After the luncheon, Yue Su returned to the house, summoned Yang Yishan, took out the prepared fold, and said: "Chongyue, you write me another letter, write down the matter of today's prison, and send it to the Shangshu Wang Zhiyu of the Criminal Department." Let him take care of his own affairs. ”

Yue Su is not as good as Hai Rui, there are both upright places and sleek places, in terms of royal affairs, you still have to know to be flexible, otherwise how can you accompany the emperor to be a carpenter. The things in the prison are implicated in Uncle Guo, and he has already let Uncle Guo go, so why bother to get along with others in small details, big things can't be ambiguous, small things, forget it. The queen's two glasses of wine can't be in vain.

In the afternoon, Xiong Tingbi took his children to the mansion to thank him in person, Yue Su told him that he was going to Henan soon, let him go together, and there was no suitable position for Lord Xiong in the mansion, so it was better to serve as a staff member for the time being, and wait until the time was ripe to do the promotion.

Xiong Tingbi has long been grateful, how can he care about his position, since he is a staff member in the house, Yue Su asked people to clean up the room for the three members of the Xiong family, and they lived in the house. After all, Lord Xiong is very dilapidated now, the original Yanjing's house has been raided, and there is not even a place to stay.

In the evening, there was a family banquet, and several large tables were set up inside and outside Yue Su, with women and men outside. Yue Su was drinking with his subordinates in the front yard, and Xiong Tingbi's father and son were also among them. When the drink was strong, a person suddenly walked in outside the door, and Yue Su and the others took a look, and it was actually a golden cicada.

As soon as he saw Jin Chan coming back, Yue Su was secretly shocked in his heart, thinking that something must be wrong, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Jin Chan, why are you back, is there something wrong over there?" ”

Tie Qiu also hurriedly stood up and looked at the golden cicada.

"Lord Hui, there is indeed something." I saw Jin Chan come to Yue Su, take off a burden from his back, and open the bag, revealing a scroll of painting. Jin Cicada presented the painting and said, "Look, my lord." ”

Yue Su took it and unfolded it to see that it was a picture of a lady. There is a poem inscribed in the upper left corner of this painting, which is "Nian Nujiao Chibi Nostalgia", and the maid painted on it is exactly the same as the maid painted by Sima Chen before he died. It's just that this painting is a whole painting, and the paper is also some years old.

"Where did this come from?" Yue Su asked in confusion.

Jin Chan saw that there were a lot of people at the table, and Xiong Tingbi and the others, he didn't know them, so he said: "My lord, this matter is a long story, let's take a step to talk." ”

Yue Su nodded, and the two went directly to the study. Entering the study, Jin Chan covered the door, and then told Yue Su about the origin of this painting.

It turned out that after Yue Su returned to Beijing, Jin Chan and the others were still staring at the Zhang family as always. Jin Chan rented two sets of houses in Yanshi County, one is on the diagonal door of Zhang's mansion, and the other is on the side of Zhang's ancestral hall, which is also convenient to follow. The people who stayed here, including Jin Cicada, were all men who came out of the green forest road, and the big guys were in love, and drinking every day was indispensable. However, Jin Chan didn't forget to get down to business, and every day he asked people to take turns to stare at the door of the Zhang family.

Because of the proximity to the house, in order to facilitate monitoring, Jin Chan simply asked people to remove a piece of the courtyard wall, and along the hole, you can see the access control of the Zhang family.

A few days ago, Zhang Guozhu only brought a housekeeper to the ancestral hall, which is not uncommon, because every once in a while, Jin Chan will find Zhang Guozhu going to the ancestral hall.

It is normal to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and Zhang Guozhu's son has only died not long ago, and the spiritual position has also been put into the ancestral hall. It's just that this is also a bit more frequent, Jin Chan held curiosity, sneaked into the ancestral hall compound with Li Zhong, found a secluded corner, clicked through the window lattice paper, and looked inward. It was found that Zhang Guozhu was sitting alone in front of the spiritual platform, holding a painting in his hand, looking at it intently.

After looking at it for a long time, Zhang Guozhu pressed a few times on the stone wall in front of him, then shook his head helplessly, stood up, put the painting into a dark compartment on the spirit case, locked it, and turned to leave. Jin Chan and Li Zhong waited until Zhang Guozhu walked out of the courtyard gate, and then they were ready to enter the ancestral hall to take a look, who would have thought that at this moment, a man in black entered the ancestral hall one step ahead of them.

The man in black actually had a key on his body, opened the dark grid, took out the painting inside, put another painting in it, locked the dark grid, and left the ancestral hall. Jin Chan and Li Zhong also didn't enter the ancestral hall anymore, they directly followed the man in black and left, followed out of the two streets, and when they saw that there was no one on the street, the two of them exposed their hiding and started robbing.

Look at the figure of the man in black, it should be a woman, her skills are quite good, if she fights alone, she can also play a flat hand, you can fight two enemies and one, which opponent is the opponent, the person was injured by the golden cicada, and the painting was also snatched over. The man in black took the opportunity to be wounded and fled, she seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here, and when she chased it to the back alley of the Earl's Court, she could not find a trace.

