Wen Qingshan nodded, frowned and pondered for a while, lowered his head and asked the middle-aged man: "Brother, can you show Wen the human skin map in your hand?"
The middle-aged man stopped sobbing, raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face, raised his head again and looked at Wen Qingshan, hesitated for a moment, and then took the wooden box out of the satchel around his waist.
He opened the wooden box, carefully took out the human skin map, and handed it to Wen Qingshan.
Wen Qingshan held the human skin map in his hands and looked at it for a long time. He seemed to have seen something. The look on his face became more and more solemn. I quickly asked: "Boss Wen, have you seen anything?" ,"
Wen Qingshan replied without raising his head: "This is indeed a human skin map, and the text behind the map should be a long-lost ancient Tibetan script."
"Then what is it talking about?" I continued to ask.
Wen Qingshan raised his head and glanced at me, but did not answer me, but winked at me. I immediately understood that this human skin map does not belong to us after all. If Wen Qingshan exposed the secrets on it, If the middle-aged man told it to his face, the other party might not want to sell it. Of course, it's also possible that Wen Qingshan didn't understand it at all.
I immediately shut up and said nothing more. Wen Qingshan asked the middle-aged man again: "Brother, what price do you plan to sell this thing for?"
The middle-aged man held out five fingers and said: "I have said before, the fixed price is 500,000, and we will not sell it for a penny less."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Jianjian and I could say anything, Wen Qingshan immediately agreed: "Okay, just five hundred thousand,"
Both Jianjian and I were surprised. I originally thought that even if Wen Qingshan fell in love with this human skin map and the other party offered such a high price, he would be willing to pay back the price, but I didn't expect that he would do so without hesitation. Agreed.
Jianjian hurriedly said: "Boss Wen, you have to think carefully. This guy is talking about five hundred thousand, not a hundred and eighty yuan."
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't be mistaken, and in Wen's opinion, this thing is worth the price." At this point, Wen Qingshan turned to the middle-aged man and said: "This old man , then this human skin map belongs to me, you give me an account number, and I will transfer the money to you now,"
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man suddenly stood up, took the human skin map from Wen Qingshan's hand, and said: "I don't want to transfer money, I want cash, pay with one hand and deliver with the other."
When the three of us heard this, we were all stunned. Even Wen Qingshan didn't expect that this guy actually wanted half a million in cash.
"Brother, half a million dollars in cash is not a small amount of money. It's not convenient for you to have so much money on you, right?"
"You don't have to worry about this. Anyway, you have to give me cash, otherwise I won't sell it,"
Seeing the middle-aged man's resolute attitude, Wen Qingshan had to say: "Okay, since I am determined to ask for cash, please wait here for a moment. I will go to the bank to withdraw the money." After Wen Qingshan finished speaking, he turned to the two of us. After saying a few polite words such as taking good care of the middle-aged man, he hurried out of the store.
After Wen Qingshan left, the middle-aged man continued to eat his big meat buns, but now he didn't dare to gobble them up anymore and ate much slower.
I poured him another full glass of cold water, sat down next to him, and asked curiously: "Brother, why do you need so much cash?"
The middle-aged man swallowed a mouthful of steamed buns, glanced warily outside the shop door, and said to us in a low voice: "I need money, a lot of money, and then leave here and go to a place where the devils can't find me. Hide," when he said this, I seemed to see a look of fear on his face.
Jianjian on the side asked in confusion: "Why are you so afraid of those guys? Can't you call the police?"
"Call the police," the middle-aged man immediately waved his hand and said, "The police can't do anything to them. Calling the police will only harm more people."
"How do you say this?" I asked hurriedly.
The middle-aged man sighed and started telling the story to both of us.
The middle-aged man is from Xinhuang County in western Hunan. His name is Zheng Wei. He is a civil servant in the local Cultural Bureau. His wife is a middle school teacher. His son is already in high school. His family is relatively well-off in the local area. But just two months ago, , his father passed away due to illness. Before his death, he gave him a very old black wooden box, saying that the things inside were handed down from his ancestors and asked him to keep them well and pass them on from generation to generation in the future.
Zheng Wei thought that there was some rare treasure in the wooden box and was very excited. Who knew that when he opened it, there was a map inside. His father told him that it was a human skin map, which recorded the location of a shocking treasure. , because the matter was of great importance, so this matter must not be known to outsiders, so as not to cause death. After giving the instructions, his father died soon.
Zheng Wei did not take his father's advice to heart, because he did not believe that there was any shocking treasure, and after all, so many years had passed. Even if there was a treasure, it would have been discovered by now. He would rather I believe that this human skin map may be a cultural relic worth two dollars.
