The middle-aged man is mysterious and vague when he speaks, and he seems to be acting like an expert.
After all, everyone in the antique business is talented. If you don’t have some ink in your belly, you really can’t do this antique business.
Because Yuan Shasha's friend introduced him, the middle-aged man revealed a lot to Gu Chen and others.
To sum up, let Gu Chen and others go to Gaoquling to have a look, maybe there will be some unexpected gains.
According to what the man said, everyone hurried forward without stopping too much at the pedestrian street, and drove directly towards Gaoquling.
According to the navigation, Gaoquling is located in the northwest of Jiangnan City, at the junction of Jiangnan City and its sister cities.
And here, surrounded by mountains, transportation is not very convenient.
In the early years, residents of Gaoquling had to cross mountains and ridges if they wanted to go out.
The subsequent restoration of the winding mountain road was based on the previous dirt road.
However, with the continuous opening of domestic transportation arteries and the purpose of common prosperity, a highway runs through Gaoquling, opening up the connection between Gaoquling and the outside world.
Generally speaking, many road tunnels have been built on Gaoquling.
But the original residents of Gaoquling still live on the high mountains and are distributed on different mountaintops.
According to the navigation, Gu Chen drove all the way and stopped at an intersection under the winding mountain road.
Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, clicked on the electronic map, and analyzed it with everyone.
"The households here in Gaoquling are very scattered. It may take one village to find them. Everyone should be prepared to spend time."
"It doesn't matter. We're already here, so we can only try our luck." Officer Wang felt that as long as he followed Gu Chen, his luck wouldn't be too bad.
Lu Weiwei also said: "Let's follow this route first and ask as we go. If we all act together, we can always save some time."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha also said: "Most of the mountains here have to pass through this road. Let's drive all the way and ask about the villages when we encounter them. We can always learn something."
"That's it, everyone, sit down." Seeing that everyone was confident, Gu Chen no longer hesitated.
Start the vehicle directly and drive quickly towards the top of the winding mountain road.
There are very few vehicles on the road, mainly because most residents in the mountains live in urban areas, and only some elderly people are willing to stay in the countryside. It seems that they have long been accustomed to the mountain life here.
Therefore, from time to time, I will meet some old people on the road and take a leisurely walk.
Gu Chen came to the first village and parked the car at the intersection.
This is a relatively spacious flat land, and the surrounding buildings are also distributed on both sides of the road, built against the mountains.
Seeing a few old people chatting at the entrance of the village, Gu Chen took everyone out of the car and walked directly to the rural CBD center.
Gu Chen found an old man sitting in the middle and took the initiative to say hello to him: "Hello, sir, we are from the Furong Branch. We have something to ask you."
"Tell me." The old man was chatting with a few old ladies. When he saw the police suddenly coming, he was also very curious.
Gu Chen took the metal plate wrapped in a transparent evidence collection bag directly to the old man and asked, "Have you seen this thing before?"
"What is this?" The old man looked surprised and looked through it carefully.
Seeing this, several other old ladies also gathered around one after another.
Everyone discussed for a while...
Gu Chen reminded him, "Have you ever seen this symbol and totem?"
"No, I've never seen this thing before." The old man shook his head, feeling a little unfamiliar.
But one of the old ladies said: "Comrade police, this thing feels like an antique."
"Have you seen it?" Seeing that the old lady seemed to have some clues, Gu Chen quickly asked her.
The old lady waved her hand and said, "I've never seen this thing before, but it looks like an antique."
"Some people said that they have seen this kind of totem in the villages around Gaoquling." Lu Weiwei thought for a few seconds and then continued to add:
"And I saw that man when he came to collect antiques in the village of Gaoquling, which means he has appeared in your area of Gaoquling."
"Think again, the antique collector may have been to your village." Yuan Shasha on the side also reminded.
When several old people heard this, they all looked at each other and gathered around to discuss in low voices.
After a while, one of the old ladies said: "In the past few years, there have been quite a few antique collectors here in Gaoquling. They come one after another."
"Anyway, most of the valuable antiques in our Gaoquling area have been taken away by their group."
"Then have you ever seen these merchants collecting antiques?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, that's right." The old lady nodded silently and replied in an unclear dialect:
"They have indeed come, but they have come less often in recent years. After all, there is nothing to gain."
