Volume 3 Judge Chapter 132: Crab King Captures Dragon Eagle in Search of Ebony Roots
The dust swept away and the house became clean again.
A large hole was opened in the center of the door that was covered with a brown soft layer. The edges of the hole still showed the irregular stubble from the broken boards. The locking area of the door frame was also cracked by the impact, and there was a silent narration.
The tragedy of being hit innocently by a powerful force.
Xu Zhengyang held the newly lit cigarette in his right hand and put it to his mouth. He opened his mouth slightly and looked at Chen Chaojiang with a somewhat stunned expression, who had already rushed towards him, but stopped in an instant. After a while, he muttered: "What are you doing?"
Huh? Are you going to demolish this house?”
"It's the tenth day." Chen Chaojiang replied coldly, then turned around and walked to a chair next to him to sit down.
Chen Chaojiang's face was still pale, and his slender eyes were still cold, but both his cheeks and his eyes carried a sense of security after he had relaxed from extreme worry. His lips were already slightly longer.
His hair is a little messy, his eye circles are a little blue, and black stubble has grown out.
"Chaojiang, I've made you tired." Xu Zhengyang looked at Chen Chaojiang's appearance and knew that Chen Chaojiang had been suffering from hesitation and worry in the past few days.
"It's good that you're fine." Chen Chaojiang's pale and stern face showed a relaxed smile.
"Nonsense, I'm a god! How could something happen?" Xu Zhengyang happily took a puff of his cigarette and threw one to Chen Chaojiang.
Chen Chaojiang raised his left hand slightly, and it didn't seem like he was catching the cigarette, but like Xu Zhengyang had accurately thrown the cigarette between his two fingers and caught it. He lit the cigarette, and Chen Chaojiang took a deep breath.
His slender eyes blinked and he said coldly: "You said that even though you are a god, you will still vomit if you drink too much and it will hurt if you are beaten.
"This. Well, this is a fact." Xu Zhengyang scratched his head, then smiled and said: "If you don't talk about this, Chaojiang, am I awesome? I won't eat or drink for ten days."
"Um."
"Don't ask me what I'm busy with?"
Chen Chaojiang shook his head and said, "Don't ask."
"Not curious?"
"You are a god. Is there anything more surprising than this?"
Xu Zhengyang was defeated,
"Has anyone been looking for me these days?" Xu Zhengyang asked.
"Well, I called my family several times, but I didn't answer. Yao Chushun also called me, and he said you forgot to bring your mobile phone." Chen Chaojiang thought for a while, and then said, "Li Bingjie and her bodyguard have been here twice.
This time, I didn't let them enter the house." Before Xu Zhengyang could say anything, Chen Chaojiang took out his cell phone and threw it over, "Call your home, they are very worried."
Xu Zhengyang took the phone, nodded, and dialed his home phone number:
"Mom, I'm Zhengyang, do you miss me?"
"Zhengyang! You damn kid, why didn't you even answer the phone? You, you." After the initial surprise on the other end of the phone, Yuan Suqin's sobbing voice came.
"Oh, don't be angry. Don't be sad. Mom, I'll be back from the Internet today. I've been very busy these days. Please come home with me tonight."
"Okay, your dad is here, tell him a few words." As Yuan Suqin was talking, Xu Neng's slightly angry voice came faintly from over there: "If you have anything to say, I'll tell you."
"I told you everything will be fine, don't worry about it, Zhengyang is already so big,"
Xu Zhengyang had a smile on his face, but he felt a little guilty inside.
"Hey, Zhengyang, remember to bring your mobile phone when you go out from now on." Xu Neng said directly after holding the phone.
"Yes, remember." Xu Zhengyang agreed.
"Come back tonight?"
"ah."
"Buy two bottles of Wuliangye. I want to drink it, but we can't buy it in the village."
"Hey, okay."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhengyang pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, stood up, put on his leather coat, and said, "Let's go have something to eat, I'm starving."
Chen Chaojiang stood up and walked out the door without saying a word.
The living room is clean and tidy, the windows are bright and clean, and the floor is polished to shine.
As soon as Xu Zhengyang came out of the room, he felt that the room was surprisingly clean. He smiled and said, "Chaojiang, are you tidying up too clean?"
