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Chapter 374
If Yuzhi happened to be a relative of a Jianghu named Ding, but the Jianghu surnamed Ding did not file a case, if she forced her to sue, she would have to open the coffin for an autopsy.And the coffin has been buried in the ground.This is a taboo for modern people.

So he came up with this method and attracted Wang Hua's attention, then Wang Hua would definitely intervene in the case.

But Wang Hua laughed and said, "Then Guo Jinkun is also a relative of Ding Jianghu, or a relative of Bai Zhi."

"It's unlikely. If he was his relative, he would have used his relationship to get justice for this case. If it was Bai Zhi's relative, he would have redeemed her body earlier, and wouldn't wait until now." Liu Shun was at a loss at first, Then he denied it.Because of avoiding suspicion, Liu Shun could not talk about Guo Jinkun in detail. Although this businessman is a businessman of the common clan, he has a lot of property in his hands.Just as Wang Hua thought, having a lot of money is also a kind of influence.It was in Bianzhou that Guo Jinkun had close relationships with many officials because of contacts, so it was not difficult to overturn this case.Not to mention redeeming Bai Zhi.Although he didn't know how Bai Zhi fell into the brothel, if he had this relative and her beauty, why didn't he join him or ask him for help to spend so many years in the brothel?
"That's strange. Since he is not a relative of Ding Jianghu, nor is he a relative of Bai Zhi, how did Bai Zhi know that Guo Jinkun would definitely buy the house next door to Ding Jianghu's house? After hearing about it, how could she It is concluded that Guo Jinkun will definitely go to Huazhou, and he will definitely go to Qiufei Baiyufang and fall in love with her. It happened that before I arrived in Bianzhou, I saw her to redeem her body and bring her back to Bianzhou."

This is the first premise. Without this premise, Yuzhi cannot arrange this matter.

"Also, the digging of the tomb must be carried out late at night, that is, the three coffins were dug out last night. It can't be earlier, otherwise the three coffins will attract people's eyes if they are placed anywhere. But my ship arrived last night Zhengzhou. If I stay in Zhengzhou for a day, what should I do? Besides, the prince and I have not informed anyone of our itinerary. How can this be explained?"

Liu Shun couldn't answer again.

"Also, Bai Zhi has been in trouble for several years, and she has been in Qiufei Baiyufang for several years. Who is that crying woman? Governor Liu, please don't tell me it's a ghost crying," Liu Shun smiled wryly. , Wang Hua continued: "There are still three coffins dug out from the ground. It takes a lot of labor to complete this task, and it takes several people to carry the coffins into the carriage. Bai Zhicai has not been in Bianzhou for a long time. Who is worthy of her trust? Entrusted this task? Or is it a servant of the Guo family who was bought by her so quickly and is worthy of her trust? Besides, she and I also met once in Qiufei Baiyufang, so she should know my nature. Someone told me directly that I can't sit idly by, so why bother playing tricks?"

"Scholar Wang, so it's a coincidence that she came here?" Liu Shun was even more confused. If it was a coincidence that Bai Zhi came here, even his subordinates might not believe it.

Speaking of this, he smiled again and said: "No matter whether it is a coincidence or not, there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed. But no matter whether it is a coincidence or not, it is just a matter of judging whether the three corpses are Ding Jianghu or not." family."

"This is the most important thing," Liu Shun patted his head and immediately asked his subordinates.

Immediately, two yamen servants said that they knew that the tomb of Ding Jiang's family was buried on a random grave in the eastern suburbs of Bianzhou, and that one yamen servant knew the exact location of the burial. Governor Liu immediately ordered the yamen servant to lead his subordinates to check where Ding Jiang was. Did the Hu family lose three coffins?

But Wang Hua came to Yuzhi and Li Chongjun.

Yu Zhi was very interested. He saw Wang Hua and the governor talking in a low voice, so he didn't come over. Instead, he was talking to Li Chongjun about who was crying, and why every time other people searched for the source of the crying, they couldn't find anyone. ?

Neither of them could think of the reason, but they both firmly believed that it was people crying, and it had nothing to do with ghosts and gods.

Wang Hua said: "Miss Yuzhi, is your Dalang's yard big? Can it accommodate so many of us?"

Yuzhi was very pleasantly surprised and said, "Xueshi Wang agrees to live in our home?"

Then he said affirmatively: "Big, very big, bigger than the mansion you lived in in Huazhou."

