There are three antique shops in Luoyang North City. Two of them have strong pockets and reputations. Most of the antiques purchased and sold are rare in the world, and they have a good reputation among players who like to collect and enjoy antiques.

Another one called "Yazang Xuan" is not done, this store is very small, there are not a few treasures in the town store, although most of the collection is considered antiquities, but there are few rare things, I heard that fakes have been sold before.

After a long time, the notoriety spread, and the real players never entered the door of "Yazang Xuan", but this "Yazang Xuan" is still open well, even if the door is full of birds, the shopkeeper still sits in the store, and never worries because there is no business depression.

There are no birds at the gate today because it is raining outside.

The spring rain is as expensive as oil, the light rain drenches the uneven bluestone in front of the door to be shiny and shiny, the rain is in the low-lying area and becomes a puddle, the raindrops splash up, splashing the rain flowers, the shopkeeper Xue Pingyan sits behind the counter, holding the fat double-layer chin and looking at the rain flowers with a smile, and from time to time also takes a sip of rice wine, leisurely very.

Someone came to the door, holding a shabby oil-paper umbrella, and his face was not visible, except for a pair of black upturned cloth boots and a cyan robe that swayed with his footsteps.

When the oil-paper umbrella floated to the eaves, the rain on the eaves knocked on the umbrella surface, making a "bang" sound, just a moment, the person flashed into the "Yazang Xuan", and the oil-paper umbrella was removed, revealing a middle-aged face with a two-handful mustache.

When Xue Pingyan saw this person's appearance, he immediately smiled more happily, and business came to the door!

The first time this person came to the door was three months ago, Xue shopkeeper remembered very clearly, it was still a snowy winter, it happened to be snowing heavily that day, this guest was wearing a tight-fitting lambskin cotton robe, wearing a dogskin hat with ears covering, dressed very rustic, but he was very good at discerning antiques.

The antiques in the shop. At a glance, he can accurately name names, tell dates, and estimate prices. There were a few fakes mixed in those low-grade antiques, and he didn't even touch or knock them with his hands, or look at the inscriptions on them, but just glanced at them and accurately pointed out that they were fakes.

The young man's face began to look ugly, but fortunately, the business in the store was not good, and no one came to the door once in ten days and a half months, and there happened to be no other customers in the store at that time. So the young man picked up the broom and prepared to beat the guest who kicked the restaurant out, but the shopkeeper Xue looked at it with a smile and did not stop it.

At this time, the guest suddenly spoke: "This is a pottery pot from the Eastern Han Dynasty." How much? ”

He was referring to the fake he had just mentioned, but he was talking about "the Tier pottery kettle in the Eastern Han Dynasty", and the young man heard that there was a door. immediately stepped aside, and the shopkeeper Xue immediately walked out from behind the counter and said with a smile: "Fifty thousand dollars!" ”

A real Han Dynasty Tier pottery kettle is not worth one-tenth of this price, and the shopkeeper of Xue knew that people had seen that it was a fake, but he asked for 50,000 yuan. This guest is also quirky. didn't slap his backhand, and first pulled the shopkeeper Xue into a pig's head. Then he grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out into the street and scolded the profiteers.

This man simply paid 50,000 yuan, and left happily with the "Han Dynasty Tier Pottery Pot" that had only been fired last month. He also repeatedly said that he bought it "cheaply".

Last month, the guest came again. This time he spent 100,000 yuan to buy a bronze sword from the Qin Dynasty, and the rusted bronze sword was genuine, but it was only worth one-tenth of 100,000 yuan. That is, this time, the shopkeeper Xue knew his name, and his name was Zhao Yu.

Today, Zhao Yu came again, and it was in the rain, and it seemed that it was a big business coming to the door again, so Shopkeeper Xue smiled more happily: "Brother Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time, what do you want to buy this time?" ”

Zhao Yu's complexion didn't look very good, he frowned, and asked, "Is there a treasure worth 500,000 yuan in this shopkeeper?" ”

It is too strange for people who buy antiques not to choose their favorite antiques, but only buy them at the price. Xue Pingyan is in business, and when he heard that such a big business came to the door, he didn't see a little joy, but was a little worried, but it was even more weird. He frowned and said hesitantly, "Brother Zhao's business...... It seems to be not small. ”

Zhao Yushen nodded approvingly, and sighed: "It's really not small, but it's ...... I believe that the customer can still eat. ”

Xue Pingyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then Brother Zhao will take a look at this antique!" ”

Xue Pingyan took out a large coin from the Bogu shelf and spread it in his palm, the coin was shaped like a bell and had three holes on it.

Shopkeeper Xue said with a smile: "This is the 'three-hole cloth' copper coin minted by the Warring States Period during the Warring States Period, which is a rare thing!" ”

He opened his other hand, slowly raised it in front of Zhao Yu, and said in a deep voice: "It's worth exactly 500,000 yuan!" ”

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An hour later, Zhao Yu appeared in the signing room of Yang Fan, the director of the Criminal Department.

Before he came, Yang Fan was watching the rain in front of the window, and the rain hit the leaves of the newborn laurel tree, which was bright green and pleasing to the eye.

