"Get up? Can it hold on? I squatted down and slapped him twice on the face.

He was in better shape than I had expected, and at least he could barely sit up, with one hand on the floor, grinning, leaning weakly against the wall.

"Why are you here? Hehe, that's ...... It's so embarrassing, it makes you laugh......" He struggled to stand up straight, reaching out and tugging at his torn coat.

I can understand how he feels at the moment, after the windfall from the sky, there must be small troubles, which is the inevitability of life.

If you are wise, you should stay at home honestly at this moment, not only to avoid disaster, but also to reflect, so that this windfall can be safely and securely in your pocket.

"Guide Law, hurry back, come to this place, if you are not careful, you will get burned and make yourself embarrassed. Next time I come out to look for flowers and ask willows, find a place where you can settle with money, don't think too highly of yourself, this is not the place you came from-" I patted Lu Zhongguo's shoulder and comforted.

The last sentence angered Lu Zhongguo, he suddenly straightened up, slammed the wall with one hand, and made a dull "tom" sound: "Didn't I come?" Who can come? I have money in my account right away, millions—what is millions? What is it? As long as I can open the 'Jinshan Yinhai Jade Palace', half of all the treasures will belong to me, and I will be able to become the second richest person in the world, what Buffett and Li Ka-shing? What are the four gambling kings, Google and Microsoft, I don't care about them all. When the time comes, you will be my bodyguard, and I will take you around the universe...... When the time comes, I will buy the flower dowry and spend all day and wine for me to enjoy alone. Our Great Liao Kingdom Yelu clan will definitely be able to revitalize the homeland, rebuild the Great Liao regime, swallow the world, and regain the lost dignity of our ancestors......"

Regarding the treasure of the "Jinshan Yinhai Jade Palace", it is just a high-hanging pavilion in the air, whether it can be found in the end, whether it can be rich, whether it can come out alive, whether it can make money and spend money...... And so on and so forth, all with a whole bunch of unknowns.

Like Lu Zhongguo, the money is not in his pocket, and he is really too happy to spend money to get married and cause trouble first.

Besides, although Gu Tingcheng invested, no one could guess what the final result would be.

"Guide Li, let's go back first, take a bath, change your clothes, sleep well, and wake up tomorrow morning to think about the treasure of the 'Jinshan Yinhai Jade Palace'. I believe that when you wake up, your mood will be much better and your mind will be much clearer, and then we will discuss the problem before it is feasible. I said sincerely.

It was Gu Tingcheng who cooperated with Lu Zhongguo, not me, so whether Lu Zhongguo lived or died, it had nothing to do with me. The reason why he saved the law and loyal to the country was only based on the morality of the rivers and lakes, and he did not want an ordinary person to be seriously injured under the fists and feet of the gangsters in the rivers and lakes.

"Go home, go home!" He left the wall and walked under the lamp.

I carried him out of the alley and stood on the side of the road waiting for a taxi.

He turned his head and waved at the huge lantern of Hua Marriage, and hated it in his mouth: "Wait for Lao Tzu to get the money, kill it back, buy the nightclub, and let everyone be dismissed, so that you can know how the great good man of Dunhuang does things!" ”

He really drank too much, not only was his mouth full of alcohol, but his mind was confused and he was talking nonsense.

When the taxi came, I opened the car door, pushed Lu Zhongguo into the car, and then paid a hundred yuan to the driver in advance, and told him to send Lu Zhongguo home safely, minus the fare, and the rest was all tips.

After sending Lu Zhongguo away, I patted the dust on my hands and returned to the antique shop with confidence.

Meng Qiao's antique shop and I opened on a diagonal street on North Crescent Road, with its back to the northwest and facing southeast, with the name of "auspicious".

