A picture? !
What kind of painting
Hearing this, Yu Tang's heart was beating wildly, and his breathing was short of breath.
"Are you literate?" She heard her voice hoarsely asking.
"I don't know how to read." The kid said with a mournful face, looking like a broken can, "The manager of the gambling shop asked me to steal it. He said that if he stole it, he would give me five taels of silver. It's a picture of two old men in The painting of fishing by the river in the mountains…”
Two old men are fishing by the river in the mountains!
Yu Tang immediately thought of the "Fishing in the Pine Stream".
She felt flustered and short of breath, and her hands and feet were trembling.
"Is it this painting?" Yu Tang didn't know how she walked back to the room, and how she showed the painting to the kid. She only knew that when she opened the painting, the kid's eyes lit up. He said repeatedly: "This is the painting, this is the painting. The steward told me that there is a stamp on the hair of the boy next to the old man. It is the painting."
Those things that were neglected in the past flashed through Yu Tang's mind one by one.
The robbery case of the Li family in the previous life, the sudden wealth of the Li family...the two thefts in this life, the "Mei Lin" seal on the boy's hair, and the "Chunshuitang" that replaced the "Mei Lin" seal... She seems to understand, but also seems So many things, I don't know anything.
"A Tang, what's the matter with you?" Chen Shi, Yu Yuan, and Shuang Tao all surrounded her, and Chen Shi even supported Yu Tang, asking in puzzlement, "You child, why did you take this painting away?" Found it again? Is there anything wrong with this painting? Or..." She asked, looking at the kid who stole from their house, and then at Yu Tang.
Some things haven't been figured out... Besides, even if she figured it out, her mother had no other choice but to worry and worry.
"It's okay." Yu Tang tried his best to suppress the turmoil in his heart, making his tone sound calm and indifferent, "He said he came to our house to steal paintings, so I asked him."
When the boy heard it, he immediately shouted: "It's just..."
But Yu Tang pretended to be unintentional and slapped the boy on the mouth with the painting scroll, making the boy's words ambiguous, and said: "Mom, he can't read, he said someone asked him to come to our house to steal things. , I think this matter has to be discussed in the long term, and it’s better to wait for Dad to come back. Let’s put him in the care of the eldest cousin now, lest he say something here and there without telling the truth, and we will get angry after hearing it.” After speaking, she gave the kid a threatening look.
Chen has blind trust in both her daughter and her husband, so naturally she has no doubts. But Yu Yuan could see clearly, he took a careful look at Yu Tang, and helped Yu Tang say: "Yes! A Tang is right. I'm here, so Auntie should go to rest early. You are always in good health. No, after such a toss, if there is any discomfort, it will be troublesome."
Yu Tang glanced at Yu Yuan, knowing that Yu Yuan saw that there was a problem but was still helping her, so she followed Yu Yuan's words and said, "Mom, because of Lu Xin's funeral, our family still owes shopkeeper Tong the silver!"
Chen didn't dare to delay here any longer, but she still had doubts and said: "Could someone take this painting as an authentic one?"
"It's also possible." Yu Tang just wanted to coax her mother to sleep now, and said with a smile, "Didn't Dad miss it back then?"
Mrs. Chen nodded and went to the inner room accompanied by Shuangtao.
The boy's mother came to beg Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan stared at Yu Tang.
Yu Tang winked at him.
Yu Yuan understood, and said to the boy's mother: "Don't worry, our family is not that mean, but this matter belongs to my second uncle's family, and I can't make up my mind at this time. I see you I'm tired too, but I'm afraid you won't go back if I ask you to go back. I think so, you will sleep with Mrs. Chen all night today, and I will take care of your kid for the time being. When my uncle comes back, we can discuss what to do. manage."
The kid's mother thanked him a lot, kowtowed to Yu Yuan while drinking, and scolded him for not knowing how to make progress.
Mrs. Chen also saw some clues, interrupted the scolding, and dragged the boy's mother away.
Yu Yuan called Ah Shao, tied up the boy, and left him in his room.
The two brothers and sisters were standing by the bamboo bushes in the courtyard and talking.
"I just felt that something was wrong, so I lied to the boy, and the boy told me to call me." Yu Tang told Yu Yuan all the information he asked just now, "I don't know if it's true or not? Brother, you don't want me , I will also ask you to help me inquire about it."
After she finished speaking, she and Yu Yuan went to the study room, lit the lamp again, spread the painting on the big desk, looked at the painting carefully, and said: "But I really can't figure out what is so special about this painting. —Even if it is an authentic painting, it has to be exchanged for silver. When Lu Xiucai sold this painting, he was not the only one looking for Dad. If that person liked this painting, why not buy it for a few taels of silver? , why do so many things out of the ordinary. What's more, this painting is fake, and it has been appraised by shopkeeper Tong. If he has always wanted to get this painting, he should know it. "
Yu Yuan has read more books than Yu Tang, and he likes calligraphy and painting very much, so he has studied this more than Yu Tang.
