Chapter 14: The Strange Corpse Reappears
After I woke up the next morning, I went back to the Ministry of Public Security on the river after a simple wash, although I said that I got two treasures last night, and I didn't run in vain, but I still had no clue about the trace of the female corpse, and I saw that there were only less than five days left before the deadline stipulated above, and my heart was even more impatient.
At the moment, the mysterious person is the most suspicious of all the information I know, I don't believe that it went to such great lengths to lure me to the Saizuki Pier just to find the Cutting Iron and Aoki Strange Corpse Collection, the biggest possibility is that this person is also a water ghost as I speculated, and knows important clues about this matter, but for some reason he can't show up.
But as long as I can't find this mystery person, no matter how much I guess, it will only be in vain to add trouble and useless work.
At this time, a phone call from Lian Mingche interrupted my train of thought, I picked it up and asked him what was wrong, Lian Mingche said: "There are some new situations, my previous informant got a piece of information that someone was selling corpses at an antiquities exhibition and trade fair in this city the day after tomorrow, I suspect it is related to the case of the disappearance of the female corpse, should we go and see?"
I slapped my thigh and hurriedly replied, "I have to go, this is an opportunity that I can't ask for." ”
In this way, the two of us decided that I would take care of the matter at hand, go home again and say hello, and then meet with Lian Mingche the next night, waiting for the exhibition and trade fair to begin.
On the second day, the Antiquities Exhibition and Trade Fair was held as scheduled at the Tianjin International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Several well-known antiques experts were invited guests to make short but wonderful speeches at the opening ceremony.
The exhibition and trade fair of ancient cultural relics attracted tens of thousands of people to participate, and all the cultural relics collectors from all over the world poured into Tianjin, and they did not want to miss this feast of cultural relics collectors.
The entire venue was crowded with people, and all the exhibition halls were surrounded by water. Some people carry large bundles of banknotes, trying to find a few good goods. Some people carefully hold their antiquities, wanting to take the opportunity to sell them for a good price. There are also people who are just here to play around, just to look around, there are not a few such people, it is said that I and Lian Mingche are also one of them.
Since Lian Mingche had already asked someone to arrange the relationship in advance, we didn't have to mix with those messy people at all, and we were directly led in through the back door by the security guard of the venue. The two of us strolled through the spacious convention center, which was filled with hundreds of antiquities and treasures, and in addition to the staff of the convention center, there were also powerful special police officers on standby, and the security measures were simply leaky.
Our family was also famous in the old Tianjin Wei, and when I was a child, I also saw some antiquities and treasures, but when I walked into the convention and exhibition center, I was still shocked by those various ancient artworks.
In the face of so many unseen and unheard of exquisite ancient relics, those things we have seen before can really be described as playing a big knife in front of Guan Gongmen. The ancient relics that can be exhibited in this exhibition are all treasures that are enough to shock the industry, each of which is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancestors, and ordinary goods are not qualified to enter here at all.
The dazzling array of antiquities made my eyes glow, and the harazi kept flowing down the corners of my mouth.
Lian Mingche said helplessly: "I said that you are a little promising, don't be like you have never seen the world." ”
I sucked in my horn and said, "You said that it would cost tens of millions of dollars to get two of these things out of any one place, and if they were all mine, I would make a fortune!" ”
Lian Mingche gave me a blank look: "You are still the only heir of the Qin family for eight generations, isn't your family the most powerful corpse fishing family in Tianjin City, and you haven't caught any treasures under the Haihe River for so many years?" ”
I said, "It's as easy as you think, there's no such thing as pie in the world." When the old lady was young, he found a stone statue of a river beast under the water, which is said to be the size of a car, black and shiny, and very smooth by the river. Later, the old lady handed over the things and exchanged them for two pennants and five hundred yuan. ”
Lian Mingche and I walked forward while arguing, and the precious ancient relics were neatly displayed on both sides of the aisle, exuding a strong ancient charm and a thick historical atmosphere.
I am dazzled by so many collections, although I am not a professional antique master, but I can name a few of them since I was a child, here I will briefly introduce a few:
One is the "Hetian Jade Lotus Seed Amphora Aromatherapy Furnace", the shape of this collection is very chic, and its selection of materials is the best Hetian jade, snow-white and translucent, without a trace of flaws. The volume of the aromatherapy furnace may be slightly larger than an adult's fist, with one ear on each side of the furnace, and two jade lotus seeds hanging from the ears of the furnace ding, hanging from a palm-sized jade screen with patterns engraved on it. Under the illumination of the lights, the ambilight is brilliant and beautiful. I casually looked at the auction price, and the long list of "0s" behind me made me dizzy.
