Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

"The Taoist Priest makes a price!"

"Li Shanxin, is this the ancestral home of my Lu family?"

"Ten million!"

"My ancestral home!"

"Twenty million!"

"Ancestral... ancestral home!"

"thirty million!"

"Ancestor..."

"Okay, you keep it!"

"do not……"

As soon as Li Ding'an turned around, the Taoist priest was as quick as a rabbit, and he grabbed his sleeve with a single step.

The facial features are squeezed into a ball, and they are full of flattery, but how can they still have the aura of an outsider?

"Jushi Li, you...how can you let me refuse?"

After a slight hesitation, he waved his long sleeves and said, "Okay, just 30 million... Jingcheng, the original intention of getting the house..."

That's it, it's time to be tempted...

House prices in Fengcheng are around 5,000, with 30% off in the old town, which is basically 3,500 to 4,000. A bungalow is roughly the same price, but excluding the open-air area, a 1,000-square-meter yard can be calculated as 300-400 square meters from the top to the sky. .

If it is an old house in the old city, you have to get a discount.

Because it cannot be demolished or renovated, even if the roof is broken and the walls fall down, if you want to repair it, you must first seek approval from the relevant departments. There are at least seven or eight stamps in one stamp.

Besides, this yard is located in Shenjing Old Alley, so the price is even lower.

The old Taoist priest bought it five years ago, when housing prices were high, and he only spent 1.6 million.

As for these talismans, cards, and magic tools, they are almost the same as a pair of heads. They only cost 200,000, for a total price of 1.8 million.

After five years of letting it go, it has doubled nearly 20 times. If you still don’t agree, it’s just because you’re out of your mind...

The old Taoist priest took a long breath and said, "I would like to ask, Jushi Li...oh no, what did Jushi Chen buy this place for?"

Li Ding'an said without hesitation: "Open a museum!"

what's that?

Where are these from?

Intuiting that he was not telling the truth, the old Taoist priest did not ask further. Coincidentally, his son also took the information.

Looking again, I saw a briefcase made of blue cloth, which contained a house book, a transaction contract, a business license, an organization code certificate, and filing documents from the religious and tourism departments.

It was brought so quickly and so well prepared. It is estimated that the father and son had not slept all night to prepare all these things.

Are you still saying you're not tempted?

Li Ding'an also breathed a sigh of relief and flipped through it casually.

Hey, there’s another list?

Three pure statues, four imperial statues, green ghost screens, twenty-four ghost and god statues, stone tables, altar tables, spiritual tablets, talismans, magic bells, witch swords... Good guy, eight pages, four to five hundred items, listed above clearly.

There is also a copy, with forty or fifty items marked with a pen. If you look closely, you can see that most of them are amulets, beads, Miao knives and other objects. It also includes Fu Yan's Master Sword, Azhen's Canopy Ruler, and his two square seals.

After five years of selling, less than a tenth of it was sold?

Thanks to the old Taoist's dark heart, otherwise there would never be so many left. Just like Fu Yan's Master's Sword, if it wasn't a Celestial Master's magic weapon from the early morning period, 8,080 would be too expensive, let alone 8,800.

Whoever buys it is wronged...

Looking down again... Hey, the statue of Bodhidharma, the statue of Huineng, the Buddhist niche, the sutra box, the whisk, and Ruyi?

Something from Zen Buddhism?

Li Ding'an looked around and pointed at the list: "Taoist Priest, why aren't these things there?"

"Don't worry, lay people, yes, they are all in the basement... Huang was originally a fellow practitioner of Taoism, Buddhism, and Shamanism, and they were very nondescript. Furthermore, the Taoist cultural atmosphere in Jiangxi is relatively strong, so that year the Tourism Bureau re-established a Taoist temple and only moved out Taoist and shamanic things."

What is nondescript?

Bada Shanren and Niu Shihui originally became monks first and then Taoist priests. Zhu Quan was also regarded as the great master of the Wu family. It is not too much to say that he practiced the three religions at the same time...

