long live the queen

Chapter 13

The pawnshop that Wei Yunqing chose was called Dehengdang. The storefront was large and luxuriously decorated, and even the staff were more arrogant than ordinary shops.Wei Yunqing felt that, as an emperor, Yang Yi's jewelry must be priceless, and the small pawn shop couldn't digest it.But whether it is ancient or modern, a person's clothes are his face, and the two are ragged, and they can't even enter the door.

"Brother, I wouldn't come to your shop if I was a piece of shit. Who doesn't know the reputation of Deheng, who is from all over the world?" Wei Yunqing opened his eyes and said nonsense, "You think we are dressed like this. The two of us are beggars, so you really misjudged us, if our brothers hadn't encountered wars and ended up in this field, would we have to come and be family heirlooms?"

In fact, the accents of locals and foreigners are somewhat different. Wei Yunqing's Mandarin is similar to Yang Yi's accent, and Yang Yi's accent is naturally Daliang's Mandarin. After all, this guy works in a big pawn shop. The accent of the population is different from that of the locals, and Wei Yunqing's conversation is really not like a beggar, so he hesitated for a while.

Wei Yunqing pulled Yang Yi over, pointed to the material of his clothes and said, "Little brother, look, my younger brother's clothes are very particular about the materials, if two beggars, can they afford this kind of clothes?"

The buddy took a closer look, good guy, the younger one among the brothers, although the clothes on his body were filthy, they were not old, and the material was still brocade!Looking at the bodies of these two people, their faces and hands are all soft and tender, and it seems that they have never done heavy work.

Knowing that he had misread earlier, the guy immediately showed a flattering smile and said: "You two young masters, please come in! The villain has just been lame, and he has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, so don't be offended!"

Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "Brother, you are being polite. Our body is really misleading, and I don't blame you."

Seeing Wei Yunqing's kind attitude, the waiter wasn't angry at all because of his blindness just now, and he was also relaxed, so he hurriedly invited him in.

Yang Yi followed Wei Yunqing step by step, feeling straight in his heart: She is indeed a fairy sister, but with just a few words, she can make this lowly pariah treat each other with courtesy.

Wei Yunqing also knew how dirty he and Yang Yi were, so he didn't sit down when they entered the door, and directly said to the waiter: "Please trouble the shopkeeper."

"Hey, wait a minute!" The man turned his head and went into the back room.In fact, this pawn shop has just opened. During this period of time, due to the impact of the war, there is not much business, so sometimes the shopkeeper simply does not sit at the counter, and only calls for someone when someone comes.

Wei Yunqing waited in front of the counter, inexplicably feeling a sense of familiarity with doing business in a bank in modern times. Then he thought that maybe he would never be able to experience the long wait for doing business in a bank again in his life, and he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

The shopkeeper came out quickly, he was an old man with white beard and hair, but from his face, there were not many wrinkles, and his age should not be as big as his white hair showed.

"This little brother, what do you want to be?" The shopkeeper didn't talk nonsense, glanced up and down Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi, and saw that the identities of the two were not what they appeared on the outside, and asked politely.

Wei Yunqing put the jade ring finger from Yang Yi on the counter, and said gently and politely: "I want to be this."

The shopkeeper glanced at the jade ring finger. Just now the buddy said that someone was going to be a family heirloom, but he looked at the other party's casual movements, it didn't look like a good product.

He picked up the jade wrench without paying much attention, looked at it a few more times, and then his heart moved, and he examined it carefully.The material and workmanship of this jade ring finger are top-notch. He has been in Xuancheng for so many years, and he has never seen such a good product.

The shopkeeper put down the jade ring finger calmly, and looked at Wei Yunqing tentatively, only to see that the other party was looking at him with a faint smile on his mouth, and his calm appearance was hard to see through.

"Is there a pair of these jade ring fingers?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile.

Wei Yunqing praised: "The shopkeeper has good eyesight. These jade ring fingers turned out to be a pair, but we met deserters on the way and lost one in our panic. This is the remaining one."

The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said, "Oh, these jade fingers are naturally precious in pairs, and if one is missing, the price will be greatly reduced."

Wei Yunqing knew that the other party wanted to lower the price, but he smiled calmly and said, "That's right."

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Yang Yi wondered if he took out the other one as well, but as soon as he moved his hand, he remembered that Wei Yunqing reminded him that he must not speak or mess around, so he could only look at the shopkeeper.

Anecdotes waited for a long while and didn't see Wei Yunqing saying anything else, knowing in his heart that although this little brother is young, he is not easy to fool.If the other party showed a look of shock or regret, he could still lower the price by taking advantage of the situation. However, although the other party agreed with him, he didn't seem to care much, obviously knowing the goods.

The shopkeeper was thinking about it, but he heard Wei Yunqing say: "Shopkeeper, I know you are also good at goods, let's not talk nonsense, you can make a price."

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and asked with a smile, "I don't know, little brother, are you going to die or live?"

Hearing this, Wei Yunqing didn't ask in detail, but turned his head to look at Yang Yi and said, "You still like this jade finger, will you redeem it in the future?"

Yang Yi had already received Wei Yunqing's order, so he could only answer questions by shaking his head or gestures to express his thoughts, and shook his head when he heard the words.As the emperor, what does he want?When he returned to the palace, how could he still be interested in this?

