Just in the Middle, You Told Me This is Journey to the West

In the Mobao Pavilion, the store clerk quickly mounted the rice paper, put it in a wooden box, and asked Chen Qi how to pay.

It is always [-] copper coins, and [-] coins are [-] coins, which is [-] copper coins.

With so many copper coins, it is obviously not something that can be put in the sleeve pocket casually.

Fortunately, the currency system of the Tang Dynasty is relatively complicated. In addition to copper coins, brocade cloth, silk, silk, and gold can all be used as currency.

Only no silver!

That's right, in Datang, silver cannot be used as currency.

Don't be fooled by costume dramas. If you bought things like silver in the Tang Dynasty, people would not accept them, and they might even drive you out.

At least before the Song Dynasty, no dynasty used silver as a currency for circulation.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no silver, but the mining technology was low, and the annual silver production was only about 5000 taels.

Most of them will be presented to the emperor to be cast into various utensils, so there is no use for shopping and trading.

If you use silver to go out to buy things, it is very likely that you got it by illegal means. Do you think people will chase you away?

Besides, currency lies in circulation. Since silver cannot be circulated in Datang, it naturally cannot be used as currency.

So, the real hard currency in the Tang Dynasty was gold.

One tael of gold can be exchanged for [-] renminbi, and twelve taels of gold can be exchanged for [-] renminbi, which is [-] guan renminbi.

The framed rice paper in front of Chen Qi is no more than three feet long and two feet wide, which belongs to the standard of three feet (100*70cm), and belongs to the best rice paper of this era.

Most of this kind of rice paper was sent to the imperial palace as a tribute, and only a very small amount was handed down, so the price is extremely expensive, [-] yuan for a sheet, and [-] yuan for mounting.

In other words, the price of a piece of top-quality rice paper is two taels of gold.

And how much does a piece of rice paper weigh?

Calculated according to the weight of one hundred sheets for one knife, it weighs four to five catties, and if one sheet is used, it is about half a tael.

In other words, the price of rice paper is equivalent to four times its weight in gold.

He is worthy of being a royal tribute, he is completely stealing money, okay?

Chen Qi paid the bill in gold with great heartache, then carefully took the rice paper away, and was about to leave, when he saw a strong man with a downcast expression coming towards him.

After the strong man entered the Mobao Pavilion, he didn't look at Chen Qi and the waiter at the side, and directly said to the shopkeeper of the Mobao Pavilion: "Shopkeeper, I heard that there is a painting of "Mount Tai" written by a great Confucian in your shop, are you willing to part with it?" .

Chapter 41

Great Confucian copybook, "Mount Tai Chan"!

Chen Qi, who was about to leave, couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the man's words, and couldn't help looking at him.

What kind of family are they? Opening their mouths is a Confucian copybook.

Don't think that Daru's copybook is worthless just because Daru writes a few words casually. In fact, Daru's copybook itself is a treasure of literature and Taoism. It is no exaggeration to say that a word is worth a thousand gold.

Moreover, a great Confucian copybook is not a great Confucian copybook that can be called a Great Confucian copybook by just writing a few words. It must be a great Confucian who condenses his energy and spirit and imprints his awe-inspiring righteousness on the paper.

Only in this way can water and fire not invade, destroy evil and delusion, suppress and kill demons, and let ghosts and gods stay away.

Therefore, every Confucian copybook is invaluable. It is said that a word is worth a thousand gold. In fact, even if you spend 1000 taels of gold, you will not be able to invite a great Confucian to write a word.

As for "The Song of Mount Tai", Chen Qi had also read it during his studies in the past few days.

The whole poem is: E'e Dongyue is high, and the beauty is soaring to the sky.There is a void in the middle of the rock, and the loneliness is mysterious.It's not a craftsman, it's not a craftsman, and the cloud structure is natural.What is the image of the device?So I moved repeatedly.Siyu, the general's house, can live his life forever.

This is a metaphysical poem written by Xie Daoyun, a poetess in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The poem expresses a desire to be immersed in the embrace of nature and forget the worldly disputes by praising Mount Tai and admiring the mysterious caves.

"Taishan Yin" has fifty characters, if it is really written by a great Confucianist with awe-inspiring righteousness, then the value will be extraordinary.

Without three or fifty thousand taels of gold, it is impossible to win.

As for the man in front of him, it wasn't that Chen Qi looked down on him, but judging from his attire, he was just a guard, how could he afford a Confucian copybook.

"what?"

When Chen Qi heard this, he couldn't help but glanced at the strong man. He didn't care at first, but when he saw the strong man's face, he couldn't help but let out a small sigh.

The big man's martial arts cultivation base is not low, he not only felt Chen Qi's gaze, but also heard his whisper.

This made him slightly taken aback, turned to look at Chen Qi, and asked, "Does this young master know Liu?"

Chen Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know him, but I just lost my composure for a while because I saw that you are very handsome and not a thing in the pool."

Of course he didn't know the strong man surnamed Liu in front of him, but he just felt that the other person's face was extremely strange.

He is obviously only a guard, but he has a blue natal fate.

Even the red foreign luck outside the cyan natal luck has begun to change towards cyan, but it's not obvious yet.

The cyan natal luck means that the strong man surnamed Liu has great potential in front of him. In the future, he may become a marquis or minister, or become a martial arts master.

And the red foreign luck that is about to turn blue represents the martial arts cultivation of the man in front of him, which is already very close to a martial arts master of the upper third rank, and is very likely to be a martial artist master of the fourth rank golden body.

