Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao was waiting on the roof when he saw Yin Hou walking into the courtyard with his fourth son.

Because the trees in the courtyard were tall and dense, Zhan Zhao and the others were far away, their sight was blocked, and Yin Hou's figure could not be found soon.

Zhao Pu was curious, "Where is the old man going?"

"Did you find something?" Bai Yutang also felt strange.

Zhan Zhao was even more puzzled, "Grandpa never likes to meddle in other people's business, so maybe he found some clues that he finds interesting."

……

Let's talk about the courtyard, the fourth son ran a few steps on the cobbled path, stopped and stared at a rare orchid.

As Yin Hou walked, he also looked at the layout of the courtyard and the flowers and plants in the courtyard, all of which revealed a kind of elegance and nobility... Those carefully planted potted plants are even rarer.

Walking in the courtyard, Yin Hou had an inexplicable illusion, especially those pots of orchids... are rare species, and they have the feeling of a royal garden.The fourth son looked fresh, and pointed to a pot of weird flowers and asked, "What kind of flower is this, Yin Yin?"

Regarding flowers and plants, Xiao Sizi knows better than ordinary adults, but he has never even seen these strange flowers in books.

Yin Hou said, "This kind of flower is called Lanshe, because it looks like a blue house."

"Really!" Little Four looked carefully, those blue flowers were hanging on a long blue stem, the flowers were shaped like a lot of little blue houses hanging on the top and bottom.

The fourth son pointed to a pot at the back, "Is that a banyan tree? It's different from the common ones!"

"That is a banyan tree." Yin Hou said, "This tree is about six to seventy years old."

The fourth son opened his mouth wide, "Is it still such a small tree after so many years?"

Yin Hou nodded, "The banyan tree is one of the longest-lived trees. It can live for thousands of years. The royal family especially liked it. In my hometown, this kind of tree is called the family tree..."

"Family tree?" The fourth son looked up at Yin Hou.

"It means that the family is passed down from generation to generation, and it is endless." Yin Hou said in a low voice.

"Where is Yin Yin's hometown?" The fourth son asked curiously, "Isn't it in Changzhou?"

Yin Hou smiled slightly, and said slightly dissatisfied, "My stupid son-in-law is from Changzhou."

The fourth son wanted to ask something, when he heard a "click, click" sound not far away.

Yin Hou looked in the direction of a nan tree in front of him.

The fourth son felt that this voice seemed familiar... Where did he hear it?

As the voice became clearer, I saw an old woman, leaning on a cane, walking unhurriedly from the path behind the tree.

When the fourth son saw the old lady, he was taken aback...it looks familiar!Then he immediately remembered that he and Bai Yutang had met this old lady on the way back from Yaojia Village that day.The fourth son is not stupid, Bai Yutang wanted to find this old woman that day, but she walked too fast and missed him. This person has the same characteristics as the person in the portrait, so they may be relatives!

The fourth son opened his eyes wide and stared at the old lady. Seeing that the old lady was also looking at him, he hid behind Yin Hou and continued to look at Yin Hou's clothes.

The old woman saw the fourth son at a glance, and smiled slightly, "We are quite destined."

Yin Hou looked at the old woman and was a little surprised... First of all, Yin Hou was sure that he didn't know her, and he didn't have much impression of her face and outfit.Secondly, Yin Hou realized that this old woman had quite deep internal energy, which was not inferior to Jiuniang's level... What's the reason?So powerful martial arts?

Finally, Yin Hou noticed the shawl on the old woman's shoulders.

It was a gray shawl, which looked a bit worn out, it must have been old... Although the shawl was torn, the material was of high quality... Coupled with these rare flowers, Yin Hou felt that the old lady might be born noble... Even if It is not noble, but it must be extremely rich!

The old woman looked at the fourth son for a while, then raised her head to look at Yin Hou.

The moment he saw Yin Hou, the old man froze slightly, then frowned and looked carefully.

Yin Hou observes from her expression... Could it be that he knows himself?

The fourth son also raised his face to look at Yin Hou, do they know each other?

Yin Hou is troubled. After all, he has lived for more than 100 years, and he has met countless people, and there are not many people who are not old like him and Tianzun. If they met each other seven or eighty years ago, it is hard to guarantee that they will grow old. I know myself, but I don't know others.

The old woman looked at Yin Hou for a long time, then looked away, leaned on a cane and went to a wicker chair beside her, and pushed a dozing three-coloured cat on the wicker chair.

The cat jumped off the chair with a "meow", stretched its waist, and walked slowly towards the direction of Xiao Sizi and Yin Hou.

The old lady sat on the rattan chair, smiled, and shook her head, "In my lifetime...we can meet again."

Yin Hou slightly raised his eyebrows—do you really know each other?Can not remember.

