Chapter Twenty-Nine: Lotus Flowers and Waterfowl
"Hades has a wishful boat, and it is not a minute to travel between the two worlds. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info he sent us. Ah Li winked at me.
Speaking of which, last time, he gave me a small bamboo boat, saying that you can walk freely within the Three Realms, I don't know if it is the Ruyi boat in the mouth of the ghost mother...... No wonder he can come and go in the two realms at will......
Thinking about this, I glanced around, but I didn't see anyone? Is it because I was embarrassed to show up because I spent my money during the day?
"Don't look, the people are gone. The ghost mother looked at me looking around and urged me to say.
"Oh. I withdrew my gaze with some disappointment. Well, this little Hades is still very good, he knows that he has caused trouble, and he knows how to be responsible...... It's still quite responsible.
"By the way, what did you cause trouble, why do you need so many people to help?" the ghost mother couldn't help but ask me curiously.
"Let's go inside, it's a long story......" I said with a haha.
The ghosts were so skilled that they couldn't stand the scorching rays of the sun, so they couldn't move during the day.
So early the next morning, we had to split up with four of us.
Black and white impermanence illusions the appearance of mortals, and going out to help people take care of pets is also part of the order.
Ah Li took over the job of accompanying the empty nesters to relieve their boredom.
My task was to find a lost ancient painting.
Mr. Zhu was born as a famous collector, and his family has a collection of antiquities.
But one of Mr. Zhu's favorites is the "Lotus Water Bird Picture" drawn by Zhu Qi in the Qing Dynasty.
This painting is a family heirloom of Mr. Zhu's family, and it has always been solemnly kept.
But this time, when Mr. Zhu was about to open the safe to take a look at the painting, he found a rather strange thing - the painting was missing!
Anxious, Mr. Zhu placed an order on the store's website.
The deposit is very tempting, 100,000 yuan.
However, an interview is required within three days.
Suicheng, a small villa located on a hill.
I met Mr. Zhu, an old gentleman in his fifties, with a very arrogant expression, but for some reason, he always shrunk his neck.
The decoration of the house is very simple, there are no expected various calligraphy, painting and antique ornaments, but a few bunches of dry reeds are inserted in a large vase in the corner of the living room.
None of the high-tech products were missing, except for a couch and coffee table, and the living room was empty.
The coffee table is brown, made in the shape of a lotus leaf, and combined with the fabric sofa, there is a strange sense of disobedience.
At a glance, I had a slight bottom, and I didn't speak at the moment, and sat down by myself.
It's not that I don't know how to be polite or anything, but after Mr. Zhu led me into the door, he sat straight on the sofa by himself, without the slightest intention of greeting me.
I smiled and stretched out my hand: "Hello, Mr. Zhu, please advise me for the first time." ”
Mr. Zhu glanced me up and down, ignored my greetings, and said to himself: "Don't talk nonsense, let's do things directly." You come with me. ”
But the more famous a person is, the more unusual his behavior is. Therefore, this Mr. Zhu's unsympathetic attitude did not anger me much.
I withdrew my hand a little hesitantly and walked behind Mr. Zhu.
The room was dark, and when I turned on the light, I found that there was a picture of ink on the wall. Other than that, there was only an empty safe.
Mr. Zhu walked towards the safe, and with a sense of avoidance, I looked towards the Mohetu near the door.
This Mr. Zhu didn't know if he really didn't know whether he didn't know how to avoid suspicion, or if he didn't care, so he went to open his own safe in front of me. I shook my head and focused my attention on the ink picture on the wall.
I don't know much about Chinese painting, but I can recognize the appearance of the dead branches and lotuses.
A poem once said: "Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain." ”
It speaks of another beauty of dead branches and remnants.
But most people still love the plump flowers and lush lotus leaves.
Otherwise, why is the phrase "the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red" so widely circulated? Even I, an old immortal who has just arrived in the mortal world, is familiar with it.
However, looking at Mr. Zhu's life, this ink picture is very in line with his aesthetic taste.
Click-card-click--
The safe is open.
After a while, Mr. Zhu called me, "Come here." ”
When I heard this, I walked over, and Mr. Zhu had gloves on his hands, and opened the scroll very carefully.
I leaned over to take a look, and the picture that slowly appeared was actually the "Lotus Flower and Water Bird".
Didn't you say that the painting was lost? Is this a fake?
In an instant, all kinds of thoughts turned in my heart, but I held it back.
Mr. Zhu craned his neck and opened the remaining half.
When a complete picture of a lotus flower and a waterfowl appeared in front of me, my eyes widened, and all of a sudden, all my doubts vanished.
Mr. Zhu is not lying. The painting is gone.
What you don't see is not the whole painting, but a part of it.
Before I came, I deliberately looked up Zhu Qi's "Lotus Water Bird Picture" on the Internet.
The sparse load hangs obliquely, and the lonely stone stands upside down, these are all right. But the only discrepancy was in the empty rock. There should have been a waterfowl on the rock. Now it's gone.
What's going on?
Okay, where did the birds go on it?
Or is this a fake at all, and Mr. Zhu doesn't know about it?
The latter possibility is not high, not to mention his background in a family of collectors. Even if he doesn't understand it, the paintings that have been passed down from generation to generation, the people in the family will never understand them, right?
Well, most likely, the painting was dropped.
"Who else in Mr. Zhu's house comes often?" I asked.
"I'm alone. In addition to this, there is also a cleaning man. She comes once a week. I checked the surveillance and it wasn't her. Mr. Zhu said.
At this time, I looked up and around, only to realize that there were several cameras installed in the hidden places of this room.
"When was the last time Mr. Zhu opened the safe to see this painting?" I asked. Since there are no clues, you might as well ask something useful.
"Half a month ago. Mr. Zhu said, "Every once in a while, I take out the painting to do some protective measures to prevent the painting from being damaged." Last time, when I took out the painting, it was fine, but I don't know why, but when I looked at it today, the waterfowl suddenly disappeared. ”
Half a month ago, then the time interval was determined.
This happened in this half month.
But except for the aunt who came to clean, Mr. Zhu was home alone. Well, why is the bird in the painting gone?
I thought.
No wonder Mr. Zhu didn't call the police, but he found us.
Because it is unclear to call the police, supernatural events are not recognized in today's society. It is very likely that as soon as Mr. Zhu explained the situation on the front foot, he was sent to an insane asylum and locked up on the back foot.
If science can't prove that all these strange things happened, then there is only one possibility, this man is crazy, he is talking nonsense.