In addition to the offering box, Li Hui also went to get two pieces of jade, as well as two pieces of porcelain, which were identified by Meng Zitao as genuine, but in addition to the offering box worth 180,000 yuan, the remaining jade and porcelain were only worth 300,000 yuan.

In the end, the two sides bargained and sold for 450,000 yuan, of which the porcelain belonged to Chen Zhongfeng, and the jade and the offering box belonged to Meng Zitao.

went to the bank not far from the community to transfer the money, and Meng Zitao and the others left by car.

In the car, Chen Zhongfeng said: "Actually, I have seen all these five things?"

Meng Zitao was a little strange when he heard this: "Then why didn't you buy it before?"

Chen Zhongfeng said: "It's not that I don't buy it, the key is that the original owner, the price is too high, people like me can't stand it, let alone others." ”

Meng Zitao was a little puzzled when he heard this: "According to what you say, how could he sell things to Duan Liangzhen?"

Chen Zhongfeng said: "This is called self-inflicted iniquity, and you can't live......"

It turned out that the original owner of the thing was named Su Hong, and he was also in the antique business, and the business was not bad, but last year, he bought a lottery ticket and won the jackpot, so the business was not done, and he was also addicted to gambling.

Bet on this thing, no matter how much money you can, Su Hong is the same, in a few months, from a millionaire to a lot of debt, in the end can only sell the original collection for money.

At that time, Chen Zhongfeng also heard the news and wanted to buy it, but he didn't expect that Su Hong regarded him as a wronged leader, so Chen Zhongfeng didn't buy it in a fit of anger, but he didn't expect it to fall into the hands of Duan Liangzhen in the end. Thinking about Duan Liangzhen's character, he must have been desperate to suppress the price at that time.

After listening to Chen Zhongfeng's narration, Meng Zitao felt a little in his heart, Chen Zhongfeng's luck was really not very good, otherwise, there would be a treasure in his pocket.

Of course, things are hidden very secretly, and if you want to find them, if you don't rely on abilities like Mencius, you need to be very lucky to find strange treasures.

While chatting, Meng Zitao received a call from Zheng Zongxian, saying that the seller's situation was a little complicated, and he wanted to ask Meng Zitao to come over and take a look.

After hanging up the phone, Meng Zitao told the army the address that Zheng Zongxian said.

At this time, Chen Zhongfeng sighed lightly: "Brother Meng, do you know the owner of this address?"

Meng Zitao replied: "I don't know, it's just that this guy has committed something, I'll go and see." Why, do you know this man?"

Chen Zhongfeng gritted his teeth and said: "Of course, I know this guy who turned to ashes, and that Ru porcelain was bought from him!"

Meng Zitao was a little surprised, but he was expected, it seems that that Ru porcelain is likely to be the masterpiece of that porcelain maker!

Meng Zitao asked, "Can you tell me more about him?"

Chen Zhongfeng said: "This person's name is Guo Dongyu, in fact, I don't know much about him, I only know that he is a well-known collector in our local area, and there are many collections at home, many of which are very precious national treasure-level cultural relics." It's just that he is more mysterious, saying that he raises Tibet, but there are only a handful of things sold locally, and he doesn't buy much. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Zhongfeng also felt that something was wrong: "Hey, in this way, this guy seems to be really a bit mysterious! Where did his money and collection come from?"

Speaking of this, he looked at Meng Zitao: "Brother Meng, what did he do?"

Meng Zitao said: "It is mainly smuggling and selling unearthed cultural relics, and the amount is quite large. ”

Chen Zhongfeng was surprised: "No, I'm quite familiar with Yingdu's business in this area, I haven't heard of it at all, this guy also does this kind of business!

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I have to thank Duan Liangzhen for this matter, otherwise the country will definitely suffer a big loss." ”

Chen Zhongfeng asked, "What do you say?"

Meng Zitao said: "Now I find that there is a tripod that has just been unearthed not long ago, and there are hundreds of inscriptions alone, how precious do you say?"

Chen Zhongfeng's eyes widened: "Isn't it, he dares to make this kind of thing?"

Meng Zitao said: "He is just the person in charge of the transfer, and he can be regarded as a relatively important person in charge." ”

Chen Zhongfeng sighed a little at this, and then asked a little embarrassedly, "Can I go in a while?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "If the news leaks, you will be responsible." And to tell you the truth, what I just told you, it's best not to spread it for the time being, otherwise, I won't be able to save you. ”

Chen Zhongfeng's expression froze a little: "I said Brother Meng, since you can't say this, why do you still tell me?"

