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It was a fat porcelain cat with wide open eyes and a bright look. The workmanship was very ordinary and it was not produced by any famous kiln.

The strange thing is that this flower porcelain cat has 13 whiskers, and they are the kind of whiskers that can be plugged and pulled out. This is where the workmanship of the whole porcelain is the most delicate.

Everyone stared at the porcelain cat for a long time, and Da Jinya said thoughtfully: "This... seems to be the thirteen-bearded porcelain cat offered by the corpse-bearer."

"What... corpse? A comrade from which department?" the fat man asked.

Not only Fatty hadn't heard of it, Hu Bayi and Chen Hao hadn't heard of it either.

Da Jinya didn't talk nonsense, and told everyone the origins of Huaci Mao and Corpse Carrier.

It turns out that in the early years of Xiangxi, there have been two businesses of driving corpses and carrying corpses since ancient times, and the nature of carrying corpses is similar to that of tomb robbery.

But anyone who is in the business of carrying corpses will have a thirteen-bearded porcelain cat at home. Before going to the ground to carry corpses, they will offer incense and pray to the porcelain cat, and sincerely kowtow a few times, praying The Blessing of Huaci Cat.

During this period, if the porcelain cat's whiskers fall off or break, it indicates that the trip is dangerous and you should not go there. If you go there, you will never return.

If the beard is safe and sound during this period, it indicates that the trip is safe, and you can go out overnight and carry the corpse on the ground. It is said that this method is tried and tested.

Before going to the ground to carry the corpse, the method of worshiping a flower porcelain cat to test good or bad luck is very popular among the people. Whether it is as effective as it is said in the legend is only known to those who carry the corpse, but unfortunately this industry has been extinct for decades.

It should be said that everyone has seen some Huaci cats in the Panjiayuan market, but most of them are nine-bearded, which are enshrined in the thief's house, and the style is completely different from the thirteen-bearded porcelain cat.

Seeing this, everyone already understood what Uncle Ming meant when he told them that he had a long history with them. This guy of emotion had also done the business of carrying corpses before, and he had indeed some connection with Faqiu Mojin.

Thinking of this, Hu Bayi asked cautiously: "Uncle Ming, you have found out our background very clearly, obviously you came prepared, how did you find us?"

Uncle Ming said proudly: "Haha, brother Hu, you pretty boys, do you still remember the woman who accepted the batch of ghost weapons you brought back from the Northeast?"

After his reminder, everyone immediately remembered the experience of going to the underground fortress of the Kwantung Army in the northeast a few months ago. At that time, the batch of ghost artifacts they brought back from the tomb of General Jin Guo were indeed given to a man named Han Shuna. woman.

At that time, Han Shuna gave them a price that was 15.00% higher than the market price, and the large number of ghost artifacts she received left a deep impression on everyone. Later, she also asked her to trade several times. When Uncle Ming mentioned this, everyone naturally I immediately thought of her.

"Oh, you know Sister Han, it was Sister Han who asked you to come to us?" Hu Bayi asked.

Uncle Ming grinned his big yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "Hey, hey, Shuna is my wife. She said that the quality of your dark instruments is very good. I have long wanted to meet you guys who are masters of gold."

The fat man whispered, "My wife? It doesn't look like..."

Han Shuna is a woman who is nearly 40 years old. She is ten or twenty years younger than Uncle Ming. According to people on the road, she is the mistress of a big boss who is obviously Uncle Ming.

Although Uncle Ming was introduced by Han Shuna, everyone would not take Han Shuna's face and take him as a burden to Kunlun Glacier.

Hu Bayi said euphemistically: "That... Uncle Ming, I'm sorry, our staff for this plan is already full. If you always join our team, I really don't know where to arrange you..."

As soon as Uncle Ming heard it, he immediately understood what everyone meant, and quickly waved to the horse boy Adong next to him.

A Dong nodded, and then put the big box he brought on the table. He opened the lid and saw that there were several precious artifacts inside. less than a few hundred thousand.

Everyone's eyes brightened immediately. After all, they are also in the antique business. The value of the ghost artifact in this box is estimated to be worth 200 million, which is definitely an astronomical figure.

Da Jinya said with bright eyes: "Tsk tsk! Good things, Longquan blue and white porcelain, Tang Chuyu cup, Tang tricolor..."

While talking, Da Jinya leaned into everyone's ears and whispered, "Masters, these things are worth at least 150 million yuan!"

When everyone heard this, they were quite surprised. Could it be that Uncle Ming came to them with a large box of dark weapons just to join their team?

"Uncle Ming, what do you mean?" Hu Bayi asked.

Uncle Ming is an old fox, just now seeing the hungry eyes of everyone, he knew that his goal had been achieved, and he said calmly: "Haha, masters who are good at making money in autumn, Uncle, I sincerely want to go with you Entering the Kunlun Glacier, as long as you agree to take me with you, these things will be yours, and if you are not satisfied with the underworld weapon, we can trade it with money!"

Then, Uncle Ming gestured to A Dong who was next to him, and saw A Dong took out a photo album from his bag, opened it, and found that it was full of all kinds of weird ancient corpses.

These corpses include dry corpses, wet corpses, mercury zombies, etc., all of which are placed in glass cabinets, which seem to be exhibits of some museum.

Everyone looked at Uncle Ming suspiciously, not knowing what he meant by taking out the photos of these corpses.