After thinking about it, Li Dingan suddenly paused again: "Is there a basement?"

"Yes, it's not small. The size of the yard is the same as the size of the basement... It was built after the founding of the People's Republic of China. All the things in the house were hidden underneath. They were only moved out in the 1990s..."

Oh, yes, I was wondering before, how were these things preserved?

"How come it's so well preserved?"

"Because there is a backstage!"

The Taoist temples were all sold, and the old Taoist priest did not pretend to be a superior person, but was very talkative. "In the next city, Ji'an, there is a leader named Li, who is the nephew of the Huang family."

understood……

"Does the Taoist Master know so clearly?"

"Of course, my surname is Liu, and my ancestors have been from Liujiajing for generations!"

"No... Taoist priest, your surname is Lu, isn't it? Last time I asked you, you said you were the grandson of the 64th generation Zhang Tianshi and the cousin who is now the presiding officer of the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion?"

"Forgive me, good believer!" The old Taoist priest bared his teeth and smiled, "It's just a waste of money, it's not shabby!"

Li Ding'an was shocked: Does this mean that your identity as a Taoist priest is fake and your name is also fake?

incredible……

After a moment's thought, he asked again: "Does the Taoist priest know how the Huang family moved in the 1980s and didn't take anything with them when they moved?"

"What a relocation, the whole family was wiped out!"

The old Taoist priest had an exaggerated expression, talking and gesticulating, "In 1981, I was only twelve years old. One day after school at noon, there were more than a dozen yellow jeeps and military trucks parked outside the alley. The entrance to the alley was guarded by soldiers. Everyone came in. If I don’t come, I haven’t eaten for a whole day, and I still slept in school at night…

I didn’t find out until I got home the next day that more than ten members of Huang Daoist’s family had been killed... Because the impact was too bad, and there may be some other reasons, the higher-ups blocked the news..."

"Ah...why?"

"I've offended someone... The Huang family was one of the top tyrants in Fengcheng back then. They often bullied men, dominated women, and exterminated their descendants. But the backstage was too tough and no one dared to touch it. By the time 1981, the backstage was completely overthrown and they were seeking revenge. The opportunity came: the two brothers came to the door with wine and food, first got the men of the Huang family drunk, and then started in the middle of the night, leaving no one behind, old, young, women, and children..."

I'll go... The leader named Li seems to have been sentenced in the early 1980s...

Is it any wonder that such a large family property is thrown away just as easily?

Let’s just say that in the environment of the 1980s, you had to issue a letter of introduction wherever you went. How could your whereabouts be unknown?

"I understand...thank you, Taoist Priest!"

"You're welcome, layman!"

The old Taoist priest rolled his eyes, "When will the procedure be completed?"

"The sooner the better... Xiaoshu, Secretary Yi, I'm sorry to bother you!"

"It should!"

The two nodded and checked the information again: Chen Jingshu's ID card, power of attorney, the old Taoist priest's house book, the Taoist temple's operating information...

And Li Ding'an's bank card.

"There are also taxes and fees, which are not much anyway, so I paid them together!"

"Okay, Teacher Li."

"Excuse me, old Taoist priest, go and do it now!"

The gray beard trembled, and the old Taoist priest's voice trembled: "Okay, let's go now... for a walk!"

Thirty million, which he would never be able to spend in two lifetimes...

Secretary Yi drove, Shu Jinghao took the information, and the Taoist priest and his son followed behind.

There was a sudden silence in the Taoist temple.

Li Ding'an looked at Chen Jingshu: "Just do it, aren't you afraid that I will trick you?"

"Do you know?"

"What if?"

"Then let's go to jail together!"

There seemed to be a warm current surging in my heart: Well, it is indeed Miss Chen, no hesitation, resolute!

It has nothing to do with law or morality. If something is dug out from the ground, Li Ding'an will never hesitate at all. He should call the police and hand it over.

He just felt that as his identity gradually changed and his future path gradually became clearer, problems that might be magnified and criticized should be avoided in advance. I am also afraid of long nights and many dreams, so I can’t do it without buying it, let alone just find someone, so I can only fall under Chen Jingshu’s name first...

