At eleven o'clock in the evening, Zhu Daolin and Song Shaojun, who was full of joy, both left the studio of Han Yufang, the director of the museum, and drove back to the villa at the southern foot of Zhongshan under the disappointed eyes of Director Han and the three white-haired archaeological authorities.

The lights of Jinling City at night are brilliant and neon, the powerful Volkswagen Touareg is driving in the golden traffic, and Song Shaojun in the passenger seat is holding a picture scroll with a bright yellow silk bag in both hands, and she has used her mobile phone to inform her father who is far away in the capital of the results of the "Lao Tzu Exit Map" after repeated identification by the four authorities of Jinling City, and finally unanimously confirmed that it is genuine, so Zhu Daolin can understand the excitement on her face that can not be concealed.

The Volkswagen Touareg stopped in front of the garage of the villa, and Song Shaojun, who wanted to speak all the way but stopped, finally made a guilty request: "Xiao Zhu, this Master Zhu Rui's "Lao Tzu Out of the Customs" is too precious, I think my father and grandfather must want to see it, so I ...... I'd like to ask you to transfer this painting to me, and I'll pass the money to you at the highest estimate in the industry, okay? ”

Zhu Daolin's mood at the moment was particularly comfortable, and he looked at the beautiful boss who hadn't smiled at him a few times in the past two years with a smile, and generously agreed very manly: "If you like it, take it, but it will be ruined in my hands, haha!" ”

"So, you agreed?" Song Shaojun's beautiful face once again showed a smile of surprise.

Zhu Daolin nodded solemnly: "A gentleman's word, a quick horse." ”

"Thank you, Xiao Zhu! I will fly to the capital early tomorrow morning, and once the final appraisal results are consistent with the conclusions reached by Uncle Han, I will definitely transfer the money to your card within three days! ”

After Song Shaojun finished speaking, he rushed to open the door and got out of the car with the picture scroll, ran two steps and turned back, put his head into the car and laughed loudly: "This car is given to you, you can drive home." ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned, this Volkswagen Touareg with a displacement installed with turbocharging was an original import that he just bought half a year ago, and the price of the naked car was as high as 1.1 million yuan, and he couldn't believe that there was such a good thing for a while, until Song Shaojun's tall and graceful figure disappeared into the door that had just closed, and Zhu Daolin woke up from the shock.

As soon as the excited Song Shaojun went up to the second floor, she heard the doorbell ringing, her heart suddenly sank, she looked at the picture scroll wrapped in the bright yellow silk bag in her hand and hesitated for a long time, and finally bit her lip with a cold face, and reluctantly turned around and went downstairs.

Song Shaojun opened the door and was just about to ask Zhu Daolin if he wanted to change his hexagram? Zhu Daolin was already holding a large porcelain jar in front of her, and explained embarrassedly:

"I heard that this porcelain jar is red in the glaze of Yuan blue and white, I don't know the authenticity, the pattern on it is very similar to the "Lao Tzu Out of the Customs" in your hand, it is estimated that it is copied according to the picture scroll, I want to think about it and simply hand it over to you together, if you don't like it, just when I didn't say anything."

Song Shaojun, who was frightened again, calmed down: "Come in and talk about it." ”

Zhu Daolin entered the living room apologetically, and gently placed the porcelain jar in his hand on the coffee table in the center of the living room.

Song Shaojun, who was more enthusiastic and proficient in porcelain collection, turned on all the lights, squatted beside the coffee table without any image, and repeatedly looked at the beautiful blue and white glazed red porcelain jar in front of him.

After twenty minutes of silence, Song Shaojun finally stretched out his slightly trembling Qianqiansu hand, gently picked up the porcelain jar and turned it slowly, and finally stared at the inscription at the bottom of the jar, his beautiful and focused eyes were full of shock and excitement that could not be concealed, and his voice trembled slightly: "Xiao Zhu, please tell me the truth, where did this thing come from?" ”

Zhu Daolin had long known that she would have this question, so he behaved very calmly: "Please forgive me for not being able to tell the origin for the time being, but I can assure you that it was not stolen, nor robbed, nor robbed, let alone obtained by robbing the tomb, this porcelain jar is as innocent as that painting, I guess, you have never heard of anyone owning these two things, right?" ”

Song Shaojun nodded reassuringly, without any difficulties and doubts, she took a deep breath and slowly stood up with her knees, staring into Zhu Daolin's eyes and asking gently: "Xiao Zhu, do you know how much of a sensation these two things will cause if the final identification results of these two things are genuine?" ”

"No matter how sensational it is, it's just two items, and it doesn't mean anything more special to me." Zhu Daolin has been thinking about how much money these two things can be exchanged for at most, no matter whether it will cause a sensation, there is no pressure in his heart at all, and his plain and indifferent tone and calm smile made Song Shaojun admire.

