I was a princess in ancient times

As the aroma of beans and pork ribs became stronger and stronger, more and more people came outside Jinyulou.

Seeing Ji Xinxue looking at the crowd frequently, the stall owner said with a smile, "These people are all here for the fortune stone. If you have a lot of money, you might as well join in the fun."

Ji Xinxue heard the trust in Jinyulou in the warm and hearty stall owner's words, and the curiosity in her eyes grew stronger.

Whether it was the clerk's occasional bait of "making a fortune" or the people in Huazhou flocking to the Jinyu Tower, Ji Xinxue wondered if he and Yu Heng had encountered a large-scale fraud scene.

The stall owner first fished out the beans that had been fried until they were crispy, sprinkled them with fresh salt as fine as snowflakes, put them in kraft paper and handed them to Ji Xinxue.

While waiting for the ribs to be cooked, she told some anecdotes about Jinyulou.

A poor carpenter in the north of the city bought a fortune stone in Jinyu Building for two copper plates, and unexpectedly produced topaz with excellent water quality.

Jin Yulou kept his promise, not only buying back Huangyu with 20 taels of silver, but also ordered the strong man to escort the poor carpenter home so that the poor carpenter would not be targeted by hooligans.

Liu Yuanwai also opened the fortune stone in Jinyulou, but unfortunately it was not very valuable, and Jinyulou was only willing to give five taels of silver.

Fortunately, Yuanwai Liu was not short of money, but he just wanted to win a lottery, so he simply asked Jinyulou to exchange it for copper coins and distribute them to the people on the fifteenth day of the first month.

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The smile on the corner of Ji Xinxue's mouth gradually became subtle.

Get lucky in the fortune stone.

Gambling stones?

When the fried pork ribs came out of the pan, Jinyulou just opened.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng followed the crowd unhurriedly, enjoying the delicious food while listening to the waiter in front shouting what kind of lottery will be drawn from the fortune stone.

They are all worthless turbid jade. Jinyulou is only willing to pay ten taels of silver at most, and most of them are recovered at the price of five taels of silver or six taels of silver.

Even so, the people surrounding the gate of the Jinyu Tower still let out envious voices from time to time.

After all, the price of the fortune stone is cheap enough.

Take the muddy jade worth two taels of silver as an example.

If it is the hundred-wen fortune stone in the mouth of the buddy, the common people can make twenty times the profit.

If it is the stone of getting rich with two pennies in the mouth of the buddy, the common people can make a thousand times the profit.

Ji Xinxue picked up the last piece of ribs and handed it to Yu Heng's mouth, embarrassment appeared in his eyes.

Originally, the ribs were specially bought for Yu Heng, but most of them ended up in his stomach.

Yu Heng caught a glimpse of his reflection in the eyes that were extraordinarily radiant under the candlelight, and his heart instantly became messy like a ball of thread being prodded by the raccoon slave of Tranquility Palace with his tail.

The pork ribs in the mouth are crispy and delicious, a delicacy he has never tasted before.

It's a pity... it will be finished sooner or later.

The guy in the light blue robe greeted him with a smile on his face, took the empty kraft paper in the hands of Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng naturally, and asked with a smile, "Mr. building?"

Seeing Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng nodding, the guy named Shi En began to introduce various information about the Fortune Stone eloquently.

It has to be said that the people behind Jinyulou are very good at business.

The so-called fortune stone has five prices.

The fortune stone of two pennies is the cheapest. So far, the poor carpenters in the north of the city have made the most profit, with five taels of silver.

The second is the fortune stone priced at a hundred copper coins. Its appearance and size are better than those of two pennies, and the probability of being able to get a color is higher.Someone once offered sapphire in exchange for 50 taels of silver from Jinyulou.

Then there are fortune stones of one tael of silver, fortune stones of ten taels of silver, and fortune stones of one hundred taels of silver.

Only fortune stones of ten taels of silver and one hundred taels of silver can be selected and opened at any time.The fortune stones of the other three prices can only be purchased at a specific time, and the buddies of Jinyulou will open the stones on the spot.

Jin Yu Lou called this specific time as 'Fat Cai Hui'.

At the beginning, Jinyulou would tell everyone that the fortune stones at each price were mixed with waste ores and jade ores.Even if you can choose a jade mine with good luck, there is no guarantee that you will be able to win the lottery.

