Ling Xiao parked the car in the parking lot, then got out of the car to look for No. 222.

Zhang Xue'er followed behind him and chuckled: "Husband, I'll serve you chicken soup to drink when I go back, okay?" ”

Ling Xiao looked at her speechlessly, and said with a wry smile: "Now is the time to do business, what are you kidding." ”

Zhang Xue'er closed her mouth and said nothing, and two blushes appeared on her face. Although she was joking Lingxiao, she herself was shy.

The two quickly found number 222. It was a single-family, three-storey European-style villa, and in the front yard was a large patch of roses and roses, all of which were in good bloom and fragrant.

An old man with gray hair was standing in front of a cluster of roses with scissors and cutting flowers. Behind him, there is a pot of flower arrangements that have not yet been completed. The old man was in his sixties and looked physically and mentally healthy.

Is this old man Ma Longyi?

Ling Xiao walked up, but he didn't enter the door, stood in front of the fence door, and said politely: "Excuse me, is it Mr. Ma Longyi?" ”

The old man raised his head and glanced at Ling Xiao and Zhang Xue'er who were standing in front of the fence gate, but he didn't say anything, and his eyes looked a little surprised. He was obviously guessing the identities and intentions of Ling Xiao and Zhang Xue'er, but he had never seen the two young people in front of him.

"That's right." Ling Xiao said straight to the point: "We came from the museum, and we saw the old man's Ming Dynasty oil painting...... Well, old man, can I delay you a little? I want to talk to you. ”

The old man then said loudly: "It turns out that you are here to buy a painting, this will not be accepted, you can go, that painting is handed down by your ancestors, I will not sell it." ”

In this sentence, the identity of the old man can already be determined, he is Ma Longyi, the owner of the Ming Dynasty oil painting.

"No, sir, just give us a few minutes, we have some questions for you, that's important to us." Zhang Xue'er begged loudly.

Ma Longyi's brows furrowed, "What's the matter with the doorman now?" Anyone can be put in. If you don't leave, I'll call the security guard of the property. ”

Zhang Xue'er also asked Ma Longyi, but Ling Xiao signaled her to give up, and then he put the one wearing the yin and yang ring on the stainless steel bar of the fence gate.

The fence gate is also 1.5 meters high, and it is a decorative gate. Ling Xiao's hand was placed on the fence gate, and the silver stainless steel material and the black yin-yang ring suddenly formed a tonal contrast, and the black yin-yang ring was very conspicuous.

Ma Longyi was still wondering why Ling Xiao and Zhang Xue'er were so thick-skinned, and when he was also thinking about whether he really wanted to call the security guard to deal with it, he saw Ling Xiao's strange behavior, and then saw the yin and yang ring on Ling Xiao's hand. At that moment, his eyes burst with a look of surprise.

"You ......" Ma Longyi was stunned for a while before he reluctantly came out with a sentence, but this sentence was only one word.

This trick was really useful, Ling Xiao took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Ma, we won't delay you for a long time, can you talk?" ”

"Please come in, please come in." Ma Longyi's attitude is completely different.

Ling Xiao pushed open the fence gate and walked in. Zhang Xue'er also followed him in.

"Let's go inside and talk." Ma Longyi invited.

"Okay, then bother." Ling Xiao said politely. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this Ma Longyi had changed his attitude because of his yin and yang ring. If he hadn't discovered the Yin and Yang Ring in his hand, Ma Longyi would probably have called the security guard at this time.

Entering the living room, Ma Longyi beckoned Ling Xiao and Zhang Xue'er to sit down, and then hurriedly poured two glasses of juice for the two.

During this time, Ling Xiao also looked at his living room. The living room of Ma Longyi's house is a typical Chinese style, antique. On the central wall hangs an ink figure painting, which is also an official wearing a Ming Dynasty uniform. Under the painting is an offering table, on which are placed incense burners and fruit bowls. There are three sticks of sandalwood burning in the incense burner, and the aroma is pleasant. The fruit in the bowl is still fresh.

With such a furnishing layout, the characters in this painting are obviously Ma Longyi's ancestors.

After a closer look, although they were all officials of the Ming Dynasty, Ling Xiao soon found that this painting was not the same figure as the painting he saw in the museum, but it was somewhat similar in physiognomy. He also secretly guessed in his heart, "Two Ming Dynasty officials, what do they have to do with Ma Longyi?" Well, or maybe it's the same person, the ink figure painting is too different, and it's normal to not look like it. ”

Ling Xiao's actions fell in Ma Longyi's eyes, and only after Ling Xiao withdrew his gaze from the painting did he say, "That's my family's ancestor, Zheng He." ”

Zheng He's original name was Ma He, this Ling Xiao is knowledgeable, and he learned it when he was in history class before. Therefore, Ma Longyi said that Zheng He was the obstruction ancestor of his family, and he was not surprised, after all, Ma Longyi hung Zheng He's portrait in the living room to worship. However, there is still one thing that he doesn't understand and feels strange, that is, Zheng He is a eunuch, that is, a eunuch, and a eunuch has no descendants, so how can this Ma Longyi be Zheng He's descendant?

It's hard to ask such questions.

Ma Longyi seemed to see Ling Xiao's thoughts, and he continued: "I know what you are thinking, that's right, Ancestor Zheng He is indeed a eunuch, but ......" He didn't continue.

