The man cautiously opened the snakeskin bag and put a hand inside. But it seemed that because the contents of the bag were heavier, he went in with one hand and was hungry for a long time, but he couldn't take out the contents of the bag. Zhong Lingyue cleverly stepped forward to hold the mouth of the bag, and the man took out the contents with two hands and put them on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Seeing what the man took out, Zhong Lingyue and Old Man Zhang didn't have much reaction, but Zhong Lin's face changed in an instant......

It was a gray-brown cone-shaped object with thin thread-like patterns on it, and it was more than a meter long. It looks a bit like a bamboo shoot, but it's not as thick as a bamboo shoot, and it's like a cow's horn, but it's much bigger than a cow's horn.

"What is this? horns? No, how can there be such a big, such long horn? Besides, the horns are curved, how can they be so straight?"

Zhong Lingyue asked in surprise.

"That's right, the horns aren't that big, they're not so straight, are they rhinoceros horns?"

Even the well-informed old man Zhang was also stunned by what was in front of him.

Placed on the table of the Eight Immortals was the horn of an animal, and that horn Zhong Lin was all too familiar, he just wondered why it appeared here!

"What are you?" Seeing that the man had not spoken, Zhong Lingyue asked.

"It's an animal's horn, and I don't know what it is. ”

"Didn't you say that it was an ancestral heirloom of your family? Since it was an ancestral heirloom, could you not know what kind of corner it was? And ......"

Zhong Lingyue originally wanted to say, "And we will call the police", but the words came to her mouth and swallowed again, afraid that if she really said that, I am afraid that she would directly scare people away, not to mention, she has not figured out what is in front of her, let alone knows its specific origin, and she can't make a conclusion, it will not be good to wronged people at that time. Thinking of this, Zhong Lingyue looked the man up and down again, and saw that the person's gaze was evasive and did not dare to meet Zhong Lingyue's gaze. And the man had re-picked up the snakeskin bag in his hand, as if he was ready to put on the horn and run away.

"Big brother, listen to your accent, you're not a local, are you?"

Zhong Lin's voice was not loud, and his tone was very gentle, as if he was chatting with that person.

"Yes, I'm not a local, I'm from Jiangdong Province, and I'm here to work in Southeast City. ”

Sure enough, after listening to Zhong Lin's words, the man was not as nervous as he was just now.

"Oh, what's your last name?"

Zhong Lin then asked.

"My surname is Chen, and everyone in our place calls me 'Chen Laoshi'......"

"Brother Chen, hello!"

Zhong Lin said as he stretched out his hand to Chen Laoshi.

Seeing this, Chen Laoshi subconsciously rubbed his hand on his clothes twice, and then reached out to shake Zhong Lin's hand with some restraint, and said, "Boss, hello, hello!"

"Come, Brother Chen, sit down, let's talk slowly. ”

Zhong Lin said as he let Chen Laoshi to the coffee table next to the Eight Immortals table and guided him to sit down.

At this time, Old Man Zhang had already returned to his seat, poured a cup of tea, and said, "Come, Xiao Chen, drink tea." ”

Chen Laoshi took the teacup and drank it all. Fortunately, the teacup is very small, and the tea poured in it will soon not be so hot, otherwise it must be hot.

"Brother Chen, let me guess, this thing of yours is not an ancestral heirloom in your family. I just sawed it off the bones of an animal, am I right?"

Zhong Lin's tone of voice was still very gentle, but Chen Laoshi stood up suddenly after hearing this, and the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"You...... How do you know?"

"It's very simple...... Zhong Lin said, walked over to the table of the Eight Immortals, held up the horn with his hand, and continued: "There is a big difference between a horn that has just been cut off and a horn that has been preserved for a long time. First of all, the horn that has just been cut off is very heavy, like this horn is forty or fifty pounds, and the horn that has been preserved for a long time will lose some of the moisture with the passage of time, and it is not so heavy.......

Zhong Lin said as he pointed the root of the horn towards Chen and said, "The root of this horn is still bloodshot, how can a horn that has been preserved for a long time still have bloodshots?"

"This ......" Chen Laoshi is indeed very honest as his name, and his whole body trembled after listening to Zhong Lin's words. Naturally, he had seen the dead one-horned wolf, but he had read very little, and only regarded it as the corpse of some animal he had not seen. I felt that its horn was very special, so I thought of things like ivory and rhinoceros horn, and thought that such a special thing could be sold for some money, so I cut it off and took it to the antique market to sell. I didn't expect Zhong Lin to see it at a glance.

