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Chapter 988: Deal in the Dark
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The dusk is getting darker, tired birds are returning to their nests, and the famous Famen Temple in the distance, which was originally bustling with tourists, gradually calms down amidst the sound of dusk drums.☆→The lights on the roadside also cut through the sky, making the night no longer dense.
As time goes by, under the night, the world becomes quieter and quieter.
In the early hours of the morning, a clear and melodious cell phone ringtone suddenly rang in the huge Hummer.
Liu Dong, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, immediately took out his mobile phone and looked at the caller ID. Sure enough, it was the mobile phone number of the horse-faced man!
"Sir, are you here?"
"I've been there a long time ago, just east of the intersection!" Liu Dong said.
"Okay, let's go there right away!"
"Um!"
After hanging up the phone, less than two minutes had passed, and Liu Dong saw from a distance that a dazzling light suddenly lit up at the intersection less than 20 meters ahead.
Seeing this, Liu Dong also opened the car door and walked out.
As the light approached, Liu Dong also spotted the horse-faced man walking quickly with a bright flashlight.
"Why are you alone? Where are the things?"
"The things will be coming soon! However, Mr. Liu, you also know that it is taboo for people in our industry. In order to avoid going to jail and being shot in the future, it is better to be careful at ordinary times!" The horse-faced man said, his eyes fixed.
Look around.
"Don't worry, I have no intention of playing tricks with you. Take the things out quickly and let me take a look. If there are no mistakes, we will trade immediately! After we are done, we will go our separate ways. No one will know each other from now on!" Liu Dong said.
"Hehe. This feeling is good!"
Although he agreed happily, the horse-faced man carefully observed the movement around him, then picked up the flashlight and turned it on and off three times toward the end of the road in the distance!
Not long after the signal was sent, a Jinbei medium-sized van drove slowly over without even turning on its headlights.
After the van stopped three meters away from Liu Dong's Hummer, four sturdy young men got out of the van.
After the horse-faced man ran over to introduce him, there was a young man in his early thirties who was wearing a black leather jacket, with a scar about two fingers long at the corner of his left eye, a slightly raised forehead, and a slightly sinister expression. He looked Liu up and down.
After taking a look at Dong, he strode over.
"Mr. Liu, right?"
"That's right!"
"I, Zhou Biao, am also the owner of this transaction with Mr. Liu!"
After briefly shaking hands with the other party, Liu Dong said: "I don't think we need to say more nonsense. Let's take a look at things first?"
"Haha, since Mr. Liu is quick to talk, I won't be verbose. The things are in the car, please!" Zhou Biao said and moved away.
Hearing this, Liu Dong strode toward the van without any precautions, his back completely exposed to Zhou Biao and the others. It was as if he didn't care whether they were playing tricks or not!
Seeing this, Zhou Biao was stunned for a moment, then gave his brothers a look that said he was holding off on taking action. Then he followed Liu Dong and strode towards the trunk of the van.
At this time, there was a young man next to him who had already opened the trunk of the van in advance. Under the bright light of a strong flashlight, two simple cardboard boxes appeared in front of Liu Dong.
One of the cartons is about 80 centimeters high. The other is shorter, just over 50 centimeters.
At this time, one of the three young men who came with Zhou Biao quickly jumped into the car and quickly opened the two boxes. Two of the items soon appeared in front of Liu Dong!
Of course, the first thing that caught Liu Dong's attention was the large bronze tripod with a height of nearly 80 centimeters. This large tripod was not the three-legged tripod that was common in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Instead, it was in the shape of a four-legged tripod from the Xia and Shang Dynasties.
The belly of the tripod is rectangular. The center of the four sides is decorated with reliefs of animal masks and Taotie patterns, and the edges are surrounded by cloud and thunder patterns. The trapezoidal ears are mainly decorated with double dragons holding rings, and the four legs are stout. The decoration is an elephant pattern common on bronzes!
Although the large tripod made by the pottery model method is not as exquisite as the one made by the lost wax method during the Warring States Period, the craftsmanship of this bronze tripod can still show the superb craftsmanship of bronze casting in the Shang Dynasty.
But the only regret that Liu Dong felt was that there was no inscription on this bronze tripod, which inherited the heavy and rough style of Shang Dynasty bronzes.
Without inscriptions on bronze vessels, their value will undoubtedly be much lower.
Relatively speaking, the Phoenix statue next to it is better. There are five layers of patterns on the pot with double phoenix ears. Except for the cloud patterns on the top and bottom layers, the other three layers from top to bottom are Taotie pattern, Chilong pattern and geometric pattern.
The rectangular pot lid is decorated with a pattern, and on the rectangular pot lid stands a flying phoenix that seems to be spreading its wings!
The most important thing is that there is an inscription on the inner wall of the pot body that Liu Dong most hopes to see. Although there are not many, in the pre-Qin era where small words and great meanings were advocated, seventy-six words can be considered a long article. After all, Mao Gong's tripod has 32 lines of 499.
The characters are said to be comparable to "The Analects of Confucius"!
