25. The Shocking Case (4)

After a while, Su Xiaozhou said tremblingly: "The eldest brother, me, and little sister are not from the same mother. After the death of the eldest mother, my mother was straightened into the main room; After my mother passed away, my little sister's mother became the main room again. This is all requested by the eldest brother to his father, hoping that we can study and marry as concubines......"

Listening to this, Li Yu's back was sweating.

The family is so harmonious and loving to each other, and the words of "upholding justice" just now seem to be stirring up right and wrong.

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Su Bocang stared at him suspiciously, "Yesterday, the official media has taken away the marriage book, and your marriage contract with Wanqing has been decided." Today, when you come back with your 'second brother', you already know the secrets of my family. Don't...... Do you still want to regret your marriage? ”

Hearing the word "regret marriage", Li Yu's scalp tightened.

The speed of the official media is too fast!

The eldest brother of the Su family is so domineering, he repented of his marriage and was beaten, if he proposed to dissolve the marriage contract, wouldn't he turn into dust in the Su family today?

"Nothing——, nothing!" He waved his hand.

Seeing that he couldn't count on him, Su Xiaozhou stepped forward and said, "Big brother, look at him, although he is from the British Mansion, he is a side branch. Moreover, I am only a seventh-grade military attache of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and I am also a fifth-grade military attaché, so I can't marry too much. ”

As soon as her words came out, Su Pocang's face immediately darkened.

"What do you mean?! Su Wanqing——, Who taught you to look at people and only look at official positions, fame and fortune? Donggong or the Su family? ”

"It's not...... I didn't mean that......"

Su Xiaozhou hurriedly explained, "I mean, the marriage is not in a hurry, and I will talk about it when Li Gongzi is promoted to the third level and his career is successful." If he doesn't succeed, he can think about it ......"

glanced at Li Yu and saw that he was gloating.

"Wait? You don't look at your own age! Nineteen, my little aunt, wait a little longer and she will become an old girl! Su Pocang roared bitterly.

"How old am I, Li Yu, tell him!"

"Well, it's not small......"

"What did you say about fish bones?!"

"Don't get me wrong! I mean, the girl is older, and she's as steady ——, as you are in the way you serve the bowl now. Other...... Don't smash ...... That's buttermilk! ”

"Stop! My brother-in-law doesn't dislike you for being old, you even think he has a low official position, Su Wanqing, you give me a good introspection! ”

……

Seeing that the three of them were about to fight, Su Lanyan hurriedly came out to the rescue, "Sister, you brought your brother-in-law back today, is there anything important?" ”

"Uh...... That ......"

Su Xiaozhou patted his head and finally remembered what he was doing.

*******

"Wow-whoa-"

Su Xiaozhou and Li Yu unfolded the entire picture scroll one after the other.

Su Lanyan stepped forward and glanced at it, her face immediately became solemn, and while looking at the painting intently, she quickly took out a pair of silk gloves from her sleeve.

Looking at her posture, this painting is very attractive.

Su Xiaozhou gave Li Yu a look, proudly hinting that he might have picked up the treasure.

"Take the painting outside and look at it!"

Su Lanyan suddenly spoke, and her voice trembled violently.

The two obediently moved the painting outside, much more careful than before, for fear of damaging the scroll.

Under the strong sunlight, Su Lanyan carefully studied the details of the whole painting and the only three characters on it.

Finally, she took off her gloves and said with a deep sigh: "This is indeed the teacher's real handiwork...... It is a painting from his youth. ”

When Su Xiaozhou heard this, he couldn't hide his excitement, "This painting is auctioned at Baibaozhai, what price can it be sold for?" ”

"This can't be sold."

Su Lanyan replied like this, then turned to Li Yu and said, "Congratulations to my brother-in-law!" ”

"Ahh

For a moment, the four faces were surprised.

"I bought this painting!" Su Xiaozhou exclaimed.

Su Lanyan nodded, "You put the painting away and I'll talk about it in detail." ”

The picture scroll was placed on the table, and she finally said to Li Yu, who didn't know why: "My brother-in-law has just taken office, and he got this kind of big case." It seems that it doesn't take too long to be promoted to the third level and marry my sister home. ”

Li Yu was dumbfounded, "What do you mean?" ”

A painting is just a painting, whether it is true or not, it cannot be a big case. What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the little sister of the Su family, he really has no clue.

Su Lanyan glanced at her sister and said word by word: "I heard the teacher mention this painting." When he was young, he studied at Jixian Temple. One day in the third year of Wude, His Majesty Gaozu passed by the painting academy and saw the painting he was waving, so he pointed to the begonia tree in the pavilion and asked him to paint it for himself. ”

"Your Majesty Gaozu—"

Su Xiaozhou gasped.

This painting is not only genuine, but also very large!

After thinking about it, she was a little puzzled, "At that time, Yan Sikong had not yet made a name for himself in painting, how could His Majesty Gaozu ask him to paint?" ”

"The teacher himself didn't know. He said that His Majesty Gaozu told some trivial childhood memories, about a small village, a begonia tree, and some people of all kinds...... In the end, he was paid a gold pen. ”

"And then?"

The three people who listened to the story asked in unison.

"The teacher didn't have any credit at the time, and only signed his own name after painting; And because I didn't wait for His Royal Highness Gaozu to send someone to pick up the painting, I didn't know if it needed to be revised, so there was no time to finish it. ”

Tossed for a long time, it turned out that there was no delivery.

Su Xiaozhou's brows tightened, "So, the painting I bought flowed out of Yan Sikong's house, and it was stolen from the house." ”

Stealing a high door is indeed difficult, but at best it is a theft. The little sister is not uninformed, how could she tell Li Yu that it was a big case?

"It's not ......"

Su Lanyanshen shook his head mysteriously, lowered his voice and said, "After a long time, His Royal Highness Gaozu finally sent someone to pick up the goods. It was more than ten years later, when he was dying. ”

All three of them had their eyes wide, and the answer was already on the horizon.

"That's right, this painting is placed in the coffin of the dedication tomb as a funeral object for His Majesty Gaozu."

The hall was so quiet that it seemed like a pin could be heard.

Her story illustrates one point: someone had the audacity to steal the tomb of the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

Looking at the picture scroll on the table, Su Xiaozhou's legs were a little weak, "Stealing the Emperor's Mausoleum is a capital crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans. Buying stolen goods is the same crime as it. If we can't solve the case, we have this painting in our hands, but we can't explain it clearly. I think it's ...... or not."

"Let's burn the painting." Li Yu said on the side.

Anything, as long as it is stained with the royal family, there will be endless troubles, especially when the imperial tomb involves national fortune and dragon veins.

The burial goods in the coffin were taken out, which shows that the imperial tomb was seriously damaged, His Majesty and the crown prince are now seriously ill, and the clan and the queen party will make a big fuss at one time, and exposing the theft of the imperial tomb is likely to set off a bloody storm.