seven relics

The yard is not too big, surrounding seven houses.The doors of each house are narrow, and there are lights in the rooms, which clearly illuminate the double happiness characters pasted on the glass windows on both sides of each narrow door.

There are still many red lanterns hanging on the two jujube trees under the eaves, and the golden tassels are shaking gently in the breeze.

There were indeed quite a few people punching fists, and some gathered to play dice and fight landlords.The dishes on the table were stacked together, and the casserole was empty, and red wine, beer, white wine and foreign wine occupied most of the round table.In one corner of the yard were many cardboard boxes of empty wine bottles.No one touched their chopsticks anymore, everyone just drank and smoked, and the faces of men and women were all glowing red under the festive red light that filled the courtyard.

On a round table was a three-tiered cream cake with a couple of plastic couple figures in white wedding dresses and black tuxedos inserted into the cake.There were eight people scattered around the table.There were two men in suits crossing their shoulders and talking together. Among them, the man in the suit with a big red flower must be the groom, Ge Zhongxi. He was getting old, and his face was a little tired. There was an old man with gray hair who even closed his eyes and nodded his head forward from time to time, as if he had fallen asleep.

A thin pomegranate tree and two shovels tied with red ribbons were placed at the groom's feet.The roots of the small tree were covered with a thick layer of soil.

There was no one around who was dressed as a bride.Lian Jiangyue wanted to search again, but saw a bald man jumping up from a table next to him, waving at him and Fengxu, calling them over.This man is of medium height, with a shiny forehead and a shiny bald head. He holds a half cigarette in his right hand. He wears a white shirt and gray suit trousers. The sleeves of his shirt are rolled up. He points to an empty seat on his table and says: " You are Xiaosun's boyfriend, right? Why are you here now! Come, come, sit! Xiaosun go..."

The bald man let out a belch, and pointed his right hand at the east room: "Going to help the bride change her clothes, come here, come here..."

Baldy looked at Feng Xuwei's words.Feng Xu pointed at himself slightly, raising his eyebrows: "Me? Xiaosun's boyfriend?"

The bald man rubbed his head, chuckled, shook his finger and said, "Xiao Sun's cell phone screen saver is your photo, how could I admit it wrong? Come, come and sit!"

A woman in her thirties at the table said, "Old Qin, Xiao Sun's screensaver is a star."

Lian Jiangyue pushed Feng Xuwei, Feng Xu gave him a slight look and did not move.Lian Jiangyue whispered to him: "Maybe some of these people are old residents in the alley, maybe they know Zhang Yuanshou."

Lian Jiangyue said again: "Such a good opportunity, we can be considered lucky, I knew that being with you would be very lucky."

Then Feng Xuwei reluctantly walked towards Lao Qin's table, walked up to Lao Qin, put a smile on his face, and said kindly: "Yes, I am Xiao Sun's boy. My friend, I look very similar to the male star she likes."

A young man said: "What kind of star, that's an opera singer."

Feng Xu smiled and looked at the speaker, the man shrugged his shoulders, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, lowered his head, and fell silent.After Feng Xuwei sat down, a man and a woman sitting on both sides of him dragged him to speak.The man's eyes are a bit squinted, and the woman's mouth is a bit slanted.The man grabbed him and looked at him, looked away from him, looked closer, and said, "Damn, it looks so fucking like, look at it, look at it!"

The woman was eating peanuts, she tugged Feng Xuwei's arm, and leaned in front of him: "Let me see, let me see."

Feng Xu wiped his face slightly, pulled Lian Jiangyue over, and said words one by one through the gap between his teeth, and said with a fake smile: "This person is my elementary school classmate. I met him on the way. I heard that I will come If you have a wedding, you have to come over for a meal, and everyone should give him a seat."

No one paid any attention to Lian Jiangyue.A middle-aged man in a plaid shirt poured wine for Feng Xu and handed out cigarettes, looked at him and looked back and forth: "It can't be me?"

Feng Xu slightly pointed at his chin, and said, "I have a scar, but the star doesn't have it."

He didn't ask for cigarettes or drink, and the atmosphere at the table cooled down a bit, and everyone just looked at him, some with smiles on their faces, and some staring at him.

The woman with a slanted mouth smiled and patted his hand: "Hey, if you are a star or not, you are just a singer! Are you from the power supply bureau? I think you are much better than him!" The woman picked up his The wine glass was brought to his mouth, "Come on, those who are late can be self-conscious."

She and everyone raised their eyes, and everyone laughed and booed.Feng Xuwei still acted like he couldn't be persuaded, so he just sat down.It was Lian Jiangyue who picked up his wine glass, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "He drove the car, let me drink it for him."