"But I just discovered that there were many people in our Gaoquling area, and there were quite a lot of antiques. At that time, there were also a lot of people who came here to collect goods and shop for treasures. Now they have basically disappeared."
The old lady seemed to like to talk a lot, and once she started talking, she would never stop talking.
Although Gu Chen heard a lot, most of it was nonsense.
The old lady didn't talk about the key points, but even so, Gu Chen was still able to get some specific information from what the old lady said.
That is, a few years ago, it seems that a famous antique dealer came to the village here to buy some antiques.
And there are quite a few people here who have these things, so as time goes by, more and more people buy antiques.
But after the news spread, several groups of people came and basically bought almost all the antiques of Gaoquling's generation.
Many of the genuine antiques circulating in the world were purchased by these gangsters from the Gaoquling area and sold at high prices.
It's no wonder that the middle-aged man said that there is something special here in Gaoquling.
In particular, the villagers in Gaoquling are not simple. Everyone has some antiques in their homes, so they can make a lot of money after selling them.
Having just entered the Gaoquling area and reached the first village, Gu Chen saw a problem from the structure of these people's houses.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In rural housing here, almost every household has a small villa.
The old people also live happily, and they were all newly built.
He must have made some good income from selling antiques in his house over the years.
The old man saw that Gu Chen was asking questions seriously, as if he was investigating a case.
So the old man approached Gu Chen and said meaningfully: "Young man, if you want to find someone who knows the symbols and totems of this kind of metal plate, you might as well go to the other side of the mountain and have a look."
"There is a village called Hejiacun. The villagers there were all foreigners before, but they all moved to Gaoquling later."
"But these people are descendants of the Northern Grave Robbers gang, so they have been living here for several generations, and every household has a lot of antiques."
"These people can make a lot of money just by selling their antiques."
After a pause, the old man continued: "So this Hejia Village, although it is located deep in the mountains and old forests, is very wealthy."
"Is Hejiacun right?" Gu Chen opened the map on his mobile phone based on what the old man said, and then started to check the location.
The old man also echoed and said: "Yes, it is called Hejia Village. In our Gaoquling area, everyone in this village has the surname He."
"Is this here?" Gu Chen found the location of Hejiacun and showed it to the old man for confirmation.
The old man was also kind-hearted and started to help identify the direction based on the three-dimensional map.
Not long after, the old man nodded and said, "Yes, this is the place. You can go directly here and ask."
"The villagers here are knowledgeable. Many of them are quite familiar with the history, culture and origin of these antiques."
"There are even businesses that resell antiques, and their hometown is right here."
"So magical?" Lu Weiwei also felt quite curious after listening to the various stories from the uncles and aunts.
Hejiacun?
Moving from abroad?
Descendants of the Northern Grave Robbers Gang?
These things alone were enough to make Lu Weiwei curious.
It’s no wonder that the middle-aged man who was on the pedestrian street before said that all the villagers here have a good background. He must have been talking about this.
"thank you all."
After getting the exact information, Gu Chen also expressed his gratitude to everyone.
Then, without stopping, he led everyone into the car and continued to rush towards Hejia Village in Gaoquling.
This time the location is deep in the mountains.
Gu Chen directly missed the villages along the way and prepared to go straight to his destination.
After all, according to this kind of carpet investigation in each village, even if the investigation is carried out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the task may not be completed.
But if you focus on the key points at this time, you may get unexpected gains.
Vehicles kept circling on the winding mountain road and encountered very few vehicles.
The feeling here is that it is typically sparsely populated.
After all, it is impossible to stay quietly in the mountains without a quiet personality.
Most of those who stayed to guard the village were elderly people who did not want to stay in the city.
After crossing the mountains and ridges, we arrived at the hinterland of Gaoquling, a village on the mountainside. The road signs for Hejia Village appeared one kilometer and 500 meters in front of the village.
Just looking at the layout of this village was enough to surprise Gu Chen.
A variety of beautiful new buildings are distributed in various locations on the mountainside.
And from the layout point of view, it is also very standardized.
Since this is a mountainous area, the planning of every inch of land is relatively strict.
But the feeling this place gave Gu Chen was that of a very comfortable village from an intuitive perspective.
Every household is a villa, and living here feels like a tourist resort.
Parking the vehicle on the basketball court in the center of the village, Gu Chen got out of the car and looked directly at the elderly people playing chess in front of him.
