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Chapter 375 Assumptions
Only then did Wang Hua realize that the aesthetic concept of modern people is different from his previous life.What Wang Hua saw was a rare and ecstasy jade ring, while what Li Gu'er and Shangguan Xiaowan saw were corpses.Maybe it would have been better if they hadn't seen the rotting corpse.

Bypassing the topic, Wang Hua asked, "What kind of person is that Ding Zhu? What kind of family does he have? Or what happened before he was killed?"

Liu Shun shook his head, he hadn't been transferred to Bianzhou at that time.But his eyes were on Hecheji, who was the resident of Bianzhou and had served as an official in Bianzhou for three years. It was also the longest time for upper-level officials in Bianzhou to stay in Bianzhou except for grassroots officials. An official who also happens to be in charge of household registration.

He Cheji thought for a while and said, "I really don't know much about Ding Zhu except his ability to make jade. This is because of his special environment. As a craftsman, the upper class look down on him, but as a A relatively wealthy person, ordinary craftsmen don't fit in with him."
Wang Hua listened silently, if he was not proficient in ancient Chinese poetry, he might have suffered similarly to Ding Zhu. This society is a master of crafts, after all, it is inferior.

He Cheji said again: "That's why he has a withdrawn personality and rarely interacts with others. Besides a younger sister, Ding Zhu also had an older sister, but his older sister died of illness due to old age. He also had a wife who also died. Yes. A concubine is still alive, and his wife gave birth to an eldest son, who is also very sensible, and just married the year before last. There are also two daughters, who have not yet married because of their young age. The concubine gave birth to a son, who was still very young. But all these people were buried in the sea of ​​fire that night. In addition to these family members, there were also some servants, but a few servants who lived in the outer room escaped. I don’t know what happened. The servants in the small building were also burned to death. But I really didn’t care what happened to his family. Wang Xueshi, how about this, I’ll send someone to call Fangzheng here.”

"Okay." Wang Hua replied.

The restaurant is on the main street facade of Xiufangfang, and Fangzheng will bring it over after a while.

A thin man in his fifties saluted Wang Hua carefully.The difference in level was too great. Seeing Wang Hua and Li Chongjun, they were very nervous, and even the movements of saluting were a little out of shape.

Wang Hua smiled gently and said, "Don't be nervous, just sit down and talk."

Fangzheng sat on the Hu chair, only half of his buttocks.

Wang Hua asked again.

Fangzheng thought for a while and said: "Ding Zhu is an honest man, besides making jade, he is also very responsible. But because he is too boring, I have no relationship with him. But because the fire lasted too long, I I can't remember many things clearly. However, in the winter of the previous year, some strange guests appeared in his home from time to time. They looked a little dignified. Ding Zhu himself seemed to have some thoughts hidden in his heart, and his behavior was a little strange. However, Xueshi Wang, if If you want to know the details, you can ask his apprentices. He accepted seven apprentices, except one went to Jingzhao, one went to Yangzhou, and one went to Yizhou farther away, and the other four apprentices were all in Bianzhou. "

"Thank you for your reminder," Wang Hua said.

Fang Zheng didn't even dare to say anything, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Wang Hua looked at everyone, and this time everyone knew better, something must have happened, which finally led to the killing of the Ding family.Moreover, the murderer has an inevitable connection with those strange guests, but because the time is too long, the role of this clue has also been lost.

Wang Hua picked up the jade ring again, and said, "I don't know what happened. But this jade ring may be involved in the whole case."

Everyone was at a loss.Although Wang Hua spent a lot of time explaining it just now, the main purpose is to let everyone understand that it came from the time of communication between the Han and Han Dynasties, and its origin is extraordinary.But after all, it is a piece of jade, even if Wang Hua touts it again, put it on the market, with this piece of jade, it can be sold for [-] yuan, which is a sky-high price.For this piece of jade, it's not worth killing people and whole families.

Wang Hua continued: "I just said that the ornamentation was probably made by the most skilled craftsman at the border between the Han and Han Dynasties. Let's look at the jade material of this piece of jade. White is the most expensive, followed by yellow and blue. White White as crisp is the most expensive, followed by rice soup with cold color, and snowflakes and oil color are slightly worse. Among topaz, millet yellow is the most expensive. When I was young, the emperor gave me a piece of corn yellow topaz. Burnt yellow is next. Among the blue colors, dark green such as blue is the most expensive. If there are fine ink stars and dots, it is poor, or the color is slightly lighter and poor. Then green jade, dark green without variegation is the most expensive, and pine is the most expensive. Green is also more expensive, and orchid green is second, but if there are rice grits in orchid green, it is more expensive. Let's look at this jade ring again."

