The Qing Dongling Tomb is located in a ravine in Zunhua Prefecture, Zhili. It is said that when Emperor Shunzhi went to Zunhua to hunt, one of his favorite hunting dogs suddenly galloped forward like a madman, and he and a group of guards rode horses in hot pursuit. The hound climbed over a mountain beam, rolled on the spot, and died of exhaustion at the bottom of the mountain, and died with his head turned south, and his head was not lowered. Emperor Shunzhi chased to the corpse of the hound, looked up in the direction of the dog's head, and was surprised to see a dragon qi steaming up, coiling in a circle in mid-air, and the mountains and rivers within a radius of dozens of miles were all shrouded in it.

Emperor Shunzhi ordered the burial of the hounds and announced that "this mountain king is lush and can be the palace of my longevity". After speaking, he threw the pei yin in his hand, and the pei yin flew to the bottom of the mountain. The guards went down the mountain to look for it, and soon found the place where they landed, that is, the pole and flag, which was designated as the auspicious cave.

This mountain is the core of Tanglin Feng Shui - Jingrui Mountain, and the place where Pei Ying landed is the filial piety tomb of Emperor Shunzhi under Jingrui Mountain, the most core area of Donglin. Since then, the mausoleums of the emperors, empresses, and concubines who are buried here are all centered on the filial piety mausoleum, distributed left and right, and are scattered, forming a magnificent mausoleum group.

During the Qianlong period, there was a feng shui master Lu Qixiang, who had presided over the royal garden and was given by the emperor to build the eight-character gatehouse feng shui hall. He went to Tanglin Kanyu, and when he entered, his hand shook, and the compass fell to the ground and shattered. The disciple asked him why his hands were shaking, Lu Qixiang said that the feng shui here is excellent to the extreme, surrounded by mountains and the pattern is open, the two rivers flow in the middle but not stagnate, the sand and water are harmonious, the court case is perfect, thousands of rocks and ravines, the court is arched back, it is really a heavenly emperor's mausoleum. Such a good feng shui can be seen at a glance, and there is no need for compass surveys at all.

The authenticity of these legends is unknown, but in terms of feng shui, Tanglin is indeed a superb treasure. It's a pity that no matter how good the feng shui is, it can't keep the luck of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Since the abdication of the Qing Emperor, the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other departments that originally guarded the tomb have run away because no one has paid them, and only one Tanglin Undertaking Yamen is stationed in the town of Ma Lanyu, relying on the meager appropriations and clan donations of the Republic of China to survive.

This day is noon, a sunny day, the sun of May has shown a bit of spicy, the whole Donglin terrain is open, by this unobstructed sunlight poured down, as if boiling oil into the pot, the ground hidden steaming hot steam. On such a hot day, there is a person standing in front of the southernmost stone archway, looking at the fate of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty with great interest.

Xu Yicheng was dressed in pale yellow khaki shorts, a short-sleeved vest, and a flat hat with a sunshade, like an archaeologist. Sometimes he narrowed his eyes and held up a triangle to point at the north, and sometimes he sketched something on a portable drawing board. Sweat quickly began to drip, but he didn't wipe it, just pursed his lips and painted with all his heart, like a child immersed in a fun game.

Looking north from his line of sight, a wide straight Shinto road stretches to the southern foot of Changrui Mountain, connecting with the filial piety tomb. The tombs, monuments, and halls on both sides of the Shinto are arranged in a strict manner, wide and open, and filled with a first-class momentum. It's a pity that a lot of the bluestones on the Shinto have been pried away, and the potholes are like pockmarks on Kangxi's face. The ground is full of dead leaves and dust, the surrounding walls are broken, and there are few trees left to protect the mausoleum. A huge aventurine seems to be grand, but the details are incomparably depressed.

In front of the extremely magnificent palace of death, there stood such an extremely small living person. One large and one small, one static and one moving, constitute an indescribable and wonderful image.

A short time later, a group of knights also came to the mausoleum area. As soon as the knights arrived in front of the stone archway, they dismounted one after another, and knelt down in front of the archway and bowed. The head of the man's ears was as thick as Mita, it was Yu Fang, followed by the rich husband, and a fat man with a noble body, who walked tremblingly, as if the ground was full of nails. Behind the fat man was a young and beautiful big girl, with short hair to her ears, wearing a white shirt and black skirt in a new civilized outfit, and the tail of the team was a lean old man with a gray beard, but her movements were very strong.

This group walked through the stone archway and gathered behind Xu Yicheng. Yu Fang leaned over curiously to take a look, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Xu, what are you painting here?" Gongbi is not like Gongbi, and white drawing is not like white drawing. Xu Yicheng turned his head and pushed his flat hat, grinning: "It's rare to come to Tanglin, I'll do an archaeological sketch by the way." ”

"Oh......" Yu Fang didn't understand the word, and he didn't want to show his timidity, so he shook his fan and smiled: "That is, in the Republic of China, this has to be put aside until the Qing Dynasty, and it is a sin to cut off the head to spy on the holy tomb." The rich husband snorted coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with Xu Yicheng's arrogance. Xu Yichengjing put away the sketchpad and put it behind him, and put the triangle board and pencil back into his pocket: "Don't worry, this has nothing to do with Kanyu, and it can't mess with your dragon vein feng shui." ”

It has been more than ten years since the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, and now what dragon vein feng shui is still talking about, it is naturally a slap in the face. The rich husband was about to have a seizure when his eyes widened, but he was stopped by Yu Fang and shook his head gently. The rich old man shook his hand angrily and stood aside. Yu Fang glanced around: "Mr. Yao really didn't come, so the five veins don't plan to meddle in this matter?" ”

Xu Yicheng replied lightly: "The matter of Dongling tomb robbery is borne by one city and one force. Yu Fang stared at him for a while, smiled, stopped asking, turned sideways and let go of a few people behind him, and introduced them one by one.

The trembling man was called Yu Peng. Xu Yicheng knew when he heard that he was the minister of Tanglin Mausoleum. As soon as I looked at his two dark circles, I knew that this kid had been scolded a lot these days, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. Yu Peng bowed to the end: "Yu Peng wears a sinful body and has seen Mr. Xu." "He is still wearing the official uniform of the former Qing Dynasty, but it is a little old. A dozen thousand, Xu Yicheng smelled a sweet smell, and when he looked at it again, there were burnt yellow marks on the sleeves of the two horseshoe.

Yu Fang pointed to the gray-haired old man at the end of the team and said, "This is the head of the left wing of Tanglin, Ah Hexuan, who is inlaid with a white flag, and his surname is Guerjia. Speaking of this, he sighed and shook his head, "There were 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed here back then, but now the only people who can move in the Yamen of the Tomb Guarding are dozens of loyal and brave soldiers under his command." ”

Although Ah Hexuan is not young and has gray hair, the whole person is very energetic, and he stands there, like a quenched steel bar. Xu Yicheng noticed that he was still wearing the military uniform of the Eight Banners, with a short knife hanging from his waist, and his right hand with thick bones was always held on the hilt. As for the girl in the new civilized clothes, Yu Fang said that it was Ah Hexuan's youngest daughter, named Hai Lanzhu, who had just returned from studying in the UK. The father and daughter didn't talk much, and only greeted Xu Yicheng slightly.

Xu Yicheng looked at the sky: "It's not early, let's leave quickly." "This time he came to Tanglin for a very simple purpose, which was to do a site survey. Xu Yicheng's teacher Li Ji once said that hearing is false, seeing is believing, everything should not rely only on literature, we must personally investigate the source of the scene, and consider it comprehensively to make sense. Although he is talking about field archaeology, everything in the world is clear, and if you want to find out about the Donglin tomb robbery case, field investigation is indispensable.

Yu Fang didn't quite understand this, and felt that it was enough for you to check the source of the cultural relics. However, Xu Yicheng insisted again and again, and he had no choice but to agree, but after all, he was a little uneasy, so he also came from the capital, saying that he was accompanied, and he also meant to be a little surveillance.

This group of six people walked through the stone torii and walked along the Shinto path. The Manchu Qing Dynasty stipulated that it was strictly forbidden to gallop horses in the mausoleum area, for fear of disturbing the underground tranquility. These Manchurians didn't dare to break the rules, so everyone walked.

