Chapter Twenty-Four: The Python
We looked around, in fact, I was quite interested in these words, not to mention anything else, if I could open up the antique market for two pieces to sell, it would be worth 18,000 to say the least. But come to think of it, Huzi didn't let Qin Wuye take a photo, and besides, I didn't have a place to Taoteng tools.
Qin Wuye didn't seem to be interested in the words on the bluestone slab at all, he glanced around, and then said to us: "Hurry up and get in, none of us know what the specific situation is inside, everyone is on guard, good things are inside, don't delay the trip." His words were tantamount to picking out everything, and he was going to the funeral goods inside, but when he came, everyone understood, and no one said anything. If I want to say that there is a reason why my master came to this troubled water, others probably came simply to make money.
After Qin Wuye said this, the team began to divide into two camps. The security team was divided into five people, and Zhang Ye's subordinates were all left, and they were all tinkering with something in their backpacks. As if he hadn't seen it, Qin Wuye asked the security leader to take the rest of us to the tomb. I see that they are a little wary of this move, the money surnamed Qin is very happy, and they won't play with us again in order to keep the secret, right?
I secretly stabbed Huzi and motioned for him to stand with me, but Huzi didn't understand what I meant, and looked at me stunned. I smiled, pointed to the people left behind and asked Fifth Master Qin: "Fifth Master, just like you said, I don't know what's going on inside, there are many people and great power, isn't it, what are they staying here for?" ”
Before Qin Wuye could answer, Zhang Ye turned around and spoke first: "Mr. Xiao Gao doesn't understand the doorway here, my Ren'an stays here to open the back road, they want to make a hole in the roof of the side room, and we have to go out from above when we are done." We have a rule in this line of work, there is no turning back. "What Zhang Ye said was casual, if I could believe him, I would be a fool, can I use so many people with a skylight? What to leave a back road, I think it's about to block the road.
While the two of us asked and answered, I observed, indiscerningly, the expressions of everyone present, Chang Qingzi was still that arrogant, the pawn monk was still smiling and silent, and Sun Zilin was still like a depressed patient. The reason why I have always been close to the tiger who lacks the heart is because he has no heart among these people, and from the words of the chat between the two of us along the way, I found out that this product is to earn 20,000 yuan to pay off his father's gambling debts. Among these people, I can't analyze the relationship between Changqingzi and the Dianzuo monk and Qin Wuye, the most incomprehensible is Sun Zilin, he never leaves Qin Wuye, and he follows the surname Qin wherever he goes, but Qin Wuye obviously doesn't treat him well.
I asked Zhou Tong in my heart if Zhang Ye's words were reliable, and Zhou Tong's answer to me was, "What do you think?" "I saw that everyone was looking at me, as if they were waiting for my decision. I hadn't figured out the intricacies of these people yet, and it wouldn't be appropriate to clash here, so I smiled and nodded, and followed the end of the line inside. Zhou Tong instructed Chang Xiangjiu and Hu Botao to stay and see what these people were going to do, and he would accompany me himself.
The moment Chang Xiangjiu and the others left my body, Huzi looked back at me with a spirit, and then secretly gave me a thumbs up. Sure enough, this guy was able to find my horse, which shows that he still has some skills, at least not just a carpenter.
The security leader walked in front with a miner's lamp in his hand, Zhang Ye followed, and the remaining three security guards surrounded Zhang Ye in the middle, as if Zhang Ye was the boss. The curve of the tomb is so large that only the walls can be seen in front of it, as if it is circling around the main tomb. There were that kind of hieroglyphs everywhere on both sides of the walls, and we walked here as if we were going to sacrifice, and the visibility was really not high, so it was so oppressive and depressing.
The further you went, the wetter it became, and the ground even began to accumulate water. Zhang Ye dipped his fingers in the water on the ground and sniffed it in front of his nose, saying that it should have seeped in from the previous collapse. The coal mine outside is obviously fake, so it means that they have dug a hole before, and then the hole collapsed. After walking for about fifteen minutes, the tomb in front of me became straight and straight, and the inscriptions on both sides began to turn from orange to dark red, and the air was filled with a bloody smell.
Changqingzi and Monk Dianza took out the peachwood sword and vajra respectively, Huzi frowned and thought about it, and took out a copper ruler from his backpack. I'm kind of funny, if something comes out in a while, you're going to measure it or something? In order to meet the occasion, I also pulled the rod of good and evil out of the backpack behind me, shook off the strip of cloth and held it in my hand. Huzi looked at the pitch-black stick in my hand and asked me, "What are you doing with the burning stick?" ”
I was so angry that I asked him, "Then what are you doing with the ruler?" ”
Huzi raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips, and said to me: "You don't understand this, this is called Lu Banqi." "I don't have time to pay attention to him, but Lu Ban ruler, isn't Lu Ban the ancestor of your carpenter. At most, you can prove that you are a carpenter, not a tailor.
