My autobiography cannot be a tragedy

Chapter 114 Our Future

"and many more!"

Seeing that everyone brought cutting tools and was about to do it, Ma Liang, who was already showing signs of despair, stood up to stop him.

"What? We will pay what should be paid. What reason do you have now?" Wang Zhaoping looked at the other party.

"No, I mean, let me come, the contents inside are too precious, if a small cut is made, you and I are both sinners." He smiled wryly.

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately.

Is this an acknowledgment that there's something in it, and it's not just something in general?

Wang Zhaoping thought about it, and finally nodded.

In the current situation, if the cultural relics are damaged, Ma Liang's charges will only be greater, and he should not be so mad.

Everyone worked together to bring down the white marble statue.

"Zi~Zi~"

Amidst some harsh cutting sounds, it took about [-] minutes before Ma Liang carefully removed a stone slab from the elephant's belly, revealing a hole.

The belly of this elephant is really unique!
"Five years ago, I ordered this pair of white marble elephants, and then made a small incision to hollow out the elephant's belly.

I thought it was so secretive and foolproof, but I didn't expect the flaw to be because I misplaced it... Maybe it's God's will..."

Ma Liang took off his gloves with a wry smile, and carefully took out a square and heavy stone box from the elephant's belly.

Everyone stared at the stone box without blinking.

It can be collected in such a secret way, how precious should the contents be?

Only Wang Zhaoping and Lao Lin looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

five years ago?
Isn't the time right?

The information given above is that the stolen goods were unearthed not long ago, right?
Not to mention the doubts of the two, when the stone box was opened, in the center of the bright yellow cushion, a bronze-colored casting revealed its true face.

The fine and dense scales are lifelike, the mouth of the snake is slightly opened, and the snake's letter is slightly spit out. It looks like a bronze statue of a snake's head.

"Hiss~" Others still couldn't understand it, but after being looked at by the invited expert for a while, they suddenly gasped.

"This... is this a beast head?!"

"Beast heads? Are you talking about the animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs in Yuanmingyuan?" Wang Zhaoping stared.

"Not bad!" The expert's lips trembled a little.

Everyone was stunned.

Although they are not from the antique world, they have naturally heard of the national treasures such as the twelve animal heads, which are well-known at home and abroad.

Haven't heard of the twelve beast heads, have you seen the twelve zodiac animals played by Chenglong?

I didn't expect to catch such a big fish in this humble cultural relic dealer's house today.

I just heard the expert continue talking excitedly.

"The animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs were designed by Castiglione for Qianlong and placed in the fountain faucet outside the Haiyan Hall in the Yuanmingyuan. It has a history of about 300 years.

After the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, the twelve beast heads were lost overseas, and only returned after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

So far, 8 of the animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs have returned, and 4 of them are missing, namely the snake head, the rooster head, the dog head, and the sheep head.

If this one is genuine... then I really witnessed history today. "

Seeing that the expert had already picked up the magnifying glass and began to appraise it obsessively, Wang Zhaoping looked at Ma Liang, who was already somewhat unlovely.

"Could you explain that?"

"Oh!" Ma Liang sighed.

He knew that the day the snake head appeared was the day when the Ma family lost it.

He simply stopped struggling and told the story of the snake head.

It turned out that this snake head was received by his grandfather from a foreign military officer by chance in the late Qing Dynasty, and it has been passed down as a family heirloom since then.

Even during the "broken fourth uncle" period, many things were confiscated, and these things were all hidden by the Ma family.

Later, in his father's generation, he sold a lot of family property because of gambling, but there was no antique market in China at that time, which made this beast head survived.

In recent years, several twelve animal heads that have been lost overseas have successively fetched sky-high prices in Xiangjiang and Europa.

The most recent one was in 2007, when the bronze statue of the horse head was bought by the gambling king of Macau at a sky-high price of more than 6900 million Hong Kong dollars in Xiangjiang, and he announced that he would donate it to the country, which was a sensation.

Realizing its value, Ma Liang regarded it as a treasure and hid it in the elephant's belly.

In fact, the craftsmanship of these twelve animal heads belongs to the red copper statues made during the Qianlong period. Although it is rare to combine Eastern and Western techniques, it is not very rare, and its real value is only a few hundred thousand.

Many people think that they are nothing more than "faucets" designed by foreigners.

This is indeed the case, but the price has reached this point, except that foreign countries have been deliberately propagandizing to drive up prices and carry out secondary plundering in disguise.

