【Zhou Ye】The King of Luoyang

The reward was in place, and the old man with the goatee accepted the gift, and returned the gift with fists in Jiang Botao's direction.He stood up, and suppressed the two groups of people who raised the bar with his loud voice.Most of the tea guests were old acquaintances, and there was no need to make enemies for people they didn't know, so they happened to borrow the old man's storytelling steps to get off the stage.

This long story finally begins as a legend. The old man is good at telling it, and his tone and expression are in place. Needless to say, he is fascinating. The rich and powerful went up in secret, and the teahouse was extremely quiet for a while, everyone shut their mouths tightly, and their ears were tied around the old man's mouth.

"...Jiangnan has been a rich and prosperous place since ancient times. The man surnamed Hong has not been idle since he became a fake prince. He plundered the mansion like a sea of ​​gold and silver. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty was so poor in those years that he pointed at the sky. Beijing, I had a full meal, but in the end a fire burned it all out... Guizi Liu stomped his feet angrily when he found out, the money is gone, it's nothing to worry about, if he can't do what his sister-in-law told him, he will have to split his head ...It turns out that Hong Xiuquan has a treasure in his possession. According to legend, it is a jade bracelet with gold and phoenix patterns that was given to Empress Da Zhou by Empress Li who died a thousand years ago. It's different, the Empress Dowager Xi has been a little girl all her life, so when she heard such a thing, she wanted to keep it for herself... Within two years, it was rumored that the fire in the Heavenly King's Mansion was a deception, and the most valuable things in the mansion were taken away by the King Zhong I wanted to exchange it for my life, but it was still clicked... The treasure fell into the hands of Zeng Guoquan, and the brothers of the Zeng family were so powerful, who would dare to take the idea of ​​the treasure... Zeng Guoquan was buried with him after his death, just to prevent the smell The tomb robbers who followed Cao Mengde's 72 suspicious tombs... Later, there was no movement for decades, until seven or eight years ago, Ye Xiu, who was still a kid at the time, took advantage of it, found the real cemetery, and dug it up. Bought a jade jade bracelet with gold and phoenix patterns, and sold it to Tang Shusen, the richest man in Shanghai..."

When the old man's story came to an end, he was sweating profusely after telling it, his mouth was dry, he raised his neck, and gulped down half a teapot of water.

"Hey old guy, you didn't explain the key point clearly, how did Ye Xiu find the cemetery, and where are the remaining treasures?"

"That's right, isn't this what everyone wants to hear the most!"

The old man laughed, and his beard trembled with laughter, "How do I know this? I don't know the King of Luoyang, and even if I do, he's famous for plucking geese, can you tell me? Tell me and I'll make a fortune." .”

As he said, he used his eyes to please the person who gave him the copper plate just now, only to find that the table in the northwest corner was empty, only a stack of jujube cakes piled up like a pagoda.

Zhou Zekai laughed, laughed at himself and shook his head innocently, shaking his shoulders along with it.It turned out that what the old man wanted to talk about was worthless things other than money.It didn't matter, there were different opinions about the whereabouts of that thing, and it was already vague. Zhou Zekai didn't point to an easy place to hear it, otherwise he wouldn't try to find Ye Xiu, who is famous for hammering hammers.

Zhou Zekai's big move fell into Jiang Botao's eyes, Jiang Botao naturally wanted to ask him, what's wrong, why are you laughing.

Most of the time, people are the only ones who understand what they are laughing at. It’s really not that funny when they tell it. Zhou Zekai didn’t say what he was laughing at. He just turned his face and said to Jiang Botao who was walking by him, “Prepare the ceremony.” He thought of what he had just heard and said Ye Xiu was greedy for money, and he would rather believe in it. He didn't like to use his strength twice for the same thing, so he emphasized, "Prepare generous gifts."

"Don't worry, junior brother." Jiang Botao replied with a tone of everything.His father was an old subordinate of the old handsome, and the old handsome adopted him as his adopted son early in his glory.After he became an adult, he and Zhou Zekai joined the gang. They were of the same seniority. He joined the gang early. Zhou Zekai called him senior brother, and he got used to it. The two of them have always called him that in private.

They came by car. They didn't want to attract attention. They went out of Henan Province and passed Fan County to ride horses. After running for another hour, they arrived at the most prosperous street in Old Town. It is said that Ye Xiu's antique shop is located on this street. The east end of the street.

The two walked to the end of the road, at the junction of the brick road and the dirt road, and reined in the horse in front of a shop facing the street.Compared with Ye Xiu's famous name, this store is much more plain, a two-story black-painted brick building with a back yard.

"This is it?" Turning his head back, Zhou Zekai was not sure.

"probably……"

Jiang Botao got off his horse and was about to go in to find out the truth.Coincidentally, at this moment, there were sounds from the store, which resolved the doubts of the two of them.

"...Master, take it easy. The jar in your hand is from the year of Tianqi. It's worth 50 yuan. If you want to drop it, you can drop it on the rightmost one on the second floor. It's worth 15 yuan. It can't be more expensive!"