"Brother Chen, I won't tell you that your current behavior has violated the law. The state has rules that rare wild animals cannot be bought and sold at will, even their carcasses. Surely you've heard of smuggling ivory? You're doing a similar thing right now. ”

After listening to Zhong Lin's words, Chen Laoshi's face turned green with fright, and he sat down on the ground with a "poof", and said tremblingly: "I, my family urgently needs money, so I did this." And, by the time I saw the beast, it was already dead, and even a little rotten. Please don't denounce me, if I go to jail, my child will be hopeless, he has leukemia......"

Chen was honest, and he choked up as he spoke.

"Brother Chen, don't be afraid, although you have made a mistake, there is still a chance to make up for it, I promise you, as long as you do what I say, it will be fine. ”

Zhong Lin said solemnly.

"Okay, then you say, what do you want me to do? ”

Chen honestly said tremblingly.

"First of all, you want to keep this horn, but I didn't buy it from you......"

"Okay, okay, okay, I've got it for you, you let me go. ”

Chen Laoshi didn't wait for Zhong Lin to finish speaking, and said directly.

Zhong Lin listened to Chen's honest words, and actually laughed angrily, and said, "Brother Chen, you misunderstood, I don't want to take advantage of the fire to rob and take advantage of you. I said just now that you should keep this horn and I will give you some money to treat your child. How much did you want to sell this horn for?"

"I'm ready to sell...... , sold for 300,000, because my child needs 300,000 for treatment. But I don't think it's worth that much money, so give me as much as you think it's worth. ”

Zhong Lin frowned and said, "Brother Chen, I won't tell you anything, this horn you brought, even if you go, it is impossible to sell it at the price you want, not to mention that they may not dare to buy it." But I promised you 300,000 yuan today, if not for anything else, just so that you can take the money back to your child's medical treatment, but we said that I confiscated this horn on my behalf, and my money was given to you, not to buy your horn. ”

"Ahh

Chen Laoshi just got up from the ground, and after listening to Zhong Lin's words, he almost sat on the ground again, he just wanted to sell it for a little more money, but in fact, not to mention that someone paid 300,000 yuan to buy it, even if he finally paid 3,000 yuan to buy it with him, he would sell it.

"Okay, good, good, I know it's illegal to buy and sell this thing, you keep it, and you give me the money. No, otherwise I borrowed this money from you, and I will slowly return it to you after I have cured the child's illness. "Chen is honest.

"No, you may have misunderstood, this thing didn't stay for me to stay, and the money was indeed given to you by me. I only have a small request, and that is that you will take me to the place where you found this horn, and I will see the carcass of the animal. ”

"Huh? It's as simple as that. ”

"Yes, it's as simple as that, you have a cup of tea first, and when I find a few people, we'll go together." ”

Zhong Lin said, picked up the phone, and called. Then he said to Zhong Lingyue: "Little aunt, you hang out the sign that is temporarily closed first." ”

Although Zhong Lingyue didn't know what Zhong Lin's gourd was selling, she still did what Zhong Lin wanted.

After only ten minutes, three policemen walked in from outside the door, and the leader was Xiong Jianbiao.

"Brother, I'm coming. ”

Chen Laoshi happened to finish drinking a cup of tea, and before he could put down the teacup, he heard someone talking, and when he looked back, he saw that it was three policemen who walked in, and the teacup in his hand couldn't hold it anymore, and it fell on the coffee table with a "click" and shattered into several petals.

"You, you ......"

Chen Laoshi turned his head and pointed at Zhong Lin, originally wanting to say, "Why did you call the police?" but he was stunned excitedly and didn't say it.

"Brother Chen, don't worry, the police were called by me, but they are not here to arrest you, they are all my friends. They are now here to come with us to see the carcass of the beast. ”

Zhong Lin hurriedly explained, because he had already seen that Chen Laoshi was really frightened.

Chen Laoshi let out a long breath after listening to Zhong Lin's words, he originally thought that Zhong Lin went to see the corpse of the animal to see if there was anything valuable. And although Zhong Lin repeatedly emphasized that he didn't buy the horn, in his opinion, it was just what Zhong Lin said on purpose, and in fact, it was not equivalent to buying. But when he saw the police, he realized that he had just lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Brother Biao, you take Brother Chen out first, and I'll ......be there later," Zhong Lin said as he walked to the Eight Immortals table, and saw that Chen Laoshi and the others had gone out, and in a blink of an eye, he "closed" the horn.

"Little aunt, you take this thing first, and I will ask Brother Chen Yong and Chen to come and get it for you later. ”

As he spoke, Zhong Lin took out the "Iron Pimple" given to him by the Zizhu Daoist. Zhong Lin had already asked Ling'er before this, and she had never seen this metal, but Ding Ling said that it might be a synthetic material from ancient times or an extraterrestrial black iron. This reminded Zhong Lin that perhaps its composition could be detected by modern scientific means. If that's the case, it might be helpful for Chen Yong in refining just now.