"Soon." Wei Ran thought for a moment and added, "It will start before October at the latest."

"Then I will wait for you for another month and a half." Zhong Zhen was very straightforward.

"I thought you had to urge me a few words," Wei Ran teased with a smile.

“Don’t be afraid of being late for a good meal”

Zhong Zhen grinned, "I can tell from what happened this time that you are better at making trouble than I am."

"What do you mean I'm better at making trouble than you?" Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, "How can you be so boastful?"

“If you don’t know how to praise, then don’t praise.”

Qin Er put his arm on Wei Ran's shoulder and asked with a playful smile, "I almost forgot, there is one more thing. Look, we have found this person for you, where should we send them next?"

"If you really don't have space, my uncle's mine has space." Zhong Zhen, who praised his failure, said kindly.

"I'll find a friend to pick him up later. Let him contact you then." Wei Ran patted his forehead after saying that, "When will Xia Shushi come back?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It will probably take three to five days to talk at least."

Qin II replied, "I contacted him before meeting you. He is still on the American warship. What's wrong? Do you have something to do with him?"

"There is indeed something going on"

Wei Ran greeted the two of them and asked as they walked back, "Will he go back to China directly or come here?"

"If that guy around you hasn't left yet, he will definitely come here." Zhong Zhen said jokingly.

"Then I guess he will definitely come here," Qin Er said with certainty, "What do you want to do with him?"

"I accidentally saw an antique, and I thought about letting him take a look." Wei Ran said casually, but in fact, he chose to keep the main reason for looking for Xia Shushi a secret for the time being.

"You come to me for this matter."

Qin Er patted his chest and said, "Although I am not a student of history, I know more about antiques than he does."

"Just you?" Wei Ran looked at the other person suspiciously.

"You look down on people, don't you?"

Qin Er patted his chest and said proudly, "My grandfather is a serious restoration master of cultural relics. I have been working for my grandfather since I was a child. I am not bragging, buddy. I can steal all the cultural relics I have seen."

If you come out and sell them, you will be shot two hundred times at least."

"For the sake of you being shot two hundred times, show me this thing." Ran said, opened the car door, picked up his cell phone, pulled out a photo and handed it to the other party.

The thing in this photo is naturally the golden statue of the woman in ancient costume found on Helen Island. This thing is still in the food box. However, since he has nothing to do these days, he also checked the statue through the Internet.

That line of small print.

According to the answer found on the Internet, the line on the statue "Zhaoxiao, pure and holy concubine of Fuji" is the title given to the sea goddess Mazu by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, what he found was the golden Mazu that the Japanese pilot Akira had hidden. The answer was indeed simple, but it was too simple for him.

"Damn it! Where the hell did you take this photo?!"

Qin Er exclaimed when he saw the photo on his phone, and then swiped the screen to enlarge the photo and carefully observed every detail, but he was not in a hurry to get into the cab, and even

Zhong Zhen even put his head close to watch the excitement.

These two scumbags were not in a hurry to go back, but Wei Ran was in a hurry to go back to see his girlfriend. He simply opened the door and pushed the two of them into the back compartment. He himself got into the cab, controlled the car and started to turn around.

"Tell me, where did you find it?" Qin Er asked impatiently.

"I picked it up on the beach," Wei Ran rarely told the truth.

"Do you think I believe it?"

Qin Er snorted and then explained, "This Mazu is either a modern fiction, or it's really explosive."

"How to explain?" Zhong Zhen, who was also watching the excitement, asked.

"Gold-plated?" Qin Er asked Wei Ran who was driving.

"Pure gold" Wei Ranxi gave a short response with the words as pure as gold.

"Pure gold?!"

Qin Er exclaimed and was stunned for a moment, then tapped Wei Ran's phone screen with his fingernails, "Okay, let's treat her as pure gold first. Let's treat her as a modern fiction.

Looking at the size, it must be at least as big as a mineral water bottle?"

"It's not that thin, it's a bit stronger, probably similar to a pulsating bottle." Wei Ran replied while driving.

"Such a big gold statue must weigh about 20 kilograms, right?" Qin II asked the second question.

"Absolutely" Wei Ran replied truthfully.

"So you see, even if it is a modern fiction, even if the workmanship is not considered, if this Mazu is really pure gold, it is equivalent to 20 kilograms of gold, which would cost two to three million yuan in RMB."

