Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 229 This ship's original stone also has some relationship with His Royal Highness
Soon, Leng Weiwei left.

On the side, Xiaoman put away the poisoned dagger in his hand, and glanced at the other's graceful back, the vigilance in his eyes did not weaken in the slightest:

"Do you really believe what she says?"

"This woman has a heart like a snake and a scorpion. She can even ignore her own father in order to survive. I advise you to be more careful with her!"

"after all……"

"Her husband died in Beidi!"

The little girl didn't think that Leng Weiwei didn't have any hatred for her young master!
On the contrary, the other party never mentioned the relationship between Bao Luote and his son from the beginning to the end. Instead, he showed an attitude of trusting and relying on his son, which is obviously more suspicious!
For this kind of person who hides hatred deeply in his heart, if it were him, he would definitely kill him directly, so as to avoid future troubles!

but……

This woman obviously has the cultivation base of the Bright Moon Realm, and she had many opportunities just now, but she has never attacked her young master, it is hard to understand her thoughts.

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

Jiang Qingyu took the little girl's hand, walked forward, and said in a low voice:

"Anyway, Leng Weiwei woke me up today."

"I finally realized that even if there are no accidents on the way to the capital, I'm afraid it will be extremely dangerous after entering the capital!"

"Someone wants to force the father to rebel, get rid of this powerful king with a different surname! Killing the elder brother is certainly a poisonous plan, but the father may not be able to bear it afterwards, but if it were me, the elder brother and even my mother who all died in the capital, then Father, he..."

"Can you still bear it?"

"what?"

Xiaoman exclaimed.

Both his wife and two sons died in the capital. If this can be tolerated, what kind of man is he?
Therefore, if you reject the king of the North, you must rebel!
"Young master, according to what you said, Xue Fang and the people behind him not only want the life of the eldest son, but also your life!"

"Then if we enter Beijing at this time, don't we cast ourselves into a trap?"

Jiang Qingyu nodded, then shook her head again:
"That's it."

"But the key to this matter is not Xue Fang and the people behind him, but Jing Hong."

"If Jing Hong doesn't want to force the father to rebel, then even if there are villains, my mother, elder brother and I will be safe and sound. I'm afraid that now that Beidi is pacified, this one will also have the idea of ​​killing the donkey!"

After hearing this, Xiao Man's face became more and more worried:

"How about that?"

"Young master, why don't we stay in Beijing?"

"My father said that anywhere in the world, Huamanlou's killers can keep you safe, but only in the capital..."

"There is that one in the capital, he would not dare to go, and the senior behind the young master would not dare to put himself in danger!"

Picking up the stars and entering the capital is much more dangerous than ordinary people.

Jiang Qingyu looked helpless:
"The eldest son will not enter the capital after being entrusted, which is against the rules of the state of Chu. Those old ministers will definitely make a big fuss about it, and it will only make the situation of mother and eldest brother in the capital even more worrying!"

"Besides, if I don't enter the Beijing Miansheng, Jing Hong's suspicion of the father will also increase. Once he is determined to get rid of the father, then the mother and the elder brother will die!"

"So, I must go to the capital."

Not only to go, but also to take the two relatives back to the palace smoothly, so that the family can be reunited.

Xiaoman nodded, with a firm face:
"Where the young master is going, I will follow!"

At the same time, she thought of what Du Heng told her to say, if you encounter any troubles that cannot be solved, you can go to Jixia Academy to find Mr. Xun!
Presumably with Mr. Xun's status, it shouldn't be difficult to save the lives of himself and the young master, right?
……

Shortly after.

The master and servant walked onto the deck.

At this time, a bunch of people had already gathered on the deck. Apart from Jiang Langya, Jiang Shan, Yu An and other members of the palace, Liang Buyi, Jin Wanliang and other people from the Jianghu, as well as several senior officials of the Xiong family were also present.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, everyone turned their gazes over.

But when they found out that only Jiang Qingyu and the pretty widow from Bailu Villa were missing, many men couldn't hide their disappointment.

"His Royal Highness."

Xiong Hun, the great elder of the Xiong family, stepped forward to show his kindness first, and a hint of imperceptible admiration flashed in his eyes.

