[The book continues from the above, the last book said that Mu Qingming and Mo Han left Xiaocaiyuan Village after refusing Zhao Liang's help, and on the way home, the two chatted for a while and found clues in the words and deeds of the elder sister of the Immortal Dao tonight, and after some discussion, both of them felt that the eldest sister of the Immortal Dao came for Mu Qingming's demon blood tonight, which made Mu Qingming's heart even more uneasy. led out the sixteenth day of the first month, Rong Baozhai opened the door, and Zhao Liang came to the door violently, looking for not Mu Qingming but Zhang Qianqian, the daughter of the shopkeeper. Under Mu Qingming's careful questioning, it turned out that Zhao Liang found out in the foreigner's piano shop, and the day before the death of Wu's mother in Chenfu, Zhang Qianqian had bought strings in the piano shop. 】

The festive atmosphere on the street and the firecrackers of the Lantern Festival have not yet dissipated, Rong Bao Zhai opened the door and started business. The warm sun shines through the carvings on the window, leaving a silhouette in Rong Bao Zhai.

"Shopkeeper Li, if this thing is not worth the price I said just now, I will swallow gold and kill myself in front of you." Mu Qingming, who was sitting in Rong Bao Zhai, cocked Erlang's legs, pointed to the antique that he was carrying in his palm, and continued to say to the middle-aged man sitting opposite him who was in good spirits and had a handful of goatees under his chin: "This jade dog is made of ancient jade from the Han Dynasty, and you don't carve anything about this thing, and it is definitely worth the price; Something you palm your eyes first. ”。

As he spoke, he handed the jade dog carved from colored topaz in his hand to the old man in a brocade horse coat and robe opposite.

This middle-aged man was none other than the shopkeeper Li of Fulintang, the most prestigious Chinese medicine store in Kunming City at that time. At that time, he was the leader of the medicine practitioners in the city of Kunming. Because of the proficient medical skills for the bold, the ancient road hot sausage service sincere, and Tong Suo is not deceived by the curative effect, its brilliant medical skills and noble medical ethics in Kunming widely praised.

But in addition to being extremely obsessed with studying pills and prescriptions, this person also likes to collect some antiques and antiques, so Rong Bao Zhai has become one of the places he often visits.

After coming and going, he and Mu Qingming became acquainted, and every time he came, he didn't necessarily buy it, but he always asked Mu Qingming to recommend him a few good-looking antiques.

What Mu Qingming recommended to him today was the jade dog that he held in his hand at this time.

This is a Han Dynasty artifact, no more than an inch long. The small and delicate jade dog is in a lying state with its head and tail raised and its limbs pressed under its abdomen. The eyes, mouth, nose, ears and tail are decorated with yin lines, and the bones are depicted with thick yin lines, and the vertebral joints are depicted with semi-beads, making the whole jade dog look so delicate and fruitful; It is vivid and lifelike, and if you blow on the jade dog, it will come back to life.

This was before the Chinese New Year, a stranger sold it to Rong Bao Zhai, and the price was 360 yuan. He reluctantly said what kind of heirloom this is, and he took it out when he ran out of money. And as soon as he entered Mu Qingming's hand, the dragon lock man only glanced at it a few times, and smelled the faint earthy smell mixed with the fragrance of cypress wood on it, and knew that this thing came from underground.

Mu Qingming has been dealing with demons and monsters for a long time, and it is inevitable that he knows some demons and monsters who live in the tomb, so naturally his knowledge of the tomb is not shallow. Many Han tombs have a feature, commonly known as the yellow intestine inscription.

Why is the yellow intestine problematic? That is, the cypress is stripped of the bark to expose the yellow heart, which is called the yellow intestine; The short rod cut into a length of more than one meter is built into a coffin, and the wood is said to be the title of the outward face. Therefore, the things that came out of the yellow intestine inscription were soaked in the unique fragrance of cypress wood for a long time, but it was like the smell of corpses with feces and urine overnight.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a funerary object. And it's something that has just been unearthed.

