Pick-up wine shop.

"Brother Su-" Niuniu ran into the wine shop with cheers and rushed into Su Duchen's arms with her little short legs.

"Wow, Niu Niu hasn't seen her for a few days and looks good again." Lifting high is the interaction between Su Duchen and Niu Niu.

"Brother Su, Niuniu hasn't seen you for a few days, where are you going." Blinking her big eyes, Niuniu was coquettish in Su Duchen's arms.

Su Duchen: "My brother has something to do and is out of the city." ”

"Uh-huh. The elder brother said that Brother Su was too busy to come and disturb him often. By the way, Brother Su will send you this. Niu Niu untied an embroidered money bag from her waist and handed it to Su Duchen.

"Niu Niu embroidered?" Su Duchen said with the money bag.

"Hmm." Niu Niu nodded vigorously, her first embroidery was Brother Su's.

"Thank you Niuniu, the little money bag is beautiful. Niu Niu is amazing! Su Duchen smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Li Jun, who entered the wine shop one step later, picked up Niuniu and said with a straight face: "Niuniu, you have to sit by yourself, you can't pester Brother Su." ”

Su Duchen watched Li Jun reprimand while arranging Niuniu's hair. He lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised, he was able to get to know these people in the past few months, and it was really good.

In the next few days, except for eating and accompanying the Su family and helping to clean the shop, most of the rest of the time went to Mingwei Hall. Occasionally, he and Qin Mufeng would go up the mountain to collect medicine, and their lives were comfortable and fulfilling.

There is no fast pace of the city, there is no electric life, there is no need to compare gains and losses with others, and there is no need to worry about work problems after graduation. Su Duchen slowly got used to the ancient life, and thought about what kind of livelihood he would make after Mingweitang stabilized, maybe he could even mix with the rich party.

Until this rainy night......

During the unitary period, thunderstorms and pedestrians were scarce on the streets, and the shops on both sides were closed due to the heavy rain. Su Duchen walked briskly down the street with an umbrella, and he was in a hurry to return to the ready-to-wear shop. There was a delay in the afternoon, and he didn't say anything about dinner, and now that the rain was still so heavy, he was afraid that Su Shi would wait for him outside the store.

Hurried to the front of the shop, Su Duchen stretched out his hand to push the door and entered.

The candlestick on the table was lit with faint candlelight, the cloth that was originally draped on the bamboo pole was sprinkled on the ground, Su's rocking chair was tilted to one side, and the messy level of the ready-to-wear shop seemed to have been looted.

Su Duchen stood on the spot, what happened? How......

Su Duchen exclaimed: "Grandma!! ”

Su Duchen hurriedly rushed into the inner courtyard, which was almost as messy as outside. A bloodstain on the floor of the hall extended to the bedroom, which was Su's room.

Su Duchen looked at the shocking blood marks on the ground, his heart beat faster, his breathing was short, and a wave of ominous thought rushed straight to his head.

Inside the house, I saw Su lying on the ground covered in blood. "Grandma-" Su Duchen shouted, rushed into the house and knelt down to take Su into his arms.

Su Shi, who was still conscious, slowly opened his eyes, and tears mixed with blood beads flowed down the corners of his eyes......

"Grandma, let's go to the hospital ......" Su Duchen said as he wanted to pick up Su's, but Su's wrist was clenched: "No." It's good for Chen'er to come back...... Thank you ......."

A word of Chen'er, a word of thanks, Su Duchen's tears couldn't be stopped, hugged Su Shi and choked: "Grandma-"

"Chen'er-Wooden Box......" Su Shi's consciousness gradually dissipated, and he pointed to the wooden box that fell to the ground. Su Duchen turned his head to glance at the wooden box, and Su Shi said again: "Roster...... Grandma is unwilling to ......"

Su Duchen: "Roster? ”

"Chen'er—" Su Shi struggled to raise his hand and caress Su Duchen's cheek.

