"What rotten gold hairpin? Real gold is not afraid of fire, how can gold be rotten!"

Xiao Yahuan couldn't help choking again, and Pan Jinlian gently pulled her hand and signaled not to make a sound.

The money shopkeeper took the purple jade hairpin with a hand as yellow as a fallen leaf, sat down in front of the table, moved an oil lamp, and his eyes were almost attached to the purple jade hairpin, and he didn't know whether to look or smell with his nose, if he was a young man, the two of them would definitely think that he was a prodigal son, and they wanted to smell their daughter's fragrance from above.

Xiao Yahuan said in a low voice: "Madam, this person's brain is not good, obviously the sun has come out in broad daylight, but he wants to watch the purple jade hairpin under the light." ”

"I don't understand, it's probably their rules!" Pan Jinlian agreed indiscriminately, her heart was very confused, yesterday I heard Wu Song say that she would compensate the merchant for the silver, she had already planned to pawn the purple jade hairpin, thinking that it was enough, at this moment when she really gave people the appraisal price, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and she herself doubted that there were any jewelry in the world that could be worth 1,400 taels of silver.

There was no expression on the sallow face of the money shopkeeper, but the brows became tighter and tighter, Pan Jinlian and Xiao Yahuan were also more and more nervous, and the gambling house owner looked a little surprised, glanced at the money shopkeeper, and quickly returned to calm.

The money shopkeeper has been in the pawnshop for decades, he invited back to appreciate the treasure, these years have never seen a bad treasure, and he is only under the oil lamp, can immediately quote the price, but today it took a lot of effort, and he failed to say the price, he is a little strange.

The shopkeeper saw that there was about a cup of tea, and Pan Jinlian and the others waited for a long time, and finally, he put the purple jade hairpin on the table, shook his head gently, and did not speak.

"Sir, how much is this purple jade hairpin worth?" Pan Jinlian saw that the time was not early, so she had to ask.

The money shopkeeper looked at the purple jade hairpin in a daze, picked up the teacup, took a sip gently, put the teacup down, and suddenly his face changed, "Scholar, why is there water on the desktop, wipe it quickly!"

There was no scholar in the room, and Xiao Yahuan was used to doing such things, so she immediately stepped forward, took a rag, and said strangely: "Sir, there is no water on this table." ”

The money shopkeeper didn't pay attention to her, but just said to himself: "This price is very difficult to determine. ”

The owner of the gambling house also saw the money shopkeeper's demeanor for the first time, and couldn't help asking: "How difficult to determine, if it is gold, it will be judged by two catties, and if it is beautiful jade, it will be judged by color." ”

"The purple jade hairpin is made of high-grade jade and purple gold, if you talk about the price alone, the owner, you pay a thousand taels is appropriate, if it is ....."

"Then it's a thousand taels!"

The owner of the gambling house is a shrewd person, and when he heard the words of the money shopkeeper, there was a mystery in his words, he meant to buy it with a thousand taels of silver, and he would make a sure profit, and this purple jade hairpin is estimated to have a story, if it can match, it will be worth a hundred times.

The owner of the gambling house is well-informed, he naturally understands this truth, like a piece of Hetian jade, which is worth one hundred taels on the market, if it has been played by literati and ink writers, the price has risen by fifty, if it has been played by celebrities, it depends on the reputation of the celebrity, the higher the reputation, the higher the price, and it has exceeded its own value.

"We need at least 1,400 taels!" Pan Jinlian has never pawned things, she doesn't understand the market, anyway, she needs 1,400 taels, so she said 1,400 taels, she continued to add: "It's a pawn, not a sale, and he still has to redeem it one day." ”

The owner of the gambling house snickered in his heart: "Anyone who pawns things in the gambling house says that, and he may redeem things, and he has not seen a single person yet, unless that person is determined to quit gambling!"

"One thousand four hundred taels!" The money shopkeeper hesitated a little, the price of this purple jade hairpin he estimated was one thousand five hundred taels, if it was given one thousand four hundred taels, he would only earn one hundred taels, and there would be no more than half of the profits, the owner of the gambling house would not be willing, but if this purple jade hairpin was really the thing he thought of, he would buy it back for five thousand taels, and he would be able to make a full profit, but he was not sure.

The owner of the gambling house looked at the expression of the money shopkeeper and immediately said, "Don't want 1,400 taels!"

He is doing a safe business, to take risks, he is unwilling, otherwise why would he open a gambling shop, he simply went to be a gambler, he just saw all the gamblers, so he has such a safe character.

