It is a small house with two bedrooms and one living room. My eyes flashed with Yao Ran, and we rushed to the east and west rooms separately. As soon as I entered the room, I saw that it was a bedroom, and there was nothing in the bedroom except a large wardrobe and a double bed. I looked down and saw that there was no one under the bed, so I retreated to the door. Yao Else also checked the room opposite, saying that there was only a folding wooden table and a few chairs, and a black and white TV.

But the medicine told me otherwise, there was a plate of peanuts and a plate of mixed jellyfish on the wooden table, as well as a bottle of Moutai wine and a wine cup.

The old lady had already reacted at this time, grabbed me and the medicine, or else, chattered and said that she would call the police. I saw that her cuffs were stained with flour, and I knew that she was making dumplings in the kitchen before opening the door.

In other words, there must be someone else drinking in the living room.

My eyes flickered, and I gently tore the old lady away, handed it to the medicine or dragged it, and walked into the bedroom for the second time. As soon as I entered, I glanced at it and walked straight to the closet. This wardrobe is made of beech wood, the style is very old, the legs are still tiger-shaped, it should be the furniture of the Republic of China, but it is well maintained, and the skin is slurry.

The old lady who was still sprinkling was stunned, and suddenly shouted at the top of her voice: "Old man, go quickly!" ”

The two doors of the large wardrobe suddenly opened, and an old man in a sweatshirt and shorts burst out, holding a cone (screwdriver) in his hand and stabbing at me viciously. I didn't dare to stop it, and I couldn't help but take three steps back. The old man took advantage of this gap to rush out of the bedroom and run towards the door, moving with great speed. Otherwise, he wanted to reach out and grab it, but the old lady bit the back of his hand, which made him feel excited.

It's a pity that the old man doesn't know that there is a female god waiting at the door. As soon as he went out half of his body, he was pressed on the shoulder by a slender jade hand, and the cone fell on the concrete floor with a "dang chang", and the whole person was immediately unable to move.

Although the old man acted in a panic, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his whole body was tense, like a vicious dog, and the slightest indulgence would hurt people. He struggled to get up from the ground, but was held down firmly by Huang Yanyan.

"May I ask if you are Inspector Fu Guifu?" I crouched down and asked coldly.

When the old man heard my question, his body suddenly stiffened.

As soon as I saw his reaction, I felt reassured, there must be something wrong with this old man. I motioned for Huang Yanyan to be lighter, and said with a pleasant face: "Inspector Fu, don't worry." We didn't wash it for the fake porcelain pen, or we wanted to ask about something. ”

Fu Gui heard me mention the "fake Jun porcelain pen wash", knowing that if he didn't cooperate, he would be thrown by us to Shenyang Dao, he finally stopped struggling, glared at me and said, "You guys...... What to ask? ”

"Come, come, get up first, respect the old and respect the virtuous, how can you talk like this." I lifted him up from the ground, and Huang Yanyan tacitly took his arm and carried him into the room. Yao Otherwise, he smiled bitterly and said to the old lady: "Auntie, you are a dog, right?" Can you let go of your mouth? "That old lady's teeth are really good, bite the medicine, otherwise the palm of her hand has not been released, and she has seen blood.

Fu Gui waved his hand at the old lady and sighed: "Yue'er, let go, and then make dumplings, it's none of your business." The old lady let go of the medicine, glared at us fiercely, and turned and went into the kitchen. Seeing this scene, the three of us understood in our hearts. This old lady is estimated to be Fu Gui's wife or girlfriend, but no one in Shenyang knows their relationship.

The old lady came out to pretend to be the bitter master, firstly to fool the shopkeepers, and secondly, to release a smoke screen - who would have thought that Fu Gui would hide in the bitter master's house.

Fu Gui bent down to pick up the cone from the ground, and stretched out his palm to the side of the living room: "Three, please." He had recovered from his panic and was calm, not at all like a liar who had just been pinned to the ground.