Seven houses on the street are connected, as the exhibition hall, office, warehouse, appraisal room of the antique shop, from the back door, it is a rectangular courtyard with a width of 20 meters and a depth of 15 meters, there is a two-story small building in the courtyard, there are flower beds, vegetable gardens planted in front of the building, and flowers such as moon season, osmanthus, cherry blossoms, lilacs, bauhinia and so on.

Dunhuang has continuous wind and sand in all seasons, and Meng Qiao spent a lot of energy to cultivate these flowers and trees.

Right now, Moncho is waiting for me in the lobby of the antique shop.

She has changed out of the black overalls she wore during the day, put on a blue tracksuit, and is repeatedly taking pictures of a jade Buddha on her desk.

I pushed the door in, and Moncho stopped working, straightened up and looked at me.

Next to the Jade Buddha, the four corners of the lost painting were pressed by a paperweight and laid flat there.

Meng Qiao's gaze was deep, and there were too many times when we didn't have to struggle to explain to understand what the other party was thinking.

"A lot of things happened today, and everyone who appeared seemed to be related to the rebound pipa diagram of Cave 112, which is really strange, many people seemed to have emerged from the ground in an instant, and all gathered in Mogao Caves. I wondered, what the hell is today, with so much going on? As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that my voice was hoarse.

In the past three years, today is the one that talks the most and sees the most people, and my brain has been running at a high speed, coping with all kinds of mutations I encounter.

Meng Qiao didn't speak, and went to make a cup of chrysanthemum purple wolfberry tea for me first.

"Slowly, the night is long, and there is time." She said.

I picked up the painting and examined it carefully, looking at the seemingly messy but actually clever brushstrokes added by Ming Shui's sleeve.

If her identity is true, then a princess who has been tutored by national hands since she was a child naturally has a very high artistic accomplishment, and she has the style of the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties with a casual painting.

The Tang and Song dynasties were the peak of the development of Chinese painting, and many essential skills were extinct in the Qing Dynasty, and the painters of the Republic of China and New China had nowhere to inherit them. In the early and middle period of the Ming Dynasty, the national strength was prosperous and the culture was rich, which was of great significance for the development of painting and calligraphy.

From the painting method of Ming Shuisleeve, I can see that it is a completely different technique from modern painting, rewriting and not deconstructing. She added a lot of shadows to Maihime's face, making Maihime's face extremely vivid.

Shadows are created by light, and when we look at the murals, there is only white drawing on the picture, which causes all the faces of the characters to be very dull, with no ups and downs of facial features, and no contrast between light and shadow, so the characters have no emotion at all.

Now, I read a kind of helpless sadness from Maiji's face, as if I have insight into all the last resorts in the world, and I have also experienced all the pain of joy and sorrow, great sorrow is speechless, great pain is silent. At this moment, the only thing she can do is to concentrate all her emotions on the instrument in her hand, and the music and dancing are cathartic expressions of personal emotions.

"This painting is very complex, although it is only a pencil drawing, but it is more expressive than an oil painting, which makes people look at it and feel in their hearts, like a thousand horses galloping, which cannot be restrained. In desperation, I invited the 'Buddha of the Immovable Heart' out and suppressed my own demons with the help of the power of the Dharma. Moncho said.

The jade Buddha is one foot two high, the carving is meticulous, and the Buddha's hand benevolence of the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva is very expressive.

Meng Qiao said that every time she admired the light of the Jade Buddha, her mood was as if she had been filtered by gauze, and she was refreshed and re-embarked on the road.

"The person who helped me paint is named Ming Shuisleeve, who came to visit Mogao Grottoes with the Hong Kong Island Belt and Road Delegation, strayed into Cave 112, and inadvertently altered the painting." I explain.

"And fellow travelers? Otherwise, you take these paintings very seriously, how can you give your pencil to others to doodle? Meng Qiao asked.

