Xin Yifan saw that the item that fell out was a crystal with the length of a little knuckle, with a familiar mysterious rune on it, and there were also blue and red entwined silk threads that he was familiar with. However, he was strange that the runes on it were a little blurry, and they were only roughly visible, but he was sure that it was a holy bone, and this was the fourth holy bone he had ever seen!

"This is, the relic, how can there be a pattern on it?" Li Mo picked up the small piece of holy bone and looked at it, and said uncertainly. At this time, Li Chengran and Ye Zilan also noticed that they came over and saw that there was something in the Buddha statue, especially Ye Zilan was even more curious, but Li Chengran did not speak, she looked at Xin Yifan, and her eyes showed the meaning of inquiry.

Xin Yifan didn't know how to tell them, because of Xiong Jinkun's relationship, Xin Yifan knew about the Holy Sect, and if the Holy Sect knew that he had found another piece of holy bone, he would definitely do everything possible to seize it, would this bring danger to the Li family's father and daughter? To say it or not to say it? Xin Yifan was beating a drum in his heart, he was worried that after saying it, it would bring trouble to the Li family, not to mention that it might be safer for them!

Thinking of this, Xin Yifan pretended to pick up the holy bone again and looked at it carefully, and then said: "Well, this should be a piece of relic, it was normal to shape such a valuable Buddha statue to worship relics before the Sui and Tang dynasties." Then Xin Yifan casually put this holy bone on the table and pretended to look at the gilded Buddha statue himself.

Li Chengran also picked it up and looked at this holy bone carefully, and saw that it showed a crystal luster, and there were red and blue silk threads entwined inside, and the looming runes outside looked really like Sanskrit, but Li Chengran didn't understand Sanskrit, so he just admired: "I didn't expect the relics to be so beautiful, is this a Buddha relic, and there are Sanskrit words on it." ”

"I'll see, I'll see. Ye Zilan also took it curiously and looked at it carefully in her hand, "Really, sister, look, there seems to be something blood-like in it, teacher, have you ever seen a relic before?" and then Ye Zilan asked Li Mo again.

Li Mo has seen relics, but it is a little different from the one in front of him, he has seen different relics, and also knows the origin of relics, most of them speculate that the formation of relics is related to the chemical reaction that occurs when bones and other objects are cremated together; However, Li Mo really hadn't seen anyone carve Sanskrit on the relics, and the runes on it didn't look like Sanskrit, but another kind of rune, he held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said: "I've seen a lot of relics, and there are a lot of forms, but it's the first time I've seen such a special relic, Yifan, have you ever heard of a believer carving runes on the relics?" Li Mo didn't know, so he still asked Xin Yifan.

Xin Yifan shook his head, picked up the holy bone again and looked at it carefully, and said: "Uncle Mo, can you lend me this relic to study, I can take it back and ask the teacher to see if there is any information about this Buddha statue, the relics must have appeared earlier than the Buddha statue, if you can find the specific records of the Buddha statue, you will know which great monk this relic is from." ”

Li Mo didn't speak, just looked at Li Chengran with an inquiring eye, Li Chengran understood, and then said: "Okay, Yifan, if you can know which monk's relics it is, then the value of this gilded Buddha statue is immeasurable, you can take it to study, anyway, Xiaolan is mortgaged to me, she is more valuable than anything else." ”

Xin Yifan smiled and didn't speak, but sighed in his heart, he just mentioned it in passing, he just wanted to see if there was any difference with the rune that Xiong Jinkun gave him, and the special thing about this bone was that it had both runes and entwined red and blue silk threads, and the characteristics shown were the third state of the holy bone he knew, and he was very curious if there would be any other strange things if he could establish an induction with this holy bone.

"Ah, brother, are you sure you want to mortgage me here in exchange for this?" Ye Zilan said dissatisfiedly.

"You're kidding you, you're serious, silly girl. Li Chengran touched Ye Zilan's little face and said with a smile.

"Thank you for your trust, Cheng Dye, I'll take it back to study it, and it shouldn't be long before I send it back to you. Xin Yifan said to Li Chengran very seriously.

"It's okay, you can take it and study it, if you hadn't found out that there were relics inside, we wouldn't have paid attention to it, and besides, I didn't expect such an unexpected joy when I invited this gilded Dharma statue." Li Chengran also said very truthfully.

"Alright, alright, since there is such a big harvest today, we have to celebrate, so let's go and eat there in the evening, I know a good private restaurant, let's go there to eat in the evening." Li Mo touched his eight-character beard and said happily, and then Li Chengran put away the gilded Buddha statue, looked at the time and told the guys in the store to prepare to close, Li Mo immediately called and booked a table of dinner, Ye Zilan also obediently and sensibly helped the guys clean up, put the valuables in the cabinet and locked them.

