Meng Zitao asked, "There is no way to find him?"

Brother Drill said honestly: "Meng Shao, I won't tell you, I can only try my best to do this, you want to say that it is obviously unrealistic to agree that you must find him in a month or two." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then if you find him as soon as possible, there will always be your benefits, but correspondingly, if you dare to perfunctory me, then don't blame me for not reminding you in advance." ”

Brother Drill hurriedly said: "Meng Shao, if you put a hundred hearts, I will definitely not perfunctory you, I will definitely do my best to find him." ”

Putting away his mobile phone, Meng Zitao made himself tea, because his grandparents had gone to their lunch break, and Wang Zhixuan and Qian Songyuan were also asleep, so he felt bored, so he went to the car to get some information.

As soon as Meng Zitao closed the car door, he heard someone next to him shouting him, he looked back and found that it was an old man named Xu Aqing from his grandfather village, and he had to call him cousin according to his generation.

After saying hello, Xu Aqing said: "Xiao Tao, I heard that you know how to read antiques, I have something I want you to help you see, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Of course, let's go inside. Meng Zitao took the old man into the house.

After Xu Aqing sat down, he took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms, and opened it to see that it was a jade artifact.

"Xiao Tao, look at when this half-jade tiger was. ”

Meng Zitao recognized at a glance that this was half a tiger talisman, and now there will be a tiger talisman in TV movies, I believe everyone should not be very unfamiliar.

The tiger talisman first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the copper tiger shape was used as a transfer voucher issued by the central government to the magistrate or garrison leader, which was called the tiger talisman. The back of the tiger talisman is engraved with an inscription, divided into two halves, the right half is stored in the imperial court, the left half is sent to the commander of the army or the local governor, and it has always been a special talisman, one place and one talisman, it is impossible to use a talisman to mobilize the army of two places at the same time, and the two halves need to be verified when the troops are transferred to take effect.

There are also many records about the tiger talisman, among which there is a story recorded in the "Historical Records", saying that in 257 BC during the Warring States Period, the Qin State sent troops to besiege Handan, the capital of the Zhao State, and Zhao Pingyuan Jun asked for help from the King of Wei and the King of Xinling because his wife was the sister of the King of Wei Xinlingjun, and the King of Wei made the veteran general Jin Contempt lead 100,000 troops to rescue the Zhao State, but later he was afraid of the strength of the Qin State, and ordered the garrison to wait and see.

In order to rush to the aid of Handan, Xinling Jun Wuji, the prince of Wei, conspired with Ruji, the wife of the King of Wei, so that Ruji stole the tiger talisman in the bedroom of the King of Wei, and used the tiger talisman to seize the army of Jin, break the Qin soldiers, and save the Zhao State.

The tiger talisman that Xu Aqing took was made of rare white jade, the utensils were old, and the jujube skin was red and calm and natural. The utensils are carved in the shape of a tiger, the body of the tiger is slender and long, and the waist is slightly collapsed. The tiger's head is stretched out in front of the mouth like a dragon's mouth, and the tail is upturned.

In addition, there is an inscription engraved on the back of this object, from which it is known that this is a tiger talisman used by Shangjun Taishou in the Han Dynasty, and the location of Shangjun at that time was located in part of the area of the current Sanqin, and it became a historical term until the Tang Dynasty.

This half of the tiger talisman is still quite precious, Meng Zitao estimated that the complete tiger talisman should be worth one or two million, but now it is only half, of course the price will not be half, but less. This is always the case with antique objects, and the price of pairs can be more than twice as much as a single one.

"Xiao Tao, what the hell is this thing?" asked Xu Aqing.

"This is actually the Tiger Talisman, which is what was used to mobilize troops in ancient times. Meng Zitao replied.

Xu Aqing suddenly said: "It turns out that this is the tiger talisman." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Yes, you are the right half, and it existed in the imperial court at that time. Your half of the tiger talisman should be in the Western Han Dynasty, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. ”

"Ah, it's been more than 2,000 years, but I didn't expect it to be so long. Xu Aqing asked with some excitement: "Then how much can it be worth?"

Meng Zitao said truthfully: "Tiger talismans are generally worth a lot in pairs, although half of them are also valuable, but they are much worse than pairs, and this half is estimated to be only 400,000." ”

"400,000?!" Xu Aqing's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous: "Is there really so many?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "How can I lie to you about this." ”

"Great!" Xu Aqing slapped his hands hard, looking happy.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Do you want to sell it?"

"Yes. Xu Aqing nodded again and again and said: "You know my second child, I finally talked about a partner, I want to get married, but the girl's conditions are high, I want my original intention, such a girl is still forgotten, but my second child refuses, but what can I do? Seeing you coming, I originally just wanted to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but I didn't expect it to be worth so much money! ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Today and Sunday, the bank is closed and you can't transfer money, do you have a bank card? I will use my mobile phone to transfer money to you now, otherwise I can only wait until tomorrow when the bank opens." ”

Xu Aqing smiled: "I'll get a bank card, you can transfer money to me now, I still don't believe you." ”

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you here......"

