Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Mrs. Lin Xiao had nothing to do today. After dinner, he found a few old friends for tea. In the evening, he strolled back to the shop opposite Taixue to buy some lo mei and a jar of wine. He planned to go home and have a drink with Lin Xiao.

It's just that when the old man came out of the shop, he found a few carriages parked in front of Taixue, and he was a little puzzled - Taixue didn't have class today, who was there?

When the old master walked into Taixue, he heard that it was very lively inside. In addition to the sound of "cracking" flipping through the books, there were also human voices discussing. After listening to it, he heard "fish tail..."

Master Lin was at a loss—what kind of fish tail?Stir fry?

Walking in the door, I saw several tables set up in the yard in front of the study, with a lot of books piled up beside the tables, and a group of Taixue students were looking through the books together, as if they were looking for some information.

The old man took a closer look. Bao Yan, Pang Yu, Ouyang Chunhua, Zhao Lan, Yi Yi, Wang Qi, and Jiangnan are all there...of course Lin Xiao is also there.

"What are you doing?" Master Lin asked curiously.

Everyone turned around with a "swipe", and said in unison, "Master."

Lin Fuzi wanted to laugh a little, young is good, one or two are alive and kicking.The old man walked over to look, and saw that all he was reading were local chronicles.

"What are you looking for?" Master Lin knew that this group of students probably helped the Kaifeng Mansion again.

Zhao Lan asked seriously, "Master, do you know Yuweidu?"

Mr. Lin stroked his beard, "Well... I haven't heard this saying for a while."

After hearing Master Lin's words, everyone raised their heads again, looking at the old man, "Master, have you heard?"

Mrs. Lin said, "I heard it when I was young." As he spoke, the old man found a chair and sat down, and said, "When I was young, I went to the northwest with the young master. I heard a couple quarreling in a tavern, and the woman scolded me. The man died and went to Yuweidu. I also specifically asked what Yuweidu meant. An old man sitting next to me told me that it was a curse word. Yuweidu is a ferry. Men who abandon their wives will fall into it , will never be reincarnated."

"Specially scolding men?" Yi Yi asked.

Master Lin said, "It probably has both aspects. It is a kind of cursing that is unique to husband and wife."

"Husband and wife..." All the younger ones touched their chins and pondered.

Lin Fuzi was very curious, and asked Bao Yan, "Did you encounter any strange case in Kaifeng Mansion again? Let you investigate these strange things."

Bao Yan told Lin Xiao about finding the "fish tail pillow" and the dead man in the well by chance.

The master seemed a little surprised, "In the Peacock Lake in the imperial garden of the palace, did you find a fishtail pillow?"

Bao Yan nodded.

"Then another court lady hanged herself by the Peacock Lake?" Master Lin frowned, "Or the family members of the victim in the Xu Ji case?"

Bao Yan then nodded.

Pang Yu reached out and tugged at Lin Xiao's beard, "Old man, do you know something?"

Master Lin hurriedly protected his beard and patted Pang Yu's hand, "It's not big or small."

"Master, just tell me what you know." Bao Yan said, "There has been no clue about this case."

Master Lin looked at the crowd and said in a low voice, "About five years ago... a court lady committed suicide in Peacock Lake."

Everyone looked at each other, curious, "The court lady committed suicide?"

"The time seems to be right." Pang Yu nodded.

Zhao Lan wondered, "Who committed suicide? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The master said in a low voice, "How should I put it, the emperor was not alarmed by this matter, and many people don't know about it... Only the Queen Mother and a few guards know about it."

Everyone looked at the Master suspiciously—then how did you know?

"That's right." The master said, "The maid's name is Feiyue, about... eighteen or nineteen? At about this age, she committed suicide by throwing herself into Peacock Lake. After the case happened, I was called into the harem."

All the children looked at the master with wide eyes, and Yi Yi asked, "Master, do you have something to do with that maid?"

Mrs. Lin shook his head, "No, the death of a palace maid in the imperial garden wouldn't make such a big fuss, maybe she stumbled and fell down? But this is different! Before the girl died, she even set up a formation by the Peacock Lake. It’s quite evil, so the queen mother was a little worried, so she asked me to have a look. Many people didn’t know about this, because the emperor didn’t know about it shortly after he took power, and he was afraid that someone with a heart would disturb the harem with rumors, so he kept it a secret.”

