Urban Night Returner

Bodiless porcelain!Shen Gu is now allergic to the word bodiless porcelain, and when he hears it, he instinctively gets excited.

"Oh, this one's bodiless china, but Dad's never sure if it's real."

Shen Gu glanced at Wu Ying: "What do you mean?"

"This was given to Dad by my younger brother. The person who sold it to him said it was Ming blue and white flowers, but Dad felt that it was impossible to buy Ming blue and white flowers at this price, but what is the blue and white flowers on it, what Su or something—"

"Su Ma Liqing?"

"Oh, that's right, it's this Su Ma Li Qing. Dad said it was indeed used in the Ming Dynasty, but it may be a modern imitation. I'm not sure. But this plate is very beautiful, and it was given by my younger brother. , Dad likes it very much."

"Little brother?" Shen Gu glanced at Xiao Heizi, "Ms. Wu still has a younger brother?" Xiao Heizi said, Wu Ying is the youngest daughter, why does she have a younger brother?

"Oh, it's my father's adopted son, Zheng Li. His biological father was my father's colleague. He died while carrying out a mission, and his biological mother remarried. My father recognized him as his adopted son. But outsiders don't know much about it, and He moved out after graduating from college and is not at home now, just coming back every week to see Dad."

"Then do you know where Mr. Zheng bought this thing?"

Wu Ying hesitated for a moment: "My little brother said that a friend gave it away. However, I think the truth may not be the case. I guess it was bought through a friend... Dad hates reselling cultural relics the most, so my little brother won't say everything." If it were someone else, she would never talk about these things, but now looking at these old things, she felt a little uneasy, so she had no choice but to tell the truth, "Doctor Zhong, what's wrong with this plate?"

"Oh, I didn't say that there is something wrong with this plate, I have to look at it first."

Wu Ying almost choked, but Xiao Heizi saw the change in her expression, and hurriedly pulled her out: "Sister, I heard there was movement in Uncle Wu's room, let's go over and have a look, let them check slowly here."

Wu Ying was dragged out by him, and couldn't help but say: "Xiao Wu, are these two people reliable? Those things are all your uncle's favorite, if this-"

"Don't worry, sister, that's my team leader. If there's someone I can't trust, can I bring it? It doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong with the big brother, but if it is, my team leader will definitely be able to find out."

When Wu Ying left the room, Shen Gu slapped Zhong Lecen lightly: "Why are you talking like that? I don't think it made her face change with anger?"

"I'm just telling the truth. I haven't seen anything wrong here yet, so she kept asking and asking no one to see it? I don't know how all the things in this room came from. What's there to be nervous about?"

"Forget it, she doesn't understand. But this plate—is there a problem? To be honest, I was shocked by your 'bodiless porcelain', otherwise I really couldn't see anything."

Shen Gu said while observing the plate in front of him.The plate was indeed extremely thin, and it looked translucent under the light.The four sides of the plate are decorated with vine-like patterns, and a peach tree is painted in the middle, with nine peaches of different sizes scattered among the outstretched branches and leaves.The whole pattern is blue and white.Although Shen Gu doesn't know what Su Ma Li Qing is, but he can also tell that the blue and white color is rich and vivid, and the brushwork is vivid and vivid. No matter what age it is, as far as the porcelain itself is concerned, it should be considered top-grade.Moreover, each of the nine peaches has a hint of ripe red color, although the color is light but positive, and the blue and red flowers are added to make it even more vivid and beautiful.But other than that, there's nothing wrong with it.

"It seems that these peaches are a little lighter in color than the others." After all, Shen Gu has a pair of good eyes, but he just picked out the bones in the egg.On the right side of the plate, there are three peaches very close together, two large and one small, and the color is lighter than the peaches on the other side.

"It should be that the hair color is not enough." Zhong Lecen also stepped forward to take a look, "It's because you have good eyesight. If the color is not well haired, the value of the plate will drop a lot."

"What do you care about that? Now we want to see if there is any problem with this plate! Is there a fetal bone here?"

Zhong Lecen's eyes widened: "Do you think I have clairvoyance? This way I can also see if there is a fetal bone?"

"Then what do you think?"

"Unless you smash it."

Shen Gu was speechless.smashed?Let's not talk about whether there is a problem with this plate, even if there is a problem, it is someone else's, so you can smash it if you say so?

"Is there any other way?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head: "No. Or, take it for X-ray?"

Shen Gu was speechless again.Zhong Lecen smiled embarrassedly: "Actually bodiless porcelain is not rare now, if it wasn't for that female ghost, I wouldn't be so neurotic."

