Chapter 214

hrough the water.At that moment, something red floated over the surface of the water ahead."This...what is this" Sun Lao San pulled this thing out of the water.Upon closer inspection, what had rushed...It is said, it is said, that in the thirty years from 1920 to 1950, the two biggest antique dealers in China were Lu Qinzhi and Yue Bin. The number of antiques they sold overseas combined couldn't even compare to the amount Xia Ke stole.

Mr. Lu is incredibly impressive; he has sold over 100,000 items, including renowned national treasures like the six divine steeds of Emperor Taizong's mausoleum (Salluzi and Quanmao), the Han白玉 Great Buddha statue from the Sui Dynasty, and the Mifenfang Bronze Cauldron.

Yue Bin's calligraphy is also quite impressive. He has a TV series called "The Fragrance of Acacia in May". In the play, Teacher Wang Gang plays Lan Zhuang, the shopkeeper of an antique shop from Liuli Factory. In fact, this character is based on Yue Bin himself.

Yue Bin, back then, was mainly selling Buddha heads from Qingzhou Temple in Bei Qi. It's said that he sold over 800 Buddha heads each year at his peak. Now, many of the Buddha statues depicted in films lack their heads, and it's estimated that seven or eight out of ten are related to him.

And there was the giant stone carving of Emperor and Empress paying homage to Buddha, built by Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei for his parents. It was smashed into over 200 pieces by Yue Bin, who then smuggled them out in nine boxes and reassembled them. Many people don't know this: when those nine boxes containing the Emperor and Empress paying homage to Buddha were being transported, they went by water. One of the boxes fell into the sea, which resulted in the incomplete state of the Emperor and Empress paying homage to Buddha we see today.

This thing is now hidden in the US museum. Friends who have the opportunity to visit can take a closer look at the lower right corner of the stone carving, and those with good eyesight will definitely find something.

Continuing the conversation.

Xiaoké originally came to Yinchuan to visit the Western Xia Tombs under Helan Mountain. However, when he arrived with his people, they were dumbfounded. There were nine earthen mounds in total, all robbed clean, with countless holes scattered everywhere. Some of the holes were filled with water, and the grass carp inside had grown as big as arms.

Xiao Ke thought to himself, "This won't do, I can't make a wasted trip." So he inquired locally in Yinchuan, and from the villagers he heard stories about Heishui City.

Xiao Ke's long journey across the sands resulted in him encountering a sandstorm, just like us. It was the grandfather of our current tribal elder, King Darcy, who saved Xiao Ke.

Lord Darcy said he knew of a place deep in the desert that was similar to where you were looking.

Xiaoko got impatient and said, "Then hurry up and take me there! What if I miss out on robbing the tomb"

Lord Darcy saw that Xiaoké had a big nose and dared to be so arrogant, so he immediately drove them all away.

The desert is so vast, I couldn't find Blackwater City without the help of the Huite people. Without finding Blackwater City, I wouldn't be able to report back to the Royal Geographical Society.

After a few days, Xiao Ke relented and went to find King Dashi again. He said, "Let's make peace. I'll give you something nice," and then Xiao Ke presented King Dashi with a set of the most advanced brass gramophones of the time.

A pile of copper gadgets could actually speak, although Darcy King couldn't understand them. He liked them anyway, so he happily took the gramophone and, as a reward, gave Little Ke's caravan an experienced guide. This guide led them to the legendary desert city of Har Ho Te.

After arriving at the location, Xiao Ke led his team to dig for three days. He found two underground palaces and unearthed nine boxes of artifacts. He was an experienced digger, but he couldn't understand these things dug out from the sand. He had never seen anything like this style before.

He had never seen things like three-headed Guanyin statues, eight-armed protective deity statues, or horse-headed King Wisdom paintings.

Xiao Ke thought these things were of average value, so he packed them up and sent them to the Royal Geographical Society of his own country. Afterwards, he went south to Sichuan.

>More than a month later, the nine boxes arrived at the Royal Geographical Society.

Upon opening it, those people were dumbfounded. Those white-haired academics with spectacles and magnifying glasses exclaimed, "What era does this belong to This style is unprecedented! Could this be a civilization beyond our comprehension"

Subsequently, they realized the importance of this batch of items and sent out dozens of telegrams. The content of each telegram was similar, summing up in two words.

"Please reply soon."Boy, make it clear, how far has this gone Have the police caught on to you or did customs find out""" Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!I'll stick to the key points and...