This group of old men, dressed in gorgeous Tang suits, sat together and had various arguments from time to time.
It seemed that Gu Chen and the others who drove here didn't take it to heart at all.
In the eyes of these old people, there seems to be nothing more interesting than playing chess.
"Uncle." Officer Wang walked up to the crowd and called.
But there was no reaction from everyone, and they were still arguing about the various moves on the chessboard.
Officer Wang continued to call a few times, but there was no response from the group of people, which made Officer Wang feel a little embarrassed for a while.
"Hey, these guys." It felt like they were all old chess fans. Officer Wang was about to go over again and tapped the chessboard with his hands.
So that these old men could turn their attention from the chessboard to themselves, but they were stopped by Gu Chen.
At this time, Gu Chen was also watching the deadlock on the chessboard.
I saw several people chatting incessantly.
An old man playing chess wants to mount his horse, but another old man next to him wants to use his pawn, and another one is clamoring to use cannon to general.
It seems that the two uncles around me are helping an uncle who is at a disadvantage to make suggestions.
On the other hand, another old man with a white beard sat there quietly, watching the three people arguing leisurely, but he picked up the thermos cup and drank tea leisurely.
Although this calm old man had already seen some police approaching, the chess game on the chessboard was the focus of his attention at the moment.
Officer Wang just shouted in his ear, but the uncle didn't pay attention at all.
Seeing the three old men in front of me still arguing, I felt that the level of these people was really like weaklings.
Just wait for these people to make a wrong move so that you can reap the victory.
Just as this calm old man with a white beard was waiting triumphantly to welcome his tenth consecutive victory, he found a handsome man beside him with a smile on his face and shaking his head from time to time to the arguments of the three old men.
Intuition told the white-bearded old man that this young policeman seemed to have seen through the chess game.
When the opponent's fat chess player insists on mounting the horse.
Gu Chen shook his head immediately and sighed quietly.
When the opponent advanced the pawn, Gu Chen held his forehead and shook his head again, as if feeling sad for the chess master.
Although the white-bearded old man was curious, he still used his trump card and directly mounted his horse to eat the opponent's chess pieces: "General!"
"Huh?" The fat man on the other side couldn't help but was stunned and hurried to the corporal.
"General!" The white-bearded man continued to dismount.
The fat man pulled the cannon back.
"If you move again, you have no moves." The white-bearded uncle grinned, as if he had no pressure to win.
"Oh my god, why did you lose again?" The fat uncle was very frustrated and pushed the chess piece directly: "I won't play anymore. I'll lose you ten games in a row. It seems I can't beat you anymore."
"Haha, when have you ever defeated me? You three cobblers are no match for me and Zhuge Liang."
The white-bearded old man won without any pressure. Then he turned to look at Gu Chen and said, "Young man, it looked like you understood just now. Do you know how to play chess?"
"I know a little bit." Gu Chen nodded silently and said modestly. After all, he has grown up with his parents' chess skills since kindergarten.
"Then do you know the safest way to make the move just now?" the white-bearded old man asked again.
Gu Chen nodded silently, then returned the chess pieces that had been captured a few moves ago, laid out the previous chess game, then raised the pawn and said:
"If it were me, I would have killed you just now."
"Then I'll mount the cannon here." said the white-bearded old man.
Gu Chen grinned: "Then I'll get on the horse again and eat your face."
The white-haired old man couldn't help but be stunned and continued to withdraw his horse.
Gu Chen got in the car directly.
The white-haired old man recommended the general.
…
The two went back and forth and began to attack each other.
The three men who had just lost the chess game suddenly became interested.
It feels like this attack and defense have restored the situation.
Gu Chen got on his horse to take advantage of the cannon, and said with a faint smile: "General, you have no choice."
"Um?"
The white-bearded old man's eyes widened, and he quickly reviewed the steps he had just taken, and then he suddenly felt regretful: "Damn it, you took this step just now, it turned out that you were trying to lure me into a horse, and you were careless."
Shaking his head, the white-bearded old man also smiled lightly and said: "This is a good move. If they had played like that just now, I might have lost."
"So I felt a little pity just now. The key is that the old man made the wrong first move, so every subsequent move is a series of chess games."
"This step is wrong, every step is wrong, so I am certain to be checkmate." Gu Chen also expressed his opinion.