As he spoke, he drank two more glasses in a row, and only a few people at the table glanced at him leisurely.The squinting man smiled politely at him, squeezed to the side, and moved out of his place.Lao Qin brought two beer crates, stacked them together, biting a cigarette, and patted Jiangyue: "It's okay for those who come to eat."

Lian Jiangyue smiled and wanted to sit down, Feng Xuwei looked at the cardboard box, pulled him once, and gave him a wink, Lian Jiangyue returned the look knowingly, Feng Xuwei let go of his hand.Lian Jiangyue understood Feng Xuwei's meaning, Lao Qin moved the two cardboard boxes so easily, the cardboard boxes must be empty, probably because this group of people lost their spirits after drinking and wanted to find someone to amuse them, so they made such a move Lose moves.Lian Jiangyue took a stride secretly, thinking in her heart that she had to sit down firmly.He sat down, feeling like he was sitting on a rock.He knew that it was the black shadow again.

Old Qin was still standing behind him, patted him again, looked at the crowd, gave a thumbs up, and said: "My brothers, look, Lian Jiazi, awesome, maybe he's not Zhongxi's friend? "

Lian Jiangyue smiled and waved her hands: "No, it's because the box is strong."

The squinted man heard the words, kicked the two cardboard boxes, stroked his hair, raised his head, smiled and toasted Jiang Yuejiu.Lian Jiangyue took another gulp, and everyone praised her when they saw it, and the atmosphere on the wine table heated up again.

Lian Jiangyue took advantage of this and said: "It's too late to eat this wedding wine."

The squinted man said: "That's not true, but we haven't finished eating yet. Look, the pomegranate tree hasn't been planted yet."

"Pomegranate tree?" Lian Jiangyue looked at the small tree at the groom's feet, "Is this an old Beijing rule?"

A young girl with a ponytail on the table burst out laughing, and said: "Where is it? This is a rule set by Geju himself. Look, there are already two jujube trees in this yard, so plant another one." The pomegranate tree gives birth to precious sons early, so many sons are blessed."

Everyone listened, some laughed lowly, some laughed loudly, Lao Qin kept winking at the girl, made a sound of "shh" and "shh", pointed to the table with the cake behind him, and said, "This Let's talk about it ourselves, but don't let Ge Ju hear it."

Lian Jiangyue looked at the table and said, "This Ge Zhongxi is still the director? What bureau? Is this a house allocated by the bureau? How long has he lived here?"

Everyone still laughed, some laughed so hard, some laughed so hard that tears came out.Feng Xu said softly and pity Jiangyue: "I don't think I can figure out anything about the drunks in this house, let's go."

At this time, the woman with the slanted mouth held her chopsticks and gestured in the air: "What Ge Bureau? The elder brother is in charge, and the younger brother is the one who begs his wife. The younger brother is the gatekeeper for our bureau!"

Lao Qin knocked on the table, looked behind him, and said softly, "Why did Mao Yufen change clothes for so long? Is this a second marriage? Are you still coy?"

The young man who was eating melon seeds raised his head and asked curiously, "Second marriage?"

"That's right, otherwise why would you wear a red dress? When you get married, you always wear a white wedding dress!"

Lian Jiangyue said: "Didn't you also wear a red wedding dress when you got married?"

The squinted man just laughed: "Little brother, let's have a drink!"

Lian Jiangyue inquired again: "Ge Ju and the others have lived near Lingjing Hutong for a long time, right?"

But no one paid any attention to him, the people at the wine table were just gossiping about Lao Ge and Mao Yufen, some said: "Of course we have to get married."

"It's more convenient to be under the same roof."

"No matter how you look back, you will be regarded as the seed of the Ge family."

"I see that you are all talking nonsense. The wife of the director general has no nonsense, and she is busy busying happily."

"Then don't be too busy. This little wife married into Ge's family, and it's under her nose. It's better than Lao Ge running outside with colorful flags fluttering?"

Feng Xuwei whispered to Lian Jiangyue again: "If you don't go, I can go."

Lian Jiangyue said: "Wait a minute, I'll go to the main table to talk."

After he finished speaking, everyone at the table stood up, and it turned out that the bridegroom officer came to toast.The bridegroom officer was already smelling of alcohol, his face was red and his ears were red, and his eyes were even more blood red. He couldn't stand still, and was supported by a man with a dark face who looked somewhat similar to him.

The man smiled and said, "Take my brother and come to toast."