"Then I will trouble Miss Yuzhi to lead the way."

They arrived at Bianzhou Wharf in the morning and had breakfast on board. It was almost noon now, and it was time to settle down.

Hearing Wang Hua's words, Liu Shun and the officials under him smiled wryly again. They knew it would be like this!

But Huazhou and his party, they all lived in a brothel, and now live in a merchant's mansion, although the merchant is not at home, only a pretty concubine is at home, but compared with Huazhou, it is not unusual.

After arriving at Bianzhou City, unlike Huazhou City and Baima County, which are in the same city, after Kaifeng County was designated as Junyi County by the Tang Dynasty, a small half of the north of Bianshui was under the jurisdiction of Bianzhou City, and Junyi County Government But hundreds of miles away in the southeast.

Wang Hua walked into the city, and now Bianzhou has begun to prosper, so he didn't inquire, but he got some information about Bianzhou, and now the number of residents in the single city has reached nearly 20.Of course, it cannot be compared with its later heyday.But it is also the fastest declining city.

In fact, when the Jin people went south, they caused serious damage to Bianzhou, but it was not a fatal one.Because the Jin people also moved their capital here later, and in the Yuan Dynasty, the Henan Jiangbei Xingzhongshu Province was established in Kaifeng, so Bianzhou continued to maintain prosperity.Although the Ming Dynasty did not set up its capital here in the end, Zhu Di once stationed in Kaifeng when he was the king of Zhou, so it is known as the thoroughfare of eight provinces, which is like two capitals.Until Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng and opened the Yellow River, there were still 37 people in the city who did not escape, and he drowned 34 people at once, and Kaifeng really fell because of this.

In fact, Wang Hua was not very disgusted with the peasant uprising, but what he hated most was Li Zicheng. If it weren't for him, the Qing people would have never been able to invade Shanhaiguan with tens of thousands of troops.This is the biggest national crime.

After turning a few streets and alleys, I came to a lake. Of course, there are many lakes inside and outside Bianzhou City.It was later that Kaifeng began to lack water resources, and there were still many lakes distributed inside and outside the city.Wang Hua didn't know what it was called later. In fact, he couldn't even confirm whether the current Bianzhou City was in the same place as Kaifeng later.But know that it is now called Niujia Lake.

At the end of the east end of the Niujia Lake, there is Xiuwenfang, but the situation of Xiuwenfang is very special.Because of the terrain, the part going towards the Niujia Lake is shaped like a sharp triangle, and most of the wealthy families live there. The narrower the terrain, the bigger the courtyard and the more splendid the houses.This happens to take advantage of the scenery of Niujia Lake.

But to the east from the mansion bought by Bai Zhi's husband Guo Jinkun, the residents began to turn into civilians, and the houses became smaller and more embarrassing.

Walking into Guofu, although it is at the end of Niujia Lake, the scenery is still very good. Looking west, you can see the sparkling Niujia Lake, and there is a large lotus root on the south side of the lake, among the green leaves all over the sky. , There are still a small number of lotus flowers blooming with moving figures.

But when Wang Hua and others came to the second floor, they were all looking at the burned yard to the east.

The courtyard is not big, just a small building, and now it has become a ruined wall. A tall pillar on the south side still stands resolutely, standing in the sky, as if telling passers-by about its past glory.

There is also a well in the middle of the courtyard, and some utility rooms, but they were all burned by the fire, and some traces of the smoke and fire can still be seen to this day.In addition to these, there are also some flowers, some of which are still tenaciously alive.

Wang Hua said suspiciously: "Inspector Liu, are you sure he is a craftsman?"

Although it cannot be compared with the courtyard of Guo Mansion, but this courtyard has buildings, a utility room, and a small garden. Xiurenfang is not a busy city, but it is not a remote place in the city. If there is no such thing, this The yard is also worth a lot.

Liu Shun replied: "Scholar Wang, I forgot to introduce you just now. Carpenter Ding's name is Ding Zhu. Although he is a craftsman, his jade-making skills are well-known all over the world, and he has many apprentices under him. If there is no fire, Ding Zhu The family can be regarded as a well-off family."

Only then did Wang Hua feel relieved.

Porcelain is the most famous handicraft in China, but the oldest and most noble handicraft in China is still jade.Ding Zhu was said to be a craftsman in modern times, but in fact later generations said he was a master jade maker.Getting some income is no surprise.