"Oh..." Everyone understood.

"Then what then?" Pang Yu was curious, "What formation did she set up?"

The master spread his hands, "I don't understand."

Everyone stared at him.

"Then how did you do business?" Pang Yu was curious.

Master Lin chuckled, "I just made up a random one with the queen mother, saying that the maid wanted to have a good pregnancy in her next life, so she made a reincarnation formation, and it had nothing to do with the fate of the country or the safety of the family, so the queen mother was relieved. It's over."

"Wow!" The students exploded.

Bao Yan opened his mouth wide, "Master, you actually lied to the Queen Mother!"

Lin Xiao made them amused, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"At least find someone who can recognize the formation!" Zhao Lan said.

"What formations and curses are all deceptive!" Mr. Lin shook his head and said, "Think about it! If this thing is really useful, why are you still fighting? There are countless witches and wizards in the Western Regions. Can't beat the Ninth Prince? Didn't they find someone to set up a formation at the gate of Heifengcheng, and they still lost in the end?"

Bao Yan and the others nodded, "This is..."

"I had forgotten about this matter long ago, but after you guys mentioned it, I think the timing is right, and..." Mr. Lin said, reached out for Lin Xiao's hole flute, and drew a few waves on the sand beside him, Said, "I remember a characteristic of the formation back then, that is, there were fishtail-like patterns around it! I felt like I had drawn a lot of fishtails, but I didn't think much about it."

"Fishtail..." Bao Yan looked at Pang Yu, "It's fishtail again!"

The young master also nodded and said, "Fishtail...fishtail...braised fishtail..."

Bao Yan took the book and patted him.

Only a few others raised their heads.

Yi Yi said, "I'm hungry."

"Braised fish tail sounds like a meal!" Chunhua also said.

So... a group of students rushed out to have dinner.

Master Lin shook his head helplessly, and got up to eat with the students.While walking, the old man recalled the formation method back then, and after a while he drew it, and asked Bao Yan and the others to take it back to study.

……

Let go of Bao Yan and the others and go to eat without mentioning it, and talk back to Zhan Zhao and the others.

Following Tianzun, Yinhou, Xiao Sizi and Xigulu to the vicinity of Huangshi Yupu, Zhan Zhao and the others found a roof with a better view to ambush.

Looking down from the roof... The gate of the Huangshi jade shop is open. The scale of this jade shop is really small. In addition to jade articles, it seems to sell some antiques and the like. It seems that it is a small business.

In the jade shop, the young man who had fought with the Mei brothers just now was there, lowering his head to wipe a porcelain plate, but the old woman was not there.

Tianzun strolled into the jade shop, and Yin Hou also followed in. The young man kept his head down to wipe the dishes, until Xigulu walked in, and the young man raised his head.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang recalled that during the previous fight, the old woman seemed to be called this young man Ayi.

When Xigulu stepped into the door, he tripped over the threshold and staggered... the little four sitting on his shoulders fell off.

Xigulu stretched out his hand to catch it, and he was also in a hurry. He lightly picked up the fourth son, leaned forward, and then hit his head on the door frame, and heard a "click".

Both Tianzun and Yin Hou turned their heads...

Xigulu smashed the threshold and broke the door frame at the same time, but the fourth son caught it.

Xigulu didn't feel any pain, he held the fourth son in front of his eyes and looked around, he was relieved when he found that he was not hurt.

The fourth son stretched out his small hand and rubbed his forehead, "Does it hurt?"

Xigulu really didn't feel any pain at all. He looked back at the door frame, which was shorter than himself, with a disgusted face, "People in the Central Plains are not tall because the house is too short!"

The fourth son still tilted his head, "That's right..."

Higurus nodded.

On the opposite roof, Zhao Pu shook his head helplessly—as expected, he just let go and caused trouble!The gate of the jade shop will definitely be compensated.

Bai Yutang was a little relieved - at least his master hadn't started causing trouble yet.