He sighed leisurely: "Don't worry, it won't happen!"

"I know!"

Chen Jingshu didn't care at all and looked around: "Where is the basement? Why don't you go take a look?"

"There are stairs here!" Li Ding'an pointed, then looked at Wang Chenggong and Sun Huaiyu, "You guys wait here for a while!"

"Teacher Li, how about we go too?"

"No, it's just an ordinary basement, not a dragon's den or a tiger's den? By the way, help me watch the door so that no one can take things away..."

Oh, I forgot, from now on, this place’s surname is Li... no, it’s Chen!

The two nodded, and Li Ding'an opened the corridor door. Sure enough, there was a stone staircase leading to the ground.

"Bang," the door was closed and the footsteps gradually faded away.

Sun Huaiyu looked around, hesitated to speak, gritted his teeth again, and said in a very low voice: "Old Wang...Why did Teacher Li buy this place?"

Wang Chenggong was silent for a long time, then lit a cigarette: "What do you think?"

For the treasure, of course.

The two of them followed him every day. They knew exactly what Li Dingan was busy with and what he was investigating.

It’s hard to say about the two pieces of jade and the jade pendant, not to mention the nine-bead chain, but the bottle incense burner and the wooden fish are definitely items from a Taoist temple or temple.

Li Ding'an held it and studied it for several days, and it must be related to the treasure.

Look here again, it’s Tao and it’s Buddha, there’s no way we can’t avoid contact with it.

What's more, he spent a total of 30 million... To be honest, for this small county town and this shabby yard, it's not even worth losing a zero!

Lao Wang blew out a puff of smoke and said, "Do your own thing and don't worry about so much!"

"I'm just curious!"

"It's not okay to be curious!"

Sun Huaiyu said nothing and glared at him.

……

Concrete pillars, purple-red brick walls, and a green light glowing on the ground.

The lights are dim, the exhaust fan hums, and you can hear clear echoes as you walk by.

Big, not ordinary big.

The old Taoist priest was right, as big as the yard is, this place is as big as it is. Thousands of square meters, the floor height is at least four meters, there is no wall in the middle, there are only a few columns, and it looks unusually empty.

It's as hot as fire outside, but here it's cold and eerie. There are many statues of gods placed against the wall, covered with thin plastic sheets. When the wind blows, the facial features stand out, which is indescribably terrifying.

Chen Jingshu instinctively retreated and bumped into Li Ding'an's arms. She held her waist with one hand: "Be careful!"

Feeling the warmth on my back, the gloomy feeling subsided a lot: "It's so cold in here, a bit like a bomb shelter?"

"Almost... look at the door over there. There is half a cement wall next to it, and behind it is a trench half a man deep. Does it look like a trench? It seems that it was originally intended to build fortifications, but was not built halfway through..."

Chen Jingshu nodded and looked around: In addition to the statues, there were many wooden boxes on the ground. They were rough-cut wooden boards nailed together and the workmanship was very rough.

There are some parts thrown on the ground, including a Buddhist altar nearly one meter long, a stone incense burner half a person's height, an altar, a stone table, a stone bench, and a futon.

But it was already very worn, the cloth outside was torn into strands, and the straw was falling everywhere, making it very messy.

These should be the Buddhist things on the list.

Chen Jingshu looked very excited: "Is the treasure right here?"

"I don't know, but it's unlikely, otherwise I wouldn't be able to put it away now. There should still be a few antiques... Let's take a look first!"

Li Ding'an let go of his hand, and the warm feeling disappeared suddenly. Chen Jingshu shuddered and was about to say "a little cold", but paused and closed her mouth again.

Forget it, this is just a piece of wood. If you say it's cold, he will definitely say: Then you go up first...

She shook her head and followed: "Don't you take a look at the contents of the box first?"

Li Ding'an smiled: "I'll take a look at the statue first to see who is offering sacrifices!"

