Chapter 312 The Last Piece of the Puzzle for the Treasure Appraiser

Before Zhang Yang called, Brother Ping An was busy in a small village near Linhai.

There is a cemetery in the village that was built more than ten years ago. When it was just completed and about to start operations, the company that contracted it suddenly closed down. The owner ran away abroad, and the cemetery became the property of the village collective.

Over the years, the village has been looking for someone to take over.

The geographical location of the cemetery is quite good. There are mountains and water nearby, and the exit of the highway is one kilometer away. It is considered a standard cemetery location. However, because the asking price in the village is too high, almost all the bosses of the Linhai funeral industry, big and small, come here. We've talked about it, but haven't been able to reach an agreement.

This time, it was the turn of Brother Ping An, who came from out of town.

He relied on a large company from Shenghai and had just completed the pre-sale of a new park in Linhai, collecting a large amount of funds. It was time to expand.

This ready-made cemetery is the best opportunity for foreign businesses like him to enter the local market.

"Director, if our group buys this land, you have to mobilize the villagers and move all the nearby graves."

"Otherwise, if people come to visit the cemetery and find that no one is taking care of the burials here, then who will spend money to bury them in our garden, right?"

Brother Ping'an held a piece of dogtail grass pulled from someone's grave and spoke in a very frivolous tone.

I have no choice but to do a big deal. Not only did I receive tens of thousands of dollars in dividends, my rank was also promoted.

Now, in Brother Ping'an's heart, Linhai is a blessed place for his career.

Although he was almost frightened to tears when he dug out the ancient tomb, after the rain and the weather cleared, he lived a brighter life than before.

The only regret he felt was that on the day of the opening ribbon-cutting, his benefactor Zhang Yang was not invited to the scene.

After all, Cemetery No. 001 gained the favor of big shots through its flamboyant ideas.

Not to mention that after digging out the ancient tomb, Zhang Yang helped him find the lost cultural relics, which was equivalent to saving his life.

"Yes, yes, I remember everything Mr. Ping An said." The village director nodded and replied.

"As for the renovation, you should be able to gather a dozen or twenty strong laborers in your village, right? It shouldn't be difficult to recruit people if you give us three hundred and lunch for a day's work, right?"

"That must be no problem." The village director smiled and said: "The labor at our construction site is less than 200 a day. Ping An always hires people at this price."

"Also, after the cemetery is renovated, I plan to build two wedding shops at this intersection. Is there anyone in the village who is experienced in making paper figures who can help me introduce two?"

"Well... there is a coffin maker in the village, a craft inherited from our ancestors, but I haven't seen him selling paper figures for many years. I don't know if he can still make coffins."

"Go ahead and ask him. If he's good, I'll hire him directly..."

Brother Ping'an is frantically drawing pictures for several people in charge in the village. He hasn't even mentioned the contract yet and is already imagining what will happen after in-depth cooperation.

But then the phone rang, interrupting his rhythm.

"Wait a minute, I'll take a call."

"Hey~Master Zhang!"

"Hey, Brother Ping'an, where are you looking for the cemetery now?" Zhang Yang asked on the phone.

"In Shuitian Village in Guangfa County, Linhai, the Feng Shui here is really good!"

Since the last incident, Brother Ping An has realized the importance of learning Feng Shui knowledge.

If he comes across a treasure land where princes and generals can be buried again in the future, he will install a few cameras on the construction site, so that even if an ancient tomb is dug, he will know it immediately.

"How good is it?" Zhang Yang asked with a smile.

"The top is in harmony with the Tianxing Heng Bureau, and the bottom is Zhongzheng Dragon King Qi. The bright hall can accommodate thousands of troops." Brother Ping An casually fabricated a few sentences from the Feng Shui book. Anyway, it just said that this place has good Feng Shui.

"What are you talking about? If there is such a place, I will directly book the biggest and best tomb." Zhang Yang revealed without mercy.

He was very familiar with the judgment just now. It was definitely referring to the emperor's tomb.

Shen Shuyu is right next to him. Someone really needs to act like an expert.

"What did he mean?" Miss Shen covered her mouth and whispered in Zhang Yang's ear.

"I'll explain it to you later." Zhang Yang replied silently.

On the other end of the phone, Brother Ping An was still smiling happily after being exposed.

"I know you won't believe it, I'm just teasing you!"

"Brother Yang, why did you think of coming to see me today? Normally I can't even spend money to invite you."

"Isn't it just because I let you go last time? I feel guilty." Zhang Yang said this in a heartbroken tone, successfully amusing the girl next to him, "No, I took the initiative to come here today and want to help you with Feng Shui."

"Really?" Brother Ping'an looked surprised, "Brother Yang, are you serious?"

