Li San stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.
"Is Mr. He at home?" Li San shouted loudly.
"Who is it?" A woman's voice came from inside.
"We are here to buy a life boat. As agreed before, my name is Li San." Li San shouted.
"Wait a moment, I'll ask the master."
Not long after, light and slow footsteps came from inside, the door opened, and an old woman in her fifties with gray hair looked at the three of them carefully with her back hunched and her eyes squinted.
"Hey, it's the official, please come in quickly, please come in quickly." The old woman smiled broadly, nodded and bowed, and walked to the side to make way.
"You're welcome." Li Qingxian said.
The three of them crossed the threshold and walked into the first courtyard, which was surrounded by a wall on one side and two-story buildings on three sides. The corridors on both sides of the main hall led directly to the second courtyard.
The faint smell of herbs wafts in the air.
"You three officers, please come with me. I am basking in the sun in the yard."
Li Qingxian glanced around and saw that the walls, houses, pillars, etc. of a typical large house in Shendu all showed the high worth of the old owner of this house.
It's just that time has passed, the windows are broken, the red pillars are painted off, and the remaining tiles are missing. It is no longer what it used to be.
Li Qingxian became more and more puzzled. If he could sell his life boat, but his family would not be like this, could it be that he was involved in gambling and drugs? Or was he robbed of his money by pornography?
After walking out of the side porch and entering the second courtyard, I saw a fair-minded old man with white hair sitting on a recliner, shaking gently, holding a purple clay pot in his right hand, tapping the armrest with his left hand, and humming a tune.
The morning sun falls on the yard, making it full of life.
The herbal flavor is more intense.
Li Qingxian looked around the yard. Under the wall of the east wing, there was a row of stoves.
"Master, the people who bought the life-saving ship are here."
Li San smiled and said: "Old man He, my master has come to buy your lifeboat."
Old Man He slowly turned his head and looked at everyone.
When he saw the mark on Li Qingxian's patch, his hand shook and the purple clay pot almost fell down. He stood up with a loud noise, quickly put down the purple clay pot, carefully bowed ninety degrees, and said, "Student He Shouwang, I have met you sir."
"You're welcome, my surname is Li. I heard that you work hard on the ship?"
"Yes, Mr. Li." He Shouwang put his hands firmly by his legs and lowered his head slightly.
"You come from a scholarly family, and I am also a scholar, so there is no need to be too polite." Li Qingxian said.
"That's what my lord said." He Shouwang secretly glanced at Li Qingxian, his attitude remained the same.
"Let's get straight to the point, take out the life boat, and let me take a look." Li Qingxian said.
"Sir, wait a moment." The old man with white hair and white beard hurriedly turned around and walked into a room.
Han Anbo whispered: "That purple clay pot is worth a lot of money, it's the craftsmanship of a master."
Li Qingxian nodded and glanced at the yard. Although the objects were old, they were extremely elegant and the family was rich.
Not long after, He Shouwang came out holding a blue brocade bundle, placed it on the table next to the chair, carefully opened it, revealing an old red wooden box, and opened it gently.
Inside the mahogany box stands a three-inch-long building boat that can be held in one hand.
The hull of the ship is silver-white, and the attic on the ship is like gold. Inside the attic, a ball of flame is burning.
Li Qingxian only used his Qi-gazing technique to take a look, and his heart skipped a beat.
Inside the transparent glass-shaped destiny star, a large blue lake with a radius of several hundred miles was like a gem embedded in the prairie.
In the middle of the large blue lake, a drop of water fell from the sky and landed on the lake, causing faint ripples.
The ripples spread, reach the edge and dissipate, and at the same time, a new drop of water falls.
Life Star: A drop of water forms a lake.
There is a saying in the fortune telling: When little by little gathers together, it becomes a puddle in a year, a pond in ten years, a lake in a hundred years, and a sea in a thousand years.
Li Qingxian thought: "This is the diligent study and advancement star of the same level as the tired earth to the mountain. A drop of water can turn into a lake. It is very powerful. As time goes by, if it takes a step further, the lake can turn into the sea, and its power will increase greatly.
