The photo album Uncle Ming showed me was full of various coffins.
The lids of the coffins were all open, revealing the mummies inside.
They were all of different ages and styles.
Some have one coffin and one corpse; there are also two corpses lying on their sides facing each other, which is a couple who share a coffin; there are even dozens of mummies gathered in a huge coffin, all covered with transparent cabinets that isolate the air.
To say it is a private collection is more like an exhibit in an exhibition hall.
I asked Uncle Ming what these mummies were for.
Some people collect antiques, but it is unexpected that some people want real "antiques".
I had heard that mummies from Xinjiang could be sold for a lot of money before, but it was the first time I had collected so many of them.
It was an eye-opener.
Uncle Ming said that many foreign museums specialize in purchasing well-preserved ancient corpses.
These corpses are cultural relics that solidify the beauty of eternal death, and contain huge commercial and cultural value.
Uncle Ming said to me, Brother Hu, since you have seen my collection, can you let me see the price of the ancient corpse-suppressing mirror you got from Yunnan?
Or you can exchange it for which of my antiques you like.
Can.
I secretly thought that this Uncle Ming was a discerning person.
Maybe he knew that the origin of the bronze mirror was unknown.
It would be better to use porcelain instead of telling him that the ancient mirror had long since ceased to exist.
So I asked Uncle Ming if there was any explanation about the origin of this mirror.
Uncle Ming smiled and said: "Brother Hu, you are still talking to me.
This bronze mirror is of no use to you, but it is of great use to me.
There is nothing better than this in the world to ward off evil spirits.
Speaking of the experience, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes yet I have seen it before, but when I heard it from some friends in the antique shop, I immediately thought that it must be an antiquity from before the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Shihuang is a Legalist.
You should know this, right?"
I only remember that during the "Cultural Revolution" there was a period of "Criticizing Confucianism and Criticizing Legalism".
It seemed that some Legalist theory was mentioned.
I couldn't figure out what it was about, so I had to pretend to understand and nodded.
Da Jinya said from the side: "We all know this.
There was such a theory when a hundred schools of thought contended.
It was a theory of country governance.
By the middle of the Han Dynasty, when Confucianism was respected, it had no roots."
Uncle Ming continued: "Don't tell lies in front of real people.
The bronze mirror that can restrain corpses and ward off evil spirits is a symbol of Legalism.
According to legend, it was built in Ziyang Mountain and can illuminate the four dimensions of heaven and earth, propriety, justice, integrity and shame.
According to records, in the Yellow River that year Ao corpse caused trouble and overturned the ship, so the King of Qin ordered people to use this mirror It was hung at the mouth of the river and troops were sent to guard it.
Until the change of Qin and Han Dynasties, this ancient mirror fell into the hands of the princes of the Han Dynasty, and finally ended up in Yunnan.
There is no ancient mirror in the world that can be mounted on a bronze coffin to restrain the corpse.
It’s the second time, give it to me, I will never let you suffer.”
After hearing the general idea, I felt a little pity in my heart, but there is no regret medicine in this world.
The price was right, but I didn’t have anything in my hand, so I told Uncle Ming bluntly, I don’t have any ancient mirrors at all, they are all fat people talking about trains, and you have to go to Babaoshan to listen to what he said at the front door. .
After saying that, I was about to stand up and leave, but Uncle Ming didn't seem to believe it and kept trying to persuade me to stay, so he had no choice but to stay for a meal.
Uncle Ming still thought that I was reluctant to give up my love, so he took out another ancient jade article and held it in front of me.
As soon as I saw it, I knew it was nothing vulgar.
It seemed that he wanted to "shoot" with me in exchange.
There are rules in our business.
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Neither party can do anything.
If you want to show it to others, you must first put it on the table and wait for the other party to pick it up and look at it.
You cannot hand it directly to your hand, because these things are valuable.
Once they are It fell to the ground and was damaged.
I can't tell who is responsible.
Since Uncle Ming was holding it in his hand, I couldn't take it.
I only took a few glances.
Although it was only a section as thick as my little finger, it was definitely a high-priced piece of merchandise.
Next to it, I felt all the scorching heat outside.
Nothing remains.
Da Jinya liked jade the most and was full of praise after seeing it: "The ancients said that jade grows in mountains and trees are moist, and it is produced in water and has fragrance.