"if not……"

Before Zhang Yang could finish speaking, the phone hung up.

Just as he raised his head and looked at Shen Shuyu, the video phone rang again.

Brother Ping'an called.

After connecting to the video, Zhang Yang pointed the camera at the floor. Brother Ping'an on the other end didn't care. Anyway, his purpose in making the video was to let Zhang Yang see the terrain of the cemetery.

"Where is the cemetery?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Wait a moment, Brother Yang, I'll run further away."

In front of the astonished village committee members, Brother Ping An ran all the way and stood on a big rock.

"There, starting from the camphor tree on the left, along the path and over the hill, there is a ready-made cemetery."

"I'll show you around again."

"This cemetery is facing a continuous mountain range, which just ends here. There is a river at the foot of the mountain. It is a typical terrain where dragons absorb water..."

When Brother Ping An was talking, Zhang Yang turned off the microphone and translated for Shen Shuyu at the same time.

What does a dragon absorb water? In fact, it was to prove that this mountain range was thought up by Dragon Vein;

What does it mean that a bright hall can accommodate thousands of troops? In fact, there is a large plain next to the cemetery with a very good view;

Why talk about the combination of earth and sky stars? In fact, it depends on whether the sky above this place is open and whether it is often sunny and you can see stars at night...

While explaining, Zhang Yang sighed in his heart:

Brother Ping An is worthy of being a salesperson, he is really good at boasting.

No wonder the burial plan of "pouring one's own body in cement" was sold by him at a high price.

"So this is Feng Shui!"

"Admiration" and "admiration" were written on Shen Shuyu's face.

"Actually, it's just that the ancients wanted to have more peace after death and accumulated experience based on the funeral arrangements of their predecessors." Zhang Yang explained.

Feng shui, in the final analysis, is still within the scope of experience.

The ancients found that when other people's ancestral tombs were washed away by heavy rains, floods, and landslides, they immediately knew that those places were not suitable for burial. When they moved the tombs and found that there were no bones of their ancestors, they would tell later generations to avoid the original place for burial. Plant a place...

Over time, a complete set of theoretical knowledge was formed.

"Brother Yang, how are you? Is this place okay?"

After Brother Ping An introduced the terrain, he asked Zhang Yang for his opinion.

The latter quickly opened the microphone to communicate:

"It's not bad. This place must have been good before. Because I think there seems to be a tomb from the Qing Dynasty there, which means that this place has been a Feng Shui treasure land for a long time."

Although Zhang Yang couldn't see clearly, the tomb archway above the ground was still very obvious.

There is a vase sandwiched between two owl kisses (dragon body and fish tail) on the top of the archway. This kind of statue has the style of Qing Dynasty tombs in public impressions.

At the latest, it is a stone tomb archway from the late Qing Dynasty.

Brother Ping'an couldn't help but trembled when he heard Zhang Yang's words.

Are there any ancient tombs?

The ancients really did not leave a way for future generations to survive. All the good places were occupied.

He looked in the direction that Zhang Yang pointed out, and sure enough, he found the tomb arch that Zhang Yang had mentioned next to a new tomb with wreaths piled on it.

When I got closer, I saw that only half of it was exposed, and not even the tombstone was visible.

"It should have been buried by the earth when the cemetery was being built." Brother Ping An explained to Zhang Yang.

He was afraid that the villagers wanted to trick him, so he deliberately didn't mention the ancient tomb. Brother Ping'an didn't dare to call anyone and walked over alone.

Now he is counting on Zhang Yang to help him find out what's going on.

On the second floor of the archway is the "Xiangtang" of the tomb archway. There are two statues of heavenly officials next to the pillars. A stone slab in the middle is engraved with the three characters "An Qieji", describing the tomb as comfortable and beautiful.

The rest of it was buried in the soil.

"This is a tomb archway with four pillars, three compartments and three floors. It probably dates to the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty."

"Even if it's not the tomb of an official, it's at least the tomb of a wealthy local squire." Zhang Yang analyzed.

"Daoguang, it's almost 200 years ago." Brother Ping'an counted the time and hesitated, "Brother Yang, this kind of move should be possible, right?"

"You are in the cemetery business, are you asking me?"

Zhang Yang just took a look at Feng Shui remotely. Of course he wouldn't make such an important decision.

"Zhang Yang, Shu Yu, are you here?"

Master Wang's voice sounded behind the two young men.

Zhang Yang turned around and found his master and uncle looking at him happily.

He quickly explained: "A friend is looking at the cemetery, and I will help him with his advice."

"Oh, I forgot to mention it." Master Wang slapped his forehead and introduced Teacher Ma, "Zhang Yang, he is also very knowledgeable in Chinese studies."

