I ran along the water pipe to the end of the passage, where a small door had been repaired, but it was not locked. I pushed the door open and went out, and suddenly I couldn't open my eyes in the bright sun. It was noon outside, the sky was blue and white, and a red sun was hanging high. I narrowed my eyes and let out a long breath, as if I had gone around in the underworld and returned to the world. If I were to stay in the Walled City for a few more hours, I wouldn't be able to guarantee that I wouldn't suffocate.

I don't have time to delay now. There is no transportation near the Kowloon Walled City, and law and order is also very chaotic. I trotted all the way, about two or three kilometers in one go, before I saw a private car driving across the road. I stopped the car, got into the car, threw a stack of bills, and said loudly to the driver, "Take me to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai!" "The driver saw that I was smelly and vicious, and that I was coming from the direction of the walled city, so he didn't dare to reason with me, and headed towards Victoria Bay with a dozen steering wheels.

Halfway through the drive, the driver looked in the rearview mirror and suddenly asked, "Are you Mr. Wish?" ”

I was stunned, how did he know?

The driver slapped the steering wheel and was very excited: "It's really!" In the past few days, the newspapers have been full of photos of you, saying that you are a hero of anti-counterfeiting, and as soon as you arrive at the airport, you will be mysteriously kidnapped, and the police will search for you on a large scale, and they will also put up posters to offer rewards, which has made it very lively. ”

I didn't expect that after I was kidnapped, I would cause such a big commotion.

"Are you going to the exhibition site?" The driver kept asking. I didn't have the energy to deal with him, so I had to say yes perfunctorily.

"Is there any inside information you can reveal?"

"I just escaped from the Kowloon Walled City." I was unhappy to reveal the "inside story". The driver was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak and drove quietly.

The Beijing-Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Exhibition is held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai Harbour. It is said that this is a large conference center built to welcome the "97 return", and it is the best exhibition center in Hong Kong at present. If I remember correctly, the most important part of this exhibition, the public confrontation of the two "Riverside Pictures at Qingming Festival", was held here this afternoon.

After entering the city, looking at the beautiful city of Asia's first city, I just escaped from the Kowloon Walled City, and I felt like I was in a different world.

The private car dropped me off the side of the road at Wan Chai Harbour and left in a panic. At this time, the vicinity of the convention and exhibition center is very lively, with colorful flags fluttering everywhere, dragon and lion dance performances in the distance, and crowds of people, including tourists and citizens who come to participate in the opening ceremony of the cultural relics exhibition. I also saw several antenna-mounted live trucks parked on the side of the road, and a large group of reporters adjusting their cameras and camcorders. "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" has been hyped for so long, and the public's appetite has been completely aroused, and it is estimated that half of Hong Kong's media have come to it.

I took a few steps forward and was immediately stopped by two policemen. I don't blame them, I'm sloppy now, with dirty hair, no different from a beggar. I explained the situation to the police, and when the police heard that it was a wish, they hurriedly said a few words into the walkie-talkie. After a while, Fang Zhen hurried over.

This is the first time I've seen Fang Zhen wearing a suit, with a certificate around his neck and a headset in his ear, which is quite impressive. Fang Zhen glanced at me and asked me where I had been in the past few days. I smiled bitterly and said, "The Kowloon Walled City is worthy of its name." ”

Fang Zhen frowned: "In the past few days, the police have turned Hong Kong upside down, I didn't expect to hide there, no wonder I couldn't find it." ”

"Please hurry up and send the police. There was another man there, who had been blocking the pursuers to cover my escape. I urged him anxiously.

"Who?"

"Not with medicine."

Fang Zhen looked at me deeply, picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words, and then said, "I'll take you to see Liu Ju first, time is running out." I nodded, having been planning for so long, and finally it was time for the hand-to-hand battle and the bayonet to be red. We talked as we walked, and soon entered the interior of the convention center. With the documents on Fang Zhen's chest, the road was unimpeded.

Liu Ju is in a VIP hall in the west wing of the convention and exhibition center. As soon as I entered the door, I saw him holding a walkie-talkie, staring at a few surveillance screens that had been improvised next to him. His temples look much whiter than before, except for Liu Yiming, he is the most stressed these days.

When Liu Ju saw me appear at the door, his eyes were happy, and he put down the walkie-talkie and greeted me.

"Xiao Xu, you're here." Liu Ju's voice was as loud as ever, and there was an unconcealed joy between his eyebrows.

There were a few other people in the room, but I didn't know any.

"Where's the smoke?" I asked.

"She is still accompanying Mr. Huang, I asked people to put a TV in and watch the live broadcast."

"Are those people here?"

"Wang Zhongzhi, Zhong Aihua, and Mei Sulan are all here, and the "Qingming Riverside Map" in their hands has also been shipped in—what's the matter with you?"

I simply told me what happened in the previous three days, including the medicine, and I didn't hide it. Liu Ju waved his hand: "Other things, let's discuss them later." We must grasp the main contradiction and let go of the secondary contradiction. The top priority is how to prepare for the confrontation of "Qingming Riverside Map" - Xiao Xu, you have a good hole card with you, right? ”

I patted my chest: "I didn't lose it." This is from ......"

