Chapter Ninety-Seven: It's Not Peaceful

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A small green snake suddenly appeared, with an oval head and a slightly pointed point.

When it spits out the letter, when it gets closer, it is easy to notice small holes on the tips of its teeth, indicating that it is a venomous snake.

Yan Qing was born to be most afraid of this kind of thing, but when she really saw it at this moment, she had goosebumps on her body, and she leaned behind Su Jin.

"How can there be a snake in your gallery?" the weak scholar was not lightly frightened, and he spoke at this time, his tongue was a little knotted.

This... They also want to know?

"Heh!" Feng Zicheng stood up and apologized: "This gentleman, I'm really sorry. Mr. Su, Mrs. Su, Feng was confused for a while, this little green snake was brought by Feng, because Feng likes to paint grass and insects recently, and he is full of delicacy about snakes!

"It turned out that Uncle Feng wanted to use it as a snake model! No wonder!" Yan Qing knew that Uncle Feng had blocked this matter, she was grateful, and also apologized to the scholar: "Sir, it is our neglect, please bear with me if I offend! I see that Mr. likes the calligraphy and painting of "The Spring Boudoir of the Republic of China", so it is better to give this calligraphy and painting to Mr.

The scholar listened to Mr. Feng's explanation, and heard that his wife wanted to give him a painting, and his frightened mood slowly calmed down.

"It's... How good!" he pushed.

"What's wrong? Everyone is a person who loves calligraphy and painting, and it is fate to be able to take pictures of everything!" Yan Qing picked up the calligraphy and painting and walked back to the counter to wrap it, came back and handed it to Mr. and said: "A painting and calligraphy is not a tribute, I hope Mr. will accept it!"

"This?" The scholar still hesitated, if this snake was really used by Mr. Feng to paint, and he was frightened, it didn't show that he was timid and afraid, if he accepted this painting again, I am afraid that it would not be good!

"I think you better take it! Don't push Sister Yan's mind anymore!" Fang Xinrong couldn't stand it anymore, she understood what Sister Yan meant, the reason why this calligraphy and painting was given to this dumb scholar was nothing more than to close his mouth, otherwise he would be frightened in the art gallery, and when he got out of this door, he might talk nonsense everywhere.

"That's... Okay!" the scholar stopped pushing left and right, he took the calligraphy and painting from his wife, and left with gratitude.

As soon as Aunt Li sent him away, she closed the door, it was already approaching evening, and at this time, there should be no painters.

Su Jin picked up the little green snake and put it in the basket in the back hall.

It is necessary to investigate why there is a small green snake in the gallery. Yan Qing first thanked Uncle Feng for his relief in front of the painters, and as soon as they talked about it, everyone's faces looked solemn.

Recently, everyone has seen the uneven things in the gallery.

First, the paintings and calligraphy were stolen.

Then came a wave of idlers waiting for tea for nothing.

Now it's in the gallery again... I don't know when the poisonous snake was released, but I'm glad that the poisonous snake didn't bite anyone, otherwise the gallery would have been in trouble.

Xiao Yu said affirmatively: "Mrs. Su, I dare to guarantee my life, before Aunt Li and I enter the hall to rest, there will be absolutely no little green snake."

"Yes!" Aunt Li replied, "When we were resting, I also saw some painters go there to see the paintings."

"This is strange!" Fang Xinrong couldn't figure it out, the little green snake must have been brought in by some gangster, could it be that he wanted to murder the art gallery?

She exclaimed: "Mr. Su, Sister Yan, I think this matter should be handed over to the senior brother to find out!"

Feng Zicheng shook his head and said: "If there are no clues, even if he informs Gonggongzi of this matter, he doesn't know where to start."

"What then?" asked Aunt Li, who was not calm.

"Lady?" Su Jin asked Yan Qing at this time, "Are there any suspicious people entering and leaving the gallery this afternoon?"

"Suspicious person?" Yan Qing thought carefully, since Aunt Li and Xiaoyu entered the back hall to rest, it was none other than the scholar sitting in the tea area.

Don't?

She had to think about it carefully, at that time, when Mr. Qian was watching the calligraphy and paintings, she went to entertain Mr. Qian, and another scholar in an evergreen shirt stood there... It was the piece of the figure painting, and later, he bought the calligraphy and painting of "Autumn Boudoir", and Mr. Qian spent money to buy calligraphy and painting, and when he left, it was because he saw that a painter came to patronize, so he left in a hurry, so that he left the calligraphy and painting?

"I know who it is!" Yan Qingdao.

Fang Xinrong asked, "Who is it?"

"It's two scholars!" Yan Qing said, feeling that a stone was suddenly weighed heavily on her heart, she always felt that what happened these days, what must be related to it, and who would be behind the scenes who wanted to destroy the reputation of the art gallery?