"If you have nothing to do, just do something like this.
"Chen Chaojiang replied coldly.
"Don't you think you've never even left the house?" Xu Zhengyang asked in surprise.
"We have bought food and drinks in advance, what are we going to do out there?"
Xu Zhengyang's heart felt hot, and then sour. Chen Chaojiang actually interrupted his morning exercise, rain or shine, just to stay in this room. As he walked out for ten days, Xu Zhengyang said, "Are you bored?"
"No worship"
"You didn't do anything else?"
"I carved something."
"Where is it? Let me see."
Chen Chaojiang had already walked to the door. After hearing Xu Zhengyang's words, he turned around and walked back into the house. He took out a mysterious wooden carving made of mahogany from under the coffee table and handed it to Xu Zhengyang.
Xu Zhengyang took it with both hands, and his eyes lit up instantly.
I really don’t know what is going on in Chen Chaojiang’s head to conceive such a strange thing. The mahogany carving is actually not more than two feet high, more than two feet wide, and more than ten centimeters thick. This piece of wood was originally made by Chen Chaojiang.
After carving a classical beauty for the first time, I cut off another piece, and this time it was carved into a wood carving; the whole wood carving was carved with a dragon with fangs and claws, swimming on the cusp of the storm, and ripples of big waves were carved below.
, the carved dragon is vivid and the water waves are vivid and lifelike; this is not surprising. What is strange is that the neck and head of the dragon are actually lying down. Oh no, figuratively speaking, it should be riding a crab!
The crab has eight claws as big as a dragon's head and is clasped into the dragon's scales. One pincer is raised high, and the other pincer actually clamps a dragon horn. The crab's body is slightly twisted, with two bulging eyes and two fan blades.
The door-like mouth was crooked as if he was smiling proudly.
What an arrogant, domineering, and awesome crab!
After staring at it for a long time, Xu Zhengyang grinned, held the wooden sculpture and carefully placed it on the sofa, stood up and praised: "Okay, okay, the carving is great! Take it to Guxiangxuan, I bought it, Chaojiang
, make a price.”
"Why do you need to charge money?"
"Nonsense! What if I don't give you money for what you carved out? Besides, I'm a profiteer. I won't do business that doesn't make money!"
"Yao Chushun always helps me sell."
Xu Zhengyang was stunned and said with a smile: "I really don't worry about this. How much money have you made from carving?"
"twelve thousand."
"That's all?"
"Only three have been sold, and the others have not been sold yet." Chen Chaojiang hesitated and said, "Yao Jishun's asking price is too high."
"Not high, not high at all, just listen to Master Gu!" Xu Zhengyang happily put his arm around Chen Chaojiang's shoulders and walked out, saying at the same time: "In this case, you can sell this wood carving to me, okay?".
"How much do you give me?"
"Well, I'll think about it", 80,000!"
"Can you have more?" Chen Chaojiang smiled.
Table 1, episode 10!, Xu Zhengyang was so happy that he was so happy that Chen Chaojiang actually made Yacechi a joke.
"make a deal."
When I walked outside the building, the cold wind hit my face and the chill was overwhelming.
The bright and dazzling sun has already set somewhat in the west, and it’s past two o’clock in the afternoon.
There is snow everywhere in the community, and there are few vehicles and pedestrians.
Two slovenly young men strolled around and saw a simple meal in a small restaurant outside the community, drank some wine, then went to get a haircut, took a shower, and then returned home to shave.
He lost his beard and changed his clothes. At Xu Zhengyang's request, Chen Chaojiang went to Guxiangxuan with the wooden sculpture that Xu Zhengyang euphemistically called "The Crab King Captures the Dragon".
In winter, there are only a few stalls in the middle of the market. There are only seven or eight people. They set up small stalls in twos and threes next to each other among the piles of snow that look like tombs. Because business is not good, the stall owners
They were wearing thick cotton coats, gloves and hats, smoking cigarettes and chatting.
A Yamaha gun crashed into the market, and its powerful and dull roar broke the silence in the market.
The motorcycle drove straight to the door of the Guxiangxuan store in the middle of the south. Chen Chaojiang got off the back seat and walked into the store holding the wooden sculpture. Xu Zhengyang held up the car and followed behind with a smile on his face.
