Chapter 164: Wang Chongyang picks up the leak
Although the tomb robbers didn't know the goods, they could also see that Wang Chongyang seemed to have some interest in this sword, so they asked for a price of 1,000 taels of silver.
Of course, the tomb robbers also knew this price, Wang Chongyang would definitely not accept it, because he was a monk, although he was the head of a Taoist temple, but if he asked him to give a thousand taels of silver, it would be difficult for him, and he might not have that much money at all.
However, tomb robbers are also people who often do business, and they know that they will ask a very high price when they open their mouths, so it will not be too small to cut them down.
"What, a thousand taels! Are you deceiving me into being a monk who doesn't understand the market! Your sword looks like a modern imitation, not a famous sword at all. How can you ask me for so much money! Don't you sneer at me, you think I'm a rich man! I'm just a monk! How could I have that much money! Let's go! I can't afford your sword. ”
Wang Chongyang said as he wanted to drive the three tomb robbers out of the main hall. The three tomb robbers saw that Wang Chongyang really didn't care about his sword. They were a little panicked, because they knew that it was better to strike this sword earlier, and it was not safe to put it with them. I can change it to silver early and am reliable early.
At this time, the leader of the tomb robbers hurriedly apologized to Wang Chongyang. "Dao Chief, we just want a thousand taels of silver, didn't we say that it must be a thousand taels, can you still bargain! Or! Eight hundred taels. ”
"Let's go, there are no eight hundred!"
"Then five hundred taels! It couldn't be less. ”
"As far as this number is concerned, you see, if you will, keep your sword, if you don't. Take away the sword. Wang Chongyang said as he stretched out a finger to the tomb robbers.
"Ah, Dao Chief! Why do you give me a hundred taels! That's a little too little, isn't it? Or. Two hundred taels! The tomb robber saw that Wang Chongyang stretched out a finger, and he was a little difficult to accept such a price.
"I repeat. It's only a hundred taels, if it's okay, put the sword away, and I'll get you the silver, if not, hurry away, I have to do the morning class!" As soon as Wang Chongyang got impatient, he pretended to turn around and leave.
"Oops! Wait a minute, the Taoist will do as you say. One hundred taels is one hundred taels, and our brothers are also free, anyway, they are picked up, and there is no cost. I'll give you a hundred taels. ”
The little leader of the tomb robber saw that Wang Chongyang really didn't want to buy it, so he had to accept the other party's price, because Wang Chongyang might be willing to ask for this sword, if others didn't know the goods, they wouldn't be in this ancient sword!
"Okay, give me the sword. I'll fetch you money. Wang Chongyang looked at the tomb robber and smiled.
"Dao Chief, take it, this is a baby!" Minor leader of grave robbers. Saying that, he handed the sword to Wang Chongyang's hand with both hands, and he felt really reluctant, but he was very helpless.
"Haha. Okay, you wait. I'll fetch you money. After Wang Chongyang finished speaking, he turned around with the sword and came to a small room in time, and put the sword on the incense table. Then he took out a hundred taels of silver from a drawer and came to the tomb robber again.
"Here you are, count them and see if you have enough." Wang Chongyang put a large handful of broken silver in front of the tomb robbers. "Ah, Daoist, how can you take some broken silver! Isn't there a silver ingot? "When the tomb robbers saw that Wang Chongyang gave them broken silver, they were still a little unhappy! He also wants silver ingots! Originally, a silver ingot was fifty taels of silver, a hundred taels of silver, and only two silver ingots, but now that Wang Chongyang gave them a large handful of broken silver, of course they were a little unhappy.
This is also normal, for example, in modern society, someone owes you a hundred yuan, but when he pays back the money, he gives you a hundred coins and asks you to count them slowly, and you will be a little unhappy.
"Hey, what's the matter, isn't broken silver silver? My Taoist temple here, the donor who came here gave some incense money, of course, it was broken silver, and there were people who used the whole ingots as incense money! "Wang Chongyang told the truth, the Taoist temple is not a rich man's house, nor is it a money village, so the silver ingots are there!
"Okay, it's okay to break the silver, let's count!" Although the tomb robbers were a little unhappy, they couldn't help it. They had to count them one by one for a long time.
"How's that, is it enough!" Wang Chongyang asked.
"Almost, that's it, Dao Chief, we're leaving, goodbye!" The tomb robbers counted it, and it felt about the same, so forget it, they were originally 'picking up' things, what else could they care!
"Okay, go slowly!" Wang Chongyang looked at the figure of several tomb robbers, and his heart was happy.