Su Shi smiled, someone who hadn't laughed in twenty years, laughed before he died. Su Duchen knew that she wanted to express her feelings, and expressed her love for him, the person she called Chen'er for half a year, with a little inexplicable apology.

Su Shi left, leaving a few intermittent words. When leaving, there is hatred, unwillingness, regret, and gratification......

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Seven days later.

When Su died, Su Duchen opened the secret compartment in the wooden box. It is a seven-person roster, and in addition to the names, there are also official positions and some numbers written in detail. Su Duchen, who originally wanted to report to the official immediately, postponed this idea.

He began to check in the inner courtyard of the shop to see if there were any missing items, and the result was similar to what he thought, no items were lost. Looking at the list again, Su Duchen walked into the mourning hall, looked at the tablet for a long time, and then went back to the back room to look at Su: "Grandma, who killed you, is it related to the case twenty years ago?" After muttering to himself, Su Duchen decided to report the case. However, before reporting the case, you need to make some preparations, rearrange the tablet, put away a part, and then ......

Su Duchen went to Qin's house and invited Qin Mufeng. Qin Mufeng checked Su's wounds, two stabs in the abdomen, and the murder weapon should be a dagger.

There were no knives such as daggers and blades at home, and the murder weapon was not left at the scene, which means that the murder weapon was taken away by the murderer.

Qin Mufeng said: "Have you reported to the official?" ”

Su Duchen shook his head and said, "Grandma is in a special situation, and she hasn't lost any money and belongings at home. Please come, just to help me see first, Grandma was injured by the murder weapon. ”

Qin Mufeng said: "Dusk, report to the official." ”

Su Duchen frowned and said, "Hmm." ”

Two days later, the government sent people to inquire about the surrounding shops. Unfortunately, there was no useful information, it was thundering and raining that day, and the neighbors said they didn't hear any strange noises.

Three days ago, the government ruled that it was an attempted robbery and homicide on the grounds that the robbers had come to the door to rob the house.

There is a hillside on the outskirts of Changping County, the scenery is pleasant, the mountain is facing the water, Su Duchen buried the Su family here.

After wiping the tombstone with a clean cotton cloth, and touching the words on the tablet with his hand, Su Duchen stood in front of the tombstone for a long time...

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Mingwei Hall.

Inside the hall sat Su Duchen, Wu Shisan, and Qin Mufeng.

Wu Shisan said loudly: "Brother Su, I contacted a few friends on the rivers and lakes to help investigate. I also sent someone to find out if there were any suspicious people in the county in the days when the accident happened. ”

Su Duchen arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Uncle Thirteen." ”

Wu Zhongzheng called Wu Thirteen uncle, so the people of Mingwei Hall called him Uncle Thirteen in private.

Wu Thirteen waved his hand: "Be polite." If there is anything you want to help with, just ask, you and I don't pay attention to these things. ”

Qin Mufeng said in a deep voice: "Duchen, Granny Su came to Changping County ten years ago, and then bought that shop. In recent years...... Granny Sue, she ......"

Su Duchen nodded and said, "Well, Grandma's matter is a bit complicated, I'll talk to you in a few days." ”

Ten years ago, I arrived in Changping County, that is, no one knew where she was in the previous ten years. Su Duchen actually has no bottom in his heart, twenty years is too long, and some of the people on the list are afraid that they have already become ancient. But when he thought of Su's dying eyes, Su Duchen sighed lightly...... You can only do your best to obey the destiny of heaven.

"By the way, Uncle Thirteen, I plan to separate the shop from the backyard in Grandma's shop. The shop is made for the aunts of Mingweitang, and there are fabrics in the shop that can also be used, embroidery and handicrafts can also be made and sold, so that you can earn more. I'll just get in and out through the back door. Su Duchen thought about it for a few days and felt that this method was good. He will leave Changping County after that, and the shop will leave them to increase their income, which is good.

"Brother Su, you ......" Although Changping County is a small county, the price of shop leasing is not low.

"Uncle Thirteen, that's it." Su Duchen patted Wu Thirteen's shoulder and said.