Shen Gu was about to speak, when there was movement in the living room, someone knocked on the door, and then Wu Ying's voice came: "Little brother is here?"

That Zheng Li?Shen Gu immediately pricked up his ears, only to hear a young man's voice: "Godfather is asleep?"

"Sleep. Sit down. Dad has nothing to do these days. You don't have to run here all the time. How is your business? Don't delay."

"It's okay, sister, I've made arrangements. Is there anyone in Dad's study?"

"Oh, Xiao Wu invited two people to take a look."

"Look? Look at what?"

"That..." Wu Ying was obviously a little embarrassed, "Those things happened one after another in our family these days, I'm afraid something happened, Xiao Wu invited two experts to take a look."

"Sister, why do you believe this too? Does godfather know?"

"Hey, isn't there a way? I didn't dare to let Dad know. You know he doesn't believe this."

"Who did you invite? I'll go in and have a look."

While talking, people have already entered.Shen Gu turned his head to look, the young man was probably less than 30 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he really didn't look like Wu Ying at all.The clothes are well-dressed, but what he wears is a military watch, and it looks very old. Although it has been carefully maintained, it still doesn't match the clothes at all.Shen Gu glanced at the watch and nodded to him.The young man was not very polite, and walked over directly: "Excuse me, do you see what's coming?"

Shen Gu glanced at him slowly: "I'm watching."

There was obvious disdain in the young man's eyes: "Really? Those two should take a good look, don't miss anything."

Zhong Lecen suddenly asked: "Mr. Zheng, right? You bought this blue and white nine peach plate?"

Zheng Li raised his eyebrows slightly: "I bought it, what's wrong?"

"Where did you buy it?"

"Bought it through a friend, what's wrong?"

Shen Gu didn't ignore the twitch of his eyebrows, and asked "what's the matter" every time he said a word, either to show that this person was disgusted with the question, or he was guilty of the question.Zhong Lecen didn't stop because of his tone, and continued to ask: "Why did you buy this? Is it an antique? Judging from the plate itself, there is no obvious age."

Zheng Li said impatiently: "My friend said it was from the Qing Dynasty. I don't care about the age. My godfather didn't collect things for the sake of being expensive, but for liking them. The pattern on this plate is very auspicious. Father's family is auspicious, so it's enough if the meaning is good, how about it?"

"Oh." Zhong Lecen acted like a complete layman on antiques, "Why is Tao Zi wishing the family good luck?"

Zheng Li became even more impatient: "Peaches mean auspiciousness. There are nine people in the godfather's family, and there are nine peaches, isn't it just right? Do you understand?"

Wu Ying stood at the door with a distorted expression.She had heard Zhong Lecen's evaluation of these collections just now, she was obviously an expert, why did she talk like this now, she didn't even know that peaches represent auspiciousness in Chinese customs?Or are they deliberately playing tricks on the younger brother?

"Mr. Zhong—" She wanted to interrupt the conversation between the two sides.For some reason, the younger brother seems to have no affection for these two people at all.In fact, she promised Xiao Heizi to invite these two people, but she went to the doctor in a hurry. Now that the two people didn't say that they saw anything, she lost her patience a little. It's just for Xiao Heizi's sake, it's not good. Just pull your face down.Her child is still in the hospital, and if the two of them are just here to make soy sauce, or if the family's problems really don't lie in these, she doesn't want to accompany them.

"Xiaoying?" A voice came from the bedroom, and Wu Ying's face changed: "Dad is awake. Xiao Wu, don't say what these two do, remember."

"Sister, I'll go with you to see your godfather." Zheng Li looked at Zhong Lecen disdainfully, and followed him out.

Little Heizi patted his head in embarrassment: "Brother Shen, Brother Zhong, don't worry about it. Uncle Wu doesn't believe in these things... No wonder, I didn't believe it before. I haven't seen it with my own eyes. After all, it's hard to believe it." ?”

Zhong Lecen nodded: "I know. Because they don't believe it, they always hope that we can produce some evidence right away, but I'm really not sure where the problem is. In this way, we will also meet Mr. Wu first. "

Mr. Wu's real name was Wu Shi, and he was probably named after Su Shi, but it was changed to Wu Jun during the Cultural Revolution, which means supporting the army and building the army.Of course, the meaning of Wu's surname seems to have changed a bit when the military character was added to it, but I probably didn't think about it that much at the time.He was a bit different from Zhong Lecen's imagination. He thought that a soldier who had served in the army should be a bit aggressive, but Wu Shi looked like a scholar, with snow-white hair and a thin man. He was wearing a moon-white Tang suit. It's a bit of a fairy tale.Hearing that Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen are Xiao Heizi's colleagues, they came to see him specially, and Shen Gu is a retired special soldier, the old man was very happy, and asked his daughter to make tea: "This is good tea, Xiao Li brought it from Hangzhou. of."