"What if it's not a fabrication?" Zhong Zhen asked subconsciously.

“That’s the real thing.”

Qin Er enlarged the photo on his cell phone, pointed to the corner and said, "Did you see, Zhaoxiao, Pureness, Fuji, and Holy Concubine? This is the commendatory title given to Mazu by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty."

"So this is from the Ming Dynasty?" Zhong Zhen asked confused, "So? How much is it worth?"

"This is no longer a matter of more money and less money. Even if she is from the Ming Dynasty, it is not something ordinary people can afford."

Qin II restored the photo to its original size, "At least through the photo, I can't see anything wrong with the shape or metalwork. But we in China are short of copper and have been in short supply since ancient times, so in ancient times, even a bronze statue would be great.

It is definitely not an ordinary person who can afford such a large golden statue."

"Too"

Zhong Zhen nodded in agreement, "Ordinary people can't afford it. Such a big piece of gold could probably be exchanged for an official in ancient times."

“It’s not just that I can’t afford it”

Qin Er returned the phone to Wei Ran, "Even if you can afford it, you have to be not afraid of stealing it.

Tell me, during the Ming Dynasty, where were the statues of Mazu worshiped without fear of being stolen?"

"Official?"/"Court?" Wei Ran and Zhong Zhen gave answers with similar meanings in unison.

"That's possible, but the government still says that it's a self-inflicted crime."

Qin II said vaguely, "In fact, whether it is the imperial court or the official government, according to the emperors of the previous generations of the old Zhu family, they should not be vulgar enough to cast a statue of Mazu in gold. Especially the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, he would never be able to do such a thing.

Regarding the saucy thing, I have been in a serious temple and will not insult Mazu with gold."

"So?" Zhong Zhen gave up thinking immediately.

"I guess the person who made this golden statue of Mazu is probably not a serious person."

Qin Er thought for a while and then continued, "My guess is that those who can use gold to cast Mazu statues may have the intention of letting Mazu save their last lives, such as when they are in trouble, collapse, or shipwreck.

The capital chain is broken, these natural and man-made disasters, once the Mazu statue is sold, it will turn around and make a comeback.

Of course, the imperial court would not worry about this kind of problem, and compared to gold, mutton-fat jade was obviously of a higher grade to the imperial court.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So I think that the person who cast this Mazu statue might be a pirate-like figure. Of course, the premise of all this is that this Mazu statue is genuine, isn’t it?

Imitations of later generations.”

"So at least this Mazu statue may actually be the spiritual belief of pirates?" Wei Ran, who was in charge of driving, changed the topic after speaking, "Which way are we driving?"

"Turn right at the intersection ahead"

After Qin Er pointed out the way, he responded, "I didn't say anything just now. This is my guess, but my aunt's boss is very fond of Mazu... forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything,

In short, if this statue of Mazu is not a modern figment, it can definitely be regarded as a special cultural relic. Even if it is not a pirate, it must be a sea merchant."

"Is it valuable?" Zhong Zhen asked the most straightforward question.

"That's what you said"

Qin Er smiled and said, "If this thing is made of gold and is from the Ming Dynasty, I think I can sell it for eight figures if I try hard enough."

"One hundred, one hundred, ten, million... Ten million? RMB?"

“Could it be that it’s still Kyat?”

Qin Er was amused by Zhong Zhen, "Mazu is a typical representative of religious beliefs in the Greater China cultural circle. She is the kind who can sit in the first row when the gods hold meetings. There are many believers in both the domestic coastal areas and Southeast Asia.

.

But I have heard and seen those made of mud, wood, stone, bronze, white jade, and emerald, but I have never seen a cast statue of gold. This alone makes it a scorpion poison.

.”

"That thing can cost tens of millions?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"It's really possible if you meet someone you really like and don't need money."

Qin Er asked ambiguously, "But the material of this thing itself is enough to eliminate a large number of collectors, so it has a price but no market. It is indeed worth that price, but it may not be sold. But if

If you're in a hurry to sell it, I guess it won't be a big problem if you sell it for five to six million."

"If you say it, it means saying it in vain."

"Isn't this thing really in your hands?" Qin Er asked in surprise.
Chapter completed!