Is it a living being?

Another name for some kind of tree?

So, those purple gold scale coins are actually possible to be made from this kind of tree?

However, judging from the feel and material of the purple gold scale coin, or from the description of this animal skin scroll.

It shouldn't be a tree at all.

In an instant, several thoughts flashed.

Wei Tao wondered, "I don't think it's like another name for a tree, according to the description in this book, shouldn't it be a god and spirit, or a demon or a monster?" ”

"According to the way this mythical miscellaneous is written, it does seem to be talking about gods and monsters."

The man smiled, "Of course this is impossible, the guest officer just read this book and thought so."

To be honest, I was also influenced by the content of the book, and found a lot of ancient books to corroborate and compare with each other.

In the end, a relatively clear description was found, saying that the alder is a kind of tree that has disappeared, and it is a towering tree with a very long lifespan. ”

"And I also specifically checked at the beginning, even in the Luocha tribe, the god worshiped is called Our Lady of Yinshan, and it has no connection with the so-called alder in this book."

When the man said Xing, he even made a lot louder.

"As for scales, I probably want to express the shape of scales.

But the latter sentence says that only the golden pupil is seen.

I also don't understand why there is such an obvious inconsistency in the book.

Maybe the person who wrote the book was too careless and didn't proofread it seriously at all. ”

Speaking of this, the man slapped his thigh and sighed again and again.

"Going back to when I bought this book, I really regarded it as a unique ancient book that has been handed down from ancient times like the Great Wilderness Sutra.

I was obsessed with it for a while, but it turned out that it was mostly nonsense. ”

Wei Tao nodded slightly.

In the past, when he was studying in a private school, he often looked through the Great Wilderness Sutra.

It's like the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the previous life, which records all kinds of strange and strange creatures, and the descriptions are fascinating and can kill time.

However, in the Great Wilderness Sutra, there is no mention of the golden pupils related to the purple gold scale coin.

"If you don't believe me, please see this page......"

At this, the man suddenly fell silent.

glanced at Wei Tao with some weakness.

I am afraid that because I talk too much for a while, the guests will lose interest in these ancient books, so as to disturb this business of three taels of silver.

Wei Tao was unaware of his thoughts, and after a moment of silence, Wen Yan encouraged, "It's good, and it's also very attractive, you go on." ”

Afraid that the man would not be at ease, he added, "You don't have to worry, I will definitely buy the book, even if it is just a stack of waste paper, it will not delay my real money to pay out." ”

"If nothing else, I just like the feeling of spending money casually."

The man clenched the silver ingot in his palm tightly, and his face turned red.

After a moment of silence, he sighed, "Since the guest officer is so straightforward and generous, then you can't hide it anymore, so that the guest officer will be deceived in the future." ”

Wei Tao blinked, "It's a little interesting, why did you suddenly be deceived, you mean, you are lying to me?" ”

The man waved his hand again and again, "No, no, no, what I mean below is that just discussing this book, it is actually a lie." ”

Suddenly, footsteps came, and a middle-aged woman came out of the back door of the store, "Zhang Zhiqing, are you fiddling with those broken books again, and you don't see the guests waiting to buy something!?" ”

"It's really useless to be a scholar, you eat a lot all day long, but you ...... to work"

"Shut up!" Wei Tao turned his head abruptly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I, I'm ......" the woman was startled, and before she could think of what to say, she was caught by a snap.

A handful of broken silver was slapped by Wei Tao on the counter table.

Its power is so great that it has even been slapped into a silver cake.

At a cursory glance, there are at least three or five taels.

He pushed the silver in the woman's direction.

said coldly, "There is a golden house in the book, knowledge changes fate, don't fool around here if you don't understand." ”

"Yes, yes, what the guest officer said is, I am a woman with long hair and short knowledge, which makes the guest officer smile."

She carefully grabbed the silver.

He pinched his thigh again.

Immediately, his face was full of flattering smiles.

"Zhiqing, knowledge changes fate, you can accompany this master to read and talk, aunt will go and serve you a bowl of dry rice now, and then let Xiaoqing cut a piece of pickled meat for you to cook......"