The tea was fragrant, Zhong Lecen picked it up and took a deep breath, nodded and said, "It's really good tea, authentic Shifeng?"

Wu Shi's eyes lit up: "Oh, Comrade Xiao Zhong is an expert. It is indeed Shifeng Longjing, and Xiao Lituo got it from the place of origin."

Zhong Lecen took a sip: "The water is a little bit old, and mineral water is not really suitable for making tea. It would be better to use mountain spring water."

Wu Shi laughed loudly: "Well, Comrade Xiao Zhong is really an expert! Xiaoying doesn't understand tea, so every time she washes it with mineral water, the good tea is also spoiled, haha."

Wu Ying smiled awkwardly, not knowing whether to thank this Zhong for finally making his father laugh, or to curse him inwardly.

Wu Shi's things are not going well these days, and there are finally two young people who can talk at this meeting, and they talk a lot more than usual.Talking about the military with Shen Gu, and talking about tea and porcelain with Zhong Lecen, smiling all the time.Wu Ying looked at his father's smile for a while, and sighed secretly in his heart-forget it, just because these two people can make his father smile more, even if it is a magic stick, it is worth it.

The three talked for a while, Zhong Lecen flipped the tea leaves off the cup lid, and said casually: "Is this teacup made of blue and white porcelain? I think it's a bit old, at least it should be from the late Qing Dynasty."

Wu Shi laughed again: "Yes. So Comrade Xiao Zhong is not only a confidant in tea, but also knows porcelain. It was almost smashed when it was old, but those people didn’t understand this set of tea sets and piled them up in the corner of the kitchen before escaping.” When he talked about that era, he felt embarrassed.

Zhong Lecen nodded: "Yes, a lot of good things were really destroyed at that time, and it's hard to find them now. But I just saw that there are still some rare copies in your study, are they also handed down from your family? Fortunately, they are preserved. "

"Oh, have you read it in my study?" Wu Shi was a little surprised.

Wu Ying glared at Zhong Lecen, and said with a forced smile: "Dad, Xiao Wu said that these two are very knowledgeable about these things. I heard that you have some rare copies, so I want to take a look."

Wu Shi didn't mean to be displeased: "Well, there are not many young people who like these things. Most of them say they like it, but in fact it's because these things are valuable, and they don't really understand them."

Zhong Lecen followed his meaning and said: "Yes. In fact, when it comes to collecting, it really doesn't matter whether the things are expensive or not, it all depends on whether you like it or not. As long as you like it, what is the value? It smells like copper."

Wu Shi nodded again and again: "Well said, well said! So I collect things, as long as they are well made, it doesn't matter what year they are? Even if it is a bamboo mat used by Confucius, it is the same if it is rotten. .”

Zhong Lecen laughed at what he said: "You are so right! Oh, I just saw that there is a bodiless porcelain blue and white plate in your study, it must be imitated from the Ming Dynasty? Quite authentic."

Wu Shi was very surprised: "You really know a lot, and you also study antiques, right?"

"I can't say it's research, but I like it more. Sometimes I read some books on this topic to understand."

Wu Shi laughed: "Be humble, be humble. It is impossible to tell what kind of blue and white porcelain is made of Su Mali green material only by reading the book, not the real thing. That was bought by Xiao Li for my birthday. , blue and white nine peaches, it’s auspicious. And even though it’s an imitation, the workmanship is really beautiful, the blue and white are red, the porcelain is thin and glazed, and the hair color is good. As long as you don’t care about the age, it can be regarded as a treasure.”

Zhong Lecen's eyebrows twitched suddenly.Shen Gu sat next to him, saw it at a glance, and was wondering what he was thinking, when Zheng Li's cell phone rang suddenly, he picked it up and listened for a while, then said to Wu Shi: "Godfather, there is something wrong in the company , I have to go over there."

Wu Shi waved his hand: "Go first if you have something to do. I'm in good health. You don't have to come to see me every day. There are so many things in the company. If you run like this every day, your health won't be able to handle it. Go quickly."

