As soon as I stepped off the plane, a wave of heat with the smell of the sea came to my face. I set up a pergola in my hand and looked up to see the bustling city of Kowloon City glittering in the sun.

Hong Kong and Beijing are really different. Near the capital airport is a large open space, with a wide field of vision and a large pattern. The vicinity of Kai Tak Airport is full of high-rise buildings, and the space is very cramped. When I landed just now, I looked out of the porthole and saw the plane whizzing over the city of Hong Kong, and my palms were sweaty. According to the guest next to me, Kai Tak Airport is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is very close to the harbor and the city, and all planes can only enter and land from the west, which is worthy of being one of the top ten dangerous airports in the world.

After the plane landed safely, I breathed a sigh of relief, and the most precious fragment of the Ssangyong seal was on me. The duel between the two versions of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" will be decided by this fragment. Even if something happens to me, it can't happen.

This is the first time I have left the mainland, but fortunately, Fang Zhen helped me take care of all the formalities in advance, and I got out of the customs smoothly all the way. I noticed that on both sides of the passage, posters of the Beijing-Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Cultural Relics Exhibition have been posted, and "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" occupies the core position of the poster. There are still three days before the cultural relics exhibition, but the atmosphere is already very hot.

As soon as I exited the gate, I saw more than 20 Hong Kong reporters waiting at the gate, several of whom I knew and had participated in the siege and interception of me in Shanghai.

Previously, I was in front of them in Shanghai, declaring that I would come with the truth. My manifesto made headlines in the newspapers the next day - "Anti-counterfeiting heroes break the silence and go to the identification site to expose the truth", could there be a more dramatic change? The public was already excited about the public confrontation between the real and fake "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", and as soon as my declaration was issued, the topic became even hotter than the weather in Hong Kong.

This time, instead of impatiently pushing the reporters away, I straightened my suit and let them take a picture. Then I slowly raised my hand, and they immediately fell silent.

I cleared my throat and said, "I have previously published a questioning text on the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, but it is rather hasty and the argument is not complete. It coincided with the announcement by the auction house that the original copy of the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" was in the world, and which was true or false with the collection of the Forbidden City, which caused public controversy. As a member of the Five Pulses, I have the responsibility to clarify the truth in this controversy. So, in the spirit of being realistic, I conducted a series of investigations over the next period of time. Now that I have the decisive evidence to distinguish the authenticity of the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", I will go to Hong Kong to participate in the Beijing-Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Exhibition, and I will make a comparison on the spot to clarify the source. ”

Speaking of this, I raised my voice: "The Qingming Upper River Map is a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation and a great wealth of all Chinese. I will not allow any falsehood to tarnish it, under any pretext. ”

The reporters applauded together.

I prepared this speech in advance. Liu Yiming once pointed out that there was a flaw in Bai Ruilian's plan, and in order to destroy the reputation of the five pulses, they pushed me to a very credible and influential height, which made me a double-edged sword.

If you look at the lineup of reporters who came to greet me, you can see that the name Wish is now as well-known as those movie stars. My big public opinion at the airport will further enhance my influence among the public. At that time, my actions will have a significant impact on the results.

To put it simply, as long as I have reasonable evidence in my hand, the public will accept my final judgment.

As the reporters continued to ask questions, I smiled and waved my hand to indicate that I had finished speaking, and strode out of the terminal.

At this moment, a convoy came to a triumphant stop in front of the gate, and the water was full of big-headed Mercedes and Rolls-Royce. The second car stopped in front of me, and from the car stepped a middle-aged man, with a big back, dressed up...... Well, it's like the Hong Kong underworld bosses in the videotape.

"Mr. Xu, welcome, welcome." The middle-aged man enthusiastically stretched out his hand to me and spoke in stiff Mandarin. Seeing that I wasn't moving, he patted his head, "Oops, I forgot to introduce myself when I was excited." My surname is Wang, Wang Zhongzhi, the head of Bai Ruilian in Hong Kong. This time, I heard that you are coming to Hong Kong in person, and we have prepared a reception banquet for Barellaline, please be sure to enjoy it. Wang Zhongzhi made a gesture of please in the car, and I noticed that there was a big beautiful woman sitting in the back seat of the car, and she threw a wink at me.

Bai Ruilian, who has been planning to bring down the five veins, finally showed up. I thought that they were all three heads and six arms, and they had great powers, but they were just ordinary humans. Wang Zhongzhi patted me on the shoulder affectionately, leaned his head over and lowered his voice: "Our boss said, we must serve you comfortably, you just ask." ”

I took a step back, narrowed my eyes slightly, and looked at Wang Zhongzhi quietly. They've already played this trick once. Zhong Aihua once promised me to be the head of an auction house, but I refused, and Barilla should have understood my determination. Now they are suddenly running over to show goodwill, and the intention is very interesting.

I speculate that it was the declaration I made in Shanghai that made Barellaline a little restless. As they could have guessed, I got the crucial clue from Dai Haiyan and had the cards to turn the game around. But they didn't know what that hole card was, so they sent someone to test my truth.

The pressure that had been put on the five veins was now quietly transferred to Bai Ruilian's body.

In a word, they are in a hurry.