Jin Chan and Li Zhong returned to the rented house and opened the painting, and Jin Chan immediately recognized the painting as the original painting that Sima Chen copied before he died. Realizing that the stakes were high, Jin Chan left Yanshi early in the morning and hurried back to the capital.

After listening to Jin Chan's narration, Yue Su looked at the painting for a while and said, "Call Chongyue to let him do some research on calligraphy and painting, let him appreciate it, and see if he can see the origin of this painting." ”

Jin Cicada went out and called Yang Yishan and asked him to help enjoy the painting, Yang Yishan looked at it for a long time, only to see that this paper should be from the early Ming Dynasty, but the pen power of the painting is very average, and it can't even catch up with Sima Chen, who copied this painting. I really can't see what the value of these words is, who wrote them, and there is not even a single payment for these words, God knows who drew them.

Yue Su's surname was more anxious, so he immediately threw his men out and invited all the owners of antique shops in Yanjing City. On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people of Shuntianfu came to the door, and the owners of those antique shops were terrified, who didn't know the name of 'King Yue Yan'.

After a while, the errand officer "invited" seven or eight antique bosses to come to the door, and Yue Su asked them to help inspect the paintings one by one.

In normal times, when these big connoisseurs saw this kind of painting, they would have thrown it aside a long time ago, and they would scold the person who let them appreciate the painting, but in Shuntian Mansion, who would dare. After looking at it more than a dozen times, I dared to come to a conclusion, "My lord, you are afraid that you have been deceived, the paper used for this painting is indeed from the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, but it is by no means from the pen of a famous artist, and it is not worth it at all." ”

Everyone said this, it seems that it is indeed not a genuine work, but why does Zhang Guozhu keep looking at it, and lock it in the dark compartment as a treasure? And Sima Chen also gave away his surname because of this.

This matter is getting more and more strange, and Yue Su decides to go to the Earl's Court again to clarify the matter.

A few days later, Yue Su resigned to the emperor and went to Henan again. The emperor was reluctant, but he still agreed.

After leaving Beijing, Yue Su went all the way south, first to the bank of the Yellow River, and visited the victims on both sides of the river. The people's homes have been rebuilt, and the embankment of the Yellow River has been almost repaired.

Seeing such a scene, Yue Su's heart was also relieved, and he went to Yanshi County with peace of mind. The current county order is Hua Tengzhuo, this guy has passed Yue Su's protection, easily turned positive, and when he saw Yue Su's arrival, he warmly greeted him, and used the county government as Yue Su's temporary line.

Yue Su also drank a cup of tea at the county office, and then took people to Zhang's mansion. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Zhang's mansion, he saw white lights hanging high in front of the door, and white belts were tied on both sides of the mansion door, obviously holding a funeral. Yue Suhu became suspicious, asked people to send a famous post, and after a little inquiry, he heard that Zhang Guozhu was dead.

Hearing the news of Zhang Guozhu's death, Yue Su was even more shocked, according to what Jin Chan said, Zhang Guozhu was fine a few days ago, how could he say that he would die.

After a moment's effort, a middle-aged man walked out of the courtyard, the middle-aged man was dressed in linen and filial piety, and when he saw Yue Su, he bowed down and saluted, "Zhang Guobang, the cousin of the villain's Beibo, see Yue Shaobao." ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "I don't know that Uncle Zhenbei has died, so I apologize for disturbing me." May I ask why Zhenbeibo went? ”

"My cousin died of a violent illness, and the villain doesn't know much, maybe because of the pain of losing his son." Zhang Guobang said truthfully.

"Oh. Who is in charge of that house now? Yue Su asked again.

"The second son of the cousin is young, and the family affairs are presided over by the sister-in-law. When my cousin died, my sister-in-law fainted when she saw her brother's body, and now she is bedridden. Zhang Guobang said.

"But I don't know when Uncle Zhenbei died?"

"It's been six days, and tomorrow it's going to be mourned."

Six days! Yue Su nodded and said: "Even if you know that Uncle Zhenbei is dead, there is no reason not to mourn, please lead the way, and the headquarters plans to go to the mourning hall to pay tribute to Uncle Zhenbei." ”

"Thank you, sir."

Zhang Guobang led the way and brought Yue Su to the mourning hall. After Yue Su entered the door, he heard monks and Taoist priests doing excessive things, and the family cried bitterly. Yue Su went to the front of the pillar incense, and said: "Lord Zhang had several connections with the headquarters during his lifetime, and the lord also helped the headquarters to give advice and encircle and suppress the rebels. The ministry plans to pay homage to the remains of the lord, but I don't know if it is possible. ”

He said that he also wanted to see the corpse, who could not let him, Zhang Guobang ordered someone to open the lid of the coffin, and Yue Su came close to take a look. I saw that Zhang Guozhu was wearing a shroud, the corpse was already cold, and there was a slight painful expression on his face, if it was said that he died of a violent illness, it was not like it, but if it was said that he died of poisoning, it was unlikely, because of the people who died of poisoning, after so many days, the corpse will change somewhat. Yue Su had doubts in his heart, but he didn't say anything like wanting an autopsy, he just bowed to the corpse.

(To be continued)