Chapter 182 Li Rong: My ancestors were corpse drivers
Li Rong put on gloves and pretended to examine it. He nodded to Officer Zheng, indicating that it was indeed genuine, but—
"Two million at most."
He doesn't understand cultural relics, but he knows how to bargain.
And it's more brutal than cutting in half.
"Old man, are you kidding me?"
Zheng Guan's face darkened, and a murderous aura filled his whole body.
"No... no, Brother Guan, these two things are really worth 10 million. I didn't lie to you."
The old man explained in fear and trepidation, hating these two crappy experts in his heart. He didn't know where these fakes came from, and their knowledge was nonsense!
"Should I trust you or my people? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Officer Zheng sneered, then stood up and left.
Li Rong and Luo Xinxin also waved their sleeves and followed.
"Brother Guan, everything can be discussed. I'll get a few more out. Please wait a moment."
Old man Bai was panicking. Now, only Zheng Guan in the whole Hong Kong Island could come up with 10 million, and he had no other choice.
"hurry up!"
Officer Zheng stopped and sat down with a sullen face.
Li Rong and the others also sat down.
Old Man Bai left the study and placed the other cultural relics in the dark room. He was the only one in the family who knew the password.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Li Rong used the excuse of going to the toilet, changed his appearance and followed the old man Bai. His tracking skills were very advanced, and the old man Bai's eyes were blurry and he couldn't detect it at all.
The location of the dark room is not secret. The Bai family knows it. The key is the password. If the password is entered incorrectly three times, the high explosives will be detonated and there will be no chance of escape.
The old man always felt that someone was following him, but every time he looked back, he couldn't see anyone. After repeating this several times, he was sure that he was just being suspicious.
I’m getting older and less useful, alas!
He sighed deeply, walked tremblingly to the door of the dark room, and began to turn the combination lock with his skinny fingers. He turned it very carefully, a total of six times.
Click
The lock is open.
The old man opened the door and went in. He came out after about ten minutes with a few more calligraphy and paintings in his hands. They were all rare works of famous artists.
After closing the door, the old man looked around and made sure that there was no one there before leaving with the calligraphy and painting.
Li Rong had already returned to the study, and his hair and beard had turned completely white again. He had memorized the password. After receiving the 10 million reward, he went to the Bai family at night and got all the cultural relics back.
"Why did it take so long?" Officer Zheng asked dissatisfiedly.
"I'm sorry, I'm old and walking slowly. These are all calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, such as Wu Daozi, Bada Shanren, Song Huizong, and Huang Tingjian. Their original works are all very valuable. Add these two and it's definitely worth 10 million."
The old man placed the four paintings and calligraphy on the table one by one.
Li Rong checked again and nodded to Zheng Guan, but this time he didn't say anything.
The old man was overjoyed and couldn't wait to say, "Brother Guan, I really didn't lie to you. These are all good things. They used to be heirlooms collected by wealthy families. I got them by chance."
"Why are you talking so nicely? Didn't you just help the Japanese steal it?"
Official Zheng sneered and didn't give him any face.
Although he is not a good person, he will not work for the Japanese. The Japanese are so ugly, what qualifications do they have to order him around?
The old man looked embarrassed and said with a smile, "I had no choice at the time. Besides, I was also protecting the cultural relics in disguise. It's better for the things to fall into my hands than for the Japanese to take them away."
Officer Zheng snorted coldly. What a shameless old man! He even thought it was dirty to take action.
The transaction was very smooth. Officer Zheng paid the money and Old Man Bai delivered the goods, and the money and goods were both paid.
"Brother Guan, you have many brothers in the underworld and are well-informed. Can you help me find the whereabouts of that damned Brother Kun?"
When talking about Brother Kun, the old man's face was full of hatred.
"Can."
Official Zheng agreed readily.
The old man thanked him repeatedly and personally walked him to the door.
