Because Huang Si had never sold cultural relics before, he had no familiar contacts, and he did not dare to ask passers-by casually, so he had to wander around Qingshuihe Antique Street.
He originally wanted to find an antique shop and sell the cultural relics at a low price, but he accidentally saw a warning sign at the street corner. The warning sign said that no store is allowed to buy or sell cultural relics of unknown origin, otherwise it would be reselling cultural relics.
, will be severely punished by law, so that he will not dare to enter the store rashly.
In addition, there were police patrols on the antique street from time to time. When he saw the police, he became even more panicked. He was afraid of being discovered, so he left the antique street with a few cultural relics. It was a coincidence that when he was wandering around, he happened to come to the antique street.
At the entrance of Yuan Pavilion, he discovered that Gu Yuan Pavilion was an antique store, and Gu Yuan Pavilion was located in a remote location. He thought that maybe this antique store was not under supervision, so he walked in.
After listening to Huang Si's narration, Wen Qingshan suddenly raised his hand and tapped him twice, untying the acupuncture points on his body without saying anything. Huang Si was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. When he discovered
When his body was able to move again, there was a look of surprise on his face, but he did not dare to run away immediately, but stood there blankly, seemingly at a loss.
Wen Qingshan said: "I think you are a first offender and you did not do it deliberately, so I will let you go temporarily today."
When Huang Si heard this, he immediately bowed and nodded to Wen Qingshan.
Wen Qingshan suddenly changed the subject and said very seriously: "However, you can't take away these cultural relics! I will help you hand them over to the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Cultural Relics Bureau will give you a bonus. This bonus will go to
you."
Upon hearing that there was a bonus, Huang Si's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked tentatively: "How much... can the bonus be?"
Wen Qingshan unzipped his backpack, took out all the cultural relics inside, and placed them on the table. He glanced at the cultural relics on the table, turned to Huang Si and asked, "Do you really want to know about these cultural relics?"
How much is it worth?”
Huang Si nodded immediately.
Wen Qingshan stretched out four fingers and said: "I won't hide it from you, it's worth this amount!"
"Worth 400,000!?" Huang Si blurted out.
Wen Qingshan waved his hand: "No! It's four million!"
"What...what!" Huang Si was stunned. He didn't seem to have thought that the antique he brought could be worth so much.
Wen Qingshan smiled again and said: "Haha, but four million is the auction price. These items can theoretically be fetched for four million, but because of their unknown origins, ordinary merchants dare not accept the goods at all, so even if you
If the asking price is one million, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a buyer."
Huang Si said: "I don't want four million, nor one million, as long as I can give you three to five million!"
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha! You are not greedy as a young man. Let's do this. I will give you 400,000 yuan and hand over these antiques to the Cultural Relics Bureau. I estimate that the bonus I can get is only this much."
When Huang Si heard this, his face lit up with joy, and he immediately said: "Sure! That's it!"
Unexpectedly, Wen Qingshan waved his hand again and said, "Don't be anxious yet, I still have a condition."
Huang Si hurriedly asked: "What...what conditions?"
Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "You have to lead us to find the cave."
"Ah..." Huang Si was stunned for a moment. He seemed to be afraid of that place, and a look of uneasiness flashed across his face. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stammered: "I...I said
Boss, there are… there are dead people in that place… and it’s a very eerie place, I… I don’t want to go there again.”
Wen Qingshan seemed to have expected the other party's answer, and said with a smile: "Haha, don't refuse me in a hurry. As long as you agree to take us there, I will give you another fifty thousand."
When Huang Si heard that he was being paid, and it was such a generous reward, his eyes lit up immediately, and he agreed immediately without even thinking about it. As the saying goes, money can make all the difference, and this is true.
Wen Qingshan asked Huang Si to wait downstairs, and then called Haihuzi. He briefly described the situation to him on the phone and asked him to bring two people over as soon as possible, and then headed to Ningxiang together.
Huangcai Town.
After hanging up the phone, Wen Qingshan turned to me and said, "Shi Yu, I'm waiting for Brother Hai and the others in the store. You go back and get ready, take everything with you, and we'll go to that place together later."
I didn't expect Wen Qingshan to actually ask me to go with him. I couldn't help but feel a little surprised and asked, "Should I go with him too?"
Wen Qingshan nodded: "I estimate that the hole where Huang Si fell is most likely a robbery hole leading to a certain Western Zhou Dynasty tomb."
When I heard that they were exploring ancient tombs again, I immediately declined and said, "Boss Wen, as you know, I don't know much about cultural relics and antiques. I just want to join in the fun by going along, otherwise I won't go."