I secretly thought to myself, this old man has been a detective, and it is really not simple. He was eating in the living room, but as soon as he heard a knock on the door, he hid in the closet as soon as possible, and did not forget to hold the murder weapon in his hand, waiting for the opportunity to fight back. If it weren't for Huang Yanyan's skills, it was really possible for him to escape.

A few of us sat down. Fu Guidao: "You are from Beijing?" A few of us nodded. Fu Gui asked again: "Are you from the five veins?" This time, there is only medicine, otherwise Huang Yanyan nodded. Fu Gui took out a few wine cups and filled them for us, and then he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and asked the third question: "Are you doing it for Xu Yicheng?" ”

This person's eyes are really vicious, and he nodded at me with his finger: "This is Xu Yicheng's grandson." ”

Fu Gui looked at me for a while, and remained silent: "It's a little similar to Xu Yicheng's eyebrows." As soon as he talked about Xu Yicheng, his whole temperament changed, and he was no longer the obscene old slender man who cheated people out of money, but the detective who was rampant in Beiping back then. I noticed a shocking scar on the right side of his neck, which was barely visible by the collar but vaguely recognizable as a burn.

Now the people who have seen Xu Yicheng with their own eyes, except for Huang Kewu, are the only ones who pay for it. What comes out of his mouth will have a big impact on the rest of my life. My voice was a little nervous: "I heard that you were the one who arrested and interrogated my grandfather, so I want to ask you about the situation at that time." ”

Fu Gui pinched the wine cup with three fingers and said lightly: "After so many years, why did you turn this matter out again?" You've made so much effort to come to me, I'm afraid it's not as simple as catching up with the past, right? "So I briefly explained the ins and outs of Kido Kana's return to the Buddha's head, and specifically emphasized that Fu Gui was the key to unlocking Kido's notes.

"In this way, the five veins have been thinking about this case of stealing and selling the Buddha's head."

"They are them, I am me. The Xu family is no longer one of the five veins. "I corrected Fu Gui's statement. When Fu Gui heard the word Xu Jia, his eyes changed a little when he saw me. He asked, "How has your family been doing for so many years?" ”

I briefly talked about the situation of the Xu family. After listening to this, Fu Gui put down the wine cup and pointed to the door: "Do you see the couplet at the door?" That's what Xu Yicheng gave me. Every year, I've had someone copy a copy and hang it outside the door, and it's been many years. I was surprised: "You and my grandfather already knew each other?" ”

"It's not just acquaintances, it's still good friends!" Fu Gui shook his head, as if he missed the old days, and began to talk more, "I knew him, and it was not long before Pu Yi abdicated." At that time, I worked as a small patrol officer near Liulichang, and I walked around the pipe pieces with a baton every day. One day, I saw a man in a horse coat walking up with an oil umbrella under his arm, like a student at some university. At that time, college students always made trouble, so I took it seriously and went over to interrogate. The student said that his name was Xu Yicheng and that he was about to go to Peking University for classes. As soon as I saw him with an oil umbrella, I was suspicious, it was a sunny day in Beiping, who would go out with an umbrella if nothing happened, there must be a problem! ”

When Fu Gui spoke, a smile appeared on his face. The elderly like to recall the past the most, and the memories of the past are particularly profound. I didn't rush to ask him about Kido's notes, but listened quietly, hoping to hear more about Xu Yicheng.

I couldn't help but say something, and I took him back to the bureau and into the interrogation room. Within a minute of sitting down, another group of people came in, saying that someone had broken a bronze mirror in the antique shop. The shopkeeper said that this was Han Jing, which was priceless, and he had to pay for it, so the two of them dragged him to the police station. The police were short on manpower, so I simply brought the shopkeeper and the customer into the interrogation room, and the two matters were tried together. I asked the antique shop about the case, Xu Yicheng was happy next to him, and told me that I would help you solve the case, and you should let me go. I don't believe it, say you think you are Bao Qingtian? Xu Yicheng patted his chest: This is a great wealth.