Liu Ju sighed and said, "Originally, we had three days to discuss your hole card, but I didn't expect Bai Ruilian to use such a despicable method. I don't have time now, I trust your judgment - Old Man Liu called just now to ask about you, and I didn't dare to say that you were kidnapped. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's half past twelve, the opening ceremony starts at half past one, and the confrontation between the two paintings officially begins, it's about half past two, do you know the process?" ”

I shook my head. As soon as I arrived in Hong Kong, I was kidnapped, and I was completely confused about how to arrange the exhibition.

Liu Ju picked up a printed form and handed it to me: "At half past two, in the main conference hall of the Convention and Exhibition Center, two "Qingming Riverside Pictures" were pushed to the stage at the same time, and ten experts selected by a third party will appraise the two paintings on the spot. If you count you, it's eleven in all. Eleven of you take turns giving your opinion, pointing out which one is true and which one is false, and explaining why. Finally, the number of votes is counted, and the one with the highest vote is true. ”

"How can the identification of cultural relics be like a democratic election?"

"Hong Kong people's idea, they like to be lively. Oh, by the way, they also have a special process for you, and the director will tell you about it in a moment. Liu Ju smiled meaninglessly, and suddenly shrugged his nose. I know it's a smell on me, and I'm a little embarrassed. Liu Ju said: "You can't go on stage like this, there is a guest room here, you take a good shower, change your clothes, and then don't go out in this VIP hall." Time is too rushed, I need you to think about how to deal with Bai Ruilian here. ”

"yes, okay." I replied.

Liu Ju patted me on the shoulder: "I believe that you will not disappoint the five veins and disgrace the motherland." ”

I followed his gaze and saw that in the middle of the hall was an extra-long booth with four wheels. On the stand was a rectangular bulletproof transparent glass cover with a fully unfolded scroll spread out in the cover.

The Forbidden City's collection of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival"? I was shocked, I had been tossing for it for so long, and I could be regarded as seeing the real thing.

Liu Ju took out another beautifully printed large album: "This one is the high-definition picture of Bai Ruilian's "Qingming Riverside Picture". After all, the appraisal of cultural relics is not singing and dancing, and even if it is to be publicly identified, it must be prepared in advance. The ten experts all got two versions of the high-definition replica before this, and they were all prepared before going on stage. Your priority is to calm down, study and contrast the two paintings, and think about how to play this hole card. ”

"Are the ten experts reliable?" I took the album and asked worriedly.

Liu Ju showed an unfathomable smile: "Half and half." ”

I went to the room next to the VIP room and took a hot shower, and when I came out, I had a brand new suit on the bed. I saw that time was running out, changed my clothes, and went back to the VIP room.

According to Liu Ju's orders, all the people in the house left, and even the monitors were removed. The soundproofing here is very good, as soon as the door is closed, no sound can be heard from outside, and it is unusually quiet. The original copy of the Forbidden City's version of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" was placed on the booth next to it, and a high-definition copy of the Bairuilian version was placed on the table.

I look at the time, it's one o'clock, and it's still an hour and a half before it starts. I took the leather shoe on my right foot and reached into it to take out the insole. The extremely precious fragment of the Ssangyong seal is hidden in the sandwich between the insoles. It's not a clever way to hide, but Berry doesn't know what my hole cards are, and even if they search me while I'm unconscious, they don't know what to look for.

I gently rested the fragment on the table and sat back down on the couch, clasping my hands together to keep all distractions out. Now in the whole world, only me, the fragments, and those two "Qingming Riverside Pictures" are left.

All obstacles have been removed; All the mysteries have been revealed. Now, all I have to do is make the final verdict.

I was very impressed by the Forbidden City's version of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", and I remember every detail; And Bai Ruilian's version of "Qingming Riverside Map" is the first time I have seen it. Although it is not a physical object, it is reproduced very clearly and all the details can be seen.

I carefully compared, and the two can almost be used as mirrors of each other, and the details of the picture are almost the same. One is the authentic work of Zhang Zeduan, and the other is from an unknown painter of the same painting academy, and it was processed by Huang Biao according to the original book in the Ming Dynasty, so it naturally looks like a pair of twins.

I gently touched the far left of the two scrolls with my hand. They are all painted at a crossroads, and they come to an abrupt end, and then there are inscriptions and seals of the past dynasties. It seems that the counterfeiters also noticed the problem of defects, and deliberately cut the fakes to the length of the original.

I took a special look at the gambler's mouth shape in the gambling house, and both paintings were round, and the counterfeiter also made up for this flaw.

It seems that the comparison of these two paintings alone is not famous.

You have to see the fragments.

I took the fragment and moved it around the two scrolls, picked up a magnifying glass to compare them, and carefully discerned them.

The fragment comes from the original, so I just need to find the point of convergence between it and the Forbidden City book, or the point of disagreement between it and the Berry Line fake, and I will be done.

It's not an easy job, after all, I only have a small piece left in my hand, and it's burned to the point that it's all out of shape. Time is also very limited, and the amount of work for this comparison should be measured in months, and I have less than thirty minutes now. I took out the spirit of rubbing the monument in the Purple Mountain, calmed down, looked at the past little by little, and my eyes kept scanning between the two paintings, and finally made me discover.