Zheng Li nodded, stood up and walked towards the door.There was a picture of mountains and rivers hanging at the door, which was mounted in a glass frame. Zheng Li passed by, and his face flashed on the glass.At that moment, Shen Gu found that his expression was completely different from just now, his brows were tightly furrowed, his lips were tightly closed, but he quickly walked past the painting, and Shen Gu only caught a glimpse of it, and could not fully distinguish it. Li has already opened the door and left.

No one else in the living room noticed Zheng Li's expression. Wu Shi and Zhong Lecen were still talking about the bodiless porcelain plate: "I really like that picture. There were ten people in our family at the time, and I thought, isn't this ours?" Family, I am like that tree, and their nine children are like those nine peaches... Alas, but now..." Although he and Zhong Lecen had a happy chat and temporarily forgot about the sad things at home, they still couldn't get rid of them , Now thinking of the eldest son who has passed away, the second son and grandson who are still lying in the hospital, the joy just now is gone.

Wu Ying quickly comforted him: "Dad, don't think about it, it's time to eat, how about Xiao Wu and these two staying together?"

Wu Shi cheered up: "Together together, eating with more people is the most lively."

The meal was quite relaxed, Zhong Lecen only talked about antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and never mentioned anything about the Wu family, until he got up to say goodbye, it was finally a good time for the host and guest.

After leaving Wu's house, Xiao Heizi was a little frustrated: "Brother Zhong, don't you see anything wrong?"

Zhong Lecen pondered for a moment: "Heizi, do you know the relationship between that Zheng Li and the Wu family?"

Xiao Heizi immediately cheered up: "What, is there a problem with Zheng Li? I heard that his father was Uncle Wu's subordinate when he was the police chief. Zheng Li was only ten years old when he died. His mother remarried. adopted."

This is no different from what Wu Ying said, Zhong Lecen shook his head dissatisfied: "It's too simple. Can you ask for more details?"

"Of course I can. I'll inquire. But Brother Zhong, do you mean that Zheng Li has a problem?"

"I can't come to a conclusion yet, but—in short, you should inquire first, I have to think about it again. If there is anything wrong with the Wu family, please tell me right away."

"Okay. Then I'll go first."

Shen Gu waited for little Heizi to leave before saying, "What did you think of?"

"Did you hear Mr. Wu talking about that plate?"

"I heard, he said that plate is a treasure."

"No, he said the plate was fully colored."

"Oh--" Shen Gu suddenly understood, "But you said that the plate was not colored enough. Didn't the old man see it?"

"Do you remember? Papa Bingbing said that when he went to get that sign--"

This time, Shen Gu understood without waiting for him to finish speaking: "He said there was a blue plate with peaches in the window? Could it be this one?"

"It's not impossible!"

Shen Gu thought quickly: "Mr. Wu should be an expert. If the color of the plate is not enough as you said, wouldn't he not be able to see it? Or is it because Zheng Li is next to him, he said so on purpose? "

"Oh, there is also this possibility..." Zhong Lecen hesitated a little, "Maybe it's not such a coincidence..."

"Whether it's a coincidence or not, let's list all the possibilities that come to mind, and then analyze them. Tell me, what else do you think of?"

"I didn't think about Zheng Li at the time. What I thought was that Mr. Wu said that the plate was full of color, so maybe when he looked at it, it was indeed full of color."

"Then why when we watched—" Shen Gu suddenly understood, "Three peaches, three people?"

"Yes! That's what I thought at the time. Why are there three peaches in the Wu family who are involved in something now? It's just that this can't be used as evidence now."

"Do you know what Zheng Li looked like when he left?"

"expression?"

"Isn't there a landscape painting hanging at the door? When Zheng Li left, I saw his face on the glass. Although it passed by in a flash, the expression--unless something serious happened in his company, otherwise, it would be nothing. Something's wrong."

"Then ask Heizi to find out what's going on in his company. What do you think his expression means?"

"It's not easy to draw conclusions. But he is so respectful and smiling in front of Mr. Wu, and changes his face as soon as he turns his head. If there is nothing wrong with the company, then there is a real problem."

"But we can only wait now."

"Wait for the fourth person to have an accident?"

"Yes." Zhong Lecen was a little depressed, "Only if something happens to the fourth person, we can confirm whether there is anything wrong with the plate."

"Why is this different from what we've encountered before?"

"You mean—"

"I mean, why can't we see the problem? You said I have yin and yang eyes, but in the case of Bingbing, I only saw red moles, but no ghosts at all. And this plate, even though we are almost There must be something wrong with the plate, but there is nothing wrong with the plate itself."

Zhong Lecen pondered: "I think this may be because this plate is a curse."