Yu Peng knew that Xu Yicheng was here to investigate the tomb robbery, and he had been deliberately currying favor. He spoke fluently in Beijing films, and explained the layout of the mausoleum area to Xu Yicheng while walking, and the voice was crunchy and crisp, and it was very good: "From here to the north, the big red gate, the big stele tower, the stone statue, the dragon and phoenix gate, the seven-hole bridge, the small stele tower, the Longen gate, the Longen Palace, the Fangcheng Ming Tower, this is just the filial piety tomb." The west side is Yuling, the new queen mother and the old queen mother's tomb, Dingling, the east side is Xiaodongling, Jingling, Huiling, Zhuling have eight circles and nine camps, listen to me count it to you......"

"Good guy, you're reporting the name of the dish." Xu Yicheng was amazed. Yu Peng smiled and said, "Hey, I always stay in this ghost place, what else can I do besides counting graves?" Yu Fang frowned, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense! Get down to business! Yu Peng trembled, as if he was very afraid of his eldest brother, so he hurriedly straightened his official hat and told Xu Yicheng about the tomb robbery that day.

The day before the incident, on March 28, a delegation from Japan visited Tanglin. These scholars were courteous and thoughtful, and they also donated a large sum of money for maintenance. Yu Peng took the group around Tanglin for a whole day, and then the Japanese returned to Beijing, and the head of the group, Sakai Daisuke, also gave Yu Peng a few bottles of foreign wine to show his gratitude.

That night, Ah Hexuan led the team to Dingling, the easternmost part of the mausoleum area. Only Yu Peng and a few others remained in the westernmost barracks of Huiling Circle. The circle refers to the barracks where the people of each tomb live, there are eight circles in Jiuling, although it has been abandoned, but the barracks facilities are relatively good, and the living is comfortable.

Yu Peng was addicted to alcohol, and as soon as Ah Hexuan left, he couldn't wait to open the wine bottle and drink freely, and soon fell asleep. At the second watch of the night, Yu Peng suddenly woke up for no reason and heard a strange sound outside. He was about to go down to the ground to take a look, but as soon as he pulled on his shoes and looked down, he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat. He saw a half-elongated black figure on the floor, with his head facing the bed.

Yu Peng looked up in a panic, only to find that there was a person standing outside the barracks, standing in front of the windowpane with his back to the moonlight, and the shadow was reflected in him. Yu Peng hurriedly asked who it was, and then he heard a "bang", and the door glass was smashed into a piece, and a black Liao 13-style spear was stretched out. The outsiders claimed to be the descendants of the Boxers, when the grandfather helped Lafayette fight foreigners, and now he is begging for some money, and he doesn't want to hurt people's lives, as long as he doesn't go out of the house, they are safe with each other, otherwise they will be ruthless under the gun.

Yu Peng was so frightened that he sifted chaff, and if he dared to go out, he stayed in the house. The figure outside was holding a gun, always pointing into the window. After a while, hearing an explosion outside, Yu Peng realized that they were not here to grab the above-ground buildings, but to go deep into the mausoleum underground palace. But the gun was always there, and he didn't dare to move. The man outside didn't speak again, always maintaining a posture of raising a gun, his shoulders stiff, and his neck a little crooked.

It wasn't until Ah Hexuan came back from his inspection that he found that what was standing outside was a dried corpse dug out of an unknown grave, leaning against the window, the spear was hanging on the windowpane, and there was no trigger, I don't know where the thief picked it up. Ah Hexuan dragged Yu Peng up from the ground, hurriedly went out to check, and after looking around, he found that the stolen tomb belonged to Emperor Shushen's concubine.

"It scared me out at the time, but luckily it wasn't Huiling who stole it. If the tomb of Tongzhi Ye is opened, my father will not peel my skin! Yu Peng patted his chest unabashedly.

"What's that man's accent?" Xu Yicheng asked.

"It's like it's outside the gate, and it's about the same as the Fengjun accent."

"What other characteristics?"

"Through the glass, it's backlight, how can you see clearly. Besides, even if you can see it clearly, it is a dead man's bone, and I haven't seen a living person. ”

Xu Yicheng asked, "You didn't think about rushing out?" ”

Yu Peng said that he was drunk and his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up. Yu Fang hated that iron could not become steel, and said that the dignified minister of the tomb protector actually let a handful of dead man's bones shrink in the room in fright for a night and did not dare to move, which was really embarrassing, and reprimanded him again.

Xu Yicheng let out an "oh", didn't ask again, and continued to hurry, pondering all the way. The entire Tanglin Mausoleum area is vast and on foot. The group walked for more than half an hour before they reached Huiling, which is located in Shuangshanyu. The weather was too hot, and everyone was tired and sweaty. Only Ah Hexuan is probably used to walking, and he doesn't breathe at all.

Huiling in the easternmost part of the entire Dongling, the Tongzhi Emperor did not choose the mausoleum site during his lifetime, and the queen mother of the two palaces was selected in Shuangshanyu after his death, but at that time the Qing court had been financially deteriorated, unable to build a large number of buildings, not even Shinto and stone statues, hastily built, than other tombs are cold.

The concubine of Emperor Shushen who was robbed of the tomb was the concubine of Tongzhi, and naturally accompanied the burial near Huiling. The concubine garden is in the east, Huiling is in the west, and they face each other across a manger ditch. Compared with other mausoleums, the Huiling group is lonely in the east of the entire mausoleum area, and the tomb robbers have also spent a lot of thought choosing this one.

Yu Peng first led everyone to the barracks in Huiling Circle, and personally fetched buckets of well water to quench everyone's thirst. Hai Lanzhu got a few small white porcelain cups out of nowhere, and everyone scooped up a cup. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the quality of this well water is excellent, it is clear and cold and extremely cool, and it is not worse than that of Yuquan Mountain. After Xu Yicheng drank the water, he walked around the barracks a few times, and Yu Peng pointed out to him the smashed windowpane. Xu Yicheng asked where the dried corpse went, and Yu Peng said that it was an ownerless starvation anyway, and threw it into the ravine.

"It's interesting enough, it can be thrown near the imperial tomb, and it will be a blessing for him to cultivate." Yu Peng muttered.

Xu Yicheng stood at the door of the barracks, holding his arms and watching. This location can overlook the entire Huiling, and the Fangcheng Ming Tower is clearly visible. He suddenly frowned slightly, turned around and asked, "This barracks looks, it's a little special, but it's not anything special." Yu Peng smiled: "You can see it? This barracks is used to protect the mausoleum, so it is different from the general north-south facing house, the door is open on the west side, facing Huiling, we all call it Wangling House. ”

Xu Yicheng sighed: "If you don't take a look at these details in person, you don't know them at all." As usual, he took out the board and sketched it for a while. The rich husband squinted and snorted in a low voice: "Who knows that he is not for the convenience of robbing tombs in the future." Hai Lanzhu grabbed his arm and persuaded with a smile: "You think too much, sketching is used by foreigners to learn to paint, and it is better to take a picture with a camera if you rely on this tomb robbery." The girl's voice was crisp and beautiful, and the rich husband stopped talking.

Everyone rested, then left the barracks and headed for Huiling Concubine Garden.

The concubine garden was also on duty, but now it is also abandoned, the furnace and the copper crane have long been stolen, the incense of the hall has been extinct, even the ritual tree has been stolen by the nearby people, the birds have nowhere to fall, the whole cemetery is quiet and silent, only a miserable green glazed tile roof remains. Entering the dormitory, facing the treasure top of the Shushen Emperor and the concubine, surrounded by a vermilion wall - the so-called treasure top, in the words of the common people, is a large tomb bag, planted with trees, surrounded by a brick wall, and the underground palace tomb where the coffin is placed is just below the treasure roof.

The most striking part of this mausoleum is the huge pitch-black gap under the top of the roof. The edge of the gap was blackened, and at first glance, it was clear that it had been blown open by brute force. After the robbery and excavation, the clan sent people to clean up the place, and the body was re-buried, but the amount of work required to repair this gap was too large, and it has not yet been completed, only a few bamboo scaffolds have been erected on it. Looking inside from the dormitory door, the treasure top is like a human head, the mouth is the mouth, and the long branches of the trees on both sides are like claws, which is really a bit like a flag head woman screaming in the netherworld, stretching out her bony hand to climb out of the ground, which is extremely twisted and weird.

