The Sacred Ding
Chapter 1
Turning in from Jinghai Avenue, Chen Hai stopped his Volvo car which had passed three times by the hand and left it outside the alley. From the alley mouth, the seven or eight meter wide alley was covered with thick shadows of two rows of Wutong trees.
This is the only old stone Lane preserved in the city. The old houses on both sides have mottled walls and severely peeled lime. The stone slabs paved have been trampled by countless people for hundreds of years, smooth and boundless, with a dark luster. Moss, weeds and wild flowers with thin petals are sparse at the foot of the street wall
Chen Hai doesn''t know why the other Party chose such a place to meet and trade.
Such alleys used to be insignificant, but city people are tired of high-rise buildings made of steel and cement. They can see the elegance and interest of this old street. Although it is not a rest day, there are many men and women wandering in the alleys, which is by no means a hidden place inaccessible.
Before the appointed time, Chen Hai felt out the deflated cigarette box in the back pocket of his pants. The few cigarettes left in the cigarette box were almost broken. He called out a bad luck, straightened a cigarette, and touched his body for a long time before he found the lighter. He lit the cigarette and took two hard breaths. His mind was a little fixed. It seemed that the faint uneasiness at the bottom of his heart had vomited out a lot with the smoke.
Chen Hai was uneasy about the transaction half an hour later.
Gu pangzi said that the other party had a batch of old tomb goods dug out from the tunnel site and was eager to get rid of them. If they could make this order, they would not worry about food and clothing for the rest of their life, but Chen Hai knew what risks were hidden behind it.
Selling old goods stolen from ancient tombs is not something that law-abiding citizens will do, and the whole thing may also be a hole dug for them by others.
Although Chen Hai has a small reputation in this industry, he never dares to boast that he has not gone astray.
Chen Hai will never trust Gu pangzi unreservedly because he has known him for four or five years. After all, Gu pangzi has only had single line contact with each other before, so he will get back a few photos of old goods.
If they have a chance to cheat them into having enough to eat and wear for the rest of their life, they can even sell their own parents.
Chen Hai picked up his cell phone from the dashboard and dialed Gu pangzi''s cell phone number. The music rang for a while and didn''t connect.
Chen Hai secretly thought that Gu pangzi might be on his way here. He specially drove here half an hour in advance to make a few rounds around the alley. If there is anything wrong, he can find it in advance
"What are you thinking about? Aren''t you thinking about me?"
Chen Haigang threw his mobile phone on the dashboard, and a pungent aroma floated in from the window. Su Qian didn''t know when she came from behind and was leaning over from the window to talk to him.
Su Qian wore a black lace bottomed shirt with a low neckline. Her arm stuck to the edge of the window to talk to Chen Hai. Her plump, white and tender chest squeezed out a deep cleavage in front of the window. The curve of flesh color like jade is so attractive.
Chen Hai ignored Su Qian''s flirting and swearing words. He looked back and didn''t see Gu pangzi''s figure. Then he opened the door and let Su Qian sit in: "where''s Gu pangzi?"
"Why do I have to ask him to come out, so I can''t make this deal?" Su Qian asked coyly, staring at Chen Hai''s face with big watery eyes, as if lovers were flirting.
Su Qian is a very beautiful and moving woman. In addition to her exquisite facial features and white and charming face, her figure is also extremely outstanding.
After the door opened, Chen Hai saw Su Qian''s slender and tight legs wrapped in jeans, and her full and round hips seemed to burst the jeans. He couldn''t help swallowing saliva and had the impulse to pinch them.
Chen Hai was admitted to the Municipal Bureau of cultural relics after graduating from the graduate major of Archaeology of Northeast University. Su Qian worked in the Bureau of cultural relics at that time.
Young and frivolous Chen Hai had also pursued Su Qian, but Su Qian''s shrewdness and reason were better than beauty. She clearly knew what she wanted. It can also be said to be a reality. She just kept an ambiguous friend with Chen Hai. Before long, she became the lover of Gu pangzi, a literary dealer.
