Liu Chengqian is really going crazy this time, and he will hit one after another today. First, half of the people were killed by the explosion, and finally I was caught, and I absconded mysteriously; Now it's even better, even the paper type has been taken away. He obviously had the advantage of the home field, but he lost a lot of money.

Those leather boots couldn't be stepped on steadily.

I lay on the stove, and my heart was indescribably happy. It's a pity that the perspective is limited, and I can't see what that white eyebrows and white face are distorted into, which is a pity.

But when I think about it, I don't have anything to be happy about. The snipe and the clam competed, and the fisherman who finally benefited was not me, but the medicine. He didn't do anything, and easily took the two paper shapes and left.

He saved me, but it wasn't because he cared about me, but because he wanted to create chaos and attract their attention.

This guy is the one who really has the last laugh......

But...... I've always been a little puzzled. No matter what, Guiguzi, Xiliuying, and medicine are all under the command of the old dynasty, even if they don't deal with each other, they won't be demolished to this point. Otherwise, this series of actions is simply to treat Liu Chengqian as an enemy, will the old court allow him to do this?

The frivolous look of medicine or medicine came to my mind, and I inexplicably remembered the happy sentence: "Medicine is usually giggling and hee-ha, and he is very enthusiastic about everyone, but he keeps a distance in his bones, and others can't easily see through it." ”

Hey, this guy has always been like this, and no one can figure out what he is thinking.

Their footsteps faded away, and I lay quietly for more than an hour, until I was sure that there was no movement around me, and then cautiously retreated from the tuyere of the stove to the fire, and back to the center of the kiln.

Next, I was faced with a choice, should I leave now, or wait until the evening? If you walk now, there is a danger of being discovered, but if you walk at night, the mountains are too dark and I am not familiar with the road, so the risk is not small. At this time, I felt that the light in the kiln suddenly dimmed, and I hurriedly looked back, and a huge body blocked the light from the mouth of the kiln.

It's the Dragon King! He actually found it in this kiln!

He stared at the two bull's eyes, and the right side of his face was high and swollen, which was beaten by Liu Chengxuan.

"You, let Lao Tzu catch you!" He licked his lips excitedly, "You're playing so beautifully, even our boss is going to make you crazy." ”

I took a few steps backwards and leaned back against the kiln wall: "How did you find out that I was here?" ”

The Dragon King walked forward slowly: "Lao Tzu went back and pondered for a while, remembering that when you were walking two days ago, you walked around here for a long time, and you wanted to come back and take a look—I really caught it." He stood up straight in the dark kiln, like a demon god with murderous intent.

"Do you know who I am? I am a wish, a person named by the old court. I said calmly.

The dragon king slapped and slapped heavily on the kiln wall: "I don't care who you are!" If you kill my brother, you will die!" If you make our boss uncomfortable, you will die! With every word, he slapped the wall so hard that there was a splash of ash falling from the top of the kiln, and the whole kiln was shaken.

I secretly complained, I was afraid that if I met such a muddy person, I wouldn't be able to make any sense. His two big hands opened and pinched, as if to test his strength, to see how he could pinch me to death at once.

I hurriedly looked to the left and right, and it was too late to get into that hole anymore. I screamed and threw myself at him, grabbed his waist, and made him take a few steps back. Unfortunately, this trapped beast fight was useless, and the dragon king easily restrained me, pinching my throat with his big hand like hydraulic tongs, and grabbing me in the air.

I had a hard time breathing, and I had to kick him with both legs. But the dragon king did not move, and watched with excitement as my little thief's face turned blue, and his eyes and tongue slowly bulged out.

"I can't help it this time......" My vision blurred and my consciousness stiffened.

In the hallucination, I felt as if I saw the back of a person. He was short haired and robed, standing with his hands on his hands, his back to me, the bright sun in front of him. The surrounding scenery is constantly changing, there are magnificent imperial tombs, there are exquisite jade Buddha halls, there are chaotic soldiers, and there are also dark invasions, but he has never hesitated, and always walked calmly ahead, without stopping. I wanted to shout, but he didn't hear it, and I burst into tears, but he didn't stop.

I haven't met him, but I know who he is. He didn't speak to me, but I knew exactly what he was going to say.

We, the Xu family, are always insisting on something that seems stupid. But we don't regret it.

"Grandpa!"

I screamed suddenly, and out of nowhere, I burst out of strength and kicked my legs violently. The dragon king had to adjust his posture to avoid the kick and continue to choke my throat. As a result, my foot could only be kicked against the kiln wall.

But I continued to kick like crazy, until my toes were all swollen. The Dragon King laughed, and even deliberately relaxed his wrist, wanting to appreciate my despair before I died.

But the dragon king suddenly felt that something was wrong, he frowned, looked up at the ceiling, and there was a fine amount of loess floating down his forehead and falling to the tip of my nose. He looked at me again, and suddenly saw that I had been kicking in the same place, in the lower third of the vault of the kiln wall, where there was a gray brick, slightly different from the yellow brick covering the whole kiln wall.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the cave is not just made of bricks, and there is nothing special about it. In fact, there is a lot of attention to really building a kiln. There are three types of bricks alone. The loess bricks burned with field mud have good thermal conductivity and should be built on the surface to transfer heat; The bricks burned with red clay are refractory and are the main materials for building the kiln body; There are also sand bricks, which are very hard and rest on important support nodes.

The place where I kicked desperately, called the kiln eye, is the most important part of the structure that supports the vault, one on the left and one on the right, divided into the middle and lower parts on both sides of the vault. This is the equivalent of a man's temple, and once it breaks, the cave collapses, so it is supported by the strongest sand bricks.

