A knife in love

Chapter 2975

As soon as the clerk finished speaking, the big man surnamed Yue raised his eyebrows, completely forgetting that the gray-clothed old man was standing beside him, pointing at the clerk and yelling: "Fuck, you monkey bastard, can't you be blind? This fur of mine is from Yangzhou." The top-grade leather goods brought by the Wen family from outside the pass are worth 350 taels of silver. Although I have been wearing them for two years, the price will not drop to seven taels of silver! You monkey boy dared to plot against me, believe it or not, I punched him down You have a mouth full of teeth?!"

While talking, the big man surnamed Yue rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards the guy.The clerk was frightened, retreated hastily, shook his hands wildly, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Yue, calm down, it's not that the villain wants to deceive you, it's really the master who ordered the villain to treat you like an ordinary guest." Speaking, it is a villain who dares to say such a thing. Uncle Yue is a regular customer of us and Taidang. If you want to pawn furs, the villain will not dare to pay only seven taels of silver. Don’t worry, Uncle Yue. .”

While talking, the guy bowed to the big man surnamed Yue.The big guy surnamed Yue refused to let him go, pointing at the guy's nose and yelling at him.At this moment, the gray-clothed old man's face sank like water, and he shouted: "Enough!"

The big man surnamed Yue was startled, shut his mouth hastily, and involuntarily took two steps back, not daring to swear at others indiscriminately anymore.The gray-clothed old man glanced at him, then turned to the man and asked, "Where are the Vulcan and Rat Gods in the pawnshop?"

Hearing the old man's question in gray clothes, the clerk hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "You are really an expert, and the villain is far behind you. The statue of Lord Vulcan that we and Taidang invited is in the backyard. As for the mouse God, shopkeeper Wang said that there are no rats on the island, so it doesn’t matter if the mouse god doesn’t offer sacrifices, or if you worship the gods indiscriminately, not only will you not be able to keep the shop safe, but it will bring disaster.”

The gray-clothed old man nodded and said, "Your shopkeeper is really a good housekeeper."

The man seemed to be mocking the words of the old man in gray, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he just stood there with his hands down and agreed indiscriminately.The gray-clothed old man ignored him, turned his head and said to Li Qiufeng and the others: "In the warehouse of the pawnshop, there are pawned property sent by customers. If a customer brings a pawn ticket to the pawnshop to redeem the pawned property, the pawnshop must immediately return it to the pawnshop. When the thing is taken out, otherwise the customer will have to pay ten times the compensation. Therefore, the pawnshop is most afraid of fire, and the fire god Zhurong should be enshrined in the pawnshop to avoid fire. In addition, the mouse god is also enshrined in the pawnshop, because once a mouse gets in In the warehouse, the pawn shop has to compensate for the damage of expensive clothing sent by customers as pawns, and the loss will be huge."

The gray-clothed old man paused for a while before continuing: "Aside from fire and rats, the pawnshop is most afraid of robbers. The screen at the door is commonly known as a shame board, to prevent passers-by from Seeing the situation inside the house, it can protect the face of the guests who come to pawn their property. In addition, there is another extremely important use, that is, once a strongman is found outside the door, the pawnshop clerk can not only close the door tightly, but also put the shame board against it. It is above the gate to prevent the strongman from breaking in. As for the counter built so tall, in addition to suppressing the guests who come to pawn their property with arrogance, once the strongman rushes into the house, the minister and the buddy can hide behind the counter. It is not an easy task to climb over such a tall counter."

Murong Danyan stood beside Li Qiufeng, although he was listening to the gray-clothed old man and the big man surnamed Yue talking, most of his thoughts were on the two strange men, one old and one young, behind him.It's just that although these two people had sinister eyes, they didn't attack Murong Danyan and Li Qiufeng, which made Murong Danyan confused.At this time, she was at a loss when she heard the old man in gray talking eloquently about the various rules of the pawn shop, thinking to herself that this old guy had been talking for a long time, but he never got to the point.Could it be that he had run a pawnshop business before, and after arriving at Hetai Dang today, he recalled his old thoughts, forgot about serious things, and only cared about showing off in front of us?
When Murong Danyan was thinking, he saw the gray-clothed old man turned around, staring at Li Qiufeng with his eyes, and when he was about to speak, he heard footsteps outside, as if someone was walking up the stone steps.The grey-clothed old man's face changed, and he turned to the clerk and said, "Go and stop someone from coming, and bring someone in after hearing the old man's cough. Remember, the old man is now the big court servant of the pawnshop, and you have to listen to the old man in everything." order."

The man didn't know what the gray-clothed old man's intentions were. Hearing him speak like this, he felt incredible.It's just that he didn't dare to offend the gray-clothed old man. After hearing what he said, he didn't dare to disobey him at all. He agreed, and disappeared in an instant around the screen.

Seeing the clerk running to the outside of the screen, the gray-clothed old man turned his head to Li Qiufeng and the others and said, "Everyone, please follow me to take shelter behind the counter and see how I deal with the guests who come to pawn their property."

Hearing what the old man in gray clothes said, Murong Danyan became more and more annoyed in his heart, thinking to himself that this old guy didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, and he just talked nonsense for a long time, which made people puzzled, and now he was planning to pretend to be a court official He wants us to hide behind the counter when dealing with customers. Could it be that he lost his mind and went crazy? !
Thinking of this, Murong Danyan was about to make a sarcasm, but Li Qiufeng rushed to say: "This is very good. How lucky is it to see the old man's demeanor?"

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Murong Danyan: "The old man is very knowledgeable, we must learn from him."

While speaking, Li Qiufeng winked at Murong Danyan, signaling her not to be reckless.Murong Danyan had no choice but to nod his head.The old man in gray walked up to the counter, groped a few times on the first right board wall, and then pressed his palm on the board wall, only to hear a soft "click", and the far right side of the counter close to the wall opened. A small door more than five feet high was opened.The old man in gray turned his head and said to Li Qiufeng, "Young master, please come in."

When Murong Danyan saw that the small door was short and narrow, only allowing one person to walk through it sideways, his heart shivered, thinking to himself how could this old guy know that there was a secret door on the board wall?This door is so narrow, if there is an enemy lurking inside the counter and sneak attack while we get through the small door, wouldn't we just have to wait for death?Brother Li said that this old guy has a great connection with the Matsuda family, and presumably he is very familiar with the situation of Matsuda Rock Island.If he had tampered with this pawnshop long ago, Brother Li and I would have been murdered by him when we got into the counter.

Thinking of this, Murong Danyan couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a sneer: "This is strange! The old man is not the shopkeeper and court official of this Hetai, how could he know that there is a secret door on the wall? Could it be that the building of this When I opened the pawn shop, the old man had been here before, and saw with his own eyes the hidden door on the board wall?"

(End of this chapter)