Chapter 178 – The Collector of Death
After returning to Beijing, Shirley Yang and I split up, she was responsible for finding equipment to scan and strip the head of King Xian, the work of decomposing the sixteen jade rings naturally fell on my head, but this seems to be simple, in fact, there is no place to start, within a day or two, Shirley Yang’s side should have the results, and I want to work hard but I don’t have a direction to go, so I can only sit around all day waiting for her to hear news! I have to sit and wait for her news all day long.
This day I am sitting in the courtyard to cool off, big gold teeth wind fire to find me, a door to see only I am alone, then asked me where the fat man went? I said he polished his shoes early this morning, may be to go to the big dance, this time when the improper improper, how do you have time to come over? Panjiayuan business is not doing?
Dajinya said: “Hu master, this is not trying to find you to discuss this matter, early this morning just opened the market, came more than a hundred Leizi, more than 200 industrial and commercial, anyway, all wearing uniforms, see things copied, brothers had to withdraw to the mountains to fight guerrilla.”
I wondered, “What’s going on here? The joints up and down the mountain, didn’t you all make a good deal?”
Dajinya said, “Don’t mention it, these days more and more foreigners come to find things, Master Hu you also know, those of us in the open pouring, how many real goods? There is a more influential international friends, let us that a buddy when the foreign Zhuang to point, point to him a broken jar, said that the palace for the Qianlong master pickles over the imperial pickles, go back to the people after the appraisal, full of not so much, seriously hurt the famous international friends of our friendly feelings, the results of a big problem, this is not… …”
I said to the big gold teeth: “We operate there without a license, is not a long-term solution, why not find a good place to plate a store, but also to avoid fear all day.”
Dajinya said: “Panjiayuan hit wild stalls, mainly large amount of information, to buyers and sellers to provide a large platform, who also do not point to the market can earn money, are underwater, the undercurrent of ah.”
I also asked how the big gold teeth blind? How come I haven’t seen him since I came back? Dajinya said that the blind man is now not a general bull, claiming to be the reincarnation of Chen Chuan Laozu, out of the door have dialed the tits to transport, specializing in those Hong Kong customers fortune-telling and bone touching, pointing out what the Hong Kong slaves also fucking really believe in it.
I drink tea with the big gold teeth side Kan Dashan, unconsciously the day has been nearly noon, is discussing where to go to rub rice, suddenly sounded a knock on the door, I thought it might be Shirley Yang back, they got up and went over to open the door to the courtyard, but it’s a stranger, the person who came to the head of the oil face, the tone of voice is extremely polite, claiming to be called the east, said to look for the king triumph Wang Mr. Wang.
I said you are not looking for that fat man? Not at home, come back at night, said to close the door, but Dongzi said to find Mr. Hu Ba Yi Hu also, I do not know what the intention of the visitor, he will first invite him into the courtyard.
Dongzi said he was commissioned by his boss, please go over to talk about the antique business, I recently did not want to do business, but the big gold teeth heard the patron door to door, they leaped me over to talk about a, I look at the big gold teeth happen to be carrying a few things, anyway, nothing to do, they agreed to go over with Dongzi and him, meet his boss.
Dongzi put the car to drive, driving us over, I can not help but some strange heart, this is called Dongzi’s people, his boss is how to know our address? However, ask Dongzi the boss who is the question, he did not say, I thought fuck, must be fat people outside again, not to go over to talk about a also nothing, may also be able to tie some money.
Dongzi drove us to a quiet courtyard before, I look at this courtyard with the big gold teeth, suddenly envious, this set of mansion can really pay attention to, walk to the house, see the sandalwood shelves displayed many ancient colorful playware, I and the big gold teeth are considered to be literate people, around a survey, we know that the owner of this is not trivial, things are placed in the real thing.
Dongzi invited us to take a seat, he went to the back to ask his boss to come out, I saw Dongzi out, then said to Dajinya: “Master Jin, see? Falangcai hibiscus pheasant jade pot spring vase, depicting gold alabaster square pot, doucai gaoshi cup, this can be a treasure, casually take out a thrown to Panjiayuan, can shock a large area, compared with the things in this house, we brought a few things, really do not have the face to take it out of the house ah.”
Dajinya nodded: “Yes, this boss, see this style is not ordinary people ah, why do you want to do business with us? Why would he want to do business with us? He definitely won’t be able to take a look at our stuff.”
I suddenly found a very special thing in the house, I quickly said to Dajinya, “The magnet placed in the center, do you think it’s a bit of a problem?”