The largest antique market in Nanjing is in Caochangmen, but the circle of antiques is not limited to several antique markets in the city. It is mainly composed of two types of people.
The first category is the source of antiques and old goods, controls the source of goods, and has direct contact with tomb robbers or antique counterfeiters, or is itself a tomb robber or counterfeiting gang.
Such people are risky, so their whereabouts are mysterious. They usually don''t appear in the antique market, but they are giants in the antique circle, which is called "Uncle".
The second kind of people is the so-called "second master", which is the most common bastard in the antique market. They set up stalls and shops in the antique market and directly sell real or fake antique goods such as bronzes, jade and porcelain to players and Taoke.
Strictly speaking, Gu pangzi is also the second kind of people, but he made a fortune early. He owns an antique shop called xiyanzhai in the Caochangmen antique market, resells calligraphy, painting and bronze ware, and has saved tens of millions of wealth long ago.
In his early years, Gu pangzi was also a staff member of the Municipal Bureau of cultural relics. After making a fortune by reselling antiques, he retired early, but his relationship with the Bureau of cultural relics was not broken. If there were any uncertain old goods in his hand, he would ask his old colleagues in the Bureau to help identify them.
Chen Hai''s relationship with him is also quite close.
Gu pangzi has long been famous for his lecherous behavior in the circle. He has already raised two mistresses and is still flirting outside.
Su Qian followed Gu pangzi, which greatly stimulated Chen Hai, but instead of alienating him from Gu pangzi, he followed Gu pangzi into the antique market, using professional knowledge and speech and temperament that can confuse others, reselling real or fake antique antiques, or using his profound attainments in calligraphy and painting to make some small moves on fake antiques. He has also saved a lot of money in the past two years.
Su Qian followed Gu pangzi. In addition to looking at Zhonggu pangzi''s money, the most important thing is to look at Zhonggu pangzi''s resources in the antique circle. After all, Gu pangzi''s tens of millions of wealth is not much money in Nanjing. With Su Qian''s conditions, you can find a rich second generation with hundreds of millions of money to marry seriously.
Su Qian followed Gu pangzi, but she was unwilling to take 20000 or 30000 "household" from Gu pangzi every month, and soon began to resell antiques. With Gu pangzi helping her, Su Qian is more bold and erratic. The wealth she has saved in the past two years is definitely several times that of Chen Hai. Maybe it won''t take a few years to leave Gu pangzi behind.
Su Qian lifted the hair on her temples and leaned over to look into the alley.
The entrance of the alley is on Chen Hai''s side. Su Qian is sitting in the co driver''s seat and has some myopia. Her body naturally tilts over and is about to stick to Chen Hai.
This posture makes Su Qian stretch her slender waist and form an attractive curve with her full and round hips.
A corner of the loin was exposed. It spilled out slightly against the background of the black lace bottomed shirt. It was white and tender like a frozen finger and could be broken by blowing.
Chen Hai took back his sight from Su Qian''s waist and buttocks. He saw that her ears exposed under her beautiful hair were as clean as jade, and the cyan fine blood vessels were clearly reflected. He took a breath, put up with the inner agitation, and said with a smile: "are you seducing me?"
"..." Su Qian glanced at Chen Hai and said provocatively, "you did it!"
Chen Hai smiled and covered up his inner embarrassment.
There is no shortage of women around him in the past two years. He has long been no longer simple. Su Qian has given him a lot of opportunities to do it in the past two years, but he didn''t do it to Su Qian.
Chen Hai is not afraid of Gu pangzi, nor will he cherish the worthless "bullshit friendship" between him and Gu pangzi. He just feels that cheating on Gu pangzi and having an affair with Su Qian''s fish water is the ultimate enjoyment of his body, but what else can he have?
Can this erase the hidden pain in his heart over the years?
And he would not regard Su Qian as a simple woman who loves vanity. He guessed that Su Qian seduced him intentionally or unintentionally, perhaps to borrow him to get rid of Gu pangzi.
