Chapter 1 The Jade Competition
In the morning, the surrounding area was filled with steaming white mist, and the green bricks and green tiles of Xiao's Mansion were immersed in this light mist. A pair of stone lions in front of the door, with eyes like copper bells, because of the years, the gray figure is a faint Ruiqing.
With a "squeak", the door opened.
A flash of light flashed through the crack in the door, and as the red door slowly opened, a round head was revealed.
It was a man in his early twenties who opened the door, and when it opened, he habitually looked at the door before breaking it open.
In the living room, Xiao Jingxian and Mrs. Ren Cailing were waiting.
Today's Ren Cailing wore a simple wishful bun, only a jade hairpin, and the navy blue shirt was embroidered with blurry flowers, which was luxurious. A red chalcedony interface is worn on the middle finger.
Master Xiao on the side was wearing a polka-dotted dark purple robe, which restrained his huge abdomen a lot.
"Master, this Jade King Competition, I heard that Qian Qingsheng has also been added, you must be careful!" Ren Cailing advised.
"Madam, don't worry, even if he is old and treacherous, in front of everyone, I don't think he will play any tricks. Xiao Jingxian said with a smile.
This gambling stone is not good enough to rely on luck, the important thing is to have a calm and careful attitude and dare to let go. The colourful stones that have been washed by the years, polished by the rain, or hidden in the ground are all ecstatic.
What is being done: "Carved and carved, a piece of jade and gold." "For a stone, someone goes bankrupt, and someone gets rich overnight.
"Dad, you have to be careful, I heard that Qian Qingsheng is a tiger who eats people and doesn't spit out bones!" said Xiao Jinlin, the eldest son who followed behind. Looking worriedly at my father, who used to say that it is a thousand times harder to understand a stone than to understand a person. The mouth and texture of the stone are as important as the amount of sand on the surface and the thickness of the skin;
"Jinlin, today is the day your sister comes back, you drive to the dock first and wait for your sister. Then he turned to his wife again, his eyes full of affection. Ren Cailing understood what her husband meant, but this jade competition was of great significance to her husband, although she really wanted to see her daughter for the first time, but she hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately said: "Feng'er can ask his brother to pick it up, and the dock is not far from here, after Feng'er picks it up, can't she go directly to the arena?!" Although she misses her daughter in her heart, it is important to think of helping her husband.
"That's all right. ”
"Dad, you must win. ”
Xiao Jingxian looked at his son and said: "I'm fine, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the outside world is so chaotic, I don't worry." ”
"Okay, Dad, be careful. After speaking, Xiao Jinlin walked out of the hall.
At this time, Xiao Jinbiao whistled and walked into the hall.
Recently, he has been a little short of money, and if he wants money, he has to please his father first, or he won't get up early in the morning.
"Today's Jade King is none other than Daddy. Xiao Jinbiao on the side laughed and said: "When the time comes, our jade workshop business will gradually increase, and the gross profit will gradually increase." You see how majestic Fang Bao's family is, a few years ago, after Fang Zicheng became his father and became the jade king, that kid showed off in front of him all day long, for this, their family almost monopolized the jade business in Guangzhou, and the tide rose and became rich overnight. From a small merchant to a wealthy businessman in Guangzhou. ”
"Jin Biao, in fact, it doesn't matter if you are the king of stone or not, the important thing is that the country and the people are safe, and everyone can have enough to eat. Xiao Jingxian looked at his son in front of him and said.
"Dad, you must be careful about this competition. I'm not going to make amends. Xiao Jinbiao said with a hippie smile: "I still have something." ”
Yang Bilian glared at her son, she was really an indisputable Adou, she was one in her twenties, and she hadn't made any progress yet. "On such an important day, even if you have a big event, you have to wait for the results of your father's competition!" she said solemnly.
Xiao Jinbiao rolled his eyes and said, "What about the eldest brother? Why doesn't the eldest brother go?"
"Your sister will come back today, and I will let him go to the dock to guard. ”
"Oh. Xiao Jinbiao nodded and said, "Then I'm not available." ”
"Where are you going?"
"Lin Jiazhuang!"
Hearing his son's words, Xiao Jingxian almost jumped up: "You go to Lin Jiazhuang again! Haven't you lost your face yet? I told the Lin family that girl you must not be tempted!"
"Dad, Lin Shumin looks handsome, I like her gentle and lovely appearance!"
"You don't want to marry Lin Shumin!" Xiao Jingxian's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Even if he Lin Zhu agrees, I don't agree either!"
"I'll marry him! Why don't we allow it if we are in love?"
Seeing that the old man was angry, Yang Bilian on the side took her son's hand and said, "Yes, child, you also know that the Lin family has a hatred for us, so don't be angry with your father anymore." ”
"That's his business with his grandfather, and it has nothing to do with us. ”
"You loser! Hearing his words, Xiao Jingxian was angry: "If you dare to associate with her, don't step into the door of Xiao's house!"
"Hmph!" Xiao Jinbiao glanced at his father and walked out of the house without looking back.
"You rebel!"
