antique masters in modern times

From Sijiu City to Guangzhou, it takes a long time to take the train.In order to cast the net before Qi Feng, Murong Hui insisted on taking the plane.Yan You couldn't hold back him, and because of his recent cash shortage, he had to add another sum to his debts.However, he was full of confidence in his heart: when he came back, he would ask Chen Boyi to pick up the work, if the business was not good, he would sell the rose and purple gemstone, and he would definitely be able to pay off the debt in one go.

Of course, he didn't know at all, Murong Hui hoped that he owed as much as possible.Because from a certain point of view, being in debt is also a good expression of emotion. Take Yanyou's character as an example, if he is not a good friend, he will definitely pay back the money overnight.

Because he was afraid that the old man would be worried, Yan You didn't explain the truth to the old man, but only vaguely said that he would go to play earlier.

Yan You usually looks mature and prudent, but it is rare for him to open his eyes. Ying Lao only thought that he was a young man with a lively mind, so he waved his hand and let go, but he did not forget to intimidate: "Although in the past two years, the boss is no longer Clean up the sources of pollution in discos and nightclubs, but if you dare to get lost and don’t learn how to do it well, and mess around outside—hehe, when I was naughty, my grandfather told me a lot about the torture in the palace to scare me. It made me curious for many years, Don't let me catch the opportunity to practice."

During the period of the Republic of China, although the nightlife in Guangzhou was not as good as that in Shanghai, it was still very rich. I had heard about it in Yanyou back then.Hearing Lao Ying's warning, he said awkwardly, "Don't worry, I promise I won't mess around."

Elder Ying patted his lover's shoulder with satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Murong Hui.Before he could speak, the latter immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "I guarantee with my grandfather's character, I will be obedient, and I won't lead Xiaoyan down."

"Hmph, that old boy has no reputation at all." Old Ying insulted his old friend, but didn't say anything else.

Yanyou doesn't have a TV at home, and he is busy every day, so he hasn't read a newspaper for a long time.It can be said that apart from the Forty-Nine City, I don't even know what the rest of China is like now.This episode, on the contrary, made his curiosity unprecedentedly inflated, and he wanted to see what it looked like over there.

And Guangzhou did not let him down.Although, it may be because the county city was just withdrawn a few years ago, the municipal construction has not kept up, and some places even look desolate and dilapidated, which is far from the millennium heritage of Sijiu City.But probably because the policy has been loosened since the 80s, people here have gradually developed the business style of the older generation.

I saw neat shops or simple stalls abound in the streets and alleys, many of which are small commodities and small electrical appliances, which are not even found in Sijiu City.And the men and women who come and go are obviously more fashionable.

After leaving the airport and entering the urban area, Yanyou's eyes were never idle.While looking around, he even heard an older sister teaching his son who was a fool: "If you don't learn how to do business well, you will have to sit in an office to earn your salary in the future. You won't starve to death!"

The words from the heart made me smile.This city has been famous for its trade since ancient times. Although it is not as good as the Forty-Nine City at the moment, the cunning energy revealed by the fact that all people are engaged in business makes the city full of vitality.I believe that with time, it will be able to develop better.

Murong Hui had never been to Guangzhou before, so he followed Yan You and looked around, enjoying himself.While watching, I kept buying snacks. Although I always ended up "not as delicious as you made" after taking a bite, I never stopped buying.In the end, Yan You couldn't stand his behavior of being greedy and curious but wasting food, so he stopped him.

The original plan of the two was to go to the hotel to book a room first, and then go to visit the martial artist of the Murong family.But now that the interest came up, he changed his plan a little bit, looking for seniors while enjoying sightseeing.

Ever since he noticed the reactivation of the Anxiangmen, Murong Hui's uncle entrusted the old master Qin, who was far away in Guangzhou, to help with the investigation.Speaking of which, Master Qin was also one of the best masters in Murong's family back then.

With his ability, if he went to the United States and opened a martial arts gym under the name of Murong's family like other martial artists, he would definitely have a good life.But he firmly believed that fallen leaves return to their roots, and he refused to leave his hometown lightly, so he moved his family back to his ancestral home, quit the rivers and lakes, and lived a small life as ordinary people.If it wasn't that no one in the country was available this time, Murong Hui and others would not want to disturb these retired seniors.