The white-bearded old man was quite aloof before.
But when he heard what Gu Chen said, he was immediately curious.
The three old men sitting opposite him were also stunned at this time.
"Is that okay, young man?"
"You can see the flaws in this?"
"That's right, serial chess. If I had played like you just now, it wouldn't have been a dead end. Why didn't I think of that?"
The three old men also complained in various ways. It seemed that they were just one step away from defeating the white-bearded old man.
The white-bearded old man was also quite amazed, and asked Gu Chen: "Young man, I think you just figured out how to solve this chess game, so why didn't you tell me?"
"This is against the rules." Gu Chen said with a smile.
"Yes." The white-bearded old man nodded silently and said with satisfaction: "Watching chess without saying a word is a true gentleman. Well done."
Looking back at the three old men in front of him, the white-bearded old man also had a look of disdain: "Look at me, I know the basic rules of playing chess at a young age. The think tank you three cobblers have formed is not half as good as ours."
The level is really too weak.”
The white-bearded old man won the chess game and did not forget to mock his opponent.
Several old men immediately quit and retorted with all kinds of yells.
"You are the best chess player in our village, and we are all half-qualified. How can you compare with you?"
"That's right, you just like to bully us who are average chess players. Now you meet a master, right? This is like saying that there are people outside the world, and there are mountains outside the mountains. Don't be complacent."
"Haha, and he is still a young man. It seems that this young man is young and promising."
…
The three old men who lost the chess game were originally depressed because of the white-bearded old man's ten-game winning streak.
But Gu Chen took action to review the previous chess game, continuously switching from defense to offense, and unexpectedly turned the tables against the wind and won the game.
From this point of view, Gu Chen was able to vent his anger on everyone's behalf.
The white-haired old man nodded silently and was very satisfied. He couldn't help but murmured: "I, He Shaoqing, get really bored every time I play chess with you guys. I didn't expect a young master to come here."
He Shaoqing, who was addicted to chess again, immediately grabbed Gu Chen's hand and said: "Young man, hurry up, sit down and play another game with me, let me test your true level."
"I'm sorry, uncle, I came here to ask you something." Seeing that the uncle treated him as a tourist, Gu Chen, who was wearing a police uniform, hurriedly explained.
The fat old man sitting opposite the white-bearded old man immediately said jokingly: "He Shaoqing, didn't you see that he came here in a police uniform? He must be on official business. Who wants to play chess with you?"
"Haha." The white-bearded old man was not angry, so he raised his head and asked Gu Chen, "Then what are you doing here?"
"Oh, that's it." Lu Weiwei, who was standing behind Gu Chen, heard this and quickly took out the metal plate in her hand, handed it to the white-bearded old man and said:
"Have you ever seen anything like this?"
"What is this?" He Shaoqing, an old man with white beard, immediately took it in his hand and looked around.
But when he saw the totems and symbols in front of him, he frowned slightly.
This small change in expression was also captured by Gu Chen, thinking that this chess player named He Shaoqing might have actually seen this thing.
"Where did you get this thing?" He Shaoqing asked.
"It was sent by a seafood wholesaler, sandwiched in salted fish." Lu Weiwei said.
"Sent in salted fish?" He Shaoqing didn't seem to understand, and looked confused.
So Officer Wang quickly explained: "This is how it is. This seafood wholesaler sent several bags of salted fish, along with this metal plate, to our Furong branch."
"Then, the man returned to his warehouse and was killed with a poisonous needle not long after."
"Is there still such a thing?" Hearing Officer Wang's words, He Shaoqing also looked suspicious.
But Gu Chen also continued to add: "So we are very curious about this metal plate. We also asked some antique shop owners, and they told me that the symbols and totems on this metal plate have been seen in the Gaoquling area."
"And I saw it when Gao Quling's generation was buying antiques, so we came all the way here just to find out what the meaning of this metal plate is."
"There are also totems and symbols on this metal plate. We can't quite understand it, but if it has appeared in the Gaoquling area before, then I hope you can tell me what does this portend?"
After Gu Chen finished speaking, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha and Gu Chen stood in a row.
The other four uncles also gathered around.
Everyone was holding the metal plates and looking around, and seemed to be discussing in low voices.