In the 'Fat Cai Hui', each person can only buy two fortune stones priced at one tael of silver at most, five fortune stones priced at a hundred copper coins, and ten fortune stones priced at two copper coins.

Ji Xinxue nodded thoughtfully, and her prejudice against Jin Yulou eased a little.

Jinyulou did not deliberately conceal the difference between the various prices of fortune stones, and limited the number of fortune stones that people can buy.It can be seen that Jinyulou's "facaihui" is just to make a name, not to calculate the common people.

Shi En noticed that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng were not locals, so he recommended other interesting places to them calmly.

For example, an embroidery shop specializing in Jiangnan patterns, a grocery store where you can find seafood from the South, and a clothing store that can imitate the clothes worn by noble girls in Chang'an...all are other businesses of the owner of Jinyu Building.

Before 'making a fortune', Yu Heng bought a knuckle-sized token with a hundred taels of silver because of the persuasion of his assistant.

The token is made of copper, with the word 'Hua' engraved on the front and the pattern of flowing clouds on the back. You can enjoy the treatment of distinguished guests in all shops related to the owner of Jinyu Building in Huazhou.

Ji Xinxue received Yu Heng's cue to rub Liuyun's position with her fingertips.

It seems that there is a very inconspicuous word.

Is it... Yu?

Yu's Yu!

He even forgot that in the fourth year of Emperor Changping, the Yu family was ordered to move from the ancestral land in the south of the Yangtze River to Gyeonggi, and they settled in Huazhou.

Because Yu Heng did not hesitate to buy a VIP token that would be useless for a while, showing his financial strength.Shi En strongly recommends the fortune stone worth a hundred taels of silver to Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.

He said to the two mysteriously, "Only ore worth a hundred taels of silver is the good material shipped from the mining area. Although I can't guarantee the profit, at least it won't be empty."

Ji Xinxue looked at the man with a half-smile, "How did I hear that topaz worth 20 taels of silver can be obtained with only two copper coins? Could it be that the poor carpenters in the north of the city were specially hired by you?"

"Where did you hear this as a joke. How could it be possible for Jinyulou to spend a lot of time arranging people to act because they can only sell things for two copper coins?" Shi En didn't mind Ji Xinxue's eccentricity at all, and his attitude became more earnest. Explain in a voice that only he, Ji Xinxue, and Yu Heng can hear.

"Most of the fortune stones of two copper coins, one hundred copper coins and one tael of silver are discarded ores picked up from iron mines outside the city. We will mix in different quantities of jade mines according to the price of fortune stones. Whether or not the guest can win the lottery depends entirely on luck."

"The fortune stones worth ten taels of silver are all ores specially transported from the jade mine. The young master specially ordered us to mix in some fortune stones of a hundred taels of silver."

"When the fortune stones of a hundred taels of silver were all in the mine, the master craftsman believed that there were good materials in them. If there are empty stones, Jinyulou is willing to pay 50 taels of silver."

"Look at..."

"Is there someone up there?" Yu Heng suddenly interrupted the waiter, looking up sharply.

The Jinyu Building is a two-story building, and all the people involved in the 'Fat Cai Hui' are on the first floor.Through the windows of the compartment on the second floor, one can have a panoramic view of the movement downstairs.

"The people upstairs are honored guests of the Jinyu Building just like you." Shi En said with a smile, "There are still vacant cubicles, shall I take you up?"

Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue shook their heads tacitly.

They entered the Jinyu Tower just to join in the fun, and they didn't have the evil taste of condescendingly criticizing ordinary people because of getting rich.

The two discussed for a while and decided to buy two fortune stones of each price.

Shi En first took Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng to pick out a fortune stone worth a hundred taels of silver.

In the entire empty room, there are various stones placed on the ground irregularly.

The smallest stone is only the size of a man's fist, and the extremely moist green inside can be seen from the cracks on the surface of the stone.

The largest stone is even bigger than Luo Zhong. When you stick a candle to the rock wall and observe carefully, you can find the mottled and criss-crossed black cracks on the surface.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng looked at each stone in turn, and the interest in their eyes became more and more intense.

They have no shortage of good jade, but they have never experienced the joy of smoking blind boxes.

After a long time, Ji Xinxue chose two stones that were completely different in size and shape according to the advice of his assistant and his own judgment.

Looking around but seeing no sign of Yu Heng, Ji Xinxue's eyes were filled with surprise, and she said loudly, "Feng Lang?"

