That afternoon, Ermao and I were eating hot pot and drinking wine in the stilted building of his house to discuss current affairs, when suddenly someone downstairs shouted upstairs in Mandarin: "May I ask Zhou Quan, does Mr. Zhou live here?" "When we looked at it, below was a middle-aged thin man in a long shirt, a top hat, and gold-rimmed glasses, with four sturdy young men in short shirts, and two palanquin drivers carrying a large sedan chair, looking upstairs.

Ermao was stunned for a long time, spoke nondescript Mandarin, nodded and said, "I am Zhou Quan, who are you?" ”

The thin man said quietly: "Mr. Zhou, there is a friend who wants to see you, how about you please enjoy the light and go with us?" ”

Ermao said confusedly: "Who is your friend?" ”

The thin man said: "Mr. Zhou will naturally know when he goes." ”

I was surprised and said, "Dog day, you have a big face now." Come to your home and invite you to be a guest. ”

On Tuesday, Mao whispered to me, "I don't know them." Could it be a trap? ”

I said, "Could it be that you have offended someone on the rivers and lakes?" ”

Tuesday Mao shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, I have nothing to do with the people on the rivers and lakes." ”

The thin man looked at his watch downstairs and said, "Mr. Zhou, why don't we come up and pick you up?" ”

Zhou Quan didn't dare to make a sound.

The thin man also seemed to realize that it was a bit abrupt, and said downstairs: "Mr. Zhou, my friend just wants to talk to Mr. Zhou about business, you don't have to be nervous." ”

On Tuesday, Mao whispered to me: "What JB business is talking about, it won't be for us to show our wealth, right?" ”

I said, "Someone else's style can't afford this money, right?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao thought about it: "Do you want to go?" ”

I also think it makes sense, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, it's better to be generous and meet it, after all, this is still our territory.

On Tuesday, Mao tidied up his clothes and went downstairs to open the door. A few strong men didn't move.

The thin man nodded at Ermao and helped Ermao open the sedan door, and Ermao was not used to saying, "I'll just walk." I was about to follow, but the thin man stopped me and said, "This gentleman doesn't have to go, this business is special, and it is inconvenient for too many people to know." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said loudly: "This is my brother, if he doesn't go, I won't go." ”

The thin man hesitated, and said with a smile on his face again: "In that case, then invite this friend to join us." ”

The thin man didn't talk to us much along the way, and at this time there was already a road leading to the county seat in our place, but there were only one or two cars in the whole county, and when I walked to the place of the district office, I saw three black cars parked. I've never been in a car before, so I'm a little dazed. The thin man smiled and invited us into the back row, and then ordered the driver to drive towards the county seat.

At that time, our county slapped a large place, and after a while, the car drove to the door of the best hotel in our county, and the people on the street looked at the three cars parked on the side of the road like a strange look, and on Tuesday Mao tidied up his clothes, and in the envious eyes of everyone, he got off the car with a handbag, although he was a little weak-hearted, but after all, he stayed in Shanghai for more than a year, and his temperament was still quite in place. I dressed shabby and followed the crowd into the hotel like a little henchman.

In fact, this hotel is not big, but it was still very good in our local environment at that time, and it was generally only a trip to a rich party and the like. Entering the inner hall, the thin man led us to the tea room at the back, and when we entered the tea room, we saw an old man with gray hair and a scholar wearing highly myopic glasses and a tall beauty in a dress sitting in front of the table of eight immortals in the middle of the room.

After Mao entered the house on Tuesday, his eyes never left the girl, and he looked and looked from top to bottom.

The thin man coughed softly. On Tuesday, Mao Cai hurriedly closed his gaze, and the old and the young who were looking at the photo also raised their heads.

The beautiful woman motioned for us to sit down and said, "May I ask who is Mr. Zhou Quan?" ”

Tuesday Mao couldn't wait to reach out to shake the hand of the beautiful woman and said, "It's down there, it's down there." ”

The beauty is a little arrogant, her face is a little lukewarm, and her accent sounds a little weird. At this time, the old man also held on to the myopic glasses that were as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle, and looked at us carefully.

