First-class Celestial Master [Rebirth]

It's spring again.

As the so-called spring is sleepy and autumn is exhausted, being blown by the warm wind in early spring, the whole person becomes lazy. In the Bazhen Pavilion, Zhou Tong propped his head and read a book bored. Years have accumulated a mature charm on his body, but that face is still the same as when he was in his twenties, handsome and elegant, with sword eyebrows slanting into the temples, and a faint smile hangs on the corner of his mouth. Apart from being elegant and calm, there is almost no sign of time honing him.

Glancing at the empty courtyard, Zhou Tong wondered if he should go to the surrounding cities with Ling Yuan to play in the beautiful spring outside. It's not the weekend, and there are few people, so it's easy to play.At this moment, a guest walked in from the door, holding a wooden box in his hand, and walked up to Zhou Tong cautiously.

Zhou Tong raised his spirits and asked, "What do the guests need?"

The yin and yang eyes walked on the man, and found that he was short-lived. Looking at the box in his hand, the evil spirit rose to the sky, and it was probably the filth that came down from the ground again.

Zhou Tong didn't change his face, as if he didn't find anything, with a gentle smile.

Wuyou hugged the box and asked cautiously: "Boss, can you identify the authenticity of the treasure here?"

"Yes." Zhou Tong said.

Wuyou asked again: "Then will you keep it a secret for me?"

"Of course." Zhou Tong said, "The usual rule is not to reveal the identity of the guests."

"That's good." Wuyou muttered, and looked at Zhou Tong carefully before he dared to take out the thing in his hand, "Then please help me to see if this thing is real or not."

"Okay." Zhou Tong nodded, and took the box from him. He obviously felt Wuyou's hesitation when he took it over. Wuyou backed away for a moment and struggled for a while before completely handing it over to Zhou Tong. hands.

Zhou Tong opened the box and saw that it was a bronze ware covered with verdigris, like a part of some device. The bronze ware was engraved with complex patterns, but the pattern could not be seen at this corner, and there were many small holes all over it. It doesn't look like a deliberate carved hollow pattern. Zhou Tong looked at it repeatedly in his hand and asked, "Is this the side ear of the bronze tripod?"

"Yes, the boss has good eyesight." Wang Tian asked, "Then the boss of what dynasty might be able to tell whether this bronze is real or not?"

"Bronze ware should be real. The surface layer of patina has the same depth, the color is even and natural, and the sound is clear and crisp, but it is difficult to draw a conclusion based on this corner alone. The patterns drawn on it are not very complete, and it is difficult to judge which dynasty it is from. " Zhou Tong said, "This should be a stand ear with a bronze censer in hand? If there is only such a small piece, the price may not be ideal."

"How likely is it?" Wuyou asked nervously.

Zhou Tong said, "Fifty percent."

"Only fifty percent?" Wuyou was startled.

Zhou Tong nodded.

Wuyou cursed, and Zhou Tong said again: "Does this gentleman have a complete picture of the bronze ware? I can improve the possibility by looking at the patterns."

"Photo?" Wuyou frowned and hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, he took out his mobile phone, called up a photo and handed it to Zhou Tong.

When Zhou Tong saw the photo, he was startled. After looking at it calmly, he said to Wang Tian: "It should be in the late Western Zhou Dynasty."

Wang Tian was overjoyed, it seemed that this time point was enough to satisfy him, he nodded and stopped asking, for fear of revealing more information, he put Li Er back into the wooden box, paid the money and left.

After Wang Tian left, Zhou Tong said, "Sky Eye, close the shop door for me."

Tianyanzhen Tanmu jumped up from the table, pushed open the store doors on both sides, Zhou Tong went into the hall behind, and rummaged through the study.

Ling Yuan leaned against the door and asked, "What are you looking for? Do you want help?"

"Secret Records of Gu Tanda, a notebook, wrapped with twine, probably near this shelf, please help me find it." Zhou Tong said while looking for it.

Ling Yuan scanned the bookshelf up and down, and finally fixed his eyes on a book. He pulled the book out, and the strength of his hand almost caused the whole book to fall apart. Ling Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, holding the book Ask Zhou Tong: "Is this the book?"

"Let me take a look." Zhou Tong passed through the bookshelf, nodded when he saw the book in Ling Yuan's hand, and boasted, "It's amazing, I found it so quickly."

Zhou Tong opened the chair beside him and sat down. He put the book on the table and flipped it carefully. Ling Yuan sat next to him and asked, "What book is this?"

"A notebook collected by my father talks about the ancient Tanda Kingdom. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the royal family declined, the royal power collapsed, and many small countries were split. In the western region, adjacent to Persia, there was an ancient country called Tanda, Tanda People serve mountain gods, and there is a very strong atmosphere of god worship, this notebook is very interesting, you can read it when you have time."

