The antique market in West Capital City is world-famous, mainly because West Capital has been the ancient capital of sixteen dynasties, with countless treasures buried underground.
In the past, due to lax government supervision, unlucky thieves ran rampant, emptying the ancestors’ treasures.
After the underground antique business was reorganized, it went public, with each opening antique shops and engaging in legitimate business.
Thus, an antique street gradually formed.
Besides high-end stores, the middle of the street was also full of stalls.
Now, the sky has already darkened, and most shops have closed and ceased operations, so the street is naturally quite deserted.
The antique business is particular about having no business for half a year but eating for three years once it opens.
An antique piece, when encountering a generous buyer, can yield profits that are jaw-dropping.
Qin Feng had just arrived at school, and the rich second generation he provoked, Li Tian’er’s family runs an antique shop.
However, their business is not in this small place; they have already expanded abroad.
Qin Feng asked about Li Tian’er in the car, and Fatty Wang immediately spoke up, “Brother Qin, how do you know this brat?
His family and us don’t walk the same path.
We are legitimate business people, but it seems his family is connected with Gold-Touching Captains, engaging in shady underground dealings!”
He didn’t know Lin Nan’s identity, so he spoke without caution.
Lin Nan seemed to catch onto something, curiously asked, “What is a Gold-Touching Captain?”
Fatty Wang laughed, “Just a group of unlucky thieves.
Their ancestors held that official title, passing it down through generations, specializing in tomb raiding activities.”
Lin Nan stared, “So many details just for tomb raiding?”
Fatty Wang nodded, “Beautiful lady, it’s an industry full of intricacies!
Generally, tomb raiders of no skill engage in destructive tomb raiding, but Gold-Touching Captains are much more sophisticated.
They understand Yin and Yang, Feng Shui.
They can spot ancient tombs at a glance, even more effective than X-rays!
When raiding, they do not destroy the tomb’s overall structure, but enter and exit through a single grave hole, treating it like an art!”
Lin Nan listened with disdain, gritted her teeth, “These damn thieves, one day they will all be caught!”
Tomb raiding contributes to Central Earth’s archaeology.
Many historical discoveries were the result of tomb raiders!”
Lin Nan scorned, “You get more and more boastful as you speak, are you involved in this too?”
Fatty Wang hurriedly shook his head, “Dear lady, don’t wrong me.
I am engaged in legitimate business, making a living based on skills!”
Lin Nan pursed her lips, looking at the antique shops outside the window, frowning secretly.
Liu Xuedong had said the drug trafficking groups in West Capital City were also engaged in tomb raiding; perhaps she could find some clues here.
However, she was only responsible for undercover work at the school; this matter wasn’t her to investigate.
Fatty Wang’s Treasure Appreciation Studio is at the head of this street, spanning two floors with refined decor.
As he opened the door, a wave of Yin Qi rushed in, causing both Lin Xia sisters to shiver involuntarily.
The first floor of the shop had porcelain, copper cauldrons, and some knives, spears, sticks, etc., while the second floor was all landscape calligraphy.
Qin Feng glanced around the first floor with the three of them and said, “The item is on the second floor!”
Fatty Wang clapped his hands, “Brilliant, truly brilliant.
I have invited several Daoists, and they all say it’s on the second floor!”
Lin Xia was so scared she couldn’t help but hug Lin Nan’s arm.
Qin Feng smiled, retrieving paper and pen from the Storage Ring, he immediately drew three talismans and stuck them on Fatty Wang and the other two.
Fatty Wang, seeing Qin Feng produce items from thin air for the first time, widened his eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Nan and Lin Xia were already accustomed to it, and weren’t particularly surprised.
It was because they had seen Qin Feng’s Daoist Skills that they became fully curious about ghost stories.
Previously, they wouldn’t have believed them.
Qin Feng said, “These are Li Fire Talismans; if a ghost touches them, it will be immediately burned to death by Fire Elemental Power.
Stay by my side, don’t move recklessly, just watch the show upstairs!”
During the climb up the stairs, several times he almost fell.
As they reached halfway, a plaintive tune came from the second floor, “Han Emperor favored beauties, to the despair of his empire, seeking unsuccessfully for years.
The daughter of the Yangg family just came of age, nurtured in seclusion, unknown to others.
Endowed with natural beauty, hard to give up; one day chosen beside the King.
A glance and a smile, a hundred charms arise, overshadowing all palaces’ makeup.
…”
Lin Xia curiously asked, “Fatty Wang, why did you have the music still on?”
Fatty Wang sweated, shook his head repeatedly, “This is not music I played; it’s that dirty thing singing!”
Lin Xia was so scared she immediately shut up, yanking her sister’s arm scared stiff not dare to release.
Lin Nan frowned, “This is Bai Juyi’s ‘Song of Everlasting Sorrow’, that dirty thing is quite cultured!”
Qin Feng had read Tangs and Songs poems, Yuan and Ming novels entirely, so was naturally familiar with this poem.
It tells the love story of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Yangg Yuhuan, poetic, graceful, tragic, moving.
Qin Feng led the three upstairs, following the direction of the song.
They saw a yellowing ancient painting, from which a woman wearing a rainbow robe danced gracefully, her face filled with unspeakable sorrow.
Fatty Wang, seeing it, immediately squatted on the ground scared, repeatedly pointing at the ancient painting, “Ghost, ghost, there’s a ghost!”
The Lin Xia sisters, witnessing the painting’s figure dance for the first time, were startled into stunned silence, hiding behind Qin Feng.
Qin Feng took a step forward, like a connoisseur, leisurely said, “Gold in the West, wood in the East; fire in the South; water in the North; hills at the southwest, northeast, what a Five Elements Eight Trigrams Soul-Locking Array!”
The song abruptly stopped, the woman in the painting stopped dancing, stared at Qin Feng, “Well done, sir, I’m impressed.
Yet, you barged in suddenly, disturbing my pleasure, punishment demands a cup!”
Qin Feng laughed, “Deserved, deserved!”
He said this and leaped forward, jumping into the painting.
Lin Xia and the others screamed out, shouting, “Brother Qin, what are you doing in there!”
In the landscape painting, in front of the thatched cottage, the woman in the painting raised a cup, filled it for Qin Feng, gestured invitingly.
Her demeanor elegant, wealth evident, with a bearing of nobility.
From outside the painting, they were merely two tiny figures in ink, harmonizing within the picture, chatting happily.
But inside the painting, Qin Feng faced a real woman, a curvaceous beauty with alluring eyes.