It was in that ancient tomb where they found a vast treasure, including the invaluable set of Dragon-patterned Jade Ornaments.
According to the inscription in the tomb, it was said that the princess died unexpectedly before getting married, and her grieving parents decided to bury the Coiled Dragon Jade Ornament, which the emperor had bestowed upon them, with her.
Having acquired such treasure, the three brothers were overwhelmingly ecstatic. After dividing the treasures among themselves, they agreed upon selling the jade set at the Ou Family’s Longfeng and splitting the earnings evenly once they got out.
However, unexpectedly, after leaving the tomb and spending a night in an inn on their way back, Lin Huan, who was in charge of the jade set, suddenly disappeared.
Hu Zhixi immediately concluded that Lin Huan was tempted by greed and ran off with it!
"That bastard, if I don’t find him, I won’t be called Hu!" Hu Zhixi, known for his particularly explosive temper, saw Lin Huan flee with the millennium-old jade and immediately left Ou Qichang behind to chase after him.
Ou Qichang could do nothing but take the remaining treasures and return to A City.
After about three months of this, Hu Zhixi finally returned with news that he had not found Lin Huan but had located Lin Huan’s son, who was being fostered by the Ye Family, also known as Phoenix Blue Ink.
Ou Qichang was very surprised to hear this: "Isn’t Phoenix Blue Ink always as elusive as a dragon? How could his son be fostered there?"
Ou Qichang questioned this because Phoenix Blue Ink was the most mysterious figure in this circle, and hardly anyone had ever seen their true faces. However, their reputation was well-known in both underworld and legitimate circles.
Nothing else, but for their family’s unmatched ability to appraise treasures and make astute judgments worth thousands.
Rumor had it that anything handed to them for appraisal, regardless of how mysterious or complex its origin might be, they could discern at a glance without a single mistake.
Because of this, many people on this road respected the family.
Who would have thought that Lin Huan actually knew this family!
"See, I told you, Lin Huan had planned this from early on. What kind of people are the Ye Family? Wouldn’t they have known about that Han tomb long ago? In my opinion, they conspired together to use you and me as pawns, all for the sake of getting that ancient jade set."
"Oh, come on, there’s no ’but’ about it. We just have to go and see for ourselves, don’t we?"
Hu Zhixi, not giving him a chance to hesitate, took him along.
At that time, Ou Qichang was indeed somewhat furious upon hearing this news, considering that the ancient jade set was something for which they had nearly lost their lives.
Following Hu Zhixi to the so-called Ye Family’s place, he expected the legendary Phoenix Blue Ink to be an illustrious and wealthy place, but unexpectedly, the real Phoenix Blue Ink was just an antique shop.
An antique shop that had been there for a long, long time.
And the owner of Phoenix Blue Ink was Ye Shen, Ye Ning’s father, and as for her mother?
She was as ordinary a woman as any. When Ou Qichang and Hu Zhixi arrived at the antique shop, she was in the kitchen making dinner with Ye Ning, who was then only six years old, and Lin Yebai, who was twelve.