Chapter 3 Khotanese Jade

At this time, the ancestors had already solved the wicked people in the restaurant, and looking at Wang Bajian's panicked appearance, they all didn't know why. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Bajian looked around, and I was about to ask him if he had dropped something, but he ran to the basement at a high speed, and he didn't look like an injured person at all.

Looking at the treasure again, his face was empty, and it was estimated that what Wang Bajian had lost had been pocketed by him, and this thing might be very important to Wang Bajian. Thinking of this, I stretched out my hand, Baocai looked at me, and said with a thief's heart: "...... What are you doing?"

"Take it out, I saw you pick it up, this little brother doesn't look like the head of a rich family, in case you pick up something that kills someone, then it's okay." ”

"Hey, Prince, although I don't know how much this item is worth, I can guarantee that this thing is definitely not Wang Bajian's!" Baocai wanted to defend himself, and seeing that I insisted, he reluctantly took out a carved white jade plaque from his arms.

The old ancestor looked at this plaque, his brows frowned slightly, and the little Taoist's complexion also changed, and he stared at the jade plaque in confusion. I thought to myself, "What's wrong with these two?"

The old ancestor carefully took the jade plate from the treasure, looked at it carefully, and said: "Interesting, this is Khotanese jade, or is it a high-grade Zieryu......

Hearing Zi Eryu, I was also a little surprised in my heart, although I am not as good as the old ancestor and Chen Yu's fiery eyes, as long as I see a certain artifact, I can tell what dynasty it is, what material, but because the elders in the family love to study antiques on weekdays, so it is also a melting ear and eye.

Khotanese jade is a very rare jade material, generally produced in Xinjiang in China, it is mainly divided into three kinds, inferior point is Baogai jade, that is, mountain jade, looks relatively simple, water chestnut is distinct; the other kind is called mountain flowing water; the ancestor holds this jade plaque, the color is like a pear blossom, moist and glossy, it is a rare treasure, it is by no means owned by ordinary people. And the jade carved things have a certain meaning in ancient times, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring States Period, most of the nobles worship the dragon and phoenix, and rarely see such a pattern, we studied for a while, even the ancestors can not distinguish what this jade plaque is carved for.

Just when we were guessing, the little Taoist priest on the side said silently: "This is the river dragon, the god of Shanshan (Loulan)......" I don't know if it's an illusion or something, I looked at the expression of the little Taoist priest, and I felt a little sad.

When the old ancestor heard this, he rubbed his chin and said, "That's strange, it's not all the things in the Central Plains, so how did it get here?"

"Is it a normal flow of goods?" speculated Baocai.

I said: "Probably not, if you want to circulate and carve some things that the Central Plains people like, you will definitely not carve the Loulan people's own gods!"

Bao Cai said: "It makes sense, it's like I believe in Buddhism and won't buy a cross......

We looked at this beautifully carved jade plaque, and to be honest, my heart was very excited at this time, because in our time, the country of Loulan has disappeared, and all kinds of investigations and speculations cannot explain the real reason for its disappearance. If you can go to Loulan at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and see the famous ancient country, it will be worth it. My heart is surging, I have begun to imagine myself riding a camel through the desert, looking at the exquisite ancient city, and the mysterious Loulan woman, this thought, I can't help but think of my buddy Xue Wei, if he is there, he must be happy to death.

However, to solve the reason why the jade card is here, it depends on Wang Bajian, we are thirsty for knowledge, and we don't wait for him to come up, so we go down to find him.

There was dried blood on the wooden staircase, and in front of it was a short walkway, which was extremely dark, except for three burnt candles embedded in the wall, and the viscous black-red blood on it could be faintly seen.

The strong stench suffocated in the basement, making people dizzy, turning a corner, to the killing place of Ku Dingsun, I and Baocai spit out directly, there were all kinds of knives hanging on the wall, blood dripping down the wall, a wooden platform piled up several complete corpses, and some dismembered hands and feet, on the stone platform of operation...... And also...... And also......

I couldn't stand it, so I looked away and looked at Wang Bajian, who was rummaging in the pile of corpses, I covered my mouth and nose, and pushed Baocai, who said very reluctantly: "Hey, Brother Wang, are you looking for this?"

Wang Bajian turned around, raised his head, and when he saw that it was something he was looking for, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over, took the jade plaque from Baocai's hand, and said thank you

This is not a place for people, we went out of the basement, Wang Bajian hid his treasure, and his heart seemed to be a lot more steady.

At this time, Baocai spoke first, and he said, "This thing is good, is it yours?"

Wang Bajian didn't expect that we would have doubts about the origin of the jade, so he was stunned for a moment, and said unnaturally: "This is the ancestral treasure of my family." ”

Hearing this answer, several of us looked at each other, if this Wang Bajian said that the jade plate was picked up on the ground, we can still believe it, but if it is said to be an ancestral heirloom, it would be weird, no matter how Wang Bajian looks at it, it is a face of a Central Plains person.

He looked at us with a slightly skeptical expression, and his heart was empty, and his eyes were fixed on the ground, as if he was thinking of a countermeasure. The old ancestor saw that Wang Bajian did not say the origin of the jade plate readily, put his arm around his shoulders, and said bluntly: "This little brother, let's not say much." How do you look at this thing, it's not from our Central Plains, if you want to say that it is your family's ancestor, then isn't your family's ancestors from the Western Regions?"

