The autobiography I wrote cannot be a tragedy

Chapter 113 Meng’s Feng Shui

"Be careful, that's the blue and white of the Ming Dynasty, eh! This is Hetian jade, don't knock it!

Ouch, officer, is there any misunderstanding here? Look, I really don’t have any illegal cultural relics here.

Three generations of our Ma family have lived here, and all my neighbors can vouch for me, but I don’t dare commit adultery! "

The courtyard of the old house is already filled with pieces of antique calligraphy and painting. Five or six policemen wearing white gloves are counting the items, and experts invited by Wang Zhaoping from the Provincial Museum are identifying these items one by one.

Ma Liang's heart was pounding, but his face was still calm, and he seemed to be more concerned about his antiques.

"Don't you dare commit adultery?" Wang Zhaoping smiled.

"Since you are an expert in this industry, you must also know the relevant laws, right? Tell me, is it illegal to sell the bronze wine statue and pottery bowl you just received today?"

Ma Liang's heart skipped a beat.

It turns out that the problem lies here!

I must have been followed before! Come to think of it, the policeman in front of me seems to have been seen before this morning, no wonder he looks so familiar.

But how did he get targeted?

“Don’t take chances, your accomplices have been recruited, including the taxi driver and the owners of the two antique shops.

You are responsible for identifying and purchasing cultural relics on the black market, and then handing them over to the downline and transporting them to the Greater Bay Area. They are then carried by trucks to Xiangjiang to find buyers or conduct auctions. Is this the process? "

According to domestic law, cultural relics unearthed after 1949 are prohibited from sale and collection, while cultural relics before the early Qing Dynasty can be collected, but cannot be bought or sold, let alone exported abroad.

They even explained the smuggling process so clearly, which made Ma Liang even more panicked, but he did not give up his struggle.

"Officer, this is a misunderstanding. I was just entrusted by someone to help my friend find two antiques, and they were imitations. I didn't know that they were genuine items that were prohibited from being bought and sold!

I don’t know anything about smuggling! "

Ma Liang knew that if the other accomplices confessed, he would not be able to escape as an accomplice. Now he could only hope to reduce his charges as much as possible.

Although it is a quibble, his remarks are actually in line with the market.

It is difficult to determine the time when an antique was unearthed, its value, and its authenticity. Even the best cultural relic appraisers cannot make a 100% accurate judgment.

Coupled with the chaos of counterfeiting in the domestic cultural relics market, almost 95% of the so-called treasured antiques on the market are imitations.

With modern counterfeiting technology, you can’t tell whether even the treasures and national treasures collected in museums at home and abroad are real or fake, let alone other so-called antiques that are even more inconspicuous.

"It's not smuggling or reselling cultural relics. Why did you prepare so many gold bars? Your family is quite wealthy!"

Wang Zhaoping sneered and pointed at the five or six gold bars that had just been found. These gold bars alone were probably worth hundreds of thousands.

"Haha...haha! As the saying goes, antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times. I am also planning for a rainy day." Ma Liang laughed dryly.

"Then you've planned quite comprehensively!"

"Police officer, three generations of my Ma family have been engaged in antiques, and they are somewhat famous in this street. If many of them had not been confiscated in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, not to mention these gold bars, my family would probably have one or two billion yuan now. This cannot be considered a crime. Illegal income, right?”

Wang Zhaoping was a little funny. There was quite a lot of resentment in Ma Liang's words.

"So for the sake of a fortune of one or two billion, you chose to take risks?"

"No, no, no! I didn't mean that..."

"Old Wang, come here." At this time, a middle-aged policeman with a Chinese character not far away waved to Wang Zhaoping.

"Old Lin, how are you?" Wang Zhaoping walked over.

"Experts have already appraised it. There are a total of thirty-four antiques here, most of which are from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Although the total value exceeds one million, they are all relatively common items on the market and there are no prohibited items.

"No?" Wang Zhaoping frowned and glanced at the scene.

Indeed, he did not see the gold, silver, copper, iron or stone sculptures he was looking for.

"How was this guy's background check?" Wang Zhaoping asked reluctantly.

“I’ve inquired with the neighbors, and I only know that Ma Liang likes antiques. Most of the people he hangs out with are people from a certain circle, and he rarely travels far. On the surface, there’s not much to tell.

It is said that the Ma family was also a famous collector during the Republic of China, but in Ma Liang's father's generation, the family was ruined by gambling and many of their things were sold.

It makes sense that the other party has so many antiques in his home. "

"Is that so..." Wang Zhaoping frowned.

Could it be that he accidentally hit the passenger car again this time?

"Wang Captain!" At this moment, Qin Xiaoru walked in from outside the door.