I grinned and showed a gentle smile to Wang Zhongzhi: "I'm sorry, I still have some business, so I'll go first." ”

Wang Zhongzhi hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" You can go in my car, and I'll accompany you. In Hong Kong, there's nothing I can't do. ”

"Hehe, no need." I politely declined and continued on my way. Wang Zhongzhi grabbed my arm, his face was a little gloomy: "Mr. Xu, you may not understand what I mean. In Hong Kong, there's nothing I can't do. ”

"Oh, that's pretty impressive." I shrugged.

The Count of Monte Cristo does not eat anything from his enemies, and it is necessary for me to follow this principle. I pushed Wang Zhongzhi, who was slightly stunned, away, swaggered through the queue of the big luxury cars, and got a taxi on the opposite side. The reporters noticed this small cutscene, and pounced and crackled again.

I saw in the rearview mirror of the taxi that Wang Zhongzhi made a gesture with an expressionless face, and then sat back in the car. The entire convoy deliberately accelerated, demonstratively overtook the taxis, and drove away. The driver poked his head out and praised: "What a big pomp and circumstance - where are you going, sir?" I leaned back in the back seat, stilted my legs, and said in awkward Cantonese, "Queen Mary Hospital." ”

I didn't lie to Wang Zhongzhi, I do have something. I need to visit Huang Kewu first.

Queen Mary Hospital is the most famous hospital in Hong Kong, not to mention Hong Kong people, even those of us who are used to watching Hong Kong movies and TV dramas have heard of its name. The taxi drove me all the way to the main entrance of Queen Mary Hospital, and I didn't bother to take a second look at the scenery of the West Gulao Strait and Victoria Mountain, and went straight to the inpatient department.

When I opened the door of the ward, the first thing I saw was Huang Kewu lying on the hospital bed. He was still unconscious, with various tubes stuck in his body, and several instruments next to him that I couldn't read were beeping regularly. And the one who was lying on the side of the bed was actually Yanyan.

"Smoke?" I was a little surprised.

Yanyan looked up and saw that it was me, first rubbed his eyes, stood up and hugged me tightly, his chin resting on my shoulder. Yanyan was afraid of disturbing Huang Kewu, so he only dared to bite his lip and sobbed quietly. The fine sorrow pierced into the heart like a thin needle, which was more distressing than crying. I awkwardly stroked her slightly shaky shoulders and didn't say a word. After staying in the detention center for so long, as soon as I came out, I heard that my grandfather, who loved me the most, was critically ill in Hong Kong, which was a bit too big for a girl in her early twenties.

We hugged silently for a long time, and it wasn't until Yanyan calmed down a little that I asked her why she came to Hong Kong. Yanyan told me that as soon as she was released from the Nanjing Detention Center, she heard about Huang Kewu's illness and immediately contacted Fang Zhen and rushed directly to Hong Kong to take care of her grandfather.

"How is the old man now?"

Yan Yan said: "It didn't get worse, it didn't get better. The doctor said he was overly agitated and caused a cerebral hemorrhage. Fortunately, my grandfather has a foundation in martial arts, otherwise it would be difficult to survive this hurdle. ”

I looked sideways at Huang Kewu. The old man's face was originally full of red light, but now his face was frighteningly pale, and his eye sockets were sunken, as if all his essence had been drained. Since the Wumai incident, Liu Yiming has been in command in Beijing, and Huang Kewu has personally gone to Hong Kong to charge. The old man was just like when he broke into Yushun Building alone, he tried his best to bring back the one-sided questioning. If it weren't for his efforts, I'm afraid that Wumai wouldn't even have the opportunity to make this public appraisal public.

"It's all to blame that woman, she hurt my grandfather." Yanyan said through gritted teeth.

I asked for details. Yanyan told me that Huang Kewu had an appointment with several leading writers in the cultural sector that day to talk, and then returned to the hotel to rest. In the lobby of the hotel, a blind woman suddenly stopped Huang Kewu. According to the people who accompanied him, Huang Kewu's face suddenly became very bad at that time, and he immediately walked to the side with the woman. The two didn't talk for a few minutes, when suddenly there was a "dang bang", and a piece of porcelain fell to the ground from Huang Kewu's hand, and then he fell down holding his chest. The woman quietly left in the chaos, but according to the eyewitness accounts, she looked exactly like Sister Su.

"Well, this is the porcelain." Huang Yanyan handed me a packet of fragments.

I knew at a glance that this was the little water bowl that Sister Su entrusted me to give to Huang Kewu. Between the two of them, there must be some entanglement that is difficult to unravel, so that someone with such a tenacious spirit of Huang Kewu has suffered a major blow, and he can't even hold such a small thing.

Laria is so insidious. Huang Kewu's lobbying in Hong Kong was very unfavorable to their plan, but they didn't dare to get rid of him, so they could only use Sister Su to influence him and attack him. The old man had a cerebral hemorrhage on his own, so naturally they did not have any suspicion.

I sighed softly, in the final analysis, it was all my fault that Huang Kewu made it like this. If I hadn't been blinded by hatred in the first place, he wouldn't have had to come to Hong Kong at all. If I had found out the connection between "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" and the battle of Yushunlou that year, Huang Kewu might have told me the truth a long time ago, and I wouldn't have to lie on this hospital bed and have a hard time talking.

"Old man Huang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I took his old bark-like hand and muttered, not knowing if he could hear it.