The biggest difference between the Forbidden City and the Forbidden City is that the Forbidden City version has been reframed many times, and the original style has been destroyed except for the painting heart. According to Bai Ruilian, Bai Ruilian has never appeared since it fell into the hands of Wang Shizhen's younger brother Wang Shimao, so it does not have the inscriptions and imprints after the Jiajing Dynasty, and the mounting traces are older than the Forbidden City.

I noticed that there were a few ink marks on the edge of the Forbidden City's frame. In addition to Song Huizong's Shuanglong small seal, the fragment in my hand also has a few very light and fine ink marks on the edge, like a few traces of the pen sweeping here. The two look very similar.

This discovery made me feel as if I had touched something.

I carefully placed the fragment next to the ink mark, moving it a little bit, as if to find its proper place for a piece of the puzzle. My wrist flicked, and the fragment fell onto the scroll. At that moment, my heart felt like it was pierced by chopsticks, and my whole body was shaken.

The position where the fragment fell and the ink marks on the scroll can barely match, although there are few missing pieces in the middle, but they are generally not bad. They are spliced together, and half of the ink characters can be restored. The most obvious thing about this ink character is a thin pinch to the right, long oblique into the small seal, and a short apostrophe, and a slightly protruding ink dot on it, which looks like a horizontal pen.

If the missing part is filled, the whole ink blot looks like a "down" character, with a horizontal line on it.

This strange ink word seemed to pass me a strong electric current.

Song Huizong is a master of calligraphy, when he signs, he has a characteristic, he likes to leave the words "one person in the world" to show the identity of the emperor. Moreover, these four words are written very distinctively in the hands of Song Huizong: first write a horizontal, and then empty a paragraph downward, and write a "big" word that is not prominent. If you put the upper horizontal and the lower three strokes together, the shape is similar to a "day" character, and the "big" character below is not very similar, and it is very similar to the "down" cursive font. If you look at it alone, it can be regarded as "one", and the word below removes a horizontal and looks at it alone, which happens to be a "person".

Song Huizong only used four paintings to include the four characters "one person in the world". This initiative, known as "no charge" by the calligraphy circles, is the most distinctive feature of Song Huizong. This feature was specifically mentioned by Liu Yiming when he gave me surprise training in 301 Hospital, and he also stretched out his hand to draw a pattern for me, which I remember very deeply. Sister Su also mentioned this detail when telling the story, when the yin and yang eyes were fighting the sword mountain and the sea of fire, the "Spring Walking Flower Picture" was also shown with this charge.

"And Spring Stepping on the Flower Map" is a fake, but the double dragon small seal on it is real, and it is extrapolated by common sense, so the Huizong on the small seal should also be true.

Now this fragment and the ink marks left on the Forbidden City can match a "big" character that does not come out, which shows that the original title of Song Huizong here is "one person in the world". That one was a little too long, and it crossed the small seal of Ssangyong. The counterfeiters dug up the mark during the theft, and even took half of the monogram.

This piece of evidence unmistakably proves that the Forbidden City is the real "Qingming Riverside Map", and Bai Ruilian is a fake! Clinches!

The last fog finally lifted. The long journey of searching has finally reached the end of the light.

My shoulders were relaxed, and I was so happy that I wanted to sing. After the incident of "Qingming Riverside Picture", I have been pressing several heavy tripods in my heart, and guilt, anxiety, and anger have kept me immersed in gloomy emotions. Now that the truth of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" has finally been revealed, the depression in my chest has suddenly disappeared, and I suddenly feel very light.

I stood up, excitedly walked a few steps around the room, and then turned back to verify it again, lest it was just a mere joy. I am very satisfied with the results of the verification, the fragment and the Forbidden City can be perfectly spliced together to create the original work of "one person in the world", and the theoretical explanation is also reasonable, I can't think of anything more convincing than this.

I was sitting there giggling when the door to the VIP hall was pushed open by Liu Ju. When he saw me like this, he was startled at first, and then he realized, and the whole person was relieved. He said to me, "You get ready, you have to put on makeup, and you have to communicate with the director." ”

"What exactly is the process?" I asked.

"They wanted to be a little bit more dramatic, which would help with the ratings. Hmph, capitalism, entertainment first. Speaking of this, Liu Ju added, "Of course, if you don't want to, we can follow the original number of roads." ”

"It's okay, I don't mind what form it takes." I lifted my chin slightly. Now self-confidence is thriving in me, nourishing an overwhelming optimism.

Liu Ju asked a staff member to take me to the dressing room, and then instructed several other people to carry the original work of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" and prepare to take the stage.

I was sitting in front of the dressing room mirror when a makeup artist pulled out a bunch of strange props and threw them in my face. At this time, a long-haired shawl director came over: "Mr. Xu, do you know? A few days ago, you suddenly disappeared after arriving in Hong Kong, and the newspapers in Hong Kong reported it wildly, and now it is even more popular than the Four Heavenly Kings. ”

I couldn't move my face, so I raised my hand and motioned for him to continue.

