Chapter 176

esthouse is a woman in her fifties. Because she often receives tourists from mainland China, she speaks Mandarin quite well.The innkeeper saw us unloading and thought we had bought some furniture. She...Although C Douzi knows nothing about antiques, he was still very excited. When we reached the end of the corridor, something in the room caught my eye.

The boss of the delivery business was a bald man in his fifties with a northwestern Chinese accent.

This person gives me the first impression of being a tomb robber, a colleague in the trade.

This person has a certain "earthy" quality about them. I don't mean it in the literal sense of smelling like dirt. It's more like if you had two chefs standing next to each other, one would immediately say, "You work in the frying section, don't you I can smell your pork lard and scallion oil from over here."

Entering the room, the man said in a cold tone, "No cage leak (no pick up)."

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I smiled but said nothing, continuing to look at the thing.

A quilt lay on the bed, and upon it rested a rectangular piece of blue stone, approximately 30cm in length and width. The entire stone carving was done in low-relief, depicting what seemed to be a three-headed, three-faced male bodhisattva. At the bottom corner of the carving, where it was incomplete, one could faintly discern some intricate carvings of ancient characters.

"Can I try this, big brother" I pointed to the thing.

The man spoke softly, "Be gentle with it, this is aged stuff."

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I nodded in agreement.

I have never seen Guanyin statue carved like this before. It has three heads and three faces. The front face is demure with downcast eyes, showing a compassionate expression. The left face has angry, wide-open eyes, resembling a Vajrapani protector. The right face has a serene expression, as if detached from worldly affairs. Such a strange and unique formation, it's still the male Guanyin's opening face. This must be a treasure.

Because I've never seen it before, based on the texture and weathering of the bluestone, I tentatively date it to the Song or Yuan Dynasty.

This thing definitely isn't an heirloom, it's most likely from a large tomb somewhere.

"How much is it, big brother" I asked him.

28.

The man stated the price nonchalantly.

"Grass, 28! I think this is good stuff. I'll give you 30! No need to look any further!" He said, about to rummage through his wallet.

I quickly stopped the young man and said with a smile, "Newcomer, don't be alarmed. Big brother, I see this thing has a dry mouth. May I ask if it came from the Ningxia Inner Mongolia region"

The man's face changed, and he suddenly got up and closed the door.

He walked in and handed over a cigarette, whispering: "Good eyesight, brother. I see you're young, what line are you in"

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Before I could even respond, Douzi immediately jumped in and said, "Have you heard of the Northern School King"

The man was taken aback for a moment, looking at me and asking, "New recruit"

"He's new here, big brother don't make fun of him," I pointed outside the door and said, "We met by chance from all over the country, it's fate. Why don't we go downstairs and get to know each other We can see if there are any money-making opportunities we can collaborate on."

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"What a line!"

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He was putting on his clothes as he said, "I've run into some difficulties with a project recently. If you're interested, we could chat about it."

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Let me know if you have any other text you'd like translated!

Before leaving, I had him take that stone carving to have a look. I couldn't quite figure it out, and with his keen eyesight, he might be able to see something I missed.

Going downstairs, I saw the man's head. After both parties introduced themselves, the man took out the stone carving.

He carefully examined the head and rubbed the Three-faced Guanyin continuously with his hands. After a long while, he suddenly spoke:

This is the object from the Western Xia Buddhist Kingdom.

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