The fourth son looked up at Yin Hou, and Yin Hou looked at him with amusing eyes, as if he was saying——Zun Zun said you have so many rotten peach blossoms...

Yin Hou was speechless.

The old lady put the cane aside, waved to the fourth son, and said to the distance, "Go and get some refreshments."

After a while, a little girl ran over with a tea tray, put it on the coffee table, glanced at the fourth son, and ran away again.

Yin Hou noticed that the little girl was not weak in martial arts, her age and internal strength felt similar to that of Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er, so she couldn't help but glance at the old woman again... What's her background?

Yin Hou suddenly felt that he might need that old ghost to come over and help him identify someone... Thinking of the day when he also wanted to ask Tianzun for help in identifying someone, Yin Hou also felt speechless.

On the distant roof, Zhan Zhao anxiously scratched his head.

Seeing him swaying left and right in a panic, Bai Yutang grabbed him, "Stop shaking, the roof will collapse if you shake it any longer."

Zhao Pu followed behind and nodded, and the two in front thought he didn't exist anymore...

Zhan Zhao was anxious, "Grandpa seems to be talking to someone? It's blocked by a tree!"

……

The old lady called the fourth son over to have tea and snacks.

The fourth son ran over and sat down at the coffee table.

The old lady peeled oranges for him.

The fourth son asked her, "Mother-in-law, do you know each other?"

The old lady smiled slightly, glanced at Yin Hou, and said, "Well, he saved my life, but he certainly doesn't remember me."

Yin Hou was even more puzzled—saved her life?

"By the way..." The old lady looked at Yin Hou and asked, "Where's that girl who wants to stand up for you without her life?"

Yin Hou was slightly taken aback, looked at the old woman for a long time, and said, "My wife has passed away."

The old lady nodded slightly, and asked again, "Do you have any children?"

Yin Hou nodded, "Daughter and grandson."

"Very good." The old lady seemed very relieved, changed the subject, and asked, "Do you know...where did those people in the Valley of the Lost Souls go?"

Yin Hou frowned, "The Valley of Lost Souls... it happened more than 60 years ago, I met you then?"

"Yes." The old woman nodded, "My surname is Cui."

Yin Hou was taken aback, "Are you Cui Hai's descendant?"

"Cui Hai is my grandfather." The old woman said, "My name is Cui Miao, remember?"

Yin Hou looked at her for a while, then nodded, "Oh...probably."

The fourth son was even more curious.

The old woman stuffed a peeled orange into his hand and said to her, "I was 14 years old that year, my grandpa was too rich and capable, and for various reasons, it brought disaster to the family, and the Jianghu people wanted to drive us all to death .”

The fourth son held the orange and opened his mouth wide.

"There are more than 100 members of our family, hiding at the bottom of the Valley of Lost Souls, and being besieged." The old woman continued, but there was not much expression on her face, neither sadness nor anger. Let us have a few children, and then he came and saved our lives." The old woman said, pointing to Yin Hou, "It's clear that I still don't get along with my grandfather... Do you think it's interesting, and I will kill you in the end Those who save you are your usual friends, but those who save you are your enemies."

After all, the fourth son was still young, so he was shocked to some extent, especially when the old woman said in a flat tone, her family had more than 100 people, and only a few children died...

"You came to Kaifeng to take revenge?" Yin Hou asked.

The old woman was stunned for a moment, she seemed to find it quite interesting, she shook her head, and asked Yin Hou, "I won't wait until today to get revenge... Do you believe in karma?"

Yin Hou didn't speak.

"Those people in the Valley of the Lost Souls were later buried alive." The old woman said in a flat tone.

It was the first time for Yin Hou to hear, "Buried alive?"

"Yeah!" The old woman nodded, "It's really interesting to say, when you went to Chanyue Ridge, they were lying in ambush in the shade of the mountain and wanted to attack you... But it rained for a long time before, and you Suddenly there was a fight with someone in Qianshan."

Yin Hou thought for a while, then shook his head, "I didn't fight with someone, it was Tianzun and Kong Yue who fought...Kong Yue was kicked into the mountain wall by that old ghost, and half of the mountain collapsed."

The old woman laughed, "The mountain collapsed halfway before, but then the mountain sank completely. The shaded side of the mountain sank halfway, and those people were buried inside."

Yin Hou inexplicably felt a little speechless, Tianzun's kick actually helped the Cui family to avenge the destruction of the family.

"After I heard about this, I wanted to go and see what happened to the Chou family. Guess what I saw when I went to Chanyue Ridge?" the old woman asked with a smile.

Yin Hou frowned.

"There are a lot of tombstones and waxed paper money on the side of the mountain collapsed, and the orphans and widows are crying and worshiping." The old woman sighed, "In the end, their female relatives are just like my female relatives. In the end... what revenge can I avenge?"