Everyone was very polite, nodding and bowing.Lao Qin said: "Ge Ju, it's time for us to respect Zhongxi, come, come..." He looked at Ge Zhongxi politely, with a lowered voice and lowered eyes: "Zhongxi, congratulations, you are a bachelor After more than 40 years, I finally got out of the singles, married such a beautiful daughter-in-law, I should enjoy myself.”

Ge Zhongxi didn't say anything, and didn't look at Lao Qin, his red head shook from time to time, his eyes were blurred.Ge Ju patted him hard: "Zhongxi, drink!"

Ge Zhongxi raised his head and downed a glass of wine.After drinking this glass, he seemed to be sober, his eyes widened, and his eyes fell on the big round table in front of him. He picked up the white wine on the table, and poured it into his own glass.

Ge Ju laughed and said, "Zhongxi and everyone are old colleagues. Everyone takes such good care of him. He is very happy today."

Ge Zhongxi nodded his head and let out a chuckle, his hand holding the wine bottle kept shaking, he filled the wine and drank a glass.Lao Qin took the lead in applauding and shouting, everyone sat down.Ge Ju also wanted to pull Ge Zhongxi to the next table, but Ge Zhongxi pulled out his arm, stood behind Lao Qin, pressed his shoulder, and said, "Old Qin, why did you just sit down now? I'm done drinking now? I Marriage, such a happy thing, I have to be with you, with you," he looked slowly at the people on the wine table, his eyes would stop on everyone for a long time, he said, "with my unit These good colleagues, old colleagues... these dear and dear colleagues are happy one by one..."

He poured himself another big glass of white wine, squeezed Lao Qin's shoulder, and said, "Come, Lao Qin, come."

Lao Qin smiled, patted the back of his hand, and said warmly, "Zhongxi, I drank a little too much, and I still need a bridal chamber later."

Someone helped and said: "Yeah, yeah, don't drink it, it's almost fine, Chinese people have this bad habit! It has to be changed!"

Ge Ju also said: "The tree hasn't been planted yet, the cake hasn't been cut yet, so take it easy."

Ge Zhongxi smiled, moved behind the squinting man, and patted his shoulder. The squinting man trembled, stood up slowly, and turned to look at Ge Zhongxi.

Ge Zhongxi took two bottles of beer, gave one to the squinting man, grabbed a bottle himself, held it high, and said, "Xiao Su, you have a house and a car, a happy family, and I respect you!"

He went to respect the middle-aged woman next to Xiaosu again: "Sister Zhou, you have both children and happiness, and I respect you too."

He waved his arm in a big circle, and said loudly with a smile: "I hope I am as happy as everyone here!"

The people present either lowered their heads or looked away, and the atmosphere was awkward.Lian Jiangyue asked Feng Xuwei: "Are you going?"

Feng Xuwei didn't want to leave: "I'm watching a movie, don't make noise."

At this moment, Ge Ju tried to persuade him with a dry smile, "Zhong Xi, you still have to go to work tomorrow..."

Ge Zhongxi looked at him with raised eyebrows, grabbed his shoulders, and spit wildly: "What are you afraid of, my brother is the director!"

Ge Ju's face was long, and Lao Qin came out to smooth things over, got up and pulled Ge Zhongxi, and said, "Let's go, go and see what the bride is doing, why hasn't anyone been seen for a long time?"

Ge Zhongxi spat, looked around, and said happily as usual: "It's none of my business that the bride is gone."

He pushed away Lao Qin, walked around the round table, and came to the side of Feng Xuwei. He looked at him, blinked his eyes, tilted his head, frowned and asked: "I haven't seen you, are you Who? Are you happy? Are you happy in life?"

Immediately, his eyebrows stretched, he took a bottle of beer and put it in front of Feng Xuwei, hooked his shoulders, and shouted boldly: "Come, drink!"

Feng Xuwei said: "I don't drink."

Lian Jiangyue saw that Ge Zhongxi was really drunk, and Feng Xuwei was an idiot, so she was afraid that the two would have a conflict, so she walked over and said, "He can't drink, let me drink it for you."

Ge Zhongxi pushed him away, stood up straight, stared at Feng Xuwei, and took out a pack of cigarettes: "Here's a cigarette!"

"I don't smoke either." Feng Xu said slightly.

Ge Zhongxi laughed: "How is this possible?! You are a good person, you don't drink, you don't smoke? Then let's fight, whoever loses will call Big Brother, kowtow and offer tea!"

There were people at the table who were whispering to each other before, but after hearing this sentence, they all fell silent.