"In view of your focus position, and in order to make this appraisal of the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" more fair and transparent, we have tailored a link for you. That's right, we have arranged a one-way glass room that is absolutely soundproof for you on stage. During the review of the top 10 experts, you stay in this room, you can't see the outside and you can't hear the sound, but the audience can see you the whole time. At the end of the experts' comments, the two paintings will be sent to the door of the room for on-site appraisal. Our big screen will play back the experts' speeches to support them. ”

The director said it very tactfully, but I could hear what he meant. I was kept in isolation in my room to make sure I didn't hear a series of comments from the experts in front of me, and I had to rely on my own knowledge when making the appraisal. If I make any low-level mistakes, the director will directly put the words of the experts in front of me on the big screen and slap my face on the spot - this is indeed an artistic expression that ordinary people like to see.

Behind this arrangement, I'm afraid there is also the shadow of Bai Ruilian in it, and he slapped me in the face on the spot, that is, he slapped the face of the five pulses, how effective this should be.

But what am I afraid of? I touched the fragment in my hand and thought confidently.

So I told the director that I had no opinion, and he happily walked away to make arrangements. I closed my eyes and let the makeup artist do whatever he could on my face.

At half past two and ten o'clock, I was ushered onto the stage of the convention center by a beautiful cheongsam, and at this time a thick curtain hung on the stage, but the noise of the entrance could still be faintly heard on the other side, and I knew that there must be no shortage of spectators.

This stage is quite beautifully decorated, completely imitating the style of Bianliang in the Song Dynasty of "Qingming Riverside Map", a virtual Bianhe River runs through the stage, and three or four layers of transparent tulle separated by half a meter are hung down behind it, and the yarn is painted with houses, bamboo forests, travelers, and livestock in the style of ink painting. The organizers have really put a lot of effort into it.

The design of the expert seat is even more ingenious, made into the shape of a grasshopper boat, placed on both sides of the "Bianhe River". I saw that ten experts were already seated, and it looked as if a few literati were boating on the Bianhe River.

In front of the "Bianhe", there are two special extra-long booths, placed in parallel, each with a long scroll of paintings spread out - no need to ask, this is the protagonist of today: the Forbidden City and Bai Ruilian's original "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". Two cameras are pointed at them, and there are tracks underneath, so the viewer can see a close-up of any position at any time.

The room I am about to enter is in the middle of the Bianhe River, on the dividing line between the two volumes of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". It is a square hut with steel and glass, which has been renovated in the style of a hermit's cottage. Above the grass house, a large screen was hanging, and the picture of me stepping onto the stage was being played.

As soon as I took the stage, ten experts and twenty eyes looked at it together. I know that the name Wish has become a hot topic in the antiques world during this time, so it's no surprise that they're so curious. I glanced at it and immediately found Wang Zhongzhi. As a representative of Barellaline, he naturally sat in the expert group. He didn't seem to be much annoyed by my unexpected escape, and smiled at me kindly, as if he didn't care at all.

"Pretending." I sneered. Until now, Barellaline didn't know what my hole cards were, and they lost.

When I went to see the other experts, I didn't know anybody. I don't know which of our people and which of them are Berryline's people.

But it doesn't matter, it's the same for whoever comes from. The truth is objective, and the evidence never changes. The identification of cultural relics is not a democratic election, and it is not the right party with a large number of people.

I held my head high and went into the hut. As soon as I entered, I realized that the inside was completely different from the outside. From the outside, it is a transparent glass house, and when you look from the inside out, you can only see a mirror. As soon as I sat inside, I was dazzled by my mirror images on all sides. When the door "clicked" shut, even the sound was completely isolated.

The green light in the room flashed a few times and then switched to a red light. This is the signal that the director and I have agreed with in advance, and when the red light is on, it means that the live broadcast has started, the curtain is raised, and the whole audience can see my every move.

I leaned back on the sofa, not too embarrassed to stilt my legs, so I had to sit upright, looking at me in the mirror in a daze. At this time, I had the opportunity to take a good look at myself and see if the golden scissors that the big-eyed thief said were overhanging. I don't know how to look at it, but I always feel like the scissors are still there.

"Feudal superstition." I muttered, wanting to grimace, and thinking that I might be watched by countless people, so I dismissed the idea.

It was quiet in the room, but I knew it must be bustling outside. Those experts will compare from all sides, but this is none of my business. I'm the only one in the world who holds the fragment in my hand.

After some time, the red light in the hut began to flash. This is a sign that the previous session is coming to an end, and when the green light comes on, the hut will be opened. I put the fragment in the palm of my hand and straightened my collar, my heart beating a little faster.

The door opened, as if the tape recorder had been energized at once, and a loud noise drifted in from outside. I saw the audience staring at me, the flashing lights sounding from time to time, and the host was impassionedly introducing my previous "glorious deeds". More than a dozen cameras rotated in different positions, transmitting my images to countless televisions.

I settled down, walked out of the cottage, and looked around. Ten experts are on two boats, and they have already completed their reviews. In the VIP seats in the first row of the audience, Liu Ju and the other VIPs looked at me intently. For some reason, Liu Ju's expression was pale, and he didn't know what those experts had said before. On the other side of the VIP seat, Sister Su and Zhong Aihua sat side by side with expressionless faces, waiting for the end of revenge.

