big antique dealer

Chapter 192

Zhou Shui didn't even bother to wash up, and followed Xiao Shu up the mountain.After walking for five miles, Zhou Shui saw a group of people on the slope from a distance. Needless to say, the tomb of King Han was surrounded by the crowd.Zhou Shui got closer and heard crying.Zhou Shui glanced at Xiaoshu beside him, and found that Xiaoshu's eyes were red, and he seemed to have cried too.

When everyone saw Zhou Shui coming up, they automatically moved out of the way.Zhou Shui took a closer look, and also gasped.Although Old Chen was leading people to clean up the tomb, it could be seen that the tomb was seriously damaged.The tomb of Lord Han is very large. It seems that the descendants still want to place the old King Han according to the prince's funeral. There are coffins and outer coffins in this tomb, but at this time, the inner and outer coffins are scattered and open, and the corpse seems to have been destroyed—— The old clothes were all loose, this skirt and that sleeve were left there.

Zhou Shui looked around again, the geomantic omen of this place is good, and it is an acupoint worthy of an expert.No, since it is the acupoint of the experts, it is impossible for the corpse to be exposed?Zhou Shui stood on the edge of the pit and asked Old Chen in the pit: "Uncle Chen, are there any fewer things buried in this cave?"

Old Chen turned his head and saw Zhou Shui, tears came down again: "This tomb robber who suffered a thousand knives, catch him, I must skin him. If you rob the tomb, you should rob the tomb. Don't harm the old man's body... ..."

The village head was also busy with Lao Chen at this time, he stopped, interrupted Lao Chen and said, "Master, in my opinion, this doesn't look like a tomb robber."

Old Chen Zheng was furious, and said angrily, "Who else could it be if it's not a tomb robber? You, me, or someone else in the village?"

The village chief lowered his head, swallowed, and dared not speak any more.

Seeing Lao Chen's patronage, Zhou Shui was in a hurry, and couldn't make sense of what he said.He turned his head and said to everyone: "Don't rush to clean up. In this way, take the mat to cover the opening of the tomb first, bring up the things buried with you first, and let's tidy up. In addition, everyone will look around to see if there are any tombs around. If there are things left behind, I will pick them up if there are any.”

Lao Chen glanced at Zhou Shui, hesitated for a moment, and climbed up from the tomb.

The onlookers all went looking for things in the tomb, Zhou Shui caged several important figures together, and Zhou Shui asked the village chief, "Tell me why it wasn't done by tomb robbers?"

The village chief took a peek at Old Chen, but said nothing.Old Chen also felt that it was a bit too much to get angry at the village chief just now, so he hurriedly said, "Second brother, I'm so anxious and dizzy, don't mind. Tell Xiao Zhou about it."

"I understand, I understand. To be honest, Lord Han's yin house is the root of our Gaoshuling. If this yin house is destroyed, we will all become savages without roots and owners. I am more anxious than you." The village chief turned his head and told Zhou Shui said: "If it is a tomb robber, it must be a hole, and it won't take off the top. Besides, the tomb robbers also have their rules, they only seek money, and don't harm the old man. But there is still a lot of money here, so the old man please help me." It came out. It doesn't look like a thief did it, but rather that... the enemy did it."

Zhou Shui nodded: "Uncle Zuo is right, you can continue."

The village chief glanced at Old Chen again, showing hesitant to speak.Old Chen said: "Second brother, tell me first, my head is a mess now."

The village head coughed, and said hesitantly, "I don't think it seems like someone did it." Old Chen looked up at the village head, with a slight surprise on his face.

Zhou Shui thought so too.He hurriedly encouraged the village chief: "Go ahead."

The village head said: "I think it will take two days. You see, there are so many people here that you can't stand up, so you have to change shifts. Two days is still fast. But sheep and firewood are here. There are people passing by every day, so I don’t have time for these two days. I just saw that the humidity of the filled soil is almost the same inside and outside. The dirt is dry, but the soil should still be damp. Look at the soil..." The village head pointed to the grave soil piled on both sides of the tomb, and said: "The degree of dryness is almost the same, as if it was dug out with a shovel. Yes. I dare say the job was done in half an hour."

Zhou Shui didn't say anything, just nodded.The village chief wanted to go with Zhou Shui, and Zhou Shui asked the village chief, "Will it rain tonight?"

The village head looked up at the sky: "It doesn't look like it's raining. Don't be afraid of rain. Prepare more plastic sheets and arrange more people to watch the night. It's okay."

"That's fine. Take all the funeral objects home, I have to take a look."

After Zhou Shui finished speaking, Lao Chen looked at Zhou Shui with a puzzled expression on his face.Xiao Shu couldn't help but said, "Why? You don't want us to steal your family's ancestral grave?"

Zhou Shui looked at Xiao Shu's face full of tears, feeling a little distressed.Deliberately said in a soft tone: "There are generally three reasons for opening a grave and exposing the bones. One is that he committed too many crimes during his lifetime and reported it after death. The other is that there is a problem with the geomantic omen of the tomb. That. I'm leaning towards the third possibility. So I have to check it out. If you object..."

At this time, Lao Chen said: "No one objects, take it back first, and bury it back tomorrow."

The bones of the old Han King have been arranged, and the inner coffin is covered again.The outer coffin was still open, and all the buried things between the outer coffin and the inner coffin were packed into a basket.The village head arranged for more than a dozen young and middle-aged men to guard the tomb.The rest returned to the village.Into the house, we sit down.Xiaoyou and another boy carried it into the big basket.The jewels inside are dazzling under the electric light.