The security leader was about to move forward, Zhang Ye grabbed his shoulder, and the security leader frowned but did not speak. Zhang Ye took out a shot put ball similar to a billiards ball from his backpack and boneled it along the ground. Suddenly, the tomb was filled with the sound of "swishing and crackling" iron tools. The head of the security guard held the miner's lamp with a pale face and looked forward, and found that there were bronze arrows all over the ground. It was only then that we discovered that there was a small round hole in the gap between the brick walls on both sides of the tomb.
It is estimated that the arrow shaft has long since decayed due to age, but fortunately it is bronze, and if it is iron, there is no arrow left. My curiosity was aroused again, and I couldn't wait to peel off all the bricks on the wall and floor to see how the ancients did this pressure sensing device and mechanism.
Zhang Ye smiled and motioned for everyone to continue walking, after such a trouble, everyone was even more impressed by Zhang Ye. Even Chang Qingzi, who had always been above the top, nodded, and the head of the security guard politely gave up half of his body to Zhang Ye.
The straight passage was not very long, and it took me less than five minutes to pass through the passage, and a stone chamber appeared in front of me, which was much larger than the previous side chamber. In fact, it is better to say that it is a stone chamber than a stone corridor, because there is a passage on the opposite side of this piece that connects the stone chamber. The head of security shone the miner's lamp, and we all gasped. There are four bronze humanoid sculptures standing on the left and right of the stone corridor, and the armor above and below the body of the humanoid sculpture is cast in bronze, which looks like an inverted mold.
The bronze figures were covered in a dull green patina, but this is a testament to their age. Although I don't know much about antiques or anything, I've heard of national treasures like the Yachou Fang Gui and the Women's Good Ding. Although these bronze figures are not as good as those sacrificial vessels, they can be regarded as ornamental vessels, right? Their height and size are no different from ordinary people, and it is difficult to estimate the value of such a large bronze object if it is unearthed.
Zhang Ye turned on a strong flashlight and took a picture of a bronze man's body, he looked up and down for a long time, and exclaimed excitedly: "Ingenuity, it's simply ingenuity." The bronzes of the Shang Dynasty are generally simply decorated, most of them are geometric ornaments and simple animal-shaped ornaments. These bronze figures even have the wrinkles of their clothes, and if they take them out, ordinary experts don't dare to look at the truth. I have had countless fights in Zhang Qi, and I have never seen such a baby. ”
Qin Wuye coughed and said to Zhang Ye: "What's the use of being a baby?" Do you want to take this kind of thing out? Even if you can take it out, do you want your head out? ”
After Qin Wuye's reminder, the excitement on Zhang Ye's face gradually calmed down a little. He reluctantly glanced at the bronze man a few more times, and then simply turned his head and reluctantly stopped looking at it. Also, such a large bronze is a special first-class national treasure, and whoever is so bold dares to accept this thing, it is a sin to lose his head. Therefore, tomb robbers only pick sacrificial vessels and seals, not that they are discerning. There is an unwritten rule in their line, pick the small not the big, pick the light not the heavy, the more you can prove the identity of the tomb owner, the better. After all, the prerequisite for doing their job is to make a move, and if it can't be turned into money, it's easy to die.
However, my vigilance against Qin Wuye has deepened a lot, and he is probably not just as simple as robbing tombs, because since he saw these eight bronze figures, his face did not even fluctuate at all. If it's just for money, it's human nature to be excited when you see good things, and it's impossible for him, an old oilman who has been in the antique circle for so many years, not to know the value of these things. I noticed that he was urging to go inside the whole time, as if he knew something better inside, with a clear purpose. But he didn't even see a thief hole along the way, which means that this tomb has been opened for the first time, although they have dug through the mine before, but they haven't come in at all, how much can he know about it?
"Hey, listen, why do these bronze men seem to be solid?" Zhang Ye and Qin Wuye were talking, and the beard on the side suddenly knocked on the body of a bronze man, making a particularly dull sound, and he asked Zhang Ye with some curiosity.
After hearing this, Zhang Ye's face suddenly changed, as if Huzi had some kind of enmity with him, and glared at Huzi viciously. I didn't understand what was going on, Zhou Tong smiled and said to me in his heart, "This kid is stupid and cute, he doesn't understand the taboos of our industry." We have to keep our mouths shut before we go to the grave in this line of work, for fear of saying the wrong thing. The ancestor believed that the tomb belonged to the intersection of yin and yang, and that the good spirit who spoke here was not a bad spirit. The solid one is zongzi, that is, zombies, and it is strange that he is not in a hurry when he says this. ”
Huzi had a lot of nerves, he didn't notice Zhang Ye's expression at all, he touched the belt of the bronze man by himself, and then asked us stupidly: "The snake on this belt is too real, slippery, and alive." ”
When Huzi said this, we were all stunned, and even Zhang Ye on the side couldn't care about being angry, he pointed at Huzi and shouted: "Python!" Zhang Ye's hands trembled uncontrollably, I followed his gaze, and suddenly the whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, isn't it alive, a pink bloodshot skinless snake is spitting letters towards Huzi.