Chapter Eighty-One: Another Ancient Spirit
(Sorry, network failure, specially updated outside.) The real treasure is not in the stone gates, but in these stone figurines.
Because what was revealed under that splinter was not gray stone, but bright gold!
At the same time, with the exposure of that piece of gold, inch by inch of spiritual light also emanated from the stone figurines, Zhao Zhuo stretched out his hand and pointed on the spiritual light, and scenes appeared in front of him.
I saw that in the open space at the foot of the mountain, a team of ancient soldiers was throwing all kinds of gold bowls and gold utensils into the cauldron, burning them into gold water on the lower shelf, pouring them into molds, and then casting them into a venerable golden figure.
After the figurines were formed, they were covered with thick clay and then placed in a kiln to be fired, and finally, a stone figurine was successfully fired.
The picture flickered, and the scene changed from the open space to the pit, at this time there was no half-stone figurine in the pit, but there was a line of ancient soldiers, led by a general in his thirties.
This man was dignified and quite heroic, wearing a black cloth scarf on his head, wearing a suit of armor, a long knife at his waist, and a little worry between his eyebrows.
Although this is a scene more than two hundred years apart, and Zhao Zhuo and these ancient people have never met, they still judged at a glance that this heroic man must be the legendary Wing King Shi Dakai.
At first glance, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little excited when he saw the scene from the spiritual light, and saw the ancient historical figures.
At this time, the stone figurines were transported down from the pit, and the statues were placed in the pit, and at the same time, from the dialogue between Shi Dakai and the generals, Zhao Zhuo knew that the reason why a stone chamber was dug up was actually to mislead the intruders and create the illusion that the real treasure had been stolen.
The memory contained in the last inch of spiritual light was read by Zhao Zhuo, and he sighed for a while, and finally shouted: "I found the treasure!" ”
Ji Yuan and the others had already searched the stone room, not only did they not find the secret door or mechanism, but they didn't even smell the shadow of the slightest treasure, and when they were at a loss, they hurriedly rushed over when they heard Zhao Zhuo shouting like this.
"Brother Zhao, where is the treasure?" Ji Xiaofan couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Zhuo didn't sell it, and pointed to the cracked stone figurines and said, "Look there." ”
Everyone followed his fingers, and suddenly saw some discordant luster on the body of the stone figurines, and when they got closer, they suddenly lost their voices and exclaimed.
"Gold!" Ji Yuan couldn't help but gasp, and said excitedly, "It turns out that there is gold hidden in these stone figurines. ”
Zeng Xian's eyes widened, he reached out and touched the stone figurine, swallowed his saliva and said: "My mother, this stone figurine is afraid of hundreds of catties, if each one hides gold, wouldn't it add up to thousands of catties of gold?" ”
Cui Shiyan laughed and said: "Such a big stroke, it is worthy of the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used the strength of the whole country to hide the gold treasury, the five kings also had private gold and silver, and the military funds brought by the Wing King from Beijing must have been a lot." We all mistakenly thought that he was carrying some jewels and jade, but we didn't expect that it was all gold, and it was painstakingly hidden in the stone figurines. ”
Jing Yao sighed lightly on the side: "So much gold, enough to rebuild an army, it's a pity that Shi Dakai fell back then, otherwise, I really don't know how history will be rewritten." ”
Ji Yuan sighed excitedly: "Who would have thought that that inconspicuous fish-spout pot would hide such a shocking secret? As he spoke, he said to Zhao Zhuo in a serious voice: "Xiao Zhuo, you have made great contributions to our Baicheng, these are not just simple gold, but represent the unveiling of a historical secret, every figurine here, its value is by no means under the terracotta warriors, our Baicheng Museum has such a treasure, I am afraid we have to expand an exhibition hall to display." ”
Cui Shiyan also said with envy: "As soon as this matter spreads, it is estimated that those people in the provincial capital will be red-eyed, I said junior brother, when you come back, you must go around with me, maybe you can find some treasures in Huaihai City." ”
Zhao Zhuo smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Senior brother, the discovery of the treasure this time is purely accidental, how can it be transferred out after a turn?" ”
Cui Shiyan squeezed his eyebrows and smiled: "I believe what others say, but I don't believe what you say." Don't talk about the things in Huaihai City, you see that your porcelain festival this time, it is imitation enamel color, and Yangxian celadon, and the secret color porcelain have been made, and now a treasure has been found, do you say that you are stained with heavenly luck? Or do these treasures like to come to you? ”
This said, everyone is also embarrassed, these things collectors want to get one, I don't know how much work it takes, especially like the secret color porcelain, I am afraid it will be difficult to obtain it in his lifetime, but for Zhao Zhuo, it only took half a month to collect all of them, it is simply unbelievable.
