"One hundred and eighty taels, but I won't charge you any more. How about I pay another 600 taels to buy the jade pendant?" asked the druggist.
"What about you? How much do you want to pay?" Ling'er shook the bag of tips in his hand at the grain merchant in front of him.
The grain merchant, who was originally worried that the jade pendant would be taken by the drug dealer, snatched the kit and said: "I will give you one thousand taels, which is enough to buy his drug store!"
Ling'er was so anxious that she cried, "Why are you robbing things?"
The drug dealer was even more anxious. He thrust the medicine he had just wrapped into Qi Zhou's hand and said, "I'll give you the medicine. You can only sell the jade pendant to me." After saying this, he signaled to the two clerks, and the three of them rushed directly to the grain store.
business.
The grain merchant had already responded. He pulled the drug merchant to his side and whispered: "If you want to attack our Dongshan Gang, I'm not afraid of you. I can give you another thousand taels!"
"Two thousand!" the drug dealer replied.
"Deal!" The grain merchant took out the jade pendant from his brocade bag and wanted to take another look at it, while ordering his men: "Go and get a thousand taels of cash for this girl! Wait! How can it be fake? Do you dare to change the contract?" Grain merchant
His smile suddenly froze, and the jade pendant in his hand turned into a flat pebble. When Dang even yelled at the drug dealer, he sprayed his saliva in his face.
"Bah! Where is it really? Take it out quickly!" The drug dealer grabbed the grain dealer by the collar and yelled, and the surrounding merchants came to watch the excitement.
"Let go! Look, isn't this the stone you pressed on the four corners of the doily? No wonder you agreed so readily. You just changed the contract when you saw it. What else can you say?"
"I won't sell it anymore, give me back the jade pendant!" Ling'er cried loudly.
"No more selling, give us the jade pendant!" He Qizhou stepped forward and returned the newly wrapped medicine plug to the drug dealer, shouting loudly.
The drug dealer took the medicine and threw it away to his men. He wanted to avoid losses first. Then he pointed at the grain dealer and said, "He was the one who transferred the medicine. Ask him for it."
The grain merchant who was grabbed by the collar could no longer hold back his anger, slapped him in the face, and then said: "Search me quickly!"
"Give me a fight!" The drug dealer didn't show any weakness. There were shadows of gangs behind them. The six of them got into a fight for a while. Ling'er continued to cry and shouted to return my jade pendant, but the drug dealer shouted impatiently: "Get out of here."
Come on, it’s just a fake stone.”
"Don't run away, let's go report to the official!" Xiaoxue grabbed Ling'er and said to He Qizhou.
"Yes, yes, report to the official." The surrounding merchants and customers, who were worried about the world being in chaos, all responded.
"Go quickly, I'll keep an eye on them." He Qizhou said as he tried to pull the drug dealer away, but was kicked to the ground by the drug dealer's clerk. He Qizhou got up, turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran: "
Just wait, I'll call the tribesmen over!"
One sentence woke up the grain merchant, who was fighting evenly and shouted: "Go and call someone quickly!"
After the drug dealer received a punch, he immediately shouted: "Go and call someone——"
After a while, people kept coming from all directions. That evening, the Dongshan Gang and the Jinlong Gang turned into the biggest armed fight in Nan City in recent years. Two shops were smashed to pieces, but in the end the whereabouts of the jade pendant was not found.
"Boss, that ginseng branch is missing." The pharmacist's clerk, who was covered in bruises, sat on the ground and said.
"Impossible, I wrapped it myself and you still don't recognize it?" Qi Dao, a pharmacist who was bandaging the wound.
"It's all Astragalus. It was transferred to them for the first time, and now it's transferred back. Do you want to report it to the official?" said the waiter.
"What kind of packages are you preparing? Are you selling medicine and giving them away? Are you all ready? Don't be wordy. Come with me to Qinglong Temple!" an official of Qinglong Temple shouted angrily. The fight between hundreds of people alarmed the leader of the Qinglong Temple Tutang in the city.
Ouyang Xuan, a large group of people surrounded the street tightly.
"No, it's nothing. We made a mistake ourselves." The drug dealer slapped his subordinates. The official was right next to him, and he still spoke so carelessly.
…
In a jade shop facing the street, a rich man waved a folding fan with one hand and played with an exquisite jade pendant with the other. He said: "It's so noisy. Businessmen are like this. They forget all about profit and have no gentlemanly manners."
The jade merchant smiled and said, "Sir, your words are a bit hurtful. I am an honest person who does my duty."
The rich man said angrily: "Vulgar! This is all I need. Do you have any better tips?"
"Uncle, it's winter, can you stop fanning yourself?" the jade merchant begged.
"What do you tube?"
"Then you fan yourself, don't fan me." The jade merchant said with a bitter look on his face.
"I'm asking you if you have any good tips. Why are you talking so far?" The rich man closed his folding fan and asked.
"I'm sorry, the best couple was bought by a thin man an hour ago. What a weirdo. I spent twenty taels on only the kit and not a piece of jade."
…
"Brother He, what will you say if someone from the government asks?" Ling'er asked, who had already walked out of Nanshi.
"Just say that they are outnumbered and we cannot afford to offend them, so we consider ourselves unlucky." He Qizhou said.
