If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 187
Although Xia Luo has faded out of people's sight, Ding Xiu has risen rapidly, and his momentum is far stronger than Xia Luo's original.

At the beginning, Charlotte was only developing in music and was known as the godfather of the Chinese music scene.

However, Ding Xiu not only showed his amazing talent in music, but also worked as a screenwriter, producer, and director himself, and he also established a huge career in film and television.

One after another, the films he made broke his own box office records, and he was reluctant to win awards.

The only thing is that he rarely appears in public. Unlike Charlotte who had to sing by himself, he is only responsible for writing songs, writing scripts, and making movies, and never participates in acting himself.

However, the matter between him and Qiu Ya has always been talked about.

After all, Qiu Ya used to be Xia Luo's wife. As soon as Xia Luo was imprisoned, Qiu Ya got divorced, turned around and fell into the arms of Ding Xiu, becoming a big figure in the entertainment industry again.

However, Ding Xiu didn't care at all what others said or thought, and Dafangfang became a couple with Qiu Ya.

A few years have passed, and Ding Xiu has become an internationally renowned prolific musician, prolific film producer, prolific gold medal producer, and prolific director...

This completely subverts people's understanding.

In the past, people often said that it takes ten years to sharpen a sword. Many classic blockbusters often take several years from project establishment to final release. However, Ding Xiu rarely shoots movies for more than a year, and sometimes several movies are shot together.

However, the quality is nothing to say, the box office is also very impressive, it has received rave reviews and won numerous awards.

Many people were unconvinced at first, but later became numb...

However, there are still big scandals in the entertainment industry from time to time. For example, someone photographed Director Ding and the well-known beauty Li Xiaolu walking out of the hotel early in the morning, Director Ding and an actress named Fan passionately kissing on a yacht, Director Ding and...

A few years later, Ding Xiu traveled through time again.

This time, he returned to the world of ghosts blowing lanterns.

Panjiayuan is a famous antique market. It can be said that there is a mixture of good and bad, including the antiques sold here.

The antique industry is very deep, and most of the antiques sold publicly on the market are fakes, imitations, or things of little value.

The ones that are truly valuable have long been collected by others or entered museums.

However, some people like to be arty, and they pretend to know a lot even though they know a little about it, and then fool some people who don't know what they are doing, so that the antique market is booming.

Of course, sometimes there are some interesting stories about picking up leaks.

For example, someone spent hundreds of dollars on a jade pendant at a street stall, but later he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a royal item from thousands of years ago. It was an orphan item and its value was immeasurable.

There are many similar legends. In fact, most of them are rumors.

Of course, there are things like picking up leaks. For example, in Panjiayuan, there is a person who is called the "King of Picking Up Leaks."

This person is Ding Xiu.

This time, Ding Xiu’s identity is that of an unemployed vagrant, who lives next to Panjiayuan and wanders around the market when he has something to do...

As soon as they see it, whether it is a shop owner or a stall owner, their eyes are very complicated.

I both hope that he will come, but also hope that he will not come...

Why do you want him to come over, but why do you want him not to come over?That's because all the bosses and stall owners in the market now know that he has a sharp eye, and as long as he sees something right, it will definitely be right.

The first time, Ding Xiu picked up a leak in a shop.

At that time, the boss had just received a batch of goods, including a horn wine glass. The boss didn't take it seriously and just threw it away among a pile of less valuable goods.

As a result, Ding Xiu accidentally came here and bought this horn wine glass for 500 yuan.

Just buy it, the key is, after paying the money and delivering the goods, he revealed the secret to the boss: "This is indeed a horn wine glass, but it is not an ordinary cow, but a rhinoceros..."

When the boss heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Not to mention that this wine glass is a handicraft, but speaking of rhinoceros horn, this thing is measured in grams and is much more valuable than gold. One gram can at least equal the price of twenty grams of gold.

Just this rhino horn cup is worth hundreds of thousands at least.

The boss didn't quite believe it, and he wasn't willing to accept it, so he asked a colleague in the market known as "Jin Ye" to come and evaluate it.

Lord Jin, nicknamed "Big Golden Tooth".

This guy is indeed a weirdo. He obviously has good teeth, but he accidentally discovered an extremely rare gold tooth on an ancient corpse. He actually pulled out his own tooth and put the gold tooth in his mouth.

Therefore, it was nicknamed the Big Golden Tooth.

Da Jinya is shopping for antiques in the market and has a very high appreciation ability for all kinds of antiques.

