The tomb-suppressing beasts were placed on both sides of the entrance to the tomb, which means that the tomb of the Tang Dynasty had been completely emptied. Judging from the weathering of these wooden boxes, they must have been more than a hundred years old. As for how they were transported from China to

It is no longer possible to explore here. Fortunately, the descendant of the owner of this old house is an alcoholic.

The remaining two Tang Sancai figurines in the wooden box are both images of officials. The faces are not glazed, and the clothes are decorated with three-color glaze. Seeing this, Li Mo thought for a moment, how could there be three-color figurines of officials? Generally speaking, the burial system of the Tang Dynasty is

There are standards. The presence of official figurines means that the owner of the tomb is a person of high status, possibly a prince or general.

If this is the case, the funerary objects in the Tang Dynasty tomb are not simple.

Li Mo opened the second wooden box, which contained warrior figurines. The third wooden box was still filled with warrior figurines.

"These wooden boxes are no longer strong and need to be repacked and reinforced, and everything in the car must be removed."

Soon some ropes and tapes were brought over, and Li Mo did it himself, reinforcing each wooden box after checking it, and then had people move it out.

"Mr. Qin, are these authentic Tang Sancai paintings?"

A security guard asked softly.

"Well, it should be that a Tang Dynasty tomb in China has been stolen. I want to continue to look at the antiquities behind it." Li Mo opened a wooden box again, "These are the three-color zodiac figurines. You guys put the other ones

Open the wooden boxes one by one and find out the three-color zodiac dragon inside, let me see what shape it is."

Everyone else opened the other wooden boxes carefully.

"Mr. Qin, over here."

Li Mo hurriedly walked over, picked up the three-color dragon, looked at it carefully and said: "This is a python, not a dragon. It seems that the owner of the stolen Tang Dynasty tomb is not a royal person, but his status is certainly not low.

, maybe they are the emperor's favorites, powerful ministers, etc. Everyone re-reinforced the wooden box and moved it away as soon as possible."

Several people started to help and moved out boxes one by one.

"Gu Lishi, have the quantities been registered clearly?"

"Everything is registered clearly."

"Okay, continue."

"Mr. Qin, take a look at what's in this wooden box." Steven was a little surprised when he opened a wooden box. Li Mo quickly walked over to take a look and said, "What's in this wooden box is the equestrian figurines."

He took one out of the wooden box for appraisal and continued: "These three-color equestrian figurines are not big in size, only about ten centimeters high and five centimeters wide, but they have realistic shapes and perfect glaze colors. These are equestrian figurines.

These are horse-mounted hunting figurines, and these are horse-mounted warriors advocating honor guard. I am really curious about the identity of the owner of the Tang Tomb. These three-color knight figurines need to be re-wrapped and protected, and the number must be clearly counted, and the settlement must be made with the owner of the old house later.

I don’t know how long I have been sorting it out, but all the wooden boxes in the basement have been counted.

"All the tri-color paintings of the Tang Dynasty are stored here. It's a pity that no tri-color horses were found. Let me go out."

Li Mo and the others walked out of the basement. The drunkard was drinking some wine and listening to music. He looked quite relaxed.

"Gu Lishi, what's the number counted so far?"

Gu Lishi looked at his notebook and said respectfully: "Mr. Qin, we have counted one tomb beast, twelve zodiac figurines, eighteen official figurines, twenty-one warrior figurines, and twenty slave figurines from the underground vault.

Seven pieces, fifty-four pieces of various small-sized knight figurines, a total of one hundred and thirty-three pieces, packed in thirty-eight boxes, just for the two small trucks we brought."

Li Mo nodded, and then said doubtfully: "The strange thing is that we didn't find those porcelains in the underground warehouse. You can ask the drunkard if there are other underground warehouses."

Yesterday, I found seven pieces of porcelain at a street stall in an alley. The drunkard said that he still has them at home. Since he didn't find them in the underground vault just now, there must be another treasure house.

Gu Lishi walked over and chatted with the drunkard for a while before he came to Li Mo and whispered: "He said that all the porcelain has been sold, almost more than five hundred pieces."