Zhan Zhao reminded, "That young man seems to have a bad temper, will he fight with Xigulu?"

Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang looked at each other—if the fight started immediately, how would we investigate?

The young man looked up at the broken door frame and threshold of his house, staring blankly at Xigulu in a daze.

The fourth son knew that he had caused trouble at a glance, so he hurriedly apologized to the little brother, and asked in a low voice, "How much is the door frame?"

Ah Yi finally made a move, looked at the fourth son, and asked Xigulu, "Aren't you Han?"

Xigulu nodded, pointed to the threshold, and said, "Is there such a cross in my hometown..."

Ah Yi nodded, "There are indeed many houses in the west without thresholds, so be careful next time you hold your child."

Both Xiao Sizi and Xigulu nodded.

Xigulu put the fourth son on the ground, and the fourth son ran over to Ah Yi with his face up and told Ah Yi that they would pay for the broken door, but Ah Yi waved his hand and gave him a piece of pastry on the table, saying , "It's okay, I would have earned it back if you bought a piece of jade in a while."

The fourth son smiled and nodded at him, thinking that this elder brother was a nice person with a good temper.

Even Xigulu felt that the Central Plains were not all "bad silver"!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—is this A Yi who fought with the three brothers of the Mei family just now?Twin brothers, right?Why is your temper so good? !

Tianzun also felt that the shopkeeper had a good temper, but Yutang said that he was difficult to deal with, so he said, "Yo! Little brother."

Ah Yi was taken aback, turned around and saw Tianzun and Yin Hou in the shop, was startled, opened his mouth wide, "You... when did you two come in?"

On the opposite roof, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang supported their foreheads. They both understood this feeling best. Yin Hou and Tianzun appeared so suddenly, and they walked in complete silence.

Yin Hou looked at the things outside, the small shop was shabby, and the jades were all genuine, but there were not too many high-grade ones. With the eyes of Tianzun, he definitely didn't like it. That Lu Chi didn't know what to buy here... ...What's more, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are still squatting on the opposite roof, are they stalking?

Yin Hou paid attention to this shop and began to look at the furnishings in the shop... At the same time, Yin Hou felt that there should be a yard and other rooms behind this shop.There are other people in the room, and their kung fu is not bad, or... well kung fu!

Yin Hou glanced at Tianzun at the side.

At this time, Tianzun was asking the little brother, "Do you have ruby ​​in your shop?"

The little brother seemed a little surprised, and asked Tianzun, "How do you know that there are rubies in my shop?"

Tianzun's eyes lit up, "Is there really? Sell it!"

The little brother looked Tianzun up and down.

Logically speaking, the jade shop and antique shop in Kaifeng Mansion... In short, most people in this industry know Tianzun, but this Ah Yi obviously doesn't.Not only did he not know Tianzun, but he also felt that he didn't know Xiaosi.

"This jade shop just opened, right?" Zhao Pu also saw some tricks, "This little brother is obviously not a local, he looks like he just came here not long ago."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded. In addition, they originally thought that he had a quarrel with Mei Tianyun because both of them had bad tempers, but judging from his reaction just now, his temper was quite good. In other words... he was deliberately targeting the Mei family. what?

Everyone then looked down, did the other party really have ruby? !

Tianzun proposed to buy cinnabar ruby, the price is negotiable.

The young man looked at Tianzun's clothes and felt that he should be able to afford the money, so he said, "I do have cinnabar red jade in my shop, but there are conditions for buying it!"

Tianzun nodded, that means - condition you open!

"First of all, you need a deposit of 100 taels to see the red jade!" said the little brother.

Tianzun took out 100 taels and gave it to him.

Bai Yutang nodded, his master was more comfortable touching 100 taels than touching a copper coin.

Both Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pu squinted at him - isn't this all because of your habit!

Ah Yi looked at the silver and said, "The deposit is non-refundable if you fail to win the pick."

Tianzun nodded and nodded, but he was also straightforward, "I will treat it as money for the door frame with you."

Ah Yi put away the money, and continued, "To see the red jade, you have to go to the inner room of the shop to see it. My aunt will take you there. After you choose it, you are not allowed to negotiate the price. It is a fixed price."

