Chapter 17: Standing upright
My immortal ceremony, under the auspices of Feng Qingyang, was finally completed without danger.
It's a pity that the ancient porcelain bowl was completely broken.
The 50,000 yuan of the deposit, that is, the first pot of gold that Feng Qingyang and I jointly earned from Mr. Kang, is gone.
To be honest, I feel really distressed in my heart!!
After all, a friend borrowed it for me, so I have to explain it to my friend.
My friend's surname is Cui, his name is Cui Xuewen, I usually call him Lao Cui, and he also runs an antique shop like me.
Looking at the time, it is now more than ten o'clock at night, and it is estimated that Lao Cui will not go to bed so early.
I can't hold things in my heart, if I don't tell Lao Cui, I guess I won't be able to sleep this night.
I called Lao Cui first, and I called several, but no one answered, I felt a little strange, so I couldn't sleep anymore, so I simply went directly to the store to find him, anyway, Lao Cui's shop is also on Cultural Street.
Feng Qingyang was originally going to go with me, but I didn't agree.
After all, I am to blame for the broken bowl, maybe I have to apologize to others, I am worried that Feng Qingyang will fight with others if he is frizzy, it will be bad.
Walking towards Lao Cui's shop alone, when I arrived at the door, I saw Lao Cui's black car parked there, and my heart relaxed.
I thought: Could it be that Lao Cui is sleeping in the store?
When I walked into the store, the door of the store was open, and I felt inexplicable, is there a thief in the store?!
I took out my phone and was about to call the police, but when I got close to the door, it was quiet inside, as if no one could be there.
I am familiar with Lao Cui's shop, there is a bell at the door, I first grabbed the bell to prevent it from ringing, slowly opened the door with one hand, and looked inside before entering.
It really doesn't seem to be moving in there, it's just very dark.
The light switch was not at the gate, and I had to walk in to touch it, so I turned sideways into Lao Cui's shop.
After walking a few steps, I didn't feel that anyone was inside, so I let my guard down.
I touched the light switch, and with a "click" click, the ceiling light turned on all of a sudden.
However, at the same time, I never expected that I was so shocked by what I saw in front of me that I almost lost my breath......
Guess what I saw?!
All of a sudden, the lights came on and my eyes glazed out.
In the blink of an eye, I realized that I was not the only one in this small shop, because I found that there was a person standing against the wall with his back to me, silently.
However, the man's movements were too weird!!
Although it's just the back, judging from the figure and clothes, I think that the person is Lao Cui.
At this moment, Lao Cui hung down with his hands straight and stood straight with his legs, but he was standing too close to the wall.
There was a painting hanging on the wall, which was a shrimp of the people of Shiraishi Mountain.
I had a discussion with Lao Cui about the authenticity of this painting before, relying on my years of experience in Jinshi calligraphy and painting, this painting is a fake, but Lao Cui is very determined to think that he has found a genuine handiwork.
So Lao Cui also hung the shrimp in the most obvious position of the store, as long as he entered the store, he could see it.
Besides, Lao Cui, at this moment, he is standing stiffly in front of the painting, very close to the wall.
It can be said that the tip of Lao Cui's nose has been attached to that painting.
I can see that it is Lao Cui, and my heart is a little calmer, but Lao Cui's behavior is too abnormal? !
I whispered, "Old ...... Lao Cui ...... You...... You, you, you......"
The sound I made was creepy to even my own ears, like someone was holding me by the neck, and I didn't know why it was the way it was.
Lao Cui ignored me, and I continued to shout: "Lao Cui, you ...... Are you okay? What are you doing there?!! ”
shouted several times, but Lao Cui didn't reflect at all, like a dead man.
I suddenly asked, "Lao Cui, are you ...... Are you still alive?! ”
After asking this sentence, I was frightened by myself, and goosebumps immediately appeared all over my body.
Lao Cui still ignored me, but after my observation, Lao Cui's shoulders were still trembling slightly, and he should still be breathing.
How so?!
Lao Cui's feeling is like falling asleep, but can he fall asleep standing alone?!
Could it be that Lao Cui is deliberately scaring me and joking with me?!
It's impossible, Lao Cui is more than 20 years older than me, he is very honest, and he doesn't have this idle thought.
I had no choice but to walk towards Lao Cui.
I originally wanted to gently pat Lao Cui's shoulder to wake him up, but I didn't expect that as soon as my hand touched Lao Cui's body, Lao Cui was like a pile of building blocks that were not put in place, and his body fell backwards.
This surprised me a lot, and I quickly took a step back!
With a plop, Lao Cui lay face up on the ground.
If Lao Cui was pretending, it would be impossible to fall like this without subconscious protective action at all, but Lao Cui was indeed like a dead man, just lying down and falling.
I squatted down and touched Lao Cui's snort, and strangely, he was breathing evenly, as if he was falling into a deep sleep.
I touched the back of Lao Cui's head again, fortunately there was no blood, Lao Cui's shop was covered with carpet, although it was not clean but very thick, so that Lao Cui did not break his head when he fell.
I realized that my heart was beating no faster, took a deep breath, took out my phone, and made a call for an ambulance.
Then, I didn't touch Cui's body, but walked around his shop, and then went upstairs to check if there was anything wrong.
Lao Cui's shop is also a double-storey commercial building, except that the area is larger, and it is almost the same as my Qilin Pavilion.
Downstairs is the exhibition hall with calligraphy and paintings on the walls, some glass display cabinets and a treasure cabinet on the floor, some items for sale, and a mahogany sofa.
Upstairs there is a bedroom and bathroom, and Lao Cui sometimes lives here.
I walked around upstairs and downstairs, no different from the last time I came, there was no trace of being patronized by thieves, and Lao Cui's coma should not have anything to do with the store.
I walked downstairs and saw Lao Cui's mobile phone on the sofa, and when I opened the phone, I saw that there were many missed calls on it, and the last one was mine.
I continued to check and found that at about five o'clock this afternoon, there was a phone call, and Lao Cui's phone book was marked as Boss Li, and the call was connected.
Then I checked the previous call records again, and found that this Boss Li is a frequent customer of Lao Cui, and he should be a regular customer, because there are call records between two people every three or five times.
At this time, I heard the horn of an ambulance outside.
So I went out and brought the doctor in, and after some rescue, Lao Cui was still the same.
I locked the door of Cui's shop and followed him to the hospital.
Sitting in the ambulance, I regretted not going back to talk to Feng Qingyang, if Feng Qingyang also had a mobile phone, at least I could call him.
It seems that I will have to pay for him to buy a mobile phone again.
I hope that this night, Feng Qingyang will be alone in the Qilin Pavilion and will not make any trouble......