Despite the scorching sun, everyone saw this gap, and their bodies were cold. It seems that the ghost shadow seen by Boss Wang's wife may not be a lie.

As soon as the rich husband stepped into the concubine garden, he was excited, and when he saw such a tragic situation, he couldn't help crying again. Hai Lanzhu went over and gently supported her rich husband. Ah Hexuan's knife handle tightened, and his face showed self-reproach.

However, Xu Yicheng didn't care about the thoughts of these clans at all. With his hands behind his back, he circled around the mausoleum a few times, or leaned over to go to the gravel, or climbed high to look. Xu Yicheng observed for a while, and suddenly let out a "huh" and stopped. Yu Fang asked him what was wrong, and Xu Yicheng said that the layout here was a bit strange.

Yu Fang coughed and asked Yu Peng to explain. As soon as Yu Peng encountered the topic he was good at, he was full of energy and asked what do you think is weird? Xu Yicheng raised his hand and pointed: "As soon as we come in, we will face a treasure top, and there are three more in a line behind it." What's going on with this layout of the first and last three? The people buried here are all concubines, and they are not queens, shouldn't they be commensurate with each other? ”

Yu Peng smiled: "You don't know this, Tongzhi Ye has a total of one queen and four imperial concubines, and this garden is built for the four of them." At that time in the Qing Dynasty, only one Shushen Emperor's concubine Fucha was buried, and the Gongsu Emperor's concubine was buried here seven years ago, and the other two are still alive today. Galeries Lafayette has always been the most fond of Fucha, seeing her as very different from others. After her death, Lafayette made a decree and changed the pattern, with Fucha at the front and the other three at the back, in order to highlight the favor. He paused, pointed to the gap, and said, "You can see when you go in and see, only the Imperial Concubine Shushen uses the stone coupon arch, and the others all use brick coupons—in short, they take special care of everything." ”

"Have you ever been here?" Xu Yicheng suddenly asked. Yu Peng replied that no, it was too far away, they visited Yuling and Dingling in the west, and they were not close to the cemetery, they only looked at it from a distance and took a few photos.

After listening to Yu Peng's introduction, Xu Yicheng walked into the big gap, walked forward, and suddenly felt cold. He took a few steps inside, but he couldn't walk. The inside is actually very narrow, and after re-entering the burial, this place has been cleaned, and the passage of the underground palace has been rebuilt with bricks, and it is impossible to enter. The whole space is nothing out of the ordinary, except for a little eerie.

Xu Yicheng watched for a while, drilled out again from that gap, and just halfway out of his body, he suddenly heard a slight "Kara" sound in his ears, and a burst of vigilance immediately surged in his heart. Before he could look left and right, Hai Lanzhu suddenly exclaimed outside: "Be careful! As soon as Xu Yicheng looked up, he saw that the bamboo scaffolding above his head had collapsed suddenly for some reason, and dozens of sharp bamboos pierced into his body.

Ah Hexuan's eyes shone brightly, and he pulled out his saber and threw it out, nailing it to the earthen wall above Xu Yicheng's head in an instant. The blade of the knife blocked the few sharp bamboos rushing to the front, Xu Yicheng got a little buffer time, and his body shrank back hurriedly. Immediately, those bamboo spears crackled and fell, and more than a dozen of them were directly rooted in the place where Xu Yicheng was standing just now. If it is half a second at night, I am afraid that Xu Yicheng has been pierced by ten thousand arrows.

This smashing made the entire treasure top dusty, Yu Fang and Yu Peng hurriedly rushed over, pulled out the sharp bamboo, and dragged the grizzled Xu Yicheng out. Yu Fang asked him if he was injured, Xu Yicheng took out a big white handkerchief and wiped his face, saying that it was okay, but the back of his hand was rubbed a little skin. Yu Peng looked at Bao Ding angrily beside him and said, "Your old man is angry and angry at the thief, what is it to come to your own people?" Yu Fang glared at him and reprimanded: "You are not supervising the work effectively, and you still want to make excuses?" ”

Hai Lanzhu had abrasion medicine on her body, she walked over and generously picked up Xu Yicheng's palm and applied the ointment. Xu Yicheng thanked her for saving her life. Hai Lanzhu said: "Sir's words are serious, what kind of life-saving grace is this ointment." Xu Yicheng said: "If it hadn't been for the girl's shout just now, I'm afraid I would have died." Hai Lanzhu pursed her lips and smiled, applied the medicine, brought the back of his hand to her lips, and blew lightly a few breaths, then smiled indifferently: "You are helping our clan to do things, if I don't save you, do I want to harm you?" She smiled brightly, but Xu Yicheng frowned when she heard it.

Yu Fang asked him if he had gained anything. Xu Yicheng looked at the golden dome and sighed that it had been too long, and there were no clues to be found, so it seemed that he had to start with the source of the copper chime. The matter here is over, so let's return to Beijing as soon as possible.

"Okay, after returning to the city, I will make a banquet in the east to suppress Mr. Xu." Yu Fang stroked his palm and smiled. The people of the clan glanced at each other, and it seemed that Xu Yicheng was so angry by this accident that he didn't have the heart to stay any longer, and they all breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Since entering the Imperial Tomb, this guy has neither been in awe nor deliberately contemptuous, but has a sparkling look of curiosity, as if the whole of Tanglin is just an interesting object of study. For them, this is a never-before-seen mentality, which makes them feel inexplicably uneasy.

Everyone turned around and left the Concubine Garden, and Xu Yicheng walked at the end of the line. The moment he stepped out of the garden gate, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at the gap that looked like a ghost concubine's roar, revealing a wonderful smile.

The Jingshi Police Department, located on Hubu Street, has been relatively quiet recently, and although the various units are still operating as usual, everyone has no match, and if someone comes to report the crime, they often don't even make a record, and they just send it away. Everyone was like taking away the backbone of the main heart, and they couldn't keep their souls, and they talked about current affairs in groups of three or five in a low voice.

Wu Yuwen sat in his office, holding the new "World Journal", a cup of tea was hot, and he didn't take a sip. There was a news item on the sub-page of the newspaper that Director Wu of the Investigation Department of the Jingshi Police Department and the Beijing Merchants sold antiques for charity, and the proceeds were used in various Jiliang Centers, Nursing Homes, Retention Bureaus, and the Charity Hall of the Main Society, calling on all walks of life to show compassion for the war and orphans, and to demonstrate charity and benevolence. But Wu Yuwen was more concerned about the following inconspicuous small tofu block: "Three Belgian engineers from the Jingfeng Railway Bureau went to Shanhaiguan to overhaul the line, and the Japanese side protested with different jurisdictions, but the government did not comment. ”

He knew in his heart that this was going to give Zhang Zuolin a stop before leaving Beijing. In the past few days, the situation has become even more precarious, and the National Police Agency has to submit the "Public Security Message" to the superiors every day, which is a matter of the utmost importance, but now no one is urging it. The presidential palace doesn't care about anything, and it's probably busy packing luggage. The current National Police Agency operates by inertia, and at some point it will suddenly "snap" and stop and scatter into sand. At that time, no one can predict what chaos will happen in the capital.

At this time, a subordinate came down to report that a Mr. Xu asked to see him. When Wu Yuwen heard this, he hurriedly ordered to come in, then folded the newspaper and sat upright. Xu Yicheng stepped in in a suit and leather shoes, smiling lightly.

One of the important reasons why Wu Yuwen let go of the five veins that day was that Xu Yicheng had someone in the south who could be the introducer of the Northern Expeditionary Army. So as soon as the two sides were seated, he couldn't wait to ask how things were going on in the south. Xu Yicheng took out a business card from his arms and gently rested it on the desk, Wu Yuwen picked it up and looked at it, his brows furrowed, the name on this business card was very unfamiliar, the surname was Dai Ming, the word Yunong, and the title was not very big, but it was a liaison staff officer of the captain of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army.

"Brother Yicheng, what's going on?" Wu Yuwen asked gloomily. He's a commissioner anyway, and it's too expensive to contact a captain.