Song Shaojun's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Xiao Zhu, why do you trust me so much?" ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned for a moment: "You are my boss and worthy of my trust, besides, among the people I know, you have the highest school hours and the richest, except for you, I really don't know who to find." ”

The corners of Song Shaojun's beautiful mouth slowly curled: "You are really ...... But I can't blame you, you're from the army, haha! Well, since you trust me, leave these two things to me to deal with, no matter what the outcome is, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, and take a step back, even if they are finally identified as fakes, these two things are worth at least a few million. ”

Zhu Daolin was completely shocked: "Millions? ”

Song Shaojun was amused by his funny expression and giggled, and pushed Zhu Daolin, whose eyes were glowing green, out of the door: "Go back, I'm afraid my aunt won't be able to sleep tonight, I have to think about how to bring these two things back to Beijing tomorrow, don't worry, I'll be back in three days at the latest." ”

Zhu Daolin did not go to the double dormitory provided by the company as before, but drove back to his home in Qixia District, and when he entered the door, he saw that it was one o'clock in the morning.

In order not to alarm his parents, Zhu Daolin lightly entered the bathroom to take a cold shower, returned to his bedroom and gently closed the door, and threw himself on the bed to think nervously.

After a long two days of waiting, Song Shaojun, who made Zhu Daolin worried, finally flew back to Jinling, and the radiant Song Shaojun got into the car and closed the door casually, and immediately turned to Zhu Daolin, who didn't care about starting the car:

"Xiao Zhu, the two treasures have successfully passed the joint appraisal of the two elders of the Palace Museum, considering the identities of my father and grandfather, I am afraid that these two rare treasures will not be made public until a year later, please understand! In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, instead of putting the money into your card, I took a turn of the corner with my own opinion. ”

After Song Shaojun finished speaking, he took out two exquisite small envelopes from his handbag, and explained apologetically: "This red envelope contains the gold card I handled for you in the Industrial Bank, which contains 15 million yuan, and this black envelope is a credit card of a Swiss bank, which is used all over the world, and there are UBS branches in this city and several major cities in China, and the balance in the card is 30 million US dollars, about 185 million yuan, and the passwords of the two cards are the six digits behind your ID card. To avoid trouble, I didn't ask for your opinion before, I'm sorry! ”

Zhu Daolin, who was extremely shocked, almost suffocated, he quickly drove to the side and stopped, and took a few deep breaths in a row before he felt his heart beat again, and at the moment, he turned to Song Shaojun, who was slow and angry after being frightened: "Why do you give me so much?" I thought it would be nice to have three or five million. ”

Song Shaojun's anger disappeared when he heard this, leaned over and stuffed two small envelopes into Zhu Daolin's suit pocket, and when he spoke again, his title changed:

"Daolin, to say a word of conscience, until this moment I still feel deeply guilty about you, all I think about on the plane is how to explain to you, maybe you don't know how precious the Yuan blue and white porcelain jar you gave me...... Last autumn, a Yuan blue and white glazed red porcelain jar of comparable type, but much inferior in quality and pattern, sold for a whopping £48 million in London! ”

"There is also the master Zhu Rui's "Lao Tzu out of the customs map", my grandfather and the two elders of the Forbidden City preliminarily estimated that if it is taken out for public auction, it will not only cause a shock in the Chinese and foreign collection circles, but also the final price will not be less than 40 million yuan, if the two treasures are put up for auction at the same time, no one dares to predict what will happen in the end."

"Alas! Daolin, I'm sorry! In a year's time, I will definitely make it up to you, trust me! ”

Zhu Daolin, who gradually calmed down, showed a bright smile: "Don't say that, you have thought about me very well, I thank you It's too late, I never dreamed that I would become a billionaire overnight, and I still can't believe it." ”

Song Shaojun was just about to say something, the traffic police had already come to the front of the car on a motorcycle police car, and after seeing the hanging invisible privilege license plate, the young traffic policeman made a gesture with a smile and drove away.

Half an hour later, the Volkswagen Tiguan stopped in front of the villa, Song Shaojun seemed to feel Zhu Daolin's abnormal mentality, quietly looked at Zhu Daolin who was in deep thought after stopping the car and stared ahead, and waited very patiently for Zhu Daolin to speak.

