"Because, because..." Xiao Huaijiang hesitated, looking at the ground aimlessly.
Xiao Weicheng said suspiciously: "How could Xiao Huai take the initiative to find you? You are making up stories again!"
"No, no!" Xiao Weijiang shook his hands and firmly denied, "I definitely didn't make up a story, it was really Xiao Huai who came to find me!"
"Uncle Wei Jiang, don't be nervous. First, explain clearly what Xiao Huai wants to ask you for." Xiao Xingyu stepped forward and gave Xiao Weijiang some support.
Xiao Weijiang glanced at Xiao Xingyu gratefully, but after opening his mouth twice, he still hesitated to speak.
"Xiao Huai is looking for you, is it because you want to see my dad?" Xiao Weizhou seemed to remember something, and said while recalling, "Xiao Huai came to me two days ago to discuss that you had looked for him and wanted to go to the hospital.
Visit the old man, he doesn’t know how to reply to you, so he came to ask my opinion."
"Xiao Huai, did he come to you about this?" Xiao Weijiang couldn't believe it, his eyes lit up with surprise.
Xiao Weizhou nodded: "I let Xiao Huai make his own decision, and I will support it whether he agrees or not. He left without saying anything at that time. I have been busy these past two days and forgot about it. So it seems that he is looking for you.
, I agreed to let you visit my dad, right?"
"He agreed?" Xiao Weijiang asked Xiao Weizhou in surprise.
Xiao Weizhou's determined look turned to hesitation, and then he was stunned: "I guess he agrees. If he didn't want to agree to you visiting my dad, he wouldn't have come to ask my opinion. What? He didn't come to you for this reason.
, then why is he looking for you?"
Xiao Weijiang once again looked like he was going to say something or not. His meek look made Xiao Weijiang angry, and he exploded: "Did you do something stupid again that no one can tell anyone about?!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Mei immediately stared at Xiao Weijiang nervously, and Xiao Weijiang lowered his head and remained silent in her gaze.
This reaction is tantamount to admission.
Everyone present suddenly became curious and anxious.
Xiao Weijiang knew he couldn't escape, so he punched his thigh with his fist and said hesitantly: "Xiao Huai hasn't told me why he came to me because...because when he saw me, I was being beaten..."<
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"You were beaten? Who beat you!" Yan Mei grabbed Xiao Weijiang's arm in surprise and looked him up and down.
Xiao Weijiang took a hissing breath and retracted his arm. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that there must be injuries on his arm.
Yan Mei asked sadly: "Why were you beaten?"
Zhang Moyan looked on in confusion. Yan Mei seemed to care about Xiao Weijiang, so why didn't she leave with Xiao Weijiang when he was kicked out of the Xiao family?
"There... there is a bit of a misunderstanding here. If I tell you, I'm afraid you will also misunderstand me?" Xiao Weijiang uneasily laid the groundwork before getting down to business.
Xiao Weizhou couldn't help but frown after hearing this. Xiao Huai would rather be detained than say that he had met Xiao Weijiang. This matter must be extraordinary: "Just say it, make it clear, and we won't do anything to you."
Misunderstanding."
Even after Xiao Weizhou said this, Xiao Weijiang still looked at the Xiao family behind him with uneasiness. It wasn't until Xiao Weizhou said angrily, "Okay, let's talk about it," that he made up his mind to reveal it.
"At 11 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, I received a call from Xiao Huai. He asked me to meet at Yunchan Park at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I was very excited. You must know that this was the first time that Xiao Huai took the initiative to come to me in seventeen years, so
I went to the appointed place in the park early to wait for him. Who would have thought... Who would have thought that Xiao Huai hadn't come yet, so I had the unlucky chance to meet Jiang Dazhuang first." Xiao Huaijiang paused and continued speaking unconvincingly, "He and I
Because of some quarrel, I was beaten up by him, and Xiao Huai happened to see me."
The more Xiao Weijiang spoke, the softer his voice became. Although it was only a few words, the picture he outlined was enough for people to imagine the grand occasion at that time.
Xiao Xingyu thought to himself: "Although Jiang Dazhuang is not a high-level person, he behaves in a decent manner. How could he attack you, uncle?"
What he didn't say was that Jiang Dazhuang and Xiao Weijiang had a falling out in front of him a while ago, so why did they fall out so quickly? Even if Xiao Weijiang was cleared out by the Xiao family, his surname was still "Xiao" anyway, and besides, he
Xiao Xingyu hasn't left Ruzhou yet, and he doesn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face. Even if Jiang Dazhuang had any dissatisfaction with Xiao Weijiang, he would not engage in such an act as a public fight.
Xiao Weijiang was still hesitant, but before Xiao Weicheng became furious, he finally said: "This is all my fault! Last week, I took the factory's products to Yu County to participate in a trade fair, and met a Japanese businessman there.