Wei Tao didn't even look at the few taels of silver that he threw out, and his eyes were on the pages from beginning to end.

"Alright, Mr. Zhang, you go on."

Zhang Zhiqing's face was flushed, and he exhaled a long breath, "Guest officer, please look at the pictures on this page." ”

Wei Tao looked down and saw that the page was painted with a bust.

To be more precise, it is a portrait from four different perspectives through four patterns.

Wei Tao leaned closer and took a closer look.

The portrait has four faces, front, back, left and right cheeks.

Joy, anger and sorrow, one expression for each face.

There are also eight arms, each in a different pose.

It looks like a half-length doll.

"There is evidence below, this book was simply made up by some people, and the ultimate purpose is to deceive people and bring goods to make money!"

The man pointed to the bust with eight arms on all sides, and spoke in astonishment.

"Oh, why did Brother Tai say that?"

Wei Tao suddenly became more interested.

"I can still hear the business methods of writing books and selling goods, which immediately evokes my old memory.

Not to mention anything else, just based on today's chat, these few taels of silver are worth the ticket price. ”

Although Zhang Zhiqing didn't know much about what it meant to be worth the fare, it didn't affect him to continue.

"Guest officer, please look at the description of this picture, do you think it is mysterious and fascinating?

Looking at the material of this page, the tortoiseshell inscription inside, do you think it is an antique of the predecessors? ”

He bent down and rummaged through the basket for a while, finally pulling something out of the corner.

At first glance, what Zhang Zhiqing took out was a bronze mirror.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this was indeed a bronze mirror.

It's just that the front and back sides are engraved with round smiling faces, which can't play the role of a mirror at all.

The two smiling faces, and the happy side of the bust, do have many similarities.

The smiley face is about three inches in diameter.

It seems to be a craft.

It could also be a child's toy.

Wei Tao stared at this smiling face, and was a little stunned for a while.

Zhang Zhiqing put the things on the table so that Wei Tao could observe them carefully.

Then he continued, "But in fact, I have paid more than one master to appraise it, and it is neither an antique, nor does it seem to be an ancient book.

The guest officer didn't know that when I found this book, there was such a thing in it.

In addition, there are more than a dozen other small objects, all with corresponding patterns, presumably used to cheat people out of money. ”

"It's a pity that I didn't check it in the next moment, and I was blinded by these tortoiseshells, and I put dozens of taels of silver in vain.

If the money was still there, at least there would be enough to eat for a few years! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhiqing was still a little angry, and his voice was a little crying.

"Where are the other little things!?"

Wei Tao raised his head suddenly, his eyes blazing, and looked him straight into the eyes.

Zhang Zhiqing shuddered.

It feels like being targeted by a giant beast.

There is a risk of tearing yourself to shreds at any moment.

"I ask you, where are all the other little things."

Wei Tao took a deep breath and tried to calm his tone.

"Lost, lost."

Zhang Zhiqing's lips moved, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

"The book is a dozen pages long, and there are exactly a dozen illustrated objects.

I don't think they're of any use, and I'm all lost when I move them around. ”

It's all lost......

It's all lost!

This is a living gold bar coin.

Wei Tao shook his head and sighed, pressing the smiling face in his hand, for fear that even it would be lost if he let go.

The next moment.

He carefully put the scroll away.

This book is more precious than the occasional gold coin.

If you can follow the map, it will greatly reduce the difficulty of collecting gold coins in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Tao leaned forward and stared at Zhang Zhiqing who was trembling with a sense of oppression.

"In the future, I want you to teach me how to recognize tortoiseshells."

"Will you say yes?"

Zhang Zhiqing's throat swelled, and he kept licking his lips.

"Guest officer, below, naturally agreed."

"Very good, I won't lose you for tuition."

Wei Tao nodded in satisfaction and stuffed a silver ingot into Zhang Zhiqing's hand.

"Don't look at the store these days, hurry up and sort out a list of tortoiseshell inscriptions and Da Zhou official texts, and I'll find someone to pick them up."

Zhang Zhiqing held the silver ingot tightly, and he had mixed feelings for a while, not knowing what to say.

(End of chapter)