These are just two rattan boxes, and there is one rattan box that has not been opened. Lin Fengjin opened it, and sure enough, just as he guessed, it looked like a box of broken jars and plates inside, but the value of these things,
It is probably the most precious among the three rattan boxes, because these things are probably immeasurable antique treasures!
Not to mention anything else, the bronze knight with a deer head seems to be rusty and looks very poor, but in fact?
According to descriptions in historical books, it is actually a non-mainstream culture to use deer heads as decorations on nobles. Because deer are so sexually promiscuous, when a stag comes into estrus, he will often have sex with dozens of them in one day.
When a female deer mates, it is only because deer has the same pronunciation as the word "Lu" in the four auspicious words "Fu Lu, Shou Xi" that the frequency of its appearance is very high.
However, the Bronze Jue is called a ritual vessel, also called a sacrificial vessel. It is used on very solemn and solemn occasions to worship heaven, worship ancestors, and pray for rain. Putting the deer head on the Bronze Jue as a decoration is as if it is a ritual vessel.
It is equally unreliable to show uncensored films at the workers' meeting. Throughout the ages, there has been only one outstanding person who did not take the ordinary path and liked non-mainstream things such as the deer-headed bronze knight, and that was Linxia Wang Liu Qu.
This is a legendary figure. His contemporaries are overshadowed by his brilliance, including the king. It is not difficult for a person to achieve the ultimate in a certain aspect, but this strange prince has failed in many aspects throughout his life.
They have all reached their peak, and there is even a separate biography of him in the history books. Historians did not even let this person stop after his death. As for the way of his death, there are still two groups arguing about him. One side thinks that he is dead.
However, the cemetery was not found, and the other party thought that he ascended directly.
The wine vessels used by such a person are at least no less valuable than the antiques of the same era, which cost at least five hundred thousand taels of silver. More importantly, there is a saying that when you buy goods, you know the family.
I like it. To put it bluntly, there will be many idiot fans like Liu Qu, a historical celebrity. If you sell this thing to them, you can confidently sharpen your knife and prepare to rip off the money. In this case, it can be easily valued.
More than one million.
Therefore, after such calculation, the contents of these three rattan boxes are actually worth at least eight million taels of silver! This is equivalent to half of the current annual income of Northern Qi Dynasty! Who can be so generous that he can do whatever he wants?
To give such wealth over casually?
Lin Fengjin placed the three rattan boxes next to him, and then said calmly to the door:
"Bring me the greeting card."
At this time, people like Lin Fengjin who came to see him naturally asked for a business card, which was like a business card today. The doorman took out the business card and handed it to Lin Fengjin. Lin Fengjin opened it and saw
It said "Master of Huiyuan Building", five words. After pondering for a moment, he said:
"I know, go and ask Manager Zhao to come."
Soon, Manager Zhao came to Lin Fengjin, and Lin Fengjin said:
"You go to Huiyuan Building next to the academy and hand me my post, and ask their boss to come to me."
At this time, Lin Fengjin finally came back to his senses. He had been a bit worried before, and the boss Tian Fang seemed to have really made a big bet, lost all his money, and sent so many gifts. To be honest,
, so many expensive gifts, even if they were thrown at the palace, it would be enough for Lu Yu to see him once. Lin Fengjin would not be so cold and unreasonable. Since he accepted this gift, he would naturally not accept it.
Will reject people thousands of miles away.
After waiting for about half an hour, Manager Zhao came back and reported that no one was found. According to the waiter, their boss had not been here for three or four days. Lin Fengjin pondered for a while and then said in a deep voice:
"Well, I'll cancel all my entertainment today. At the same time, the government has entered a state of emergency, and all key positions will have double posts!"
After hearing Lin Fengjin's instructions, the group of people naturally did not dare to disobey them, and they all bowed down and followed the instructions. As a result, at dusk the next day, the disciples ran in and handed in a greeting card.
The greeting card was still signed by the owner of Huiyuan Building, but Lin Fengjin saw that there were a few drops of dark red dots on the edge of the greeting card, which looked like blood spattered on it!
Lin Fengjin then said to his disciple:
"Who is coming?"
Menzi said:
"He was a middle-aged man, and he drove a carriage. There was no driver, so he drove the carriage himself. There was also a woman in the carriage, holding two children, a boy and a girl. I saw their expressions
Anxious and very scared, I boldly made a decision and led them in directly to avoid blocking the door and causing trouble. At the same time, I asked the guards at the door to double posts to take strict precautions and pay attention to suspicious people."
Lin Fengjin nodded with satisfaction. He personally selected this person to go to the door because he has careful observation and knows that when describing these things, he should be as objective as possible and not mix himself into it.
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"I know, go and get the reward of ten taels of silver, and then invite people in."
After receiving Lin Fengjin's instructions, Tian Fang was quickly led in. The last time Lin Fengjin saw Tian Fang, although he was dressed as a clerk, he looked big-faced and handsome.
It was a one-on-one answer to a dignitary like Lin Fengjin, and he was well-spoken and could be said to be quite calm and decent.
