step on mountains and rivers

At night, in the courtyard of the West Lake, Tang Qingfeng, Li Zhenwu, and Lu Qing were eating sea bass hot pot around the table. The three of them had a lot of harvest in the afternoon and caught several big fish. He was slowly sent to the front of the three of them.While eating hot pot, the three of them talked about what happened after they left the Wuxian Clan.

"Soul-absorbing grass?" Lu Qing asked.

"Well, it's a hallucinogenic and highly addictive medicinal herb from the Western Regions." Li Zhenwu explained, and then told him about Bashu.

"I see, it's a pity that he ran away." Lu Qing ate a slice of fish with satisfaction in his eyes.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the two of them and said, "Sisheng Palace is acting secretly, everyone should be more careful."

"Yeah." The two nodded.

At this moment, Jiang Ling's voice came from the door:

"Old Tang! You have delicious food, but you didn't wait for me!"

"It's really time for you to come." Tang Qingfeng said: "Sit down. There are many more."

"That's good." Jiang Ling smiled and sat beside Lu Qing, eating fish fillets with big mouthfuls.

"What's the matter?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"It's too difficult." Jiang Ling said, took another sip of wine and said, "It's strange that she still refuses to like Heimu after giving her so many things."

"I'm curious, why do you and Heimu think that if you give her something, she will like Heimu?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Huh? She said so." Jiang Ling said.

"Are you sure?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Of course, Kuroki asked her, and she said that she wanted someone who was mature, stable, talented and had some assets, so that she could be happy in the future." Jiang Ling said.

"So, you are desperately buying things for him?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"She said she liked it, so Heimu bought it for him. How do I know? Heimu said that he wanted to make her happy, and Heimu would do what she said." Jiang Ling said, "However, he really liked Heimu Much better."

"From this point of view, she should start to like Heimu." Li Zhenwu said.

"I think so too." Jiang Ling said, ate another piece of fish, then looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked, "What do you think?"

"I, I'll wait for your good news." Tang Qingfeng glanced at him with a smile, and he was blanching fish fillets for Li Zhenwu while talking.

"Okay, Old Tang, you guys just play first, and wait for my good news." Jiang Ling said confidently.

After several people finished their meal, Jiang Ling suddenly remembered something, so he said to Tang Qingfeng:

"By the way, there is an auction tomorrow, Miss Hua wants to invite you to go together."

"Invite us? We are meeting for the first time, and we are not familiar with her. What are you inviting us to do?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"She said that you are my friends, and the auction house has something good tomorrow, so she invited you to go with me." Jiang Ling replied.

"Good stuff? What is it?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"I don't know, she didn't say anything," Jiang Ling replied.

"Really." Tang Qingfeng thought for a while, looked at Li Zhenwu and asked, "Does Zhenwu want to go?"

Li Zhenwu looked at Tang Qingfeng, and said slowly:

"Well, I don't know if there will be a raw jade stone."

"What does Zhenwu want the Lingyu raw stone for?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"I want to make a safe pendant for Master, but I haven't found a suitable spirit stone." Li Zhenwu said.

"Well, then let's go to the auction to see if there is a suitable Lingshi auction." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Well, I think so too." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Okay, no matter what you want to buy, in short, you agree. Then I will tell Heimu later to make arrangements early." Jiang Ling said.

"Huh? It's so late, are you leaving?" Lu Qing asked.

"Well, I'm worried about leaving Heimu alone. If he runs away, where can I find the Mo family?" Jiang Ling said.

"So, you are afraid that he will run away, so you follow Hua Yuefu every day?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Otherwise? If it wasn't for him, the matter wouldn't be so troublesome." Jiang Ling waved his hand and said, "I'll go first."

"Okay." Tang Qingfeng replied.

After the three of them watched Jiang Ling leave, they each went to rest.

The next day, several people arrived at the agreed place early, and the three of them waited for a long time before seeing Hua Yuefu walking slowly with Jiang Ling and Hei Mu.Just arrived, Hua Yuefu looked at Tang Qingfeng with a smile and said:

"Sorry, we're late."

"No problem." Tang Qingfeng replied, "Let's go."

The few people walked into the auction house together after talking. The auction house in Hangzhou is very large. The wide hall is filled with seats. In front of the chairs is a large auction stage. The auctioneers are preparing something on the stage. The people who were sitting down were already almost seated. After a few people found their seats and sat down, the auction began.