"Unexpectedly, this case really made Xu Yicheng crack. He said that the material of the bronze mirror of the Han and Tang dynasties is high tin bronze, and there is an old-fashioned technique on the rivers and lakes, which is to rub the mirror surface with mercury, alum, and antler ash mixed with Xuantin powder, which is called grinding mirror medicine. He lifted the shopkeeper's hand, and it was still stained with tin powder, and at a glance he knew that it was a counterfeiting workshop, specializing in slandering people. So I detained the shopkeeper, and rushed to the shop with a few men, and came up with a fake workshop, which made a contribution.

I was immediately impressed by this man, let him go, and invited Zhang Ji to eat a meal of mutton with sauce. Since then, Xu Yicheng and I have become acquaintances. In the boundary of Liuli Factory, disputes are mostly caused by antiques. With such a knowledgeable friend here, it will be convenient for me to handle cases in the future. Later, I learned that people are bright-eyed plum blossoms, descendants of the five veins, and they are willing to break knots and make friends with me, a little policeman, that is because people look up to me. Later, Xu Yicheng became the head of the five veins, and I also took advantage of the situation to solve several big cases and became the inspector of Nancheng. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Gui suddenly became a little confused: "I really didn't expect that Xu Yicheng, such an understanding person, would go to steal and sell the Buddha's head." I know the character of that guy best, one hates the destruction of cultural relics in his life, and the other hates foreigners for taking treasures, and often laments that the country is weak and the cultural relics are not protected. At the beginning, Sun Dianying blew up Cixi's tomb and made him so angry that he almost didn't have his back on his back. Such a person would actually steal and sell the Buddha's head, I can't think clearly to this day. ”

I asked, "He didn't tell you when you interrogated him?" ”

When Fu Gui heard this, he coughed angrily: "Hmph." After the Fotou case was discovered, the Beiping Police Department wanted to take him. Originally, this case had nothing to do with me, but I took the initiative to ask Ying to try him, thinking that there was definitely a grievance in it. Xu Yicheng is a good friend of mine, and I have to find a way to wash it for him. ”

"Why are you so convinced?"

"Because this case is strange! Let me tell you, the only evidence in the case of stealing and selling Buddha's head is the article published in a Japanese journal by Yuzo Kido, which is called solitary evidence. As for where and when they stole the Buddha head, there are no details about it. In such a case, as long as Yicheng said that it was all committed by the Japanese, he was just deceived, not to mention acquittal, and the sentence could be somewhat reduced. As a result, the bastard in Yicheng didn't cooperate at all, didn't say anything, and only asked with one sentence: Lao Fu, you don't understand. After a few days, he simply confessed his guilt, saying that he was going to die, and this last credit might as well be given to Lao Fu You, do you say you can be angry? ”

As he said this, he slammed his fist on the table, and the wine cup fell to the ground and broke into five or six pieces, apparently haunted by the incident for decades. The old lady came in, took the fragments, and brought him a new one.

I was frozen. Listening to Fu Gui's meaning, Xu Yicheng actually threw himself into the net and took the initiative to admit the crime. It doesn't make sense at all. Seeing that I was silent, Yao Otherwise, he preemptively asked, "That Kido has three people, have you dealt with it?" ”

Fu Gui was very embarrassed after hearing this, he silently picked up the wine glass and took another sip: "I'm not particularly familiar with Kido Yusan. I've only had dinner with him twice, and I'm still with Xu Yicheng. I don't have a crush on Japanese devils, but this person is not a bad person. I've been a detective for so many years, and I can see through anyone at a glance. Kido has three people, who are nerds, highly short-sighted, not good at words, holding a book to read when they have nothing to do, and not hearing anything outside the window. The two meals we ate, in fact, didn't say a few words in total, most of the time it was me chatting with Xu Yicheng, he was by the side, looking sluggish, and he didn't know what he was thinking. If it weren't for the fact that Xu Yicheng was imprisoned because of him, I would have thought he was a good friend—so you said that I could unlock the code of Kido Notes, which is a bit reluctant, and I really have nothing to do with him. ”

"When Xu Yicheng was interrogated, was Kido there?"