The beauty said: "Let's get to know, my name is Lin Xia, from the United States, this is Professor Wen of Yenching University." I came to Mr. Zhou this time to ask Mr. Zhou about something. ”

Tuesday Mao smiled and nodded at the two of them: "Fortunately, fortunately!" ”

The beautiful Lin Xia glanced at Ermao, handed over the stack of photos, and said, "Mr. Zhou, you can take a look at this." ”

On Tuesday, Mao took it and exclaimed in surprise after only looking at the first photo. When I looked at it curiously, I was not only shocked, but the photo was the belt of the skeleton we got from the Qixing Mountain Qi Gathering Platform.

Tuesday's hands trembled a little and said, "Who are you?" ”

Lin Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry, we're not here to arrest you." ”

When Mao heard that he was not a policeman, he felt a little relieved, and asked curiously: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Lin Xia said: "Presumably, Mr. Zhou is extremely familiar with this thing, and the business we do between us is related to this four-god pattern and thirteen-ring gold and jade belt." ”

Tuesday Mao and I only then found out that this thing was originally called this name.

The old scholar Professor Wen looked at us disapprovingly, and excitedly pointed to the photo and said: "Young man, this is the first case of the Qin and Han dynasties found in the Republic of China. ”

Tuesday Mao was stunned and said, "Professor Wen means that this thing has been found in the whole country?" ”

Professor Wen nodded and said, "There are too few cultural relics in the Qin and Han dynasties, and this kind of thing is a blessing at a glance." And also... ”

Tuesday Mao slapped his thigh in annoyance: "Oops! Professor Wen was choked up before he finished speaking, and looked at Tuesday Mao with a little confusion.

Tuesday Mao gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, it's cheap!" ”

Professor Wen sighed, probably a little speechless at a ground mouse of Tuesday Mao's level.

Lin Xia took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, this is a treasure in the eyes of people who know the goods, and the price is not cheap in the eyes of people who don't know the goods." ”

On Tuesday, Mao Wanran came to his senses and said, "You bought the thing? ”

Lin Xia nodded and said, "Yes, the first time I saw it in Shanghai, I thought this thing was extraordinary, and I sent a telegram to my dad to tell him, because it was so cheap, my dad couldn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he sent a telegram to me and asked me to buy it immediately." ”

Tuesday Mao said sluggishly: "It's still that I'm too shallow, and I knew that I changed stores and sold them on consignment." ”

Lin Xia found one from a stack of photos and said, "Actually, what really aroused our interest was not the belt itself, but the owner of the belt. ”

On Tuesday, Mao took the photo and looked at it, and said inexplicably: "Do you still know this person?" ”

Professor Wen smiled and said, "Isn't it clear in this photo?"

On Tuesday, Mao still couldn't understand it, and was about to put it back, but I strangely took the photo and took a look, and found that there were a few small characters on the belt, which were written by Xiao Seal.

My hands trembled a little, and I said, "Could it be that the person is?" ”

Professor Wen said excitedly, "Do you know this person? ”

I said, "Yes, I do." ”

Tuesday Mao grabbed my hand and said, "Erwa, that person is a big man?" ”

I said, "There are some things that I can't say clearly, but there is indeed an inscription on this belt, which reads "Zongzheng Ge." ”

Tuesday Mao said: "What do you mean two babies?" ”

I was also a little speechless about Tuesday Mao, and I didn't know what kind of antiques this grandson had been doing in Shanghai for more than a year.

I said to Lin Xia: "Say, what business do you want to talk about?" ”

Lin Xia thought it was a bit too much to take out the photo to Zhou Mao, but he just wanted to use the photo to bring out the topic, but I didn't expect to see it, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect this little brother to be so knowledgeable." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "This belt was originally obtained by us. ”

Lin Xia and Professor Wen were originally just looking for two to lead the way, but they already vaguely felt that we seemed to know a lot more than they imagined.

Lin Xia asked tentatively, "What else do you know?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and said in a low voice: "Jinmu, water, fire, and earth"