Chapter 179 – Glacier Crystal Corpse

Uncle Ming gave me to see the album, which is full of all kinds of coffins, coffins are open, revealing the inside of the dry body, the age of the style are not the same, some of the coffins of a body, there are two bodies lying on the side opposite, is to set up a coffin of husband and wife, and even dozens of dry bodies concentrated in a giant coffin, outside are covered with transparent cabinets to isolate the air, said that the private collection, but it is more like an exhibit in the exhibition hall.

I asked Uncle Ming what these dry corpses were for. Some people collect antiques, but the real “antique” can not imagine that there are people to, before I heard of Xinjiang’s dry corpses can be sold at a large price, but the collection of so many really the first time to see, a bit of an eye-opening feeling.

Uncle Ming said many foreign museums specializing in the purchase of well-preserved corpses, these corpses of research value and appreciation value, is a kind of solidification of the beauty of the eternal death of cultural relics, which contains a huge commercial value and cultural value.

Uncle Ming said to me Hu old brother since you look at my collection, whether you can let me see you get from Yunnan to suppress the corpse of the ancient mirror? Price as you open, or my antiques here you favor which piece, bring to exchange can also.

I thought, this Uncle Ming is a knowledgeable person, perhaps he knows that the origin of the mirror is not known, not as good as a set of porcelain, not to tell him that the mirror has long since ceased to exist, so I asked Uncle Ming, the origin of the mirror has what to say no head?

Uncle Ming laughed: “Hu old brother and I disk up to the road, this copper mirror for you nothing, but I have a great use, the world’s evil things than this, talking about the origin, although it has not yet seen with their own eyes, but at that time I listened to the antique line of a few friends to talk about it, it immediately thought that it must be pre-Qin before the antiquity of the never wrong, the Qin Shihuang is the Legalist this you should know! I only remember a period of time during the Cultural Revolution.

I only remember the Cultural Revolution, there was a period of “criticism of Confucianism and law”, seems to have mentioned what the doctrine of legalism, the specifics of what is completely confused, had to pretend to understand the nod, the big gold teeth on the side, said: “This we know, a hundred schools of thought, there is such a family, is the theory of governance governance, to the Han Dynasty In the middle of the Han Dynasty, after honoring Confucianism, it was eradicated.”

Uncle Ming continued to say: “when the real people do not say false words, that can suppress the body of the evil copper mirror, is the symbol of the legal family, according to the legend of the purple sun mountain, can light heaven and earth, rites, justice, honesty and shame of the four dimensions, according to the record, when the yellow river has 鼇 corpse rising waves, overthrowing the ship, the king of qin ordered people to hang in the mouth of the river, and sent troops to guard, until qin and han alternation, the mirror fell to the han dynasty Zhuwu Wang Hands, and finally somehow fell to Yunnan to go, can be installed in the bronze coffin on the restraining corpse of the ancient mirror, there is no second face in the world, you even it to me, I will never let you suffer.”

I listened to a rough, although the heart feel some pity, but the world does not sell pills of regret, the price is suitable, but I have nothing in hand, then Uncle Ming straight to the truth, I’m not at all what the ancient mirror, that is the fat man is full of talk, he said at the front door, you have to run to hear the Eight Treasure Mountain.

Finished I have to get up and leave, but Uncle Ming seems not quite believe, repeatedly retained, had to stay for a meal, Uncle Ming still think I can not afford to part with, and then took out a piece of antique jade, held up in front of me, I know that this is not what the eye of the common things, look at his meaning is to want to “shoot with me” (exchange), to do our line of rules, both sides do not hand. The rules of our line, the two sides but hand, if you want to show others, must first be placed on the table, and so the other side of their own pick up to see, and can not be handed directly to the hand, because this thing is worth a lot of money, once dropped on the ground damaged, can not say whose responsibility it is.

Uncle Ming since holding in the hand, I would not be good to take over, only looked at two eyes, although only a section of the thickness of the pinky finger, but is definitely a piece of the sea price of goods, next to this thing, it will feel the outside of the hot summer heat, all vanished.

Big gold teeth favorite jade, look at the praise: “the ancient cloud, jade in the mountains and wood wet, produced in the water and flow square, this jade phoenix although small, but a take out, feel the whole room seems so moist, really make me feel comfortable, dare to ask which is the Tang Dynasty Niangniang wear?”

Uncle Ming smiled proudly, “Or Jin old brother has eyesight ah, side a niangniang? Although “Tianbao remains” is a play, but there is no lack of real material, that inside said Yang Guifei containing jade pharynx, to quench the lungs thirst, is referring to this piece of jade, this material is with a piece of jade sunk in the seabed for millions of years of ancient jade carving, the jade nature of this wet, seawater immersed for a long time, and more increase the goodness of the diarrhea can be hot and moist dryness, soft firmness detoxification, is priceless ah, but also one of the most favorite thing I. ”

The big gold teeth look at the eyes are straight: “Since ancient times where hair mound see ancient corpse as alive, its belly mouth within must have a large number of beautiful jade, from the dumplings pulled out of the ancient jade are worth a lot of money, not to mention this is your consort daily contained in the mouth of the ……” said the words on the neck to probe over, and Stick out your tongue to lick.

Uncle Ming hurriedly a shrinking hand: “There is no mistake ah, now can not, change to you after you are willing to how to lick how to lick, you are every day to it in the mouth, there is no problem.”

