"Brother Xue, since this shoe has gold leaves hidden, the other one should also be hidden, right?" Tao Sihai said.

Xue Chen picked up the other shoe and reached in and touched it. He felt that the sandwich was not empty, and there was also something thin sandwiched there. He thought it must be gold leaves, but when he used a knife to open the suture line again, he reached out and

When you go in and touch it, it feels different from the gold leaf!

When he carefully pulled out a corner, it turned out to be a folded piece of paper that had turned yellow and turned black. When Yan Ruxing saw it, his eyes widened, and he immediately stopped Xue Chen from taking it out anymore, saying hurriedly: "Xiao Xue, don't pull it out yet.

Come out, wait until you get back, and be careful not to damage it."

Xue Chen saw that it was not a gold leaf, but a piece of paper, and his heart beat violently. He resisted the urge to take it out on the spot to see what was written on it, and stuffed it back again.

Seeing a piece of paper tucked inside the other shoe, Tao Sihai and Yu Qiang looked at each other, both surprised, even more incredible than when they saw the gold leaf just now.

Yu Qiang asked: "Is this piece of paper worth more than the gold leaf?"

Yan Ruxing glared at Yu Qiang and yelled: "Money, money, money! You know money, this kind of thing is not measured by money. That piece of paper is obviously a letter rice paper from the same era, and it should be explored and appreciated for art.

Look at it with your eyes!”

After being scolded by Yan Ruxing, Yu Qiang scratched his head and looked embarrassed. At the same time, he replied to Yan Ruxing unbalancedly in his heart. He usually valued money the most, but now he was teaching himself a lesson.

When Xue Chen put away the gold leaves and a pair of fragrant shoes, Yan Ruxing rubbed his hands with interest and said thoughtfully: "Xiao Xue, tell me why there are gold leaves and a piece of writing paper hidden in these fragrant shoes.

What will it say on it?”

"This...I don't know either."

Xue Chen replied, Yan Ruxing was curious, and why was he not? He was also extremely curious about the letter hidden in the middle of the shoe, and wanted to see what was written on it.

Just now, he had used his perspective ability to secretly read it, but maybe because it had been too old, the writing on it had become extremely blurry, and it was unclear whether it was words or paintings.

, you still need to take it out after you go back, lay it out and look at it, and study it carefully to see the meaning.

A pair of fragrant shoes worn by a young woman from a wealthy family contains a few gold leaves in one shoe and a letter in the other shoe. This really makes people want to imagine the story.

Even though Yan Ruxing had seen countless antiques and cultural relics in his life, and heard all kinds of strange stories, he had never encountered such a thing before, and he showed an eager look forward to trying it.

When the car was approaching Haicheng City, Xue Chen received a call from Wang Dong and asked him when he would come back. When he was told that he was already on his way back, Wang Dong said that he should go there when he had time and had something to discuss.

After entering the urban area of ​​Haicheng City, the car went straight to Wanrui Antique Shop. After getting off the car and entering the store, Yan Ruxing immediately asked Xue Chen to take out the letter hidden in the fragrant shoes to take a look.

Seeing Yan Ruxing's anxious look, Xue Chen couldn't help but have some daydreams in his mind. What could be written on this piece of paper?

Arriving at a reception room on the second floor, Xue Chen carefully took out the letter from the mezzanine of the fragrant shoes, opened it bit by bit, and laid it flat on the coffee table.

In an instant, not only Xue Chen and Yan Ruxing, but also Tao Sihai and Yu Qiang, who were not very interested in antiques, poked their heads to take a look.

But after reading it, the four of them frowned, because the paper was still in good condition, with only slight wear and tear, but the ink stains on it were dim and unclear. They couldn't see clearly what was written, so they could only read it. It seems that there should be about a hundred or ten words written on it.

Xue Chen read and read carefully, but he could only guess a few words and still could not tell what was specifically written in the letter.

"Wait a minute, I'll call Chen Suyuan and ask Mr. Chen to come over and take a look. He has a deeper understanding of this area and may be able to roughly understand what is written above."

Yan Ruxing immediately called Chen Suyuan and briefly explained the matter on the phone. After hanging up the phone, he told Xue Chen that Mr. Chen would arrive soon.

"Well, Mr. Chen is drinking tea with others in the teahouse. Also present are Shen Wanjun and Liu Ming, who also want to come over and take a look."

Less than half an hour later, Xue Chen and Yan Ruxing went out and greeted a group of five people. They were all well-known "old guys" in the Haicheng City antique circle. After hearing about the fragrant shoes from Chen Suyuan, they all I came here specially to have a look.

When they got upstairs, the old piece of paper spread out on the coffee table immediately attracted everyone's attention. Chen Suyuan sat down right in front of the coffee table, bent down, squinted his eyes, and observed it carefully.

Others sat aside. Shen Wanjun patted Xue Chen on the shoulder, smiled and said: "Xiao Chen, I heard that you bought those fragrant shoes. It's really a worthwhile trip. By the way, this How's the trip going?"

