Chapter 113 Meng’s Feng Shui
“Be careful, that’s the blue and white of the Ming Dynasty, eh! This is Hetian jade, don’t knock it!
Ouch, officer, is there something wrong here? Is there any misunderstanding? Look, I really don’t have any illegal cultural relics here.
We Ma Family San. I have lived here for generations, and my neighbors can testify for me, but I don’t dare commit crimes!”
The yard of the old house is already filled with pieces of antique calligraphy and paintings, and there are five or six policemen. Wearing white gloves, they were counting things, and experts invited by Wang Zhaoping from the Provincial Museum were identifying these things one by one.
Ma Liang's heart was pounding, but his face was still calm, and he seemed to be more concerned about his antiques.
“Don’t you dare commit adultery?” Wang Zhaoping smiled.
"Since you are an expert in this industry, you must also know the relevant laws, right? Tell me, is it illegal to sell the bronze wine vase and pottery bowl you just received today?"< br>
Ma Liang's heart skipped a beat.
It turns out that the problem lies here!
I must have been followed before! Now that I think about it, I seem to have seen the policeman in front of me this morning, no wonder he looks so familiar.
But how did he get targeted?
“Don’t take chances. Your accomplices have been recruited, including the taxi driver and the owners of the two antique shops.
You are responsible for identifying and purchasing goods on the black market. The cultural relics are then handed over to the downstream line for transportation to the Greater Bay Area, where they are then picked up by trucks. Is this the process of bringing it to Xiangjiang to find a buyer or auction it? "
According to domestic law, cultural relics unearthed after 1949 are prohibited from sale and collection, while cultural relics before the early Qing Dynasty can be collected. But you can't buy or sell, let alone go abroad.
They even explained the smuggling process so clearly, which made Ma Liang even more panicked, but he did not give up his struggle.
“Officer, this is a misunderstanding. I was just asked to help my friend find two antiques, and they were imitations. I didn’t know that they were genuine pieces that were prohibited from being bought and sold!
I don’t know anything about smuggling!”
Ma Liang knew that if other accomplices confessed, he would not be able to escape as an accomplice, and now he could only hope to reduce his crime as much as possible.
Although it is a quibble, his remarks are actually in line with the market.
It is difficult to determine the time when an antique was unearthed, its value, and its authenticity. Even the best cultural relic appraisers cannot make a 100% accurate judgment.
Coupled with the chaos of counterfeiting in the domestic cultural relics market, almost 95% of the so-called treasured antiques on the market are imitations.
With modern counterfeiting technology, you can’t tell whether the treasures and national treasures collected in museums at home and abroad are real or fake, let alone other so-called antiques that are even more inconspicuous.
"It's not about smuggling or reselling cultural relics. Why are you preparing so many gold bars? Your family is rich enough!"
Wang Zhaoping sneered and pointed at the five or six gold bars that were just found. These gold bars alone are probably worth hundreds of thousands.
"Haha...haha! As the saying goes, antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times. I am also preparing for a rainy day." Ma Liang laughed dryly.
“Then you are well prepared!”
“Police officer, three generations of my Ma family have been engaged in antiques, and they are somewhat famous in this street. If it weren’t for the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Many of them have been confiscated. Not to mention these gold bars, my family is probably worth one or two billion now. Can't this be considered illegal income?"
Wang Zhaoping was a little funny. There was quite a lot of resentment in Ma Liang's words.
“So for the sake of a fortune of one or two billion, you chose to take risks?”
"No, no, no! I didn't mean that..."
"Old Wang, come here." At this time, a middle-aged policeman with a Chinese character not far away waved his hand towards Wang Zhaoping.
"Old Lin, how are you?" Wang Zhaoping walked over.
“Experts have all appraised it. There are a total of thirty-four antiques here, most of which are from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Although the total value exceeds one million, they are all There are no prohibited items in the market.
"No?" Wang Zhaoping frowned and glanced at the scene.
Indeed, he did not see the gold, silver, copper, iron or stone sculptures he was looking for.
"How was this guy's background check?" Wang Zhaoping asked reluctantly.
“I’ve inquired with the neighbors, and I only know that Ma Liang likes antiques. Most of the people he associates with are people from a certain circle, and he rarely travels far. There is nothing obvious about it on the surface.
It is said that the Ma family was also a famous collector during the Republic of China, but in Ma Liang's father's generation, he lost his family due to gambling and sold many of his things
It makes sense that the other party has so many antiques in his home. "
"Is that so..." Wang Zhaoping frowned.
Did he hit the passenger car by mistake again this time?
"Team Wang! "At this moment, Qin Xiaoru walked in from outside the door.
"We have searched the antique shops. A total of more than ten cultural relics were found from the two stores, including three second-level cultural relics and the rest. All are third-level cultural relics. ”
"Are there any suspicious targets?" Wang Zhaoping asked.