"We have searched the antique shops. A total of about ten cultural relics were found from the two stores, including three second-level cultural relics and the rest are third-level cultural relics."

"Are there any suspicious targets?" Wang Zhaoping asked.

"Experts have looked at it once, and there is no such thing." Qin Xiaoru shook her head.

Hearing this, Wang Zhaoping was immediately disappointed.

"Target? I said Lao Wang, you still came with a goal this time?

By the way, your hands are stretched out long enough, and you have set up spies on my territory without making a sound. You are really good at it! "The police officer on the side heard the smell and couldn't help but say.

"It's not like I'm overstepping the bounds. Lao Lin, you should have received the documents from above. Regarding that thing, to tell you the truth, I came here just for it!" Wang Zhaoping thought for a while and explained in a low voice. One sentence.

"What?!" Lao Lin was startled, and then his eyes lit up instantly.

Compared to a dozen second- and third-level cultural relics and a small gang that resells cultural relics, if we can find that thing, the credit will be huge.

"I said, Lao Wang, you can't eat alone. You have to count on me for this."

"On your territory, I can still get around you, a local snake!"

"Okay! Where is that thing?"

"Nonsense, I'm just looking for it!"

"Yes, yes! I asked the brothers to continue searching. I will dig three feet into the ground to find out the things!"

Lao Lin got motivated and ordered his police officers to step up their investigation, looking for hidden tunnels and the like.

Ma Liang on the other side saw that the police had no intention of giving up, and instead searched more diligently. His face remained calm, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He couldn't help but quickly glance in a certain direction...

Even if the sentence is two or three years, as long as that thing is still there, his old Ma family will still have the capital to make a comeback.

If that thing is found, then everything will be over...

Seeing Wang Zhaoping looking over again, Ma Liang quickly showed a wry smile.

"Officer, you have been searching for half an hour. My house is so big and everything is here. Even if I resell cultural relics, I can't keep the stolen goods in my own house, right?

You see, if I help a friend with an appraisal, that’s just trying to do something, right?

There are many precious antiques in my house. If they are damaged, you will be responsible for compensation! "

Ma Liang only wanted to end the search as soon as possible.

But in the ears of the experienced Wang Zhaoping, these words sounded like there was no silver in this place.

He was even more convinced that there must be something wrong in this old house!

I just walked around the house several times, and everyone almost dug out the bird's nest, but still couldn't find a single hair.

An hour passed and everyone still found nothing.

"Lao Wang, how about I call a construction team to dig up the yard?" Lao Lin suggested.

When Ma Liang heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, but he didn't express anything, looking indifferent.

Wang Zhaoping had been observing this guy's behavior and frowned when he saw this.

It's a bit unwilling to give up like this.

"Wait a minute, I'll make a call." Wang Zhaoping walked to the corner and took out his cell phone.

If you can't pick out the bones from this egg, you still have to ask the chicken that laid the egg...

Is this considered after-sales service?

"Hello? Who is this?" After a while, a slightly impatient voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Uh... I'm Wang Zhaoping!"

"Oh! Captain Wang, what's going on?" The voice softened slightly.

"Is such that……"

Therefore, Wang Zhaoping briefly introduced the current situation.

"Can't you find something? Wait a minute. There have been too many ups and downs in my life recently, and my mind is a little confused. Let me check the information."

Soon, there was the sound of someone flipping through the pages of a book on the other end of the phone.

Wang Zhaoping was speechless.

The message was only given to me three days ago, right? With all the ups and downs in life, your mind is a little confused?

What have you been through?

…

[No. 324, Zhujiajiao, Hangzhou, the shocking secret is hidden in the stone elephant...]

found it! Sure enough, a good memory is not as good as a bad writing, not to mention someone like me who is an Alzheimer's reserve...

Meng Lang closed the notebook he used to record some key information, and then said to his mobile phone, "Is it convenient for you to start the video over there?"

"Uh...video? Convenient and convenient!"

So Meng Lang hung up the phone, logged into Fetion with his laptop, confirmed that the camera was in submersible mode, and then sent a video communication request to his friend "Archie".

Soon, a communication screen popped up on the computer monitor, with Wang Zhaoping's big face on it.

"Don't face me, show me your surroundings."

"good!"

The screen changed to the courtyard of an old house. As the video screen turned, Meng Lang carefully observed the environment inside.

When Wang Zhaoping cleared the house inside and outside, Meng Lang frowned slightly.

The area of this old house is not small, and there are quite a few stone statues inside. It seems to be used as a town house. There are various statues of maids, stone lions at the door, and if you count the ones on the eaves of the roof, there are even more.

Do we need to carve out all these statues?

The video screen was still rotating. When the screen passed by a certain statue, Meng Lang was stunned for a moment...

etc! Stone statue... stone elephant!

