Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 770 Give her jewelry? (two in one)

In Qi Muyuan's business, he has some things that others don't have, such as the map of Song Dynasty.

In ancient times, it was not as good as it is now. Maps are military items, and private transactions and drawing are not allowed.Except for the emperor Zhao Wei, only the generals of the Ministry of War have maps of the entire Song Dynasty; of course, each prefecture, state, and county also has maps, but the area is only the area under their jurisdiction, and they are all in the hands of the magistrates, prefectures, and In the hands of the county magistrate.

As Zhao He's spy chief, Qi Muyuan didn't have a full-page map of the whole Song Dynasty, but it was very easy for him to use the maps of various states and counties.

Now, Qi Muyuan used this convenience to meet his lover.

He took another guard, Xiu Yongxing, and Guanqi, and he galloped straight out of the city. Qi Muyuan didn't stop when it was dark, and continued to run for a while, and finally when the sky was completely invisible, he Arrived in a small town.

They asked around in the small town and found the only inn in the small town. Qi Muyuan got off his horse and said, "I'll stay here tonight. I'll leave tomorrow at the end of the day."

Hu Yongxing and Guan Qi followed Qi Muyuan out for a while, and they have long been used to eating and sleeping in the open.Without further ado, the two went to open three rooms, and fell asleep after eating something.

Qi Muyuan was planning to go to bed, but thinking about seeing Du Jinning early in the morning, it is not okay to be dirty, so he asked Xiao Er to boil hot water, wash his hair, take a shower and change his clothes, after a lot of tossing... I just fell asleep.

It was still dark the next day, so the three of them got up, ate something and went straight to Runzhou. When they arrived at the gate of Runzhou city, they happened to see the soldiers guarding the city yawning and opening the gate.

"Young master, you are really clever, you arrived here according to the time. If we stayed at the hotel earlier last night, we would have been late for one or two hours." Su Yongxing said in surprise.

Guanqi glanced at him contemptuously.

Although he didn't say anything, Su Yongxing could still see what he meant from his eyes: more strange than rare.

Qi Muyuan was only thinking about how excited he would be when he saw Du Jinning for a while, so he ignored Su Yongxing and told the city guards to drive their horses directly into the city after seeing the road guide.

Guanqi couldn't bear it anymore, and asked: "Master, Master Du should live in Zhuangzi, right? Let's go to the city and go to Du's house, maybe we won't be able to."

He came to Runzhou once with Qi Muyuan, and he knew Du Jinning's rhythm of life well.

According to his idea, they should go directly to Zhuangzi.Even if Du Jinning doesn't live in Zhuangzi, he will go out of the city to Zhuangzi in a while.It's not easy for them to go directly to Zhuangzi. When the two young masters met to reminisce about the old days, they did not delay Young Master Du's work.

Qi Muyuan ignored him at all.There were no pedestrians on the street at this moment, and he could run wildly like in the wild, but he didn't gallop, but rode slowly, looking around at the facades on both sides of the street.

At last he stopped his horse in front of a shop.

"Knock on the door," he ordered

Watching chess, this is a silver building.Although he didn't understand Qi Muyuan's intentions, he still stepped forward to knock on the door.

The things in the silver building are more expensive, and there are people on duty at night.Hearing the knock on the door, there was a voice from inside: "Here, come, don't shoot."

After a while, a big man opened the door, showing half of his head, looked at Qi Muyuan and the three of them, and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"Buy jewelry." Qi Muyuan said.

Guan Qi turned his head, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Qi Muyuan with a strange gaze.

When Qi Muyuan met Du Jinning, he had been by Qi Muyuan's side.He is the witness of the friendship between the two young masters.He knew that the two of them were just like brothers and did not distinguish between you and me.But that's exactly the case, I've never heard of people who go to the younger brother's house and bring jewelry as a meeting gift.

It's understandable to buy some souvenirs as a meeting gift; can you send jewelry?What kind of way is this?Please forgive him for not being able to understand.

Fortunately, Qi Muyuan washed his hair and took a shower last night. In order to meet Du Jinning, he specially changed into his best clothes - this dress was praised by Du Jinning before, a dark green satin The cuffs of the gown were embroidered with cloud patterns with silver thread. Qi Muyuan used to be relatively white, but wearing this dress, his skin looked fair and his eyes were like black jade.Of course, this is also related to Du Jinning's preference for dark green.