After a long period of calcination, the bricks become brittle. This ancient kiln is at least a few hundred years old, and has experienced the wind and rain for the same time, and the structure of the entire porcelain kiln is actually very fragile. The dragon king's shot just now can actually make the cave tremble, which is proof.

This old sand brick, under my fierce kick, has quietly cracked, and the ballast has fallen off piece by piece. Then with a "poof", the whole brick was completely shattered.

All of a sudden, it caused a chain reaction. Starting from the dome, a shocking crack quickly spread across the entire kiln wall. The dragon king didn't understand what was going on, but his animalistic instincts told him that disaster was coming. But it was too narrow for him to turn around. After a few seconds, the entire cave collapsed, and countless bricks drowned me and the dragon king alive, and then half of the chimney toppled down and smashed again.

All of a sudden, it was pitch black in front of me, and then I didn't know anything......

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself lying in the hospital with a drip bottle hanging next to me. The whole body was extremely heavy, the muscles were stiffer than bronze, and when I touched my head, I had bandages wrapped around my head.

The nurse who was busy on the side saw that I was awake and quickly ran out. After a short time, a doctor arrived in a hurry, followed by a man in a police uniform.

"Mr. Xu, can you hear me?" The doctor asked kindly, with a slight Jiangxi accent. I struggled to say yes. The doctor pulled out his flashlight, examined it slightly, and then nodded to the police. The police walked to the bedside, a young man, polite, with a black briefcase in his hand.

"Where am I now?" I asked.

"Rest assured, we are in Jingdezhen First People's Hospital. You're safe. Xiao Gongan reassured, and showed a reassuring smile, "Mr. Xu, do you remember what happened before you fell unconscious?" ”

I probably remembered it, and it seemed that the Dragon King caught me in the ancient porcelain kiln, and then I kicked the kiln down, and then I don't remember it at all. I hurriedly stood up and asked what had happened.

The little police officer took out a notepad from his briefcase and talked to me about it one by one.

The mountainous area where we are located is called Dayou Mountain, which is administratively owned by Shangrao, but it is less than 40 kilometers away from Jingdezhen. Ouyang Mumu's driver fled to a nearby town with Yin Hong. Yin Hong's mood has not recovered, and he didn't think of sending a signal at all. As a result, Liu Chengxuan's people followed, and a fierce shootout broke out between the two sides, and they were immediately captured by the local public security officers who rushed to hear the news.

When counting the criminals' belongings, an old superintendent was shocked when he saw the signal on Yin Hong's body, and he recognized that this thing was not trivial, and there must be something else hidden in this case. The police immediately became nervous, and those who could use this signal were all big and important cases. While confirming with Beijing, they interrogated the prisoners and quickly figured out the reason. The police immediately mobilized police forces, followed the road into the mountains, and directly touched the Xiliu camp.

There was a lot of commotion in the Xiliu camp, and there was not even a sentry. was attacked by the police so much, he could only be arrested obediently. Beijing's instructions said that there was an important police informant in the camp and that it was important to find it. So the police combed the surroundings several times, and finally pulled out the dragon king and me under the collapsed pile of ancient kiln bricks.

"Mr. Xu, you are lucky, you were pressed under the other party when you collapsed, and the other party was under the main pressure. So you've only had a few minor fractures, and the big one is miserable......," said the little policeman.

I didn't care about the life and death of the Dragon King, and eagerly asked, "What about the main culprit Liu Chengxuan?" Did you catch him? ”

Xiao Gongan helped his glasses: "No, he and a few of his subordinates ran away." When we searched, we found that there was a nearby escape passage that had been converted from a former bomb shelter, and that was supposed to be the place from which they left. Seeing that I was a little disappointed, he was relieved, "Don't be too disappointed, this operation has gained a lot, smashing a counterfeiting factory in one fell swoop, arresting more than 40 people, and also linking more than a dozen homicides across the country." The Provincial Public Security Department directly issued instructions to strictly handle the affairs of the province. A wanted warrant has been issued, and it is believed that he will not be able to escape for long. ”

Liu Chengxuan, this guy, is really cunning, and he is not so easy to catch. However, after this battle, the Xiliu Battalion was almost wiped out, which was equivalent to cutting off the arm of the old court, and I didn't take a risk in vain.

I asked again, "How is Yin Hong?" ”

Xiao Gongan said: "He has been protected by the police, but he seems to have been greatly stimulated mentally, and it will take a long time to recover." "I felt a pang of regret in my heart, and in the final analysis, I had killed him. I struggled to get up and asked where Yin Hong was, I was going to visit. Xiao Gong'an hurriedly stopped me, saying that he was not in Jingdezhen and had been transferred to a psychiatric hospital in Nanchang for treatment.

I had to lie back on the bed, and suddenly I thought of one more thing: "Hey, by the way, did you see a directory when you found me?" ”

Xiao Gongan said: "That address book is important evidence, and it was originally confiscated by the police. However, we can give you a copy, which is specially explained by Beijing. Then he took a bound copy from his briefcase and handed it to me.

That's when I had the opportunity to open the book. It's actually pretty boring, just rows of names, addresses, telephones, and radio call signs. However, there are contact information of Liu Chengxuan's upstream suppliers, downstream distributors, partners, other branches and superior managers, and the police can use this as a basis to bring out a whole industrial chain of stealing and selling cultural relics, making and selling counterfeits.

At that time, the old court will not be a matter of breaking an arm, but the entire industry will be destroyed. If that's the case, I'll be blind even if I really die in the kiln.

