"Uncle Guoxi is gone, the plum vase that Uncle Guoxi asked him to protect is also lost, and the culprit is pregnant with his child... How do you expect him to face it? How do you expect him to explain it?"
Xiao Weiji glared at Zhang Moyan reproachfully. Through his angry eyes, Zhang Moyan felt her biological father's resistance to her birth. Just as he stated in his last letter, the child was a mistake to him, the evil result of a lie, and should not have been brought into this world. It was precisely because he did not want the child to be inextricably linked to Chen Yun that he resolutely chose death.
Zhang Moyan smiled bitterly, with the corners of her mouth turned up but the corners of her eyes turned down. As she smiled silently, her tears finally couldn't stay in the narrow space and slid down her face.
"Zhang Shunqing..." Xiao Xingyu hesitated when he spoke, but finally decided to call him by his name. "Did he tell you what the results of his research on the plum vase were?"
Xiao Weiji shook his head: "No, I didn't ask. He didn't tell me why I asked."
"It seems your relationship isn't that great," Xiao Xingyu said, deliberately making things look disgusting. "I didn't even tell you about my research even though I was about to die."
Xiao Weiji's face turned pale: "...These are two different things!"
Zhang Moyan sniffed as Xiao Xingyu mocked Xiao Weiji, wiped away her tears, and turned to Xiao Guotao: "Grandpa, I want to invite Mrs. Yuan from the Wang family to come here."
Xiao Guotao, who had been thinking about it for a while, hesitated for a moment, then nodded as if suddenly realizing it: "It's time to ask her to come over. Xingyu, give me a call and I'll ask them to come to the main hall."
When Old Lady Yuan and her group arrived, Xiao Guotao also asked Uncle Chai to take the plum vase out of his workshop.
As the crowd watched, they listened to Old Lady Yuan recount the story of how Chen Yun and Xiao Guoxi went to Ruyang to investigate the construction site for them.
"Could this be the plum vase that Guoxi and Chen Yun have their eyes on?" Xiao Yanzhen carefully took the plum vase from Xiao Guoxi's hand.
Yuan Hongying said: "That's right."
Xiao Weizhou measured and said, "It has been said throughout history that your Bianjing Wang family possessed the secret recipe for celadon porcelain. Could it be that... Xiao Guoxi said this plum vase is of great research value because it has some connection to the secret recipe for celadon porcelain?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Weiyu quickly took the plum vase and examined it carefully. "This vase really does have a very incongruous feel. It's clearly a Ming Dynasty workmanship, but its shape is from the Song Dynasty... Dad, have you noticed any problems these days?"
Xiao Guotao shook his head slowly with a helpless look on his face: "Not yet, this plum vase should be a Ming Dynasty imitation of the Song Dynasty."
"Hmm," Xiao Weijiang agreed, then said regretfully, "Guoxi has had a unique vision since he was young, something most of us can't compare to. He's willing to pay three hundred thousand for this plum vase, so he must have seen something. What is it?"
Xiao Guotao sighed: "I may need to study this for a while longer."
Elsewhere, Xiao Weijiang's head was buzzing. He chased after Yuan Hongying and asked, "You gave the plum vase to Chen Yun. This matches what Weiji said about Chen Yun and Guoxi taking the vase to meet Zhang Shunqing. But how did the vase return to your house later?"
Yuan Hongying said: "This plum vase was sent back by Chen Yun."
"What?!" Xiao Weiji was in disbelief. "Chen Yun returned the bottle to you? Did she return it herself?"
"She sent it back herself." Yuan Hongying nodded. "Less than a year after she and Mr. Xiao Guoxi left, she came to our house again. She said she had encountered some difficulties and couldn't bring the plum vase with her. She asked us to keep it for her and not tell anyone. She could come back to get it when she was more convenient."
This maneuver left everyone completely bewildered. Xiao Yanzhen, pinching the tip of his chin, recounted the situation, "This timing... combined with what Wei Ji just said, Chen Yun should have returned to the Wang family after Zhang Shunqing discovered the plum vase's value and revealed her ties to Japan. It's strange, why would she return the plum vase to the Wang family at this critical juncture?"
Everyone was confused.
"Because that is the safest place." Xiao Xingyu's voice suddenly rose from the ground.
Zhang Moyan looked at Xiao Xingyu in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Xingyu looked at the plum vase in Xiao Weiyu's hand, then looked at Xiao Weiji who was looking at him with confusion. He smiled meaningfully, and the words seemed to be gnashed out from between his teeth: "I just think Zhang Shunqing really deserves to die!"
"Xiao Xingyu, what are you talking about?!" Xiao Weiji was furious.
Xiao Xingyu treated him as air, lowered his head, unfolded the paper in his hand, and read it again and again, saying sadly: "Zhang Shunqing thought Chen Yun was a traitor who sold the plum vase to the Japanese. This is his interpretation, but I have a different interpretation."
Xiao Weiji asked nervously, "What interpretation?"
Xiao Xingyu took a deep breath, his eyes reddened. "My interpretation is that my mother-in-law may not have colluded with the Japanese at all! You can't assume that just because she and Chen Guanfu lived in Japan, they were working for the Japanese. It's obvious that she sent the plum vase back to the Wang family because she didn't want it to fall into the hands of the Japanese!"
Zhang Moyan was greatly shocked, and the blood in her body trembled at his words: "Xingyu..."
Xiao Xingyu continued, "It is undeniable that Chen Yun approached our family for other purposes, as evidenced by her insistence on not returning after my second grandfather's death. She is Chen Guanfu's daughter, and it is her responsibility to help her father collect information on the re-firing of celadon porcelain, but to say that she is a traitor and a traitor to her country is probably not right. I think she was also confused by the sudden appearance of the Japanese who tried to snatch the plum vase. When she was found in Hangzhou to be in contact with the Japanese, it was not collusion, but she was unfortunately found by the Japanese again! In order to prevent the plum vase from falling into the hands of the Japanese, she chose to return the plum vase to the Wang family, because the other party would not expect her to return such a precious item to its original owner."
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