Tianzun then nodded.

"In the end." Ayi said, "After the red jade is sold, it will not be refunded, and you must not spread the rumor that you bought it in my shop!"

Tianzun wondered, "I don't want to introduce business for you?"

Ayi shook his head.

Tianzun didn't care, and nodded in agreement.

Yin Hou frowned, where in the world would there be such a business, unless... those red jades did not come from the right way?

"Do you sell all the jade in this way, or only this cinnabar red jade?" Yin Hou asked.

On the opposite roof, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who listened carefully with their ears upright, held their breath and relied on internal strength, both nodded——Yin Hou is still reliable!

Ah Yi looked at Yin Hou, shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about it, do you want to see it? There is still time to refund the deposit!"

"Look and see!" Tianzun nodded vigorously.

Ah Yi patted the door lightly.

Soon, there was a sound of footsteps.

Zhan Zhao and the others stared at the door——Aunt?Could it be the old woman?

But as the door curtain was raised, it was a middle-aged woman in plain white who came out.

This woman is very elegant and quiet, she has an aura close to Mrs. Bao, she looks like the daughter of a scholarly family, and her manner is very elegant, she invites everyone inside the door.

The fourth son dragged Xigulu to walk slowly to prevent him from kicking the threshold again. They left the front hall and went to the back room, and Ah Yi continued to wipe the dishes.

Zhan Zhao and the others followed quietly, and just about to go to the room, they heard Yin Hou's internal energy, telling them to stay away, or they would be discovered.

The three quickly turned around and reached a rooftop farther away.

Why did Yin Hou ask them to stay away from the surveillance—because after entering the backyard, he felt an inner strength, this is no ordinary master!

This time even Tianzun noticed, he looked towards a small courtyard behind a round stone gate... the courtyard was densely populated with lush branches and leaves blocking the view, and it was hard to see who was inside, but a surge of internal force could felt.Very orthodox and profound inner strength.

Tianzun subconsciously glanced at Yin Hou—is there such a big master hidden here?

Yin Hou was also curious, but it is not against the law to hide a master. There are many masters in this world who hide and don't want to see people. His magic palace has raised more than 300 such masters.

The young woman led Tianzun and others into a study room, and asked Tianzun, "Young master wants cinnabar red jade. I have four kinds of jade pendants, jade pendants, rings, and finger rings in my shop, as well as rough stones. Which one do you want?" "

After the young woman finished speaking, the fourth son and Yin Hou looked at her, and even Tianzun was a little surprised--when walking around Kaifeng recently, almost no one would call him "Young Master", if Yin Hou is difficult to recognize, then After all, Tianzun has silver hair obviously...

"Isn't Auntie from Kaifeng?" asked the fourth son, "Did you come to Kaifeng just now?"

The young woman nodded and said, "We came to Kaifeng from the northwest to make a living, and we just arrived half a month ago."

"Oh..." Tianzun nodded, "No wonder."

With that said, Tianzun said, "Take them all out, I'll pick a few more."

The young woman nodded and walked around behind a screen, and everyone heard the sound of a drawer being opened.

After a while, the young woman came over with a tray and put it in front of Tianzun and Yin Hou... There were ten ruby ​​fingers, ten ruby ​​rings, and twenty ruby ​​pendants of different shapes in the tray.

Ruby is very precious, and cinnabar ruby ​​is even rarer. Tianzun picked up a wrench and looked at the sun, admiring, "It's a good thing!"

The young woman nodded, "My lord has a vision, our family has been dealing in jade wares for generations, even in Kaifeng City, my family's jade is the best!"

Yin Hou couldn't help asking, "Your family can open a large jade shop in the best location in Kaifeng City just with this bit of ruby. Did someone introduce you to business?"

The woman smiled faintly, and said, "Be careful when sailing for thousands of years, and do business in a low-key way, that's my family motto."

It was the first time that Tianzun heard that doing business is low-key these days.

Yin Hou didn't say much, and asked the woman, "Do you have a white jade bracelet at home?"

The woman nodded, "There are many styles of white jade bracelets, which one do you want?"