"You bastard, where have you been all these days?" Yanyan stood behind me and gently punched me with her fist.

"It's hard to put it into words...... "I gave a brief account of my previous experience. Yanyan listened quietly, sometimes frowning, sometimes chuckling, and when he heard that I broke into Dai Haiyan's dormitory at night, he shook his head helplessly, and reached out to pinch my arm.

After I finished speaking, I said with a guilty face: "In the final analysis, all this is caused by me, Yanyan, I'm sorry." ”

I expected her to scold me, but she just calmly asked, "Do you have your hole cards now?" I nodded. Smoke straightened the collar of my shirt: "My grandfather said that a real man should have the courage to admit his mistake and the ability to correct it. If you're really ashamed, like a real man, you beat those bastards down for me and grandpa. ”

Her eyes flickered, and there was a grit in her determination. I touched her face: "Definitely." ”

I couldn't stay in the hospital for too long, so I said a few words to Yanyan, and then reluctantly left. Liu Ju and Fang Zhen have already arrived with their team, and I have to join them first.

I walked out of the gates of Queen Mary Hospital, thinking about what to do next. At this moment, a van rushed from the road on the left. It was very fast, and I hurriedly took a few steps back, but I didn't expect the van to brake sharply in front of me, and with a pull of the side door, three or four hooded guys rushed out of it. I was caught off guard and was pulled into the car by them, and then it was pitch black in front of me, probably because I was covered in the head.

I heard the door "bang" and the car started spinging. I struggled a few times, and suddenly I got a blow to the head, and I fell unconscious......

When I woke up again, I found myself in an abandoned house. My hands were tied to a worn-out stainless steel chair, and the mildew on the four walls outlined all kinds of wonderful patterns, like totems on the walls of the Chudi tomb. Above my head was an incandescent light bulb that flickered on and off, and outside the blackened iron window frame was a strange and ambiguous darkness. The whole room was like a bronze rust that had been rusted for thousands of years.

Two people came in from outside the room, and I looked at it. The people who came in were old and young, the old one was Wang Zhongzhi, and the young one was Zhong Aihua. The expressions of the two people were a little obscure because of the light.

"Mr. Xu, I told you that there is nothing in Hong Kong that I can't do." Wang Zhongzhi opened his mouth, still in a polite tone. I laughed, and Wang Zhongzhi said, "What's so funny? ”

I looked up, "I laugh at you at the end of your rope." ”

Barilla's previous style of acting was cautious, and almost no violence was used. Now that they have kidnapped me, it means that they are in a mess and have begun to do whatever it takes.

Wang Zhongzhi frowned, and he was about to say more, but Zhong Aihua patted him on the shoulder and said Wang Sheng, leave it to me here. Wang Zhongzhi said with a smile: "Well, it is not easy for Mr. Xu to come to Hong Kong, and you should also catch up with the past." ”

Zhong Aihua still has the same calm face, but I feel that he has changed a little. When he was in the mainland before, he was like a predatory beast, lurking in the grass and no one could notice it, only revealing his grandeur at the moment of his move. And now his murderous aura was revealed, as if the beast had returned to its lair, and there was no longer any cover.

Zhong Aihua said: "Brother Xu, everyone is a smart person, so you might as well say it clearly." As long as you hand over the stuff, our previous agreement will still work. ”

My heart moved. I guess Zhong Aihua had searched my body while I was unconscious. But I hid the fragment so carefully that they couldn't find it. You must know that Zhong Aihua failed to inquire from Dai Haiyan about the incomplete research results of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", nor did he know the content of Dai Xi's calligraphy, let alone understand the relationship between Liao Ding and Xu Yicheng. So they don't even know what my hole cards are.

After thinking about this detail, I have confidence.

Zhong Aihua seemed to see through my thoughts: "Brother Xu, you must be thinking in your heart now, as long as you grit your teeth and insist on not saying anything, we can't do anything about you, right?" I sneered, "Isn't it just torture, you can just try it." ”

Zhong Aihua stretched out his hand and brushed away the hair that was glued to my forehead: "Brother Xu, don't forget, what we want is not this hole card, but this hole card cannot be used in the Beijing-Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Cultural Relics Exhibition." I don't have to do anything at all, I just have to keep you here for three days and let you go when the test is done. ”

I raised my head in a-for-tat response: "Don't forget, I'm a celebrity in Hong Kong now." If I go missing, the Hong Kong police will definitely search everywhere, and after a little investigation, we will know that you are the most suspicious. Do you think you'll be able to escape? ”

Wang Zhongzhi, who was on the side, couldn't help laughing: "This is really the funniest joke I've ever heard today." Zhong Aihua walked to the window with an expressionless face: "Here, the police can't get in." He slammed the window open with both hands, and the rusted window frame creaked with a screeching sound.

I turned my head away, my eyes widening suddenly. The room I was in was about the seventh floor, but there was no natural view from the outside, and I saw a dense beehive-like building, which was crooked, as if they were not built at the same time, and were so close to each other that there were no gaps at all. The taupe walls were covered in filth, and greasy wires and pipes were stretched into intricate cobwebs, so tightly enclosed that people almost suffocated to death. It should be daytime now, but between the dilapidated and barren buildings, there is still a rancid smell that belongs to the night, and it is extremely dim.

