"That's right, I suspect that they have something to do with the bronze ban case this time, this Mo Xie is really confused, he has done such a big case in China, and he didn't run away quickly, he was so calm, did he really think that no one could cure him?" Zhang Tianyuan knew with his intuition and experience that the police must have begun to investigate this matter, but in order to avoid startling the snake, it should be a secret investigation, and he must not be mixed in, otherwise he will not be able to find it himself.

"So now are you sure you don't want it?

To be honest, Lao Yu still feels a little pity, after all, he also knows the goods of the two bronze mirrors, and he bought them for 240,000 yuan, and they sold them for millions, even if Zhang Tianyuan didn't plan to buy and sell these things, he could put them on display in the museum.

But he also knows that, as Zhang Tianyuan said, this kind of thing can't be traded lightly, because if you're not careful, you may get involved in a trap that you regret, and then it will be a big trouble.

Zhang Tianyuan's caution is actually the most correct plan, but people are like this, there will always be greed at work, and there will also be luck at work. I always think, what if the other party won't be caught, then wouldn't it be a waste to miss the opportunity like this?

In this line of work, there is also a saying that the bold are supported to death, and the timid are starved to death, in fact, the same is true.

Lao Yu shopkeeper does not have Zhang Tianyuan's earthly energy, so he can't use guò earthly qi to suppress his greed and luck, and it is normal to have some ideas at this time.

"Old than the shopkeeper, these things can't be touched. Although the bronze mirror is not a big problem to buy, I am afraid that the police will follow the vine. We're in big trouble then, and that's not alarmist. Let's not deal with these people in the future, as for the bloodstone seal, if they buy it with money, they will sell it, and if they don't have money, they will keep it, and we won't lose anything, but looking at the other party's eagerness, they should raise money to buy it, and this thing can't be broken. No hurry......"

Zhang Tianyuan felt that he needed to tell Lao Yu to be the shopkeeper, after all, people are greedy, and he was no exception, but because he had seen more treasures, and he had the qi to store zài, he was able to control it.

"Well, boss, don't worry, I'll do what you say. Old Yu nodded and said.

Seeing that the shopkeeper seemed to be a little confused, Zhang Tianyuan sighed and said, "Actually, the shopkeeper is old." The reason why I don't want to deal with these people is because I have been in contact with many tomb robbers, and I know the details of these people, and there are many things. It's really a hassle. In fact, under normal circumstances, if a gang commits a crime, even if it is caught. There will be no accidents, but it will be a lone ranger. Once caught, there is no one to rescue them. Probably all the people who have bought him. ”

"Of course, this is just a general situation, but this time it's special, it's a heavy weapon, this kind of thing can't be fooled around if you want to get by. ”

In fact, when he said this, Zhang Tianyuan was thinking about secretly letting people connect with Mo Xie in his heart, for example, he was under the British army, so he broke off the relationship with him, even if it was found out in the future, it was also bought by foreigners, and there was no way to get to the bottom of it, as for why the thing was there for him, he could be said to have bought it back from abroad, although many people disagreed with this way of returning antiques, thinking that the price was raised, but it would not be considered illegal, so he would definitely be fine.

But he can't let the old shopkeeper know about it, and he doesn't even want the acquaintances around him to know, after all, it's a troublesome matter, and the less people know, the better.

Of course, there was another reason why he dared to do this.

The gang of Mo Xie is actually based in a county seat, and this county is next to their county, called Tong County.

The birthplace of Zhou and Qin culture, Guanzhong Xifu, has a very rich cultural accumulation and rich underground cultural relics, which has always been a key area favored by tomb robbers, thus giving rise to the thief industry. In the 21st century, the activities of civil underground tomb robbery are rampant, the number of tomb robbers is increasing, and there is an army of more than 20,000 tomb robbers active in Tongzhu County alone; their means of robbing tombs are becoming more and more sophisticated, and their courage is getting bigger and bigger, and the detection of underground cultural relics is also becoming more and more extensive.

Even among these tomb robbers, there are many of them who are Zhang Tianyuan's elementary school classmates and junior high school classmates in the past, so when he went home, he also heard these people brag about tomb robbing.

According to the records of Tongzhu County: "There are many large tombs of Tongzhu, which have been stolen, and most of the tombs of the larger princes and gentry have been stolen according to the excavated tombs." There are 247 robbery holes in the No. 1 tomb of Qin Gong, and after excavation, there is no coffin to open. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the tomb of Zhao Shiji, Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, was also stolen. At the beginning of the Republic of China, the warlord Dang Yukun stationed in Tongzhu organized soldiers to rob tombs and seize antiquities. There are also people who are commonly known as 'tomb thieves', who go out to rob tombs day and night, and there may be some now. ”

