Li Ye held up the oil lamp and searched among the piles of broken copper and iron for about a quarter of an hour. Sure enough, he pulled out an incense burner from the bottom, which was exactly the same as his own, but seemed to be heavier.
Zhang Ping almost jumped up with joy, "I was right! There is a real couple."
"Let's go! Let's talk about it when we get back."
The two people blew out the oil lamp and left the yard. The black dog yawned long and said, 'We didn't see anything!'
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After returning home, Li Ye polished it a little, and the dark surface revealed a sparkling silver light. It was indeed an incense burner made of pure silver.
This incense burner is heavier than the other one, and there is an extra squatting beast on it.
Li Ye took out two hundred taels of silver and pushed a pile of silver to Zhang Ping.
"I want this incense burner!"
Zhang Ping nodded silently and pushed back the two hundred taels of silver, "Give it back to you!"
"How do you explain to your father where the money comes from?"
Zhang Ping shook his head, "I won't tell them for the time being. I want to practice my cooking skills. When I get good at it, you will teach me another dish."
Li Ye took out another ten taels of silver and handed it to him with a smile: "Go! Ten taels of silver is enough for you to buy ingredients."
After Zhang Ping left, Li Ye found another incense burner under the bed and put the two incense burners together. Sure enough, they were a pair.
He looked carefully at the inscriptions on the bottom of the new incense burner. Last night he discovered that there was an inscription on the bottom of the incense burner: "Edict to Duke Lu", and the date of signing was the eleventh year of Zhenguan.
This was obviously given to Lu Guogong by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, but who was Lu Guogong?
Li Ye asked Aunt Mu last night, and Aunt Mu also looked confused.
At this time, Pei Sanniang rushed in like a gust of wind, "Ah Ye, did you take the money in my room?"
Li Ye nodded and pointed to the incense burner, "I used it to buy this incense burner!"
Pei Sanniang was furious, "Are you crazy? How much is this copper incense burner worth?"
"Mom, it's not a copper incense burner, it's a sterling silver incense burner. Can you take a closer look?"
The anger in Pei Sanniang's eyes immediately disappeared. She stepped forward and touched the shining silver part. Her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she asked excitedly: "Where did you get it?"
Li Ye didn't hide anything and told the situation again.
Pei Sanniang's eyes widened suddenly, "Is this one a thief from the blacksmith shop?"
"Mom, this is called picking up leaks. The person who sold it to Lao Jiang, and Lao Jiang himself, didn't realize that it was made of silver. He sold it to me for only 500 cash."
Pei Sanniang walked a few steps distractedly, sighed and said to her son: "Ye'er, you have to promise mother..."
"I know!"
Li Ye knew what his mother wanted to say, so he said first: "I am not a thief, and I don't have this habit. Just this once, I promise there will be no next time!"
Pei Sanniang nodded, "That's good. Mom won't talk about you this time. I will return the iron cone to him tomorrow and he won't ask for change."
"Mom, that iron awl must be a famous general's weapon! Maybe it's also very valuable."
"What are you talking about? You picked up tattered arrowheads and melted them down to make them three years ago. I paid Lao Jiang a lot of money for the work. Have you forgotten?"
"impossible!"
Li Ye studied the iron vertebrae carefully. It was very beautifully made and there were inscriptions on it, but they were just small seal characters, which he did not recognize.
"Did you see him build it with your own eyes?"
"That's not true. I gave him a bag of arrowheads in the morning, and he gave me the awl in the afternoon."
Li Ye burst out laughing. This old Chiang Kai-shek was really a stick. He picked up the treasure himself and then gave it to others.
"Mom, I like that iron cone. I'll buy a few more things from him in two days and give him some more money!"
"You can stay if you like it!"
Pei Sanniang was more interested in the incense burner. Although she disapproved of her son stealing the incense burner, she was not pedantic enough to return the incense burner. How could the silver incense burner be returned?
She looked at the incense burner up and down, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, "This incense burner is quite exquisite. I'll go find someone to check it out. How much is it worth?"
"Mom, this is given to Duke Lu by the emperor. Do you know who Duke Lu is?"
"Gong Lu?"
Pei Sanniang felt that this name was so familiar. She frowned and thought for a moment, "I think I know. Daddy told me that our Pei family still has a relationship with him!"
"Oops! The answer is right in front of me, but I just can't remember who it is?"