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, don't you want to see what's in that ancient tomb?"
I said disapprovingly: "What can be found in the ancient tomb is just some funerary objects. They may be worth a few dollars, but you have already asked the Cultural Relics Bureau to pay for them. Even if the funerary objects are valuable, it is not my turn."
On the head."
Wen Qingshan waved his hand and said: "You know, although Wen loves cultural relics, I am never greedy for the things in the tomb. The reason why I asked you to go with me is because I feel that in that ancient tomb,
, maybe there is something that interests you."
I was slightly startled and quickly asked: "What am I interested in? What is it?"
Wen Qingshan did not answer me immediately, but picked up the copper bell from the table, weighed it in his hand, then raised his head and asked me: "Have you ever thought about the reason for this copper bell?"
Will it appear in that ancient tomb?"
I was immediately stopped by the question. I really hadn't thought about this.
Wen Qingshan asked again: "Then have you noticed any difference between this copper bell, which is also made of bronze, and several other bronze cultural relics?"
After hearing what he said, I looked carefully at the copper bell in his hand, and then at several other bronzes placed on the table. Only then did I realize that the surface of the copper bell was very smooth, with no trace of rust on it.
, while several other bronze vessels are stained with rust.
Wen Qingshan once said that the copper bell is not made of ordinary bronze, but a very rare and special bronze material. This special bronze seems to have been treated with anti-rust treatment. Even if it is buried underground for a long time, it will
It is also not easy to rust.
Thinking of this, I asked: "Boss Wen, do you want to say that the material used to make this copper bell is different from other bronzes?"
"Haha, this is just one of them."
"Then what is the second one?" I asked hurriedly.
Wen Qingshan picked up a bronze wine bottle from the table and said: "Look at other bronzes, they are all stained with mud, but only this copper bell is very clean. This also shows that this copper bell may not be
It was excavated from an ancient tomb."
I was slightly startled: "Boss Wen, what do you mean by this? If this copper bell was not dug out from an ancient tomb? Then where did Huang Si get it from?"
Wen Qingshan frowned and said: "Huang Si must not be lying! He said that these things came from the backpack next to the corpse in the cave, so I am thinking that the owner of this copper bell may be that person."
A corpse! And the reason why he brought the copper bell with him was actually to ward off evil spirits! But Huang Si didn’t know it and mistakenly regarded the copper bell as one of the cultural relics.”
"What!?" I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard Wen Qingshan's analysis.
Wen Qingshan turned to look at me and said, "You once told me that your sect originally had a copper bell, but it was taken away by your uncle, right?"
I nodded, suddenly understood something, and said in shock: "Wait a minute, Boss Wen, are you trying to say that that corpse is my senior uncle?"
"I'm not sure about this, but I don't rule out this possibility! I remember you also said that your uncle took away half of the book, and there might be something else hidden in the back cover of that half of the book.
Half of the Tibetan tripod map left by King Yu."
After hearing what Wen Qingshan said, I finally understood. It turned out that what he said I was interested in was not the burial objects in the ancient tomb, but the corpse Huang Si found in the earth cave. If it is confirmed
He is my great uncle. Maybe he can find the other half of "Yin Yang Xuan Shu" that was taken away by him back then.
But I felt a little puzzled, so I asked: "Boss Wen, since the purpose is to investigate the body, can't we just go there? Why do we have to ask someone from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau to go together?"
Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "You don't know something. Huangcai Town has been designated as a national cultural relics protection zone a few years ago. According to regulations, even if you dig out bricks and tiles underground,
We must report it to the cultural relics department immediately. The earthen cave Huang Si discovered was obviously a robbery cave, not to mention that there was a corpse in the robbery cave. If we went in privately to investigate, we would probably cause some trouble in the future.
"
Hearing Wen Qingshan say this, I thought it was not unreasonable. Since a body was found in the cave, it was a murder. The police would definitely intervene in the investigation. If Wen Qingshan and I went in quietly before that, what if
In the future, if the police find out that we are involved, it will be impossible to clear it up even if we jump into the Yellow River. We might be accused of being a murder suspect.
However, going with the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau is also a headache. On the one hand, these guys stick to the rules and have a big gap with my ideas. I am afraid that disputes will be inevitable. On the other hand, if
Going with someone I don't know well, I have to hide myself
The true strength of the Dragon Qi of Fire, Dragon Qi of Water, and Dragon Crystal Sword Qi cannot be easily used, and naturally Wuchenzi cannot be easily summoned. In this way, I will be tied up.
If you encounter any unexpected situation in the ancient tomb, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it.