Chapter 117 Parting Ways and Running East
The first thing Wang Changsheng said after waking up was that Lao Tzu would go to the tomb again in this life, and from then on he would write the word Wang upside down, this business was simply too difficult to do, the technical content was too high, and if there were no professionals to assist him, it would really be easy to have big problems.
Tang Kun only commented on this: "Everything is habitual and natural, and if you do a lot of things, you will become accustomed to it." β
The five of them did not delay much on the Wusu River that night, because if the ice was blown up twice in a row, the movement would be a little loud, and it was entirely possible to attract people over, so for the sake of safety, the four of them returned to the entrance of the lower tomb, refilled the robbery hole with soil, and immediately got into the car and left after finishing it.
Sitting in the back seat of the Passat, Wang Changsheng tilted his head, looking at the endless snow-covered earth behind him, thinking that from now on, maybe the tomb of King Beji will be buried deep in the ground, maybe dozens or even hundreds of years or more than a thousand years will not necessarily be discovered, as the first batch of people to witness history, they seem to have a sense of accomplishment?
Although, tomb robbing is not very authentic.
That night, the two cars drove back to the previous bungalow, and then began to boil water to prepare for a bath, and boiled a large pot of ginger soup and prepared a few bottles of more than 60 degrees of two pots and a few kinds of meat dishes, except for Liang Pingping, the four people were all in the ice water, and there must have been a lot of cold in the body, if you don't drive it out as soon as possible, you may sleep and wake up tomorrow You will have a serious illness.
After taking a bath, several people sat down at the table, first filled their stomachs, and then began to drink to ward off the cold, although it was past the early morning, but after tossing for nearly a night, they were not sleepy at all, and their spirits were always in high spirits, and they also took the opportunity to sort out the things that were brought out of the tomb of King Beji, although it was only three things.
"Come on, brothers, for our first cooperation, although there is no danger, we still get out safely, a toast. Tang Kun held up a two-and-a-half white wine glass and said to Wang Changsheng: "This glass of wine, you'd better stuff it all in one gulp, after drinking, the body will burn from the intestines to the stomach, and it will make you feel a lot more comfortable after enduring it, otherwise the river water that has been soaked for a few minutes will not be good and you will have a cold and high fever tomorrow."
Wang Changsheng didn't say a word, he just raised his head and dried up a cup of two pots, the spicy alcohol burned down his intestines, and he held it for a long time before he spit out the wine and said, "It's hard!"
After drinking a glass of wine, Tang Kun took out the sheepskin and the crown of King Beji from his body and put it on the table, then tapped his fingers on the table, and said: "This scripture is what Changsheng and I want, and it will be of great use to both of us, but if the rest of you are interested, you can also take a look, it doesn't matter, let's talk about the crown for the rest." β
Tang Kun paused after speaking, glanced at Wang Changsheng and Liang Pingping and said: "In the past, the rules of our team were very simple, the things that were poured out of the tomb found the money earned by the buyer after shipping, I took thirty percent, and the remaining sixty percent was divided equally by Xiao Si, Nagano and Erhei, and the remaining one percent was reserved for the operating funds of future activities, and we have fulfilled this distribution plan for about several years, this time ......."
As soon as Tang Kun's words were halfway through, Liang Pingping waved his hand directly and said: "I'm not interested in this money, and I haven't made any efforts, so I don't want it, I came here with you two mainly to pass the time, idle and boring, it has nothing to do with money, if you force it, I may be very unwilling." β
Wang Changsheng stretched out his hands and said, "I also regard money as dung, okay?"
Tang Kun smiled, he was not surprised at all, he had seen earlier that the temperament of these two people was very bland, and he would definitely not be entangled in this because of the problem of money, Tang Kun continued: "That's okay, that's the problem, then rest and sleep after eating, drinking, and what you asked us to write down, I'll write it down for you later, I'm too tired today and I guess my memory is not very good, and something may go wrong."
"Well, I'm not in a hurry. β
Tang Kun turned to look at Xiao Si and asked, "When will Erhei come over?"
"The night after tomorrow at the latest"
"Okay, then wait one more day. Tang Kun explained to Liang Pingping and Wang Changsheng: "The operation of our gang outside is responsible for Erhei, he contacts the buyer for the shipment, and he contacts the employer for the job, the three of us never meet with the other party of any transaction, it is difficult for the buyer and the employer to see us, if it is not necessary, we will never show up, so at this time, we need a middleman to deal around, and Erhei has done a good job in this regard." β
"Authentic, professional!" Wang Changsheng gave a thumbs up and asked in surprise: "You guys are still taking jobs, what do you mean?"
"Hehe, the meaning of picking up the work is naturally that someone will name us to rob which tomb, because there may be something that employers are more interested in, such as those who like porcelain and those who like bottles and jars, and the things that enter the soil in each period are different, those who have special hobbies will selectively let us go to the tomb, of course, the price will be higher, it is not an exaggeration to tell you, someone once paid a lot of money for us to touch the Mausoleum of the First Emperor and the Qianling, of course, no one dared to move these two tombs, let alone touch, even the temptation did not dareβ
"I don't see it, you guys are really systematic enough," Wang Changsheng said speechlessly.
