Not to mention that there was no wind and grass in the rivers and lakes a few days ago, I think it should not be stolen, could it be that this green silk armor is the man in black's own ......" muttered this, Liu Xunyi hurriedly changed his words and asked, "Dare to ask where can green silk come from?"

Master Zhou smiled bitterly: "Master Ke's words are wrong, there is only one place in the world that can produce green silk, and that is the parasitic place of the snow mountain cold silkworm, the Tianshan Cold Mountains." ”

"Tianshan Hanling ......," Liu Xunyi frowned tightly and muttered to himself again and again. Suddenly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"I remembered, the Tianshan Cold Mountains, the top of the Jade Dragon. Qing Sijia is the head of the four great pagan sects, the 'Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace', one of the treasures of the three major town sects. ”

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