The most terrifying thing is that there are still many people living in it. I looked out of the window, and there was a figure swaying in almost every window, and occasionally a terrible scream echoed through the building.

"Welcome to the Kowloon Walled City." Zhong Aihua stood by the window, like a courteous host who welcomed guests to his home.

I frowned, I heard Fang Zhen mention this name, Zhong Aihua had a life lawsuit when he was a child, and he fled into this place. But where is this?

Zhong Aihua said: "Although I can't take Brother Xu to visit you everywhere, I can barely act as a tour guide to introduce you to the Kowloon Walled City - after all, I grew up here since I was a child, and I am very familiar with this place." ”

He grinned, smiling like the gloomy buildings outside the window.

It turns out that this Kowloon Walled City is located on the Kowloon Peninsula. It was originally a fort barracks, and after the Qing government ceded Hong Kong to the British, it set up a yamen here, which became an enclave where the Qing Dynasty could exercise sovereignty in Hong Kong. The sovereignty of this enclave has not been resolved from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present, the British government in Hong Kong has no authority to manage it, and the Chinese government has no time to take care of itself, so it has gradually evolved into a three-way zone, where a large number of homeless, poor and vicious criminals have begun to gather here to avoid the government's pursuit. After decades of wind and rain, the Kowloon Walled City has been crowded with layers of illegal buildings, turning into an intricate labyrinth. In this labyrinth, brothels, casinos, black clinics, and underground drug factories are hidden, and it has become a lawless country composed of fugitives, underworld elements, drug dealers, poor people, and vagrants.

There is no electricity, there is little water supply, it is controlled by gangs, and the law and order is extremely poor. Even the Hong Kong police never dared to set foot here. Anyone who escapes into the Walled City will not be caught, but no one can guarantee safety. If you want to survive in this jungle, you must return to your most primitive wildness.

"The Hong Kong police have carried out several raids, but all of them have been in vain. Now the fugitives from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia are trying to escape here, and as long as they enter the walled city, the police will be useless - Brother Xu, are you still so confident now? Zhong Aihua said it lightly.

I was silent. I really didn't expect that Hong Kong is one of the most prosperous cities in the world, and I didn't expect that there would be such a dark city so close to it. I was cold, and if this place was as Zhong Aihua said, then I really couldn't count on any reinforcements.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Zhong Aihua squatted in front of me again, staring at me with both eyes: "Brother Xu, do you remember what I said when we met in Zhengzhou?" I tell you, those words are not lies that lie to you, but my admiration from the bottom of my heart, as well as envy. You and my uncle are my idols. ”

"What's the point of talking this nonsense now." I pouted.

Zhong Aihua raised his head and looked at the corner of the ceiling: "I remember when I was a child, my uncle would bring me a few small things every time I went on a business trip, which were not worth much, but they were very interesting. Every time my uncle gave me a piece, he would tell me a story. He always likes to say that antiquities carry the ancients and ancient things, and the mission of a real researcher is not to buy and sell its value, but to restore the truth in it. At that time, I was determined to follow my uncle's example. You and my uncle are the same kind of people, persistent, strong, and bent on the truth. If my dream can come true, it should be what you are now, Brother Xu. ”

"It's a pity you didn't."

Zhong Aihua smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's a pity that fate makes people, Huang Kewu reported my uncle, my uncle committed suicide, my family was forced to move to Hong Kong, and then I fled into this Kowloon Walled City because of a life lawsuit." Here I learned all the worst conduct, and I learned all the most practical skills. So I envy you even more, Brother Xu, I could have become a hero who fights counterfeiting, but I turned out to be a complete villain. Many nights, I wondered, if my uncle hadn't died, would my life have been different, and would I have become a guardian of authenticity like you now? ”

Speaking of this, his voice suddenly raised an octave: "I don't blame you for my uncle's death, he bought a fake because he was blind." But it's disgusting that you're shouting the slogan of eliminating the false and preserving the truth while doing those dirty things yourself. Do you know how many fakes and how many people have been deceived by the Chinese Society of Antiquities in recent years? My uncle committed suicide because of a fake, and the clear-eyed plum blossoms have sold so many fakes, why can they still calmly occupy a high position, and say what to say with a clear conscience to keep the fake from the true? On what basis, you hypocrites? ”

When he said this, he was almost roaring, and his finger was on my forehead: "This "Qingming Riverside Map" is your retribution. If the true face of the five veins of greed is torn apart, if you make a wish that you are not a hero at all, and we are the same at all, then my life will not be so regretful. ”

"By blaming others for your evil deeds, you are only making excuses for your own depravity." I couldn't help but retort.

This time it was Zhong Aihua's turn to sneer: "It seems that Brother Xu, you don't know much about the filthiness of the five veins." He raised his arm and snapped his fingers. Outside the door, an old woman wearing sunglasses was helped in. Zhong Aihua walked over quickly, took the old woman's arm, and guided her to me.

"Plain ...... Sister Su? "I can barely squeeze out the name.

Sister Su's demeanor is the same as in that dark room, calm and elegant, but her complexion is much better. Zhong Aihua carefully held her arm and whispered, "Grandma, be careful." ”

My brain buzzed, like I was in a big brass bell struck by a mallet.

