Shu Ze listened to the leopard's words and couldn't help laughing: "I used to hear people who specialize in robbing tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties say that the tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties produce gold and silver, and they are easy to find, unlike the tombs before the Han Dynasty, which are not easy to find, and digging holes is also laborious, and it is completely thankless." ”

Tubao pursed his lips disdainfully: "Cut, listen to their nonsense! They have no strength, if there is a harvest in the Han tomb, digging one tomb can earn them money to dig several tombs." ”

Shu Ze smiled: "Anyway, if you say that the public is reasonable, I can't control it." By the way, I read that it is said in the novel that there is a master who can see at a glance that there is a tomb deep underground, have you ever met it?"

Earth Leopard said: "I have heard of it, but I have never encountered such a master. None of the people I was with had ever met. As we did at the time, unless the tomb was particularly obvious, it was generally necessary to estimate the approximate place first, and then take the time to explore. Once it took us a long time to discover a tomb complex, only to dig it up and find out that it had been stolen, and it was a big loss!"

Meng Zitao nodded secretly, it seems that there are indeed such capable people, but there should be few of them, and even if they do, it is estimated that they will not go to the thief fight, and if they have the ability to do something else, they can make a fortune, why do this kind of thing that is very immoral in the eyes of the world?

Next, the three of them continued to ask questions and answers, during which the earth leopard did know everything, and Meng Zitao and Shu Ze also knew a lot of seemingly mysterious, but actually sounding quite normal insider stories of the thief fight.

"How do you divide what you have dug up?" said Mencius at the end, asking this curious question.

Tu Leopard said succinctly: "Divide it evenly." ”

You must know that there is a word called "fighting in the nest", Meng Zitao has heard before, there are gangs that fight backwards, because of the uneven distribution of spoils, and there have been human lives, therefore, listening to the leopard said that the equal division can't help but be a little curious: "The uneven distribution will not cause contradictions, right?"

Besides, more work and more rewards, roughly average, how can there be an absolute average, and the shipment is its own thing, sometimes good things may not be sold at a good price. ”

Shu Ze was a little surprised and said, "Did you sell your own at that time?"

Tubao said: "We were just a small gang at the time, and we generally didn't have the strength to ship together, and we were prone to problems, so we all sold each other, didn't ask each other, and each was responsible for the accident, and never said anything about others." ”

Meng Zitao asked curiously, "Don't you leave some good ones for yourself?"

Tu Leopard smiled: "The rules of our business are not left. Even if something hasn't been sold yet, don't keep it at home to prevent accidents. ”

Meng Zitao asked again: "Do you dig it up and then sell it every time?"

Tubao said: "It's usually like this, but sometimes there are old people in our industry who choose to make a lot of money, save trouble, and make a lot of money, and even if there is nothing, the boss has to give money." ”

Shu Ze smiled and said, "You didn't hide things on purpose?"

Tu Leopard shook his head again and again and said: "How is that possible, as the old saying goes, thieves also have thieves, and the matter of piracy is quite lacking in morality, but it will not break the rules anymore." ”

After some small talk, Meng Zitao also had a certain understanding of tomb robbing, which is a mysterious thing in the eyes of ordinary people.

The earth leopard sat for a while, then got up and prepared to leave, before leaving, he said another news, saying that next Sunday, there will be a black market auction, the auction above is basically a raw pit device, only insiders can participate, because he has acquaintances, so he can get a place, ask Shu Ze if he wants to go.

Shu Ze actually didn't have much interest in the pit ware, but he was quite curious about this kind of auction, so he agreed.

After making an appointment, the leopard left.

"Are you going?" asked Shu Ze.

Of course, Meng Zitao was not pedantic, and said: "Since there is this opportunity, let's go." ”

"Okay, we'll talk about that later. ”

Shu Ze pointed to the antiques he had just bought on the coffee table and said, "Zitao, you can choose a few." ”

"That's it. Meng Zitao picked a jade artifact from the antiques on the coffee table,

Shu Ze saw that the things Mencius had chosen were a little strange: "Don't you say that I almost forgot, what is so good about this thing? And the lion doesn't look like a lion, it looks like a hysterical artifact." ”

The jade selected by Mencius Tao is a jade belt ornament, and the "belt" is an important part of China's ancient clothing as a binding object around the waist.

The "belt" of the pre-Qin period is the "leather belt" and the "big belt", to the Warring States and the Han Dynasty hook and ring belt ****, after the Han Dynasty, the "Jin style" belt was gradually popular, the gold and jade belt of the Sui and Tang dynasties prevailed, the Liao, Jin, and Yuan periods of the ribbon were unique, the Ming Dynasty jade belt was stylized, and the leather belt of the Qing Dynasty basically disappeared, and the use of (noisy) buckles and hooked ribbons.