However, he knew nothing about cultural relics, so he decided to ask someone knowledgeable. It was not that he wanted to sell the human skin map, he just wanted to find out how much it was worth.
It happened that there was a handicraft shop in the county that also sold cultural relics, and Zheng Wei was familiar with the owner of the shop, so that day, he went to this handicraft shop with a human skin map.
However, after the shop owner saw this human skin map, he couldn't tell how ugly he was. In fact, it doesn't mean that the shop owner is ignorant. The main reason is that rare things like human skin maps are rare, even for cultural relics experts. , and may not know.
It was a coincidence that when the shop owner was holding the human skin map and looking at it, an old man with gray hair in his sixties came into the shop. The old man in his sixties caught a glimpse of the human skin map in the shop owner's hand and immediately went over to it. Come, ask how to sell this human skin map, and ask the shop owner to just bid.
The shop owner returned the human skin map to Zheng Wei and told the old man in his 60s that the item belonged to Zheng Wei. If he wanted to buy it, he had to talk to Zheng Wei, and Zheng Wei saw someone willing to pay for the human skin map. , suddenly became energetic, and immediately asked the other party what price he was willing to pay. The sixty-year-old old man held out three fingers. At first, Zheng Wei thought that the other party was willing to offer 30,000 yuan, which he thought was not bad. However, the other party said it was 300,000 yuan. Zheng Wei He was shocked. He never thought that such a human skin map passed down from his ancestors would be so valuable.
Three hundred thousand is not a small amount. In their county, it is enough to buy two large houses. Although Zheng Wei is a little moved, this is after all a legacy left by his father, and his father also warned him before his death. It must be passed down from generation to generation. Zheng Wei thought about it and finally rejected the old man in his sixties.
Unexpectedly, not two days later, Zheng Wei's house was robbed in broad daylight. Everything in the house was turned into a mess, but nothing valuable was lost, even the more than 10,000 yuan his wife put in the closet. The cash has been dug out and has not been taken away, which means that the thieves did not come for the property, but had other motives.
Zheng Wei first thought of the human skin map in his hand. Fortunately, he did not put the human skin map at home, but hid it elsewhere.
The thief returned empty-handed, but Zheng Wei felt that the other party would never give up, so he reported the case to the police station.
The deputy director of the local police station and Zheng Wei were buddies who grew up together. They took this seemingly ordinary theft very seriously and organized a lot of police forces to track down the old man Zheng Wei met in the handicraft store because of this. The guy is the most suspicious.
Unexpectedly, before the 60-year-old man was found, Zheng Wei's wife and son were kidnapped together, and he also received a text message asking him to exchange a human skin map.
He felt that even if he handed over the human skin map, there was no guarantee that the other party would not challenge him. He thought it would be safer to call the police, so he decisively called his buddy at the police station.
His buddy personally led the team and took five or six police officers to the location agreed by the kidnappers and Zheng Wei to ambush them. Unexpectedly, the kidnappers were not caught. His buddy and two of the police officers disappeared. When they found the three of them, They are all dead, and there is a black palm print on their chests.
The development of the matter was completely beyond Zheng Wei's expectation. He returned home in despair, only to find that his wife had come back. He was very excited and hurriedly asked his wife about the whereabouts of his son. However, his wife's eyes were dull and she didn't know at all. He ignored him and was wondering when a strange flute sound suddenly sounded outside the house. When his wife heard the flute sound, she suddenly fell to the ground and twitched in pain.
Zheng Wei was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to help his wife. Unexpectedly, his wife had no idea where the strength came from and pushed him to the ground. Before he could get up, his wife's body bounced up. He immediately jumped in front of him, quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed his neck.
He was pinched until he almost lost his breath. In desperation, he grabbed the fruit knife on the table and stabbed his wife several times. His wife screamed, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground. Then there was no movement.
Zheng Wei was startled and quickly reached out to touch her, only to find that his wife had no breathing or heartbeat.
He never expected that he would kill his wife by mistake. Now he couldn't wash it off even if she jumped into the Yellow River. He thought of running away, but he didn't know that he was packing money and clothes in the back room, lying on the floor of the living room. His wife, who had lost her breath and heartbeat, walked in covered with blood. Moreover, only the whites of her eyes could be seen in her eye sockets, and her eyeballs could hardly be seen. In an instant, his mind was almost blank, and even he couldn't. I don’t know how I escaped from home. I only know that I have never gone back since I escaped.