Chapter 5 — Stealing Purple Qi to Exchange Peach Blossoms

7 My scream caused the movements on Tham Thanh Chau's hand to stop. He looked at me suspiciously.

“Not sold yet?”

The master immediately reacted and continued:

"That's right! Not sold yet! Such a precious thing, how could we bear to sell it?"

The anger in Tham Thanh Chau's eyes slightly decreased.

“So where is the jade pendant?”

My master and I looked at each other. Where are you? Lying in the black market boss's chest. I rolled my eyes and quickly thought of an idea.

“The jade pendant has been served by us!”

I pointed towards the main hall of the temple.

"We specially made a tablet for that jade pendant, worshiping it day and night, to commemorate the great National Teacher's kindness!"

The teacher immediately understood.

"That's right, that's right. Every day we offer three sticks of incense to the jade pendant, praying for the National Teacher to have a smooth and prosperous future!"

The two monks spoke with great sincerity. Tham Thanh Chau's face softened a lot.

“Let me take a look.”

He still doesn't completely believe it. In my heart, I cry endlessly. Now where should I go to find a piece of jade pendant for him? I gritted my teeth and led Tham Thanh Chau towards the main hall. As he walked, he winked at his master. Master understood, quietly slowed down a few steps and then slipped into the back room. I took Tham Thanh Chau to the main hall. In the main hall, Patriarch Tam Thanh is worshiped. Tham Thanh Chau looked around and frowned.

“Where is the jade pendant?”

“This…”

We begin to prolong the time.

"Sir National Teacher, please see if our statue of Tam Thanh is extremely lucky or not? This is a special invitation from us..."

“Jade pendant.”

Tham Thanh Chau interrupted, his tone not very friendly. My forehead started to sweat. Why hasn't master come back yet? Just when I was about to be unable to continue making up stories, the master walked out of the back hall carrying a tray covered with a red cloth. His face was solemn and solemn.

“Sir National Teacher, your magic weapon is here.”

Tham Thanh Chau looked towards the tray. Even I am curious. Master, where do you find jade pendants? Master walked to the altar and carefully placed the tray down. Then, the person slowly lifted the red cloth. In the middle of the tray was quietly placed a piece of jade. That piece of jade is blue in color, the jade is transparent, and as soon as you look at it, you can tell it is of great value. But the problem is... The jade pendant Tham Thanh Chau gave me is a white jade egg. My heart is half cold. This time it's really been exposed. Tham Thanh Chau's face also immediately sank.

“This is not my jade pendant.”

The master's face remained unchanged. The person pointed at the blue jade pendant, his expression pained.

“Your Majesty, you don't know.”

"Since you left, A Nguyet... No, Linh Nguyet Taoist leader became sick with love and every day he washed his face with tears."

The master started the performance.

“He cried every day hugging your jade pendant, crying to the point of being extremely pitiful.”

The person wiped the corner of his eyes that didn't have any tears.

“As a result, your piece of white jade was dyed blue by its tears.”

Ta: “…” Tham Thanh Chau: “…” The whole main hall sank into deathly silence. I looked at my master and was so impressed that I just wanted to kneel on the ground. This lie really opened its mouth, it had absolutely no logic, but was full of strong conviction paralysis. Tham Thanh Chau was so choked up by this turn of events that he couldn't say anything for half a day. He looked at the green jade pendant, then looked at me. His eyes were filled with doubt, shock, and an... unbelievable wavering. ## 8 Tham Thanh Chau looked at the emerald piece and fell silent for a long time. It seemed he was seriously thinking about the possibility that a person could use tears to dye white jade blue. I stood next to him, not even daring to breathe loudly. Master still kept his sad expression, as if he himself believed the lie just now. After a long time, Tham Thanh Chau finally opened his mouth. His voice was a bit dry.

“Really?”

The teacher nodded sadly.

"It's absolutely true. This piece of jade is what we call 'Tuong Tu Le'."

I almost couldn't breathe. Even the name is already set. Tham Thanh Chau stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch the jade pendant, but in the end he withdrew his hand. His expression was extremely complicated. There is anger at being deceived, but more is the surprise and emotion of someone who has just discovered "so you love me so deeply". He's hooked. The big rock in my heart has finally fallen.

“Sir National Teacher, what happened before was something we did not do right.”

I took the opportunity, took a step forward and performed the ceremony.

"We deceived him, truly committing a heinous crime. But our respect for him can be witnessed by the sun and the moon."

I pointed to the emerald piece.

“This piece of 'Tuong Tu Le' is the proof."

Tham Thanh Chau looked at me, his eyes gradually changed. No longer pure anger, but mixed with grief, regret and a little guilt. What did he imagine?