Next to the aromatherapy furnace, there is an even more extraordinary collection, the name is very long, "blue and white blooming dragon and phoenix pattern eight-sided jade pot spring bottle", the auction price of this thing has reached the level of tens of millions of yuan, I see my scalp numb, amazed.
The blue and white jade vase adopts a unique eight-sided process, so that the entire jade vase has a total of eight facets and edges, which is very rare in ancient handicrafts. The blue and white jade vase has a traditional light blue thick base, and the body of the vase is painted with a gorgeous pattern of a dragon leaping into the sky, which is a royal treasure at a glance, and it is no wonder that it is so expensive.
I just walked a short distance again, and I saw a more ingenious Han Dynasty copper case. The center of the inner area of the copper case is engraved with a tripod, and the mouth of the tripod overflows with splashes, and the left and right are two strange beasts dancing against each other. There is a copper flower tree in the middle of the four corners and the long side of the outer area, and strange birds and beasts are arranged in between. The inner side of the mouth is engraved with zigzag lines, and the hook lines are engraved along the surface, which is full of strong ancient rhyme. The light flows on the bronze table, reflecting the simple and charming colors.
Lian Mingche suddenly patted me on the shoulder and said, "I found it, there is really an auction of corpses, over there." ”
I hurriedly followed, it was a pure transparent glass coffin, and an ancient corpse lay quietly inside.
The glass coffin is upright, transparent on all sides, and you can see the appearance of the ancient corpse in all directions. When Lian Mingche and I came to the glass coffin, we immediately froze. It's not that we were frightened by the auction price attached to the coffin, but by the ancient corpse inside the coffin.
Lian Mingche and I glanced at each other, both he and I were full of doubts, this ancient corpse was almost exactly the same as the naked corpse we saw at the Xiyue Pier in terms of shape and appearance!
I saw that this ancient corpse had a broad face, a shriveled nose, and deep eyes, and it could be identified as an ethnic minority at a glance. Unlike the naked corpse, he was neatly draped, with a horned helmet on his head, and a short gun clenched in his right hand, and his face was lifelike, as if he had just fallen asleep peacefully.
Lian Mingche said in a low voice: "Another one? It's really evil. ”
Why did there appear a corpse with the same body as Xiyue here? Could it be that this ancient corpse was also brought back from? In this way, it seems that these people may be of the same race, but they all happened to die at the West Moon Pier because of the great flood many years ago.
Just when I was secretly speculating, Lian Mingche had already walked around to the back of the coffin: "Mo San, come here, something is wrong here." ”
I came to Lian Mingche's side, and Lian Mingche pointed to the exposed part of the back of the ancient corpse and said, "Look! ”
I took a closer look, and saw that this ancient corpse had a very strange Hydra tattoo on its back. And the tattoo craftsmanship is very superb, the hydra looks like it grows in the flesh and skin, just like a fresh one, terrifying and inexplicable.
I speculated: "It seems that this hydra pattern may be a totem worshipped by their clan, or it may be a national custom." ”
"That's not right." Lian Mingche shook his head.
I was slightly stunned: "What's wrong?" ”
Lian Mingche touched his chin and said, "Although it was dark at the time, I saw it quite really, and the naked corpse in the river was not clothed, and I didn't find the strange tattoo pattern in the river on that corpse at that time." ”
"Oh?" I didn't pay attention to what Lian Mingche said, but I believed him, because he has always been rigorous in his work, and he will never be mistaken.
I proposed, "Why don't we ask the owner behind the auction of this ancient corpse, and maybe he will know something about it." ”
The corpse transformation at the West Moon Pier that night only happened after the naked corpse appeared, so I suspect that there must be some connection between the two, the naked corpse was gone, and it was difficult to find it, but at this moment, I didn't expect to encounter it here again.
We quickly found the staff and asked him about the owner behind the auction of the ancient corpse.
The staff looked at us suspiciously: "You want to buy this ancient corpse?" ”
I nodded, "That's right!" ”
The staff said: "Don't joke about it, look at the price on it, can you afford it?" ”
"......" Lian Mingche was speechless for a while, and when I didn't know how to continue, my mind turned, I took my mobile phone, and pretended to call next to me with an arrogant face: "Hey! Secretary Liu? How about the cooperation with Mr. Ma? Ah, that's it! So what did he say? What the? Still want to think about it? This person is too cautious in doing things, is it necessary to be so cautious in a small business of hundreds of millions? It's really ......."
When the staff heard my call, his face turned green, and he quickly called a young woman dressed in a sexy way.