Xue Chen smiled and shook his head.

Yan Ruxing waved his hands in displeasure at the side: "Don't mention it. I feel angry when I mention it. I went all the way in vain and almost got tricked."

"Hey, what do you mean, did you meet a scammer?" Liu Ming, the president of the Municipal Bookstore Association, said with a smile.

"I did meet a liar, and it's a bunch of liars." Yan Ruxing was very angry and gave a rough summary of the transaction process to Pinghe.

As the others listened, the faint smiles on their faces turned into surprise, and they were all shocked by what happened to Yan Ruxing.

"Nowadays, the methods of scammers are becoming more and more sophisticated, and they are becoming more and more difficult for people to detect." Shen Wanjun put his hands on his knees, shook his head and sighed.

"No, if Xiao Xue hadn't been clever enough to discover the problem in advance, I wouldn't have been able to escape so easily." Yan Ruxing glanced at Xue Chen.

At this time, Yu Qiang, who was sitting in the corner, chuckled: "But we didn't suffer a loss, but we had a feast worth more than 40,000 yuan."

When Yu Qiang told the story about Xue Chen forcing the liar to treat them to a big dinner, everyone in the room was stunned, and finally burst into laughter.

"Xue Chen, I really have you."

"Haha, I have lived for more than fifty years, but I have never eaten a meal worth 48,000 yuan. I really envy you."

"Interesting and interesting. Not only did I not suffer the consequences, but I also took a bite out of them."

Amidst the laughter, people in the room looked at Xue Chen with smiles and admiration in their eyes.

At the same time, Chen Suyuan, who had been studying the piece of paper without making a sound, suddenly coughed and said suddenly, "I think I understand what this letter is all about."

Hearing this, everyone sat up straight and looked at Chen Suyuan. Xue Chen also did the same, his eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but wonder what this letter was about.

Yan Ruxing asked anxiously: "Old Chen, tell me quickly what's going on."

"Lao Yan, don't worry." Chen Suyuan replied with a smile, then looked at the letter paper on the coffee table and said, "The handwriting on it is blurry, but fortunately the person who wrote it is very educated and the handwriting is fair.

So through some details, you can still guess what words are written. Let me read it to you."

"Once separated, two places miss each other, the spring of March..."

Listening to Chen Suyuan reading it softly, Xue Chen listened carefully, his eyebrows gradually raised, and he vaguely understood the meaning of the letter and why there were gold leaves hidden in the soles of shoes.

"At about midnight on the 15th day of the third lunar month, the child will be born."

After reading the last paragraph, Chen Suyuan looked around at everyone and said, "You should all understand what this letter is about. This should be a letter written by a young man named Zicheng to a woman.

And he also agreed to elope in the letter! In this way, the gold leaf in the other shoe makes sense. I guess he was planning to elope in the future."

Xue Chen was shocked when he heard Chen Suyuan's analysis. He finally figured it out. It turned out that the truth was like this. Hidden in one shoe was a lifelong love letter, while in the other shoe was hidden a letter about elopement.

Later, I needed money for my livelihood.

Like Xue Chen, everyone else present here is also recalling this story in their hearts, and they all feel inexplicably sentimental and sad.

"There is nothing better than a talented man and a beautiful woman." Liu Ming sighed.

"I have heard many ancient love stories, Butterfly Lovers, The Story of the West Chamber, Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, but now in my opinion, they are not as real as this pair of fragrant shoes." Shen Wanjun felt relieved.

In one breath, preach.

"Old Shen is quite good. He sees the truth in ordinary things. Otherwise, how could he impress us old men?" Yan Ruxing touched his chin and agreed.

Just when everyone was imagining the story in their minds, Tao Sihai whispered: "I just don't know if these two people have successfully eloped. I watched TV and said that elopement was a fatal thing in ancient times. Once someone was caught,

If caught, you will be punished.”

After hearing what Tao Sihai said, everyone inevitably started to speculate whether the couple had successfully eloped, had they eloped to start a new life somewhere else, or had they been discovered?

Chen Suyuan picked up the pair of fragrant shoes lying aside, looked at them, and said, "The elopement probably didn't succeed. If it did, then the gold leaves hidden in the shoes should be taken out and used."

After hearing what Chen Suyuan said, everyone sighed and felt pity for this couple.

When leaving, Xue Chen found two wooden boxes with soft cloth pads inside to hold small porcelain from the Wan Yuan Antique Shop. One contained the pair of fragrant shoes, and the other contained the few gold leaves and pieces of porcelain.

After writing the letter, I walked two streets and went to Zhuo Zhuo Antique Shop. I didn’t know what Wang Dong wanted to talk to him about.

When Wang Dong saw that Xue Chen had returned from Pinghe City, he sighed with a tangled expression: "Old Xue, I regret it. I should have agreed to go to Pinghe with you to see the ghost market."

Seeing Wang Dong looking unhappy and depressed, Xue Chen thought about it and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Didn't you go on a blind date?"
Chapter completed!