The man in Tsing Yi probably sensed Tong Da's strangeness and turned around.
Yu Tang saw an extremely handsome and domineering face.
She gasped for breath.
But she was soon stabbed by the indifference in the eyes of the man in Tsing Yi when he looked at her.
Yu Tang's face was hot, and he couldn't help explaining: "I didn't come here to be a fake painting, it was my father who bought a painting from a friend..."
The man in Tsing Yi didn't believe her at all, and regarded her as nothing, slightly raised his sharp jaw and nodded towards Tong Da's shopkeeper, brushing shoulders with Yu Tang.
How could this be? !
Yu Tang screamed in his heart, stunned for a while, followed him involuntarily, and said angrily: "I really didn't come to touch porcelain..."
The man in Tsing Yi glanced back at her.
The black eyes are clear and cool, like a deep pool in autumn, cold to the bone.
Yu Tang's heart shuddered.
No amount of excuses were blocked in his throat.
She stays where she is.
Shopkeeper Tong Da hurriedly chased after him, and escorted the man in Tsing Yi out the door courteously.
It was only at this time that Yu Tang realized that a green-draped carriage had parked outside the door.
Shopkeeper Tong took the footstool himself, and was about to serve the man in blue to get into the carriage, but a thin man in black and short brown beside the carriage lifted the curtain first. Shopkeeper Tong was not annoyed either. He bent over and took a few steps back, watching the carriage drive away, then he stood up straight and turned back to the pawn shop. He smiled and said, "Little lady, why did you fold it back? What's the matter?"
Yu Tang couldn't help smiling at the shopkeeper Tong Da in embarrassment, and said, "Who was that young master just now?"
Shopkeeper Tong Da smiled warmly, did not answer her question directly, but bent down and stretched out his hand to signal her to speak inside, and asked her with a smile: "What do you want to say in the room, little lady?"
Yu Tang came back to his senses.
Although she has been a human being in two lifetimes, she has never seen anyone who is more beautiful than the man in Tsing Yi, but she is a little girl who actually chases others and asks who he is... Fortunately, shopkeeper Tong Da is kind and did not mock her. Otherwise, she would have to dig into the ground.
Embarrassed, Yu Tang hurriedly handed the painting to shopkeeper Tong Da, and sincerely asked for advice, "Treasurer Tong, you say that this painting is fake, what evidence do you have?"
Shopkeeper Tong Da was taken aback.
Shopkeeper Xiao Tong probably thought she was looking for trouble, so he hurried forward a few steps and stopped shopkeeper Tong Da behind him, and said, "Little lady, our pawn shop is a century-old shop in Lin'an Prefecture, and you can mention our surname as soon as you open your mouth." Tong, I must have inquired about it. We never do such things as stealing dragons and turning phoenixes in our shop. If you don't believe it, you can check the painting carefully. How you brought it in is how we returned it to you. Although "Fishing in the Pine Stream" is a famous painting, it's not like we haven't seen good things in the pawn shop, and we can't do something that ruins our reputation for your painting."
Yu Tang's face was flushed with embarrassment, and he hurriedly said: "No, no. I don't suspect that you are stealing dragons and phoenixes. It is this painting, and someone else sold it to our family. I just want to know what is wrong with this painting. I It’s time to find that person!”
Shopkeepers Big and Little Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
Shopkeeper Xiaotong said quickly: "You shouldn't be greedy for petty gains—our Pei family's pawn shop has been open for many years, and we never force others to do so. If he is really short of money, why doesn't he bring it to us? when..."
"Have you ever spoken to a customer like this?" Shopkeeper Tong Da shopkeeper scolded shopkeeper Xiao Tong, interrupted shopkeeper Xiao Tong, thought for a while, and said: "It is not entirely correct to say that this painting is fake. "
Yu Tang lifted his spirits and said, "How do you say that?"
Shopkeeper Tong Da said: "Young lady may not know that most of the ancient paintings that can be handed down from generation to generation are drawn on rice paper. This rice paper has two characteristics. One is that it absorbs ink very well, that is to say, ink can penetrate the back of the paper. Another feature is that it is made of several layers of paper pulp repeatedly sun-dried. A skilled mounter can usually peel off the rice paper layer by layer. Why do you say that your ancient painting is a fake instead of What about the fake painting? We just showed it to the gentleman who appreciates ancient paintings in the shop. This painting of yours is indeed made by Li Tang. But the top layer was exposed, and your painting is the one below. One floor, so you see—”
As he spoke, he opened the picture scroll and pointed it to Yu Tang: "Here, here, is obviously added later, and it lacks a bit of grandeur and ethereal wind..."
Isn't it because of the seal
Yu Tang was a little dazed.
Shopkeeper Tong looked at Yu Tang's immature face, felt a little unbearable in his heart, and said sympathetically: "If you are short of money and want to make this painting, it's not impossible. It's just that you can't make a few dollars."
Hearing this, Yu Tang pointed to the seal with "Mei Lin" on the painting and asked, "Is there any problem with this seal?"
Shopkeeper Tong Da listened and took a deep look at her.
Yu Tang yelled in his heart that it was terrible.
When she asked this, she was obviously trying to cover up the truth—since she suspected that there was something wrong with the seal and knew that the painting was inappropriate, she still wanted to pawn it in a pawn shop...
Yu Tang looked at Tong Da's shopkeeper's face again, and it was true that the spring breeze was no longer the same as before.
She hurriedly said: "No. I think that since this painting is collected by Mr. Zuo, there should be no mistakes..."