As he said that, Zhou Tong turned to a page of his notes, on which a bronze stove was drawn with a pencil, which was almost exactly the same as the photo Wuyou had shown him before.

Zhou Tongdao: "It really is this."

Ling Yuan casually looked at the content on the page. There were many foreign and ancient characters on it, which he could not understand, but fortunately, there were annotations made by the person who wrote the notes, so he could barely understand the content recorded on it.

This stove was originally an incense burner for burning incense and offering sacrifices. Spices have a long history. As early as the Shennong period, grass leaves were used to drive away insects and mosquitoes. In the Han Dynasty, spices from the Western Regions were introduced into China, and the "Boshan furnace" came into being. However, when and where the incense burner first originated is really unclear.

The censer in the picture album originated in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and was earlier than the "Boshan Furnace". The two legs are long, and the front is propped on the ground. The whole body of the furnace is inclined to fall backwards, and its shape is like a spider. The erect ears brought by Wuyou stand in front of the body of the incense burner, just like the pair of mouths of a spider. device.

The author of the notes also specifically noted that the body of this bronze censer has "many pores for the purpose of dispersing qi". Basically, except for the base, the whole body is covered with small holes like those on the standing ears. It is definitely not as simple as an ordinary censer. .

Zhou Tong told Ling Yuan about Wang Tian's affairs, and said, "The life span of the person who came today is very short, I'm afraid he won't survive these few days."

Ling Yuan said coldly: "This bronze vessel is very evil. If you want to make evil money, you must be prepared to die."

Zhou Tong nodded with a smile: "You're right, but I'm a little interested in this bronze ware, don't you wonder what this thing is for? They must have dug out from the ground more than just this small piece of standing ear, Tomb robbers are not stupid. The bronze ware market has always been very confusing. Not only the dynasty but also the integrity of the ware itself is very important. A single ear is not enough to make him so cautiously find an appraiser like me. If they really will If this kind of evil thing is dug out from the ground, I'm afraid something will happen again."

Ling Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Tong's eager expression and smiled helplessly. He stroked Zhou Tong's hair and said, "Come whenever you like."

Zhou Tong made a serious face on purpose, looked at Ling Yuan seriously, and said, "I'm already 32 years old, isn't it good for you?"

Ling Yuan rubbed the tip of Zhou Tong's nose affectionately, and said, "When you are eight or ninety years old, you will still be my wife and my sweetheart."

Zhou Tong shivered, and said with disgust, "You are so nasty."

Ling Yuan chuckled, put Zhou Tong's lips in his mouth and kissed him deeply.

Sure enough, as Zhou Tong expected, Wuyou's body was found by the police three days later.

Wang Tian died in a small hotel. His death was miserable. His body seemed to have been bitten by poisonous insects. There was not a single intact part of his body. The deepest hole was enough to show bones, and almost all the blood in his body was sucked dry.The national special department took Zhou Tong to see Wang Tian's body, and Zhou Tong found that the holes that had been bitten out were filled with the same terrifying aura as the evil spirit entangled in that day's ear.

Zhou Tong asked the police: "Have you found anything around him?"

The police spread out all Wang Tian’s belongings in front of Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong put on gloves to examine carefully, Luoyang shovel, wolf-eye flashlight, illuminated ancient mirror, corpse net, black donkey’s hoof, etc. It's obvious.But after searching for a long time, I couldn't find Li Er who I saw that day.

It is definitely impossible to rob a tomb alone, besides Wang Tian, ​​he must have other accomplices, and the stand ears of the bronze stove should have been taken away by his accomplices.

Let the matter of Wang Tian be put aside for now, Zhou Tong asked the police to pay attention to Wang Tian's movements some time ago. A few of them were obviously veterans, they hid very deeply, and they couldn't find them all at once.

The police handed all the documents to Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong sat in the shop, looked at the documents and speculated about the activities of the tomb robbers.

The things they stole back were very mythological, and most of them were used for sacrifices. The most precious thing was a set of more than ten pottery puppets for worshiping the heavens. There was also a bronze mirror buried with a huge spider on the back. , the eight claws are grasping the edge of the bronze mirror, and a line of exotic ancient characters is engraved on the edge of the spiral pattern of the ancient mirror, which is like a worm.

Looking at their latest trends, it should be an ancient tomb near Xinjiang. According to the unearthed content, the owner of the tomb should be a priest or something. Considering this bronze mirror, it is likely to be a woman, but in the early days, the emperor was also average. It will be connected with myths and legends, and the possibility of being an emperor's tomb cannot be ruled out, but the probability of a female emperor is not high.