In the store, Wang Jiayu had already rushed to the door, opened the door and greeted with a happy and endearing face: "Brother Jiang, Brother Yang, you are here." Xu Zhengyang had already told Wang Jiayu not to call him boss, just call him eldest brother.
Chen Chaojiang didn't answer and walked in coldly.
Xu Zhengyang reached out and patted Wang Jiayu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Jiayu, are you tired?"
"Not tired, not tired, the work is easy." Wang Jiayu responded happily. He always felt that Xu Zhengyang was the best boss and always treated him as kind and gentle as a big brother.
Entering the store, Xu Zhengyang hadn't spoken yet. The long-haired man sitting behind the counter smiled and said: "Zhengyang, you are really competent as a hands-off shopkeeper. You haven't come to see me for ten and a half days."
"Aren't you and Mr. Gu here? I'm just here to cause trouble for an outsider." Xu Zhengyang walked forward with a smile, took out a cigarette and handed one over, and said: "How is it? Is business going well these days?
"
"Okay, okay, haha." Jin Changfa said cheerfully: "You and Master Gu are just different. You are much better than me, Jin Er."
"It's all Mr. Gu's ability, but I took advantage of it, haha." Xu Zhengyang laughed, and then asked: "Is Mr. Gu upstairs?"
"Here, hurry up and say hello to Master Gu. I've been talking about you for the past two days, but I'm a little dissatisfied."
While he was talking, he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, and Yao Chushun's unique drake voice sounded: "Jin Er, you are such a bastard, when did I start complaining about my dissatisfaction? I will deduct your salary at the end of the month!
"
I saw Yao Chushun holding a purple-brown briar pipe in his left hand, playing with two topaz bulbs in his right hand, laughing and cursing as he walked down the stairs. Yao Chushun was wearing a red and purple jacket embroidered with money, and black pants and handmade cotton underneath.
The quality cloth shoes look like a modern version of Huang Shiren.
"Master Gu, you are getting richer and richer by dressing up like this!" Xu Zhengyang said with a smile.
"You're so rich." Although Yao Chushun said this, his face was twisted into a flower, and he smiled and cursed: "You bastard, where have you been wandering around in the sky these days, and you are still thinking about it.
You let this guy Chaojiang kidnap you, and you called your home phone several times, and I still had to lie."
Xu Zhengyang smiled and said: "I went out to do some things."
While talking, the two of them walked to a round table on the east side and sat down. Chen Chaojiang had already placed the wooden sculpture on the round table, while he stood beside it coldly.
"Huh? Newly carved by Chaojiang?" Yao Chushun's eyes lit up when he saw the wooden triangle. He stretched out his hand to touch it gently and admired it for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "It's a fly in the ointment, a fly in the ointment, you say you can carve one.
Forget about dragons, what's the point of bringing a crab up there? It's such a pity,"
"Master Gu, radish and cabbage, everyone has their own preferences. I really like this crab, haha!" Xu Zhengyang said cheerfully: "I have already agreed to Chaojiang. For this wood carving, Guxiangxuan will pay 100,000 yuan."
Buy it,"
"One hundred thousand?" Yao Chushun stared. "Are you crazy? Even without the crab, this thing is worth at most thirty thousand! This is Chaojiang's carving level, and it can be sold as a good handicraft.
Got it!"
Xu Zhengyang smiled and said: "In the antique business, your Gu master's mouth is like a bureaucracy."
"No, no, Zhengyang, we are open for business. Don't just be happy and fool around." Yao Chushun is very serious in this regard.
Chen Chaojiang looked cold on the side, unable to tell whether he was happy or unhappy.
Xu Zhengyang seemed not to care at all, and said with a smile: "Come on, to be honest, I have taken a liking to this wood carving and put it on my desk. Well, it will be included in Guxiangxuan's accounts."
"You're a bastard!" Yao Chushun immediately glared and said angrily, "Okay, that's it. I'll write a check later."
Yao Chushun had no choice, considering that there was a rosewood stand on his desk with an expensive jade Ruyi on it. Xu Zhengyang was still half the boss of Guxiangxuan after all. Although Guxiang
Xu Zhengyang has basically never stayed in Xuan's office since the new store opened, but it's okay to ask for a few antiques to be placed in the room.
