Zhu Ying pondered for a moment, then pulled the jade pendant from around his neck.
Before his eyes, he saw the character "Yu" on the pendant.
Then he looked at the piece of jade Lan Yu had given him. It bore the character "Guan."
Zhu Ying held the two jade pendants in one hand and examined them carefully.
"Though there are some differences in the details, their designs seem extremely similar. They look like they came from the same batch."
"This Yu jade pendant was left to me by Grandmother. Judging from the quality of the one Lan Yu gave me, the Yu pendant seems even better. Could Grandmother and the others have lived in Yingtian before? Were they perhaps high-ranking nobles of Yingtian?" Zhu Ying studied the two pendants in his hand, a suspicion rising within him.
After thinking it over and over,
Zhu Ying decided to investigate.
Then,
he took out a sheet of paper.
He directly sketched the design of his jade pendant and copied the character "Yu" onto it exactly as it appeared.
Once he finished drawing,
"Xiao Han."
Zhu Ying called toward the outside of the hall.
At his call,
Xiao Han hurried into the hall and bowed respectfully. "My lord."
"Have the Black Guard investigate it. Investigate discreetly where this jade pendant came from and what kind of person would possess it."
"Report to me immediately once you find out."
Zhu Ying handed the drawing of the jade pendant to Xiao Han.
Xiao Han accepted it and took a look. Not daring to delay, he immediately replied, "I will give the orders at once."
After Xiao Han turned and left,
Zhu Ying withdrew his gaze.
"When Zhu Di saw this pendant before, he even offered a huge sum to buy it. I had only