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"Boss, there are still a few things in this, do you want to see them?"

Zhang Daniu saw that Zhuang Rui stopped talking, and he couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, he also knew that it was illegal to steal and dig ancient tombs, and if he was caught, he would be fined at least three or five thousand, and their family didn't have that much money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"And look, it depends on ......."

After Zhuang Rui heard Zhang Daniu's words, he suddenly sobered up, as the saying goes, gold is prosperous in troubled times, and now antiques are so popular, those cultural relics dealers are staring at the countryside.

However, these rural people have unique conditions, and their cultural level is generally low, so they simply do not understand what kind of damage their illegal theft and excavation activities have caused to these cultural relics and treasures left over from history.

However, Zhuang Rui is a little puzzled, the state has been cracking down on the crime of stealing and selling cultural relics, why can some places still be so blatantly stealing and excavating ancient tombs, are those local governments eating dry food?

In fact, Zhuang Rui didn't know that in the boundaries of Henan, especially in the places around Bishan, there is only one tomb robber army in Meng County (not specifically signed, the previous chapter will also be changed, and the province is cross-provincial) The tomb robber army is no less than 5,000 people.

And even the homes of those government officials, maybe they all count on this to eat, so even if they are caught, it is just a matter of fines, if they really want to be sentenced, it is estimated that the police station will be surrounded by a group of old men and old ladies the next day, this incident has not happened.

These local tomb robbers belong to the lowest level of this industry, and in the beginning, the Ming artifacts they worked so hard to dig up were only sold for a few hundred yuan in complete condition, and even dozens of yuan for ordinary ones.

After the rise of the antique craze, these people also felt that they had suffered a loss, and gradually began to change from family workshop-style tomb robbery to gang behavior.

Several people with a good relationship, combined, have a clear division of labor, some are responsible for robbing tombs, some are responsible for looking out for the wind, and they are specially squatting at the door of the police station.

Even if some big cases alarmed the high-level and sent police to arrest them, they just let them restrain a little, and they continued to steal and dig at night after the limelight, and the task force couldn't be stationed there permanently, right?

Therefore, such a family-workshop tomb robbery gang cannot be stopped, and will continue to exist, like ground rats, stealing and destroying precious ancient tombs one by one.

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"This ...... It's a terracotta figurine, isn't it? Why is it so heavy? Is it solid?"

The monkey almost didn't drop it to the ground when he helped Zhang Daniu untie another package and pick up an object from it, apparently the monkey failed to estimate the weight of the object.

"I don't know, this thing is old and heavy, if it weren't for my brother's strength, I wouldn't be able to carry ***......"

Zhang Daniu doesn't pay much attention to these things, in his opinion, these objects can't be eaten or drunk, although he knows that they can be exchanged for money, he doesn't understand what is the use of these people receiving things?

So after digging up these things, Zhang Daniu and his younger brother both took Dong *** to the cellar, and they never sorted it out.

"Monkey, what's that?"

The conversation between the two attracted Zhuang Rui's attention, and when he walked over, he saw that the monkey was struggling to hold a thirty or forty centimeter-tall humanoid terracotta figurine, which was covered with yellow soil, and it was impossible to see the appearance and gender of the character.

"I don't know, solid terracotta figurines are rare, this thing is really heavy......"

The monkey replied to Zhuang Rui's words, put the things back on the table, and panted tiredly.

"Well, it's not ...... light."

Zhuang Rui stretched out his hand and weighed it, this not very big object actually weighed sixty or seventy pounds, and it was about the same size as a stone block of the same volume, which made him a little stunned.

Because the terracotta figurines are very easy to crack, since the Qin Dynasty, the terracotta figurines have generally been hollow except for the solid cast neck, just like the Qin figurines unearthed in the Xi'an area, although they look tall, they are not very heavy.

Of course, there have been solid terracotta figurines unearthed in history, but those are fired in sections and then spliced together, which are very easy to break when moved, and will not give people a feeling of unity like this terracotta figurine.

"Huh, no......"

After Zhuang Rui used his aura to wander around this humanoid object, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, because the aura he found in this thing was actually the faint and cool aura of jade.

"Could it be the Jade Man?"

Zhuang Rui turned his head and said to the monkey: "Go find a basin, and bring another row of brushes, this thing is a bit strange, it doesn't look like a terracotta figurine......"

After four or five minutes, the monkey found a large plastic basin from nowhere, took half a basin of water and brought it in, with a bristle brush in his hand.

Zhuang Rui's strength was far beyond that of a monkey, he grabbed the object with one hand and put it directly in the basin, and the water in the basin touched the soil on the object, and it immediately became muddy.