Even if the pain of that year did not disappear, even if Chen Hai could not deny the fatal temptation brought to him by Su Qian, he still didn''t want to become a stepping stone ruthlessly used by women.
"Do you want to make this order yourself?" Chen Hai asked.
Su Qian was stunned and looked at Chen Hai with a little confusion. She didn''t seem to know why he asked.
Chen Hai continued to laugh carelessly and said, "why, you left Gu pangzi and came here in advance, worried that Gu pangzi would pit you? I said you two met naked in bed, so be careful not to be tired!"
Su Qian''s eyes flashed a little flustered by being peeped into the secret, but she calmed down again in a moment. She smiled at Chen Hai like Huamei''s face, and didn''t deliberately distance herself from Chen Hai. Her red lips seemed to breathe in Chen Hai''s ears: "Gu pangzi doesn''t know which fox spirit died in his bed. I can''t get through the phone. I have nothing to do. I''ll run here first. Can I see which house he''s stealing?"
"If you want to do this again, I''ll really eat you!"
Chen Hai didn''t care that Su Qian and Gu pangzi had their own ghosts, but he didn''t think deeper. He stopped pestering the topic. He pinched Su Qian''s waist and tried his best to resist the impulse to hug her slender waist. He leaned back to the back of the chair, but didn''t see the faint resentment in Su Qian''s eyes.
At this time, the mobile phone rang. Chen Hai picked it up and saw that it was Gu pangzi''s phone.
"I''m in the alley behind you. You park your car with Su Qian and come over." Gu pangzi said on the other end of the phone.
Chen Hai and Su Qian got out of the car and walked back more than 100 meters. Gu Jingzhou, a fat man, leaned out of a yard deep in the alley. He had a big round face and a little vigilance and uneasiness in his triangular eyes. He waved them in.
Chen Hai and Su Qian are together, and Gu pangzi doesn''t care, or his mind is not on this at this time.
In an inconspicuous yard deep in the alley, the old wooden door paint has almost peeled off, leaving traces of rain and years, and the slippery threshold stone has been stepped low.
Two loquat trees with luxuriant branches and leaves were planted in the yard. The light was dim. There were more than a dozen people waiting in the yard. They all looked hesitant. They probably didn''t expect the other party to contact so many buyers at one time.
Chen Hai''s heart was also heavy and looked at Gu pangzi: "why so many people, where to see the goods?"
Gu pangzi also had some helpless stalls, pointed to the middle-aged man standing under the tree wearing a dark gray jacket, and said, "this Lord Zhou is worried that three or five people can''t eat his goods, and they are eager to get rid of it, so they made an appointment with three more people. As for where the goods are, I don''t know."
The middle-aged man is not very impressive. He is about 1.7 meters tall. He looks a little thin. He wears glasses with severely worn frames. The lenses are very thick, showing a deep degree of myopia. His jacket also seems to be stained with a lot of dirt. He looks like a technician on the construction site.
The other party said that the old goods were dug out from a tunnel site in other provinces. Because it was late at night, the construction team in charge of construction at that time transferred the old goods and buried the small site
Now the basic works of the construction site have been completed, so the news of the ancient tomb has not leaked out at all.
Of course, it may be a pure story. At this time, someone asked dissatisfied:
"If he talks about any corner, we''ll follow him?"
They are all people in the same circle. Most of Chen Hai have met face to face and know that he is the shallowest person in this group, far inferior to Su Qian.
Who has a fortune of thirty or fifty million can''t let strangers lead by the nose. Who knows what the other party is up to?
Seeing each other''s deception, not to mention Chen Hai and Su Qian, most people backed out and were ready to leave.
"I brought two things here. You''ll see them first, and then decide whether to take a look." the middle-aged man said in a voice.
Chen Hai''s family background is the shallowest. His attitude doesn''t matter. He stands and looks after the fat people. He also wants to see what old goods this ugly middle-aged man can bring out. He is sure that so many old Jianghu people can take the risk willingly.