I put away the address book, and then asked to call Fang Zhen. Fang Zhen said that the case has been registered with the Ministry of Public Security, and there will definitely be a major earthquake. He gave me peace of mind and reminded me to be safe, because Liu Chengqian and several of his men were on the run, and these outlaws didn't know what extreme things they would do.

I asked, "What about medicine?" ”

There was silence on the other side of the microphone for a moment, and then Fang Zhen replied, "On the run." ”

Hearing this answer, I was really disappointed and glad. Sadly, this guy really escaped the law again; Thankfully, I had to catch him with my own hands after all.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, it may not be of much use to you, but I still have to let me know." Fang Zhen said.

"Huh?"

"Liu Chengxuan's background, we have investigated it clearly. He is originally from Beijing, and his family originally did antiques, and the name of the shop was Mo Wenzhai. Later, the public-private partnership, the boss of Mo Wenzhai died, and his grandfather was a political cadre who went south, so he moved his family to the south, and since then he has nothing to do with the antique industry. Liu Chengqian has suffered from albinism since he was a child, has little contact with the outside world, has been living in a sanatorium, and likes to play with antiques. As for how he colluded with the old courtier, I don't know. ”

When I heard the name Mo Wenzhai, I couldn't help but be surprised. Isn't that one of the four stories that medicine comes to do? The story of the peacock and the two lions embroidered pier, the protagonist is the boss of Mo Wenzhai.

No wonder Liu Chengqian said a strange thing about medicine that time, what "you medicine family, you have never had any good intentions", it turns out that the origin is here. Most of the responsibility for the death of the boss of Mo Wenzhai is attributed to Liu Chengxuan's grandfather, and part of the responsibility can be borne by medicine.

But if you think about it deeply, two of the four stories told by the medicine are already indirectly related to the five cans. The Zheng family has "The Legend of the West Chamber, Burning Incense and Worshipping the Moon", and the Liu family has "Zhou Yafu's Tun Soldier Fine Willow Battalion", if the other two stories also have a connection with the blue and white lid jar, plus the medicine family's "Liu Bei Sangu Thatched House", it happens to be five jars.

Could it be that there is something else in that oil painting that we don't understand?

As soon as I thought about this, I couldn't sit still and wanted to rush back to Beijing as soon as possible. I hurriedly hung up Fang Zhen's phone and asked the doctor when he could be discharged, and the doctor said that it would be at least a week, and it couldn't be shorter.

I begged hard, but the doctor resolutely refused to be accommodating, saying that the case I was involved in was too big, and he would let it go rashly, and who would dare to be responsible in case something happened.

The doctor here is more stubborn than the people of the Xu family. I had no choice but to stay in the ward and recuperate in peace. For the next week, I was in a state of complete recuperation, with no visitors, no phone calls, three meals a day, two walks a day, and watching the TV series Silly Music on TV in the evening. There are two police officers on duty 24 hours a day at the door, so you don't have to worry about safety or anything. Seriously, it's been a long time since I've lived such a pure and peaceful life.

Once I was sitting in the hospital garden, looking at the starry sky, and suddenly remembered the scene when Fang Zhen and I first met. It was also one night when I was just a small antique shop owner living a pure and peaceful life, and he stepped through the door, and my whole life changed from then on.

I don't know if I should thank him or resent him.

But in all fairness, this has little to do with Fang Zhen, and it doesn't even have much to do with Liu Ju and Old Man Liu. They're just an opportunity. Everything that happened in our family actually came from the stubbornness that existed in the blood of the Xu family.

If my grandfather does not insist on the Tanglin incident and the Buddha's head case, he can be the patriarch of the five veins for the rest of his life, and gain fame and fortune; If my father did not insist on going to Xi'an to investigate, which would have attracted the old dynasty to be destroyed, he could enjoy his old age as a university professor. If I hadn't insisted on going against the old dynasty, I would have been able to eat at the Chinese Antiquity Society now, and I would have no worries about food, clothing, and life.

But who gave us the surname Xu, Xu Heng's Xu, Xu Xin's Xu, and Xu Yicheng's Xu. Since the Tang Dynasty, our family has been insisting on something that seems stupid.

Sticking to the principle is easy to say, only after experiencing it yourself can you test the well water with your hands, and you will know that you are warm and cold. I raised my head and looked at the stars in the sky, wondering if the ancestors of the Xu family would be watching me in the sky.

Seven days later, the doctor finally approved my discharge. I went to the police station first and made a transcript. I told everything as it was, but the matter of the five cans and the grievances behind it were only briefly mentioned and not mentioned. The police were not very interested in these things, and did not inquire in detail. I asked about the progress of the investigation, and the other party said that there had been no breakthroughs, but the case involved in it was no longer Jiangxi Province, and I was afraid that it would be jointly handled by multiple provinces.

After making the transcript, I did not rush back to Beijing, but went to Nanchang first. In a secluded sanatorium in Nanchang, I saw Yin Hong.

Dressed in a white hospital gown, he curled up in a corner of the room, very quietly, occasionally muttering a sentence or two in a Shaoxing vernacular that no one could understand, describing it as withered, and his eyes under his big forehead had two large black circles. The doctor told me that this was a special soundproof room, because the slightest movement would make him very panicked, so he didn't sleep much, and he was always scared, like a stray cat.

I saw him through the glass, and I felt so guilty.

I made him like this. I knew that he had witnessed the death of his parents and that he had a serious psychological problem with the sound of the explosion, but I completely ignored this and devised a plan for the explosion of an acetylene jar.

He had nothing to do with these things at all, just because he had a stunt and was coerced and used by all parties, and he ended up like this, which was really wronged.

