The Dao dies but I live on, the spiritual energy dries up but I remain evergreen

The waiter handed the money to the shopkeeper and looked at the two people who were sleeping on the table. He felt that they were affecting the business and didn't know whether he should kick them out, so he asked the experienced shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper counted the money and found that there was still enough money left. He was in a good mood and taught the waiter a lesson.

When doing business outside, the key is to make money through harmony, but also to be discerning. Try to make friends with a swordsman like this.

Since the other party gave more money, why not let them sleep for two more hours?

The waiter nodded repeatedly, feeling that he had learned something new.

Zhao Qing was seriously injured and had drunk alcohol, so it was normal for her to feel sleepy. After all, she was a serious person by nature, and after taking a short nap, she woke up.

Li Changxiao just wanted to sleep, and didn't care about anything else. However, during his dream, he discovered something interesting.

When he opened his eyes, he found that the other person was awake too, so he took him downstairs.

on the street.

"Do you have any extra money?" Li Changxiao asked.

"Money?" Zhao Qing was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, took out a hairpin, and said, "This hairpin should be able to exchange for a lot of silver."

Li Changxiao's eyes lit up. This hairpin didn't look like an ordinary thing. He asked, "Are you really willing to be the one?"

Zhao Qing nodded and said, "This hairpin was once a magical instrument, but I used it once not long ago, and the spiritual power in it is gone."

"However, based on the material of this hairpin, if I take it to the mortal world and pawn it, I think it will still fetch a lot of money."

......

Honest pawnshop.

It was a time of turmoil, and the pawnshop was doing a booming business.

noon.

The pawnshop has a customer.

The pawnshop manager was sitting leisurely in the rocking chair in the lobby with his eyes half closed. He noticed the noise and glanced over.

Seeing that he was a white-clothed wanderer with a woman, and did not look like someone from a wealthy family, he turned his eyes away and ignored him.

I don't think it's anything valuable.

There is a tall counter near the entrance of the pawnshop. Behind the counter stands a tall and thin man with gleaming eyes. He looks down at people and gives people a sense of oppression.

He is the "Chaofeng" of the pawnshop. Because the counter is too high, the pawner needs to put his feet up, look up, and hold the items with both hands before he can hand them over.

It is just like "going to court to pay homage to the emperor", so he is called Chaofeng.

Fortunately, Li Changxiao had a tall and straight figure, taller than ordinary people. He just raised his hand slightly and handed over the hairpin.

Chao Feng's pupils shrank. With his many years of experience in pawning, he could tell at a glance that this hairpin was definitely not an ordinary item.

The value is frighteningly high.

He glanced at Li Changxiao and said calmly, "It's been eaten by insects and rats, and the edges are missing. It's in tatters."

"It's worth only fifty taels of silver."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Qing frowned.

Even if the spiritual energy of this hairpin is exhausted, it is enough to buy a luxurious villa in Lingtian City.

How could it be a tattered piece?

"Okay, stop playing this game with me. Call your manager." Li Chang laughed and stopped. He knew that the people in the pawnshop were all evil-hearted.

He hated all pawnshops for no reason because there were no good people in them.

Those who came to the pawnshop to pawn their items were either people whose families had fallen on hard times or who were really short of money.

No matter how good something is, it will be considered a piece of junk when it arrives at a pawn shop.

He suffered this loss a long time ago.

"Sir, this thing of yours is a piece of rags to anyone who looks at it. Just decide whether to pawn it or not?" the pawnshop clerk said half sarcastically and half contemptuously.

Playing with the hairpin had already secretly left a mark.

"Okay then, I won't be one anymore." Hearing this tone, Li Changxiao wanted to take the hairpin back.

"slow!"

The pawnshop manager stood up from his rocking chair and walked over slowly. He was dressed in brocade clothes, followed by two tall and strong assistants. "Sir, our Lianmin Pawnshop can be said to be the pawnshop with the highest bids in Qingxiu City."

"I charge fifty taels here, but other stores will only charge forty or even thirty taels."

"If you two weren't short of money, you wouldn't come to the pawn shop."