In this way, Wang Chongyang picked up a 'big leak' and got a peerless sword, this sword, if it is taken to the cultural relics market, can be sold for at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
If Wang Chongyang was a greedy person, he could be said to be a fortune at this time. But Wang Chongyang is not a greedy person, and he doesn't care about money at all.
Now in his eyes, this sword is not a valuable thing, but a spiritual weapon.
Because, Wang Chongyang knows that this sword is called 'Zhengang'. It is the work of Master Ou Yezi.
Ou Yezi was the most famous swordsmith of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he lived in seclusion in the mountains for a long time in order to create a sword with the aura of heaven and earth.
In his lifetime, Ou Yezi created a total of eight of the most famous swords. They are Longyuan, Zhanlu, Shengxie, Zhengang, Gongbu, Qin'a, Yugu, and Juque. These eight swords are the most proud works of Ou Yezi's life, representing the highest level of his sword-casting.
Zhengang is one of them. This sword is also a peerless sword forged by Ou Yezi in the depths of the mountain.
Such a sword, when it is cast, is already incredible, and it can be said that it is already a divine weapon. But if these swords are buried in the ancient tomb for a long time, these swords will attract the aura of the earth and make them more spiritual. When used, the owner of the sword can reach the realm of supernatural beauty.
But because these swords have been in the ancient tomb, so that they themselves have changed, the ancient tomb is a pure yin place, originally, the sword is the most yang thing, once buried in the ground for a long time, they will appear 'retreat' phenomenon. That is to say, they will go from being the hardest thing to the softest thing.
If these swords are taken out of the ancient tomb, and then the sword body is pulled out directly in the sun, then the sword is finished, because the things of the most yin, once they reach the place of the sun, there will be a phenomenon of 'restoration'.
That is to say, when a peerless sword is taken out of the ancient tomb, if the sword is drawn out of the sheath immediately, the sword will be completely destroyed, because the pure yin sword at this time cannot bear the environment of the sun, and it will immediately soften and shatter and become some iron slag, so that a peerless sword may 'disappear from the jade'.
Of course, the grave robbers didn't know any of that. When they got the sword, they wanted to pull it out and look at it. But they couldn't pull it out. Fortunately, they didn't use other crude methods to open the sword, otherwise, they would have ruined this peerless sword.
The reason why this sword cannot be opened when it is taken out of the ancient tomb is because these tomb robbers do not know how to do it, but in fact there is a small mechanism between the hilt of the scabbard of this sword. The sword can only be opened if the trap is opened.
But if you don't know, then of course you can't open it. After all, it is a peerless sword, and Master Ou Yezi naturally has a lot of tricks when casting it.
Now that Wang Chongyang has obtained this peerless sword, and he also knows that the tomb robbers did not open this sword, this is really a great gift from God to a Taoist priest who has studied ancient swords very much.
But this great gift, he can't accept it now. Because, he knew that now that he had bought this ancient sword with such a small amount of money, those tomb robbers must still want to know if they had suffered a loss, and they would definitely inquire about the true value of his sword in the days to come, if one day, they came to their senses and came to Wang Chongyang's trouble again, it would not be fun.
Wang Chongyang knows very well that these people are all outlaws, if you offend them, they will do anything.
Wang Chongyang picked up a 'big leak' and got a peerless ancient sword, but he knew that it was time for him to leave this temple, and if he didn't leave, then trouble would come.
So, the day after Wang Chongyang got the sword, he packed up his things and quietly left from this temple, and no one knew where he went.
As Wang Chongyang thought, a few days after he left, a group of people dressed as peasants went up the mountain and came to the Taoist temple where Wang Chongyang had been.
As soon as they came in, they shouted to find Wang Chongyang.
But the little Taoist priests in this Taoist temple said that the master had traveled far away and would not be able to come back for three months, so if you have any problems, you can wait for him to come back.
These people dressed as peasants were actually a group of tomb robbers who sold swords that day, they 'woke up', and then came to Wang Chongyang to settle accounts!
Last time, after the three tomb robbers sold their swords to Wang Chongyang, they felt very wrong. After all, they didn't really pick up the sword on the side of the road, and if that were the case, they wouldn't have any pity.
After all, this sword was also dug out of the ancient tomb by them with a lot of effort and effort, and at the great risk of losing their heads. Since it took so much effort, of course I wanted to sell it at a good price and earn more.
But because they didn't know the goods, they ended up in Wang Chongyang's hands. Wang Chongyang used a trick of 'wanting to capture the old indulgence' and bypassed the three tomb robbers.
But these three tomb robbers returned to their 'home' after leaving the Taoist temple, but they are still thinking about this thing! They always felt that they had suffered a loss, so in those days, they inquired everywhere about the true value of that ancient sword, and finally they learned the truth from the mouth of an antiquities dealer. (To be continued......)