The doctor pulled me aside and whispered, "Are you a family member of the patient?" I was stunned for a moment, Yin Hong no longer has any relatives in this world, so I must take responsibility, so I replied yes.

"He probably won't live long."

I was taken aback and asked what was going on, and the doctor explained that it had nothing to do with his mental trauma, but that his long-term exposure to heavy metals had caused cancer.

Cancer? I was startled at first, and then I reacted: This is the curse of the so-called "Flying Bridge Ascending Immortal"!

The Yin family has an ancient motto, "Flying Bridge Dengxian" is easy to attract jealousy, and the number of Dayan in a lifetime cannot exceed fifty, otherwise there will be disaster. This unique job must be carried out with baking ingredients, which contain heavy metals, and the application technique is very easy to make the particles penetrate into the mouth and nose body, which is very harmful to health.

It seems that the predecessors of the Yin family have understood this matter, but they lack scientific theories, so they can only explain it in a way that is easy to be jealous. Yin Tian's early death may also have something to do with his overuse of this unique skill.

In other words, Yin Hong's "Flying Bridge Ascending Immortal" is basically fighting with his life.

I turned around and left the hospital, rushed out into the street, and bought a wooden desk for students, with a single sloping surface, about the size of Yin Hong's workbench. Then I put on a few more gadgets that were commonly used by silversmiths, went back to the sanatorium, and offered to put them in Yin Hong's house.

Originally, the doctor refused to allow me to put these things in, these are sharp objects, and they are too dangerous. But I couldn't stand my repeated pleas, and the hospital reluctantly agreed to try it while someone was watching.

I swung the workbench to that side, and Yin Hong's frightened eyes suddenly flashed with a light. He immediately leaned over, stretched out his hands on the table, fiddled with the gadget for a moment, and then leaned forward with his whole body and pressed his face against the table. That spirit is like a baby thrown into its mother's arms. It didn't take long for the reassuring snoring to be heard—he was actually asleep.

Since the death of his parents, Yin Hong has retreated to the back of the workbench, and has regarded the baking and silversmithing as a reason to escape, and this is his whole world. Only by getting close to the workbench can Yin Hong get the most comfortable comfort.

There's only so much I can do for him.

He muttered to himself in his dream, as if he was speaking Shaoxing again. But the tone is gentle, and he is no longer as impatient and fierce as before. I listened to it, and suddenly felt a little strange, frowned, and hurriedly made a long-distance call to Mo Xuyuan.

Mo Xu is still angry with me, and he is not willing to answer at first. I coaxed her for a while before she lost her breath. Then I brought the microphone close to Yin Hong and asked her to translate this dream sentence.

Mo Xuyuan listened to it several times, and his tone was not very sure: "Hua Gai Xing pointed to the flat water? What does that mean? ”

She didn't understand, but as soon as I heard it, I knew it, and suddenly a stream of heat rushed into my chest.

This is the third sentence hidden in the lid jar of the character of "Three Visits to the Thatched House", which is exactly the same as the style of "Six Watches of the Chicken Coop to Open the Sea with a Nail and a Needle" in "Xiliuying" and "Guiguzi's "Beichen Star Eleven Fingers and Half Flat Water".

At that time, as soon as Yin Hong took out the paper type, there was an explosion immediately, so only he knew what this third sentence was in the world. I never expected that even if he went crazy, he would still remember my advice and keep repeating this sentence in his dreams.

My nose was sore and tears were falling.

Hanging up the phone, I said to the doctor, please take good care of him, as long as this workbench is here, his mood can be stable. The doctor was excited, rubbed his hands and said that this case was worth studying. I hesitated and asked the doctor how long he could last. The doctor hesitated for a moment and said six months to a year.

I took one last look at Yin Hong, and silently promised in my heart that I would definitely come back to pick him up and personally send him back to my hometown in Shaoxing, and then I left the hospital.

Innocent victims can no longer be increased. The war between me and the old courtiers must be found out as soon as possible.

I took a plane from Nanchang that day and flew directly back to Beijing. As soon as I got off the plane, Fang Zhen had been waiting at the gangway for a long time, and the Hongqi car that had gone to pick me up was parked next to it, just like the first time we met.

"Coming back?" Fang Zhen said hello, opened the rear door, and intimately blocked the upper edge with his palm. I let out an "um" and got into the car.

After the car started, I asked Fang Zhen, "Are all arranged?" Fang Zhen said: "Everyone is here, just waiting for you to have a banquet." ”

"Liu Ju doesn't have any opinions this time, right?"

"Today you're in charge."

"Okay." I leaned hard into the back seat, fighting in high spirits.

The place we went to was the place where the last five-vein dinner was held. At this time, there was a circle of people sitting at the dinner table, similar to the members who were present last time. The only difference is that Shen Yunchen and Liu Ju are not there. In this way, the older generation of the five veins are all absent, and the rest are the middle and young generations.

Last time in the same place, these people turned down my request for help. Now that the news of the collapse of the Xiliu camp came out, they were all a little embarrassed and frightened. Today's dinner was held in the name of welcoming me back to Beijing, and even if they were unwilling, they had to be all present.

When I took my seat, I picked up a glass of wine and said that I was late, so I would be punished first. Without waiting for them to raise their glasses, I tilted my neck and drank it all first. Then I poured myself another glass, saying that this second glass of wine was to pay tribute to Old Man Liu, and then drank it all again. During the banquet, these people exchanged glances with each other, knowing that I had convened a family banquet this time, and it might be a Hongmen banquet.

