Chapter 028: Obscure
As soon as he paused, the door was already buzzing open, and a middle-aged scholar came out of it carrying two loads of books and 'whirring'.
Looking closely, where is this middle-aged and down-and-out literati, obviously still a young man.
He was in his twenties, dressed in a starched, white, patched gown, with his hair dishevelled over his head, and a scruffy beard, as if he hadn't woken up.
He walked a few steps with his burden on his shoulder, and then he stopped and gasped for breath, as if he was very tired, and even his body looked rickety.
Wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, the young man looked at Yao Qian and said, "Do you want to buy books? If you don't buy them, leave quickly, there is nothing here to worry about." ”
The down-and-out young man apparently saw him as a buyer or a thief.
Yao Qian didn't mind, he went up the steps in three or two steps and came to the door of the mansion.
Glancing at the books stacked in the burden, Jing Shi Ziyi and other kinds of things were piled up together, as if they were cleaning up the rags.
"How much do these books cost? If they're cheap, I'll take them. ”
Yao Qian said indifferently.
But when these words fell into the ears of the down-and-out young man, they were like hearing the sound of heaven, and his face was overjoyed, and he said: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, you can give five taels of silver so much." ”
"Five taels?"
Yao Qian was surprised, could this guy be a thief himself?
Although he did not know the value of books in this world, he also knew that in this kind of world similar to ancient China, books were generally in the hands of high-ranking families, and the inheritance of knowledge could only be cultivated by scholars.
The average poor family can't even afford to buy books, let alone read them.
This has also caused the monopoly of books and the fact that books are becoming more and more expensive, but in front of me, there are so many books, at least dozens of them, even if they are ordinary and common books, five taels is too cheap.
The down-and-out young man seemed to see his thoughts, smiled bitterly, and said.
"Do you think these books are too cheap and think that there is a problem with my identity, but this is not necessary, who wants to be involved and involved with the Lu Mansion now?"
When Yao Qian heard this, he understood that he had also heard about this family in the restaurant, and it was the only one he had found that might be sneaky.
This was originally a wealthy businessman in Pingyang, with a lot of wealth, and even the caravan had several teams of people, passing through the state and county, and all kinds of goods were transferred and transported, and there were nearly 100 people in the escort team alone, even in the entire Binh Duong, it was also the top group of wealthy businessmen.
But just two months ago, strange things suddenly happened in the Lu Mansion one after another, first the guards of the escort team died mysteriously, and one after another, causing panic in the mansion, a large number of people left, and the caravan could not operate, and then the minions in the mansion also began to die, and finally even the head of the Lu Mansion suddenly died, and in the end, the entire Lu Mansion was separated, and only the only son remained in the mansion and did not escape.
Comparing the news he heard in the restaurant, he looked at the tired face in front of him with an old face, gray temples, a rickety body, and a lifeless tired face, which was actually the only young man in the Lu Mansion?
Yao Qian really couldn't believe that a person could change so much.
But in an instant, he was happy in his heart.
The things in Lu Mansion happened so strangely, and even oppressed a young man to what he is now, but it may have something to do with the sneaky things he was looking for.
Thinking like this, his face was silent, and he said: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood Lu Gongzi, I want all these books, I don't know if there are any other books in the house?"
Lu Gongzi didn't seem to be surprised, and he didn't blame him at all.
On the contrary, when he heard that he was going to continue to buy books, his old pale face was full of joy, and he said, "There are still many books in the house, but they are ......."
"What's the matter? Can I follow Childe into the mansion to have a look? If I can, I can buy all the books. ”
Yao Qian heard that there was some emotion in his words, but he seemed to have an unspeakable appearance, and immediately hit the railway while it was hot.
He had to follow up to see, otherwise how to determine if there was really something sneaky in the Lu Mansion as he guessed.
In the past two days, he has heard a lot of similar news from the restaurant, and he has also gone to several places, but they have all returned in vain, and he has not found any sneaky things at all, which makes him extremely disappointed.
"This ...... This...... This ......"
Lu Gongzi's face was full of hesitation and hesitation, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and continued to speak.
"If you don't hide it from this son, you don't want to let your son enter the house, it's really ...... Ay...... Xiaosheng's family is in the middle of the road, and there are many disasters, and everyone rumors that there are unclean things in the house......"
Lu Gongzi's face was entangled, and his forehead wrinkled into the word 'Sichuan' before he stammered.
Yao Qian was slightly surprised in his heart, this Lu Gongzi was not like the son of a wealthy businessman, but like a kind-hearted scholar, with a very high bottom line in his heart.
Zi Bu was silent, and Lu Gongzi was serious. ”
He pretended not to believe it, reprimanded Lu Gongzi, and continued.
"My generation of scholars, a righteous person, how can I believe in the things of gods and ghosts, even if there are unclean things, there is also a heroic righteousness to protect the body, and how can these ghosts and ghosts be close, besides, Lu Gongzi don't forget, the six arts of the gentleman, the number of Lile shooting royal books, it's good that they don't appear in front of me, if they appear in front of a certain one, a certain knife, no, a sword chops it. ”
With that, he raised his legs and walked into the Lu Mansion.
Lu Gongzi originally wanted to hold him, but when he stretched out his hand, he put it down, sighed deeply in his mouth, and walked back behind him.
A penny is hard to beat a hero!
He originally thought that once he said something about gods and ghosts, he would scare the young man in front of him, and it was even possible to run away.
After all, he had encountered a similar situation during this time, and as soon as the other party heard about his Lu Mansion, he immediately said goodbye and left with a pale face, how dare he stay in the slightest.
It is precisely because of this that he picks out books to sell every day, and the price is so low.
Who would have thought that today he would meet such a young man who was stupid in reading, thinking that he could compete with sneaky with his heroic righteousness and swordsmanship that couldn't even kill chickens?
"Does he really think that these sneaky girls are just like the fox girl scholars as they say in the book, with red sleeves and fragrance?"
Lu Gongzi sneered in his heart, only he knew the weirdness and bizarre nature of the disaster in his own family, and he even invited all the eminent monks and immortals around Pingyang City to come and do it, but to no avail.
Yao Qian didn't know what Lu Gongzi was thinking at this time, but even if he knew, he would just smile.
As soon as he passed through the courtyard gate and walked into the Lu Mansion Mansion, he felt a chill all over his body, as if a cool air lingered around him, and goosebumps appeared unconsciously.
He looked up at the sky, the sun was still hanging high in the sky, and the sun fell on the courtyard, but instead of the slightest warmth, it seemed gloomy and dark.
"Is it really weird?"