Chapter 123 This copper coin looks familiar(1/2)
When Zhao Langjiang proposed to create his own martial arts, Xiao Jinyan and Li Qingcheng were quite moved.
Xiao Jinyan's sect is mysterious, and there are also the sword saints who are ranked among the top martial arts in the world, Li Chuntie teaches the arts. Li Qingcheng is a family with rich family resources. Zhao Langjiang enters martial arts with an old soldier in the army without any expert guidance. However, in the course of martial arts, Zhao Langjiang takes the lead in attacking the realm of half-step Tongxiang. Although it ends in failure, this incident has a great impact on the two. In terms of talent, Li Qingcheng is born with a sword embryo, and in terms of understanding, Xiao Jinyan's best choice, but when it comes to perseverance and hard practice, Zhao Langjiang throws the two of them out of the street.
When Zhao Langjiang finished speaking boldly, his stomach started to whine in a bad mood. Only then did the three remember that except for a few buns for breakfast, the rice grains were not in.
This is how men are. They were arguing about the stability of the country and the world, and the next moment they were worried about three meals.
"What should we do next?" Zhao Langjiang asked.
Xiao Jinyan said: "We won the polo game for Miss Pei, of course we went to find her to ask for our flower boss. His grandmother's punch, Zhao Wuji almost killed me!"
Although Zhao Wuji fell into the realm, the three of them were still very thrilling in the battle just now. As long as Zhao Wuji persisted for a while, he might be able to see through the three of them. However, he has always been suspicious and would rather believe in their existence than not, and would not dare to take this risk.
Li Qingcheng also said, "We were busy rushing along the way, but we were a little tired of practicing martial arts. This time we traveled west, one to increase our knowledge, and the other to experience it. With masters like Sun Qiangu chasing us, it is also a kind of temper for our martial arts path. Of course, the premise is that we can survive."
"Yes, Sun Qiangu's martial arts skills are far higher than us. We cannot be afraid of war, but we cannot force ourselves. Our main task is to concentrate on improving our own strength. If we can fight, we will fight. If we can't fight, we will run away. It's important to save our lives."
Zhao Langjiang frowned, "You said these words equal to not saying them."
Xiao Jinyan was dissatisfied, "You are so worthless to say such a great guerrilla strategy theory."
"Not caring about the affairs of the world, solving the belly problem is the first priority for our survival."
The three of them promised to go to Chunfeng Yeyu Tower to attend the celebration banquet in the evening. It was still some time before dark. The three of them sat down in the mountain stream and used this time to practice their skills and restore their injured meridians.
In the evening, Xiao Jinyan and others came to the Chunfeng Yeyu Tower. The three of them thought it was just a building, but when they came here, they found that the entire Chunfeng Yeyu Tower was two groups, with a ancestral hall in the center, which was no less than a village in size, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a quiet environment, and was built very grandly.
To the north is Chunfeng Tower, where the Pei family members and disciples live, who run the Pei family's business and land. To the south is Yeyu Tower, where Pei Chunqiu's family has more than a dozen living in the Nanlou.
The history of the Pei family can be traced back to five or six hundred years ago. The ancestors also produced several high-ranking officials, with 3,000 hectares of land, and were close to the capital of Tianfu. With the convenience of the Yangtze River, they became a famous local grain merchant. However, they rarely entered the world. It was not until a few years ago that Pei Chunqiu rebuilt his ancestral home and established the Chunfeng Yeyu Tower. He relied on his money to win over a group of experts in the world, and gradually became famous in the world.
Pei Ruyi greeted them at the door. Today, Zhao Langjiang on the polo court, Li Qingcheng showed his might and helped Pei Ruyi score the winning goal and defeat the game. This was the first victory in four years, but Pei Ruyi was not happy. Because, after the game, Pei Chunqiu told her that the prefect asked Pei Ruyi to marry Zhou Datong on the spot.
Who is Zhou Datong? She is known as the little overlord of Fuling and has a great reputation. Pei Ruyizhong fell in love with the world since childhood. The Ruyi man in his heart is a romantic and elegant hero. How could she marry such an infamous person? When she met the three of them, she was not in a good mood, but she was concealed well.
