It was very late at night, the lights were turned off inside and outside the ward, and in the corridor of the intensive care ward, the only incandescent lamp also flashed a few times, and in that black and white room, Cheng Yubai opened his mouth.

"Liao Yifan went to find Zhao Qi last night."

Lao Zhang's back stiffened.

"Judging by your appearance, I guess you went to him today, and he didn't say a word, right? Thinking about it, with their shady relationship, how dare he go to Zhao Qi? Tell you more? ”

Liao Yifan doesn't want people to know that the engraved line series is the work of a gunman, and Zhao Qi doesn't want people to know that he is a gunman, so they shouldn't usually meet. As soon as "Autumn Mountain" came out, it aroused suspicion from many parties, Liao Yifan was frightened, and went to the door rashly in the middle of the night, Zhao Qi is not stupid, can't you guess the reason?

No matter how seamless the game is, there will be mistakes and omissions, not to mention that he has a unique style, and the matter of being a gunman will be revealed sooner or later. Cheng Yubai asked Lao Zhang: "Zhao Qi refuses to see you, do you think he is in a bad mood and doesn't want to see you?" Or are you afraid that it will drag you down, so I dare not see you? ”

Lao Zhang remained silent.

Cheng Yubai sighed gradually: "Do you really believe that the gas leak was just an accident?" "How can it be impartial, it just happened to be leaked on this day? Aren't Zhao Qi's performances suspicious enough?

How afraid was he that he didn't dare to see Lao Zhang and tried to commit suicide?

That night, after drinking a scoop, he had clearly untied the knot in the heart of the "Two Life Flowers", and Cheng Yubai also saw a sudden life towards death in his eyes. But when he mentioned the Baicai reform, the light in Zhao Qi's eyes quickly dimmed.

Zhao Qi kept saying that he couldn't do it, it turned out that Cheng Yubai thought that Liao Yifan was threatening him and forbade him to support him, but after thinking about it, Zhao Qi and Liao Yifan are clearly grasshoppers on a rope, sharing honor and disgrace, and no one can threaten anyone.

What ability does Liao Yifan have to intimidate Zhao Qi, and how can Zhao Qi be subject to Liao Yifan? Recalling Zhao Yan's panicked appearance that night, Cheng Yubai gradually sorted out the reason.

"Does anyone still know that Zhao Qi is using Liao Yifan as a gunman? Is this person Zhu Rong? ”

Cheng Yubai put his hands on his knees, turned his head to look at the man who was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed and pretending to sleep, "During this time, I have been seeking more support for the reform, and I have not taken care of many things in the association, and the results of the Moguan Cup were announced by Zhu Rong without my knowledge." ”

Lao Zhang's eyebrows moved slightly, but he still didn't open his eyes.

"If Zhu Rong knew that Qiushan was Zhao Yan's work, and made it public and named Liao Yifan, do you know what it means?"

Zhu Rong is warning Zhao Yan.

Cheng Yubai's voice sank, "Zhao Qi is really just a gunman?" ”

Liao Yifan is not enough to shake Zhao Qixiangsheng's thoughts, what can really shake him must be more dangerous characters and a worse state of affairs. There are many plagiarism and imitation in the circle, and the boundaries of artistic creation are blurred, free, and large

So far, there is no organization or law that can clearly judge the criteria, and how many people are still stained by fame and fortune.

At most, this is discredited, and the sin is not death. But Zhao Yan's fear has far exceeded the standard.

To put it bluntly, Cheng Yubai doesn't think that Zhao Yan's crime is as simple as being a gunman.

"Lao Zhang, you can doubt me, don't believe me, you can also be silent again and again, or wait for Zhao Qi to wake up and then negotiate and act, but time waits for no one, the National Exhibition is coming, El will be here soon, what kind of Zhao Qi do you want him to see? Maxima is not common, is Bole often there? What is the meaning of El to Zhao Yan, you know better than anyone else. Give him to me, and I'll do my best to protect him, no matter how much pickle there is, but if you hide it any longer, I won't know anything, and I can't guarantee you. ”

Cheng Yubai didn't know how many times he sighed this night, and it was the first time he sighed, "Lao Zhang, to put it seriously, maybe only you can save Zhao Qi now." ”

Lao Zhang finally opened his eyes.

