Yuehu City was only bustling with activity during clan meetings and on important days, so it wasn't very prosperous.
However, there were more people, especially those who thought that they were extremely powerful. Naturally, there would be some entertainment that they couldn't take out.
Although there weren't any brothels, brothels, or gambling dens outside, there would still be people bringing some singers and dancers over at this time.
Some shrewd businessmen would also choose this time to bring their most beautiful men and women here to do business.
Don't underestimate it. It would only be a few days.
One had to know that during this time, the competition between the clans was especially intense.
Over time, every time they came here to compete for wealth, it became a pastime for these people when they were bored.
It just so happened that one of the items was to bid for the most beautiful flower maidens.
However, money wasn't enough. They also had to take out their most valuable treasures and wantonly destroy and ruin them. This was a despicable method to show off their wealth.
Lin Mengya originally thought that there wouldn't be any valuable treasures in a relatively isolated place like the aboriginals.
However, in fact, when the aboriginals were prosperous, many treasures were sold by those businessmen from thousands of miles away to this place.
However, after all these years of destruction, most of the clans only had a few treasures left in their hands, which were also used as family heirlooms.
However, for the Pei family, they had a lot of treasures in their hands.
Lin Mengya was dressed in a light green chiffon dress. Her face was covered by a hood, revealing only her eyes. She followed behind Huo Xiao, who was also in disguise.
They called this behavior of wantonly destroying treasures "jade breaking."
To put it bluntly, it was a group of people trying to look impressive.
As for the treasures that were damaged, they became the temporary victims of these people's fighting spirit.
Before the jade breaking, the participating clans would display the treasures that they were about to destroy for two days.
This was just to make more people feel that it was a pity.
The more precious and rare a treasure was, the more people would feel that it was a pity and even feel heartache.
But what was the use of that?
Weren't the treasures in the eyes of these ordinary people just toys for the children of the aristocratic families to play with?
Lin Mengya couldn't judge this kind of squandering behavior.
From her point of view, such a brainless and disadvantageous act of competing for wealth would not bring any benefits other than earning a so-called reputation for herself.
When it came to showing off, her achievements were once brilliant.
But in the end, she turned those false reputations into the most practical benefits, and received ten times, or even dozens of times the returns.
Therefore, she was only investing before, which was fundamentally different from the brainless behavior of these people.
She followed behind Huo Xiao and looked at them one by one.
All the treasures that were about to be damaged would be hung on large floats and displayed by various beauties.
At the very front were some very ordinary and exquisite works of art.
It could be seen that some of them were antiques, while others had extremely high collection values due to the rarity of the materials or craftsmanship.
Although these things could be considered precious, it wasn't unacceptable for them to be destroyed.
However, the ones that appeared later on were even more precious.
"Look at that Winter Plum Blossom Painting!"
"This … If I'm not mistaken, isn't this the true work of Esteemed Taiqing from three hundred years ago?"
"It's true! Hiss … These prodigal sons! Do they know that this thing is already at a sky-high price outside now? "
"What a sin!"
From time to time, exclamations could be heard from the crowd.
According to what Lin Mengya had heard, there were calligraphy and paintings, rare antiques, and some treasures that had been passed down from generation to generation, which were priceless in the outside world.
It could be said that if any one of these items were taken out casually, they would be fought over by those aristocratic families. They could all be treated as family heirlooms.
One should know that sometimes they collected these things not only for appreciation, but also to increase their family's heritage, to educate their descendants, and to bring glory to their family.
It could be said that if these treasures were destroyed, those who really loved these things would be heartbroken.
"This ancient book seems to be written by Perfected Misty Mountain, right?"
Among the crowd, there was a knowledgeable person who immediately recognized an ancient book.
Lin Mengya could feel Huo Xiao's body tensing up.
It seemed that this should be something from the Huo family.
Huo Xiao had been staring at the ancient book, and the expression in his eyes kept changing.
There was pain, nostalgia, reminiscence, and even a touch of envy in his eyes.
There were people around them, and they wisely kept quiet.
After the parade's float had passed, most of the people left with the float. The surroundings suddenly became empty.
Huo Xiao stared at the float with his fists clenched.
Fortunately, people like him were not rare. Even if others saw him, they would only think that he was feeling sorry for those treasures.
Only Lin Mengya could feel Huo Xiao's anger and patience.
"That belongs to your grandfather, right?" She asked softly.
