It was only after Lin Sheng's sudden change of face about two years ago that I learned that his father was a powerful person in Pingcheng. Now, because this powerful man has offended the person next to him, the road has come to an end. Lin Sheng's camera on TV only flickered, after all, she is not the protagonist in this "occasion", the collapse of one side of the force represents the re-layout of Pingcheng's power, and there are still a number of people involved to occupy the screen.

It is inevitable to sigh, three days ago, she was provoking Qin Fu without knowing that the catastrophe was imminent, but three days later, the Lin family had come to an end. But after thinking about it, it is said that the emaciated camel is fatter than the horse, and I think that with the shrewdness of Father Lin, he should make arrangements for the family before the accident.

In his thoughts, he suddenly heard Gu Xi smile and ask: "Is this your birthday gift okay?" ”

I was stunned for two seconds and looked at him in amazement: "How do you know ......" No, he means that what was reported in the news just now was done for me? And my birthday has hardly been a birthday in the past few years.

Gu Xi pressed the remote control to turn off the TV, his expression looked excited, but he said: "Two years ago, the Lin family bullied you, and two years later, you have to make inches, if you don't meet me, it's just that, since you have met ......" He snorted softly, "My people dare to bully, then clean it up." From today onwards, the Lin family will be wiped out, and some superfluous people will also disappear in Pingcheng. ”

When I heard him say those three words, my heart skipped a half-beat.

My people......

But if you look closely at his eyebrows, there is no ambiguity in the slightest color, and he simply treats me as a fledgling under his wing. And what made me even more palpitating was his last sentence, which was said lightly, but in a situation I didn't know, he was clean and cruel, and pushed the Lin family on that road without any emotion.

Afterwards, I seriously thought about it, Gu Xi said that it was because of me that I brought down the Lin Xiaotian clan, but I felt that this high hat was too far-fetched. How could a person who had no affection for me or even warned me go out of his way because of a woman? What's more, even if he was interested in me, I didn't think it was important enough to make him turn his hands into clouds and his hands into rain.

The facts were not long in coming.

Gu Xi began to get busy, usually working with me in the morning to study the restoration of the prescription, and before noon he would go out, and then he would not come back until the evening. Even though I never said a word, I still got some information from the conversations between Qin Fu and him, who came over occasionally. Of course, they didn't bother me when they spoke, which means they should let me know.

I have a rough idea of what kind of family background Qin Fu has. If Lin Xiaotian was a wanton ostentatious person on the stage of power, then Qin Fujia was a lion who had been lurking for a long time, but now he has turned the sky upside down, moving from the dark to the light. I don't know what role Gu Xi played, but judging from his friendship with Qin Fu, he must have made suggestions for him, conspired with the tiger, and eventually led the big tiger into hell.

And among them, there is another decisive factor.

Cen family.

Strictly speaking, the Cen family is not a person on that stage, but its connections are all over Beijing Province, which is equivalent to saying that the Lin family was supported by the Cen family in front of others. Now that this big tree has been robbed by Gu Xi and Qin Fu, even if it remains neutral in this turmoil, it will really cost the Lin family's life.

Therefore, when the new faction came to power, it was inevitable to socialize in the middle. But Gu Xi is the driving force behind the scenes, but he doesn't have to go out of the mountain in person, most of it is because of Qin Fu's voice...... Cen Xi.

If these things had been before, I don't think they would have been able to touch them. But even if you are in it, you don't feel that it has anything to do with you. Instead, I devoted all my energy to the restoration of the square vessel, and as the pattern gradually appeared, my strange dreams in the night became more and more weird. The left hand, which is always drawing, has a familiar posture, or to be more precise, like me.

With the same paintbrush in hand, everyone has their own different habits. I would retrace and then repaint the lines with the first stroke, a detail that only I know. However, I don't draw with my left hand, and I'm not left-handed.

Even I tried to draw with my left hand during the day, but the lines were stiff. This is still secondary, the main thing is that the progress of the dream drawing will be one step faster than my actual operation! At first, I didn't believe in evil, thinking that it might be a kind of conjecture in my dream, but when I took the square and repeatedly compared and studied, I found that every line matched.

Later, I couldn't tell if I was so focused on it during the day that my brain was still running at night even when I was asleep. Or is this strange dream pulling me to complete the repair of this artifact?

If the former is better, the latter is ...... It's creepy.

Either way, the patterns on my artboard are gradually plumping up. Gu Xi is right, it is not a Taoist artifact, but a bronze carving.