"Because of professionalism, the service is considerate and ......"
This night, at three o'clock in the morning, a few people gradually fell asleep, they slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up, but the little four got up earlier, and then drove out, he went to the tomb to take a look, mainly to see if anyone would find traces, or even if anyone called the police, and then if there was anything unusual, they quickly retreated.
Fortunately, the weather in the north was still very cold at this time, and the two rivers that had been blown up had been frozen again, and the soil on the excavated holes in the fields was also frozen, and everything passed quietly as if it had never happened.
After waiting for a day, the last person in Tang Kun's gang, Erhei, arrived, and his name was the same, this person looked a little dark, not too tall, about 1.7 meters, short hair, a pair of eyes looked quite energetic, and the expression on his face was always a little serious.
"Come, let me introduce to you, this is the operation director of our team, Erhei, who has a wide range of contacts in the antique trading industry, and can almost open a museum after his work" Tang Kun introduced to both parties: "This is Wang Changsheng, Liang Pingping, Erhei, I told you before, this time to go to the tomb of King Beji is nine deaths, so I specially found a helper to come over, it turns out that my choice is too correct, otherwise the two of us met three months ago, it may be goodbye." β
"Brother Kun, can we not say such bad words?" Erhei said complainingly, and then stretched out his hand to Liang Pingping and Wang Changsheng and said hello.
After a while, several people sat around the room, Tang Kun lit a cigarette, looked at Erhei and asked, "What's wrong with you over there?"
"The buyer wants to see the goods first, after all, the other party doesn't know what you brought out of the tomb, whether people are interested or not, in fact, this time the thing is secondary, they mainly want us to bring out a set of bronze wine vessels from the ancient tomb of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty a year ago, the price has been opened to the point that you can never imagine, I listened to the heart. β
Tang Kun frowned and said, "Didn't you say that this thing won't come out for the time being?"
Of course, the state has always explicitly prohibited the private trade in antiques, especially for bronzes, which are basically bought and sold, and they will be shot if they are caught, without even a reprieve from it.
More than a year ago, Tang Kun and they came to the ancient tomb of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty at the border of Henan Province, and brought out a few items from it, including a set of bronze wine vessels, but they have not sold this thing, after all, there are some risks, once it leaks out, it will be discovered, but if it is going to be on the line, the strength of the above investigation will be great, if the relevant departments plan to lock them up, it will have to be completely disappeared for a long time.
Erhei smiled and said: "If it were an ordinary person, I probably wouldn't agree, the person who asked for the goods this time was Boss Yu, you also know that we have done business with him three times, each time people basically don't bargain, and the tone is also very tight, besides, Brother Kun, you don't know what strength he is? Boss Yu finally threw all the goods into his own safe, never put them outside, let alone sell them, after all, he is playing with mood and not business, and he is absolutely safe." β
Tang Kun thought about it for a while and didn't say anything, he was quite familiar with the boss Yu, the other party was rich and wealthy, and it was said that the relationship was strong, and he was never afraid to check when he received things, to put it bluntly, there were people above him, and he seemed to be a second-generation character.
Erhei stretched out a hand and waved four fingers to flip it up and down, and said, "What do you think of this number?"
Xiao Si and Nagano's eyes lit up immediately when they saw this, and even Tang Kun licked his lips and was obviously interested, and Erhei continued: "Brother Kun, as you said, when we do a big deal and make enough money for us to squander half of our lives, we will temporarily put it aside for three or five years and cultivate ourselves, I think this opportunity is very good, what do you say?"
Tang Kun pinched the cigarette butt, clasped the corners of his eyes, glanced at Xiao Si and Nagano and said, "What do you think?"
"Brother, it's okay to rest, we've been running around all these years and we're tired, since Erhei said that it's definitely no problem, it's not a problem to keep one of those things in our hands, it's equivalent to holding a grenade in our own hands, what if it accidentally explodes on its own? If you sell it, it's also worry-free, isn't it?" Xiao Si gritted his teeth and smiled.
Nagano nodded and said, "I listen to you. β
Tang Kun spat out and said: "Okay, let's get out, after receiving the money, we will go to the mountains and rivers to eat and drink spicy food, but it is really not possible to go abroad to buy an island to recuperate for a few years, and then come out again when we are lonely."
"Well, Brother Kun, this time the goods ......"
Tang Kun bowed to Xiao Si, he returned to the house and pulled out a box from under the bed, and then took out the crown of King Beji and put it on the table, Erhei was stunned when he saw this, and said, "No, just one?"
Tang Kun explained: "Our rule is that we don't go to the tomb for more than three times, as you know, I mainly went to the shaman's scroll of scriptures this time, and the other is that Wang Changsheng also found something else of interest in the tomb, and in the end, only this crown remains, so this time I will bring out one."
Erhei frowned a little, and didn't say anything for a long time, Wang Changsheng smiled embarrassedly, and just wanted to explain a few words, Erhei nodded and said, "Okay, just one by one, I'll take a photo and send it to the other party, see how they react."