He saw Liao Yifan today, and he knew what it meant to regret later, such a scum, expecting him to entrust Zhao Qi at a critical moment is tantamount to an idiot's dream. He dared to guarantee that as long as the matter of substitution was exposed, Liao Yifan would definitely use all his resources to splash dirty water on Zhao Yan.

What is the same door? That's probably it.

Is there any difference in that Cheng Yubai? He approached himself and Zhao Yan, didn't he have other plans? Using him to contain Zhao Qi, and in turn threatening Zhao Qi with him, are all the same raccoon dogs.

This is not a one-half multiple-choice question, Lao Zhang can't afford to gamble, and Zhao Qi can't afford to gamble, but in addition, does he have any other choice? He looked at Cheng Yubai, and Cheng Yubai also looked at him, what flowed between the two was the intersection of nearly ten years, and the years had polished them to be smooth, which was smooth and blurred their respective outlines.

Cheng Yubai didn't wait for a reply for a long time, and was about to speak, when the phone suddenly vibrate.

He glanced at the time, it was already half past two in the morning, how could Xiao Qi call at this time? He hesitated for a moment, then got up and stepped aside.

Xiao Qi's voice sounded exceptionally clear in the middle of the night, with a sense of coldness: "You know whose Wutong apartment is on Changshan Road, right?" Guess who I just saw coming out of it? ”

Cheng Yubai was silent, Xiao Qi cut off: "It's Gu Yan, I just said that she is familiar, think about it carefully, when I saw her in the Porcelain Association that time, the direction she came out seemed to be Zhu Rong's office, it turned out that they had known each other for a long time." ”

In the middle of the night, a woman came out of a man's apartment, what is the relationship between the two, there is no need to repeat it. Xiao Qi sighed, to be honest, in terms of the relationship between men and women, Zhu Rong really threw Cheng more than 18 streets.

"You said that Gu Yan came to him at this time, what kind of pillow wind was blowing?" Xiao Qi sighed while touching the way men and women get along, "Judging from this dedication, it's not your fault that the connections can't compare to him." ”

Cheng Yubai was silent.

Zhu Rong and him are the vice presidents of the Chunyuan Porcelain Association, and they usually have no less contact, he thinks he knows Zhu Rong's personality, until tonight he can't help but put a question mark, does he really know Zhu Rong? What kind of handle does he hold Zhao Yan? What kind of ulterior relationship does he have with Gu Yan? His network of contacts and relationships is too wide and dense, covering almost everything around him, that is, Xiao Qi, who was also his apprentice.

In the empty aisle, Cheng Yubai was embattled.

At this time, a voice came from behind him, and the voice was filled with frustration and resoluteness, and asked him: "Yibai, you said that you would do your best to protect him, is it true?" ”

Cheng Yubai said: "I can't guarantee you any results. ”

Before this phone call, maybe he was still seven or eight points sure, but after the phone call, he was bottomless. Zhao Qi is involved in Zhu Rong, when it comes to life and death, what kind of net is behind it?

He didn't want to create false hopes for Lao Zhang, and told the truth: "The reform has been deadlocked so far, and the biggest obstacle is Zhu Rong. ”

Lao Zhang looked disappointed.

Cheng Yubai walked back again, the incandescent lamp returned to normal, the light became brighter, Cheng Yubai kept looking at Lao Zhang, and only spoke after a long time: "Maybe a white name has been out all these years, right?" Unconsciously there is a gap between people. In the past, they always put the titles of locals and royalty on us, thinking that our relationship was unbreakable, but when something happened, it was as strong as a city wall, and it was shattered into powder. ”

"I'm white, I'm ......"

"You don't need to say much, sometimes I can't understand the relationship between people, maybe be a little more guarded, it's good for everyone. The fat man's shop has been plated out, and he will leave Jingdezhen in a few days, and he doesn't know when he will be reunited, if you are free, we will go to see him off together. ”

As for the rest, everything is in plain sight.

