big master, big liar

"Too bad, Master, we were fooled."

Shopkeeper Du took a closer look and found that the gold on the Buddha statue was almost washed, and the exposed color was not the emerald green and flawless jade color as imagined, but a dull mottled gray.

"Stone, master, this is a stone Buddha." The apprentice stopped moving, and his expression was a little ugly.

"Impossible, impossible!" Shopkeeper Du thumped in his heart, stepped forward and used tools to peel off the gold himself. He began to wash along the emerald color of the earlobe of the Buddha statue, all the way to the ear root of the Buddha statue, and the emerald jade was next to it. Yes, it is gray stone.

When the gold was stripped clean, the jade was completely separated from the stone and fell to the ground.

In such a large Buddha statue, only the ears are made of jade, and the rest are made of stone.

"This... Master..."

Everyone's faces turned pale.

The ear of this little green jade, together with the thin layer of gold coating on the outside, can't add up to 50 taels, but they paid a full 700 taels of silver to the two brothers.

Half of the working capital of the pawn shop has been invested.

At this time, the stranger outside the door suddenly said: "What did I say... oh..."

Shopkeeper Du seemed to have found a savior suddenly, and grabbed the stranger's sleeve: "Master, do you know where the two brothers live?"

The stranger shook his head: "I can't say that, the two brothers know me. If I tell, there will be no peace."

Shopkeeper Du, however, ignited hope in his heart. He tugged on the stranger's sleeve and refused to let go: "My lord, if you lead me to find the two brothers, I would like to offer 50 taels as a reward."

The stranger frowned and hesitated for a long time. When shopkeeper Du thought he would refuse, the stranger suddenly said: "100 taels, pay first and then do the work. I'll take you to find them, and I'm afraid I have to move later." .”

Shopkeeper Du immediately hesitated.

The stranger said, "Master Du, these two brothers are very cunning. They have made such a big deal, I'm afraid they will run away at some point. If you don't make a decision, I'm afraid I won't be able to find you." They're gone."

The exchange of 100 taels for 700 taels is barely within the range of recovery.

Shopkeeper Du quickly took out 100 taels and asked the stranger to take him and a few to find the brothers. The stranger did not take them to a private house, but took them to a restaurant by the road.

"Every time they succeed, they have to celebrate here," said the stranger.

Shopkeeper Du saw that the two brothers were drinking and eating on the second floor, enjoying themselves.

Shopkeeper Du was so angry that his eyes were red, and he rushed upstairs with a few apprentices without thinking.

Song Xuan was still slowly explaining the deception to Ji Yunxi: "It turns out that there are a group of swindlers in Sifang City. They have an unreliable saying that there are two easy targets for cheating and abducting. One is the stunned youth from other places, and the other is Local old people."

"If you want to deceive foreigners, you have to choose young people to deceive, because the elderly are generally cautious when going to unfamiliar places, and they will not easily fall into the scam.

And if you want to deceive the locals, you have to choose the elderly to deceive, because the more confident you are in your own experience, the easier it is to fall into the trap. "

Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows: "So now that someone has come to your door, what are you going to do?"

Song Xuan said with a smile: "Just wait and see."

Shopkeeper Du came up and pointed at Song Xuan angrily and scolded: "You little liar, how dare you lie to me—"

That finger almost poked Song Xuan's nose, but he suddenly heard a yellow and white shadow rushing up, scaring Shopkeeper Du back three steps.

"Two Dogs!" Song Xuan said in a low voice.

The white shadow just stopped, lying at Song Xuan's feet and calling out in a low voice.

Only then did shopkeeper Du see clearly that it was a vicious dog, grinning fiercely at him, which made him terrified.

People around who were drinking and eating food stopped to see this rare excitement.

Shopkeeper Du saw that there were people on both sides, and his heart settled down. He didn't believe it. The two brothers dared to let the dog kill them in full view: "Well, you lied to me for money, and you still want to let the dog bite me! You are all witnesses, if you don’t return the money to me today, I will definitely go to court with you—”

Song Xuan said blankly: "Master Du? Lie money? What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? You took a stone Buddha statue and cheated me of 700 taels of silver—"

Just at this moment, those apprentices who followed behind brought up the stone Buddha and put it on the ground.

Song Xuan was even more confused: "What are you talking about? My pawn ticket is clearly written in black and white, a solid gold Buddha statue, 700 taels of silver."

