Chapter 1144

Chapter 1145

Gongsun Shuo said: "This is a gift I bought for Xin'er. I bought it from an old man who set up a stall. He said it was a treasure and would bring good luck to the one I love. Although I don't believe his nonsense, But the flower on this hairpin is Xin'er's favorite, so I bought it back."

Zhu Yan hurriedly asked: "Can you still find this old man who set up a stall?"

Gongsun Shuo shook his head: "I don't know either!"

Xia Yuanqiu asked: "Do you remember where it is? Let's go and see, maybe we can meet him again."

Gongsun Shuo nodded hurriedly: "I remember, just outside the Yinzhuang not far from the auction house, I happened to go to the Yinzhuang to do business that day, so I saw the old man at the door, and when I went later, I didn't pay attention to whether he was there or not. "

Xia Yuanqiu called San'er and asked him to take care of Gu Sanmei. The three of them left the inn quickly and headed towards Yinzhuang.

Far away, outside the gate of the luxuriously decorated Yinzhuang, there is indeed a small stall. The owner of the stall is an old man in Tsing Yi, who is sitting in front of the stall and dozing off.

The stall was very small, and the old man was also very thin, in stark contrast to the rich and luxurious Yinzhuang behind him, making him and his stall seem particularly shabby.

Xia Yuanqiu asked: "How much did you pay for that hairpin?"

Gongsun Shuo thought for a while and said, "It seems to be one tael of silver."

so cheap? Xia Yuanqiu frowned slightly, and looked at the old man again, the blue shirt had been washed for a long time, and there were still a few patches on it, his hair was neatly combed, but the gray hair made his face look older, he was really an ordinary old man , can't see any difference.

When everyone came to the stall, it may be an occupational disease. Although the old man was asleep, he still felt that a customer had come to the door.

He closed his eyes and said: "Guest officer, if you look at it casually, they are all good things, one tael of silver each."

Xia Yuanqiu said nothing, his eyes shifted from his tired face to the booth in front of him, there were two small stools under the wooden board, a piece of white silk cloth was spread on the board, on the white silk cloth were arranged various There are no particularly high-quality jade pieces, most of them are ordinary jade ornaments, and there are also one or two jade pendants that look good but are very old.

Xia Yuanqiu wrinkled her nose, her nose has always been very sharp, she smelled some unusual smell in the air, it seemed to be a stale smell, and there was a hint of earth in this stale smell.

Gongsun Shuo said to the old man, "Old man, do you still remember me?"

The old man finally opened his eyes, he glanced at Gongsun Shuo, then grinned and said, "Of course I remember, you bought a hairpin from Xiao Lao two years ago, and Xiao Lao said one tael of silver, but you still wanted to give it to me." Xiaolao ten taels of silver, you are such a generous son, how can Xiaolao forget? What? Today you want to buy jade for your sweetheart?"

According to Xia Yuanqiu's instructions, Gongsun Shuo kept his face as calm as possible, and his tone was gentle, he said, "Old man, where did the hairpin you sold me come from?"

The old man's complexion changed slightly, and the original bright smile gradually froze on his face. He immediately reacted, and replied with a dry smile: "Where else can it come from? Naturally, I bought it in Yucheng. The little old man is just a fool." To eat, it costs nine denarii to buy it, not counting travel expenses, and I didn’t even earn a single denarii from all this going back and forth.”

Gongsun Shuo was bewildered, for a moment he didn't know whether to trust the old man in front of him, so he looked at Xia Yuanqiu and asked what she meant.