Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 143 Precious
Is it a living thing?
Another name for a certain tree?
So, those purple gold scale coins may actually be made from this kind of tree?
However, no matter from the texture of the purple gold scale coin or from the description of this ancient animal skin scroll.

The thing called Zhuangzi should not be a tree at all.

In an instant, several thoughts flashed through.

Wei Tao wondered, "I don't think Jujube is an alias for a tree. According to the description in this book, shouldn't it be a god, a holy spirit, or a demon or a ghost?"

"According to the writing method in this Miscellaneous Tales of Gods and Monsters, it does seem to be talking about gods, monsters and monsters."

The man smiled and said, "Of course this is impossible, the guest officer just read this book, so he preconceived it.

To be honest, I was also influenced by the content of the book, just like the guest officer, and found many ancient books to confirm and compare with each other.

Finally, I finally found a relatively clear description, saying that Jujuba is a tree that has disappeared, and it is a towering tree with an extremely long life span. "

"Besides, I have specifically verified that even in the Luocha tribe, the deity enshrined is called the Holy Mother of Yin Mountain, and it has nothing to do with the so-called Juan in this book."

When the man talked about Xing Chu, his voice became much louder.

"As for the scaly shape, what I want to express may be the shape of the scales.

But the last sentence says only seeing Jin Tong.

I also don't understand why there are such obvious inconsistencies in the book.

It may be that the person who wrote the book was too careless and didn't proofread it seriously at all. "

Speaking of this, the man slapped his thigh suddenly and sighed with emotion.

"Besides, when I bought this book, I really regarded it as an isolated ancient book handed down from ancient times like the Great Wilderness Classic.

I was obsessed with it for a while, but found that it was mostly nonsense. "

Wei Tao nodded slightly.

When he was studying in a private school, he often read the Great Wilderness.

It's like the Book of Mountains and Seas in the previous life, which records all kinds of gods, monsters, and strange creatures. The descriptions are fascinating and can kill time.

However, in the Great Wilderness Scripture, there is no mention of the golden pupils related to the purple gold scale coins.

"If you don't believe me, please read this page..."

Having said that, the man suddenly fell silent.

He glanced at Wei Tao with a guilty conscience.

I'm afraid that because I talk too much for a while, the guests will lose interest in these ancient books, which will ruin the business of three taels of silver.

Wei Tao was unaware of his thoughts, and after a moment of silence, he gently encouraged him, "It's pretty good, and it's very attractive, you can continue."

Afraid that the man would be worried, he added, "Don't worry, I will definitely buy the book, even if it's just a pile of waste paper, it won't prevent me from spending real money."

"Nothing else, I just like the feeling of spending money casually."

The man tightly held the silver ingot in his palm, his face flushed red.

After a moment of silence, he sighed, "Since the guest officer is so forthright and generous, I can no longer hide it and let the guest officer be deceived in the future."

Wei Tao blinked his eyes, "It's kind of interesting, why did you suddenly get deceived, you mean, you are deceiving me?"

The man waved his hands again and again, "No, no, what I mean is that just discussing this book is actually a lie."

Suddenly footsteps came, and a middle-aged woman came out from the back door of the shop, "Zhang Zhiqing, are you fiddling with those broken books again, are you waiting to buy things without seeing customers!?"

"It's really a useless scholar. You eat a lot all day long, but when you work..."

"Shut up!" Wei Tao suddenly turned his head to look, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I, I..." The woman was taken aback, before she could think of what to say, she was caught by a crisp sound that attracted all her attention.

A handful of broken silver was photographed by Wei Tao onto the counter table.

Its power is so great that it was even photographed as a silver cake.

At a glance, there are at least three to five.

He pushed the silver towards the woman.

He said coldly, "There is a house of gold in the book, and knowledge can change your destiny. If you don't understand it, don't mess around here."

"Yes, yes, what the guest officer said is true. I am a woman with long hair and short knowledge. The guest officer laughed at me."

She carefully picked up the silver.

He pinched his thigh hard again.

Immediately there was a flattering smile all over his face.

"Zhiqing, knowledge can change your destiny, so you should study and talk with this master. Auntie is going to serve you a bowl of dry rice now, and let Xiaoqing cut a piece of bacon for you to cook..."