However, in those years, although the land of China was a change of dynasty, there was not much peace; Although Kunming is in a safe corner, no one will delve into whether an antique is dug out of a grave.

At that time, people tacitly paid attention to the fact that there was no deal that could not be negotiated, only a bad price. Mu Qingming naturally didn't care, and it wasn't expensive to dig graves and rob tombs.

So after taking a closer look, he bargained with the seller, and finally helped the shopkeeper Zhang accept the jade dog at a price of three hundred and twenty oceans.

But as soon as he opened his mouth today, he asked Shopkeeper Li to give out four hundred and fifty oceans, and not a single son was missing; Just because the topaz carved into a jade dog is a round and transparent ancient jade of the Han Dynasty.

Shopkeeper Li looked left and right for a long time, he also liked this small and delicate jade dog, but four hundred and fifty yuan was a little expensive. Although Fulin Hall is a well-known pharmacy, and its business is good, and its façade is full of people every day, it has always adhered to the rule of not charging medical fees for the treatment of poor people, and only requires those who have recovered from serious illnesses to plant three apricot trees in the back hall, and one light one. After a long time, it became an apricot grove around the store, so the pharmacy was named Fulin Hall, which was intended to bless the apricot forest.

But in this way, the poor are happy, and the greening is done, but there is not much spare money that Li Da can use. So the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down, he looked at Mu Qingming with an inquiring gaze, and said leisurely: "I also know that the price of this thing is four hundred and fifty yuan, which is worth the money, but can Young Master Mu raise his noble hand and charge a few dollars less." ”。 After saying that, he showed kindness and grinned.

"You have to ask our shopkeeper about this, I just have to check to ensure the authenticity of things." As he spoke, he glanced at the shopkeeper Zhang, who was playing with the abacus beads behind the counter, and then lifted his teacup and took a sip of fragrant tea.

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhang raised his head and pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at Shopkeeper Li and smiled slightly, and said kindly: "Trading, there is an offer and a counteroffer, or Shopkeeper Li will pay back the price first." ”。

"Thirty-six." Shopkeeper Li nodded and thought for a while, then said slowly: "This jade dog carved from ancient jade in the Han Dynasty is not common, but you don't suffer at this price. ”。

Thirty-six, which means three hundred and sixty oceans, not really only thirty-six.

"It's not easy to open a store, your shopkeeper Li is also in business, you should know that doing business is not an easy thing to do in these years, you give this price a little lower." The shopkeeper Zhang, who sighed lightly, showed a little embarrassment, paused when he said this, pondered for a moment after a little groaning, still had a rather embarrassed look on his face, and said, "Thirty-eight." ”。

"Yes." After hearing the words and thinking for a while, Shopkeeper Li nodded his head, and then said: "Send the things to the house for me, and make a box for me to contain the jade dog, which must be padded with three layers of flannel, isn't it difficult?" ”。

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't talk to him at length, and nodded twice before answering.

Shopkeeper Li got up and returned the jade dog to Shopkeeper Zhang, paid half of the deposit by the way, and asked Shopkeeper Zhang to set up a note, then slowly put away the note and paced back to his position, and after drinking tea and chatting with Mu Qingming for a while, he slowly got up and said goodbye to Mu Qingming and Shopkeeper Zhang, and walked out of the door and left leisurely.

"Shopkeeper, shall I go find someone to make a box for him later?" After seeing Shopkeeper Li leave, Mu Qingming put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head to look at his shopkeeper and asked leisurely, "Then what materials are you made of?" ”。

"Look for sandalwood; Although Shopkeeper Li didn't mention what materials to use, he is an old customer of our store, so don't treat him badly. Saying that, the shopkeeper went around the counter, walked to Mu Qingming's side, stuffed him with three pieces of ocean, and advised: "Make a good one, make it more beautiful." ”。

"Okay, I'll go to the carpenter's shop that makes wooden boxes before I go home in the afternoon." Mu Qingming put away the money a little bit, and raised his teacup again to drink tea.