However, this time Tian Fang looked a lot sluggish. The shabby clothes he wore obviously did not fit him and were completely inconsistent with his previous temperament of a wealthy businessman. Moreover, his clothes were a little dirty, his eyes were red, and he looked
He was cold and hungry, so he held the teacup in his hands and refused to put it down. Because his hands kept shaking, the saucer and the teacup made a "dang-dang" sound from time to time.
Lin Fengjin saw his appearance and said to the people around him:
"First, take Boss Tian to bathe and change clothes. Don't get sick from the cold. Then the place here is too big. Go to Dongnuang Pavilion to prepare a banquet. First, serve hot soup and hot wine. Boss Tian's family members are also invited.
He went to the hospital and was placed in Furong Residence. The hot water and meals were of the highest standard. He was accompanied by four girls and four servants. All the requirements were met. Boss Tian, don’t worry. Although I don’t say that this place is impregnable, it is not impregnable either.
Anyone can come in, as long as they enter the door of my house, everything will be at ease."
Tian Fang glanced at Lin Fengjin gratefully and said in a trembling voice:
"Thank you, sir."
Lin Fengjin laughed and said:
"You deserve this - if the things you gave me were given to anyone else, they would be treated like this."
About half an hour later, Lin Fengjin met Tian Fang again in Dongnuang Pavilion, who was washing and dressing up. After the two sat down and drank a few glasses of wine, Lin Fengjin also gave Tian Fang time to eat and wait for him.
When he was almost done eating, he smiled and said:
"The value of the gift you sent is so expensive, so the trouble on you will definitely not be small. However, it is only natural to take people's money to eliminate disasters. Tell me, what kind of things have forced you to be like this?
?”
After hearing Lin Fengjin's words, Tian Fang let out a long sigh and said with a somewhat wandering look in his eyes:
"Sir, my surname is Tian."
Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"Well, it's written on the greeting card."
Tian Fang took a deep breath, then seemed to hesitate for a moment, then looked directly at Lin Fengjin with the eyes of a prisoner waiting for the verdict, and added simply:
"It belongs to General Hengbo Tian Wu."
Hearing Tian Fang's words, Lin Fengjin was stunned. He had never thought of this before. Then Tian Fang was really in trouble. Who is Hengbo General Tian Wu? He was clearly from Northern Qi.
The number one man in the military betrayed the country at the most critical moment and became the vanguard of the Mid-Tang Dynasty! Needless to say, Tian Wu's crime was a real capital crime, treason, and the execution of the nine tribes!
Lin Fengjin then said simply:
"Then what's your relationship with Tian Wu?"
Tian Fangdao:
"My father is the cousin of Tian Wu's father. Tian Wu and I are separated by five houses, so we are members of the same clan."
Lin Fengjin immediately felt relieved after hearing this. As long as there was no direct blood relationship between Tian Fang and Tian Wu, it would not be difficult to mobilize his network to exonerate him. Moreover, Lin Fengjin also knew Lu Yu very well, and Lu Yu also advocated
He is a person who uses severe punishment and is absolutely quick to kill people. However, in fact, he only uses killing as a means and tool. To put it simply, he kills easily and not indiscriminately!
Those who have the means to die will never be merciless in killing them. Those who have no means to die, even if Lu Yu hates Angry very much, he will restrain himself and act in accordance with the criminal law.
After Lin Fengjin thought for a while, he asked a question that he had been confused about for a long time:
"I've roughly calculated the things you gave me, and I'm afraid they cost at least eight million taels of silver. I can't get these things out even if you don't say they belong to you. Where did they come from?"
Tian Fang seemed to have expected Lin Fengjin to have this question, and his answer also surprised Lin Fengjin.
"What, a small half is Tian Wu's private collection, and the other half is earned by you?"
As General Hengbo, Tian Wu fought in the north and south for thirty-seven years, and gained a great reputation in the Central Plains. There are no false soldiers under his fame. One general can achieve thousands of bones. His famous reputation is completely based on
I don’t know how many times I won the battle.
And war is originally the best way to plunder wealth without any capital.
Therefore, Lin Fengjin thought Tian Fang's first answer was credible, but his second reply was something he never expected.
However, as the two sides talked in depth, Lin Fengjin realized that the Tian Fang in front of him was really not lying! Although he is a business wizard and a member of the Tian clan, under the current situation,
He was trusted by Tian Wu, so the entire family's wealth has been managed in his hands for twenty-two years. Lin Fengjin also heard about the several industries that Tian Fang mentioned that he was focusing on, and knew about these industries.
The leaders of the industry are just puppets. I just don’t know the real manipulator behind it, but I didn’t expect that he is actually sitting in front of me!
About half a year ago, Tian Fang received a very strict order from Tian Wu, asking him to disguise the wealth in the Tian family's name as much as possible, and then exchange it for easy-to-carry value-preservation products. Although Tian Fang didn't understand why he did this, and in this way
If he deals with the wealth in the Tian family's name in such a hurry, he will definitely lose a lot. But to be honest, he is just a part-time worker, so he can only act as he says.
In the end, the Tian family's assets were fully exchanged for six rattan boxes of property, but at first only three rattan boxes were fully collected, and of course Tian Wu took them away directly.
