The old man returned to the inn, took out the silver dollar in the dark grid, went to the ready-to-wear shop to buy a new gown, hung a wooden pendant on his waist, and went downstairs to Baijia Chang Guxuan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Why did the old man say that the Bai family was a black shop?

In fact, tomb robbing is not only composed of tomb robbers, but a chain of interests, especially in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, when the situation was turbulent, which promoted the prevalence of tomb robbing. In troubled times, it is difficult for businessmen to continue, let alone the poor people's families, so aside from the professional tomb robbers who eat this bowl of rice, even ordinary people have joined in, vainly wanting to open a big tomb and raise a coffin to make a fortune.

In addition, at that time, foreigners had already entered China, and they were even more eager for Chinese antique treasures, so they bought them on a large scale, and the government was weak and powerless, so they had to turn a blind eye, unless they found that Sun Dianying had excavated a big case of the Manchu Emperor's tomb, otherwise they generally pretended to be deaf and dumb.

What's more, the government is also involved, either secretly digging up treasures, which is called archaeology, or imposing an antique tax, which can reach more than 20% of the price at its worst. Such a chaotic situation has given birth to a larger-scale industry alliance, and there are tomb robber groups, intermediary groups and buyer groups, that is, production, sales and buying.

The property side is composed of tomb robbers, they are like the Jianghu Huidaomen, the internal structure of a single organization is rigorous, the leaders are proficient in skills and prestige masters, they are responsible for analyzing the site, coordinating the work, formulating plans, but usually do not go to the tomb, and they firmly control the contact between the seller and the buyer.

But this kind of organization is clear and dark, in fact, it means tight and loose. If it is clear, it is exclusive, and the person who enters the door will leave life and death to the organization, strictly abide by the rules, and deal with it if he violates the family law, and the life and death will be decided by the leader. And the dark is a kind of alliance, organized according to each other's rules when there is something, and separate when there is nothing, but the leader still has absolute leadership and belongs to the indispensable figure.

Ever since the old man took over his father's mantle, he has become the leader of the darkness and is known as the owner.

And the owner can't do it himself, so someone needs to carry out the whole plan, which is the next layer, called the shopkeeper, who is responsible for leading the team to excavate, on-site supervision, going down to the tomb to find treasures, counting the dead artifacts, and there is also a responsibility that is also very important, that is, responsible for protecting the owner.

And those who do the work of digging graves and stepping on the wind are the lowest level, and they are called buddies.

When the artifact is unearthed, the shopkeeper will hand over all the items to the owner, at this time the owner will begin to find suitable channels for different artifacts, which is called dart or out of the warehouse, there is out and in, this is the seller and the buyer.

Once the owner announces the dart, usually the shopkeeper can be responsible for it and directly give it to the appropriate seller, but if the owner says that he wants to go out of the warehouse, this is a direct connection with the buyer, usually the owner himself goes out to show respect for the real buyer.

However, unless the producer has a very high status in the rivers and lakes, it generally does not break the rules to contact the buyer by itself, and usually the shopkeeper gives it to its own seller, after all, once the artifact is a good object, the initiative is in the hands of the producer.

And why is it called a dart for the seller? That's because the boss of the sales side is called the dart president, which is usually passed down from father to son, which involves the core secret of the gold and stone antique industry, that is, the identification and valuation, which is deep in the middle, and is often the trick summarized by generations. And the dart general manager does not bypass themselves to find a buyer directly, out of praise for abiding by the rules, and will also return the morality, that is, the cash buyout, no matter whether it is made or lost in the future, or even robbed and stolen, it is also its own business.

But just like the owner does not often show up, the dart is also hidden behind the scenes, by their own subordinate "eyes" to come forward, they are responsible for rough inspection, if the general goods can be purchased at a price, if they can not grasp or particularly eye-catching, then please dart always out of the mountain. At the same time, they are also responsible for preservation, and sometimes if they encounter ancient jade or the like, they have to feed and renovate according to their needs.

And the one who gave the old man gold, is the most inferior person, equivalent to the small feet of the Daomen, nothing more than the lowest level of olding, practice stalls to sell fakes, and as a nursery, this kind of person pays attention to thick skin, clever mouth, high acting skills, known as lighting in the industry.

Like the old man who took refuge in the south, he became the dart president in the future, but although they all occupy a buy word, the seller and the buyer are still very different, the seller regards the gold and stone antiques as pure goods, so the price is usually able to shoot quickly, and the external identity is nothing more than the image of a businessman such as an antique dealer.

But the buyers are very different, they are more mysterious, and the background is strong, the head of the person is called the warehouse owner, this kind of talent is called a real person does not show his face, on the surface are a ruthless corner of a certain industry, and can open up the government joints, they only meet with the top owners and dart presidents, and they are talking about big deals.