Pei Sanniang couldn't remember for a moment and was so anxious that she circled around. She suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "I remember, it's Cheng Yaojin, the founding hero of the country!"
Is that Cheng Yaojin who sells private salt, robs the emperor's bar, and fixes Wagang with three axes?
Of course Li Ye knew that it was an image in the novel. The real Cheng Yaojin was a famous general in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and he later changed his name to Cheng Zhijie.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Li Ye's mind.
"I see!"
He ran out like a gust of wind. After a while, he ran back with his mother's iron awl, put it on the table and said with a smile: "This is also Cheng Yaojin's weapon!"
"how do you know?"
"There is a word on it, it's a small seal script. I didn't recognize it before, but now I know it, it's the word "Zhijie". Cheng Yaojin is also called Cheng Zhijie."
Pei Sanniang nodded, "It seems that it was also with the incense burner. Someone stole the Cheng family's things and sold them all to Chiang Kai-shek."
"Mom, let's return it to the Cheng family!"
"Just give it back to them for nothing?"
"Of course not, I also spent a lot of money to buy it back."
Pei Sanniang laughed dumbly, nodded and said: "You handle it! I won't ask, just don't ask too harshly."
Li Ye just smiled. His mother thought he wanted to take the opportunity to extort money from the Cheng family, but that was not the case.
In his time, it was a human society, and if you had many friends, you would have many paths, and it should have been the same in the Tang Dynasty.
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But Li Ye had another idea. Is there anything from the Cheng family left in the warehouse?
After lunch, Li Ye ran to the blacksmith shop again. Today, the Xiaoqi Guards polo team won a big victory. Old Jiang and Xiao Jiang were beaming with joy.
Hearing that Li Ye wanted to buy something again, Lao Jiang took him to the warehouse. Li Ye looked through it thoroughly this time, which disappointed him. The rest was all junk, but he still found something useful.
, a copper steamer, a bit like a steamer, but it is used to steam wine.
This thing weighed twenty kilograms, so Chiang Kai-shek offered three ounces of silver. Li Ye threw down ten taels of silver and took the black dog away with him.
Although this black dog is not dedicated enough, Li Ye still likes it very much. Their family also needs a watchdog.
Lao Jiang held the heavy ten taels of silver in his hands and smiled so hard that he had a double happiness today. In the morning, the Xiaoqi Guards polo team won a big victory, and in the afternoon, he encountered another small stick.
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There is another member in Li Ye's family, Xiao Hei, a well-behaved watchdog. Aunt Mu built a nest for it next to the kitchen. There happened to be a large wooden box at home, so she let it fall down and there was an old quilt inside.
The little black dog was happily spinning around Mrs. Mu's legs, its tail wagging.
After setting up the nest, the little black dog immediately got in and lay in his nest with his head facing out, refusing to come out.
Aunt Mu patted the puppy's head lovingly, "Good boy, I'll get you something to eat."
"I happen to have a plate!"
Li Ye ran back to the house and pulled out a large wooden plate from under the bed. It was used to put small stones. It was of no use now. It was just right for Xiao Hei to eat.
For the first meal, Xiao Hei ate a chicken head and half a bowl of leftover rice, then ran to the wooden basin next to the well to drink some vegetable washing water, and then lay down comfortably in the nest.
Li Ye dug another dog hole under the wall next to the door, so that Xiao Hei could go out and play by himself, and it was convenient to solve problems. Dogs in the Tang Dynasty were relatively easy to raise. As long as they left some leftovers for them when eating, the owner didn't need to worry about anything else.
Already.
At the first watch, Li Ye set off, and Xiao Hei came up to him. Li Ye touched its head and said with a smile: "Don't bark when I come back at night, remember!"
Xiao Hei wagged his tail and went back to his nest. Li Ye climbed over the wall and ran towards the city wall...
Lao Gao wrote these chapters of Unexpected Treasure just to involve the Cheng family, and then the protagonist would establish a relationship with the Cheng family.
This relationship will be crucial in the future. I can reveal a little bit here. The Cheng family all serve as officials in the East Palace and are the most important officials of the prince's faction.
In addition, don't underestimate Zhang Ping. He is only fourteen years old and already over 1.8 meters tall. Pei Min likes him very much. He will become Pei Min's only apprentice and the protagonist's most die-hard younger brother.