Chapter 6: Going Down the Mountain
Building safety staircase.
After Lin Ye called the police, he waited here for them to arrive. He did not stand in the aisle because he was afraid that the scammers would come out and see him and become alert and run away.
A few minutes later, Lin Ye heard footsteps and conversations outside.
"Mr. Chen, how are you doing? How many orders did you open today?"
"Three singles."
"That's not bad. I only have two orders today."
"You have to be a fool. Today I met a fool who brought a porcelain bowl engraved with "Microwave Oven" to me for appraisal. After I fooled him, he actually thought it was an antique and paid 50,000 yuan to wait for the auction."
"Haha, there are such fools. I also met a young man today. He must have watched a few treasure appraisal programs and thought he could get rich by buying antiques. He was fooled by someone selling fakes and bought a modern two-ear vase to ask me for appraisal."
When Lin Ye listened to the conversation outside, he knew that they were the two fraudulent appraisers.
I didn't expect that besides myself and that brother, so many people were deceived.
"I can tell at first glance that it's new. The surface isn't oxidized at all. But the workmanship is good. It must have been made by a skilled antique-imitation team."
"That kid even lied to me that it was passed down from his ancestors. What? His great-grandfather reincarnated and bought a porcelain vase like this and passed it down to him."
"I told him that this was a porcelain vase from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The young man was very happy, but it looked like it had been washed almost completely by the fake seller. He didn't have much money left and could only afford the appraisal fee."
Lin Ye, who was hiding in the safe passage, was stunned for a moment. He initially thought that there were other young people like him, also holding two-handled porcelain bottles for identification, and it turned out that he was the one being mentioned.
Lin Ye was struck by lightning.
But compared to encountering a scammer, what hurt him more at this moment was that his dream of getting rich quickly was shattered.
The reason why antiques are antiques is because of the word "ancient".
It was brought from another world, it traveled through time in an instant, and has not experienced the baptism of time and oxidation. No matter how exquisite it is, in the eyes of experts it is just an antique item with superb craftsmanship.
"Lao Xu, let me teach you a trick. You can ask him to take out a loan indirectly. Just go to the Internet and look for all the loan opportunities. Then you can get the 50,000 yuan together."
"That's a good idea. I'll let Xiaoqi call him tomorrow."
"Well, hurry up, we have been here for half a month, it's almost time to move to a new place."
I want to change places!
Lin Ye gritted his teeth in anger and said, "I'll kill you all in a moment."
The elevator door also rang at this time. Lin Ye looked through the crack in the door and saw several police officers walking out of the elevator. He immediately opened the door and shouted, "Comrade police, these two are the ones who are scamming the company."
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In the police station, after Lin Ye finished recording his statement, the police gave him a lecture on not wanting to “get something for nothing” or “get rich overnight”. He walked out of the police station listlessly, like an eggplant hit by frost.
"Little brother, wait a moment."
Just as Lin Ye was about to leave, the man holding the antique porcelain bowl for microwave ovens also came out.
When Lin Ye turned around and saw this person, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
When the police called him to say this just now, this man refused to believe that he was cheated. It was not until the police made him listen to the liar's words in person that he reluctantly accepted the result.
"Little brother, let's discuss this for a moment."
The man wanted to pull Lin Ye's clothes, but Lin Ye glared at him, and he stopped in disappointment.
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly."
"Little brother, even though the expert is a liar, it doesn't mean that my porcelain bowl is fake. Who can guarantee that there is no Wei Gaozong in history?"
Lin Ye was speechless. How could there be such a person in this world? Is he crazy?
"Whether it's true or not has nothing to do with me, and I won't buy your porcelain bowl."
“No need to buy, no need to buy.”
The man waved his hands quickly, but the look in his eyes made Lin Ye very unhappy. What kind of look was that? He looked down on me for not being able to afford it. As for your microwave oven, I may not be able to afford a whole car, but buying a box is not a problem.
"My little brother also thinks it might be true, that's fine, haha."
The man seemed to be waiting for Lin Ye to say this, and then he hugged the wooden box tightly and left contentedly. Lin Ye looked at the man's back as he left, feeling a little amused.
Should we sympathize with this kind of person or laugh at him?
Back home, Lin Ye walked solemnly to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a line of words: In the face of huge temptations of interests, you must think calmly.
After writing, Lin Ye tore off the paper and pasted it on the ceiling above the bedroom.
Lin Ye has a habit. Every time he encounters something, he will write down his experience and the truth he has learned, and then stick it on the ceiling. This way he can see it when he wakes up every day and remind himself at all times.
Zengzi examined himself three times a day, asking himself whether he was loyal to his friends, whether he was honest in dealing with others, and whether he remembered the knowledge he learned every day.
Lin Ye couldn't reach this level, but he knew that every failure makes one wiser, so in order to prevent himself from forgetting, he wrote it down to remind himself.
Looking at the dozen or so notes on the ceiling, Lin Ye slowly calmed down. He found that he had been a little impetuous these days.
Probably starting from the tenth day of the countdown to the other world, his mentality had changed a little. This mentality was not good. Even though he could get rich by reselling items from the two worlds, he ignored many details.
The source of antiques, the source of wealth.
Now is the era of big data. If any interested organization wants to check, his information will be transparent.
"The first step is to understand the other world clearly, and then make long-term plans."