Just like in the Taoist temple above, there is a statue of Zhu Quan who transformed into a Taoist priest, as well as porcelain, and there is also a statue of Chongzhen who transformed into the sun god, so he wondered if there were other statues of the ancestors of the Zhu family here?

Once you find the object of worship, you will have a better grasp of the remaining items, such as which ones are religious artifacts and which ones are funeral ritual objects.

Thinking about it, he lifted the plastic sheet.

The first bottle is a wooden Buddha statue: a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, a protruding forehead, and a beard. You can tell that he is a foreigner at a glance.

Look at the image again: one hand is carrying monk's shoes, the other is carrying a Zen staff, bare feet, and a reed pipe under the feet.

"Dharma crossing the river!"

"Yes, the founder of Zen!"

Li Ding'an opened the second one. He was still a monk, but he looked like a Han Chinese: wearing a scarf on his head, his left arm was broken at the elbow, and he only had his right hand.

"Disciple of Bodhidharma, Huike, the second ancestor of Zen!"

"This is the Third Patriarch Monk Can!"

"Fourth Patriarch Dao...huh?" Li Ding'an opened another one and was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this Dao Xin?"

Needless to say, Chen Jingshu didn't know who the Zen masters were, but she could recognize that the one in front of her was definitely not the Fourth Patriarch.

Because he is not a monk, but... a Taoist immortal?

Wearing the crown of the Five Sacred Mountains on his head, wearing fish scale armor, with his hair spread barefoot, he holds a sword in his right hand, points forward with his left hand, steps on a snake with his left foot, and steps on a turtle with his right foot.

With his clothes and belts fluttering and his hair brimming with anger, he is very dynamic, as if he is facing a powerful enemy and is commanding his men to fight.

"Is this Emperor Xuanwu?"

"It should be Emperor Zhenwu Xuantian of Arctic Town, also known as Zhenwu God of War!"

Is there a difference?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Jingshu was stunned again: There seems to be a real difference?

There are both civil and military figures in Zhenwu, but there is only one who can be called the God of War...

"The statue of Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right!" Li Ding'an took a step forward and knocked gently, and the statue made a crisp "ding-dang" sound. "The ones in front are all wood carvings, but this bottle is made of stone. Isn't the difference big enough?"

I thought before that since there is Zhu Quan and Chongzhen, there should also be statues of other Ming emperors.

Look, this is vivid enough, but it's also vague: everyone knows that Zhu Di claims to be the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu, and calls himself the God of War Zhenwu. But you want to say that I sacrificed Zhu Di?

Okay, you first smash all the Zhenwu statues in all Taoist temples...

"Look again, there may be..." Li Ding'an lifted it down again, "This is the Fifth Patriarch Hongxin, this is the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, this is... um, don't you know?"

He came closer and took a closer look: it was also a stone Buddha statue, but it was very large, a head taller than the other six bottles. It was also very strong, with a strong back and strong waist, and thick arms.

His expression is very solemn, his brows are furrowed, his eyes are slightly narrowed, and he is still very young: because the other six Buddha statues have beards, this one does not.

Look at the image again: standing tall and majestic, pointing to the sky with one hand and scratching the ground with the other, quite a bit of an aura of being arrogant to all things.

There are ring scars on his head, and I count them carefully, thirteen. Look carefully, you will see a word engraved on each palm: "Ru" on the left, "Jing" on the right...

Li Ding'an thought for a moment and suddenly leaned back: I'm going to go!

One finger points to the sky and the other hand touches the earth, which means "I am the only one in heaven and earth."

Most of the ring scars in Han Buddhism are three and six. Nine scars are very rare, and they must be monks who have attained enlightenment.

Those who can iron twelve pieces only exist in legends: Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, and Huineng, the sixth ancestor.

The statues of the two gods are standing next to them. If you count them again, aren't they twelve?

This one is good, he has one more than the ancestor of the sect...

There are also "Ru" and "Jing"... According to research, this was Zhu Chongba's dharma title when he became a monk in Huangjue Temple.

Haha...the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang? (End of chapter)