"When you send something to Shopkeeper Li, ask me something by the way." The shopkeeper Zhang, who paused, seemed to remember something, and said to Mu Qingming with a frown: "Recently, I have been sleepy at night, and I can always fall asleep, but when I wake up at dawn, I am still groggy, does this have to recuperate?" ”。

"Okay." Mu Qingming responded and kept this explanation in mind, and then raised the teacup to his mouth again, and didn't care about the illness of the shopkeeper, after all, the other party was not only an ordinary person but also old, and his temples began to grow gray hair, and it was normal for him to be in poor spirits.

The fine porcelain cup touched his lips, and Mu Qingming saw a familiar figure flashing in the crowd of people coming and going outside the door, and he was coming towards Rong Bao Zhai.

Mu Qingming raised his eyes and glanced at it, and found that the figure was none other than Zhao Lianghou, so he scolded with a smile: "This stinky boy just remembered to come to see me today." After that, he took a sip of the fragrant tea in the cup casually.

By the time he put down the teacup, Zhao Liang had already rushed into Rong Bao Zhai with a brisk pace, leaving a strong wind behind him. As soon as he saw Mu Qingming, he stood in front of the other party in a hurry, and asked eagerly, "Brother Mu, is the injury better?" ”。

"The incident on the night of the first day of the new year, you kid only remembered to ask me today, my injury is only on the surface, and my heart is not healed." Mu Qing replied with a smile, turned his head in the direction of the door, and his gaze jumped directly over Zhao Liang and looked outside the store.

"I've been busy these days, busy checking what you explained." Zhao Liang hurriedly took out twenty-five oceans from his sleeve, put them in Mu Qingming's hand, and said, "Your salary and medical expenses." ”。

As soon as he heard the sound of the silver dollar colliding, Mu Qingming hurriedly turned his head and glanced at the silver dollar in his hand, greeted Zhao Liang with a smile, and asked with a smile: "What are you busy with during the New Year?" It won't be going to the Yunjin Night Market to visit the kiln, right? ”。

"Inspector Zhao, please take a seat." Shopkeeper Zhang didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly put down the work in his hand, walked over with the brewed tea and stood beside Zhao Liang, and said with tea: "Please use tea." ”。

Since Mu Qingming and Zhao Liang cooperated, Zhao Liang has also come to Rong Bao Zhai several times. And after explaining to Shopkeeper Zhang that Mu Qingming was the consultant he hired, Shopkeeper Zhang was happy and proud.

His own buddies have become advisers to the official family, and his shopkeeper's face is pasted with gold. Naturally, he was even more polite to Zhao Liang; It's almost polite to the point of sycophancy.

Of course, he did not object to Mu Qingming holding many hats, but very much supported Mu Qingming to Zhao Liang as a consultant.

"Thank you." Zhao Liang took the teacup and said politely, then sat down opposite Mu Qingming, and when he sat down, he immediately put away his smile and said solemnly: "Trouble Shopkeeper Zhang to invite Ling Yan out, in addition to sending my salary to Brother Mu today, I still came to investigate the case impartially against Ling Yan!" ”。

Mu Qingming and Shopkeeper Zhang were stunned when they heard this, and they stared at Zhao Liang with wide eyes, opening their lips slightly but wanting to speak.

After a while, Mu Qingming reached out and put his hand on Zhao Liang's forehead, and asked with a slight frown: "You kid is not sick, right?" ”。

A trace of panic flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and he asked urgently: "Qianqian, what's wrong with her?" ”。

"Brother Mu, didn't you ask me to check the strings?" Zhao Liang ignored the shopkeeper Zhang, just raised his hand and pulled Mu Qingming's hand away from his forehead and snorted softly: "I've been busy with this matter for the past few days; Hard work pays off, and today I found a few pieces of news in a store that specializes in buying and selling musical instruments for foreigners. ”。

After taking a sip of tea unhurriedly, he turned his head to look at the shopkeeper Zhang, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said word by word: "The guy in the store checked the account book and said that your daughter went to this store and bought a foreigner's string on the first day of Wu's mother's death in the police station. ”。

Did the strings that killed Wu's mother come from Zhang Qianqian? Will Zhang Qianqian's identity be exposed because of this? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.