Book 1 - Chapter 7 – Jade Annulus of the He Clan (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 7 – Jade Annulus of the He Clan
Song shi+dao prepared a banquet in the dining cabin, simple yet impressive There was another couple in attendance The man was around forty, but the hair on his entire head hite; he also wore a long silvery color beautiful beard, but oddly he did not look old at all His bearing was elegant, bold and heroic, like an important character of a sect or a prominent family, yet his manner was very modest and polite
The woman looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six, rather flirtatious Her attitude toward the man was very intimate, plus both her countenance and her physique were extre other people a rather uneasy feeling She re Breeze Courtyard, but naturally her beauty was far superior to so shi+dao’s introduction, turned out theClan, the Silver Beard Song Lu, whose creation, the set of ‘Silver Dragon Cane Techniques’ was fatze River] He was Song shi+dao’s [younger] uncle, one of the core-leaders of the Song Clan
The wo Lu, but nothing wasshi+dao wanted to introduce the three people, he suddenly realized that he did not even know these three’s surna situation, Fu Junchuo indifferently introduced thehed and said, “The person who imparted Miss’ internal skill obviously has first-classwith exoticism I wonder which superior master instructed such a brilliant character like Miss?”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were secretly speechless; this h they had never heard Song Lu’s naure; hence his eyesight was very sharp, hisThey could not help but adaze was actuallyLu immediately had a favorable impression toward theive round”
Liu Jing cast a sidelong glance toward the two boys with her as-clear-as-shallow-autudi look i and tall, why haven’t you practice Miss Fu’s martial art skill? I wonder what is your relation to Miss Fu?”
Kou Zhong stuck his chest out and clearing his throat he said, “We two brothers are ready to train our Niang’s first-class ’s co shi+dao’s eyes fell on Fu Junchuo’s infinitely beautiful and tender body; with a changed countenance he asked, “Your Niang?”
Fu Junchuo’s charry stare at Kou Zhong, she said in embarrassment, “Don’t listen to these two little de’”
Xu Ziling rubbed his story”
Liu Jing could not help laughing so hard that her body shook continuously But Song shi+dao and Song Lu, uncle and nepheere baffled They could not figure out the real relationshi+p between this stunning beauty and the two little de like a lecher, Fu Junchuo felt a strange jealousy creeping into her heart With a cold snort she said, “If you dare to babble nonsense again, let’s see if I … if I …”
Casting his doubt aside, Song shi+dao said, “Miss Fu and Xiao Xiongdi, please co roo and Xu Ziling were youngsters after all; seeing Song shi+dao treated them with respect, their jealousy diminished considerably Plus they saw on the table was a su ‘rarities from theroohu etiquette
By this ti shi+dao was already able to round; hence he did not mind them too much He politely invited Fu Junchuo to take a seat, and then Song shi+dao and Song Lu took their seat as the host on either side of her Liu Jing sat next to Song Lu, followed by Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling
Two attendants immediately rushed forward to fill everybody’s cup ine Fu Junchuo said, “I have never e, they ought not to drink wine as well So gentle and Xu Ziling were dying to have a taste of fine wine; hearing her, naturally they were quite disappointed, and it showed clearly on their faces
Fu Junchuo was inwardly very pleased; she was finally able to put these two lecherous little dehed, “In that case, let’s everybody not drink wine Xiao Jing [little Jing], do you have any problehed tenderly, “How can qie [I, your servant; deprecatory self-reference for women] have any problem? I adi”
Kou Zhong stuck his chest out, “A leader can submit or can stand tall as required We can drink, we can not drink How can there be any proble family people were accustomed to spend their ti and s to make do in spite of adversity, yet they did not wish to expose theed the subject
Apparently Song Lu was a food connoisseur; he casually introduced each dish on the table, and talked about the art of cooking Listening to hi, whose tury, were stupefied Their hands, however, did not stay idle; they attacked the vegetable and meat dishes systematically in a sweep-clean operation
Fu Junchuo was not interested in the food, she only ate two strips of Chinese cabbage, and already put her chopsticks down Her jade countenance was still as calm as the water, her beauty really looked like Guanyin Bodhisattva descending to earth
Theshi+dao looked at her, theLu indicated that she may have come from outside the Central Earth, he felt like his heart was pierced by a sharp thorn, because their Song Clan had a strict rule against inter beauty was really of a different tribe, unless he illing to abandon his faether by fate
Liu Jing did not dare to either co, two boys’ tableWith a s the dishes clean like the wind sweeping the clouds From time to time she even picked the dish for them and served them attentively
After the attendants took away the bowls and the dishes, Song Lu personally served everybody tea
Noticing that Fu Junchuo was not interested in talking about food, Song Lu changed the subject, “Miss Fu, I wonder if you have deep understanding of our Central Earth’sshi+dao i Lu was able to see his infatuation toward Fu Junchuo, hence he tried to test her to verify whether she was indeed of a different tribe, while at the sa shi+dao to kill his heart
Fu Junchuo responded ee froin?”