What is Sister Zhong Aihua Guan Su's name? What's going on?

Sister Su's sunglasses were wide, covering almost half of her face. She walked up to me tremblingly and touched my head: "Xiao Xu, I lied to you, I'm sorry." Zhong Aihua said angrily: "Grandma, we don't owe this guy, don't apologize to him." ”

Sister Su said slowly: "One yard is one yard, their Xu family has never done anything to be sorry for me." Untie him. Although Zhong Aihua was reluctant, he did not disobey and walked over to untie my hands. I rubbed my sore wrist, but it didn't lighten my mood. Zhong Aihua said to me: "Don't think about escaping, even if you leave this room, you won't be able to leave the Kowloon Walled City alive." ”

I ignored him and said to Sister Su, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The corners of Sister Su's mouth picked slightly, and she replied to the question: "Xiao Xu, I lied to you once, so I'll tell you a story as compensation." This story is now known to only two people in the world, and one of them is already lying in a hospital bed, and I can only tell it to you. ”

I knew who she was referring to, and her breathing became a little heavy.

Sister Su said: "Let's start with the battle of Yushunlou." I think you've been running around for so long, so you know a little bit about that battle, right? ”

I said "um".

In 1945, Huang Kewu of the Five Veins faction went south to Zhengzhou to re-clean up the Henan antique world. When he arrived in Zhengzhou, he successively accomplished several major events, which made the entire Henan antique industry rumorful. So the seven most famous local antique shops in Henan joined forces to set up a banquet in Yushun Building, wanting to defeat Huang Kewu in a war. They thought very simply, Huang Kewu was just a hairy boy, and with the background of the Seven Families, how could he get rid of him. But unexpectedly, there was a traitor in these seven families......"

When Sister Su spoke, the wrinkles on her lips were stretched, as if she was telling a happy memory.

"At that time, among the seven families, the Mei family was the most powerful, and the other six were all the only ones in charge of Mei. The shopkeeper Mei has a little daughter, named Mei Sulan, I don't know what fainted, and I fell in love with the stinky boy named Huang Kewu. Do you think, Huang Kewu entered Yu alone, went to the meeting alone, and was heroic, which girl doesn't like such a lonely hero? As a result, the two of them secretly got along, and no one else knew about it. ”

I don't know why, Sister Su deliberately wants to tell it in the third person, as if she is telling a story that has nothing to do with herself.

Sister Su continued: "In order to prepare for the battle of Yushun Building, Shopkeeper Mei and the other six shopkeepers have been planning for a long time. As a result, on the eve of the banquet, Mei Sulan secretly told Huang Kewu all the settings. You know, antique gambling is ever-changing. If you already know in advance who is true and who is fake, then winning or losing becomes very simple. Huang Kewu got Mei Sulan's secret help, so he was naturally invincible, and he played a triumphant song all the way. Mei Sulan also secretly liked it in her heart, because Huang Kewu promised that after Henan was pacified, he would take her back to Beiping to get married-but at this time, things changed. The seven big shops couldn't resist it, so they actually invited a yin and yang eye from Kaifeng to fight with Huang Kewu. ”

"What is the Sword Mountain and the Sea of Fire?" I was curious before, and now I just ask it.

Sister Su's face twitched, and she still seemed to have palpitations: "The sword mountain and the sea of fire are the most cruel ones in the gambling fight. The two sides first exchanged treasures for each other to appraise and estimate the value, and then began to self-destruct one by one, which was called 'Shangdao Mountain'. For every piece destroyed, the other person must pay the same price. Therefore, when valuing the other party, it is a very courageous test, and the estimation is less than the actual value, which is equivalent to the insufficient level of self-identification; Estimate the value more, wait for the other party to go up the knife mountain, they will lose more, and the psychological pressure is extremely high - and at the beginning of the gambling fight, both sides have to sit on the stove that has just been lit, and the fire will become stronger and stronger. ”

I gasped, this was no longer a gamble, but a gamble. This kind of bloody gambling method is not like the ground in Henan, but like the style of the beard outside the gate.

Sister Su said: "Unless there is a deep hatred, few people will fight the sword and the sea of fire." The yin and yang eyes didn't know what benefits they had received, so they chose this as soon as they came up, and everyone was shocked. Huang Kewu was young and vigorous, and he refused to lose his momentum, so the two of them went up to the third floor and fought like this. At the end of the competition, the yin and yang eyes showed a true work of Song Huizong "and Spring Stepping on Flowers", on which there was a desperate "one person in the world", which was extremely valuable. Yin and Yang Eyes just sat on the stove, grinding their faces without changing color and grinding them piece by piece. Huang Kewu didn't expect him to be so resolute, and he thought that he couldn't do this, so he had to admit defeat. Yin Yang Eye defeated Huang Kewu, but his lower body was roasted, his life was gone, and he was sent back to Kaifeng by a carriage overnight, and it is said that he died within a few days. The seven shopkeepers and Huang Kewu admired this man's methods, and swore a poisonous oath together to keep everything that happened upstairs in Yushun secret. ”

I could hear the sweat on my forehead, and after decades, I seemed to be able to smell the smell of roasted skin and meat on the third floor of Yushun Building. I heard the big-eyed thief tell Liao Ding's story before, and I just admired his righteousness towards my grandfather. Now that I hear the details, I can only say that Liao Ding is really terrible, sitting on the stove and still being able to fight treasures calmly, it is simply Qiu Shaoyun in the antique world.

