Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

After asking Wei Zhong to pay the money, Zhou Xingzhi also handed him the painting and asked him to keep it for him, while he continued to walk shoulder to shoulder with Ye Ningxuan.

"Ning Xuan, do you have anything you like?" Zhou Xingzhi asked suddenly. Although he and Ye Ningxuan had been together for a long time, most of the time the two talked about political affairs and rarely touched on private life.

Ye Ningxuan slowed down a little after hearing the question, and thought about it seriously, "I don't seem to have anything I particularly like."

"The ones I generally like." Zhou Xingzhi asked, turning his head slightly.

"I seem to like a lot of things, such as rare ancient books, some beautiful decorations, guqin, and beautiful jewelry." Ye Ningxuan said and paused, "But I don't seem to be short of these things, I have a lot of them. "

Ye Ningxuan is the prime minister's daughter. She has been favored by her father and brother since she was a child. As long as it is something she likes, some people will collect it and give it to her. Therefore, Ye Ningxuan does not have much pursuit of some foreign things.

That's it, if you want to give her something according to her liking, it will be difficult to choose.

"I should have a lot of things you like in my private treasury. If you want it, you can get it yourself. You don't need to tell me anything." Zhou Xingzhi thought for a while and said, since it is difficult to choose, then put everything you have Give it to Ye Ningxuan.

"Okay, then I'll thank Zhixing first." The corners of Ye Ningxuan's mouth rose more.It's just a painting worth 100 taels, and any gadget in the private library is worth more than this painting.No matter who Zhou Xingzhi gave this painting to, it must not be as important as himself in his heart.

After comforting herself for a while, Ye Ningxuan's mood improved a lot, and she would occasionally mention her previous experience when wandering around.

"The shopkeeper of the antique shop in front is very interesting. His promise is not to sell fake objects. If anyone finds that there are fake objects in his shop, he will directly destroy the objects and give that person 100 taels of silver." Ye Ningxuan said , "I heard people who live nearby say that after the shopkeeper made this statement, it took three years to pass away once, and someone saw a problem with a piece of porcelain."

"Although after investigation, it was found that the clerk in the store had a bad idea and deliberately replaced the object with a fake, but the shopkeeper smashed the fake on the spot and gave 100 taels of silver to the person who recognized it."

"This method is quite novel." Zhou Xingzhi looked up at the plaque of the store, Yafengge, the name is not bad, judging from the handwriting on the plaque, it should be the work of the master.

"Does Zhixing want to go in and have a look?" Ye Ningxuan asked, "The things here are not bad."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

"Hello, two gentlemen. We sell real things in our store. You can buy with confidence." As soon as you entered the door, the shop assistant came up, and after briefly introducing the classification of various varieties, he pulled away and The distance between the two allows them to choose as they wish.

Zhou Xingzhi recalled what Ye Ningxuan said just now, took the initiative to take two steps towards the musical instrument area, and finally stopped in front of a guqin.If she remembers correctly, there are many rare ancient books, rare ornaments and jewelry in her private library, but there are relatively few guqin instruments.

"Ning Xuan, can you play the piano?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Well, a little bit." Ye Ningxuan said modestly.

"Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever heard Ning Xuan play the piano." Zhou Xingzhi thought for a moment, "Why don't I buy this piano for you, and in return, how about you play the piano for me at night?"

"Use this qin?" Ye Ningxuan looked at Guqin, as if she was judging the value of this qin.

The guy standing on the side came out of nowhere, and said with a smile, "You two, this guqin is made using ancient methods, and the body of the qin is made by a century-old talent. It took two years for a famous master to make it." , and it has been stored for more than three hundred years since its completion."

"More than 300 years, isn't that just when the dynasty was established?" Zhou Xingzhi said, "You don't want to tell me that this is something from the previous royal family?"

"This young master is half right. This guqin is indeed from the previous dynasty, but it was not produced by the royal family. It was revealed after the family collapsed at that time." The man said, "Our shopkeeper also received it by chance. If it is placed in the piano store, it can be regarded as the treasure of the store."

Zhou Xingzhi doesn't know how to play the qin, so she doesn't particularly understand the value and meaning of this qin, but she can tell from Ye Ningxuan's eyes that she likes this qin.

"How much?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Young master, our shopkeeper doesn't accept money to buy this guqin." The man paused, "only barter is accepted."

"Barter?" Zhou Xingzhi frowned, "What does your shopkeeper want to exchange?"

The man didn't answer Zhou Xingzhi's question, but just said with a smile, "If the two young masters are interested, why don't you talk to me in detail?"

"Yes, lead the way." Zhou Xingzhi nodded in response.

After arriving at the entrance of the inner room, the man took a step back and stopped Wei Zhong and the others, "Our inner room is relatively small, so it is not convenient for too many people to enter, and I hope the young master will let the servants wait outside."