Although this jade phoenix is small, when you take it out, the whole room feels so moist.
It really makes us feel comfortable.
I dare to ask which empress in the Tang Dynasty wore this."
Uncle Ming smiled proudly and said: "Brother Jin is still discerning.
Although the story of the empress Tianbao is a romance, there is also some real material in it.
It said that Concubine Yang swallowed jade to quench her thirst, which means This piece of jade.
This material is carved from a piece of ancient jade that has been sunk at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years.
The nature of jade is moist, and it has been immersed in sea water for a long time, which makes it more benign.
It can purge heat and moisturize, soften hardness and detoxify.
It is a priceless treasure, and it is also my favorite. a thing.”
Big Gold Teeth's eyes widened when he saw it: "Since ancient times, if you see an ancient corpse in a grave, there must be a large amount of beautiful jade in its belly.
The ancient jade taken out of the rice dumplings is priceless, not to mention that this is the daily life of the imperial concubine.
It's in your mouth."
As he spoke, he stretched his neck out and stuck out his tongue to lick it.
Uncle Ming quickly retracted his hand: "Are you mistaken?
You can't do it now.
After I switch it to you, you can lick it as much as you want.
You can just keep it in your mouth every day, and there will be no problem."
When Uncle Ming saw that I was silent, he thought the price was not high enough, so he took out an ancient painting, put on his gloves, and unfolded it for us to look at.
He also told me that as long as you nod your head, the deep sea jade, plus this original Song Dynasty painting of a cow under the setting clouds, will all be yours.
I thought to myself that Uncle Ming had a lot of good stuff, so I opened my eyes first before talking about it, so I didn’t comment and just looked at the scroll of ancient paintings.
Although our group of people usually look for antiques, they rarely come into contact with calligraphy and painting, and have never seen many authentic works.
However, after dealing with antiquities over the years, we have an intuition for such authentic things, and we have never seen them in ancient tombs.
One look at the murals, and you know that they are most likely genuine "elixirs".
The structure of the whole work is two large blocks cut diagonally.
The close-up view is dominated by dense trees, and an old cow is gnawing grass under the tree.
The lines are simple and smooth, and the brushwork is wonderful, which vividly and vividly outlines the old cow's gentle and calm demeanor; in the middle, There is a hut in the forest; the distant view uses light ink to express the dusk mist of the distant mountains.
The far, middle and near levels are connected naturally, rendering the virtual and the real, and the light smoke and mist, as if covered by a layer of green gauze, giving people a clear, distant, ethereal and comfortable feeling of being far away from the world at a glance.
Uncle Ming said that at night, when the light dims, the cow grazing under the tree will return to the hut and lie down to sleep.
This is an impossible treasure.
I was immediately startled.
Although this painting is good, the cow in the painting can move, which is too amazing.
I have heard of an antique dealer using two paintings to trick people.
There is a traveler carrying an umbrella in the painting.
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When it rains, the umbrella in the painting will open.
In fact, the two paintings were secretly swapped.
Some people who do not know the truth think it is a god.
Objects, this picture of cows perched on sunset is probably the same.
Uncle Ming immediately blocked the light and looked at the old cow in the painting.
Sure enough, he was already lying next to the thatched house.
The place where he originally grazed was empty.
I was shocked.
This ancient painting was really painted by a god.
However, Uncle Ming did not hide anything and told the truth.
The painting was dyed with secret medicine from the palace, which is why it has such a wonder.
Even without this link, this picture of cows in the sunset is enough to buy a dozen decent houses.
Uncle Ming took two more things, and the prices were getting higher and higher.
He was really spending his money.
It seemed that he had been wanting to get it for a long time.
Seeing that I still refused to agree, he looked for something else.
I said to Uncle Ming: "We have really opened our eyes today.
We have gained a lot of knowledge from you, but to be honest, I did take the ancient mirror of the founder of Legalism, but there was an accident and I couldn't."
Bring it out, otherwise we can really do this single gun business.
You spent so much money to exchange for that ancient mirror.
Could it be that the rice dumplings in the house are signs of corpse transformation?
If it is convenient, can you tell us?
I know a few ways to transform a corpse."