I put down my wine glass, the wine was slightly up, my eyes scanned around, and I said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows about the Xiliu Camp, right?" The five mountains under the old court's hands have already been killed by me and a half. Although there are many twists and turns, it is still true that evil prevails. As I told you last time, there must be one or two people to adhere to the Tao of the five veins, and now I have fulfilled my promise. ”

Everyone was silent. They only knew that I was not in Beijing some time ago, but they didn't expect to make such a big move quietly.

I took out a copy of the correspondence book from my bosom and threw it heavily on the table: "This is the correspondence book I found in the Xiliu camp, which records many people who have anything to do with the old court......" At this point, my voice slowed down, and I squinted my eyes to look around, some of them were surprised, and some of them were panicked.

“…… I've read it carefully, and there are a few pages in it, which are slanderous against our five veins, and they have been torn off. Don't worry. ”

After saying that, I patted the correspondence book and showed a big smile. No one here believes that I am a living Lei Feng who destroys evidence, and this is simply a naked coercion - if any of you dare to disagree, you will be punished as a fellow party of the old court.

If I had threatened like that before, they wouldn't have taken it seriously. But I took the power of the fine willow camp, and the momentum was very different.

Actually, I don't really know what is written in that address book, but that doesn't prevent me from taking it out to bluff people. As long as the words are vague, people with weak hearts will naturally associate themselves with themselves.

I propped my hands on the table and said word by word: "At present, the state is supervising the big case of Xiliuying, and it is advisable to chase after the poor with the remaining bravery." I hope that you will work together with me to completely cut off this black hand that makes and sells fake cultural relics and fulfill the responsibility of the five veins. ”

The meaning I want to express is very clear, we are not to blame for the past, but we all have to cooperate with me well in the next step and have a big fight with the old court. Although everyone has not yet expressed their position, they all stared at the address book that weighed more than 1,000 catties, and no one objected.

At this time, a person interjected without yin or yang: "Yo, Old Man Liu's bones are not cold, and someone wants to seize power?" ”

I looked up and recognized it, it was also an acquaintance, it was the second uncle of the medicine brothers-Yao Youguang. Yao Youguang held a cigarette in his mouth, hugged his arms, tilted his head and looked disdainful.

"Second Uncle Yao, what do you mean?"

"I said, some people want to learn from Kangxi, isn't it a joke." Yao Youguang's mouth is still quite sharp, and he speaks one by one, but the metaphor is a bit nondescript.

I said to Yan Yuese: "Second Uncle Yao, you misunderstood. I'm not supporting you, but I want everyone to work together and take this opportunity to cripple the counterfeit industry, which is also a good thing for the five pulses. ”

"I don't understand the truth, anyway, I have a clear conscience. What do you like, don't get our pharmacist involved. Yao Youguang rolled his eyes.

I know that Yao Youguang is definitely not an old courtier, and people don't look down on this number. I smiled: "That Ziyu eel yellow cricket jar, can you have a lot of fun?" ”

As soon as Yao Youguang heard it, the cigarette "clicked" and fell to the ground, and his expression was like seeing a ghost.

He went to Yaolai's villa to get the jade cricket jar, thinking that it was a secret, only he and his son knew. He never imagined that Yao and I were not next door at that time, and his actions were clear.

I looked at him incomprehensibly: "Things have to be put away, otherwise they will be exposed, and the family will not be able to explain it." ”

The medicine has a bright face, and the skin is purple and red, and a breath is held in the mouth, and it is not swallowed, nor is it vomited.

I heard Fang Zhen say that after the "Three Visits to the Thatched House" incident, the medicine family jumped the most fiercely, that is, this medicine has light, and threatened to severely punish Yao No. Later, he suddenly stopped talking, and it was very likely that he was threatened by the drug. Now he dares to turn around and bully me, I have to teach him a lesson in person.

The two of us looked at each other for a long time, and finally Yao Youguang still admitted it, picked up the cigarette from the ground in frustration, crushed it in the ashtray, and then shook his hand: "Okay, okay, it's all up to you, it's done, right?" I respectfully poured him a glass of beer: "The second uncle of the medicine is as good as a stream, and his contribution is great, and he will help us juniors in the future." ”

After pouring the wine, I looked around, and my expression turned cold: "If you have any opinions, why don't you put them forward together." ”

Yao Youguang, who provoked trouble, was knocked back by me with a stick, these people were silent, where did they dare to say anything? The medicine is not right, these guys, as expected, are all quails, and they eat hard rather than soft.

I smiled slightly: "In that case, then I wish us a victory, and we will be a good antique business!" I was about to knock on the nail and turn my feet to settle the matter, when suddenly a sonorous female voice came from outside the door: "Why don't you call me for such a big event at home?" ”

As soon as they heard this voice, half of the people at the table were overjoyed, as if they were looking forward to a savior. I looked back and saw an old lady appear at the door, with her white hair combed meticulously, dressed in a parrot green cheongsam, with rings around her ears, a jade chain around her neck, and emerald wrenches on both hands.

I hurriedly got up and went to take her seat: "Why are you here?" Shen Yunchen glanced at me: "I'm afraid that someone will make their own decisions and rush back from Shanghai." She speaks in Beijing and rhyme, like singing a big drum, full of energy.

I felt a drum beat in my heart. When Fang Zhen convened the family banquet, he greeted Liu Ju and deliberately did not allow the older generation to attend, so that I could control the scene. Shen Yunchen actually appeared here, which means that Liu Ju didn't stop her. With her status, it doesn't have my place to speak.

