Chapter 12: Dragon and Tiger Jade

  Long Xilan was shocked and confused all of a sudden.

  That snowy night, she had clearly driven away the red-dressed female ghost on Zhang Liu's body, how could she have died?

  "How could Zhang Dage have died?"

  He buried his head and replied with great embarrassment: "Aye, little brother, don't ask me anymore. You coming to ask me these things at this hour of the night is simply trying to take my life!"

  Long Xilan couldn't help it and didn't dare scare him again, so she turned around and jumped into the haystack where she had slept that day, rummaging through something.

  "Hey little brother, what are you looking for?"

  "I was staying in this stable with Zhang Dage a few days ago, and I left in a hurry without bringing some things." She had come from Tianling Town to the capital, and all her luggage and clothes were inside. These weren't important, what was important was that there was an ancestral dragon and tiger white jade in the luggage, which her father had given to her before she left, along with her mother's silver hairpin. Now the hairpin was left at the Ji residence, and she had lost the jade pendant again, how could she face her grandfather?

  The groom heard this and immediately distanced himself, declaring: "I took over here, but nothing was left!"

  "Have you ever heard Zhang Dage mention it?" Her bundle was placed in the hay, and that night she didn't come back. Zhang Liu should have received it too.

  "Hey, are you kidding me? I only got this job because that old man suddenly passed away. What could he possibly say to me?" Look at her asking one question after another, the other person's tone has completely turned bad!

  But this was really important to Long Xilan, she reached out and touched her body, thinking of finding some money to buy people's hearts, but she had just left the Ji family, where would she have money? The only thing she had was the jewelry on her body, which was extremely valuable.

  She took out one of the gold-inlaid purple swan earrings and stuffed it into his hand: "Big brother, I've disturbed you tonight, this is all I have!"

  The other person's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, "People die for money, but I'm curious: how did a big old man like you get your hands on this thing?"

  She replied with an unchanged expression: "Big brother, this thing is very valuable. Where I got it from is my business. If you think it's worth taking, then take it. Little brother only has one request, if big brother wants to exchange it for money, it's best not to do so within the capital city."

  After hearing this, the man put away the earring and stuffed it into his clothes.

  Long Xilan had seen from his face that this person was extremely greedy for wealth. Even if he knew the earrings were stolen, he would absolutely not refuse them.

  After enjoying such benefits, he coughed lightly and pulled Long Xilan to one side, whispering: "I don't know what happened to Zhang Liu, but I heard the innkeeper mention that a few days before Zhang Liu's incident, he obtained a treasure. When he was drinking, he took it out to show off, it was a jade pendant. Because of its strange shape, everyone present remembered it!"

  Long Xilan hastily asked: "Is it a white jade pendant that resembles both a dragon and a tiger?"

  The other person thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It seems so, but at that time, when he took it out, a Taoist who was traveling around had warned him that it was an ancient object, ordinary people couldn't touch it, and asked Zhang Liu to sell it to him. After Zhang Liu knew that the jade pendant was a treasure, he naturally refused. The Taoist left with harsh words, saying that within three days, Zhang Liu would have a disaster. Zhang Liu was still scolding the Taoist in the wine house, but didn't expect... before the three days were up... he died at home!"

  So it was Zhang Liu who took her jade pendant.

  That jade pendant is indeed an ancient magical artifact, but Long Xilan didn't know that it could also harm people's lives.

  So she turned and asked: "Did that Taoist appear later?"