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Lin Ji Antiques is located in the north of the city. Xie Qiao and Gu Wang turned a street, and saw a tall building rising from the ground, with extraordinary eaves and extraordinary style. The plaque hangs between the two lanterns, with gold characters on a black background, and the words "Linji Antique Shop", which are very eye-catching.

The north of the city is not the bustling city in this city, but there are people coming and going in front of this antique store, which is very lively.Xie Qiao and Gu Wang looked at each other, and were about to go in to find out. As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw a young man coming out with a slick smile on his face.He stretched out his hand to Xie Qiao and the others, and said, "Master, the shop rules, if you want to enter the shop, you have to give money to the villain first!"

Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows, and put a piece of gold in the boy's hand with a half-smile, and the boy weighed the weight of the gold, smiling even more like a blossoming flower.

He rolled his eyes, got closer, and said in a low voice: "The villain sees that you are an open-minded person, so I remind you. Our shop takes guests to different rooms according to the amount of rewards. You look like a foreigner. If you don’t understand our rules, you can go to the uppermost room if you add a few taels to your money, if you don’t add more, you will lose money!”

Xie Qiao smiled and looked at Gu Wang: "This is interesting." Then he took out another pin of gold, and the young man narrowed his eyes with a smile when he saw such a generous guest, he was about to go forward When I went to pick it up, I saw Xie Qiao put the gold in his hand, but didn't let go. He asked with a smile: "Is your boss in the uppermost room? The two of us come here to do business, so naturally we will return with a full reward. Come here for nothing."

The young man quickly nodded and said, "Yes! The uppermost room receives the most distinguished guests, and our boss will naturally be there. You, you will see it as soon as you enter!"

Only then did Xie Qiao let go, and the young man happily collected the money, then stretched out his hand inside: "Young masters, please! The villain will lead the way for you!"

Entering the door is the hall, the hall is full of people, just like the door, there are people coming and going, each guest has a servant to lead him to the floor and room he should go to.Looking up in the hall, you can see the floors. There are five floors in total, and each floor has dozens of rooms.

Xie Qiao narrowed his eyes as he watched those people entering and exiting the room, and then followed the boy upstairs with Gu Wang.

Unlike the noisy and noisy downstairs, the third floor was very quiet. The young man led them to the innermost part, and finally stopped in front of a room.There was a fat maidservant with big eyes parked at the door of the room. Seeing the young man, she asked, "How much?"

The boy gave Xie Qiao an apologetic smile, and then stretched out a finger to the maid.The servant girl snorted disdainfully, and didn't care about Xie Qiao and the others, so she pulled the boy's ear and cursed: "You dare to bring a guest of 100 taels here? Be careful that the master has skinned you!"

The little servant cried out in pain, and hurriedly said, "Gold, gold, it's gold!"

The maid was taken aback, and quickly let go of her hand. She opened the door, and immediately greeted her with a warm smile on her face, and waved her hand inside: "Please, please, my master is waiting for the two of you inside." Xie Qiao seemed She looked at her with a smile, but as if nothing happened, she added with a smile: "You two are lucky today, and there are few distinguished guests. Otherwise, you two will have to wait a lot to see my master." What's the time! Please hurry up!"

Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows, and entered the door together with Gu Wang - there is such an arrogant and slippery maid here, he wants to see who is the master behind it.

In the house, the fragrance of incense and tea is wafting, and there is the sound of the qin, but there is no one playing the qin, presumably hidden somewhere.An obese man was sitting at the table. When he saw Xie Qiao and the others, he didn't get up. He just squinted his small mung bean-like eyes and waved to them with a smile: "Please."

Xie Qiao smiled and sat down with Gu Wang.The man poured tea for them and said: "You two, what are you looking for here, just tell me."

"Oh? I have everything I want?"

The man chuckled and said, "Young Master, since you found us here, you should know that we have [-]% of the good things in this world, and the remaining [-]% are in the imperial palace in Jinling."

A gleam flashed in Xie Qiao's eyes, and he laughed twice, and said: "Then I'll get straight to the point. I came here because I heard that you have the tomb of Concubine Jing—it would be better if there is something else. See you." If you like it, I will naturally take it."

Hearing what he said, the boss stood up, made a gesture of invitation in one direction, and said, "Master is indeed a straightforward person, please come here."

Xie Qiao and Gu Wang followed the boss into the inner room.The house outside looks narrow, but the room inside is unique, and once you enter, your sight suddenly widens.As soon as Xie Qiao and Gu Wang entered the inner room, their pupils shrank.

I saw that the room was filled with all kinds of antiques, everything from pearls to wine cups, and the whole room was illuminated by those few pearls.There is a door at the end of the room. The boss pointed to the door and said, "We have a lot of things here. You can open the door after reading this place. There are more things inside. There are signs on our things. Where do you like them?" One piece, you just take the sign, and we will wrap it up for you later."

Xie Qiao put on a smile and cupped his hands: "Thank you."

The boss smiled and waved his hands: "You're welcome, you're welcome. Take your time, both of you." After speaking, he left the room.

When the boss went out, Xie Qiao let go of his smile and looked solemnly at the room full of antiques.