The host shouted passionately: "Now, Mr. Xu has come out of the grass house. We see that he has been living in seclusion and not asking about the world. Now he is finally a fledgling and wants to make an independent evaluation of these two paintings! Let's wait and see! ”

I didn't bother to care if he used the idiom correctly, so I stepped forward, pulled out the fragment in my hand, and said into the microphone, "Everyone, before I get identified, allow me to tell you a story." ”

A close-up of me immediately appeared on the big screen, gradually progressing, and finally the fragment was captured. The entire venue was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the small piece of thing.

I started with the interpretation of the name of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", talked about Li Dongyang and Wang Shizhen, and then talked about how "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" was cut into fragments, and how it was added to the fake "Spring Walking Flowers"; How did Dai Xi discover this detail, how did Dai Xi's calligraphy spread, and how was it destroyed in the Battle of Yushunlou...... (Of course, I omitted the details of Huang Kewu and Mei Sulan.) ）

This lecture lasted more than half an hour. The audience's eyes were straight, they didn't expect this small fragment to hide so many stories.

“…… To sum up, the two-meter-long scroll of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" was lost and destroyed by the counterfeiters, and it is no longer traceable, which is extremely regrettable. Now there is only a small piece of it left, and what I need to do now is to return this small piece to its rightful place – just like Hong Kong. ”

I ended with this sentence and waved my hand. The lights on the stage were all extinguished at once, and only the row lights of the two long scroll booths were still on, like two fiery snakes in the darkness. I leaned down and watched them slowly. The cover on the booth opened silently, and I put on my gloves, leaned in, and gently picked up a piece of the scroll in my hand.

I've seen it quite thoroughly before, but now it's just a matter of going through the motions, taking a few glances at each painting, giving an account to the public, and then announcing the results.

I slowly put down the Forbidden City book and held up the Bairuilian book again. This is the first time I've seen it in person, and that kind of heavy real feeling can't be reflected in any high-definition photos. No wonder Bai Ruilian Auction House has the confidence to fight against the five veins, the details of Bai Rui Lian's book can be confused, quite a perfect fake, if there is no fragment to corroborate, the two are really difficult to distinguish.

Unfortunately, it was born at the wrong time.

I held it up, and the small yellow light of the booth shone through the silk, letting it through. Suddenly, an uneasy emotion crossed my mind, and I felt that something was wrong.

I quickly picked up the magnifying glass I had in my hand and looked down. It didn't matter, my heart tightened, and a sharp pain that sounded like a gunshot hit my nerves. I put down the Bairuilian book and pounced on the Forbidden City book to verify it, and the result made my face as frosty. I shuddered and picked up the fragments, and through the light, I almost fainted for a moment.

One thing comes to mind. When Liu Zhanzhan told me when he was selling Xia Gui's fakes, the silk in the Song Dynasty was made of double filament, and the folk were all monofilament. Zhang Zeduan made it for the painting institute, so he naturally used the courtyard silk. Because the evidence of "one person under heaven" is too dazzling, I have not noticed this detail before. Now after recounting, I found that the silk quality of the Bailian book, the warp is double, the weft is single, which is a typical double silk; The silk quality of the Forbidden City, the warp and weft are each one, which belongs to the monofilament silk.

And the fragment - is a double silk.

My mouth was dry, and I hurriedly put the fragment on the picture scroll of the Forbidden City, spelling out "One Person in the World". At this glance, you can see that the problem is coming.

The fragment and the Forbidden City book seem to be seamlessly combined, but when you look through the light, the depth of the ink left on the silk is not the same. One is a double filament and the other is a monofilament, and the degree of ink immersion naturally varies. If you don't have a mind, it's hard to find out.

I was stuck in place, at a loss.

Could it be that the Forbidden City was fake? Is Berry Lotus real? This conclusion is too unexpected.

After tracking for so long, I almost lost my life, and what I found out was actually such a result? I put my hand over my forehead, my mind in a state of confusion. I wish it was a nightmare, a nightmare that I could wake up to immediately.

But the fragment doesn't lie, it lies quietly on the painting, telling simple facts.

I wanted to laugh and cry, and the feeling of discomfort hit my stomach and I almost vomited. Fate is like a naughty little child who stretches out his finger and stabs it to bring down the castle of cards you've worked so hard to build.

What an irony. I was bent on preserving the reputation of the Five Pulses, but in the end, I found that the enemy was right. The basis of all my actions is that the Forbidden City is true, and Bai Ruilian is a deception and a thief. Now it's completely upside down all at once, what do I do?

A thought jumped into my head: "You can do nothing." ”

That's right, I can do nothing, just publish the authentic works of Huizong of "one person in the world", and don't mention the monofilament and double filament at all, wouldn't it be good? Old Man Liu could breathe a sigh of relief, and Liu Ju, Huang Kewu, Yanyan, and the others in the five veins were also happy.

But is it really the right thing to do?

I pointed to the Forbidden City fake and said it was real, and then pointed to the real thing and said it was fake. This kind of behavior is called standard reversal of black and white. If I lied for my own benefit, then what is the difference between me and the shameless and hypocritical "five veins" that Zhong Aihua accused?

People live in this world, and they always have to insist on something that seems stupid, but this is the hardest thing. If you can't hold it once, the previous persistence will become a joke. I had sworn that I would never be a fake, and I had righteously refused to use a fake to deceive people, but if I had done so, I would never have the face to mention the words "remove the false and keep the true" again.