Ling Xiao looked at him, waiting for him to continue, and said secretly in his heart: "This kind of thing is really difficult to talk about, next, is he going to say that his ancestor Zheng He is actually a fake eunuch who has not been purified?" There are such plots in many TV series, because of some fortunate reasons, what should have been cut off was retained, and then secretly married a wife and had children, and the son married a wife and had children, passed down from generation to generation, and he is now here. ”

This seems to be the only possibility, in fact, not only Ling Xiao is thinking like this, even Zhang Xue'er is guessing like this.

Ma Longyi never said what he was hiding in his heart, but changed the topic, "I haven't asked the two of you yet, who are you?" ”

Ling Xiao said: "Her name is Zhang Xue'er and she is a student at Kyoto University. My name is Ling Xiao and I am a doctor. ”

"You're a doctor?" Ma Longyi's expression looked surprised, in his opinion, it was impossible for a person as young as Ling Xiao to become a doctor.

Before Ling Xiao could explain further, Zhang Xue'er grabbed her mouth and said, "Mr. Ma, don't you know the way?" Dr. Ling is a well-known miracle doctor, he cured the president of the Academy of Sciences, Qi Diao Renshan, well, and Huang Zhiqiang, a celebrity in the real estate industry, yes, there is also the Hongxiagou virus incident that caused a lot of trouble last year, which was also resolved by Dr. Ling. Dr. Ling's deeds have been reported by the media a lot, you should be a little impressed, right? ”

Ling Xiao couldn't help but glance at Zhang Xue'er, she exaggerated him like this, which made him quite embarrassed.

Ma Longyi thought about it seriously for a while, and soon smiled, "It turns out that you are that magical little miracle doctor, I'm clumsy, I'm sorry." I've really read a lot of your reports. ”

Ling Xiao said with a smile: "Mr. Ma is polite. ”

Everyone has a status, and people with high status can easily gain the respect and trust of others. On the contrary, if two people get along, one party's status is very low, and they are often questioned and scorned.

This is obviously the case in front of him, Ling Xiao's reputation is outside, and the vigilance in Ma Longyi's heart has decreased a little, and the trust has also increased invisibly.

"Well, I'm not going around in circles." Ma Longyi stared at the Yin and Yang ring on Ling Xiao's hand, and said straight to the point: "Doctor Ling, can you tell me where the ring on your hand came from?" ”

Ling Xiao didn't answer immediately, he was still thinking about whether to tell Ma Longyi this secret.

Ma Longyi smiled, "You came here for the origin of that oil painting, right?" It is equivalent to coming from the origin of this ring. If you tell me where your ring came from, I'll tell you where the painting came from, it's a fair deal, isn't it? ”

Ling Xiao was silent for a moment before he said: "This ring is called the Yin Yang Ring, it was passed on to me by my teacher, his real name I don't know Lu Dao, I only know that Lu Dao is a Taoist priest, and his Taoist name is Xuanjizi." ”

"Xuanjizi?" Ma Longyi read for a moment, his face full of confusion, "I have never seen this person, nor have I heard of this Dao number. However, I can tell you with certainty that this ring was obtained by the ancestor Zheng He when he went to the West and brought back to his homeland in the Ming Dynasty. This ring was originally passed down in our family, but it was lost due to war during the Ming and Qing dynasties. ”

Ling Xiao couldn't help but observe Ma Longyi's expression with the corner of his eye, and said in his heart, should he want to go back? What was lost at the end of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many times it changed hands during the period, who can prove that the Yin and Yang Ring is his Ma family?

If Ma Longyi opened this mouth and asked for the relics of the ancestors, Ling Xiao would definitely not give it. He's not stupid, and that's not what he's here for.

"Hehe......" Ma Longyi smiled, "Doctor Ling, you don't have to worry that I will ask you for the Yin Yang Ring. I want it, but I'm sure you won't give it, will you? ”

Ling Xiao also smiled, but didn't say anything. At the same time, he somewhat admired Ma Longyi's ability to observe words and colors, and twice in succession, this Ma Longyi guessed his thoughts.

"Mr. Ma, I have already told you the origin of the ring, now it's time for you to say it, right?" Ling Xiao looked at Ma Longyi, waiting for him to speak.

Ma Longyi didn't speak immediately, but looked at Zhang Xue'er and said with a smile on his face: "Miss Zhang, can I ask you to bring in the flowers I put outside?" By the way, if you can, please pour some water on the flowers. ”

This was an obvious hint that he didn't want Zhang Xue'er to hear what he was going to talk about.

Zhang Xue'er got up and said generously: "Okay, I'll help you get it, you can talk." ”

Zhang Xueer left the living room and went outside to fiddle with Ma Longyi's flower arrangement. She knew exactly what Ma Longyi meant, and Ma Longyi didn't want her to hear something.

In the living room, Ma Longyi and Ling Xiao hadn't started talking yet.

Ma Longyi looked at the portrait of Zheng He hanging on the front wall, and his mind seemed to be in a trance, as if he was recalling something.

Ling Xiao sat quietly, waiting for him to organize his thoughts. He was also secretly guessing in his heart, what would Ma Longyi tell him next?