Pei Chunqiu had a wide range of friendship and the people who came to the banquet today were all famous families in Fuling City, and some officials in the city. In addition, some young guests invited by the Pei brothers and sisters, there were a total of more than a dozen seats. In addition, the Pei family also invited famous music troupes from the local area to cheer up. As soon as they entered the banquet, the drums and zithers sounded together, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Pei Ruyi arranged the three of them to sit with several friends of the Pei brother and sister. After all, they were all young people, so it was more convenient for everyone to communicate. Since the other polo players were all servants, Pei Ruyi asked them to go to the side hall to open a separate table.
Xiao Jinyan was also happy, otherwise he would not find a common topic if he sat with Pei Chunqiu and other old guys and talked about business economy.
There were ten people at a table, in addition to the Pei brothers and sisters and Xiao Jinyan, there were three men and one woman. There was an empty seat next to Xiao Jinyan, and I don’t know why the person was preparing.
The guests had not arrived yet and the banquet had not started yet. Everyone chatted during the meal. Pei Ruyi was the host and recommended them to everyone.
Pei Ruyi pointed to a young man in white and said, "This is Liu Xiangdong, the son of Liu Baiwan, the richest man in Fuling City. The Liu family is the first local salt merchant, worth one million taels, so they will get closer in the future."
Liu Xiangdong looked arrogant and felt arrogant. When Pei Ruyi introduced the three of them, he just said oh, he was a playboy in Fuling City and was not familiar with the world. He had never heard of Xiao Jinyan, Li Qingcheng and others. When he heard that they were playing polo, he couldn't help frowning, "Ruyi, shouldn't they have a meal in the side hall? How could the pawns on the court be able to have a seat with us? This would be a bit of a loss of identity."
Pei Ruyi said a little embarrassedly, "The three of them are all guests I invited to help, not our servants." As she said that, she apologized to the three of them, "Young Master Liu's words have never been light or heavy, don't mind."
The purpose of Xiao Jinyan and the other two came was very clear. The first was to eat and drink freely, and the second was to ask for money. They did not take Liu Chengdong's contempt and said, "It's okay, we are here just to have a meal."
Liu Xiangdong said a little disdainfully: "Today's banquet, the Pei family prepared all the best food. I guess you haven't eaten it before. You should eat more later."
"Don't worry, Young Master Liu, we didn't eat it for this meal at noon!"
Liu Xiangdong sneered, "A vulgar man in the countryside." Then he turned around and chatted with Pei Renfeng, as if he looked at the three of them at once, all of whom had lost their identity.
Pei Ruyi pointed to a young man in blue and confucian clothes and said, "This is Zhen Qiong and Zhen Juren. We are the most talented man in Fuling. He is very talented and knowledgeable. He is also a famous painter in the city. The fan he painted is unique in Fuling. A fan can sell more than 100 taels of silver, and there is still no market price."
Zhen Juren sat upright and heard Pei Ruyi's introduction, and repeatedly bowed, "It's all empty name, it's empty name!" Having said that, he couldn't help but show a look of pride on his face.
Xiao Jinyan smiled and said, "If you have the chance, you have to ask Zhen Juren for a fan of Li Kui's night walking picture."
Zhen Juren said: "Recently, Mr. Tan of Xiangyang's 70th birthday, the Tan family asked me to draw a birthday fan and paid a deposit of 1,000 taels of silver. I'm afraid I'm not going to have time recently."
Xiao Jinyan thought to myself, I'm just going to be polite to you, you're really stepping on your nose. There are dozens of fan panels in the treasure pavilion of Dengwenyuan, all of which are famous masters of the previous dynasty. He used to have no money to spend it, so he often asked someone to draw a fake, and then replaced it and sold it. As a result, Li Chuntie discovered it and beat him up.
However, seeing the feeling of being useful to everyone flatter him, it was as comfortable as eating the Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill, I couldn't help but expose him.
Everyone looked envious, "If this is the case, wouldn't Zhen Juren become a national-level painter? Even Tang Bomao, the number one painter in Jiangnan, would probably not make a thousand taels of silver with a fan!"
