Zhao Jun went to Hong Kong the next day. He had a pass, so it was easy for him to get there. It was his first time in Hong Kong, so he was not familiar with the place or people. The only person he had interacted with was Mr. Chen, who had asked him to do something in Yanjing last year.
Zhao Jun was an official who had connections in the mainland. Mr. Chen, who had been moving around the mainland for the past two years, naturally had to curry favor with him. He had also invited Zhao Jun to Hong Kong to play and left his address and phone number to Zhao Jun.
After Zhao Jun stayed in the hotel, he wanted to find Mr. Chen to understand the situation first, so he called the phone number that Mr. Chen left for him.
"Is this Mr. Chen? I am Zhao Jun from Beijing. I'm in Hong Kong now and I was wondering if you had time to meet me. I'm in Room 1023 of the Peninsula Hotel. Okay, I'll wait for you.”Zhao Jun hung up the phone and waited in his room.
On the other end of the phone, Mr. Chen had been having a hard time ever since he lost the antiques for no reason last year. He was originally a member of Hong Kong's " K " gang, and he had always lived a carefree life because he was the confidant of the gang's boss.
" K " was the biggest gang in Hong Kong, with nearly 100,000 members. The leader of the gang was called Ge Zhaoqian, and he had 36 leaders under him. Mr. Chen was called Chen Gang, and he was in charge of the smuggling of antiques and cultural relics in the mainland. After the incident last year, Chen Gang was almost punished by the family law, but Ge Zhaoqian saved him.
Ge Zhaoqian's father, Ge Hongshan, was a general in the skinhead army more than 30 years ago. Chen Gang's father was his adjutant. After the defeat in the mainland, he fled to Hong Kong. With Ge Hongshan as the leader, he established the gang "K", which had grown to more than 100,000 people. Looking at his father's affection and Chen Gang's loyalty to him, Ge Zhaoqian wanted to protect Chen Gang.
They had sent people to investigate the reason for the disappearance of the antiques. The guards were beaten half to death and could not get anything useful out of them. The final conclusion was that they had been drugged. He had also investigated people like Zhao Jun who had contact with Chen Gang, but they were all eliminated.
Recently, Chen Gang had made contact with a tomb raider gang in the mainland. He was preparing to do something big again to atone for his sins. The tomb raiding gang was secretly digging up an ancient tomb from the Zhou Dynasty in Lu Province. It was said that the ancient tomb was very large and had many traps. Not long after the excavation began, two people died. He traded two bronze items from the other party. One was a half-meter-tall bronze statue, a bronze statue of a soldier wearing armor, and the body was engraved with runes. The other was a bronze sword that was already covered in rust. Ge Zhaoqian was studying these two items.
Now that Zhao Jun was here, he naturally had to go and receive him.
Zhao Jun was reading the newspaper in the living room of the hotel room when he heard the knock on the door. He got up and opened the door. He saw the tall Chen Gang standing at the door with a smile."Master Jun, long time no see. Why didn't you call me before you came? So I can pick you up."
Zhao Jun smiled and invited Chen Gang into the room.""Mr. Chen, I decided to come to Hong Kong at the last minute, so I didn't inform you.”
The two of them sat down on the sofa in the living room. Zhao Jun poured Chen Gang a cup of tea and the two of them began to chat. After spending a few minutes chatting about some meaningless pleasantries, Zhao Jun got to the main topic.
"Mr. Chen, I have a friend who has a batch of gold ingots shipped to Hong Kong. Do you know anyone who can eat them?"”
Chen Gang took a sip of tea and asked,"Is the gold ingot an antique?" How many?"
Zhao Jun stood up, took out a gold ingot from his bag, and handed it to Chen Gang, saying,""There are quite a number of them, weighing more than a ton.”
Chen Gang took a deep breath. That was a lot. He took the gold ingot and looked at it. When he saw the word "Guangxu" engraved on the gold ingot, he suddenly thought of something. These gold ingots were considered antiques, and there were so many of them. It was not possible for ordinary people to transport them to Hong Kong. Could these people have something to do with the antiques he lost last time? He didn't need to find evidence, as long as they were the suspects. He had to think of a way to swallow this batch of gold ingots.
Chen Gang looked at it for a while, then looked up and said to Zhao Jun,"Master Jun, it's not a big problem to find a buyer. I need to show them this gold ingot as a sample.”
Zhao Jun nodded. Chen Gang sat there for a while longer before leaving with his things.
On Lingnan Road in the western district of Hong Kong, there was a large courtyard with an area of about 1,000 square meters. It was surrounded by a two-meter-high wall made of hemp stones and a five-meter-wide iron gate. There was a four-story building in the courtyard that occupied an area of more than 300 square meters. This was the headquarters of the K-shaped gang.
Boss Ge Zhaoqian would usually come here during the day to deal with matters.
There were more than 20 people guarding the courtyard. Ge Zhaoqian was in the hall on the second floor. He was studying the bronze statue on the table with two middle-aged Taoist priests in Taoist robes. One Taoist priest was holding an ancient book and studying the runes engraved on the bronze statue. He said to the other Taoist priest beside him,"Senior Brother, this might be the legendary bronze puppet. I just don't know where the mechanism to activate it is.”
The Taoist priest, who was holding a magnifying glass and carefully examining the bronze statue, nodded and said to Ge Zhaoqian beside him,"Almsgiver Ge is really lucky. This is a bronze puppet magic treasure from before the Qin Dynasty. I can help you activate it, but I reckon that there's not much energy left in his body and he won't be able to use it many times.”