Sister Su said: "Huang Kewu admits defeat, this trip to Henan is in vain." But this person blamed Mei Sulan for the failure, thinking that she deliberately concealed the matter of Yin Yang Eye and led him in. Huang Kewu's mood is understandable, the pride of the sky, arrogant, but he was forced to admit defeat because he was afraid of death - not to mention that his competitor Liu Yiming successfully pacified Shaanxi, the dispute between Henan and Shaanxi, Huangzimen was completely defeated, and his mentality was suddenly unbalanced. Huang Kewu left Zhengzhou in such a negative mood and returned to Beiping, never contacting Mei Sulan again. Mei Sulan didn't expect that what she was waiting for was such a result, she wanted to go to Beiping to find it, just in time for the outbreak of the civil war, the road was impassable, and she had to go home. She soon found out that she was pregnant, so she had to hurriedly find someone to marry. After marriage, she gave birth to a boy, but fortunately her husband was a good man and did not change his attitude towards her. Soon Mei Sulan and her husband gave birth to another girl, and the family of four was very happy. It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, and within a few years, her husband died of illness, and Mei Sulan had to support the family independently, relying on her own attainments in Danqing, working in the Shunzhou Ru Porcelain Research Institute, and living a hard life with a pair of children. The children are very competitive, and when her son grew up, he probably inherited his father's talent, and had a great interest in archaeology and antiques, so he went to the Anyang archaeological team. And her daughter soon got married and gave birth to a grandson. But her son was found out by Huang Kewu because of an accident that bought a fake by mistake. He couldn't think about it for a while, and actually chose to commit suicide. The daughter's family decided to move to Hong Kong and wanted to pick her up, but she refused and remained in Henan. When the news of her daughter and son-in-law's death in a car accident in Hong Kong and the disappearance of her grandson came, her eyes were completely blinded by crying, and at this time, a person who claimed to be an old courtier appeared......"

When Sister Su said this, her shoulders shrugged, and she could hardly speak. Zhong Aihua hugged Sister Su with both hands, raised his head and said, "Let me say it next." My parents died, and I had to live on the streets, and later got into a life lawsuit, fled to the Kowloon Walled City, and soon became a small boss and connected with the higher-ups of Berryline. This time, Bai Ruilian wanted to lay out an overall situation for the five veins, and I volunteered to participate in it. I sneaked into the mainland many times to find out about it, and finally learned that my grandmother was trapped in Chengji Village. I didn't rush to get her out, but thought of a brilliant plan to deal with the five veins. Then it's very simple, I just need to lure a fool who is bent on revenge to Chengji Village and ask my grandmother to tell him a story. ”

At this point, my face turned red, and it was a lifelong shame. Mei Sulan's mood recovered a little, and she said again: "Do you remember the little water bowl I asked you to give to Huang Kewu?" ”

I nodded hurriedly.

"This time he came to Hong Kong, and I went to meet him. I didn't say anything else, I just told Huang Kewu that this small water bowl was made of porcelain clay mixed with his son's ashes, the son he killed with his own hands. This was the first time father and son had met. ”

I suddenly felt cold all over, and Sister Su said it lightly, but what resentment and pain were hidden in this small water bowl. As a bystander, I feel creepy, and the blow suffered by Huang Kewu can be imagined how big it should be.

Sister Su didn't continue, but her body trembled slightly, obviously suppressing her excitement. Zhong Aihua said to me: "Such an organization, such a group of people, incorruptible, shameful, treacherous, you still feel that you are upholding justice?" Think about it for yourself. After saying that, he carefully helped Sister Su out.

Wang Zhongzhi, who had been silent beside me, patted me on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, this is more exciting than the movie, right?" In contrast, we have to preach much more morality. We have worked hard to be alone, but all for the great interests of the Chinese antiques industry. ”

After saying that, he also turned to leave. The door slammed shut, and I was the only one left in the room.

I sat in my chair, closed my eyes, and slowly digested the stories. The battle of Yushunlou in 1945 was like a big crossroads, and so many branches were involved, the inheritance of the Dai family, the loyalty of the Liao family, the tragedy of the Mei family, the loss of power of the Huang family and the upper position of the Liu family, as well as the grievances of our Xu family hidden behind - and each family has an explicit or implicit relationship with the "Qingming Riverside Map". An antique that has actually affected the fate of so many people.

I knew Zhong Aihua's intentions, they were trying to break my mind and force me to comply. But I also know that they don't need to lie about it, these stories, I'm afraid, are true. The turmoil hidden in history of the five veins is far more complicated than I imagined.

I sympathize with Sister Su, this woman's life is too bumpy. What she did afterwards, I don't resent her at all. But how do I choose? Did you jump out and accuse Huang Kewu of abandoning the chaos from the beginning? Or stick to the original position? I smiled wryly and gave up thinking. There is no point in thinking about this now, there are still three days, and the public confrontation of the two "Qingming Riverside Pictures" is about to begin, and whether I can arrive or not is a big question.