He deliberately arranged for Leng Weiwei to live next door to Jiang Qingyu, thinking that the other party would take the girl in, but after one night, the servants under him did not see him stepping out of the room!
Obviously, this is a real gentleman.

At least it was last night.

He was ashamed of himself anyway.

"Big elder."

Jiang Qingyu saluted and glanced around at the same time, and found that most people were watching around a pile of stones of various sizes.

Some of those stones were only the size of a fist, while others were as tall as a person. Many people looked at them seriously with their eyes or touched them with their hands, as if they were looking for treasure.

This made him a little more curious.

Sensing the subtle change in the other party's eyes, Xiong Hui immediately introduced with a smile:

"His Royal Highness should understand that my Xiong's family has a jade mine and opened a stone gambling workshop in the capital. This time when I came to Beijing, I transported [-] shipments of rough jade to replenish the stone gambling workshop."

"This trip will take several days on the Qingjiang River. The old man is afraid that the distinguished guests will be bored on the boat, so he took the initiative to fetch thirty rough stones for fun."

"Of course, the rules here are the same as those in Gambling Stone Workshop."

"If someone takes a fancy to a certain rough stone, he has to spend money to buy it before cutting the stone. After cutting, no matter what the output is or how much it is worth, it will belong to the buyer, and he will be responsible for his own profits and losses!"

"If several people have their eyes on the same rough stone, then the one with the highest price will win!"

After introducing the rules, Xiong Hui made another gesture of invitation:
"If His Royal Highness is interested, why not try it yourself."

"The old man can make the decision. The first rough stone you fancy today, no matter how much it is priced, will be bought by the Xiong family as a gift to congratulate you on becoming the son of the prince."

As soon as this remark came out, many people in the rivers and lakes looked envious.

The [-] pieces of rough stones that Xiong Hui sent people to fetch were not ordinary products, they were just marked prices, and all of them were above a hundred gold!

Even though many of the people present were gifted and had a lot of money, it was inevitable that they would feel pain if they were asked to spend hundreds of gold or even hundreds of gold to buy a piece of jade of unknown depth.

After all, jade is no better than martial arts, secret arts, pills and weapons, and it does not significantly improve the strength of practitioners.Even in the capital city, most of the dignitaries who are keen on betting on stones only use it as a means of communication, not the value of jade itself!
but……

It is said that the group of people who do not go to the tenth rank of Houtian to temper their bodies and advance to Xiantian can use jade to assist in their cultivation.

For example, the pair of phoenix blood jade presented to Jiang Qingyu by Taishan Academy has many wonderful uses.

More than half of the high-quality jade stones cut out in the Gambling Stone Workshop in the capital flowed into the Jixia Academy and became all kinds of exquisite jade articles, which were carried by the students and lecturers.

As a result, there has gradually been a good saying in the capital that "a gentleman is as gentle and moist as jade".

"Grand Elder, what you have done is a bit unkind!"

Suddenly, Liang Buyi said carelessly:
"His Highness, the son of the world, has made great achievements in opening up the frontier and expanding the land for my great Chu. All the forces in the rivers and lakes are honored. They wish to give all the treasures at the bottom of the box as congratulatory gifts to the son of the world. But you are lucky. Obviously, there are many people on the boat. The rough stones of a higher grade, but let His Royal Highness choose one of these defective goods as a gift!"

"You want me to tell you..."

He paused, and suddenly pointed to the ship ahead:
"Either don't give it away, or you should order someone to bring thirty pieces of rough stones from that boat and let His Royal Highness choose at will! By the way, let us all open our eyes!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone except the Xiong family agreed and echoed:
"That's right, the Xiong's family has opened a stone gambling workshop in the capital for so many years, and they are almost becoming wealthy. The Great Elder must not be so stingy and smash the name of the Xiong's family!"

"Hurry up and bring the best goods here and let us see."

"The most expensive item on the deck, I can afford it even if I bite my teeth in the Star Realm. It's a bit unseemly to give it to His Royal Highness as a congratulatory gift!"

"Great Elder, I remember that you are not a stingy person in normal times, are you?"

……

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and many people were unstoppable.

It can be seen from this that Xiong Hui's reputation in the Jianghu is indeed good, at least he is not a bully, and he can take jokes.

"..."

Hearing everyone's discussion, Xiong Hui couldn't help but smile wryly.

