After searching for a while, Li Qingan finally walked into a Hu jewelry store called "Tuozhi Township". The capital of Shiguo is called Tuozhicheng. It is obvious that this jewelry store should be related to Shiguo. He remembered that Suning told him that his gem seemed to be called "Sun Stone", which is a famous product of Shiguo.

"Customer, are you here to buy gems?" The waiter welcomed him in very enthusiastically.

There are not many Hu people here, and the guys are all Han people. Li Qing'an nodded and smiled: "I am going to visit a high-ranking official's house today. I want to buy a precious jewelry. Do you recommend it? What is the best thing to buy?"

"The guest has found the right place. Our jewelry store is dedicated to wealthy families and even the palace will come to us to order. It depends on what the guests have, such as whether they propose marriage or ask for services, or whether they are relatives or friends for the first time, etc. This is very particular. The guests need to tell me the purpose and I can recommend it."

"It's my first time visiting the house, not to ask for help, it's just a normal visit."

"Oh! In this case, I suggest that the customer buy a piece of mid-range jewelry. If it is bought too low, it cannot be taken out. If it is bought too expensive, it will make people feel embarrassed, but the customer says yes!"

Li Qingan smiled and nodded, "You said it well, just do what you said."

"Customer, please come with me here."

The waiter invited Li Qing'an to a room, took out a few flat boxes, opened it and smiled, "These are all mid-range products, and you can take out each one, and the customer will choose it yourself."

He pointed to a pearl crown and smiled, "This is a Japanese product. It is rumored that the deep-sea pearls collected by a Japanese girl went into the sea naked. They are round and crystal clear. The crown is cast from silver. The price is 100 guan, and the minimum is 80 guan."

Li Qing'an was not interested in Japanese beads. He picked up a pair of wine glasses covered with blue rubies and smiled: "How much does this pair of wine glasses cost?"

"The guests are very eye-catching. The wine glasses are carved from two whole pieces of broken leaves and warm jade. Each one is inlaid with twenty-four red sapphires with color waves. It is very expensive and costs 150 jin. If the guests sincerely want it, at least 130 jin will be placed in sandalwood boxes."

Li Qing'an liked the wine glass very much, and smiled and said, "I just want it, but I only have official silver on me. Do you accept it?"

"Official silver can be collected, but it is a little cheaper than the black price. If one tael of silver is exchanged for 1,100 cents, will the customer be willing?"

"This is OK!"

Li Qing'an took out five cakes and put them on the table, and pushed them to the waiter.

"Customer wait, I'll invite the shopkeeper to come."

After a moment, a man from Lingxi Hu hurried in, bowed and gave a gift, and smiled fluently in Chinese: "Do you want to buy Baicui Cup?"

Only then did Li Qing'an realize that the pair of wine glasses were called Baicui Cups. He nodded and smiled: "Go to a high-ranking official's house as a gift."

The shopkeeper sat down and sighed, "Hey! You have to spend 130 cents to buy gifts as a customer. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more luxurious. I remember ten years ago, it was already very good to buy a few hundred cents of dollars for a fine amount. At that time, rice was only 10 cents."

Li Qingan suddenly felt like a surrender. He was too generous. Dugu Shi and he had no idea, but he just came to have a meal and had to give him a gift of 130 cents. If ten people treat him to a meal, wouldn't he go bankrupt?

He regretted it a little, but the money had been taken to the accounting office for identification. Now he seems to be a bit embarrassed to regret it. Forget it, he wanted this Baicui Cup himself. It would be enough to buy Dugu Shi with a fine cake and pastry of two cents of money, not to be filial to his father-in-law.

He secretly made up his mind, and at this time, a maid brought two cups of tea.

"Please, guests!"

The shopkeeper smiled and pushed a cup of tea to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an picked up the wine glass and sucked it slowly, and asked without saying a word: "Don't the shopkeeper have heard of the sunstone?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have been in the jewelry business for almost thirty years. I have never heard of any sunstone. Could it be an alias for a gem?"

Li Qing'an looked at his eyes and saw that he was not abnormal, so he asked tentatively: "I have a friend who is in Anxi. He has a ruby ​​on his hand. I heard that there was a flame rising in the gem. Some people said......"

Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper's face changed drastically. He grabbed Li Qing'an's hand and said, "Are you talking about the 'Eye of Light'? Where is it?"

"Don't worry, the shopkeeper, this is what an Anxi friend said, what is the 'Eye of Light'?"

Li Qing'an's interest increased greatly. It turned out that his gem was called Eye of Light, and this name was very strange.

The shopkeeper sighed and shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be it. The Eye of Light is a magical object of the Apocalypse. How could it be in the hands of the Han people?"

"Is this eye of light valuable?"

"Value?" the shopkeeper snorted: "If it is really an eye of light, it can't be measured by money. Let me tell you this! This gem has always been enshrined in the Zoroastrian temple in Yazd. Ardashir I of the Sassanian Empire once expressed his willingness to exchange thirty cities for the incarnation of the Lord Ahuramaz."

"What does this mean incarnation of the Lord Ahuramaz God?" Li Qingan asked in confusion.

"Ahuramaz is the God of Light, and that gem is his eyes and one of his three incarnations."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper knelt down, crawled to the sunset outside the window, and murmured: "Master God! Forgive me for your disrespect to you."

It was not until this time that Li Qingan realized that his gem was so precious. No wonder Suning had to pay tens of thousands of yuan to buy it. Then the white bone he buried at that time would not be an ordinary person.

At this time, the accountant came over and found a bag of money. The shopkeeper carefully put a pair of Baicui Cups into the sandalwood box and handed them to Li Qing'an and said, "Guest, this is your Baicui Cup, please put it away."

After pausing, he reminded him again: "Please do not mention the name of the Eye of Light, guests, please do not mention it in front of the Sogdians, as it is disrespectful to God."

"I understand, I don't have this thing, I just ask casually."

Li Qing'an took the Bai Cui Cup and left. The shopkeeper kept watching Li Qing'an's back and walked away. He suddenly waved to another clerk and pointed to Li Qing'an's back and whispered: "You can sit in my carriage and stare at this person, and see where he lives?"

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Li Qing'an went to a famous pastry shop to buy some fine colors and two bottles of Gaochang wine that had been thirty years old. Then he went to Dugu Mansion in Wubenfang according to the address on the invitation.

The Dugu family has been a prominent family since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The empress of Emperor Wen of Sui was Dugu family. The sister of the empress Dugu family married the Li family of Xiliang. The third son was Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Dugu family and the Li family have a deep relationship. In history, the empress of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty Li Yu was the legitimate daughter of the Dugu family.

Dugu Shi is the head of the Dugu family. He was appointed as the General Qianniuwei. He is about 60 years old this year. He is tall and tall, and has a loud voice.

When he heard that Li Qing'an had arrived, he smiled and welcomed him in person, "General Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Qingan bowed and smiled, "I don't understand etiquette, I just bought a few fine and good wine on the road. I hope the general will not dislike it."

"This is unnecessary. You can buy something. Just when the person comes, General Li, you are too polite."

Dugu Shi was a little complaining, but since he had already bought it, he had to ask the housekeeper to accept it and invited Li Qing'an into the mansion with great enthusiasm.

Dugu Mansion covers a vast area, with countless overlapping courtyards. The pavilions and towers are exquisite and elegant. The huge buildings are carved with beams and painted pillars, which look magnificent. They are planted with precious flowers and trees everywhere. Although it is the deep winter when thousands of trees are withering, you can still feel the greenness on Dugu Mansion.

"Today, the two tigers in Anxi are famous in Chang'an. I don't know how many people want to invite you to visit, but General Li was invited by me. I'm honored!"

"The general has won the award, so how could I have such a reputation?"

Li Qingan smiled and said, "My nickname is Qilang, so the general might as well call me Qilang directly."

"Haha! Then I'm welcome. I bought a few glasses of water and wine today. I specially invited Qilang to the mansion to talk. It was a bit abrupt. Please forgive me."

"Where! Where! I was disturbing your mansion."

The two of them walked past the middle gate with greetings. At this time, a lady in the palace dress hurried over by several maids. She whispered in Dugu Mansion's ear: "The third girl said she was sick and could not come to see the guests. No matter how I advised her, she would not listen."

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Chapter completed!