"Second brother, wasn't it just that that kid cheated you out of 8,000 yuan? Let's find a place to make a deal and we'll get it back. Why don't we just stare here all day?"
At the east exit of Luochuan City Antique Market, two people were squatting at the entrance of an alley smoking cigarettes. The lean one among them was the middle-aged man who had approached Su Xiaofan before, and the younger man next to him had a stern look on his face.
I'm impatient, the weather is getting hot a bit early this year. Even though it's only mid-May, the temperature at noon is already over 30 degrees. Even if I'm squatting here without doing anything, I'm covered in stinky sweat.
Neither Su Xiaofan nor Zheng Dagang misjudged this group of people. They were really just robbing tombs to make money from the ancients. Usually, those who do their job work day and night. They sleep at home during the day and work in the fields at night.
Today it was the other way around. Staying outside in the hot weather made this young man very uncomfortable and he became impatient even when talking.
"You know what the hell, I'm here for the eight thousand yuan?"
Wu Chuanbao, who was called the second brother, took a long drag on his cigarette, put the cigarette butt on the sole of his shoe, crushed it vigorously, and said angrily: "The bronze ware that the boy took out is simply not worth it on the market or in major museums.
It has never appeared before. Even if his piece is a replica, it must be based on the real thing. As long as we bite this kid, we can take out the real thing."
"Second brother, how much did you pay over there? Are you so concerned about it?"
The young man’s name is Wu Chuanpeng, and he is the fifth brother of Wu Chuanbao’s family. Those who work in their profession are basically either from the same village or from the same family, because outsiders cannot believe it. Even now, if it had been a few decades earlier, it would have been inevitable to go to the grave to touch things.
It was his son, and I was waiting at the entrance of the thief's cave to lure him in, because it often happened that sons tried to cheat me when they saw the money, but I had never cheated on my son. Over time, it became a rule in this industry.
Although not so many people abide by this rule now, most of them are still formed by blood or ties with the same village in Tongxiang. Grave robbing gangs rarely recruit outsiders to join. This is the case with Wu Chuanbao's tomb robbing gang. Everyone in it
They all have the surname Wu, and they are all related to each other, and the most distant relationship does not go beyond the fifth service.
"Lao Wu, the matter has not yet been completed. Don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked. Have you forgotten the rules?"
Hearing Wu Chuanpeng's words, Wu Chuanbao's face couldn't help but darken. Those who work in their profession actually have a very careful division of labor. There are those who explore geomantic omen, locate caves and find tombs, there are those who dig and rob holes to work hard, and there are those who go to the tombs to retrieve things.
, and the other is to find buyers. Everyone is responsible for their own part of the matter, and no one can break the rules.
Wu Chuanbao had been engaged in the smuggling of cultural relics in the south in the early years. He had many channels at hand. It was logical that he became the one in the gang responsible for finding the next seller. Everything was taken out from the ground and handed over to him. Then Wu Chuanbao
The treasure will be photographed and passed on to his old customers. After someone takes a fancy to it, the price will be discussed. Finally, Wu Chuanbao will deliver the goods and the transaction will be completed. This process is complete.
Speaking of which, Wu Chuanbao's tomb robbing gang can be regarded as self-produced and self-sold, and can maximize profits. Some tomb robbing gangs have worked hard to pick up the things, but because they have no channels to sell them, they can only sell them at a low price.
After selling it, it ended up being cheaper than those cultural relic brokers.
"Second brother, I didn't mean that." Seeing Wu Chuanbao's face sinking, Wu Chuanpeng suddenly felt a little guilty. In their group, except for the elder Wu family member who they all called Third Master, there were few
Wu Chuanbao has the highest status. After all, the channel of shipment determines their profits. If the goods cannot be sold at a high price, they will all have to drink the northwest wind.
"Lao Wu, someone from Xiangjiang specifically requested the items this time." Seeing the appearance of his fifth brother, Wu Chuanbao felt that he was a little too harsh. After all, after the money was sold, things still had to be distributed. Although everyone
The amounts received are different, but the accounts are public, and Lao Wu also has the right to know.
"They paid this amount." Wu Chuanbao stretched out his hand and said in a low voice: "And depending on the quality, you can add more money. Lao Wu, do you think I can stop paying attention?"
"Fifty thousand?" Wu Chuanpeng was stunned when he heard this. A single item worth fifty thousand is already considered very good.
"Fifty thousand? Lao Wu, you are too short-sighted." Wu Chuanbao sneered.
"Five hundred thousand?" Wu Chuanpeng couldn't suppress his voice, but he immediately realized it, looked around quickly, and lowered his voice and said: "Second brother, this thing was just a woman's headdress in ancient times, how could it be
Is it worth that much?”
Wu Chuanpeng has been fighting with his family for several years, and he has some understanding of the market prices of various objects. The best things to sell for the things in the tomb are jade and porcelain. These two items have high circulation, many people collect them, and the market
It is also the most recognized, and there are people at home and abroad who can take over.
The most difficult thing to encounter in an inverted bucket is calligraphy and painting. Because the tomb is damp, it is difficult to preserve calligraphy and painting. Some of the calligraphy and painting hanging in the tomb chamber were weathered as soon as the robbers opened the hole. However, once you can encounter the well-preserved calligraphy and painting of famous people,
Then you can make a lot of money. As for bronzes, important items are important items, but the state's crackdown is too strong, and the risk of exporting them is also very high, so the price is often kept very low.