I said to Uncle Ming again: "I don't think there is any need to have any scruples between us.
We are all traveling together.
The thirteen-whiskered porcelain cat you are displaying was worshiped by the corpse-bearers in western Hunan.
If this is the case, it must be clear."
Is there no way to deal with corpse transformation this way?"
Uncle Ming probably also understood that he had already offered a sky-high price, and he would be a fool if he refused to agree.
It seemed that there really was nothing.
He had no choice but to let us have dinner.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Uncle Ming explained the reason for the matter.
Uncle Ming's ancestors were indeed corpse-carriers in western Hunan.
"Carrying corpses" does not mean carrying the dead behind your back, but a way of robbing tombs.
They dug a hole and took apart the baffle at the side of the coffin, then climbed into the coffin backwards without daring to face down.
All they did was "backhand work".
I don’t know which dynasty or generation these mysterious and strange rules were passed down from.
Uncle Ming’s family made a fortune from this.
Later, when his father was carrying corpses on Zouma Island, he met the Xiangxi Corpse King and lost his life. , the last generation of corpse-carriers ended there.
Because Uncle Ming's family was extremely wealthy and he didn't have the skills passed down from his ancestors, he went to Southeast Asia to start a business, and finally settled in Hong Kong.
Later, mummies began to be excavated.
If the mummies unearthed in deserts, Gobis, mountains, and wastelands have some identity, are well preserved, and bear the name of a certain king, a certain general, or a certain country's princess, they can be sold at a high price.
You can make a lot of money, and you can make more money than anything else.
Most of them are private collectors in museums and exhibition halls.
Of course, they are all traded underground.
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Not long ago, an overseas museum came to discuss business with Uncle Ming.
They had an ancient scripture obtained from Tibet, which recorded the strange phenomenon of the death of a Tibetan demon princess.
She died of a strange disease and turned into a glacier crystal corpse after her death.
She was considered a miracle, so she was sealed and buried in a snow-capped mountain with a nine-story demon tower.
There are even some specific clues about the location of the tombs mentioned in the scriptures.
This is the biggest business, but according to the information collected by Uncle Ming, this thousand-year-old glacier crystal corpse is extremely cold and extremely yin.
If there is no Tibetan spiritual pagoda dedicated to Master Padmasambhava, ordinary people will If you get close, you will die.
To deal with that kind of thing, I'm afraid all the other corpse-suppressing objects would be of no use.
After thinking about it, it might be possible to carry her out of the nine-story monster building with that ancient mirror.
This is the first time Da Jinya and I have heard of this term.
We have heard the legend of the Xiangxi Corpse King for a long time.
What is the Glacier Crystal Corpse?
How about the Xiangxi Corpse King?
When I heard what Uncle Ming said was actually related to the Tibetan Demonic Kingdom, I immediately became fully focused.
I have seen a nine-story demon tower before.
It was just a tomb tower made of square wood and rammed earth.
It was the prototype of a pagoda.
I have never heard of a princess from the Demon Kingdom.
Maybe Uncle Ming’s information is wrong, or maybe she is someone like the “Ghost Mother”.
The most ferocious of zombies is the zombie king in the mountains of western Hunan.
It is said that it only appears once a hundred years and brings disaster every time.
Is it similar to the glacier crystal corpse?
Uncle Ming said it was completely different.
The glacier crystal corpse on the snow mountain was an evil god worshiped by people.
The crystallized corpse from the inside out was unique in the world, so he wanted to get it at all costs.
But how could such an ancient evil thing easily enter Yangzhai?
People in Hong Kong, Nanyang and other places are particularly superstitious about this.
Many of Uncle Ming's mummies come in sets with coffins.
Every time he handles one, a jade green onion is placed inside the coffin, which is homophonic to the word "Chong" to drive away the bad luck caused by evil spirits.
As for the glacier crystal corpse, it is more like an idol of an evil god than an ancient corpse, so I want to use a magical object such as the Legalist Patriarch Mirror to protect the house.
Otherwise, even if the corpse is dug out from the snowy mountains, I will not have the guts to transport it back.
Tibet is a mysterious place where many things are difficult to predict with common sense.
Who knows what curse will befall us.
Now that the ancient mirror is gone, we have to look for other things.
