Chapter 83: Tomb Guardian
I quickly went over to take a look. Under the dazzling sunlight, the green jade looked even more translucent, as transparent as glass. There were water ripples inside, and in these water ripples, a faint shape was faintly outlined. Although it looked a little ethereal, the shape could be seen clearly like a relief. It turned out to be a hideous monster!
After seeing the secret in the jade pendant, I was suddenly shocked. Why does this monster look so familiar? I must have seen it somewhere, but I just can't remember where.
Lin Yuxi said dejectedly: "Many objects found in ancient tombs have supernatural colors because they are corroded by corpse qi or yin qi. There was a deal like this before. After the deal was completed, the buyer wanted to return the goods, but I couldn't find the seller, so I lost a lot of money."
"What's wrong with that thing?" I took the jade Guanyin from her hand, looked at the monster inside and wondered where I had seen it before.
"That was also an ancient jade, and I sold it for 80,000. But a few days later, the buyer came back and said that after 11 o'clock at night, the jade would reveal a ghost face when exposed to light. He would never dare to take it again, so he asked me to return it. Later, I compensated him 80,000 yuan, and I kept the jade myself. I didn't dare to go to see it at night, and I always kept it wrapped in a talisman on the shelf." As she spoke, she pointed to the antique shelf behind her and nodded aggrievedly.
I then realized that there was something wrapped in a yellow talisman on the side of the ghost-sealing altar. So I walked around the desk and took the thing down from the antique shelf. But I was very puzzled. This girl is good at business, how could she lose money? So I asked her, "Didn't you agree before the transaction that no returns are allowed?"
Lin Yuxi said with a sad face: "Of course I did, but most of the people who buy antiques are rich people, and many of them have connections. If I don't return this piece of ancient jade, he will sue me for reselling antiques. This kind of business is illegal, how can I withstand a lawsuit? I can only pay money and keep the matter quiet."
I put the Jade Guanyin on the shelf and opened the talisman. It was an ordinary talisman for exorcising evil spirits. Inside was a square red jade, as red as blood, with a pattern of mythical beasts carved on it. I picked it up and looked at it against the sunlight for a long time, but I couldn't see anything inside. I guess the yin energy was restrained, and it would only reveal its true form under the light after midnight.
“This piece of jade is so red, why is it only sold for 80,000 yuan?” As I was about to wrap it up, I suddenly saw a mythical beast on the jade pendant. Isn’t it the monster in the Jade Guanyin?
Lin Yuxi said: "Mr. Rogue, you don't understand antiques at all. Among the varieties of jade, green jade is the most valuable. Red and purple ones are only one-fifth of the price of green jade."
Wow, I've become a gangster, but I'm not as good as a little gangster, and I feel warm. But at this moment, my mind is not on the value of the jade, but on the monster. But this word gangster suddenly reminded me of the scene in the ancient tomb, and I slapped my forehead and said, "I thought of it!"
"What did you think of?" Lin Yuxi asked in surprise.
I asked her, "Do you still remember the little golden monster on the demon corpse?"
"Remember, isn't it a tomb beast? What's wrong?" Lin Yuxi frowned slightly.
I picked up the Jade Guanyin and pointed it at the sunlight again and said, "Do you think the monster inside is the same as the Golden Tomb Beast?"
Lin Yuxi tilted her head and said, "It's only been three years. I can't remember the image of the tomb beast very clearly... Oh, I remember it now. No wonder it looked familiar just now. It's the same. This monster is the same as the golden monster!"
I handed her the red jade again, pointed to one of the mythical beasts on it and said, "It's also on this one, but it's engraved on the outside."
Lin Yuxi didn't understand what I was trying to say, so she took the red jade and said, "What kind of tomb beasts are there? They were poured out from ancient tombs. This is normal. In fact, the four mythical beasts on the red jade are all tomb guardian beasts, and the Tang Sancai was also poured out from ancient tombs. Don't many people like to display them at home?"
Seeing that she hadn't figured out the key point yet, I asked her, "Is there anyone who uses jade to make tomb guardian beasts?"
Lin Yuxi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "It's not that there are none, the problem is that there are no jade pendants. Tomb guardian beasts are generally not made so small, like the golden tomb beast is a bit small."
"Yes, who would make a jade pendant of a tomb guardian beast and hang it on the body? When placed in the coffin as a burial object, it would appear too small. The bigger the beast is, the more domineering it should appear. I guess this jade Guanyin and the red jade may be related to the ancient tomb of Longjia Village!" I made a bold inference.
Lin Yuxi picked up the two pieces of jade and looked at them from left to right, then asked me, "This is a very difficult thing to say. There are all kinds of strange objects found in ancient tombs, and the carving of tomb beasts on jade pendants is actually not that rare."
"But it would be rare for a tomb guardian beast to emerge from the Jade Guanyin," I said with emphasis.
Lin Yuxi finally understood what was going on. She nodded and said, "That's right. How could there be a tomb beast in the Jade Guanyin? Besides, this is the first time I've seen such a magical jade. How great would it be if it was a lucky charm? This piece of jade is probably worth more than 10 million."
I was speechless. This girl was always thinking about money. I smiled bitterly and said, "Think about it carefully. There are ghost tongue marks on the mummy, which means it had contact with a demon corpse before it died, which is why it was infected with the seven poisonous ghost tongues. Demon corpses have been extremely rare since ancient times. The Ghost Talisman Sutra records that only four have appeared in thousands of years. In other words, only people like the leader of the White Lotus Sect have the ability and unique ideas to turn themselves into demon corpses after death. I think there is only one such person in the world now, so I concluded that the mummy must have been in the ancient tomb of Longjia Village before it died. This jade Guanyin should have been obtained from there!"
The girl nodded and asked, "So what?"
I wanted to hit my head against the wall and die. I guess her mind is full of money and nothing else. I said angrily: "Since this person has also entered the ancient tomb of Longjia Village, he must be closely related to the Lu family. And Chen Dahong appeared in Xiadian Village, maybe he is also eyeing this jade Guanyin. We can start from this aspect and lure Chen Dahong out!"
"You used the wrong word. It should be 'introduce'." Instead of talking about the main matter, she corrected my grammatical errors, which made me completely lose my temper.
"Okay, lure him out. If we lure out Chen Dahong, we will understand a lot of truths. If we understand a lot of truths, we may be able to find a way to break the ghost tongue curse!"
"And...what next?" I don't know if this girl is pretending to be ignorant even though she knows the truth, or she is just obsessed with money.
I hung my head like a defeated rooster and said, "Then we can grow old together and live for many years."
"Bah, who wants to grow old with you? You should grow old with the blue-eyed fox!" The girl just said it, grabbed a magazine on the table and threw it in my face.