The white-haired old man He Shaoqing, after handing the metal plate to the fat man next to him, also said seriously to Gu Chen: "I have indeed seen this thing, and this symbolic totem does come from our village."
"Is this really here?" Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha beside him, and couldn't help but feel happy.
It feels like everyone has gone all the way to Gaoquling to look for clues, and finally met someone who can understand the symbols and totems.
Gu Chen was a little excited here, but He Shaoqing on the other end sighed and said helplessly: "But I don't quite understand what this metal plate means."
"What did you say? You don't quite understand?" Officer Wang was a little incredulous and reminded him, "Didn't you just say that this thing originated from your village? How could you not understand it?"
"Yes, just now you said it originated from your village, we all heard it." Yuan Shasha also reminded quickly.
I just feel like this weird old man with a white beard named He Shaoqing talks in one way.
Gu Chen calmed down and continued to ask him politely: "Uncle He, this clue is very important to us. If you know the meaning of this totem and symbol, please tell me."
"Young man." He Shaoqing glanced at Gu Chen beside him and said seriously: "I can tell you the meaning of this totem."
"Say." Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder and pointed it at He Shaoqing.
Then Gu Chen took out his notebook and prepared to record it.
And He Shaoqing was also very cooperative and replied calmly: "I can only tell you that this is one of the totems of the northern tomb robbing gang."
"The Northern Grave Robbers Gang?" Gu Chen hesitated for a moment and then said politely:
"I was in the village at the foot of Gaoquling Mountain before and heard some things about your village."
He was afraid that some old men might misunderstand, so Gu Chen apologized in advance and said, "I'm sorry, they said that your village was moved here from other places, and it only lasted a few generations."
"And you were also part of a branch of the Northern Grave Robbers gang before, right?"
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, He Shaoqing was not angry, but grinned and joked with Gu Chen:
"You don't have to be so polite. We did move here from other places. There are many people in Gaoquling who know about our ancestors. It's not surprising for you to know."
Opening the thermos cup in his hand, He Shaoqing took a leisurely sip of tea and said calmly:
"I can also tell you that it was my grandfather's generation who moved to Gaoquling, but starting from my father's generation, we have stopped doing this business."
"Since my father's generation, we have been engaged in farming activities to support everyone, but every household has some antiques that have been passed down from that time."
"It was nothing at first, but then..."
Glancing at the luxurious villa at the entrance of the village, He Shaoqing also said angrily: "That family later, yes, that's the family."
Afraid that Gu Chen would not be clear about it, He Shaoqing specifically pointed out: "The children of that family, due to financial constraints, secretly took the antiques that had been collected at home for many years and sold them in the antique market. As a result, they were targeted by connoisseurs."
"So, what followed was countless practitioners in the antiques industry who worked tirelessly to come to us and buy various collections from our villagers' homes."
"Originally, we people lived in seclusion here. Our ancestors' ancestral precepts were to return to the mountains and wilderness. But after doing this, people outside knew that our village turned out to be the descendants of the Northern Grave Robbers gang."
"What happened next?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious when she heard this.
He Shaoqing smiled slightly and explained: "Then? Later, there was nothing we could do. More and more people came to buy from us."
"Oh, by the way, it was just a few years ago that these guys who bought antiques bought almost everything that every household of ours could take away."
"Didn't you make a lot of money?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious when she heard this.
But the fat man on the other side waved his hand and complained: "How can you make money? The things left in the hands of people like us are just worthless things. How valuable are they? No."
"Then it seems like all of your villas are newly built, right?" Officer Wang still saw something fishy and couldn't help but ask curiously.
He Shaoqing knew that he could not hide it from the police, so he said truthfully: "Yes, we used to have old houses here, but everyone can live comfortably."
"But after all this trouble, if you don't take out some of the stuff you have at home, these people will stay here every day, and they won't give up until they receive something valuable."
"And we have no choice. Being disturbed is not what we want to see, but the key is that once the rules of selling antiques are broken, there will be no time for peace."
With a faint sigh, He Shaoqing also said helplessly: "So, in order to prevent these people from disturbing you day and night, I made an agreement with them."
"That is to sell all the valuable antiques in our village to these people, and sell them all at once."
"Sell them all?" Lu Weiwei asked in shock.
He Shaoqing nodded silently: "That's right, just sell them all, once and for all."