About 10 years ago, Tongzhu County Zhifang Township, the rare treasure Song porcelain bed was excavated by tomb thieves, this rare treasure is about 1.3 meters high, there is a porcelain child lying on the porcelain bed as smooth as jade, and the porcelain child has a porcelain pillow under his head; the tomb robbers did not know its true value after being unearthed, and sold it to a cultural relics dealer for 45,000 yuan, the cultural relics dealer originally wanted to sell it to another cultural relics dealer at a price of 500,000 yuan, but he regretted it halfway, because he heard that if it was trafficked to Hong Kong, this cultural relic could be sold for 1.5 million yuan, and he wanted to sell it for more money, but he forgot the rules of underground trading of cultural relics: it can only be traded at one time, and it can only be traded with one person。 There is no way to turn back after successful negotiations. No one admitted it afterwards. The dealer who had not obtained the antiquities reported him, and the rare treasure was intercepted by the police, and several people involved in trafficking and tomb robbery were severely fined.

Later, in the spring of another year, the tomb robbers in Tongzhu County dug up a Tang Dynasty figurine from the tomb, and the tomb robbers sold it to a cultural relics dealer at a high price of 700,000 yuan. How many of the stolen and valuable cultural relics from the tombs that were not uncovered by the police are unknown?

In the north and east of Tongzhu County, there are countless cultural relics underground on the 120 square kilometers of land centered on Shilipu. In particular, the Tang and Song dynasties have the most cultural relics, followed by the Han Dynasty. This was once the Xijing of the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Xuanzong Li Longji passed through here when he fled in the Anshi Rebellion. His successor, Li Heng, the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty, used the bronze pillar as a military stronghold when he was preparing to counterattack An Lushan in Ningxia.

In the long time of the Tang Dynasty, the copper pillar is not only the thoroughfare connecting the northwest and southeast, but also the center of politics, economy and culture. And their burials are always accompanied by rich funerary goods. In the Song Dynasty, the commodity economy of the copper pillar was more developed, and the porcelain of the Song Dynasty technology reached the peak level, and it became the special funeral product of the dignitaries. After more than 1,000 years, the value of Song porcelain is equivalent to the value of Western Zhou bronzes.

Zhang Tianyuan asked his old classmate how many precious cultural relics had been stolen underground in Tongzhu County over the years? His classmate shook his head with a smile and said, "I can't say." But these old classmates gave him a number jù. In a half-acre field in Zhifang Township, Tongzhu County, there were more than 30 neatly distributed robbery holes.

In fact, as early as when Zhang Tianyuan had not yet obtained the six-character formula, he and a few classmates went to the 120 square kilometers in Tongzhu County to conduct a survey. In the field not far west of Xiao Shigong Village, the author saw several small cone-shaped holes, and the old classmate said that this was the place where the tomb robbers had just set foot on it.

A mile north along the path, in a U-shaped trench, there were six or seven robber holes, large and small, which, judging from the soil on the surface, had been stolen for a long time. My old classmates told me that some of these tombs are from the Han Dynasty, some from the Tang Dynasty, and some from the Song Dynasty. The old classmate is very experienced, and he can conclude that it is from that dynasty just by looking at it. The old classmate said that it is summer, and if it is winter, the crops in the fields are finished and the leaves in the orchards have fallen, you stand here and look out, and you will see countless holes dug by grave thieves in the vast fields.

There are generally three methods of tomb robbery, one is the horn type, that is, drilling holes and tunnels, the second is the shovel excavation, and the third is the blasting method, that is, digging with a small shovel first, and then loading explosives, and then digging after blasting. However, the third method is too damaging to the artifact, so tomb robbers generally do not use this method unless absolutely necessary. Instead, a large shovel is used for excavation.

The old classmates said that the tools in their hands are not very advanced, and they use traditional shovels, small shovels, probes, and drills. In a mechanical maintenance department in Zhifang Township, the author saw a pair of steel shovels, connected together with screws, the screws were meticulously cared, a section was about 1.3 meters, a total of six or seven, these appliances were dismantled and clamped in the armpit to be taken away, and when connected together, it was seven or eight meters long. There are many workshops in Tongzhu County that process equipment, which also shows how the industry of tomb robbery is developed in Tongzhu County: there are not only master tomb robbers engaged in tomb robbery, but also workshops that specialize in processing equipment for tomb robbers.

Tomb robbers step on the spot during the day, explore and dig at night. The process of exploration and excavation is: first use the drill to pierce down, and carry out exploration, and the drill is also connected one by one like the shovel, and it can be explored to a depth of 10 meters underground. The head of the drill is a cone, the lower tip is thick, and the diameter of the thick part is 12mm, and there are also 14mm. And the steel bar on the top is about 10mm, so it is easy to go down; there are two handles on the top of the drill in the process of tying down, and the human hand is pressed on the handle, pressing down hard to the ground little by little, in the process of pressing down, if the soil below is hard, it means that there is no tomb; if it is loose, the speed of the drill is fast, it means that there is a tomb. The old classmates said that this was a successful experience they had accumulated in the process of robbing tombs. (To be continued......)