Wu Zhongyuan is now very sensitive to jade, and even more sensitive to white jade, and without waiting for Mr. Li to finish speaking, he asked eagerly, "What kind of white jade?"

"A special kind of jade, delicate and white, with no structure," Mr. Li bent his thumb and index finger to gauge the size, "about eighty grams, and the shape is not very regular." ”

"Is it white or gray?" Wu Zhongyuan asked suspiciously, the jade described by Mr. Li was the kind he had seen before, but the color was different, the jade he took out from the birdman's grave, the piece that Wu Chai gave him, and the piece that Wu Qianshan was buried with were all gray and white.

"White, rare white, I have never seen a similar jade before, it should be a special jade species. Mr. Li said.

Although Wu Zhongyuan was puzzled, he did not immediately ask, but raised his hand to signal Mr. Li to drive.

Mr. Li was very nervous now, sweating all the time, in order to let him concentrate on driving, Wu Zhongyuan did not rush to ask the details of the matter, and waited until he went down the mountain and on the road before asking about the origin of the jade.

Mr. Li naturally won't hide anything from Wu Zhongyuan now, and told the matter as it is.

In fact, Mr. Li had already started his business before moving the graves of his parents, but at that time he was doing other businesses, and he belonged to the kind of people who had a little money but no big money. With a little spare money, Mr. Li began to collect antiques, in fact, he also followed the trend, because in the past few years, collecting antiques is a shortcut to make a fortune.

Mr. Li didn't have a lot of money at that time, so he couldn't go to any auctions, and he took a relatively low-end way to collect antiques, which was to get in touch with those vendors who set up stalls in the cultural market, and these vendors would sometimes go to the countryside to collect old things, and as long as they received more decent ones, they would call him and ask him if he was interested.

That's how the iron tool came about, it was first discovered by a farmer from the wild, and the farmer himself didn't know this thing, but he knew that it had a provenance, and he didn't sell it as scrap iron, and asked the peddler for 5,000 yuan.

In the peddler's opinion, the real metal antiques should be bronze, not iron, so he suspected that this thing was fake, but the villager insisted that this thing must be old goods, absolutely not bad, and asked him to ask a connoisseur to see it.

So the peddler called Mr. Li, but Mr. Li was also a half-ass, and he was not sure whether the thing was real, and he was sure that Mr. Li could afford the price, so the farmer asked him if Mr. Li would definitely buy it if he could prove that it was an old thing.

Mr. Li gave him an affirmative answer, so the farmer took him to the place where the iron was found, which was at the foot of a high mountain, and at the foot of the mountain there was a very large square stone, and the stone had been chiseled and cracked, and the inside of the stone was empty, and the farmer pointed to the stone and told Mr. Li that the iron tool was originally wrapped in the stone.

Mr. Li was worried that he was lying, so he asked him why he smashed the stone for no reason, and the farmer replied that in recent years, he has been engaged in construction a lot, and even the stones can be sold for money, so he drove a tractor to the foot of the mountain to pick up stones and sell them to others to build houses and lay foundations.

Hearing him say this, Mr. Li also felt reasonable, so he took a closer look at the stone, which was square, about 1.5 meters in length, width and height, and there were many blurred lines and patterns around the stone.

There is a square hole dug on one side, and there are traces of green rust and rust residue around the hollow area where the iron tool is located, so Mr. Li determined that this stone was artificially carved in ancient times, in order to store this iron tool, in addition to the iron tool, there should have been a bronze box, but the copper box has been rusted out of age.

Although he did not know what this thing was and what it was used for, Mr. Li knew that it was old, so he gave the farmer 5,000 yuan and bought back the iron tool.

After the ironware was bought, Mr. Li began to study it, this thing is round, there are very ancient ornaments outside, Mr. Li is not a professional collector, I don't understand this thing, so he took pictures and sent them to others, asked others for advice, a professional told him, Mr. Li in the hands of this thing they have never seen, but similar things they have seen, later generations called it the yin and yang ball, it is very common in the Wei and Jin dynasties, composed of two parts, can be unscrewed, in ancient times, most of the rich and noble people were superstitious about pills, this thing is used to store pills。

Under the reminder of others, Mr. Li tried to remove the rust and opened the yin-yang ball, which was the piece of jade.

Mr. Li's mood at that time was very similar to that of the peasant, this piece of jade was so secret, it must be a good thing, but he didn't understand what this piece of jade was, and he consulted many jade experts, but no one knew him, so he had to put it aside in the end.

More than a year has passed, and someone came to the door, a middle-aged Taoist priest with a foreign accent, and after coming, he directly offered to exchange for the iron ball that Mr. Li bought back then.

This person brought not cash, but gold, weighing more than a dozen catties, Mr. Li felt puzzled, so he asked about the use of the iron ball, the middle-aged Taoist priest did not tell him clearly, but repeatedly emphasized that the thing was useless to Mr. Li, but it was very useful to him.