Just what I need."
Li Qingxian pretended to look at it for a long time, then looked at He Shouwang and said, "How much is it?"
"My little life boat, if you alert me to take action in person, I'll give you two hundred taels of silver. How about I receive seven thousand eight hundred taels?"
"good."
Li Qingxian took out 7,800 taels of silver notes from the Qiankun bracelet, handed it over, and put the fate boat into the Qiankun bracelet.
"One hand of money, one hand of goods, you and I are both clear." Li Qingxian said.
He Shouwang glanced at the Qiankun Bracelet, seemingly regretful, and hurriedly collected the banknotes, stuffed them into the brocade box and closed it.
Li Qingxian stood in the courtyard and looked around, and said, "Mr. He, is the Jinshi plaque outside the door your father's or your ancestor's?"
He Shouwang sighed and said: "My late father was a Jinshi, reaching the sixth rank. Unfortunately, my talent is too poor and my management is not good. Now I can barely maintain this family."
"Mr. He, does he have some expensive toys?" Li Qingxian asked.
He Shouwang's face turned red and he said: "I have no other love but my obsession with immortality. This is the reason why my family is in ruins."
The three of them suddenly realized that he was an unlucky man seeking immortality. No wonder he could always smell the smell of medicinal materials.
Seeking immortality sounds nice, but in fact it means spending high prices on various medicinal materials and elixirs in an attempt to refine the elixir of death.
This thing combines gambling and drugs, and the cost is far greater than both.
Li Qingxian smiled slightly and said: "Pursuing longevity is better than gambling and drug abuse."
He Shouwang's eyes shone brightly and he said: "Master Li is right! What I usually despise the most is the gang of gambling and drug addicts. Nothing in this world can compare to immortality."
"Is this life boat of yours a collection at home, or is there some other reason for it? I also practice life magic, so I'm very curious." Li Qingxian said.
He Shouwang hurriedly said: "It turns out that you are also an expert in fortune-telling. You are rude and disrespectful. Back then, my father accidentally helped a fortune-teller. In order to repay my father, the fortune-teller gave me this thing. He said that it was damaged and it was difficult to put a price on it.
, the worst thing is to sell it when the family is in trouble, to get some money for emergency relief. This thing has been kept until I was in urgent need of money recently, so I had to sell it."
"I see. Didn't the fortune-teller say anything else?"
He Shouwang's pupils suddenly dilated and then recovered, he shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not clear."
Li Qingxian nodded and was about to leave when he heard a clang outside, followed by shouts and curses.
"Old man, if you don't eat the toast, you'll be fined with alcohol!"
"You think we don't dare to destroy this Jinshi family?"
"I asked you to sell it, but you won't sell it now..." The voice stopped abruptly.
Several people in short black clothes walked in from the porch and looked at Li Qingxian doubtfully.
Li Qingxian glanced at He Shouwang and saw a panicked look on his face, but also a hint of ruthlessness, and his heart moved.
Then, with a cold face, Li Qingxian looked at the group of seven people up and down. Two of them seemed to be tenth-level martial artists, and the remaining five were just ordinary martial arts cultivators.
The tall and sturdy man at the head cupped his hands and said: "Jiao Tieshou, the villain, is the tenth-grade instructor of Yuan Yuan Martial Arts School. I have met you, sir."
Li Qingxian smiled and said: "This long-lasting martial arts hall is so majestic. In broad daylight, the door is broken into. Old Han, who owns this property?"
"Report to Li Ke, in the right room of Guidong Road Hall." Han Anbo said.
Jiao Tieshou's expression changed drastically, he looked at the clothes of the three of them carefully, and said hurriedly: "I don't know how to see Mount Tai. I didn't know it was the Inspector General who came here. Please forgive me."
"I don't want to embarrass your martial arts school, but it's my duty. Let's pick two people to surrender themselves to the Shendu government office." Li Qingxian said.