Wei Tao didn't even look at the few taels of silver thrown out, his eyes were on the pages of the book from beginning to end.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, you can continue."

Zhang Zhiqing's face was flushed, and he exhaled a long breath, "Guest officer, please look at the pictures on this page."

Wei Tao looked down and found that there was a bust drawn on that page.

To be more precise, it is a portrait shown from four different perspectives through four patterns.

Wei Tao moved closer and observed carefully.

The portrait has four faces, the front, back, left, and right cheeks.

Emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy, each face has an expression.

There are also eight arms, which make different poses.

It looks like a half-length doll.

"I have evidence below. This book was simply fabricated by some people, and the ultimate purpose is to deceive people and make money!"

The man pointed to the bust with four arms and eight arms, and he spoke astonishingly as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Oh, why did Xiongtai say this?"

Wei Tao became more interested all of a sudden.

"I can still hear the business method of writing books and selling goods, which immediately brought back my memories.

Among other things, just based on today's chat, the few taels of silver are worth the fare. "

Although Zhang Zhiqing didn't quite understand what it meant to be worth the fare, it didn't stop him from continuing.

"Guest officer, please read the description of this picture, do you find it mysterious and fascinating?
Looking at the material of this book page, the tortoise shell script inside, do you think it is an antique from the predecessors? "

He bent down and lowered his head, rummaged in the wooden basket for a while, and finally took out something from the corner.

At first glance, what Zhang Zhiqing took out was a bronze mirror.

After careful observation, it was discovered that this was indeed a bronze mirror.

It's just that the front and back sides are engraved with round smiling faces, which can't function as a mirror at all.

There are indeed many similarities between the two smiling faces and the happy side in the half-length portrait.

The smiling face is about three inches in diameter.

It appears to be a work of art.

It may also be a toy for children.

Wei Tao stared at this smiling face, and was a little dazed for a while.

Zhang Zhiqing put the things on the table for Wei Tao to observe carefully.

Then he went on to say, "But in fact, I spent money to find more than one old master to appraise it. It is neither an antique, nor does the book seem to be an ancient book.

The guest officer doesn't know, when I found this book, there was such a thing in it.

In addition, there are more than a dozen other small objects with corresponding patterns, presumably they are used to defraud people of money. "

"It's a pity that I didn't check it for a while, because I was fascinated by these tortoise shell inscriptions, and spent dozens of taels of silver in vain.

If the money is still there, at least there will be enough to eat for several years! "

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhiqing was still a little resentful, and his voice was a little crying.

"Where are the other small objects!?"

Wei Tao raised his head abruptly, looking straight into his eyes with piercing eyes.

Zhang Zhiqing shuddered.

It felt like being targeted by a giant beast.

It is possible to tear yourself to pieces at any time.

"Let me ask you, where are the other small objects?"

Wei Tao took a deep breath, trying to calm down his tone.

"Lost, all lost."

Zhang Zhiqing's lips moved, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

"This book has a dozen pages in total, and there are exactly a dozen objects with pictures.

I don't think they're useful either, and the ones that move around get lost. "

all lost...

All lost!
This is a living status bar gold coin.

Wei Tao shook his head and sighed, holding that smiling face firmly in his hands, as if he was afraid that he would lose it if he let go.

next moment.

He carefully put the book away.

This book is more precious than the occasional deposit of a few gold coins.

If you can follow the map, it will greatly reduce the difficulty of collecting gold coins in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Tao leaned forward and stared at the trembling Zhang Zhiqing with a sense of oppression.

"In the future, I want you to teach me to recognize the tortoise script."

"Do you agree or not?"

Zhang Zhiqing's throat was throbbing, and he kept licking his lips.

"Guest officer, I naturally agree."

"Very well, I won't lose your tuition."

Wei Tao nodded in satisfaction, and stuffed a silver ingot into Zhang Zhiqing's hand.

"Don't look at the store these days, hurry up and sort out a list of comparisons between the tortoise shell script and the official script of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I'll find someone to pick it up."

Zhang Zhiqing held the silver ingot tightly, feeling mixed feelings for a moment, not knowing what to say.

(End of this chapter)