The people on the stage took out an old-fashioned golden horse and said, "Western Han gilt horse, the starting price is 1 taels. Please start bidding."

"5000 taels!"

"8000 taels!"

"2 taels!"

"3 taels!"

Bidding came one after another, and the Western Han gilt horse was finally sold at a price of 3 taels.

Then the people from the auction house took out a palm-sized rough Lingyu stone. They ordered people to close the doors and windows, and then took out a lamp to shine on the rough stone. The originally dark Lingyu rough stone instantly turned into a piece of ice. Blue, in the dark room, exudes orchid white light, like a bright pearl, illuminating the entire venue.

Li Zhenwu looked at the Lingshi on the stage, so dazed that Tang Qingfeng didn't hear him calling him.

He didn't come back to his senses until the people from the auction house opened the doors and windows and the light disappeared.

"Zhenwu wants that spirit stone?" Seeing him fascinated, Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded.

At this moment, the people from the auction house spoke slowly:

"Xishan Lingyu, the whole body is blue and flawless, and the starting price is 1000 taels."

"One thousand and five hundred taels." Li Zhenwu said.

"2000 taels!" said one person

"Two thousand, five hundred taels!" Another person said

"3000 taels." Li Zhenwu said.

Afterwards, the two stopped bidding. Although the spirit stone was good, it was too small. 3000 taels was already the peak price. If they continued to bid, they would lose money.

"3000 taels once, 3000 taels twice, 3000 taels......" The auctioneer hadn't finished speaking,

Hua Yuefu interrupted him and said, "5000 taels!"

"Oh! The shot is so ruthless, which lady is it?" Passerby A said

"At this price, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn back with two spirit stones." Passer-by B said

"You don't care what she does, the rich people are stupid and have a lot of money," passer-by C said.

"She seems to be the daughter of the boat company. Her name is, oh, Hua Yuefu." Passer-by Ding said.

"No wonder, such a big deal." Passerby A said.

Everyone said something to each other, and the auction was as lively as a vegetable market.

"Everyone be quiet." The people from the auction house stopped the noise of the crowd and said:

"5000 taels, this lady offered 5000 taels, is there anyone asking? 5000 taels once, 5000 taels twice, 5000 two or three times! Cheng......"

"Wait a minute" Just as the person from the auction house was about to drop the hammer, a deep male voice stopped him.

The people from the auction house just wanted to make a deal, but they were interrupted again, so they felt very upset.He looked at the person who interrupted him slightly angrily, but he saw the person speak slowly:

"1 million taels."

With a sound of swipe, after hearing the bid, the crowd immediately turned their gazes to Tang Qingfeng, and saw the handsome young man looking at Hua Yuefu with a smile on his face and asked politely:

"Miss Hua, do you want to add more?"

Hua Yuefu listened to Tang Qingfeng's question, looked at Tang Qingfeng with a smile and said:

"I like this rough stone very much, why does Mr. Tang stop me?"

Tang Qingfeng looked at her, smiled and replied:

"Oh, that's really a coincidence. My friend also likes this stone very much. Naturally, I won't let it go. If the girl insists on grabbing it, you can give it a try."

"You," Hua Yuefu almost cursed after hearing Tang Qingfeng's words. Since she was a child, she has never been unable to get what she wanted, and someone dared to snatch it from her.

"I'll pay 2 taels!" Hua Yuefu stared at Tang Qingfeng and said fiercely.

"Oh my god, Miss Hua is crazy." After hearing her words, the crowd exploded.

Tang Qingfeng still looked at her with a smile, and then slowly said:

"Miss Hua, I don't like wasting time very much."

As he said that, he looked at the people in the auction house and said, "10 taels."

As soon as the words came out, not only everyone present, but even Li Zhenwu and the others were shocked.

"Old Tang, are you crazy?" Jiang Ling said. "That's not how money is spent."

"Lao Jiang, don't worry about it." Tang Qingfeng looked at Hua Yuefu with a smile and said, "How about it? Do you want to add more?"

Hua Yuefu was also shocked by Tang Qingfeng's financial resources, 10 taels was her entire net worth, and it was definitely not worth it for this small stone.She looked at Tang Qingfeng silently, her eyes were full of anger and unwillingness, and she didn't raise the price again.

