Chapter 216 More News

ah? read? Imperial examination? Can these two words be related to you? The housekeeper looked at Situ Xin's extremely serious expression and couldn't help but wonder: Is there something wrong with his young master's brain?

A person who passed the child examination six times actually said that he wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official. Not to mention the housekeeper, anyone who comes here will be stunned for a while.

"Master, let's just switch to another family. There is no need to make such a big poisonous oath."

Poisonous oath? Situ Xin was choked and stunned for a moment, and then said viciously, "Go home! I'll tell my dad! Does the Honghu know how big the big bird is?"

"It's because the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan!" The housekeeper covered his face and smiled bitterly. This kind of cultural quality is nothing like the imperial examination.

"I know, I know. Let's go."

After that, he walked into the car first and urged the housekeeper to drive home.

The carriage stopped and walked all the way, and it took more than half an hour before it stopped in front of a house. Situ Xin endured the pain, pushed the door open, walked in, and immediately called the attendant to get the medicine.

After hearing the butler's report, Situ Xin's father Situ Liu was overjoyed. He hurriedly went out and grabbed his son, and said happily, "Son, son, you just said you want to study? You want to take the imperial examination?"

"Dad! Aren't you willing if I want to study? I am the only son you have!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Situ Liu laughed loudly and shouted "Okay" three times in a row.

What's this? This is enlightenment. God bless, the ancestors have appeared!

Situ Liu looked around, but didn't see the housekeeper, so he hurriedly shouted, "Butler, housekeeper! Where did you die?"

"master......"

"Quick! Go quickly! Clean up the backyard and use it as a study. Also, go ask sir to prepare the four books and five classics, pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other necessary things before tomorrow!"

My son is enlightened, how can he not be happy. Speaking of which, the biggest reason why his family became rich was that his grandfather, Grandpa Situ Xin, had reached the fifth rank when he was an official.

This made him rich for three generations. If his son becomes an official in the court again, wouldn't it mean that the family's wealth will continue to grow?

After thinking for a while, he hurriedly ordered, "From now on, the young master's food and drink must be reported to me, and servants must be gentle when moving around. If it delays the young master's study, he will be beaten to death immediately!"

"Yes, sir." The servants standing aside responded together.

Seeing that the housekeeper didn't take any action, he hurriedly urged, "Go quickly! Don't waste time. If the door is not opened, it will cost a lot of money! You can't wrong my son."

Then he turned around and nodded to Situ Xin, "Son, the backyard, no, this house is all yours. From now on, you can concentrate on your studies, and let dad take care of the family business."

"I understand, Dad, I'm going to rest first." Situ Xin's mouth twitched. He who didn't know how grand this was was thought he was conferring a crown prince.

He just wanted to apply medicine quickly, but his body was burning with pain.

"Okay, okay. Go ahead, good boy."

...

"Hiss, ah!"

As soon as the medicine was applied, Situ Xin couldn't help but grit his teeth. It really hurt!

The attendant stopped and whispered, "Master, please be patient, it's almost over..."

"Okay, hurry up." Situ Xin almost ran out of energy even after shouting. Now he just wanted to take the medicine and have a good sleep.

After a moment of hissing, the medicine was finished. When the attendant picked up the clothes, a piece of jade fell down.

Fortunately, the attendant had quick eyesight and quick hands. He grabbed it in the air and raised it in front of Situ Xin, "Master, where do you put your jade?"

The dazed Situ Xin squinted his eyes and glanced at the white jade. After much thought, he couldn't find the memory of this piece of jade. So he asked, "Have you ever seen this piece of jade after you have been with me for so long?"

"That's not true!" the attendant said truthfully.

No? Maybe it's not mine. It should have been passed down when I was drunk, but I can't find any identity marks on the jade face. He simply waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "I'll reward you. Don't tell anyone else. Just treat it as you picked it up."

The attendant was immediately overjoyed, knowing that there was a high probability that Situ Xin didn't know how he came about. But it’s valuable, “Thank you, Master, for the reward.”