Zhen Juren corrected, "One thousand taels is just a deposit. After the painting is completed, there will be four thousand taels of money to make the pen, but they are all false names, false names!"
Xiao Jinyan sighed: "We fought hard to win polo, and three talents made 100 taels. It's really...ah!"
"Of course it's different. As the saying goes, one minute on the stage and ten years of hard work on the bed. Mr. Zhen has practiced it one by one. I don't know how many strokes I have used, how many pools of ink have been written!"
"False name, all false name!"
Zhao Langjiang suddenly said inappropriately, "So powerful, why didn't you even pass the Jinshi exam?"
Zhen Juren, who had always smiled, suddenly felt embarrassed. Zhao Langjiang's words hit his sore spot. He was in his thirties and passed the scholar at the age of twelve. He participated in the six consecutive imperial examinations and failed.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Xiao Jinyan knocked his head, "Why don't you pick up any pot? It's amazing to be a Jinshi. It's just a false reputation. Zhen Juren, don't take it to heart. Even if you fail the next exam, we still admire you very much!"
Li Qingcheng said dissatisfiedly, "What are you saying? Zhen Juren, even if you fail the exam in your life, we still admire you very much!"
When Zhen Juren heard this, his face turned pale. He saw a folding fan on Li Qingcheng's table. The fan pendant was not as good as ordinary people hang precious ornaments such as jade pendants. He just hung a copper coin and asked, "Mr. Li, this folding fan has a good bone material and should be valuable."
Liu Xiangdong said coldly, "Who can't even take out a hundred taels of money can afford any good fan? I guess I bought a street stall."
Li Qingcheng smiled slightly, "When shopping in Jiangnan, I bought it from a down-and-out scholar. It was not expensive, so I cut the price for thirty cents."
"Bang!"
The young master sitting next to Li Qingcheng also opened the folding fan, placed it on his chest, shook his head and his hands still, and said with a smile, "Even if you want to buy it, you have to buy it for 300 yuan. It's really a disgrace to take a fan of 30 yuan, it's really a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace to be a disgrace
He faced everyone with a fan, drawing a picture of a lady, with the six words "The country is beautiful like a painting" written on the back, and said, "This was drawn by Zhen Juren five years ago. Now Zhen Juren's identity has risen, so it is worth hundreds of taels."
The woman sitting down was also a little unhappy, "Ruyi, why did you make friends worse and worse?"
Pei Ruyi's face was a little unbearable. Pei Renfeng was frightened by the side. These three people were the ones who killed people without blinking. He saw with his own eyes that the three of them tortured Sun Shaoming was worse than death. Seeing that the situation was not good, he picked up the wine glass and said, "Drink, drink!"
However, Zhen Juren was a little dissatisfied with the three of them and sneered repeatedly, "I have seen the thirty-month fan below. I wonder if we can use it to give us a long experience?"
These three people spoke so badly that he was ready to speak up and took the opportunity to humiliate the three people.
Li Qingcheng handed it to Zhen Juren. Zhen Juren looked disdainful, and pinched the fan bone with his thumb and index finger, opened it, and recited the poem above and said, "There is a wind in the small fan, and I'm here to borrow it. I don't think so, I really want to borrow it until the beginning of winter."
Everyone laughed.
"This poem is better than this even a rural villager. It's so vulgar. No wonder it only sells thirty words. But it's just right for you!"
Zhen Juren looked back again, and when he saw the signature, his expression became very strange. He stared at the calligraphy and paintings on it, and looked at the fan again, and looked at the face with shame.
Li Qingcheng smiled and said, "How?"
Zhen Juren carefully put the fan on the fan, held it in both hands, and handed it to Li Qingcheng. Liu Xiangdong didn't like it, so he picked up the teacup and deliberately turned it over, sprinkling the tea on the fan.
Zhen Juren was so scared that his face turned pale, "I didn't ruin this."
Liu Xiangdong laughed and said, "I'm counting it. Thirty cents, right? I'll pay!" As he said that, he took out a piece of silver from his arms, "I'll give you five taels, so I don't have to find it."
Li Qingcheng looked playful, but he didn't go to answer.
