Treasure Hunting Divine Eyes

The tomb-suppressing beasts are placed on both sides of the entrance in front of the tomb, which means that the tomb of the Tang Dynasty has been completely robbed. Judging from the degree of weathering of these wooden boxes, it must have been more than a hundred years old. As for how they got here from China, it is impossible to find out. Fortunately, the descendants of the owner of this old house are alcoholics.

The remaining two Tang Sancai pieces in the wooden box are images of officials, the faces are not glazed, and the clothes are decorated with three-color glazes. Seeing this, Li Mo muttered in his heart, how could there be three-color official figurines. Generally speaking, the burial system in the Tang Dynasty has standards. If there are official figurines, it means that the owner of the tomb is a high-status person, maybe a prince or general.

If this is the case, the funerary objects in the tomb of the Tang Dynasty are not simple.

Li Mo opened the second wooden box, which contained warrior figurines, and the third wooden box was still full of warrior figurines.

"These wooden boxes are no longer strong, they need to be repacked and strengthened, and everything in the car needs to be removed."

Soon some ropes and tapes were brought over, and Li Mo did it himself, re-reinforced each wooden box every time he checked, and then let people move it out.

"Mr. Qin, are these authentic Tang Sancai?"

A security guard asked in a low voice.

"Well, it should be that a large tomb of the Tang Dynasty in China has been stolen. I still need to continue to look at the ancient relics behind." Li Mo opened a wooden box again, "It's a three-color zodiac figurine. You put the other Open the wooden boxes one by one, and find out the three-color zodiac dragon inside, and let me see what shape it is."

Others carefully opened other wooden boxes.

"Mr. Qin, over here."

Li Mo walked over hurriedly, picked up the three-color dragon and looked at it carefully, and said: "This is a python, not a dragon. It seems that the owner of the stolen Tang Dynasty tomb is not a royal, but his status is definitely not low." , may be the emperor's favored ministers, powerful ministers and the like. Everyone re-reinforced the wooden box and moved it away."

Several people started to help, moving out boxes one by one.

"Guli Shi, have you registered the numbers clearly?"

"All registered clearly."

"Okay, go ahead."

"Mr. Qin, take a look at what's in this wooden box." Steven was a little surprised when he opened a wooden box, and Li Mo hurried over to take a look and said, "This is a horse figurine."

He took out a piece of identification from the wooden box and continued: "These three-color equestrian figurines are not big, only about ten centimeters high and five centimeters wide, but they are realistic in shape and the glaze color is perfect. These are equestrian figurines. These are the hunting figurines on horseback, and the figurines of the guard of honor on horseback. I am really curious about the identity of the owner of the Tang tomb. These three-color knight figurines need to be re-wrapped and protected, and the number must be counted.

I don't know how long it has been sorting out, and all the wooden boxes in the basement have been counted.

"The three-colored horses of the Tang Dynasty are all stored here, but unfortunately no three-colored horses have been found. I will go out."

Li Mo and the others walked out of the basement. The alcoholic was drinking wine and listening to music, looking quite relaxed.

"Guli Shi, what is the current count?"

Gu Lishi looked at the notebook and said respectfully: "Mr. Qin, we counted one tomb-suppressing beast, twelve zodiac figurines, eighteen officials, twenty-one warriors, and twenty servants from the basement. Seven pieces, fifty-four pieces of various small-sized knight figurines, a total of one hundred and thirty-three pieces, packed in thirty-eight boxes, and the two minivans we brought just happened to be purchased."

Li Mo nodded, and then said suspiciously: "It's strange that we didn't find those porcelains in the underground warehouse. You can ask that drunkard if there are other underground warehouses."

Yesterday, I found seven pieces of porcelain from a street stall in an alley. The alcoholic said that I still have them at home. Since they were not found in the underground vault just now, there must be another treasure trove.

Gu Lishi walked over and chatted with the drunkard for a while before he came to Li Mo and whispered: "He said that all those porcelains have been sold, and more than 500 pieces have been sold."

