Chapter 115

Shao Yue and Bai Xian thought that only the wife of the magistrate would receive them. After all, it was the wife of the magistrate who named to buy pearls. Unexpectedly, the magistrate was also at home. They received Shao Yue and Bai Xian together. After saluting and introducing, Bai Xian was pulled aside by the wife of the magistrate, and Shao Yue chatted with the magistrate.

Looking at the magistrate's wife who is very kind and similar in age to Bai's mother, Bai Xian put down her vigilance a little. She opened two boxes and introduced them carefully: "madam, don't worry about choosing. The things in our home are absolutely the best. This pearl is the best pearl in the East China Sea. It's all here."

The magistrate's wife was anxious to prepare a dowry for her daughter who was about to get married. When she saw the pearls of good quality, she brightened her eyes and looked at them one by one: "Madam song, your things are good. I haven't seen such good pearls in Chang'an."

Bai Xian smiled modestly: "you're kidding. Our family used to do business in the south. This is our first time to Chang'an. If it weren't for asking my mother-in-law for a rare medicinal herb, we wouldn't come to Chang'an for fear of breaking the rules."

Bai Xian's rules are the rules of the jewelry industry. The magistrate's wife is a regular guest of Chang'an jewelry shop. Naturally, she has heard of this rule. She glanced at Bai Xian and didn't expect that this ordinary woman was the daughter-in-law of Langya Song family. She really accumulated virtue in her previous life: "I know the rules of your family. The beads collected will only be sold to various jewelry shops, not by myself. So this time you come, I want to see what excellent goods you have."

Bai Xian inadvertently glanced at Shao Yue and the magistrate and found that they had a pleasant conversation, so she took out a small cloth bag in her arms. The magistrate's wife was immediately lifted up her appetite and looked at the things in Bai Xian's hand. Bai Xian directly opened the cloth bag and took out a round powder pearl, which was a good product collected by Shao Yue from his grandfather's private library.

The magistrate's wife was really very supportive. She interrupted Shaoyue and the magistrate who were talking and waved to the magistrate: "Minglang, come and see, this pink pearl is really rare."

The magistrate Zhu Ming seems to love his wife very much. Bai Xian thinks to herself that she can always accompany his wife because she wants to buy something. This love can't be pretended. While they are looking at pink pearls, she quietly looks at the magistrate. Zhu Ming looks steady and bookish. She looks like a patriotic angry youth.

Bai Xian knew that she could not judge whether a person had a problem by appearance, but she still had a lot of good feelings for the couple in her heart. You know, in ancient times, businessmen were a low class, and the magistrate's wife could receive them in person without slighting them in her speech and behavior. Bai Xian admired them very much.

The magistrate Zhu Ming finally decided to buy the pink pearl and 50 ordinary pearls. As for the gemstones, he asked for five in several colors. Shao Yue packed them in a special small cloth bag, put them in a specially prepared small box and handed them to Bai Xian.

Bai Xian handed the box to his wife with both hands. Her wife nodded with satisfaction. Thinking of what Bai Xian said just now, she casually asked, "what medicine is Mrs. song looking for?"

Of course, this is the information prepared by Bai Xian and Shaoyue, so she came up with it: "it's Cordyceps."

Cordyceps sinensis is really rare. Even the governor's wife shook her head: "we don't have this in our house. It seems that you'd better keep looking."

She brought tea to see off the guests. After Shao Yue and Bai Xian said goodbye to the magistrate and his wife, Bai Xian thought that the meeting had succeeded in bluffing the magistrate. In a few days, she could use the excuse of flawed pearls to do it again. Unexpectedly, the accident happened at this moment.

When Shao Yue was just drinking tea, he accidentally buttoned the safety hanging from his waist on the chair. When the guard caught up with Shao Yue, he patted Shao Yue on the shoulder. Unexpectedly, Shao Yue had been in the military camp for more than ten years, and his training on the battlefield had become a conditioned reflex. He directly grabbed the man's arm and twisted it, killing the guard.

At this moment, the magistrate, who had not gone far, came towards Shao Yue and Bai Xian. Shao Yue found that he had caught the wrong person and hurriedly loosened his hand to apologize. Unexpectedly, the magistrate had come to the front with an unhappy face: "Song Yue, I saw you leave the safety buckle and let this person send it to you. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Shao Yue hurriedly apologized: "my Lord, I didn't see clearly. I apologize to you and to this little brother."

Bai Xian, standing behind him, saw that the magistrate's displeasure did not spread. He knew that the magistrate had not finished his words. Shao Yue's move was too straightforward just now. She would doubt it when she saw it, not to mention the shrewd magistrate.

Zhu Ming's eyes moved: "it's a small matter, but... But your action just now was too simple. Have you ever been a soldier?"

Seeing that the magistrate began to doubt their identity, Bai Xian hurriedly explained: "The magistrate made atonement. My husband loves to dance, gun and stick in addition to doing business. My father-in-law and mother-in-law advised him for more than 20 years, but they had to find a martial arts master for him. No, the master said that if you want to learn kung fu, you must learn to be beaten. You beat my husband into a reflex. When someone touches his shoulder, he will twist his arm."

The doubt in Zhu Ming's eyes faded a little. He understood that the son of the merchant could not participate in the imperial examination. Perhaps this was Shaoyue's alternative compensation. He smiled: "thank you for your husband and wife today. If there is anything else I need, I will send someone to the inn to find you."

Shao Yue and Bai Xian saluted again and left. As soon as they got out of the magistrate's house, Bai Xian saw Lan Shi and LV Ying standing waiting. They got on the carriage and left LV Ying driving outside. Lan Shi asked eagerly, "general, don't you show any flaws?"

Shao Yue looked at Bai Xian gratefully. If Bai Xian hadn't had an idea to explain for him, it's estimated that they wouldn't be able to get out of the magistrate's house today: "it's always good, but when I left, a bodyguard patted me on the shoulder from behind, and I twisted his arm."

Lan Shi and LV Ying both looked tight, but the thought that they could come out unharmed must dispel the magistrate's doubts: "general, how did you explain?"

Shao Yue pointed to Bai Xian: "thanks to Bai Xian's cleverness, he said that I have a martial arts master who always hits me and makes me a conditioned reflex."

Lan Shi chuckled, and LV Ying outside the car almost laughed. However, he barely held back his smile. Bai Xian can always give the most help at the critical moment. He is really a divine teammate: "girl, thanks to you taking care of our general."

Shao Yue looked at Bai Xian gently. This crisis can be solved thanks to Bai Xian. I hope the magistrate Zhu Ming believes Bai Xian's explanation and doesn't doubt their identity.

Bai Xian said slowly, "anyway, we should speed up. Chang'an is not a safe place after all. We should leave here as soon as possible."