Huo Xiao nodded and slowly exhaled. Then, he let go of his aching hands.
"That ancient book is a token of love from my grandfather to my grandmother. It is a collection of poems written by a great poet from the previous dynasty."
Everyone thought that his grandfather was a strict and old-fashioned man, but little did they know that he was very gentle and devoted to his wife.
Perhaps, devotion was a tradition of the Huo family that was engraved in their bones.
It was just like how Uncle Huo could not forget his wife even though he had lost his memory and his identity was forcibly changed.
Huo Xiao's grandfather was also an extremely romantic man.
The name of the collection was' Shallow Clouds'.
Coincidentally, it was his grandmother's maiden name.
It was a beautiful coincidence. After all, his grandmother was born into a very rough military family. Even the names of the other siblings were decided by their parents by drawing lots.
Only his grandmother.
She was a young girl who bore everyone's blessings and expectations, but was born with a disability. Even her name was decided by his grandmother's family after deliberating for half a month.
She was like a light cloud in the sky, but fell on the hearts of everyone who loved her.
His grandmother's health was poor, and his father passed away when he was still a teenager.
But she was happy and had no regrets in her life.
After his grandmother passed away, this book, 'Shallow Clouds', became his grandfather's only memory.
Huo Xiao would always remember that the first poem he recited when he was enlightened was' Shallow Clouds'.
When he was young, he thought that the poem was too soft and beautiful. But later on, he realized that it was his grandfather's love for his grandmother.
Later on, this book of poems followed his grandfather for half his life. Just like his grandmother, it never left his side, always accompanying him.
When he escaped from the Huo family, he had thought about taking this poetry book with him.
But at the time, he
But he couldn't find it.
He thought it was because he was in too much of a hurry and he was too young that he missed it.
But now, the ancient book that his grandfather regarded as his life had become a toy for these people to tease!
How could he tolerate this?
"No matter what, I must get the ancient book back!"
He was furious, and his voice was cold.
However, Lin Mengya could not help but frown after hearing about the origin of the poetry anthology.
She looked at the departing crowd with a strange and complicated expression.
"Come back with me first."
"No! I must get it back! "Huo Xiao was very insistent.
"I will think of a way to help you, but for now, you must listen to me."
With her back to the crowd, she wrapped her arms tightly around Huo Xiao's arm.
"Let's go first. I'm afraid it's a trap!"
Her whispered warning had some effect.
Although Huo Xiao was very reluctant, he could not dissuade her. The two of them could only leave first.
However, not long after the two of them left, a few people who looked like they were casually wandering around, scanned the crowd with shrewd eyes.
But it was obvious that they still found nothing this time.
"Deputy Commander, can we really find the person like this?"
One of the subordinates asked in disappointment.
As for the person called the Deputy Commander, his two eyes were like a scanner, constantly sweeping through the surrounding crowd, refusing to let go of any face.
But just like what his subordinates had said, they still had nothing to show for this trip.
But he did not have the same doubts as his subordinate.
Instead, he looked around with a gloomy gaze.
Not far away, a few people left, and a few people came from all directions.
His gaze fell on two figures, one tall and one short, but they quickly left.
They left so quickly without any reluctance. It seemed that they were not the target of his mission.
After thinking for a while, his gaze fell on the few people who were rushing over.
The Commander had said that after those people saw the ancient book, they would definitely not let the matter rest.
It seemed that they hadn't received the news yet.
He waved his hand and called his two subordinates over.
"Go, spread the news about Broken Jade again. Let everyone know about it."
He thought for a while and added, "And don't let go of those people outside."
"Yes, but Deputy Commander, those people outside are all poor. I don't think they are the people we are looking for …"
The Deputy Commander's cold eyes stopped the rest of the words in his throat.
The subordinate didn't dare to say anything else and immediately went to do it.
"The rest of you, follow me to patrol again. Remember, if anyone wants to rob the things, kill them on the spot!"
"Yes."
.....
Lin Mengya, who had no idea that she was almost targeted, dragged Huo Xiao back to the inn.
But they came in from the backyard, and Huo Xiao took her directly to climb in through the back window, so they didn't disturb Song Xianrou and the others.
In the room, Aunt Fang and Uncle Huo still hadn't come back.
This made Lin Mengya a little worried.
Huo Xiao was so excited after seeing those things. What about his son, Uncle Huo?
For a moment, she felt a little uneasy.
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