The servants quickly asked the room to be picked up. In fact, Yuzhi was not trying to persuade him in vain. The courtyard of the Guo Mansion was indeed very large. First, there was a row of bungalows, about seven or eight rooms. Then there was a wall, and behind it was a small building. .Behind the small building is a small garden, followed by a row of bungalows, behind the bungalows is a larger garden, and behind the garden is another small building, but it can no longer be called a small building, with nearly [-] rooms upstairs and downstairs. The rooms, every room is huge.No wonder Bai Zhi said that it was a good deal to buy it for [-] yuan.

Yu Zhi happily packed his servants and his own things into the small building and bungalow in front, and left it to Wang Hua and the others in the back.This is enough to arrange the manpower brought by Wang Hua.Of course, most of the more guards have to be arranged separately, but they have to take turns to guard the safety of Wang Hua, especially Li Chongjun and Li Bao'er.

After settling down, Liu Shun invited Wang Hua and his party to the restaurant for lunch.

Wang Hua did not refuse either.

In fact, by this time, Liu Shun had already noticed that among the four people in this group, Wang Hua's status was the most humble, but he was the one who had the most weight in his words.

While eating, several yamen servants came over and stood at the door without daring to make a sound.

Wang Hua put down her chopsticks and said, "Let's report what's going on."

A man dressed as a head-catcher bowed and said, "You guys have inspected the tombs of Ding Jianghu's family. Each of the tombs has been excavated a few days ago. But there are three graves where the coffins are missing. These three tombs And it was excavated again last night. We have invited Zhao Dabao to re-examine the coffins in other tombs."

Speaking of this, he took out something from his arms and said, "I found this from a coffin. Zhao Dabao asked Xiao to bring it here. I don't know if it can help Xueshi Wang solve the case."
Wang Hua took it.

There was no one to compete with him. In terms of making utensils, although he had never heard that Wang Hua had made jade wares, Wang Hua's utensil making skills, he said he was the second in the world, so no one would dare to claim the number one.

This is a jade ring with a chilong pattern carved on it.

Wang Hua watched it carefully, and then said: "This is an ancient jade, not made by Ding Zhu."

Everyone also looked at this jade ring, only seeing that it was a piece of jasper, with some blood streaks on it, and the color was moist, but the rest could not be seen.However, there were antique calligraphy and paintings in the Tang Dynasty, and even the tone of the articles written by the imitators imitated the articles of ancient scholars. However, imitation of jade and copper utensils is relatively rare, and there are almost no people who have studied on them.

Wang Hua carefully identified it again and said, "This is a jade vessel from the Han Dynasty."

"What's the reason?" Li Gu'er asked curiously when he heard that he had dated the date to the Han Dynasty.

"In fact, it is easy to judge. The production methods and styles of jade wares in each dynasty are different. Jade wares appeared a long time ago, possibly earlier than gold, silver, copper and iron wares." The earliest unearthed jade wares can be traced back to By the Hemudu culture more than 7000 years ago, and by four or five thousand years ago, jade articles became popular.But Wang Hua didn't dare to say it.

"Before the Five Emperors, there were mainly three kinds of jade decorations. One was pictorial shapes expressed with concise lines, which symbolically expressed the main parts of objects. The second was symbolic patterns, such as carving the sun and cloud patterns. This represents the meaning that the sun will pass through the clouds and rise slowly. The third is the shape of the animal face pattern, which has a great influence on Shang and Zhou jade wares, and even bronze wares."

"Due to the advancement of craftsmanship in the Xia Dynasty, double-line outlines had already appeared. In the Shang Dynasty, round carvings, relief carvings, and flat carvings had appeared, but the early craftsmanship was still very rough. The progress of jade wares in the Shang Dynasty was in the late stage. The jade wares at this time It is also easy to judge. The first animal shape or animal face pattern eyes are represented by small circles or oblate rectangles or squares engraved with double hooks. The second is jade animal pendants, whose heads are often deformed clouds engraved with double hooks. shape or bottle shape."