However, judging from his appearance, this man is young and miserable and has no chance of official career, and he has a destined marriage, good fortune, and can enjoy great wealth for 18 years, but in the end there is no solution.

This is no ordinary strange.

What does cyan luck represent?

It can be summed up in four words, that is God's will!

It means that anyone with blue luck will be favored by God. Although they cannot be said to be the illegitimate children of God, they can still be called people with great luck.

Moreover, the great way is fifty, the way of heaven is fourty-nine, even if it is a deadlock, there will be a glimmer of life.

However, the man in front of him has great luck, and he is not a heinous person, and he has never done anything harmful to the world to reduce his luck, but in the end he ended up in a deadlock.

But for a martial arts master who might break through to the third rank at any time to show such an appearance, then his future catastrophe is not ordinary, and it is very likely that it will involve land gods, or even the first-level figures of the heavenly gods and Buddhas.

If it weren't for such a strong person at the first level, how could a martial arts master of the third rank be in a deadlock with no solution.

"No, it's not just ordinary land gods or heavenly Buddhas. This person in front of him must be involved in a deeper layer of cause and effect."

Chen Qi looked at the man surnamed Liu in front of him, his thoughts kept turning, and he quickly came to a conclusion.

The reason why he guessed so was because of Journey to the West itself.

Journey to the West itself is a world where immortals and Buddhas manifest their holiness, where the strong come out, and various mysteries of heaven and secrets, and substitutes are endless.

Since Chen Qi can use the Houtian 64 hexagram to see the dead knot of the man in front of him, it's possible that others can't see it.

If someone intervened to remind him to ask gods and Buddhas to seek the protection of immortals and Buddhas, if he only offended the land gods and ordinary gods in the world, he might not be able to gain a chance of life.

However, even if Chen Qi had the idea to remind the other party, the other party's face remained the same, and the dead knot on his body was still unresolved.

This meant that even if Chen Qi reminded him that he would seek protection from the Immortal Buddha, he would not escape death.

This is a little scary.

It also made Chen Qi never want to remind the other party.

Because even if Chen Qi reminded the other party, the other party would still die, and instead would implicate Chen Qi himself in the other party's karma.

A cause and effect that even immortals and Buddhas can't understand, his small body is involved, and he probably doesn't know how he died.

"It's really embarrassing for a guest to be an old man. How can I sell the book of "Mount Tai Chan" and even the treasures of my Mobao Pavilion!"

"Whether such treasures are sold or not is by no means qualified for the old man to decide."

After hearing the words of the strong man surnamed Liu, the shopkeeper of Mobao Pavilion also looked bitter, and explained.

In the end, he didn't want to offend the strong and burly man with the surname Liu who was obviously a warrior, so he excused himself and said: "Guest, see if this is okay, you can come back tomorrow.

Later, I will tell our owner about the customer's idea of ​​buying "Taishan Song". If our owner is willing to sell it, that would be great. If he is not willing to sell it, there is nothing the old man can do. "

The shopkeeper of the Mobao Pavilion has said so, even if the man surnamed Liu is unwilling, he is helpless.

He can't grab it with his hands.

Furthermore, even if he wanted to grab it, at least he had to make sure that the Confucian calligraphy copybook was in the Mobao Pavilion!

But is such a precious Confucian copybook placed in the shop of Mobao Pavilion in a grand manner?

This question is impossible even after thinking about it, so the strong man surnamed Liu could only helplessly say: "Then I will trouble the shopkeeper to pass it on for me. Liu Hong is very grateful again."

"In addition, Liu is on duty at Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion. If your boss is willing to part with you, you can send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find me!"

Liu Hong? !

When Chen Qi heard that the strong man had reported his family name, he was really shocked.

He never expected that the strong man in front of him was called Liu Hong, and he was still on duty at Prime Minister Zuo's residence.

Is this a coincidence of the same name and surname, or is the person in front of him the water thief Liu Hong who took over Tang Seng's fucking in Journey to the West?

Thinking of Liu Hong's face and the unsolvable knot, Chen Qi immediately had the answer in his heart! .

Chapter 42

"Strong man, please stay!"

Watching Liu Hong leave Mobao Pavilion, Chen Qi hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed, shouting loudly.

Liu Hong couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard the shout behind him, then he turned around, looked at Chen Qi and frowned, and said, "Young Master, I don't know what it means to call Liu Hong?"

Although he is a martial artist of the fourth-rank golden body in martial arts, Liu Hong behaved politely and did not despise Chen Qi because of his status as a scholar.

After all, in this city of Chang'an, if you throw down a brick casually, it may hit a nobleman.

Liu Hong, who is the guard of the prime minister's mansion, is not without vision.

Although he doesn't know Chen Qi, but a person who is willing to spend two taels of gold to buy a piece of rice paper, can he be an ordinary person?

Therefore, even though his heart was depressed, Liu Hong was still not angry when he was called by Chen Qi at this moment, and only asked in surprise.

Chen Qi didn't pay attention to the astonishment on Liu Hong's face, he walked slowly to Liu Hong, smiled slightly and asked, "I just heard Liu Zhuangshi said in the Mobao Pavilion that he wanted to buy a copybook of great Confucianism. There is one, I wonder if Liu Zhuangshi is interested in it?"

When Liu Hong heard the words, his eyes couldn't help but brighten up, but soon dimmed again, and said with a wry smile:

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Mr. Liu didn't buy Daru copybooks for practice, but to give them away. The reason why he wanted to buy Mobaoge's "Taishan Song" was because the owner liked it. If he changed to other copybooks, I'm afraid ..."