The [-] items on the deck are not ordinary items, especially one of the treasures carefully selected by himself. Based on his many years of experience, it is not difficult to see that the value of the piece of jade inside is definitely not inferior. Three thousand gold, even in the stone gambling workshop in the capital, is considered top grade.

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to personally guide Jiang Qingyu to open that piece of rough stone under the eyes of everyone. Once the jade material is exposed to the public, everyone will surely praise this royal highness who has a bright eye!
And Jiang Qingyu won face in front of others, so she will naturally have a good impression of the Xiong family.

Xiong Hui has long been familiar with this trick, and it is also one of the tacit ways in the stone gambling circle in Beijing.

For most of the children of the rich and powerful, the bankers in the middle of the country can spend their entire lives squandering, so they come to gamble on Shifang not to earn some pocket money, but to save face!

Under the crowd's onlookers, they offered sky-high prices for jade, and listened to the voices of envy and jealousy from others. Under the adoring gaze of the beauties who accompanied them, they either gave the jade to the beauties to gain a chance to have a kiss, or gave it to Ji. The students of the Xia Xue Palace earn favors and prestige, which are enjoyments that are difficult to buy in other places no matter how much money is spent!
It is also one of the reasons why Gambling Stone Workshop has been enduring in the capital for a long time!

But today, without the company of the beauty Leng Weiwei, Xiong Hui's plan has lost more than half of the fun. Coupled with Liang's injustice, it seems that he is petty of the Xiong family and does not respect Jiang enough. sapphire.

"It's not that the old man is stingy."

Xiong Hui hurriedly explained:
"That ship of rough stones was ordered by the royal family, and the old man is not qualified to move!"

"However, speaking of it, this ship's original stone has a certain relationship with His Royal Highness."

"Is it?"

A look of curiosity appeared on Jiang Qingyu's face.

What does the rough stone of the royal family have to do with me?
Xiong Hui smiled:
"His Royal Highness, have you forgotten that there is another hero who conquered Beidi this time. The third landlord of Huamanlou, Luo Luo, beheaded and killed the only two surviving ancestors in Beidi. His Majesty has decided to make her king!"

"According to the rules, every prince in the Chu Kingdom should have a royal seal."

"In order to show sincerity, His Majesty bought two shipments of top-grade rough stones from my Xiong's house, and ordered His Highness the Crown Prince to cut the stones himself, choose a piece of jade to carve it into a king's seal, and give it to the third landlord!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was amazed:

"Choose a piece of jade from the two ships of top-quality rough stones to make the king's seal? What a big deal!"

"As expected of the rich and powerful royal family!"

"It's no wonder that the Great Elder dragged us to the boat and escorted us at the cost of a lot of gold, silver and favors. It turns out that the royal family and Huamanlou are behind this batch of goods!"

……

"The matter is of great importance, and this batch of goods cannot be lost, so I have no choice but to invite you to accompany me."

A wry smile appeared on Xiong Hui's old face, but there was a hint of arrogance in his eyes:

"To tell you the truth, in order to fill up these two ships, our Xiong family has exhausted all the top-quality raw stone inventory in the past ten years!"

"The old man dares to guarantee his character, there will definitely be a priceless jade material in this batch of goods!"

"Worthless?"

Jin Shan of the Spirit Sword Sect couldn't help asking:
"I have never done much research on jade, but a few years ago I heard that King Jubei borrowed from King Qingjiang the jade seal of the previous dynasty, which is known as the most warm jade in the world, in order to recuperate his health for His Royal Highness."

"I don't know if there is any jade in this batch of goods that can be compared with it?"

When it comes to the jade seal of the former dynasty, the rest of the people are also a little bit more interested.

"I've also heard about this. It is said that His Royal Highness has been weak and sick since he was a child, but now that he sees him, he is in good spirits and does not appear sick. This shows that the number one Nuanyu in the world really lives up to its reputation!"

"That's natural! How can the jade seal be a mortal thing once?"

"In the whole world, only King Qingjiang, who has countless treasures in his family, will lend this priceless treasure!"

"Really? What you said seems to be different from the version I heard before. I heard that King Jubei didn't borrow the jade seal from King Qingjiang, but exchanged it with [-] arrows!"