While the manager was speaking, he glanced at the waiter at the counter and asked him to put away the hairpin first.

Just after taking a glance at it from a distance, he realized that this hairpin was a rare treasure that could not be missed.

Zhao Qing saw everything and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes. This manager had a face full of flesh and was insatiable.

Li Changxiao smiled meaningfully, then suddenly drew his sword and placed it on Si Li's neck.

"Brother, tell me the truth, how much is this hairpin worth?" Li Changxiao said casually.

“Five…five hundred taels…” The pawnshop manager was shocked. He didn’t expect to meet such a ruthless person, so he hurriedly told the truth.

The two strong men behind him also reacted and surrounded the two men.

Hearing this, Li Changxiao smiled and put away his sword, returning Qingping to its sheath.

The pawnshop manager couldn't swallow this humiliation.

He was so angry that he jumped up and down, shouting, "Catch those two people for me, I'm going to send you to the authorities!"

But the words just fell.

A fist was thrown over and hit the manager's eye socket, leaving a black bruise.

The swordsman put away his sword, but felt unsatisfied, so he kicked the tall and strong man with his backhand.

The commotion here immediately attracted all kinds of onlookers.

Outside the pawnshop there were cheers and shouts of "beat these bastards to death".

This is not over yet.

Those who can open a pawnshop in a place are all powerful figures who collude with evil forces or have a lot of thugs on their own.

Hearing that there was a commotion outside, more than a dozen big men rushed out from the backyard and surrounded the group, holding sticks.

But he was still no match for Li Changxiao.

He threw a few punches at their faces.

The blow was extremely heavy.

"Someone is coming!"

"You don't want to live anymore, how dare you come to Lianmin Pawnshop to cause trouble!"

Even the high and mighty Chao Feng was panicked.

But just spoke.

He was pulled down by Li Changxiao and punched in the face again and again.

Just do it in one go.

Lianmin Pawnshop was cleaned up.

Zhao Qing stared blankly. She didn't know how many times she had been stunned today.

She looked at Li Changxiao, then at the pawnshop clerk who was wailing on the ground, the manager whose head was hammered like a pig, and the court clerk who was crying and holding his head.

I heard cheers outside the pawnshop again.

I feel that this scene is funny yet also lively.

"Who dares to cause trouble?!"

Angry shouts of the yamen constables were heard in the distance, and a group of people were rushing towards this side quickly.

Li Changxiao raised the corner of his mouth, climbed onto the counter, and broke open the cabinet where the money was hidden.

He took out five hundred taels and put them into a cloth bag, and put the rest of the money into another cloth bag.

"Young man, run quickly, or it will be too late!"

"Yes, this Lianmin Pawnshop is colluding with the government to oppress the people. If you make trouble here and fall into the hands of the government, you will definitely die!"

Outside the pawn shop.

The common people huddled together, intentionally or unintentionally, trying to stop the constables from the yamen.

"How dare you commit murder in the street!"

The yamen constables roared from afar.

He was already rushing over at full speed, but there were too many onlookers, all crowded together, pushing and shoving each other, which greatly hampered their speed.

"Asshole! Get out of here!"

The yamen constable roared at the people around him.

But the crowded flow of people is not so easy to resolve.

He could only watch the swordsman looting money from the pawnshop.

After Li Changxiao took the money, he walked to the door and threw the money in a sack into the air.

Then, he turned around and laughed at the stunned Zhao Qing, shouting, "Run!"

Unlike the constables from the yamen, Li Changxiao and his companions had a smooth journey as the people spontaneously made way for them.

"Asshole! Stop right there!"

"Damn it! Stop them! Stop them!"

Listen to the angry roars of the police officers in the government office, the wailing in the pawnshop, and the cheers of the people.

In a trance, Zhao Qing began to understand what it meant to be "alive".

This lively and chaotic scene... isn't that what "being alive" is?

That's when.

The police from the government office finally broke through the encirclement and chased after them quickly.

Zhao Qing also increased her speed and was no longer just following passively. However, because she was injured and did not use any spiritual energy, her speed was just like that of an ordinary woman.

However, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.