Zhou Shui glanced at it, was startled at first, and said to himself: These people are really willing, so many treasures have been buried in the tomb, if the money is changed, the whole village may not be able to eat it all in ten years.

The village chief and Lao Chen sorted out the things one by one, and set up a table in pieces.Zhou Shui took a look and saw a batch of snuff bottles made of white jade with flowers carved on them.Zhou Shui knew this kind of snuff bottle, so there must be twelve of them without counting them, and the flowers engraved on them represent December, one for each month, a total of twelve kinds of flowers.Each kind of flower also has a matching rhythm, such as Huangzhong, Dalu, Ruibin, Taicu, Linzhong and so on.There are also all kinds of jade bowls, carved with various crafts.Then there are jade finger rings and jade pendants... These should be items used by King Han during his lifetime. It can be seen from the craftsmanship and carving work that they were rewarded by the emperor back then.Because everything has a strong royal taste.

Zhou Shui looked at it carefully.Needless to say, these things are expensive, but I don't see any funerary artifacts that can cause today's coffin and corpse explosion.Zhou Shui frowned and thought for a while, then asked the village chief, "Is it all here? Are there others?"

The village chief fished out another item from the basket: "This one is worthless, just a Gawu box."

The mayor put the box on the table.This is a silver box with a bucket-arched top and a frame on the face, with eight auspicious signs carved on the frame, and a crystal plate inlaid in the center of the frame.Through the crystal, I saw something wrapped in yellow cloth in the box.

Zhou Shui looked at Lao Chen and the village chief, and heaved a sigh of relief.Said: "I found the reason, here is the problem." Zhou Shui put the box on the table, then knelt down, and kowtowed respectfully. ,
Old Chen and the village head were surprised.Zhou Shui stood up and said, "The Gawu box is a Buddhist altar with me. Needless to say, this yellow cloth must be wrapped in a Buddha statue."

The village head and Lao Chen looked at each other, and the village head said: "I heard from my old man that there is a Gawu box hanging on the chest of the old Han king for many years, and there is a topaz Buddha statue in it. It should be this. This is the king of Han. I usually wear it, what's the matter, can't I be buried with it?"

Zhou Shui grinned: "Have you ever heard of a Buddha statue being buried with him? What is the identity of the deceased? His status is higher than that of the Buddha?" Zhou Shui opened the Gawu box as he spoke.There was something wrapped in yellow silk inside, and when the yellow silk was untied, there was indeed a Buddha statue inside.

Old Chen scratched his head: "It seems that the Buddha blamed it..."

Lao Chen misunderstood Buddha, Zhou Shui had to make it clear, because it was related to a matter of righteous belief and righteous thoughts.Misunderstanding the Buddha will make people doubt the righteous Dharma, and doubting the Dharma will lead people astray.Zhou Shui quickly explained seriously: "This matter has nothing to do with the Buddha, and the person who lifted the top of the tomb must not be a Buddhist disciple. To be honest, no one who studies Buddhism dares to do such a thing. This is a great evil. Not to mention doing it by yourself, even if you have the heart.”

Xiao Shu also scratched his head, and asked, "The more I listened, the more confused I became. Didn't you just say that the problem was with the buried Gawu box? Why doesn't it have anything to do with the Buddha?"

Zhou Shui explained to Xiaoshu: "Buddha will not hurt anyone, not before, not now, and never in the future. This is the punishment of heaven, let me make an analogy, for example, who hurts parents, but parents do not blame He even comforted him, saying it’s okay, we don’t blame you. But is this over? It’s not over, because the law can’t let him go, and he will be punished by the law. This Buddha is equivalent to his parents, and the way of heaven is this law .”

Xiao Shu looked suspicious: "I read Dai Yuexuan's notes. It is recorded in the book that when the Empress Dowager Lafayette was buried, she also accompanied the white jade Buddha statue. There are so many learned people in the Ministry of Rites, don't they understand this truth?"

Zhou Shui: "There's no need to discuss this matter. I don't know if those bureaucrats in the Ministry of Rites were knowledgeable or not. I only know that the tomb of the Empress Dowager West is worse than the tomb of King Han."

Old Chen and the village chief also nodded.The village head said: "That means, this matter has nothing to do with anyone. Then we can secretly complete the tomb tomorrow?"

Zhou Shui shook his head: "This matter is not over yet. I guess this matter is done by the enemy. This enemy has to be found out, otherwise the old Han King will not be safe to stay here."

"Ah..." Xiao Shu's tongue almost fell out, she stammered, "The cause of this matter lies in the buried Buddha statue, and the way of heaven you mentioned. Who are you picking on? You don't want to argue with God, do you? "

Zhou Shui hurriedly interrupted Xiaoshu: "Do you think I'm crazy? We should ask whoever is in charge of this matter. I guess it must have been done by the big white eagle. It did it, and the reason is with it. Just look for it. To put it bluntly, this is also its reward. There is no inexplicable fate in the world, this fate is like a chain, where there is a cause, there must be an effect, and the links are interlocking, and one is indispensable." Zhou Shui paused for a while, and said to himself Talking to himself, he added: "This is also a chance that God gave us, alas, it's best to get it."

The village chief asked, "What's the deal?"

(End of this chapter)