"In the Zhou Dynasty, the country became a jade mansion, so the craftsmen developed further. In addition to absorbing the double-line drawing skills of the Yin Shang, the craftsmen created a slope line and a Yin line. The advantage is simplicity, and the disadvantage is that compared with the Yin Shang, it is a bit dull. In the Spring and Autumn Period, hidden valley patterns appeared again, as well as hollow-out techniques, making the utensils more plump and harmonious. This is a stage in the history of jade ware. However, there are still many shadows in the early works of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it was not officially created until the middle and late periods. A new world has been created. There are also patterns of pan-beetles, pan-chi, and mating double dragons, and today our chi-long patterns are still influenced by them.”

"During the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Warring States period, the grain pattern, cattail pattern, cirrus pattern, and double-body beast-mask pattern improved again, and there were also four-spirit pattern and other decorations with the theme of myths and stories. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yin engraving line was revived again, and the painting interest It has been strengthened. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a saying that there was no jade in the Six Dynasties. The main jade wares were familiar to people, and the sense of mystery was reduced. In addition to the war, the Hexi Corridor was blocked, and it was difficult for jade materials to enter the mainland. But in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because of the large country Unification, national strength increased, and jade wares prospered again, but all kinds of decorations disappeared. Instead, there were various patterns of figures, animals, flowers and birds that were common in daily life, and there were also some themes of opera figures and flying figures. In fact, jade wares at this time were only ornamental. nature.” In fact, the heyday of jade wares should have been in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but Wang Hua still dare not say so.

But Li Gu'er and Li Chongjun felt refreshed when they heard this. It was their ancestors who created the great unification of the country.

"Of course, this is only an approximate distinction, and there are many more detailed knowledge. Let's look at this jade ring again. In addition to the mature decoration, the decoration has become interesting for painting. But there is no Yin line, so I not only conclude that it is from the Han Dynasty. It can also be concluded that it was made during the communication between the Han Dynasty. And there is another important point, the jade rings in the Han Dynasty were rarely made, and the craftsmanship was not as vivid as in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But this jade ring is an exception. Its craftsmanship It could be said to have reached its peak at the time, so it is possible that it has a rather extraordinary origin."

Hearing this, everyone looked carefully again, but it was specious, and they didn't see any difference.

Wang Hua thought about it, but forgot it, now they don't pay much attention to the age of jade unearthed, it depends on their eyesight, and it's hard for them to have this kind of eyesight.

So he went directly to the topic and said: "Everyone knows the purpose of jade rings. The ring shape and missing jade ornaments are collectively called jade rings. The big jade rings are used to wear them, and the small jade rings are placed in pairs on the deceased. Buried next to the ear. This piece is a funerary object, but here is only half of it. But it should have a very interesting name, called Desolate Ecstasy Chilong Jue."

"Ecstasy?" Li Bao'er also asked curiously.

"Yes, I just concluded that it is a piece of ancient jade, and there are other reasons. There are two ways for ancient jade to be passed down to the present. The first is to pass it on to the world, and continue to retain its original style, and it is smooth and round because of playing with it. This is the most difficult to counterfeit." Speaking of which, he did not say any more, because the history of jade counterfeiting started from the Song Dynasty.

So the topic changed, and he said: "There is another kind of jade that was unearthed. This kind of jade usually has a little bit of soil bite, rust and spot stains. But there is one of the best among this kind of jade, that is, the blood of the corpse soaked into the funeral jade." Among them, the blood is formed. This requires a great coincidence, and the deceased must be in the prime of life, with a strong body to have this blood."

But later people came up with a cruel method, heating the jade and inserting it into the stomach of a living cat or dog while it was hot, and it was easy to get this kind of blood.It needs to be verified from other aspects. For example, the unearthed jade has absolutely no counterfeit light.Of course, there are also fake methods.This requires a lot of cultural knowledge.Wang Hua himself has lost his eyes many times, and has collected a large number of fakes before accumulating his eyesight.

But Wang Hua didn't explain anymore.

He pointed to Yujue's Chilong eyes and said: "But if this kind of bloody blood happens to happen again, it will form just under the eyes, just like a lover's tears. When they dry up, all the blood tears will flow. Therefore It is called a piece of ecstasy, if it is a bi, then it is a jade piece of ecstasy. I have heard of this kind of jade before, but it is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes. I don’t know if the other half has blood in the eyes .If there were, it would be worth a lot for that alone."

Having said that, he looked at everyone in a blink of an eye, thinking that everyone might be very moved.Unexpectedly, everyone's faces turned pale at the same time, and Li Gu'er and Shangguan Xiaowan were both holding handkerchiefs, wanting to vomit.

(End of this chapter)