Erhei took out his mobile phone and a calling card, deducted the original card of the mobile phone, and then replaced it with this one, turned it on, took pictures, sent, Liang Pingping whispered to Wang Changsheng: "Look at the professional quality of people, no wonder there has never been any problem."
Xiao Si said with a smile: "Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, after all, what you do is disgraceful, and you yourself are the one who regrets it in the end, this black brother is definitely very safe, we have nothing to do for so many years, and even the vast majority of buyers and employers we have traded have not even seen us in person, all of them are outside the second black." β
"Okay, wait for the news, it's estimated that you have to find someone to check the origin of the goods first" Erhei put down his mobile phone and clapped his hands, and then asked curiously: "What else did you bring out?"
Tang Kun pointed at Wang Changsheng, he thought about it and said, " I don't know what it is for the time being, in front of King Beji's coffin, there are twenty-one of his former personal guards, who were also sent to the tomb after the death of King Beji, and took the way of living water to accompany the burial, these guards did not die completely, their three souls and seven spirits should have been sealed in the body by the shaman's great wizard, in order to prevent someone from robbing the tomb, these guards can return to their souls, when Tang Kun and Nagano opened the coffin of King Beji, I found that their yang energy was drawn out a trace, and those guards who were sealed with three souls and seven spirits immediately regained their senses, I guess it is the lines carved in King Beji's coffin, it may be a magic circle laid by a shaman or some kind of spell, these are not known for the time being, so you can only write them down first and study them later."
"The ancient shamans were very mysterious, and their witchcraft was no worse than the Taoism and Buddhism of Middle-earth more than two thousand years ago, and even in some places, such as the soul ......" Wang Changsheng pointed to the sheepskin next to him and said: "There are more outstanding points, but these need to be studied slowly, after all, those shamanic characters are too difficult to understand, and they need to be analyzed by professionals." β
Erhei immediately asked in surprise, "Is it so amazing?"
"Ancient history, what we know is not even a skin, like a drop in the ocean......"
Not long after a few people chatted, Erhei's mobile phone on the table rang, and he picked it up and saw that someone had replied with a message, and it was written with two words.
"Satisfied!"
Erhei licked his lips, looked at Tang Kun and said, "Brother Kun, it's done"
Tang Kun nodded and said: "It's done, so as not to delay the matter after a long night, we will leave here immediately tomorrow, by the way, where is the other party trading?"
"Capital!"
Tang Kun turned his head and asked Wang Changsheng and said, "What about you two, what do you mean?"
"You guys go over, I won't go to the capital for the time being, I have to stay in the northeast for the time being, find a way to translate this volume of scriptures, and the shaman culture will still exist in the north, this may be a relatively long process, it is estimated that it will be delayed for a while" Wang Changsheng always remembered what Uncle Xiao had told him, if not, don't set foot in the capital.
"If the Northeast is not good, I advise you to take a trip to the capital, where the professors of the history departments of several universities in the capital may have a little hope of translating shamanic texts."
"Well, I'll try it over here first......"
After the matter was settled, the two sides were ready to leave the place the next day, first arriving in the provincial capital and then going their separate ways.
After a night's rest, the two cars drove out of Ningguta in the morning and went straight to the provincial capital on the highway.
The provincial city is Spring City, a city with a lot of history, and it is also the only place where you can hear the word shaman, the countryside of this city, the countryside, there are often people who jump the gods, watch the epidemic and open the hall to invite the immortals, but about eighty percent of these people belong to the ranks of charlatans, and the remaining one percent is just a little fur, maybe less than one percent of people are proficient in shamanic witchcraft, about a thousand years or so have passed, and the shaman has almost disappeared in the long river of history.
Tang Kun sent Wang Changsheng and Liang Pingping to the city, and the group stood outside the car to say goodbye, he patted Wang Changsheng's arm and said with a smile: "I didn't expect a chance encounter in Chang'an, you and I were involved in such a deep fate, you are a good person, I like it very much, I will contact you often in the future."
Wang Changsheng said with a smile: "You're okay, let's not turn around."
Tang Kun and Wang Changsheng may not be the same kind of people, but in some ways they have something in common, less than a month of contact, in fact, both sides have a mutually recognizable attitude.
People in this world are like this, it is easy to meet, but it is difficult to intersect.
Wang Changsheng, Liang Pingping said goodbye to Tang Kun's people, they drove away, Liang Pingping asked him what we should do now, Wang Changsheng said find a place to settle down, I can't say how to stay for a few days, and then I will find a way to see how to find someone.
What Wang Changsheng thought was that after settling down, he would contact a few senior brothers, they had a wide range of people, and maybe someone would always be able to find someone who was proficient in shamanic language.
At the same time, a farm on the outskirts of the capital.
"Stampede, trample trample......" A horse covered in black, with its hooves galloping around the racecourse, immediately sat a young man in a standard equestrian uniform, he waved the whip in his hand and whipped the horse's buttocks, half-low and suppressed his body and galloped like a gust of wind.
A moment later, an old man about sixty years old dressed in a Tang costume came to the outside of the racecourse and beckoned to the young man, who slowly stopped with the reins and glanced in this direction.
The old man in Tang costume said softly: "Zhantang, Mr. Xu is here......"