Gao Jie looked at the middle-aged drunk man playfully, and said lightly: "Since Your Excellency took my and my friend's belongings, why didn't you leave immediately, and rushed to return the goods to their original owners, I don't know what the purpose is?"

The middle-aged drunk man waved his hand, walked up to Gao Jie, and said in a low voice: "Shicai is in the tavern, and I feel that the three little brothers are not ordinary people, and then I see that you and the missionaries from other regions and the commander of the Nancheng Terracotta Division seem to have a lot of origins, so it can be seen that the origin is extraordinary, so I have the intention of making friends, and I showed such a disgraceful means, just to attract the attention of the little brother!"

Gao Jie said meaningfully: "It's quite interesting to use this method to recommend yourself! I don't know your honorable name?"

The middle-aged drunk man hugged his fists and said: "The surname is Wang, the name is Fenglin, and he is the shopkeeper of the Fenglin antique store in Xicheng." [Revealing his identity, while carefully observing Wang Fenglin's reaction, seeing that he was not surprised after hearing it, he became even more curious about his intention.

After Wang Fenglin respectfully met Ji Longfeng and Wukong, he smiled at Gao Jie and said: "It turns out that you are the Hou Ye Gao, and you really have an extraordinary background. ”

Gao Jie said lightly: "What do you say about the shopkeeper Wang?"

Wang Fenglin looked up at the heavy snow, and then said with a smile: "Today's weather is cold and the snow is falling, I want to invite Hou Ye and others to go to the small shop below to sit, I don't know if Hou Ye can appreciate his face?"

Gao Jie looked at Ji Longfeng and hesitated, then Wang Fenglin hurriedly said: "Master Gao, I have something important to tell you at the inferior level, so I am rashly invited, please refuse!"

Gao Jie smiled and said, "In this way, please ask the front of the shopkeeper Wang to lead the way!"

Gao Jie really couldn't guess what the shopkeeper invited him to his shop, but he was not worried about any danger he would encounter in this Daming Jingshi, so he agreed and decided to go over to see what was going on.

So, Gao Jie and the other three followed Wang Fenglin to the tavern, got into a carriage, and headed for Xicheng.

Wang Ji pawnshop is a two-story wooden building, the scale is quite large, Gao Jie and others with Wang Fenglin opened the door curtain made of thick quilts, and suddenly felt a wave of heat rushing to the face, it turned out that two huge charcoal basins were arranged in the hall on the first floor, the charcoal fire inside was burning vigorously, and the whole hall was warm and very comfortable. There were no customers in the store at the moment, only four or five guys were busy.

Wang Fenglin instructed his men to light the VIP hall upstairs with charcoal fire, and then led Gao Jie and the others up the stairs to a room with a small area but quite elegant layout.

After the guy served hot tea, Wang Fenglin said with a straight face: "Wang rashly invited Hou Ye to come to the shop, in order to do business, hoping to cooperate with Hou Ye." ”

Gao Jie took a sip of hot tea and said in surprise: "Business? I don't know how to do business, the shopkeeper Wang has found the wrong person, right?"

Wang Fenglin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Master Gao, listen to me carefully." Many years ago, my little shop had a strange customer who didn't come to buy things, but to sell things. When he pulled out the objects, I was immediately impressed. ”

Gao Jie let out an "oh" and asked, "Could it be a very rare antique?"

Wang Fenglin shook his head and said: "No, the reason why these objects attract me is not because they are precious, but because they are very peculiar and rare!"

Ji Longfeng hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wang, if you have something to say, just finish it in one breath, don't sell it, what is it?"

Wang Fenglin lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Those objects are all from foreign lands, they look very old, they should be missionary things." ”

"Missionary things?" Gao Jie frowned and said, "As far as I know, since the death of Brother Matteo Ricci in the previous dynasty and the birth of the Nanjing Case, all the missionaries from other regions have been driven out of the country, where did these missionary things you said come from?"

Wang Fenglin nodded and said, "Marquis Gao is not very old, but he has a lot of knowledge and knows a lot about the affairs of foreign missionaries. That's right, these objects are not from recent years, but from previous dynasties, and, if I'm not mistaken, they should be Catholic relics used by Brother Matteo Ricci!"

After speaking, Wang Fenglin motioned for Gao Jie to wait a while, turned around and entered the inner room, and walked out with a large wooden box after a while. He placed the wooden box on the round table, took an old key from his waist, and opened it.

Gao Jie and the others looked at it at a glance and saw that there were not many things in the box, there were about seven or eight kinds, all of which looked a little old, including a gold cup filled with holy water, a magic ring, a cross necklace inlaid with precious stones, a gold candlestick, etc., among them, the most interesting thing for Gao Jie was a bright oval metal medal. Gao Jie gently picked up the medal made of unknown metal, and played with it carefully, and now the front of the medal is engraved with a black dragon with wings, and the back is some curved lines.

Wang Fenglin stared at Gao Jie, and said in a somewhat hurried tone: "Master Gao, in your eyes, are these objects quite valuable?"