Yin Hou walked to the side and sat down without speaking.

……

"Did Grandpa sit down?"

In the distance, Zhan Zhao tilted his head, tried his best to stick to the roof tiles, and finally saw half of Yin Hou's figure, "Who is he chatting with?"

Bai Yutang held his chin, but looked at the other side. In the mansion over there, Tianzun didn't know if he had already bought all the red jade in their shop to delay time for Yinhou, and he was trying to pick white jade at the moment. Woolen cloth.

And Ayi's aunt kept looking out.

Xigulu was at the end of his convenience, sitting on a stone bench in front of the hut and yawning, wondering why the fourth son was so slow?Is it constipation?

……

On the roof, Zhan Zhao leaned forward, as if he wanted to go over, "I can't wait..."

It's just that before he jumped out of the roof, Bai Yutang grabbed him by the collar of his neck.

"Can't you see Yin Hou!" Bai Yutang held down the frizzy cat, "Grandpa is so reliable, why are you afraid that people will bully him?"

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and grabbed the tiles on the roof, making a "thud, thud, thud".

Zhao Pu covered his ears, Bai Yutang was helpless, what a cat...

After listening to the old woman's words, Yin Hou probably had a certain understanding of the ins and outs, and asked, "Then what are you doing in Kaifeng?"

"Come to do business." The old woman smiled meaningfully, "Is there a Huangshi jade shop?"

Yin Hou is clear, no wonder it is called "Huangshi" Yupu.

"Mother-in-law." The fourth child put the half-eaten orange aside, took out a picture from his purse, and handed it over, asking, "Is this person your relative?"

The old lady took the picture, opened it and looked at it... she saw that there was still some wall dust on the back of the drawing paper, and on the drawing paper was the picture she saw that day.

The old woman asked the fourth son, "Is this taken off the wall? You still carry such a picture with you as a child? Do you know this person?"

"I don't know it, but this one fell off the wall." The fourth son picked it up by the wall just now, and thought that if the portrait was thrown on the ground, someone would step on it, so he put it in his purse and prepared to go home and find some paste to paste it on. superior.

The old woman smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to touch the head of the fourth son, and said in a low voice, "I saw you with that young man the other day, and that young man was good at martial arts, and I didn't want to cause trouble, so I didn't say anything... ...the man may indeed be from my family, but I'm not sure."

"Is he a descendant of the Cui family?" Yin Hou asked.

"Maybe." The old lady slowly took a sip from her teacup, "When we were a group of orphans and widows in exile, we were dispersed and never reunited. When I saw that portrait in the city that day, I felt like It's the Cui family... Thinking about my Cui family's fate, the descendants suffered disaster at such a young age, I just feel a little emotional."

Yin Hou nodded, stood up, and waved to the fourth son.

The fourth son wanted to put away the portrait, but the old woman asked, "Can you give it to me?"

The fourth son nodded, gave the portrait to the old lady, and ran back to hold Yin Hou's hand.

Yin Hou said to the old woman, "Excuse me." He took the fourth son and left.

The old woman watched Yin Hou leave the courtyard and sighed softly.

……

Yin Hou went out of the courtyard, called Xigulu who was confused at the door of the hut, and came to the front.

At this moment, Tianzun almost sold out his jade shop, and this time he was drinking tea... Seeing Yinhou came back, Tianzun stared at him with a teacup—too slow, old ghost.

Yin Hou glanced at him and said quietly, "This business belongs to Cui Hai's family."

"Pfft..." Tianzun spat out a mouthful of tea.

Ah Yi's aunt looked up at Yin Hou in surprise, and then at Tianzun.

On the opposite roof, Bai Yutang was puzzled, "What did Grandpa say?"

Zhan Zhao was also puzzled, "Tianzun's sip of tea is so full!"

Zhao Putting his chin on the side and yawning - it's not good yet.

Tianzun jumped up on the spot and shook his hands, "Oh! I'm going to die, my hands are going to rot!"

Young woman surprised.

Tianzun ran out disgusted with his face, muttering while running, "Wash your hands, wash your hands..."

The fourth son and Xigulu looked at each other—what's the matter with Tianzun?A white shadow flashed and there it was!

The young woman looked at Yin Hou with her mouth open.

Yin Hou stretched out his hand to pick up the ring that Tianzun showed him just now, and said, "Buying this one is enough."

"Oh..." The young woman nodded.

When Yin Hou saw that she was packing the jade ring in a brocade box, he asked, "Is it okay to sell burial jade like this?"

The young woman was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled lightly, "This is originally from my Cui family!"

Yin Hou nodded, didn't say much, picked up the money bag that Tianzun still had on the table, took out the silver to pay, took the jade ring, and left the Huangshi jade shop with the fourth son and Xigulu .

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hurriedly jumped down.