Because Tian Wu repeatedly warned that this kind of thing must be done in a very confidential manner, and absolutely no one could find out that it was the action of the entire Tian family. Therefore, Tian Fang followed his instructions and when operating this series of transactions,
He stayed hidden behind the scenes as much as possible, even claiming to the public that he was seriously ill and bedridden. He only had one-way contact with Tian Wu, and tried his best to hide his whereabouts.
It is precisely because of this that when Tian Wuming's clan members and influence were all wiped out, Tian Fang could still roam freely outside. And because Tian Fang was the son of a concubine, he was always looked down upon by others, so he was very low-key.
Instead, it became his best protective color.
After hearing Tian Fang's story, Lin Fengjin shook his head slightly and said:
"You still haven't told the truth. According to what you said, the king didn't intend to go on a killing spree this time. Even if you follow the normal procedures, you still have a great chance of surviving, not to mention that you have such a condition on your body.
A lot of wealth can be used to get rid of guilt. In fact, if you take out any of the items in the three rattan boxes and offer it to the official who is presiding over the matter, you can also ensure your own innocence! You are a shrewd person.
It’s impossible for an incomparable businessman not to be able to count on this!”
After hearing this, Tian Fang smiled sadly and said:
"Sure enough, the young master clearly saw that I have fallen into this situation, and it has something to do with me being a member of the Tian clan. However, the most important thing is that I might have been involved in a huge secret. The most unlucky one
Yes, I don’t understand anything about what I saw. I only know that it is absolutely unusual. However, the other party seems to have determined that I know their secret! So they want to kill me quickly!"
After Lin Fengjin heard this, he couldn't help but interjected:
"Stop, stop, stop! What is this? Why can't I understand it?"
Tian Fang raised his head and looked at Lin Fengjin and said:
"Sir, you have to think clearly. If you know this secret, it will probably cause a lot of trouble. It's because of it that I'm in this situation. What's more important, even I don't know it.
What secrets are there in these things I know, do you really want to hear them?"
Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"You entered my mansion in full view of the public. If, as you said, there are people staring at you all the time, then even if I don't listen to your secret now, won't they think I don't know? So you
There is no need to test or have any scruples, you can feel free to speak out."
Tian Fang was silent for a while, poured himself two or three glasses of wine, and drank them all in one go. Because he drank so eagerly, two faint blushes appeared on his cheekbones, and his eyes were dull.
He looked forward, and after a while he let out a breath of alcohol and said slowly:
"I don't know, sir, do you know Tian Heng?"
Lin Fengjin thought for a while and then said:
"I have had contact with him, but I have no deep friendship. I feel that he is a very smart person."
Tian Fang stayed on the seat for a while, then slowly said:
"In terms of public relations, Tian Heng gained the trust of the monarch, and served as a general in the Northern Qi Dynasty for twenty-six years. His subordinates were all over the military, and his reputation was unparalleled. He was obviously the number one person in the military, and he even established the crown prince like this
He also has a say in major matters. He can be said to be a very popular minister. In terms of private matters, the Tian family can be said to have monopolized several industries. They also have thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless children with gold, silver, and silk. Even in Xunzhou, where the Tian family is located,
Even when the governor of a state or county takes office, he must take the initiative to visit the Tian family, otherwise this official will not be able to continue his job safely!"
"So, young master, you only saw that Tian Heng actually rebelled against Zhongtang, but have you ever thought about the root cause behind this?"
After hearing Tian Fang's question, Lin Fengjin couldn't help but be stunned, and then said:
"Situations like Tian Heng's can be said to have been recorded frequently in history books. If the ministers do not know how to restrain themselves, they will often end up being jealous of the king unconsciously. The power of the two parties will conflict. In the end, it will definitely be
The monarch started to eradicate the powerful ministers. It must be that Tian Heng was too powerful and did not know how to restrain himself. He heard rumors that the monarch Lu Yu might want to attack him, so he decided to strike first to gain advantage?"
"No." Tian Fang said simply. He then added without hesitation: "There is absolutely no such thing. Let me give you a very simple example. Master, did you know that the Tian family is so rich before this?"
Lin Fengjin's face gradually became serious, and he shook his head and said:
"have no idea."
Tian Fangdao:
"Young master can be said to be a leader in the Yedu business district. Even you don't know the financial resources behind the Tian family. This shows how strict Tian Heng is on the family! He has such a cautious and cautious style of acting.
, how could we suffer the king’s suspicion?”
After hearing Tian Fang's words, Lin Fengjin's face suddenly became extremely serious, because he felt that he could accept Tian Fang's statement. Then, Tian Fang's previous question was particularly intriguing. If Lu Yu simply
There was no intention of taking action against Tian Heng, so why did Tian Heng, who was staying well in Northern Qi, willingly surrender to Zhong Tang?
In terms of national power, the Mid-Tang Dynasty has already shown its decline, and has begun to be surpassed by the powerful Northern Qi. In terms of status, Tian Heng has reached the peak of military officials. If he goes to the top of the Mid-Tang Dynasty, he will be treated like the Northern Qi, so why risk it?
Move somewhere at the risk of death and national destruction??