"What, more than five hundred pieces of porcelain?"

Li Mo looked at the drunkard lying on the sofa and wanted to go up and beat him up. It seemed that his ancestor was not a simple person back then. There were more than a hundred three-color figurines in Tang tombs, five

There are more than a hundred pieces of genuine porcelain. This is on the surface. It is not clear whether there are others.

"Mr. Qin, there is a small town nearby. A fair is held in the town every half month. People from the surrounding areas go there and there are many tourists. The drunkard said that all his porcelain is there.

The ones sold on the side were usually priced at three hundred dollars each, and the most expensive ones were sold for five thousand dollars. Unfortunately, this man was not only a drunkard, but also a gambler. I checked the time, and there will be a market in that town tomorrow.

, let’s go shopping together.”

"Okay, then you sign a contract with him and pay him the money."

After signing the contract, Li Mo paid a lump sum of US$180,000 in cash. Seeing so much cash piled on the old table, the drunkard stood up excitedly and hugged Gulishi and Steven again and again.

After finally separating, everyone walked outside. The gloomy weather in the morning had cleared up, and the sun was shining very comfortably on them.

"Mr. Qin, should these things be sent directly to the embassy?"

"Yes, these are all three-color paintings excavated from Tang tombs. They are a set. They have high historical research value and high market value. As per the old rules, you can arrange to send them to the embassy for temporary storage. All registered

The directories are reported to the country in a timely manner.”

"yes."

Li Mo, four security guards, Steven and Gulishi took two cars and drove towards a nearby town, while the other three cars drove in another direction.

It was past noon, and everyone was hungry. There were no Chinese restaurants in the town, so they had no choice but to follow the local customs and buy a hamburger, fried chicken drumsticks and the like to fill their stomachs.

"Mr. Qin, you ended up spending US$180,000 on those three-color figurines excavated from Tang tombs. How much would they be worth if sold?"

While eating fried chicken legs, Li Mo glanced at the beautiful security guard, smiled and said, "Can you guess?"

How could they know? Li Mo looked at Steven. He was an art trader and might know a little more about Chinese antiques.

Steven thought for a moment and said: "I have never come into contact with these three-color figurines that Mr. Qin found before, but some similar antiques are displayed in some museums in the United States, such as three-color Arhats, three-color horses, etc.

.I once saw a report that the highest auction record for a Tang Sancai horse exceeded 20 million US dollars. As for the Sancai Arhat, there is no auction record yet."

The four security guards' time with Li Mo was an eye-opener. They had never come into contact with antiques before. But they never expected that a Tang Dynasty tricolor horse was worth more than 100 million Chinese coins. This was too exaggerated.

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"Mr. Qin, is the three-color Arhat more expensive?"

"For us, each piece is a priceless treasure. It is a pity that all the known three-color Arhats are lost abroad."

According to uncertain statistics, the total number of Chinese antiques lost in the United States exceeds 17 million, but 89% of them are hidden among the people. The priceless three-color Arhat is just a representative, and it is impossible to imagine how many more priceless pieces there are.

Chinese antiques are hidden among American folk.

"Mr. Qin, there are more than 100 three-color figurines you found. Isn't that worth more than 10 billion Chinese coins?"

Several people looked at each other, the total price was too scary.

"The cheapest porcelain is only tens of thousands or more than 100,000, and the most expensive piece of porcelain costs more than one billion. The same is true for Tang Sancai. Some are priceless, some are worth over 100 million, and there are also ordinary Tang Sancai. Today

If the ones I found were sold in sets, they would be conservatively worth 500 million Chinese coins. However, it is impossible for me to sell them. They will be put on permanent display in the Gu Yunxuan Museum in the future."

"Everyone, hurry up and eat. While there is still some time in the afternoon, we will take a walk around the town. When the market opens tomorrow, we will come over and have a good look around. Steven, how far is this town from Boston?

Far?"

“It takes up to seventy minutes to drive up and down, so it’s very convenient to run back and forth.”
Chapter completed!