Xu Shuangqiang took Di Qiu through the flower and bird market. I passed by the pet seller outside and went to the shop in the center of the market. There are shops selling fish tanks, rockeries, jade, etc. Xu Shuangqiang didn't stay, and kept leading Di Qiu inside.

Finally, in Di Qiu's suspicious eyes, Xu Shuangqiang smiled and led Di Qiu into the market management office.

"Is Director Ma here?" Xu Shuangqiang asked the staff at the door.

The staff member looked at the two men and gestured to an office directly across the door.

Xu Shuangqiang thanked him and walked inside. At the same time, he whispered to Di Qiu, who was puzzled by his side: "If you want to talk about calligraphy and painting, the most expert in the city is Director Ma." He should be able to see the name of your fan. ”

Xu Shuangqiang pushed the door directly and entered, and Di Qiu followed closely behind.

The office is very classically decorated, and the most conspicuous thing is a ubiquitous text on the middle wall - it's rare to be confused. But the charm of reading words gives people a sense of freedom and ease compared to those that can be seen everywhere. Directly below the words, sits an old man in his fifties in a white shirt, with a pair of wide-rimmed glasses hanging from the bridge of his nose, reading today's morning paper.

Hearing someone coming in, the old man raised his eyes and opened them, then put down the newspaper with a smile, took off his glasses, and said, "Why does Xiao Xu have time to come and see me?" Sit, sit, sit, sit. ”

Xu Shuangqiang said straight to the point: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, there is something to ask Ma Lao to take a look at." ”

"Oh? That guy, close the door, close the door! Director Ma was pleasantly surprised, "What good things have you gotten again?" ”

After Di Qiu closed the door, he took out the folding fan and handed it over.

Director Ma took it excitedly, and after looking at it, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he unfolded the fan, put the fan on the table after just one glance, and said to Di Qiu: "You young man, don't come to entertain me." Then he said to Xu Shuangqiang: "What about the things, take them out and take a look." ”

Xu Shuangqiang smiled bitterly, raised his chin at the fan on the table and said, "This is it." ”

"What are you kidding? I don't believe you can't tell it's a fake? "Director Ma is really angry now.

Xu Shuangqiang hurriedly explained: "Ma Lao, don't worry, listen to me." My little brother has a friend who has an accident, and this fan is probably the root knot. Please show Ma Lao the source. ”

Director Ma impatiently picked up the fan again, fiddled with it and said, "What's the origin of this thing?" The technique is clumsy, although the fan bone is a good wood and old, but the traces are obvious, and the technique is extremely poor, resulting in some deformation. Then he unfolded the fan, pointed to the surface of the fan, and said, "The paper is also old, you see, it is yellowed in many places, and it is unevenly heated when baking." And it is made separately from the fan bone. With his thumb and index finger, he pinched the fan and rubbed it, and said: "Ink, it's a serious ink, but it's not very expensive, this kind of ink is a practice in recent years, and there are a lot of particles when baking, you see, it will fade when you rub it." With that, he dropped the fan on the table. That's it. ”

Xu Shuangqiang looked at Di Qiu with a wry smile.

Di Qiu stepped forward and said to Director Ma: "Ma Lao, my friend's condition is critical, please take a closer look." When it comes to human life, the kid doesn't dare to joke. Please Ma Lao to see if you can see who this fan is from. ”

Xu Shuangqiang said on the side: "Brother Xiaodi, what can I say clearly, Ma Lao is not an outsider. His elder brother is the head of the horse road known as the 'Tsing Yi Immortal' from the Maoshan Outer Sect. ”

Although I don't know what Tsing Yi Immortal is, it is impossible for Di Qiu, the great name of Maoshan to not know. Since Xu Shuangqiang said that Director Ma is not an outsider, he must be clear about his own business, so he no longer has anything to hide, and tells the whole story.

After listening to Di Qiu's narration, Director Ma's expression became solemn, and he pondered for a moment before he sighed: "In this way, one is crazy, and the other is about to die, this matter is a little strange. Let me take a look! After saying that, he opened the fan again, and this time he did not hold it in his hand as before, but placed it in front of him.

Commissioner Ma took his glasses and hung them on the bridge of his nose, and began to carefully observe the lines of the fan.