"I'm here." A response came from the empty corner.

Ji Xinxue followed the sound and walked around several corners where boulders blocked the way, and finally saw Yu Heng who was squatting between two boulders.He asked worriedly, "Is there something uncomfortable?"

Yu Heng shook his head and told Shi En loudly, "Move these two stones away, I want the one under them."

"Huh?" Ji Xinxue bent down while supporting Yu Heng's back, and suddenly laughed.

Under the two boulders that completely covered Yu Heng, there was another oblong stone that was less than calf height.

It was hard for Yu Heng to notice this stone, and squatted here to observe it.

Shi En, who stayed in the distance specially, came over when he heard the sound, and said apologetically, "There are red cloths on these two fortune stones. They are fortune stones selected by other customers in advance. Would you like to see other fortune stones?"

Ji Xinxue explained for Yu Heng, "It's not the two tied with red cloth, but the stone at the bottom that is used as a base."

Shi En was stunned, squatting on the ground skillfully, put his hand on the gap between the stones and walked around the whole circle, still can't believe that there is a hundred taels of fortune stone in the Jinyu Building that he has no impression of at all.

He tidied up the corner of his clothes and explained, "The rock at the bottom may have been specially brought from elsewhere to make a base for the two fortune stones above."

"Well," Yu Heng replied casually, "Just this one, put it in the same place as the stone chosen by Axue."

Before Shi En could say more dissuading words, Yu Heng turned around and walked straight to another corner.

Seeing this, Shi En looked embarrassedly at Ji Xinxue who was more talkative in his eyes.

For the fortune stone of a hundred taels of silver, Jinyulou is more afraid of being hollow than the guests.

No matter how poor the quality of the items offered, it is not even as good as the items in the two fortune stones, but it is still in line with Jinyulou's promise that 'one hundred taels of fortune stones will not be hollow'.

It's the customer's bad luck that orders the worst stuff.

If nothing comes out, Jinyulou will refund 50 taels of silver, and customers who encounter this kind of situation are more likely to feel unhappy than the former and deliberately find fault.

Ji Xinxue saw the buddy's concern, and smiled, "It's okay, he doesn't care about a few hundred taels of silver."

Not to mention hundreds of taels of silver, thousands of taels of silver thrown into the water in front of Yu Heng would not make Yu Heng look sideways.

Shi Enxi smiled and went to the nursing home to move the boulder.

Ji Xinxue looked around and saw Yu Heng's clothes in a corner of her sight. She secretly wondered what kind of strange posture Yu Heng was posing again, and strode over.

Until Shi En came back with four big and round guards, Yu Heng still failed to find the second fortune stone that could catch the eye.

He shook his head, bent down and picked up the stone blocking the way, "This."

Ji Xinxue patted a stone as big as a Cuju like a melon, and said helplessly, "At least it's a hundred taels of silver."

He even used a stone that just blocked the way to perfunctory.

It is indeed a colander.

"What are you going to do!" There was a sudden shout from the door.

Another clerk of Jinyulou pointed angrily at the strong man who was moving the stone, "Who allows you to move the fortune stone that has already been reserved by a customer?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shi En strode towards the door, blocking the figures of Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng just right, and said in a deep voice, "We didn't want to touch the fortune stones chosen by Mr. Kang Lang, because there are distinguished guests who value these two fortune stones The fortune stone that was suppressed, I specially found someone to move out the fortune stone that the distinguished guests valued."

"You're talking nonsense!" The later clerk crossed his arms and let out a stern 'pooh' sound, "Shi En, you are even more valued by the shopkeeper because you hold grudges against me, so you're putting your mind on my customers. Where will Jinyu Tower be placed by your behavior?"

A gloomy look flashed across Shi En's eyebrows, and he looked over at Mr. Kang Lang over the troublesome guy, and explained sincerely, "The fortune stone chosen by my guest has not been removed. If you don't believe me, I can let them take it away." Let me restore the Fortune Stones that were originally listed in the same place, maybe you will still have an impression."

Kang Langjun looked at Shi En with fixed eyes, and said with a sneer, "Forgive me that you don't have the guts to touch my things, let's go..."

"Mr. Kang Lang!" The man hurriedly said, "Perhaps someone with ulterior motives saw that you were valued by the master because of your ability to touch stones, and deliberately bribed Shi En to exchange the rough stone you selected. discredit you."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Kang Langjun and Shi En changed drastically at the same time.