"How is it possible, if that guy dares to come to Beiping, I will shoot him!"

"He had a notebook that was taken away as evidence at the time, and it was still signed by you. Are you impressed? ”

Fu Gui tilted his head and pondered for a while: "It seems that there is such a thing...... No, it's a stack, there are three copies. ”

When the three of us heard this, we were all shocked. I have one copy of that cowhide inlaid silver notebook in my hand, one in Kido Kana's hand, and a third one?

"Do you know what is written in the notebook?"

"I don't know, it's a password. I guess it's probably archaeological notes or something like that—but Xu Yicheng himself has admitted it, so the prosecution doesn't have much interest in these notes, and they don't bother to decipher them as second-class evidence. ”

Sure enough, this third notebook has also been encrypted. I just don't know if it uses the same password as "Su Ding Lu", or if it is the same as Kido Notes, or if it has its own exclusive password.

"What happened to these notebooks?" I asked.

"The Japanese consulate came to a diplomat named Sister Koji Yongde, and said that it was the property of the Japanese government and took it away."

"Got it all?"

"Ah, of course, I took all three of them."

The source of Kido Yusan's notes was clarified, but a new question was rediscovered: If the Japanese government took away the notebook at that time, then where did I get the notebook at home? Also, where is the third notebook?

I asked carefully, but Fu Gui was too impressed by the incident back then, and he still remembered many details. I asked around and found that Fu Gui just wanted to help Xu Yicheng with his righteousness towards his friends, he was just a little detective, and he probably didn't know as much about stealing and selling Buddha's head as Huang Kewu.

Synthesizing the stories of Huang Kewu, Fu Gui and Kido Kana, Xu Yicheng's image is gradually plumped, but his experience with Kido Yuzo between July and August 1931 is still blank.

I asked, "My grandfather, didn't say anything until he died?" Fu Gui shook his head and said, "No." Your grandfather Xu Yicheng is a teapot and dumplings, if he doesn't want to say it, don't even think about prying it out. On the eve of his execution, I brought some food and drinks to see him off, and persuaded him to think about it again, as long as he said a word, I was sure that the case would be dragged down. But he didn't say anything. When I brought the food and drinks plate out of the prison, I found a note glued to the case. The note said that he and I had known each other, and that he always had to leave something as a souvenir. The note pointed me to a remote ice cellar in Nancheng, where I got a Tang Dynasty Sea Beast Grape Bronze Mirror. I know what he means: let's get acquainted with each other in the mirror, and we end up in the mirror. ”

He said this, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes.

"I wanted to find his widow, but she was missing with her newborn baby in her arms. Later, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out and the Japanese occupied Beiping, I didn't run, and became a pseudo-policeman in a daze. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I barely avoided the limelight of the traitors, and even hugged the thigh of the commander of the Beiping garrison. It's a pity that I hugged it too tightly, and when it came to the peaceful liberation of Beiping, it was difficult for me to let go. You all know the rest of the story, I stayed in prison for half my life, and I couldn't be a policeman after I came out, so I relied on the scales and half-claws I learned when I was messing with Xu Yicheng back then, and became a fiber puller in Tianjin. ”

"No......" I muttered. The other three people at the table heard it. Fu Gui frowned: "What are you saying wrong?" ”

I looked up: "I said that you didn't accept the same antiques. ”

"You mean your grandfather gave me a fake? Hmph, you don't know him well! Fu Gui said unhappily.

"No, no, it's not that this bronze mirror is a fake, but ......," I quickly organized the language, "but where you got it, there's a problem. You just said that this thing was sitting in an ice cellar? ”

"Yes, it's in a small village in the south of the city, and it used to be used to store ice in the palace."