"The peach blossom nunnery in the peach blossom dock, the peach blossom fairy under the peach blossom nunnery, the peach blossom fairy planted the peach tree, and folded the flower branches as wine money. Have you ever heard of this verse? Director Ma asked suddenly.

Di Qiu shook his head ignorantly, and Xu Shuangqiang replied: "Tang Yin's "Peach Blossom Anthem". ”

"Not bad! The person who made this painting compares himself to Tang Yin, copying Tang Yin's technique to paint this "Peach Blossom Temple", if my guess is right, this fan is cut from a whole painting. After watching carefully, Director Ma came to a unique conclusion.

Hearing this, Di Qiu and Xu Shuangqiang both frowned. If someone deliberately uses this peach blossom fan to harm people, I don't know how many fans can be cut out of a painting. There are as few as three or four, and as many as ten, and the specific depends on the actual size of the "Peach Blossom Temple".

Director Ma didn't care what the two of them were thinking, opened the drawer, and took out a brown bottle, which is the kind commonly used in chemical laboratories with rubber tips on the lid. After sucking a few drops of liquid from the bottle and dripping it on the fan, Director Ma picked up the magnifying glass on the table and looked down closely.

"'Yuan Frost Ink', good ink, but the color of this ink will not be so dark, this is doped with other pigments! I'll take a look at what. After saying this, Director Ma took out another bottle, ordered two drops of liquid in another place on the fan, and then quietly observed as before.

"This!" Director Ma suddenly looked up at Xu Shuangqiang and Di Qiu in surprise.

Xu Shuangqiang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Director Ma took a deep breath and said, "If my guess is correct, this ink is mixed with blood!" Blood clotted after dark brown painted peach blossom branches. ”

Di Qiu and Xu Shuangqiang looked at each other. Di Qiu frowned and said, "No wonder there is a resentment in the fan. ”

Xu Shuangqiang asked again: "Does Ma Lao know someone who can paint in this way?" ”

Director Ma shook his head and said, "If you talk about the skills of painting, this person's skills are not bad, but he has not reached a certain level, and his personal characteristics are not reflected. As far as I know, it's easy to make such a work. I'm sorry, I really don't see anything anymore. ”

Di Qiu thanked Director Ma and said, "Thank you Ma Lao, we won't bother." After speaking, he retrieved the fan and beckoned Xu Shuangqiang to leave.

"Wait." Director Ma got up and said: "This painting should be created by this author himself, according to the size of the branches and leaves on the fan surface, I estimate that this painting is about two meters square, which is slightly larger than this tabletop." As soon as I left the soul, I heard my eldest brother say that this thing of using painting to trap people's souls is not new, and it is in the strange stories. If you find this painting, there will be a peach blossom nunnery in the painting, and the souls of your two friends will be in it. ”

Di Qiu bowed slightly to Director Ma and said, "Thank you seniors for your advice." ”

"Do you need me to help you catch this Peach Blossom Fairy?" On the way, Xu Shuangqiang asked with a smile.

Di Qiu replied: "No need, thank you seniors for your help." ”

"I'm embarrassed that you're always a senior, just call the eldest brother. Thank you is not necessary, it is common for us to help each other in this business. Xu Shuangqiang said.

"Then Brother Xu can come to me if he has something to do in the future." Di Qiu smiled and said to Xu Shuangqiang.

Xu Shuangqiang mocked: "I want you to help with more things in the future, but I'm afraid you won't be able to hide when the time comes." I won't send you, I still have to go to Tianjin, and I'll come back to you in a while. ”

The two said goodbye at the door of the flower and bird market.

In terms of Di Qiu's profession, Xu Shuangqiang does not have much experience and overall consideration. The blood mixed with ink on the fan must be human blood, and only human blood stains can exude such resentment.

The harvest of this trip can be said to be beyond Di Qiu's expectations, Director Ma not only analyzed the secret of the fan, but also put forward a very clever guess. Di Qiu naturally felt from Director Ma that the senior of Maoshan "Tsing Yi Immortal" was superior.

As far as he knew, Di Qiu still had no clue. I had to hope that the next person I met would reveal something to him. But compared to this time, Di Qiu had much less hope for the people he would meet next.