Ji Xinxue, who has already watched the big show, nodded seriously, and said in a low voice, "I'll go to Eldest Sister later to buy some fried goods."

Thanks to the eldest sister for suggesting that they come to buy the fortune stone.

Not only can touch the blind box, watch big plays, but also have the opportunity to make guest appearances in big plays.

Yu Heng chuckled, "The flying bird sewed with gold pieces on the belt of the outsider is the symbol of the Yu clan, and he is a branch of the Yu clan."

Ji Xinxue nodded.

No wonder the later buddies put the shit basin on Shi En's head regardless of Jin Yulou's face, probably hoping that Mr. Kang Lang could drive Shi En away completely.

Jin Yulou's reaction speed far exceeded Ji Xinxue's expectation.

Before he and Yu Heng made cameo appearances to prove that Shi En's explanation was correct, he was labeled as someone who was "jealous of Mr. Kang Lang being specially sent to make trouble because of his ability to touch stones".The shopkeeper of Jinyulou arrived in person.

The clerk just swore that Shi En did it deliberately because he was jealous that he was more valued by the shopkeeper.

Seeing the shopkeeper himself, he immediately changed from an arrogant goose to a cowardly quail, sweating profusely without saying a few words, did not dare to look up at the shopkeeper's face, and was sent away by the shopkeeper after a few words.

A shopkeeper came out to smooth things over, and Kang Langjun's tense expression gradually eased. He carefully remembered Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng who had been silently watching the excitement, and turned to leave happily.

Shi En returned to Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue with an apologetic face.

He kept silent about what happened just now, and only said that the shopkeeper asked him to deal with other matters, and then the shopkeeper would personally guide Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng to choose the fortune stone.

The shopkeeper of Jinyulou was dressed more gorgeously than Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, but his attitude was extremely kind.

He took the initiative to salute the two of them, and the apology in his tone was more sincere than Shi En, "It is the old man who is not strict in controlling the guests, so that the guests are surprised. All the fortune stones and gem accessories that the guests are looking for today are regarded as Jin Yulou's apology to the guests .”

Ji Xinxue's gaze shifted from the shopkeeper's sincere face to Yu Heng's angular profile.

He had a strong feeling that the shopkeeper already knew who Yu Heng was.

As Ji Xinxue expected, Yu Heng rejected Jin Yulou's compensation, and asked the shopkeeper to take him and Ji Xinxue directly to pick out fortune stones of other prices.

When he was about to step out of the door, he suddenly threw a tiger-shaped golden nude at Shi En, and said coldly, "Reward."

The room where one hundred taels of fortune stones are stored is in the center of Jinyu Building, and there are more than 20 strong men guarding the yard.

Go out from the door and walk eastward, and after a few steps, you can see the place where the Twelve Fortune Stones are stored. There are two rooms in total.

These two kinds of fortune stones are only stored in the inner courtyard of Jinyu Building.

The fortune stone, priced at one tael of silver, is stored between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, and there are five rooms in total.

Arriving here, the selection speed of Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue began to change in completely different directions.

When Ji Xinxue chooses the fortune stone, he always thinks of the various theoretical knowledge that Shi En told him.

He usually observes around the fortune stone without any dead ends, and then carefully compares the differences and similarities of the stones he likes.

Because of the huge gap in theoretical knowledge, Ji Xinxue's selection method seemed clumsy and shocking.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper took the initiative to teach Ji Xinxue many skills in choosing jade mines.

Based on the words of the shopkeeper and Shi En, Ji Xinxue quickly filled the ruined knowledge network in her mind.

From choosing fortune stones mostly based on feeling and a small part based on theoretical knowledge, to trying to choose fortune stones based on theoretical knowledge, the speed is getting slower and slower.

Yu Heng is completely opposite to Ji Xinxue, the process of choosing the fortune stone is becoming more and more carefree.

In the room where the hundred taels of fortune stones are stored, Yu Heng would at least glance over every fortune stone.

As the price of the fortune stone became lower, Yu Heng's selection became more and more perfunctory.Where Ji Xinxue stood first, he randomly picked two stones at that place.

The hundred-wen fortune stones and two-wen fortune stones are randomly piled up in the outer courtyard, and they are not allowed to be picked.

Jinyulou will issue tokens to those who still have places to buy fortune stones and pay in time. These people can take the tokens to the corresponding places and exchange them for fortune stones.

