Soon, Steward Yang led Liu Yexuan to the villa.

Dong Ba was already standing at the door waiting.

As soon as he saw Liu Yexuan, Dong Ba hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "I don't know that Hall Master Ye is here, and I will miss the welcome, so I ask Hall Master Ye for forgiveness." ”

As he spoke, he held Liu Yexuan's hand, smiling all over his face.

Liu Yexuan smiled slightly, and did not mean to blame, he said: "I also took the liberty to come to disturb, and I hope that Dong Baye will not dislike me." ”

Dong Ba was stunned, and from Liu Yexuan's mouth, it seemed that he didn't mean to trouble Dong Ba, Dong Ba continued to smile and invited Liu Yexuan to the villa.

Sitting on the sofa, Steward Yang brought good tea, poured a cup of tea for Liu Yexuan, and put it in front of him.

Liu Yexuan spoke first, "Eighth Master Dong, I have always heard that you are a jade merchant with a very unique vision, no matter what kind of jade it is, as long as it passes through your eyes, you can immediately tell the origin and background of this piece of jade, and you can immediately judge its value, I don't know if this rumor is true?"

Dong Ba smiled and said modestly: "This is all praised by peers on the road, in fact, it is not so powerful, but it can see some precious jade." ”

Liu Yexuan took out a pendant from his arms, handed it to Dong Ba, and said, "Dong Baye, can you help me look at this pendant and see how much it can be worth?"

Dong Ba took the pendant from Liu Yexuan's hand, this pendant was only half the size of a palm, but the color was dazzlingly red. Dong Ba looked at it carefully again and again, and suddenly his eyes lit up, with a surprised expression, and asked, "Hall Master Ye, I don't know where you got this pendant?"

Liu Yexuan smiled slightly and said, "What happened to the gift from a friend, Dong Baye, is there a problem with this jade pendant?"

Dong Ba shook his head and said, "There is no problem with the pendant, but the origin of this pendant is unusual." ”

Liu Yexuan asked, "What's unusual?"

Dong Ba raised the pendant in his hand and said: "This pendant is called a chicken blood pendant, which belongs to the type of blood jade, and it is a very precious piece of blood jade, which can be said to be priceless. ”

In fact, Dong Ba didn't completely tell Liu Yexuan that this blood jade pendant was still related to the blood jade that was stolen by Fang Shirong.

I only heard Dong Ba continue: "Speaking of this chicken blood pendant, there has always been a legend that this chicken blood jade pendant will speak, I don't know if Hall Master Ye has heard of it?"

Liu Yexuan shook his head and asked, "What legend?"

Dong Ba sighed lightly and said, "About this legend, it was a long time ago. After a pause, Dong Ba told Liu Yexuan about the legend of this chicken blood jade pendant.

Back then, there was a person named Fang Tianqi, he was a very discerning treasure expert, whether the gold, stone and jade were real or fake, whether they were worth it or not, he could tell at a glance. One morning, Fang Tianqi put on his coat, said goodbye to his wife, and went to the countryside and mountains to find treasures. When business is cold, he likes to wander around pretending to be a fortune teller, picking up a leak and earning some money when he is lucky.

One evening, after Fang Tianqi told someone's fortune in a village at the foot of Mangshan Mountain, he asked the lively people who had something left by the older generation to sell about jade and jade, and if there was, he would pay a very high price to buy it. At this time, a very young man in the crowd said to an old man beside him, "Uncle Wei, don't you have an ancestral blood jade pendant in your house?" ”

Following everyone's eyes, they suddenly focused on an old man who looked a little vicissitudes. Fang Tianqi learned from other people's mouths that this old-looking old man's name was Old Man Wei, and his wife had just passed away not long ago, and the two of them had never had children, and they had always lived in poverty and poverty.

Old Man Wei didn't want to take out the family's ancestral blood jade pendant at first, but then he couldn't stand the big guy's coaxing, and there was no way, so he had to take out the family's ancestral blood jade pendant from his neck.

Fang Tianqi took it from the old man's hand and looked at it, he was happy in his heart, this is a good thing, but I don't know if any of these people understand the goods. Someone asked Fang Tianqi how much this blood jade pendant was worth?

Fang Tianqi did not immediately answer this person's words, but introduced them to the identification knowledge of jade: "This blood jade pendant is actually an ordinary bloodstone, the valuable bloodstone must be bright red in blood, commonly known as 'living blood', the amount of blood can not be too much, six or seven become treasures, and the blood shape is distinctive, although the color of this pendant is bright red, and the carved chicken-shaped zodiac is lifelike, but the congestion is too large, and there is no blood shape, and there is a hole in the back of the chicken, which is hollow inside, so it is not worth much." ”

After listening to Fang Tianqi's introduction, everyone nodded, as if they understood. And the guy who asked him the price just now got impatient and asked him how much it was worth?