The woman next to her smiled and said, "How come, I think it's too little? Five taels of silver, you can buy a car with a fan like this. Mr. Liu gives you five taels of silver, which is already very favorable."
Xiao Jinyan said he had taken it, there were a lot of it.
Li Qingcheng said lightly, "Thirty words are true, it's just Tianrui Tongbao."
Tianrui Tongbao was the first Tongbao issued by the First Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty two thousand years ago. Since Tianrui's reign was only used for ten days, the First Emperor passed away. This Tongbao was only issued with one thousand pieces and was no longer circulated. It is extremely rare and popular in the ancient coin collection circle. Two years ago, the market price of a Tianrui Tongbao was auctioned to 33,333 taels.
Liu Xiangdong looked at his face, as if he was looking at an idiot, "Tianrui Tongbao? You can think of it. There are no ten Tianrui Tongbaos in the world. Who are you scared? You're crazy about being poor."
The woman said strangely, "Young Master Liu, is this Tianrui Tongbao very valuable?"
Liu Xiangdong explained, "Tianrui Tongbao is known as the second ancient coin in the world. My Liu family is worth one million taels. I have only bought thirty pieces of money from my family. But how can I buy such a fool in the world? I spend one million taels to buy a secondary fan?"
The woman said astonished, "What is the first ancient coin?"
"Of course it's Qilin Tongbao. Five years ago, His Majesty the Emperor paid 200,000 taels to collect Qilin Tongbao from all over the world, but he only received one. The other one, which is said to be in the Li family in Jinling, was issued an edict. The Li family would rather resist the order, but they didn't hand it over. Alas, these are all the ways in our circle of rich people, and I don't understand it if you tell me."
Liu Xiangdong looked at Li Qingcheng and said, "Okay, stop pretending, you can accept it when you are ready." He said to Zhen Juren, "Why are you still holding that broken fan? It's dirty, don't you throw it away."
Zhen Juren held the fan with both hands, as if he was holding a mountain, his hands were trembling, and he was not holding it or putting it down.
Li Qingcheng asked with a smile, "Is Qilin Tongbao very awesome?" He pointed to the fan pendant, "There is one there."
Everyone looked at the fan pendant. The copper coin was of a simple texture and a dark red luster. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary product.
"Do you really think this broken fan is worth one million taels?"
Zhen Juren saw sweat on his forehead and said tremblingly, "I'm afraid it's true. This fan is the masterpiece of Jiang Boya, the most famous painting master since ancient times. If the fan bones and fan pendants are included, this fan is worth at least one million taels."
Liu Xiangdong was still dissatisfied, "Who do you think you are? Don't think your surname is Li, just treat yourself as the young master of the Li family in Jinling?"
Pei Renfeng coughed dryly, "I forgot to introduce it to you. This is the third young master of the Li family in Jinling, Li Qingcheng."
Everyone here took a breath. The Li family in Jinling is the leader of the four major families. The wealth of the family is comparable to that of the country. They are known as the world's number one noble family. They can easily have an inconspicuous fan of millions of taels. Looking at Liu Xiangdong, they are just the richest man in Fuling City. All their responsibilities are not as good as others' fans. They really should be thrown away by comparison.
Li Qingcheng asked, "Liu Shangshou, tell me, how should I pay for this fan?"
Liu Xiangdongya was trembling tightly and couldn't even say anything. He was a prominent family, but how could he dare to stand up in front of Li Qingcheng? If he was an ordinary person, he could rely on the power of his family and betray him. But who is the Li family in Jinling? Whether in the world or in the temple, it is a huge force. How could he be a small Liu family?
Thinking of this, he had no idea. He suddenly saw the wine glass in front of him. He reached out and picked it up, drank it all, then stood up and said swayingly, "What a strong wine, I'm drunk."
He thrust and lay on the ground pretending to be dead, but no one shouted, but he refused to get up. The Pei brothers and sisters were helpless and looked at Li Qingcheng, "Mr. Li, this matter of fan. After Mr. Liu sobered up, I will take you to find Mr. Liu."
Li Qingcheng said, "Serve the food quickly and you still have to wait for a drink."
To be continued...