Feng Xu glanced at Ge Zhongxi from the corner of his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "They all said you were drunk, but I don't think you are drunk, so ask your elder brother to strike this punch."

He also looked at Ge Zhongxi's hands, and said: "Besides, I am a person who does not offend me, and I will not offend others."

Lian Jiangyue secretly thought it was wrong, and saw that Ge Zhongxi's eyes flicked, his facial features twisted into a ball, and he said angrily, "You won't give me face? I, Ge Zhongxi, are fucking getting married today, and you...you still don't give me face?" Chao Fengxu rushed over to catch him.

Lian Jiangyue hurriedly held down Feng Xuwei with one hand, if Feng Xuwei made a move, Ge Zhongxi's big day might become his death day.He tried to block Ge Zhongxi's outstretched hand with his other hand, but he felt a hot breath, Lian Jiangyue was startled, and looking at Ge Zhongxi again, Ge Zhongxi's expression also became playful, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.Neither of them seemed to have expected that the other had some kung fu.Lian Jiangyue hurriedly leaned close to the wine table, adjusted her breath, and hurriedly released all the force from Ge Zhongxi's fist that suddenly poured into his body, and saw the wine table suddenly fly half an inch.Feng Xuwei looked vigilant, grabbed the round table with one hand, and pulled it back.

The plates and dishes on the table flew up a little, but landed firmly in place again.Someone asked, "What happened just now?"

Ge Zhongxi stepped back half a step, looked at Lian Jiangyue, and then at Feng Xuwei.Today is his big day, and he invited so many relatives and friends just to be happy, but today he really can't be happy.On weekdays, he is dear to everyone, harmonious and beautiful, and he doesn't want to embarrass anyone, but how can he not know the gossip others say behind his back?The more he drank the wine, the less he could taste the taste in his mouth, and the more he heard the words of blessing, it sounded like sarcasm to his ears.There are thousands of resentments and dissatisfaction in his heart at this moment, but he knows that he can't vent it on the two people in front of him.He looked at other people, these were his colleagues, his neighbors, and his friends, and they would love each other with He Meimei in the future, and he couldn't vent anything on them.

Ge Zhongxi was really depressed and not angry, but he could only bite his lips tightly, his whole face turned purple.His eyes reflected the red and festive light, reflected the many happy characters, as well as those two jujube trees, that thin pomegranate tree... He couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he turned his head, Walking to the edge of the pomegranate tree, he picked up a shovel and plunged it into the ground, digging a hole.

The people at the other tables made fun of him: "Zhongxi, this bride hasn't come out yet, you are so hot about shaving your head, hahaha."

"It's okay for you to dig a hole by yourself, but the child can't live alone, haha."

Suddenly, someone said: "Do you know that Zhongxi has won the martial arts championship before!"

Lian Jiangyue and Feng Xu looked at each other slightly.For some reason, Lian Jiangyue felt a little sad, and the cruelty in Feng Xuwei's eyes also subsided a little, he got up, took Lian Jiangyue's wine glass, there was still some white wine in it, and walked up to Ge Zhongxi.In just a while, Ge Zhongxi had already dug a half-meter-deep pit.

Feng Xuwei stood by the pit, Ge Zhongxi raised his head, seeing him, both of them were speechless.Feng Xu slightly raised his glass and offered him a glass of wine.

Ge Zhongxi lowered his head again and continued to dig a hole. Lian Jiangyue also walked over. This Ge Zhongxi was sweating profusely from digging.Someone in the yard seemed to realize that something was wrong, and tried to persuade him a few times, but he couldn't persuade him. He saw Ge Zhongxi shovel after shovel, sweating profusely, concentrating on shoveling again, and heard a "click". Ge Zhongxi stopped, bent over and crouched in the pit, pawing the soil under his feet.Lian Jiangyue took a look and caught a glimpse of something white in the pit, so he jumped down to help Ge Zhongxi pile up the soil in the pit to the side.

A white bone was exposed.

The two looked at each other and continued to clean the dirt around the bones with their hands.Everyone gathered.Gradually, more bones were exposed—there was more than one bone buried under the soil, it was a complete human bone—no, more than one.

The red light shone on everyone's faces, and also on the two white bones in the pit.

Lian Jiangyue looked up, gasped and said, "Call the police."

At this moment, three people came out of the east room: two women supported a woman in a red cheongsam with a red flower on her chest. She was the bride Mao Yufen.The three of them came happily to the yard, and Mao Yufen stretched her neck to look at the place where the crowd gathered, and said, "What are you all watching? Xiaosun, sister-in-law, let's go and see it too!"