After they got in the car, Officer Zheng gave them several cultural relics and asked, "Where did you put Brother Kun's body? It's so hot, don't let it get spoiled."
"It's in a good place, and I've used my family's secret method to keep it fresh. The old man can't tell it's there."
Li Rong promised solemnly.
Officer Zheng looked at him suspiciously, "What does your family do?"
Which decent family would have the secret method of preserving corpses?
"My ancestors were corpse drivers."
Li Rong answered very sincerely.
Because he was not lying, his grandfather's grandfather had indeed driven corpses, but his grandfather didn't want to do that, so he ran away to make a living and then settled down in Shanghai.
However, his family also has a booklet containing the secret technique of driving corpses. His father was devoted to studying flattery and had no interest in this. He learned a little by himself when he was a child. When his grandfather died, he lifted the old man out of the coffin and drove him away according to the secret technique in the booklet, hoping to send the old man back to his hometown in Xiangxi.
Because the old man was always thinking about returning to his roots during his lifetime, but his unfilial father said that he could not take leave and had no time to accompany the old man to his roots, so his grandfather passed away with regret.
The one who treated Li Rong best in the family was the old man, so he wanted to fulfill the old man's last wish. However, he was not very good at it, so the old man could only wander around the house and couldn't even go out the door.
Then his father went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and saw the old man jumping around in the yard. He was so scared that he wet his pants and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
He looked so embarrassed at the time that he hid behind the old man and couldn't help laughing out loud.
The result was that his father pressed him on a stool and beat him with a belt, and his mother passed him the belt, beating his buttocks until they were bruised.
He went to his grandmother's house that night and never lived at home again since then. After he joined the army, he would only go there to stay for a day or two during his home leave, but most of his time he stayed at Liu's house.
Zheng Guan was shocked by his answer for a few seconds, then asked, "Is your family a celestial master?"
“It used to be.”
Li Rong nodded.
Driving corpses should also be a kind of heavenly master, right?
Officer Zheng immediately showed respect and gave him a thumbs up.
He was fearless, but he still respected the Heavenly Master.
After separating from Zheng Guan, Luo Xinxin packed several cultural relics tightly in bags and put them into the space. It was already the end of December and they had been in Hong Kong Island for more than a month.
During this period, they still met Lao Wang once a week and gave him 100,000 to 150,000 yuan in cash, and Lao Wang never asked any questions about them.
Three days after buying the cultural relics, Li Rong took Brother Kun's body out of the space.
The corpse was extremely fresh, as if it had just been slaughtered. Officer Zheng was deeply shocked and became much more polite when speaking to Li Rong.
Official Zheng called Old Man Bai and told him the good news. Then Li Rong disguised himself as a dark and thin South Vietnamese man and took the corpse to collect the reward.
The old man didn't recognize him at all and gave him ten million without hesitation.
It is said that the old man chopped Brother Kun's body into pieces and threw it to the stray dogs in the garbage dump to eat, leaving not even a bone.
Li Rong didn't care about these things. They were all bad guys anyway, so it would be better if they just bit each other.
Late at night, he appeared in the Bai family, found the secret room like a ghost, and opened the lock with a password. The secret room was not big, but it was full of cultural relics, gold bars, oceans, jewelry, etc.
No wonder Old Man Bai was willing to offer a reward of 10 million. The things in this secret room are more valuable than all the assets of the Bai family. Even if he sold all the properties, he could still live well with these things.
Li Rong took all the things without hesitation, leaving nothing behind.
However, he was still very polite and left a lot of things in return, all of which were dog poop. He specially collected a bag, poured it all into the dark room, and then left.
Today I went to the museum and the river beach. I saw the Sword of Goujian, King of Yue, and the Sword of Fuchai, King of Wu, as well as the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. I also saw Wuhan's modern history. I was quite impressed. It's worthy of being a place with a long history like the Chu State. The river beach was also beautiful. Wuhan is really worth visiting. However, I have to go home tonight and will come back later.
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