【Zhou Ye】The King of Luoyang

"Well...it's from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Ye Xiu looked at the inscription branded on the enamel surface, and set the tone authoritatively.

This delicate snuff bottle carved with jewels was the sixth thing Jiang Botao gave him.The sun slanted, illuminating the screen wall in the courtyard to be resplendent and resplendent. Before he knew it, Ye Xiu had appraised the treasures for Zhou Zekai for more than an hour.

"Year?" Zhou Zekai asked.He and Ye Xiu sat across a square table, and he didn't stretch his head over to taste together, but held a teacup, blowing on the noodle soup and drinking tea.

"What did the person who sold you say?" Ye Xiu asked back.

"The middle period of Kangxi."

"Young Master Zhou was duped." Zhou Zekai must have known that the goods were not the right ones, and Ye Xiu knew it, but he still followed the other party's "ignorance", held the snuff bottle over, and explained, "Look, the signing habits and the content of the drawing It was a custom in the Kangxi year, but the famille rose snuff bottle was a new product made in the Yongzheng year."

Zhou Zekai held his teacup in mid-air, turned his head to look at Ye Xiu, and nodded his head twice without looking at the snuff bottle.

Although the acquaintance time is very short, Ye Xiu, who is in the business of watching people and things, has also figured out the habits of this high-ranking official. , the next one is ready.

Ye Xiu took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his temples, waiting for Jiang Botao to hand over the next one.

Then he waited for a jade pendant and placed it in Zhou Zekai's palm.He stretched out his hand to receive it, and moved his eyes quickly, and he had already taken a rough look at the jade pendant after seeing each other.This jade pendant has no tassels, it is in the shape of a tablet, carved with phoenix patterns, the jade color is bluish white, the jade surface is moist and extremely transparent, Ye Xiu, who is used to seeing fun things, also secretly praises it, it's so fun.It's just that it's too moist.

Ye Xiu twisted the jade pendant between his fingertips, and asked in a long voice, "How many years old is this?"

"This is a meeting gift for Mr. Ye," Jiang Botao delivered the message for Zhou Zekai.He is well-known in the Zhou family for his politeness, so naturally he would not let go of every detail since he met Ye Xiu, so he said jokingly, "Mr. Ye wants to play with it or keep it, it's up to you."

"Hehe...the meeting gift was given late enough, we are almost parting." Ye Xiu smiled, keeping the hand holding the jade pendant in place.

Gifts cannot be received indiscriminately, the more expensive one is received, the greater the price will be paid for it, but one cannot refuse randomly, as refusing a gift will also offend people.After Ye Xiu Jinpen washed his hands and dragged his family along, he wanted to live a peaceful life. If possible, people with guns were one of the types he didn't want to offend.He realized early in the morning that Zhou Zekai was not a kind person, he came here with a certain purpose, the so-called Appreciation of Treasures, be it the method of knocking on his door, or temptation, in short, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but in the end Where he is, he can't figure it out for a while, so he has to keep an eye on it first.

Ye Xiu put his five fingers together and put away the jade pendant, his eyes were as indifferent as he had seen the market, and he was not moved by this generous gift.His and Zhou Zekai's eyes met again, and they looked at each other. This look, the eyes of both of them were not innocent anymore.

Ye Xiu said, "Even if it's a meeting gift, you have to pay for the things you see."

The content of the eyes is quite different: Is it really as simple as a meeting ceremony?

Jiang Botao responded, "Naturally, you won't lose a penny."

Zhou Zekai's eyes responded to Ye Xiu's: "Whether it's that simple or not depends on your performance."

Afterwards, Jiang Botao paid Ye Xiu a bank note, of course the denomination was not much more than that.Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai looked away as if nothing happened.

The Western clock on the altar table rang five times, the small window under the dial opened, and a small bird popped out and then retracted.

Ye Xiu took the opportunity to issue an order to evict the guests.He stood up, hammered his stiff waist, and said in a tone of no regret, "The work is done, it's getting late, and we're about to start dinner. The food in the country is vulgar, so we won't leave the two of you as guests." gone."