"So in the summers of the past few years, our Hejia Village in Gaoquling suddenly became the most lively place in Gaoquling."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We held a night market and put all the antiques found in every household on the street stalls for sale, and we sold them for three days in a row."
"And in the past three days, those who receive goods and all kinds of trucks have blocked this road."
"Even if it's sold out in three days, there are still some people who won't leave, just waiting to pick up the missing items."
Smiling, He Shaoqing added: "But we didn't let them pick it up here. Just like that, another week passed. No matter how these people asked, they just didn't have it, and they were all sold out."
"So, from that time on, our Hejiacun finally slowly returned to peace, and we old bones basically sold out all the goods we had in our homes."
"Then...how much did it cost in total?" Lu Weiwei was very curious about this number.
After all, there is really no one who can display all the antiques in the village and sell them at the night market.
He Shaoqing also grinned, waving his hands and said: "Actually, it's not much. On average, the largest one sold for about 1 million yuan, and the smallest one sold for more than 400,000 yuan."
"So many?" Upon hearing what the white-bearded old man He Shaoqing said, Officer Wang was also stunned:
"Then you will become rich. Once these antiques are sold, no wonder every one of your households will live in a small bungalow."
"It's not bad." The fat man on the side grinned and said with some suffering: "Although everyone has exchanged all the antiques at home for money and built new houses."
"But from then on, all the things passed down from our ancestors were gone. In fact, we are still quite disappointed."
"Yes." As soon as the fat man finished speaking, another tall and thin man also answered:
"Logically speaking, those of us who are the descendants of the northern sect of tomb robbers have nothing to do with the occupations of several generations ago. We only rely on the collection of goods at home to remember that we are the descendants of the northern sect of tomb robbers.
"
"Selling out all the inventory at home now may mean resting on one's laurels. How the children and grandchildren will fare in the future depends on them."
"That's right." After listening to the words of the uncles, Gu Chen nodded silently.
Selling antiques like this is indeed resting on one's laurels.
But Lu Weiwei on the side was also very curious and continued to ask a few people: "Don't you keep some antiques at home?"
After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, the several uncles looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
He Shaoqing said: "Little girl, there is really no more."
"You have to know that tomb robbing has a profound history in our country, which attaches great importance to funerals."
"Because our Chinese people pay close attention to death and often bury many things with them in the tomb."
"Especially in the Han Dynasty, the trend of thick burials became more and more intense, which naturally gave rise to some tomb robbing groups and a complex tomb robbing culture."
Lying on the seat, He Shaoqing also gestured with his hands and shared what he knew one by one:
"For example, Guo Xie, the knight-errant in Sima Qian's works, was a tomb robber, while Cao Cao was the first person to scale tomb robbing and is also known as the founder of tomb robbing."
"But every line has its own rules. In fact, the same is true for tomb robbing, and based on different techniques, it is divided into southern and northern groups."
"I know." After hearing this, Gu Chen nodded silently and echoed: "The northern faction is more violent, while the southern faction is more moderate."
"Haha, that's right." Seeing that Gu Chen also knew something about it, He Shaoqing also said seriously:
"Usually, people like warlords use explosives to blow up tombs. This is a typical northern faction."
"As for those relatively moderate southern factions, they mainly focus on getting money. They basically have an attitude of respect for the owner of the tomb as long as he doesn't touch it."
"And we, the ancestors of the northern tomb-robbing gang, also felt that it was a bit unethical to do this business, so we quit."
"But in those days, if you wanted to get away with robbing someone's tomb, you had to hide."
"After all, our ancestors stole from wealthy families for fear of offending them."
"Of course, this was a long time ago."
"So you moved to Gaoquling in the south to avoid disaster?" Yuan Shasha said.
He Shaoqing nodded silently and admitted proactively: "I heard that this is the case, but I don't know exactly whether it is."
"After all, that is a matter of previous generations and has nothing to do with the generations after us."
"And we have long wanted to get rid of these collections in our homes at once."
"We don't know yet, which ones are inherited from our family? Which ones are stolen from other people's tombs?"
"In short, with the reputation of being a descendant of the Northern Grave Robbers gang, we people feel shameless even when we go out."
After a pause, He Shaoqing also looked helpless: "Since our identity was exposed a few years ago, the eyes of the villages in Gaoquling have changed when they look at us. They always feel that we are the descendants of thieves."