The people present were ready to move again, and Yao Youguang looked proud, waiting to see my joke. Shen Yunchen glanced at the address book on the table and put it back again: "Xiao Xu, I read the news, you did a good job." Is this address book real? ”

"It's true." I replied respectfully. Shen Yunchen handed me back the address book, and said expressionlessly: "I am here to express my attitude to you, the past few years have been a critical period for the development of the five pulses. Although Mr. Liu is no longer there, the direction of reform cannot be changed. At this juncture, I will not allow any trouble. ”

After saying this, Shen Yunchen pointed at me: "Xiao Xu, deal with the matter of the old court, and then you have full authority to deal with it, and the old woman will take care of it for you." Whoever is in disobedience to the yin, let him come to me to talk. ”

When she said this, everyone was shocked. Everyone, including me, was confused, didn't she come to trouble me? Why did the flag change and become a very promising standard-bearer? I looked at Mrs. Shen with a little surprise. I remember the last family dinner, she was still against making a big deal out of it, saying that "this matter is too wide-ranging, and we need to think about it in the long run", why did she suddenly change her attitude?

Shen Yunchen saw my doubts, picked up his chopsticks and knocked the porcelain plate three times quietly.

This is a hint that it means to elaborate on it later.

With the endorsement of Shen Yunchen's older generation, the people of the five veins can't raise any objections. So this strategy was finalized, as for how to cooperate with the police operation, I will have my own party arrangement, I only need to sit in coordination, and I will not interfere in other people's professional fields.

I'm very excited, this is the first time that Wumai has taken a clear stand to fight against the counterfeiting gang. These people are not very bold, but their professionalism is unquestionable, and they know the ins and outs of it. With their assistance and the guidance of the address book, the police dealt with the old court, and it was not like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. When the time comes, the wall will fall down and everyone will push it, even if the people who had colluded with the old court before, they will all turn against the water, and even bite back. The power of the old court is bound to be scattered.

After the banquet was dismissed, Shen Yunchen and I stayed until the end. Shen Yunchen saw that everyone was gone, and said to me: "Xiao Xu, are you surprised, why did my attitude suddenly change?" ”

"Yes." I told you the truth, "I thought you were going to get me in trouble." ”

Shen Yunchen let out a long sigh, and a few wrinkles appeared on his well-maintained forehead: "There is a reason why I am like this. Come, I'll take you to meet someone first. ”

I didn't know what she meant, and I didn't want to ask, so I had to follow her silently. We left the hotel and got into her car. The car drove for about ten minutes, and it was almost to the outskirts of Beijing, when it suddenly turned into a courtyard. When I got out of the car, I saw that it was actually a detention center.

Shen Yunchen had obviously been here before, and she was familiar with the road, so she said hello to the police officer in charge of the reception, filled out a form, and then entered the reception room with me. Not long after, there was a bang at the iron gate, and the guard walked over with a man in prison clothes.

"Isn't medicine?" I got up, excited.

In front of my eyes, it is a medicine that has been lost in Hangzhou. He was still wearing the pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looking tired, with a slightly disheveled head and a few hairs raised high—he could see that he had tried to clean up, but there was no hairspray in the detention center, so he had to use clean water.

He saw me, but there was no change in emotion, and he sat down opposite me silently, without waves.

"You, are you alright?" I asked.

Didn't Yao ignore this greeting as usual: "I heard that you took out an important town of the old court?" ”

"yes."

"Don't celebrate too early, the war is not over."

Medicine is not a word of praise, but a word of admonition. Originally, I wanted to show off, but now the interest is gone. Didn't Yao glance at Shen Yunchen, who was standing next to him: "You came over too?" ”

Shen Yunchen said: "I have almost dredged up the family and the exhibition, and I will not file a lawsuit, and you will soon be able to regain your freedom." However, the cost of compensation will have to be borne by you for the time being. ”

I didn't frown at the same time as the medicine. Temporarily? It's a rather odd word. In any case, that jar is medicine is not overturned, even if the family understands, this loss has to be compensated by him, why do you want to emphasize temporary?

Is there anything else to say about this?

Shen Yunchen sighed: "You two are really sensitive. She found a chair and sat down, her elbows elegantly propped up on the countertop, "That's why I said it in front of the two of you - after the incident in Hangzhou, I was very angry, I didn't expect that the medicine would not be stabbed to me as soon as you returned to China." But then I didn't think it was right on the left or right, you didn't have this motive, and the jar fell very strangely. So I went to the scene again, looked through the photos after the accident, and found a stability problem......"

Speaking of this, Shen Yunchen's eyes became stern.

When she said that, I remembered. The "Sangu Thatched House" lid jar is not a tall bottle, its round foot diameter is not much narrower than the mouth of the can, like a cylindrical bulging in the middle, this is a fairly stable structure, how can it fall and shatter when touched?

"Did you notice that there is an incongruity in the whole layout?" Shen Yunchen asked.

I closed my eyes and tried to remember the scene. In the furnishings at that time, there were a single-panel arhat couch, a Ruyi Yuntou red sandalwood kang table, a luodian maid holding a fan and eight screens, a teak inlaid porcelain heart round stool and a lotus leaf stilted six-legged incense table, and a silver-covered chest and a pineapple wood tea shelf.

These pieces of furniture are very precious and of high artistic value......

Shen Yunchen said: "Here, there are Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, all mixed together." ”

Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, and the Ming and Qing dynasties are not completely contrasted. The furniture before Kangxi can be classified as Ming Dynasty furniture, and it was only after Kangxi that it was the Qing Dynasty in the real sense. The Ming Dynasty was simple and simple, focusing on function; The Qing Dynasty was heavy and gorgeous, with many decorations. The two have very different styles. From an aesthetic point of view, the two are not coordinated together, so they are rarely mixed together when doing scene presentations.