"You didn't ask yourself. Meng Zitao laughed teasingly.

Chen Zhongfeng said: "Then you can not tell me at all." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Okay, it's not that serious, but don't mention this to others for the time being." ”

"I'm going to keep my mouth shut. Chen Zhongfeng nodded repeatedly, although he knew that Meng Zitao should be joking, but he also had some collections of unknown origin in his hands, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself.

The car stopped at the gate of a villa community, and the three of them got out of the car one after another, Meng Zitao said goodbye to Chen Zhongfeng, and led the army to Zheng Zongxian, who was standing at the gate of the community.

Zheng Zongxian greeted first and asked, "Teacher Meng, do you know Chen Zhongfeng?"

"Yes, does he have any problems?" Meng Zitao asked.

Zheng Zongxian walked into the community with the two of them and said, "There is no problem with him, but if you see one of his uncles, you better be careful." ”

"Are you talking about Chen Xiangyi?" Meng Zitao asked.

"Yes, it's him, you've already met?" Zheng Zongxian said in surprise.

Meng Zitao briefly talked about the previous things and said, "I think he is a kind person, is it very dangerous?"

Zheng Zongxian said solemnly: "In this world, there are many people with hateful faces, but there are many kind-hearted people, and vice versa, you don't know, when Chen Xiangyi was young, he was nicknamed the gray wolf, which was both cunning and insidious, otherwise, he would not have survived the original accident, so you must not be deceived by his appearance." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, it would definitely not be so simple to come out of that environment alive and become the only survivor so far.

"Brother Zheng, is the change you are talking about?"

"Yes, do you know about this, did Chen Zhongfeng tell you?" Zheng Zongxian asked.

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Has there been an investigation into this matter?"

Zheng Zongxian said: "So many people died, even if their Chen family didn't report the case, did you say that they could hide it? However, this matter has been a long time ago, and I didn't investigate it, but I happened to read the file. ”

Meng Zitao was also curious about this matter and asked, "Can I know about this matter?"

"Of course, this matter is not highly classified. ”

Zheng Zongxian said: "According to Chen Xiangyi, they should have been hit by a curse, but according to the investigation, the so-called curse should be that they were hit by an unknown poison, because Chen Xiangyi and the other three people were behind, plus he had eaten a strange fruit before, and his body had antibodies to this poison, so he survived." ”

"Of course, this is just an explanation that I can see, I think that if it is highly toxic, there are still some things that cannot be explained, and you can look up the information yourself. ”

Meng Zitao asked, "Where do I go to find information?"

Zheng Zongxian said with a smile: "When you pass the inspection period, you will know where to inquire." ”

Hearing Zheng Zongxian say this, Meng Zitao became more and more curious about the department he was in, and hoped that he could become a full member as soon as possible.

Zheng Zong first led them into a villa, and then led them to the basement.

Walking into the basement, a strange smell of unearthed cultural relics came to his face, especially Meng Zitao's five views are very sharp now, even if he wears a mask, he almost smoked his tears, and after adjusting for a while, he recovered.

At this time, there are already many staff in the basement, they are methodically counting and sorting out the cultural relics in the room, and these cultural relics, at a glance, are just unearthed, some of the cultural relics on the soil are still damp, the most conspicuous of which is a bronze tripod located at the door.

This is a square tripod, the size is huge, there are forty or fifty centimeters high, the body is square, the shape is majestic, at a glance, you can feel the vicissitudes of life, heavy, ancient and clumsy breath of this thing, so that Mencius Tao indulged in it at once.

Looking at all kinds of ancient bronzes, Fang Ding is extremely rare, such a type of pottery was made in the Erlitou period, to the Erligang period, similar types of bronzes also appeared, and popular in the Shang Dynasty and the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Shang Dynasty used Fang Ding to worship the gods and worship the ancestors, and the ownership of Fang Ding seems to be very strictly controlled, with the meaning of distinguishing between the high and the low. Li Xixing discussed that the Western Zhou Dynasty stipulated that "the Son of Heaven has nine tripods, the princes have seven, the doctors have five, and the scholars have three", and as for the people, they have no qualifications for tripods at all.

The square tripod with a huge size and magnificent ornamentation like this product is mostly seen in the tombs of royal families and nobles such as princes and kings.

Meng Zitao observed carefully, as if he was fascinated, and it took more than an hour to see this, and then he stood up with some unfinished thinking and moved his joints.