"What, there are more than five hundred pieces of porcelain?"

Li Mo looked at the drunkard lying on the sofa, wishing he could step up and beat him up. It seems that his ancestor was not a simple person back then. There are more than a hundred pieces of authentic porcelain, which is on the bright side, and it is not clear whether there are others.

"Mr. Qin, there is a small town nearby. There is a market held in the town every half a month. People from the surrounding areas will go there, and there are many tourists. The drunkard said that all his porcelain is there The most expensive ones were sold for 5,000 dollars. It’s a pity that this person is not only a drunkard, but also a gambler. I checked the time, and there will be a market in that small town tomorrow , let's go for a walk together."

"Okay, then sign a contract with him and pay him the money."

After signing the contract, Li Mo paid a lump sum of 180,000 U.S. dollars in cash. Seeing so much cash piled up on the dilapidated table, the drunkard excitedly stood up and hugged Gu Lishi and Steven.

After finally separating, everyone went outside. The gloomy weather in the morning had turned fine, and the sun shone on their bodies very comfortably.

"Mr. Qin, should these things be sent directly to the embassy?"

"That's right. These are all three-colored colors dug up from the tombs of the Tang Dynasty. They are still a set. They have high historical research value and high market value. As usual, you arrange to send them to the embassy for temporary storage. All registered The list is reported to the country in a timely manner.”

"yes."

Li Mo, four security guards, Steven and Gu Lishi drove towards a nearby town in two vehicles, while the other three vehicles separated and drove in another direction.

It was past noon, and everyone was hungry. There was no Chinese restaurant in the town, so they had no choice but to go to the countryside and buy a burger, fried chicken legs and other things to fill their stomachs.

"Mr. Qin, you spent $180,000 on those three-color figurines excavated from the tombs of the Tang Dynasty. If you sell them, how much would they be worth?"

While eating fried chicken legs, Li Mo glanced at the beauty An Bao, smiled and said, "Can you guess?"

How could they know, Li Mo looked at Steven, he is an art dealer, maybe he knows a little more about Huaxia's antiques.

Steven thought for a while and said: "I have never touched the three-color figurines that Mr. Qin found before, but some similar antiques are displayed in some museums in the United States, such as three-color arhats, three-color horses and so on. .I once saw a report that the highest auction record for a tri-colored Tang horse broke through 20 million US dollars. As for the tri-colored arhat, there is no auction record yet.”

The four security guards were eye-opening during the time they followed Li Mo, and they had never been exposed to antiques before. But I didn't expect a three-color horse from the Tang Dynasty to be worth more than 100 million Huaxia coins, which is too exaggerated.

"Mr. Qin, is the three-color Arhat more expensive?"

"For us, each piece is a priceless treasure, but it is a pity that all the known three-color arhats have been lost abroad."

According to uncertain statistics, the total number of Chinese antiques lost in the United States exceeds 17 million pieces, but 80 to 90% of them are hidden among the people. The priceless three-color arhat is just a representative, and it is impossible to imagine how many other priceless Chinese antiques are hidden in the folks of the United States.

"Mr. Qin, you found more than one hundred tricolor figurines. Isn't that worth more than ten billion Huaxia coins?"

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, the total price was too scary.

"The cheap ones in porcelain are only tens of thousands to more than one hundred thousand, and the most expensive piece of porcelain is more than one billion. The same is true in Tang Sancai. There are priceless ones, some worth over 100 million, and ordinary Tang Sancai. Today If the ones I found were sold as a set, they would be conservatively worth 500 million Huaxia coins. However, it is impossible for me to sell them, and they will be put on permanent display in the Guyunxuan Museum in the future."

"Hurry up, everyone. While there is still some time in the afternoon, let's walk around the town first. When the market opens tomorrow, we will come over and have a good look. Steven, how far is this town from Boston? Far?"

"It takes up to 70 minutes to drive up and down, and it is very convenient to run back and forth."