Zhao Pu stood up and stretched. Just as he was about to follow, he felt someone staring at him from afar... Turning around, he saw no one.

The Ninth Prince rubbed his chin—someone was secretly watching, and he was still cautious...

Zhan Zhao ran up to grab Yin Hou.

Bai Yutang looked forward, his master had long since disappeared, what stimulated him?

Yin Hou took the jade ring to Zhan Zhao, and returned the money bag to Bai Yutang, saying to Bai Yutang, "You, when you go back, your master will beat you."

Bai Yutang was shocked.

Zhan Zhao was also shocked, and quickly pulled Bai Yutang to his side, and asked Yin Hou, "What's the matter?"

"It's a long story...Have you ever heard of Cui Hai?" Yin Hou asked.

"Cui Hai..." Zhan Zhao felt familiar.

Bai Yutang seemed to have heard of it too.

Zhao Pu leaned over and asked, "The first cut in the royal family?"

Yin Hou nodded.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, "From the rivers and lakes?"

Bai Yutang also touched his chin—the first cut...

Zhao Pu clicked his tongue twice, "His knife is not a murder knife, but a carving knife."

"Carving..." Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then remembered, "Ah! There is a carved jade wall in the palace, signed by Cui Hai."

Bai Yutang also remembered, "Cui Hai... I seem to have heard from Bai Fu that Cui Jiayu is more valuable."

"Isn't the reminder family dead?" Zhao Pu asked, "Is there still a living?"

Yin Hou nodded and said to Bai Yutang, "The old woman you met that day is Cui Hai's granddaughter."

Bai Yutang was rather surprised—the identity was already revealed?

On the side, Sizi still held half an orange in his hand, and nodded to Bai Yutang.

"What happened to Tian Zun?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Yin Hou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Cui Hai is the most loyal to the royal family in his life. All his works, jade carvings, stone carvings, and wood carvings are all made for one person. Do you know who it is?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other.

Zhao Pu pouted, "Li Min?"

Bai Yutang understood that Li Min was the last thing his master wanted to see in his life. Usually when he bought antiques, if someone recommended something that Li Min used, he would just throw it away, and he would lose a lot of money for this.

Zhao Pu felt strange and asked, "Back then when the Cui family was wiped out and ransacked at the same time, his descendants still have so many jade artifacts in their hands, enough to open a jade shop?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that you're selling burial jade?"

"Buried jade?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Bai Yutang briefly described it, "It was dug out from a grave."

Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, "Tomb robbery?!"

Yin Hou shook his head and said, "It's not considered tomb robbery... You think, this was originally Cui's property, but it was snatched by the Chou family back then and buried with it. The descendants of the Cui family went to the Chou's grave to dig it out. It’s also called returning things to their original owners, and it’s the Cui family’s freedom to sell or not.”

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "That's the reason... Let's not talk about that, does the jade shop have anything to do with this case? Isn't Mrs. Cui very similar to that nameless corpse?"

"She said she also thought they might be relatives, so she looked at the portrait a few more times." Yin Hou spread his hands.

"Then why are they targeting the Mei family?" Zhan Zhao asked again.

Both Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu reminded him, "Aren't the Cui family the most loyal to the Li family? They should hate those who are related to the Zhao royal family!"

Zhao Pu kept shaking his head, "Remind me not to go to his house as much as possible."

"I've been talking for a long time..." Zhan Zhao was discouraged, "Could it be that the direction was wrong, and this case has nothing to do with Huangshi Yupu?"

"Could they be responsible for the theft of the Mei family's birthday gift?" Bai Yutang asked, "Could it be that the jade carving was also made by Cui Hai?"

"That's a real possibility." Zhao Pu said, "Even if they stole it... who can explain this matter? Yu originally belonged to the Cui family, so no matter where Mei Lie got it from, it's stolen goods. Now they stole it back Do you still have the cheek to ask for it... You know, my ancestor even snatched the Li family."

Zhan Zhaowangtian, where is this.

"It's not like I've gained nothing at all." Bai Yutang reminded, "At least I know that the corpse of the man in the well is from the Cui family."

"After the Cui family...will they also be craftsmen?" Zhan Zhao asked, "The list of people entering and leaving the palace given by the grand master does record the comings and goings of craftsmen. Every year, there are different places in the palace that need to be repaired. There are more jobs like that, maybe someone with the surname Cui."

Everyone nodded—it was a clue, let's find out the identity of the deceased first.

Zhan Zhao and the others returned to Kaifeng Mansion, and at this time, Cui Miao was sitting under the nan tree in the Huangshi jade shop in a daze.

Ah Yi walked in, "Master, who came here just now?"

Cui Miao recovered, looked at him, smiled slightly, and said, "Old friend."

"Then shall we continue?" Ayi asked.

Cui Miao regained that indifferent expression, nodded, "Of course we must continue."