Although a bit dusty, but the clothes are good clothes, and the jade pendant hanging on the waist is also very valuable, which made the staff of the silver building let down their guard a little bit, and said to them: "Now we haven't left the board yet, and the guest officer is invited to come again. "As he said, he wanted to close the door.

Qi Muyuan reached out with his hand: "I'm in a hurry, and the transaction is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, please be more accommodating."

The clerk looked them over again, and said, "The villain can't decide this matter, you have to report it to the supervisor. Please wait here for a few guests."

Qi Muyuan nodded, let go of his hand, and then asked the man to close the door.

The things in the silver building are valuable, and the staff dare not open the door casually, but they also dare not let go of such a big business.He asked someone to report to the master's house through the back door, and the master's house brought a lot of guards over, and then opened the door to welcome Qi Muyuan in.

Guanqi has been waiting impatiently at the door.But seeing Qi Muyuan standing there like an old monk in meditation, not in a hurry or impatient, he couldn't understand at all—who was still on the road in the middle of the night, just to get to Runzhou City earlier?It's almost at the door of the house now, why is the young master uncharacteristically, and there is no need to waste time here?

He didn't know that Qi Muyuan's state of mind at the moment can best be described in one sentence, which is "feeling timid near the hometown".

No matter who it is, at the critical moment of fate, they will be so nervous that they wish this moment would come later.

What if he guessed wrongly what Du Jinning meant?What if Du Jinning is not a woman?What kind of attitude should he come to see her?Does he really not care if Du Jinning is a man or a woman?
He had to sort out his mind, so as not to hurt Du Jinning's heart by showing any emotions when he knew the answer when he saw Du Jinning.

If Du Jinning was really a man, and he showed disappointment, then it would be difficult for the two of them to go back to the past, to the most intimate moment when they had no grievances.

With Du Jinning's pride, the relationship between them will definitely be irretrievable.

This is related to the happiness of his life, and he cannot be careless.

The two of them had a long life, and they had a lifetime of entanglement. He would rather waste a little time to sort out his thoughts than act rashly.If he can't have both, he has to know what he really wants, whether it's a woman or Du Jinning.

"The three of you, please." An old man in his fifties with a beard welcomed them into the door with a smile.

In the small place of Runzhou, the business of hundreds of taels of silver is considered very big, so the shopkeeper of this shop came to greet him in person.

But just in case, there are two men standing behind the old man.Although not very burly and tall, it can be seen that he has martial arts.

Qi Muyuan entered the door absent-mindedly, went up to the second floor under the guidance of the shopkeeper, and sat down on a table.Immediately, a servant served hot tea.

"I don't know what kind of jewelry the guest officer wants to see?" the shopkeeper asked with a smile.

Qi Muyuan settled down, thought for a while and said, "I want two sets of haircuts, one for a woman in her thirties and 40s, and the other for a girl in her fifteenth or sixteenth year. The newer the style, the more expensive it is The better."

Hearing Qi Muyuan's words, the shopkeeper calmed down a bit.

Their silver building is the largest in Runzhou City. For safety reasons, they not only hired a nursing home, but also usually manage the yamen, and the yamen servants will regularly patrol the door.

But it was too early now, the yamen servants hadn't gone to the yamen yet, and the soldiers at the gate of the city were a little lax.If these three people came to rob, they might not be sure that they could keep these three people. "There are no twos and threes, I dare not go to Liangshan." The three dared to rob, they must be the generation with strong martial arts, he had to be careful.

If the young man in front of him said directly, "Take out the most expensive jewelry in your silver building", his heart would tighten a little bit.But after mentioning the specific requirements, this seems to be buying something sincerely, rather than making trouble.

He winked at a guy next to him, and said, "Go and get the two sets of Diancui jewelry you made a few days ago."

"Yes." The clerk understood, turned around and left, and came over with two brocade boxes in a short while.

The shopkeeper opened one of the brocade boxes: "This pair of jewelry inlaid with gold and jade is more suitable for wives and grandmas." Then he opened another, "This pair is inlaid with silver and pink gemstones, very popular among young girls."

Qi Muyuan's purchase of jewelry was not simply to delay time, but to try it out with Mrs. Chen first, to buffer it, and to avoid making irreparable mistakes.

He took a serious look at the two pieces of jewelry.

Although he is not close to women, and he doesn't even have a maid by his side, but he is in Dali Temple and shoulders the secret service agency, so he must know about jewelry.After all, it is impossible to investigate cases, investigate bribes, and investigate corrupt officials without knowing the high and low of jewelry.

