"I haven't seen before that there is a problem with the distraction of this hairpin and the Jade Guanyin..." Chen Muqing spoke slowly, with a solemnity beyond his age in his crisp voice. "As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the tricks, and experienced masters of the big cupboard, I wonder if I can see where the distraction of this hairpin and the Jade Guanyin is made."

The shopkeeper pondered: "What you do is almost fake and real. I guess it is made of silver buildings on the back street..."

The so-called back street is in Baozhi Hutong not far from Baolin Hutong. It is the same as Baolin Hutong. The entire street sells gold, silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings. The difference is that it sells high imitations there...

It was just a matter of ten or ten taels of silver, so why did he make a high imitation? Chen Muqing looked at the butterfly hairpin in the hands of the shopkeeper and frowned almost invisibly.

"Miss Chen doesn't know anything," said the shopkeeper, "Our Wanbaozhai Tree is so popular that it attracts wind. The back streets are focused on our things. It's okay for people like yours, but some families don't have any decentness at all. I ordered a set here, took it to show people's appearance, and made a set according to the present..." As he said that, he peeked at Chen Muqing's expression with the corners of his eyes.

The big shopkeeper's words penetrated into Chen Muqing's ears word by word, stirring up storm in her heart, and countless fragments flew in her mind.

"Speaking of this, the Liang family has changed jewelry more often in recent years, and bought less when they bought new ones, which is far less than when the old marquis was there..." The shopkeeper looked at the face with a childish look that was as big as a palm in front of him, saying something, "If the Liang family's grandmother sent Lei's mother around him, Wanbaozhai might not have taken on this job... a total of twelve taels of silver, and he didn't even need wages..."

Wanbaozhai once gave the Shen family a set of red gold-headed faces, and the wages alone cost twenty taels...

Chen Muqing remained silent and said with a smile: "The century-old clan of the Hou family in Dingyuan, I don't know how many good things there are. If you don't take it out and change it, will you just sink it in the box and make it moldy!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and said, "That's the same. Nowadays, the Nanzhu, which is the size of fingernails, and the gold and steel stones that are the size of soybeans, are only people like them who have them!"

What should be known already has it. Since it comes out under the banner of buying jewelry, you have to buy something more or less.

At the sign of the shopkeeper, the people from Wanbaozhai brought some new styles of jewelry for Chen Muqing to choose from, including a pair of ruby ​​lantern earrings.

A round lantern was made of yellow red gold, and a gem of bright red rice grains inside was like a burning candlelight, and a long tassel falling at the bottom of the lantern. The colors were bright and it was indeed very festive.

Chen Muqing picked a gold-inlaid coral bat flower hairpin and a gold-inlaid jewelry crab hairpin, both of which were all about blessings, longevity and health, and was ready to give it to Li.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Miss, please choose a suitable one for yourself! Although the lady likes these things, she is afraid she will feel even more distressed!"

Yes, every time Li brought her to Wanbaozhai, he would take care of her first and then buy what he wanted.

Thinking of this, her mood was a little down. Seeing that the lantern earrings suddenly became much more pleasing to the eyes, she simply took the pair of earrings.

When the shopkeeper saw that she had chosen something, he personally took a small box with red paint and gold plaster to pack it for her. Someone knocked on the door outside. The shopkeeper frowned and whispered, "What's the matter?"

A servant came in and saluted Chen Muqing first, and then whispered in the ear of the shopkeeper.

"... The seventh son of the Xiao family... Manager Pang... came here in person..." He floated into Chen Muqing's upright ears intermittently.

It seems that Tu Xiaoque broke the porcelain screen of someone else, and Pang Debao came to deal with the aftermath. I just don’t know who this “come in person” refers to. Xiao Sa? Or is it the person they invited to deal with the aftermath?

The thought flashed, and the shopkeeper had already smiled and bowed to Chen Muqing to apologize: "The shop's friend is not upset, so he must make trouble. Miss Chen, a family is guilty and come here to see it!"

Chen Muqing understood in his heart, nodded with a smile, and the shopkeeper said a lot of apologies, leaving the second shopkeeper to accompany Chen Muqing, and then left.

"I don't know what's going on next door?" Chen Muqing picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said casually, "I have to work hard on your shopkeeper."

"Today is different from the past." The second shopkeeper laughed, "In the past, our Wanbaozhai was doing business mostly. Since the sea ban was opened in Shunkang in three years, the barbarians in the south have all gone to Kyoto, and the land prices of Baizhifang have changed a lot. Our business is becoming more and more unpredictable."

Chen Muqing was secretly amused.

The sea ban has been in place for more than ten years. Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang have relied on shipping and dock business to build a large number of new wealthy people. When these people have money, they all buy property in Baizhifang in the outer city of Kyoto. Due to the temperature difference between north and south, in summer, these southern merchants will come to Kyoto with their families to live in Kyoto for a while. As the leader of the jewelry industry in Kyoto, Wanbaozhai naturally has to come and see and buy something back to the south to show off. These business women are different from the family of officials. Because their husbands operate overseas trade, they have some vision and are not afraid of losing face and dare to bargain with the shopkeepers of Wanbaozhai. But they hold huge gold, which makes Wanbaozhai's shopkeepers so big... This is also one of the important reasons for the rise of the back street. It is also this reason that in recent years, the families of the families of Kyoto's officials have begun to avoid coming to Wanbaozhai in summer.

