At 3 p.m., the provincial capital library was under siege. Whether it was intentional or accidental, a fire burned down the library. Residents rushed to put out the fire, but unfortunately, they discovered it too late and the fire was too large to help.
Jiaojiao watched from afar as the flames shot up into the sky from the library, and a scene from her memory appeared before her eyes.
The Feng family was also burned down by a fire!
At five o'clock, Jiaojiao went to meet Manager Gao at the time and place agreed upon.
Manager Gao had obviously also learned about the library fire and couldn't help but sigh.
"Oh, think about how many people fought so hard to protect these books, and now they are being burned in this way! I wonder how sad our predecessors must be to see this scene!"
"I still remember that our Lin Yitang had an old Chinese medicine doctor named Lu Tianqi. When the Japanese pirates invaded, they stole many cultural relics. In order to protect their ancestral medical books, only Lu Tianqi was left among the five Lu brothers. The others all died at the hands of the pirates!"
"A few years ago, many people donated books to the provincial library. The Lu family also donated a set of medical books passed down from their ancestors! Such precious ancient books! And they just burned like that!"
Manager Gao's voice choked with sobs and he couldn't continue.
Jiaojiao wanted to persuade her, but it was difficult to be honest with her, so she could only remain silent.
Fortunately, she was here during this time, so she was able to put all the library books into the Qiankun bag before the fire broke out.
However, it is not easy to tell others about these things, so I can only wait and see how the situation develops.
After a simple dinner, they set out for Shidun. By the time they arrived, it was already dark.
At the exit, a few old men were smoking pipes and chatting. A few red lights flickered in the darkness.
"Someone's coming, right? Whose family is it?"
The old man's eyesight is not very good, but his ears are good.
"Master, how do I get to Qin Liu'er's house?"
"Qin Liu'er, you're not from our team! You have to go another two miles!"
"There's no doubt about it! He told me there were two elm trees in front of the door!" said Manager Gao.
"Oh, you're looking for Qin Laoliu! Go ahead! Go inside, to the sixth house! Take Yuqian's grandfather with you!"
An old man stood up and said, "Let's go!"
He walked in front, with red light floating in front, and Manager Gao and Jiaojiao followed behind.
Only a hundred meters or so later, we arrived at Qin Liu'er's house. The entrance was bare, without a single tree.
Grandpa Yuqian came forward and knocked on the door: "Sixth Brother, a relative is coming!"
Soon footsteps were heard in the yard and the door creaked open.
"Come in quickly!"
A man opened the door and stepped aside to let Manager Gao and Jiaojiao in. He then closed the door and bolted it.
"Manager Gao, right? My nephew came to say hello to me during the day. Please come in!"
Manager Gao greeted him, "I just found out he has a relative like you. If I had known, I would have come to show my support earlier!"
"Compared to you, I'm just a small business, you can't even look at me! We renovated a few years ago, and we can't do the business we used to do. We've only been doing small business these days, producing and selling handicrafts made by our own team! We don't dare sell anything else to others! Everyone knows that the things in the store are all handicrafts made by our team. There's no real stuff there."
Manager Gao understands this very well.
Qin Liu'er took them into the side room, and someone came out of the room and opened a cellar entrance.
They went down to the cellar and walked a little further in. When they came out, they were in another yard.
"Be careful." Qin Liu'er said with a smile.
I went into another store, and repeated this process. After visiting three stores, I finally saw some interesting things.
"You guys have done a great job keeping it secret. Even if those people come to cause trouble, we won't know who they are!"
Qin Liu'er continued to chuckle. Their brigade was an entire industrial chain, everyone in the brigade was united as one, each doing their own job. It would be difficult for outsiders to cause trouble!
There aren't many things.
"Please look at it first. If you don't like it here, I'll take you somewhere else to look!"
Oh, a cunning rabbit has three burrows!
Manager Gao has seen many antiques, and although he can’t say he knows a lot about them, he does know more than the average person.
Jiaojiao looked around, then looked at Qin Liuer and the others. Seeing that everyone seemed to be safe, she began to look at the antiques with peace of mind.
Although she has not had much contact with these old items in her life, she has seen a lot of them in the past!
She followed behind Manager Gao and looked at everything.
At first she just wanted to look for objects from her era, but gradually, she was attracted by these things and took the time to examine them carefully.
Suddenly, her eyes fell on a jade token.
Qin Liu'er was sharp-eyed and could immediately tell that she was interested in this jade token.
"Young girl, you have excellent taste! This jade plaque is truly extraordinary. Look, there's a phoenix in the center, flanked by auspicious clouds. The most special thing is the surrounding pattern. Look, this texture..."
It's snakeskin pattern, a circle of emerald green snakeskin pattern.
Qin Liu'er continued to introduce: "The others are auspicious clouds, ripples..."
Jiaojiao stared at the jade token carefully. She didn't know how it ended up here.
"I'll give you a piece of jade thread later, wear it..."
Jiaojiao smiled slightly. The hole on the jade pendant was not for threading the jade string, but for inserting the pendant. Moreover, he had put the jade pendant in the wrong place.
Jiaojiao looked at Manager Gao.
"Want it?" asked Manager Gao.
Jiaojiao nodded.
"Master Qin Liu, how can we give in?"
Qin Liu'er quoted a number, which was not expensive for Manager Gao, but was also suitable for this jade token.
"I'm giving you a price with all my heart. I hope you'll come back in the future!"
Manager Gao didn't say anything more. He just negotiated the price and the deal was settled.
Qin Liu'er handed the jade token to Manager Gao while wearing gloves, but Manager Gao nodded his chin, indicating that he should give it to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao couldn't wait to take the jade token, and as soon as she held it, she seemed to hear the cry of a phoenix.
Then, she felt a vibration in the air. A large bird, which had been wandering for a long time, flew out from the mountain and chirped in the air.
The jade token felt faintly warm. Jiaojiao held it tightly and rubbed it with her fingers.
It is said that this jade token was given to their family by an emperor long ago and has been kept by the head of the Feng family ever since.
On the night of the fire, the Feng family was in chaos, with many dead and many injured. No one would have thought of this jade token. I guess it was lost at that time!
Jiaojiao held the jade token tightly in her hand, and finally quietly put it into the space.
The two looked at other things and another half an hour passed before they said goodbye and left.
Manager Gao rode a bike with Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao said nothing behind the car as she placed her consciousness into the space. She saw the jade token she had just placed in the space hanging in mid-air, emitting a faint white light.
The big bird is flying around the jade plaque, chirping happily.
"Bird Immortal, do you recognize this jade token?"
The bird fairy let out a short, clear cry.
Jiaojiao stretched out her hand to touch the light emitted by the jade token, but as soon as she touched the light circle, the jade token suddenly emitted a white light and spun rapidly in the air. Finally, it turned into a beam of light and penetrated into Jiaojiao's forehead.
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