Song shi+dao’s handsoetically said, “Please forgive the Ol’ Song for being rude and i if Miss has ever heard about thethe He Clan’s jade annulus?” In the end he was still an old fox; in a roundabout way he was still testing where Fu Junchuo ca raised his hand and said, “I heard about it King Zhaoxiang of Qin exchanged fifteen cities for King Huiwen of Zhao’s ‘subduing the nation’ treasure, the He Clan’s jade annulus The Zhao King sent Lin Xiangru [c 3rd century BC, a famous statesman of Zhao] to escort the He Clan’s jade annulus to see the Qin King The Ol’ Lin handled the jade annulus belonging to other people in a stupid way Fortunately the Qin King wasthe He Clan’s jade annulus back to Zhao This is called so the jade annulus to Zhao’” [Chinese idiohtful owner’]
Everybody was laughing Liu Jing laughed the hardest Pointing to Kou Zhong, she asked, “So what happened to the He Clan’s jade annulus afterwards?”
Fu Junchuo was grateful in her heart; she knew that Kou Zhong was afraid she could not answer the question, hence he rushed in to answer it for her, while at the same time she was startled by this ‘son’s quick wit
It was only because he had heard Bai Lao Fuzi [See Chapter 1] telling the story of ‘returning the jade annulus to Zhao’ that he had so to say As for how it returned to Zhao and what happened afterwards, he had no idea “I am afraid only Laotianye [God/Heaven] knows,” he said in ehed even harder that her body shook all over as she leaned toward Song Lu; her seductive appearance greithout restraint
Seeing the kid was able to hter and looked so carefree, Song Lu was happy Mo on Fu Junchuo’s background He patiently explained, “Later on this He Clan’s jade annulus ended in Qin shi+huang’s[1] hand He ordered Li Si[2] to co’ [lit to beco life and eternal well-being Wikipedia translation: ‘Having received the Mandate fro and prosperous life’], eight characters in seal script that look like birds and bugs, and have jade and stone craftsrave the jade annulus Thereupon the He Clan’s jade annulus has beco showed an ‘oh, so that’s how it is’ look on their faces
Song shi+dao was afraid Song LuFu Junchuo, he continued, “After Han founder Liu Bang[3] overthrew the Great Qin Dynasty [221-207BC], Qin King, Ziying offered the He Clan’s jade annulus to Liu Bang Liu Bang called it the Iuo xi, seal of state that was passed on] Henceforth the He Clan’s jade annulus beca Mang[4] intended to seize the throne, he sent his younger brother wang Shun to Changle Palace to de Ery and threw it to the floor; as a result the corner broke wang Mang ordered a goldsold Henceforth He Clan’s jade annulus also had another elegant na, first emperor of China, 259-210BC
[2] Li Si, (c 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and Pridom and Qin dynasty fro (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who becaned 207-195 BC
[4] wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
Chapter 7, Part 2
HPC, Anh, you are welcoth If I set ed, because it's almost four weeks, and we are still about 60-70 of Book 1 Butet is Book 1 by Christmas (which I am optimistic I will be able to accomplish), and then Book 2 by Lunar New Year Let's see ill happen
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “This story must be fake; if He Clan’s jade annulus was thrown really hard like that, how could it not shatter?”
Song Lu e [little brother] certainly has clear understanding like deities, but this story is absolutely true It was because the jade was not an ordinary jade In those years, a Chu[5] shan [Hubei] to chop firewood He saw a beautiful phoenix perched on a piece of bluestone Recalling that ‘phoenix don’t perch on anything that is not a treasure’ he concluded that this bluestoneLi of Chu Who would have thought that all precious stone craftsmen of the Chu court pointed out that the stone Bian He presented was an ordinary stone? In his anger King of Chu chopped his left foot and expelled hied When King Wu ascended the throne, again he presented the treasure, this ti Wen ascended the throne, he heard about this ht back to the Palace He ordered the artisans to carve and polish with utmost care, and cut open the stone Fro and translucent, bright and clean, wonderful treasure that was out-of-this-world In honor of Bian He, henceforth it was called He shi+ Bi [jade disc of He]”
[Translator’s note: Wikipedia has a full entry on He shi+ Bi in English, enwikipediaorg/wiki/He_shi+_Bi]
Song shi+dao said, “If it were ordinary jade, it’s impossible for the Chu court’s precious stone craftsmen not to know it Their mistake was to think it was an ordinary stone Moreover, precious stones have never been found on Mount Jingshan Evidently He Clan’s jade annulus was totally different from other jade or precious stones Also, it was the first ti treasure was discovered; therefore, nobody recognized it Being thron to the ground and broke only one corner clearly demonstrated He Clan’s jade annulus’ extraordinary property”
This time, even Fu Junchuo showed interest She asked, “What actually is the He Clan’s jade annulus?”
It was the very first ti shi+dao was secretly very happy; he gladly explained, “According to our Song Faend froical stone that came fro secret, only nobody knohat the secret is”