Cheng Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just guessing, I don't dare to say for sure."
Ji Manzi looked at Cheng Yu and said nothing for a long while, but his wrinkled face showed a look of hesitation that he wanted to speak several times.
"Old man, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly."
Ji Manzi sighed and seemed very embarrassed. What he was about to say was probably a very difficult choice for him.
After still hesitating for a while, Ji Manzi finally spoke: "Xiao Zhong, I believe you are a good person, so I have not hidden anything about the sacred objects from you. I just saw you take a photo of the patterns on the jade plaque.
, I would like to ask, is it possible for you to take photos of the interior of the sacred object? So that this can be combined into a complete map."
Cheng Yu already knew what Ji Manzi wanted to say. He must not be doing it for himself, but for his tribe.
Of course Ji Manzi would not know that it was not possible for Cheng Yu to take the photo, but if he wanted to buy it, it would be impossible for the three Xue Zhenghaos to snatch it away from him, so he would almost certainly take a photo of the internal map of the crown.
"Old man, I understand what you are going to say."
Ji Manzi slowly lowered his head. He could no longer speak. Being able to talk about this was already difficult enough for him.
"First of all, I do think that this jade tablet may be part of the map, and I also think that there is another part of the map hidden in the phoenix crown. And if it is finally confirmed to be a map, it is indeed possible that it contains all the information your clan has had for five hundred years.
The missing batch of kiln collections. If such a batch of kiln collections really exists, then I think the porcelain hidden there should be from the Yongle, Xuande and Chenghua periods of the Ming Dynasty. Any one of them will be
At least the starting price is one million. If the porcelain can be preserved intact, the total value is immeasurable. Secondly, I do have the opportunity to come into contact with the phoenix crown, but whether I can obtain the pattern inside the phoenix crown, I dare not pack it
Ticket. And even if I can get the complete map, and this is the map, after 500 years of changes, no one knows whether I can still find the exact location of the kiln according to the map of 500 years ago. Even if I find it,
, it is also unknown whether those kiln collections are still intact."
Ji Manzi nodded heavily and said: "I understand all this, you don't need to explain it to me in detail. In fact, I just want to ask, I... I want to ask..."
"You want to ask me, if I really get the porcelain from the kiln, can I give part of the money to your tribe after selling it? Really?"
Ji Manzi bit his lip and nodded with difficulty. It seemed that he also knew that this was actually difficult to say. If the phoenix crown was still in his hand, it would be natural for him to entrust Cheng Yu to find the kiln treasures.
He divided the wealth brought by the porcelain with Cheng Yu, but now, the most important part of the map does not belong to him at all, even if it was stolen by thieves.
"If you ask me to be honest, I can't."
There was still some hope in Ji Manzi's eyes, but when he heard Cheng Yu's flat refusal, he immediately extinguished it. For a moment, the old man seemed to have aged a few years.
"It's not that I don't want to give you money, nor that I'm greedy, because even if that batch of porcelain is found, it definitely does not belong to a certain person. Those are antiques. If such a batch of porcelain really exists
Hidden, those must be royal objects. To put it bluntly, every one of them is a national treasure. It is impossible for me to take them as my own, let alone sell them for money."
Only then did Ji Manzi understand that it wasn't that Cheng Yu didn't want to share it with them, but that if these porcelains really existed, Cheng Yu also planned to hand them over to the state.
"However, if I really have a chance to find this batch of porcelain, I will definitely tell the relevant departments the origin of this batch of porcelain before I hand it over to the country. Bonuses and the like may not be able to help, but I think if
I propose that the relevant departments arrange long-term jobs for your people and give them a stable life. It shouldn’t be too difficult.”
Hearing this, Ji Manzi's eyes lit up, and the wrinkled old lady next to him, who was always smiling, also smiled brighter.
"But all this is based on the premise that there really is such a batch of porcelain, and the value of the porcelain is immeasurable. Otherwise, if it is just a batch of broken porcelain, or the quantity is very small, I will not be so shameless as to let the country
Arrange jobs for your people. Even if I say so, they won’t pay attention to me!"
"I understand all this. In this case, Xiao Zhong, don't take any photos. I will leave this jade plaque to you."
"Leave it to me?" Cheng Yu waved his hand with a wry smile, "Old man, let's put it this way, the jade plaque itself is worth at least several hundred thousand."
"What I want is not money, I just want to win a little hope for my people."
Looking at Ji Manzi's firm eyes, Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment before accepting the old man's kindness.
"Okay, I'll accept the jade token. However, the person who has access to that phoenix crown and can subsequently handle such a big thing is not me, but a friend of mine. His name is Cheng Yu, and he is a member of the Wudong Cheng Group.