Zhuang Rui took the brush, brushed it from his head with water, and cleaned off the layer of yellow mud on it in a few clicks, and before he could take a closer look, the monkey standing aside exclaimed: "This ...... This thing is not a terracotta figurine, it is a jade figure!"

"Jade's?"

Zhang Daniu on the side was also stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of joy, and he opened his mouth and said: "It's still the boss, we really don't know that this thing is jade, and it's a dead ...... to move it."

After hearing that this thing is jade, Zhang Da Niu excitedly straightened his hand, even if the rural people have no knowledge, they also know that jade is valuable, Da Niu has already estimated in his heart, this thing will be sold for at least 1000 ...... No, it takes at least 2000.

Zhuang Rui didn't pay attention to the two, as the jade man was gradually cleaned up, his face became solemn, and he took a tape measure from the table and measured it, this jade figure was forty-eight centimeters tall.

The jade man is carved from a whole piece of white jade, because of the age, the jade man is soaked in a lot of mud color, and the whole body is yellowed after washing, and its shape is a woman holding a piano in her arms.

To be precise, the jade man should be holding the pipa, the head of the pipa includes the string groove, the string shaft, the mountain pass and other subtleties, the carving is meticulous and exquisite, from the jade in the arms of the pipa, she should be a violinist.

The carving of the jade man itself is also very good, the whole jade figure is covered with hair-thin ornaments, this woman who should be the piano master is smiling, her chin is slightly raised, and she is wearing a long-sleeved robe, which looks lifelike.

In Zhuang Rui's eyes, the carving of more than 2,000 years ago is now difficult for anyone to reach, even if it is carved with a machine, I am afraid that this effect cannot be done, this is definitely the pinnacle of jade carving in the Han Dynasty!

"Damn, whose lair did these two guys dig up?"

Zhuang Rui exclaimed in his heart, the unearthing of this jade figure showed that the identity of the owner of the tomb was much higher than he imagined.

You must know that ancient tombs are particular about etiquette, especially court officials, what identity is to accompany the burial of what things are particular, even if you have money, you don't dare to bury too many illegal objects without identity, otherwise not only the grave will be stripped off, but even the descendants will suffer.

In ancient times, especially in the Qin and Han dynasties, jade was an extremely important ritual vessel for worshipping the heavens, and it was impossible for ordinary courtiers to have such a large piece of whole jade to carve burial goods, so the owner of this jade man may be the existence of an emperor.

"Boss, how much do you think this thing is worth? Is 5,000 yuan worth it?"

When Zhuang Rui was looking at the jade man, Zhang Daniu couldn't hold back his strength, and walked up to Zhuang Rui and asked.

"5,000 bucks?"

Zhuang Rui smiled bitterly, feeling a little sad for the ancient emperors in his heart, the tombs and funeral goods they built with all their might at that time were only worth five thousand yuan in Zhang Daniu's mouth?

"Da Niu, let me tell you the truth, you are honest, have you found anything in the coffin of that tomb?"

Generally, the tomb of the emperor of the Han Dynasty is very likely to have gold threads or silver threads of jade clothes unearthed, Zhuang Rui can see from this jade figure that the scale of this emperor is probably no less than the Mancheng Han tomb that has unearthed gold threads and jade clothes.

"The coffin, the big sarcophagus?"

Zhang Daniu saw Zhuang Rui's cautious question, and after thinking for a while, he said: "There is a big sarcophagus inside, Er Niu didn't cut it open with an axe a few times, I was afraid that the things inside would deceive the corpse, so I didn't let Er Niu open it, what was inside, I really don't know ......"

Rural people are more superstitious, and the Da Niu brothers are not professional tomb robbers, and they still believe in ghosts and gods, so in the gloomy tomb, they still dare not open the coffin in the end.

It's just that Zhang Daniu didn't know that the tombs of the ancients, the treasures in the museum are the most, and they are also the best to carry and the most valuable.

Zhuang Rui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, if this coffin was touched by Zhang Daniu and the others, the loss would really be irreparable, with the temperament of the two, they would definitely cut the gold thread on the jade clothes and throw the corpse to take the clothes.

"Da Niu, let me say something to you, don't be happy first, don't be afraid......"

Zhuang Rui thought for a while, the things involved in this tomb were so amazing that he didn't dare to hide it from both public and private, and then said, "Do you want to know how much a jade figure is worth?"

"Yes!" Zhang Daniu nodded repeatedly.

Zhuang Rui nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you, it's worth at least five million, *** outside, even if it's ten million, someone wants it!"

"Five hundred...... Wan?!"

Zhang Daniu didn't react, stretched out five fingers of his right hand to look at it, and then stretched out his left hand, and after a long time, he spit out the word "10,000" from his mouth with great difficulty.