Chapter 0044 Evil Jade
Boss Qian held the jade token in his hand and examined it repeatedly, then shook his head and said, "It's not that there is anything wrong with it, it's just that the material of this jade is a little special and relatively rare."
I saw that the woman looked agitated, so I asked anxiously, "Will this jade kill people?"
Boss Qian was startled and looked at the other party suspiciously, "What do you mean?"
The woman hurriedly said, "Boss Qian, I heard that you are a master on our street. My...my brother was murdered, and I think it must be related to this jade. Can you...can you take a look...help me..."
She was probably too excited and nervous, and her words were a little incoherent.
Boss Qian asked the waiter to serve her a cup of hot tea and asked her to speak slowly.
The woman gulped down half a cup of tea and seemed to calm down a little.
It turned out that the woman's name was Zhu Xiaomei, she was 22 years old and worked as a nurse in a hospital. Both of her parents were gone and she only had a brother named Zhu Shouwen.
After Zhu Shouwen got married, he lived in his wife's parents' home, while Zhu Xiaomei rented a small house by herself.
Three days ago was their mother's death anniversary. The brother and sister went to their mother's grave to pay their respects. Then, as it was getting late, Zhu Xiaomei let her brother stay in his own room while she went to squeeze in with her younger sisters.
It happened that night.
Since this is an old house, there is often water outage. Zhu Xiaomei bought an old-fashioned earthenware jar online and placed it at home. The jar is about half a person tall and is usually used to store water.
The next morning, Zhu Xiaomei came back and asked her brother to get up for dinner. As soon as she entered the room, she found the floor was wet, but there was no sign of Zhu Shouwen in the room.
Later, she accidentally glanced at the water tank and was horrified to find that her brother was curled up in the tank and had drowned.
There was nothing unusual in the room except a lot of water flowing on the floor. In the end, the incident was determined to be Zhu Shouwen's suicide.
After listening to her, Boss Qian frowned and said, "The way your brother died is a little strange, but..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xiaomei shouted excitedly: "My brother is not the kind of person who would commit suicide. He could not commit suicide. It was this piece of jade. I suspect my brother's death is related to this piece of jade!"
I felt what she said was so strange that I just sat back down.
Boss Qian asked her doubtfully what this had to do with jade.
Zhu Xiaomei said: "This piece of jade was given to my brother by my sister-in-law, probably... more than two months ago. Since then, my brother has told me that he often feels thirsty and can't help wanting to drink water."
"Especially at night, I often dream about jumping into the river and drinking the water."
"I was worried that he might be ill, so I dragged him to the hospital, but after many tests, they couldn't find anything wrong with him."
"My brother said he might be too tired and asked me not to make a fuss. I saw that there was nothing wrong with the examination, so I was a little relieved, thinking that I was overthinking it."
"But half a month ago, I just got my salary and invited my brother to Starbucks for coffee. There, I met a beautiful lady. When the lady saw my brother, she frowned and asked him, 'Is there anything wrong with you recently?'"
"I was shocked at the time and quickly told her about my brother's abnormal condition. She sat down and took a closer look at my brother. Later, when she saw the protective jade amulet my brother was wearing, she said that there seemed to be something wrong with the jade amulet and it was best not to wear it for the time being."
"But my brother didn't think so. He said the jade token was a blessing for protection and there was nothing wrong with it. The lady was probably a little angry when she saw that my brother didn't know what was good for him, so she left."
"But what she said has always been a thorn in my heart. I have repeatedly advised my brother to take down the jade pendant, but because the jade pendant was given to him by my sister-in-law, my brother insisted on not taking it off."
"I couldn't do anything to him, so I had to give up. Who would have known... who would have known..."
At this point, Zhu Xiaomei was already in tears. "After my brother got into trouble, everyone said that he committed suicide because he was depressed. But they didn't think about it. It was just a small water tank. Who would commit suicide like this?"
"After that, I looked everywhere for that beautiful lady, but I only knew that her last name seemed to be Zhao, and I knew nothing else. I waited in that Starbucks the whole time, but there was no sign of her."
"Later, I heard that Boss Qian of Jiubaozhai is an expert in jade, so I wanted to ask you to take a look."
Boss Qian pondered for a while, pointed at the jade plate and said, "Look carefully at this jade. It is yellow with a hint of gray, and there are fine threads hidden in the gray. This is called Pulled Silk Jade."
After hearing what he said, I knew that I was not mistaken. This jade pendant was indeed made of silk jade.
The thread-drawing jade is not a very rare type of jade. Because of its poor quality, it is not very valuable. However, in our industry, the thread-drawing jade has another name, called Fuyin jade.
Because this kind of jade has a special feature, which is that it is easily possessed by some evil spirits, so this kind of jade is usually not very auspicious, and people who know the business will never use this kind of jade to make amulets for people to wear.
"Then...then my brother was really killed by this jade?" Zhu Xiaomei said in a trembling voice.
Boss Qian shook his head: "It is possible, but you can't say that..."
Zhu Xiaomei stood up and knelt down in front of Boss Qian. "Boss Qian, I beg you, you must make the decision for me!"
As he said this, he kowtowed.
Boss Qian was startled, and hurried over to help her up, saying with embarrassment: "Well, I'm just an old man, how can I make decisions for others?"
Zhu Xiaomei was stunned and cried: "What should I do? Did my brother die in vain?"
I saw the jade on the table, picked it up and looked at it carefully, then I heard the boss Qian say, "Little girl, the old man wants to recommend someone to you, why don't you go and ask this guy for help."
I turned my head and saw the old man pointing a finger at me.
Zhu Xiaomei was probably extremely anxious, her mind was a little confused, and after a moment of hesitation, she actually rushed over and knelt down.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so I quickly grabbed her and thought to myself, "Sister, you are several years older than me. I can't bear it."
"Young man, why don't you take care of this matter?" Boss Qian asked me with a smile.
I was really interested in this matter, and it was fate that we met, so I simply said, "Okay, I'll take this job."
When Zhu Xiaomei heard this, she hurriedly expressed her gratitude.
I asked Boss Qian to keep an eye on the jade for me, and then I left Jiubaozhai with Zhu Xiaomei, preparing to go see the body of her brother Zhu Shouwen first.
After all, a piece of jade with thread cannot prove anything, and there is a possibility of coincidence.
By this time it was completely dark and the street lights were just coming on. Zhu Xiaomei asked me if I wanted to have a meal before leaving.
I said let's not waste time and buy some bread to eat while walking. Zhu Xiaomei nodded repeatedly, bought some food nearby, and got into a taxi.
Zhu Xiaomei said that her brother Zhu Shouwen's body had been taken away by her sister-in-law and is now stored in the morgue of Chunshanju Hospital.
When I heard that, I thought what a coincidence.
This Chunshanju Hospital is a famous high-end private hospital in Jiangcheng and is also owned by the He family. The bodies of He Zongze and his wife are kept there. I just took Baoer there yesterday.
