After returning from Zheng's house, Yang Yinglong didn't ask Yang Yuanqing about the specific situation, his son had gotten the news that Zhengfu had politely rejected the marriage, which made Yang Yinglong really annoyed, this was his father's meaning, but the Zheng family didn't appreciate it, although his wife didn't say it explicitly, Yang Yinglong also vaguely guessed that the Zheng family disliked it because of the Yuanba, and it was the consistent tradition of the Zheng family to attach importance to the bloodline of the Zheng family

Since the Zheng family did not agree, Yang Yinglong no longer mentioned this matter to Yuanba, but in the past two days, the envoys of Qimin Khan, Khitan, Goguryeo, Luo and other countries have entered Beijing to congratulate the emperor on his accession to the throne

Early in the morning, Yang Yuanba left Yang's mansion and went to the metropolis, the day after tomorrow is the birthday of Princess Leping, and the court is full of officials above the five grades in Beijing, and he also received an invitation, so that he does not have to go with the king of Jin

Yang Yuanba's independence is extremely strong, he neither wants others to say that he is the grandson of Yang Chudao, nor does he want to be branded as the king of Jin, although Yang Zhao, the king of Jin, is very close to him, but he has always kept a certain distance from Yang Zhao

Although Yang Zhao proposed to attend the birthday banquet of Princess Leping this time, since Yang Yuanba agreed to go, he wanted to participate in the birthday banquet as an independent person, and did not want to become Yang Zhao's attendant or the like

Since he wants to participate in Princess Leping's birthday banquet as an independent person, then he must give a birthday gift, although Yang Yuanba brought back a few grassland specialties from Biansai, but it was intended for his aunt and Niuniu, after thinking about it again, he still decided to go to the metropolitan city to buy a gift

Yang Yuanba was still wearing his blue cloth robe, with a leather belt around his waist, and the leather belt was empty, although he was given a purple gold fish bag, he refused to hang it on the leather belt to show his glory, and rode a horse, and soon came to the metropolis

Compared with Liren City, the goods sold in the metropolitan city are of high grade and expensive, and they are generally supplied to famous families and ministers, so there are not many shops, only half of Liren City, and they are also classified by various lines

Yang Yuanba was familiar with the road and went directly to the jewelry store, found Baibaozhai jewelry store, he was very familiar with this store, the first money leopard he hit that year was sold to Baibao Zhai Wu shopkeeper, and later he hunted the money leopard and clouded leopard one after another, and it was Baibao Zhai who found a buyer for him, and when he arrived at the door, the guy recognized him

"Yo, isn't this Brother Yang? I haven't been here for many years, and I've grown so tall."

Yang Yuanba turned over and dismounted, jokingly: "Bao'er, why are you still a buddy? Wu Yingli didn't promote you, is he there?"

Guy Bao'er scratched his head and whispered to Yuan Ba: "You know that skinner, he only cares about himself"

"Hehe, this is his usual behavior, is he there?"

"Yes, there are customers selling jewelry, Brother Yang, you"

Seeing that Yang Yuanba didn't take the prey, he didn't know his intention, Yang Yuanba smiled and said: "I'm here to buy two pieces of jewelry, I want good jewelry, do you want to collect the gold coins here?"

Fu is the Eastern Roman Empire, Sogdian merchants to and from the Silk Road, but also brought the gold coins of the Eastern Roman Empire to the Central Plains, because the gold content of the Eastern Roman Empire gold coins is very high, it is very popular in the Tianwu Dynasty, although it is not the legal tender of the Tianwu Dynasty, but many large merchants have received, a gold coin can be worth ten hanging money

"You can use the gold coins of the country, where did the little brother get them?"

"I exchanged it with a Sogdian merchant"

Yang Yuanba walked into the store with his buddy, the store hall is not big, there are no windows and the like, and there are no public jewelry on the wall

They walked into the inner hall, and there were five or six couches in the inner hall, which was the trading place, perhaps because of the earlier time, there was no one in the inner hall, only the big shopkeeper Wu Yingli was receiving a guest selling jewelry

Wu Yingli is an old friend of Yang Yuanba, the first money leopard that Yang Yuanba hunted was sold to this person, Wu Yingli has a nickname in the East Market, called Wu Peeling, and he is extremely ruthless in exploiting his family, how can anyone sell jewelry to him?

Yang Yuanba couldn't help but look at the person who sold jewelry, this is a young man, twenty-four or five years old, medium in stature, with a delicate appearance, wearing a gray cloth robe, wearing a flat scarf, the clothes and plain towels are a little shabby, it can be seen that this is very shabby, he is accompanied by a little lady who is about six or seven years old, although she is young, she looks pretty and cute, a pair of quiet and bright big eyes, a well-behaved and lovely nose, bright red lips, she is very quiet, sitting obediently on the side, it should be a man's daughter, like her father, she is also wearing a burlap skirt, but it is clean and tidy, which makes people like it

As soon as Yang Yuanba sat down, he heard Wu Yingli's professional knife raised, "This son, where did you get this emerald? If the government knows about it, I'm afraid you will have a lawsuit."

"This is my ancestral heirloom, what does it have to do with the government? If you want to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, I'll go to another home."

The man was quite tough, so that Wu Yingli's exploiting knife was cut into the air, Wu Yingli laughed dryly, and said: "Your emerald is good, but your price is too high, I will give you a maximum of seven hundred hanging money, can you sell it?"

