Yu Yuan came back to the store in the evening. He was carrying a few lotus leaf bags in his left hand and a glass bottle in his right. When he saw Yu Wen playing chess in the hall, he ran straight over, smiled and lifted the things in his hand, and said, "Uncle, look what I brought back." ?”
Yu Wen smelled a scent of stewed vegetables when he approached, he sniffed deeply, and said, "It's the stewed pig's head from Zhenbeicheng's family."
Yu Yuan laughed loudly and said, "Uncle, you have a really sharp nose."
"That's it!" Yu Wen said with a smile, "Don't you even think about who brought you back from Hangzhou Mansion when you ate braised pig's head for the first time? If I can't even smell his braised pig's head, what do you call it?" Old glutton?" He said, pointing to the glass bottle in Yu Yuan's hand: "What is this? It's still in a glass bottle, and this bottle is worth several taels of silver, where did you get it?"
Yu Yuan greeted the boss, sat down on the spring bench next to him with some pride, and said, "You can't guess this, right? It's called wine, and it was given to me by Yao San'er."
"Wine?" Yu Wen frowned, "Yao San'er?"
"It's the third boy who lives in the Yao family in the north of the city. He grew up with me and became a merchant with his uncle." Yu Yuan said excitedly, "I was walking around the north of the city at noon today. I didn't expect to meet him. He is gone. Now he has opened a grocery store over the Wulin Gate and is the boss. He knew that I came with you, and he was going to say hello to you, but the store was full of goods and he couldn’t get out. , so I gave me this bottle of wine, saying it came from Dashi. Nowadays, it is fashionable for wealthy people in Hangzhou to give this bottle of wine, saying that it is filial to you, and I will give you a taste. The stewed pig's head of the town Beicheng He also bought it. He is planning to come and visit you tomorrow."
Yu Wen remembered it, and said with a smile: "So it was him! Back then when his parents both died, you gave him some food from time to time, but I didn't expect him to still remember you, this is also fate."
Yu Yuan nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile: "He is really good now, he even bought a small house at Qingchun Gate, married a woman from Hangzhou City as his wife, and settled down in Hangzhou City."
Yu Wen nodded, and invited the boss to drink with him: "It's rare that we hit it off so well, so don't be too polite. Let's taste this wine together."
The boss has dealt with Yu Wen several times, and he knows that he is quite open-minded. In addition, the wine has made everyone very curious recently, so he is not polite. He asked the proprietress to add some dishes, and then talked with Yu Wen, Yu Yuan moved to the patio, put the stewed pork head on a plate, and drank wine first.
Yu Yuan held the pot.
As soon as the wine was poured into the wine cup, Yu Wen smelled a fruity aroma, which was different from the wine he usually drank. He took a deep breath, and looked down again. , like blood, he was startled and said, "Why is it this color?"
Yu Yuan hurriedly said: "It's this color, Yao San'er told me before, if it wasn't for this color, it would be fake wine."
Yu Wen nodded, and reluctantly took a sip.
The owner of the inn hurriedly asked: "How is it? Does it taste good?"
Yu Wen was noncommittal, and quietly said: "This wine is the same as that tea, and it also has different tastes. I think it is good, but you may not think it is good. You have to taste it yourself to know."
The innkeeper thought it made sense, so he raised his glass and took a sip... Then, he just stayed there.
Yu Yuan saw that something was wrong, and said anxiously: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
The innkeeper glanced at Yu Wen, swallowed the wine in his mouth, and then slowly said to Yu Yuan: "You will know after you try it."
Yu Yuan glanced at the two of them suspiciously, took a sip of the wine tentatively, but he spit it out before it entered his throat.
"What's this smell?" He frowned, "Isn't it very expensive?"
Both Yu Wen and the owner of the inn laughed, and Yu Wen said bluntly at this time: "What famous wine? How can it compare to our Jinhua wine? However, it's okay to try something new. Go, bring a glass to your sister and have a taste .It’s rare to come to Hangzhou Mansion, and you must see some strange things to make this trip worthwhile!”
Yu Yuan winked and brought a glass of wine to Yu Tang.
Yu Tang looked at Yu Yuan suspiciously: "Didn't you tell me to fast?"
"This wine is very expensive, just take a sip and smell it, you think you can drink the whole cup!" Yu Yuan said.
Yu Tang had no doubt about it, so he took a sip.
Astringent, sour and bitter, what kind of wine is this!
Yu Tang got up to beat Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan walked around the round table with her, and said, "Uncle asked me to serve it for you to taste."
"Then you can't do that either!"
The two brothers and sisters were arguing, and Xiaoer knocked on the door outside and said, "Young Master Yu, someone is looking for you!"
Yu Tang couldn't make trouble with him anymore, Yu Yuan straightened his clothes and asked, "Who is it?"
The waiter in the shop said: "It's a boy of twelve or thirteen years old. He only said he came to see you, but he refused to say who he is?"
Yu Yuan was confused: "Who is this?" Then he said to Yu Tang: "I'll come to see it."
Yu Tang nodded and sent Yu Yuan out.
After a while, Yu Yuan turned back and whispered to Yu Tang in a low voice: "Master Qian sent someone to look for me. When uncle comes back, you can tell him."
