Sanjin City is an ancient cultural capital, all the antique exhibitions have been held here, and it is also the most active city for underground antique trading, and the antique city atmosphere is full of turbulent surges.

The Municipal Museum is located next to the city hall, and the entrance is a huge stone wall with poems from ancient literati, which is first-class in terms of calligraphy and carving techniques. It is said that this stone carving was carved by the first director of the museum for three months when the museum opened, and it is of great significance to the museum, so it is placed at the entrance of the museum.

Because they had already been contacted in advance, Ye Shichao and Xin Pet were brought directly into the curator's office.

The curator is more than 50 years old this year, is a spirited old man, and at the same time is a famous calligrapher at home and abroad, Xin pet was taken by Zhou Lingling to copy the old gentleman's calligraphy when he went to school, for this meeting is very yearning, so it is inevitable to be excited, holding the curator's hand and not letting go, and confessing again and again: "Director Qu, your "Guanshan Post" is really too classic, I copied for a period of time when I was in school, and after copying, I feel that the whole person is one step closer to the road of calligraphers. ”

"Thank you for your love, I have a copy of "Guan Shan Tiao" here, if you don't dislike it, I can give you a copy when I leave. Qu Lao said kindly.

Xin Pet's eyes were red with joy, "Okay, good, that ...... Can you please sign my name by the way? I'll go back and brag to my classmates. ”

Qu Lao smiled: "Of course." ”

As a result, Ye Shichao and Qu Lao didn't shake hands at all, but Qu Lao had heard of Ye Shichao's name, "I have heard of the name at the annual top ten outstanding people award ceremony selected by a website, but I didn't have the opportunity to meet, and it is a kind of fate to meet in this form." ”

Ye Shi smiled at his chin.

Of course, he also knew Qu Lao's name, but he really didn't pay attention to it at that award ceremony, in fact, he was very uncomfortable on that occasion, so he was free when he could, and others thought he was cold, in fact, ...... He's really cold.

I firmly believe that the act of handing out business cards is not only meaningless, but also a waste of time. This is also the main reason why although he is famous, he has no friends.

But thanks to his lack of friends and entertainment, he was able to devote all his time to the laboratory, otherwise those insect-like inventions that would benefit mankind and cover many fields would not have appeared at all.

The greetings ended here, and Ye Shichao went straight to the knife: "Is Old Qu familiar with the deceased Xie Xi?"

"Of course it's cooked. Xie Xi is an excellent staff of our museum, who has high attainments in the appraisal of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as the restoration of cultural relics. Qu Lao sighed regretfully, "What happened to him is the loss of our pavilion. ”

Ye Shichao continued to ask: "Who is he closer to in the museum?"

"He has a good relationship with Xiao Qian who restores cultural relics together, I know that you will ask this, I have already informed Xiao Qian, you go to the Department of Cultural Relics Restoration, he will receive you. Xiao Xie's affairs, he knows better than me. Qu Lao said.

10.

Bidding farewell to Qu Lao, a staff member took them to the Department of Cultural Relics Restoration.

The Department of Cultural Relics Restoration is in a separate building, the space is very large, divided into many studios, fabrics, porcelain, calligraphy and painting...... Wait, walking in is like entering another time and space.

The small money is in the first room on the left hand side of the bronze restoration studio.

Xin Pet's first feeling when he walked into the studio was quiet; the second feeling was that the people here respected and obsessed with Chinese things, they were very focused on their work, and they walked in and stood for a full five minutes, and no one noticed that anyone had come in.

It wasn't until a girl who was repairing a bronze bell finished her work and got up to stretch her waist that she saw Xin Pet and Ye Shichao, startled, and hurriedly asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Sitting face to face with the girl, the young man who was carefully cleaning the rust on the bronze bell raised his head, saw Xin Pet and Ye Shichao frowned at first, and then pulled down his mask, "You were sent by the public security to investigate Xie Xi's case?"

Xin Pet nodded and lit up his ID, "I'm Xin Pet." This is Dr. Yip. There are some questions I would like to ask you. ”

Xiao Qian took off his mask, a somewhat handsome face was revealed, he stood up, covered the bronze bell he was repairing with a white cloth, and pointed outside, "Let's go out and talk." ”

Xiao Qian took them to the pantry at the end of the corridor, where there was a vending machine, he bought himself a bottle of coffee, and said with a depressed expression: "Seriously, I still can't believe that Xie Xi is dead." Obviously, two months ago, we were still discussing going to Tibet together during the holidays. ”

Xin Pet didn't know how to comfort him, so he simply asked directly: "Was there anything different from usual before Xie Xi's disappearance?"

"No, he's always been like that, he doesn't talk much, he keeps his head down and goes to work. You also know that the income in our industry is not high, and we have to support our family, so we don't have any spare money to entertain. Xiao Qian sighed after speaking, drank half a bottle of coffee in one go, and suddenly frowned, "If it is different, his wife bought him a set of mountaineering clothes, the latest model of this season, more than two thousand." Usually, where is her wife willing to spend so much money on him, she would rather buy more skin care products herself. ”

Hearing him say this, Xie Xi's wife should be a very delicate and selfish woman on weekdays, Xin Pet nodded, and was about to ask something else, Ye Shichao suddenly stared at Xiao Qian and asked, "Is Xie Xi a prostitute?"

Xiao Qian seemed to be frightened, and his eyes widened, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Xie Xi is a loyal dog, chasing his wife for ten years, and finally marrying home, it is like offering to his ancestors, paying all his wages, covering all housework, and he is simply obedient to his wife. How is it possible to go to prostitution. And his wife is really beautiful, and Xie Xi doesn't look down on women outside. ”

Ye Shichao nodded and didn't continue to ask, Xiao Qian was a little annoyed by his question, and frowned and poured the other half of the coffee.

Xin Pet understood why Ye Shichao asked this, the nameless female corpse who was killed with Xie Xi was dressed cheaply and exposed, had breast augmentation, and disappeared for a month and a half without calling the police, which was enough to make people suspect that she was a sex worker on the fringes of society.

Although Ye Shichao's question was simple and rude, he also got the answer they wanted, in order to ease the atmosphere, Xin Pet changed the subject, "Can you take us to see Xie Xi's workshop?"

Xiao Qian threw the empty coffee can into the trash, bought a new bottle of coffee, glanced at Ye Shichao, and said to Xin Pet, "Let's go." ”

When Ye Shichao turned around with him, he noticed that his shoes were very special, the heels were very deep, and the place where the trousers were covered seemed to have another mystery. This kind of men's invisible height increase shoes is not uncommon, if you deduct that part of the height, this small money, the real height should not exceed 1.7 meters.