"Reselling cultural relics?"
People who study archaeology naturally know what is called reselling cultural relics, such as stone statues, bronze ware, such objects, whether auction or private transaction, are prohibited by the state. For example, the Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor have not been destroyed for decades. It is because of the strong protection of the state that trading is strictly prohibited. Unearthed cultural relics, such as the tomb of a prince or an imperial mausoleum, you rob it, and then trade the newly unearthed cultural relics obtained from the tomb robbery, whether public or private transactions are not allowed.
But it does not mean that all cultural relics cannot be bought and sold, such as porcelain, gold and silver, wooden furniture, etc., as well as cultural relics that are clearly circulated in the world and inherited in an orderly manner. These kinds of things can be bought and sold freely. Therefore, many tomb robbers stole items through ancestral mouths, exploiting legal loopholes to use them for normal transactions.
Qin Cheng also guessed that what Wei Bofei was buying should not be a normal circulation item, but the seller said that Jinzhong was investigating the reselling of cultural relics, and also changed the transaction time. It is estimated that the investigation is very strict. I will check it every once in a while if I have nothing to do. Tan Cheng guessed that something should have happened there recently before a large-scale inspection.
Maybe some important artifacts were lost.
"When will the seller change the time?" Tan Cheng asked after thinking for a while.
Wei Bofei sighed, "He said it's not necessarily, because he doesn't know when the inspection will be over. I guess the thing he took is a bit tricky. He said he would call me after the investigation is over, no later than the 8th."
"Tricky? The thing he's going to sell you isn't the same bronze ware as last time?" If it's still Daxu's thing, it's probably treated as a fake, so it shouldn't be difficult.
"I don't know what the situation is. The thing he was going to give me was not the cup last time, but it was still bronze. He said it came from the same place as last time, and the specific details can only be seen everywhere. ."
Qin Cheng frowned, "Then we can only ask when the time comes."
But if it takes too long, how many days will I have to wait in the promotion? Qin Cheng thought for a while, or he could go to Pingyao County to take a look first, step on it first, and then the seller will contact him, and he will go there.
"Then since the trade fair has been postponed, my partner and I will go to the ancient city of Pingyao for two days. When the time comes, the seller will contact you. You can call me again. Pingyao is not far from Jinzhong, and the train will arrive in an hour."
Wei Bofei's trip was actually just wanting to buy another one from the person who sold his wine bottle last time. The time was suddenly delayed and he couldn't think of where to go. When Tan Cheng mentioned going to the ancient city of Pingyao, he was also moved. However, at the age of twenty-eight or nine, he just got married. He really thinks of his age. He visited the ancient city of Pingyao last time on a business trip. This time, he really wanted to see the Xuankong Temple in Datong, Shanxi, so he simply said: "Then Well, I also want to go to Xuankong Temple to see, I will transfer to Yuncheng and then we will contact you again."
"it is good."
After the three arrived in Yuncheng to separate, Qin Cheng and Wu Hai set off for Pingyao.
Some people liken the ancient city of Pingyao like this: "She is a beautiful woman in troubled times with profound background, but she is not humiliated by wind and rain. The loneliness left after the once glorious time once propped up half of China's business. Smile meaningfully in history…”
The ancient city of a thousand years and the history of the city wall have a thousand years of history. It can be seen that the history of the ancient city of Pingyao is unmatched by other ancient cities in China.
This is also the first time for Wu Hai to come to Pingyao. He finally came here. As an archaeologist, he naturally wants to see the Pingyao City Wall built in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
"It is said to be in the period of King Xuan of Zhou, and it is said that it was built by Yin Jifu, an important minister at that time, when he was stationed in the army. It is said that the construction of the ancient city of Pingyao was full of mystery. When it was built, it was built with the meaning of "auspicious and longevity" of the tortoise, which was built as "tortoise". From a bird's-eye view of the ancient city, you can see that the south gate is the head of Yingxun Gate, which is called the turtle's eyes; the arched gate of the north gate is the tail of the turtle, which is the lowest point in the city, and all the water in the city flows out through this; The four urn cities are opposite each other. And this city has a history of more than 2,800 years and has undergone 26 repairs." Wu Hai stood at the foot of the towering city wall and said, "But what is left now is the one that was rebuilt by Ming Hongwu in three years, and it's better. The bricks are still contemporary.”
Hearing that Wu Hai said it was built during the time of King Zhou Xuan, Tan Cheng burst out laughing. He thought that Su Jingmo had said that the one built by King Zhou Xuan was long gone, and even Da Xu had not seen any Zhou at that time. The ancient cities during the Xuanwang period were all newly built in the previous dynasty.
Seeing Qin Cheng laughing, Wu Hai thought he had said something wrong, but was laughed at by Qin Cheng, and he couldn't hold his face for a while,
"what's so funny?"