But this time the display was actually mixed in the Ming and Qing dynasties. This may be nothing for a layman, but the Shen family is a professional, so he shouldn't make this kind of mistake.

Shen Yunchen sneered: "It's also to blame me for delegating too much power to the subordinates, so it turned out to be this thing." According to the instructions, it is not a big problem, as long as it is properly placed, it is also a scene. But there is a red sandalwood kang table in front, and there are eight luodian screens next to it, and the incense table and the round stool are actually placed next to each other, which doesn't even make sense - the incense table is the place where the incense burner is placed, and the emphasis is not obvious, who invites the guests to sit down and sit next to the stove? He is not a boy of alchemy. ”

If you don't say that the interlacing is like a mountain, the two of us originally thought that the layout was very meaningful, but in Shen Yunchen's eyes, there were problems everywhere. I followed this line of thought and found that there was indeed a feeling of crowding, with four or five pieces of furniture clustered around the porcelain jar of "Sangu Thatched House", which was not like furniture furnishings, but more like a warehouse.

Shen Yunchen said: "It turns out, I thought it was because the people below didn't know anything and didn't understand the rules of placement. But when I checked it closely, I found that the furniture near the porcelain jar had a lot of meaning. ”

I didn't look at Yao and knew the key point.

Shen Yunchen said: "You know the mortise and tenon joint, right? We both nodded at the same time, this is common sense in the carpentry trade. Different components of wood are cut out of concave and convex, the convex one is the tenon, the concave one is the tenon, and the mortise and tenon joint can fix the structure. A clever carpenter, without nails or glue, can make strong furniture with mortise and tenon joints alone.

Shen Yunchen flipped through it in his hand and showed a drawing, on which were the schematic diagrams of the mortise and tenon joints of some small parts. She said: "The mortise and tenon joint is one yang and one yin, which seems simple, but in fact, it is ever-changing. Each type of furniture has its own rules for mortise and tenon joints. I re-examined the furniture at that time, but found that the mortise and tenon joints of each piece had been secretly modified. ”

"Revised?"

"Not bad. For example, this piece of woodware has replaced the double tenon corner tenon method with a plate corner tenon method; That piece of wood, which was supposed to be a cloud-shaped raglan tenon made of tooth strips and tooth heads, was changed to a chuck tenon with a tooth strip and tooth head, and so on. These will have to be talked about for a few days, so I won't go into details. In short, the tenon method of each piece of furniture is not quite in line with the regulations, but the change is not too big. ”

"What will be the impact of the change in mortise and tenon on the furniture?" Medicine is not asked.

"If you look at it alone, there is almost nothing, only a little bit of deformation. But if these are gathered together, each piece changes a little bit, and the armpits become a fur, the impact will be great. Shen Yunchen said with a calm face, "What really makes me sure that I am tired is the base of the 'Sangu Thatched House' porcelain." The round base is very high, according to the reason, it is a round incense with a few side grooves - you can imagine it as a wooden circle, disassembled into four exactly the same curved components, each piece is the front tenon and the back tenon, inserted into each other, after the tenon is connected, it will never loosen, and it is extremely difficult to deliberately disassemble it. ”

"And then?"

"This kind of round seat is used to support the incense burner or porcelain jar, and it is mainly stable, so the regulations require that it must be used to save the edge and make a groove. But my inspection found that the round seat was made of a horse pin! ”

I gasped. I'm not familiar with woodwork, but I'm familiar with the name "Horse Pin". This is a type of pin called tenon, which uses an independent wooden block to make a tenon, which is large at the bottom and small at the top, and the tenon is made half large and half small. When tenoning, the tenon is inserted from the larger end and gradually pushed to the smaller side. This kind of gradual push in is especially like a walking horse, so it is called a walking horse pin.

"The horse pin was originally used for the circumference of the Luohan bed. If the round seat uses this mortise and tenon method, if an oblique downward force is applied from above, and it happens to be in the opposite direction of the tenon inlay, it will be released, which is equivalent to a hand pushing it away. ”

Hearing this, anger began to brew in his eyes. Shen Yunchen said it simply and clearly, as long as anyone with common sense of physics in junior high school can understand it - the base of the porcelain jar has been replaced.

"But, that won't make the porcelain jar fall over when you push it, right?" I asked.

When Shen Yunchen said this, his fingers drew a large circle in mid-air: "That booth also has a problem." I've tested it, and it's ten degrees skewed to the right than a normal stand. ”

"Hmm......" I mused.

"The changes in the surrounding furniture, the replacement of the mortise and tenon of the base, the angle of the booth, and the way the porcelain jars were placed...... Every small change, it's inconspicuous. But if they are gathered in one place, the coincidence is enough to create a situation where the 'three visits to the thatched house' can are crumbling and falling at the touch of a button. Shen Yunchen calmly faced and added, "I have done experiments and found that this is completely feasible. ”

Aren't we stupid with Yao, it turns out that wood can still play like this, this is really amazing. It is no wonder that Professor Cheng only has to buy a child to create the illusion of accidents. This kind of ingenious arrangement, how can ordinary people think that it is a well-arranged trap.

If this is true, to be able to make such an arrangement, that person must be extremely skilled with woodwork and have complete control over the details of the arrangement, can it be said...... I didn't think of it at the same time as Yao, and I couldn't help but look at Shen Yunchen.