Yu Wen was drinking with the innkeeper at this time.
Yu Tang worried: "Didn't you say what happened?"
Yu Yuan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'll send someone to report to you immediately if something happens."
No matter how worried Yu Tang was, he could only let him go.
When the second watch drum was playing, Yu Wen's banquet broke up, and he came to see Yu Tang: "Are you feeling better?"
"It's much better!" Yu Tang helped his father sit down at the table and poured him a cup of hot tea.
Yu Wen saw that Yu Tang made half of the needlework and threw it on the table, so he couldn't help picking it up and watching it in front of the oil lamp: "Oh, I didn't expect you to do this. This little bug can be faked, with seven black spots on its back. There is nothing wrong with the location. Really good!"
Yu Tang is very good at making insects, besides ladybugs, there are also dragonflies, praying mantises, bees... She makes them all very realistic.
Yu Wen said: "This flower is also made well, I look like a pulsatilla. When you go back, I will make Dai Dai for your mother."
This is her father's praise and affirmation to her.
Yu Tang was very happy, and said with a smile, "I'm going to make a peony or peony flower for Mom."
But Yu Wen said: "I think your mother looks better wearing Haitang or Lilac."
Could it be that in father's mind, mother is more like crabapple or lilac? "
Yu Tang smiled and nodded, and told Yu Wen about Yu Yuan's whereabouts.
Yu Wen was very worried, but it was not easy to show it in front of Yu Tang, so he said lightly "I know", and told Yu Tang: "You go to bed early, remember to make a head flower for your mother tomorrow, Let's say we bought it in Hangzhou City, and see if your mother can tell the difference."
Yu Tang responded with a smile.
He tossed and turned at night and couldn't fall asleep.
Before dawn, Yu Yuan came back.
When he entered the room, he woke up Yu Tang next door who was worried, and she quietly put on her clothes and went to her father's room.
Yu Yuanlai opened the door.
Yu Wen was wearing clothes, standing in front of the desk with a heavy face, he didn't say anything when he saw Yu Tang coming in.
When Yu Tang approached, he found three unframed paintings spread out on the desk. Two of them can be seen to be "Pine River Fishing for Hidden Picture", and the other one looks like a mountain and a sea, and there are many incomprehensible symbols on it.
Yu Wen said in a deep voice: "A Tang, you really guessed it right. There is something strange in this painting!"
Yu Tang could see this without her father telling her, she looked towards Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan's face was not very good-looking, he lowered his voice and said: "These are the three paintings revealed by Master Qian. "Fishing in the Pine Stream" is on the upper and lower floors, and the middle floor is something I don't know what it is on this floor. Master Qian asked us to take it back without even framing it."
It can be seen that Master Qian also saw that there was a problem.
Yu Tang pointed to the unknown painting and asked, "What is this?"
Yu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know either."
Yu Wen stared at the nameless map, and uttered two words with a sullen face: "Map!"
"What?!" Yu Tang and Yu Yuan asked in unison.
Yu Wen explained: "It's a topographic map of mountains and rivers. In the past, wars and flood control required such maps to know whether the surroundings are mountains or water, forests or plains."
Yu Tang thought about going to Zhaoming Temple without anyone leading him, and he didn't know where to go, and suddenly felt that a person who can draw such a picture is very admirable. Moreover, it must have cost a lot of manpower and material resources, which is very precious. She said, "Is this the picture they are looking for?"
Yu Wen and Yu Yuan did not say a word, acquiescing to her words. Yu Wen even said: "Maps are very rare and precious. They are all managed by the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Industry, and ordinary people have never seen them before. In the past, when generals went to war, it took third-rank officials like the chief soldier to rely on the documents of the Ministry of War. Go to the Ministry of Industry to get it, and after the war, the map has to be returned intact. Even I, I heard Lu Xin say it unintentionally.”
Yu Yuan couldn't help being a little panicked when he heard this, and said, "Where did this painting come out? Who is looking for this painting? How did he know that this thing is hidden in this painting? Why didn't he just ask our house to buy it?" ?”
No one can answer these questions.
Whether it is Yu Wen or Yu Tang, they have never realized soberly like this moment that their family has gotten into big trouble.
Yu Yuan said: "Then, what shall we do?"
Yu Wen sat paralyzed on the teacher's chair behind the desk, and said: "Let me think about it, let me think about it... Although I recognize this is a map, but what kind of mountain-shaped landform is it drawn, and what is its function? I don't know... If you want to know, you can only go to someone who has seen maps, or even is familiar with all kinds of maps..." As he spoke, he pointed to the place where the wavy line was drawn to represent water in the picture: "There is nothing We don’t know whether it’s river water or river water, we hold this painting like a child holding a 80-pound sword, not only can’t deter others, but also hurt ourselves.”
People who have seen maps, people who are very familiar with maps... Pei Yan's face suddenly appeared in Yu Tang's mind.
"Father!" She stammered, "Why don't we go to Master Pei San?!"
Yu Wen suddenly looked at her.
Yu Tang suddenly felt guilty for no reason, as uncomfortable as if someone had stripped his coat, and said: "Either, or you can find Zhou Zhuangyuan... They are all knowledgeable people, and they must know what is painted on it... "