Because they don't value the price, but the research value of the artifact. There are thousands of artifacts of a dynasty, but some are unique, such as the stone drum of the king of Zhou, which has a text on it, which can be said to fill in the actual evidence of this historical record, which is what the warehouse owners value, so they are not called buying, but collecting.

But if they just wait for the production and marketing sides to ship, it is not reliable, so their subordinates are responsible for visiting the people, or collecting the things of those little tomb robbers, and many times they also act as spokespersons to come forward to do things, called cavemen, and their lower needles are responsible for spying on the news, and if the underworld weapons that the superiors look at cannot be bought, they are also responsible for stealing and robbing.

This is the entire chain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but it does not mean that these joints know each other when they see each other, they will form an independent chain composed of upstream and downstream in the slow business exchanges, and use each other, compete and even fight with other chains.

But the first step is docking, and the jargon is called asking rice.

And the old man came to the Bai family's store to ask for rice, firstly, he needed to prepare the guy's tools, and secondly, he also hoped that there would be a channel to sell the stolen goods nearby.

After all, it is illegal to ask rice, even in troubled times, it is inevitable to kill your head and go to prison, so you must clearly distinguish where you can ask and where you can't.

Needless to say, the producers know each other best, and if they are not local competitors, they are also happy to make friends, so there is a smooth saying:

"The fortune-telling stall in the teahouse study, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is in the middle of the time, not for the immortal Buddha to worship Liu Yi, and Guan Gong is only in the southeast corner."

This is the secret to distinguishing between the producers, who usually need information the most, and the source of information is nothing more than rumors and gossip in meeting places such as teahouses.

But there are two types of more valuable, one is those who have knowledge of the locals, because in addition to eating, drinking, Lazar, like to research and collect, they often gather a lot of local knowledge, more importantly, they know how to read and break sentences, what monuments and inscriptions at will, county officials are handy, so the study is also very important.

And fortune telling is also very knowledgeable, to divination to see the appearance, usually something happened at home, if it is an ordinary family, they will be a roe deer slaughtered a meal, but also to provide a daily meal change. But if you feel that there is a great value, then step by step, among them, the ancestor blessed, Yin virtue and blessing these are the most commonly used, which can call up the other party's ancestors have no clues to whether they are big officials to do big business, or what family heirlooms and other information, for example, if the other party asks why the ancestors have always come to dream recently, you can directly ask him whether he has damaged the family heirloom and other questions. At this time, the fortune teller also fell into the trap, and all that remained was to assess whether it was worth digging up his family's ancestral grave or stealing family heirlooms.

And the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is to tell peers that everyone worships an ancestral master, that is, Cao Cao, who set up the captain of the golden school. And Liu Yi is the god of the well, specializing in digging wells and digging the ground, if someone asks, it is easy to prevaricate, after all, water is a treasury and a well is a reservoir, and those who do business hope to have such a continuous treasury. Guan Gong is the god of martial arts, but the purpose of worshipping in the southeast corner is to take Guan Gong's righteousness and suppress the bad spirit, after all, the southeast corner is very critical in the tomb robbery, and a candle is placed.

If colleagues in the production industry see that these characteristics are complete, they can go up directly to ask for rice.

In the same way, it is necessary to observe carefully when asking the seller for rice, and all characteristics are indispensable, otherwise it may be broken.

The pins usually use gold and stone as the façade, and there is also a smooth slip, that is, "two layers of thresholds under the door, there are gaps in the frame, and Zhong Kui is seen in the door, just a sword to pick a treasure." ”

This means that the door threshold of the pin side will be artificially made into two layers, whether it is two layers of wood or different colors, in short, it looks like an obvious two layers, and the door frame on the top is deliberately made a gap, meaning that you can be a foodie.

And Zhong Kui usually hangs the most antiques, because even if it is not a dark artifact from the tomb, antiques are antiquities after all, and I don't know what stories are in them, so in order to suppress the evil spirit, Zhong Kui is the most suitable. But the usual Zhong Kui seems to be angry and draws his sword or collects his sword, but Zhong Kui, who can be sold, is holding a sword to provoke ingots, which means that he is holding the wealth of ghosts.

When he brought Hanwa here, the old man saw these characteristics, in order to avoid any embarrassment, so he took Hanwa away, after all, the seller also eats this bowl of rice, and it is inevitable that he will find clues. Just saying that he has been in the tomb and opened the coffin all the year round, the smell on this body is different from ordinary people, although the difference is very small, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not distinguish it.

After confirming that it was correct, the old man suddenly straightened his waist, and the demeanor of a master was instantly revealed, and he lifted his coat and strode in.