Ge Zhaoqian was very curious when he heard this. He was a very superstitious person and was most interested in things like magic treasures. "Zhang Tianshi, what's the use of this bronze puppet? After activation, would it be controlled by others?”
The person called Zhang Tianshi said," Before you activate him, you can use a bit of your blood through the secret arts of my Longhu Mountain. After you activate him, you can make him listen to you. As for what effect it has? During the Pre-Qin period, the bronze puppet was mostly used as a guardian for the Dao Sect. As for how powerful it was, no one knew. In addition, the activation fee was not small.”
Ge Zhaoqian listened and said with a face full of joy,"Master Zhang, just help me activate him. How much will this cost?"”
"One million Hong Kong dollars." Master Zhang said.
When Ge Zhaoqian heard this, he thought to himself, I only spent 20,000 Hong Kong dollars on this thing, and now I have to charge a million! However, in the end, curiosity prevailed. One million was nothing to him. Ge Zhaoqian agreed to the price quoted by Zhang Tianshi.
Master Zhang first set up a spirit-gathering Eight Trigrams Formation in the hall on the second floor. The bronze puppet was placed in the center of the Eight Trigrams Formation. Eight bronze oil lamps were lit in eight directions around the Eight Trigrams Formation. Then, he took a few drops of blood from Ge Zhaoqian and dripped them on the forehead of the bronze puppet. Master Zhang sat cross-legged on a futon outside the Spirit Gathering Eight Trigrams Formation. He placed his left palm in front of his chest and held a horsetail whisk in his right hand. He pointed at the bronze puppet from time to time and chanted an incantation.
After casting the spell for nearly half an hour, a cracking sound came from the bronze puppet's body. It seemed to have triggered a mechanism, and its body gradually grew taller. It only stopped when it reached 1.7 meters tall.
The bronze puppet moved its hands mechanically and scanned its surroundings with its bronze eyes. Then, it moved its feet and walked toward Ge Zhaoqian. When it reached Ge Zhaoqian's side, the bronze puppet cupped its hands and bowed slightly to Ge Zhaoqian.
Master Zhang was shocked and said,""Congratulations on obtaining the treasure, Almsgiver Ge. This is a legendary Aurous Core stage puppet.”
Ge Zhaoqian, who was staring at the bronze puppet with his mouth agape, turned to look at Zhang Tianshi and said,""This is really a super treasure! Master Zhang, do you have any explanation for this Golden Core stage puppet?”
Zhang Tianshi said," According to the ancient records of our sect, a Golden Core stage puppet can carry ten thousand pounds. Its body is light and strong, and it is invincible. Almsgiver Ge, you can try to give him instructions and you will know how powerful he is.”
Ge Zhaoqian looked at the statue of Second Master Guan on the front wall of the hall. In front of the statue was a thick mahogany table, estimated to be three to four hundred pounds. He pointed at the mahogany table and said to the bronze puppet,"Move that table."
The bronze puppet turned around and strode toward the mahogany table. Its bronze hands grabbed one side of the mahogany table and gently lifted it up as if it was lifting something heavy.
Ge Zhaoqian was overjoyed when he saw it. He couldn't bear to part with the bronze puppet. At noon, he set up a banquet for Master Zhang and his brother. He had a good meal and asked them how to use the bronze puppet. In addition to the promised 1 million Hong Kong dollars, he also gave them two big red packets. After the meal, he sent the two of them away.
After leaving the main hall, Master Zhang's junior brother asked him,""Senior apprentice-brother, why didn't you trick the bronze puppet from his hands?”
Master Zhang said," That bronze puppet can't be used many times. We can't find spirit stones to use as energy now. What's the use of it?" "It's better to ask for money. The mountain gate has been in disrepair for a long time. With this money, we can do a lot of things. In addition, we've already recorded the runes on the bronze puppets. When the time comes, we can naturally think of ways to research and make them. In short, money is still useful in this era.”
Shidi nodded in agreement.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ge Zhaoqian was admiring the bronze puppet in his office on the third floor. An hour ago, he had already found more than 30 thugs to surround and attack the bronze puppet. Now, more than 30 people had been sent to the hospital. At this moment, a lackey came in and reported to him,""Boss, Chen Gang is outside.”
Ge Zhaoqian nodded,"Call him in!"”
Soon, Chen Gang came in with a glistening gold ingot in his hand. He handed the gold ingot to Ge Zhaoqian, then sat down and said,"Big Brother Qian, big business is here."
Chen Gang explained the ins and outs of the gold ingots and also analyzed the possibility of the antique theft being related to the other party. He suggested that they swallow this batch of goods.
Ge Zhaoqian had just obtained a treasure and was full of ambition. In addition, he had many underlings under him. He would not think too much about such a small matter of black-and-white. He would just do it directly.
On the other side, Dai Xuan had already arrived in Hong Kong. He didn't apply for a pass because it was too troublesome. He flew over directly.
He rented a small warehouse in Shatian, Hong Kong, and took out dozens of boxes of gold ingots from his space. Not afraid of others stealing, she locked the door and went to the street to find a place to eat.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Dai Xuan was sitting at a square table at the entrance of a food stall on the roadside of Shangshui Road in Shatian. There was a plate of braised pork, a plate of white chicken, and a bottle of beer on the table. Dai Xuan wanted to eat first and meet Zhao Jun in the afternoon.
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