Once he has a clue, Uncle Ming will form a team to go to Tibet and dig up the glacier crystal corpse according to the clues in the scriptures.
This business is so big that Uncle Ming wants to personally supervise the battle and make sure his men don't damage the ancient corpse.
As for forming a team to go to Tibet, there are currently no suitable candidates.
Uncle Ming hopes that I can go with him.
If there are a few gold captains to help out, it will definitely increase the success factor.
I didn't agree, and I thought to myself, it turns out that Uncle Ming spent so much money not just for an ancient mirror, but also for us to help.
There are a few questions at the moment.
How did Uncle Ming know that we found an ancient mirror from Yunnan?
He should know that Fatty and I fought upside down, but he didn’t know that we were gold-touching captains wearing gold-touching charms.
Could it be that these Fatty said it all After asking this question, I found out that Uncle Ming didn't know the fat man at all, nor had he ever talked to him.
Uncle Ming said that he was an expert in fortune telling, and he relied on his guidance.
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At the beginning, Uncle Ming learned that there was news from Panjiayuan that an ancient mirror had been discovered in Yunnan.
He searched around for its whereabouts to no avail, so he found a blind fortune teller who claimed to be the reincarnation of Chen Tuan1 and asked him for advice.
Let’s see if we can find out which group of people recently obtained the ancient mirror in the mountains of Yunnan.
As a result, the blind old man immediately made up a hexagram without even thinking about it, and then wrote an address, saying that he was looking for a man named Wang Kaixuan and a man named Hu Bayi at this address.
These two people are the most skillful gold-touching captains in the world today.
They have the unstoppable courage, unpredictable opportunities of gods and ghosts, the loyalty of Yun Chang, the fierceness of wings, the bravery of Zilong, and Kongming.
The wisdom is that they must have taken out that ancient mirror from Yunnan.
Uncle Ming said he would see it today, and it turned out to be true.
That old gentleman is really a living god.
His calculations are as bright as a tortoise's divination.
Not only is he the reincarnation of the ancestor Chen Tuan, but he may also be possessed by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty.
When Da Jinya and I heard this, we both forced ourselves to hold our faces tight and did not dare to laugh.
We thought that if this level of fortune telling could be called "divination by candle light and tortoise light", then we both could become King Wen of Zhou. .
However, the blind man did something serious this time.
He didn't do us any harm, and he just put money in our faces.
People lifted people higher and higher, so Da Jinya and I immediately pretended to be surprised and told Uncle Ming that we had never imagined that there was such an extraordinary person.
I never quite understood the meaning of the words "foreseeing the unknown" and "predicting things like a god", but today I have a vivid and practical understanding of them.
If you have the chance to visit me and get some advice from him, it will be of great benefit to you throughout your life, but ordinary people like me may not have such an opportunity.
Uncle Ming said there was no chance.
The old immortal was near Taoranting Park.
He could do a fortune telling for a hundred yuan.
As long as he paid more, he could even take him to his home to do a feng shui approximation.
However, he has a habit of refusing to sit even if his breasts are turned.
My friend happens to have one.
If you want to hire him, I can ask Adong to drive for you.
I thanked Uncle Ming for his kindness, but if I continued to talk, I would have to laugh out loud, so I quickly changed the subject and stopped talking about the blind fortune teller.
I told Uncle Ming that I should go to Tibet to dig up the glacier crystal corpses in the nine-story demon tower.
Logically speaking, I can take on this job.
Even though I don’t have the ancient mirror of the founder of Legalism, I can still find a way to find something else for you to replace it. , as for what it is specifically, I can’t say now.
In short, everyone has his own way of killing pigs and butts, and we who want to make money have our own methods.
But currently I have something more important to do, and I can’t accept it until there is no result.
I will give you a definite answer in a few days.
Uncle Ming obviously relied on us very much.
He repeatedly asked us and promised to give us some deposit in advance.
Da Jinya and I have already coveted the jade phoenix that Concubine Yang held in her mouth to quench her thirst, so we asked if we could give it to us first.
Once we get it, we will give priority to your deal. .
Uncle Ming hurriedly put away the jade phoenix: "Don't worry, don't worry, after everything is done, these will all be yours, but this jade is really not suitable for a deposit, so I will give you something else."
