Chapter 12: Shenzhou Auction House
Zi Liu... Two iron balls were spinning slowly and slowly in a pair of old hands. The owner of the hands was an old man wearing a red Tang suit, black bloomers, and white socks and cloth shoes.
He is about fifty years old, not tall, about 1.67 meters tall. His lean face is full of wrinkles and his hair is gray. However, he does not feel like the setting sun at all. He is energetic and has bright eyes.
In front of him were continuous floor-to-ceiling glass windows - this is the headquarters of the China Auction House located in the West Third Ring Road of Yanjing. It is decorated in pure Chinese style, with Ming-style furniture made of wenge wood, orange palace lanterns, and the rising sun.
The upholstered screen, together with the antique ornaments and root carving fan paintings that appear to be placed randomly but are actually extremely elegant, make the whole room look full of ancient charm.
He likes to look down from here, as if separated by a window, it is like two worlds. He is sighing in the rolling world and intoxicated in the paradise.
"Mr. Chu." The door knocked softly, then quietly opened, and a voice said respectfully: "A policeman named Temulun wants to see you."
The iron ball in Mr. Chu's hand paused for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and without looking back, he said calmly: "Who?"
"He has your internal business card."
Mr. Chu frowned.
He has two business cards, one of which is for the public and is titled "Special Expert in Antique Appraisal of China Auction House."
The other one is internal - Chu Ziyi, the deputy head of Wudianmei of the Kanyu family.
Not many people can get his internal business card.
"Please come in." He finally turned around and said casually.
Five minutes later, Te Mulun came up respectfully. Chu Ziyi sat in front of an Eight Immortals table, with two cups of tea already placed in front of him. When he saw Te Mulun, Chu Ziyi finally combined him with the thoughts in his mind.
A blurry and almost invisible figure faced each other. He smiled and said, "It's you. Sit down."
"Teacher." Te Mulun bowed almost ninety degrees and carefully sat opposite Chu Ziyi. Chu Ziyi gently stroked the lid of the tea cup: "Long years no see. Are you okay?"
"Fortunately." Temulun bowed slightly again. Chu Ziyi smiled and said: "This time, you are here to improve the level of the sect?"
Te Mulun did not speak, Chu Ziyi sighed quietly: "Te Mulun, don't blame me. Although you are my registered disciple, if you are really capable, my teacher will definitely not mind improving your ability."
The level allows you to join the Kanyu team. But this line..."
He shook his head slightly: "It depends on whether God will reward you with food or not."
"You are not talented enough. Forcibly joining the Kanyu team will only drag everyone down. Being a policeman in peace may not be a bad thing. This is also to protect you..."
"Teacher!" Just before he finished speaking, Temulun pursed his lips deeply, raised his head slightly, gritted his teeth and said, "I met the single passer of Lan Shanhai."
Chu Ziyi's voice stopped suddenly. He glanced at the other party unexpectedly, and his voice became more solemn: "Where did we meet?"
Temulun's voice was filled with a trace of irrepressible excitement: "Xijing Province, Foping County, Xingyuan City! There... there may be an unexcavated tomb of the Qin Dynasty there!"
Brush... Chu Ziyi's eyes suddenly raised, and there was no smile on his face anymore. He stared straight at Temulun and said quietly: "How big is it?"
"I don't know." Temulun's Adam's apple twitched fiercely, and he couldn't help but lean forward, his voice slightly wafting: "At least he is at the level of Six Ministers! It is even very likely that he is the three gongs and three orphans!"
Three males and three orphans!
Chu Ziyi suddenly looked at the other party without being noticed... The Great Tomb of the Qin Dynasty... the Three Gongs and the Three Solitaries... the three sensitive affixes, combined, are equivalent to hundreds of millions... no, even more than a billion, several billion yuan!
After staring for five seconds, he looked away: "Did you meet Mr. Jiang here?"
"yes!"
"The judgment you made just now was made by him?"
Temulun hesitated for a moment and bit his lip lightly: "I dare not lie to the master. Mr. Jiang only said that the tomb owner has a very high status. But he did not specify who it was."
silence.
Temulun's heart was beating wildly and he stared at Chu Ziyi. He knew very well that as the head of the second exploration team under the Shenzhou Auction House and the contemporary head of the Kanyu family Wudianmei, as long as the other party nodded, a large number of
Resources, prospectors, and Taoist masters will gather from all over China. Directly towards Foping!
This... is probably the largest exploration operation in the past five years! It is enough to shock the industry, the country, and even... the whole world!
"I understand." Thirty seconds later, Chu Ziyi raised his head and said, "You go out first, Assistant Wu will take you to Sanxian Hall immediately."
Te Mulun left anxiously. Chu Ziyi stood up slowly, hammered his shoulders, and rubbed his wrists. His voice suddenly became extremely sharp: "Xiao Qi."
A young man in his early thirties walked out from behind a screen at the corner like a ghost.
He is about twenty-seven or eighty years old, with a bald head and a slim but not weak figure. He is wearing a white short coat and black trousers. He walks on the ground like a feline without making any sound. If he hadn't walked out now,
I am afraid that people who enter this room will find it difficult to notice that there is another person here after they leave.
"How many of our principals in Yanjing are still there?"
"Sir, there are three more."
"Okay." Chu Ziyi straightened his clothes and said slowly: "Inform them immediately and come to the Shenzhou headquarters immediately. The three halls will have a meeting. Also, see if the exploration teams 3 and 4 are back. They have been outside for four months.