Everyone in the venue was shocked and speechless, and the people from the auction house seemed to be afraid of Tang Qingfeng's repentance, and immediately settled the decision, and lamented that these rich kids are really stupid and rich.

Everyone was shocked by the auction just now, so that there were very few bidders in the next auction. The people in the auction house thought that there would be a few more idiots like Tang Qingfeng, and they would make a lot of money.But until the end of the auction, the items were sold at normal prices.

Tang Qingfeng went to the auction house to pay the money, and after getting the original stone, he handed it to Li Zhenwu.Li Zhenwu looked at the original stone, then at Tang Qingfeng and said:

"Brother Tang, this Lingshi is not worth 10 taels."

"It's okay, doesn't Zhenwu want it?" Tang Qingfeng replied with a smile.

"Brother Tang......Thank you." Li Zhenwu looked at Tang Qingfeng and said softly.

"You're welcome." Tang Qingfeng smiled back.

"Old Tang, I know you are generous, and you are too generous. Discuss with Miss Hua, maybe she will let you." Jiang Ling persuaded Tang Qingfeng when he saw how extravagant he was.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the direction Hua Yuefu left, and said slowly, "No need."

"I don't think she will let it go. If she hadn't inserted it suddenly, the spirit stone would have belonged to Brother Li long ago." Lu Qing said.

"Hey, forget it, that's it, I'll go and see the black wood. As for the Lingshi, Brother Li wants it anyway, so I'll buy it if I buy it." Jiang Ling said: "You guys are making Miss Hua unhappy, I'm out of luck Yes, hey!" Jiang Ling shook his head while talking, and chased after him.

"Jiangling, wait a minute." Lu Qing said and followed suit.

Tang Qingfeng ignored him, looked at Li Zhenwu and asked:

"Zhenwu, do you want to go to the carving workshop?"

"No need." Li Zhenwu shook his head and explained, "Taoist spiritual jade needs to be carved by oneself and instilled with internal strength to have spiritual energy."

"Okay, then let's go back." After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, he and Li Zhenwu went back to the West Lake Courtyard.

After returning to the other courtyard, Li Zhenwu has been carving the spirit stone, while Tang Qingfeng is drinking tea in the hall boredly. After three hours, Li Zhenwu finally finished carving.The ice blue round pendant engraved with cloud patterns exudes a faint light in Li Zhenwu's hand.

He looked at Lingyu, walked out the door, and came to the hall.

"Zhenwu." Seeing him coming out, Tang Qingfeng brought him a cup of tea, he took it and drank it, then handed the spirit jade in his hand to Tang Qingfeng and said:

"Brother Tang, this is for you. The design and style are modeled after the one on me. If it's not done well, don't be disgusted with it, Brother Tang."

Tang Qingfeng took the Lingyu, and a burst of warm breath came from where he started.He could feel that it was Li Zhenwu's inner breath.He looked at Lingyu, then at Li Zhenwu and asked:

"Here, didn't Zhenwu want to give it to Master? Why did you give it to me?"

"I made two. Master didn't like patterns, so I left him the plain one. As for Brother Tang, I don't know what pattern you like, so I made a similar one based on my own. Brother Tang thinks How?" Li Zhenwu said.

"Very beautiful, I like it very much." Tang Qingfeng put Lingyu under his clothes, looked at Li Zhenwu and said softly, "Thank you, Zhenwu."

"Brother Tang, you're welcome. You paid for the spirit stone." Li Zhenwu said.

"The money bought back is just a piece of stone. It is Zhenwu who carved it with his heart to make such a beautiful spirit jade." Tang Qingfeng smiled.

"Brother Tang is too famous. If he is a skilled craftsman, it will be better." Li Zhenwu said.

"No matter how good the style is, if there is no intention, it is just a piece of beautiful jade." Tang Qingfeng said: "When Zhenwu carved this spirit stone, he must have put his heart and soul into it. That's all, this spirit jade is the best thing in the world."

"En." Li Zhenwu nodded in agreement, and the master also said similar things, Lingyu doesn't care about beauty or ugliness, but only in the heart of the sculptor.When he sculpted, he poured all the good things into the spirit stone, praying for Master and Tang Qingfeng to have a safe, smooth and happy life.In this way, this spirit jade can be regarded as the best thing.