Xu Yicheng stilted Erlang's legs and shook his fingers leisurely: "Take a closer look." ”

Wu Yuwen is also older than Huan Hai, he looked at it again, and sure enough, he saw the clues. Although this captain's liaison staff officer is small, he came from the general headquarters. Those who often accompany Jiang Zhongzheng's side must be cronies. It is more convenient to get the moon before the building near the water, which is more convenient than knowing the division commander and brigade commander.

Xu Yicheng said: "At the beginning of the year, Jiang Gong ordered the establishment of a liaison group to liaise with the northern provinces, which is under the control of my friend. You contacted him, just right. Wu Yuwen was a little surprised when he heard this, it turned out that this institution had only been established for a short time. Xu Yicheng saw through his concerns, and said: "It is the new organization that is easy to do great things." He is in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and you are in a hurry to put in the effect, and the price is easy to negotiate. He nodded with his finger, "It's not that I'm boasting, this Dai Yunong will become a big climate in the future, don't get acquainted with him before he gets up, and when Jackie Chan becomes a tiger, it will be too late to cling." ”

Wu Yuwen immediately dispersed his yin face, smiled, and put away the film. The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Xu Yicheng inadvertently raised his eyes: "Yicheng is here, in fact, there is another thing to ask Director Wu for help." Wu Yuwen knew that this was a condition, and patted his chest: "As long as I can do it, brother, I can't give up a definition." Xu Yicheng said that there was a copper chime in the auction that day, I don't know where Director Wu got his impression?

Wu Yuwen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Boss Wang's house is haunted again?" "As the chief of the detective department, he has many eyes and ears in the capital, and this thing can't be hidden from him.

Xu Yicheng can't say anything about Tanglin, these people are the reincarnation of the greedy wolf star, if they know the way to make money, they will definitely not let it go. He simply took the mistake and replied: "I am helping people to the end, and I will inquire about the source of this thing, and I can also prescribe the right medicine to help him exorcise evil spirits." ”

Wu Yuwen clasped his arms in his hands and fell into deep thought. He didn't know about antiques, and all his collections were copied from prisoners' homes, and he couldn't remember as many as he copied and how many he handled.

Xu Yicheng stared at his face, his fingers lightly tapping on the table, and his mind was also spinning rapidly. The tomb of Emperor Shushen was stolen on March 29, and the copper chime fell into the hands of Wu Yuwen in May. If you want to trace the source, it is the fastest from Wu Yuwen.

Wu Yuwen really couldn't think of it, so he slapped the table and shouted: "Long hair, come in!" "A horse-faced stunned boy ran into the office and said, Uncle, are you looking for me? Wu Yuwen said: "We used to get a copper chime, do you remember where you got it?" The long hair scratched his head, thought about it, and slapped his face: "I remember, isn't this what Pei Hanlin used to redeem his son?" ”

Only then did Xu Yicheng know that in the middle of last month, a Japanese businessman on Liuma Road reported that he had lost a batch of cigarettes, and the police department checked that it was a boy surnamed Pei who did it, and he was arrested at that time. His father was a former Qing dynasty Hanlin, in addition to paying the fine, he also gave Wu Yuwen a few antiques, which ransomed people, including this copper chime.

"Is that Hanlin's name Pei Tao?" Xu Yicheng asked. Changfa found out the letter of guarantee at that time, and looked at the signature at the bottom, and the two words of Long Fei Feng Dance were indeed Pei Tao. Xu Yicheng frowned and smiled: "Oh, it turned out to be him." ”

This Pei Tao and Pei Hanlin can be regarded as a celebrity in the antique circle in the capital. Not because he is romantic, but because this old man is very obsessed with antiquities and searches everywhere. It's a pity that his eyesight is not good, and almost all the things he collects are fake, and many scammers often come to his door to sell fake things. Pei Hanlin's house hides Fuxi's nine-thorn gold coins, Dayu's bronze tripod, Yan Lugong's nephew's rubbing, and Tang Taizong's 20-foot Kwai mouth plate.

The tomb robbers of Tanglin actually sold the copper chime to Pei Hanlin's house, which is really a good calculation. The copper chime is a burial object of Tanglin, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be found when it flows to the market. And Pei Hanlin's reputation is too bad, and the copper chime is in his hands, and no one will take it seriously at all.

"When he sent this bronze chime, did he say which dynasty it belonged to?" Xu Yicheng asked.

This stumped the long hair, he was illiterate, scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, and then said that he seemed to mention what kind of goods from the Zhou Dynasty. Xu Yicheng was a little blinded when he heard it, Buddhism was only introduced to China in the Han Dynasty, and the Buddha had not yet come out in the Zhou Dynasty. No matter how confused Pei Hanlin is, he won't buy a Buddhist artifact from the Zhou Dynasty, right?

"Which week?" Xu Yicheng asked.

"You can stop me, five...... Five, five weeks or six weeks anyway. The long hair flipped his palms and repeated the chanting.

Hearing him say this, Xu Yicheng understood. Wu Zhou, that was when Wu Zetian was called the emperor, she didn't use the name of the Tang Dynasty, but changed it to the Great Zhou. Wu Zetian is famous for believing in Buddhism, and it is estimated that the seller said that the copper chime was a magic weapon that she had personally knocked, and that Pei Hanlin really believed it.

The trouble is that although Pei Hanlin is not good at appreciating the ancients, his temper is very paranoid. He is confident that he will never lose his eyes, he is a leaking holy hand, and whoever dares to say that his collection is fake must be out of jealousy. Including the five veins, people who are serious about playing antiques in the capital have been scolded by him. One of his most common sayings was, "You are so capable, why are you not Hanlin?" ”

It is not easy for such a stubborn old man to dig out the source from his mouth.

Xu Yicheng's heart turned, and he probably had an idea. He quietly chatted with Wu Yuwen for a few more words, and got up to say goodbye. As soon as he walked down the narrow steps of the police station, he was looking left and right for the rickshaw when he suddenly heard someone in the teahouse opposite calling his name. Xu Yicheng looked up and saw Liu Yiming and Huang Kewu lying on the side of the café on the street waving at him. Xu Yicheng didn't expect these two little guys to stay here, he was slightly stunned, and then walked over.

This teahouse is called Tianhuixuan, and it was a place where the servants of the Admiral's Yamen often gathered. Later, the Admiral's Yamen was reorganized into the Police Department, and it was even more lively here, as long as it was a lawsuit, a favor, or a spy on news, they would come here to have a cup of tea, and by the way, they would stare at the movement on the other side. Old Beijing said that he went to Tianhuixuan to drink tea, which means that he will get into a lawsuit.

Recently, there has been a lot of fighting, and there are not many people in the teahouse. Xu Yicheng entered Tianhuixuan and sat opposite Liu and Huang. Huang Kewu asked the guy to add a tea bowl and poured him a cup. Xu Yicheng was not polite, and he raised his neck and drank a fine light. The teapot of the two of them has been refilled for the first time, and the tea is light and tasteless, and it seems that they have been waiting for a while.

Xu Yicheng put the cup down, folded his fingers, and smiled: "Have you both heard about it?" Both nodded, both looking indignant.

The conversation between Shen Mo, Xu and Yao in Suding Pavilion was not announced, but Liu Yiming easily deduced the result of the conversation from a series of actions of Yao Shenxing.

"Since you know that the Five Veins will not interfere in this matter, why do you come to me?"

"They want to be a turtle with a shrunken head, and put the responsibility on your own. We just can't stand it. Huang Kewu said indignantly. Liu Yiming also nodded solemnly.