I finally understand why it is simple gossip, because it is a symbol of Taoism. It was when the shape of the cow gradually appeared that I had the answer: this is a picture of Lao Tzu riding a green ox.

One thing I find strange is that the impression of "Lao Tzu riding a green ox" has Lao Tzu sitting, sitting horizontally, and even sitting upside down, and later generations have given a profound explanation for each sitting method. But on this bronze carving, the gossip is placed on the top of the sky, and Lao Tzu and the green cow raise their heads at the same time, because of the concave and convex levels of the engraving, it presents a kind of perception that Lao Tzu and the green cow are looking at the gossip in the sky.

That night, I woke up from my dream in a cold sweat, and before I could digest it, I heard movement outside. When I put on my coat and walked out of the room, I saw Gu Xi's long jade standing in front of my easel, his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes fixed on the drawing paper, and he looked at it very intently.

His eyes flashed across the clock on the wall, and it was already three o'clock in the middle of the night. He didn't come back for a few days when I was gradually taking shape, and only occasionally called me to ask about the general progress, and then there was no follow-up. I suspect he's lost interest in the artifact, and he's no longer interested in its restoration. Now I see such a very ordinary picture of Lao Tzu riding a green ox, I'm afraid I'm even more disappointed.

In terms of its value, although it is a product of the Song Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago, the damage is so serious, even if it is repaired to the original exactly the same, it is greatly discounted. For ordinary people, they may still feel precious, but for Gu Xi, who has a storage room where any of the artifacts in it surpasses its value, this is by no means what he is pursuing.

So I'm pretty sure that his initial focus was on the depiction of square objects.

"Do you know where the 'Lao Tzu riding a green ox' happened?" I was still staring at his back in a daze when Gu Xi suddenly asked, and I was stunned for a moment before I realized that he was asking me, but how did he know that I was behind me?

I believe that anyone with a little common sense knows that question, and I replied in a low voice: "Hangu Pass." ”

Then he asked, "Then why did he ride a green ox and not a horse?" ”

I was stunned, this question ...... After the brain was transferred, he replied: "It is said that Lao Tzu was already an octogenarian when he sent a letter to Guguan, and he was strong in horse nature and gentle in ox nature, so he would be relatively easier to control." ”

Gu Xi's low laughter came from the quiet return, and he turned to look at me, his eyes clear and deep, "You can break it, so tell me why he rides a green ox instead of a yellow ox, a black ox, a white ox or any other color?" ”

I couldn't help frowning, he was deliberately making things difficult, who could know what Lao Tzu thought more than 2,000 years ago? What's more, many situations are actually specific meanings that later generations have added to them, but they may just be just a green ox by Lao Tzu's side, which he used as a mount.

Seeing that I was silent, Gu Xi raised his tone and said: "Lao Tzu is the ancestor of Taoist culture, and it was in Hangu that he wrote the Tao Te Ching. Legend has it that the five elements of water, metal, fire, wood, and earth, the ancients regarded them as the sons of the five emperors, namely the Green Emperor, the White Emperor, the Red Emperor, the Black Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor. Among them, Jupiter is the messenger of the Eastern Green Emperor. 'Qing', the main spring, Mude, represents the East. ”

Why do I want to laugh when I hear it, especially when it comes out of Gu Xi's mouth. Let's not talk about whether Lao Tzu really rode a green ox more than two years ago, even if it is, aren't these so-called remarks on behalf of the "East" a hat stamped by later generations?

As if he knew what I was thinking, he snorted softly: "If you want to laugh, you can laugh, don't hold back." ”

To my inflection, he walked over to the bench and sat down and lit a cigarette. After only taking a puff, I heard him ask, "In the few days that I was away, you have been thinking about it like this?" ”

I raised an eyebrow, does that mean dissatisfied? Before he could figure out how to answer, he asked, "Is there anything special about analyzing this painting from your point of view?" ”

After a little mrow, he listened to the special place he had discovered before, that is, Lao Tzu and the green cow looked up to the sky at the same time and looked at the gossip.

But seeing that he shook his head and swallowed a cigarette, he said, "As you just thought, some definitions have been added by later generations. I'm afraid this move is to express Lao Tzu's determination to the Tao. As he spoke, his gaze did not take his eyes off my drawing board, and his eyes were so quiet that I could not read the meaning.

After a moment, he lowered his long eyelashes and muttered as if to himself, "According to this, it is not." ”

And not what? I was suspicious, but he didn't do anything.