Chapter 222 Sales of Things

"How are you sure you are from Beiqi?"

When Zhang Yang asked, he quietly gave Mao Shiqi a look.

The police are watching behind you, and maybe everything you say next will become evidence in court.

Mao Shiqi hesitated for a moment and gave a very standardized answer:

"I auctioned this, and the name on the auction was Northern Qi."

After hearing this, the policeman on duty nodded and left.

But Zhang Yang's heart suddenly sank.

Broken, this must be the stolen goods of tomb robbers.

How can a person who sells goods go to an auction to buy something? Just like how can a wholesaler go to a mall to buy high-priced goods?

Besides, if Northern Qi's pottery figurines were to be auctioned, they would definitely be outside the country.

But Mao Shiqi had just been released and had been with Cheng Laoer basically all the time. He must have never been abroad.

Zhang Yang pretended to take out a magnifying glass and held the pottery figurine in his hand to look at it repeatedly.

"Production time: 557 years"

This year happened to be at the time when the Northern and Southern Dynasties and dynasties changed.

In the Southern Dynasties, the Liang and Chen dynasties alternated in this year; the Northern Zhou Dynasty was also established in this year.

Zhang Yang really wants to ask, why are you so sure it is from Northern Qi?

But now is clearly not the right time or place.

He could only nod his head first and deal with the audience in the live broadcast room:

"There's nothing wrong with the thing. It's a very typical painted pottery figurine from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period."

"But things like you cannot be bought or sold in the country."

"I know." Mao Shiqi nodded: "I plan to donate it to the museum."

"Oh?" Zhang Yang pretended to be a little surprised: "We happen to have a direct train to the museum here. Are you interested in going backstage to chat?"

Of course, Mao Shiqi did not refuse his invitation.

Carrying three antiques that were suspected to be stolen goods, the two went to the backstage of the event venue.

After making sure there was no one around, Zhang Yang pulled up a stool and sat down on his own.

He crossed his arms and looked at Mao Shiqi without saying a word.

Wait for the other party to take the initiative to explain.

"Teacher, why are you looking at me like that?" Mao Shiqi touched his face: "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No." Zhang Yang shook his head: "But there seems to be dirt in the three cultural relics you brought for identification."

"Hey hey hey."

Mao Shiqi showed an understanding smile.

He took out his mobile phone and showed a picture in front of Zhang Yang.

The picture was a bit gray, and it looked like it was in an underground tunnel.

"Tomb passage?" Zhang Yang asked naturally.

It can't be an ancient sewer, right?

"Yes, this is an ancient tomb from the Northern Qi Dynasty."

"Look at this."

Mao Shiqi swiped his phone and switched to the next picture.

Above it is a square blue tombstone, half of which is still buried in the soil.

The exposed part reads [March 13th, the eighth year of Tianbao].

"Tianbao is the year of Northern Qi, right?"

"Yes, this is the reign name of the mentally ill emperor Gao Yang."

Zhang Yang nodded, it turned out that this was the judgment of "Northern Qi".

He said, how come you can tell the year so accurately?

"Why don't you take out the tombstone and take a look?" Zhang Yang asked.

The covered part most likely contains the identity of the tomb owner.

"That won't work." Mao Shiqi shook his head like a rattle: "We can't destroy the ancient tombs."

"Ah?" Zhang Yang didn't understand.

Do you believe what you say?

What on earth is going on? Come here quickly!

Fortunately, Mao Qiyi had a lot of photos on his phone, and he quickly explained the whole thing clearly using the information in the pictures.

After receiving a report from a group of friends, a new burglary hole was discovered in an abandoned chicken farm.

Xiao Chu, the future deputy captain of the archaeological team, quickly arranged for two temporary workers to go to the site to conduct surveys.

These photos were taken after they went down the Robbery Cave.

The tomb chamber is a typical style of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods.

Unfortunately, they arrived too late. The contents of the tomb had long been looted, leaving only some pottery figurines.

Including this one that was authenticated.

Looking at the pottery figurines in his hands, Zhang Yang fell into deep thought.

Doesn’t it mean that ancient tombs cannot be destroyed? But you can bring things out of the tomb, right?

What [Cultural Relics Protection Grave Robbery]!

"Where did you find this?" Zhang Yang asked.

If it's close, return it quickly.

"Huainan."

"Is the Huainan you are talking about the Huaihe River?" Zhang Yang asked in disbelief.

What does it mean when you bring things from ancient tombs thousands of kilometers away to Yangcheng?

Are you going to take action here?

Mao Shiqi nodded, as if he agreed with Zhang Yang's idea.

Maybe he also knew that his behavior was a bit strange, so he took the initiative to explain:

"Boss Cheng and I are here to find other burial objects along with this pottery figurine."

"The market for...?"

Zhang Yang felt that Mao Shiqi seemed to have missed two words.

Sure enough, his words were recognized by his colleague.

He even asked Zhang Yang with a surprised look:

"You also know that there is a market for ancient cultural relics here?"

"Well, I know, a passage to Southeast Asia (the one shared by the cultural relics tycoon and Boss Ming)."

"We are too." Mao Shiqi said in surprise and joy: "Then do you know anything about the situation here?"

"What, what's going on?"

"It's this batch of cultural relics! We traced them all the way from Huainan and found that they probably left the country through Yangcheng."

"But the clues were broken after they arrived at Yangcheng." Mao Shiqi frowned.

"I didn't expect to see you holding an event here, so I decided to come to the event to try my luck..."

"So this is ah."

Zhang Yang nodded in realization.

Is this the effect of labor reform? Awesome!

Mao Shiqi and Cheng Laoer, two former tomb robbers, turned into cultural relic detectives!

Of course, the guiding role of Zhang Yang and Xiao Chu is also indispensable.

Zhang Yang thought for a while and asked Mao Shiqi if he had notified the cultural relics protection department in Huainan.

The answer was no.

The reason is: you can’t alert the enemy by taking the grass in the grass.

However, Chu Zhenmin has been notified, and the nature is similar to that of filing.

"You should not carry this with you for the time being."

Zhang Yang pointed to the box containing the pottery figurines on the table. Although this thing was just an ordinary cultural relic, it was stolen from the tomb after all.

It's okay to return it to its original owner, but it would be troublesome if it lost an arm or a leg.

"Okay, it's all up to you."

Mao Shiqi's attitude is very good.

Zhang Yang nodded, and now he had to think about how to solve this matter.

Wait, am I missing something?

"By the way, where did your other two things come from?"

Zhang Yang remembered that there were also pieces of jade ornaments and bronze ware.

Those two things were more punishing than the funeral objects of Northern Qi.

"We bought them all from the previous channels after we came to Yangcheng."

"Cheng Laoer said these things are all genuine."

"Awesome!" Zhang Yang praised.

It is worthy of being a "Tomb Robbers' Strictly Selected" antique, both of which point to potential large-scale tomb robberies.

But for now, this kind of cultural relic case with unclear origins can be put aside for now.

Leave it to Chu Zhenmin to handle it.

Zhang Yang signaled Mao Shiqi to sit down and take a rest. He picked up his cell phone and dialed Wenwan Tycoon's number.

Outbound channels? Ask around first.

Thanks to Starry Sky Emperor for the 100-coin reward!