Fang Tianqi smiled slightly and said, "Although this pendant is not valuable, because it is bloodstone, it is also considered an unusual thing. The market price is twenty taels of silver. ”

Twenty taels of silver, although it is not a lot, but in this remote mountain village, it is a lot of property, and the group of people are a little envious of Old Man Wei having such a good treasure.

Fang Tianqi glanced at Old Man Wei, and saw that Old Man Wei was not moved, and it seemed that the price that Fang Tianqi said was not cold at all. Fang Tianqi really wanted Old Man Wei's chicken blood pendant, and he began to think about how to get Old Man Wei to sell him the chicken blood pendant.

In fact, Old Man Wei's blood jade pendant was worth sixty taels of silver, but Fang Tianqi didn't want to spend too much silver taels to buy it, in that case, he wouldn't be able to make much money himself. And without any money to make, he will not sell. Professional people know that buying and selling antiques and jade and so on, it is all about eyesight and wisdom, and the first time he bids, he can't report too high.

Old Man Wei took back his own chicken blood pendant from Fang Tianqi's hand, hung it around his neck, and turned around to leave. Fang Tianqi hurriedly stopped Old Man Wei and said, "Uncle, is this stone sold?" You see, you are old, and it is useless to keep it, it is better to sell it to me, and I will add ten taels of silver to you, which is the highest price." ”

Old man Wei turned around, and said with a somewhat sad face: "This stone is my wife's marriage, if I sell it now, then I won't be able to pay my wife after I die." ”

"Give fifty taels of silver, and I'll ask Uncle Wei to sell you the stones!" At this time, a strong man with a big shoulder and a round waist suddenly spoke. Fang Tianqi thought to himself, if he bought it with fifty taels of silver, then he wouldn't have much oil and water to make, but after thinking about it again, maybe this transaction could wash away his luck.

Fang Tianqi gritted his teeth and nodded, agreeing. Old man Wei didn't listen to the strong man's words at all, no matter how the strong man persuaded him, he just wouldn't sell it, which made the strong man particularly embarrassed.

Someone in the crowd whispered that this old man Wei was too unreasonable, and the old man Wei suddenly turned his head and said angrily, I want to buy his blood jade pendant, a hundred taels of silver, not a single child.

Fang Tianqi was amused when he heard it, it seemed that he had met a strange person this time, he smiled and said, "Uncle, there is really you." It seems that you are really a great expert, have you ever heard of the theory of blood jade psychic? One hundred taels of silver, it's not much, but I don't have that much money. When I have saved enough money, I will buy it again, and you must keep it!"

Old Man Wei's asking price was too high, and Fang Tianqi was angry in his heart, so he deliberately slapped him.

When Fang Tianqi rushed back to the town to settle down, it was completely dark. After this day's fatigue, Fang Tianqi felt tired all over, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed. When he got up the next day, it was already past noon, and before he had finished washing, several vicious servants suddenly broke in from outside, and tied him up without saying anything.

Soon, Fang Tianqi was escorted to the Yamen. The county magistrate was promoted to the court to try the case, and at this time, Fang Tianqi finally understood what was going on. It turned out that last night, Old Man Wei was strangled to death at home with a rope, and the blood jade pendant was missing, there was a compass used by Fang Tianqi for divination at the scene of the crime, and the head catcher also found a red rope tied to jade outside the courtyard wall of the inn where Fang Tianqi lived.

These evidences all pointed at Fang Tianqi, which made it difficult for him to argue.

Fang Tianqi never expected that one of his pranks would cause a catastrophe, Fang Tianqi shouted injustice, but the county master didn't listen to him at all, and Old Man Wei's neighbor and the innkeeper couldn't prove his innocence, so the situation became more and more unfavorable to Fang Tianqi.

This county master is a confused official, and Fang Tianqi has heard of it a long time ago. Now he steals treasures and kills people, this is a big deal to lose his head, he doesn't dare to be careless, in the face of the aggressive interrogation of the county magistrate, Fang Tianqi appealed on the basis of reason, and always said that someone stole treasures and killed people, and deliberately framed him. But how could the county magistrate listen to his defense, and he was shocked and asked him to hand over the blood jade pendant, otherwise he would be punished.

Fang Tianqi was well-informed and knew the power of the torture instruments in the Yamen, and his weak body could not endure the torture at all. And he also saw that the county magistrate had already decided that he was a murderer, and if he didn't want to save himself, he would probably become a dead ghost. Suddenly, a bold adventure plan took shape in his mind.

The county master was just about to give an order, Fang Tianqi suddenly smiled, and said loudly: "I want to talk to you alone, it is unfair for you to try the case indiscriminately like this!"

That tone and expression contained deep meaning, the county master was shocked by Fang Tianqi's behavior, and thought to himself Could this person be a person with a background, if it was true, then he had to be careful, so the county master announced a retrial the next day.