Zhou Zekai had no intention of standing up and leaving. Jiang Botao was standing next to Ye Xiu, but now he picked up a chair and sat down, and said, "Do as the Romans do, let's just eat some simple food."

Zhou Zekai stretched out the hem of his robe, and smiled understandingly at Ye Xiu, "I don't dislike it."

There are three large rooms in the backyard of the antique shop, two of which are bedrooms, and the living room in the middle is where guests are entertained and eat.Today, only Chen Guo and Ye Xiu were left in the store. After Chen Guo fried the dishes and served them on the table, she stopped participating in the banquet and went back to her room to eat by herself.

The three people sitting around the table neither drank nor suggested drinking, and the meal was boring. Fortunately, the two of them exchanged anecdotes about the world from time to time, and the atmosphere was not boring.Just now Zhou Jiang's intention to forcefully stay was too obvious, but Ye Xiu seemed to have forgotten that he had attempted to chase away the guest, and there was no dissatisfaction in his attitude towards others.

However, he should come sooner or later. Zhou Jiang stayed here because he definitely wanted more than a simple meal. At the end of the meal, Jiang Botao stated the purpose of his trip, saying that he wanted to invite Ye Xiu to the commander-in-chief's mansion. precious.

After Ye Xiu finished cooking, he pushed the bowl away, bit a toothpick, and apologized, "I have a habit of never coming to the door."

Jiang Botao explained, "Things are very expensive, so they are not easy to transport."

"That means I don't have a fate with it." Ye Xiu sighed, pressing a toothpick between his lips.

Jiang Botao wanted to continue to instigate, but Zhou Zekai, who was the first to stop his chopsticks, suddenly interjected and said, "I invite you to eat stewed noodles and spicy soup." He also refused to let Ye Xiu go, and looked over firmly and seriously, To enhance the authenticity of this request.

Not to mention this, Ye Xiu didn't let go, "We border Henan, so we can eat it, and it's quite authentic."

Jiang Botao followed Zhou Zekai's train of thought, "The cooks in the Shuai Mansion cook differently, and the ingredients are all the most particular."

It would be meaningless to continue talking like this, Ye Xiu paused for a while, and then spoke again, filtering out the meaning of the game in his tone, not going around in circles, "Okay, you two, why not tell the real purpose, maybe I can still think about it."

Jiang Botao glanced at Zhou Zekai, as if he was asking for instructions, but Zhou Zekai seemed distracted and didn't give him any instructions, so he could only say first, "Mr. Ye, don't worry, this is because I want to make friends with you."

"Oh, what about after making friends?" Ye Xiu obviously didn't like that.

"Our family opened a jade factory, and we thought of an expert as a consultant, and the treatment will be favorable." Jiang Botao smiled, "This expert, of course, must be Mr. Ye."

Ye Xiu was not polite, "That's too good to be useful."

The subtext is obvious: just keep making it up.

The days are long in summer, the sky is covered with golden and purple twilight, and the setting sun is still blood-red. Suddenly, the room is filled with an ambiguous and tense atmosphere. The next sentence will cut through the looseness and release the tension.

There was a crisp bell ringing from far away on Qianmen Street. The businessman hurried home leading his mule. After the bell rang, Zhou Zekai's thoughts also returned. He looked at Ye Xiu in a different way, still not cruel. A sense of compulsion, but it means that there is no room for refusal.

Ye Xiu knew that the main dish was here.

Zhou Zekai said slowly, "I want you to fetch the jade seal."

Ye Xiu's first reaction had missed him.He did not feel any confusion about the word Yuxi, but instead showed a clear expression.It wasn't that he was stunned by Zhou Zekai's sudden truth and couldn't react, but that he didn't want to do useless work at all.It is inevitable that these two people can come here, Zhou Zekai said "take" instead of "find", it must be difficult to pretend to be stupid or say "I don't know you have found the wrong person" Yes, can't be fooled.

Ye Xiu thought to himself that the previous treasure appraising session was indeed a trial and experiment, and it was aimed at the treasure of the loyal king.

It is rumored that the thousand-year-old Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom was obtained by Hong Xiuquan, and later hid in the King Zhong's Treasure, and was moved along with the treasure. In the whole world, the only person who knows the whereabouts of the King Zhong's Treasure is Ye Xiu.