Ask the China Logistics Department how much equipment they have left."
"Yes!" Xiao Qi bowed immediately, raised his head after a few seconds, and said with unconcealable excitement in his voice: "Master, do you want to take action?"
Chu Ziyi smiled inexplicably and murmured: "Temulun's eyesight is shallow, and what he sees may not be worth my actions. But when Mr. Jiang is here, it's completely different."
"You don't know that this Mr. Jiang... also, although you are about the same age, you are older than him, but your seniority is several times different."
He breathed a long sigh of relief and looked out the window with some sadness: "Kan means the way of heaven. Yu means the way of the earth. What we call kanyu in our profession means looking up at the sky and observing the geography."
"It wasn't until the "Historical Records" of the Han Dynasty that the art of Kanyu was juxtaposed with the Five Elements. Later generations thought that Kanyu was about finding the dragon's acupoints and touching the gold and earth. But in fact, the real Kanyu was to list the heaven and earth and explore the hidden traces. Before Shiji
, this kind of Kanyu technique is also called 'Tan Yin'. There are not many sects, and it is only passed down from generation to generation, and the method is not passed down to the six ears."
He turned his head and looked at Xiao Qi: "And in this industry, it is divided into three sects and six major sects. Our Wudianmei is only one of the six major sects. And this Mr. Jiang, in terms of seniority, is one of the three major sects in the world.
The current leader of the large sect, Lan Shanhai. It is not an exaggeration to call him the leader of the martial arts alliance."
Xiao Qi was a little stunned, and nodded slightly after a few seconds: "In modern times... there are also martial arts leaders?"
"Of course not." Chu Ziyi laughed: "But other people's seniority is here. When we meet, you can say that you are not wronged by Mr. Jiang... Don't be unconvinced, Lanshanhai can be ranked first among the three authentic sects, their abilities are not
That’s right. We at Wudianmei are only proficient in the art of dividing gold and fixing holes, but the prey in the mountains and seas... is not just the cemetery."
His voice became a little eager, and his speaking speed increased slightly: "Including the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, the Fountain of Youth... and other myths, it also includes a dusty ancient city, a tomb that has never been stolen, a lost civilization... like
Indiana Jones and Laura are the same symbols active in movies and TV shows. Their real names should be treasure hunters."
"Something that can make him take action personally... If what Temulun said is true, then there is definitely something terrible hidden underneath!"
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Rongcheng. Cathay Commercial Plaza.
As a city with a prosperous street stall economy, every major commercial plaza has dedicated stalls at night. Cathay Commercial Plaza is no exception.
Triangular wooden houses stand in the center, surrounded by a circle of colored lights. Inside the wooden houses are the stalls of various stall owners, with fashionable men and women walking among them, creating a scene of its own.
"...You see, the earth sign is now sitting in Virgo, and Virgo is a fire sign... Earth controls fire, so your fortune this month is not too great. Have you encountered some problems?"
In a wooden house, a handsome young man of about twenty-six years old was sitting at the table opposite the two young ladies in front of him.
He looks younger than his actual age, wearing a baseball cap. He is very fashionably dressed. On the table in front of him are a black cat sculpture, a metal pyramid, and several decks of tarot cards. Above
The signboard is specially surrounded by colored lights and decorated with plush decorations. It outlines the six words "Kiss Astrology Tarot".
"There are some troubles..." a girl hesitated and said. Before she could finish speaking, the young man sighed: "If you don't change these fortunes now, you will be even more unlucky in the future...
However, if you are willing to do a small magic ritual, then I... well, I am willing to take the risk to change your luck."
It was obvious that both girls were hesitant. A hint of worry appeared on the handsome face of the young man. He sighed: "Magic rituals are not expensive. Meeting is fate. No one can change your luck except me. This
Yuan…it’s only about 10,000 yuan.”
This time, the two girls got up and left without any hesitation.
"Hey...hey! Why are you so anxious! Fate is priceless and friendship is priceless! Let's discuss it again? If you ask for a lot of money, you can pay it back on the spot...I can negotiate easily...Hey!!!"
The young man shouted unwillingly from behind, until the two girls disappeared at the end, he took a long breath, bulging his eyes and turned back, and almost held the breath in his chest before he could spit it out.
"The astrology and interpretation of the tarot cards are all wrong. How dare you set up a tarot stall?"
Sha... a young man, holding a big black umbrella on the ground. The umbrella was probably one and a half meters high. The handle was not metal, but as pale as jade. The umbrella cover was not silk either. Instead... it looked like it was made of hair.
There is something eerie about the darkness.
Holding this unique big umbrella, it was so eye-catching on this rainless night. Countless men and women passing by looked at this young man in surprise. But the other person turned a blind eye and just looked at him with a smile.
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"Old Thief Jiang..." Baseball Cap finally swallowed this breath, his lips were trembling: "You're not dead yet?!"
Jiang Xian smiled and sat down next to his stall very naturally: "No, I'm struggling."
"If you have something to say, just say it, and if you have something to say, let it go." Baseball Cap gritted his teeth and sat down. His butt was hanging on the chair, as if he was ready to escape at any time.
"It's something." Jiang Xian stopped his smile and stared into his eyes: "I want you to do a favor."
Before Baseball Cap could refuse to speak, he said in a deep voice: "After the matter is completed, I won't care about the five hundred thousand you owe me."
The baseball cap's expression began to change dramatically.
Chapter completed!