He looked at the painting carefully, but couldn't see any difference: "Could it be that shopkeeper Tong never misses it?"
Yu Tang was taken aback.
Why did she think shopkeeper Tong wouldn't miss him
One is that shopkeeper Tong didn't have any bad news in the previous life, so she preconceived it; the other is that she has watched this painting countless times in her hands in the previous life, and she will never read it wrong!
But Yu Yuan's words were like water dripping into an oil pan, splashing oil everywhere.
What if her painting was fake
Yu Tang only felt that his heart suddenly opened up.
Didn't she come up with such a bold idea just now
If her father bought this painting in the previous life, and this painting was married to the Li family with her, and someone replaced her painting when the Li family was stolen... Then all this seems to make sense.
This is the real thing!
Shopkeeper Tong looked away.
The one in her hands in the previous life is fake!
But who changed the original painting in her hand
Yu Tang's mind turned quickly.
At that time, she had already married into the Li family with a memorial tablet, and she was the chaste woman of the Li family. The whole Lin'an City was staring at her to see when she could earn a chastity memorial archway for Lin'an City and the Li family. How to go out, but when she went out, people who knew her met three points of sympathy, three points of embarrassment, and three points of respect.
Who would steal from her without thinking.
Who has the guts to steal into Li's house.
Moreover, the theft of the Li family has always been kept secret.
She used to think that the Li family was afraid that bad rumors would spread and affect her widowhood.
But what if that's not the case
What if it was the Li family who stole her painting
And the sudden wealth of the Li family started not long after she lost the painting.
Thinking of this, Yu Tang felt so angry that his mind was buzzing.
She moved two lamps to the desk, and said to Yu Yuan: "Brother, can you see anything unusual about this painting?"
Yu Yuan shook his head, held the painting and looked left and right for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "No wonder people hate less when storytelling is used. If only I read more books."
Yu Tang immediately thought of Pei Yan.
She shook her head hurriedly, as if she could shake this thought away.
Pei Yan is the third master of the Pei family. If she brings a painting that shopkeeper Tong has identified as a fake to him to help him identify it, Pei Yan may not only drive her out, but may also think that she is a fake painting. It was to make trouble.
She was really out of her mind to ask Pei Yan for help!
No wonder Pei Yan looked down on her before, she was indeed... acting without thinking!
Yu Tang sighed, and asked Yu Yuan: "Brother, tell me, should we show this painting to more powerful people? I always feel that if that kid didn't fool us, we must be instructed to steal it." The painter is staring at him, and if he doesn’t get the painting, he will definitely have trouble. We don’t know who he is, so even if we want to save money and avoid disaster, there is no way to give this painting to him!”
Yu Yuan thought for a while, and said: "I will go to my uncle tomorrow and tell him about it. Then I will ask Li Yamen servant to help me quietly ask the steward of the blockhouse, and see if I can find out who wants our house. This painting. If uncle agrees, we will invite the steward of the block house to act as an intermediary, and sell this painting to the other party with great fanfare."
Yu Tang worried: "What if they think what we sold them is a fake?"
Yu Yuan was stunned, and said for a while: "Then, what good idea do you have?"
"I think it's better to find a way to figure out this painting." Yu Tang said, suddenly thinking of Lu Xin, her words froze and she looked at Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan saw confusion, hesitation, worry, surprise, and even fear in his cousin's eyes.
With a thud in his heart, he thought of the source of this painting.
Could it be that Lu Xin's death is also related to this painting
Lu Xin is actually a very selfish person. Every time he drinks too much, others pay for it. He almost never buys alcohol himself. Only then will I drink two or two drinks with great heartache.
"I, I'm going to find my uncle right now." Yu Yuan jumped up all of a sudden, "We don't know exactly how Lu Xin died, so we can only ask uncle."
Yu Wen was busy with Lu Xin's funeral in another temple on the outskirts of the city.
"Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade!" Yu Tang looked at the painting on the desk, wishing he could set it on fire, "This is really an innocent disaster!"
But she dared not.
She was afraid that even if she really burned the painting, if the person who wanted to paint didn't believe it, she would still come to trouble their family. Moreover, they will not be able to hand in the paintings by then, and the situation may be even more difficult than it is now.
Yu Tang went to look at the clepsydra, and said: "The gate of the city will not open until two hours at the earliest, you go to bed first, and I will ask Shuangtao to call you when the time comes. Then let Ah Shao go to Mr. Wu's house to borrow a mule , early in the morning, if you can’t hire a carriage, you have a mule to ride, it’s faster than walking!”
Yu Yuan knew that Yu Tang's arrangement was the best.
Although he was in a heavy mood, he forced himself to sleep according to Yu Tang's arrangement.
Yu Tang didn't sleep all night.
She kept staring at the painting, hoping to find something different from her previous life. When it was almost dawn, she first called Shuangtao to get up and helped Yu Yuan prepare dry food, then asked A Shao to wake Yu Yuan up and send Yu Yuan out.