Uncle Ming see I do not speak, thought the price is not enough, and took out a shaft of ancient paintings, put on gloves, unfolded to us to watch, said to me as long as you point a head, that the deep sea Runyu, coupled with this volume of the Song Dynasty’s authentic “sunset perched cattle map”, it’s all yours.

I thought this Uncle Ming good thing is really not a lot, I first open the eyes and then say, so not to whether or not, concentrate to look at the volume of ancient paintings, our group of people on weekdays, although the pouring of antiques, but very little contact with the paintings and drawings, have not seen how many authentic, but these years with the antiquities dealing with this kind of real things, there is a kind of intuition, coupled with a lot of mural paintings in ancient tombs have seen a look at the moment, they know that in all likelihood, also a piece of authentic “Immortal elixir”. (Elixir of Immortality: Excellent)

The structure of the entire work for the two blocks cut diagonally, the near scene to the rich trees, an old cow gnawing grass under the tree, simple and smooth lines, brushwork, the old cow’s docile and calm demeanor is vivid, in the middle of the scene there is a thatched cottage is located in the forest, the distant scene is a light ink performance of the distant mountains of the mountain twilight amicable, far in the near level of articulation of natural, rendering the virtual and real cover up, light smoke and mist, as if there is a layer of green sand cover, so that a person a cable! After the cable, a deep, ethereal and comfortable feeling of being far away from the world.

Uncle Ming said that at night, the light dimmed down, this under the tree grazing cattle, will return to the hayloft lying down to sleep, it is impossible to get more treasures.

I was stunned, although the painting is good, but the painting of the cattle will move, that is too God, I heard before there are antique dealers with two paintings of people, painting a traveler with an umbrella, a painting of the umbrella will be open to the rain, in fact, is the two paintings secretly switched, not know exactly what to think is a god, this “sunset perched on the cattle map” is afraid to be so.

And Uncle Ming immediately cover the light, and then look at the painting of the old cow, really to lie down with the side of the hut, the original place to eat grass is empty, I was shocked, this ancient painting is painted by the gods not?

Uncle Ming is not hidden, to tell the truth, this painting with the palace secret medicine dyed, so there is this spectacle, even if there is no this link, this “sunset perched cattle picture” is enough to buy a dozen sets of decent homes.

Uncle Ming took two more things, the price is higher and higher, really out of blood, it seems that he must be a long time to figure out, see I never agreed, and then to find something else.

I said to Uncle Ming: “We are really open today, in your this up a lot of insight, but not to hide, that the ancient mirror of the ancestors of the family, I did take, but an accident, not able to bring out, otherwise we really can do this single shotgun business, you put so much blood for the mirror, is not the House of the dumplings have a sign of the change of the corpse? If it’s convenient can you tell us, I do know a few ways to make a corpse change.”

I also said to Uncle Ming: “I think there is no need to have any scruples between us, are peers, you have a thirteen whiskers flower porcelain cat is Xiangxi corpse backers worship, both so, must also know this way, will not have a way to deal with the transformation of corpses?”

Uncle Ming probably also understand, has opened a sky-high price, and then do not agree that it is a fool, it seems that there is indeed no thing, helpless still stayed us to eat, drink a few cups of wine, Uncle Ming said the original cause of the matter.

Uncle Ming’s ancestors are indeed the Western Hunan corpse backer, “backer” does not mean that the dead back behind the resistance to go, but a way of grave robbing, planing a pit to the coffin horizontal head of the block apart, reverse body climb into the coffin, and do not dare to face down, do is “backhanded work! “, these mysterious and weird rules, I do not know from which dynasty and which generation, Uncle Ming’s family is relying on this made a fortune, and then his father in the Walking Horse Island corpse back, ran into the Xiangxi corpse king, sent off the life of the last generation of corpse backers, where the end of the line, because of the family’s wealth, and did not pass down the ancestors of the craft, they went to the South Seas to do business, and finally settled in Hong Kong. and finally settled in Hong Kong.

Then began to pour dry body, the desert, the Gobi, mountains, wilderness in the unearthed dry body, if it is a bit of identity, well-preserved, buckle on a certain king, a certain general, a certain country princess’s name, will be able to seat the price, a book of 10,000 profit, than what can be lucrative, under the home is more than some museums, exhibition halls, private collectors and so on, of course, are in the underground trade.

Not long ago an overseas museum to find Uncle Ming to talk business, they have an ancient scripture from Tibet, which recorded the death of a Tibetan demon princess peculiar phenomenon, she died because of a strange disease, after the death of a glacier crystal corpse, was recognized as a miracle, they used the “nine layers of the Demon Tower” will be buried in the snowy mountains, and even mentioned some of the scriptures. The scripture even mentioned some specific clues about the location of the tomb.

This is a single biggest business, but according to the information gathered by Uncle Ming, this thousand years of glacier crystal corpse nature is extremely cold, Yin gas is extremely heavy, if there is no Tibetan tribute to the lotus master’s spiritual tower, ordinary people once close to the death, but that kind of thing is impossible to get, the rest of the things afraid of suppressing the corpse are all out of use, think about it, perhaps with the ancient mirror, it may be possible to carry her out of the nine layers of the Demon Tower.

I and the big gold teeth or the first time I heard this term, Xiangxi Corpse King’s legend to be heard for a long time, what is the glacier crystal corpse? How is it better than the Western Hunan Corpse King?