There are no clocks in this room, the scenery outside the window is always eerie and chaotic, and the air is so bad that it makes people dizzy. I spent an unknown amount of time in a daze, Zhong Aihua and Sister Su never appeared again, only Wang Zhongzhi came a few times, he never got to the point, every time he slowly told me some recent current affairs, where the store was found to be fake, where the university research institute was found to develop counterfeit technology, all related to the five pulses. In his mouth, the power of the five veins in the mainland is collapsing, and he only owes a kick to the door.

Later, he saw that I ignored him, and began to boast about how long the history is, how big the scale is, and if the Berry can enter the mainland market, then it will start a new take-off. He even told me how he excavated Zhong Aihua from the Kowloon Walled City and cultivated him into a talent.

"You have a lot of talent in the mainland, but some people have nowhere to play. Only here at Berry Rayline can we have the opportunity to show our talents and find our own value. "Wang Zhongzhi goes around and around, and he always comes to this topic.

I let out a "puff", and Wang Zhongzhi finally turned his face and found two thugs to beat me hard until I fainted. When I woke up, I still didn't say a word. He had no choice but to leave in a huff.

As time went on, my heart cooled a little bit. Without me and the fragments of "Qingming Riverside Map", public identification is very unfavorable to the five veins. If you can't catch up, all your previous efforts will be in vain. I don't know where I am now, Liu Ju and Yanyan must have gone crazy at this time. It's a pity that the reality is not a Hong Kong martial arts movie, and I can't be like those kung fu superstars, no matter how desperate the situation is, I can survive in a desperate situation.

I don't know how long later, the sound of conversation sounded outside the door. I know, it's dinner time again. In this regard, Barellaline has never treated badly, and the quality of the meals is good every time. I've never been polite, swept away, and tried to keep myself on top.

The dilapidated iron door creaked open, and a takeaway boy in a white hat and a striped shirt walked in, still carrying a food box in his hand. There is no way that there is such high-end food in the Kowloon Walled City, it is all sent from outside. The takeaway brother entered the room, squatted down skillfully, and opened the food box. There are cured goose, rice rolls, shrimp dumplings, a box of fried beef and a cup of white fungus and pear pig's trotter soup.

The takeaway brother had just put out half of the food box, and the guard suddenly frowned: "You're not Xiao Wang?" The takeaway brother didn't reply: "Xiao Wang's mother is sick, I will temporarily replace him." The guard immediately changed color: "Nonsense, Xiao Wang's mother has passed away a long time ago!" The takeaway guy turned around and said with a smile: "Why don't you go down and ask for it?" In his hand was a five-four pistol pulled out of a food box.

A gunshot rang out, and the guard fell to the ground. I looked up, and the takeaway guy took off his hat, revealing his face that was not medicine.

"It's you......" I froze.

"When I get to Hong Kong, I can do whatever I want, hehe." Otherwise, he waved the muzzle of the gun and grabbed my arm, "Hurry up!" ”

I didn't bother to ask him how he got here, so I got up and ran with him to the door. At this moment, loud shouts and stumbling footsteps were heard outside the door. It seems that Bai Ruilian has not only put a guard here, but the gunfire just now has alarmed more people. Otherwise, he stopped suddenly, looked left and right, walked to the window, flew up, and the rusted window frame fell to the ground.

Otherwise, he probed out and said to me, "You can't go to the door, jump down from here." ”

"This is the ...... on the seventh floor"

"Trust me, jump off!" The medicine is not drunk.

I didn't know where I got the courage, and without saying a word, I jumped out of the window. I just felt light, and for a moment it felt like I was about to fly, and then I fell heavily to the ground. The ground was so soft that I sank into it without much impact, except for the rancid stench in my nose. I struggled to my feet, looked around and found myself in a large pile of garbage. It was littered with rotting food, worn-out plastic bags, women's sanitary napkins, condoms, needles, excrement, tattered clothes, and unspeakable garbage. They were stacked in a haphazard manner into small hills of astonishing thickness, and I even saw a half-rotten human hand sticking out of the garbage and facing the sky. I waved my hand and struggled, and a large swarm of flies "buzzed" and flew away, as if a black veil had been peeled off.

It is surrounded by four buildings on all four sides, and the only gaps are filled with planks and corrugated sheds. It seems that the residents of this area have never considered the problem of transporting garbage out, and simply discarded it here, forming a mountain of garbage in the city.

The two of us struggled to get up and tried to climb away from this mountain of garbage. The pursuer poked his head out of the window, or he raised his gun and shot without saying a word, and the people above quickly retracted his head.

Yao Ran looked at the surroundings, and with a finger of his hand, the two of us ran to a window that was level with the garbage mountain, and kicked it again, and the window cracked. We slipped through the window, and inside was a very narrow room, where a top-fitting woman was sitting on a marching bed, injecting herself with injections, and there was no door outside the door, only a pink curtain separating it. We burst in, and she broke all the needles in fright, letting out a cry of pain.

Yao and I didn't care about her, so we opened the curtain and rushed out. As soon as I went out, I understood why Zhong Aihua said that even if you can get out of the room, you can't get out of the Kowloon Walled City.

In front of me was a three-dimensional labyrinth, a dazzling intricate of lead-gray buildings connected by countless pipes, countless passages and signboards, and mountains of shanty and garbage. Except for the filthy tawny tawny and miserable white, all other colors have been eroded. A few rays of sunlight fell from the zenith, as if this was the limit of a gift from heaven.