But the price of upholding the truth will be immense. The entire Five Pulses, and even the entire Chinese antique world, will be overturned by this, and I will become a sinner of the Five Pulses completely, I am afraid that even my grandfather Xu Yicheng is not as guilty as my crime.

Where to go, I rubbed my hair desperately, but I was at a loss. I even felt the urge to run with my legs, but I couldn't move my legs because I didn't know where to run.

I closed my eyes and shouted in my heart, "Grandpa, what the hell am I going to do?" ”

At that moment, the whole world changed color at once, and I was plunged into a black fog. Suddenly, I seemed to see a light in the distance, shining like a lighthouse. I walked towards the light, and when I got closer, I saw that it was a bright-eyed plum blossom. The petals are divided into five flowers, and the stamens are like eyes, and they just shine like this, illuminating the darkness around them. I reached out and it vanished.

The lights on the stage were all turned on at once, and I slowly opened my eyes, and my heart returned to calm.

I've made my decision.

Not so much calculation, not so much consideration. I am a treasure connoisseur, I am a bright-eyed plum blossom, and I should only have the simplest truth in my eyes.

I stepped off the stage and walked over to the microphone. The host shouted hoarsely: "It looks like the wish has come to fruition!" He's about to say it out loud! I shook the microphone, and the low, rapid beat of the drum sounded from both sides of the stage, and everyone held their breath and stared at the shape of my mouth.

I felt as if I was squeezing my voice out of my throat with all my strength, and each word weighed more than a thousand pounds: "This fragment has Huizong's ink on it, which is suspected to have been added by later generations." Carefully inspect the structure, it belongs to the double silk, which is similar to the Bairuilian original, and the Forbidden City is a monofilament. Therefore, I judge that this film is originally from the same origin as Berryline......"

The host interrupted me: "Mr. Xu, do you mean, do you judge that this fragment is cut from the Bairui lotus book?" ”

"Yes." My tone was shriveled and weak, but unwavering.

Before I could finish speaking, I heard a huge wave of exclamations set off from the audience and the stage at the same time, and forcibly interrupted what I wanted to say later. I looked up in confusion and saw the audience in the tumult and discussion. I saw Liu Ju and the other people in the five veins sitting in the VIP seat all looking surprised and smiling bitterly in their hearts, I have failed to live up to their expectations, I am afraid that they have now crossed out the word "traitor" on my name.

I turned my head again, and the ten experts on the stage were all talking to each other. But what surprised me the most was that Wang Zhongzhi, as the representative of Bai Ruilian, instead of showing the smile of the victor, his expression was extremely distorted, as if he was wiped by an invisible big hand, causing all his facial features to move. He grabbed the side of the boat with both hands, and his two round eyes stared at me like two machine guns spitting tongues of fire.

I looked to the other side of the audience, and my enemies reacted strangely. Zhong Aihua stood up, looked at the stage angrily, and shouted something to Sister Su. Sister Su sat still, just shaking her head gently.

How is it that they don't look like they're celebrating victory?

I watched all this in bewilderment, a little confused.

The host's high-pitched voice rang out: "Now, let's replay the big screen!"

The big screen began to replay the scene that the expert had just commented. In fact, all the audience has already seen it, only I stayed in the grass house, and I couldn't hear or see.

Wang Zhongzhi on the screen was talking: "...... The Panel agreed that the authenticity of such a fragment is highly doubtful, if any. What Huizong has seen so far, there are "Cursive Thousand Character Text", "Hibiscus Brocade Chicken Picture", "Pond Late Autumn Picture", etc., all of which are Huizong's works. It can be seen that the absolute mortgage is a self-title of Huizong's paintings, and it will definitely not be written on other works. If the fragments and the ink remnants on the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" can be spliced together to create the authentic works of Huizong of one person in the world, it must be a fake deliberately made by the ignorant. Therefore, we can boldly say that if there is a fragment of the so-called "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", it must be fake, and the picture scroll that corroborates the fragment must be a forgery......"

The host shouted: "Ten experts unanimously believe that the fragment is fake, and the picture scroll that corroborates the fragment must be a forgery; Mr. Wishing thinks that the fragment is consistent with the Berry Lotus Original. I think the result is already obvious, there is no dispute, the Forbidden City's "Qingming Riverside Map" is the real national treasure! ”

Wang Zhongzhi jumped off the boat and shouted angrily: "Wait a minute! How can you just make a conclusion, it's too hasty! I don't agree, I don't agree! I take back what I just said! ”

Unfortunately, no one had heard him at this time. Loud music sounded, and crumbs fell from the ceiling. The lights of Bairuilianben's booth were suddenly extinguished, but the lights of the Forbidden City's booth were bright. I saw Liu Ju take the lead in a standing ovation, which led a large part of the audience. For a while, there was thunderous applause in the hall, only Zhong Aihua Tie blushed and remained motionless.

I'm completely stupid, what's wrong with this sudden change of ups and downs? Countless questions swirled in my head.

Wang Zhongzhi's analysis is actually quite correct. "One person in the world" is the monogram of Song Huizong, and the theory should only appear on the works he painted. He can stamp the Shuanglong small seal in the "Qingming Riverside Map", can inscribe the name of the calligraphy and painting, and can sign the title, but only these four words should not be left. I'm not an expert in painting and calligraphy, so I forgot this detail for a while.