This Taoist carried a sword with him, and his tone was also very cold when he spoke, Mr. Li did not dare to offend this person, and he did not dare to take it for fear that the origin of the gold was unknown.

The middle-aged Taoist seemed to have guessed Mr. Li's concerns, so he offered not only to give him the gold, but also to help him point out the feng shui of the house.

After Mr. Li hesitated, he gave the iron ball to the middle-aged Taoist priest.

The middle-aged Taoist priest took the iron ball and left, and it was half a year later that he came back again.

Ever since the Taoist priest left, Mr. Li had been on the lookout for fear because he knew very well that sooner or later the other party would find out that there was nothing in the iron ball, and he would probably retaliate against him at that time. Seeing that the other party was back, he didn't wait for the other party to ask for it, and took the initiative to hand over the piece of jade, only to say that he didn't deliberately detain it before, but that his family took it out to play and forgot to put it back.

The Taoist priest took the jade, and he did not embarrass him, and out of gratitude, he also pointed out the location just now, telling him that as long as the ancestors were buried there, he could become rich.

After Mr. Li finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan fell into contemplation, he studied archaeology, more professional than Mr. Li, iron was very rare before ancient times, at that time it was mostly bronze, the reason why this situation occurred was because the smelting level was very limited in ancient times, the melting point of bronze was 800 degrees, and the melting point of iron was 1,000 and a half, which was more difficult to smelt than bronze.

Since the jade was stored in an iron box, it shows that the people who stored the jade back then attached great importance to jade.

In addition, it is likely that there is another reason, that is, according to the book left by the master, all metals can be penetrated by the breath, except for iron, and the other party uses iron balls to preserve the jade, most likely to protect the jade from the influence of the outside breath, or to seal the jade itself from leaking out.

Thinking of this, it suddenly dawned on me that the reason why the jade kept in the iron box was pure white was because the jade had not been used. The reason why the ones he saw were grayish and white was because the special aura and energy contained in the jade had been partially consumed.

"Xiao Wu, do you need to do anything else besides raising the water level of the pool?" Mr. Li asked worriedly.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I haven't thought of it yet. ”

"There won't be any side effects, right?" asked Mr. Li again.

"There must be side effects," Wu Zhongyuan said honestly, "you shouldn't have left that piece of jade by pretending to be clever back then, and he was not rewarding you for showing you the location of the Yin Mansion, but punishing you." ”

Mr. Li didn't know why, and looked at Wu Zhongyuan in surprise and confusion.

Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the road ahead, signaled him to pay attention to the road ahead, and then said, "In current words, that piece of jade is likely to be radioactive, and if you leave the iron ball, the energy contained in it will be slowly released, although you returned the piece of jade to him, but the energy contained in that piece of jade has been reduced, and it is reasonable for him to retaliate against you in disguise." ”

Mr. Li gasped, "So what should I do?"

"I'll think about it first. Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

Mr. Li thought that Wu Zhongyuan was thinking about his own business, but in fact, Wu Zhongyuan was thinking about his own business.

The piece of jade that this Taoist priest is looking for is very similar to the jade he has and seen, and it is likely to come from a certain place in the same period, judging from the clues that are currently known, this jade is likely to be the medium to enter the wormhole, and since this Taoist priest is looking for this piece of jade, he naturally knows what kind of use this piece of jade has.

Who is this person?

Where is this person from?

What is the purpose of this person's presence here?

Why did this person know what jade was used for?

What does this person want to do when he is looking for jade?

Why was that piece of jade hidden in stone in ancient times?

How did this person know where the jade was?

Is this person friend or foe?

There are many doubts, it is difficult to sort out the clues for a while, the clues are insufficient, and it is difficult to deduce something.

"What's that person's accent?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"Out-of-town accent. Mr. Li hurriedly replied.

"Which out-of-town?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.

Mr. Li thought for a long time, "I didn't hear the specific accent, anyway, I am not a local." ”

"Does he cough?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Mr. Li heard it, but he didn't understand, "What?"

"Let me ask you, does that Taoist priest cough?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Mr. Li recalled for a moment and shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be." ”

"Is the gold he gave you marked, and which dynasty does it belong to?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Mr. Li shook his head again, "There is no mark, but the purity is not high, it should be an ancient thing." ”

"What style? Different ages of gold have different styles. Wu Zhongyuan shook his head helplessly, this guy doesn't even have basic knowledge of history, and he won't lose his life if he collects.

"There are gold bars, there are ingots, and horseshoe gold. Mr. Li said.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded, horseshoe gold was mostly seen in the Han Dynasty, and ingots began to appear in the Tang and Song dynasties, and gold bars appeared later, which shows that the gold carried by this person belonged to different eras.

"I'm afraid the Taoist priest won't be able to find it. "Mr. Li always thought that Wu Zhongyuan was trying to find the person who tied the bell when he asked the Taoist priest.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer his words, "Did you take pictures of the line patterns on that stone back then?"

"I took it, I took it with my camera, and I still have the picture. Mr. Li said.

"Hurry up, go back and find out......"