Wei Yunqing smiled at the shopkeeper: "It seems that my brother is tired of playing, so let's die."

The shopkeeper smiled, considered it in his heart, and gestured with two fingers.

Wei Yunqing calculated in her heart that the purchasing power of these 200 taels of silver should be equivalent to 10,000+ in modern times, and it must be enough for now, but she doesn't want to be taken advantage of, even though she doesn't know the true value of the jade wrench, she still shows a face of inscrutable He smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, although we two brothers are in a mess at the moment, we are not at this point. Please give us a sincere price."

The shopkeeper's heart moved, his temptation really failed, but he was not too disappointed, he knew from the beginning that this person was not easy to fool, so he smiled and said: "Little brother, you also know that there is a war now, and this business is not good. What to do. There are only a few pawnshops in Xuancheng, I am not boasting that they can eat this jade finger, but it is ours, and I am very sincere in giving this price."

Wei Yunqing smiled without saying a word.The so-called talk less and make less mistakes, don't say it's good, if you want to pretend, it's better to talk less.

Seeing that Wei Yunqing didn't let go, the shopkeeper sighed and said, "It's not easy to see the two little brothers out, so I'll add another 50 taels."

...This is to raise two hundred and five for them?

The corner of Wei Yunqing's mouth twitched, and he simply stretched out his hand and made an "ok" gesture: "Shopkeeper, you and I both know the value of this jade ring finger. Now we are also short of money, and we don't come to those fake ones. You give this Count, this jade ring finger will be given to you."

"Oh, little brother, you're embarrassing me. I don't own this shop. I have an owner above me. I don't dare to raise the price randomly. It can't be more than the number I just said." Seeing Wei Yunqing give After paying the price, the shopkeeper was overjoyed. He knew very well that the jade wrench was sold at least 500 taels, but the other party asked for 300 taels. He could still make a lot of money!It's just that he is a businessman after all, so if he can lower the price, he can lower the price. If he lowers the price a lot, he will earn more!

Wei Yunqing showed a hesitant expression, sighed and said: "In this case... A Yi, let's go." After speaking, he picked up the jade wrench and left.

The shopkeeper saw Wei Yunqing put away his inscrutable appearance for the first time, and thought she was going to agree to the number, but she turned around and left without hesitation!
The shopkeeper was stunned, and hurriedly called the waiter to stop the two of them. Seeing that they just stopped and turned their heads, they still looked like they were about to leave at any time, so he had no choice but to say: "Little brother, for the sake of our acquaintance, this 50 taels, just treat me as a friend like you!"

"The shopkeeper is really happy!" Wei Yunqing praised.She knew that the value of this jade ring finger was definitely more than 300 taels, but anyway, she didn't feel sorry for it if it wasn't hers.

The shopkeeper quickly asked the clerk to set up a document for Wei Yunqing to sign and draw. Wei Yunqing paused when writing his name, and directly wrote the word "Wei Qing".However, the shopkeeper felt a little surprised when he saw Wei Qing's signature.

As for the 300 taels of silver, Wei Yunqing asked them to give five 50 taels and ten [-] taels.Although the shopkeeper said that he could provide a bank note, Wei Yunqing didn't want it. The bank note was just a piece of paper. If it was damaged by water on the road, where would she cry?As a result, the shopkeeper asked the clerk to take out the silver for a look, and she was dumbfounded.

300 taels can only be regarded as a small denomination in various film and television dramas and novels, but I didn't expect it to be such a big lump.Wei Yunqing did some calculations in his heart. In ancient times, one catty was 16 taels, one tael was more than 30 grams, and 300 taels was more than 20 catties!She doesn't want to run with a heavy load, isn't it sick to carry such a big lump of money on her body!
"...Shopkeeper, please give me 250 taels of silver, leaving ten fifty taels of silver." Wei Yunqing knew that he had made a joke, but he couldn't bite the bullet and take the money away, so he had to pretend to be calm Tell the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper didn't mind, and turned around and told the waiter to change it quickly.The shopkeeper carefully wrapped the banknotes in oiled paper, which is waterproof and wrinkle-proof.

Wei Yunqing kept the banknotes by himself, divided the silver into two, gave half to Yang Yi, and hid them separately before leaving the pawn shop.

It feels really good to have a lot of money on your body, Wei Yunqing feels as if he is floating when he walks.

"Sister, let's go buy clothes!" Yang Yi approached Wei Yunqing in a low voice as soon as he walked out of the pawn shop, his eyes sparkling and full of anticipation.

Wei Yunqing agreed: "Okay, let's go to the tailor shop to have a look. After buying the clothes, go to the store and take a good shower."

Thinking of taking a hot bath, Wei Yunqing was almost moved to tears.

The two walked forward with ease, unaware that a sneaky figure followed behind them.When the two were wandering around the city in the morning, they had already attracted the attention of interested people.

Just when Wei Yunqing turned his head again to remind Yang Yi not to talk for a while while shopping, the man who was following the two of them suddenly rushed over, bumped into Wei Yunqing, knocked her down, and quickly took out the oil paper from her arms , ran away.

Wei Yunqing watched helplessly as the 250 taels of silver notes he had just received were snatched away before they were warmed up. He had no time to react, turned over and sat up, and then shouted: "Steal money!" and then chased after him desperately.

Yang Yi was stunned for a moment, then pulled up his legs to follow.

(End of this chapter)