Cheng Yubai seems to have been proving what kind of person he is all his life, he says a lot of things, no one listens, he does a lot of things, he will be blinded, even he himself has to keep doubting himself, criticizing himself, and he can be at peace in the workshop day and night.

Of course, he can't blame anyone, but days like this make people feel tired after all.

After leaving the hospital, Cheng Yubai stood on the street, looking at the watery night, and fell silent.

At two or three o'clock in the morning, there were only sporadic figures on the road, occasionally homeless people were singing, or dancing in the night.

Later, the fat man left, and the loneliness was like quicksand accumulating, and finally he was widowed. This spring and summer, one journey after another, tired to the extreme, hating to fight with the sky.

He thought, since he wants to part, the mountains and rivers will not return, so he will simply say goodbye forever. Perhaps, as the old monk said, Cheng Yubai is destined to betray his relatives and be alone in his life, so what? He didn't care.

As long as he doesn't care, there's nothing he can't bear.

Three days later, the national exhibition arrived as scheduled.

The first day of the exhibition has not been officially opened to the public, and the participants are all leaders from all walks of life who have been invited in advance, such as Ruoer, Yuan Xishi, Wu Yi and Zhu Rong, etc., either the porcelain association masters, or the predecessors who have an extraordinary influence on the related industries, or He Dong and others, the famous mouths of the financial channel, and of course, the representatives of the major mainstream media in the provincial capital, as well as the founders of brands, studios and integrated stores such as Tao Xichuan and Sambaopeng, in short, it is a grand event about ceramics.

Xu Qing came early when the hall has not yet officially opened, she took the pass given by Gao Wen to the door first, to the main hall to see, full of famous products, the five famous kilns are Ru kiln, Ding kiln, Ge kiln, official kiln, Jun kiln's rare treasure bottle bowl lid is a variety of collection, Ming and Qing dynasties to Yongle porcelain, Wanli porcelain, Kangxi porcelain, Qianlong porcelain to the Republic of China and modern famous porcelain, also have their own style, it can be said that looking at the world, any exhibition hall, it is difficult to see such a complete variety and each has its uniqueness and malleability of ceramic treasures.

There are more than a dozen locked transparent display cabinets on the main booth, and the staff wearing cheongsam push the exhibition cart in front of Xu Qing one after another, and when they arrive in front of the display cabinet, they uncover the velvet cloth cover in the exhibition car in an orderly manner. Qing Qianlong pastel hollow turning bottle, ingenious workmanship, color and art are unique; Ru kiln azure glaze sunflower washing, cyan smoke and rain, unforgettable; Chenghua chicken bowl cup, exquisite, full of interest.

Not to mention Xu Qing, it is Xu Zhiliu, who has been dealing with the official kiln all day long, and he can't help but breathe when he sees the scene in front of him.

In the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of eunuch dictatorship was very serious, there were many eunuchs in the office, the household department and the imperial ware factory, they formed gangs all day long, engaged in internal divisions, and currying favor with the emperor and high-ranking officials was the most direct way to rise, and one of the more important links was ceramics, so the Jiangxi porcelain industry under the leadership of the eunuchs was a whole black miasma, and its situation at that time was far more than the Qing Dynasty.

After Tong Bin took the fire, the life of the porcelain people in Jingdezhen has improved slightly, and they can also devote more time and energy to porcelain-making, if the porcelain art technology in ancient times was at its peak and peak, he thought it should be the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, it is not an exaggeration to say that "the pottery house is heavy on the shore, and the boat sails cover the river day by day" is not an exaggeration, only a few tens of numbers can only glimpse the leopard, its real grand occasion is far more than this, and the Qianlong Emperor's personal preferences are clear, and there are some indescribable comparison desires, the task of the imperial kiln factory assigned below is like imitating the imperial porcelain of the Ming Dynasty Yongle and Wanli years, just like the common meal, the Tang and Song dynasties pushed and the famous kilns of the five dynasties ago They will also imitate. Imitation alone is not enough, it is necessary to break and innovate, and since then there has been the birth of new porcelain art such as pastel and enamel.

