Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 18 Eyeball Tattoos Again
When I got off the elevator, Professor Ye suddenly asked me: "How are you and Gu Meidi doing?"

I was startled, and my face flushed: "What's the matter?"

Professor Ye smiled: "Stop pretending, kid, can you hide your thoughts from me? I have eaten more salt than you have walked, and these eyes can read countless people! This Gu Meidi The girl is pretty good, you have to take good care of it, I have tried my best to create opportunities for you, I hope you will not disappoint me!"

With enthusiasm in my heart, I slipped out a sentence when I was excited: "I promise to complete the task!"

Back in the room, Gu Meidi was doing squat exercises in the room, I looked at her in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Gu Meidi said: "You can be regarded as coming back. I am almost starving to death. I heard that doing exercises can forget hunger!"

I smiled and handed the Liangpi in my hand to her: "Nonsense! Exercising will only make your stomach more hungry. Eat it quickly. The authentic northern Shaanxi Liangpi tastes authentic!"

Gu Meidi took the Liangpi and immediately put his head down and worked hard: "Why did you come back now?"

I faltered and said, "The Liangpi business is so good that we waited in a long queue to buy it!"

Gu Meidi said: "That's really hard work for you! For the sake of your hard work, I decided to reward you!"

As soon as I heard this, I felt happy in my heart, my little heart jumped wildly, she wants to reward me?What will reward me?Should I be rewarded with a kiss?Or reward me with being able to sleep in her bed?Wow, that's awesome!

Gu Meidi said loudly: "Dangdang! I reward you for continuing to bring me breakfast tomorrow morning!"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and I was so shocked that I couldn't say a word.

On the second day, the Antiquities Exhibition and Trade Fair was held as scheduled at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in XA City.

As an invited guest, Professor Ye gave a short but wonderful speech at the opening ceremony.

The exhibition and trade fair of ancient cultural relics attracted tens of thousands of people to participate, and all cultural relic collectors from all over the world flocked to Xi'an, and they did not want to miss this feast of cultural relic collectors.The crowd is surging, and the exhibition center will be surrounded by water.Some people are carrying large bundles of cash, wanting to find a good item.Some people hold their antiques carefully, hoping to take this opportunity to sell them for a good price.There are some people who just come to join in the fun, there are not a few such people, and Gu Meidi and I are one of them.

Because of Professor Ye's relationship, Gu Meidi and I naturally didn't have to mix in the crowds. We were lucky to be the first tourists to enter the exhibition center that day.We strolled in the spacious and magnificent exhibition center, where there are hundreds of thousands of ancient treasures. In addition to the staff of the exhibition center, there are mighty special police waiting in line, and the security measures are impeccable.

Gu Meidi and I have been traveling with Professor Ye in recent years, and we have seen many ancient treasures, but when we walked into the exhibition center, we were still shocked by all kinds of ancient artworks.In the face of so many exquisite ancient cultural relics that have never been seen or heard before, those things we have seen before can be said to be insignificant.The ancient relics that can be exhibited in this exhibition are the bright pearls in the cultural relics world. Every ancient relic is the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient craftsmen. Ordinary ancient relics are not qualified to enter the exhibition center at all.

The dazzling array of ancient cultural relics made my eyes shine, and the halazi kept dripping down the corners of my mouth.

Gu Meidi squinted at me: "Tuoba Gu, why do you look so wretched?"

I took a breath and said, "I was thinking, the value of these ancient relics could be hundreds of millions. If they were all mine, I would make a fortune!"

Gu Meidi rolled his eyes: "You haven't woken up yet, have you? Daydreaming! But then again, isn't your family a Yellow River corpse hunter? Haven't caught any treasure under the surging Yellow River for so many years?"

I said: "It's not as easy as you think. There is no good thing in the world. My grandfather once fished a big iron ox under the Yellow River when he was young. It is said that the big iron ox was as big as a truck. The head is so big, the whole body is black and shiny, and it is very smooth after being washed by the river. Later, my grandfather donated this big iron ox to the Hen Provincial Cultural Relics Administration, and it is still placed in the Ancient Cultural Relics Museum in Henan."

Gu Meidi and I walked forward while chatting. A piece of precious ancient cultural relics were neatly displayed on both sides of the aisle, exuding a strong ancient rhyme and a heavy historical atmosphere.We are dazzled by so many collections. Although we are professional archaeologists, we can only name a few collections. Here I will briefly introduce a few:

One is "Hetian Jade Lotus Seed Double-Ear Aroma Diffuser".The volume of the aromatherapy burner may be a little bigger than an adult's fist. There are two ears on the left and right sides of the furnace, and two jade lotus seeds are hung on the two ears of the furnace, hanging on the top of a palm-sized jade screen carved with patterns.Under the illumination of the lights, it is radiant and beautiful.I looked at the auction price inadvertently, and the long string of "0"s behind it made me dizzy.