The amount of information contained in ancient Chinese texts is far beyond that of modern vernacular texts!
The rich purple aura on the two bronze vessels undoubtedly provides the best explanation for their authenticity!
"Mr. Liu, what do you think of these two things? Are they good?"
Because he was in the dark night, no one could see the expression on Liu Dong's face clearly in the dim surrounding environment. Otherwise, they would definitely be able to see the expression on Liu Dong's face who had harvested a national treasure and a first-class cultural relic at this moment.
So happy.
"The stuff is very good, I want it!" Liu Dong said directly.
What a joke, you would be a fool not to give up such a good thing.
"Mr. Liu is really happy! That money...?"
"The money is in the car, please wait a moment!"
With that said, Liu Dong returned to his Hummer, picked up a password box from the back seat, and walked straight back.
Although time is limited and there is no way to go to the bank to withdraw money directly, the banknotes stored in Liu Dongjiezi's space that he can access at any time are enough for this transaction!
"This is the 2 million you want, every penny is worth!"
With that said, Liu Dong faced Zhou Biao and others with the opening of the password box, and opened the lid.
In an instant, almost all the bright flashlights in the hands of Zhou Biao and others were shined into the password box. After seeing clearly the piles of brand-new hundred-yuan bills neatly stacked inside and not even opened yet, Liu Dong knew very well.
I heard the sound of several people swallowing saliva.
And the greedy look on his face could be seen very clearly even if Liu Dong didn't use the relic Yuan Guang.
"Hey, Mr. Liu, I need to check it before the transaction!" Zhou Biao couldn't help but said excitedly as he rubbed his hands.
"It doesn't matter, this is what it should be!"
"Mr. Liu is really happy, so I won't be polite!" After saying that, Zhou Biao asked his men to hold flashlights, while he himself took out a bunch of banknotes from the box and started counting them!
After working for five or six minutes, Zhou Biao was relieved and at the same time, he was extremely happy when he got the 2 million Hua Xia coins.
"Mr. Liu is indeed a trustworthy person!"
After receiving compliments, Liu Dong smiled calmly and said, "Can the deal be completed now?"
"Yes, of course! Someone come and move the things to Mr. Liu's car!" Zhou Biao waved immediately.
"No, I can just move it myself!"
With that said, Liu Dong buttoned up the password box and threw it into Zhou Biao's hands. Then he strode to the trunk of the van. Then, under the shocked expressions of everyone who was confused at first and then almost bit off his tongue, he forcefully grabbed the two bronzes one by one with both hands.
He held it up.
Watching Liu Dong carrying two Shang Dynasty bronzes weighing no less than two hundred kilograms together, he put them into the trunk of his Hummer as easily as he carried two apples.
Zhou Biao and others couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in their hearts!
Originally, they were thinking about taking advantage of Liu Dong to kill the other party and get a huge sum of two million in vain. Now that they saw this scene, they immediately put away all their little thoughts.
"Mr. Liu's natural power is really admirable!" Zhou Biao immediately praised Liu Dong with a flattering tone when he saw Liu Dong closing the car door and walking back.
Although people are the spirit of all things, they also have the tendency to bully the weak and fear the strong, and this is especially true for people like Zhou Biao who live in a mixed society.
Liu Dong was too lazy to talk to them, "Okay, now that the deal is over, I should leave!"
"Haha, goodbye Mr. Liu!"
"No, we will never see each other again. This is good for both of us. What do you think, Mr. Zhou?" Liu Dong said immediately.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu is still very thoughtful and will never be seen again!" Zhou Biao said with a smile.
"gone!"
After waving his hand, Liu Dong no longer paid attention to what the other party said. After getting in the car, he quickly started the car, turned around on the highway, and then disappeared into the night.
After the headlights of Liu Dong's Hummer disappeared, the flattering look on Zhou Biao's face quickly disappeared. After thinking for a while, he said: "Old Ma, did you really find this person from the parking lot outside Famen Temple?
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"Brother Tian, I never dare to lie in front of you. I really found this man from the parking lot of Famen Temple this afternoon! And Liu Zi also saw it at the time!" the horse-faced man said quickly.
After he spoke, another young man wearing a black jacket with pimples on his face immediately said: "Yes, Brother Tian! I also watched that guy come out of Famen Temple with my own eyes, and then Lao Ma looked for him
Fuck him!"
After listening to the two brothers' narrations, Tian Ge, whose pseudonym was Zhou Biao, said thoughtfully: "It seems that you really hit the jackpot. You met such a powerful practitioner on your first business trip! I really want to make a move.
I'm afraid even if we tie them together, we won't be able to compete with them!"
"Yes! I have never seen a person with such strength. He can actually hold hundreds of kilograms of bronze as if he were playing with it. It's really amazing!" said the young man with acne in surprise and envy.
After the young man finished speaking, several people around him nodded, and at the same time they were very happy. Fortunately, they had not done anything before, otherwise they might not have succeeded in the robbery, but they would have been robbed instead!
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