His mental journey had changed, and when he entered the other world again, Lin Ye's mentality was much better. He asked his senior brother for a lot of books, and after reading them, he had a general understanding of the other world.
The background of the other world is roughly the same as that of the ancient times, and even the culture is similar, but the things done by those historical celebrities in ancient times are done by other people in this world.
The dynasty he is in now is called the Daqian Dynasty, and it has been three hundred years now. Most of the books given by the eldest senior brother were collected by those destroyed sects. They are all short storybooks, similar to modern novels, and there are also many little Liu Beis mixed in.
After all, we are not studying to take the imperial examination. We are all warriors. Who would read serious books?
But it is precisely these short stories that can better reflect the real situation of this world. From the stories in these short stories, Lin Ye can feel the corruption of the Da Zheng Dynasty and the suffering of the people.
Because most of these short storybooks are stories about martial arts masters killing corrupt officials and robbing the rich to help the poor. Short storybooks closely follow the needs of the people. The fact that people like to read these shows that they hate bureaucrats.
"Biography of Zuo Gong?"
That day, Lin Yexin picked up a book and was a little surprised when he saw the title. A quarter of an hour later, after reading the contents of the book, his expression was a little complicated.
The eldest brother asked him about the matter of Zuo Gong, and he finally understood what was going on.
Zuo Gong was a young man, and "Gong" was a respectful title for him.
Zuo Gong was the son of an official family, and not just an ordinary family, but a prominent family.
The Daqian Dynasty was corrupt and the people were living in poverty. This should have had little impact on an official son like Zuo Gong, but Zuo Gong wrote to the court many times, requesting severe punishment for corrupt officials. Unfortunately, there was no response from the court.
Seeing the corruption in the court, Zuo Gong made an astonishing move. He took the opportunity of studying abroad to meet many like-minded people, then executed a county magistrate and led the oppressed people to revolt.
It's a pity that Zuo Gong was just a scholar after all, and was not good at leading troops in battle. Moreover, this was his own personal action, and had nothing to do with the family behind him. Without the support of famous families or the army, he only relied on a group of ordinary people. He was suppressed within seven days.
Rebellion is punishable by death.
However, the Daqian Dynasty was corrupt, with treacherous ministers in power and the emperor was only concerned with pleasure. The Zuo family gave a large amount of money to the treacherous minister at the time, leaving Zuo Gong a chance to survive.
As long as Zuo Gong did not admit to rebellion and told the outside world that the county magistrate was corrupt and abused his power, oppressing the people, Zuo Gong could not stand it anymore and killed the county magistrate in righteous indignation.
This excuse was outrageous, but the officials of Daqian, who were corrupt to the core, were able to accept it. The treacherous prime minister even promised to speak well of Zuo Gong in front of the emperor, and Zuo Gong would be rewarded by the emperor.
As for the emperor, he hates corrupt officials. It's not that he loves his people like his own children, but in his eyes, the whole world belongs to the royal family, and what corrupt officials covet is the royal family's money.
Faced with the private persuasion of his family, everyone thought that Zuo Gong would agree. Even many people who shared the same ideals as Zuo Gong secretly persuaded him that as long as the mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood.
But to everyone's surprise, Zuo Gong did not change his mind and flatly refused.
In other words: If I can live like this, then wouldn’t I be the beneficiary of this corrupt court?
The royal family is immoral and the court is corrupt, so they should be overthrown.
It has been so since ancient times and it is so today. The great cause begins with me.
Lin Ye understood Zuo Gong because in the history of the real world, there was also such a person who was famous throughout the ages.
Although they failed, they used their deaths to awaken future generations.
The death of Zuo Gong has already had an impact in this world. According to the book, Zuo Gong died in the 302nd year of Daqian, and now it is the 305th year of Daqian.
Senior Brother, they are the group of people influenced by Zuo Gong.
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The autumn wind has become even more chilly.
The day after Lin Ye finished reading all the books, the eldest senior brother came to the backyard again with a package in his hand.
"You should go down the mountain today. You have been trapped for many days. The money here should be your compensation."
Lin Ye was stunned. They let him go down the mountain. Are the senior brothers going to take action?
"Remember, go down from the south of the mountain."
There are two ways going down the mountain, one to the south and one to the north. The south leads to Xinyang County, and the north leads to Sanhe County.
Lin Ye opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
“Don’t even mention joining us. Even if you are sincere, I won’t accept you.” Seeing Lin Ye’s expression, the eldest senior brother smiled and said, “You are the only male left in your family. Live well.”
Lin Ye looked at the senior brother deeply and said, "Senior brother, please wait for me for a moment."
Turning back to the house, Lin Ye immediately traveled back to the real world. He put notes on the outside of the bottles and jars containing ointments that he had brought back from the other world, wrote down their functions, and then took them back to the other world again.
"Big Brother, in addition to the ceramic repair skills, my family also runs a medicine shop. These are the ointments developed by my family. They have a miraculous effect on wound healing."
Lin Ye knew there was a flaw in his words. Even though he had the medicine-making skills passed down from his ancestors, he did not bring anything with him when he entered the yard. He could not explain where these ointments came from. He believed that his senior brother had also seen through it.
But the two seemed to have a tacit understanding. The eldest brother did not ask, and he did not explain.