However, it was the first time for Murong Hui to pay a visit because he had been in contact by phone before, and he didn't know the way.Fortunately, the urban area of ​​Guangzhou is not big at this time, and you can walk across it in an hour.After studying the map and asking pedestrians, although they still took a long way around, the two finally found their destination without spending much time.

However, the houses in this area are all old small one-story houses with earth foundation walls, and the house numbers on the outer walls have long since peeled off.Murong Hui put the address back in his bag, and was about to go door-to-door to inquire, but was stopped by Yan You: "Look, is it that one?"

Following Yanyou's fingers, he saw a small courtyard covered with bougainvilleas. At the door, there was a delicate girl in her early sevens and eight years old who was playing alone, but what she was playing was not playing with flower ropes or jumping rubber bands. It's not playing house.

I saw that she stacked a few red bricks first, and then put an unopened beer bottle on top.In the end, he posed with his feet and kicked with his calf.There was a muffled thud, and the bottle cap flew away, but the mouth of the bottle was not damaged at all, and even the body of the bottle was stable, not even a drop of foam splashed out.

This ingenuity is much more powerful than breaking bricks with steep hands.So Yan You said firmly: "This skill is amazing, it must be his family."

Seeing Yan You's admiring expression, Murong Hui couldn't help being a little confused: "Xiao Yan, I know a lot more than her."

"Sure, how old are you this year? If you can't even compare to a little girl, wouldn't it be a disgrace to your Wuzong name?"

Yan You didn't know that his casual statement of objective realization was a blow to Murong Hui.

So Murong Hui silently swallowed "I'll show you a show when I'm free" and said, "Then I'll visit Master Qin first, and you—"

"Don't worry, I understand the rules, I'll wait for you outside."

Originally, it would be rude not to enter the door, but firstly, Yan You is not a member of the martial arts, so it is reasonable not to visit; secondly, Murong Hui must talk about Wu Zong's secrets when he is going, so it is not appropriate for outsiders to be present.

He found a stone pier beside him and sat down, Yan You took advantage of the shade, and his eyes fell on the little girl unconsciously.The children in the neighborhood were all playing wildly together, and there was laughter from time to time. She looked and looked enviously, and became more and more depressed.

Because he suffered the disadvantage of not being able to martial arts back then, Yan You has an inexplicable affection for people who are capable of martial arts all his life.As soon as we met just now, my affection for this little girl who is so kung fu at such a young age soared.After looking at it for a while, I finally couldn't help but stepped forward to talk: "Little sister, are you from Master Qin's family?"

"Well, I'm the youngest of grandpa's granddaughters." The little girl had seen him and Murong Hui muttering for a long time, and then Murong Hui entered her yard again, and grandpa's laughter could be faintly heard from inside, knowing that they were not bad people. So there are questions and answers.

"Why do you play alone?"

Speaking of this, the little girl looked very frustrated: "They refused to play with me, saying that I was too fierce... I clearly showed my strengths to everyone according to my grandfather's words, but it was of no use at all. Usually I open I bought a beer bottle, and my grandpa and dad praised me for my ability, but they stayed away even further.”

Yan You's eyes drifted over the still foaming wine bottle, and he was silent for a while.

Seeing that Yan You seemed to be worrying about herself, the little girl asked: "Big brother, the advice my family gave me is useless, do you have any good ideas? Or, can you introduce new friends to me? I want to discuss martial arts with my friends."

Just about to speak, Murong Hui and several locals appeared at the door accompanied by the sound of farewell and footsteps.

A middle-aged man with a simple and honest face and slightly white hair walked in the front, and promised earnestly: "Don't worry, leave this matter to us, and we will definitely investigate and find out."

Seeing Murong Hui nod his head, he rubbed his hands again, and said embarrassedly: "My son is studying abroad, please take care of me."

"Where is Uncle Qin, this is what our family should do."

After saying a few words of thanks to Liubu, Murong Hui nodded slightly to this side.

