Chapter 25 Jade Pills
To be honest, Zhang Guozhong looked down on this Wang Zihao from the bottom of his heart at this moment. He was a typical face of a profit-driven businessman. Regardless of what the jade in his hand was, he sold it to others to make money even though he knew it was an evil thing, causing harm to other people's families.
If something goes wrong, just for this reason, I shouldn't help him, and I deserve to have several members of his family die.
But he looked down upon him, and he still had to take care of his younger brother's face. "Mr. Wang, don't be anxious. If you have anything to say, speak slowly. I need to know what happened in your family and what kind of situation your family has encountered."
"Mr. Zhang, you are not gay. My grandfather loved antiques and put all his efforts into those things. All his life savings. Do you have much money...?"
Zhang Guozhong was helpless. This Wang Zihao was as capable of digressing as Captain Li. When asked what evil had happened to him, he was selling off his family property.
"It's more than 200 million yuan!" Seeing that Zhang Guozhong didn't answer, Wang Zihao started talking in a vernacular.
"My grandfather started out as a leather businessman, and later went to America to sell Chinese medicinal materials. Damn you, that American banker was so convinced of our Chinese patent medicines that he finally rented that 10,000-ton freighter. After that,
I might as well buy one myself... just to travel to America..."
"Mr. Wang, I want to know what evil happened to this piece of jade in your house, and how the buyers died..." Zhang Guozhong didn't want to hear him speak three minutes slower than ordinary people.
Second, he used broken Mandarin to describe the history of his grandfather's fortune, "Also, is your grandfather still alive? From whom did you buy this jade...?"
"Oh, you are talking about this, let me think about it..." After taking a sip of water, Wang Zihao said again: "Grandpa bought this jade style from a British knight. It cost more than one million. What is it called Mike?"
What, but that silver is not important, it has been washed away long ago, he was killed and washed away, it has nothing to do with this jade!"
"Mr. Wang, are you saying that the people who bought jade from you in the past were not killed by others?"
"Hmm! Hmm! Say it and it will scare you!"
Zhang Guozhong learned that Wang Zhongjian, Wang Zhongjian's grandfather, was once a famous medicinal tycoon in Hong Kong, but in his later years he suddenly started playing with antiques and spent almost all his previous savings on it. Most of the antiques Wang Zhongjian had were bought from the British. Is there any
Most of them were stolen when the Eight-Power Allied Forces burned the Old Summer Palace, and many of them were national treasures. During the reform and opening up a few years ago, Mr. Wang spent huge sums of money to buy back many precious cultural relics and donated them directly to museums in the mainland.
This made Zhang Guozhong not so disgusted with this Wang Zihao. After all, his grandfather was a conscientious Chinese who did what all Chinese people wanted to do.
Regarding this piece of jade, Wang Zhongjian bought it from a declining Lord named MacLees in London a few years ago. There was no problem at that time. However, since the Wang family moved to a new villa, strange things have happened frequently. First, there was a problem in the attic every day.
There was the sound of ancient Yu playing, followed by the sound of a group of people walking neatly in the basement every day, which made the family restless. Even Wang Zihao's father suffered from mild schizophrenia, and he called in no less than ten famous Taoist priests.
Look, nothing worked. At first, the family thought it was a problem with the housing, so they moved to a villa. However, instead of reducing the problem, the phenomenon intensified. Finally, the family bought two high-end apartments in the busiest areas of Central and moved in.
, it finally subsided, but since a little girl who was kept upstairs committed suicide by jumping off the building, strange things have happened again in the house. I always hear people crying inexplicably, and there are voices of singing, and they are similar to cats and dogs.
Pets all died inexplicably. The most bizarre thing was the dog. When he died, his eyes were red and his face was full of tears. Dogs are spiritual creatures. The dog died crying inexplicably. This shows that the dog had discovered something that had great influence on its owner before it died.
Something threatening.
Later, Wang Zihao adopted a stupid method, which was to move all the old man's antiques, ranging from screens and stone tablets to pocket watches and jewelry, to a rented warehouse, and then the family was quiet for a while. He thought this would be fine, but
A few days later, something strange happened again at home, but what was even stranger was that when Wang Zihao opened the safe, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants on the spot. The jade was in the safe. The password for the safe was only Wang Zihao's.
People know that all suspicions of evil will be concentrated on this piece of jade.
Later, the prince was so greedy for profit that he wanted to sell the jade to others and held an auction. A Malaysian rich man bought the jade, but within a year, he sent the jade back, saying that it was an evil piece.
Jade, several people in the family died, and the cause of death was myocardial infarction (in common words, they were scared to death). Wang Zihao also had a guilty conscience, so he returned the money to the family. Later, Wang Zihao was introduced by someone and gave the jade to him.
It was sold to a Taiwanese businessman, and suddenly one day, the jade appeared in the Wang family's safe. When Wang Zihao inquired, he found out that the Taiwanese businessman's entire family died of myocardial infarction on the same night. The police suspected that someone had committed suicide.
Technology committed the crime and is fully investigating.
Wang Zihao once wanted to bury the jade, and even threw it into the high seas, but every time he threw it away, the jade would come back inexplicably, sometimes in the safe, sometimes on the bookshelf, sometimes in his wife's makeup box, which made him throw it away again and again.
If you can't, you can't hit it, but you don't dare to hit it, you can't get off the tiger.
At this time, Wang Zihao became even more uneasy. After inviting several of the most famous gentlemen in Hong Kong to no avail, he could only bring this piece of jade to the mainland with great trepidation. No matter how greedy Wang Zihao was for money, he still cared about his family.
, because his wife had just given birth to a daughter for him, and he was worried about the safety of his wife and daughter, so he brought the jade to the mainland alone. It was nominally an investment, but actually he wanted to find someone capable to deal with the jade.