"Experts have looked it over, and there is no such thing." Qin Xiaoru shook her head.
Hearing this, Wang Zhaoping was immediately disappointed.
"Target? I said Lao Wang, you still came with a goal this time?
By the way, your hand can be extended long enough, and you can stay on my territory quietly. They've all set up spies, you're really good at it!" The police officer on the side heard this and couldn't help but say.
"It's not like I'm overstepping the bounds. Lao Lin, you should have received the documents from above. Regarding that thing, to tell you the truth, I came here just for it!" Wang Zhaoping thought for a while and explained in a low voice. One sentence.
“What?!” Lao Lin was startled, and then his eyes lit up instantly.
Compared to a dozen second- and third-level cultural relics and a small gang that resells cultural relics, if we can find that thing, the credit will be huge.
"I said, Lao Wang, you can't eat alone, you have to count me in this matter."
"On your territory, how can I get around you? What a local snake!”
"Okay! Where is that thing?"
"Nonsense, I'm just looking for it!"
"Yes, yes! I asked the brothers to continue looking, and I will dig three feet into the ground to find it." Find the stuff!"
Lao Lin felt motivated and ordered his police officers to step up their investigation to find out if there were any hidden tunnels or anything like that.
On the other side, Ma Liang saw that the police had no intention of giving up, and instead searched more diligently. His face remained calm, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He couldn't help but glance quickly out of the corner of his eyes. Eye a certain direction...
Even if the sentence is two or three years, as long as that thing is still there, his old Ma family will still have the capital to make a comeback.
If that thing is found, then everything will be over...
Seeing Wang Zhaoping looking over again, Ma Liang quickly showed a wry smile.
"Officer, you have been searching for half an hour. My house is so big and everything is here. Even if I resell cultural relics, I can't keep the stolen goods in my own house, right?
You see, if I help a friend with his appraisal, that’s just a pass, right?
There are many precious antiques in my house. If they are damaged, you will be responsible for compensation! ”
Ma Liang only wanted to end the search as soon as possible.
But in the ears of the experienced Wang Zhaoping, it sounded like there was no silver in this place. .
He was even more convinced that there must be something wrong in this old house!
He just walked around the house several times, and everyone almost dug out the bird's nest, but there was still no hair. None found.
An hour passed and everyone still found nothing.
"Old Wang, how about I call in an engineering team to dig up this yard?" Lao Lin suggested.
When Ma Liang heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, but he said nothing, looking indifferent.
Wang Zhaoping had been observing this guy's behavior and frowned when he saw this.
It’s really hard to give up like this.
"Wait a minute, I'll make a call." Wang Zhaoping walked to the corner and took out his cell phone.
If you can’t pick out the bones from this egg, you still have to ask the chicken that laid the egg...
Is this considered after-sales service?
"Hello? Who is this?" After a while, a slightly impatient voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Uh...I’m Wang Zhaoping!”
"Oh! Captain Wang, what's going on?" The voice softened slightly.
"That's it..."
So, Wang Zhaoping briefly introduced the current situation.
"Can't you find something... Wait a minute. There have been too many ups and downs in life recently, and my mind is a little confused. Let me check the information."
Soon, there was a message on the other end of the phone. Come and look for movement in the pages of the book.
Wang Zhaoping was speechless.
The message was just given to me three days ago, right? With all the ups and downs in life, your mind is a little confused?
What have you experienced?
……
[No. 324, Zhujiajiao, Hangzhou, a shocking secret hidden in the stone elephant…]
Found it! Sure enough, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, not to mention an Alzheimer's reserve like me...
Meng Lang closed the notebook he used to record some key information, and then said to his mobile phone, "It's more convenient for you. Do you want to turn on the video?"
"Uh... video? It's convenient!"
So Meng Lang hung up the phone, logged into Fetion with his laptop, and then told his friend" Archie” sent a video chat request.
Soon, a communication screen popped up on the computer monitor, with Wang Zhaoping’s big face on it.
"Don't face each other, show me the surrounding environment."
"Okay!"
The screen changed and turned into the courtyard of an old house. As the video screen progressed, Turning around, Meng Lang carefully observed the environment inside.
When Wang Zhaoping cleared the house inside and outside, Meng Lang frowned slightly.
The area of this old house is not small, and there are quite a lot of stone statues inside. It seems that they were used as a town house. The statues of various maids and the stone lions at the door. If you include the ones on the eaves of the roof, then More.
Do we need to carve out all these statues?
The video screen was still rotating. When the screen passed by a certain statue, Meng Lang was stunned for a moment...
Wait! Stone statue... stone elephant!
Yes! What is written in the book is not the "image" of a character's portrait, but the "image" of an elephant!
“Stop!”
...
“The person on the call is Lao Wang’s informant, right?”
Looking at Wang Zhaoping wandering around the yard with his mobile phone, Lao Lin looked confused.