There is a wall between the shop and the backyard, not that people who don't believe in Mingweitang, mainly because the tablet of the Su family is in the inner courtyard, in order to avoid unnecessary separation.

There were all the things in the shop, Wu 13 called a few people to clean up, and it was sorted out in two days. In the backyard, Su Duchen put the things in Su's room and locked the door. In the small ancestral hall where the tablet was placed, Su Duchen placed the newly carved Su tablet and lit incense.

"Grandma, I changed the shop and backyard, and the shop was used by the aunt of Mingweitang. I will go to the capital in a few days, this Su family ancestral hall is too small, and when I come back from the capital, I will build a big ancestral hall for the Su family. Su Duchen stood in front of the tablet and whispered about the current situation and plans.

There was a knock on the door: "Young Master Su." "It's the people from Mingweitang who helped clean up and leave.

Sending away the helpers, Su Duchen stood in the middle of the hall and looked around, but he didn't expect that he was very reluctant to give up this house that he had only lived in for more than half a year.

Walking into his bedroom, this room was smaller than Su's room and did not have many furnishings. This room was used by the Su family to place cloth before, and after Su Duchen came, he packed it up and let him live. After packing a few clothes, Su Duchen began to tidy up the clutter in the room.

Move the chair in front of the table and move the corner of the table next to the bed. Last night before going to bed he heard a noise from the corner, he thought it was a rat hole or something falling, so he moved it away to see and clean it by the way.

There was indeed a small hole in the corner of the wall, and the floor tiles on the ground were slightly warped. Su Duchen tied the strip of cloth firmly, bent down and reached out to pull the soil at the entrance of the cave, intending to stuff the strip of cloth into the hole.

Just as he was pulling the soil at the entrance of the cave, he inadvertently pried open the slightly warped floor tiles.

"Huh—there's something in there?"

Su Duchen simply moved the table and removed the soil from the floor tiles. After prying open the two bricks, the contents were fully revealed. A square pitch-black wooden box with dark patterns and a copper lock covered in rust. Su Duchen pinched the copper lock and tugged it gently, and the copper lock clicked out of the wooden box with a slight click.

Su Duchen put the wooden box on the table and touched his chin to wonder, what is the rust stain on the wooden box and the copper lock? looked at the pit left behind after digging, and looked at the wooden box carefully, no matter what, open it and take a look.

Su Duchen reached out and opened the lid of the box.

The height is about fifteen centimeters, like jade and porcelain, the cup mouth is round, and the cup body is narrow and wide. There is an S-shaped cup ear at each end of the wide and narrow room, which is bean green and has a smooth and delicate surface.

"The vase isn't that small, wine glass? It doesn't seem to be. The inner layer is the same as the surface, the color is the same, and the feel is the same. Celadon glaze? How does this look like jade? No pattern is also a word, antique ornaments? Su Duchen took the bottle and flipped it up and down, muttering to himself as he touched it.

The wooden box has been buried in the soil for a long time, and the bottles in the wooden box are stained with a layer of soil ash. Su Duchen naturally sighed at the bottle, picked up the cloth and wiped the bottle.

A subtle hint of golden light shines on the bottle. As Su Duchen breathed, wiped, and the speed at which the golden light flashed, the faster.

The golden light first circled the bottom of the bottle, and then slowly circled upward. The golden smooth bottle slowly showed golden lotus, and then the white light of the bottle flashed.

"Huh—was the dust on the bottle thick before? I didn't see a pattern just now.,Why now...... Wow, this bottle is so beautiful! Su Duchen raised the bottle and exclaimed. His gaze was completely attracted by the golden lotus on the bottle, thus ignoring the strangeness on his side.

Su Duchen, who had dug up the treasure, looked at the bottle and grinned for a while. Carefully placed the bottle on the table, picked up the wooden box next to it and wiped it up. This is a family heirloom from now on, and it must be matched.

Su Duchen, who was squeezing, glanced casually to the side while wiping......

"I'll ——!!" Su Duchen exclaimed, almost throwing out the wooden box in his hand.