diskusbooks Chapter 375 Fairy Fish
Chapter 375 Fairy Fish
Xu Sheng was very alert; upon hearing Xiao Man knock on the door, he got dressed and got out of bed. Xiao Man said someone had poisoned Xu Sheng, who was already standing by the door. Xiao Man said the fish in the pond had been poisoned to death, so Xu Sheng went back to bed.
When Nianyao kicked open the door, Xu Sheng, still half asleep, pulled back the bed curtains, his voice trembling with drowsiness: "Sister-in-law?"
Nianyao said fiercely, "I'll count to three, one, two..."
Before he could even utter the word "three," Xu Sheng pulled Hailuo off the bed with him.
Nianyao sneered: "The two of you don't even take off your clothes when you sleep."
Xu Sheng chuckled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, someone who's always ready to run for their life wouldn't dare to take off my clothes."
Nianyao looked quite fierce, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at the conch: "Come here."
Conch instinctively hid behind Xu Sheng, but feeling too timid, she took a half step away, revealing half her body and half her face: "Say what you have to say, I can hear you."
Nianyao was both annoyed and amused: "What did those fish do to you? Why did you kill them?"
The conch shell straightened its back, making itself appear tough: "You saw that? Falsely accusing someone is against the law?"
Nianyao coldly said, "Those fish are very expensive. If you don't have the money to pay back, you can sell yourself. With your looks, you could be a top courtesan for three to five hundred years."
Three to five hundred years? Do you think he's a monster? Besides, those koi carp aren't that expensive. Do you think he's never seen a fish before?
Conch didn't believe him: "Just tell me how much it costs?"
Nianyao slowly turned her hand, pointing to the grand master's chair: "That chair costs ten thousand taels of silver. It is made of Western Region rosewood, which takes a thousand years to mature, and is carved by the famous carving master Zhu Yonglin."
"It's just a chair?" Conch looked at Xu Sheng: "Really?"
Xu Sheng nodded.
Conch shifted slightly, taking Xu Sheng's arm, looking somewhat uneasy.
Nianyao continued to turn her hand, pointing to the painting on the wall: "That painting is worth 100,000 taels of silver. It's by Giuseppe Traviata, and there's only one like it in the world."
"Just a large lily and a small peony?" Conch asked Xu Sheng, "Really?"
Xu Sheng nodded; how could Xi Zhai's things be fake?
Conch snuggled closer to Xu Sheng and hugged his arm tightly.
Nianyao pointed outside the door: "Those koi fish cost one million taels of silver each."
Even though Hailuo was mentally prepared, she was still shocked: one million? That's outrageous! Even angelfish aren't worth that much?
Nianyao lowered her hand, her tone softening slightly: "Have you heard of Nuwa mending the sky?"
Conch didn't dare to respond casually, and looked at Nianyao without saying a word.
Nianyao said, "Gonggong angrily struck Buzhou Mountain, breaking the pillar of heaven and shattering the Jade Pool. The koi carp of the Jade Pool swam downstream to Kunlun Pool, but after Nuwa mended the sky, they could not return. It took my grandmother three years and 30,000 miles to transport them to Bianjing and raise them in the pool."
Xiaoman and Dongzhi looked down in shock at the colorful koi in the basket.
Luo An listened to Nian Yao's serious nonsense and turned away to hide his laughter.
What kind of place is this? Everything here is so mysterious: sandalwood from the Western Regions that takes a thousand years to grow, a painting that is unique in the whole world, and koi from the Jade Pool.
The conch shell, its gaze vacant, shifted from the armchair to the painting and then to the basket outside the door, about to burst into tears.
At the critical moment, Xu Sheng blurted out, "I can afford to pay for it."
A loud cry got stuck in his throat, which he swallowed with difficulty by the conch shell. He looked at Xu Sheng with teary eyes, feeling both wronged and pitiful.
Mr. Xu affirmed, "I can afford to pay for it."
Conch's trust in Xu Sheng had surpassed her trust in the goddess. He spoke with confidence and disdain: "It's just one million taels of silver per piece, I can afford it."
His expression and tone were overly arrogant, even Xu Sheng looked at him in surprise.
Conch panicked immediately and asked in a low voice, "Can you really afford to pay for it?"
Xu Sheng nodded, and the conch shell raised its head high.
Luo An said, "Pay up now."
Xu Sheng began to calculate the accounts: "Last time..."
"Master!" Two disciples of the medical manor, dressed in blue robes with square-holed gold coins hanging from their waists, rushed over and knelt down in front of Luo An. "Master, Senior Sister, Senior Sister... is gone!"