Also because of the precious historical value of these animal heads.

Chinese people have special feelings for some cultural relics lost overseas, especially the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace.

The illustrious background and tragic fate made the twelve beast heads a representative of the lost cultural relics in the Old Summer Palace, because they condensed too much historical humiliation and pain.

In a sense, these twelve animal heads have witnessed the country's humiliation and rise, and this historical value cannot be measured by money.

"After so many years, I am unwilling to donate it, and I have a bad conscience when I sell it abroad. I am sorry to my ancestors, so I can only guard it in fear all day long.

It was God's will that you found me today, and I was able to let go of the big stone in my heart instead. "

Ma Liang looked relieved.

"Uneasy conscience? Uneasy conscience, you are still involved in smuggling, which is worthy of your ancestors? You hide this snake head, I think you want to sell it when there is a market for it, and the price is higher?" Wang Zhaoping glanced at it. He glanced.

Ma Liang was punctured and could only laugh dryly.

"Such a large amount of money, it would be a lie to say that I am not tempted, I originally wanted to pass it on as a family heirloom, if the future generations fail, at least there is a chance to make a comeback.

If one day the children and grandchildren live up to it, then make it public and donate it to the country..."

The regulations on the ownership of cultural relics in the "Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics" can be roughly understood as that the unearthed cultural relics are owned by the state and the cultural relics handed down from generation to generation are owned by individuals.

If what Ma Liang said is true and the snake head was inherited, then it is a cultural relic handed down from ancient times and legally owned by the Ma family.

It's just that once it is exposed, this thing cannot be bought or sold at all. Even if the National Museum comes to buy it, the price is absolutely impossible to be as outrageous as the auction price.

And... this Ma Liang is currently involved in a case, will this thing be taken back as stolen goods... Ha ha!
Wang Zhaoping looked at the stone elephant lying on the ground with its abdomen cut open, and shook his head.

"It's really not a good place for you to hide. As the saying goes, the human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant. If you hide this snake's head in the elephant's belly, you will not suffer backlash!"

The case came to an end, and the experts excitedly told everyone that the snake head was very similar to the existing museum ones in terms of material, shape, and craftsmanship, and could be preliminarily determined to be genuine.

It's just that more detailed identification needs to be done with more professional instruments.

The birth of the first snake, if the news is spread, it will definitely cause a sensation in the whole country, and everyone present is both excited and a little dazed.

Such a big credit just fell on his own head out of thin air?

Looking at the snake head, Wang Zhaoping was excited, but also a little helpless.

After looking for something, I found it, and it really is a rare treasure.

It's just...why was it wrong again!
Obviously, from the time when Ma Liang hid the things, it can be seen that they missed the auxiliary car again this time.

It's just that last time it was a person who was wrong, but this time it was something...

Although I was wrong every time, but with this kind of service attitude of buy one get one free, and the cultural value of the snake head... I definitely made a lot of money, okay?
In this situation... Even if it is a mistake, you must give it a five-star review, right?

Picking up the phone, "Brother, this time is really... eh?"

He paused before finishing his thanks, because he found that the communication and chat on the mobile phone had been hung up long ago.

Looking at the chat time, it seems that he was hung up when he was waiting for someone to start cutting.

"This……"

What do real men mean by never looking back at explosions?
Or...the other party already knew what was inside, so there was no need to see the finale?

Yes!It must be so!

"Not small in size", "not light in weight", "sculptures of gold, silver, copper, iron or stone".

The thing I described to the other party before is indeed very similar to the snake head, and I am afraid that the other party has misunderstood it.

I just don't know, how did the other party get the news about a national treasure that has been hidden for nearly a hundred years?
Terrible intelligence capabilities!

And this brother Meng has a sense of justice, knows how to speculate in stocks, understands Feng Shui, and is so low-key...

What a wonder!
……

At this time, our "strange man" Meng Xiaolang was still thinking hard on the book, writing and drawing in notes, doing analysis and strategies.

The reason why he hung up the communication was entirely because he thought that the cut over there was too slow and wasted time.

Now his mind is focused on 2043, and he has no intention of caring about a treasure that is about to be born thousands of miles away.

As long as you know there is something in it, it doesn't really matter what it is.

Cultural relics?

No matter how precious the cultural relics are, when the end comes, they will be just a pile of rubble among the ruins...

What you care about is our history, what I care about is our future...

(End of this chapter)