"It's also to get rid of these people who worry about it every day. After all, how can the descendants of tomb robbers not have antiques in their homes?"
"So you sold all the collections in the village a few years ago? In order to get some peace and quiet?" Gu Chen asked.
"Haha." He Shaoqing smiled slightly and nodded in recognition: "Yes, that's it. It's better to do it once and for all than to drag it out."
"Since then, we have had no antiques here, and the businessmen who bought antiques have stopped appearing, and this place has returned to its former tranquility."
"As for what you said, will there be any collection left behind? I tell you, no."
"Everything that can be sold is sold. After all, our elders are quite particular about items stolen from tombs."
After thinking about it, He Shaoqing also recalled and said: "Just take what my old father told me back then. He told me that there are some taboos about stealing the funerary objects in tombs."
"Although their generation no longer engages in this industry, some rules and culture are still passed down."
"What do you mean?" Gu Chen asked.
Before He Shaoqing could speak, the fat man interrupted and said: "For example, there are many things that cannot be taken. Even if you take them, you must get rid of them as soon as possible."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "People of the previous generation believed that it was unlucky to keep these things in their hands, such as long-life nails, which are the nails that nail the coffin. They are also called nails in the folk."
"Since each coffin is usually nailed with seven long-lasting nails to protect future generations, it also has a name called descendants' nails."
"No matter which name it is, its essence is for the deceased. It belongs to the underworld. No one wants to put them at home."
"Yes." Hearing this, He Shaoqing also took over the right to speak and said: "Three generations of us have always had a bad life. It seems to be a problem of Feng Shui, or it may be because there are these things from the underworld hidden in our homes."
"In short, I have always had a knot in my mind, and I don't want to keep these things forever. If they are ominous objects, I might as well sell them."
"People who are knowledgeable in the collecting industry never collect these things."
"But if someone is blind and takes those things back, it only proves that he is a novice and knows nothing about tomb robbing."
After thinking about it, He Shaoqing added: "As for this kind of totem, I have seen it once among the antiques in my house."
"Real or fake?" Seeing that He Shaoqing was finally willing to let go, Gu Chen quickly asked: "Then what kind of antique did you see it on?"
"I saw an ancient jade called Xueqin." He Shaoqing said.
"Xueqin ancient jade?" Lu Weiwei echoed, also expressing confusion.
But Gu Chen nodded silently, thinking back and said: "This kind of jade should also be called thousand-year blood jade. The ancients said that when the deceased was buried, people would put a piece of jade in the mouth of the deceased."
"And if this thing is stuffed into a person before he takes his last breath, it will fall into his throat when he takes his last breath."
"It entered the body's blood pool. After a thousand years, the jade was soaked with rotten blood, and the blood color reached to the heart of the jade."
"It has become the so-called blood jade. This kind of thing is too evil. You should not touch it at all. Although it is precious, a real collector will never collect it."
"That's right." Seeing that Gu Chen understood this, He Shaoqing added, "There is another kind of soul-suppressing beast."
"Soul-suppressing beast?" When Yuan Shasha heard this, she shrank her neck in fear.
But He Shaoqing grinned: "Based on its name, we can know its purpose, which is that Chinese people believe that after death, people fall into reincarnation, and they often encounter evil ghosts on the way."
"In order to protect the deceased from evil spirits, people will use this soul-suppressing beast to drive away ghosts."
"If anyone puts this thing at home, he is undoubtedly a fool. Putting feminine objects in the Yang house is undoubtedly a curse on himself."
"But now there are many people who don't know this thing and put it at their door. It's scary to think about it."
"Also, don't steal coffins. You must know that the coffins of ancient dignitaries were made of the best materials."
"It may be made of nanmu or even gold coffins. These materials are very valuable. If stolen and processed, they can be exchanged for a good price."
"The reason why grave robbers don't steal is because they respect the deceased."
Taking a deep breath, He Shaoqing also said earnestly: "Our previous generations believed that if you steal the place where the deceased lives, you will receive the curse of the deceased."
"And we discovered that the tomb-robbing team actually believed in the rules, but at the same time they betrayed their companions. This seemed out of place and contradictory."
"However, birds die for food, and humans die for wealth. All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit."
Looking at the policemen in front of him, He Shaoqing also smiled bitterly and said: "Finally, tomb robbing is illegal, and people of our generation no longer do this."
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