The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 154: Auspiciousness from the sky

Liu Mengchun, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, not only has a successful career, but also has a happy family. He lived in his forties without a concubine. The husband and wife are loving. A few years ago, he had a young daughter, and now she is four years old.

Liu Mengchun likes to keep some turtles, fish and the like as a pastime.

Some time ago, Liu Mengchun asked Yun Yanhui to buy the green-haired turtle he got from the imperial garden, but Yun Yanhui did not agree. However, the turning point has come. Today, Liu Mengchun received a letter from Yunyan back to the trustee, asking him to go over and talk. Liu Mengchun immediately thought, could it be that the kid has changed his mind?

Liu Mengchun couldn't help but get a little excited. As soon as he went to court, he hurried home. He was about to change into civilian clothes and went back to Yunyan. They made an appointment to meet at the Daxiangguo Temple.

After Liu Mengchun entered the yard, he saw his little daughter squatting with her back to him and playing. On weekdays, he would definitely go up to tease her daughter, but now he was in a hurry to go out, so he hurried into the room to change clothes.

After entering, I saw the lady was also dressing up.

Liu Mengchun asked, "Where is Madam going today?"

Mrs. Shi Lang smiled, "Your immediate boss's wife invited the monks from Daxiangguo Temple to teach in the house today. She invited us to listen to it together, and I will also bring Xiaonan."

Liu Mengchun didn't care much, nodded and reported, "I made an appointment to see turtles at Daxiangguo Temple."

"I'm looking at your turtle again." Mrs. Shi Lang sneered a little, but she didn't really blame her. Her husband's hobbies are much better than others. It costs a little to buy a turtle, but it's affordable. of.

Liu Mengchun changed her clothes, and her wife just finished dressing up, and the two went out together.

Mrs. Shi Lang shouted, "Xiao Nan, I'm leaving, what are you doing?"

Their young daughter stood up and turned around. Only then did Liu Mengchun and his wife see that she was holding a rabbit and a tortoise in her hands.

Liu Mengchun saw at a glance that the turtle was his favorite, the one he kept in the glass water tank in the study? At this moment, Xiao Nan is waving his limbs in his hands.

For a moment, Liu Mengchun could hardly breathe.

"Xiao Nan, what are you doing..."

His daughter is very well behaved and won't play with his pets.

Xiao Nan blinked, "Father, Mother told me a story about the tortoise and the hare, I want the hare and the tortoise to run and show me, your tortoise runs so fast, hare Didn't doze off, and didn't run as fast."

Where, that rabbit originally came out of the kitchen, and its legs were tied for a long time, so how could it move.

As soon as Liu Mengchun heard this, he immediately turned to look at his wife.

Mrs. Shi Lang covered Cherry's mouth and said, "Oh, the story told by the monk last time, I thought it was interesting, so I told Xiao Nan, but I didn't expect that she would take it seriously, Lang Jun, don't be angry, that turtle It should be fine.”

Mrs. Shilang said, and hurriedly asked the domestic servant to take the turtle back into the tank, feed it with something to soothe it, put the rabbit back into the kitchen, and take the little girl to wash her hands.

Xiao Nan said to the waiter while washing her hands: "Dad, where are you going, let me tell you the story of the tortoise and the hare."

Liu Mengchun's face froze, still remembering that he was a kind father, "Okay, let's talk about it."

So Xiao Nan finished the story of the tortoise and the hare with the occasional addition of the lady servant.

After listening to this, Liu Mengchun's face looked a lot better. Only then did she know why Madam would tell the story to Xiao Nan, so she patted her head, "So, Xiao Nan should remember to be a non-lazy person. Rabbit."

Xiao Nan smiled and said, "Well! Dad, are you going to listen to a story with us today? A Niang said that today, the master of Daxiangguo Temple is going to tell a story about General Bear."

"Dad still has something to do. After listening to the little girl, let's talk to Daddy, okay?" Liu Mengchun said kindly.

Xiao Nan nodded vigorously, "Okay, Dad, I'll write it down for you."

It was time for Mrs. Shilang to set off. Liu Mengchun said goodbye to her. In her busy schedule, she first checked that her tortoise was not damaged, and then went out to Daxiangguo Temple.

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Liu Mengchun arrived at the appointed place of the Daxiangguo Temple, but saw two people standing outside the courtyard. They were both "turtle friends" he knew. Both of them were in business. A little friendship.

Liu Mengchun stepped forward to say hello, "You two come to incense today?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

Liu Mengchun felt a little strange, and suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that...you guys are also back with Yunyan?"

The two nodded together again.

Liu Mengchun: "..."

This Yunyan back... Could it be that he wants to make an auction?

This auction method has been used since the Song Dynasty. Because of the good effect, if there are treasures for sale in the private sector, an auction will also be held. High prices are common, but auctions are more standardized.

Seeing them, Liu Mengchun immediately suspected that Yun Yanhui was going to auction the green turtle.

Liu Mengchun was full of suspicion and entered the yard with the two of them. Sure enough, he saw that there were other rich people who raised turtles in Bianjing. At most, there is no way to hurry.

Liu Mengchun sat down to drink tea and waited. After a while, Yun Yanhui came out.

Yunyan coughed back, and everyone went quiet immediately.

"You must be wondering why I invited you here today." Yun Yan smiled back, not trying to play tricks. "Look at this, you will understand."

He turned his head and shouted, and another young man came out of the room. This young man, Liu Mengchun, looked vaguely familiar and thought about it. Isn't that the boy from Zheng Zhiyuan's family, who is now in the Hanlin Painting Academy.

