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Mumbai's urban layout is modeled after London's, but it looks unkempt, with Indian snake charmers, beggars, cows, and ascetics waiting for alms along the streets in the midst of a large number of Western buildings. The prosperity of Mumbai caused the poor people of the surrounding West Indian city-states to gather in the city of Mumbai in search of the dream opportunity to get rich overnight, resulting in countless slum villages around the prosperous city of Mumbai.

The system of these villages still follows the very old system of tribal elders, which usually consists of several villages uniting together, and the elders of the noble castes become the elders to decide the affairs of the village. It was a place of poverty, chaos, and hatred, and it was the last place that the British wanted to go to, both the Indian religious preachers and the members of the Indian rebels. That said, there are still many Western antiques dealers who venture into the area, because these seemingly dirty and dilapidated thatched huts may hide one or two antiques that have made them a fortune.

After coming out of the café, Xu Changqing led Andy to the slums of Mumbai. As he disembarked, he had heard the sailors mention that there was a secret antique market in the slums of Mumbai, where adventurers and antique dealers from Europe often came in search of something of value, and the price was not as good as buying directly from the poor in the slums, but it was enough for them to make a fortune. As for his visit to the slums, he wanted to see the antiques that had been handed down from ancient India. Is it possible to find one or two dusty Buddhist ritual artifacts and give them to Andy as a gift of receiving disciples?

The roads outside the city are all Indians, and this place is like a flyover in Beijing, full of coolies and entertainers looking for things to do. Not only can the carriage pass here, but even the rickshaw can't pass, so you can only ride a horse and move forward slowly. Of course, you can also walk. But absolutely no one wants to walk back and forth on the ground full of feces and dirty water.

After leaving the city of Mumbai, the roads are much clearer and the air is much fresher. From time to time, there will be simply decorated carriages among the people who come and go, and from the windows of the cars that have been lifted by the curtains, you can see that the people inside are all foreigners. Most of these people came from the military port, and the carriage was protected by a team or two of soldiers, and they looked like some powerful people.

"Hey, it's Mr. Querk Moissan. Andy looked at a carriage that had just passed by. There was a look of surprise on his face, and when he saw Xu Changqing's inquiring eyes, he explained: "Mr. Quirk is a French Buddhist, I once communicated with him at a French Buddhist gathering, he is very respectful of ancient Indian Buddhism, in recent years, I heard that he has been in the ancient temples in Nepal, I didn't expect to see him here today." ”

"Listening to your tone, it seems that this Mr. Quirk is a cultivator of Buddhism?" Xu Changqing frowned, feeling that there were faint fluctuations of Buddha power on some of the carriages coming and going back and forth, and he felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he asked.

Andy nodded affirmatively. "Yes," he said, "Mr. Quake spends most of his time studying Buddhism, and even Buddhist gatherings are rarely attended. I heard that he had recently restored an ancient Buddhist scripture in Nepal, and it stands to reason that he would never leave Nepal until the restoration work was completed, unless he ......"

"Unless it is requested by the French government. Xu Changqing was almost certain that his actions in Borobudur had attracted the attention of Britain and France, and he began to collect folk Buddhist articles to see if there was anything magical about them.

After listening to Xu Changqing's speculation, Andy also nodded in agreement. Suddenly, he smiled again and said, "It seems that we have to go to that market as much as possible, otherwise all the good things will be brightened by them!"

"Hehe! It's okay. Xu Changqing shook his head with a smile and said: "Sometimes the Buddhist ritual tools do not necessarily appear in the form of Buddhism, in ancient India, all religious ideas and even practice methods were shared, so don't limit yourself to the word Buddha." It's the same when you practice on your own in the future, when you forget the Buddha, when you get started. ”

"It's the ground. Master. Andy also memorized Xu Changqing's words carefully. He followed him in a carriage. Towards a relatively remote wooded area in front of him, the horse ran.

After a dense wooded field. Then you entered a very open field. The clearing was full of dilapidated tents. Some black-and-thin Indians placed pottery, stone statues and religious utensils on rags in front of their tents. The carriages were parked on the periphery of the clearing. After the people on the carriage walked down. The soldiers guarding the wagons spread out to stand on guard. Xu Changqing and the others also tied their horses to a small tree next to a carriage. Step into this small antique market organized by local Indians.

Although the market is rudimentary. But there are so many things. Among them, there are many high-quality products that are more than 1,000 years old. In terms of antique land value. There are a lot of things that should be able to be sold for a high price in the West. in the market. The people who can pay for these things can see the difference between them from the way they buy them. Some will go back and forth and pick carefully. Find the gold hidden in a pile of garbage. Others are specifically identified with Buddhist utensils. Regardless of condition. All purchases

"This is supposed to be early Mughal earthsilver ware. The patterns on the ground are all characteristic of the native religion of India and Islam. Xu Changqing picked up a silver plate from a stall that looked like it had cracks on the surface. After taking a closer look. Hand it to Andy. said, "You can buy it." Make a memento. ”

Andy isn't very good at antiques. followed Xu Changqing and walked around the market for a long time. What made him feel strange was that it was clear that there would be some things with a strong Buddhist atmosphere in the places where Xu Changqing stayed. But Xu Changqing never picks these things. Until I saw this silver plate that had nothing to do with Buddhism. He stopped. And he was asked to buy the silver platter. He didn't think much of it. Immediately paid for this valuable silver plate.

"I'll show you something interesting. "After Andy paid. Xu Changqing took the silver plate. I asked the Indians for some water. Then pour the water into a plate. After shaking it twice. Aligned the silver plate with the sun. Under the reflection of light. The cracks, which looked like flaws, formed lines that were reflected on the surface of the water. A vaguely Buddha statue was formed.

"Master, what's going on?" Andy asked in amazement, looking at the image on the water surface of the plate.

At this moment, a very strong French voice suddenly came from behind Andy, saying, "Sir, I am willing to pay five hundred pounds for the silver plate in your hand!"