The three of them were about to squeeze into the crowd.Feng Xu hastily called Lian Jiangyue up, and said: "That young one is probably Xiao Sun, let's go, if you don't go, you will be exposed."

Fortunately, everyone was paying attention to the two bones that suddenly appeared, and no one cared about other people's movements.Lian Jiangyue and Feng Xuwei quietly slipped out of the yard.Poor Jiang Yue didn't want to leave so soon, he was very curious about the identities of the two bones.So, he pointed to the sky, Feng Xu thought for a while, jumped up the wall first, Lian Jiangyue followed, Feng Xu looked at him slightly: "When did you practice this lightness kung fu?"

Lian Jiangyue pointed to the front, He Fengxu crawled back to Ge's courtyard, lay down on the east room and looked down.I heard Ge Juzheng saying to everyone: "The police told everyone not to leave for now, I'm sorry everyone."

Mao Yufen was sitting on the side supported by her sister-in-law, her face pale.Ge Zhongxi stood under a jujube tree, lighting a cigarette.

Lian Jiangyue asked Feng Xuwei: "Do you think these two dead people have anything to do with Zhang Yuanshou?"

Feng Xu slightly motioned him to see the young Sun in the courtyard who was flirting with old Qin and seemed to be anxiously explaining something, and said: "What kind of bad idea did you come up with, you pretend to be someone's boyfriend next time, I don't care Dry."

"I was pushing the boat along the way." Lian Jiangyue said again, "You said it's so late, wouldn't her boyfriend let her go?"

"You're an idler pitying elder brother, right? What kind of parents are short-sighted, and you have to take care of trivial matters?" Feng Xu said slightly, got up, and sat on the ridge of the roof.

Lian Jiangyue said: "If you are tired, go back and rest first."

Feng Xu looked into the distance slightly: "The police are here."

Not long after, two policemen did enter the Ge family's yard.They were also startled when they saw the bones in the ground, and hurriedly reported it.Soon, two more policemen came, four people surrounded the pit, protected the scene, and called the people who came to the wedding banquet to question one by one.

Half an hour later, the medical examiner arrived.Lian Jiangyue heard gossip between an old policeman and an elderly forensic doctor: "I used to say that the underground palace of Lin Qing hides treasures under this alley, hiding the treasures stolen from the Forbidden City. Unexpectedly, this underground is two a dead man."

Lian Jiangyue looked back at Feng Xuwei: "There may have been an underground palace here before, do you think it has anything to do with Zhang Yuanshou?"

"What did you say?"

Lian Jiangyue told him what the old policeman said.Feng Xu slightly surprised: "You can hear this?"

He looked at his feet, and suddenly said: "Lian Jiangyue, a person has gained a lot of abilities for no reason, you'd better be careful."

Lian Jiangyue was still concentrating on eavesdropping on the conversation between the policeman and the forensic doctor, she just nodded her head and responded perfunctorily: "Got it."

The forensic doctor said, "It looks like a man and a woman."

The old policeman asked, "How old is this bone?"

"It's been 30 years."

"Lao Ge only moved in more than ten years ago, and Lao Xu's family, who lived in this yard for the longest time, also moved in 20 years ago. Change to."

Lian Jiangyue took out her mobile phone and searched. It turned out that there used to be a place called Lingji Palace at the east end of Lingjing Hutong. Later, Lingji Palace became Linqing Palace. The name of Lin Qinggai, the leader of the Tianli Sect uprising.

In the yard, everyone was being interrogated by the police. They were nothing more than stating their experiences that night, and they couldn't hear anything new.Lian Jiangyue called Feng Xuwei and came down from the house.

The two walked back to Lingjing Hutong again, and Lian Jiangyue suddenly said, "What did you say that Lian Wuchen did in Beijing? He said that your master's road was not fair, did they know each other that way? The day the tape was recorded was The first day they met?"

Feng Xu shrugged slightly and hummed a song.Lian Jiangyue's eyes lit up: "Isn't this the song Lian Wu hated?"

Feng Xu nodded slightly, continued humming to the phone for a while, looked at the phone, and said to Lian Jiangyue: "It's recognized, an 80s song."

Lian Jiangyue looked at the song introduction displayed on Feng Xuwei's phone: "Abba's "GimmeGimmeGimme", the golden song of 80s disco."

Lian Jiangyue frowned and asked, "Is there still a place to dance disco?"

Feng Xu smiled slightly and said, "What year is it now, dancing disco?" He thought for a while, and then said: "However, money can make ghosts go round, if you want to dance disco, why don't you have a place to dance?"

He took Lian Jiangyue and drove east.