Three years ago, Zhang Qi participated in an archaeological work as a student of Liu Zhenguo. At that time, he was the deputy leader of the archaeological working group, and the leader was a senior brother who was several years older than him.
At that time, they were excavating the tomb of an official from the Song Dynasty. After the tomb was unsealed, Zhang Qi and the team leader were the first to enter.
The official's tomb was not big, so the two of them entered the main cave directly, but at that time they found a burial coffin, and on top of the burial coffin were two things, a jade pendant and a jade ruyi.
The salary of archeology is actually not high, and you have to deal with some boring cultural relics all day long, staying in dark tombs or cultural relic research rooms every day. It can be said that if it were not for the love of this industry, it would really be
It's hard to stay.
However, love cannot be used as a living, especially in this era where everything costs money. At that time, Zhang Qi already regretted why he chose this industry in the first place.
What happened to be the same was that his senior had the same idea as him, so when they saw some cultural relics placed on the coffin, both of them had some thoughts.
There were definitely not just one or two people entering the tomb during the archaeological excavation, but before the people behind him came in, Zhang Qi and his team leader looked at each other, and at this moment they both understood each other's eyes.
the meaning revealed in it.
Zhang Qi's senior brother directly took away a piece of jade pendant on the coffin, and Zhang Qi put the jade Ruyi into his bag. When the people behind came in, they didn't even know about the jade pendant and jade pendant on the coffin.
Ruyi has disappeared.
Of course, no one doubted Zhang Qi and his senior brothers. After all, one was the team leader and the other was the deputy team leader.
Zhang Qi was a little panicked at first, but as the archaeological work ended, he finally felt relieved when the records found in the tomb did not mention those two cultural relics.
Because this was not a big tomb, the superior department did not check it too carefully. After he and the senior brother's report was written and submitted, the superiors reviewed the excavated cultural relics and filed them away. This also led to Zhang Qi's
And his senior brother finally succeeded in hiding a cultural relic and stealing it himself.
"Bad thing!"
Liu Zhenguo couldn't sit still anymore, his whole old face turned red with anger, and he stood up tremblingly. Hua Borong on the side saw this and quickly stepped forward to support him.
"Teacher, I already know that I was wrong. I was obsessed at the time. I have been suffering from the condemnation of my conscience for the past three years."
Zhang Qi looked guilty, but Fang Ming showed a sneer on his face at this time. If Zhang Qi really knew that he was wrong, he would not take out the jade Ruyi and sell it three years later. It is clear that
I just felt that the limelight had completely passed, and taking out Yu Ruyi at this time would not arouse anyone's suspicion, so I waited until now.
You must know that a newly unearthed cultural relic is completely different from a cultural relic passed down from family. Due to the influence of the air and various aspects, the color and smell of many newly unearthed cultural relics are distinctive. An experienced person can tell this at a glance.
See it.
This is the reason why Zhang Qi waited for three years to sell the jade Ruyi. In the past three years, he must have tried to find a way to remove the earthy smell from the jade Ruyi, and judging from the appearance of the jade Ruyi, Zhang Qi
No doubt it was done, even Liu Zhenguo and Hua Borong were deceived.
"You know you are wrong. You know you are wrong and you still sell this jade Ruyi. Do you really think that I am an old man and my brain is not good enough?"
Liu Zhenguo gasped in anger, and Zhang Qi quickly defended, "Teacher, I can't help it. The mistake has already been made. If I turn myself in, my whole life will be ruined as a student."
An archaeological supervisor who commits suicide will not only bear legal responsibility, but from now on he will no longer be used by any archaeological team, and he will not even be able to survive in this industry.
"Okay, Mr. Liu, don't be angry. This time we are here to solve the problem. As for Mr. Zhang's stealing of cultural relics, Mr. Liu, you can handle it later."
Hua Borong comforted Liu Zhenguo. The meaning of his words was also very clear. It was Zhang Qi who stole cultural relics. As for how to deal with Zhang Qi and whether to call the police or not, that is a matter between you, teachers and students.
From Hua Borong's point of view, he really hopes that there will be some people like Zhang Qi, because without these people, where can they get antiques? Of course, this kind of antiques, if the national treasure-level treasures are given to Hua Borong
He wouldn't dare to accept it even if he had the guts, and he wouldn't accept it either.
National treasures should be kept in museums for all the people to appreciate, because they belong to the entire country. He still has this ideological awareness.
"Teacher, I will accept whatever punishment you want to punish the student, but now I ask Boss Fang to save me."
Zhang Qi used the word "punishment" very cleverly. Fang Ming also saw Zhang Qi's little thoughts very clearly. This kind of person just wants to use the emotional card to impress Liu Zhenguo.
However, Zhang Qi's plan was destined to fail, because he could see from Liu Zhenguo's face that he was a somewhat stubborn person with a bottom line. Once someone touched his bottom line, there would be no mercy at all.