"Get out, I want to sleep."

"Yes, villain, leave now."

As he walked out with his clothes and jade in his arms, the attendant couldn't help laughing. This piece of white jade is extraordinary at first glance. It is worth at least one hundred taels of silver. This is a windfall!

After carefully putting it away happily, he got busy.

At noon the next day, thinking of being safe, the attendant covered the white jade, turned around several times, and headed straight to the nearest pawn shop.

"Shopkeeper, it's a pawn!"

Seeing that the person was wearing shabby clothes, the shopkeeper didn't want to show any emotion and simply said, "Take it out and take a look."

After receiving the white jade from the attendant, the shopkeeper's expression suddenly changed. Is this a golden phoenix flying out of the thatched house? This kind of white jade is actually in the hands of this kind of people.

But in their pawn business, their main focus is to only look at things without asking where they came from. So after looking at it carefully, he pretended to be calm and said, "Eighty taels for life, eighty taels for death. How about that?"

"No!" The attendant took the white jade back. He knew that no matter how little it was, it would never be less than a hundred taels. Eighty taels, what a liar?

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left, ignoring the shopkeeper behind him who was struggling to stay.

There is more than one pawn shop in Bianzhou. If the price is not suitable, he can just switch to another one. He doesn't have any psychological burden.

But three pawn shops in a row failed to get a suitable price. He had no choice but to sigh, turn around and walk towards He Street.

When the attendant walked in, the waiter had just gone out to eat. The shopkeeper, who was full and drunk, was rocking his chair and humming a tune while drinking tea.

"Shopkeeper, look at it, how much money is this thing worth?"

"Oh? Is it something?" The shopkeeper came to his senses, carefully took the white jade, and was full of praise.

After playing with it for a while, he said, "Brother, I won't lie to you. If alive, I'll pawn it for 15 taels for two months. If dead, I'll pawn it for 150 taels. You see..."

"Dead pawn." The attendant said decisively. He knew that 150 taels was almost the highest price. Even if it was higher, it would not be much, and he had to wait for time.

Gold has a price, but jade is priceless. He has a lot of time, but what if the price drops? So he didn't want to wait any longer.

The shopkeeper didn't hesitate, wrote a receipt, took out 150 taels of silver, and said, "Please count it."

After counting it twice and finding no problem, the attendant walked out of the pawnshop with the silver. The shopkeeper sat back in his original position and couldn't help playing with the white jade. This kind of stuff could make dozens of taels, or even hundreds of taels, as soon as it was resold.

At this time, the waiter who came back from dinner saw the shopkeeper's happy face, so he flattered, "Uncle, what good things did you accept again? This vision is really admirable."

"You kid, come, uncle will take you to open your eyes." The shopkeeper put the white jade on the cloth and smiled with a bit of pride, "Look, look, this piece of white jade is rare, right?"

Rare? The waiter's curiosity was aroused, and he hurried forward to take a closer look. After just one look, his face changed drastically and cold sweat ran down.

"Uncle, this can't be accepted!"

Before the shopkeeper could speak, several people outside the door came in, some carrying weapons, some with their hands behind their backs, and asked, "Why can't you accept it?"

The voices and momentum of several people scared the two of them, and they looked at each other unconsciously.

"Tell me! Why can't I take it? Is it related to that book?"

The waiter staggered to sit down, wiped the sweat off his face, and whispered, "It is indeed related to the book that day."

"What is the connection?"

The waiter has been asked about it every day these days. He handled it again that day, so it is hard not to have a deep impression.

"This piece of white jade is one of the three pieces of white jade on the cover of the book! I remember clearly that the three pieces of white jade were carved with different things, but when put together, they formed a picture of mending the sky."

"Look, isn't this piece of jade carved with a picture of lifting a stone?"

Several people frowned and asked, "Are you sure you're right?"

The guy was miserable, but still said with certainty, "Someone has asked me about it every day these days, how could I forget it?"

"I'm sure I'm not wrong!"

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