"That's weird. My grandfather is a big expert in the white character door, and the head of the five veins. He would never have done such a thing that was out of common sense. ”

My words immediately caught the attention of others. I twisted my fingers and explained, "The alloy formula of the bronze mirror is tin plus copper, and tin turns into a yellow powder at low temperatures. If the bronze is not placed in the right environment, the tin component in it will form powder erosion, and it will quickly spread to the nearby area - the so-called 'tin plague'. Therefore, the storage of bronzes, low temperature is an absolute taboo. ”

An ice cellar, as the name suggests, is a cellar where ice cubes are stored. The ancients did not have refrigerators, so they could only dig a deep cellar, put ice cubes in it in the winter, and use the low temperature to store it for use in the summer. So the temperature in the ice cellar is very low. If you put the bronze in it, you will get tin plague in less than a week.

Xu Yicheng is an expert in bronzes, how could he make such a low-level mistake and put the bronzes he gave to his friends in the ice cellar?

"But that's exactly what he did." Fu Gui argued.

I looked him in the eye: "Then there's only one possibility." He wanted to convey some information through this bronze mirror, but he didn't want others to know, so he used this seemingly unreasonable placement method to make a hint. And this hint can only be discovered after the tin plague in the bronze mirror. ”

"Ahem! Why did he go around in such a big circle with me? There is something that cannot be said directly. ”

"The matter of the Buddha's head is too wide-ranging, and many forces are secretly peeping. My grandfather must have a reason for doing that. When you got the bronze mirror, do you remember what was on it? ”

Fu Guidao: "After I got out of the ice cellar, I have been staying at home. I don't know much about bronzes, so I haven't looked at them very closely. ”

Huang Yanyan couldn't help but ask, "Where is that bronze mirror now?" ”

Speaking of this, Fu Gui looked ashamed, patted his head, and then said, "Uh...... It's no longer in my hands. Two years ago, my wife had to see a doctor, and I sold it. But the money for medical treatment is still not enough, so I want to join forces with Shopkeeper Sun and take my wife back to my hometown to recuperate. I didn't want to let you come to the door. ”

It turned out that he was in a hurry to see his wife, so he came up with such a trick. But if you think about it carefully, he is a person who has been released from prison, and he lacks professional skills, and he can't make any money doing fiber pulling, so his life is embarrassing.

Otherwise, the medicine couldn't bear it, and hurriedly asked, "Who did you sell it to?" ”

Fu Gui said: "A boss in Anyang. He said he needed an Ancient Mirror Mansion and bought it from me. Alas, to be honest, if it weren't for the medical treatment of my wife, I wouldn't want to sell the stuff of a city. ”

The three of us glanced at each other, it seemed that this trip was not over yet, and we had to go to Anyang. I asked Fu Gui for the address of the boss of Anyang and carefully transcribed it. The boss's name is Zheng Guoqu, the name is quite interesting, and it is estimated that his father is a supporter of Qin Shi Huang.

I picked up the wine cup on the table, raised my hands, and said respectfully, "Master Fu." My first drink is to apologize for today's recklessness. Then he drank it all in one gulp and poured another glass: "My second glass of wine is for my grandfather Xu Yicheng to pay tribute to your good friend, and I have been thinking about him for so many years." "I drank it all again.

I wasn't very good at drinking, and by this time my head was a little dizzy, but I still insisted on pouring a third glass: "This third glass, thank you for pointing me a clue." This is very important to my grandfather and to the reputation of our Xu family. ”

Fu Gui slowly stood up, held my wine glass with both hands, and burst into tears: "I have always regretted that I failed to help Yicheng back then. Today's wish has finally been able to do a little. He drank the wine in the wine cup, and his eyes became burning: "Xiao Xu, let me tell you, your grandfather Xu Yicheng is definitely not a person who steals and sells Buddha heads. I didn't find out what was hidden back then, but the truth fell on you. ”

After saying that, he turned around and went into the balcony, and after rummaging through the balcony for a long time, he pulled out a photo album, which was full of dust. Fu Gui patted the soil, coughed a few times, opened the booklet, and took out an old photo that was already worn: "This is the only photo of Xu Yicheng in my hand, which I secretly left when I interrogated Xu Yicheng at that time." Now it's considered to be returned to its original owner, so I'll leave you a souvenir. ”

When we saw the photo, our complexion changed dramatically.