Big Gold Tooth took it over and confirmed that it was indeed a rhinoceros horn cup, and judging from its carving, it was an ancient artifact from the early Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, the boss was so regretful that his intestines turned blue, and he had the nerve to ask Ding to repair the money.

Da Jinya actually said something fair: "That's how it is in the antique business. If you make a mistake yourself, it's no wonder others are wrong. Just accept your fate..."

Finally, Ding Xiu generously treated the boss and Da Jinya to a sumptuous meal of mutton-boiled meat.

After that, Ding Xiulu picked up the leaks several times one after another, and his reputation suddenly became great.

In the afternoon of this day, Ding Xiu had nothing to do, so he walked to Da Jinya's shop and sat down to drink tea together.

After chatting for a while, two middle-aged men walked in...one of them was tall and burly, and the other had slightly curly hair and a slightly fat body.

The protagonist finally appears. One of the two is named Hu Bayi, and the other is his hairy boy Wang Kaixuan, known as Fatty Wang.

"Master Hu, Master Fatty..."

Da Jinya greeted him enthusiastically.

Speaking of which, it can be said that Da Jinya, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang don't know each other until they fight each other.

After Hu Bayi changed his career, he came to the capital to join Fatty Wang. Of course, he couldn't say he defected to him. After all, Fatty Wang was not doing well in the capital and made a living by reselling tapes.

Once, Fatty Wang was really out of money, so he was tricked by Da Jinya into selling a jade pendant passed down to him by his father for only a few hundred yuan.

Later, the boy regretted it. After all, this piece of jade was a relic left by his father and had commemorative significance.

Coincidentally, Fatty Wang and Hu Bayi met Big Gold Tooth while eating in a restaurant, and Big Gold Tooth happened to be wearing that piece of jade...

Next, Hu Bayi came forward and used both soft and hard tactics to get the jade back. Of course, it was not an open robbery. Hu Bayi took out all his retirement pay and bought back the jade at double the price.

Da Jinya couldn't swallow that breath, so he brought someone to the door the next day to get his place back.

When the two sides were about to start, Da Jinya accidentally discovered an ancient compass. He couldn't help but feel moved, and his attitude made a 180-degree turn, and he warmly invited Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang to eat hotpot mutton.

After a conversation, I realized that Hu Bayi turned out to be a master and was quite proficient in Feng Shui and Bagua.

After being fooled by him, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang became interested in antiques and decided to go to Niuxin Mountain where they had jumped the queue to buy some antiques.

Because when they jumped in line, there were a lot of antiques in the village, and the villagers actually used them to make chicken pots, stepping stones, or pickles.

At that time, they didn't realize the value of antiques. After all, they didn't even have enough to eat, so how could they think about anything else?
Now, the opportunity to make a fortune has come.

But what the two of them never expected was that when they rushed over, an archaeological team had already arrived because a large ancient tomb was discovered in Niuxin Mountain.

The archaeological staff also discovered that the villagers had picked up many antiques and returned them, and called on the villagers to hand them over.

At this time, Hu Bayi and the others were dumbfounded.Fortunately, there is a legend in the village that there is a fortress left by the Japanese in Yerengou, and there is also the tomb of a Jin Dynasty general in Yerengou.

Ever since, the two decided to go on an adventure.

During this period, I experienced a lot of dangers, but in the end I finally gained something. I found the tomb of the general of the Jin Dynasty, and also encountered a big Zongzi, and a life-and-death battle took place...

This time I came here to ask Da Jinya to appraise the two pieces of jade he brought back from the tomb.

"Boy, have you brought back anything good? Take it out and appreciate it."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang glanced at Ding Xiu subconsciously.

Da Jinya immediately said: "I forgot to introduce, this Master Ding is an expert, and we are all outsiders, so I just happened to help you two taste it.

Mr. Ding, these two are not simple, they are the legendary gold-touching captains..."

He was exaggerating.

Hu Bayi's ancestor was indeed a gold captain, but he gave up long ago, but he left behind some things, such as the compass and half of the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret.

This book is known as a wonderful book about reverse fighting. It was written collectively by several gold-touching captains during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

The reason why it is called the Sixteen Characters is because it is divided into sixteen volumes of "Heaven, Earth, Humans, Ghosts, Gods, Buddhas, Demons, Animals, Deterrence, Zhen, Escape, Things, Transformation, Yin, Yang, and Void".

This book mainly records the contents of Yin and Yang Feng Shui, and also covers a large number of descriptions of the shape, structure, and layout of ancient tombs from various dynasties and generations. It can be called an encyclopedia of inverted buckets.