Xu Yicheng raised a finger and said, "You are wrong." The investigation of the Tanglin robbery and excavation case was not pushed to me by Shen Lao or Brother Yao, it was my own volition. There are some things, no matter how stupid others look at them, someone has to do them - remember what Tan Sitong said back then, 'Since ancient times, those who have succeeded in changing the law without shedding blood, and if there are, they start with the same heir." ’”

At the mention of Tan Sitong, Huang Kewu's blood surged to the ground. Tan Sitong's best friend is the Great Sword King Wu, who is the idol of all the young people in the martial arts world in the capital. He patted his chest and blurted out: "People who practice martial arts pay attention to chivalry, and when they see unevenness on the road, they draw their swords to help." Uncle Xu, you have to be Tan Sitong, and we will be the fifth king of your big sword. ”

Liu Yiming pushed Huang Kewu: "Don't talk nonsense, it's unlucky." Huang Kewu stuck out his tongue. Liu Yiming turned his head to Xu Yicheng and said: "Uncle Xu, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, it is too difficult for you to do this errand alone, you have to have a few helpers - you are worried about the five pulses, the two of us participate in our personal names, and they can't control it." ”

Xu Yicheng shook his head: "This Tanglin incident is too dangerous, maybe there will be a worry about your life." You are the seeds of the five veins, and nothing can happen. "It's okay not to say this, as soon as they said it, the two of them immediately exploded, and they all said that they looked down on people, Huang Kewu stiffened his neck, and even said that if he didn't sign a life and death contract, we would bear our lives!

After a few rounds of back and forth, Rao is Xu Yicheng was also dizzy from the quarrel between these two hot-blooded teenagers, and rubbed his temples helplessly: "You two really want to help?" The two said yes in unison. Xu Yicheng said: "That's good, let's follow the old rules of the five veins." I will give you a treasure question, and I will promise you if I make it; If you can't do it, just go home for me. ”

Liu Yiming and Huang Kewu looked at each other. The elders will give an item - it may be an antique or a modern object - without any hints, asking to say what the characteristics of the item are, where the value is, or what is the doorway it contains. The purpose of treasure questions is not to distinguish between the real and the fake, but to cultivate children's observation and familiarity with various objects, which is the basic skill of appreciating antiquity.

Both of them are elite children of their respective disciplines, and they have done many treasure questions from childhood to adulthood. Now when I heard that Xu Yicheng was going to come up with a treasure question, I was very excited. Huang Kewu slapped the table: "Uncle Xu, you can't break your word!" ”

Xu Yicheng said with a smile: "You can see my figure, I never break my word and get fat." He thought for a moment, and then said, "I came out today, and I didn't have anything with me, so I'll take the things in the teahouse to solve the problem......" He glanced around, and finally stopped his gaze behind the curved ruler counter, straightened his arm and said, "That's it." ”

Liu Yiming and Huang Kewu looked up at the same time and saw that on the extension line of Xu Yicheng's fingertips, there was a shrine behind the second cabinet of the teahouse.

"W-What is there to say about this?" Huang Kewu was stunned.

The five characters of heaven, earth, king, parent, and teacher are the five objects that Confucianism believes need to be worshipped, symbolizing the ethics of the norm. These five characters have existed in ancient times, and the order was set in the Yongzheng period, and there were more places to enshrine this five-character tablet. Whether it is a private house, a private school, an ancestral hall, a study, a shop, a yamen or a teahouse, it must be prepared for a place. Any old master can babble on and on about the meaning of these five words for a day.

This question is too simple, isn't it?

Xu Yicheng swiped his finger in the air: "The question I gave you is not the tablet, but the words on the tablet." When they heard this, they looked away again to see what was going on. Xu Yicheng stood up, took out a handful of copper dollars and paid for the tea, "I just have something to prepare, you two ponder slowly." We'll see you here in half a day. And then he left.

Liu and Huang didn't bother to say goodbye to him, and concentrated on studying those five words. This word is a pavilion style, but it is written a little ugly, the words "heaven" and "earth" are flattened, and the size of the last three words does not match. The mouth seal under the word "Jun" is restrained, and the words "pro" and "teacher" are even missing a few strokes, and the whole looks very scribbled. But this is a treasure question, it has nothing to do with truth or falsehood, not to find flaws, but to find reason.

The two of them grew up in a big family, and I don't know how many times I have seen these five words, I really don't know what mysteries can be here.

"Do you see that?" Huang Kewu asked. Liu Yiming shook his head, still staring at the word. Huang Kewu picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of light and tasteless tea, but held it in his hand and didn't drink it. After a while, Liu Yiming took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and asked Huang Kewu: "Do you remember, how is the one posted in the ancestral hall of the Five Veins written?" ”

"Just check it out?" Huang Kewu put the cup down heavily.

The two of them hurriedly left the teahouse and ran to the ancestral hall of the five veins. What surprised them was that the five-character red paper wooden plaque offered in front of the ancestral hall at home, although the calligraphy was much stronger than Tianhuixuan, the writing was extremely similar. The words "heaven" and "earth" are flattened, the word "jun" is restrained, "pro" and "teacher" are missing, and even the missing positions are the same, as if they have been discussed. The two were greatly surprised, went to other places for a few turns, and even went to Guozijian, and found that most of the five-character tablets in the capital were written in this way, and some were not written like this, but most of them were newly erected.

Some things are taken for granted and will be ignored. They have seen too much since they were children, so they have never paid close attention to these five words, and once they are reminded, they find that there are still hidden details here that have never been discovered. They squatted in front of the Jixian gate of the Guozijian with a depressed expression. If you can't participate in Uncle Xu's big event because of a simple treasure question, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Huang Kewu hesitated: "Why don't we go and ask others?" Then he quickly shook his head again, "No, no, isn't this cheating." Hearing this, Liu Yiming's eyes flashed behind the lenses, he patted the stone tablet beside him, and said, "Why did you say that Uncle Xu gave us a treasure question?" ”

Huang Kewu was stunned, he didn't know why Liu Yiming asked this question. Liu Yiming didn't intend to wait for him to answer, and muttered to himself: "If Uncle Xu doesn't want us to interfere and directly come up with a problem of authenticity identification, we will have no fun, but he has a treasure question." What is the Treasure Question used for? It's not about discerning truth from falsehood, it's about teaching you the truth......" He said this, and jumped up suddenly, "I see! Uncle Xu didn't want to reject us, but wanted to make us understand the hidden truth in these five words! ”

"Isn't this back to the old question, we don't know what the truth is?" Huang Kewu was not excited at all.

"The first time you were asked a treasure question by an adult, how did you solve it?"

Huang Kewu recalled and said: "My father took a commandment chair for me to sit on, I can't tell the truth, and I am afraid of being beaten, so I can only ask everywhere, and finally ask the second brother of the Shen family." His family is a Qingzi Sect and is proficient in woodwork. I helped him with carpentry for three days before he told me that this chair was a reprimand for juniors to sit, symbolizing that a gentleman was sitting upright. ”

Liu Yiming patted his head: "That's right! That's it! The intention of the treasure question is not to embarrass you, but to force you to take the initiative to find and ask! What you learn in this way is better than what the teacher teaches you to remember. Uncle Xu's treasure question is to let us find the truth - isn't it just to ask others? He figured out this section, and ran away, and Huang Kewu hurriedly followed.

Half a day later, Xu Yicheng returned to Tianhuixuan, and Liu Yiming and Huang Kewu were already sitting opposite, smiling. As soon as Xu Yicheng sat down, he asked, "Have you figured out those five words?" ”

Liu Yiming said loudly: "The words 'heaven' and 'earth' are written widely, taking the meaning of the sky and the earth; the words below the word 'Jun' are tightly sealed, implying that the king's mouth is not opened; the word 'pro (親)' has no bottom, meaning that the pro does not close his eyes; 'Shi (師)' has no left hand, which means that the teacher should not be put aside. ”

Xu Yicheng applauded lightly: "Completely correct." Who told you? Both of them turned red, and Liu Yiming said: "We asked several people, and in the end, it was an old scholar walking on the side of Guozijian who told us. ”

Xu Yicheng sighed: "The original intention of these five words is to clarify the truth. It's a pity that now that the world is declining, many people only know these five words, and worship every day, but they don't know the deep meaning, which can be described as buying and returning pearls. He glanced at the two little ones and raised his fingers, "In fact, there is a truth hidden in everything." It makes more sense to see through it than to calculate its price. ”

Liu Yiming reacted quickly: "The difference between archaeology and treasure appreciation lies in this. So what you want to tell us is that the investigation of Tanglin has nothing to do with how much the antiques are worth out of public interest. A smile appeared on Xu Yicheng's face, satisfied with his answer.

Huang Kewu didn't care about so many twists and turns, and said angrily: "So, can we help you?" Xu Yicheng pretended to be helpless: "Even if I don't agree now, you won't do it." The two cheered, attracting the surrounding tea customers to look over.