This photo, which we saw with Kana Kido the other day, was published in the Journal of Archaeology, and it was a solo photograph taken by Yuzo Kido during the expedition, with his feet on the hills and his back to the castle walls, and the scenery, composition, postures, and light are all the same.

But there is a decisive difference between this photo and the one in the journal.

There is one more person in this photo, and next to Kido Yuzo, there is also a person standing.

The man was wearing a short shirt, and it was Xu Yicheng.

Photo editing is nothing new, it has been around since the 19th century. Darkroom techniques such as tinkering, cropping, and re-exposure were used to make seamless changes to photographs. One of the more famous is the photograph of Lenin giving a speech in Moscow in 1920, next to which Trotsky was standing, but when Stalin came to power, he used this technique to erase Trotsky. Chiang Kai-shek did something similar, taking a photo of himself and two other officers with Sun Yat-sen, and the two officers were altered to make him and Sun Yat-sen alone to prove that he was appreciated by the Father of the Nation.

I know this because I know a photographer from Xinhua News Agency. During the "**" period, he often received similar tasks, removing the defeated old commanders and officials from Chairman Mao's side, or modifying obscured slogans and quotations.

I told these common senses to the medicine, otherwise Huang Yanyan, the expressions of both of them looked shocked. They have seen a lot of fakes and antiques, but they didn't expect that things like photos also have a means of counterfeiting. Otherwise, he scratched his scalp and sighed, "Fuck, there is still this method." Hey, do you still have contact with the photographer? Dude has a few photos with his ex-girlfriend and wants to deal with it......"

I put my hands in my trouser pockets and frowned. Things are getting more and more interesting. The same photo, but two different versions came out, whether the photo of Xu Yicheng and Kido Yusan was altered, or the single photo of Kido Yusan was added, what is the purpose?

One by one, mysteries lingered, but I felt powerless, and I wanted to peel off the cocoon but couldn't.

We took the train back to Beijing first. Fang Zhen went to pick us up and reported to Bureau Liu by the way. Liu Ju's instructions are similar to before, let us continue to let go and investigate, and the relevant departments will support it, but will never intervene. Fang Zhen took the photo away and said that he was going to the technical department for an appraisal. If it has been modified, there will be subtle differences in the film grain, which can be recognized.

There has also been new progress on Kana Kido's side. She had already done the work of the Kido family, and she took pictures and faxed them page by page of Kido notes. The clarity is a little worse, but it is enough to make out the characters.

Kana Kido bound these faxes into a booklet and handed them to me, and then looked at me meaningfully: "Xu San, I hope we have a good cooperation." In China, I only trust you. "I know what she means. In her opinion, whether it is Liu Ju or the Ancient Studies Society, their purpose is to return the head of the Jade Buddha; I was the only one who participated in this for the sake of my grandfather's honor, which is fundamentally similar to her atoning for his grandfather's sins.

But I also don't believe that Kana Kido came simply to atone for his grandfather's crime of aggression against China. Her various methods are so weird. There is also the "Bone Dong Account of the Zhina" published by the "China Terroir Society", I don't know what connection it has with the current Northeast Asia Research Association.

However, at this stage, she does not conflict with my interests, so I will not say anything about it for the time being.

"Miss Kido, I've told you all about Fu Gui's situation. I am very concerned about the matter of my sister Lu Yongde. Can you use your connections in Japan to check the records of the Japanese side at that time? ”

After Xu Yicheng's case, his sister Lu Yongde took away the three notebooks. One of the three notebooks is now in Japan, one is in my collection, and one is missing. If you can get through this clue, maybe you will gain something. After listening to me, Kana Kido agreed to call and go to Japan to check it out.