Obviously Zhang Qi's self-defeating behavior has already exceeded Liu Zhenguo's bottom line.
"Tell me about the origin of that tomb." Fang Ming continued to ask.
"That cemetery was the tomb of an official during the Tang Dynasty. Later, based on the cultural relics and some documents in the cemetery, we concluded that the owner of the tomb was named Jiang Zhe, and he was a recorder who joined the army in the Tang Dynasty."
"An officer." After hearing Zhang Qi's words, Hua Mingming on the side muttered.
"What kind of officer is that? If you don't study hard, you should talk less. This will save you embarrassment."
Hua Borong felt helpless for his son and explained: "Recording Affairs and Joining the Army is a title for an official position. It is an official subordinate to the princes, high officials and generals in ancient times. They have the power to supervise and impeach. Now it is equivalent to
He looks like a high-ranking city official."
Hearing Hua Borong's explanation, Fang Ming also smiled slightly. Joining the army as a recorder is somewhat different from that of a high-ranking official. However, people generally do not specialize in studying ancient history, and few can clearly distinguish what joining the army does.
The explanation can also be said in the past.
"We looked through some historical books but could not find Jiang Zhe. After all, a recorder who joined the army was not a big official. It is normal that there is no record. Because there were not many cemeteries unearthed in the Tang Dynasty, there was no special purpose for this.
After setting up a project, the archaeological team was eventually disbanded and the team members returned to their respective departments."
"Let's talk about the burial coffin. You must be opening the coffin later. What's going on inside the burial tomb?" Fang Ming was more concerned about the situation of the burial coffin. Although he already had a guess in his mind,
Still need to confirm.
Zhang Qi nodded and continued: "Well, after the main coffin was opened, we opened the burial coffin, but the strange thing is that there are no corpses inside, only a set of rotten women's clothes."
When mentioning the burial coffins, Zhang Qi's face showed a look of reminiscence. When they opened the burial coffins, the situation inside puzzled their entire archaeological team. It was really rare to see a coffin with only clothes.
Finally, they speculated that this coffin was probably prepared by Jiang Zhe for his wife, but later due to some reasons he was unable to bury his wife together with him, leaving only this piece of clothing.
The whole story has been told here. Zhang Qi looked at Fang Ming eagerly, "Boss Fang, you must save me. I know I made a mistake because of my greed, but I am not worthy of death."
Fang Ming ignored Zhang Qi and fell into thinking. The identity of the owner of the burial coffin was the key point. Only by figuring out the identity of the owner of the burial coffin could he know where Yu Ruyi's resentment came from.
"Didn't you say that you still have a senior brother? How is your senior brother doing now?" Seeing that no one spoke at the scene, Hua Mingming asked Zhang Qi curiously.
"He died a year ago. It is said that he suffered from some kind of illness and died suddenly. Since my senior brother and I have not seen each other since that excavation, I don't know the specific circumstances."
After all, it is not an honorable thing to guard oneself and steal. Since then, Zhang Qi and his senior brother have been deliberately alienated. Zhang Qi will know that the news of his senior brother's death was seen in the circle of friends of another team member.
information.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Qi seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly he had a sudden idea, "Boss Fang, could the death of my senior brother have something to do with that jade pendant?"
"There is a strong possibility."
Fang Ming nodded. This Yu Ruyi had so much resentment. If he guessed correctly, the jade pendant would also have it. Moreover, the resentment of the jade pendant broke out earlier. This was the real reason for the death of his senior brother.
"Fang Ming, what should we do now? How should we solve this matter?"
Hua Borong spoke. He was the only one who could say this at this time. Liu Zhenguo was still angry and naturally would not speak for Zhang Qi.
"It depends on the situation. If it's difficult to say, it's hard to tell. If it's not difficult, it's 200,000." Fang Ming pondered for a while and then said the price.
"Two hundred thousand?"
Zhang Qi's voice was a little louder. Two hundred thousand was almost his annual income.
"I said this is just a general situation. If it's difficult, I may not take action. As for whether you want it or not, you can choose. If you don't want to accept the price, you can leave now."
Zhang Qi had a resentful expression on his face, then his expression changed, and after a while he said seriously: "Okay, I agree."
"Although two hundred thousand is a big number, it is better than losing your life."
Fang Ming glanced at Zhang Qi, "Cash or transfer?"
"Do you want to pay me first?" Zhang Qi was stunned. He thought he would charge after the matter was resolved.
"I pay for everything here first. If I think it can't be solved later, I will only refund half of the money. You can think about it yourself."
After hearing Fang Ming's words, Hua Mingming's expression on the side became a little exciting, because he found that Fang Ming was really awesome. Fang Ming was definitely the first person to do business to this extent.