The shopkeeper inside is a livelihood that eats eyesight, and when he saw that the young man who came in was full of domineering in a new outfit, he showed a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and immediately judged that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary person, so he walked up quickly, first greeted the second floor, and then ordered a good tea, the old man and the guest did not say anything with the host, everything was ready, the shopkeeper sat down, and asked;

"I look at Gongzi's instrument Xuanang, I don't know what the old decay can help?"

The old man took a sip of the tea bowl and put the lid in the middle of the tea bowl of the two people, this is "asking for the cover", which means that the next words of mine, God knows you know I know, can you?

The other party's eyes lit up, knowing that it was a fellow practitioner, and he was going to ask for rice, so he also took a sip and put the lid next to the old man's lid, which is called "the same cover". However, his eyes had become sharp when he looked at the old man, and this was to see who was coming!

Since it has been determined that both parties are like-minded people, and it is the old man who wants to ask for rice, he naturally arches his hand and says it first.

"The red sun rises on the top of the clouds, and the herbs grow on the side of the path. The family is bedridden, dare to ask where is Langzhong? ”

As soon as the black words came out, the other party quickly stood up and bowed, and his eyes became more and more respectful, because he knew that this was an owner, and there were goods to be delivered, so that the owner could come forward in person, there must be very important information, and the other party also asked himself, is it the dart president.

"The waves of the river and the sea will eventually be peaceful, how can I sigh that Maicheng is empty and hateful. If King Wen has no Zhou Yi, how dare the prince treat Mingjun. ”

When the old man heard this, it turned out that the other party was the second brother Guan, that is, the next level of the eye, but since he said that he would wait for Mingjun, that is, he did not refuse this matter, so he stretched out his hand, meaning to ask him to invite the dart president.

The shopkeeper hurriedly went downstairs into the backyard, and told the old man about his visit, the dart was in his fifties, surnamed Bai Yushan, he heard that the person was twenty years old, and it turned out to be an owner, and he was suspicious, but since the shopkeeper described this person as quite heroic, he also hung a wooden pendant on his waist, sorted out his clothes, and went upstairs.

As soon as the two met, Bai Yushan was stunned at first, he really felt that the old man was too young, but that aura was very powerful. And the old man also felt that this dart was rich and honest, and he was also a philanthropic person in his face.

So he got up and respectfully made a series, there is a way to go out to be kind, the number of etiquette is sufficient, and he is obviously dozens of years younger than the other party, and the deacon's nephew is never exaggerated.

"The south of the Yangtze River is smoky, rainy and foggy, how can Qiantang Long turn back. The phoenix jade is trapped in the water, I don't know if the sun is out of the clouds? ”

This means to tell the other party that I am not a local person who came from the south this time, so I will not break the rules here, and I have to rely on you, the head snake, but I know that the treasure is difficult to get, I don't know if you are willing to help me?

The Bai Yushan carefully looked the too young proprietor up and down, and found that he was sitting upright like a mountain, his eyes were calm, his nose was not moving, and his lips were not trembling, so he took out his wooden pendant and handed it over, signaling the two sides to understand the bottom.

When the old man looked at it, he saw that there was a Pixiu carved on his pendant, and the four claws were tailed, which was different from the hidden tail and claws that put the eyes and lit the lamp, so he was sure that this must be a dart boss. Because of the rules of the road, those who dare to forge the pendant can be killed by all parties once they are in the world.

So, the old man also unloaded his pendant and handed it over, and the other party saw that a lotus flower opened three layers, it must be the big owner, and nodded to the old man to talk about the situation.

So the old man told Bai Yushan about his investigation and speculation, but he frowned.

"The rumor that there is a tomb in Lushan has been around for a long time, but you said that this treasure of blue jade is really the first time I have heard of it, and I have been in Beizhen for a long time, why don't I know it at all? It's just that the poem and the landscape map you described is definitely a treasure map, presumably you have a plan in your heart, according to the rules of the road, I don't look at the original picture and the original poem, if you have a chance of winning, I will arrange for the right person to go with you. It's just that the birthday gang is brotherhood, and the righteousness of the Water Margin is half the sky. ”

This is the condition, if you want to add two to five, the old man immediately agreed, and listed the things he needed, which are nothing more than Luoyang shovels, oil oil, shovels, candles, and other commonly used things. And Bai Yushan also summoned his own big eyes Bai Chuncheng to introduce to the old man, the two sides hit it off, three days later in the evening to set off and enter the mountain to capture the treasure.

In the remaining two days, the old man is looking for the shop generously, and the Bai family is also secretly monitoring him, the two sides are safe, this is the rule, both cooperate and prevent a hand, for the old man, it is now a weakness, instead of hiding it, it is better to simply spread it out, find a shop, travel to Beizhen, eat, drink and sleep, this is the biggest conspiracy.

When the third day arrived, Bai Chuncheng appeared downstairs of the inn on time, and the two nodded and rushed to Lushan.