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Chapter 558: Taosha Xunling

Yuan Qi gave orders confidently, as if he had become the real head of the family. After giving all the instructions, he made a gesture of invitation to the man in black felt hat: "Please come in, old man."

The man in the black felt hat walked into the study as he was told.

Zhou Chang followed in uninvited and whispered to Yuan Qi: "Since it is inconvenient to address me to others, why don't you call me 'Mr. Zhou'?"

"Mr. Zhou?" Yuan Qi's tone was ambiguous. He stepped aside to let Zhou Chang in. Finally, he said quietly, "Would you like to address me like Mr. Lin?"

Zhou Chang had already stepped one foot into the study, but then he paused.

When did Yuan Qi know that Mei Sheng called him "Mr. Zhou"?

Could it be that she already knew how she met Mei Sheng?

Subconsciously, I turned around to look for the skinny monkey.

The skinny monkey was still standing behind with a confused look on his face.

Zhou Chang had no choice but to pretend to tell the skinny monkey, "There's no one in the yard, monkey, you just stay outside the door."

"Yes, I know." The skinny monkey didn't seem to want to go in.

As soon as Zhou Chang entered the study, he discovered that the study was divided into three rooms: inner, middle and outer. The middle one should be used to entertain guests. The west side was a study room, and the east side was a small bedroom.

I don’t know where Yuan Qi and Wen Qingyan were talking just now.

Yuan Qi sat directly at the top seat in the central hall, and asked the man in black felt hat to sit at the first seat at the bottom left. Zhou Chang automatically sat with him at the seat on the right side opposite.

In a moment, Butler Du had someone prepare new tea and snacks.

Finally, the servant closed the study door.

Yuan Qi then spoke, offering tea first: "Mr. Xun came in a hurry, and came so late to mourn my father. The Yuan family is really grateful. Please have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

It is already autumn in early September, and the weather in the north is cool in the mornings and evenings.

Wu Felt Hat finally took off his hat and put it on his chest. He didn't offer tea, but bowed slightly and said, "Miss Yuan, what you said is very distant. I have known your father for at least thirty years, but our line of work requires us to travel around frequently, and it is not convenient to show our faces too much, so we have never met Miss Yuan."

"What does Master Xun do?" Yuan Qi asked.

The man in the black felt hat did not answer, but looked at Zhou Chang cautiously again.

Zhou Chang, however, did not even raise his eyelids. He just picked up the tea bowl and took a couple of sips, showing his indifference to the conversation between the two.

Yuan Qi had no choice but to reassure: "Master Xun, don't worry too much. I have already said that if you can tell me what you want to tell my father, you can also tell this young master."

Hearing this, the man in the black felt hat frowned at first, but then smiled knowingly: "Oh, yes... Actually, it's nothing, I'm just used to being cautious. Speaking of which, I'm in the antique business, and your father has bought quite a few things from me over the years. Miss may not remember anything else, but there is one item that you must know."

"What is it?" Yuan Qi asked casually.

"A blood-red jade pendant with the four characters '合抱连枝' engraved on it." The man in the black felt hat inadvertently emphasized the tone.

Zhou Chang's hand holding the tea stopped in mid-air, and his other hand unconsciously reached for the thing in his arms.

Yuan Qi didn't show any emotion on his face, but leaned back slightly on the chair and said, "Oh, my father did buy such a jade pendant."

"I sold that to your father," the man in the black felt hat lowered his voice unconsciously, "I came here today mainly for this jade pendant. I wonder if the jade pendant is still in your hands, young lady? Could you please take it out and let me see it?"

Zhou Chang stopped breathing quietly, not daring to move, nor looking at Yuan Qi.

Yuan Qi glanced at Zhou Chang with the corner of his eye, his face still unchanged: "How did Master Xun know that this jade pendant was in my hand?"

The man in the black felt hat could see Yuan Qi's vigilance and distrust, but he didn't care: "Miss, you don't know me, so it's normal for you not to trust me. But... I wonder if you have heard of the name 'Taosha Xunling'?"

Zhou Chang felt that he had heard these four words somewhere before.

Yuan Qi was already surprised: "Are you the old Xun?"

"That's right." The man in the black felt hat nodded solemnly.

Yuan Qi also nodded deeply: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Zhou Chang still couldn't remember, but he felt that this man didn't look like someone who was in the antique business.

Even listening to this title makes him sound like a "tomb robber".

The man in the black felt hat waved his hand modestly: "That's a nickname given by the people in the underworld. It's better not to mention it. It's just a name used to beg for food. They don't know that I don't do things like tomb robbing, which is a detrimental, conscience-breaking, and will end my family lineage. I just know a few good tomb raiders, and they helped me get to my current position."

Although Zhou Chang still didn't know, he could at least hear that the "Taosha Xunling" in front of him must have a high status in the martial arts world.

Yuan Qi had no choice but to nod again.

"I found the jade pendant with branches embracing each other from someone else." The black felt hat then returned to the topic, "At that time, your father asked me to find a good jade pendant, saying that he wanted it as a birthday gift for the young lady. The more precious and rich the jade, the better. I found several pieces, but your father was not satisfied with any of them. In the end, he chose this jade pendant. Because he mentioned that he wanted to give it to the young lady as a birthday gift, I guessed that the jade pendant should still be in her hand."

"It is indeed with me." Yuan Qi admitted frankly this time, but then changed the subject, "But unfortunately, the jade pendant was left in the old house in Jindu. Now Mr. Xun wants to see it but cannot take it out. I wonder what the jade pendant is related to?"

When the man in the black felt hat heard this, he showed a look of pity on his face, but he did not hesitate: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if I can't see it. I can only say that I will never have the pleasure of seeing it again. But there is one thing related to the jade pendant, and I have to remind the young lady."

At this point, "Taosha Xunling"'s expression suddenly became nervous.

Zhou Chang also followed suit and folded his arms, holding the jade pendant in his arms.

"This is a long story, young lady, please listen carefully." The man in the black felt hat paused, glanced at Zhou Chang, and then leaned towards Yuan Qi and lowered his voice, "I got this jade pendant from a friend who was a tomb raider. Although I knew its origin at the time, I didn't have the financial resources to buy it. Your father picked out many jade pendants but none of them satisfied him, so I acted as a matchmaker, and your father liked it at first sight and bought it. After receiving such a large sum of money, my friend retired from the world. It was not until about a year ago that I received a letter from him and learned a secret and a warning, and then learned of his death three months later, that I realized something was wrong."

"What's wrong?" Yuan Qi listened carefully. He also became nervous and stretched his neck.