"So what are we going to do next?" Liu Yiming's eyes were shining, and he was gearing up.

Xu Yicheng briefly explained the current progress of the investigation, and then began to assign tasks: "Kewu, you will go to Pei Hanlin's house with me in a while." When Huang Kewu heard this, he straightened his waist and his eyes were full of joy. Xu Yicheng glanced at Liu Yiming again: "As for Yiming, go back to the five veins." ”

Liu Yiming was slightly stunned at first, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and his face showed excitement, as if he sensed the other party's intentions. Xu Yicheng laughed: "I really can't hide anything from you." He took out a stack of letter paper from his arms, with a red grid on the edge of the clouds, and a lot of ink characters on it, "I asked you to return to the five veins, not because I can't believe you, but to ask you to help me secretly investigate a matter." ”

"What is this?"

"This is the list and characteristics of the funerary goods in the tomb of Emperor Shushen's concubine, written by the rich husband himself. You go back to the five veins and try to figure out if there's anything on the list that has been on the market lately. ”

Shen Mo has already stated that the five veins are not involved in this matter. Xu Yicheng asked Liu Yiming to go back, naturally he wanted to secretly use the five veins of contacts, and the inside and outside should be combined. Liu Yiming thought that he had become a spy planted by Xu Yicheng in the five veins, and his heart was filled with joy. It is nothing to follow Xu Yicheng to investigate, and to make great help with his own ability, this is what Liu Yiming wants.

"But, don't we have the whereabouts of the copper chime? Why go after other objects? Liu Yiming asked.

"Take a closer look." Xu Yicheng Road.

When he opened the letter, he was surprised to find that there were two of them, obviously two lists. Xu Yicheng explained a few words in a low voice, Liu Yiming said "oh", folded the letter solemnly twice, put it in his arms, and returned to a calm demeanor that did not leak.

"Without further ado, start as soon as possible, and I wish us success."

When Liu Yiming and Huang Kewu heard this, they hurriedly wanted to give up their hands, but they saw Xu Yicheng stretching out his right hand with a smile. The two looked at each other, and each stretched out their arms, and the three hands were tightly clasped. The two of them felt that this etiquette was quite new, and it seemed more intimate than hand-to-hand.

After shaking hands, Liu Yiming left happily with the list, leaving Huang Kewu standing in place, his waist straight, but his eyes always glanced left and right, which was quite cramped. In the past, Liu Yiming had an idea, and he did it. Now that the two are acting separately, Huang Kewu is a little nervous when facing the idol alone.

Xu Yicheng looked at him for a moment, took a step back, and suddenly stretched out his right palm and gently pushed him. Huang Kewu is usually used to dismantling tricks, and subconsciously bends his left arm, turns his body lightly, and even fights with him. After three or four moves, Xu Yicheng stopped the trick: "The posture is good." Your Huang family has always been both civil and military. How many years have you been practicing Xingyi Fist? ”

"Eleven years!" Huang Kewu replied.

"Oh? Tong Zigong? It's amazing. Who is Master? ”

"Daxing Song Shirong. However, there are rules in the five veins, and practicing martial arts is not a proper business, so we are commensurate with our master and apprentice, but we are not included in the gable. When Huang Kewu talked about these martial arts topics, his expression was much more relaxed, "Why do you also do this?" ”

"I'm just embroidering my legs with fists, just fitness." Xu Yicheng waved his hand and looked into the distance, "I don't know what kind of enemy I will encounter next, I can't be distracted, I rely on you to protect me." Huang Kewu puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry! With me, I will never let anyone touch a single hair of you. After finishing speaking, looking left and right vigilantly, Xu Yicheng smiled and said You don't have to be so nervous, we haven't started the investigation yet. Huang Kewu scratched his head and laughed embarrassedly.

The two left the teahouse, Xu Yicheng asked Huang Kewu if he had heard of Pei Hanlin, and Huang Kewu replied honestly: "I heard my father mention that the old man is stupid and stubborn, and his head is harder than the lion of Lugou Bridge - how can we deal with him?" Xu Yicheng patted his shirt: "I already have a few methods, but since you are here, let's try it first." Huang Kewu saw that the shirt was raised high, and it seemed that there was something hidden in it, which was probably prepared by Xu Yicheng in the past half a day.

Xu Yicheng suddenly asked, "Hey, have you ever acted in a drama?" ”

"What's that? Didn't participate. Huang Kewu was stunned.

Xu Yicheng smiled and slapped him on the shoulder: "You can try it this time." After saying that, he walked away, and Huang Kewu, who didn't know what was going on, hurriedly followed.

Pei Tao Pei Hanlin's house is in Dongzhimen, not far from the street, although it is not a wealthy mansion, but the façade is quite bright, and there is a pair of pavilions on both sides: "Haidong Rinan will look at the king's meeting, and the Buddhist books and Taoism are collected according to the holy words." Horizontal criticism: "Yutang is secret." "Yutang is the nickname of the Hanlin Academy, and Qing Secret is another name of Hanlin, which shows that this old gentleman is very complacent about his former identity as Han Lin, lest others not know.

There are a few rickshaws squatting under the big poplar tree at the door all the year round, and the drivers all know that there are often people who go to Pei Hanlin's house to sell antiques, and they come out with real money, and they are in a good mood, and they are willing to give a few more rewards in the car.

No, a coachman was leaning on the saddle of the car, covering his face with a cloth towel and dozing, when he was suddenly woken up by his companion. He rubbed his eyes, and his companion said Look, look at it, Pei Hanlin has another deal...... Yo! Hey, it's a kid this time. The group of coachmen looked at it and saw a young man in a silk shirt carrying a cloth bag, and probed his head to the door of Pei's mansion.

This young man turned around the door a few times, wanted to walk a few times, walked a few steps and turned back, kept hesitating, and kept his head low, for fear that people would see him. The coachmen got impatient and began to whistle and coax, and the boy was startled and turned red, and then he made up his mind to buckle the knocker.

After a while, a fat maid of the Pei family opened the door, and when she saw that it was a young offspring holding a cloth bag, she knew that she was probably offering treasure to the lord again, so it was not strange. The maid asked him his name, and the young man blushed and refused to say, turned it over and said a word, saying that he wanted to see Pei Hanlin to sell something. The maid had no choice, so she went back to report to the master, Pei Hanlin listened to it and said to call him in. As a result, the young man refused, saying that he would not be able to get out of the deep mansion compound if he went in. Pei Hanlin couldn't cry or laugh, but the matter of offering treasures is not limited to identity, the more strange his temper is, the better things may be, so he came to the door in person.

When the young man saw Pei Hanlin, he didn't make a fuss, and said bluntly, I have something here, you can't buy it. Antique dealers generally don't talk about buying and selling, they say take, and this guy comes up with a sentence of "selling things", and he is a layman when he hears it. Pei Hanlin stroked his white beard, smiled and said What are you going to sell, let me see first.

The boy opened the cloth bag, and there was a wooden fish resting in it. The spine of this wooden fish is round and hollow, the two sides are bent into the head of the double dragon, the abdomen is crouching tiger, and the carving is quite exquisite. Pei Hanlin saw that this wooden fish carver was extraordinary, and he liked it a little first, so he took it from the young man's hand and stretched out his hand to rub it. The texture of this wooden fish is rosewood, but the skin is gray and dull, as if it has been abrasively formed over time, and only faintly reveals a little sandalwood luster, which looks quite ancient.

Pei Hanlin has heard others say that porcelain looks at glaze, and wood looks at lacquer. But all wood, the paint of the old thing is dark and peeling, and the paint of the new thing is bright and oily. He was conceited to be a treasure connoisseur, and reached out to rub the skin on the wooden fish, which felt a little burr and thorny to the touch, which was caused by the lacquer surface being broken into very small cracks over the years, if it was fake, it would not be broken so evenly, and it would only crack into large pieces. So Pei Hanlin immediately judged that the year of this wooden fish was definitely not close.

He put down the wooden fish and asked the young man where you got this thing, and the young man's face turned red again, and said that if you want to buy it, you can buy it, no matter where I came from. Pei Hanlin stroked his beard and said earnestly: "You kid, fortunately I met the old man today, I might as well teach you the rules of being a man, sell people's utensils, and you must explain the origin, otherwise if this is a thief, wouldn't it trap the old man in injustice?" Confucius did not drink the water of the stolen spring......"

