More than two hours later, the car parked in a parking lot near an old street on the outskirts of the county town. There are quite a lot of people coming here to play, and many tourists come off the tourist buses. Since many suspected relics of Emperor Jianwen were discovered here, many tourist routes about the culture of Emperor Jianwen have been developed.
"Mr. Li, the place my aunt mentioned is at the entrance of an alley ahead. Let's go and look for him first to see if he is still there."
Sun Chengan looked around and pointed in one direction, following the flow of people.
"Let's go there." Li Mo put his hands in his pockets and walked forward slowly like a normal tourist.
The brown bear followed him and said as he walked: "Boss, it's really lively here, the air is filled with the smell of fried food."
"It also smells like stinky tofu." Sun Chengan continued jokingly.
"In Yanjiao, Kyoto, the snack street business is the best. We have not only created multiple tourist routes for the museum, but also included the food street in the itinerary. The snacks include local specialties from all over the world, and many tourists will visit them after they return. Sharing food tourism experiences online. This is a kind of regional cultural export. Whenever everyone wants to travel in the future, the first thought in their mind is to go to Yanjiao. The situation here is similar to that in Yanjiao, and they focus on creating a culture."
The three of them were chatting while walking. When they reached an alley, Sun Chengan suddenly whispered: "Mr. Li, do you think the man sitting in the corner over there is the uncle we are looking for?"
"We'll find out after we go over and take a look."
The three of them walked slowly in that direction. There was a large flow of people at the entrance of the alley and the alley was not spacious, so there was only an old man in his seventies sitting in the corner. He was wearing a dark gray cotton-padded jacket. Two big patches, wearing thin cloth shoes on his feet, a pair of eyes full of vicissitudes of life looked at the tourists coming and going.
There was a thick cotton cloth spread on the ground in front of him, with some things placed on it. The most eye-catching thing is that there are many cyan beads stored in an open transparent glass. This is the main target of Li Mo's search this time.
With a sweep of his strange pupils, dark blue haloes of light emitted from the glass bottle.
There was a smile on Li Mo's lips. It seemed that no tourist had been interested in this cyan bead for so many days. He walked to the old man and squatted down. He wanted to ask directly how the porcelain beads were sold. But when he glanced around, his expression suddenly froze. In addition to those Ming Dynasty porcelain beads, there are also some porcelain dolls placed on the cotton cloth. It is a doll model made of porcelain. Judging from the strange movements and clothes on the body, it looks like some puppets. The glaze color on each puppet is bright, thick, and the facial features are exquisite and lifelike.
The most important thing is that these eight puppets also have a dark blue halo, and they were all fired in the early Ming Dynasty.
There are also three palm-sized stone tablets placed in the corners. There are words and patterns on the surface of the stone tablets. Li Mo picked up one of the stone tablets. The stone had beautiful colors and patterns. It was made of Yuhua stone from Jinling, which is a natural agate stone.
There are only two characters, written in regular script and carved into the stone, with the word "Xiaokang" written in it. A five-clawed dragon circled and surrounded it, with extraordinary momentum. …
Turning over the stone tablet, there are two words engraved on the other side, which read "Ji Xing".
The three agate stone tablets have different colors, but the written content and patterns are exactly the same.
Li Mo suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and made a unique discovery. It seemed that Emperor Jianwen really did not burn to death in the palace, but used the golden cicada to escape from his shell and took Jincheng to escape here.
After Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he posthumously named his father Zhu Biao Emperor Xiaokang, and the temple was named Xingzong, which means that the three stone tablets in front of him were probably used to worship Xingzong of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, later Emperor Yongle Emperor Zhu Di did not recognize the title given to his father by Emperor Jianwen, and called Zhu Biao Prince Yiwen again.
This old man seems to be very extraordinary. Everything placed on the ground is actually related to Emperor Jianwen. It seems that he is getting closer and closer to solving the mystery of Emperor Jianwen's life and death.
"Uncle, do you sell all these things?"
The old man nodded and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Which one you want, I'll sell it to you cheaper."
"I want it all, you give me a price."
The old man's eyes were a little brighter. He pointed to the cyan porcelain beads in the glass bottle and said, "This one costs fifty yuan, and these eight dolls cost one hundred each. For these three brands, just give them two hundred each." "
Li Mo nodded and asked casually: "Uncle, how long have you been selling these things here?"