"What we need is a thousand four hundred taels of silver. Pan Jinlian gently pushed the little girl ring: "Take it back." ”

"Wait a minute!" The shopkeeper took the purple jade hairpin, walked into the sun, looked at it carefully, and suddenly wiped it with his sleeve, and scolded: "Who said there is no water, isn't there a trace of water on it?" ”

When the owner of the gambling house heard this, he was stunned in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Money shopkeeper, I think this purple jade hairpin is not worth a thousand taels of silver, and the beautiful jade is gentle and silky, how can there be traces of water on it." ”

"Well, the owner is right, it's the old man who has lost his eyes, and this purple jade hairpin is up to eight hundred taels. He handed the purple jade hairpin back to the little girl.

The owner of the gambling house was not interested in buying the purple jade hairpin, but he was interested in the things that the money shopkeeper concealed, anyway, the transaction could not be done, and he was not afraid to ask directly: "The money shopkeeper, you just want to talk and stop, is this purple jade hairpin similar to any treasure." ”

Pan Jinlian and Xiao Yahuan turned around to leave, and listened to him ask, after all, the two of them were not very old, and they were curious, so they immediately stopped, wanting to hear the story of the money shopkeeper.

"During the Tang Xuanzong period, there was a Huo Wangye, married the beautiful singer Zheng Jingzhi as a concubine, when Zheng was pregnant, it coincided with the Anshi Rebellion, went to the people, gave birth to a daughter, changed her name to Xiaoyu, this Huo Xiaoyu grew as beautiful as her mother, and knew how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, can sing and dance, and made a clean person, is a Qinglou woman who sells her art and does not sell her body. ”

"She is very chaste, out of the mud and not stained, and the dynasty of Li Shishi can be compared, the son in front of the door is also endless, she can not look down on anyone, but she fell in love with Li Yi, the champion who went to Beijing to wait for the official position, Li Yi is both talented and beautiful, the two fought hotly, and they lived together for more than a year before leaving. ”

Huo Xiaoyu was in love, worried that Li Yi would change his mind, Li Yi said, next spring in March, welcome the beauty, Zheng County reunion, never separate, and the sea is rotten and rotten, and he gave her a purple jade hairpin, only to say goodbye, Yu Xuanji said, easy to ask for priceless treasures, rare lovers, Huo Xiaoyu misses Li Yi with a purple jade hairpin every day, but Li Yi has changed his mind, and has a new love. ”

Huo Xiaoyu knew, washed his face with tears every day, made people haggard for Yi, met a chivalrous warrior one day, put misfortune into the piano rhyme, and sang it in song, the chivalrous man listened, did not speak, raised a long sword, entered the capital, and went straight to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites. (Nie Zheng mentioned here, is a chivalrous man in the Warring States Period, but also the first generation of chivalrous, in order to avenge Yan Zhongzi, one person and one sword, straight into the Prime Minister's Mansion, killed dozens of people, and finally killed Han Xiangxia with a move Bai Hong Guanri, martial arts courage can be described as the first person, Taishi Gong will Jing Ke known as the hand of the four assassins, but the author believes that the four assassins are only suitable for Zhuzhu and Nie Zheng, if you want to leave is a villain, Jing Ke's martial arts are not high, and he loves to pretend to be forced, Nie Zheng is the head of the four assassins)

The chivalrous man took Li Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and strode out of the capital, thousands of officers and soldiers in the capital watched him leave, no one dared to step forward to stop him, they were all overwhelmed by his momentum, and the chivalrous man brought Li Yi to Huo Xiaoyu. ”

Li Yi saw Huo Xiaoyu, who was like a delicate flower that day, and now he was haggard and not like a human figure, his conscience found it, and he cried on the spot, wanting to ask Huo Xiaoyu to go home as his wife, Huo Xiaoyu missed him day and night, but he could see that Li Yi, who was now full of belly fat and sycophant, was no longer the person who was in love that day. ”

She finally came to her senses, understood how stupid she was, and actually missed a negative man, she poured the fragrant tea in her hand, said a word that was difficult to collect, and then she was exhausted, fell to the ground and died, and since then the fragrance has died, and the chivalrous man hugged her corpse, threw the purple jade hairpin on her head on the ground, and walked away. ”

It is said that the purple jade hairpin is washed with beautiful tears every day, making its color more gorgeous, and some people say that people's tears contain spirit, Huo Xiaoyu's spirit is on this purple jade hairpin, and the old man is hesitating whether this is the purple jade hairpin that Huo Xiaoyu wore back then, if so, it has a higher price, if not, it can only be worth eight hundred taels of silver. ”