Can you find something just like this?
"It should be so..." Qin Xiaoru stared thoughtfully at the mobile phone in Wang Zhaoping's hand.
The other end of the communication video was dark. Obviously the other party did not turn on the camera, but... the voice seemed familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere...
On the other side, Ma Liang stared at Wang Zhaoping's movements. The other party's persistence gave him a bad feeling.
"Stop!" Suddenly, a young man's voice came from the mobile phone.
"What's wrong?" Wang Zhaoping asked doubtfully.
“There’s something wrong with that stone elephant!” The voice on the phone was extremely determined.
"Stone statue?" Wang Zhaoping didn't react for a moment. When he saw the elephant stone sculpture in front of him, he understood what Meng Lang was referring to.
Hearing the voice coming from the mobile phone, the others were fine, but Ma Liang was sweating from behind!
He suppressed the panic in his eyes and managed to stay calm, but his mind was buzzing.
The other party knows? Why? Who is he? !
After hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around a pair of exquisite pure white elephant stone sculptures placed in front of the main reception hall.
Wang Zhaoping turned twice in front of the sculpture. The two elephants fit together perfectly. Can't you see any problem?
"How do you know there is a problem?" he asked doubtfully.
Hmm! Archie, you asked a good question, but I couldn't answer it right now, so I had to make one up for you on the spot.
Have you heard of "Green dragon on the left and white tiger on the right, Suzaku in front and Xuanwu in the back?"
"Yes!" Everyone is familiar with this passage.
"These four elephants belong to metal, wood, water and fire. Do you know what this elephant belongs to?"
"Uh... I don't know." Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"The qiankunkanli shakes, genxundui, heaven and earth, water, fire, thunder, mountains and winds, horses, cattle, pigs, pheasants, dragons, dogs, chickens and sheep, northwest, north, southwest, south, east, northeast, southeast and west, do you understand this?"
< br>"I don't understand either!" Wang Zhaoping was a little confused.
Don’t understand? If you don’t understand, let me explain it der?
"So I won't explain it in detail, and I can't explain it clearly to you. In short, from the perspective of Feng Shui, this elephant cannot be placed here!
Loss of money! Understand!"
Uh... your reason is too good for me to refute.
Although it sounds very unscientific, I can’t stand it and even bring out Feng Shui. It’s too high-level...
Seeing that Meng Lang is so determined, Wang Zhaoping, who doesn’t want to return empty-handed, naturally chooses Believing it, he observed carefully again.
If you want to hide something in the statue, then the most likely part should be...
He immediately looked at the elephant's bloated belly!
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, he lay down directly and moved his body to get into the belly of the elephant.
Ma Liang's eyes couldn't help but panic.
After groping carefully for a while, Wang Zhaoping came out without finding anything and went to the belly of another elephant to check.
His fingers traced the smooth belly of the stone statue, and his movements suddenly stopped, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He got out and rolled up his sleeves directly. "Old Lin, prepare the cutting tools!"
Seeing that there was a policeman going to get the tools, Ma Liang immediately panicked and stopped in front of Wang Zhaoping without caring about anything else.
“Hey! Wait! What do you want to do?
I’m warning you, this is a white marble work of art. The price of one piece is at least thirty to forty thousand. This is a pair, one is missing. It’s just a waste of a pair!
It's okay to do it, but the question is, who of you will be responsible for compensation if it gets damaged? "
Thirty thousand or forty thousand? Wouldn't a pair be sixty or seventy thousand?
Everyone looked at the experts present for confirmation, and saw the other party nodded slightly. Now even Wang Zhaoping was a little embarrassed.
Things found It's easy to say, but if you can't find it, who will accompany you with the 60,000 to 70,000 yuan?
He wants to be tough. The problem is that his salary is less than 10,000 yuan a month, and his personal income is only three digits. I can’t get angry!
Why don't you ask your wife for funding?
I am struggling...
[Ding! Your Zhifu Pay has received 100,000 yuan. 】
Everyone looked at Wang Zhaoping’s mobile phone in astonishment.
A faint voice came from inside, "It's okay, cut! If you can't cut it out, it's mine!"
This...
Wang Zhaoping's mind was buzzing. This scene seemed familiar?
I forgot that this guy is still a nouveau riche, but this feeling of being squandered with money... is quite refreshing. Why?
Old Lin on the side was almost jealous.
Is this an informant or a financial sponsor?
If you can find clues and read Feng Shui, you can also provide funds! ?
There are such high-quality informants, please give me a dozen!
Ma Liang stood there in a daze, completely despairing in his heart.
He only had one thought in his mind at this time...
Why should I learn how to appreciate cultural relics? I should learn Feng Shui and Kanyu!
Ma, who was deceived by "Meng's Feng Shui", let out a cry from his soul... (End of this chapter)