Young Master, I will hand this jade token to him, and he will take over the rest. After all, I am just an ordinary college student, about to graduate, and I haven’t even got a job yet. Only people like him can
I have the ability to handle all this. Please rest assured that he is like me, a very good friend, and has a good temperament. He will definitely complete what I promised you today. Moreover, there is another advantage to leaving this matter to him. He
There is a big group in the family, and he is also the owner of a company. Even if the kiln treasures are not found in the end, he may be able to help your tribe arrange some things."
Ji Manzi didn't think too much. Once an old man like him decides to trust someone, he will never have any doubts.
"I believe what you say."
"I will leave early tomorrow morning. It may take as long as ten days and a half, or as short as a week. My friend will come here to see you."
"Okay, I'll wait for him!" Ji Manzi picked up the wine bowl, and Cheng Yu also picked up the wine bowl. The old man and the young man touched it and drank it down in one gulp.
Suddenly there was another thunder outside the window, rolling in, very low, as if it was exploding on the roof.
After a while, another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, as if it was about to tear the entire night sky apart, making the world look like day in an instant.
During this flash of lightning, both Cheng Yu and Ji Manzi saw clearly that there were two figures next to the ancestral temple on the cliff behind. They were holding things like hoes in their hands and were smashing towards the door of the ancestral hall. .
Ji Manzi squinted his eyes slightly and said, "He is indeed a thief! There is no way to get in, so we have to take risks."
Cheng Yu said, "I'll go take a look."
Ji Manzi waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary. There is nothing in the ancestral hall anyway. If they want to break down the door, let them do it."
Cheng Yu actually wanted to go, because he felt that one of the two figures might be Cheng Fu who had transformed into Qin Chuan. If he could take this opportunity to kill Cheng Fu, today's mountain road would be a perfect one.
"It's raining so heavily, and the mountain road is difficult to walk. By the time you climb up, that person will have already run away. And you are alone, and there are three of them. Just let them be."
Seeing what the old man said, Cheng Yu had no choice but to give up.
Although Cheng Yu wanted to take a closer look at the actions of the two people outside the ancestral temple on the cliff, but under the continuous heavy rain curtain, the line of sight was really unclear, so he could only take advantage of the lightning to see. Take a look.
Around the time of the fourth flash of lightning, the two figures at the door of the ancestral hall disappeared. It seemed that they had broken open the door of the ancestral hall. After finding nothing, they had no choice but to give up.
At this time, Ji Manzi stood up and said something in Yao language to the old lady. The old lady said something back. Ji Manzi waved his hand and said something else. The two were in a stalemate for about half a minute. Ji Manzi finally said After waving her hand, the old lady got up and brought two raincoats from the backyard.
Cheng Yu was stunned and asked quickly: "What are you doing?"
"I went to the ancestral hall to have a look. Those people should have left after searching for the pedestal of the sacred object. But it's windy and rainy, so I have to go and see the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall."
"I'll go with you."
"The roads in the mountains are difficult to walk, and you people from the city can't walk on them. Don't worry, we don't take the normal mountain roads. There is a hanging basket behind our house. My wife and I usually sit in the hanging basket to go up and down. With your weight, neither of us can pull you up, and you can't help if you go. I originally wanted you to help pull me up, but the old lady has to go with me, so you won't be needed."
Cheng Yu had no choice but to give up.
Ji Manzi and the old lady put on their raincoats and walked out of the back door. Cheng Yu stood at the back door and looked at the two old people.
Sure enough, they walked to the cliff, picked up a thick rope from the ground, and twirled it a few times. Cheng Yu saw a bamboo basket.
The old lady stepped in first, while Ji Manzi stood aside and pulled the rope, and the bamboo basket swayed upwards. After a while, the old lady had reached the top of the cliff.
The bamboo basket was put down again. After Ji Manzi stepped in, Cheng Yu saw that the rope that Ji Manzi pulled just now was strangely suspended in the air and headed towards the top of the cliff. Is this magic? How could this rope move on its own? Going up?
Cheng Yu soon understood that although he could not see anything clearly in this dark rainy night, it was absolutely impossible for a rope to rise on its own. It was probably that there was a thin rope tied to the rope and tied to the top of the cliff.
, the people above only need to pull the thin rope to pull the thick rope up, and then use the movable pulley block to pull the people down the cliff up.
There must be a pulley set, otherwise, these two old men would never have the strength to lift another person such a long distance.
After the two old men reached the top of the cliff, Cheng Yu could hardly see clearly. He returned to the house, sat at the table, and slowly drank the bowl of wine.
While drinking, Cheng Yu heard a strange sound coming from behind, like the sound of two pieces of wood slightly colliding.
Cheng Yu looked back and saw that the bolt on the door was moving slightly. Cheng Yu was happy. Did Cheng Fu throw himself into a trap?
In an instant, Cheng Yu figured it out. Cheng Fu must have gone to the ancestral hall with two accomplices. After breaking down the door and entering, he didn't find the base. He guessed that the old man had hidden it, so he found it.