He looked at Gu Wang and said in a low voice: "The things here have been sold for at least two years, but there are still so many. I can't imagine how many ancient tombs the person behind has dug." how much money.

Gu Wang nodded, he walked to a place, took a pearl in his hand, looked at it carefully and put it down, then picked up a gold hairpin that was placed beside him, looked at it for a while, and said: "The little prince guessed right, He looked around the entire room as he said, his eyes swept over the objects: "The things here are indeed almost all true."

Xie Qiao nodded. If Gu Wang said that, he was probably sure. Although he had seen many good things, he was not good at it.Although Gu Wang's personality is very strange, he is well-known in Jinling for his love of antiques, and he is also very knowledgeable in distinguishing them. His brother sent Gu Wang to Yanzhou this time, probably because of this reason.

They pushed that door open, and there was indeed a room full of precious antiquities outside the door, and there was indeed a door in this room, and when they pushed it open again, it was still the same.Xie Qiao remembered the structure of this floor that he saw just outside, and said, "It seems that all the rooms on this floor have it."

Gu Wang nodded solemnly.

Xie Qiao took a few sticks and went back to the outside room with Gu Wang. The boss was still drinking tea leisurely there.Xie Qiao handed him the lottery, and the boss called someone and said: "Go and wrap up the things you want, and then settle the money."

The man obeyed the order and went down.Xie Qiao had a smirk on his face, and said: "I am really eye-opening today. However, I have a question, where did Boss Lin get these things?" After a pause, he smiled: "I There is no other intention, but all the things here are rare in the world. I am just curious, where did the boss get so many. To tell you the truth, my family is also in this business. If possible, I would naturally want to get in the hands of the boss line."

What Xie Qiao said was just to find out the bottom line, and he didn't expect to get the truth at all.Who would have thought that the boss waved his hand casually, and said with a smile: "I don't have such abilities. To tell you the truth, ninety percent of the things here are sent by Mr. Danqi who is next to His Highness Wang An! But this line Now, I'm afraid you won't be able to make it, our Highness is behind this shop."

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank.Even Gu Wang opened his eyes slightly in surprise.

"The boss is telling lies, right?" Xie Qiao was stunned for a moment and said, "If the owner of this shop is really His Royal Highness King An, why don't you shy away from it?"

The boss laughed twice and said: "Master Danqi said, this is Yanzhou, we naturally don't have to shy away from it, your lord has ordered, if someone asks you, you can tell the truth, with our Highness here, no one will make trouble." Pause Next, he said again: "However, in our business, it is taboo to ask the source, and few people would ask on weekdays. You are young, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! You are almost the first one to ask!"

Xie Qiao laughed twice, but a trace of doubt lingered in her heart for a long time.At this time, someone packed the things Xie Qiao wanted and brought them over. Xie Qiao took the things and gave the other party gold according to the price.After greeting each other a few more times, they bid farewell to Gu Wang.

It was evening outside now.The sky gradually darkened.

Xie Qiao took the bundle and walked down the street with Gu Wang.Gu Wang quickly said: "My lord, the case of Concubine Jing's tomb is closed."

Xie Qiao was not surprised when Gu Wang said this, but asked in a narrative tone: "Why did your lord say that?"

Gu Wangdao: "The handling of the case pays attention to the evidence of witnesses. Everything in the building is evidence, and the boss is the witness. With the witnesses and evidence, the case is naturally closed. If it is an ordinary case, the next step is to arrest people." gone."

Xie Qiao smiled: "You also said that only ordinary cases can get people." After that, he nodded again: "My lord is right, the case of Concubine Jing's tomb is indeed closed. But I don't plan to leave Yanzhou in a short time, what about my lord?" ?”

A flash of light flashed across Gu Wangqing's Danfeng's eyes, and said: "It's naturally the same for me."

Xie Qiao frowned slightly thinking about what happened just now: "There is still one thing I don't understand. It is reasonable to say that the business of buying and selling tombs should be as hidden as possible. Why is he so unafraid of his identity...King An is not that stupid..."

As he spoke, Xie Qiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "It's almost like someone deliberately wanted us to catch evidence of Wang An's rebellion..."

Gu Wang looked down at the road, and said a name: "Danqi."

Xie Qiao looked at him, Gu Wang said: "The boss said, it was Dan Qi who ordered them to do this, not King An."

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank: If you follow this line of thinking - that Dan Qi is most likely not from King An's person, but someone who is not from King An is with King An and does such an important thing for him. Who is it?

As they walked on the road like this, the sky was completely dark, and the lanterns on both sides of the road were lit one after another.Turning a corner, a white-haired old man was sitting on the steps of a house. The dim light of the lantern shone on the old man's face, like a ghost.

Her eyes were dull, she just tapped the ground lightly with a stone, murmuring something in her mouth.

Gu Wang sighed softly, and he and Xie Qiao approached the old man. They were so close that they finally heard what the old man was saying.

The old man was muttering a song:

"Yanzhou Yuanzhao 20 years ago, went out to cover the plain with bones.

The wronged souls can go to the bridge, but the villains still live in Jinyudui. "

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank: "Yuanzhao" is the reign name of the first emperor, 20 years——13 years ago.

13 years ago, Yanzhou——Xie Qiao was rapidly filtering information in his mind—what happened...