"My sister is right, there are lurking misdeeds in those idle people!" she said.

"Now that we have clues, let's leave them to Gonggongzi to deal with!" Feng Zicheng suggested.

"That's all it takes!" Yan Qing nodded, looking at her husband's worried look at her, she smiled and held his hand and said, "I'm fine, I'll go get a pen and paper, draw the portraits of these two, and send it to the county mansion tomorrow to hand it over to Gonggongzi."

"Okay!" Su Jin responded: "Tomorrow I will accompany my husband to the county mansion for my wife."

"Uh-huh!" Yan Qing's heart suddenly settled down a lot, she got up and took a pen and paper, and drew the portraits of the two scholars with the impression in her mind.

In the evening, Fang Xinrong returned home, and told the master and the master about what happened in the gallery in a hurry, Wei Ting and the Liu family only heard the general situation of the matter, and with their experience, they guessed that someone must have murdered the gallery behind the scenes?

Liu instructed her that in the next few days, she must let Xiaoqing and Mr. Su pay more attention, and no suspicious person should be let go.

Fang Xinrong naturally understood.

On the second day, I went to the gallery to bring a message to Sister Yan and Mr. Su, and when I came, I didn't see the two of them.

Su Jin and Yan Qing came to the gate of the county mansion, but the road was narrow, and they met the despicable person Lu Zhenghu, who they hadn't seen for a long time, and they didn't know what he was doing when he came to the county mansion?

Coincidentally, Lu Zhenghu also happened to see the two of them, and he was full of sorrow, but he actually laughed when he saw the two of them.

With his hands behind his back, he walked over to Su Jin and Yan Qing and said with a smile: "Yo, isn't this Mr. Su and Mrs. Su? It's been a long time, don't come unharmed, right?"

Yan Qing glanced at him in disgust and shifted his gaze.

Su Jin is generous, not a person who holds grudges, since he happened to meet again, he said humbly: "Master Lu, don't come unharmed"

"Hmm!" Lu Zhengming smiled and asked, "I heard that Mr. Su and Mrs. Su opened an art gallery on Qingyang Street?

It sounds weird, doesn't it?

Yan Qing asked tentatively: "The business of the art gallery can't catch up with the Lu family's calligraphy and painting museum, and one or two people come to buy paintings a day, and sometimes there are not a few people for a few days.

He said: "Mr. Feng's words are right, the two big men were killed in Shipo Village, Luo Yitou received a report from the villagers yesterday morning, and the corpses he brought back were the two of them, they should have been killed not long ago, and the corpses have not yet decomposed."

"Who could have killed them?" Feng Zicheng was confused.

"This case is under investigation!" Gong Wenshen said.

Su Jin never thought that the thief of the gallery was killed, even so, he didn't want to continue to pursue this matter.

Gong Wenshen understood what Su Xiandi meant, because he had been busy with official business recently, he explained the matter in the art gallery, and left after drinking tea.

Brother Gong came for a while, and Yan Qing received a list of pre-ordered paintings from Yan Mansion and Xu Mansion.

She gave the order for the landscape painting ordered by the Yan Mansion to her husband, and the order for the flower and bird painting of the Xu Mansion to Uncle Feng.

Su Jin and Feng Zicheng went up to the second floor to paint.

Fang Xinrong returned from the mansion, and two eyes immediately stared at her in the hall.

"Sister Yan!" Fang Xinrong walked to the counter and said happily to Yan Qing: "I just went to Yan's Mansion to deliver paintings, do you guess who I met in Fushan?"

Yan Qing looked up at her, her hands were not idle, let her guess, it was really hard to guess, so she asked bluntly: "Who have you met?"

"Hu Gongzi and Zhilan!" Fang Xinrong said playfully.

"Oh, I met Zhilan, why didn't you ask her to come to the gallery to play?" Yan settled the accounts of calligraphy and painting.

Fang Xinrong took a cup of tea handed by Xiaoyu, drank it and said with a smile: "I said it, but with his brother by her side, she didn't dare to leave the house without permission, and said that she would come to play next time."

"Okay!" Yan Qing loves Xinrong's sister to paint today and go to send paintings, she has never been idle when she is busy, and the tea she drank after two sips of tea also dripped down her chin.

"You go to the second floor to rest first!, but you can't get tired!" Yan Qing said with concern.

"That's good!" Before Fang Xinrong went upstairs, he didn't forget to advise: "Sister Ruoyan has a pre-booked house drawing list here, remember to give it to me!"

"You are a girl, working in the art gallery, you won't accept the silver you will be given, you have a job, but you still have to rush to do it!" Yan Qing really couldn't do anything about her.

"Sister Yan and I are polite!" Fang Xinrong smiled and turned to go up to the second floor.

The two eyes followed her and disappeared, and then they got up and walked towards the painting area.

