Although I sighed like this, I asked curiously, "What about later?" What did that official do with those treasures? ”

The corners of Su Baichang's mouth barely pulled out a smile, and he snorted coldly: "What else can I do, of course, I will sell it after the turmoil is completely over." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info can embezzle stolen goods, and he is not a good person. You know that human nature is wonderful, no matter what position you are in, human nature will never change with the change of appearance, he is the most essential thing of human beings. Just like a person with good conduct, if you let him live a down-and-out life, he will keep his high demeanor and dignity when he is in embarrassment; And the bad man, if you put him in a golden nest and raise him, let him wear gold and silver, and live a rich life, he will also commit sins. Human nature does not change with the change of the external environment. ”

"That's too absolute." I pouted in some confusion.

Su Baichang glanced at me: "I'm just talking about my feelings, if you don't believe it, forget it." ”

I didn't feel sorry for Su Baichang's tone, but brought the topic back to what happened after the theft of this very mysterious white snake necklace, and I urged Su Baichang to continue: "Who did the corrupt officials sell the necklace to later?" ”

Su Baichang waved his hand: "Actually, this necklace didn't go to the people as you thought at the beginning, but returned to the palace." This is a trap that has been laid out for a long time. ”

Hearing this, my eyes widened with curiosity, and my reaction just satisfied Su Baichang's vanity, and a smile finally appeared in his eyes: "This is a trap designed for that corrupt official a long time ago, just waiting to wait for the rabbit." Isn't there an old saying in China that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch comes last? The corrupt official was the praying mantis, and the yellow finch was another force in the court at that time. This force has long wanted to eradicate dissidents, so they laid a trap in advance and waited for this fool to drill into it. You say that he executed the thieves and handed over only a little jewelry, which is a clear sign that the guards are stealing themselves. Although no one pursued this matter at that time, the corrupt official used silver to settle the relationship, as if he was fooling through, but in fact, people were waiting for the opportunity to get the stolen goods. In the late Qing Dynasty, the corruption of the imperial court had reached the extreme, the officials colluded, the officials protected each other, and all those who had interests colluded with each other formed gangs and factions, and the entire court was a miasma. At that time, as long as you were an official, you had to stand in line, and when the power you chose was strong, you didn't dare to care about what you did, but once he was weak, or became a thorn in the side of others, and wanted to get rid of the backer behind you, you were just a pawn who could be sacrificed immediately. This dog officer encountered such a situation, some people saw that the backer behind him was not pleasing to the eye, and wanted to be real, so he became one of the sacrificial sheep. At that time, the corrupt official thought that the rumors had passed, so he sent his men to take the things to the ghost market and sell them. Who knew that it was this decision that cost him his life, someone had already been in ambush in the ghost market waiting for the stolen goods to be found, this servant sold the stolen goods to a person who seemed to be a little easy to deceive, but he didn't think that this person was pretended to be Lord Belle's servant, in order to catch the pigtails of the forces behind the corrupt officials. The servant shouted and made a fuss on the spot, and then the subordinates of Belle Ye, who had been lying in ambush around the ghost city, sent the errand to the yamen overnight, and you should be able to guess what happened after that without me detailing. After being sent to the yamen, the servant betrayed his master within a few beats. After his master was arrested, he confessed a lot of people, although it did not hurt the core figures, but that faction was also greatly injured, which means that Lord Belle has eradicated his own hostile forces. On the other hand, Lord Belle got the long-coveted treasure without much effort, and he is a member of the royal family after all, to put it bluntly, this is originally a thing in the palace, and he wants to find a way so that he doesn't have to hand over the stolen goods, but fills his pocket. The Empress Dowager Cixi doesn't care, so naturally no one dares to care. In the late Qing Dynasty, this kind of thing happened too much, as long as the Empress Dowager Cixi was pleased, most of the time, she would turn one eye open and one eye closed. The 'White Snake' returned to the palace. However, this is not particularly accurate, in fact, it is just that it has not been left in the world, and in fact, the white snake has been 'stolen'. ”

Seeing that I had something to say, Su Baichang raised his hand to stop me: "Miss Mo, I know you want to ask how the 'White Snake' ended up in the people, in fact, you think about it with your brain a little, and you don't need me to explain more." ”

I tried to guess: "Lord Belle pawned the White Snake after he fell?" ”

Su Baichang nodded: "But it's not an obvious pawn, after all, the last years of the Qing Dynasty were still in the Qing Dynasty, and regular pawnshops don't dare to blatantly accept some things in the palace." If you accept it, you will lose your head. So, the best place to ship is still the ghost market I mentioned earlier. However, most of the things in the ghost market come from the wrong way, and it is often some tomb robbers who sell the things in the tomb, or the down-and-out children of the Eight Banners steal antiques from their homes and sell them. In short, these things that come from the wrong way and cannot be sold openly in the antique or jewelry market are all sold cheaply in the ghost market. To be honest, even now, as long as you believe in your eyes, you can still find a lot of cheap and good things in the ghost market. Su Baichang smiled proudly, and it could be seen that he should have been 'fishing' things in the ghost market.