Everyone understands the truth of Wang Hua's explanation this time.

So I stared at this piece of jade. Under the sunlight, it looked strangely green and shone with blue light, and except for the reason that it might be buried in the ground, as Wang Hua said, there were some intrusions and pits, it was almost invisible. Not a trace of impurities.

Wang Hua said again: "The material of this kind of jasper itself is also a rare and high-quality material. Therefore, its origin is even more extraordinary. Then I will talk about the reason why Zhao Dabao obtained it."

Having said that, he turned his head, looked at Hecheji, and asked, "I haven't seen the remaining coffins, but why isn't there a funeral object in these coffins?"

He Cheji's face became embarrassing. He hesitated for a while before saying: "The Ding's house was on fire that night, and many neighbors participated in the rescue. This is the reason why the fire was extinguished. Otherwise, the weather was dry during that period of time. A catastrophe. But there is another reason why the neighbors are so active, because the Ding family has a large collection of jade materials, and Ding Zhu himself has a collection of many precious jade articles. So when the fire was extinguished, all these things were dug out from the ruins , lost his whereabouts. Even the government brought the yamen servants to stop him. Later, when his younger sister came to Bianzhou to bury Ding's family, she went to the government to make trouble. But the law does not blame the public, and the government has nothing to do. It is possible that his sister He came in a hurry and didn't bring much money. So his sister got out of the coffin, but there were no funeral objects."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Hua's face, and he must not let this young man think that the folk customs of Bianzhou are corrupt.

In fact, Wang Hua does not take it seriously, human nature always has bad roots.Just like himself, he also has a good side and an evil side.When a person is poor, his ambition is short, and such things will inevitably happen.

He didn't take it seriously, and continued: "But although this jade ring is a small utensil, it is very expensive, but why no one saw it, and it still appeared in the coffin?"

Everyone shook their heads together.

Wang Hua also said: "If it is very precious, something bad happens to Ding Zhu's consciousness, and the enemy is looking for it, and he swallows it all at once, what will happen?"

If so, the murderer would never be able to find the whereabouts of this jade ring.Moreover, it is small in size, and it is not impossible to swallow it in the stomach.Then the corpse rotted, including the intestines and stomach, all turned into fuzzy flesh and blood and piled up under the bones.Zhao Dabao went back for an autopsy, because the stomach and intestines melted, so naturally he didn't know it was in the stomach of the deceased.But because of this, it was in the bloody water, and no one found it on the river bank.

Thinking of its origin, Li Bao'er and Shangguan Xiaowan finally stood up, lay down on the railing and vomited desperately.Others did not dare to continue eating.

After vomiting for a long time, Li Gu'er came back and saw that Wang Hua was still looking at the jade, screamed again, and said, "Give it to Lei Zhan."

Lei Zhan is one of the captains of their line of guards.

Wang Hua understood her feelings, wrapped the piece of jade in a handkerchief, and handed it to Lei Zhan.

Li Gu'er didn't think it was enough, so he said to Wang Hua, "Wash your hands."

This hand still touches her skin at night, so it must be washed clean.

There was an ambiguous look in everyone's eyes.

Wang Hua looked at the crowd, and then at Li Gu'er's fierce eyes, so she stood up and went upstairs to wash her hands.

But there is no way to eat this meal.

Wang Hua said again: "Let's find some of Ding Zhu's apprentices."

"They are all easy to find. Ding Zhu's apprentices are skilled in making jade, and they were all hired by famous workshops." He Cheji said.Then take them to Fangshi in Bianzhou.

Although Bianzhou is also a prosperous state capital, the scale of the square city is obviously smaller than that of Luoyang and Chang'an.

Hecheji also knew about it, so he didn't make any stops, and went directly to a shop called Zhongyunzhai, which sold all kinds of exquisite jade wares.

