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4.38% Trafford's Trading Club / Chapter 24: The White Jade Token 4th

章節 24: The White Jade Token 4th

編輯: TheSloth

The auction had to be halted. The audience were told to remain where they were and wait further notice.

As Luo Qiu was deep in thought, a staff member came towards him.

Under his instructions, Luo Qiu and You Ye were guided to the side door. Several people were already waiting there.

They was Zhang Qingrui, a fast man around 30 years old, and an approximately 50-year-old woman.

“Luo Qiu, this is Ms. Dong, the sponsor of this auction. And that is the site manager, Mr. Han.” Zhang Qingrui explained in a hurry, “I’m really sorry about this accident. We’ll get it back as soon as possible.”

“…You mean, it hasn’t been found it yet?” Luo Qiu asked after a second of silence.

Ms. Dong looked at Luo Qiu, sizing him up.

She felt apologetic since Luo Qiu had lost his auction item which was due to their negligence, so she pacified Luo Qiu in a kindly manner, “Don’t worry, Mr. Luo. We’ve called the police. The thief will be caught soon.”

Luo Qiu asked unreservedly, “Did the thief actually manage to leave the place?”

Zhang Qingrui felt a little awkward, “There’s evidence that the thief had planned to commit the crime. This can be seen from how he managed to escape through a door with a broken lock and from the way he left by motorcycle.”

Luo Qiu shook his head. In such a foreign place, he was not able to do anything. Things would be different if he was back at his city.

Anyways, he didn’t have to worry about it, because he hadn’t paid for it yet.

“I don’t care how all of you solve this issue. I want a good explanation before I leave in the evening.”

You Ye then added, “Your security was the one at fault. Furthermore, we prefer the jade token, instead of any kind of compensation.”

“I understand,” Ms. Han apologized. “We’ll send the jade token to you if we get it back.”

You Ye gave off a strong pressure. Those wealthy female second generations couldn’t even hold a candle to her.

Zhang Qingrui could do nothing but look at Luo Qiu, showing him a helpless look. Thus Luo Qiu turned to You Ye and said, “Since item was stolen and we have no interest in the other auction items…Zhang Qingrui, you can call me if you get it back…You Ye, let’s walk around and have a look. It’s not easy to get an opportunity to sightsee.”

The servant girl nodded submissively, a far cry from how she treated Zhang Qingrui and the other two.

Looking at two people walked to the exit, Ms. Dong gave a sigh of relief, “Qingrui…Who is that girl? I’ve never seen anyone like her in my life.”

Zhang Qingrui forced a smile, “Aunt Dong, to be honest, I’m confused too. I only know she is Luo Qiu’s friend…maybe his girlfriend.”

“That…man?” Aunt Dong asked curiously.

Zhang Qingrui was reluctant to answer, “He’s my classmate, but I don’t know him well.”

Aunt Dong said, “Anyhow, we should get the jade back first. I Dong Minghua, am not someone who is easily bullied…Hum!”

……

Luo Qiu called a taxi using an app.

While they were waiting for the taxi, You Ye said softly, “Master, I have failed...I’m sorry.”

Luo Qiu gave a start. “This isn’t a big deal. This kind of occurrence cannot be predicted. Furthermore, there are recordings of the thief and he will be arrested soon. Plus you got back the deposit, we didn’t actually lose nothing.”

“But if it wasn’t for that guy causing trouble, that jade token should be in your hands now.”

Nevertheless, Luo Qiu said with pleasure, “But isn’t it more interesting now? Why did that man steal the jade? Does he know something about it? These events behind the jade are more valuable than the jade itself.”

In was then the taxi arrived. Luo Qiu smiled. “Let’s go. I can vaguely guess which direction the thief fled towards.”

You Ye was shocked.

Luo Qiu fished out the jade from his pocket, “It keeps generating heat. I can feel it.”

He walked to the taxi and mumbled, “I may be able to find out what the jade is without decreasing my lifespan…”

……

……

In a desolate warehouse.

The thief fixed his eyes on the white jade token, repeating the same words over and over, “I got you…got you…got you…got you…”

He was stroking the jade again and again. As if it was his entire world.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps. Raising his head, he saw a man and a woman appear before his eyes.

The man began to panic, clutching the jade even more tightly…He seemed to have some recollection of this young one in front of him.

He had seen this young one before at the auction site. “It’s you!?”

Luo Qiu was depressed. “I’ve already waited for half an hour, but all I keep hearing was, ‘I got you…’ I got impatient, so I revealed myself.”

“What do you want? You want my jade…right?” The man tensed up, protecting his jade, like a lion or a tiger guarding their cubs.

Luo Qiu took out his white jade token. He gave it a shake and showed it to him. “Could you tell me the secret behind this?”

The man was stunned, then felt a rush of delight. “I knew there was another one! It’s on you. Give it to me!”

The man rushed towards Luo Qiu like a madman.

However, he was put down by You Ye easily.

“Master, he is just an ordinary person,” You Ye said softly.

Luo Qiu muttered to himself, then squatted and said, “Mister, I have no evil intentions, I only want to know what this is. Furthermore, I hope you realize that this object was what I purchased at the auction. You stole it.”

The man was panting. “They…they are mine! None for any of you!!”

Luo Qiu frowned, “As far as I know, the one you stole belonged to Gu Yue Zhai. They then sent it to the auction. As for the other one I’ve got, it should not be yours either.”

“Yes, it’s mine too!” The man opened his eyes in rage. “Both are mine! 500 years ago, they were both mine!”

Luo Qiu started…500 years ago?

The man then gave a bitter smile, “Do you believe in reincarnation?”