Big gold teeth from the chair stood up, walked to the porcelain near the front of the end of the examination up, that is a fat porcelain cat, two cat eyes open, gleaming and colorful, but does not seem to be what the famous kiln out of the work is also mediocre, it seems to be not quite in line with the style of the house, the porcelain cat is the most conspicuous, is that it is the whiskers, I do not know why, the porcelain cat has thirteen whiskers, and can be inserted and extracted from the activities, workmanship! The most delicate parts are concentrated here, Dajinya suddenly thought of something, turned his head to me and said, “This is the kind of corpse backer’s home supply, thirteen whiskers flower magnetic cat.”
In western Hunan and other mountainous areas, since ancient times, there are two kinds of business to catch the corpse back body, which “back body” is similar to the tomb raiding program, back body in the family, will provide such a magnetic cat, each time before the program, we have to burn a pillar of incense, thirteen whiskers flower magnetic cat, kowtow a few heads, if this period, the magnetic cat’s whiskers fall or broken, is the night can not be absolutely Going out, which is the omen of disaster, it is said that all try to finish the spirit, in the folk rumors of God, and now back the body of the hook has long been no one is doing, we have seen once in the home antique market in this kind of thing.
In the Beijing-Tianjin area, from the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are also outside the nine lines of people worship magnetic cat, those thieves are home for the magnetic cat, but those are nine whiskers, the style is not the same, “thirteen whiskers” only Xiangxi back body of people at home only, this custom from where, to this day, has been impossible to prove.
I saw this “thirteen whiskers”, immediately thought: “the owner of this room, probably its ancestors are Xiangxi giant robbers, specializing in carrying corpses over the manhole hooks, otherwise how would it be so generous.” At this time a sound of footsteps came, I hastily to the big gold teeth make a wink, as nothing has seen, sit quietly and wait.
Invite us to talk business this boss, turned out to be a Hong Kong people, the early fifties, short and fat, called himself Uncle Ming, as soon as he saw me with me to get close to me, saying that what I have done business with me in the past.
I racked my brain also did not think up before and what he did business, and later or Uncle Ming said out, I understand, the original fat man and I that the first single “dry yellow double chi dragon bi” business, is an antique store in Tianjin with a young woman surnamed Han to do, she is Uncle Ming’s adopted mistress.
I do not understand how he looked for me again, there may be some problems, or less trouble for the first, as soon as possible to let him look at the big gold teeth to bring a few things, and then the road towards the sky, each go half way, and so said to Uncle Ming: “Master, I do not know how you are so high up us, all the way to bring us over, we have nothing too good on hand recently, just randomly bring a few things, and then we will be able to get a good deal on a few items. We’ve brought a few things with us, so if you like what you see, you can keep them.” After saying that, he asked Dajinya to take out a few gadgets for him to see.
Dajinya see is Hong Kong farmers, know there is a chance to tie money, immediately full of smiles, from the bag took out a porcelain vase, hands carefully held: “You on the eye, this is the Northern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln of the real thing.”
Uncle Ming heard this, also ate a shock: “There is no mistake ah, that is a national treasure, you just so casually installed in this bag inside?”
Big gold teeth know the more in front of the big connoisseur, the more to say big words, but to say like really, you say him blind, he will believe your words, and began to doubt his own eyesight, big gold teeth to Uncle Ming said: “You still do not know it? You see me set a gold tooth, our family ancestor is the big gold country four wolves Lord Jin Woodruff, I am his old man authentic eighteen generations of direct grandson, this is our family ancestor from the Northern Song Dynasty Daojun emperor seized from the hands of the old family in Heilongjiang presses the bottom of the box of how many years, which do not let me to tumble out of it …….”
Uncle Ming, however, did not take the bait, ignoring the big gold teeth, single and I speak: “Hu old brother ah, you have no really good things ah? If you do not lack of money, I can use things and you exchange well, I have this house of antiques you see on the side of a, you just take it well.”
I thought he was clearly in the words, please come to us is a target, but I brought something back from Yunnan, have a big use, that is, give me a gold mountain, I can not go out, since so don’t hide, so the words clearly, and directly told Uncle Ming, we have the best thing, is this Longquan kiln, although it is imitation, but can pass the eye, willing to want to have to do, do not want to go back! If you want to take it, we will take it back. If you regret it, we can’t care about it.
Uncle Ming smiled, picked up a photo album on the coffee table, said he asked me to look at his collection in Hong Kong, I turned over not a few pages, the more you look at the more strange, but the heart has been clear, the original Hong Kong for the Ming uncle, is trying to buy a bronze mirror that can suppress the corpse, is certainly the fat man outside the mouth, the news somehow passed to the ears of the Ming uncle, who thought that the ancient mirror is still in our hands and do not know that actually have not warmed up in my hand! He thought the mirror was still in our hands, not realizing that it hadn’t actually been warmed up in my hands. I asked Uncle Ming, “What are you doing collecting so many ancient dry corpses?”