Chapter 21

No matter what business you do, you only worry about two things, supply and sales. The same is true for the antique business, but to be precise, there are two sources of antique goods. One is to see light, the other is not to see light.

It's easy to understand that most of them are handed down from generation to generation. Maybe something urgent happened and needed money, but they had no choice but to sell them. As for the goods that can't be seen, it means that they come from unclean sources. Stealing, cheating and robbing are all minor disturbances. The biggest source is tomb theft. Of course, Mr. Hu has been secretly stealing tombs. For those unknown sources of goods outside, he doesn't want to get into trouble. Secondly, he is not interested at all. Therefore, this Jubao Pavilion only sells.

Although the business of stealing tombs can't be seen, we really opened our eyes and gained insight in the mouth of little Hu.

Tomb robbing was originally a criminal act, which began in the spring and Autumn period, but it was Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao who really carried forward the business of tomb robbing. In order to make up for the shortage of military pay, he openly solicited people and set up general faqiu Zhonglang and Fujin Xiaowei. Once a grave is found, a large number of soldiers are immediately mobilized to fight openly. This is called official theft. There is also a kind of civil theft, which is secretly carried out in groups of three or five. They dig the tomb, take out the buried property and treasures, and make a windfall.

As a result, tomb robbing continued to develop, and there were factions, such as touching the golden gate, moving the mountain gate, unloading the ridge gate and FA Qiu gate. According to Mr. Hu, in fact, his father is not only a tomb robber. For generations, the old Hu family did this business, but also belongs to the FA Qiu school. However, with the change of times, many means of tomb theft have long been lost in the long river of history, and there are fewer and fewer technical ways handed down.

Tomb robbing is not only invisible, but also a criminal business. It is like a double-edged sword. There are advantages and disadvantages. Of course, success in one vote can indeed be far less hard work than ordinary people for a few years, or even a lifetime. Even so, Mr. Hu has their most basic principles. Tombs within a hundred years are not stolen. They are too close. Even if there are funerary objects in the tomb, they are not very valuable. There is no need to dig people's graves for things that are not very valuable. This rule is limited to Mr. Hu and his gang. As for other people, I don't know if it's like this, but it's certain that those wild thieves ignore it at all. In contrast, little Hu ye and his gang are invisible and noble.

Mr. Hu talked freely and did not shy away from talking about this with us. If these things he said spread to the outside, little Hu will naturally cause trouble. In other words, little Hu has completely trusted us.

I nodded, turned off the topic and asked, "by the way, Mr. Hu, has there been no news since Friday?"

"No," he shook his head and said, "but psychologically, I didn't expect him at all."

"Mr. Hu, why do you say that?" said Jiang Yilong.

"It was not easy for me to ask him to go. When he came back, he just said that there might be a problem in Feng Shui, so he took my people to the immortal tomb in other places. I know very well that this guy is only interested in the immortal tomb on Friday, and he won't care about anything else."

"That is, the tomb was not discovered by him on Friday?"

"If he found it and decided it was the immortal's tomb, I'm afraid he would be more active than me."

"Has this place been determined now?"

"Mr. Hu, if you don't mind, can you tell us how you found the tomb?"

"Fang Sanwa."

"You mean Fang Wenhu?"

"You still remember him. Hey, hey, that's the same. This guy almost killed you at the beginning." seeing that I just smiled, Hu Qingguo said: "In fact, Fang Sanwa didn't find the tomb, but he heard it. He heard that the elders of their hometown once mentioned that there was a tomb near their village. It is said that it was the tomb of a landlord Lao Cai a long time ago. As for the exact age, it's not clear. However, it's sure that the tomb is more than a hundred years old."

"Fang Sanwa mentioned this to me, so I asked him and Feibiao to go to his hometown. After getting a little eyebrows, I asked Friday to go again. Now all our information is that we can only confirm that there is indeed a tomb, but the specific location is still uncertain. Maybe there is a problem in Feng Shui, as Friday said, and the tomb is deeply hidden. However , now that you two have joined, I believe that even if the tomb is hidden deeper, it will be found out sooner or later. "

Hu Qingguo believed Jiang Yilong and me so much. I was really worried that we might not be able to help. "Little Hu, let's go for a long time according to your meaning?"

"It's too late today. Let's start tomorrow morning." speaking of this, Hu Qingguo took out two red envelopes from the drawer of the tea table and handed them to Jiang Yilong and me respectively. "Take this. Of course, you'll have your due share when it's done."

Jiang Yilong and I looked at each other and looked a little stiff. We opened the red envelope and put a thick pile of money in it. I didn't know how much it was. I quickly handed the red envelope back and said, "little Hu, what are you doing?"

"The rules of the road are auspicious. 8888. Although the money is not much, you should believe that the share after the completion is definitely a multiple of this number."

"Mr. Hu, don't be angry if you say something bad. If we don't help in the end, then..." Jiang Yilong said again, but the meaning was very obvious.

Hu Qingguo said with a smile, "no matter whether it's done or not, the money will be yours from the moment you promise to contribute. Take it. Don't be polite to me. Besides, you are no exception, and so are others. This is the first rule to follow me."

After hearing what he said, we put the red envelope in our pocket. Speaking of this rule of little Hu, we really didn't expect that we could make money for both good and bad, and didn't offend people. It seems that following him should not be a wrong choice.

At half past twelve, Mr. Hu took us to a nearby Chinese restaurant for dinner. Of course, he was the owner. Even if we just got a huge sum of money and wanted to invite him once, he immediately said with a calm face that he would not give him face.

No way, we have to give him face. Among the three of us, Bai Ling is the one who gives Hu Qingguo the most face. She can hardly support her stomach.

After dinner, we made a specific departure time with Mr. Hu, and we went home. On the way home, the first thing we did was go to the bank. This morning, Jiang Yilong gave Luo Liguo all his deposits as repayment. Unexpectedly, it was only half a day's effort, and most of the hard-earned money came back. Naturally, he was very happy.

In addition to being happy, we can't help feeling a trace of sadness in our hearts. The hard-earned money earned after several years of hard work is not worth our income, and this is just a lucky rule.

Bai Ling asked the curious baby, "8888, how much is it?"

Looking at Bai Ling, Jiang Yilong joked, "let me tell you, a steamed stuffed bun meat is fifty cents, and two are one piece, but my younger martial brother and I got 8888 yuan respectively. You say it's a lot of money?"

Bai Ling quickly broke his hands and said, "Wow, you can buy a lot of steamed stuffed bun meat. Ling Er can't eat it all."

Most of the people in the bank waiting in line for business almost locked on Bai Ling at the same time. If we can, Jiang Yilong and I really want to pretend we don't know this innocent and ignorant girl at this time.

We saved the extra money in our respective passbooks and left some as daily expenses. We left the bank and bought some things on our way home for tomorrow's trip.

Just arrived at the community, the guard saw us and immediately leaned against us. "Today is the third day you moved here. I really didn't lie to you, old man. Those two who were going to move out on the third day are still living in a mental hospital."

Bai Ling said, "Grandpa, we don't move."

The guard said, "haunted, are you really not afraid of accidents?"

I said, "please relax, sir. We won't have an accident. Besides, it won't be haunted again in the future."

"Why?"

"I have sent away the ghost of Fu Juan."

"What, send away? You, who are you?"

"He and I are Taoists!"