"Brother, let me remind you, this is Qingzhou, please reorganize the language."

"Okay, that must be my memory."

……

Hearing everyone mentioned Yuxi from the previous dynasty, Xiong Hui couldn't help but glance at Jiang Qingyu.

As the chief elder of a family that started with jade, what he has always dreamed of is to buy back the jade seal of the previous dynasty, which is known as the most warm jade in the world, and pass it on from generation to generation as an inheritance treasure.

But he spent countless human favors and top-quality jade, and only exchanged a few chances to touch him with his own hands from King Jingxuan of Qingjiang, and he didn't even have the qualifications to bargain.

However, 11 years ago, the King of Rejecting North directly snatched the jade seal of the former dynasty from Jing Xuan with [-] arrows, and carved it into a stove!
Just outrageous!
At that time, Xiong Hui secretly scolded a lot of violent things for this, and he always regretted it!
Later, he bought a scrap of a jade seal at a huge price, and carved it into a bear-shaped jade pendant with his own hands, and hung it around his neck day and night, which gave him some comfort.

But seeing Jiang Qingyu this time, and hearing someone mention Yuxi, he still couldn't help but secretly sigh a few times!

That reckless man Jiang Qiushui didn't know the value of jade, so he found a mortal craftsman to carve the jade seal into a stove, which not only completely lost the imperial luck accumulated in the jade seal for hundreds of years, but also damaged some of the original characteristics of Nuanyu. Turning a treasure comparable to a magic weapon into a vulgar thing that can only nourish the body of a mortal, it should be written into history and let future generations continue to scold it!
At that time in the capital, the students and lecturers of Jixia Academy were also scolding, and even Mr. Xun couldn't help but sigh a pity.

But today, Xiong Hui can understand what the other party is doing.

after all……

If the jade seal is not destroyed, but luck is still in the world, I am afraid that the royal family will suspect that the king of the north has a rebellious heart. At that time, not only Jiang Qingyu's illness cannot be cured, but even the entire palace may suffer.

"only……"

"Is it true that all the luck accumulated by Yuxi in the previous dynasty has been rejected by the Northern King and returned to heaven and earth?"

Xiong Hun glanced at Jiang Qingyu, then remembered the words sent by Qingjiang Wang Jingxuan a few days ago, and couldn't help feeling a little more suspicious in his heart.

"The king of Qingjiang ordered that if His Royal Highness agrees to travel by water together, then at midnight on the day when the fleet enters Qingjiang, the two ships carrying the cargo ordered by the royal family will be placed at the end of the fleet."

"At that time, he will send people to attack the fleet and kill all the people in the palace except Jiang Qingyu, in order to avenge the seizure of the jade seal 11 years ago!"

"I can't figure it out either. Is this His Majesty's attempt to test King Rejecting the North, or is it purely Jing Xuan's own doing?"

"but……"

"Knowing that he has a grudge against the King of Qingjiang, the King of Rejecting Bei let his son walk along the river. Obviously, he has something to rely on."

"I don't know who will win the battle between the two sides this time."

Xiong Hui looked up at the sky.

I saw black clouds covering the void, and there was a tendency of storms to come.

"Tonight, it is destined not to be peaceful."

He stared at the sky and sighed softly:
"I just hope that this batch of goods can arrive in the capital safe and sound."

"If it sinks in Qingjiang, with Jingxuan's insatiable temper, he may have to eat all the goods of the other eighteen ships except for the one ordered by His Majesty!"

"Although this person said that he would compensate my Xiong family, compared to some compensation in gold and silver, the old man still hopes to bring the goods to the capital, so as not to affect the reputation of the Xiong family."

He paused, then said helplessly:

"Hey, if it wasn't for Jing Xuan being His Majesty's younger brother and mastering the main waterways for jade transportation, I really don't want to cooperate with him!"

"Jing Xuan is not easy to provoke, but Jiang Qiushui, that reckless man, is he easy to provoke?"

"You know, the base camp of my Xiong family is in Bingzhou!"

boom!
Suddenly, a thunderbolt exploded beside everyone's ears!

next moment.

Xiong Hui stood there, feeling terrified.

Because he seemed to see, among the heavy black clouds, a snake-shaped monster hundreds of feet long swallowing clouds and mist!

(End of this chapter)