章節 25: Generation after Generation

編輯: TheSloth

In this magical eastern country, there were monsters and Taoists. There were also previous and present lives.

Ordinary people may have their doubts, but Luo Qiu believed it.

You Ye said he had the ability to see the innermost thoughts of people clearly, but at this moment, he felt the man didn’t say anything.

Just like he couldn’t feel any evil intentions when he and the man looked at each other in the auction.

He helped the man up, and listened to his story.

The man was 34 now, and his name was Su Houde. He used to be a courier of a transportation company nearby, and is not married.

It all started when he had a dream during his childhood. He appeared in a magnificent hall, with an angry emperor, and ferocious imperial bodyguards carrying broadswords.

He received some prescriptions from an old master to stop his nightmare and drive out the evil spirits, but it didn’t work. Instead, as he grew older, his dreams increased and became more vivid. Finally, at the age of 30, he realized what this endless dream was, and who he really was.

“So…you’re the one that created this pair of jades?” Luo Qiu gazed at Su Houde in surprise. “The famous jade sculptor from Ming Dynasty?”

Su Houde forced a smile. “Unbelievable isn’t it? At first I didn’t accept it either. However, I can recall this pair of jade token, and all the other artifacts clearly!”

Su Houde touched the white jade in his hand, seemingly obsessed with it. “I remember each step of the process so clearly. How they looked liked originally, the polishing, the carving….”

Luo Qiu said in a low voice. “Since Mr. Su already understands that this was all from a past life, why do you still cling onto the jade token? Aren’t you afraid your relatives and family will suffer due to your reckless behaviour?”

“I don’t know…” Su Houde shook his head, and grimaced in pain, “I doubted myself and had hesitated before…in reality I have always been hesitating. Nevertheless, when I saw the jade at the auction site, I felt like I had been possessed and couldn’t control myself. I know I’m Su Houde, not that ancient person. Yet another voice told me, I cannot allow Sanniang to vanish before my eyes again. We’ve been separated for 500 years, who knows when will be the next time we can meet each other again.”

“Sanniang?”

Su Houde gave another bitter laugh, then followed by a deep sigh, “I used to be a famous engraver in the past life. That time, Emperor Xian Zong order for me to appear before him. He asked me to create a pair of white jade tokens and carve a lection of a Taoist scripture onto it. However, I couldn’t look at it directly, so the emperor had Sanniang read it for me.”

“Later I learned that Sanniang was not a common palace maid. Instead, she was a concubine of the emperor. Furthermore, Sanniang had ascended a mountain before to learn and practice Taoism there. The emperor wanted to live a long life and thus made a trip to the mountains to meet with her master. For some reason, the old master promised the emperor that he could bring Sanniang back to the imperial palace with him. Her public identity was the concubine of the emperor, but in fact, she was his adviser in Taoism.”

“This white jade in my previous life came from a special stone. Sanniang suggested the emperor to carve it into these jades, and carve the Koan Sutra on it. One would get double the results while practicing Taoism if one wore it while chanting and meditating.”

Suddenly, Su Houde voice turned heavy. “Sanniang was staying with me those days…She was supposed to be free from all worldly desires, but then she met me. However, those were the happiest days in my life. Unfortunately, once the jade tokens were done, Sanniang left me.”

“Even if we loved one another, there was no possibility for us to be together.” Su Houde sighed deeply. “Only when she sees our names which I secretly carved onto the jades could she find some little bit of comfort.”

As he said that, Su Houde revealed the jade in his hand. “There my signature inscribed on it. The one you are holding has Sanniang’s name, which will only reveal itself under strong light. I was considered best craftsman at that time…but I forgot that it would be sent to the emperor. It was actually very common for a craftsman to leave his signature on his works, but how could the emperor himself carry about an item that has another person’s name on it?”

“Finally, the emperor discovered both mine and Sanniang’s names on the jade. He was incensed.” Su Houde’s voice then turned hoarse. “The emperor wanted a long life, and he also loved Sanniang. He was determined to kill me, but Sanniang begged for my life to be spared instead. This made the emperor even more furious, so he found someone that cultivated in the arts of demons and asked it to seal Sanniang’s soul separately in both jades. Then he beheaded me outside the palace. My body and head were separated and sent to different places somewhere in the southeast direction.”

“I swore that I will never forgive the emperor even if I became a ghost! I’ll kill him myself and find my Sanniang.”

“However the emperor is now dead, and who knows where the jades were.”

“I have been looking for them, one lifetime after another.”

“I don’t even know how many times I have been reincarnated .”

“But I’ve finally obtained them at last!”

Su Houde’s facial expression changed. He grabbed Luo Qiu’s arms using both hands, and said diabolically, “Give the jade back to me! I’ll set Sanniang free! She has been sealed in the jades for 500 years! Do you know how miserable she feels!!”

Luo Qiu understood his anger and bitterness thus didn’t get angry.

But this behaviour infuriated You Ye.

She pushed him down to the ground causing the jade he was holding to roll away.

Su Houde staggered and attempted to retrieve the jade. Nevertheless, unexpectedly, the jade token rose and floated in the opposite direction, finally dropping in an old man’s hand.

And there was a young one standing behind the old man.

The old man said, “This… should be mine. Seems the book records were not wrong.”

“It’s you!”

Su Houde recognized the old man. He was the one that saved him in the meeting-place.

Luo Qiu recognized him too.

The old man’s face suddenly turned into dark red, shouting to Luo Qiu, “Give me yours too!”

Luo Qiu felt his body become heavy due to the pressure. He felt as if all the air in the surroundings was pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breath.

“How dare you hurt my master! You’re courting death!”

You Ye’s voice turned cold. Her eyes emitted a bluish light. Then without the assistance of the wind, her hair started floating.


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