"No… "
Tan Cheng is really not laughing at Wu Hai. They also know from the book about the legend of King Xuan of Zhou. In fact, there is no trace of the city wall more than 2,000 years ago. He also lost it in front of Su Jingmo. The face... So many years ago, there will always be too many errors in modern people's estimates.
However, Wu Hai didn't know what Qin Cheng thought, thinking that Qin Cheng was perfunctory for him, he said angrily:
"I just don't like your temperament. You guys always talk in half, making others look much stupider than you!"
"No, that's not what I meant."
"Then make it clear!"
Wu Hai has a strong temperament and speaks candidly. Qin Cheng is very clear. Otherwise, in the meeting held in the research room after Jiang Bo's accident, Wu Hai would not have directly stood up and said what everyone wanted to say. , He Tan Cheng is talking nonsense, and Bacheng is a criminal suspect.
"I was thinking of a friend, um... He did some research on this, and said that apart from what was written in the later books, there is actually no evidence to prove that the city was built in the period of King Xuan of Zhou. I said a lot at the time, but it made him laugh. When you mentioned it, I remembered what happened at that time, and I couldn't help laughing."
Qin Cheng explained, Wu Hai was relieved and no longer worried, "It would have been better if you said that earlier," Wu Hai looked at Qin Cheng, "I said why your words have changed recently, I just said that. Notice how you speak so eloquently, what 'written in the book', 'it made him laugh', you probably have watched too many TV dramas, and you can't even understand normal speech."
When Wu Hai said this, Qin Cheng also noticed that it was indeed a bit strange. He was stunned for a while, and didn't know how to explain it. He probably said this because he stayed with Su Jing for a long time and was naturally affected. They do archaeology. , The people who were busy in the pit didn't talk very well, and they have been very busy recently. Speaking of which, in the past few months, he and Su Jingmo have said more than what he has said with other colleagues combined. It would be strange not to be influenced by Su Jingmo's authentic ancient accent.
"You can watch dramas that adapt history into that? Even the way of speaking has been affected." Tan Cheng did not deny it, but Wu Hai took it as his acquiescence. Thinking of those TV dramas whose history has been altered beyond recognition, Wu Hai watched Qin Cheng's eyes were a little different, "It's better to watch less of that kind of drama, or else you'll learn your history class for nothing."
Wu Hai's words with a little seriousness and sincerity really made Qin Cheng laugh and cry, but what else could he do? He said all of his words, but he couldn't swallow them back, and he couldn't find any good excuses to explain them, so he could only grit his teeth. Should be down.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Last time I found a picture on the stone wall of an ear room in the tomb." He didn't tell Wu Hai and Zhang Jun that the capital of Daxu was next to Pingyao. Son, thinking of a poem that Su Jingmo wrote on the paper that day, Qin Cheng continued: "There is a poem on the picture, 'Nine days are prosperous and exist in the central capital, and the golden and jade scorpions surround the Fen River', which mentions the central capital and the Fen River. , I just thought that Pingyao next to the Fen River was called the Central Capital in the Han Dynasty. Perhaps the so-called Daxu Capital used to be in this area, and the person who sold the bronze wine bottles to Wei Bofei was in Jinzhong. This piece of action, I guess, there may really be something left here."
Hearing this, Wu Hai also understood the purpose of Tan Cheng's coming here, "Do you want to look for it, to see if you can find any traces of the existence of Daxu? However, if this dynasty really exists, he has disappeared from history. Of course, it will not be so easy to find out, otherwise, after more than a thousand years, no one and no historian have made guesses?"
"I don't think no one has ever made guesses, but these guesses have not been recorded in the official history. We can only rely on the official history while looking for the 'evidence' that has survived to this day. No one knows what happened in the past, no History records, no matter how many things, can only be regarded as legends. Do you remember the article on the Internet that speculated about the tomb of Ninghua Village? The above is not the sentence 'Puhuang drinks Chang'an water, Xuanyuan rides the wind to Beijing Zhao Zhao 'Any speculation?"
"Remember, that post is quite right. Do you think there is still a problem?"
Looking at Wu Hai, Qin Cheng nodded, "The article said that the person who wrote this poem was afraid that the court at that time did not dare to say that the Puhuang army died in the large tomb of Ninghua Village because of tomb robbery, and also said that Xuanyuan should be referring to It is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I agree with the speculation of the first sentence, but I don't think so. Xuanyuan was originally the first emperor in Chinese legends and myths. There is only one legendary thing in these two sentences. The person who wrote this verse will use the legend to refer to the emperor who actually existed in the Tang Dynasty. Since Xuanyuan is a legend, then this person must think that the person in the tomb is not written in the history books. Jingzhao is the title of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. It happened 15600 years ago, which just fits the time of the tomb of Ninghua Village. I guess the person who wrote this verse really went to the tomb of Ninghua Village…”