Ding Zhu's second apprentice and fifth apprentice all made jade in Yunzhai.As soon as He Cheji expressed his intentions, the boss of Zhongyunzhai said: "That's unfortunate, they accepted an invitation in the morning, and then said goodbye to me, saying that they would leave for a few days. I didn't think of anything else, so I agreed. "

Although they are both craftsmen, several of Ding Zhu's apprentices are elders, and they have a certain freedom to come and go.

He Cheji didn't pay attention, and went to a Liufangxuan to look for Ding Zhu's three disciples.It can be heard that his three apprentices also received an invitation in the morning and left Liufangxuan.

Feeling a little bad, he immediately sent someone to find out where his disciples had gone.At the same time, he went straight to the workshop where the last six apprentices were. He still received the same news. After receiving an invitation, he left.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, could this case be related to his apprentices?

After a while, the yamen servant came in to report that Ding Zhu's four apprentices came to Bianzhou pier one after another, boarded a boat, and went down the river. No one heard the news, not even their family members. .

Li Chongjun couldn't help asking: "Scholar Wang, what happened?"

This is obviously an important case, but there must always be a motive for the crime, or murder for revenge, or murder for love, or murder for money, but it seems that Ding Zhu has nothing to do with these things.

Wang Hua smiled, although he didn't take it seriously when he heard that Ding Zhu's four disciples had left Bianzhou.Because he made some arrangements earlier.

Then he said: "Didn't I just tell you about the origin of this jade ring? I made a rather funny idea. If there is a news now. It says that a national treasure has appeared somewhere."

National treasure?Everyone was stunned when they heard this. If they were neighbors, they would still believe it. In their status, it is impossible to believe such rumors.

But Li Gu'er remembered what Wang Hua had said to him some time ago, and his eyes lit up involuntarily.

"Isn't it funny? I believe you will not believe such rumors. But rumors have noses and eyes, and when the Han Dynasty borders, there are many regimes, one after another. If at this time it is either Wang Mang, or Emperor Gengshi, or Liu Yong, Gongsun Shu, Li Xian, Qin Feng, Zhang Bu, Dong Xian, Yan Cen, Tian Rong, the leaders who once ruled a large area and controlled a large territory, when they felt something was wrong, they seized most of the properties in the territory under their control and buried them in the ground , and then wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. This treasure will play a huge role."

"Of course, you still don't believe it. But all kinds of precious artifacts produced during the border between the Han and Han Dynasties continue to appear, such as jade, gold, etc., and are still placed in front of you. What do you think?"

"Could it be that this treasure really exists?" Li Chongjun knew that Wang Hua would not be aimless. If there were many things in front of him, doubts would eventually become beliefs.If there is such a treasure, not to mention the power of King Gengshi and Wang Mang, the other vassal kings also once controlled the territory of Moda, and at the same time controlled a lot of property.These properties may be a staggering number, even greater than the profits that the slippery state businessmen hoarded in the end.

It is reasonable for the Ding family to be dragged into this matter and be silenced by the whole family.

"I'm not sure if this treasure exists. Now I'm just making an assumption. And this treasure has some mechanisms that require a treasure map or a key to the treasure, and this treasure map or the key to the treasure happens to be this jade ring. I don't know some kind of The reason is that the jade ring is separated. Ding Zhu just got the other half, and the money is touching. Faced with such a huge wealth, even Ding Zhu will also be tempted. Therefore, some people came to ask for this jade ring, and the two sides negotiated conditions. The conversation didn't work out, and finally aroused the other party's murderous intent. And when Ding Zhu felt that something was wrong, he swallowed this jade ring into his stomach."

"So, he doesn't even want his life?" Li Chongjun asked again.

"Of course not. Although it is said that people died for wealth and birds died for food, his life is gone. How can he enjoy this wealth? Maybe there are other arrangements or reasons."

"Is this real or fake?" Seeing Wang Hua speak with a nose and eyes, Shangguan Xiaowan also became dubious.

"I don't know. Before the truth is revealed, everything is possible and nothing is possible."

Li Bao'er turned around and said to Lei Zhan, "Lei Zhan, quickly take out that piece of jade."

If there is such a thing, this piece of jade is very important.

Lei Zhan reached out to take it out of his pocket, but his expression changed.

"What happened?" Wang Hua asked.

"It was stolen, it was stolen," Lei Zhan said with an even more ugly face, which was a serious dereliction of duty.

(End of this chapter)