CHAPTER XXXII
Yue Xian told the king of Bac Ninh about the ebony Daoren, but he did not mention that the spirit needle was also found to reappear in the rivers and lakes, and before the matter was investigated, Yue Xian was going not to tell the king of Bac Ninh for the time being.
The king of Bac Ninh said: "I can't imagine that this score has such magic! If I hadn't heard what my brother said, I wouldn't have believed it." This sheet music was bought from an antique shop called 'Jingguxuan' in Nanshi, so we might as well go and have a look at it, and maybe we can find some clues. ”
Yue Xian nodded and said, "Okay, if there is nothing to do, let's go and have a look." ”
Nanshi Jingguxuan is not far from here, the four of them do not take a horse or a sedan chair, walk around, but half an hour to arrive. The king of Beining walked in first, looked around, and said, "Huh": "Isn't the shopkeeper Wang here?"
"I'm out, what the guest officer wants to see, please take care of it. A crisp and languid female voice came from within.
Everyone followed the sound and saw a woman in a yellow fir shirt reclining on the table reading a book, and although she knew that someone had come in, she didn't even raise her head.
The king of Bac Ninh said "oh": "It turned out to be a small shopkeeper, disrespectful." ”
"I'm not a shopkeeper. The woman spoke, but her eyes never took off the book. Yue Xian listened to the woman's beautiful voice, and couldn't help but look over carefully, and saw that what she was holding in her hand was actually "Wei Xuanzi", which looked like an ancient book, and the cover was a little broken. I couldn't help but secretly wonder in my heart, this woman looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it was rare for her to be so fascinated by military books.
The king of Bac Ninh smiled and asked, "Then may I ask the girl, when will the king's shopkeeper come back?"
The woman still didn't look up: "I don't know." ”
Although everyone had doubts in their hearts, they saw that there was only one little girl on the other side, so they didn't want to ask too much. The king of Beining looked around in the shop, picked up a delicate small tripod and asked, "May I ask the girl, when is this tripod?"
The woman seemed to be a little impatient: "Guest officer, if you don't even have this eyesight, what are you doing here?"
The king of Bac Ninh couldn't help but be stunned, and when he looked at the woman again, he was still staring at the book in his hand. Yue Xian walked to the side of the King of Beining and whispered softly: "Brother is boring, right?" The King of Beining smiled embarrassedly, shook his head, and said: "Look at this ornament and workmanship, it seems to be from Shang Tang, I don't know how many silver taels it costs?"
Finally, the woman raised her head and said with a little anger: "Eight thousand taels, only cash silver!" Everyone looked at the woman, but saw that she had long hair and a shawl, a ribbon on her head, a beautiful and elegant face, her eyebrows were crooked, and her eyes were bright and shining.
The king of Beining was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Who can go out with eight thousand taels of silver, this is because you don't want to sell it to me, right? It's boring again, just wait for the king's shopkeeper to come back!"
The woman saw Yue Xian looking at her in a daze, her face was even more angry, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly: "You are so unruly, what are you doing staring at me?" Yue Xian's face turned red and sneered: "Rude! Rude! Please atone for the girl's sins." As he spoke, he turned his head to the side and looked aimlessly at the bottles and cans on the counter. The King of Beining leaned into Yue Xian's ear and smiled, "Why is Brother Xian so unrelenting?" Yue Xian's face turned red again, but he didn't speak.
At this time, there was a slight ** sound in the inner hall, which sounded like someone was in pain, and the ears of several people were so keen, they immediately noticed it, and they all looked at the woman.
The woman frowned, and said to herself, "Wake up quickly!" and then turned her head and shouted to the inner hall: "Stinky old man, borrow you a few books to see, and pay you back in a few days." As he spoke, he put away the book in his hand, hugged it in his arms with a few books on the table, and walked out of the store. Yue Xian was stunned for a moment, and immediately chased out, but the woman was nowhere to be seen, so she had to turn back.
The king of Bac Ninh ran into the inner hall and saw the king's shopkeeper lying on the ground, struggling to get up. Fang Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to help the shopkeeper Wang up, and asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, what's wrong with you?"
The shopkeeper Wang saw the person who was coming, so he covered the back of his head and said, "Just now, a girl came in and said that she knew that I had an ancient book of "Wei Xuanzi" and wanted to buy it, so I gave it to her. I said I wanted to read a few other books, and I turned my head to get them for her, but my head hurt and I didn't know anything. ”
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that it must have been the woman's doing. It's just that she looks well-dressed and delicate, and if she were not the daughter of a famous family, she is also a lady of all the people, how could she do such a thing? And it took so much turnover, just to get a few books? After taking the books, why didn't she leave, but sat in the hall and read the books, and even the guests did not care? Everyone's minds were entangled with questions one after another.
Fang Zhu poured a bowl of tea for the shopkeeper Wang, the shopkeeper Wang drank it slowly, his spirit finally improved, and he said slowly: "I'm ashamed, there are guests who come to the door, and the old man can't entertain him, but he wants the guests to serve tea, it's really ashamed!"
The king of Beining said: "They are all old acquaintances, why should the shopkeeper be polite." It's just that the shopkeeper and the girl have some kind of holiday?"
The shopkeeper sighed: "I don't know where the wild girl came from......! It still hurts now!" Everyone was speechless, so they had to comfort the shopkeeper again, and when his mood gradually stabilized, the king of Beining spoke: "Shopkeeper Wang, do you remember the score I bought last time?"
Shopkeeper Wang thought for a moment and said, "Remember." ”
The king of Bac Ninh asked, "Do you remember where this score came from?"
The shopkeeper Wang said: "It seems to be a dead pawn sold by a pawnshop, wait for me to check the account book." With that, he walked to the counter, took out the ledger and flipped through it carefully. After a cup of tea, the shopkeeper Wang said: "I found it, it was sold to me by the shopkeeper Ji of Yunlong Pawnshop." When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and Aemon said, "Yunlong pawnshop, isn't that ......" Yue Xian waved his hand and motioned to Aemon not to say any more. Everyone thanked the king shopkeeper and went out of Jinggufang.
King Beining said: "Brother Xian, didn't you open the Yunlong pawnshop?"
Yue Xian said: "Although I opened it, it's just that this business is all taken care of by Master Ji, and I am a hands-off shopkeeper." Since this matter has landed on one's own home, it must be more convenient. Let's go and ask Master Ji first. "Yunlong Pawnshop and Jinggufang are on the same street, and everyone will arrive soon. When Master Ji saw that the young owner was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him, Yue Xian took out the piano sheet and asked, "Master Ji, do you recognize this piano score?"
Master Ji glanced at it and said, "I recognize, but I sold this score to the king shopkeeper of Jingguxuan, how can it be here with you, young master?"
Yue Xian didn't answer, and continued to ask, "Who did this, do you remember?"
Master Ji shook his head: "This score is not made by others. ”
"Didn't you deserve it?" Yue Xian hurriedly said, "Where did that come from?"
"This was brought from our Yuejian Villa. ”
(End of Chapter 32)