Chapter 30 The white jade tablet, like an imperial edict.
In addition, Yingtian Entertainment Club was thoroughly investigated that night, and many trapped girls were rescued. All the club's staff were taken away by the police.
That night, Yun Shu sent the mother and daughter to take revenge, while she and Lu Shijing returned to their villa in Fuli Village.
Everyone rested in the villa for one night and went on the cruise ship the next day. However, after what happened last night, everyone was in a somewhat heavy mood.
They only felt relieved after seeing the news that Yu Xiang had died under mysterious circumstances and that his two daughters, whom he had sold to a club, had been rescued.
After the cruise ship completed its journey around the sea, Mu Qing said she would treat everyone to a big meal back in the capital as an apology, but Yun Shu did not plan to go.
"Yun Shu, you rejected me again."
Mu Qing looked at her with a resentful expression.
"I need to go back and make paper offerings," Yun Shu said, frowning. "I still have a lot of orders to complete, and I'm going to an island for training soon."
Mu Qing really couldn't say anything about her reason. "Alright then, I'll take you back first."
"No need, I'll take her."
As soon as Mu Qing finished speaking, Lu Shijing picked up Yun Shu's backpack and put it into his car.
Let's go.
Lu Shijing opened the passenger door for Yun Shu.
"oh."
The two left first.
Mu Qing: "..."
No, didn't you two get divorced?! When did you secretly get back together?!
Yun Shu sat in Lu Shijing's car. As soon as the car drove out of Fuli Village, she opened the car window and pointed to a Taoist temple on the mountain not far away, "Lu Shijing, take me there first."
Lu Shijing turned his head and glanced at the mountain over there. "A Taoist temple? What are we going there for?"
Yun Shu said honestly, "Let's go cause trouble."
Lu Shijing: "..."
His lips twitched, but he still turned the steering wheel and drove the car toward the Taoist temple on the mountain.
On the way to Lu Shijing's house, Yun Shu received a message from Zuo Ziyi. His family had gone to their hometown to repair their ancestral graves today. They found something suspicious next to the graves, and Zuo Ziyi took a picture and sent it to Yun Shu.
It was a white jade tablet that looked quite old, with densely engraved characters on it.
The scepter was a long, narrow tablet held by the emperor and his officials when they met in court in ancient times. The tablets were made of jade, ivory, or bamboo, depending on the officials' rank, and were used for pointing and recording.
When the Celestial Master performs rituals, he also uses a scepter, a hand tablet held in worship of deities. During the ceremony, the high priest ascends the altar, holding the scepter with both hands, as if facing the Heavenly Court.
Yun Shu carefully observed the white jade tablet in the photo and pondered, "The white jade material of this tablet looks quite old, not recently made, but the inscription on it was recently engraved."
It's highly likely that this was an item unearthed from a tomb, which was then crafted into a ritual object by someone with ulterior motives to bewitch ghosts.
Yun Shu sent this message to Zuo Ziyi, who then asked, "What does it mean that so many characters are engraved on it, all in classical Chinese?"
Yun Shu replied, "[It means your father is successful and has endless wealth, so he no longer wants to worship his ancestors and has now destroyed their graves. This is written for the ghosts.]"
In ancient times, white jade tablets were used by the emperor. Writing words on them was like an imperial proclamation, which had a certain deterrent effect on ghosts and made them believe the contents of the tablet.
Simply put, it's a magical artifact used to bewitch ghosts. If you place this there, and others come to vandalize your ancestral graves, the ghosts of your ancestors will think it was your father who did it.
Zuo Ziyi: [Holy crap, this is outrageous! We've already repaired our ancestral graves in the last few days and prepared plenty of offerings to apologize to our ancestors, so what are we going to do with this thing?]
Yun Shu: [After repairing the ancestral grave, bring offerings and pay respects to your ancestor. In front of his tomb, use sandpaper to sand off the inscription on the white jade tablet, explaining the specific circumstances. This will neutralize the tablet's effect, allowing the ghost to remember who it was that day.]
Zuo Ziyi: [How can we find out who's behind this? This person almost ruined our family, I won't let him get away with it!]
Yun Shu: [When you come back and burn paper offerings, the after-sales service will have your ancestor come find your father. Then you'll know who's behind this.]
Zuo Ziyi: [Okay!]
After Zuo Ziyi finished talking with Yun Shu, he immediately told his parents, and the whole family obediently followed Yun Shu's method.
After Yun Shu returned to Zuo Ziyi, Lu Shijing drove to the vicinity of the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain.
The two got out of the car. Yun Shu was about to walk towards the Taoist temple when Lu Shijing stopped her and led her to the vicinity of the trunk.
He opened the trunk, took out a baseball bat and handed it to her, then took a golf club for himself.
Yun Shu stared blankly, "What?"
Lu Shijing said with a serious expression, "If you don't know how to use a stick, I have a chainsaw in my car."
Yun Shu quickly snatched his golf club and threw it into the trunk along with the baseball bat. "This is a society governed by law. This is too uncivilized. We'll be invited in for tea."
Lu Shijing: ?
Didn't you say you were going to cause trouble?
Yun Shu helped him close the trunk and walked towards the Taoist temple. Lu Shijing's lips twitched, and he silently followed behind her.
As the two arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple, they heard a conversation.
"Master, this is just a broken bamboo strip, and you're charging me ten thousand yuan? That's too expensive!"
"This is a scepter, a scepter! You big brute, do you even know what a scepter is? This cheapest bamboo scepter was something only officials could use in ancient times!"
"Is this what officials use? That's so shabby!"
"Given your and your rival's status, a bamboo tablet is more than enough. I also have some good ones here; last time I sold a white jade tablet for a million."
In ancient times, a white jade tablet was used by the emperor. Do you think you could afford it? If you can't, then shut up!
"One million? Holy crap, I've never earned that much money in my entire life, and someone actually bought it!"
The Taoist priest in the yellow robe said somewhat impatiently, "There are plenty of rich people in this world. Do you want this bamboo tablet or not?"
"Place this next to your rival's ancestral grave, and dig it up in the middle of the night. I guarantee his family will go bankrupt and be ruined the next day, and you can just wait to get rich!"
"I want it, I want it!"
Standing opposite the Taoist priest was a middle-aged man who looked somewhat disheveled and covered in sand. "There are only two sand quarries in our area. I spent all my savings this year to buy one of them."
As a result, the sand quarry across the street was always working against me, stealing my business, and I was almost bankrupt! If these ten thousand yuan worth of bamboo strips could ruin their sand quarry, that would be a huge win!
When Yun Shu heard the conversation between the two, her eyes darkened. What a coincidence!
It turns out that the shameless official's tablet in Zuo Ziyi's house was sold by this old Taoist priest!
When Yun Shu saw the middle-aged man come out of the Taoist temple, she snatched the bamboo tablet from his hand.
"You brat, you dare steal my things? You're asking for it!"
When the middle-aged man saw Yun Shu snatch the bamboo tablet, he immediately punched her.
He worked hauling sand at the sand dunes year-round, so he was incredibly strong, with bulging muscles in his arms. A punch like that could knock out a little girl's teeth.
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