I frowned, wanting to know what was going on. Su Baichang knew that he had talked too much, and patted his mouth lightly: "Oh, you see I'm nagging about something else, let's move on." Later, wasn't this necklace sold by Lord Belle? After that, the necklace disappeared for nearly a decade, and it reappeared in Shanghai. But. Su Baichang hesitated for a moment, and said with some uncertainty, "But I have only seen the written record of the incident at that time, and there are no photos to prove it, so I can only use it to hear, and I can't guarantee whether it is true or not." ”

Su Baichang's expression was a little cautious at this time: "But according to the time, it does reveal a bit of truth." The reason why I said I appeared in Shanghai was because I found a newspaper from the Republic of China, and it contained an interesting anecdote like gossip. As he spoke, Su Baichang took out a folder from the bookshelf and opened a page to show me, there was a yellowed old newspaper clipping in the plastic film, but because it was too old, the handwriting was blurry, Su Baichang handed me a magnifying glass, and I looked at it carefully. The newspaper clippings are indeed a gossip anecdote, when a gang boss surnamed Huang in Shanghai Tang gave her a diamond necklace bought at a high price in order to please a famous Peking Opera singer (this famous singer later almost took the life of the big man surnamed Huang), but unfortunately the shape of this necklace pendant is a carved lifelike white snake that scared the famous singer, and he needed to recuperate for the time being, and could not continue to perform on stage.

It seems that after the celebrity was unable to perform at that time, this tabloid reporter pulled out the inside story. I continued to look down, and the second half of the report said that the famous lady was scared and went to the hospital, so that the real wife of the big guy surnamed Huang knew, and the wife of the main house, who was already very dissatisfied with her husband's lover outside, was angry, and made the family restless, which made outsiders see a lot of jokes. It is said that at that time, in order to repair the relationship between the husband and wife, he also invited the disciple of the big man surnamed Huang, who was later in the underworld in Shanghai, to help him settle down. Under the report, it is indicated in small print that the person who wrote this report also went to see this necklace, which is indeed unique in shape, which makes people a little scared when they look at it.

I put down the magnifying glass and shook my head with some regret: "I see that this description does look like the white snake necklace we just discussed, but there are no photos, and it is not easy to corroborate." And if I'm not mistaken, I remember that the famous Shanghai singer in the report seems to have married Mr. Huang, the other protagonist in the report, right? The necklace was still accepted even though I was afraid? ”

Su Baichang shook his head and laughed again: "Little girl, what you said is not all the truth. In fact, in the end, the 'tycoon' divorced the hair extension and married the celebrity. But then the marriage only lasted a year before it ended, and it is said that the famous lady had to blackmail Mr. Huang in order to divorce. But these are all topics that have nothing to do with necklaces. I also found this story to verify that the person who sold me the necklace was telling the truth. ”

"The old man you mentioned when you met in Thailand?" I looked at Su Baichang with wide eyes, "But this time I hope you don't tell me the story." ”

Su Baichang was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't hold his face because of my words, and his face became a little gloomy: "Since the matter has come to this point, it doesn't mean me to lie to you." I said, I didn't lie to you much, there was nothing wrong with the old man who sold the necklace, and there was nothing wrong with this necklace that I saw it in an antique store. Including this story, the old man first told me. ”

"How did he know? Could it be that he was the gossip reporter? But on second thought, I denied my own speculation. According to Su Baichang's words that he met the old man in the 90s, the reporter was already over 100 years old at that time, regardless of whether Lao Re can really tell Su Baichang the ins and outs of the whole story clearly, the authenticity of this necklace will also make Su Baichang hesitate. After all, with the salary of a journalist at the time, it was difficult to afford such a necklace.

Su Baichang looked at my tangled appearance and laughed again: "Little girl, your imagination is too rich. But what's really happening is even more bizarre than you think. ”