"I'm going to protect the young master's safety, so I have to go in." Before Zhou Xingzhi could say anything, Lu Yuan made his statement, and his sharp eyes fell on the clerk, "Still, your shopkeeper will do something to my young master." What?"

For the convenience of movement, Luyuan also changed into men's clothing.Although she is not very tall, as the chief female officer, she is also imposing.The identities of Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan are extremely valuable, no matter who the shopkeeper is, they are not qualified to let the two of them go in to discuss with him alone.

"This..." There was a little fear on the guy's face. He didn't dare to answer this question. After all, these two young masters seemed to be from the rich and powerful, and he couldn't afford to offend them.

"Sorry, I didn't educate my buddy well." The person in the back room probably heard some movement, and quickly opened the door and walked out, bowing slightly to apologize, "But the back room is indeed a bit small, and the two of you can only Bring four attendants over here."

"Are you the shopkeeper here?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Exactly, I don't know if it's convenient for the two sons to come in and talk?" The shopkeeper of Yafeng Pavilion is not very old, he only looks like 25.

Zhou Xingzhi gave Lvyuan a look, then held Ye Ningxuan's hand, "Yes, shopkeeper please."

"This way please, two young masters." The shopkeeper's gaze flicked over Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan, and stayed on the latter for a moment before turning his gaze away.

The shopkeeper didn't want to do anything to the two of them. He asked the buddy to stop the two people's entourage just to avoid too many people talking.

"Here, Zeng Ling first apologizes to the two young masters. My original intention was not to exchange the guqin for anything, but to seek the help of the nobleman." Zeng Ling stood up and made a long bow.

"Help from the nobleman?" Zhou Xingzhi raised his brows, doing one thing after another.If it weren't for her wanting to leave the palace on a whim today, she would have thought that Zeng Ling came to block her on purpose.

"I won't hide it from the two sons anymore. I have encountered some troubles recently and need the help of noble people." Zeng Ling said, "Those who can recognize this guqin and have the intention to buy it must be rich or expensive people, and they are also very rich. This is the person I need to find."

"What trouble are you in?" Zhou Xingzhi glanced at Zeng Ling, with delicate features, he looked more like a scholar than a businessman.

Zeng Ling let out a long sigh, and then began to tell his story.He was originally from Suzhou, with a wealthy family background. He suffered an accident that year. His parents died in an accident. In order to avoid some troubles, he brought his younger sister to the capital to make a living.

"Half a month ago, a good friend told me that my enemy will come to the capital in a while. If he finds out my whereabouts, my little sister and I will be in great trouble." Zeng Ling said, "I I have been operating in the capital for seven years, and finally got some improvement, I don't want to give up here, so I want to ask the two young masters to protect me."

"How do you know we can protect you?" Ye Ningxuan asked.

"My ancestors used to run a ready-made clothing store, and I personally know something about embroidery." Zeng Ling said, "If I'm not mistaken, although the clothes on the two of you are simple, the embroidery on them looks like Suzhou embroidery. Don't say that the fabric of this robe is made of brocade. The laws of the Zhou Dynasty stipulated that, except for special cases, only officials of the fourth rank and above and their family members are eligible to wear brocade."

"Your eyesight is pretty good." Ye Ningxuan looked Zeng Ling up and down, "Is your enemy an imperial order?"

After hearing Ye Ningxuan's words, Zeng Ling was stunned for a moment before he said, "Young master is really transparent. The one who has a grudge against me is the general judge of Suzhou Prefecture. He will be transferred to the capital soon to become the general judge of Shuntian Prefecture."

Although the position is still general judge, the general judge in the local area is different from the general judge in the capital. If there is no accident, after a year, this person's grade will be raised.

"Did the general judge target your family for personal gain? Or did something happen to your family before you were dealt with?" Zhou Xingzhi asked. Although the general judge is only a sixth-rank official, it is not something that ordinary people can do. She can't just Judging who is right and who is wrong by listening to one side of the story.

"To tell you the truth, my family used to have a little property." Zeng Ling said, "Maybe the other party has taken a fancy to our family property."

"How much property?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"If you add up the property and real estate, it should be 110 million taels of silver," Zeng Ling said.

Zhou Xingzhi paused for a moment, 110 million taels of silver?This is called slightly thin production?As the king of a country, the silver in the private treasury is almost like this!

Don't say it's a general sentence, even if she is the emperor, she is jealous!

Zhou Xingzhi looked at Ye Ningxuan subconsciously, and the eyes of the two met in the air, and they quickly reached a consensus.

Those who can have so many properties must have excellent management ability. If the foundation is clean, they may be able to collect it for their own use and make money for themselves!