Then Yao Chushun secretly thought about Xu Zhengyang's thoughts, probably taking into account Chen Chaojiang's mood? So the old man Gu Ye immediately smiled and said: "Actually, Zhengyang, it's not that I'm not happy, our business is different from others.
Same thing, let’s just say that this wood carving is unique in creativity and meticulous in carving. It can be called a master’s degree. For someone who really knows the business, I would be willing to spend tens of thousands more, let alone 100,000. The problem is, “Nowadays, people have
How many people are really knowledgeable? They only look at whether something looks good, right?"
Xu Zhengyang smiled and nodded, thinking that Mr. Gu was really mature. He waved and said, "Jiayu, bring this wood carving to my office and put it on the table."
"Hey." Wang Jiayu agreed and stepped forward to hold up the wood carving.
"Be careful, don't bump into each other." Gu Ye reminded from the side.
Wang Jiayu became more and more cautious as he carried the wooden sculpture up to the second floor.
After chatting for a while, Xu Zhengyang asked seriously: "Master Gu, I have two things to do with you."
"Huh? Tell me." Yao Chushun looked surprised. Xu Zhengyang really rarely asked him questions about antiques.
"A hundred years of ice and iron, a thousand years of dead wood roots, have you ever seen these two things?" Xu Zhengyang asked.
When he was taking a bath in the sauna, Xu Zhengyang squinted and recalled the experience of this trip to the underworld. Without tolerance in the underworld, there were fewer rules that should have been there, so it was a bit chaotic. Although this
For the time being, Xu Zhengyang is not capable or qualified to take charge of things, but one day when he becomes Cheng Long, he will go to the underworld and occasionally intervene.
Hu Mo Luqi is in this world. As Fei Gan, the subordinate of Chenglong in Zehe City, he really needs more artifacts. The Soul Beating Whip is such an awesome thing that can destroy the souls of living people.
Not only being knocked out of the body, but also being able to severely punish the ghosts. Thinking of those evil ghosts who are still crying and howling in the Santu River and enduring torture, Xu Zhengyang felt a burst of anger in his heart. Damn it, those little ghosts dared to laugh at them back then.
Is it okay to despise this judge?
Yao Chushun frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Although there are thousand-year-old dead wood roots, they are difficult to find. However, there are thousand-year-old dead wood. This thing is actually the ebony."
"What is ebony?" Xu Zhengyang asked doubtfully, "I've never heard of such a tree."
Yao Chushun smiled and explained: "Ebony trees are actually trees from the past. Earthquakes, floods, and mudslides buried all ground plants and organisms in low-lying places such as ancient river beds. Some of the trees buried in the mud became depleted of oxygen.
Under high pressure, under the action of bacteria and other microorganisms, ebony is formed through a carbonization process that lasts for thousands of years, so it is also called "carbonized wood". Because it is buried underground for many years and has heavy moisture, it is also called "carbonized wood".
"Gloomy Wood" Well, it is also known as the Oriental Sacred Tree or Plant Mummy. Although this thing is expensive, it is not too rare. But if you just talk about the roots, there are even fewer. I think there should be some.
"Oh," Xu Zhengyang realized, and said: "Master Gu, help me pay attention, or contact me to see who has ebony roots. No matter how much it costs, buy it for me."
"What did you buy that thing for?"
"It's useful, haha." Xu Zhengyang smiled.
Seeing Xu Zhengyang's unclear answer, Yao Chushun didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and said, "Okay. How much do you want?"
"One or two items will suffice for the time being. A thought suddenly flashed through Xu Zhengyang's mind, and he immediately said: "As much as you can find."
"Fuck, that thing is very expensive. Why do you need so much?"
Xu Zhengyang smiled and said nothing.
Yao Chushun didn't ask any more questions and said: "As for the century-old ice iron, I've never heard of it. Oh, it does exist in martial arts, but it's all fiction. But if you understand it literally, it should be on the ice.
Is that the iron block that has been frozen for more than a hundred years?"
"Probably" can be said to be true." Xu Zhengyang was not sure either.