But the question is: how did Wang Zhongzhi know about the existence of the fragments?

And the fragment has been on me since it was dug up, how did he know that it was fake?

Also, what's going on in this weird victory situation now? What considerations did Wang Zhongzhi say just now?

I was still standing on the stage in a daze, Wang Zhongzhi jumped off the expert stage, pounced on me, and shouted in a gaffe: "Why did you choose Bai Ruilian!" Why don't you choose the Forbidden City! "I let him grab him by the collar and get confused, it was all too chaotic. Wang Zhongzhi roared: "Did you already know? Is it Mei Sulan's slut who gave you the bottom of it? ”

"What are you talking about?" I'm confused. Wang Zhongzhi continued to spit and shouted: "It must have been that slut who did it, that old ** had no end to Huang Kewu, and secretly revealed the plan to his grandson-in-law, right!" Right? ”

At this time, a cold voice interjected: "How can you say that about my grandmother?" ”

As soon as Wang Zhongzhi saw it, Zhong Aihua climbed onto the stage at some point, and all his anger immediately rushed at him: "I'm talking about the old slut who eats inside and out!" And you stupid dog! It's all stupid! It's all because of your bad ideas! It's all over now! How do I account to the shareholders of Borderline? How could I have rescued you in the first place, I might as well save a pig! ”

Zhong Aihua's wrist moved, the cold light flashed, Wang Zhongzhi's eyes were round, but there was an extra blood line on his throat. Zhong Aihua calmly threw the dagger on the ground, stretched out his hand and pushed him, Wang Zhongzhi made a "ho-ho" sound, and fell down with his hands on his neck.

"You shouldn't talk about my grandmother, Wang Sheng." He said coldly.

Others had already discovered Wang's tragic situation, and the experts and the host jumped off the stage in embarrassment. I was also startled and hurriedly took a few steps back. Zhong Aihua turned his head, with a thick self-deprecation at the corner of his mouth: "Such a subtle game, but in the end it was defeated by one person's principles and persistence." is worthy of Brother Xu, I still say the same thing: I admire you very much, and I envy you, you are the person I have always wanted to be. ”

"What the hell is going on!" I asked out loud.

It's a pity that Zhong Aihua can't give me an answer anymore. The security guards had already pounced on Zhong Aihua and pressed Zhong Aihua to the ground at once. Zhong Aihua didn't resist, and let them twist their arms behind their backs, but their heads kept up and looked at me, their eyes calm.

"Help me help my grandmother, thank you." He said.

I turned my head and saw Sister Su walking towards the stage with no one to support her, she was blind, and she could only grope her hands forward, stumbling. I walked over, grabbed one of her arms, and whispered, "Don't go up, Wang Zhongzhi is dead, Zhong Aihua did it." Sister Su trembled, and sat on the ground with her hands covering her face, tears streaming from her dry eyes.

Zhong Aihua was pushed and shoved out of the venue by the security guards, and the media had noticed this unexpected turn of events, and they all rushed over like crazy, focusing their cameras on Wang Zhongzhi and Zhong Aihua who was escorted away, the stage was in chaos, and no one would pay attention to me and Sister Su for the time being. I looked at this unfortunate woman with no resentment or hatred in my heart.

I lowered my body and told Sister Su the news that Zhong Aihua was taken away from the venue. Sister Su raised her head when she heard this, her godless eyes swept over my face, and finally sighed: "Life, this is life." ”

"I don't understand." I didn't move.

There is no need for me to continue to ask, Sister Su knows what my question is: "Let me answer your question." In fact, Barilla knows everything about you, from start to finish. ”

"Oh?" This was a big surprise to me.

"When Zhong Aihua visited Dai Haiyan for the first time, he had already installed a bugging device in the dormitory."

I cursed secretly, so that's it! In this way, Zhong Aihua can hear our conversation clearly. I said why didn't he pester Dai Haiyan later, with our help in questioning, he saved a lot of effort.

"Not only Dai Haiyan, but later Liu Zhanzhan, Fan Bo, Library, everyone you come into contact with next, Bai Ruilian has followed up."

Among these three people, Liu Zhanzhan has a grudge against me, Fan Bo's family is poor, and the library is greedy for money, and Bai Ruilian wants to inquire about things from the three of them, which can be said to be easy. However, there is no big-eyed thief on this list, and he is in prison, which is not easy to reach. But it doesn't matter anymore. The information obtained from these people, coupled with the fact that Sister Su was originally a witness to the battle of Yushunlou, they only need to analyze it a little, and they can deduce the relationship between the "Qingming Riverside Picture" and the "Spring Walking Flower Picture".

"You go to Yanjiao, and Bai Ruilian also has someone to follow. So the fact that you have the fragments in your hands, they've always been very clear. ”

I had a chill behind my back, good guy, I thought I was acting secretly, but I didn't expect people to see it through and follow it from beginning to end.

I thought about it again and suddenly realized: "So it's fake that you tied me to the Kowloon Walled City, and it's true that you transferred the fragments!" Sister Su nodded. She clicked through the joint, and I immediately understood what Barillian was up to.

