The cafe on Cultural Street is not very large. As soon as Li Mo walked in, he smelled a strong aroma of coffee and bread. No wonder the occupancy rate was quite high, and the good seats by the windows had already been taken.
Li Mo had no choice but to sit in a remote corner. Although he had eaten a portion of donkey meat on fire before, he couldn't help but order three small portions due to the smell of freshly baked bread.
Chen Xiaojun and Brown Bear walked into the coffee shop and asked Li Mo to stand up and wave to them and walk over immediately.
"Where's the jadeite stone and the boxwood carving?"
"The rough stone weighs more than 30 kilograms and was in the way. I put it back in the car with the wood carving. Junior uncle, how is the quality of the jadeite?"
"It's about the same level as the glutinous ice species. After you bring it back to Kyoto and find a master to break the stone, you can sell it for hundreds of thousands. If you are not short of money, you can keep it and keep it as a collection. It will appreciate in value in the future. You can sell it and cut it yourself. Make jewelry. The wood carvings are made of boxwood, which has a history of more than two hundred years. You can keep it for yourself and collect it. It’s not expensive, about 100,000 at most.”
Li Mo ate the fragrant baked bread and then asked, "Did you really hear the conversation between father and son?"
"It really sounds like it."
"The bronze dagger I found in the shop is from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are two large seal inscriptions on it, 'Feng Yi'. What does this mean? During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only the burial objects of princes and nobles would have these inscriptions. Inscription. Not long after the bronze dagger was unearthed, two genuine bronzes appeared in a small county in succession. This is very abnormal. It seems that in this small county, there are nine out of ten tombs from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. May have been stolen.
Li Mo's tone was solemn.
"Uncle Junior, what should we do now?"
Li Mo thought for a moment and said: "We still have no clue about this matter. The alarm handling will probably make everyone aware of it. If no clues are found by then, it will alarm the snake. First, you immediately send people over to fully monitor the antique store. Then track down the boss’s son and try to catch his tail. Second, prepare a set of equipment for going to the countryside to buy used goods. I will use it tomorrow. Both things are very urgent, so you should do it immediately. "
"Okay, let's retreat first."
The next day, a 60% new electric tricycle was driving on a bumpy country road. Fortunately, it was a sunny day but it was raining heavily. It was estimated that such a dirt road would be impossible to walk on again.
Li Mo was wearing a somewhat old black shirt and trousers, and an old-fashioned straw hat. There were already two old TVs and some cardboard, discarded aluminum alloy strips on the tricycle.
The village in front is called Sujia Village. A few decades ago, two large families, the Su family and the Jia family, mainly lived in it. As a large number of people moved into the city, the village here became more and more deserted. Even because there are no resources to develop here, the people left here can only live on a few acres of land.
When the car was approaching Sujia Village, Li Mo turned on the pre-recorded speaker.
"Collect old electrical appliances, old mobile phones, old shoes, old clothes, etc."
"Collect old electrical appliances, old mobile phones, old shoes, old clothes, etc."
. . . . . .
Li Mo drove his tricycle steadily into Sujia Village. There were about fifty households in the village, but more than a dozen houses were dilapidated and must not be inhabitable.
"Auntie, do you have any old things at home that you want to sell?"
Li Mo parked the car on the side of the road, and an old woman in her sixties or seventies happened to pass by carrying a small bucket with some vegetables in it.
"No."
The old woman waved her hands.
"Auntie, where is your home? I'll take you for a ride."
This was a good thing, and the old woman laughed quickly. She put the keg on the tricycle and slowly sat on the side of the car.
Li Mo drove the tricycle slowly: "Auntie, show me the way."
"Just keep driving forward."
Soon they arrived in front of a three-room tile-roofed house. The old woman got out of the car and said with a smile, "Thank you."
"Auntie, is that a new pig farm over there?" Li Mo pointed curiously at the rows of unfinished buildings near the village. There were more than a dozen people walking around on the site.
"Yes. Last year, the boss of a large pig-raising company took a fancy to that piece of wasteland. He said it would be a waste to leave it uncultivated, so he signed a contract with the town to contract the piece of wasteland. Not only does it pay us a contracting fee every year, He also promised that when the pig farm opens, he will ask some old people in the village to help out and do whatever they can to get some living expenses. Little boss, go check out the construction site. Maybe there is some scrap copper and scrap iron. For sale.”
The old woman gave enthusiastic guidance.
"Okay, I'll go over and check the situation."
Li Mo started the tricycle and drove towards the pig farm construction site outside the village. The loudspeaker kept repeating advertisements for collecting secondhand goods. His arrival had already attracted the attention of those at the construction site. Before he even got close, a dark-faced, burly man in his thirties came up to him and stopped him with his hand, indicating that he could not get closer.
From that person, Li Mo's eyebrows suddenly jumped, as if facing an extremely dangerous beast. The man in front of him was terrifying, very dangerous, and he should have had human lives on his hands. Although he was wearing an unflattering hat that partially covered his face, he couldn't escape Li Mo's eyes.
Li Mo turned off the loudspeaker and shouted: "Boss, are there any scrap copper and iron for sale at the construction site?"
"No, this is a private construction site. Outsiders are not allowed to approach. Hurry up and leave."
Not only did Li Mo not leave immediately, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it over. He nodded and bowed and said: "The boss will make a fortune, you smoke. I will leave you a number if there is any waste that needs to be disposed of." If so, please contact me.”
"I don't smoke, and I don't have any scraps to sell. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude."
The dark-faced burly man turned around and left after speaking, and Li Mo had no choice but to take back the cigarette. This pig farm has built a half-circle of fences that are as high as one person. There are some large red characters painted on the outside of the wall, which says the construction site of a certain pig farm project.
More than a dozen workers are still building the wall. A dozen pig pens have been started on the construction site, but only four have been completed.
Li Mo looked at his surroundings, his eyes suddenly opened, and he looked directly at the four completed pig pens. Three of the pig pens were empty, and only one pig pen had people in it. To be precise, there were two people hidden in it. Although they were wearing workers' clothes, they also had two more things on them, both of which were daggers stuck in their waists. on the waistband of trousers.
The other thing is a thick-backed machete as long as an adult's arm. The machete is hidden in the tool box at the feet.
This is not normal and there is obviously a big problem. Li Mo remembered the appearance of the two people in his mind, and then looked at the ground. Because there was a hole in the floor of the finished pigsty, and a thick hemp rope was hanging down.
Those two people were guarding the entrance of the cave.
When Li Mo looked through the hole and was about to look down along the entrance of the cave, he suddenly felt a very unfriendly gaze falling on him.
"Why don't you leave? Get out of here."
"Okay, I'll leave now."
Li Mo had no choice but to look away and drove back the way he came. These people are very vigilant. They only hesitate for more than ten seconds before the other party has vicious thoughts towards them.
It's better to leave first so as not to make them suspicious.
The tricycle circled the village before leaving. Just as he was leaving, a man in his twenties took out his mobile phone and made a call while watching Li Mo's leaving back.
"Everything is normal. He is just a collector of used goods."
(End of chapter)