"This doll and sign were brought to my home for sale just this morning. These beads have been on display for several days, and only one has been sold."
"Okay, I want them all. Uncle, do you have other things like this at home? If so, I'd like to take a look and buy them if they suit me."
"Yes, there are a lot of them at home."
The old man nodded one after another. He met a good person today and actually wanted to buy them all.
There were fifty-two cyan porcelain beads, and Li Mo calculated that they were exactly four thousand. He asked Brown Bear to count out four thousand yuan from his backpack and hand it to him, which attracted the attention of many tourists.
The old man's hands were shaking when he took the money, and he was very excited at the moment.
"Thank you, young man. I have some packaging in my backpack, so it won't break if I pack it for you."
The old man took out some fragments and tape from the backpack beside him. They were relatively simple, but at this time Li Mo didn't think much about it. He used the fragments to wrap the stone tablets and puppets two more layers and put them into the brown bear's backpack.
"Young man, my home is not far from here, about ten minutes' walk."
"Okay, let's walk back slowly with you."
The four of them walked along the alley, turned into the alley, and slowly moved away from the old street.
"Uncle, these things are quite exquisite. Where did you get them?"
The old man waved his hand and said: "My son dug it out of the mountains when he was young. Later, he got sick and died and kept it in the cellar at home. Now my wife is getting worse and worse, so I thought of selling it to give her some money. Buy medicine.”
"I'm sorry, uncle, I didn't know your son was gone."
"He has been dead for more than 20 years, and my wife and I have thought about it for a long time."
"Uncle, what disease does your son have?" Sun Chengan asked.
"The onset of the disease was very sudden. During the attack in the middle of the night, his face was ashen, he was foaming at the mouth, and his whole body was convulsing. He died before he was sent to the hospital in town. Later, the local doctor in Murakami said that my son might have epilepsy. It was so urgent and violent that it was too late to save him.”…
Li Mo listened in his heart and connected these contents with other clues. According to his preliminary speculation, these Ming Dynasty old objects were dug out of the mountains by the old man's son. In all likelihood, his sudden illness was not epilepsy, but poisoning.
After walking for more than ten minutes, they came to a sparse little village. The old man's home had a dilapidated small yard, and the fence of the yard had collapsed in three places. When they walked into the yard, they saw an old woman about seventy years old feeding chickens. She had difficulty moving and her right leg was a little stiff when walking.
"Old lady, this gentleman wants to buy everything in our cellar."
The clothes on the old woman's body were all shabby, and her hair was gray and piled on her head like a haystack. Her hands were covered in dirt and she didn't know what she was doing before.
"Old man, you go get it from the cellar, and I'll give them less boiling water."
"Grandma, there's no need for boiling water. We brought our own thermos cups and we have water." Sun Cheng'an was a little disgusted. He didn't dare to drink the water even after it was boiled.
The uncle quickly took out something wrapped in cotton from the cellar, and the brown bear rushed over to help. After putting the package on the ground and opening it, there were ten puppets, twelve brightly colored agate beads, and nine various agate bracelets.
"Uncle, are they all here?"
"Yes, there is nothing left here. Sir, please pay for these things."
Li Mo picked up one of the agate bracelets. The surface was engraved with Shoushan Fuhai. The carving was very exquisite and superb.
There was no reply for a long time, and the old man whispered worriedly: "Sir, it's okay to make it cheaper."
"Uncle, to tell you the truth, these things are antiques and they are quite valuable. I don't know how much I should give you, so I have an idea. Can you listen to it?"
"Sir, please speak."
"I see that you and grandma are both old, and grandma is in very poor health, and there is no junior at home to take care of you. I think if you are willing, I will find you a nursing home with a very good environment, and I will bear all the expenses incurred. Come and come out until the day you die."
These two old men lost their only son more than 20 years ago, and are now in their 70s. The living environment here is really poor. If he really only gave a few thousand yuan, he couldn't explain it in his heart. If you give them tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands at a time, it may not be a good thing for them.
That's why the idea came to his mind just now, to send them to a nursing home so that they could live comfortably in the last stage of their lives.
The old man was stunned, with an incredible look in his eyes, the corners of his mouth twitching, and old tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.
"Uncle, do you believe me?"