The trunk is thick and thick, this laurel tree has been more than 100 years old, and it is said that this laurel tree was planted here at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty. Now the Great Sui has long been wiped out, and the talented Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui have become a symbol in the pile of old papers, but it is still alive and well, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

As soon as Zhao Yu came, Yang Fan lowered the window, and the handsome little man Anu who was leaning on his side to watch the rain with him also quietly retreated, standing under the dripping eaves at the door and continuing to watch the rain. With her standing there, I didn't think anyone could eavesdrop on the conversation in the room.

In the room, Yang Fan and Zhao Yu sat opposite each other, and Yang Fan said, "Have you found out clearly?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said: "With me out of the horse, you can rest assured!" ”

He reached into his arms, took out a sturdy oiled paper bag, pushed it in front of Yang Fan, and said: "The entire process of giving and accepting bribes, so the people involved, the amount and location of each bribe, the things requested, and even the place where he hid the money have been recorded in detail. ”

Zhao Yu sighed, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This Wang Hongyi is greedy, it is best to collect money, and he has a nickname called gluttony." used to be unscrupulous, but after the fall of Lai Junchen, he was much more cautious, and he actually tried his best to come up with such a good way to hide from the world. It's really hard for him. ”

Yang Fan smiled: "Yes." Let the family open an antique shop first, and pull some worthless rags and put them there to sell. Then let the person who asked him to do an errand, or begged him to raise his hand, go to the store and pay a high price for these worthless antiques. And then give it to him as a gift, as a certificate, seamless. It's a pity that he actually forgot that the best means of his Yushitai is 'three people confess, and the crime is determined by confession'. Now that I have figured out how he took bribes, I have found out the other way. I'm afraid I can't fix him! ”

The fight against corruption has always been the most powerful weapon in political contention. In the name of anti-corruption, you can kill your opponent openly, of course, provided that the opponent is indeed corrupt. Wang Hongyi has the elegance of "collecting antiques", and Yang Fan does what he likes. Sure enough, I got the evidence smoothly.

He took the oiled paper bag in his hand and said to Zhao Yu: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the office as usual." ”

Zhao Yu smiled knowingly. Get up and say, "Farewell!" ”

"Don't send it!"

"Peng" sounded, the oil-paper umbrella opened under the dripping eaves, like the water lily leaves spread out in the water tank in the corner of the wall, gently turning, Zhao Yu holding a robe in one hand. Holding a paper umbrella in one hand, he quietly left.

The Punishment Department in the rain gives people a feeling of loneliness. The back of Zhao Yu, who was walking in the rain, also showed a lonely smell.

"Alas! It's like this everywhere......"

Anu walked into the room and sighed softly in the silence of the rain. said faintly: "Gongzi and Shen Mu are like this, and you are still like this here." ”

Yang Fan raised an eyebrow. "Are you tired of it?" Where there are people, there must be fights, even if you hide in the mountains and old forests to escape the world, and when your children and grandchildren grow up and the population grows up, there will still be fights, fighting for land, property, and houses, this is human nature.

Some people fight for the world, some people fight for themselves, some people fight for high-ranking officials, some people fight for three meals a day, or fight with the sky, or fight with others, in fact, what is the difference?

In my case, in order to make you no longer afraid, and for you and me to be together in a down-to-earth manner, I want to fight with Jiang Gongzi. For the sake of my women and children to eat well and dress well, instead of worrying about not having three meals, I want to fight for my official position. Anu, you weren't so depressed before, you are not afraid of the emperor, why should you be afraid of Jiang Gongzi. ”

He walked up to Anu and said softly, "I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I won't challenge him easily until there is a perfect solution." ”

Anu nodded, and threw herself gently into his arms.

Outside the window, the lonely sound of rain seems to have a hint of tenderness.

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Early the next morning, Yang Fan rode a high-headed horse, as usual, and rushed to the yamen of the criminal department with the bells of the city. Before he got off the horse, four or five people, men and women, old and young, rushed to the side of the road, knelt down in front of the horse, put paper on their heads, and shouted in a loud voice.

Feng Xihui, the director of the Criminal Department, "just happened" to arrive at the door.

One of the two members of the Criminal Department has just been transferred from his original post not long ago, and one of the staff members has become vacant, and from that day on, Feng Xihui and Yang Langzhong rushed to the yamen at the same time every day, and when Yang Langzhong got off the horse, the two of them walked in together, chatting about qi, talking about body, and contacting feelings.

The four principals are now working hard to compete for this outsider, such as showing loyalty to the Shangguan who made Shangli and giving some gifts, and each of the principals is doing, but if you want to succeed, you obviously have to put more effort into the details.

Today, Feng Xihui still "coincidentally" rushed to the Criminal Department at the same time as Yang Fan, and when he saw this scene, he hurriedly ran over to catch people: "Go, go!" Do you understand the rules, what cases can be sued across the state and county? Even if it involves hundreds of officials, you should go to Yushitai, this is the Criminal Department, and we Yang Langzhong can still accept your mess. ”

An old man in the lead shouted with a crying voice: "The person who the old man sued was an official in the court, and the Luoyang Mansion couldn't accept it, but the old man of the Yushitai couldn't go, because the old man sued him as the official of the Yushitai!" I implore Yang Qingtian to redress the grievances of the small people and be the master of the small people! ”

P: In the early hours of the morning, ask for recommended tickets and monthly passes!

~(To be continued.) )