Yang Ming also came back with the news.
There had indeed been an earthquake in Caiyuanzhuang before. Many farmers in the surrounding area had heard about it. Some of them happened to be visiting Caiyuanzhuang at that time and were frightened. However, when these people left Caiyuanzhuang and returned to their own villages, they were shocked. I found that no one noticed at all.
Because of this incident, many people came to Caiyuan Manor to watch the excitement. If it wasn't for everyone's unanimous consent and the fact that several old houses in Caiyuan Manor were shattered, no one would believe it.
An earthquake that only covers a small area? is it possible?
Of course it's impossible. So it was definitely not the earthquake that ordinary people wrote about, but there was another reason.
Shen Hao looked at the string of messages he wrote on the paper, thought about it, and added the words "similar to the earthquake" on top.
If it wasn't an earthquake, then what caused the Caiyuan Village to tremble?
Judging from the time, "people" jumped out of the fish pond not long after this "shock". There is an inevitable connection between the two.
"Sir, could it be that something in the cemetery caused the shock?" Wang Yiming was now thinking along Shen Hao's train of thought. He felt that the more he deduced, the closer it seemed to be to the truth.
Shen Hao also thought about it, but there was too little information to judge.
After thinking for a while, Shen Hao cast his eyes on the two bronze utensils on the table and asked Wang Yiming, "Does this have any meaning?"
"My subordinates collected these from the house of the former salesman. According to that person, these two pieces of bronze were dug out from the ground of Caiyuan Manor. And many similar things were dug up before. "
"A lot has been dug? Then why has no one come here to excavate?"
"Because this copperware is worthless."
"Huh?" Shen Hao didn't understand the antique business. He thought that old objects dug up from the ground were valuable, so he wondered why no one came to Caiyuan Manor to dig deeper.
Wang Yiming explained: "The man said that the things dug up from the ground of Caiyuanzhuang are old things with no reputation. The antiques are antiques but they can't be sold at a high price..."
Wang Yiming continued to explain and Shen Hao slowly understood the reason. The so-called "no name" actually means that the things dug up from the vegetable garden have no characteristics and do not belong to the category of "collectible value". They are simply old things. At most, they are used to deceive newbies who don’t know how to do it. So no one buys it, and no one comes here to dig deeper.
While listening to Wang Yiming's words, Shen Hao picked up a copper bottle and looked at it.
A very ordinary style, one foot tall, heavy in the hand, with regular carvings on the surface, looking like some kind of animal pattern.
The black robes of the Xuanqing Guards also had animal patterns, which were Taotie patterns. The military uniforms of the Jingjiu Dynasty also had animal patterns, but Shen Hao had never seen such animal patterns before.
They all have animal patterns, and the style is very similar to the vase style commonly used in the Jingji Dynasty. At least the aesthetic aspect should be in line with the Jingjiu Dynasty.
Shen Hao remembered that Zhang Qian's hobby besides visiting flower houses was collecting antiques. He was known as an expert. Can he give these two bronzes to Zhang Qian?
Fortunately, Black Flag Camp is camped right next to the garrison camp, so it is very convenient to find Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian was curious when he saw that Shen Hao came over not long after they parted. He laughed when he saw the two bronze utensils in Shen Hao's hands, thinking that Shen Hao had brought something for him.
"Haha, Brother Shen, why are you so polite?"
"Hey, Brother Zhang may have misunderstood. These two things are not for you, but I want you to help me find out what these two pieces of bronze are."
Hearing that it was not for him, Zhang Qian scolded Shen Hao for teasing him. However, he was unambiguous in his hands. He picked up two bronze utensils and looked at them closely for a long time, then fell silent as if he was deep in thought.
After a long time, Zhang Qian frowned and said: "It's strange. This bottle is very strange. The style should be from the early period of my dynasty, but the pattern is not any known animal pattern. It doesn't even matter whether it is an animal pattern or not. Two things to say. I didn’t expect there to be ancient artifacts here that I can’t even name.”
"Don't you have any clue?"
"Of course not. Look at this one." Zhang Qian said, putting down the copper bottle and picking up another piece of copperware. It was a solid strip half a foot long and three fingers wide. You can vaguely see some lines on it, but It's rusted so much that I can't tell what the lines on it are.
"Brother Shen, look, this one is very obvious. This thing is called a sword box. You should have heard of it, right?"
"Object-bending magic?"
"That's right. To be precise, it is a must-have item for sword control. Generally speaking, a sword box can hold ten flying swords, which is a must-have for every sword control monk. But this style is also my first time. See."
"So you think these antiques are related to monks?"
"Definitely. Hey, Brother Shen, tell me the truth, where did you get these two things? Obviously these are buried with you. You won't dig a big tomb, right? Can't you forget me, brother?" The words were That being said, Zhang Qian didn't understand why Shen Hao had gained so much not long after he arrived? Could it be that it was vomited out by the two crake-like guides we just introduced?
"Okay, if Brother Zhang wants it, just go dig it, it's not far away."
Zhang Qian curled his lips: "It can't be Caiyuanzhuang, right?" Seeing Shen Hao smile and say nothing, he knew that he was unfortunately right. Then he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it, you kid is not good-hearted, I'm there Not ready to go."
After returning from Zhang Qian's place, Shen Hao began to write materials and prepare to submit them to the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen as soon as possible. He now had reason to persuade Jiang Cheng to give Wu Changhe an order to withdraw from the dangerous area and suspend the attack on the forbidden circle.
Because Shen Hao felt that there might be some unexpected dangers in the forbidden circle, especially since it was completely unclear what the "people jumping out of the pond" were, it might not be appropriate to open the forbidden circle so rashly.
As for those who were involved, in Shen Hao's opinion, they all narrowly escaped death, and there was little difference between one day earlier and one day later. Those who were about to die would have died long ago, and those who were not dead would not die so quickly.
However, Shen Hao had just finished writing half of the note when a roar came from outside the camp, as deafening as thunder in a thunderstorm.
"Sir, the restraining circle in front has begun to move."
"What?! It doesn't have to be at night..."
"Rumble..."
Shen Hao's words were interrupted by the second explosion, and his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan". This should be the loud noise caused by the release of a large number of thunder-controlling talismans or thunder-running talismans.
Looking at the half-written note in his hand, Shen Hao sighed.
"Wang Yiming, if you continue my writing, the purpose is to get Mr. Jiang to order the termination of all Wu Qianhu's actions. Report it immediately after you finish writing."
"Sir, what are you doing?"
"The restraining circle is full of dangers. If you open it now, the consequences will be unpredictable. You can submit a note to get Mr. Jiang's support. I can only go to Wu Qianhu to talk to see if I can change his mind. .”