I nodded: "Yes, there is another girl next to Mingshui Sleeve, named Gu Tingcheng." I have a hunch that judging from the perfume used by Ming Shui's sleeves and the coat she wears, there must be some kind of relationship between her and Lei Dongtian. Gu Tingcheng never mentioned the name of 'Lei Dongtian', and only called it 'a friend', but I judged that they must have Lei Dongtian's support behind them when they came here. ”

Meng Qiao didn't interrupt me, and let me think as I spoke.

When she heard "Ming Shui Sleeve is the one-armed princess of the former Ming Dynasty", her eyes lit up suddenly. It's just that with Meng Qiao's experience, he has long been surprised, unfazed, and always able to control his emotions.

By the time I had finished the whole process, the tea in the cup was drained.

"I've never seen the person who sent the painting, and today is the first time. What is certain is that this person has martial arts and has a long experience of using firearms, because although her hands are not holding anything, she subconsciously maintains the shape of her hands holding guns in both hands. When I sent her out, she was also quite vigilant, always turning her body at an angle, and the corner of her eye scanned behind her, beware that I was not good for her. I guess she must have played the role of a 'bodyguard' in her life, protecting the more advanced bigwigs. So, the cold girl you met is very noteworthy, and I don't know when it will appear again...... Long Fei, I also have a hunch that the peaceful days have come to an end. ”

I am not attached to a peaceful life, I retire to Hong Kong Island, I just want to do something meaningful that I love. If the great change in the Mogao Grottoes comes, I will not be afraid of jealousy, but calmly welcome the change, go against the wind, and find my own way to the future.

"Do you really believe what Lu Zhongguo said? Further, do you really believe that Gu Tingcheng will really believe in the existence of the 'Golden Mountain and Silver Sea Jade Palace'? Does she or Brother Lei really believe that Ming Shui Sleeve is the former Ming Princess? Meng Qiao muttered to himself.

I shook my head and nodded again.

For Meng Qiao's question, it is not possible to simply answer yes or no.

First of all, the legend of "Jinshan Yinhai Jade Palace" is the most shocking of all Dunhuang legends.

Man dies for money, and birds die for food.

Human beings' pursuit of treasures and treasures is endless, even if they have a mountain of gold and a sea of silver, they will not be satisfied, but vainly try to have a hundred mountains of gold, a hundred silver seas and even all the gold and silver seas in the world.

Even Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng, who had annexed the Six Kingdoms and owned the world, still tirelessly transported the treasures of the Six Kingdoms to Afang Palace, and never stopped throughout his life.

For another example, the Nazi leader during World War II was the same, after sweeping across Europe, he shipped all the famous paintings and artworks to Berlin and built a museum collection, in an attempt to keep them forever.

When greedy people realize that the tide is over and that they are about to lose their treasure, they will often dig deep into the basement and hide the treasure in secret, preferring that the treasure will disappear forever rather than give it to the victor in vain.

That's why there are so many treasures and legends in the world.

"It is better to believe in what is there than to believe in what is not." I replied.

Meng Qiao laughed silently, she knew me, and knew that after I was in seclusion, I had less socializing, but more reflection.

"I want your people to cast their eyes all over the city to see how many strangers have come to Dunhuang, and how many people are interested in Mogao Grottoes, Jinshan Yinhai Jade Palace. At the same time, tell your people that you must be careful, foreign characters are anxious and fast, and they want white knives to go in and red knives to come out at every turn. I continued.

Meng Qiao raised his eyebrows, and stopped talking.

After coming to Dunhuang, Meng Qiao secretly developed an underground eyeliner network, and everything was carried out quietly from me, and I never broke it. Now, it's time to hire people, and it's time for her eyeliner network to show her skills.

Meng Qiao sighed, didn't explain, didn't ask questions, just nodded.

Once a murder occurs, it will seriously affect the international image of Dunhuang and cast a shadow on the "starting point of the Belt and Road". This is a big mistake that has misled the country and harmed the people, and no one can afford it. Therefore, I hope that the eyeliner network led by Meng Qiao will act unnoticed, instead of becoming a nameless ghost who dies in the back alley every morning.