It was a prosperous era of everyone, Xu Zhiliu was influenced by the famous porcelain of the official kiln and the royal porcelain all the year round, and had already formed a picky aesthetic, and to any extent the craftsmanship and expression and even the most basic decoration and use, he would be examined by him one by one, he thought that he would not be moved by any prosperous era different from the Qing Dynasty, but when he really saw this scene, he was still moved.

The circulation of treasures itself has a vast and diverse meaning, and moving is a common human emotion, which can be simpler and traced back to the source, just because it exists.

They exist here and are here to stay.

Isn't that moving enough?

"I had a feeling like my heart was skipping a beat." Xu Zhiliu said frankly, "There is a strange beauty in this world, and I think it is not only brought by ceramics. ”

"I admit it." The hall is quaint, and the historical pictures behind it appear one by one, with fragrant clothes and sideburns, Jin Ge Iron Horse, fresh clothes and angry horses when I was young, and Jiangnan when I was white, the value of survival is far better than history and emotion. Xu Qing replied to him softly, "You see, even the cheongsam is so moving. ”

Xu Zhiliu smiled, and then saw Gao Wenjing slowly coming from a display case. She also wore a scarlet cheongsam today, all handmade, with a bold slit, combed sideburns and hair, with a breath of old-time beauty.

Gao Wen saw that Xu Qing was stunned, twisted her waist and asked, "Is it good-looking?" ”

"Beautiful."

"Is that because I'm good-looking, or is it good-looking?" Gao Wen winked at the chicken cup, "Cheng Yubai gave it, is it a surprise?" ”

Xu Qing was noncommittal.

"What's so embarrassing about this, let's know who looks better than the value, sometimes think about it, is it wrong to have money? You have to have money to have such a beautiful baby. ”

Gao Wen has been in the Propaganda Department for many years, and she has always said the same, and no one dares to do anything with her because of her family background, but this incident has made her think a lot, "At that time, Cheng Yubai said that he wanted to send the chicken bowl cup to Hong Kong for auction, but I was so angry, I said it badly, he didn't listen to a word, and in turn asked me to exchange the opening ceremony speech, I was greedy for profit, and scolded him from head to toe behind his back, thinking that this matter was ironclad, but I didn't expect him to chase it back in the end." ”

Gao Wen recalled her stupid appearance of surprise and joy at the time, and couldn't help but spit out: "If I didn't know that he was always virtuous, I would have thought that he deliberately teased me." Thinking about it later, is this a lot of kindness? Or is it that you can't understand your conscience, and suddenly you have some sense of national honor? I pondered for a long time, and I had an idea in my heart, I don't know if it's right or not, you give me a staff officer. Before the start of the internal investigation meeting, I had privately asked him if he had bribed Yuan Xi, and he could understand what I meant, although I couldn't give him a chance to give a speech at the opening ceremony, but I could make it convenient for him within my ability, as long as he was willing to recover the chicken cup. You know the nature of that internal investigation meeting, Zhu Rong wants to overthrow not the Baicai reform at all, but Cheng Yubai, once it is confirmed that he used the cooperation of colleges and universities to implement transactions and falsify votes, the Baicai reform will be stopped immediately, and he will also face an unimaginable turmoil. Normal people should be so frightened at this time that they don't dare to gamble at all, right? But guess what he said? He said that you are not bribing me like this? ”

What kind of person is Cheng Yubai who lives! How could he be so calm and so quick to turn against the guest? At that moment, she was scared into a cold sweat, and thinking about it afterwards, what kind of capital did Cheng Yubai have to be so crazy?

"What's even more strange is that according to the time calculation, he was already intercepting the customs to recover the chicken bowl cup at that time, but why didn't he tell me? Whoever sells me a good one, I'm not a person who doesn't know how to repay my kindness! ”

Gao Wen really doesn't understand, how dare he gamble on Baicai reform?

"There's only one possibility."

"What?"

Gao Wen glanced at her, suddenly approached, and blew into her ear: "Do you have a leg?" ”