"The things that Master Tianxuan handled are so popular that many people are scrambling to get them. I got this jade pendant after praying at Fuqing Temple for a long time!"
"However, I heard that Master Tianxuan's most amazing skill is his painting. But that painting is too expensive, costing a thousand gold coins per piece, and only those with the right destiny can buy it. We common people don't have that kind of luck."
The boss said with a regretful expression.
"Since Master Tianxuan's items are so good, why are you selling them?"
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow, shook the tassel on her sword, and asked.
“Hey, if it weren’t for my mother being sick and needing more money, I wouldn’t have been willing to sell it.”
The boss's eyes flickered, then he said with a reluctant expression!
Lin Yuxin watched her boss put on an act. She didn't think everything he said was true; at least the matter of the sword tassel was probably 80% fake.
However, Lin Yuxin still bought it, but she didn't agree to the price.
"Boss, this jade pendant of yours is just ordinary white jade, and the quality isn't very good. If it weren't so pretty, I wouldn't have bought it. Five hundred taels isn't worth that much at all. How about this, I'll give you ten taels of silver, and you'll sell it to me? How about it?"
Lin Yuxin looked at the boss and said with a reluctant expression.
"Ten taels? Why don't you just rob me? Go away, I'm not selling!"
When the shopkeeper heard that the girl was only offering ten taels, he immediately became unhappy. He had given her ten taels just now for asking a question, but she was being so stingy when it came to buying something? Was this how people bargained?
"Alright! If you don't want to sell, then don't. I think you've been selling here for quite a while now, haven't you? I doubt anyone would buy this, otherwise you would have sold it long ago. Giving you ten taels would be a lot. You can stay here and sell it slowly!"
Lin Yuxin glanced at the shopkeeper, put down the sword tassel in her hand, turned around and left with a disdainful look, without looking back.
Lin Yuxin hadn't taken two steps when she heard the boss trying to persuade her to stay:
"Young lady, wait a minute. It's fate that we've met. Could you add a little more? Ten taels is really too low!"
The boss spoke with a troubled and pained expression.
The price has dropped from 500 taels to 10 taels! Who bargained so fast? Are they trying to make a living off this?!
Lin Yuxin stopped and walked back, speaking calmly:
"At most twenty taels."
"One hundred taels?"
"Twenty taels!"
"Eighty taels?"
"Twenty taels!"
"Fifty taels? The lowest I can offer is fifty taels, young lady. I really do have an elderly mother who is sick. I'm not lying to you. If I lower the price any further, I won't have any money left for my mother's medical treatment. Please, have mercy and stop haggling. I'll sell it to you for fifty taels."
The shop owner was almost in tears. How hard was it for him to set up his stall in the middle of the night? He was really unlucky to run into someone who was such a good bargainer.
If it weren't for the fact that the jade pendant she had her eye on had a problem, and he wasn't in a hurry to get rid of it, he wouldn't have sold it!
"Twenty taels!"
This time, Lin Yuxin stood her ground and just watched him quietly.
"...Fine! Twenty taels it is!"
The boss gritted his teeth and agreed.
As soon as the shopkeeper agreed, Lin Yuxin gave him a deep look, then generously took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to him. She then picked up the sword tassel, put it in her pocket, and left.
Lin Yuxin walked back to Li Xiaochen's side, holding the jade pendant in her hand, examining it repeatedly, but couldn't see anything wrong with it.
"What are you looking at?"
Li Xiaochen looked at which stall Lin Yuxin had bought something from and how she seemed distracted when she returned, and asked her with concern.
“There’s something wrong with this jade pendant. Send someone to investigate the owner.”
Lin Yuxin shook her head, looked at the stall, and said.
"Okay, I understand!"
Li Xiaochen followed her gaze and saw that the stall owner was actually packing up his things to go home.
Li Xiaochen immediately gave a signal to someone in the shadows, and a plain-looking man immediately followed.
Let's go back!
Li Xiaochen pulled Lin Yuxin back to the courtyard.
Because it was too late, Lin Yuxin took Cheng Tinghao home directly. The boy fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, showing that he was really tired from playing.
Lin Yuxin returned to her room, where Li Xiaochen had already finished washing up and was waiting for her.
"You're back?"
Li Xiaochen leaned against the bed, wearing only a thin undergarment with a wide-open collar that revealed glimpses of his chest. He was lazily watching Lin Yuxin enter.
Lin Yuxin paused, watching Li Xiaochen's actions. She swallowed hard and cursed under her breath, "You bastard, you're actually using your good looks to seduce me!"
Lin Yuxin gritted her teeth, banishing the lewd thoughts from her mind, strode to the bedside, and without a word, took out the jade pendant and placed it in front of Li Xiaochen, speaking seriously:
"I bought this sword tassel from a stall owner. I originally wanted to buy it for you, but the owner said that this jade pendant was the work of Master Tianxuan. I felt that was a bit inappropriate, so I thought I would take it back to study it."
"As for Master Tianxuan, I asked that shopkeeper, and he told me that he is now the Grand Preceptor of the Zhao Kingdom, a title bestowed upon him by Qiu Qiyi after he ascended the throne. I feel there must be some connection between them! Moreover, I think there is something wrong with this jade pendant. The stall owner agreed to sell it to me for only twenty taels of silver, so there must be quite a problem here!"
Upon hearing Lin Yuxin's words, Li Xiaochen dropped his lazy expression and looked at the jade pendant in Lin Yuxin's hand. He picked it up and examined it carefully, but couldn't see anything wrong with it!
"Could it also be related to the blood painting?"
Li Xiaochen thought of a possibility and frowned as he brought it up.
Lin Yuxin took the jade pendant, smelled it, shook her head, and said:
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