After saying this, Kana Kido pulled her hair behind her ears and looked at me with a pleading look: "Xu San, can I go to Anyang with you?" I hesitated and refused. Otherwise, Huang Yanyan has a very bad impression of her, and it is difficult for me to grasp this woman, I don't know what will happen when I go to Anyang this time, and the fewer variables, the better.

Kana Kido looked disappointed, but not reluctantly. She said she would spend the next few days inspecting the antique market in Panjiayuan. It was then that I remembered that she seemed to have a paper on the quantification of toning. To be honest, she really won't gain anything in a place like Panjiayuan.

When I was about to reach the door, Kana Kido suddenly called out to me, "Xu San, do you know what my grandfather said about your grandfather?" ”

"Huh?" I stopped and looked back.

"He never mentioned it. Even though academics asked him repeatedly, he never said a word. Kana Kido said.

I understood, bowed and thanked her.

Looking at the entire case of stealing and selling Buddha heads, it will be found that although the case was a sensation, almost no details have been made public. Xu Yicheng was shot because he pleaded guilty himself, and Fu Gui did not get any valid information from him. Kido Yuzo published "The Discovery of the Buddha Head of Noritenmeido" in the journal, but he only emphasized its historical value and was very secretive about how it was discovered. In other words, the two key parties were silent about the blank in 1931 and brought them into the coffin.

The sensationality of this case is not at all proportional to the details it has released so far. When others talk about this case, most of them focus on the criticism of national righteousness such as traitors and theft, but they pay little attention to this point. The strangeness of this makes me see a little hope - my grandfather is definitely not a traitor when he does this.

When I came out of the Beijing Hotel, I suddenly received a call from Yao, who said that his grandfather Yao had come to talk to me.

Yaojia is located in the east of the city, is a rather foreign independent small building, black eaves and green tiles, decoration taste extraordinary. As soon as I entered the door, the medicine would have followed the medicine to greet me. The old man looked in good spirits, with a cane in his left hand and two purple walnuts in his right hand.

We each sat down, and the medicine came straight to the point: "Did you feel that something was wrong at the dinner that day?" ”

I smiled wryly. There were so many things that were wrong that night that I can't talk about it. I just shook my head and asked him to speak. Yao Lai said: "Do you remember how Liu Ju introduced you?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and what Liu Ju said at the time was, "This is Xiao Xu, Xu Heping's son." The only bloodline descendant of the Baizimen today". That's pretty much what it means. Yao Lai narrowed his eyes and looked playful: "Got it? ”

I reacted immediately. For the five veins, the last member of the Xu family is Xu Yicheng. My father, Xu Heping, has never entered this circle in his life, nor has he dealt with them. For them, the person should not exist. And when Liu Ju introduced me, he didn't say that he was Xu Yicheng's grandson, but said that he was Xu Heping's son, which was very interesting.

Liu Ju said that, which shows that the Xu family is in my father's generation, and they also have contact with the five veins, and they have a lot of relationship. When I think of this, my heart is shocked. Could it be that my father, who had no quarrel with the world, had a side that I didn't know?

Yao came to see me with a different expression, and was very proud: "Xiao Xu, I came to you today just to tell you." The relationship between the five veins is far more complicated than you think. Even if your Xu family is expelled and left the house, the relationship that has been precipitated over the past few hundred years is not easy to sever. ”

I didn't answer, I know that the old man must have the following. Yao Lai motioned for Yao Lai to close the door, slowly took a sip of tea, and said, "I heard otherwise, you have been petitioning for your parents?" ”

After the theft of "Su Ding Lu", Yao Dang also saw the contents of my safe, which contained petition materials. So he told his grandfather, not surprising.

Both of my parents were faculty members at the university. His father taught ancient Chinese in the Department of Chinese, and his mother was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture. I have the impression that they live in a very low-key way, with few friends other than the students and teachers at school. During the "**" period, they were branded as counter-revolutionaries on the grounds that they were preaching feudal rituals and bourgeois tastes in the classroom. In that absurd era, there were all kinds of absurd crimes. Every once in a while, they would be taken to criticize and parade the streets, and their homes were raided several times.