Seeing his solemn expression, Yan You didn't want to talk to the little girl again, said goodbye hastily, then strode towards Murong Hui: "How?"

"A sudden situation. One of Qi Feng's confidantes they were monitoring before went home this morning and told his parents that he was going on a business trip. According to my inference, he may be planning to sneak out to sea,"

Yan You was startled: "So urgent? Isn't Qi Feng still on the way? How could they act without authorization?"

"Maybe there is something wrong that forced them to do this. The trouble is, we haven't found the wharf for this smuggling. It is said that there are at least a dozen or twenty women, which should be quite eye-catching, but we have found Less than half a clue."

In addition to several major ports built by the government, Guangzhou also has many small docks built by villages near the sea.In recent years, many stowaways have gone to Hong Kong Island through the latter route. It must be a fantasy to say that the villagers know nothing about it.For some quick-witted villagers, this is even a shortcut to making money.

The sporadic smugglers are still like this. A large-scale and organized "big hand" like Qi Feng who has trafficked two groups of women to the United States must have closer ties with the local villagers.Stakes are at stake, and no one is willing to cut off the money easily.It's no wonder that the Qin family, who have lived here for dozens of years, have been unable to find a clue.

If the police call the police, at most they can only catch Qi Feng and her subordinates, but they cannot get real evidence to bring down the real mastermind behind the scenes.Therefore, it is not within the scope of consideration to ask the authorities to send police forces to search for this route.

The two discussed for a while, and found that there seemed to be no other way but to carry out another carpet search, but maybe the day of smuggling would be tonight, and it would be impossible to simply run around all the coastal villages.

Murong Hui became angry and said: "At that time, we only found out that the matter was related to the fourth sister-in-law, but there was no real evidence to prove that the fourth sister-in-law Liang Zhenni did it all by herself, or did it jointly with the fourth uncle. Or I will let the younger sister-in-law Uncle went directly to deceive Sisao with words and asked her to confess herself!"

"What if she becomes cruel and refuses to admit to death first, then destroys the corpse and wipes out all traces?"

Yan You didn't mean to discredit Liang Zhenni, but just raised a possibility objectively.After the death that year, he knew that once those vicious people had no way out, they could do anything.Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, if Liang Zhenni kills herself in order to pick herself out, the consequences will be unimaginable.How many lives are there!

"If possible, ask your uncle to restrain her for questioning first, and prevent her from having any contact with the outside world. We must continue to search here, I think, so many people are locked in one place, there must be clues You can follow."

Murong Hui also realized the loopholes in this, and immediately agreed: "Xiao Yan, you should be more careful. I will contact my uncle right now, and go search with the Qin family when it's over."

"I'll go as well."

Murong Hui, who is usually submissive to Yan You, firmly opposes this time: "No, those people are too dangerous, you are just an ordinary person, you can't take risks. And I will do my best, what if I don't protect you well?" manage?"

Yan You also knew that with his own ability, doing these things with fists and feet would only slow down his legs, and if people were distracted from protection, it would reduce the efficiency even more.Then he backed down and said: "Okay, then I'll go to the hotel first, and Elder Ying gave you the phone number there before departure. If there is anything wrong, you can contact me immediately."

"Okay!" Without hesitation, Murong Hui threw the backpack containing clothes and sundries to Yan You, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back successfully!"

Watching Murong Hui disappear at the end of the long street, Yan You searched for a hotel alone with double luggage.As he walked, he wondered if he could be of any help.

But there are too few clues, and this matter mainly relies on manpower.After thinking about it for a long time, Yanyou found to his dismay that he couldn't intervene this time.The only thing to do now is probably to go back and wait for Murong Hui's call.

Realizing this, he sighed heavily.Immediately, he discovered that when his mind was out of control, he did not know where he had gone, and he did not see the sign mentioned by passers-by before.Realizing that he might have gone the wrong way, he quickly stopped a passerby, took out a map and asked again.