Yes! What is written in the book is not the "image" of a character's portrait, but the "image" of an elephant!

"stop!"

…

"The person making the call was Lao Wang's informant, right?"

Seeing Wang Zhaoping wandering around the yard with his mobile phone, Lao Lin looked confused.

Can you find something like this?

"That should be it..." Qin Xiaoru stared thoughtfully at the mobile phone in Wang Zhaoping's hand.

The other end of the communication video was dark. Obviously the other party did not turn on the camera, but... the voice seemed familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere...

On the other side, Ma Liang stared at Wang Zhaoping's movements, but his persistence gave him a bad feeling.

"Stop!" Suddenly, a young man's voice came from the mobile phone.

"What's wrong?" Wang Zhaoping asked confused.

"There's something wrong with that stone elephant!" The voice on the phone was extremely determined.

"Stone statue?" Wang Zhaoping didn't react for a moment. When he saw the elephant stone sculpture in front of him, he understood what Meng Lang was referring to.

Hearing the voice coming from the phone, the others were fine, but Ma Liang was sweating from behind!

He suppressed the panic in his eyes and managed to stay calm, but his mind was buzzing.

Does the other party know? Why? Who is he? !

After hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around a pair of exquisite pure white elephant stone sculptures placed in front of the main reception hall.

Wang Zhaoping turned twice in front of the sculpture. The two elephants fit together perfectly. Can't you see any problem?

"How do you know there's a problem?" he asked confused.

Um! Archie, you asked a good question, but I couldn't answer it right now, so I had to make one up for you on the spot.

"On the left is a green dragon and on the right is a white tiger. Have you ever heard of Suzaku in front and Xuanwu in the back?"

"I've heard it before!" Everyone is familiar with this passage.

"These four elephants belong to metal, wood, water, and fire. Do you know what this elephant belongs to?"

"Uh... I don't know." Everyone looked at each other.

"The sky and the earth are water, fire, thunder, mountains, wind, horses, cows, pigs, pheasants, dragons, dogs, chickens and sheep, northwest, north, southwest, south, east, northeast, southeast and west. Do you understand this?"

"I don't understand either!" Wang Zhaoping was a little confused.

don't know? If you don’t understand, let me explain it der?

"So I won't explain it in detail, and I can't explain it clearly to you. In short, from the perspective of Feng Shui, this elephant cannot be placed here!

Lose money! got it! "

Uh... your reason is too good for me to refute.

Although it sounds very unscientific, but I can’t stand it anymore and people even use Feng Shui. It’s too high-level...

Seeing that Meng Lang was so sure, Wang Zhaoping, who didn't want to return empty-handed, naturally chose to believe it, and he observed carefully again.

If you want to put something in the statue, then the most likely part should be...

He immediately looked at the elephant's bloated belly!

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, he lay down directly and moved his body to get into the belly of the elephant.

Ma Liang's eyes couldn't help but panic.

After groping carefully for a while, Wang Zhaoping came out without finding anything and went to the belly of another elephant to check.

His fingers traced the smooth belly of the stone statue, and his movements suddenly stopped, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He got out and rolled up his sleeves directly. "Old Lin, prepare cutting tools!"

Seeing that there was actually a policeman going to get tools, Ma Liang immediately panicked and stopped in front of Wang Zhaoping without caring about anything else.

"Hey! Wait! What do you want to do?

Let me warn you, this is a white marble work of art. The price of one piece is at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. This is a pair. If one is missing, the pair will be useless!

It's okay to do it, but the question is, who of you will be responsible for compensation if it's damaged? "

Thirty or forty thousand? Wouldn’t a pair cost 60,000 to 70,000?

Everyone looked to the experts present for confirmation, and saw the other person nodded slightly. Now even Wang Zhaoping was a little embarrassed.

It's easy to say that I found something, but if I can't find it, who will accompany me with the 60,000 to 70,000 yuan?

He really wanted to be tough, but the problem was that his salary was less than 10,000 yuan a month, and his personal income was only three digits, so he couldn't be tough!

Why don't you ask your wife for funding?

I'm struggling...

【Ding! Your Zhifu Pay has received 100,000 yuan. 】

Everyone looked at Wang Zhaoping's cell phone in astonishment.

A faint voice came from inside, "It's okay, cut! If you can't cut it out, it's mine!"

this……

Wang Zhaoping's mind was buzzing. This scene seemed familiar?

I forgot that this guy is still a nouveau riche, but this feeling of being showered with money... is quite refreshing. Why?

Lao Lin on the side was almost envious of Ma.

Is this an informant or a financial sponsor?

If you can find clues and read Feng Shui, you can also provide funds! ?

There are such high-quality informants, please give me a dozen!