Chao Gai rode the horse and walked not far, Chao Gai saw the white horse ridden by his elder brother Chao Jidao. The horse's snowflake-like fur was covered with mottled blood red. Chao Gai looked dazzling, and he turned over and dismounted with a plop. , stumbling all the way towards the poplar tree where the horse was staying. When Chao Gai came closer, the first thing that caught his eye was the pair of boots flying on the grass of his eldest brother Chao Jidao. Looking up again, Chao Jidao slanted Lying under the poplar tree, seven or eight arrows were pierced through his chest. The sharp arrows pierced his body. The blood still fell on the ground drop by drop along the arrows, staining a pool of blood. At this moment, Chao Jidao had long since lost his breath, his head tilted to one side, and a few lines of blood flowed from his mouth and nose.
Chao Gai looked at the tragic scene of his eldest brother's death. Tears came out of his eyes, making him feel like the world was spinning. He couldn't help roaring to the sky, venting the hatred and anger in his heart in this roar. Chao Gai gritted his teeth tightly. , his fists smashed the loess in front of him crazily, as if a punch hit Zang Hanzhong's body. Chao Gai looked at his elder brother's eyes in pain, with a look of resentment, and refused to close his eyes.
After Chao Gai was persuaded by the disciples, he raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears. At this time, Chao Gai took a closer look at the body of his eldest brother. It turned out that it was not just as simple as death from an arrow. The arrow feathers pierced the elder brother's shoulder blade and lower abdomen. Judging from the situation, it was not just death. The real fatal thing was the bloody line on the elder brother's throat. Chao Gai knew that it was a scratch from a sharp weapon. This is the real cause of death of the eldest brother. Looking at his limbs, the tendons of his hands and feet were severed, and even the tendons of his legs were pulled out of his body.
Chao Gai couldn't bear to look at such a cruel method, and his heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife. An inexplicable anger arose. He wished he could rush into the Zang family with a simple knife and chop up the Zang family's father and son together. Killed by a knife, simply fight to the death, but such thoughts flashed through Chao Gai's mind. Chao Gai clenched his fists, and the knuckles he squeezed turned white, but Chao Gai forced himself to calm down. Come down.
With tears in his eyes, Chao Gai hugged his eldest brother's bloody body and said softly: "Brother, let's go home."
[Yuncheng County·Chao's Pawn Shop]
Shi Jin brought several of the Chao family's diners to the Chao's pawn shop early. At that time, it was still dawn. When the clerk in the pawn shop cleaned the shop inside and out, the common people slowly went to the pawn shop. Now that we're on the street, the flow of people on the street is getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting more and more mixed.
Shi Jin originally didn't understand the way of this business. When he saw this pawn shop this time, he couldn't help but be full of questions. He also couldn't help but feel that there was knowledge everywhere. Shi Jin used his current status to understand many matters related to the operation of the pawn shop. Diandian asked from the beginning, and coincidentally, the shopkeeper from the Chao family was an old man. He had been working in a pawnshop all his life, and he was extremely familiar with the management of a pawnshop. Just by closing his eyes like this, He can also tell you clearly from the inside out, how to choose a shop, how to recruit people, how to set rules, how to do business, and how to make profits from it. The old man talks about it one by one like a treasure trove. It was so thorough that Shi Jin immediately respected the old man.
Just when the old man was talking enthusiastically, and Shi Jin was thinking about opening a pawn shop like this when he returned to Huayin County, a big man swaggered in outside the pawn shop. The young man in the pawn shop saw it and immediately greeted him. , said: "Please come in, sir,"
Without even looking at the young boy, the man walked to the pawn shop's counter in a few unceremonious steps, threw a heavy baggage in his hand on the counter, and said in an understatement: "Let's see how much it's worth. "
The old gentleman standing at the counter took the baggage in through the opening in the wooden fence on the counter, shook it open like this, oh, good guy, it's a fur coat with gold and silver threads. The old gentleman held the coat in his hand. , looked at it carefully inside and out.
The big man seemed a little impatient and urged: "Old guy, have you finished reading? How much is it worth? Please tell me more frankly."
The old gentleman was unmoved and continued to look at it again. Such a fine gold and silver fur coat had no stitches in the whole body. The workmanship was quite fine. Logically speaking, it should be worth fifty taels. However, something like this I'm afraid that only some rich families can afford it, but... the old man raised his eyes and looked at the big man outside the counter. From head to toe, there was no aura of wealth. If the family was in decline, this was a common situation. Yes, but the old man can still see an aura of noble nature that has not changed in those poor and declining rich children, and more people like that will hang their heads when they come to the pawnshop, for fear of being criticized. Seeing this, I feel uncomfortable on the face, and when it comes to pawn something, I feel even more timid, reluctant to do it, but extremely helpless. Such people will repeatedly emphasize the benefits of this thing, its importance to them, and want to pawn it. Keep it well and declare again and again that you will definitely come back and redeem it.