"Oh my God." I couldn't help but sigh. Otherwise, he tugged my arm: "Wait for you to write a memoir in the future, and then sigh!" Come on! ”

"Do you know how to get around?"

"I don't know, I was brought in too, by instinct!" Medicine doesn't say.

The reason why it is called a labyrinth is not only because of its complexity, but also because of its unpredictability. You can't guess with normal architectural logic. You see a section of stairs going up, but at the end of it is a concrete wall; You think that there are two huts blocking the way, but you will find a wooden ladder next to it, and passers-by need to climb the ladder to get through the roof. What's even more amazing is that I saw a corridor suddenly rise up and half-hang in the air, and then extend three passages to the left and right, allowing me to leap to the floors in three directions.

Yao and I ran wildly, and the walking dead residents next to us looked at us indifferently, as if they had turned a blind eye to this escape. A figure flickered in the distance, as if it was a chasing soldier. They are terrestrial snakes, so naturally they are more familiar with the terrain than we are.

Otherwise, the medicine ran and shot backwards, causing a commotion each time, but soon regained calm. We don't know how long we've been running around this Kowloon Walled City, and it feels like we've been going around in circles. The number of pursuers was gradually increasing, the distance was getting closer, and the opponents began to shoot. If it goes on like this, it will be a matter of time before it is overtaken.

We ran to an open field and saw a tap erected in the middle of the clearing, and a tattooed horse boy was clutching a water pipe and a handful of tickets in his hand. Next to it, a row of ragged residents, old and young, each carrying plastic buckets and bowls, is waiting to fetch water.

"Run along the water pipe!" I shouted.

"Why?"

"I remember Zhong Aihua saying that there is no municipal water supply in the Kowloon Walled City, and the few taps that are stolen and controlled by gangsters. If it is stolen, the water pipe will not go underground, but must be connected from the ground. If you follow it, you will definitely be able to get out. ”

"Great idea!" Medicine or else praised loudly. At this time, the gangster who sold water, Ma Boy, noticed us and vigilantly pulled out a fruit knife. Otherwise, the medicine is not polite at all, and he is knocked down with one shot. Residents were stunned for a moment, then rushed to the faucets and began to scramble for water.

Taking advantage of the chaos, we ran in the direction of the water pipe.

If it is a regular municipal project, the water pipes are buried in the ground, and it is impossible to track them. But this is a place of lawlessness, and the municipal government can't take care of it at all, and if they want to receive water, they must put pipes directly on the surface.

Sure enough, as I expected, the gangsters did not elaborate construction at all, and their method was simple and crude, tearing down the buildings and shacks along the way in a straight line from the outside of the walled city, tearing down a passageway, and then erecting pipes directly. So the passage is wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

It reminds me of a joke I've heard before. How to get out of a maze as quickly as possible? Tear down the wall all the way in one direction and go straight ahead.

We ran along the water supply channel for about ten minutes, and when we turned a corner, several dazzling lights suddenly shot in front of us. After staying in this cold and gray city for a long time, I almost cried when I saw this light, it was the sun, that was the exit, it meant that we were about to leave the walled city. The pursuers followed, and bullets began to fly past our ears. Otherwise, he suddenly screamed "oops" and fell to the ground. I hurriedly went to help him, and found that my hands were covered with blood.

I was shocked and asked him where he was hurting, but he bared his teeth and said, "I hit my ass, damn it, it's not good." ”

"I'll help you go!"

"Forget it, this kind of heroic scene is not for the two of us. I'll stay and buy some time, you can go quickly. "Pills or brandishing pistols.

I hurriedly said, "How can I throw you here?" ”

"Don't forget the promise. We joined forces because we wanted to kill Larill. If you grind hard, you won't be able to catch up with the exhibition. ”

"The exhibition is today?" I was taken aback.

"That's right! You've been missing for three days. ”

Otherwise, he reloaded the pistol, then leaned against a pillar and fired a few shots in the back. The footsteps on the other side were gone, and I saw several figures hiding, sticking their heads out and swearing loudly in Cantonese. Otherwise, he tore off a sleeve of his coat and bandaged his wound simply, and there was already a small pool of blood on the ground.

"This task of the old courtier is really troublesome." He grumbled.

I looked at this guy with mixed feelings, and I almost wanted to grab him by the collar and ask loudly, "What the hell are you thinking!" ”

This guy was my best friend, my enemy's minions, my sinister collaborator, and now my savior. I was completely confused about who he was, what he was thinking, and I didn't even know what expression to use to face him now.

Yao Ran glanced at me: "Hey, I originally talked about Hong Kong, we can have a good chat...... Why did you smash my BP machine? "I'm speechless. Seeing my embarrassed expression, Yao Otherwise, he laughed: "Just kidding, really, is my level of telling jokes regressive, or do you have no sense of humor at all?" ”

"You're going to live." I'm in the right way.

Yao Otherwise, he leaned against the pillar and showed a weak smile: "You are an order?" ”

"Live, turn yourself in, and then I'll have a good chat with you."

"Got it, let's go!" Otherwise, the medicine urged impatiently. I looked at him with a complicated look in my eyes, and turned and ran forward, the sound of gunfire behind me was like a funeral bell.