Chapter 82 Part-time job
Situ Ce felt that although this man was stupid, he valued credibility very much. He was a little impressed when he said it. Looking at the silly bear kneeling on the ground, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't take it seriously if you are kidding. Get up quickly!"
Han Xiong knelt up and said seriously: "I'm joking with you, but I'm serious with me. I'm naturally not going back on my word after paying homage to my grandfather."
Diao Peng laughed, patted Han Xiong on the shoulder, and said, "If you have such a capable grandfather, you will not be humiliating your ancestors' lintel! Hahaha."
"That's it!" Han Xiong asked them to the lobby, and there were several Dongchang crotch heads inside, all of whom Diao Peng called to accompany him to drink.
After the guest and host were seated, Diao Peng apologized again, gave apology and asked several fans to take turns to toasting.
Situ Ce thought that he might have to deal with the case of the Jinyiwei, so he just tried it briefly. Diao Peng had no choice but to say it to death before, but fortunately, he didn't worry about the second issue after the first time. Moreover, this time Diao Peng asked Situ Ce not specifically for drinking, but asked him for help if he had something else. He was drunk and was afraid that he would delay his business.
The banquet ended in a hurry. Incense tea was served, Han Xiong and a few accompanying wine retreated, and there were only two people left in the flower hall.
Situ Ce said: "Mr. Diao can say that he is serious, and the time is almost done."
"Okay!" Diao Peng coughed lightly, as if he wanted to find some feeling, lowered his voice and said, "That's right, a few days ago, we accidentally dug an ancient tomb..."
Situ Ce couldn't help but smile and said, "You are still part-time tomb robbing in the East Factory?"
"No!" Diao Peng was a little embarrassed and hurriedly defended, "It was accidental, purely accidental!"
"Okay, it doesn't matter if it's okay, for your Dongchang, right?" Situ Ce teased.
This was heard in Diao Peng's ears, and his long horse face opened with an extremely ugly smile: "Haha, this is the case. Some big families wanted to expand their houses, buy nearby homes, dig a lake and build a garden. But those people refused to sell them, and some even offered sky-high prices. The big families hired their connections to find us and found a way to solve the problem. So, hehe, I found a way to convince these families to collect all the houses..., uh, all of them."
Dongchang's method must be a robbery, so he joked: "I didn't expect you to be in charge of house demolition?"
"Demolition? What is demolition?" Diao Peng asked.
Situ Ce thought to himself: It is right that you don’t understand. If your Dongchang wants to expropriate someone else’s house, I’m afraid that you won’t even give compensation. This forced demolition is not considered a matter of saying: “It’s just expropriation of the house, you continue.”
"Okay! After we collected the house, it was inconvenient for the time being to repair the garden for the big household, so we prepared to demolish the house first and help him dig out the big lake first. After a few days, the matter will be settled, and then the big household will demolish the house and start digging the big lake. As we dig, we dug out an ancient tomb!"
"Oh? Is this ancient tomb from this house? Whose family?"
"It should not be someone's family, because the ancient tomb was buried quite deep, and it was dug several meters before it was dug. Who would have buried things so deep? If it weren't for the lake, it would be impossible to dig it out. Moreover, there were dead people buried inside. If these people were from, how could they build houses on the ancestral tombs to live in it? Moreover, if these troublemakers really had something buried, we had already given them almost a month to move before we decided to collect the house. They should have dug out these things and took them away, but they did not do so. Therefore, it is definitely not someone's family on this one."
Situ Ce nodded, thinking that Diao Peng is not a fool, but he is very informed in analyzing the problem, which makes some sense.
Diao Peng continued: "After discovering the tomb, I ordered the entire site to be enclosed and then selected my confidant to excavate. The result was very disappointed. The tomb was very simple, with only one coffin, a sarcophagus, which was very large. There was a corpse inside, which was rotten so badly that the bones were rusted. However, there were many items buried on the upper floor of the coffin, but there were no valuable gold, silver and jewelry, just a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and it seemed like a poor tomb."