However, the current person is incompatible with the old gentleman's experience. Originally, according to the rules, no customer can inquire about the reason why the treasure was pawned. That is the customer's own business. The pawnbroker only estimates and establishes the words. It was a matter of exchanging money, but the old gentleman felt that something was wrong with this person. For a moment, he held the fur coat with gold and silver threads in his hand but was reluctant to decide on the price.
The man couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw the old man's hesitant look. He turned around and looked outside the door, then turned around and yelled at the old man: "You can't do this business after all. If you can't set the price, Just return this thing to me, I'm still waiting for the money, huh, from now on, quickly remove the sign of Chao's Pawn Shop for me," and then spread out his fingers to ask for the package from the old gentleman.
When the old man saw this man's bad attitude, he realized that the business was something that both parties could agree upon easily, and it wouldn't matter even if they didn't do it. However, this time he not only underestimated the old man's treasure appraisal skills, but also treated Chao The reputation of the pawn shop was mixed up and humiliated, which made the old man who had been the shopkeeper for decades a little unhappy. After all, this old man was a man who had seen the world, and he felt quite wise, although he was unhappy in his heart. Yue, but still with a smile on his face, he took the gold and silver fur coat and said to the man: "Young man, don't worry, this thing is good, but we can only give out forty taels, do you think you should take it seriously?" It's up to you to make your own decision. If you don't have any objections, I'll write it down for you."
The big man looked outside, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he shouted anxiously: "Dang Dang Dang, hurry up and get the money."
Just when the big man was urging for the money, Shi Jin, who was sitting inside, also noticed something was wrong with the transaction. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He hurried up and stood next to the old man. He saw that the old man had already begun to raise the money. When the pen was about to start writing, Shi Jin looked at the stage there and saw a waiter starting to fold up a furry coat that shone with golden light. Shi Jin was not born into a wealthy family. Those who were from the upper class society Shi Jin really didn't know what expensive clothes were called, but seeing that they looked similar, he felt anxious and quickly stopped the man, took the clothes in his hand, stood behind Mr. Hao and asked quietly: "Sir, this But a fur coat with gold and silver threads,”
The gentleman looked at Shi Jin with a smile and said, "Not bad."
When Shi Jin heard this, his heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly stuffed his clothes through the wooden gate and said, "I'm really sorry, distinguished guest, we don't accept this,"
The big man saw that it was done, but suddenly such a boy showed up to do bad things. He was so angry that he cursed at Shi Jin: "Why don't you accept it? You pawnshop is bullying people. If you don't tell me why, I won't smash it." I've lost your reputation," the big man said and clenched his fists loudly.
When the gentleman saw that this person was unkind, he said to the person with a smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, let's accept this, accept it," and then he stretched out his hand to take the clothes into the cabinet.
Shi Jin had quick eyesight and quick hands. Before the old gentleman could reach out of the wooden gate, he stopped the old gentleman and said to the big man: "There is truth in this. These clothes are really priceless. We can't afford to keep them, so why don't you please Please look elsewhere, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,"
When the old gentleman heard what Shi Jin said, he became anxious. In the pawnshop business, the most taboo thing is to say this sentence. Unexpectedly, Shi Jin just got it right and said it. However, after all, the old shopkeeper is a Seeing Shi Jin's insistence, people with countless worldviews knew that he must have something hidden, so he smiled and said to the big man: "Dear guest, let me see this thing again." The old gentleman didn't wait for Shi Jin to make a move. He took the package in his hand, put it on the counter, and said to the big man with a smile on his face: "Please wait a moment, dear guest, please give me a moment." After saying that, he gave Shi Jin a look, and the two of them went backstage. .
Shi Jin saw every move of the old gentleman. He was really a shrewd man in business, and he had to admire him. However, this was not the time to be shrewd. As soon as the two of them came backstage, Shi Jin thought that this was a man from the Zang family. The old man was shocked when he told the old man about the conspiracy, but they couldn't figure out where the trap was going to trap the Chao family. Hearing the big man outside urging him impatiently, Shi Jin suggested a method, and the old gentleman followed the order.
"Why don't we do business? I'm waiting for money in a hurry," the big man yelled impatiently. When he saw the old gentleman coming out from the backstage, he stopped talking. However, when he looked carefully at the old gentleman's face, he looked calm. It was a puddle of spring water, and the fact that he had been backstage for so long just now really made the big man suspicious.
The big man saw that the young man did not come out with the old gentleman, and he felt bad. He knew that the other party had made a move, so he quickly reached in from the fence outside, pulled open the fur coat, and then like He ran out of the door as if he had stolen something. However, as soon as the big man took a step out of the door, a fat man suddenly appeared from his side. He tripped and slammed the big man to the ground in the street.
The big man stood up and wanted to run away, but suddenly he felt a heavy foot stepping on his back. He couldn't struggle. When he looked back, he turned out to be the young man who had followed the old gentleman into the backstage.
Just when everyone on the street thought there was a fight and quickly formed a large circle to watch the show, someone over there shouted and pushed through the crowd and came inside.
Shi Jin looked up and saw that it was Wei Dutou again...