In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Xu Qian said eloquently: "There is nothing unusual about this fan, it must have been pasted by Zhao Gongzi later." However, this fan bone is a little interesting, the age of the fan bone should have a hundred years of time, the use of purple bamboo, see that this bamboo piece is still tough, it can be seen that the later people are well maintained. ”

Xu Qian said: "The purple bamboo, out of the South China Sea Putuo Mountain, its stem is thin and dark purple, Duan Zhi can be a pipe flute, and there are all in Zhejiang today." And this fan bone is finely made, at first glance it is the craft of Quanzhou, Fujian, but there are not many purple bamboo used to make fans, until the time of Emperor Xiao began to be popular, the person who holds this fan is from the early Ming Dynasty, I think this person has a special habit. ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and Zhao Shang couldn't help but be moved when he heard Xu Qian's eloquent analysis, and he didn't dare to show contempt anymore, and was sitting and listening attentively.

Xu Qian continued: "And there is a line of small characters at the bone of this fan, which writes the year and month of the making of this fan, judging from the handwriting used by this person, the owner should be a person who has been lying on the case all the year round, only such a person, the calligraphy is decent, especially the font is too upright, and it has no own characteristics at all, if I am not mistaken, this person should have been Hanlin at that time." ”

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, Hanlin ......

However, Xu Qian's analysis is not unreasonable, Hanlin is different from others, because Hanlin often has to draw up edicts, and the font requirements of the edict are the most demanding, by no means the font comparison of ordinary official documents, Xu Qian guesses that this is Hanlin's handwriting, the reason is by no means groundless, only Hanlin has the highest requirements for handwriting, and ordinary people leave their own handwriting on their own objects, generally with their own characteristics of calligraphy, and only Hanlin because of years of preparation, so it has long erased its own characteristics, So that the text faintly carries the smell of the Holy Decree.

Xu Qian smiled slightly: "Since this person is very likely to be from Suzhou and Hangzhou or Fujian, and he is a bachelor of Hanlin, thinking about it, there don't seem to be many Shu Jishi at that time, only a few people." ”

Then Zhao Shang saw that the answer was about to come out. I couldn't help but ask, "Then who do you say this person is?" If you say, I will obey you. ”

Xu Qian said: "Actually, it's simple, this person is Yang Rong, a later cabinet scholar, Yang Rong is a Fujian person, and he happened to work in Hanlin in the second year of Yongle. He was appointed as an editor. What's more. This man is a notoriously left-handed adjunct, and he is naturally left-handed. And I look at the wear and tear of the handle of this fan, and the owner of this fan is also holding the fan in his left hand. Therefore, it is inferred that this fan was left by Yang Xianggong, but although Yang Xianggong's relics are very valuable. But a fan is a fan after all, and sooner or later there will be a day of decay, and it is really not worth buying a thousand taels of silver. ”

Zhao Shang said excitedly: "Gongzi Xu is smart, this fan was indeed purchased by the student in Fujian with a lot of money." ”

Everyone couldn't help but be amazed, and only then did they believe in Xu Qian.

Zhao Shang showed the treasure. Wu Zhi naturally refused to give up, and took out a pair of calligraphy and paintings, which are also rare treasures in the world, saying that they were purchased for 1,300 taels, Xu Qian deeply hated this kind of person who had money and nowhere to spend, and endured the unhappiness in his heart and tasted it again.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon, and the monk in the temple took the vegetables, and the surname Zhao and the surname Wu did not deal with each other, and I don't know what the deep hatred was. The two sides wanted to clash several times, but they were stopped by Gui Zhi'er.

Xu Qian didn't have much interest anymore, but Gui Zhi'er didn't leave, and he didn't have a carriage or horse to travel, so it was even more deserted. Inevitably, he had to hitchhike home, so he could only wait patiently, and he said that he didn't sleep well last night, so he went to sleep in the incense room in the temple. When I woke up, it was dark, and I hurriedly came out of the room. Thinking that he would have to go to the Yamen early tomorrow morning, he hurriedly went to find Gui Zhi'er, who was eating tea in the tea room and reading Buddhist scriptures, and said, "It's not early, isn't it time to go back?" ”

Gui Zhi'er was veiled at all times, so that people could never see through her expression, so she only heard her groan: "Yes, it's not too early, I have worked hard for you today, in fact, I just want you to come in the hope that there is an outsider, and those two guys can be calm and make less trouble." ”

Xu Qian looked at her strangely and said, "What is your relationship with them?" ”

Gui Zhi'er didn't answer with a smile, and said, "They are all families, but they occasionally do some business." ”

Xu Qian knows some customs and customs, and knows that in this Jiangnan, many families have participated in some business, and used their identities and connections to advance into the gold fight every day. Xu Qian couldn't help but think, in this way, is this Gui family ......

He didn't continue to delve in, but only hoped that Gui Zhi'er would leave immediately.

At this time, the sky was dark, the sky was only a trace of fish belly white, the masters were in front of the temple to say goodbye to each other, then Zhao Shang had a good impression of Xu Qian, several times invited Xu Qian to visit Yuyao's hometown, said that there would be a warm reception at that time, Xu Qian perfunctory a few words, answered.

