Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 5: Lifetime alliance four

"Does your lord like this jade tripod? Six hundred and eighty gold baht, the jade material is not expensive." The jade worker was an old man with a gray beard, and he swept the floating dust on the jade tripod with a duster. He smiled at the young man watching the tripod.

"So expensive?" Lu Guichen was taken aback, and looked carefully again.

The emerald-colored jade tripod is translucent under the afternoon sun, the base is fat jade white, with traces of crimson rising from it, like red clouds rising from fresh milk, the bottom is the deepest, and then gradually becomes shallower .

"Gold has a price and jade is priceless." The jade worker smiled, "This piece of jade is from Lanzhou. Lanzhou's jadeite is better than Wanzhou's, but red ones are rare. The source of this piece is very interesting. Yes, it is said that it was originally white. Later, when Li Gong conquered the north of Shanxi and searched for treasures everywhere, the owner of this piece of jade refused to sell it, so he smashed his head on the jade and dyed it red. If the guess is right, it is There is not much left of the pit head jade that hid the pine snow in the pit, and it has all been mined."

"That's really rare," Lu Guichen nodded, "It's really much thicker than gold and silver."

The jade craftsman is old and coughed a few times: "That's not to say, there are also wonderful craftsmanship in gold jewelry, but even the best gold jewelry can be made second. Jade is different, every piece is good Jade has its own texture and color, and even the flaws are different. Once it is broken, it can never be picked up again. Even if you travel all over Kyushu, you can’t find a piece that is exactly the same.”

"I heard that the big merchants in the city sell jade materials, and the expensive ones are tens of thousands of gold baht?"

The jade worker shook his head: "That's another rich man's game. How many pieces of jade can a person spend his life playing with? Maybe there is only one piece of jade with him. You like the texture and color of jade, and maybe even the flaws I like them all, so I will never leave them for the rest of my life. Jade has a soul, and it responds to the soul of a person. You really like the things you photographed if they say they are good? No matter how expensive jade is, if you buy it and don’t take it with you, it is worthless of."

"Jade can send people's soul, I have heard it too, is it true?"

"Actually, it's just mourning. The old man is gone, and you take his old things with you, and you feel that you are with his soul, but it's just that you miss him in your heart. So jade is priceless, that is to say, He is simply a stone, worthless."

He bowed: "I'll go to the backyard to clean it up, young master, you can see for yourself, you can call me whatever you like."

"Aren't you afraid that I will run away with my things?" Lu Guichen was a little surprised. There were dozens of jade wares lined up in the small shop, but there were only him and Yugong.

The jade worker smiled: "Although I am a jade grinder, I can see that you are very expensive. People like you buy misses, and even the best jade is a stone if you don't like it."

Lu Guichen then strolled among those exquisite jade wares, amidst the light dust, the afternoon sun was warm and lazy, and the azure jade hanging in front of the window cast a translucent round shadow. He felt as if he was walking in one stream after another with no substance around him.

Yu Gong lifted the curtain from the back and came out, and saw Lu Guichen standing by the window looking at the street in a daze. He smiled: "Master, I have been looking at it for a long time, but there is still nothing to like? The shop is small, and you are laughing at me."

Lu Guichen came back to his senses and hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, there are many beautiful things, like the pair of dragon blood crystal square badges, they are really superb, I have never seen such a good material. "

"What about Fangzhang?" Yugong shook his head, "It is indeed expensive, but the material is too pure, so it has no charm. If you like it, you can sell it for 300 gold baht."

Lu Guichen hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Actually, I came here this time to find an emerald ring. Did not see."

"Emerald ring? There are a lot of these things, but a few days ago, a big shop in Tianqi came to see the goods and bought a lot. These small things should not be listed outside. What does the one you want look like? "

Lu Guichen thought for a while: "I haven't seen it before. I heard from friends that it is a jade ring with a glass bottom. It is transparent. Only one point of it is dark blue, which dyes the whole piece of jade green. "

Yugong thought for a while, then patted his head: "Oh, the piece that the young master said may still be there, wait for me to look for it."

When he came out again, he was holding a delicate lacquered wooden box in his hand. When Yugong opened the box, there seemed to be an emerald green light overflowing from the box for a moment, reflecting greenery on Yugong's skinny fingers.

It was a ring of emerald jade in the heavy crimson brocade, like a frozen spring water, which would flow at any time.

"That's it, that's it!" Lu Guichen shouted in surprise.

He took it out of the box, but was surprised to find that the pool of greenness receded quietly, the whole ring was transparent, like a crystal, only one point, the green was black, and the strands of emerald green were mist It diffuses around a point like that, it's like throwing a pierced snake gall into a glass of clear water.

"It is indeed the best jade. The top-grade jade in Beimang Mountain does not have this green method. It is rare that the green is transparent and beautiful, and it is the base of water. I am not boasting. The jade of Honglu Temple worships heaven. Compared with him, Gui is a piece of dead jade. The young master looked at the light, it was solid but not heavy, transparent but not scattered. The jade mine in Beiman Mountain has been extinct, and it will be difficult to buy such a good jade in the future, even if you have money. "Jade worker is somewhat proud.