After a long time, Zhu Daolin said apologetically: "There is one thing I must tell you truthfully, on the night of the Double Ninth Festival, after sending you on the plane, I returned here and went to your study on the second floor, as soon as I went in, I was attracted by the twelve-string guzheng in front of the window, my mother was a first-class folk music master in the province when she was young, and she was also a devout Taoist believer, she is still concurrently serving as a director of the Taoist Association as the head of the Religious Affairs Bureau, since the age of six, I practiced the guzheng under the pressure of my mother, and I did not put down until I joined the army at the age of seventeen. In the past two years, I have time at home to occasionally practice my hands, so, I saw the rare twelve-string zither in your study passed, and after trying to play a song, I found that the round white jade inlaid on the head of the zither was very mysterious. ”

Song Shaojun laughed after being surprised: "I didn't expect you to be versatile, this little thing is not worth mentioning, the guzheng is still our real estate branch three months ago, from the construction site at the southern foot of the shogunate mountain, at that time, I don't know who notified the cultural relics management office, several experts rushed to confiscate, it is estimated that they quickly learned the details of our company, so the next day the cleaned guzheng was sent to me, I put it in the study and didn't have time to check it, if you like, I will give it to you." ”

"No, no! You might as well keep it, and maybe you will suddenly find it valuable in the future. ”

After Zhu Daolin politely refused, he finally mustered up the courage to make a request that surprised Song Shaojun: "Mr. Song, I ask you to approve my resignation, okay?" ”

"Why? Although we have only worked together for two years, I appreciate your character and know that you Zhu Daolin is not a person who sees money, do you think I am unfair to you? Or do you think you've become a billionaire and have a ** share in driving for me? ”

Song Shaojun's heart suddenly gave birth to a trace of indescribable reluctance and hidden pain.

Zhu Daolin hurriedly explained: "No, no! You are very good to me, to tell me the truth that I am not afraid of your anger, I have always cared about you very much in my heart and respected you...... Alas! I don't know, but there always seems to be a voice in my head for the past two days, telling me that it's time to leave, and that there are still many things to do. ”

Song Shaojun was puzzled: "So, what do you plan to do after you resign?" ”

"Take refuge in the Daomen." Zhu Daolin finally said his decision.

Song Shaojun was taken aback: "You, you...... You're not stimulated by anything, are you? ”

Zhu Daolin shook his head and looked at Song Shaojun's complicated eyes sincerely: "It's not exciting, strictly speaking, maybe it's an epiphany, I always feel that I should do something meaningful, besides, even if I take refuge in Taoism, I can still get married and have children, Taoism advocates the way of heaven and nature, believes in the justice of heaven and its own cultivation, never deliberately suppresses human nature, and is much more relaxed than other religions." ”

Song Shaojun was speechless, and he felt at a loss for a while.

Zhu Daolin smiled and said apologetically: "If you don't dislike it, I will continue to serve as your full-time driver until the new driver arrives." ”

"Who said I hated you?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Song Shaojun regretted it, and pieces of red glow flew on his beautiful face in an instant.

Seeing this, Zhu Daolin smiled: "To say Gao Pan, in fact, I want to be your friend, you also know that I am a bit withdrawn, and there are few friends around me who can talk." Another important reason is that maybe in the future I will get some things like "Lao Tzu's Exit Map", and I plan to compensate you for a piece of ancient jade. ”

Song Shaojun raised his head in astonishment: "Where did you get such a precious thing?" ”

Zhu Daolin had to move out of the lie that he had made up in advance: "My grandmother's family has lived in the ancient town at the western foot of Maoshan Mountain in the ancestral court of the Shangqing faction for generations, and before my grandfather died, he served as the host of the Yuanfu Palace of the Shangqing faction. ”

Song Shaojun seemed to understand, pondered for a moment and said reluctantly: "I see, I seem to understand, since you have made up your mind, then let it be, I think, we will become good friends, at least I know that you trust me, and I trust you." ”

"Thank you!"

Zhu Daolin suddenly let go of a big concern, and after thanking him from the bottom of his heart, he thoughtfully suggested: "You should keep this car, I know that the license plates hanging at the front and rear are much more expensive than the car." ”

Song Shaojun glanced at Zhu Daolin: "If you have money in your pocket, you dislike this mediocre car?" Or do you think I'm stingy with a car? ”

Zhu Daolin laughed: "How come?" I'm planning to buy an ordinary domestic off-road vehicle, I don't have high requirements for cars, and you are different, although I know that you are low-key, but as the CEO of a star enterprise in this province, and a returnee doctor with extremely high ability, he looks so radiant, this car is really not worthy of you, or it is not suitable for you, haha! Since you are so generous, I reluctantly accept it, and it hurts me to pay for a car. ”

Song Shaojun couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect you to have a humorous side, it seems that I have been deceived by your appearance for the past two years, if I don't have these two pieces of calligraphy and painting porcelain, maybe I will be deceived by you, and I don't know if I will suffer a big loss one day." ”

"You underestimate me too much, as a cultivator, I still have self-sustaining power, hehe!"

"What nonsense? The dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, get out of here, so that my aunt and grandmother don't look angry......"