"How do you know that this is an ancient tomb?" Situ Ce asked.
"There are tombstones! The date of birth and death was written in the late Yuan Dynasty. It is more than two hundred years away! - Judging from the name of the tombstone, it has nothing to do with these homes, and it is even more proven that they are not from their ancestors."
"So that's it, then what are you asking me for?"
Diao Peng's voice became even lower: "Isn't there a lot of calligraphy and paintings there? According to the Ming Dynasty, the ownerless tomb dug out from the ground must be handed over to the court. I am suppressing it first and not reporting it; but I can't hold it back, because many people already know about this matter and will be handed over sooner or later. If it is something worthless, it will be paid, but if it is valuable and the food on your mouth is taken away, it will be a big loss...!"
"I understand. You want me to help identify whether it is a valuable calligraphy and painting. What should I do if I decide?"
Diao Peng slapped his thigh: "That's right! These calligraphy and paintings are more than 100 large and small, some of which look quite old. Judging from the signatures, some are from the Qin, Han, Jin, Tang and Song dynasties. I just don't know if they are genuine or fakes. It would be fine if they are fakes, it would be worth much. If they are genuine, they would be praised at most. Watching the baby fly away, it would be useless to regret hitting the wall!"
Situ Ce smiled. For the people from Dongchang, they had to pluck their hair even after geese, not to mention that they found a tomb, which contained cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings that might be valuable, and they could not be concealed and reported. Naturally, it was very difficult and they had to find someone to identify them.
Diao Peng said this and pressed his voice down even lower, almost leaning into Situ Ce's ear and said, "Here you please see if there are any valuable things in these calligraphy and paintings. If there are, we will stay and not hand over them. - How many of these calligraphy and paintings are there? Only I know at present, but no one else knows it. Staying there is no way to stay! But this matter is fast, and once the superior knows it and lets the hand over, there is no way."
"Why don't you find an expert in this field to identify it?"
"This matter cannot be made public! And time is too tight, so I can't find talented people in the capital or other places. I asked in secret. There are no talented people in Zhenhai County. After thinking about it, you are the only one!"
"I don't know calligraphy and painting!"
"Aren't you good at magic? I heard that Taoist magic can drive away ghosts and gods and treasures. Please help me check it out and see if these calligraphy and paintings are marked with calligraphy and paintings from the Qin, Han, Jin, Tang and Song dynasties. Is it true? How about it?"
Situ Ce didn't know that there was such a magic trick in Taoist magic. For cultural relics identification, Situ Ce was naturally an amateur, and he didn't know much about calligraphy and painting. However, it was a bit similar to judging the time of death. But in this regard, he still had some solutions. After all, he had modern equipment such as microscopes and ultraviolet flashlights in his hand, which could be used.
Situ Ce said: "This is OK, but I have never used this magic to identify the age of calligraphy and paintings, and I don't know if it is effective."
"Haha, it doesn't matter. Just do your best. Brothers will definitely give you a lot of thanks."
Situ Ce thought for a while and said, "I have to use magic to introduce some things from the previous dynasty, such as calligraphy and paintings of the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, books, etc., at least I need paper from that era. But don't worry, I won't have any damage."
"This is easy!" Diao Peng said, "There are many ancient costume books in the city, and I'll borrow them."
"I want to make a reference to what dynasty it is."
"Okay! I'll go to borrow it myself immediately. Sir can go to my house to see the calligraphy and paintings, and I'll come back immediately."
"I have to go back to the house to get the Taoist utensils, just cast the spells and test them in your house, so as not to take back a few things or something is wrong, and I suspect that I'm the one who is doing it."
"Where is it, the gentleman is joking. If the gentleman looks at these things, he can choose them casually. Haha."
"Haha, thank you sir first. It would be good to pick a few fakes and hang them back and hang them to fill in your politeness."
Chapter completed!