A few of their former students were particularly fierce critics of their teachers, and even claimed to have found key evidence that they were anti-party and anti-people. After that criticism meeting, my parents were really humiliated and threw themselves into Taiping Lake together. Later, the "**" ended, but their crime has not been rehabilitated, and I have been running for this matter for the past few years.

Now that I think about it, it suddenly feels ironic. Now it's not just about restoring my parents' reputation, but also for my grandfather's name. Our Xu family values reputation the most, but every generation is dragged down by this thing.

After listening to the medicine, he said with a serious expression: "Among the five veins, there have always been people who want to let the Xu family return, but there are also people who have always wanted to put the Xu family to death. "When I heard it, it was like falling into an ice cave. The sentence "Yaolai" is obviously implying that the death of my parents during the "**" period does not seem to be so simple. There is a black hand behind the scenes, taking advantage of the situation to persecute the Xu family.

"But why?" I couldn't help but ask. The Xu family has faded out of the antique circle, and there will be no threat to the five veins.

Yaolai sneered: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." During the "**" period, how many collectors were raided. Some good things are smashed, some good things are never found again. He didn't say it explicitly, but I understood what it meant. It seems that someone covets something from the Xu family, so they incite the young revolutionary generals to raid the house, and then take the opportunity to steal.

And the things that can arouse the covetousness of the people in the five veins in our family are only the "Su Ding Lu" when I think about it. My parents kept it in the stacks of the university library, and only left me an index number, so the youngsters copied it several times and couldn't get it.

"Who is it? Is it the Huang family? My fists clenched unconsciously, and my chest was filled with anger.

Yaolai shook his head: "I don't know. During the '**' period, the impact on the five veins was also particularly great, and each family tried their best to shrink and take care of themselves. As for who is behind it, it can only be said that every family has suspicions. ”

I suddenly thought of the "four regrets" that my father left before he died, could it be that these four regrets refer to those related to the five veins? When I asked Yao Lai what his father had to do with the five veins, Yao Lai said: "Although Xu Heping does not have the courage of Xu Yicheng, his character is not bad, and he knows how to advance and retreat." He lived in seclusion in the capital and always wanted to sever the relationship with the five veins, but the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop. It's a pity, it's a pity......"

After listening to this, I was silent, and my mind was numb. Yao Lai smiled and added, "I called you over today just to tell you." Your Xu family has actually been in the sight of the five veins. The return of the Jade Buddha's head this time will definitely touch some people. If they can harm the Xu family once, they can harm the second time. Be careful, be careful in everything, and don't repeat the mistakes of your parents. ”

Who is the black hand in the five veins, it is still unknown. But one thing is for sure, the energy of this black hand is definitely not small, even during the "**" period, he has the ability to ruin the Xu family. Now the black hand is still hidden in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to show its fangs. The medicine comes to consider the Xuanzi Gate, which is quite fearful, and many words are not easy to say. I can't force you to ask.

"Thank you." I sincerely thank this old man. Yao Lai waved his hand disapplausively: "The five veins are connected, and they are all one family." I didn't catch up with Xu Yicheng's generation; I didn't help Xu Heping's generation; In your generation, if I stand idly by, will I not be blamed by my ancestors and ancestors? My grandson has been impolite before, and I will make amends for him. ”

I smiled, "I can't see it." Otherwise, if you come to provoke you, you actually secretly instructed you, right? ”

Yaolai became interested in me, and it was difficult for him to appear in public, so he let Yao out to find out my bottom line. Among them, it is not difficult to speculate.

Yaolai laughed: "Liu Ju said that you have a smart brain and a quick response, and that's true." My grandson was arrogant, but he didn't have any scheming, so he ran over as soon as he plucked it. Otherwise, let me tell you, you still have to learn from Xiao Xu after human experience. Otherwise, when I heard it next to me, my face turned red and white, and I secretly glanced at my middle finger.