The people below were all gathering for the carriage and horses under the mountain, but suddenly heard a scream from the bottom of the mountain, and it didn't take long for one

Covered in blood, the servants in green clothes and small hats climbed the mountain on the ground and shouted: "Murder, murder, it is the Japanese people, the Japanese people ......."

Hearing the word "widow", the faces of these ladies and sons changed suddenly, Xu Qian was also startled, and hurriedly said: "Widows? Where did the Japanese come from? Although it is not far from the coast, it is the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River after all, how can there be Japanese people? ”

At this time, the Japanese have not yet raged to the point of attacking the prefectures and counties at will, but it has already formed a great danger to the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many scattered Japanese robbing villages along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian, but after all, this is still a hinterland, although it is also coastal, but the Japanese people do not appear frequently, and now there are suddenly Japanese people, Xu Qian's brain is buzzing, of course he knows what it means, this is a matter of his life.

This little guy was held by Xu Qian by the collar, and said in the future: "There are seven or eight people, holding Japanese knives, very ferocious, and suddenly rushed up and killed many people, and they killed people in a very orderly manner...... When the villain fled up, four or five people had already died, and the rest of the people wanted to flee out, but they were divided into four or five people to chase them, only the people who went up the mountain, but they ignored them. ”

Catch a turtle in an urn.

Xu Qian suddenly realized that these robbers were by no means ordinary robbers, but came with a purpose, they only went to hunt down those fleeing servants, in order to prevent anyone from reporting the news; Without preventing people from going up the mountain, this shows that their target is the temple that goes up the mountain, and it may even be Xu Qian or Gui Zhi'er, or these sons.

This time...... It seems to have been pitted.

Xu Qian's face was hesitant, if he said that he was not afraid, it was fake, if it wasn't in front of people, he was afraid that he would have been scared a long time ago, but fortunately, he was a man in two lives, and he still had some guts, at this time he also realized that it was useless to panic, only by staying calm could he save his life.

Xu Qian was sorting out his thoughts, but the other sons and brothers had already made a mess, these people had just fought hard for wealth, but now they had become useless straw bales, but to Xu Qian's surprise, Gui Zhi'er actually maintained a surprisingly calm calm.

I only heard Gui Zhi'er say: "These widows must have been planning for a long time, and it is one of us who wants to kill." ”

Zhao Shang cried and said, "Cousin, it's better to ...... It is better for us to ask some people to go down and ask them what their purpose is, and if they are only seeking revenge, we will hand over the enemy to them, and if they are greedy for money, we also have silver. ”

Gui Zhi'er sneered: "You take it for granted, if people are looking for revenge, they must leave no traces and not kill all of us, what if we go to report to the official?" And if they rob money, why should they go out of their way and go deep into here? Besides, even if we want to plunder, we should not look for this sparsely populated place, the only possibility is that someone has already known our whereabouts, and secretly invited these Japanese people to come and kill people, no matter who their target is, once it falls into the hands of these Japanese people, we will have no life. ”

When Zhao Shang heard this, he shivered involuntarily, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

Gui Zhi'er glanced at Xu Qian, and seeing that Xu Qian was quite calm, she couldn't help but say with appreciation: "What does Xu Gongzi think he should do now?" ”

Xu Qian smiled bitterly: "The other party is seven or eight widows, and the people on our mountain are only afraid that there are twenty or thirty people, but ......" He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The monks in the mountains are old and old, and the young are few, so they are of no use, and the others, if I say something that I don't like, I am afraid that ten will not be worthy of this kind of habitual bandit who kills people and exfiltrates goods." ”

Gui Zhi'er frowned and said, "So, we are going to die?" ”

Xu Qian asked, "Is there only one mountain road down the mountain here?" ”

Gui Zhi'er shook her head and smiled bitterly: "There is only one way, besides, these people come prepared, even if there are other ways out, can they be so careless?" ”

Xu Qian sighed, and then asked Zhao Shang again: "What does Brother Zhao think it should be?" ”

Zhao Shang was so frightened that his calves trembled, and said, "I'...... I ......"

Xu Qian shook his head, and asked several other sons, these people were all useless, only when Xu Qian asked Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi didn't even dare to open his mouth, and said in the future: "Right now, I can only let people go down the mountain and ...... with them."

Xu Qian said: "Miss Fang Caigui has already said that even if we go to seek peace, we will die, don't you have any other ideas?" ”

Wu Zhi swallowed and spat, and said, "This may not be, it's better than sitting here and waiting to die." ”

Xu Qian suddenly smiled coldly at him and said, "I did think of an idea. ”

Wu Zhi couldn't help but ask: "Please also ask Xu Gongzi to speak out and listen to it." ”

Xu Qian grabbed him all of a sudden, and suddenly pulled out the imperial sword on his waist, and with a flash of coldness, the blade of the sword crossed a half-arc in mid-air, and then landed firmly on Wu Zhi's neck, Xu Qian sneered: "It's very simple, catch the masters of these widows and let them cast rat traps." ”