Sister Su said that after they kidnapped me, they took the real fragment from the sole of my shoe and replaced it with an identical fake fragment. This fake fragment deliberately has a few ink marks on it, which can be spliced together with the ink marks on the Forbidden City's "Qingming Riverside Map" to construct the illusion of "one person in the world".

When Sister Su told me the story of Yushun Building in the Kowloon Walled City, she deliberately emphasized that there was a monogram of "one person in the world" in "The Flower Picture of Spring". This sentence formed a strong hint in my heart.

Next, I didn't realize that I had been transferred, and I left the Kowloon Walled City with the fake fragments, came to the Convention and Exhibition Center, and as Bai Ruilian expected, I took the forged "One Person in the World" as ironclad evidence of the authenticity of the Forbidden City.

The gimmick of "seclusion in the grass house" at the opening ceremony was deliberately arranged by Bai Ruilian. Wang Zhongzhi took advantage of the fact that I was in the grass house, first pointed out the huge flaws in the fragments to the audience, dug a pit and waited for me to jump in. As long as I show the fragments and use the ironclad evidence of "one person in the world" to prove the Forbidden City, it is tantamount to admitting my big mistake and digging my own grave in front of everyone, and the Forbidden City is naturally a fake.

This is a foolproof and ingenious layout. The more I hated Bai Ruilian, the more I wanted to prove that the Forbidden City was true, and the more I wanted to help Wumai get out of trouble, the worse the defeat became.

But what Wang Zhongzhi never expected was that I noticed the similarities and differences of the silk at the critical moment, and made a completely unexpected choice to put the fragment back on Bai Ruilian's body. In this way, all the foreshadowing carefully preset by Wang Zhongzhi came back, slapping himself and Bai Ruilian in the face heavily, reversing the overall situation.

They did a lot of calculations, but they didn't expect that I would choose to stick to the truth, even if it was contrary to my position.

If there's anything flawed in this layout, it's that they underestimate human nature. They lifted the stone of humanity, but they smashed themselves in the foot.

Looking back on these details over the past few days, I'm really in a cold sweat. The layout of Barella is really good, I thought I only fell into a trap once in Zhengzhou, but I didn't expect that there was a second trap waiting for me. From beginning to end, I was in the midst of their calculations and was unaware. As long as I waver in my principles on stage, I am afraid that I will fall into a situation from which I will never recover.

"Zhong Aihua came up with these plans?" I asked.

Sister Su replied: "Yes, he is a smart boy, but his life is too hard." In order to make sure that the fake fragment looked real enough, he deliberately cut a piece of the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" in Bai Ruilian's hand. Unexpectedly, this seemingly safe move turned out to be the reason for the failure......" Sister Su paused, then shook her head again, "No, if someone else encounters this situation, they will definitely hide it." Only you will know that the enemy is profitable, and you will insist on telling the truth. ”

"In life, you always have to insist on something that seems stupid." I'm in the right way. "Even if Rayline were to win in the end, I would have made the same choice. I'm a treasure connoisseur, and I should only see the truth and the fake. ”

Sister Su raised her hand, touched my cheek, and said in a trembling voice: "I thank you for Aihua, at least he lost in the most gratifying way." Do you know? That kid has always admired you so much - you didn't disappoint him, his dreams haven't been shattered, the five veins, and at least a real bright-eyed plum blossom. ”

Sister Su bowed to me and put on her sunglasses. I tried to come to my aid, but she shook off my hand and groped her way in the direction where her grandson had been taken away, with a firm step.

I stood there stunned, with mixed feelings.

At this time, Liu Ju and other people from the five veins walked towards me, and Liu Ju happily patted me on the shoulder: "To make such a scene, and there is a high-level infighting and being killed, Bai Ruilian can be regarded as losing face." In my opinion, in a few years, don't want to covet the mainland market. Well done. "The others also congratulated me. They all thought that I was clever enough to see through Bai Ruilian's trap early, and even backhanded to lure them into killing each other, not knowing the pain and danger of the battle between heaven and man just now.

These accolades make me very tired. I just want to get to Queen Mary Hospital as soon as possible, where Yanyan is still waiting for me.

Anyway, it's all over. The crisis of the five veins was lifted, and I was able to atone for my sins. "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" is true, but the things exposed by the five veins during this period are also really shocking. As for whether this ancient organization will continue to transform, and what the tide of money will turn into it, this is beyond my control.

The splendid and atmospheric Bianliang painting scroll on the stage is still calmly spread out, looking at the hustle and bustle around him with an extremely calm bearing. Over the past millennium, it has witnessed countless collisions of desire and ideal. What is happening today is just a small fragment of its long experience.

I suddenly thought of Liu Yiming's sentence: People appreciate antiquities, and antiquities can also learn people. I'm here today to identify the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", why isn't it "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" that is testing me?

I hope that this test is still passable.

Fang Zhen parted the crowd and walked towards me, he was the only one in the group who was still calm. I rushed over and asked him if the police had rushed to the Kowloon Walled City and if they had found any medicine. Fang Zhen replied: "There was news just now, the place you mentioned, only found a pool of blood on the ground, but there were no corpses or wounded people. ”

"That means medicine or you can escape?" I asked, with mixed feelings. Fang Zhen narrowed his eyes: "The underground forces of the old court are not only in the mainland. ”

My expression tightened. This familiar name reminds me of one thing, I have an old enemy and a date.