Hu Bayi's ancestor handed down only eight volumes, so it was called half volume.

However, even if there are only eight volumes, it is enough for Hu Bayi to master a large amount of Feng Shui knowledge, including the art of seeking dragons, dividing gold to fix acupoints, the art of heavenly stars, etc.

Theoretically speaking, Hu Bayi is fully qualified to be a gold captain.

But Fatty Wang didn't know anything about it. If he had to say that he had anything to do with Captain Mojin, he was friends with Hu Bayi.

"It turns out that you two are the famous Colonel Mojin. I'm disrespectful..."

After some polite greetings, Fatty Wang finally took out two jade pendants.

These two jade pendants were taken out of the coffin.

"Master Ding, how about... you palm the eyes first?"

Da Jinya raised his hand towards Ding Xiu and smiled.

He didn't want to test Ding Xiu. After all, he already knew Ding Xiu's abilities. He just wanted Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang to witness Ding Xiu's abilities with their own eyes.

"Hmm..." Ding Xiu picked up the two pieces of jade and inspected them for a while, then said: "They are indeed two pieces of ancient jade, but the jade is just average in appearance and the carving is not that good. It looks like the style of a nomadic people. …”

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang couldn't help but look at each other.

Ding Xiu continued: "For antiques, in addition to the material, the workmanship is also very important.

Generally speaking, the craftsmanship level of those nomadic peoples is low, and the value of the things unearthed is not high.

The pattern on this is a moth. Han people generally do not use patterns like moths. After all, moths flying into the fire are a derogatory term.

But as far as I know, the people of the Jin Dynasty founded by the Jurchens admired the spirit of moths. In their view, moths flying into the fire is a symbol of warriors.

Even though he knew he was going to die, he had no hesitation.

Therefore, such jade pendants are usually used to reward those warriors who have made military exploits.

And these jade pendants are a pair, which should be considered top-notch compared to the Jurchen craftsmanship, so the owner of this pair of jade pendants has a high status, and should be a general..."

"Great, really great!"

Fatty Wang couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Master Ding, I admire you!" Hu Bayi couldn't help but bow his hand.

"Hahaha, now you two know how powerful Mr. Ding is, right? However, these pairs of jade are indeed not worth much money, only ten thousand to survive..."

"Is it worth that much?"

Unexpectedly, Fatty Wang looked surprised.

After all, to him, 1 yuan is a large amount of money.

"Fat man, 1 yuan is nothing in the antique business... If you two really want to get into the business of fighting, you must learn to appreciate antiques and know which ones are valuable and which ones are not. Otherwise, You might have missed something good.”

"Yes, yes, what Lord Jin said is..."

Hu Bayi looked humble.

He is very good at Feng Shui, but he really doesn't know much about antiques.

"By the way, I remembered..." Da Jinya's eyes lit up and he said: "Recently, our country organized a stone research team to investigate the culture of the ancient Western Regions.

The leader of the team was a professor named Chen, who was very familiar with my father. The two of them often studied antiques together.

This old man studies the culture of the ancient Western Regions, and has repeatedly proposed the investigation, excavation and protection of cultural relics from the ancient Western Regions.

However, the funds are not in place.

Coincidentally, an American girl recently wanted to sponsor this study trip, and Professor Chen was very happy.

However, they lack a guide, someone who understands desert survival and Feng Shui. Such a person is not easy to find.

If you two can join their expedition team, you can learn a lot about antiques. "

Fatty Wang couldn't help but said: "As an American, why does she want to fund this? There must be something fishy in this."

Da Jinya explained: "That's right, this woman is actually of Chinese descent, and her ancestors are from our country. Her father particularly likes the exquisite culture of the ancient Western Regions.

A few years ago, I followed an expedition team from our country into the desert, but never came back. The entire expedition team lost news.

This girl has inherited a large amount of inheritance. She funded the archaeological team because she wanted to go back to her father's expedition to see if she could find her father's remains and fulfill her father's wish..."

Hearing this, Fatty Wang said again: "Then what does her filial piety have to do with us? And it's so dangerous, so we won't go, right Lao Hu?"

Da Jinya smiled: "I heard that the woman offered very high conditions, and the reward was [-]...US dollars."

"What? Twenty thousand...US dollars?"

Fatty Wang's face turned red with excitement and his voice trembled.

"This……"

Hu Bayi was a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Fatty Wang became anxious: "Old Hu, what else are you thinking about? Twenty thousand dollars, don't you want to make money?"

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(End of this chapter)