Zhao Zhuo's face turned red when he was said, and he had to explain that he was lucky, but the word luck made everyone present sigh, envious and jealous.
Shi Dakai's treasure finally came to an end, and it was already more than 7 o'clock in the evening after everyone left the stone cave and returned to the village.
After sending Jing Yao back to the hotel, Zhao Zhuo and Ji Xiaofan returned to Ji's house, and then slept well, and at three o'clock in the morning, Zhao Zhuo hurried to the ghost market.
The convening of the Dou Porcelain Festival attracts not only a large number of local porcelain lovers, but also enthusiasts from other provinces and cities, which also makes the ghost market present a prosperous and lively scene.
In Pingshu, there are only about 100 people in the ghost market, and they all speak very quietly, but now the number of people has almost quadrupled, and there are more than 200 people, densely crowded in this underground square.
Zhao Zhuo looked at the people while looking at a few stalls, and when he saw the things sold on the stalls, he was secretly surprised, because many of the porcelain sold on the stalls were porcelain from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, including a lot of imitation enamel colors, as well as red square bottles in the glaze, royal pen holders, etc., which were completely fakes imitated according to the precious porcelain that appeared in the first Dou Porcelain Festival.
Moreover, the production process of these fakes is quite good, from the tire color, glaze color, and shape, which are very in line with the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and can be manufactured in just a few days, which shows that the scale of the Baicheng counterfeiting industry is definitely not small.
For those who don't know the details of the ghost market, there are not a few people who are deceived by the hawkers' rhetoric, and there is even a person who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy two or three enamel colors in one go, and thought that he had picked up the omission, but he didn't know that the cost of these enamel colors was only one or two hundred yuan, and the hawkers got three or four hundred yuan at most, and a piece sold for tens of thousands, which was a hundred times the profit.
Of course, there are also many sophisticated veterans, who take a look and ask from time to time, and are not in a hurry to start, looking for those few genuine products.
Although Zhao Zhuo has not been in the ghost market for a long time, but because he came with Ji Xiaofan, he had a fight with Tong Feiyu here, so many vendors know him and know that he has a great eye, and when they see him coming, they naturally won't pick up the imitation enamel to sell, just smile, which can be regarded as a hello.
Of course, Zhao Zhuo will not break the rules here, cut off the other party's financial route, antiques are black and white business, there must be fakes, and there are leaks and eye-catching, this has been the case since ancient times.
So even though Zhao Zhuo is very shameful about selling fakes, he won't say anything.
Because there were too many people, Zhao Zhuo walked very slowly, and his sharp eyes slowly looked through the crowd, looking for the young man wearing the jade ring.
Of course, he also put away the ink spirit, after all, if the jade ring really had an ancient spirit, then maybe it would be floating in the air like the ink spirit, and if it found the ink spirit, then it would be equivalent to startling the snake.
Time flies quickly, an hour passes, the ghost market is still bustling, some people happily leave with the "real goods" they have found, some people talk to the hawkers about the price, and then spend a lot of money to buy a bunch of fakes to go back, each hawker is elated, as if the autumn threshing harvest is in general, one night can earn several times or even dozens of times the usual profits.
Suddenly, a floating shadow flashed in Zhao Zhuo's field of vision, his pupils suddenly dilated, where was the floating shadow, it was a red-clothed girl floating in mid-air.
Spirit!
Zhao Zhuo was 100% sure that this woman was another Gu Ling, because her way of existence was exactly the same as that of Mo Ling.
Zhao Zhuo hurriedly walked over, and when he got closer, he also saw the appearance of the girl in red, and his heart couldn't help but be secretly amazed.
This girl is wearing a red dress, with a perfect melon seed face, bright eyes and bright teeth, and delicate facial features that seem to be carved from heaven, which can be called the national color and fragrance, but there is a layer of melancholy between the eyebrows, which makes people feel a little distressed.
Zhao Zhuo looked down at the girl, and suddenly found the young man wearing the jade ring.
And his appearance is exactly the same as what he saw in the fake Yuan blue and white images, in his 20s, his appearance is ordinary, but his face is a little evil, and the corners of his mouth are used to a bit of a playful smile, as if he is mocking the world.
Zhao Zhuo could also clearly feel that the aura emanating from this young man's body was stronger than that of ordinary people, which showed that this person must have obtained his ability through the jade ring, and his previous speculation had been completely confirmed.
Zhao Zhuo frowned slightly, and followed him quietly, but wanted to see what trick he was going to play, but the young man and Gu Ling didn't notice that someone had already targeted him, and walked towards the stalls in the ghost market, and finally stopped in front of a stall after walking a few stalls in a row.
(To be continued)