Shen Yunchen sighed and said: "The family is unfortunate, this design must be from the hands of my Shen family." ”

It seems that in the Shen family, in addition to Shen Jun, there are still spies who have been bought by the old dynasty. Only then did I understand that it was no wonder that her position changed so quickly, it turned out that she wanted to make amends. Saying that the jar is "temporarily" by the medicine is not to compensate, but only to close the case legally as soon as possible and get released. Wait until the real culprit is traced, and then return him to his innocence.

I was in awe of the old lady. This kind of scandal can't be covered up by others, but she didn't hesitate to shake it all out, confessed it to us, and made a decision. The heads of the five veins are really not in vain.

The medicine is not as excited as me, he thought for a while with a cold face, and said, "So, do you know who it is?" If you are in charge of the exhibition layout, it should be easy to trace, right? ”

Shen Yunchen shook his head a little embarrassed: "The entire design of the exhibition was handed over to a design institute belonging to the family to solve. The whole program was discussed by a small group. For each change, the reasons are stated in the plan. It is possible for any one person to quietly influence others and steer the design in the direction they want. ”

"Can't you investigate the minutes of the meeting or ask the attendees?" I asked.

Before Shen Yunchen could answer, the medicine was denied: "No, that will startle the snake, you have to think of another way." ”

Shen Yunchen said: "Today I specially called the two of you to make this matter clear in person, one is to apologize in person, and the other is to get the assistance of the two of you." ”

"Assist with what?"

The emerald wrench on Shen Yunchen's finger slammed the tabletop: "Clean the room and force that mouse out!" "She was imposing, like a lioness who saw her territory violated. Yao didn't say: "Why bother so much, this matter was instructed by Professor Zheng, just ask him if you want to?" ”

Shen Yunchen's face suddenly darkened: "He has disappeared, and he can't be found anywhere." I never thought this would be like this......"

Professor Cheng and I have faced each other head-on, and if I come back alive, I will definitely expose his face. The only way for him to do this was to escape as quickly as possible. But...... I think there seems to be a bit of gossip in Shen Yunchen's words.

Shen Yunchen rarely showed a shy look, and his cheeks were slightly red: "When I was young, I almost married him." However, many factors in the family did not work out in the end. ”

Looking at her twisted look, it is estimated that this affair is not so simple. But now that the big thing is happening, I don't have the heart to dig deeper, so it's better to get back to the point.

Although Professor Zheng ran away, it is a bit of a pity. But when I think of the nails that the old dynasty enshrined in the five veins are being pulled out one by one, it is still very enjoyable. This process is painful, but it is also a necessary step in restoring physical health.

The meeting ended quickly, and the medicine was not temporarily returned to the cell. Shen Yunchen and I came out, and she asked me where I was going. I thought about it and said that I would go by myself, Shen Yunchen knew that I was in a lot of emotions now, and he didn't persuade me much, so he left in the car after a few words of advice-I am afraid that there are more things on her side than mine.

After leaving the detention center, I did not rush back to the four confessions, but walked around the road by myself to sort things out.

Now that the war against the old courtiers has started in full swing, I don't have to worry about it anymore. Now there are still five cans of mystery that have not yet been solved. My intuition tells me that this is closely related to Xu Yicheng and the old court.

The secrets in the three jars of "Sangu Thatched House", "Xiliu Camp" and "Guiguzi" are in my hands, otherwise the medicine will take away the "Xiliu Camp" and "Guiguzi"; There is still "incense and moon worship" and a fifth jar missing.

Also, what does the four stories told by the medicine have to do with the five cans?

What is the mysterious northward journey of Yao Shenxing? Xu Yicheng forced the businessman named Lou Yinfan to jump off the building in Qingfeng Building, what was his motive?

Countless doubts poured into my heart, each of which seemed to be related to other questions, but the clues were absent.

I pondered like this, I don't know how long I walked, and when I looked up, I didn't feel frozen. The place I came to is a three-story small building, with an antique hilltop and a cement structure, white stone carved railings, and bright yellow tiles, which are both elegant and not ancient. There is a vertical sign at the entrance, which reads "Headquarters of the Chinese Antiquities Research Association".

I've been to this place a few times, but why did the ghost come here today? I was about to leave, but I saw a black banner stretched horizontally in front of the building at this time, with white words on it: "Deeply mourn the death of Comrade Liu Yiming." Two wreaths on each side. Two main doors open to the lobby.

After I came back, I always wanted to go to mourn Old Man Liu, but first it was the banquet of the Wumai family, and it was Shen Yunchen's matter, so I haven't vacated it yet. I didn't think that there was a providence in the dark, and in the depths of my own heart, which I didn't even realize, I always wanted to give the old man a ride at the end, and I came here unconsciously.

I looked at the entrance in a daze, and hurriedly went to the neighborhood to buy a white flower and a black hoop, put it on myself, and then returned to the front door.

The layout in the lobby is extremely simple, and in the center is a black and white photo of Mr. Liu. The old man in the photo has an indifferent expression, fairy wind and bones. There are several bouquets of flowers and couplets on both sides of the photo, not elegiac couplets, but the one hanging in Mr. Liu's study: "Things can be content, and people are always self-exalted." There is no incense burner, no mourning, no condolence books and wreaths, everything is simple and low-key.

At this time, more than two weeks have passed since the death of Mr. Liu, and everyone who should have come has come, so the building is very quiet at this time, and only a receptionist is sitting at the front desk.

The receptionist saw me come in and got up to greet me. I waved my hand to show that I didn't have to, then stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed three times.

After kowtowing, I stood up, and suddenly I heard a familiar female voice in my ear.

"Xu Jun?"

I looked back and saw a woman in a black funeral gown with a white flower pinned to her chest and a black veil. Although her face was separated by a black veil, I recognized her at a glance.

Kana Kido?!