Zhou Zekai wasn't the first rumored trouble for Ye Xiu, but it seems to be the most troublesome one so far.Having known each other for only two or three hours, he dealt with Ye Xiu with both soft and hard tactics, blocking one before the next.

In the final analysis, Zhou Zekai was the emperor of the land, with soldiers and guns in his hands and the power to kill.And his attitude also shows this point. What he directly represents is not sincerity, but that he can only follow through without negotiation. He is not afraid that you will not agree, and if you do not do it, there are ways for you to do it.He told the truth that he confiscated Ye Xiu's right to cheat and choose.

In Zhou Zekai's plan, there was no step of revealing the truth. He and Jiang Botao originally planned to have a toast and trick Ye Xiu out first.It can be seen that Ye Xiu, after gaining a preliminary understanding of Ye Xiu, he changed his mind before the battle.This kind of trick doesn't work for Ye Xiu, and it will give him a chance to take advantage of his loopholes. Why don't he forcefully press his head and come up with a fine wine, and he has to drink if he doesn't drink.

Anyway, after the matter is completed, the life of the underground Luoyang king cannot be kept.

Zhou Zekai had a good plan, but he didn't expect Ye Xiu to say very simply, "I won't do this."

Jiang Botao laughed, laughing that Ye Xiu didn't know his situation.

Zhou Zekai asked Ye Xiu calmly, "Why?"

"Breaking the law, Chuan Guo Yuxi is a national treasure, how do I know what you are going to use it for?"

Zhou Zekai said, "I will protect you."

Ye Xiu believed that he was a ghost, but he had to deal with it. He turned the teacup in front of him and asked half-jokingly, "Did Master Zhou ambush five hundred knives?"

Zhou Zekai shook his head, "No need."

He gave Jiang Botao a wink, and Jiang Botao took out a bank note and spread it on the table. Seeing this, Ye Xiu said, "Just give me more money..."

In the middle of speaking, Ye Xiu shut up. He realized that Zhou Zekai was telling him why there was no need.He saw Zhou Zekai take out a silver-gray gun, with his arm facing forward, straight and straight, he fired without aiming. The bullet went towards the north wall—the direction where the western clock was. The gunshots exploded together with the sound of glass shattering.

Zhou Zekai's shot passed through the bell jar and knocked out the bird that was telling the time inside.

The whole process was smooth and fast, and in the blink of an eye, only the smell of gunpowder smoke hovered on the dining table to be dispersed.Before anyone could speak, the wooden door was slammed open, and Chen Guo stood at the door in fear and anxiety, repeatedly asking what was wrong and why there was a gunshot.

Ye Xiu smiled at Chen Guo and waved his hands again and again, "It's all right, Boss, Mr. Zhou is showing me how to use a spear. I'll borrow our clock to use it. Don't worry, I'll pay you in advance."

Chen Guo felt something was wrong, she didn't understand the cause and effect, so she couldn't tell what was wrong.But she thought, with Ye Xiu around, what else could happen?Her fluctuating heart was half calmed down, and Ye Xiu persuaded her a few more words before going back to her room.

The sound of the door bolting in the next room fell, Ye Xiu looked at Zhou Zekai, and said restrainedly, "Young Commander Zhou, you have to promise me that you will not touch anyone in my antique shop under any circumstances." This was considered a compromise.

Zhou Zekai asked, "Even if you ran away?"

Ye Xiu didn't give a positive answer, "That's what you said."

Jiang Botao's facial expression exaggerated his dumbfounding, "Mr. Ye, it's your ability to get out of the gate."

"Yes." Zhou Zekai didn't talk nonsense, and simply agreed.

"You make an oath." Ye Xiu insisted on making further demands.

There are so many things.

Zhou Zekai's eyes darkened, and after a while, he raised his arms, palms flush with his face, and made a gesture of swearing.While he was brewing the oath, Ye Xiu took out the cigarette stick, loaded the cigarette, lit it and smoked, and started to pick and choose according to the smoke, "There is no need for hypocritical empty oaths. For example, your grandma has been dead for ten years. You can make an oath with your grandma. planted."

