When Lu Yang and the two met Xia Zhenshan at the Xia family's old house, Xia Zhenshan was doing Tai Chi leisurely in the yard. His eldest son Xia Wenchao was beside him, drinking Kung Fu tea with Wu Zixuan.
Seeing his eldest granddaughter Xia Xinyi rushing over with Lu Yang, Xia Zhenshan continued to practice Tai Chi.
Xia Wenchao put down his tea cup and glanced at Lu Yang with disdain.
"They say country bumpkins have never seen the world, and that's true!"
Xia Wenchao said, hehehe.
"Isn't it just a broken ruler? As one of the four major families in Huangzhou, our Xia family will rely on you to have a broken ruler!"
As he said that, Xia Wenchao had already picked up the travel bag beside him and threw it in front of Lu Yang.
"Count it, here is two million. Is it enough to buy your broken ruler?"
Xia Wenchao deliberately sent someone two million in cash because he wanted to humiliate Lu Yang in person. Throwing the cash directly in front of Lu Yang would definitely have a hundred times greater effect than transferring money!
Xia Wenchao thought that Lu Yang, a poor man, would be shocked when he saw this bag of money!
This is what Xia Wenchao wants.
Although Xia Wenchao had no enmity with Lu Yang, he saw that his father Xia Zhenshan did not like Lu Yang, so he deliberately wanted to make Lu Yang look embarrassed.
Since the old man hates Lu Yang, then letting Lu Yang make a fool of himself will naturally please the old man!
Xia Wenchao knew that the situation in their Xia family had changed dramatically from a few days ago.
Xia Linglan has always been trusted by the old man before, and no one can shake her position in the Xia Group.
But now it is very different!
Now Xia Linglan has clearly fallen out of favor with Xia Zhenshan because of her ambiguous relationship with Lu Yang and her refusal to agree to a marriage with the Huang family.
Xia Wenchao felt that this was a rare opportunity for his uncle to regain control of the Xia family.
He could just take advantage of the old man's dislike of Lu Yang to gain his favor. In this way, he could soon succeed Xia Linglan and take charge of the Xia family's Xia Group.
Lu Yang glanced at the money on the ground and looked at Xia Wenchao.
"Mr. Xia, I think you must be mistaken. My ruler is an antique from the Tang Dynasty, and it is also a Taoist magic weapon.
Such a thing cannot be bought with just two million.
Even if it is discounted, it will not be less than 200 million."
When Xia Wenchao heard Lu Yang's words, he immediately slapped the table.
"Lu Yang, do you think I, Xia Wenchao, am a fool? With your broken ruler, you still want 200 million from me? Why didn't you say 2 billion!"
As he said that, Xia Wenchao rolled his eyes.
“I really don’t know how high the world is!”
Lu Yang wasn't angry either, he just looked at Xia Wenchao calmly.
"If I want to sell, even if I ask for 2 billion, there will still be a lot of people rushing to buy it. Do you believe it?"
Lu Yang told the truth.
Even if this magic ruler has no other value, it can be sold for 200 million yuan as a second-level Taoist magic weapon.
If you add that it is one of the three rare treasures unearthed in Huangzhou this time, and may be the key to finding a Taoist peerless skill, then its value will increase at least ten times.
When Lu Yang said two billion, it was really not an exaggeration at all.
However, Xia Wenchao didn't know this. He didn't have Lu Yang's insight, so naturally he didn't know the true value of this ruler.
Xia Wenchao arrogantly thought that he would not be wrong. Even if this ruler was an antique from the Tang Dynasty, it would be worth at most two million.
After all, things like rulers are not porcelain, calligraphy and painting.
Things like porcelain, calligraphy and painting are often very expensive because they are difficult to preserve. However, although there are not many things like rulers, they are not expensive because they are easy to preserve.
Xia Wenchao asked experts about the market situation early on.
As for the magic weapon that Lu Yang was talking about, it was what a Taoist person said, and Xia Wenchao didn't understand it at all. So he didn't think that the magic weapon was valuable.
After hearing what Lu Yang said, Xia Wenchao concluded that Lu Yang was bragging.
Xia Wenchao glanced at Lu Yang with disdain.
"Boy, you are deliberately trying to blackmail me, right?"
When Xia Xinyi heard that her uncle said that Lu Yang was blackmailing, she hurried over.
"Uncle, Lu Yang is really not lying. I have inquired about the price of this ruler from many well-known auction houses, and the prices offered by several auction houses are not less than 200 million."
Xia Wenchao still didn't believe it and snorted heavily.
"Xinyi, do you think I'm stupid? I've asked about the price of this thing a long time ago. Experts say that even if your thing is really an antique from the Tang Dynasty, it's only worth two million."
Seeing that her uncle didn't believe it, Xia Xinyi immediately took out her mobile phone and opened several auction houses to reply to her valuation messages.
Xia Xinyi was looking for the three largest auction houses in the country. The reserve prices offered by these three companies were all over 200 million.
Now, Xia Wenchao was finally shocked!
Xia Wenchao never expected that Lu Yang's inconspicuous little ruler was actually worth more than 200 million!
Seeing Xia Wenchao stunned, Xia Xinyi hurriedly said: "Uncle, should you believe it now?"
Xia Wenchao finally recovered from the shock.
However, Xia Wenchao rolled his eyes and his attitude immediately changed.
Xia Wenchao snorted coldly.
"Xinyi, people say that's the price of the real thing. That ruler of yours is just a fake, and it's worth less than 200 million!
If you can sell your junk for two hundred yuan, it's pretty good!
If Master Wu didn’t like it, we wouldn’t even want your garbage for free!”
Xia Xinyi was stunned when she heard her uncle's words.
"Fake? Impossible!"
"Our ruler is obviously genuine. How could it be a fake!"
Xia Xinyi quickly looked at Lu Yang.
When Lu Yang heard Xia Wenchao say that their ruler was a fake, he immediately guessed that the ruler had probably been manipulated by Wu Zixuan.
Lu Yang looked at Xia Xinyi.
"Sister Xia, since Xia Shibo said so, please ask them to take out the ruler!"
Wu Zixuan, who was sitting next to him, remained silent. When Lu Yang asked him to take out his ruler, Wu Zixuan snorted.
"Isn't it just a broken ruler?"
"It's your turn."
As he spoke, Wu Zixuan opened the wooden box behind him, took out a ruler and put it on the table.
When Xia Xinyi saw Wu Zixuan taking out the ruler, she couldn't help but feel happy and quickly stepped forward to pick up the ruler.
But as soon as Xia Xinyi picked up the ruler, her expression changed.
"No, this is not our ruler. Yours is a fake."
"You must have tricked our baby!"
After hearing Xia Xinyi's words, Wu Zixuan not only looked calm, but also sneered.
"Xia Xinyi, because you are the old man's granddaughter, I give you some face. Don't slander anyone!"
"Which eye did you see that I had your baby transferred?"
"This ruler is clearly yours!"
Xia Xinyi became even more anxious when she saw that Wu Zixuan refused to admit the transfer!
This ruler is Lu Yang's treasure. If she can't get it back, even if Lu Yang doesn't blame her, Xia Xinyi can't forgive herself!