After a while, Xu Aqing came back with his bank card, and Meng Zitao transferred money to him and confirmed the transfer information.

"Uncle, I want to ask, where did this half of the tiger talisman come from?" Meng Zitao asked.

Xu Aqing said: "I didn't be a soldier before, when I was on a mission with a comrade-in-arms, I encountered a dangerous situation, I rescued him, and then when I was discharged from the army, he gave me this half of the tiger talisman." Half of it should be in his hand. ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly asked, "Where are your comrades-in-arms from?"

Xu Aqing replied: "Yinyang people, called Ji Deshun, I have almost forgotten where he lives now, I only know that his house was far away from the city before, but after so many years, I don't know if he is still there." ”

Although the information is still a little vague, it is still relatively easy for Meng Zitao to check, especially after learning which unit Xu Aqing was in at that time.

"Xiao Tao, are you going to look for him?" asked Xu Aqing.

Meng Zitao nodded, and Xu Aqing continued: "Actually, when I was discharged from the army, we made an appointment to contact by letter, but I was not good at writing and not very good at communication, so I broke off contact. If you can find him, please help me to say hello to him. ”

"No problem. Meng Zitao readily agreed.

After Meng Zitao went back, he asked someone to check that Ji Deshun is still living in the original village, but he should have built a new house and changed his address slightly.

Meng Zitao is going to go on a trip in person, the matter of this talisman is still secondary, the key is that he has always wanted to find the carving master, from years ago to now, there has been no effort, and now it is just the opportunity to take a trip to take this matter.

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Since there is no airport in Yinyang, Meng Zitao has to transfer to a bus to Yinyang, but considering that he is not familiar with the place, he talked to Shu Ze, and Shu Ze introduced him to a friend.

So, after getting off the plane, he saw Shu Ze's friend who came to pick him up and got into the business car driven by the other party.

There was nothing to do all the way, the driver took Meng Zitao to the door of a hotel, helped Meng Zitao check in, and then took him to a hotel.

followed the driver to a private room in the hotel, and saw a young man in his thirties sitting inside, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, this person was Hou Yunbin, a friend introduced by Shu Ze.

When Hou Yunbin saw Meng Zitao, he hurriedly got up to greet each other, introduced each other, and after greetings, he very politely invited Meng Zitao to take a seat.

After being polite for a while, Hou Yunbin asked the waiter to start serving, and then asked, "Teacher Meng, how do you want to arrange it later?"

"Let's go find Ji Deshun first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow. Meng Zitao said.

Hou Yunbin agreed: "Okay, I'll accompany you later, that place is a bit far away, and a round trip in the afternoon will be about the same." ”

"You're busy, don't worry about me. Meng Zitao said.

"It's okay, I'm not busy right now. Hou Yunbin said with a smile.

"I don't know what business Mr. Hou has?" Meng Zitao asked again.

Hou Yunbin said: "Actually, I am doing real estate, but the real estate business is not very easy to do now, but I think it will definitely break out, so I want to find an industry to transition, think about it, I think it is very good to make liquor, we Yinyang food processing is very good, but there is no famous liquor company, I want to fill this gap." ”

"Then I wish Mr. Hou a prosperous business. Meng Zitao said with a smile.

"Thank you for your good words. ”

At this time, the waiter served the food one after another, and Hou Yunbin greeted: "First try our special beef here, the beef is selected from the Central Plains 1-3 year old male cattle as raw materials, supplemented by more than 20 kinds of precious Chinese medicinal materials. ”

Meng Zitao tasted a piece, which can be described as bright color, strong fragrance, good taste, and good taste, and couldn't help but praise it.

Today, Hou Yunbin ordered all local specialties, plus the chef's good skills, each dish is very distinctive, in addition to the spiced beef, Meng Zitao's deepest memory is a braised elbow, the meat is fat but not greasy, the taste is chewy and delicious, the teeth and cheeks are fragrant after eating, the flavor is unique, and it also has the effect of building muscle and skin, beauty and beauty, of course, Meng Zitao does not need such an effect.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Hou Yunbin also knew what Meng Zitao went to find Ji Deshun for, and he was also very surprised to learn that a small tiger talisman could be worth one or two million.

"Teacher Meng, is the value of antiques very high?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "This is definitely impossible, just like our current commodities, there are ordinary goods and luxury goods, and the same is true of antiques, there is no comparison between the two." ”

Hou Yunbin nodded, and then talked about a recent incident: "The day before yesterday, there was a murder on a construction site under my name, the deceased was a worker on the construction site, he died on the construction site in the middle of the night, he was shot in the back of the head and died, at that time he was holding a copper coin in his hand, so everyone speculated whether it was he who dug up the treasure from the ground, and someone saw the wealth and killed him." ”