Next to the aromatherapy burner, there is an even more extraordinary collection with a very long name, "Blue and White Consecrated Dragon and Phoenix Pattern Octagonal Jade Pot and Spring Vase". The auction price of this thing has reached tens of millions of yuan. I am secretly speechless. , amazed.The blue-and-white jade bottle adopts a unique octagonal process, which makes the whole jade bottle have eight cut surfaces and edges, which is very rare in ancient handicrafts.The blue-and-white jade vase has a traditional light blue thick bottom, and a gorgeous pattern of a dragon jumping into the sky is painted on the vase. It is a royal treasure at a glance, so it is no wonder it is so expensive.

After walking not far, we saw another Han Dynasty bronze case with an even more ingenious shape.A tripod is engraved in the center of the inner area of ​​the copper case, with water splashing from the mouth of the tripod, and two strange beasts dance to each other on the left and right.There is a copper flower tree in the middle of the four corners and the long side of the outer area, and strange birds and animals are arranged in it.The inner side of the mouth is engraved with zigzag patterns, and the surface is engraved with hook patterns, which are full of strong ancient charm.The light flows on the copper case, reflecting simple and charming colors.

Gu Mei Di suddenly patted me on the shoulder and said: "Hey, there are still auctions of ancient corpses over there. It's really fresh. Let's go and have a look!"

It was a pure white crystal coffin, and an ancient corpse lay quietly inside the crystal coffin.The crystal coffin stood upright, with transparent sides, allowing one to see the appearance of the ancient corpse from all directions.When Gu Meidi and I came to the front of the crystal coffin, we were immediately stunned.Not because we were frightened by the auction price posted on the coffin, but by the ancient corpse inside the coffin.

Gu Meidi and I looked at each other, my God, this ancient corpse is almost exactly the same as the one in the tortoise coffin regardless of its appearance and clothes!
I saw that this ancient corpse had a long and narrow face, a straight nose, and deep eyes, with distinct characteristics of the Western Regions.He also wears a hedgehog steel helmet and black armor, and holds a curved Lengyue knife in his right hand. His face is lifelike, as if he just fell asleep peacefully.

Gu Meidi exclaimed in a low voice: "Western Xia warriors!"

Why is there another ancient corpse of a Xixia warrior here?Could it be that this ancient corpse was also taken out of the tortoise coffin?From this point of view, there may be many precious and strange yin wood tortoise coffins. These Xixia warriors may be warriors with great military exploits, or they may be buried with the royal family and nobles.

Just when I was secretly guessing, Gu Meidi had already circled behind the coffin: "Tuobagu, come and see!"

I came to Gu Meidi, and Gu Meidi pointed to the back of the ancient corpse's neck and said, "Look!"

I took a closer look and saw that this ancient corpse also had a strange eyeball tattoo on the back of its neck.The technique of the tattoo is very superb, the eyeball looks like it grows in the flesh, just like it is alive, it is inexplicably horrifying.

I speculated: "It seems that this eyeball tattoo may be a totem worshiped by Xixia warriors, or it may be a national custom of Xixia people!"

"No!" Gu Meidi shook his head.

I was slightly taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Gu Meidi said: "I remember that the eyeball pattern of the ancient corpse in the tortoise coffin was turquoise, but why are the eyeball patterns of the ancient corpse bright red?"

"Oh?" I didn't pay attention to the question Gu Meidi said, but I believed her words, because she has a super-powerful memory, and she will definitely not remember it wrong.

I suggested: "Why don't we ask the boss behind the auction of this ancient corpse, maybe he will know some information about the ancient corpse of a Western Xia warrior!"

The yin wood tortoise coffin has always been a mystery in our hearts, and we can't even find any information or news related to it. Today, we finally found a clue, and we naturally refused to let it go.

We quickly found the staff and asked him about the boss behind the auction of this ancient corpse.

The staff looked at us suspiciously: "Do you want to buy this ancient corpse?"

I nodded: "Yes!"

The staff said: "Young man, stop kidding, look at the price on it, you... can you afford it?"

"..." I was at a loss for words for a moment, and when I didn't know what to say, Gu Meidi stepped forward to help me out. She held the mobile phone and pretended to make a call next to her with a pretentious face: "Hello! Secretary Liu? And How is the cooperation with Microsoft going? Ah, that's it! What did Gates say? What? You have to think about it? Yankees are too cautious in doing things. Is it necessary for a small business with hundreds of millions to be so cautious? Really..."

When the staff member heard Gu Meidi's call, his face turned green, and he quickly called a sexy young woman.

(End of this chapter)