My name is Tanaka Ryuichi."
At this point, Xiao Weijiang paused deliberately, as if waiting for everyone's reaction to the name, but whether it was Xiao Weizhou, Xiao Weidi, or even Yan Mei, they all had expressions on their faces that were waiting for him to continue.
Xiao Weijiang couldn't help but shook his head: "It seems that you all know nothing about this person."
Several elders looked at each other, and Xiao Xingyu asked Xiao Weijiang: "Who is this Tanaka Ryuichi?"
Xiao Weijiang looked at Xiao Xingyu and said quietly: "He should be the person who killed my father together with Zhang Shunqing and Chen Yun!"
"What did you say?" Xiao Weizhou was shocked and blurted out, "Did any foreign forces intervene in Uncle Guoxi's death back then?"
Yan Mei heard the conversation between Xiao Weijiang and Xiao Weizhou and took a step back. She was shaken for a few seconds. She rushed up and grabbed Xiao Weijiang with one hand and Xiao Weizhou with the other: "What's going on? Guoxi was not killed by a serial murderer.
Didn't he get killed? Wasn't that murderer executed more than 20 years ago? Xiao Zhang and Xiao Chen... didn't they disappear when your dad was in trouble? You, how did you just say that they were the ones who killed him?
What about Guoxi? How is it possible? They were Guoxi’s most trusted disciples during his lifetime!"
The Xiao family members standing at the scene were all shocked, and many people’s eyes were so wide open that they seemed to fall out.
Yan Mei asked a series of confused questions. Xiao Weijiang was asked and didn't know where to answer the question. Finally, he said in a general way: "Mom, I can't explain clearly now. Things are not as simple as you think?!"
Yan Mei stared at Xiao Weijiang in shock, and then turned to look at Xiao Weizhou. Xiao Weizhou also avoided her eyes. Obviously there must be a hidden secret. Yan Mei's vision suddenly went dark and she was about to faint. Zhang Moyan and her aunt stepped forward in time.
Hold her on the left and right.
Xiao Weijiang also came up to support his mother: "This matter is difficult to explain, and many of them are just speculations on my part. When I left the Xiao family, I took away some of my dad's things, including a diary, in which he mentioned that a suspected Song Dynasty man was discovered in Luoyang.
He was invited by Luoyang Cultural Relics Bureau to participate in the inspection of the ancient official kiln ruins. Just before he set off with Zhang Shunqing and Chen Yun, a Japanese named Tanaka Ryuichi called and wanted to meet him in Luoyang. He wrote in his diary
Li said that he felt that the Japanese had impure motives and was a bit dangerous, so he rejected him, but he thought that the other party would not just let it go and would definitely show up again. My father did not take this diary with him when he set off, and it was him who
Without taking it away, I had the opportunity to read his account."
"Then you met Tanaka Ryuichi in Yu County this time?" Xiao Weizhou speculated, "How are you sure that the Tanaka Ryuichi you met is the Tanaka Ryuichi in Uncle Guoxi's diary?"
Xiao Weijiang said: "Nationality, how the name is written, and age... This Japanese named Tanaka Ryuichi is over sixty years old. He was in his prime twenty-six years ago. He must be the father he contacted!"
Xiao Weicheng snorted disdainfully: "Nationality? How the name is written? Age? There are so many people with the same name! What kind of evidence is this? It's too unreliable!"
Xiao Weijiang was shocked by him, but he still said: "I just have an intuition. I just feel for no reason that he is the Japanese in my dad's diary!"
Xiao Mumu advised: "Uncle Wei Jiang, this possibility is possible, but it should be very small! There are only more than 40 common surnames among Japanese people. Tanaka is also a common surname in Japan. There should be very many people named Tanaka Ryuichi."<
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"I don't think so," Xiao Xingyu frowned in thought, "There may be many people in Japan with the same nationality, same name, and the right age, but if you add in the condition of being interested in celadon, I'm afraid there won't be many left.
!"
Everyone was stunned when he heard what he said. Xiao Xingyu continued: "The area around Yu County was called Junzhou in ancient times and was the location of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, Jun Kiln. When it comes to celadon, people often think that only Ru Guan Ge San is the only one who can identify it based on the glaze color.
Kiln is the origin of celadon, but as everyone knows, historically, Jun kiln porcelain, which is famous for its varied glaze colors, is also an important birthplace of celadon. In addition to rose purple, Jun red, and moon white, Jun porcelain can also be azure, sky blue, and emerald green.
.It’s just that these glazes are different from the cyan in the south. They are cyan glazes that have a milky feel and show signs of kiln change.”
Xiao Xingyu pondered a little when he said this, and said meaningfully: "It seems that this Tanaka Ryuichi is a very knowledgeable celadon lover!"