At this time, there were a few painters in the gallery, Aunt Li and Xiaoyu stood in the hall for a long time, and their bodies were inevitably sore.

Yan Qing persuaded them to go to the back hall to rest, and she, having learned the lesson from last time, had to look at the dot painting area at this moment.

Two men dressed as scholars walked over elegantly from the tea area, and when the man in a long white shirt passed in front of Yan Qing's eyes, he bowed to her very politely.

"Two gentlemen, please!" Yan Qing walked out of the counter and invited them with a smile.

They smiled politely, and the man in the long white shirt walked over to the landscape painting, took the painting and began to look at it.

The man in the evergreen shirt seems to have a soft spot for figure paintings, and he picks up the calligraphy and painting of "Spring Boudoir of the Republic of China" and looks at it and it is difficult to put it down.

Yan Qingben was a little suspicious of them, came to the art gallery, sat in the tea area and drank tea for an hour, not to mention that during the period, she saw that the two did not communicate too much, but at this time they looked at the paintings, but as if they had made an appointment, they came to the painting area together.

But looking at it now, maybe she is too careful. looks like a scholar's dress, it shouldn't bring an evil wind.

At this moment, I was very fascinated by the paintings, and I looked at a picture that I wanted to buy, I don't know if I felt sorry for the silver in my pocket or wanted to see other paintings, and I watched four paintings in a row, and none of them chose to buy.

Yan Qing couldn't help but walk over and smiled: "May I ask what doubts sir, sir, have about these four landscape paintings?"

"Heh!" The scholar smiled and replied ashamedly: "These four landscape paintings are masterpieces, and Qian has no doubts."

"Well, that's good!" Yan Qing guessed that it was because of the silver. In this way, it doesn't hurt to let him take a second look, thinking that she was about to go back to the counter, Mr. Qian stopped her.

The man in the evergreen shirt on the other side of the figure painting was watching the painting, glanced at Yan Qing sideways, and saw that they were chatting about the painting, at this moment, he was holding the painting in his left hand and was watching, and his right hand reached into the sleeve pocket of his left hand, and took out the soft things and stuffed them into the calligraphy and painting.

"Then I'll buy this painting "Seclusion"! Thank you for your understanding!" Mr. Qian followed Yan Qing back to the counter and casually looked at the man in the evergreen shirt.

The two nodded, and the man in the evergreen shirt took a portrait of a woman in "Autumn Boudoir", which was cheap in the gallery.

The two of them paid the silver before and after, the man in the evergreen shirt took the painting and left first, and Mr. Qian went back to the tea area alone, and then tasted tea.

Aunt Li and Xiaoyu came out well.

It happened that there was a painter outside, and Xiaoyu greeted him.

When Mr. Qian saw that someone was coming, he left, and as soon as Aunt Li saw him leave, she was about to go to clean up the tea cup, but she walked to the table, but saw that the gentleman had just left a painting here.

She chased out with her calligraphy and paintings, but there was no one to be seen.

"Xiaoqing!" Aunt Li returned to the art gallery, handed the calligraphy and painting to Yan Qing and said: "This painting was dropped by the gentleman just now, and when I chased it out, I didn't see anyone running away."

As soon as Yan Qing heard it, this painting belonged to Mr. Qian, but he didn't know, since Mr. Qian, who cherished the silver, was willing to buy calligraphy and paintings, why did he forget it so easily?

"Huh?"

There was a chorus of fright in the hall, and Fang Xinrong and Feng Zicheng on the second floor who listened to it all went downstairs when they heard the sound.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Aunt Li was the first to run to Xiaoyu's side.

The scholar Wenwen, who was standing next to Xiaoyu, looked weak, and he was also frightened.

Fang Xinrong walked up to Xiao Yu and blamed, "What's the matter, making you fuss?"

Yan Qing and Su Jin also came over.

"Aunt Li, Miss!" Xiao Yu covered his eyes with one hand and pointed to the bottom of the calligraphy and painting, and said inarticulately: "That's there... Strip... There's a snake! really, I don't lie to you, there's a snake."

Xiaoyu's frightened appearance doesn't look like he's lying, and there's no need to lie.

"Why are there snakes?" Fang Xinrong was still incredulous.

Su Jin stepped forward and walked along the calligraphy and painting of Xiaoyu's finger, he was about to reach out to take the calligraphy and painting, but was stopped by Yan Qing in time.

"Husband, pick it open with a pen!" As she spoke, she went back to the counter and took the pen and handed it to Su Jin.

Without waiting for Su Jin to pick it up, there was obviously something slipping under the calligraphy and painting, and a place where the calligraphy and painting were driven was highlighted.

"Husband, be careful!" Yan Qing approached her husband's side, for fear that it was a poisonous snake.

"It's okay!" Su Jin held her hand with one hand.