Daomu Biji

Chapter 26 The largest tomb robbery in history (2)

Huo Xiuxiu was quite surprised: "Do you know about this?"

Menyouping shook his head, leaning against the corner and looking at the shadow of the ivy outside the window. The moonlight shone mottledly on his face, which made him look very pale.

"Then how do you know they are not doing it for money?" Xiuxiu asked.

Menyou Ping said lightly: "The inevitable of history."

Huo Xiuxiu looked at me. She was probably not used to the attitude of Meng Youpin. What I actually wanted to say was that he was giving you face if he could talk to you. When he was leaning there just now, I thought he wasn't listening at all.

But I understand what Menyoupin means. Once the money reaches a certain amount, it doesn't make any sense whether to increase it or not. If this is the largest tomb robbery in history, and the motive is money, then it will be a tragedy for our industry. There are still many things in the world that are more valuable than money. Isn't it said that two big bosses bombarded each other's ancestral graves in order to grab the country?

The inevitability of history, the biggest conspiracy, the biggest war, the biggest everything in the world, there is always some "inevitability" behind it. I just don’t know why he suddenly felt emotional.

I explained a little bit, and Huo Xiuxiu thought for a while and finally understood: "You men are more sensitive to this kind of thing than us women. We girls have no sense of historical inevitability."

I asked her to go on without wasting time. She took a sip of soju and continued talking.

The "biggest deal in history" that Jin Wantang participated in was due to his eyesight. At that time, in the miscellaneous academic circles in Beijing, he was well-known as an eye-catcher and a know-it-all, from Hardman's cigarette case to women's There is no one he is not good at doing bellybands. It is said that his father entered a pawnshop at the age of six and graduated from Dachaofeng at the age of seventeen. After liberation, he worked as a framer in a factory. He was poor until he died without leaving anything to Lao Jin, but in daily life Through countless moments in life, from childhood to adulthood, his father deliberately and unconsciously taught him various skills in appreciating the eight major products of calligraphy, painting, jade, copper, embroidery, wood, and porcelain. In his own words, he spent all the time in the first half of his life to achieve a kind of harmony with antiques.

Therefore, when he was dragged into Liulichang for a visit in the early 1960s, he unexpectedly discovered that this depressed old alley was filled with treasures.

So with a pair of fiery eyes, Jin Wantang started with just two yuan. Starting from a few old books, two yuan turned into three yuan, and three yuan earned five yuan. Within two years, no one thought that he could actually make a living in such a depressed collection market. Every old book he has read can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, and his skills in the category of ancient books have also entered the realm of perfection.

Of course he made money, and the office to "fight against speculation" also appeared. Fortunately, Jin Wantang inherited his father's extremely cautious character and stopped at the right time. This ten thousand yuan net worth was never discovered.

However, the business could not be done, but the word of mouth remained among the people, and he soon became famous. Foreigners also came to him, and big institutions, big families, and university research institutes began to ask him to do evaluations and appraisals. For a time, he became famous. . That big deal came at the happiest time in his life.

The leader was the Huo family. The Huo family had already had a cooperative relationship with him for some time. He did not expect anything unusual and readily agreed.

Based on his later recollections, he told Huo Xiuxiu that he estimated that the number of people involved in the whole "sale" at that time was more than two hundred people. If you add in those who were involved but did not actually go to the ground, such as those who collected information and bought equipment, it would be estimated that Thousands. In those days, getting some better Soviet equipment required countless layers of connections.

However, these are not enough to highlight the specialness of this transaction. The reason why Jin Wantang thinks that this transaction must be very special is because the leader of this transaction is very unusual. This is not a unique transaction, and there are many people involved. It is said that there are nine people in total.

When I heard this, my heart skipped a beat. Huo Xiuxiu, like a skilled storyteller, paused here.

He showed an expression of "You must have thought of it too".

I rubbed my face and said, "Isn't it possible?"

Xiuxiu said: "I didn't believe it at first, but the facts are obvious."

Nine people, I immediately thought of Laojiumen, but Laojiumen is not an organization, it is just a code name given to them by other people in the world. It is extremely loose and is not planned by any marketing company, so they simultaneously The possibility of doing something is low to almost non-existent.

To give an example, Tathagata Buddha, the Jade Emperor, and Jesus Christ are known as the three major religious leaders, but they have their own lineages. It is reasonable for Tathagata Buddha to gather Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Eighteen Arhats to fight, but Tathagata, the Jade Emperor, and Jesus fight together, that is impossible things.

The Jianghu factions of the various sects in the Laojiu Sect are actually different. Although the difference between them is not as obvious as that of Jesus and Tathagata, it is still a matter of clear distinction in the Jianghu. It is actually impossible for the Nine Sects to join forces.

However, I can think of the only most extreme possibility. In that era, although this possibility was small, it was absolutely possible. That is: a powerful outsider intervened in this matter.

It's like a certain warlord in a Hong Kong and Taiwan film who heard that the four famous female actors were very powerful, so he asked me to call them all. It turned out that the four famous actors all had their own unique singing styles, and they were all male actors, and the four female actors were singing randomly on the stage. The whole place was so painful to sing. Maybe there is also an outsider who says that he heard that Laojiu Sect is very powerful, so call them all here.

However, the Laojiu Sect was scattered all over the country at that time, and some people were simply wandering. As the saying goes, your officialdom can't suppress beggars. If outsiders are called in, I'm afraid there will still be some people who don't buy it.

Huo Xiuxiu nodded and said: "I was very surprised when I heard this. No one in the world may have had the opportunity to know that the famous but constantly disputed nine admirals of Changsha would have such an unprecedented alliance. I also agree with your analysis, I'm sure There must be an external force calling the names, otherwise, such a weird situation would not be possible. However, your doubt is not valid, because that external force must have a spokesperson within the Laojiu Sect, and this spokesperson has carried out the work of recruiting lamas. I I just don’t know who will be the person who traps the lama, so that this group of local overlords can be willing to become the trapped lamas and sit down together obediently to cooperate?”

I thought it must be impossible to verify it now, but in the 1960s, there were indeed people in Laojiumen who had such qualifications. That is the boss of the Nine Sects: Lord Zhang.

I don’t know if Zhang Dafo was still alive at that time, because he was several generations older than the people below. If not himself, he might be a descendant of Zhang Dafo.

What I feel a little bit bad about is that my grandfather never told me about this matter, and there is no such thing recorded in his notes. It seemed that he didn't want anyone to know about this matter, not even himself. Could it be that this matter is the core of the whole thing?

However, due to the difference in seniority, the old Jiumen is very different from before liberation. The new generation became famous early, such as my grandfather and Huo's grandmother, who are still in their prime. Due to the impact of liberation, everyone's situation is different. , these people gathered together, I don’t know how much energy was spent. At that time, the black-backed six were already beggars. Some of them were already very old and unfit for long journeys, so they were replaced by the next generation. So I can foresee that this group The team's qualifications, experience, and physical strength were all uneven. From the beginning, the hidden danger of disaster had already been planted. "

It was the rendezvous between 1962 and 1963. A huge cavalry quietly drove into the mountains of Sichuan. Jin Wantang left Beijing tremblingly, and he was also among the cavalry. There were old and young in the cavalry, and people of all kinds were mixed together. Lao Jiu The families are divided into gangs and the boundaries are clear.