, Wang Zihao was also uneasy all the way. He was afraid of derailment when taking the train, afraid of crashing when taking the plane, and even afraid that the jade would fly out of his hands and return to the safe at home. But fortunately, the jade is still in good condition.
He kept it in his bag. Wang Zihao originally wanted to hire someone to do it, but after thinking about it carefully, he still felt more at ease doing it himself.
A few days ago, one of Zhang Guoyi's classmates met Wang Zihao when he went to Guangzhou for an ordering meeting. After hearing about this, he directly gave him the address of Zhang Guoyi's home, saying that this person knew a great immortal. This Wang Zihao did not stop doing anything, and sat down on the same day.
The train arrived from Guangzhou to Tianjin. At first, Zhang Guoyi did not want to cause this trouble to his brother, but for the sake of the golden Hong Kong dollars, he still blew his brother away. This Wang Zihao was also deceived by Zhang Guoyi and immediately regarded Zhang Guozhong as his savior.
"Mr. Wang, I need to study whether this piece of jade can be kept with me temporarily..."
"Okay! Okay! No problem! Of course!" Wang Zihao left hurriedly as if he had thrown off the plaster.
In the evening, Zhang Guozhong opened his eyes, but he didn't see anything special about this piece of jade. At this time, the only thing Zhang Guozhong could count on was the old man and his senior brother. After all, he was more knowledgeable than him when it came to antiques.
Arriving at Old Liu Tou's house, Zhang Guozhong was surprised at first. Old Liu Tou was really capable of doing things. The traces of the original confiscation in the house were completely invisible. There was a full set of antique furniture; the Eight Immortals table, the Grand Master's chair, and the Four Treasures of the Study Room.
Everything is ready, and Old Liu Tou himself has had his hair cut and his beard shaved. He is wearing an elegant Tang suit and has a shiny face. He has just been released not long ago, but he is now an adult...
Holding the jade handed over by Zhang Guozhong, Old Liu Tou played with it for a while, "Brother, this thing is a good thing. Where did you get it?"
Zhang Guozhong told the story of Wang Zihao to Old Liu Tou. Of course, the history of Mr. Wang's fortune was omitted.
"This jade doesn't seem to be anything special. Senior brother, do you think there could be a problem elsewhere in his family?"
"This is a good piece of jade, and it's old. In my opinion, it was probably torn out by a gang of tomb robbers (a jargon term for tomb robbers). However, the origin of this jade is not ordinary," Old Liu Tou took a sip of tea.
, took out a magnifying glass and held up the jade to show Zhang Guozhong, "Look, here..."
Following Old Liu's finger, through the magnifying glass, he could indeed see an inconspicuous fine mark on the edge of the jade. If he didn't look carefully, he would have thought it was a mud mark made over time. At this moment, Zhang Guozhong had to admire Old Liu.
Due to Tou's eyesight, he couldn't spot Ziwu Maoyou even after holding it in all night. Old Liu Tou saw the flaw within five minutes.
"Since there is a mouth, there must be a hole. Come on..." As he said this, Lao Liu took Zhang Guozhong to a table lamp and turned on the lamp. To say that this profession is a profession, Zhang Guozhong's eyes were opened. This lamp
It seems ordinary, but in fact it is a high-brightness halogen lamp, which is as bright as a street lamp. After closing the curtains, Old Liu put the jade on a shelf under the lamp and looked at the back of the jade with the help of the light.
The whole piece of jade is transparent and slippery, but there is a dark part in the middle, which is very inconsistent with the crystal clear other parts, as if there is something sandwiched between it.
"Brother, this is..."
"This is called jade. It is a technique used in ancient times to hide confidential documents. It is difficult for ordinary people to see the details without the help of a magnifying glass." Old Liu Tou turned off the lamp, "But from what you said, this piece of jade
It seems that there are more than just confidential documents hidden in the pile."
"What else could there be? Could it be a soul-locking jade (a jade that imprisons animals and living evil spirits, Maoshan Shu calls it a soul-locking jade. The death jade that Ma Zhenren used to imprison the Qing Dynasty Jinshi mentioned above is a soul-locking jade)
?”
"It's unlikely. The ancients wouldn't use such a good jade for that kind of thing, and this is not a dead jade, and the effect may not be good. I think it was used for other purposes. The key now is to ask that Wang Zihao, what is this jade?
Where did it come from? If you can’t figure out the origin, I’m afraid there’s nothing anyone can do about it…”
Wang Zihao was sitting in Old Liu Tou's home, his eyes were dazzled. His grandfather also played with antiques and grew up among antiques. But when he arrived at Old Liu Tou's house, his eyes were opened. The calligraphy and paintings on the wall were the latest ones.
Qi Baishi also has to count. Even Dong Qichang's paintings are hung in inconspicuous places. The ones hanging in the main hall are all works by masters like Yan Liben and Li Sixun. If it were in Europe, a treasure of this magnitude would be placed in Switzerland.
Even the banks thought it was unsafe, so I didn't expect this old man to hang this painting in the living room.
Looking at the shadow in the jade under the lamp, Wang Zihao immediately fell in love with Zhang Guozhong and Lao Liutou. Although he did not find a solution, he saw the flaw in the jade, which was already a big breakthrough.
"Mr. Wang, you must understand the origin of this thing, otherwise we will have no way of starting."
"Oh, I have to ask my grandpa about this, but my grandpa is not in good health right now, so he might not be able to ask anything..."
"What's wrong with your grandfather?"
"You have dementia, but you still have some sense (reason) when you see something that excites you."
"Then what do you think can excite him in my house?" Lao Liutou said with a frivolous face while smoking.
Chapter completed!