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2Chapter 16 Hakuba Shinto Monument
Zheng Xuetao said disapprovingly: "Okay, Lao Hei, what we do business with is mutual benefit. As long as it is true, we can't let you suffer, right?"
Smoothly resolving the hostility in the old gossip, Zheng Xuetao is worthy of being an engineer.
Lao Hei nodded slightly in agreement and said to them: "Just park the car here, I will take you to see the place."
They started climbing over the mountain and walked for a long time until they arrived near the top of the mountain.
There was a group of people playing poker on the mountain. When they saw Lao Hei coming over, they didn't care to continue playing cards and stood up to say hello to him.
"Brother Hei."
Lao Hei asked: "Has anyone been here?"
"Yes, the glasses man and Mr. Hu are here." A horse boy replied, he was obviously responsible for watching the scene here.
Anyone else?Is he also a tomb robber?
Zheng Xuetao saw Lin Ran's confusion and explained in a low voice: "It's another buyer. He contacted several buyers and wanted to sell the tomb supplies together. By coincidence, everyone came to see the goods today."
Passing through the crowd, we arrived at an abandoned yard on the mountain.
The outer wall of the courtyard is dilapidated, and there is a statue of a white horse in the courtyard.
Is this a Shinto monument?
Lin Ran became interested in the white horse statue. Shinto refers to the road leading to the mausoleum. Imperial mausoleums and the tombs of princes and nobles often build Shinto in a magnificent way to show their strength.
The Shinto stele refers to the stone beasts on both sides of the Shinto. It originated from Huo Qubing, a famous general in the Han Dynasty. He defeated the Huns twice at the age of 20 and had outstanding military exploits.
Unfortunately, he was jealous of his talents and died of illness at the age of 24. In order to commend his beloved general, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a tomb for him near the imperial mausoleum, and carved animal images in front of the tomb. The most famous one is "Horse trampling on Huns", which summarizes Huo Qubing's short life. Another glorious life.
Later, people discovered that this form was very influential, so when emperors of all dynasties built tombs, they also used the decorative images of stone people and stone animals, and it has become a standard feature of Shinto.
The more carvings, the more prominent the status.
Is the identity of the tomb owner related to the white horse?
There were more than ten people gathered in the yard, among them the man with glasses and Mr. Hu, who obviously also brought their own treasure appraisal experts with them.
The remaining people should be Lao Hei's men.
When the man with glasses saw Lao Hei coming, he complained with some dissatisfaction: "Old Hei, I've been waiting for you for half an hour. It took you so long to come."
"I'm sorry, isn't there a friend who has just arrived?" Lao Hei's tone was gentle, but his expression was still extremely serious.
The man with glasses glanced at Zheng Xuetao and knew that the man in front of him was not easy to mess with. He just sneered and said, "Okay, now that you are here, let's start quickly. Don't miss the good time."
"Mr. Liu is really funny. We are doing an auction, not getting married. When we talk about auspicious times, do we have to choose an auspicious day?" Zheng Xuetao retorted.
They are the main competitors in this auction, so he will not give the other party a good look.
"Brother Zheng, this is wrong. Although we are doing an auction, we still have to rob into the tomb to get things out. If we encounter some dirty things, it will be bad for you and me, right?" Glasses The man wasn't angry, but his tone didn't sound so friendly.
"Okay, stop talking, let's go to the tomb and have a look." The other man in a suit seemed much calmer. He felt that the quarrel between the two in front of him was like that of children, extremely childish.
Lao Hei didn't care. He just watched from the side. They stopped talking and then said slowly: "If you don't have any objections, we will go to the tomb."
Everyone remained silent, just nodded silently, and followed Lao Hei towards the back of the yard.
On the way, Lin Ran began to look at the people around him.
The man wearing glasses has a bad temper and wears a Scabal suit. The style is extremely unique and was handmade by a designer in Hong Kong City.
Lin Ran remembered that the price of this dress seemed to be 9000 yuan, and the price was in 1980. It was a sky-high price for a suit.
The financial strength of the man in front of him cannot be underestimated.
The reform began two years ago, but it was limited to coastal cities such as Shenzhen. The economy there has been completely liberalized, so many private entrepreneurs have emerged, seized the opportunity, and started making money.
However, most areas in Beijing have not yet relaxed controls.
Both the service industry and the production industry are controlled by the state, and capitalists have no way to interfere.
In a few years, this situation will be different. There will only be more and more upstarts like men with glasses.
Through Zheng Xuetao, I learned that the man with glasses worked on a construction site like him.
He was accompanied by a tall, fashionable woman wearing a purple sweater and a white coat. She seemed to have a very close relationship with him. The two walked hand in hand without shying away from anything.
The man behind them is named Hu Sen.
Hu Sen is the owner of a furniture factory in Cangzhou. Their mahogany sofas have become a well-known brand in the country. The sofas of Zheng Xueming and Chen Cheng are made by his factory.
He looked much more refined, and was followed by a man wearing a peaked cap, a cigarette in his mouth, and a stubble on his face.
Although the man looked unruly, there was a sense of confidence in his eyes.
Lin Ran could tell at a glance that that man was definitely a master of treasure appraisal. His temperament was honed in the simple market.
The three of them were buyers in this auction, so naturally they also found helpers.
After a while, they came to an excavated tomb.
Lao Hei began to introduce the details of the tomb: "Actually, I'm not fooling you. The tombstone of this tomb has been corroded to the point that it's impossible to identify the traces on it."
"As for my judgment that it is a mausoleum from the Tang Dynasty, the reason is that the structure of the mausoleum adopts an internal buckle type, which is a characteristic of the mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty."
"Of course, I'm not sure if there were subsequent craftsmen who imitated and learned from it. After all, noble families may have liked the styles of the previous dynasty because they were rich."
"What we want to auction are the items in this tomb. The starting price is 2 yuan. In fact, we have not looked at how many items are in it. You can bid now. The one with the highest price will win." Lao Hei said.
Decide.
The man with glasses immediately expressed his objection: "You said the tomb of the Tang Dynasty is the tomb of the Tang Dynasty? 2 yuan is not a small number. We need to inspect the goods first."
The other man also nodded and agreed with the glasses man's statement.
Zheng Xuetao also had this intention here.
The three buyers all wanted to see the excavated cultural relics before making a decision, and Lao Hei couldn't insist.
He said, "Okay, since you insist, I will send someone down to get it for you."
He clapped his hands, and a little old man with a horned beard came closer, but he was wearing a half-mask, as if he didn't want to show his true face!