The old man held back his tears, nodded, and said hoarsely: "If you can tell me these words, I will definitely believe you, otherwise you can just give me a few thousand yuan and leave. Sir, you are a good person. He is a great good man.”
Li Mo couldn't bear to see it. He glanced at Sun Chengan and said, "You can arrange this."
"Brown Bear, please give me 20,000 yuan for urgent use."
Brown Bear took out two stacks of money from his backpack and handed them to the old man: "Uncle, you should keep this money first. After you go back to the nursing home and complete the procedures, you and grandma can go and live there."…
The old man was so moved that he didn't know what to say. He stuffed the money into his arms and said, "I will go to the house to get some cotton and wrap these things well."
Sun Cheng'an walked out of the yard to make a phone call, then walked in and said, "Mr. Li, Zeng Yi's family has invested in a high-end nursing home in Fucheng. Leave this matter to him, so you can rest assured. I'm from Fucheng." The car arrived here in about two hours. Uncle, grandma, why don't you two pack up first and see what things you need to bring. Of course, you will have everything when you arrive at the nursing home. You just need to bring some things that you are reluctant to throw away. Just small dropped items will do.”
"Thank you, thank you so much. We have nothing to repay you, so we will kowtow to you a few times and repay your kindness in the next life."
The old man pulled his wife and was about to kneel down, but Li Mo stopped him.
"Uncle, go and clean it up. You can't bring these chickens with you. You can keep them for your neighbors."
"Okay, let's go clean it up right now."
Seeing the two old men helping each other into the house, Li Mo felt his nose was a little stuffy. When he returns to Kyoto, he will mention this matter to Yunli and increase investment in helping the lonely elderly people. Although it is impossible to help everyone, if you meet them, try to help them as much as possible.
"Cheng'an, you stay here and wait."
"Mr. Li, where are you going now?"
Li Mo showed a sneer and said: "Of course I'm going to deal with the person who is following me. That guy is quite a thief, and he actually followed him all the way here."
"Mr. Li, be careful."
"fine."
Li Mo and Brown Bear walked out of the yard and returned along the original path. When they returned to the alley near the old street, the two walked apart, and Li Mo turned into another alley alone.
Two minutes later, a tall man wearing a duck-billed hat also turned into the alley and chased Li Mo. The alley in front of him was not big and there was no one there. The figure from behind was the person he wanted to stare at. As we walked, the people in front stopped, then turned around and looked over.
"You chased me all the way, is something wrong?"
Li Mo put his hands in his pockets and stared at him with a half-smile.
The man didn't say anything, turned around and left. But he only ran six or seven steps when he saw seven or eight people blocking the retreat at the end of the alley. Seeing that their clothes and figures were not easy to mess with, the man who was following him turned around again and ran towards Li Mo. Over there There is only one person, break out first and then make plans.
Li Mo watched him rush over, with a dagger appearing in his right hand and a ferocious look on his face, indicating that he wanted to kill him.
As the person approached, the dagger stabbed directly into the head.
But he underestimated Li Mo's fighting power. Just as the dagger was exerting force, an indescribable, irresistible, and unbearable force suddenly hit his stomach, and then he flew backwards.
The force of that kick seemed to shatter his internal organs, and the severe pain made him curl up on the ground, his whole body twitching. The dagger had already flown to the side, and two security guards rushed here to control him directly.
"Take it away and ask questions."
"Yes, boss."
It's so lawless that they actually commit murder with a knife in broad daylight. Fortunately, the boss's combat power is amazing, so this guy is looking for death.
"Brown Bear, let's continue walking around the old street." Li Mo turned around and continued walking towards the other end of the alley, and Brown Bear hurriedly followed.
"Boss, if the things in my backpack are very precious, why don't I let them take them back to the car and keep them under guard first to prevent them from being accidentally damaged?"
"Judging from the antiques obtained so far, the Wanshou Wujiang porcelain beads of the Ming Dynasty should have been combined with the agate beads to form a Wanshou Wujiang necklace. The three natural agate stone tablets were carved to commemorate Zhu Biao, the father of Emperor Jianwen. As for those The eighteen porcelain dolls were probably used for sacrifice. Now I have collected more and more clues, and the mystery of Emperor Jianwen's life and death will soon be revealed."
Li Mo walked out of the alley and smelled the aroma of snacks, and his stomach growled.