"Master, don't be angry. I'll talk about him later. Ren Cailing stroked her husband's chest and comforted: "Jin Biao is still young, and besides, Lin Zhu may not be able to agree to her daughter marrying into our family." ”
At this time, the second lady brought a bowl of ginseng soup from the servant's hand and said, "As far as I know, they have just met each other. I advised him on this. ”
"Son, you have to teach him better, don't get used to him all the time!"
"......" Yang Bilian was just about to refute, but Ren Cailing on the side kept giving her a look, so she had to give up.
Ren Cailing grabbed his arm with one hand and said, "Master, the game is about to start, let's go." ”
"Okay, let's go!" With that, the Xiao family and a group of seven or eight people rushed to the arena.
Soon, a group of several people came to Bluestone Street.
Today, almost everyone is huddled together to watch the triennial Jade King Competition.
The tent made of canvas sits several elderly people, all of whom are leaders in the jade world and experienced old-timers.
Through a few boulders, people can see Xiao Jingxian and Qian Qingsheng, the boss of Qian Ji, sitting steadily, with a flat blessing hanging in the middle, and the words "a knife is poor and a knife is rich" written in red and black, which is the most attractive place. Who doesn't want to get rich overnight and sit on the throne of the king of stones.
With the sound of "dang", as soon as the gong passed, the people who were chattering below immediately became dumb.
"Today is the new Stone King Competition, whoever chooses the highest number of stones and jade will win this competition. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience whispered.
The tournament is divided into three tournaments, and the top three finishers in each tournament will advance to the next tournament. Until the last two remaining two came to compete for the Jade King.
As the minutes passed, the game was going on intensely.
In the last game, Xiao Jingxian celebrated Qian Qingsheng. The host looked at the silent arena and announced. The competition became more and more fierce, and finally at the last moment, everyone was looking forward to it.
Xiao Jingxian and Qian Qingsheng each held a magnifying glass and carefully looked at a few stones; the outer skin of jadeite and jade is generally yellow, reddish-brown, and even black, and there are colors and different patterns formed by weathering remnants.
Xiao Jingxian moved the magnifying glass to the second stone, which had pine flowers on the surface, but the ringworm was only six or seven points. When the magnifying glass moved to the third stone, he looked at it carefully for a while, and then moved the magnifying glass to the stone marked No. 2, thinking about the stone to throw. After thinking for a while, he put down the mirror in his hand, walked to a table and picked up the brush, filled in his name, and wrote down the number three. Qian Qingsheng was in front of a few stones, and after a few turns, he also wrote down the stones he gambled on with paper and ink.
"Xiao Jingxian, No. 3 stone, ninety percent green. "Qian Qingsheng, No. 5 stone, nine out of nine, yang green. After listening to the old man's report, the audience sighed for a while.
Then there was a quiet wait, not long after, the No. 3 stone was opened, a piece of oil green filled the stone space, although the pure yang green, but it is also considered to be the top grade, seeing the green stone, Xiao Jingxian raised his eyebrows, these 50,000 flowers are worth it!
Listening to the sound of the drama, Qian Qingsheng couldn't help sweating on his forehead, although the No. 3 stone had six or seven ringworms, but the ringworm was not big, he was afraid that a few ringworms would eat the green, but he didn't expect the stones to be full of oily green jade. Will this foggy No. 5 also be full of yang green?
The "squeak" sawing sound finally stopped, seeing the open stone, Qian Qingsheng was like falling into a deep valley bottom, there was no green in the stone, only deep inky black, and the stone he bought for tens of thousands of yuan turned out to be a waste stone!
"How is it possible? How is this possible!" Qian Qingsheng didn't believe that his eyes were clear, he clearly saw ......
"Now I announce that Xiao Jingxian has won and become the new Jade King!" As soon as Zhou's old words fell, the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. It has always been the winner who is king, and the loser is the villain.
Xiao Jingxian, who was standing behind Zhou Lao, had a happy look on his face, and walked forward a few steps after straightening his clothes.
"Colleagues, friends, hello everyone!" as he lowered his raised hand, his fingertips touched a pen on the table, and the pencil rolled down, and as he was used to, he leaned back to put the lead back into the pen slot. Years later, he was still grateful, and if it hadn't been for the pencil that had fallen off the table, he might have died.
Everyone watched the stage silently, and at that moment a child flew over his right shoulder. The "bang" pierced into the chest of one of the contestants without warning, and the blood flowed profusely.
"Kill, kill!" Watching the people on the stage slowly fall, the audience was terrified.
Xiao Jingxian looked at Fang Ming, who was five steps away, and followed the direction of the victim, and found that in the small attic opposite, there seemed to be a black shadow shaking, and it disappeared again after only five seconds. Then look at Fang Ming, who was twitching behind him...... Xiao Jingxian's forehead couldn't help but ooze dense beads of sweat, if it weren't for the pencil, I am afraid that he would have fallen now.
"All move! Go back to your seats!" At this time, Ma An, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, stood up and signaled everyone to be quiet, and then asked people to run to the police station to report the case.