You can choose, but you can only stand outside the specified range and say which piece you want, and you can't pick it up.

Ji Xinxue was playful, and refused without hesitation the proposal to go to the big warehouse to pick out the hundred-wen fortune stones and two-wen fortune stones, and enthusiastically dragged Yu Heng to exchange tokens.

The sky was completely dark, and there was a long distance between them and the Fortune Stone. Ji Xinxue could no longer choose the Fortune Stone based on theoretical knowledge, and the process became simpler.

He raised his finger in two directions, and said casually, "The triangular stone and the roundest stone."

Yu Heng squinted at the pile of fortune stones, his attitude was more perfunctory than Ji Xinxue, "Take two at will."

When it came time to choose the Liang Wen Fa Cai Stone, Ji Xinxue still used the previous method, first asking for a square stone, and then asking for the most beautiful stone.

Yu Heng pointed to the foot of the nurse and said, "The one you are stepping on, and you can find another one to make up for it."

"Huh?" Suspicion appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes.

How could he take care of the Fortune Stone, half of which was buried in the soil at the foot of the nursing home, how it looked like an ordinary stone.

Nuyuan scratched his head, randomly picked two fortune stones from the accumulation and put them beside Yu Heng, and said in a rough voice, "That stone is not a fortune stone."

That was the stool he sat on for three years!

Before Yu Heng could speak, a servant in a muslin robe strode over and scolded, "The stones in the yard are all fortune stones. How can there be so much nonsense? Move!"

Nursing Yuan showed dissatisfaction but did not dare to talk back, and went to move the stone honestly.

Ji Xinxue looked around and did not see the shopkeeper who was separated from them between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, but she was more sure in her heart.

The people in Jinyulou already knew who Yu Heng was.

Both the two fortune stones and the hundred fortune stones are compulsory unified stones.

Jinyulou is well versed in how to mobilize the minds of the people, so that ten people who open stones will sit back to back in groups of two, and the next batch of stones will not be delivered until all ten stones have been opened.

Because it is a two-literal fortune-telling stone, the person who opened the stone is not even a stonemason, but a strong man with enough strength.Under the reminder of the buddy, they raised the ax-shaped tools in unison, and smashed them at the fortune stone at the same time, making a crisp sound.

While Ji Xinxue grasped Yu Heng's forearm tightly, she clearly heard various exclamations from behind and beside her, as if the strong men were not throwing fortune stones, but hitting these people's hearts.

Stone number one, no.

No. [-] stone, no.

Stone number three, no.

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completely annihilated.

The tense mind suddenly relaxed, and Ji Xinxue realized that he obviously did not have hope for the Erwen Fa Cai Stone and the Bai Wen Fa Cai Stone, but he was unknowingly affected by the tension of the people around him, and stared at his eighth eyes engrossed. The number stone and Yu Heng's number ten stone gradually slowed down even their breathing.

He looked sideways at Yu Heng, who had a calm expression, and teased, "Why didn't the God of Wealth appear this time?"

Before the words finished, a louder voice suddenly overwhelmed Ji Xinxue's end.

"The things other people choose at least have jade patterns, and they are stones shipped from jade mines. You, a person who can't even tell the difference between jade mines and iron mines, still want to be a stone-touching master?"

Ji Xinxue subconsciously took two steps forward, blocking Yu Heng who was taller than him, and said indifferently, "You misidentified the person."

The burly man with a full beard looked at Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng carefully, patted his chest and shouted, "I'm not mistaken, I'm talking about this little boy who doesn't know himself!"

Suddenly, several voices echoed the bearded man from the crowd.

"I know him. He has boasted that he can recognize jade with his eyes closed since he was a child, but he can't even tell the difference between jade mines and iron mines?"

"It is because of people who can only brag that people who are really capable can't find a way out."

"Get lost! Don't mess with the stone master's reputation!"

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Suddenly becoming the target of public criticism made Ji Xinxue figure out what was going on.

It was Kang Langjun who I met when I was picking a hundred taels of fortune stones.

He and Yu Heng just entered Huazhou today, and only had a 'misunderstanding' with Mr. Kang Lang.

Before Ji Xinxue could get angry, she was overwhelmed by the shouts that wished to overturn the Jinyu Tower.

"It's violets! Violets can be found in the two fortune stones?"

"Did I take the wrong stone? I don't believe it!"

"Whose stone is this, number ten, who is it?"

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