When the young man heard the word theft, his face changed greatly, and he took back the wooden fish and said that I would not sell it, and turned around to leave. When Pei Hanlin saw it, he quickly grabbed it, and said that the old man was just an analogy, and he didn't say anything about you. The two were pulling when a man ran across the street, with a long body, a sallow face, wearing a pair of small round sunglasses, and holding a civilized stick in his hand. When the young man saw that it was him, he was so frightened that he immediately rolled up the package and was about to run, but he was grabbed by the collar by the sallow face and scolded: "Things that don't grow in, and steal things from the house to sell!" The slasher snatched the package and swung his civilization stick and whipped him hard. As if he had been caught on fire, the boy jumped high.

The onlookers on the side were coaxed for a while, and they were all very excited.

After beating the boy with a sallow face, he apologized to Pei Hanlin: "This rabbit cub stole the family heirloom out for cigarettes, and the family was humiliated, which made you laugh." When Pei Hanlin heard this, he immediately felt the same way. His son is also addicted to cigarettes, and he was almost arrested in prison last month for stealing other people's tobacco and soil.

The sallow face wrapped the cloth and turned to leave. Pei Hanlin hurriedly stopped him and said This gentleman, you just said that this is your family heirloom?

Although the wooden fish looks ancient, it is a wooden vessel after all, and Pei Hanlin feels that it is not worth much. Now I heard that it is actually a family heirloom, so it can be seen that there must be a name behind it. Pei Hanlin has always been a master of picking up leaks in his own situation, and he rescued countless treasures in the grass, how could he let go of this opportunity.

The sallow face hesitated for a moment, and said yes, this is our family heirloom. Pei Hanlin said: "The old man is a former Qing Hanlin, and he has seen a lot of antiquities. Appropriate for a little appreciation, forgive my clumsiness, I didn't see this wooden fish has any family heirlooms? When the sallow face heard this, he immediately stopped drying. He reopened the cloth bag, pointed to Muyu and said, "You are old and honorable, you can't talk nonsense." This wooden fish was used by Emperor Tang Ming when he worshiped Buddha in the Ming Hall. ”

"Emperor Tang Ming?"

"That's right, the Ming Hall that Emperor Tang Ming built for Yang Guifei, isn't it all written in the play?"

Pei Hanlin laughed and pointed his finger at the man: "This is really ridiculous and generous." The Ming Hall was built by Wu Zetian, and there was heaven in the future, and there was a big Buddha, which was later destroyed in a fire, what does it have to do with Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan? Ignorance, ignorance! ”

The sallow face was shocked: "Really fake? ”

"I'm a Hanlin, can I still lie to you?"

"But our family has been passed down from generation to generation, is that what it says? You see, there's a pattern underneath. He hurriedly turned the wooden fish over, and Pei Hanlin noticed that there were some mysterious patterns carved on the bottom of the wooden fish, which he felt a little familiar, but he couldn't say it. The sallow face said: "Look, this pattern is Sanskrit Fentuo Lihua, which means big white lotus, isn't that Yang Guifei in the lotus pond?" ”

Pei Hanlin was angry and funny: "Ancient history and antiquities were messed up by people who didn't understand it. What a lotus pond, that's called Huaqing Pond! The only one who can be associated with the lotus is Wu Zetian! She claimed to be the reincarnation of Maitreya and was accompanied by a lotus flower. Since this lotus marked magic weapon is enshrined in the Ming Hall, it is right for her to use. ”

"Huh? You mean, this is Wu Zetian? ”

Pei Hanlin nodded, feeling very proud in his heart, he was wise and knowledgeable, and broke another public case. The sallow face touched the wooden fish and muttered to himself: "I said why did the ancestor say that this wooden fish should not be discarded, it turned out that it was not Yang Guifei soaking in Huaqing Pond, it was used by Wu Ze Tianmingtang - hey, Boss Pei, do you know how to have a chime with a lotus pattern?" ”

Pei Hanlin didn't care about his misdesignation, but he was stunned in his heart, and frowned: "What did you say?" ”

"My ancestor said that in addition to this wooden fish, there is also a chime in the hall, which is all of lotus pattern. Tell me to pay more attention, if I can make a pair, there will be great merit......"

Pei Tao heard it in his ears, and a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his heart: Oh, it can't be so coincidental, right? Last month, in order to redeem that loser, I sent a bronze chime from the Wu Zhou period to King Wu Yan, which seems to have lotus patterns on it. He hurriedly asked the wooden fish to come over again, and looked at the lotus pattern repeatedly, the more he looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more anxious he became.

When the disciples of the Buddha are reciting the sutras and confessions, the two ritual instruments of the wooden fish and copper chime are used together to control the scriptures, so these two items have always been focused on Meng, and Meng is not out of focus. Antiques pay attention to pairs, a set of tea sets, complete than the lack of one is several times more expensive; The price of a pair of screens is much higher than that of two single screens. Pei Hanlin's mind was racing, if the wooden fish and copper chime used by Wu Ze Tianmingtang could be put together, what a treasure it would be!

King Wu Yan doesn't know antiques, maybe the copper chime can be redeemed, and if I collect this wooden fish, I will save another national treasure!

Thinking of this, Pei Hanlin coughed: "A gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, but the old man once made a vow in front of the Bodhisattva to worship a hundred wooden fish with Buddha fate, and now only one is missing." It's better for you to become an old man, and you open the price. ”

The sallow face shook his head again and again: "The child is messing around and selling it." How can family heirlooms be sold casually? Pei Hanlin asked again and again, but his sallow face just didn't comply. In the end, Pei Hanlin said that before you find my mansion, it is also fate, let's not talk about trading, it's always okay to go into the mansion and sit, right? Could it be that my former Qing Hanlin's face is not enough?

The sallow face was helpless, so he had to agree. Pei Hanlin led him into the study and led him to see his collection. However, this sallow face is obviously a white ding, I don't know the subtlety, there is only one standard for evaluation, everything that is big is good, and everything that is small is not good. No matter what Pei Hanlin took out, he just said four words: "It's good, it's big." ”

Pei Hanlin explained for a while, and felt that he was really playing the piano to the cow, so he simply didn't say anything, just talked about some gossip. After talking for a while, Pei Hanlin felt that the fire was almost over, and sighed long: "Now it is Sven sweeping the floor, the Taoism is lost, and the antiques are controlled by a group of ignorant businessmen. If outsiders accuse them of wrongdoing, they will attack them en masse. Although the old man worked hard and rescued a lot, the world is declining......" He dragged his tongue and slowly opened his eyes to look at the man, "I really don't hide it, I really like this thing, why don't you let it be given to me." ”

The sallow face was a little embarrassed, saying that this was an ancestral heirloom and could not be sold, and someone asked to buy it at a high price last month, but he didn't agree. When Pei Hanlin heard that it was April, he immediately fell in love, he also bought the copper chime in April, and hurriedly asked who wanted to buy it. The person with a sallow face said what kind of shop it was, and it seemed to be in which store, well, I didn't say it clearly for a long time, Pei Hanlin was anxious, and asked if it was from the Reclamation Bureau.

When the sallow face heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, that person is not tall or short, he looks very interesting, and he has a surname...... Hey, what's the last name? ”

"Surname Sun? Have a mole under your right eye? Pei Hanlin said.

"Yes, yes, you know him, too?"

"Sun Liuzi, hmph, he bought it at a high price? He himself is a poor ghost, how can he afford to collect antiques. Pei Hanlin was even more convinced of his conjecture, he approached the other party, and his heart began to beat faster, "What else did he say?" ”

"He said he had a bronze vessel in his hand, and he needed a pair of my wooden fish. I ignored him, though. ”

"Lotus-patterned copper chime?"