"This shopkeeper, you are too ruthless, this pair of bracelets is worth at least two thousand hangs, I want a thousand hangs is already half of the price, you have to lower the price again, no, at least a thousand hangs"

Yang Yuanba took a look and saw a pair of bracelets carved from emeralds on the table, the material was green and crystalline, with a kind of water-like delicate color, without a trace of miscellaneous style and simplicity, at first glance, it was an extremely precious thing, and it was indeed not expensive to sell a thousand hangs

Wu Yingli shook his head, "Although your jade bracelet is good, but ordinary people really don't dare to buy it, you should understand what I mean, so I can only pay up to seven hundred hangs, if you don't sell it, I will return it to you."

The man's face was slightly red, it seemed that Wu Yingli's words hit his point, he didn't want to sell too cheaply, but he was in urgent need of money, so it was really difficult for him to decide

Wu Yingli's eyes were vicious, and he had already seen that the other party was tempted, so he encouraged him again, "How about it, I agreed, I will give you the money immediately, and it is to give you gold, and now the general store can't pay for gold."

The man's heart was crossed, and he was about to agree, but Yang Yuanba smiled on the side: "A thousand hangs, I bought it"

Wu Yingli seemed to have stepped on the air and almost slipped to the ground, he turned his head, his face was full of resentment, this is his shop, who dares to rob his business in his shop, but he recognized Yang Yuanba at once, and was stunned

"Brother Yang, is that you?"

Yang Yuanba slowly stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder with a smile. Lao Wu, you have to have a bottom line as a man, if you are too ruthless, beware of peeling your skin"

Wu Yingli knew that Yang Yuanba's martial arts were strong, and now that he has grown so tall, it will not be simple, if he fights, a few guards in his store are not opponents at all, and he will suffer a big loss, this pair of emerald jade bracelets is abnormally expensive, and everyone in Beijing will compete for it, he can sell it for at least six or seven thousand dollars, this big deal, he doesn't want to give it to Yang Yuanba,

"This is good, since Brother Yang intercedes, then it is decided like this, a thousand hangs, we will make a deal"

Unexpectedly, the man shook his head and picked up the jade bracelet from the table. I don't sell it to you, I sell it to this son."

He said to Yang Yuan: "A thousand hangs, we will make a deal"

Wu Yingli was anxious, "In this way, I will pay 1,500 hangings, and you will sell them to me."

Yang Yuanba only had one hundred Roman gold coins left on his body, he spread his hands and said helplessly: "I only have a total of 1,000 hangs, and I can't take out 1,500 hangs."

Wu Yingli was overjoyed, "Then I'll buy it, I'll give you cash right away."

The young man glanced at Wu Yingli contemptuously, not ashamed of his character, he handed the jade bracelet to Yang Yuanba, "As long as a thousand hangs, I will sell it to you"

Wu Yingli's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't close it for a long time, and the remorse in his eyes was revealed, for the sake of three hundred hanging money, he actually lost a big deal with a net profit of several thousand hangs, he really peeled his skin

The jade bracelet entered Yang Yuanba's hand, he immediately felt a sense of warmth, and sure enough, it was extremely valuable, he took out a money bag, handed it to the young man, and said with a smile: "This is a hundred gold coins of the country, you can exchange it for a thousand hanging coins when you go to the cabinet, please take a look."

The young man opened the bag and took a look, then stuffed it into his arms, Yang Yuanba smiled: "Doesn't the boy count them?"

"No, it doesn't matter if there is one more or less, thank you Yang Gongzi"

As soon as the young man bowed his hand to Yang Yuanba, he took his daughter's hand and said, "Yuexian, let's go."

Yang Yuanba walked with him to the street, and smiled behind him: "Gongzi's surname?"

The young man hesitated, but the daughter in his hand preemptively said: "My father's surname is Xiao, my name is Xiao Yuexian, thank you big brother"

"It turned out to be Xiao Gongzi"

Yang Yuanba smiled and saluted him, "There will be fate in the future, we will see you again"

"Good fate goodbye"

The young man led his daughter and walked quickly towards the gate of the metropolis, and gradually disappeared into the crowd

"This guy is good"

Yang Yuanba secretly praised in his heart, he took out this pair of emerald bracelets from his arms, the more he looked at it, the better it felt, and he would feel a kind of warmth when he put his arms on, originally he was going to buy a birthday gift for Princess Leping, but at this moment he changed his mind, this pair of bracelets he decided to give to his aunt, aunt's arm hurts, this pair of bracelets is the best for her

As for Princess Leping, he also gave her a favor anyway, and he still had a few dollars on him, so he bought two pieces of silk for her as a birthday gift

At this time, Wu Yingli shouted in the store: "Brother Yang, don't blame me for not reminding you, this bracelet is not for ordinary people to use, there is a line of words engraved in it, yourself"

Yang Yuanba took a closer look at the inside of the bracelet again, and indeed engraved a line of small characters, "Xiao Liang Imperial Palace, Yang Yuanba was slightly stunned, it turned out that this was a thing of the Liang Dynasty Palace, so this young man surnamed Xiao is also a nobleman of the Liang Dynasty?"

Yang Yuanba then bought two silk horses in the metropolis, and the guy wrapped it for him, and he wrote a famous post and ordered the guy to send it directly to Princess Leping's mansion for him

Thinking that tomorrow is the birthday of Princess Leping, his clothes are either a military uniform or a blue cloth robe, which looks a little shabby, not to mention how gorgeous he needs to wear, at least to buy a passable outfit, he turned around and went to the clothes store, but after walking a few steps, he seemed to think of something, and when he touched his arms, a bitter smile gradually appeared on his face, and he found that he had nothing on his body at this time