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The male voice is warm and moderate, but because of the cohesive and loose feeling between the words, it seems that one is dragging the other to spit it out, which adds a sense of languid laziness, like catkins wrapped in catkins in April. Itchy Breeze.

Hear the sound before seeing anyone, so the sound and the content of the sound are very easy to distinguish.

With this, Zhou Zekai said firmly, "Well, this is it."

He was wearing a thin blue gown, and his face was flushed by the heat. Before he got off his horse, he lifted it, revealing the leggings that a soldier would wear underneath.He got off the saddle and patted the head of the horse that had been in love for two days. The horse turned his head to make out with him. He also looked at the horse, took out a carrot from the saddle bag and fed it, and then he and Jiang Bo Tao tied up his horse and entered the store one after the other.

The presence of these two guests, whom Chen Guo later described as handsome, handsome and extraordinary, saved the porcelain jar worth 15 yuan.Chen Guo had raised her hand high, but she almost dropped her hand. The sunlight at the door was just right, but she was suddenly put away and then let go. She subconsciously looked back and saw an outsider coming in. She was embarrassed and fell, and went to the antique house again. Stand on tiptoe in front of the frame and swing back as it was.

Seeing this, Ye Xiu comforted himself and saved money again.He is not needed to entertain ordinary buyers, he just sits at the Eight Immortals table fiddling with tobacco rods and loading shredded tobacco.

Jiang Botao was unambiguous, he explained his purpose when he entered the door, asked if Mr. Ye was there, and asked if he had anything to do.Every day rushing to Ye Xiu, there were quite a few people who only wanted antiques but didn't buy anything, Chen Guo was used to it, she could tell that the two were high-flyers, they talked politely, and led people into the inner hall to find Ye Xiu.

When Zhou Zekai saw the owner of the voice just now——Ye Xiu Quanquan, Ye Xiu had already lit a cigarette, enjoyed it, and took two puffs from the emerald cigarette holder.Zhou Zekai couldn't tell whether it was the onion-like cigarette holder that caught his attention, or the onion-like fingers, or Ye Xiu's slightly coquettish smile.

Ye Xiu knocked the pipe and put it on the side of the table, patted the folds of the front of his clothes, stood up and bowed to welcome the guests.The three people who were all wearing similar long gowns and cloth shoes met each other, and they didn't hesitate to nod their heads.Jiang Botao and Ye Xiu sized each other up for a while, feeling that they were both characters they couldn't hide.Ye Xiu then took a rough look at Zhou Zekai, who was standing behind Jiang Botao but was clearly the rightful master.Zhou Zekai walked without moving his head and eyes, and looked around the inner hall. The decoration in the room was ordinary, and the few large pieces of furniture were unmistakably clumsy. Nine of the ten shops on this street were probably dressed in this way. It was normal to think about it. Rich on the surface.His eyes were straightened under Ye Xiu's gaze, meeting Ye Xiu's. There was a kind smile in Ye Xiu's eyes, as well as the shrewdness of a smart person, which Zhou Zekai thought was hidden.

Ye Xiu turned his eyes away, his gesture of welcoming guests was not negligent, but his mouth did not have the blushing vigor of a businessman, he just said, hello both of you, I am Ye Xiu.

Jiang Botao stepped between Zhou Ye and the two of them, and introduced the family at the right time. He spread his hands on Zhou Zekai's chest, "Mr. Ye, this is our young master, surnamed Zhou."

"Oh~ I've met Mr. Zhou." Ye Xiu drew a long tone. Most people would define this long tone as long-awaited, but when he had never heard of the other party's name, it was more sincere to hide it.

Zhou Zekai didn't answer, but just nodded.Ye Xiu nonchalantly made a gesture to treat the guests to the seat, "It's too hot outside, please come over here, if you have something to do, sit down and drink some water."

The guests were young people, so Ye Xiu led them to the table opposite the kang.Zhou Jiang didn't try to hide wealth. Ye Xiu had a sharp eye. He took a few glances at the material and the wearing. His identity was unclear, but his worth was not bad. He ordered Chen Guo, who was still standing at the door, "You two gentlemen, The proprietress is watching tea."

Zhou Zekai's sitting posture was stable, and Jiang Botao's was also stable, but he curled his lips in disapproval. There is nothing wrong with dividing the guests into three, six, or nine classes to entertain them, but whether it is appropriate to say it in front of people, is this person reliable or not.

Soon he knew that the inappropriate ones were yet to come.

Chen Guo brought up a set of tea sets. The tea was brewed in the kitchen. Ye Xiu asked the two guests to help themselves. He took a cup to quench their thirst. The tea was hot. He took a sip, and then yelled bitterly, "The brewing was wrong. Master, this is tea for special guests."

Chen Guo was half in the door and half outside the door. After hearing this, she was very embarrassed, made a mistake, made a mistake, she was in a bad mood today, and made a wrong hand.But she couldn't let Ye Xiu see it. She turned around and stood between the inner room and the outer room, and aimed at the 50 yuan Tianqi year porcelain jar just now, threatening Ye Xiu by this.

Ye Xiu hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll make money later."