Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

When Wang Hu and Su Meng heard something, they immediately dropped the coffin and rushed over.

The four of us put our heads together.

Eight eyes were fixed on the depths of the golden well.

"Mr. Chen, how do you know there is something under the coffin?" asked Old Man Su.

"This is Jinjing."

"hiss!"

They gasped at the same time.

Just hearing the golden words can make them excited.

"Is there gold in the golden well?" Su Meng's saliva was about to flow out.

"That's not certain, but a family that can build a masonry tomb and a gold well will definitely put valuable things in it."

My explanation made them even more excited.

Wang Hu didn't care that the hole was small and just reached in to dig.

As a result, his hand was too big and got stuck in the hole and couldn't get in at all.

"Hey!"

"Why don't we make the hole bigger? Or should we lift the bluestone slab?"

I smiled and pointed at Old Man Su's hand.

He was old and thin, and his bony hands just fit into the hole.

Wang Hu had no choice but to retract his hand, and it was Old Man Su's turn to reach in and take the treasure.

Old Man Su put his entire right arm in.

"I touched it, and it looked like a brocade bundle on the outside."

"Hiss, the brocade is torn, I can't get it all out at once"

The brocade had been underground for too long and had already deteriorated. It turned into slag at the slightest touch and could not be pulled out intact.

Old Man Su grabbed two things and took them out.

"Look what it is."

The thing was placed on the bluestone slab, and I used an oil lamp to look at it carefully.

There are two silver hat flowers.

In the past, hats of wealthy families would be decorated with hat flowers.

The wealthy would decorate their hats with jewels and jade, or gold inlaid with jade or gold inlaid with gems, while the average wealthy would decorate their hats with silver gilt or pure silver hat flowers.

These two silver hat flowers are both human themes, and look like the Eight Immortals.

I think it should be an embellishment on the hat worn by the tomb owner during his lifetime.

After his death, the hat flower was taken off and placed in the golden well.

"They are two hat flowers, made of silver." I said lightly.

After seeing the good stuff in the underground palace, I have no interest in this kind of ordinary stuff anymore.

But in the eyes of the Su family father and son, this is a very good thing.

"Hey, silver! Silver!"

Su Meng held the two hat flowers and was as happy as a fool.

"Dad, we've dug more than a dozen graves, but this is the first time we've found silver!"

"This should sell for several dollars, right?"

Old Man Su nodded: "It should be possible. There is still something inside. I will continue to dig."

He then dug three times in a row and finally emptied the golden well.

Items taken out included gold rings, jade rings, jade pendants, etc.

The one that looks most valuable is the jade ring.

The jade ring is carved with Taotie patterns. The workmanship and materials are quite good. Based on the price in 79, it could probably be sold for thirty to fifty yuan.

Because it is only from the late Qing Dynasty, the price cannot be compared with the jade pieces I sold to Mr. Dong.

"Gold! Jade! Get rich!"

Su Meng was extremely excited.

They have robbed tombs many times, but what they found this time is the best.

Old Man Su grinned.

"Mengzi, put the things down quickly and thank Master Chen first."

"If Master Chen hadn't recognized the golden well, we would have returned empty-handed."

"Yes, thank you, Master Chen!"

Su Meng hurriedly thanked me.

After expressing his gratitude, he looked at those treasures with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

I guess he felt a little painful when he thought about having to give me half of the promise.

Old man Su is much more generous than his son.

"Master Chen, we agreed to split it in half."

"There are eight things here. You can pick four first, and the rest are ours."

I have to say that Mr. Su's initiative to give up the right to choose made me like him more.

If he were a few decades younger, he could really become a good runner.

But his son couldn't do that.

I glanced at the items and estimated that they could be sold for around 200 yuan in total.

If you come across a middleman with a dark heart, it would be hard to sell it for even fifty.

Don't think I'm kidding.

The middlemen are very aggressive in bargaining for the goods.

Second-hand dealers who can buy goods at half price are considered to have a conscience.

Usually it is charged at 10% or 20% off the actual price.

"I'll just take one, and the rest are yours."

"Master Chen..." Wang Hu wanted to say something, but was choked back by my look.

Su Meng was so excited that he immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Master Chen, you are so noble!"

Old Man Su moved his lips, trying to stop his son from speaking, but it was too late.

In the end, it can only turn into a sigh.

"Hey, you kid..."

"Master Chen, we agreed to split it in half before. We can't take advantage of it."

"You were the ones who discovered the tomb. I only helped a little, so taking something as a token of my appreciation is enough."

I picked up the Bagua jade pendant and put it in my pocket.

The jade pendant is made of green jade, a very common green-gray jade material, and the lines of the carved Tai Chi Bagua are crude.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this thing is worthless.

Seeing that I took the least valuable thing, Old Man Su bowed to me with admiration.

"Master Chen, I don't know what to say. If you need me in the future, just let me know."

I smiled and nodded.

This is also one of my goals.

Whether it is to find out the situation when Professor Zhang got into trouble, or to go into the cave to look for the Baon snake later, we need the help of local people.

Old man Su understands the rules and is loyal.

Just the right person.

Su Meng immediately grabbed the remaining items in his hands, as if he was afraid that I would change my mind and want to take them back.

People.

The pattern and vision determine the future.

Those who are greedy for immediate benefits will find it difficult to go far.

"Uncle, I heard there's a very strange cave here?"

"There is such a thing...hiss! Master Chen, you don't want to enter that cave, do you?"

A trace of fear appeared on Old Man Su's face.

"laugh."

Su Meng sneered and said casually, "I've been playing in that cave since I was a kid. It's not that weird at all."

"Have you been in there to play?" I was quite surprised.

Judging from the meaning of the words, the Su family should be not far from the cave.

"I've been playing in the cave since I was little, especially in the summer because it's so cool inside."

"And the cave is very deep. When I was a teenager, I went in to explore with other kids from the village. We walked a long way into the cave but still couldn't reach the end."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Old Man Su interrupted Su Meng rudely.

Then he frowned and said, "Master Chen, my son is ignorant, don't listen to his nonsense."

"That cave is unusual. The elders say there's a fish-like creature in there that eats people. Those professors disappeared in the cave, and I guess they were eaten by the fish."

"What kind of fish is the long fish?"

"I've never seen a long fish before, but I heard from the old people that it has a long, thin body, sharp teeth, and two claws!"

Old Man Su’s description reminded me of the two-clawed snake in the tomb of the King of Bi State.

If you put a two-clawed snake in water, it will become a fish.

correct!

Professor Peng Changshou said in his letter that he believed snakes and fish were similar!

Could it be that the long fish is not a fish, but a snake? !

"Uncle, tell me what you know."