"You ask me, who am I going to ask? The map over there asked me to find this object, otherwise I might be tricked by that kid?"
Wu Chuanbao shook his head depressedly. He has been doing this business for more than 20 years. He has handled countless cultural relics. As long as they come out of the soil, you can smell them with a real or fake nose.
When I came out, I unexpectedly fell on a young boy.
Losing 8,000 yuan was not a big deal, but the regular customers in Xiangjiang wanted this item by name, and even raised the price by another 300,000 yuan. This forced Wu Chuanbao to come back to Su Xiaofan again, because according to the
According to the buyer, Su Xiaofan would not be able to make such a high-quality imitation if he did not have the real thing.
"This thing is so valuable, how can this kid have a real one?" Wu Chuanpeng glanced at the antique market, "Second brother, let me tell you that we might as well go look for a few more tombs, maybe we can come across it, you
Didn’t we say before that many tombs in the Qin and Han Dynasties contained such things?"
The three sects and nine streams in the world are divided into their own. Wu Chuanpeng and the others are the ones who eat the food of their ancestors. Although they are too timid to do this, force is not their strong point. And he can also see that the boy named Su is playing antiques.
There are quite a lot of connections in the market, so if someone is really playing tricks, they may not be able to take advantage.
"You think I don't know." Wu Chuanbao said angrily: "These things are basically scattered in the tombs. Unless the archaeologists use a brush to clean them bit by bit, they can find them. If we want to find a
Complete, it just depends on luck, it's not as simple as you said."
Wu Chuanbao had seen hoopoe before, but they were all incomplete. Such small objects were buried in the soil, and it was impossible to find them without careful attention. It was the most convenient way to make an idea from Su Xiaofan.
"Lao Wu, Mang Mountain has not been peaceful recently. The third master said that we will not go to the ground during this period." Wu Chuanbao suddenly showed a look of panic on his face.
"Second brother, I listen to you and Third Master." Seeing the expression on Wu Chuanbao's face, Wu Chuanpeng couldn't help but shudder. He knew what the second brother was talking about.
It's strange to say that since the Chinese New Year this year, things have happened one after another to the local masters who were making a living around Luochuan City. It's not that they were caught by the police, but that there were several accidents during the process of robbing tombs.
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First, there was the gang in northern Sichuan. When they were at an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty, the cave suddenly collapsed and the two people who went down were buried alive. Even the man guarding the entrance of the cave was not spared. The entire gang was responsible for selling the stolen goods.
The person who was not at the scene escaped unhurt, but was frightened and left Luochuan without a trace.
There is also a gang in Xishan. It took half a year to dig up a large tomb of the Qin Dynasty. The gang was relatively strong, and the holes were reinforced. Everyone wore oxygen masks when they went down, because it was a large tomb.
, there were a lot of things inside, five people went down at that time, and three people stayed behind when they came up.
What people didn't expect was that the five people went down there for more than two hours, but there was no movement at all. Seeing that it was about to break out, the three people who were guarding the top couldn't hold it in any longer, so they all went down one after another.
Of the eight people, only one came up in the end, but the man who came up was crazy. He just knelt at the entrance of the robber's cave and kowtowed. When the nearby villagers found him, he was already kneeling there and dead.
The tombs of the Qin Dynasty were robbed and people died, which naturally alarmed the relevant departments. The local archaeological department originally wanted to conduct protective excavations, but unexpectedly, just one day after the excavation, a man hired from a nearby village died.
It is said that the migrant workers and even the garrison were alerted at that time. In the end, experts came from Yanjing and concluded that there was mercury poisonous gas in the tomb. The conditions for excavation were not yet available, so they buried the stolen hole.
These two incidents caused a big fuss, especially in the fighting circles. Almost everyone knew about it. There were rumors that the Mangshan underworld was disturbed, and those who took action to punish them were also said to have dug up zombies. All of them were
I was so angry that all kinds of rumors were flying all over the place.
Those who deal in the dead naturally have a little more respect for the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. As soon as these two incidents came out, almost no one dared to fight upside down in Luochuan. Many gangs went to Shaanxi and Shanshan provinces. For a time, they were originally
Luochuan City, which was plagued by tomb robbers, has become clearer and clearer, and its public security has improved a lot.
"It's really weird. I went to the tomb some time ago and I always felt like I was being watched by something. Second brother, let's go back and find an expert to take a look at it and ask for an amulet or something." When talking about this matter.
Well, even under the bright sun, Wu Laowu felt chilly on his body.
Recently in Luochuan City, especially in the area close to Mang Mountain, some inexplicable things always happen. A very evil thing also happened in the village where Wu Chuanpeng and the others rented a few days ago. I wonder if it was caused by hormones.
After feeding too much feed, the dozen or so big roosters of a large chicken farmer in that village pampered thousands of hens in one night, and the whole village was in a state of chaos and chaos.
As soon as this incident came out, Wu Chuanbao and others were so frightened that they immediately vacated their house in the village and rented it in Luochuan City. It was precisely because of this that he met Su Xiaofan who was running a street vendor.