"You lied to me..."

Song Xuan grabbed the white, and showed the pawn ticket to the people around: "Master Du, I have never seen the stone Buddha you mentioned."

"Everyone is here now, and I ask all the elders and folks to uphold justice. Since you keep saying that my two brothers lied to you, why don't you return my pure gold Buddha statue to me, and I will return the 700 taels of silver to you. We pay both money and goods, no one owes anyone else, isn't it great?"

The people watching the fun didn't know why, seeing that the pawn ticket that Song Xuan took out was indeed a solid gold Buddha statue, and seeing that what the shopkeeper brought out was a stone Buddha, they really felt that what Song Xuan said made sense, and they all let Shopkeeper Du returned the Golden Buddha.

Shopkeeper Du was so angry that the top of his head was smoking, where did he get the Golden Buddha?He could only point to the stone Buddha and said: "This is your golden Buddha, you wrapped it with gold—"

Song Xuan was even more surprised: "Master Du, you also run a pawn shop anyway, can't you even tell the difference between gold and real gold? How do you do business these years?"

Everyone was discussing even more, looking at the distrust on Du's face.

Only then did shopkeeper Du realize that he couldn't reason at all.

Did he want to say that he thought the Buddha inside was made of jade?More like bullshitting.

He himself issued a pawn ticket for the Golden Buddha in order to get the Jade Buddha, but he didn't know that the Buddha was not gold or jade, but just a rotten stone, and he was defrauded of 700 taels of silver.

Even when he came to the government, he couldn't reason.

Shopkeeper Du argued a few words, and saw that the people around were booing, so he was disheartened, turned around and was about to leave.

When he walked downstairs, he suddenly saw the stranger who brought him to find Song Xuan, he didn't know when he went upstairs, he went to Song Xuan's side, and picked up the wine and vegetables to eat by himself.

Shopkeeper Du was like a head of ice water pouring on his head, and finally let the apprentices go back first.

He was alone in the restaurant, waiting for Song Xuan and the others to come out after eating and drinking, then gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I don't know which god I offended, please show me, sir."

Song Xuan said with a smile: "It's none of your business, I just want to meet Ji Ni."

"you……"

"Let him wait on the Chunjiang tower tomorrow, and tell him that there is a man named Song who wants to meet him."

After all, the three of them talked and laughed and left.

Song Xuan was still making fun of Fang Qiutang: "You really want to earn even 100 taels."

Fang Qiutang said: "No matter how small a fly's leg is, it's still meat. I'm very poor now, so I can't spend my money like you."

Suddenly, Fang Qiutang asked again: "Song Xuan, what are you going to see him for tomorrow?"

Song Xuan said with a smile: "It's just reminiscing about the old days, can you use me to give him a good time for you?"

"No need," Fang Qiutang sneered. "The worse he is, the happier I am."

Song Xuan shook his head, sighed, "It's so vicious." Then he joked with Ji Yunxi: "Look, this is still everyone's child."

Fang Qiutang scolded him with a smile: "I'm an illegitimate child, what kind of shit is everyone's son, but you, no matter what, you are also from a scholarly family, and the current bastards are not the same, and you don't do any less—"

As soon as Fang Qiutang said this, the whole air seemed to freeze.

Ji Yunxi suddenly asked softly, "Scholarly family?"

Fang Qiutang realized something was wrong: "Probably... right."

"First, you were drunk, and you once said that Song Xuan is from Hengyang," Ji Yunxi spit out each word, linking all the doubts in his mind together. "Now, you say that he is from a scholarly family."

"Did I say that?" Fang Qiutang didn't know what was going on, so he forced a smile and played aggressively, and frequently used his elbow to punch Song Xuan, signaling him to speak quickly.

However, Song Xuan could not speak a word as if his throat had been sealed with wax.

Ji Yunxi stared at Song Xuan, the smile on his face seemed to be frosted: "Song Xuan, how many scholarly families in Hengyang City have the surname Song?"

"Is there any scholarly family that is so downcast that its children come out to tell fortunes for a living?"

Song Xuan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Sorry, you let me think about it."

"Tomorrow... I will definitely tell you tomorrow."

Let me tell you, my name is actually Song Xuan.

Song Xuan sighed.

If it is true, lies cannot be delayed.

If it drags on for a long time, it loses the courage to expose the truth.