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Chapter 431 The Nine-story Demon Tower

"Let me explain, Uncle, why are you showing us some pictures of dead people? Could it be that you dug up all these dead people from ancient tombs?" the fat man asked.

Uncle Ming said complacently: "Fat boy, uncle, I won't let the machine go without a place. The value of each of these ancient corpses on display is astonishing, but all of them are not as good as the glacier crystal." The price of a corpse is so high!"

The fat man was speechless: "Damn, no way, so many dead people are not as good as a glacier corpse? Is that thing so valuable?"

Uncle Ming smiled and said, "Haha, yes, the value of the Glacier Crystal Corpse is far beyond your imagination!"

It has not been a year or two since Uncle Ming dumped the corpses. Naturally, he knows the price of these corpses well. It is precisely because the price of the glacier crystal corpses is astonishing that he risked his life and had to follow everyone into the Kunlun Glacier. Only by getting a glacier crystal corpse back, will there be a chance to stand up.

After learning that the price of the Glacier Crystal Corpse is so high, the fat man couldn't help thinking about it, and leaned into everyone's ears and said, "This is a good opportunity to make money, and it just so happens that we are also going to enter the Kunlun Glacier, so why don't we transport a few dead people back?" It's enough for us to eat, drink and have fun for a year and a half..."

Although Uncle Ming didn't hear what Fatty was saying, he already understood what Fatty was up to, and said with a sly smile: "Fatty, do you want to leave Uncle behind and make a fortune by yourself? Let me tell you, transporting dead people is not that simple. Coupled with the fact that the journey is too long, once the ancient corpse is damaged, its value will be greatly reduced. Only Uncle has mastered the skills of long-distance transportation of ancient corpses, so that the ancient corpses can be well preserved."

Everyone knew what Uncle Ming was up to, but at the same time, what he said was also very reasonable. How to preserve the integrity of ancient corpses during long-distance transportation is indeed a technical task, and only complete ancient corpses are valuable.

For example, the mummified corpses in Xinjiang, the female corpses in Loulan, etc. These ancient corpses that shocked China and foreign countries can attract the attention of the world, precisely because these corpses are well preserved, solidify a kind of beauty of death, and have extremely high commercial value and cultural value.

Although the price of ancient corpses is high, Chen Hao, Hu Bayi and others are still not interested in the dead. They entered the Kunlun Glacier purely to find the Demon Kingdom Shrine and undo the curse of the ghost eye.

How old and cunning Uncle Ming is, he saw everyone's thoughts at once, and hurriedly said: "Brother Hu, Brother Chen, Jin Yazi, I know you are going to the treasure of the Demon Kingdom, but I only want the glacier crystal corpse. So we are here There is no conflict of interest, as long as you bring me, these things are yours."

Although the ghost artifact brought by Uncle Ming was very valuable, everyone was still a little hesitant. After all, it was not as simple as imagined to enter the glacier with a burden.

Moreover, a boss like Uncle Ming will definitely not go to the glacier alone, at least he will bring a few boys with him. In this way, there are more issues to consider and more things to consider. It would be a bit of a loss outweighing the gain to agree to his words.

Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Uncle Ming raised his stake again and took out a scroll and a long box from his purse.

I saw Uncle Ming carefully unwrapping the scroll, and when he opened it, it was an ancient painting with smooth and natural lines. The close-up was dominated by natural and dense trees. The calm and docile demeanor of the cow is vividly outlined.

A hut in the forest is depicted in the bamboo grove in the middle ground, and the distant view is matched with a mysterious light ink depiction, which depicts the mist of the mountains in the distance like a dream, with light smoke and mist, and the whole painting looks distinct. It is thought-provoking, and at a glance, one can't help but feel a sense of ethereal tranquility far away from the world.

Uncle Ming told everyone that this is a painting from the Song Dynasty [Picture of a Cow Resting in the Sunset Cloud]. At night, the old cow in the painting will go back to the house to lie down and sleep peacefully. Several bosses spent a lot of money to buy it, but they couldn’t bear it. It is a rare treasure. With the value of this painting, at least a dozen small houses can be bought in the capital.

Naturally, everyone would not listen to what Uncle Ming said. Good things and fakes have different intuitions. Although they haven't had much contact with calligraphy and painting, they have handled a lot of ancient artifacts anyway, and they have a feeling for the real ones. Intuitively, the painting is obviously real.

Uncle Ming obviously paid a lot of money. He didn't give everyone a chance to think about it, so he opened the long box again, revealing a piece of jade as thick as a thumb.

The jade slices are extremely emerald green, with lines like water, and once exposed, it gives people a sense of coolness.

Uncle Ming introduced: "This is a good thing. It is the jade phoenix that Concubine Yang Gui held in her mouth back then. The imperial concubine uses this piece of jade phoenix to resolve phlegm and stop coughing."

Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes. The things used by Concubine Yang Gui are definitely good things. Although they are not as good as the things used by the emperor, the price is also astonishing.

But Uncle Ming was cunning and cunning, he just held the jade phoenix in his hands and didn't let everyone play with him. He said that as long as he agreed to his request and took him into the Kunlun Glacier, the jade phoenix and all the previous things would be given to them. up.

Seeing that Uncle Ming wanted to enter the Kunlun Glacier at such a cost, Hu Bayi couldn't help asking: "Uncle Ming, you have been working so hard to enter the Kunlun Glacier with us, are you not afraid of missing out? What if there are no glacier crystals inside? Corpse, don’t you lose a lot when you’re old?”