"I'm afraid that the official might bluff or leak something when he's nervous..." Ling'er said weakly.
"Come on, I was worried about you leaking the truth at first, but I finally figured it out. You're the only one who can deceive others. How could you be fooled by others?" Xiaoxue teased.
Qi Zhou said: "We didn't steal or rob, we didn't fight or scold, what are we afraid of? Let's let those two greedy guys have a good fight."
…
"Sir, both sides have not changed their stories, and no jade pendant has been found." An official from Qinglong Temple reported to Ouyang Xuanhui.
"Someone must have lied. Wait, maybe the De family has lied. What kind of jade pendant was it that caused the two families to suffer a bloody blow?" Ouyang Xuan said to himself.
"The grain merchant said that when the drug dealer was inspecting the jade pendant, his view was blocked by the De family. The drug dealer may have secretly changed the price when both parties raised the price," the subordinate said.
"What did the druggist say?"
"The druggist said that the grain merchant once walked to his shop and must have secretly taken the stones used to press the doilies, snatched the little girl's bag and then changed it."
Ouyang Xuan asked again: "Has anyone from the De family applied for official service?"
"Some people saw that the two girls from the De family were going to report to the police. Later, the man who stayed behind was beaten, and he may not dare to report to the official again."
"People from the Pangu tribe have always been honest. Could it be that they are cheating this time? But what's the benefit?" Ouyang Xuan began to talk to himself again.
"Sir, how should we deal with the two gangs?"
"Lawlessness, gathering crowds to fight, disrupting the market, destroying property, let the two gangs pay some money and then let them go," Ouyang Xuan said.
"Yes, do the De family want to investigate?"
"What to check? Did they defraud money? Or do we need to help them find the jade pendant?" Ouyang Xuan said angrily.
…
In the inn's cabin, Xu Muxue played with the jade pendant and said: "People die for money, and birds die for food. I didn't expect to use it again."
"I didn't cheat anything. It's mainly to relieve the qi. But with those medicines, you should recover faster." He Qizhou said, he got the kit back from the medicine dealer and handed it to Ling'er. As for
That stone, He Qizhou noticed the four stones pressing down on the cloth when he first bought medicine. While everyone else's attention was on Ling'er and Yupei, he secretly put the stones into another brocade.
Bag. No one thought that there would be another such exquisite bag, and no one suspected that the always simple Virtue family would deceive others.
"Such fine jade is indeed rare in the world. No wonder those two people were interested in making money." Xiaoxue said.
"Give it to you!"
"Why?"
"Didn't you give me a gift before? I haven't returned the gift yet."
"don't want!"
"If you don't want it, I'll give it to Tuoba Ling'er? Do you want it or not?" He Qizhou looked like he was reaching out to take it back.
"No - Bai no!" Xiaoxue pursed her lips and smiled, put the kit into her arms, and then said softly: "Be careful later, remember to forget the moves, forget the true energy, and come back soon."
"It's only been a year since I learned to use Qi, and the time I spent without using Qi is even longer. Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
…
Although the Wanma Restaurant in the south of the city is not the most expensive restaurant in Tongwan City, it is definitely the largest and busiest restaurant. He Qizhou came downstairs at three o'clock at three o'clock as scheduled, and saw Brother Biao waiting outside. Maybe there were many people in Zhou Dynasty.
For traveling on horseback, there is a huge yard inside the restaurant to park your horses and park your car.
The two of them walked straight through the compound. There was an unassuming two-story building inside. Two people from the Salt Gang were guarding the door downstairs. It might be that the casino was about to start a game. There were many people walking through the compound together, but there were only a few people.
Everyone was wrapped up so tightly that it was impossible to see their appearance clearly.
Brother Biao said: "Although we have taken care of everything, we are a gangster after all, and some white gangsters still don't want to be seen playing here. Generally, only acquaintances and people who match the password can enter this small building."
"Brother Biao, are there any rules in this fight? What rewards will you get if you win?"
"Of course there is. Before the fight, a life and death certificate must be signed; during the fight, barefoot and upper body are naked; no weapons or concealed weapons are allowed; those who surrender will be knocked off the ring, and those who are beaten to death will be judged as losers; you must stop when you hear the ringing of the bell;
Internal masters with four veins and above are not allowed to play; players who have won two games in a row can be dismissed, but if there is only one person left at the end, they must fight again. As for rewards, the last player standing on the stage will be rewarded three hundred dollars by the casino.
Two, the first and second losers will be awarded one hundred taels and fifty taels respectively, and the other boxers will not be rewarded."
"Wait a minute, you have to win two games in a row before you can leave. Does that mean that as long as you win, you can keep playing?"
"Of course, but who can fight for such a long time?" Brother Biao said.
"Oh, Brother Biao, I don't know how to bet on this competition in the ring?"
"Do you still want to bet? We will let the contestants tie red and black ribbons on their right arms, and then send people to sell lottery tickets before the game starts. They are also divided into red and black colors, corresponding to the red and black people on the stage. Each lottery
For ten taels of silver, one stick of incense will be quoted three times based on the bets, and in the end we will take half of the profit from the winner. The people in the market next door are all small businesses, and our Salt Gang really makes money.