Lv Guichen followed his words and turned the emerald ring against the sun. It was strange to say that as soon as the jade ring was turned, the green color suddenly came alive. The color in the deep is completely colorless when it is light.

"This piece of jade has eyes," the jade craftsman pointed out, "a bit of emerald green is the jade eye. In fact, all the green comes out of that little jade eye. As the old saying goes, it is snake jade, and the jade pit With a snake guarding it, it is impossible to get it easily."

Lu Guichen touched it lightly, and smiled involuntarily: "How do you sell this emerald ring?"

"Two hundred and fifty gold baht."

"Is such a fine jade not as expensive as Fang Zhang?" Lu Guichen looked at him in surprise.

The jade worker looked at him seriously, and couldn't help laughing: "I haven't heard that people who buy jade think that jade is cheap. Although this jade is good, the rich merchants of Tianqi don't like it because the jade is too small. At most, it can only be put on the hands of female dolls, and it can’t be worn when it grows up. If it is worn on a chain and worn around the neck, it is too big, so the price cannot be raised.”

"Yes." Lu Guichen nodded, "If it is ground into a hook or a pendant, it may be worth a lot of money."

"That's what I said, and I know it too." The jade worker smiled and shook his head, "It's a pity that such a good jade material should be ground into such a vulgar thing. I can't bear it. This jade has another advantage."

"Oh?"

"If you wear this jade close to your body, the body temperature will warm the jade, and the green in the eyes of the jade will slowly overflow. If you wear it for ten or twenty years, the entire jade ring should be green Already."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Of course." Yugong unbuttoned his collar to reveal a Pixiu tied with a silver chain around his neck, "My Pixiu was only half green when I first wore it, but now the whole piece is green. Yes."

Lu Guichen nodded in admiration: "This is the first time I've heard of this."

"It turned green after more than 40 years of warming." Yugong sighed softly, "It was a dowry gift for my wife when she got married. She is no longer here, so I will miss it."

"Young Master bought this, is it a promise of love? I see the expression on your face, you are also buying jade for the person you love?"

"If it's an ordinary friend, is that okay?" After a long time, Lu Guichen raised his head.

"I'm afraid there may be some misunderstanding." Yu Gong laughed.

The door curtain was lifted suddenly. Lu Guichen turned his head, and there was a man standing at the door of the shop, he came in and bowed and saluted: "My lord, there is someone outside who is looking for him urgently, claiming his surname is Chi."

"Chi?" Lu Guichen whispered the surname, the surname Chi is indeed a rare surname.

Suddenly a nervous look appeared on his face, he put down the jade ring in his hand, and hurriedly got up and went downstairs. It was only halfway down that I remembered and turned around and said, "I will bring money to buy that jade ring next month, which counts as three hundred gold baht. Boss, please keep it for me."

Unable to wait for Yu Gong's answer, Lu Guichen held up the corner of his robe and rushed down. When he looked at Yu Yu, he was quiet and quiet, like a girl in a boudoir who didn't do anything, but at this moment when he moved, it was like a white lightning bolt.

Yugong picked up the corner of the bamboo curtain on the window and quietly looked at the street.

In the middle of the quiet street stood seven maroon horses, all with iron palms and copper stirrups, and wearing red and gold embroidered horse clothes. The knights on horseback were wearing cotton armor of the same color, with a long sword in a sharkskin sheath on their waists, and one of them held a crimson banner painted with golden yellow blooming chrysanthemums.

"This is..." Yugong felt a chill in his heart. Even if he didn't know the costumes of the seven people, he still knew the golden chrysanthemum, which was the family emblem of Baili Jinghong, the lord of the Lower Tang Dynasty. Not Zihuan Palace (Note: The palace of the lord of the Tang Dynasty is decorated with elegance as the top priority, white beams and purple pillars, plaques and paintings are mostly outlined in purple, so there is the name of Zihuan Palace). With this banner.

"Yes...it is the banner of the palace," Yugong muttered to himself, "The one with the red banner seems to be General Chi Haonian, the deputy commander of Jinwu!"

The middle-aged general who rode his horse under the red banner was wearing silver scale armor and a red cloak. Regardless of his clothing or expression, he revealed a faint official authority, which made people dare not look at him closely. When Lu Guichen stepped out of the gate of Zhiqiong Pavilion, he dismounted suddenly, and stood quietly by the side, clapping his hands. Behind him, several Jin Wu also dismounted and saluted, with extremely cautious etiquette. Lu Guichen also returned his long salute, and Chi Haonian went up to whisper a few words in Lu Guichen's ear, and the group immediately got on their horses and galloped towards the end of the small street like a gale.

The gusts of wind brought by the steeds rushed towards the sides, and the sound of ding ding dong dong was endless. Wanzhou is rich in jade. The owner of the mine collects jade from the mountains. Most of the jade materials are transported to the jade shop on this small street in Nanhuai City to be polished and made into jade articles. Every jade shop on this small road also sells them with Yu Ke is hung under the eaves as a symbol. On windy days, Yu Ke sounds like a wind chime, making people think about it. But at this moment, Ma Lie was in a hurry, and Yu Ke's sound was violent and flustered, as if the gongs and drums were playing on the stage when the storm was coming, and it could not stop for a long time.