"The dear friend just now said that this pair of luminous cups is called Wushuang. In addition to being the only luminous cup in the world, it actually has a story..." Li Qi said slowly.
"story?"
As soon as he heard the word "story", Jiang Yuzhu, who originally thought it was boring, suddenly became interested.
Li Qi nodded and looked at the crowd: "This is a touching story. It makes the listeners sad and the listeners shed tears..."
Jiang Yuzhu couldn't help but asked: "What's the story behind a pair of luminous cups?"
"You don't know this, right? Although these are just a pair of small luminous cups, their stories are extraordinary. If I hadn't been short of money, I wouldn't have sold them..."
After Li Qi said this, everyone became curious.
"Master Li, then hurry up and talk to everyone."
"That's right, tell me quickly."
Seeing that everyone's emotions were aroused, Li Qi cleared his throat and took a sip of the rice wine in his hand.
If you want something to sell well, you must have a story.
As someone who has learned some marketing, Li Qi knows very well how to sell something at a high price.
"Although the Kashi Kingdom in the Western Region has been destroyed, it was prosperous when it was still there. There were many skilled craftsmen there... and our story begins with the person who made these luminous cups.
People talk about it.”
As soon as Li Qi showed off his storytelling style, everyone was attracted to him.
This was all honed by him in Jincheng. He knew exactly how to start, when to pause, and what tone to use.
"The man who made this luminous cup is named Jack. He was an orphan since he was a child and worked as a long-term worker in a jade shop..."
"This man's name is so weird. Is there anyone else named Jie in this world?" Jiang Yuzhu interjected.
"This Kashi country is located in the Western Region, so its name is naturally different from that of the Central Plains." Li Qi said.
Everyone nodded.
"What's wrong with Jack?" Jiang Yuzhu asked.
Li Qidao: "This Jack has been ingenious since he was a child, and he can know all kinds of carving skills at a glance. When he grew up, he became a household name, and many people came to him to customize jewelry and jade. Once, the emperor of the Kashi Kingdom knew about him and passed him on.
Entering the palace, it was at this time that he met the princess and fell in love with her at first sight."
Others are not very interested in this kind of love story, but Jiang Yuzhu listens to it with great interest.
"It is said that after Jack fell in love with the princess, he didn't think about food or tea when he went back. All he thought about was the princess. By chance, he got a piece of mountain jade. This mountain jade was so beautiful that many people paid high prices for it.
I bought it for him, but he didn’t sell it.”
"He just wanted to make the most special gift in the world for the princess, so he made two pairs of luminous cups."
"Two pairs of luminous cups?" Tan Wenbo asked doubtfully, "Does that mean there are still a pair of luminous cups in the world?"
Li Qi smiled and was about to answer when Jiang Yuzhu said fiercely to Tan Wenbai: "Can you listen to him finish telling the story first? Don't interrupt, okay? What happened next? Is that Jack and the princess together?"
"Jack spent ten years making two pairs of luminous cups that are unique in the world. On the princess's birthday, he took one pair as a gift. The princess learned that he had spent ten years making this pair of cups and was very surprised.
I was so moved that I became friends with Jack.”
"After this back and forth, the relationship between the two changed from friends to lovers. But the good times did not last long. Their affairs were discovered by the emperor, so the emperor became furious and sent Jack into the army."
"And the princess was also betrothed to another person by the emperor. The princess was heartbroken about this, thinking about Jack day and night... One day, a maid next to the princess got a medicine from someone who didn't know where to take it.
After going down, people will pretend to be dead for three days. During these three days, there will be no difference from real death, and they will be resurrected after three days."
"After the princess got the medicine, she thought of a way..."
Jiang Yuzhu interrupted: "I understand! The princess wants to fake her death and run to find Jack?"
Li Qi nodded: "Yes, after the princess took the medicine, the emperor thought she was dead, so he arranged for her to be buried. But after the news was known to Jack who was far away from home, he tried every means to get back."
"On the day of the funeral, Jack showed up, and the emperor didn't punish him when he saw it."
"Jack felt very sad when he saw the princess turned into a cold corpse, still holding the luminous cup he had given her. So..."
Having said this, Li Qi turned around and came to the table, opened the brocade box and took out a luminous cup inside: "Jack took one of the luminous cups, poured a glass of poisonous wine into it, and drank it all on the spot."
"Ah?!" Jiang Yuzhu exclaimed, "He doesn't know that the princess faked her death."
Li Qi nodded: "Yes, he didn't know that the princess was faking her death. He thought the princess was really dead, so he took his own life. When the princess woke up and saw Jack dead, she felt even more sad. She thought she was faking her death.
Then she could find Jack and fly away, but who knew it would be self-defeating, so the princess also followed Jack's example, filled the remaining luminous cup with poisonous wine, and drank it..."
When Jiang Yuzhu heard this, his eyes instantly turned red, and the others couldn't help but be moved. There was such a thing in the world.
"Then there were two pairs of luminous cups, and this was the only one left." Li Qi said, playing with the luminous cup in his hand.
Zhuo Kunyu was stunned for a moment while listening. He couldn't help but think: Is what Brother Li said true?
"How much do you think this luminous cup is worth now?" Li Qi asked.
Jiang Yuzhu sniffed and said, "This luminous cup is priceless."
Tan Wenbo thought for a while and said: "Even so, this luminous cup is worth at most 200,000 taels. Brother Li wants to sell it for 400,000 taels, which is a bit too high."
Others also think what Tan Wenbo said makes sense.
Li Qi also nodded and said: "Brother Tan is right, but what if there is only one luminous cup in the world?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qi raised the luminous cup in his hand and threw it to the ground without saying a word.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise and the luminous cup shattered instantly!
Everyone is confused!
"Ouch, why did my hand slip..." Li Qi looked at the broken luminous cup and said.
When Zhuo Kunyu saw Li Qi smashing the luminous cup, he almost stood up and rushed over.
"Okay, now there is only this unique last luminous cup left in the world. What do you think is the value of this last luminous cup?"
Everyone came back to their senses. You looked at me and I looked at you. Before some people could react, a voice rang out from the crowd.
"Master Li, I want this luminous cup of 400,000 taels!"