"Two pairs are not good." He pointed to the set of gold inlaid with jade, "The gold is not pure, and the jade is too weak." He pointed to another set, "The gemstone is too small."

After thinking about it, he pointed to the set of silver-encrusted pink gemstones: "It's too girly, she doesn't like it." He frowned and thought for a while, "Is there something more elegant? If not, white jade or sapphire is also fine, simple and generous Be more elegant."

As he spoke, he added: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't fit the set, the most important thing is that the quality is good, and the style is simple and elegant."

Based on his understanding of Du Jinning, even if she was really a woman, she would not like these two sets of jewelry.

Du Jinning's clothes have always been simple and elegant, and he rarely even hangs jade pendants around his waist.If it weren't for the servants who did the laundry and ironing, she probably wouldn't even wear satin clothes, after all, it would be too troublesome to take care of.It's not that she's lazy, but she always feels that there's no need to spend time on this.

The shopkeeper has rich experience, what kind of customers have you never seen?Seeing Qi Muyuan's performance, he felt relieved.

This is a customer who sincerely wants to buy something.

"Let me think about the jewelry used by the wife, but what the young master said just now is generous and elegant, it reminds me of something." He looked at Qi Muyuan, "But let's talk about it, this item is sold in our shop by someone else. The asking price is relatively expensive, the asking price is 200 taels of silver, no bargaining is allowed. If you think it is too expensive, I will show you other items."

"As long as the things are good, expensive is not a problem." Qi Muyuan said.

It was the first time for him to send something to Du Jinning, and he was willing to give even a mountain of gold and silver, let alone something worth 2000 taels of silver.

Thinking of this, he secretly regretted that he didn't think of this when he was in the capital.Otherwise, buying jewelry in the capital must be better than here.After all, Runzhou is a small place, so what good things can it offer?

If there is no good one, wait until the next time to send it.

Thinking about it this way, his mood was not as irritable and anxious as before, as if he had settled down all of a sudden.

He suddenly felt that he was a bit stupid, and the anxiety and entanglement when he entered the city was completely unnecessary.

Do you still want to think about it?Even if Du Jinning is not a woman, what can be changed?Judging from his state of mind when he was shopping for Du Jinning just now, his feelings for Du Jinning really cannot be changed by gender.

Thinking of this, he wanted to slap himself.Isn't this a waste of time?If Du Jinning left the city, they would have to wait for a long time to meet.

But if you can buy good things for Du Jinning, it's worth it.

He said: "If you have any good things, just take them out." Worrying about the disbelief of the shopkeeper, he even signaled to Guanqi.

Guanqi took out a few bank notes from his pocket, and waved them in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was shocked when he saw it.

The denominations of these banknotes range from one thousand to two thousand, and there are five or six of them.This is the bank note of Datong Yinzhuang, absolutely unmistakable.The shopkeeper has been in the bank for many years, and the shopkeepers in the bank are no better than the shopkeepers in the identification of bank notes.

As the shopkeeper of the bank, he is naturally not someone who has never seen such a large denomination bank note.But it was the first time he saw the boy casually carrying thousands of taels of silver in his pocket.

He couldn't help but look at Qi Muyuan again, and once again confirmed that this is a noble son.

He touched the time on the table with his fingers, thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to the waiter, "Go and get those pair of sapphire jade hairpins and those two purple pearl flowers."

The clerk hesitated for a moment and asked, "But the two items on the top of the cabinet?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper said.

The clerk didn't ask any more questions, and he agreed without the shopkeeper's instructions. He went up to close the two brocade boxes, took them and left.

Qi Muyuan naturally wouldn't react.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper felt more at ease.

If the gangsters came to grab the money, they would never let the buddy take down the jewelry they brought up, they just said to put this away first and talk about it later.

This time, the buddy is more agile.The main reason is that there are not many of these high-value jewelry.The place to put it is spacious, you don’t need to look for it at all, just take it directly.

Seeing a brocade box opened by the shopkeeper, Qi Muyuan's eyes lit up slightly.

Jadeite is not fashionable in this era, and white jade is everyone's favorite.And the sapphire jade hairpin in the brocade box is made of white jade with a tinge of cyan. The translucent white jade gradually seeps out, adding an indescribable charm to this hosta.

　Thick and long chapter, two in one, that's it for today, good night

　　
　
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