"Huh? Yes, you've seen it? ”

Pei Hanlin stroked his hair and said, "It's right that you didn't agree." This kid often comes to me to sell things, and most of them are fake. He also showed me that copper chime a while ago, and it looked fake. He glanced at his sallow face and said earnestly, "It's right to cherish ancestral treasures." However, this wooden fish has been passed down for more than a thousand years, how likely is it that it can be paired with the original copper chime? It's better for the old man to help you collect it, and offer it in front of the Buddha, and there is still a few merits to earn. ”

But this sallow face is stubborn enough, and he doesn't let go of Pei Han Lin Xiaozhi with reason and affection. After a stalemate for a long time, Pei Hanlin couldn't help it, and said you can leave me an address. The man took the pen, but he didn't hold it steadily, and the wooden fish fell to the ground with a "snap", and it was split in half.

Both of them were a little stunned for a moment. The sallow face leaned over and picked up the wooden fish, and said with a sad face what to do now. Pei Hanlin saw that this baby actually fell away, and he was immediately excited. He was afraid that this kid would take the opportunity to blackmail money, so he waved his hand and said that you fell it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me, please get out quickly.

Leaving Pei Hanlin's house with a sallow face and a depressed face, he walked out not far away, suddenly put away his poor appearance, quickly turned into a small alley nearby, and got into a ready-to-wear shop. The young man was waiting in the room just now, and when he saw him, he hurriedly asked if the suit had come out, the man took off his sunglasses, took out a handkerchief and wiped off the sallow yellow on his face, revealing a familiar and calm smile: "It's done." ”

The young man is Huang Kewu, and this sallow face is naturally Xu Yicheng.

Xu Yicheng folded the handkerchief and put it in his pocket, sat on the rattan chair and picked up the teacup, and drank it dry in one gulp: "This Pei Hanlin is really good, I have been chatting with him for so long when I entered the door, I am reluctant to make a cup of tea, I am thirsty." ”

Huang Kewu admired Xu Yicheng so much that he had only been in Pei Di for an hour before he found out the news. Xu Yicheng put down the cup and waved his hand: "Actually, this matter is also simple. Pei Hanlin's eyes are above the top, he is too conceited to listen to the persuasion of others. So you have to feed him and make him feel that all the judgments are made by him, and it will be easy to do. ”

"In the past, I only heard people talk about getting on the pole, but I didn't expect you to be so familiar with it, Uncle Xu." Huang Kewu said admiringly.

"On the pole" is not a term in the antique shop, but a flyover vernacular. To set up this kind of scam, the scammer first hooks the target with words, pretends to be estranged, and lets the target take the initiative to come up, and has to go to the pole to enter the set. Most people think that the more unwilling people are, the less likely they are to be liars, and they will fall for it unconsciously.

Xu Yicheng leaned back in the chair, his ten slender fingers crossed together, and the corners of his lips curled slightly: "This is because I didn't want to lie to him, so I deliberately broke the wooden fish." If you really want to cheat money, there is a series of means behind you, and it is not difficult to get this mansion over. ”

Huang Kewu was secretly speechless when he heard it. He had the impression that Xu Yicheng was a gentle and elegant person, but he couldn't imagine that he also had such unruly means and such a domineering side. He asked again how he got the fish.

Xu Yicheng pointed to the back of the garment shop, where there was a new wall, blocked by a cloth curtain, and a dirty lime barrel resting on the ground, saying that this matter could not be simpler: first find a sandalwood wooden fish of the right size, soak it in lime water, and then soak it in gray and white color in a few minutes, and then use the British wax that is commonly used in the garment shop to make it old, and finally take a small carving knife in the bottom of the sea needle to work the lotus pattern at the bottom of the wooden fish, and it will not take half a day to work before and after.

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's as simple as that. Selling antiques depends on three points for appreciation, and seven points for mouth. As long as you can fool the other party verbally, he can't see any flaws, and no matter how fake things are, they can be sold. When Xu Yicheng said this, he glanced at Huang Kewu and said in a serious tone, "Now you understand why the ancestor of the five veins set the family rule of 'never falsifying', right?" Wumai is too experienced in the field of fakes, if there is really no restraint, I am afraid that the entire antique rivers and lakes will be in chaos. ”

Huang Kewu asked where we go next? Xu Yicheng picked up the bowl and said unhurriedly: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm waiting here!" Then he stopped talking.

If Liu Yiming had betrayed Guan Zi like this, Huang Kewu would have punched him a long time ago. But Xu Yicheng showed this style, Huang Kewu didn't dare to ask again, so he boxed and took a pile in the backyard. Xu Yicheng held the teacup and stilted Erlang's legs, watching Huang Kewu practice his moves and styles seriously, and said that in fact, Kewu, your acting skills are also good, don't you consider going to Tsinghua University to participate in a drama club or something, there are many female students there. Huang Kewu's face lowered and he continued to punch.

"By the way, Kewu, let me ask you a question, you have to tell the truth." Xu Yicheng said suddenly.

As if insulted, Huang Kewu patted his chest: "I've never lied." Xu Yicheng said with a smile: "Yiming, this kid has been pushing me to take the position of the patriarch of the five veins, and he has a high heart. Why did you follow him and coax him? ”

Huang Kewu was stunned and replied: "I remember when I was a child, I made treasure questions, and every object was carefully wiped with elk skin. Now that the atmosphere at home has changed, many people open their mouths to money. My second uncle once received two Qin Tongkuang, each of which paid a lot of money, and then he actually smashed one in public, saying that there was only one left in the whole world, and the price of that piece doubled several times on the spot. Yes, the money is a lot of money, but I always feel that this is not right, very wrong......"

Xu Yicheng's eyes were a little straight when he saw him, knowing that this kid was simple-minded, and when he encountered things that he couldn't figure out, he was easily depressed. He sighed: "When I left the Five Pulses, there was more or less such a reason in it. ”

"Uncle Xu, you are different from them, following you, I feel very comfortable and steady." Huang Kewu said very seriously. Xu Yicheng smiled, but before he could answer, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Immediately, the door curtain was lifted, and it was Yu Fang who came in, followed by Yu Peng.

Yu Fang didn't know Huang Kewu, but he thought he was a young man, and asked Xu Yicheng directly, "How are you listening?" ”

Xu Yicheng said: "I asked, the person who sold the copper chime to Pei Hanlin was a person from the Reclamation Bureau, called Sun Liuzi, and there was a big mole under his right eye. ”

As soon as they heard the words "Reclamation Bureau", Yu Fang and Yu Peng's eyes suddenly lit up.

This reclamation bureau sounds like an agricultural institution, but the background is anything but simple. This bureau was set up in the 10th year of the Republic of China, when there was a Tianfengyi firm that secretly cut down trees near Tanglin. Yu Peng couldn't stop it and pleaded with the government. Cao Rui, governor of Zhili Province, personally ordered that it be strictly investigated. Unexpectedly, Cao Rui was not a drunkard at all, he sent troops to occupy Tanglin under the banner of investigation, and set up an organization called the Reclamation Bureau, called Reclamation and Planting, which was actually illegal logging, and had been cutting down indiscriminately and unscrupulously. Under the clan campaign, this bureau was abolished in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, but the Yishu and Haishu in Tanglin were cut down and became a bald mountain.

Yu Peng said indignantly: "I have been bullied by these eight lambs over the years!" One by one is very arrogant, and they don't take our clan in their eyes at all. Yu Fang also said with a dark face: "In the past few years, the Reclamation Bureau has ruined Tanglin badly, I can't imagine that these people are not greedy enough, and they want to fight the idea of the mausoleum!" ”

Xu Yicheng stopped the two of them from complaining, and asked, "As long as there is a master, do you know this sixth son?" ”

Yu Peng shook his head: "The people of the Reclamation Bureau are all hooligans recruited from the suburbs of Beijing, Zhili, and Tianjin. How many people there are and what their origins are, I'm afraid even their bosses can't figure it out. Speaking of this, Yu Peng was suddenly paused, "But I know Mr. Reclamation Bureau's bookkeeper, and he is in charge of distributing money, so maybe he can know." ”

Yu Fang squinted his eyes and said unhappily: "Then what are you talking nonsense here, why don't you hurry up and ask?" Yu Peng shrank his neck in fright, said yes repeatedly, and then turned around and went out. Yu Fang gave up his hand to Xu Yicheng again: "When I find out the whereabouts of Sun Liuzi, I have to trouble Mr. Xu to make a move." ”

Xu Yicheng narrowed his eyes and did not answer, but picked up the bowl and took another sip of tea unhurriedly.