The two sighed a few words about the impermanence of the world, and Chen Muqing served tea.

The second shopkeeper took the opportunity to stand up and say goodbye.

After seeing off the second shopkeeper, Chen Muqing took the trembling butterfly hairpin that was delivered by the shopkeeper, playing with it in his hand, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

When Yingfen saw it, she served on the side carefully. After a small pot of tea was poured, Chen Muqing had no intention of leaving. She couldn't help but whisper: "Girl, are we going to the back street to check..."

Chen Muqing said "Oh" as if he was a different world, stood up and sat down: "No need. You know the origin of this hairpin."

Seeing her look dazed, Yingfen thought about the strangeness of the jewelry, and did not dare to say much, and stood aside with slight hands.

After a long time, Chen Muqing suddenly called the little maid beside him: "Go and see if your chief manager is busy. If you are not busy, please come to me and say I have something to ask for advice. If you are busy, say I am not in a hurry and come back after he is finished."

The little maid hurriedly bowed.

Yingfen said, "Girl, what else should we ask? The shopkeeper has already made it clear. Let's ask again and again, will it make the shopkeeper suspicious?"

Chen Muqing just snorted and did not answer Yingfen's words.

After a while, the little maid brought the big shopkeeper over.

"Miss Chen, please forgive me!" The shopkeeper bowed, "I don't know if there is anything else to ask someone!"

"Oh!" Chen Muqing stood up, "From my memory, I remembered just now. When the shopkeeper asked this, I couldn't remember it!"

Everyone in the room was stunned.

Chen Muqing had already called Yingfen: "Go and ask us to prepare a sedan chair. It's time for us to go back. There are still a lot of things waiting at home!"

Yingfen was stunned by Chen Muqing's sudden actions, paused before leaving.

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "This is also common. If Miss Chen remembers it, she will send someone to ask me and I will come to inform you."

Chen Muqing nodded randomly.

The shopkeeper saw her absent-minded look and said a few words to him, personally sending Chen Muqing out of Wanbaozhai.

Chen Muqing was not in a hurry to leave, pulled down the cloak on his head, and stood on the seventh level of Wanbaozhai to look around.

The big branches and leaves on both sides fell, revealing bare brown branches. The carriage hooves in groups of three or three galloped by the monotonous "Dede" sounds.

A biting cold wind blew, and Chen Muqing couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Yingfan stood in front of the carriage silently, but he was puzzled in his heart: Is the girl waiting for someone?

She was guessing when she saw Chen Muqing suddenly running down the steps.

"Xiao Sa!" Chen Muqing looked at the tall figure as tall as a pine tree in surprise.

The figure next to the carriage in front of Jufangzhai slowly turned around and looked at her.

The once bright eyes became as dark as an ancient well, and the once handsome face was faintly hard and cold as marble.

"Xiao Sa?" Chen Muqing's joy turned into confusion, "What's wrong with you?"

It was just a month ago, and Xiao Sa seemed to have become a different person.

She was stunned: "What happened?"

"What happened?" Xiao Sa's eyes raised slightly, and Chen Muqing's very familiar sarcasm appeared in his eyes, "You ask me what happened?"

But the sarcastic look no longer had the intimacy of the Shen family garden, but with the indifference, alienation and arrogance that cannot be misunderstood.

Chen Muqing secretly complained in his heart that something was wrong.

"The eldest girl from the hometown of Chen Ge at that time actually cared about what happened to me, Xiao Sa?" His voice was dull and calm, as if he was talking about someone else's affairs. "What can I, Xiao Sa? I was just teased by the powerful and powerful families as fools, but that was also the people who looked down on me. I was grateful and it was too late. What could it be? "

That deadly tone hurt Chen Muqing's heart.

"Xiao Sa, it's not what you imagined." She explained hurriedly, "When I was in the Yaowang Temple, I was afraid that someone would know his identity and it would be unfavorable to me, so I didn't tell you. Later, I met you in the garden and I told you that my name was Chen Muqing, but you didn't care at that time..."

Xiao Sa smiled: "So, it's all my fault?"

His smile was gentle and friendly, but Chen Muqing could feel the anger, pain, despair, resentment hidden behind the smile...

Xiao Sa is just a young eagle who has just left her parents' wings and tried to fly, with a arrogant and conceited personality.

She thought of his smile like the scorching sun and the complete trust that revealed his true nature without reservation in front of him.

Is it because of this that when you know your identity from others, you will be even more intolerant and accept it?

"No, no, no..." Chen Muqing hurriedly comforted him, "Listen to me..."

The lilac soft satin curtain hanging on the carriage was lifted with a "swish", and a face of Yichen and Yijiao poked out: "Young master, it's so cold, let's go back soon!"

The treasure knot in the mouth of the red gold-pulled silk phoenix was flashing with dazzling light, making her pupils shrink slightly and her throat.

Xiao Sa turned around and walked towards Tu Xiaoque with expressionless face.

"Xiao Sa!" Chen Muqing's voice suddenly became high-pitched and sharp as she hadn't imagined, "I really didn't mean to mislead you!"

Xiao Sa didn't look back.

Looking at Xiao Sa's straight back, Chen Muqing felt like he had fallen into an ice hole. The biting chill spread from her guidance to her heart little by little, making her whole body stiff and unable to move.

She regrets it very much.

What I least want to happen happened in the end!
Chapter completed!