"I don't know a lot of Feng Shui knowledge, but he knows everything about it. I really don't know where he learned it."

"Really?" Teacher Ma showed a questioning expression.

"I understand a little, I understand a little." Zhang Yang changed the subject and looked at the time, "It's dinner time now, master and uncle, let's talk while walking."

…

After dinner, Master Wang made an unprecedented request to invite the Ma family and his daughter to his private residence.

As the protagonist, Zhang Yang, of course, must be together.

To be honest, although Wang Guosheng became his master, this was the first time that Zhang Yang visited his master's house.

Because Master Wang's family was in Yanjing, he hired a nanny to clean the house in Linhai.

Even Wang Guosheng himself would rather stay in the museum and play chess with Librarian He than stay in a deserted big house.

Wang's house is located in a very old community near the Hailin Museum. Most of the nearby residents are retired elderly people.

In Zhang Yang's impression, Sister Gao's house seemed to be nearby.

After entering, everyone chatted casually in the living room.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wang Guosheng finally revealed the purpose of inviting everyone here.

"When I was in Yanjing, I heard from Master Ma that his granddaughter, Shuyu's niece, usually studies calligraphy and painting. I wonder if your eyesight is still good after four years of college?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else present understood that the "blind date process" was about to begin again.

In the eyes of the elderly, in addition to being well-matched, the man and woman must also complement each other.

Wang Guosheng is well-known for Zhang Yang's strength. At least when it comes to antiques, no one has a better eye for imitations than him.

If you want to be a good match for Zhang Yang, you will definitely not be able to do it if you don't understand antiques.

In Wang Guosheng's simple view of marriage, two people must have a common topic in order to live a stable life in the future.

Now is the time to examine Shen Shuyu's basic skills.

Of course, the words will not be so straightforward. What Wang Guosheng said is:

"Before I returned to Linhai, I received a pair of Wu Changshuo's couplets from an old friend. I wonder if I would be honored to ask Shuyu's niece to help me palm my eyes?"

"Teacher Wang, what you said is too embarrassing for this child." Teacher Ma helped to answer the words, "If we can see Master Wu's calligraphy, it will be a worthwhile trip for us to come to the sea."

All fathers said this, so of course Shen Shuyu had no choice but to agree.

"We are both puppets on strings!"

Zhang Yang thought like this and glanced at Miss Shen subconsciously.

The latter happened to be looking at him too.

The two of them looked at each other, understanding the helplessness in each other's eyes, and smiled in perfect understanding.

In the study, Wang Guosheng had already made preparations, and Wu Changshuo's couplets had been spread out on the desk.

A five-character couplet in official script.

It says "Huaya Deer's chariot comes out, the tide is flat and Li Han comes".

The signature is: Anji Wu Changshuo was eighty-three years old.

It is known that Wu Changshuo lived to be 84 years old, so this couplet was written in 1926, the year before his death.

It was the first time that he saw his peers appraising antiques. Zhang Yang stood aside with interest and observed the expression on Shen Shuyu's face.

Miss Shen's expression was very serious, and she had to read every word clearly.

It gives people the feeling of a top student taking an exam.

After a long while, she said quite maturely:

"This masterpiece of Mr. Wu's later years is really amazing."

"Hua, Che, Chu, Ping, Lai, these characters are vertically long, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, low on the left and high on the right; Ya, Lu, Carp, these three characters are square and flat, taking the vertical and horizontal direction." It is characterized by structure; the structure is changing, but the writing power is very good."

"I can only see that the glyphs and brushwork of "Shiguwen" are mixed into it. The round strokes are straight, the front is straight, and the font looks round, strong, and simple..."

The useful information that Zhang Yang can understand is "Shiguwen".

They are the oldest stone inscriptions in China. They are carved on ten stone drums and are the works of Qin Shihuang.

It is said that if you want to learn seal script, you can achieve some success by holding rubbings of stone drum script and studying it for decades.

As for the rest of what Shen Shuyu said, Zhang Yang could only imitate Quentin and say:

"Niubi~"

But if that's all, it's not enough.

Zhang Yang looked at the item information of the couplet in front of him. The first couplet was written in 1926, so there was no problem;

But the second line was written in 2023.

Master Wang is very bad, using this method to test others.

"Is it gone?" Wang Guosheng asked Shen Shuyu after listening to her appraisal, "Do you think there is anything wrong with this couplet?"

If there is a problem, tell me there is a problem!

Zhang Yang looked at Shen Shuyu and was a little nervous for her.

He was often tested like this by his master. If he made a mistake, he would hear Master Wang's sigh that hit his soul.

This time, when he saw Shen Shuyu nodding decisively, he breathed a sigh of relief.