"This thing is worthless and no one is going to get it. It's hard to find it here." Yao Chushun shook his head and said, "If you go to the southwest or the far northwest and look for it on the snow-capped mountains that never melt all year round, you should have it, but
Most of them are buried in the snow and are hard to find. "I said Zhengyang, this thing is really worthless, so don't bother, it's a useless thing."
Xu Zhengyang nodded and said: "Well, I understand, you first look for the ebony root
"Okay, I'll contact you right away. Yao Chushun saw that Xu Zhengyang was very serious, so he took it seriously, got up and walked to the second floor.
"Master Gu, you look for it first. Chao Jiang and I went home. We have been out for ten days and have not returned home yet. Xu Zhengyang stood up and said.
"Oh, come back, come back, I'll call you if there's news from Wumugen." Yao Chushun turned around and responded.
Xu Zhengyang greeted Jin Changfa, Jin Qiming, and Wang Jiayu one by one, and then walked out of Guxiangxuan with Chen Chaojiang.
The two drove their motorcycles to the "Shenghua Supermarket" and bought two bottles of Wuliangye and some other things before rushing to their hometown. Xu Zhengyang was sitting on the back of the motorcycle, holding a big bag in his hand. It was really a bit confusing.
It was inconvenient, so I suddenly felt that it was time to buy a car. He and Chen Chaojiang had already had their driving licenses issued by Dong Yuebu, and they had graduated from driving school.
As soon as the motorcycle left Chenghe City, Xu Zhengyang felt his phone vibrating in his arms, so he patted Chen Chaojiang on the shoulder and motioned for him to pull over.
After the motorcycle stopped, Xu Zhengyang took off his helmet and gloves, took out his mobile phone from his arms, and looked at the mobile phone number. It turned out to be a call from Dong Yuebu. Xu Zhengyang answered:
"Hello, Master Dong, I am Zhengyang."
"Zhengyang, I have been trying to contact you these days, but I haven't been able to contact you."
"Oh, I've been out for a while, what's the matter with Master Dong?" Xu Zhengyang asked, thinking that it was probably Chen Chaojiang who didn't take Dong Yuebu too seriously at all, so even though he took Dong Yuebu's call,
No notification was given.
Dong Yuebu hesitated for a moment and said: "It's nothing. I just want to tell you that Wen Qi has been discharged from the hospital. Now she can just live at home to recuperate. Well, when you have time, come to our house and sit down. Our family will treat you."
Have a meal.”
"No, no, you're welcome, Master Dong." Xu Zhengyang said with a smile.
"You haven't been to our house before. You are a guest and you recognize our family. Head office?"
Xu Zhengyang had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will pay you a visit when I have time in these two days. Haha, I will call you in advance.
"Okay, it's a deal!" Dong Yuebu said quickly.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhengyang didn't think about anything else. He put on his helmet and gloves and signaled to Chen Chaojiang that he could leave.
The motorcycle speeds south.
Regarding Dong Yuebu's invitation, Xu Zhengyang felt that he was just grateful that he had helped their family a lot last time and wanted to express his gratitude. Whether he went to his home as a guest, it was hard to refuse such hospitality. After all, he had a good relationship. If he
If you insist on not doing it, it will make people feel like you are taking advantage of yourself.
This is the case. Dong Yuebu's family of three are truly extremely grateful to Xu Zhengyang.
It’s almost the same time since Yuan Suqin was discharged from the hospital. Yu Shuhua and Dong Wenqi have never seen Xu Zhengyang again. Although Dong Yuebu met Xu Zhengyang twice later, it was when he helped him apply for a driver’s license. I want to treat Xu Zhengyang to a meal.
During the meal, Xu Zhengyang excused himself by saying he didn't have time.
After their daughter was discharged from the hospital, mother and daughter have been complaining about Dong Yuebu. Xu Zhengyang is a great benefactor to our family, so he has to treat people to a meal to express gratitude. Not to mention going to those high-end restaurants, even if they have money, they don't care.
This "inviting people to your home as a guest is a must."
Dong Wenqi was even more grateful and curious about Xu Zhengyang.
She felt that this young man, who was young, average-looking, and always had a silly smile on his face, was really a very upright and strange wonderful man. The whole family was obviously from the countryside, and although they were rich, their conversation was all country slang.
However, he was able to talk to the police chief, and he dared to directly and roughly beat people to retaliate and vent his anger."