Both Tianzun and Yinhou are a bit awkward—Young Master...

Yin Hou took out a bracelet from his bosom, and said, "There were originally two bracelets, but one was broken, can you make a pair?"

The woman put a piece of silk on her hands, took the jade bracelet carefully, looked at it, and nodded, "This is the best white jade, and a craftsman can make one out of rough stones."

Yin Hou asked, "Can you do it here?"

The woman nods.

After Tianzun heard it, he glanced at this side, and continued to pick the red jade without changing his expression.

Zhan Zhao saw Yin Hou take out a white jade bracelet from a distance, so he "tsk tsk" twice.

"What is that bracelet?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "My grandfather is helping to test the background of that jade shop."

Bai Yutang was puzzled.

At this time, Zhao Pu poked them both.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, who were discussing, looked back at him together. To be honest, they only realized now that Zhao Pu was there.

Zhao Pu looked at the two of them with admiration on his face. He was a little embarrassed to stay together, and felt that he was in the way of their "chat".

"That jade bracelet was carried by my grandfather since he was a child. It should be a relic left by his mother." Bai Yutang frowned slightly, thinking of Yin Hou's life experience, his mother was not an ordinary woman...

"In other words, this jade pendant belongs to the royal family?" Zhao Pu asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "This jade pendant is a single bracelet. Grandpa hasn't found a match for this jade bracelet in more than 100 years. There are very few identical jade materials. Even if you find a matching rough stone, it is extremely difficult to make it! Jiuniang said that my grandfather originally wanted to make a pair for my mother's dowry, but many craftsmen couldn't make it out. The jade masters in the magic palace all said that this kind of craftsmanship belongs to ancient methods, and was used by the royal family in the previous dynasty. If the famous craftsman has successors, he may be able to create it, and other craftsmen will break it if they touch it. If such a precious rough stone is broken after polishing, it will be wasted."

Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu understood - it seems that Yin Hou also noticed that this shop is not simple.

……

When Yinhou was picking white jade and Tianzun was picking red jade, Xigulu who was next to the fourth son suddenly stood up and ran out.

The woman hurriedly shouted, "This young man..."

Xigulu scratched his head, but the fourth son grabbed him and asked him where he was going.

Xigulu looked anxious, "Where is the hut?"

The young woman walked to the door, pointed to the yard on the side, and said, "The first room at the gate of the yard is."

Higurus ran away.

The fourth son followed, "I'll go too."

One big and one small rushed towards the courtyard gate, the young woman was quite nervous, "Don't run around, be careful not to get lost."

Yin Hou looked at the door, turned around, and saw Tianzun suddenly put a ruby ​​ring in front of his eyes.

Yin Hou raised his eyebrows and looked at Tianzun—are you planning to give me a ring? Don't be ridiculous when you are over 100 years old?

Tianzun looked at the sky and rolled his eyes, glared at him, and pouted at the ring.

Yin Hou took it over suspiciously, took a closer look, frowned, and looked up at Tianzun.

The two exchanged glances, and Tianzun picked up the ring and said to the young woman, "Girl, I'll buy this."

The young woman came back to her senses, "Oh..." As she agreed, she walked over, thinking that Tianzun was also quite strange, calling her aunt a girl at a young age...

Seeing that Tianzun wanted to buy a ring, the woman took out the accounts to quote to Tianzun. She was busy here, but she was paying attention to Xiao Sizi and Xigulu who had gone to another courtyard, as if she was afraid that they would run away.

Yin Hou stood up and said, "Both of them are children at heart, I'll call them back, don't run around and cause trouble, you are busy."

The woman nodded quickly and thanked Yin Hou.

Yin Hou got up and left, walked through the courtyard gate, and met the fourth son who came out of the hut.

Yin Hou stretched out his hand, took him by the hand, and led him into the yard.

The fourth son looked at the courtyard gate behind him and felt that he was going in the wrong direction, so he raised his face and asked Yin Hou, "Where are we going, Yin Yin?"

Yin Hou smiled slightly, "I don't know, isn't this lost?"

While speaking, he picked up the fourth son, walked around the dense bushes, and walked to the depths of the small courtyard...