Wang Bajian listened to the words of the old ancestor, was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had met an expert, he couldn't hide, his waist was straightened, and he broke the jar and said: "Heroes, my family of ten people will live on this treasure, if you want to take it, I will smash this jade, and we will be empty! If you want to be trustworthy, I will pour this jade down, exchange it for some money, and we will divide it three or seven points!"

Seeing that we were unmoved, he thought about it in his heart, and finally stretched out his hand in pain, made a gesture of five, and said, "Forget it, I will suffer a loss!"

As soon as Baocai heard about the money, he became more serious and said, "Five-five points?

When Wang Bajian heard that this plan was rejected, he stared at him with wide eyes, swallowed his saliva, and then his expression changed suddenly, he looked bitter, and said desolately: "I have to raise ten people for these five points!

I saw that Wang Bajian pretended to be pitiful, and suddenly felt funny, and thought to myself: "Ya, this kid has good acting skills, he can be an actor!" I coughed a few times, straightened up, and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, you said that we took a fancy to your jade plate, and we just picked it up, and I didn't need to come down to look for you." ”

When Wang Bajian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, retracted his extremely sour expression, and asked, "Then what are the heroes?"

Baocai said: "Let's just want to know, where did you get this jade plate?"

Wang Bajian had a ghost in his heart, his face changed suddenly, he was inked for a while, and he said, "Pick it up...... Picked up ......"

The old ancestor smiled and said: "Brother Wang, I see that you also know that this jade plate is worth money, so you are so precious." ”

Wang Bajian's eyes were a little uncomfortable, and the old ancestor saw that he had some scruples, and then said: "Brother Wang, I won't tell you, a few of us go south and north, we don't like to meddle in things, and we forget about the people and things we see everywhere ......quickly."

Wang Bajian suddenly understood the meaning of the ancestor's words, bit his lip, sat on the ground, waved his hand, and said: "Oh, that's it, since you are heroes who have broken through the rivers and lakes, then I won't hide it from you, I just hope that after the heroes know the origin of the jade plate, they will give the little one a way to survive and avoid the disaster of imprisonment......"

When the old ancestor heard this, he smiled and said, "That's nature, we will leave tomorrow ......"

Wang Bajian sighed, a few of us sat on the edge of the table, he took out the jade plate, saying that this thing is very strange, and we may not believe it when we hear it.

The old ancestor said: "Brother Wang, you just have to say, whether the thing is true or false, and how bizarre it is, we just have to listen." ”

Wang Bajian saw that we were interested, nodded, and his eyes became confused:

The beginning of the matter starts with Wang Bajian himself. It turned out that there were a total of eight children in his family, and he was the eighth in the family, and he was declared dead by a doctor not long after he was born due to poor health. However, his sisters were very reluctant to throw his body away, and something unexpected happened. The day after Wang Bajian was sentenced to death, he clenched his small fists and cried. The family saw him come back from the dead, and they were overjoyed, so they gave him a name called "Wang Basheng" (hearing this name, even the little Taoist priest couldn't help laughing), and then Wang Bajian's mother thought that this name was too unpleasant, and finally let his father change his name again, his father thought about it, and finally said that the child's life is hard, so it is called Bajian!

Wang Bajian was sensible since he was a child, and his family was poor, so he worked as a helper, but the world became more and more chaotic, and he was tired and tired of working as a helper, and he couldn't get a few dollars.

When Wang Bajian was a thief, he studied a set of experiences. And as time grows, he can still see and hear in all directions, see people and things, and be very accurate.

On a dark and windy night, he went from the village to the small market where we were, trying to find a family and get some money to buy a chicken for his sister after giving birth and stew some chicken soup to drink. After walking around, he was depressed, it turned out that the local big families had dogs, and he barked wildly as soon as he passed, and he was disheartened to go home, but at this time, he saw a few people with foreign accents.

Seeing that they were in the dust, and their bags were bulging, Wang Bajian was very happy, thinking that God had finally sent him a few fat masters, so he followed them to a dilapidated house, which had been abandoned for a long time, and the barren grass in the yard was so high that it was not even above his waist. Wang Bajian saw that these people were lighting a fire inside, so he lightly hid in the wild grass, waiting for the opportunity to steal their belongings.

However, he waited for a long time in the haystack, and the gang chatted without resting, and suddenly the worms in the haystack crawled on him, and he endured the discomfort, and in order to be distracted, he pricked up his ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.

There were five of them, not very tall, wearing dark suits, cloaks, and bamboo hats. The firelight shone on their faces, and it was a little scary to look at. Wang Bajian shuddered, listening to these people speak with different accents, thinking that they were gathered from all over the world.

One of the older men said abruptly, "It won't be long before we get to ......."

The man with a gloomy face said, "It's a pity that we came out, and they all stayed in the yellow sand......"

"We will take their will and tell the leader about the treasure found, and when the time comes, our army will definitely be able to destroy the Han army!" said a young man excitedly.

"That's right...... They're dead!" the black-bearded man added a stick of wood to the fire.

Wang Bajian listened to these people's speeches, knew their identities, and expected that there would be something valuable on them, so he continued to wait, and then when he looked at it again, he felt that something was wrong, because he found that when these people got up, they had complete legs under their cloaks, and the faint fire slowly turned a miserable green.

Wang Bajian's scalp was numb, he calmed down, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, these people came from a long way and did not ride horses, which means that they are not people at all!

Wang Bajian didn't expect that he was staring at the ghost things, and looked at these people tremblingly in the wild grass, and then cautiously stretched out his hand, picked up the wild grass, and was about to slip away quietly, when he saw a face in front of him staring at him! )