Meng Zitao noticed Zheng Zongxian standing next to him, and said apologetically: "Brother Zheng, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting." ”

Zheng Zongxian smiled and said that it didn't matter: "This is a very normal thing, if I don't have something to deal with, I will definitely appreciate it as carefully as you." By the way, this thing is right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Of course it's the real thing, I think the production period should be in the late Shang period, but I am not familiar with the inscription on it, you can only ask someone else to crack it." ”

Zheng Zongxian said happily: "Understand, when this matter is over, we will ask experts to decipher it." By the way, the rest of the things, please be able to help take a look, the precious cultural relics need to be cleaned up. ”

"It's a matter of duty. Meng Zitao responded with a smile, and then began to sort out, this kind of boring work in the eyes of others, for him who loves antiques and cultural relics, it is completely an opportunity to appreciate and learn.

After sorting about one-third of the cultural relics, Zheng Zongxian came to Meng Zitao again and said that it was something here that should be temporarily sealed.

Meng Zitao was a little strange: "Why is it suddenly going to be temporarily sealed again?"

Zheng Zongxian shook his head: "I don't know why the above suddenly gave such an order, but anyway, it's late now, let's go back to eat first, take a rest, and talk about the rest tomorrow." ”

"Okay. Although Meng Zitao couldn't figure it out, since it was an order from above, there must be something to consider, and he could only accept it, just right, he was also anxious to come up with the strange treasure in the offering box.

"By the way, did Guo Dongyu say anything about the porcelain maker?"

Zheng Zongxian shook his head: "He is ready to be tenacious to the end now, and he will not disclose any information, and there is nothing he can do for the time being." ”

Meng Zitao also had no advice on this aspect, and said: "If there is any news, please inform me as soon as possible." ”

"...... as it should be"

After dinner, Meng Zitao and Dajun went back to the hotel to rest, during which Meng Zitao also called Zheng Anzhi and told him about it.

He didn't take out the offering box, and took down the top layer, which was similar to the top of the tower, and Meng Zitao's target was inside.

I saw Meng Zitao pick up a knife and fiddle with it, and after a while, a piece was taken off by him, and then a red pearl-like thing rolled out of it.

Meng Zitao frowned and looked at it carefully: "Pearl? by the way, it's a red pearl!"

Red beads belong to one of the true pearls, one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, that is, red true pearls, but the seven treasures translated by different scriptures are different, and some sayings, the seven treasures do not include the true pearls.

"The Treatise on Great Wisdom" Volume Ten Clouds: "The real pearl comes out of the belly of the fish, the bamboo, and the brain of the snake." "The Buddha Land Sutra" volume Yiyun: "The red worm comes out, the name is the red pearl, or the bead body is red, and the name is the red pearl." ”

The real pearl is usually thin mouse color and gray, and the red pearl refers to the pearl with a slight red color. Pure red pearls are extremely rare. Sanskrit Bowl Maraga, Huayan Red True Pearl. Buddha Land on Clouds: Red Worms. Great wisdom on the clouds: this treasure out of the belly of the fish, bamboo, snake brain, its color is bright, the most special, so it is called the treasure. The two records fully show that the red pearl is obviously not the so-called red pearl, but something else.

First of all, we need to understand what the red worm in the Buddha Land Sutra refers to. Red has many meanings. It is usually said that red means red, but it also has other meanings, including light (red tribe: to kill the light clan), dew (shirtless, barefoot) loyalty, etc., in addition to its more obvious meaning in ancient times, that is, the meaning of the south. Because red also represents the color of the south.

Therefore, the red referred to in the Buddhist scriptures may be the guide. Worm, willing. One of the radicals of Chinese characters, the word from "worm" is mostly related to insects, snakes, etc. Press: "worm" oracle bone character image snake-shaped, this reading huǐ, that is, 虺, is a poisonous snake. The latter is the simplified Chinese version of "worm". Original meaning: The common name of insect is an explanation in the Chinese dictionary, which shows that the word insect originally represented a kind of snake, that is, a snake, which is called a pit viper in modern times. But it also has a general meaning of referring to snakes.

At the same time, the word worm also has the meaning of fish. Then these written documents may prove one thing, that is, the words will have different meanings depending on the time. Perhaps this may explain why the Buddha Sutra only says that the red pearl is produced by red insects, while the Great Wisdom Treatise says that there are three species (fish, snake, and bamboo), which may have caused problems due to the different times. (To be continued.) )