It's just that Shopkeeper Tong didn't believe her anymore, with the politeness and alienation typical of a businessman, he said with a smile: "Young lady is right, this painting did fall into Master Zuo's hands in the end, but little lady This painting is indeed a fake, so please forgive us for not accepting it at the pawnshop. If the little lady has any good things, just come and patronize us again."
Shopkeeper Xiao Tong simply saw off the guests in person.
Yu Tang was dizzy with anger, not knowing how he walked back. After going back, he drank two cups of big-leaf tea, and then he recovered.
Hello Lu Xin!
How can there be such a good thing if you want to run away after taking money from their family? !
Yu Tang called Ah Shao over, gave him a dozen copper coins, and told him: "Go and find out about Lu Xiucai's whereabouts, and don't let my father know."
A Shao often buys snacks for Yu Tang behind Yu Wen and Chen's back, and she promises with a nonchalant smile, and goes out to inquire about Lu Xin.
In the afternoon, he came to report to Yu Tang worriedly: "Did Master Lu commit something wrong? He pawned his house to others, saying that he was going to visit relatives in the capital. But even if there are relatives in the capital, how could he live in his relative's house for the rest of his life?" No?"
In his previous life, Lu Xin never returned to Lin'an Mansion.
Yu Tang sneered and said, "Then has he left?"
"Everyone thought he was gone," Ah Shao said cleverly, "but I found out that he has a friend in Hua'er Lane, and he's been staying in Hua'er Lane for the past few days.
Yu Tang turned his mind quickly for a long while, sighed, bowed his palms to the west, called Ah Shao over, and whispered to him for a long time.
Hua'er Lane is just behind Changxing Street, a winding alley leading to Changxing Street in the east and Fuya Street in the west. There are thick camphor trees planted on both sides. At night, the red lights shine brightly, and Yingyingyan Yan's voice was full of people.
Because Changxing Street was flooded, all the shops were burned down, and the dilapidated walls were unsightly, so someone used a rain cloth to cover the intersection leading to Changxing Street, leaving only the road leading to Fuya Street.
In the evening at Xushi, when Hua'er Lane was at its busiest, a carriage stopped in front of Mrs. Chu's yard, and seven or eight women with big arms and round waists came down and rushed into the yard with sticks in their hands.
Everyone is an old hand in Fengyue Lane, seeing this posture, they knew that the main house was causing trouble, so excitedly, they surrounded them on the third floor and the third floor, watching the jokes in a hurry.
There was a bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang in Mrs. Chu's yard, and a tall and burly woman came out of the yard, grabbing Lu Xin by the collar, and said loudly as she walked, "You go to the yard to drink flowers. I drink flower wine for wine, why did you pawn the house for the sister in the yard? Where do you want us to live in the future? What to eat? What to drink?"
Lin'an City is neither big nor small, not to mention that Lu Xin likes to be troublesome, whenever he has something to do, he has to get together, and there are many people who know him. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help laughing.
Someone said: "No wonder Lu Xiucai runs into the yard every day. It turns out that the women in his family are very rough. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to stay."
Some people also wondered: "Didn't it mean that Lu Xiucai's former wife died and never married again, and had no children? Where did this woman come from?"
Someone speculated: "Maybe they are also good friends, but one is in the yard and the other is kept outside."
Lu Xin was so angry that his mouth was crooked. A woman who didn't know where came from made trouble in front of him. He wanted to explain a few words, but his neck was strangled by his collar, and he couldn't say a word. He dragged it all the way to the carriage, stuffed a bunch of rags in his mouth, and drove out of Hua'er Lane.
I'm afraid that his matter will be discussed by people in Lin'an Mansion for a lifetime.
Lu Xin cracked his canthus and chewed his teeth.
If you let him know who is plotting against him, he will never let him have a good time!
The carriage stopped at the corner of Changxing Street.
Lu Xin was dragged off the carriage.
The moonlight shone on the broken beams and broken tiles of Changxing Street, which was a shadowy desolation, and the singing and singing from Hua'er Lane next door from time to time was a bit weird, making his scalp numb and his legs trembling.
"You, what are you doing?" Lu Xin tremblingly said.
Yu Tang wrapped his head and walked out from the shadow of the broken wall.
Lu Xin recognized her at a glance.
He jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on, and accused: "Why are you? What do you want to do? I want to find your father to judge!"
Yu Tang said with a half-smile: "Why are you asking my father to judge! I'll go with you to judge in the yamen!"
Lu Xin was stunned.
Yu Tang threw the painting at Lu Xin's feet: "Didn't you say that this is the "Fishing in the Songxi" by Li Tang in the previous dynasty? Tong shopkeeper of the Pei family's pawn shop happened to be related to my family, so I took it Treasurer Tong has his eyes on it, and shopkeeper Tong can say that this is a fake, worth three to five taels of silver at most. Either I will go to the Yamen with you, or you will return the silver that you cheated on my father! "
Lu Xin jumped up: "You are a little girl, you are pulling a tiger skin to make a big banner, and you want to use the Pei family to suppress me?! I don't know what kind of family your family is? If you say it is a fake, it is a fake. I still say you Stealing money, taking my paintings and not wanting to give money, falsely accusing me of selling fake paintings to your family."
The woman exerted all her strength and pushed Lu Xin to the ground again.
Yu Tang said disdainfully: "I also know that you won't admit it, and I didn't expect you to admit it. We went to the yamen at dawn, and I have already asked shopkeeper Tong to testify. The truth can't be fake, and the fake can't be true. You will tell me when the time comes." Wait for the lawsuit to be ruined!"