"You took a wrong turn. You should turn right at the first intersection to get to the Guangzhou Hotel. Now you are here—"

A kind pedestrian gestured to Yan You on the map, indicating the route.The little finger inadvertently crossed a certain place name, which immediately attracted Yan You's attention: that was actually the address of Zhong's company that he wanted to investigate, and it was less than a kilometer away from here!

Although he knew it was not a good time, Yanyou's heart beat uncontrollably.He couldn't remember how the pedestrian got there, his attention was completely focused on the name of the small building, his heart was surging and he hesitated.

Reason told him that the Zhong family seemed to have hooked up with a foreigner, and even had the idea of ​​the old man Ying, so the background must be not simple.It's best to wait until the matter of Anxiangmen is over and Murong Hui is free to investigate this matter together.

But the family that once had a blood feud is right in front of him. Even though Zhong Mazi is dead, his descendants are still doing the same thing, which has even harmed the people around him.How can Yan You resist and ignore him?

Fortunately, he is not an indecisive person. After struggling for a moment, he immediately made a decision: "I'll just go and take a look... just take a look and leave, so there won't be any complications."

Following the map and walking another kilometer, Yan You finally found the place.

That building is extremely ordinary, with red brick exterior walls, dense wires, and iron windows that are rusted and mottled due to age. It can be seen everywhere in the streets of Guangzhou, without any special features.

Yan You looked at it carefully for a long time like looking at the most precious antique.His eyes stayed on the closed windows on the fifth floor for a while, and finally he clenched his fists tightly, suppressing the urge to find out, and turned around to leave.

At this time, someone stopped him: "Little brother, are you here to visit relatives or to travel? Do you want to bring some souvenirs back? The porcelain that my cousin fished out in the sea is so rare. It's very face-saving to bring it home. Do you want to see it?" see?"

He speaks Cantonese Mandarin and enthusiastically solicits.Yan You had something on his mind and didn't want to talk to him at first.But when he heard the word "sea", he couldn't help but think of the matter of Anxiangmen, so he casually raised his head and glanced at it.

It was a small jug with extremely thick dirt and dust, and aquatic organisms such as snails and corals were attached to it.At first glance, the style is antique and quite ancient.

Seeing his reaction, the young man who stopped him became even more energetic: "Let me tell you, even though it is dirty, it is a very good thing. Do you know the allusion of Zheng He's voyages to the West? At that time, there were many businessmen attached to him. Their fleet went out to sea together, but some were unlucky, and the ship capsized before going far. The porcelain tea and silk satin that were sold in the West all sank into the sea. Tea and cloth must not be taken, but this porcelain But it is intact, and many were missed and not salvaged. My cousin is a fisherman, and he was lucky when he cast a net. You can see the corals and scales on it, which are proofs that they have sunk for hundreds of years on the bottom of the sea. .Bring one home, it's a good face."

What he said was specious, full of mistakes and omissions, and Yan You, who didn't want to talk to him at first, couldn't help but said: "First of all, Zheng He's trip to the West started in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, and it was not in Guangzhou at all. There will be people who are stupid enough to go out to sea in a small boat. Third, although Guangzhou is also one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road, it is not easy to find seabed porcelain in the offshore. Finally, it is your biggest flaw—”

As he said that, Yan You took the so-called undersea porcelain from the dumbfounded young man, stretched out his finger, and the coral on it suddenly made a slight clicking sound and began to shake...

"you--"

The young man's face changed, and he was about to reprimand him, but Yan You said impatiently: "It moves when you touch it, don't you even want to use glue?"

"How is it possible, I used the best 502 glue—" the young man blurted out, and suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Yan You didn't laugh at him, but just said lightly: "My boy, corals that have grown in the sea for hundreds of years can't be so small. Next time you and your accomplices make fakes, remember to buy a big coral first."

As he spoke, he glanced in a certain direction intentionally or unintentionally, then threw the things back to the young man and left.

Catching the fake in a hurry, the young man thought: "I heard that the coral grows very slowly, how much does it grow in a year? How long should it look like? It seems that I have to go to the library again..."

A shadow covered the top of his head, and the young man immediately stopped thinking about it, raised his head and suggested to the man: "Boss, that handsome guy just now is definitely a talent, do you want to poach him here?"