Li Chengran drove the car with Li Mo, Xin Yifan and Ye Zilan arrived at a secluded dwelling, surrounded by old houses, if you don't know who you think this is, Xin Yifan is also very interested in following Li Mo into the alley, and turned a few bays before arriving at an ordinary house downstairs, there is no elevator in the small building, there are five floors, Li Mo took Xin Yifan and Ye Zilan up the stairs, came to the second floor, and saw a family with the word Fu on the door, Li Mo knocked on the door, and it didn't take long for a lady in her fifties to open the door, wearing a black blouse, a silk scarf around her neck, and curly hair, dressed like a typical Shanghai woman, Seeing Li Mo and a few people coming, they greeted Li Mo very warmly in dialect, and then invited everyone to sit in one of the rooms by the window.

The room is small, but it is elegantly decorated, with a round table for eight people and four chairs in the middle, beige curtains embroidered with peonies half-opened, a calligraphy and painting on each wall, a high table by the wall next to the door, and a European-style floor-to-ceiling solid wood coat rack next to it.

At this time, Li Chengran, who had parked the car, also came into the room, still holding a bottle of wine in his hand, Xin Yifan glanced at it was a bottle of Shaoxing Huadiao, after Li Chengran put the wine on the table, he took off his thin coat and hung it on the coat rack, revealing the light-colored shirt inside and a good figure at a glance, Xin Yifan swallowed saliva involuntarily, this action was seen by Ye Zilan, the little girl secretly twisted it on Xin Yifan's leg, and Xin Yifan almost screamed in pain.

At this time, the female boss came in, first greeted Li Chengran affectionately and hugged her, and then asked Li Mo in dialect if she wanted to serve the food, and Li Mo also told her in dialect, "Let's serve the food." Then Li Mo said to Xin Yifan: "Yifan, don't look at this shop in this small alley, but it is the most famous private restaurant in Shanghai, and many celebrities want to come to eat but have to queue up for a long time." ”

"Dad, I know you're going to show off again, Yifan, let me tell you, Aunt Zhou, the boss here, is our relative, so we don't need to be positioned to eat, but other people really have a lot of queues to eat. Li Chengran introduced Xin Yifan to himself, "It's because Aunt Zhou's business here is so good, usually we don't come here for family banquets, um, but Aunt Zhou's craftsmanship in this dish is really good, you will know when you eat it, and you will want to eat it next time." ”

"Uncle Mo, if you hadn't brought us here, we really wouldn't have found this place. Xin Yifan has never been particular about eating, but when he heard Li Chengran say that he only came here for family banquets, it seemed that Li Mo really didn't treat him and Ye Zilan as outsiders, so he also said it to Li Mo very politely.

"I, I'm from Shanghai, I like the taste of this old Shanghai, I've been going south and north for many years, and I can't forget the taste of home, Zhou Xiaoying is my mother's niece, my cousin, her first-hand food is my mother's true heritage, which even my mother can't catch up. Li Mo said happily again, but Xin Yifan found that Li Mo's face changed slightly when he mentioned Li Chengran's mother.

Li Mo had a very high conversation today, and talked to Xin Yifan about the time when he and Yu Chengdong were in college, at that time, there was always not enough food, so they went to their teacher's house to eat, and sometimes the teacher was not there, so they went to the Forbidden City to help repair cultural relics, and they could also have a full meal.

The master in the Forbidden City taught them a lot of things that they could not learn in textbooks, especially the practical knowledge of cultural relics appreciation.

Li Mo said while that Aunt Zhou had already served all the dishes, and she didn't ask the waiter, she was alone in cooking and serving, there were four to five tables a day, and she usually had to make reservations three to five days in advance, and then she began to prepare the ingredients, using the best and freshest ingredients.

Xin Yifan took a look at these dishes, which are some common home-cooked dishes, but the taste is really the best local dish he has ever tasted, especially the sweet and sour short ribs, which look thick and red sauce, taste sweet and sour, and the meat is rotten. In addition, the drunken crab is only paste, which tastes full of wine and aroma, and there is no fishy smell in the aftertaste, in addition, there are sauced duck tongue, fried river shrimp, wild crucian carp stuffed meat, fish head soup and so on.

Xin Yifan and Li Mo drank Huadiao while eating vegetables, listening to Li Mo tell him about his brilliant experience, during which he also mentioned the distress with his teacher Yu Chengdong in Lop Nur, including later after doing antique business, Yu Chengdong was always the first to call him when he encountered any good things, in the early 90s, the control of cultural relics was not as strict as it is now, at that time, as long as it was not directly collected from the tomb, there would be no big problem, many folk things can be collected, Li Mo often walked the streets and alleys at that time, to the countryside, to the township, Henan Province, Qin Province are often the places to go。

Li Chengran didn't talk much, just ate the food silently, Xin Yifan found that Li Chengran had not been in high spirits since Li Mo mentioned her mother. Ye Zilan listened to Li Mo's story with relish, as if she didn't notice Li Chengran's low interest, Li Mo drank a little wine and talked more and more, and the meal didn't end until ten o'clock in the evening.

Xin Yifan is also strange, Li Motian chatted with him for a long time, but he never mentioned Li Chengran's mother again, indeed, Xin Yifan has known the Li family's father and daughter for so long, and he really hasn't heard them mention Li Chengran's mother.