Hearing this, Gao Jie put the medal back in the box, then took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then said slowly: "Forgive Ben Hou for being clumsy, it is really difficult to guess how much this foreign monk's holy relic is. However, Ben Hou has a question, does the shopkeeper think that these holy relics have anything to do with us, or does he think that we will be interested in buying them?"

Wang Fenglin carefully closed the wooden box, then sat down slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Non-yes, non-yes." In fact, it has been nearly ten years since I bought these holy relics, and I hope that these rare and precious holy relics can be sold for a good price. But it backfired, and over the years, almost all the foreign missionaries had been expelled, and these things became something that no one cared about!"

Gao Jie said: "As far as I know, Lord Fuye and Lord Shangsun of the Ministry of Rites are all friends of Matteo Ricci during his lifetime, and there are also high-ranking officials and nobles such as Xu Guangqi who have become Catholics, why don't you recommend these items to them to sell?"

Wang Fenglin shook his head and said: "The missionaries of foreign lands have been expelled and designated as evil demons, and these objects will soon be disgraced, how dare I take them out and sell them at will?

Gao Jie frowned and said, "Then you are looking for me... ”

Wang Fenglin got up and poured a cup of tea for Gao Jie, and said earnestly: "In the tavern in the south of the city, I unexpectedly met the missionaries from the foreign land again after more than ten years, and I also saw that you and they seemed to have a good conversation, so I wanted to ask you to help match the bridge, so that this box of missionary relics can be sold at a good price." Of course, Master Hou, your hard work is naturally indispensable!"

Gao Jie touched his earlobe and said with a wry smile: "Shopkeeper Wang, you have turned too much." Those missionaries have been taken to the Rite Ministry's Shangsun Shenxing Mansion, even if you go to the door yourself, why do you need to find me?"

Wang Fenglin hurriedly said: "Then how can the Sun Mansion be obtained by ordinary people? If there is no help from the Hou Ye, it will not be possible to do it in the next ten thousand!"

Gao Jie lowered his head and thought about it, anyway, he was intending to get acquainted with Tang Ruowang, and there was nothing wrong with taking this errand. Not only can we understand how far the Western science and technology exhibition has reached through John Tong. Moreover, as far as Gao Jie knew, this Tang Ruowang had built more than 20 Hongyi cannons for Emperor Chongzhen, which was what Gao Jie attached the most importance to and was most interested in.

Thinking of this, Gao Jie looked at Wang Fenglin and suddenly said, "Are these objects really received by the shopkeeper Wang?"

When Wang Fenglin heard this, his face changed and said: "Naturally, it was collected from below, what does Master Hou mean by this?"

Gao Jie smiled faintly and said, "As far as I know, after Brother Matteo Ricci died, he was buried in the Tenggong fence in Erligou outside the Pingze Gate in the capital. Ten years ago, there was a legend that Matteo Ricci's tomb was visited by tomb thieves and the cemetery was in shambles. I don't think this was the work of the king's shopkeeper, right?"

Wang Fenglin jumped up from the chair and waved his hand again and again in panic: "Master Hou, you can't talk nonsense, it will kill you!"

Gao Jie smiled: "This is your store, and there are no outsiders, so why be nervous?"

Wang Fenglin was covered with cold sweat, and said in a trembling voice: "Stealing the cemetery is a disrespectful and dishonorable deed to the dead. ”

Gao Jie stared at his eyes and smiled: "If the shopkeeper Wang is just an ordinary antique dealer, then where did the skillful and empty skills come from?"

Wang Fenglin smiled bitterly: "When I was young, I was poor and quite stubborn, and I learned these skills to make a living in the market. On a whim, I wanted to get acquainted with the three of Hou Ye, so I showed my hand, which was really self-defeating, and it made Hou Ye misunderstand!"

Gao Jie laughed, took out a small square seal from his arms, held it in his palm, and then said to Wang Fenglin: "Then this copper seal is not the king's shopkeeper's own, but received?"

When the shopkeeper Wang saw the small copper seal in Gao Jie's hand, he immediately felt like a ghost, and with a strange scream, he wanted to pounce and grab it.

Before he could touch the copper seal, he saw a guy with a big head standing in front of him, it was Ji Longfeng.

Wang Fenglin took a few steps back, and said in a hurry: "The copper seal is indeed under it, the Hou Ye is clever, when he took it from his arms, I didn't even notice it, it really made the villain admire it." However, what can this bronze seal mean, and what does it have to do with this Catholic holy relic?"

The corners of Gao Jie's mouth twitched, revealing a sneer, and then reversed the copper seal in his palm, revealing the four ancient seal characters engraved on the front, and said coldly to Wang Fenglin: "Although these four words are difficult to recognize, Ben Hou still recognizes them, which is really a coincidence!"

Ji Longfeng said: "Xiaojie, what words are engraved on it?"

Gao Jie said: "General Qiu!"

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