The jade belt ornament selected by Meng Zitao is a part of the ribbon of the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, the material looks like a green jade texture, and the ornament is a lion with a twisted neck, and the shape does look a little different from the lion that is usually seen. It's no wonder that Shu Ze thinks it's a hysterical product.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "This is the jade belt ornament of the Liao Dynasty, if you think about their environment, you can't usually see the lion, so the lion on the ornament is an abstract animal, which is different from the lion on the jade we see, so it is normal." ”

Hearing this, Shu Ze took the jade with some curiosity, looked at it, and asked, "This is the jade of the Liao Dynasty?" It doesn't seem to be of a high level. ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "At that time, the jade workers must not be familiar with the modeling characteristics of the lion patterns from the Central Plains, so the whole pattern exudes the bold atmosphere of naïve and fierce nomads, but the level of jade workers is very high, and it has a high degree of wisdom and imagination, which can accurately capture the main modeling characteristics of the male lion." ”

"If you look at the lion's head, it is exaggerated by the jade worker, and the proportion of the entire head accounts for about 1/2 of the lion's body, but it accurately grasps the lion's demeanor, and it doesn't look so abrupt. ”

Meng Zitao pointed out the characteristics of the ornamentation, and then said: "As for the reason why I believe that it is from the Liao Dynasty, it is because the jade style of the local jade workers at that time is very different from the imported jade of the Central Plains......

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, Shu Ze shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, but even if it is a jade belt ornament of the Liao Dynasty, I don't see a high price for the jade of the Liao Dynasty on the market now? ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Indeed, jade in the middle of the Qing Dynasty is indeed the most sought after, but according to the laws of history, it is very likely that when the price reaches its peak, it will form an inflection point, and at that time, the old three generations of ancient jade and ancient jade with exotic styles will also have a place." ”

Shu Ze nodded and said, "There is some truth in what you said, but I can see that the jade in the middle stage has not yet reached the top, right?"

Meng Zitao said: "If everyone knows that the price is going to fall, and there will be any opportunities to make money at that time, I advise you to take advantage of the fact that the price of this kind of ancient jade is still low, just collect a little, and you will definitely not suffer a loss." ”

Shu Ze thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." By the way, you're really not going to choose any of these things?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's enough to have this jade, besides, you really want to send me money?"

"Hey, what you said, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have seen the problem with this Yun Long Pei. ”

Shu Ze took out the piece of Yunlong Pei and put it in front of Meng Zitao: "I won't deal with this thing, I'll give it to you." ”

Meng Zitao was not polite, so he accepted it, in fact, he did know a way to deal with the grease on the jade, but whether he could deal with it or not, he had no bottom in his heart.

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After staying overnight at Shuze's side, Meng Zitao took the train back to Lingshi. As for the decoration of the newly bought villa, Meng Zitao has already communicated with the designer invited by Shu Ze, and after the other party completes the design drawings and confirms them, the construction can be carried out. Moreover, the construction aspect is basically handled by Shu Ze, as long as he has time to come and have a look.

Meng Zitao returned home, dealt with the harvest this time, and after meeting his parents, he went to He Wanyi's store for a long time, had dinner together, pressed the road, and relieved the pain of lovesickness.

Early the next morning, Meng Zitao went to visit Zheng Anzhi, who had just returned from the capital.

Seeing that Zheng Anzhi's complexion was a little bad, Meng Zitao couldn't help but be a little worried: "Master, your face is not very good, is there anything comfortable in your body?"

Zheng Anzhi waved his hand: "It's nothing, I suffered some wind chill some time ago, and now it's better." ”

Meng Zitao said: "You must pay attention to your body, if you have something to go to other places next time, just let me go if it is convenient." ”

Zheng Anzhi laughed and said, "Okay, but don't worry, I'm not that delicate." By the way, this is a document for you. ”

As he spoke, he pushed a document on the coffee table that looked a bit like a student ID in front of Meng Zitao.

"What is this?" Meng Zitao was a little curious, picked it up and opened it, and was stunned: "The work card of the Cultural Relics Bureau?"

Zheng Anzhi smiled and nodded: "What do you think?"

Meng Zitao scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "You don't always want me to work in this department, do you?"

Zheng Anzhi asked with a smile, "Don't want to go?"

Meng Zitao said: "Master, I'm not hypocritical, it's just that I'm now free and casual, and if I go honestly, I can't get used to working from 9 to 5." The point is, what can I do in this department?"

"Do you really want to go?" asked Zheng Anzhi.

Meng Zitao said with a straight face: "Master, if you have to let me go, I will definitely have nothing to say." ”

Zheng Anzhi said with a smile: "Okay, no one will force you to go, and your current status is actually only an intern, and you don't need to be responsible for specific work for the time being." (To be continued.) )