Take out a porcelain altar from under the shelf.
Seeing that this porcelain altar was very old, with the edges worn and no blue flowers visible, Da Jinya and I immediately lost interest.
We thought that Uncle Ming was still an old money man who never saw rabbits and never let go of hawks.
This junk could be discussed in Panjiayuan.
Car leather collected.
Uncle Ming mysteriously took out a small oil-paper package from the porcelain jar.
It turned out that there was something in the jar, densely wrapped in about ten layers of oil paper.
First, scrape off the wax applied on the outside of the oil paper, and then peel off the oil paper layer by layer.
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Da Jinya and I took a closer look and saw that what was encapsulated in these layers of packages were actually two yellowing and dry leaves.
I imitated Uncle Ming's tone and said, "Are you mistaken?
These are dead tree leaves.
Let's touch the gold captain.
What kind of bright weapon have we never seen?"
As I spoke, I picked up a piece and looked at it. , seems to be harder than leaves, but by no means It was something valuable.
After reading it, he threw it back.
He winked at the big gold tooth and said angrily to Uncle Ming: "If you can't bear to settle down, forget it.
Who are you trying to embarrass with two leaves?
Are you deliberately following us?"
Are our compatriots from Mainland China guilty of diaphragm?”
Da Jinya quickly stopped me and said to Uncle Ming: "Our Mr.
Hu has this temper.
He has been bitter and grudged since he was a child.
He can't hold back his anger when he sees capitalists.
If he gets really anxious, no one can stop him.
I advise him.
You'd better take out the jade phoenix that Miss Yang is playing with quickly, lest he tear down your house."
Uncle Ming thought we were really angry and was afraid of offending us, so he quickly explained: "Are you mistaken?
Brother Hu, how can this be a leaf?
The leaf on the side looks like this.
This is what I ran a boat in Nanyang.
At that time, the treasure I bought from the Malacca pirates was dragon scales. " To prove what he said, Uncle Ming filled the tea cup with water, picked out a piece of the yellowed dry leaf, and gently put it into the cup.
I saw that the so-called "dragon scales" immediately doubled in size when they encountered clear water, and the color also changed from yellow to green, crystal clear, as if a piece of emerald had been soaked in a tea cup.
I have heard in Fujian before that "dragon scales" are very valuable, and some places call them "Runhai stones", but I have never seen them with my own eyes.
It is said that placing such a piece on a boat can protect you from wind and waves; offering a few pieces in a dry place can also pray for rain, and using it to make tea can cure asthma.
It is not clear whether it is a real dragon scale, maybe it is just some kind of huge scale.
Fish scales.
Although this thing is good, it is not unusual.
It is not as real as the jade phoenix.
So he pretended not to understand and said to the big gold tooth: "How can this be a dragon scale?
Lord Jin, do you think this looks a bit like what we use for cooking?"
What’s that kind of thing called?”
Da Jinya said: "Shrimp crackers get bigger as soon as they are soaked in water, and they cost one dollar a pack.
Our youngest likes to eat this the most, and these two pieces are not enough to fit between his teeth."
The two of us talked hard, but in the end we didn't get the Yufeng Meng.
Although the Runhai Stone was a little inferior, we didn't want it for nothing, so we just took the porcelain jar as well.
On the way back, Da Jinya asked me if these two pieces of Runhai Stone were worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong paper.
I said that's enough, the two together are worth 8,000 Hong Kong paper, which is pretty good.
Da Jinya asked me again if I really wanted to be a gunman for this old Hong Kong farmer.
After packing up, I had to go to the Kunlun Mountains in Tibet.
I said, don’t look at them as old Hong Kong farmers.
They are quite rich.
The money of Hong Kong farmers is also money.
We cannot discriminate against them as capitalists.
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Their money is nothing but money.
In addition, he has clues about the tomb of the Tibetan Demon Kingdom.
Both parties can use each other, but this matter will have to be discussed after returning.
We still have something we need to do quickly, go to Taoranting Park to find the fortune teller Chen Xiazi.
He knows the Yi Jing very well, and the Yi Jing is all-encompassing, but its root is the sixteen-character Tian Gua.
I have to ask him about some things in this regard, lest Shiry Yang comes back and says that I am not doing my job all day long
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