Zheng Ling took out a small water basin and put it on the table.

Everyone was sitting. At this time, in order to watch, they stood up one after another, but they were all stunned.

In the water basin, there are about twenty turtles, all of which have green hair on their backs, about the length of two knuckles. Although they are not too long and dense, they are definitely genuine green-haired turtles!

It is rare for so many green turtles to gather in one place. This stuff is priceless now, and there are very few green-haired turtles here, and even if there are, there is only one.

And now, there are twenty!

Liu Mengchun's breathing suddenly became rapid. He couldn't grab one, twenty...there must be one of his!

Looking at the others, they all stared straight at the turtles.

It's not that they are ignorant. Everyone here is rich and famous. It's not a problem to buy all twenty of them. However, they were surprised why there were so many green-haired turtles in Yunyanhui.

Liu Mengchun couldn't help but go over there, but Yun Yan shouted back and stopped, "Everyone sit down and listen to me, okay?"

Liu Mengchun sat back absentmindedly, only to hear Yunyan reply: "Everyone must be very strange, where did I get so many green turtles."

As soon as I said that, Liu Mengchun and everyone present immediately attracted the attention.

Yeah, how did he get here?

"There are people here who know me and some who don't, but I believe that everyone who came here must also know one thing. A few months ago, the official family gave me a green turtle." Yun Yan replied slowly. Slowly said, with a very solemn look on his face, "After I went back, I raised the green-haired tortoise as a living offering. I was afraid that it would be lonely, so I bought some ordinary tortoises to accompany me."

"I never imagined that after a while, other turtles had green hairs on their backs. It was only a little bit at first, and then it got longer and longer. I added a few more for verification. , Who knows, there are twenty of them, and they all grow green hair in the end, until now!"

The audience was in an uproar!

What? These tortoises were originally hairless, but because they were raised with the green-haired tortoise given by the official family, they also grew green hair? Some of them also have green hair at home, and they have been in the same tank with ordinary turtles, but their turtles don't grow green hair along with them!

Isn't this green hair something that can be met but not sought after?

Could it be because the tortoise grew up in the imperial garden, and it was also contaminated with some spirituality...

Green-haired turtles are considered auspicious in the first place, and if there are such deeds, it will be even more true. Could it be that today's sages have good governance, so there are so many such auspicious green-haired turtles?

The people present have been thinking, and the more they think, the more excited they are, and they have made up countless stories in their brains. At the same time, they deeply hate, why is this turtle not in their hands?

It's really auspicious, this must be auspicious.

Otherwise there is no way to explain the presence of so many green-haired turtles.

"Everyone is a turtle lover, and many of them have asked me to buy the royal green turtle, although I don't want to resell this one, because it is very meaningful. But now that there are so many green turtles, I Since I am useless, it is better to sell it to you, it is also considered the beauty of an adult.”

Everyone was very happy when Yunyan said so.

"But...how about this price?" Someone suggested.

Originally, according to the market price of green-haired turtles, it should be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. However, since green-haired turtles can be mass-produced now, even if it belongs to auspicious things, the price seems not to be so expensive, right?

After all, everyone is not stupid. After the original excitement faded, I immediately thought about the real problem.

No matter how much auspiciousness, this is what Yun Yanhui wants to sell. I think I know it.

Thinking of this, I can't help but be jealous again, why is this person so lucky, and he has such a lucky auspiciousness, it can be called a cornucopia... No, a treasure tortoise. If this turtle is in their hands, how and how to use it...

"I can follow the original market price," another interrupted, "As long as you agree, control the number of green-haired turtles!"

If the quantity is controlled, the price has not changed, and their green turtles are more precious.

Yun Yanhui shook her head, "Since it's auspicious, it's natural to want to 'believe the world'. Ladies and gentlemen, the speed at which this green hair grows will take several months to grow, and this is the first No matter how soon, the rest will be available in a few months, and their hairs will always be shorter."

Can't sell a lifetime of exclusivity, but it can be sold for a few months, and the first limited edition.

Some people said, "Then can I send my turtle to you and wait for it to grow green?"

This is more of an idea, to customize the green turtle.

A lot of people's eyes lit up after hearing this idea.

Yunyan nodded back, "Of course, but I don't guarantee success."

Some people asked a few more questions one after another. Finally, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all had concerns.

"Actually, I'm just telling you the news today. There will be an auction in a few days. You can come and participate in that time." Yunyan smiled back and said, "Before that, everyone can think about it for themselves."

Except some conditions are not enough, the rest is all an idea.

What to consider, buy it! Not to mention whether buying a turtle is equivalent to supporting the official family...

According to Yun Yanhui's suggestion, the green turtles will not be too expensive in the future, but these first few batches are quite special and cannot be compared, and the price will definitely be higher. Even, it may be more expensive than those wild green turtles before!

But it's nothing to these rich people who spend a lot of money just to be happy for themselves.

How about a turtle, a pot of flowers, and hundreds of thousands of flowers? It will come back after all the money is gone. If the conditions are not good, just wait for more green-haired turtles in the future, and then buy cheap ones.

However, they want to get what they love as soon as possible.

Not to mention, it can also be customized! In this way, you can get your favorite turtle species to give birth to green hair!

……

Yun Yanhui was recruited into the palace by Renzong before the green-haired turtle was auctioned off.

As soon as Renzong saw Yunyan returning, he rushed up and grabbed him, "Where's my green turtle? Bring it here!"

Yunyan replied: "..."

? Your green turtle? ?