Regardless of the possibility that Ye Xiu might be taking advantage of his verbal advantage, Zhou Zekai thought to himself, even if this is the case, it is impossible for me to swear on my grandmother.He let Ye Xiu decide the content of the oath.

Ye Xiu thought for a while and asked him, "Are you married?"

Jiang Botao's heart was full of alarm bells, didn't this mean that Zhou Zekai would have no descendants and no one to succeed him, and if he said it so cryptically, he thought no one would hear it?He was about to "negotiate" for Zhou Zekai, but Zhou Zekai had already told the truth, "No."

"Well, just say, if you break your oath, you will never get a wife for life."

……

Zhou Zekai patiently followed through on what he said. Ye Xiu had a follow-up to his idea. He asked Jiang Botao to write a contract and put in what he said just now. He and Zhou Zekai made a pledge.

The commercial street has come back to life from the sun, and the floor tiles and walls are still warm, as if after a catastrophe.

Zhou Zekai wanted to leave immediately, and traveled all night. Ye Xiu had sold it to him, and no objection would be valid.His luggage is simple, there is nothing to bring, the important thing is this person.He went to greet Chen Guo and briefly explained what happened.We can't hide it now, if something happens to him, the family members have to know.Fortunately, everyone in this family believed in him, and they would listen to his orders not to act rashly and wait for his letter.

Chen Guo understood the pros and cons. Although she was worried, she didn't lose her mind. She was still calm. She just asked, "What do they want you to do?"

"Don't ask, it's not a good thing. If you do it or not, you will die soon. If you do it, you will die very quickly. Fortunately, this matter is out of the question, and you can't do it." Ye Xiu saw it clearly, and also vaguely guessed that Zhou Zekai was looking for it. The purpose of Yuxi.

"Then you still agree!?" Chen Guo's eyes widened.

"If you don't promise, we won't have a peaceful life in the future."

"That……"

Seeing Chen Guo's worried face, turning her head upside down was nothing more than worry and worry, Ye Xiu glanced at the door and lowered his voice to comfort her, "Don't worry, Ma'am, I will find a way to get out, but I can't stay in this place any longer. This Young Master Zhou will definitely send someone to monitor you, and you must find a way to get out one by one, and meet up with a secret signal at that time."

Chen Guo firmly remembered Ye Xiu's words, and nodded heavily in response.

In order to hurry, Jiang Botao hired a car, two horse-drawn carts, and he drove the car.Before getting into the car, he grabbed Zhou Zekai and told him, "Junior Brother, this Ye Xiu is not an ordinary villager in the mountains, he is very cunning, we have to be careful before we get to the commander's residence."

Zhou Zekai didn't react on the surface, but he really agreed in his heart. He put on his hat and said, "I will confess first."

Ye Xiu stepped on the shaft of the car and got into the tightly packed compartment. Fortunately, most of the heat had disappeared, otherwise it would have been hard to bear.Zhou Zekai also came in and sat opposite Ye Xiu.

"Are you afraid that I will run away?" Two people squeezed into a bucket, it was too hot.

"I'm afraid you will be bored."

"...", that must have called the driver in, Ye Xiuxin accepted Zhou Zekai's "kindness", "It's okay, I can hum a little tune to relieve my boredom."

Zhou Zekai stopped talking, leaned back on the carriage, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

This is not the solution, Ye Xiu decided to have a talk with him, "It's not me, we two brothers are now in a cooperative relationship, if you don't even have the most basic trust, then there is no need to cooperate."

Zhou Zekai opened his eyes, thought for a while, and got out of the car.But before Ye Xiu could feel comfortable for a moment, the carriage shook, and he came up again, with something extra in his hand - a bundle of hemp rope.

"I or it?" Zhou Zekai threw the rope at his feet.

A real husband who can stretch and shrink, Ye Xiu quickly made a choice, "You."

Satisfied, Zhou Zekai once again leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.

Tomb robbers are proficient in many methods. This time they secretly came to find Ye Xiu. He had issued a military order, and there was no room for loss.