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"Ancient temple that has been around for more than a hundred years..." Qi Xiang's eyes showed interest: "Then there must be not only Mexican silver in the temples, but there must be something else."

"yes."

At Qi Xiang's reminder, the middle-aged man immediately reported it and shouted loudly: "Don't watch the fun, go and continue digging to see if there is anything else."

After gaining something, it was a good start. The young and strong guys were also very excited. They immediately picked up the hoe and shovel and took action.

"Wait..." Qi Xiang suddenly reached out to stop him.

"What's wrong?" The middle-aged man was a little surprised and puzzled: "Brother, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing," Qi Xiang smiled and said, "I just want to say that there are certain tricks to dig out these things. There is no need to search aimlessly, which is inefficient."

"What?" the middle-aged man was stunned and immediately reacted, and immediately smiled and said, "Do you know some tricks?"

"I know a little more." Qi Xiang admitted: "After all, after spending a house for a long time, I have accumulated some experience. The ancients had only a few places to hide things. Especially the temples and ancestral halls, where the east is, it was very particular. There were many taboos and they could not be placed casually, so as not to collide with the gods."

"Yes, yes, you must be particular, and you must be particular." The middle-aged man agreed deeply, and then smiled and said, "Brother, can you give us some advice?"

"No problem!" Qi Xiang agreed readily, then walked to the broken temple where Xiaoban collapsed, pointed to the beam and said, "Don't worry about the bricks and tiles, it's urgent. Just drag the beam out. There should be something in the corners of the horns."

The middle-aged man seemed surprised and suspicious, but he was not slow in his mouth. He shouted, "Come on, take the lead."

He took action himself, uncovered some tiles, and worked hard with a few young and strong men, carefully moved the thick beams and wood out and placed them in a flat open space.

There were also wooden boards nailed to the connecting beams and wood. As soon as the main beam moved, the wooden boards tilted. Then everyone heard a few ding-dong sounds, as if something had fallen and hit the bricks and tiles.

Someone came over to see it and was overjoyed: "Copper coins are copper coins with holes."

"Pick it up..." When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately grinned and laughed. His knowledge was not bad, so he naturally knew that the value of some copper coins was definitely far above the ocean.

While a group of villagers were busy picking up copper coins, Qi Xiang focused on this beam.

After he looked closely, he found that the surface of the main beam wood was black and charred, which should be the result of being smoked by incense all year round. It was also due to this. So there was no trace of insect-eating or rotting of the beam wood.

"I don't know what kind of tree species this is..." Qi Xiang looked at it sideways, but the dust covered with beams and wood was too thick, so there was no wood grain at all, so it was difficult to judge.

"The village chief. It seems that the money is wrong."

Suddenly, a villager shouted, "It's strange, it's abnormal."

"What?"

When the middle-aged man heard the sound, he was naturally stunned. He hurried over and waited: "What's wrong with it?"

"Village Chief, you can see it yourself."

A villager handed over a copper coin and signaled: "There are also here, the text is wrong, and the patterns are even more strange."

As the people of Shendu, the villagers have not bad knowledge. At least they have some basic understanding of some copper coins from various dynasties. As soon as he compared them, he found clues.

Generally speaking, normal copper coins, or common copper coins in the public, have obvious characteristics, namely X-Tongbao, X-Tongbao, or X-Tongbao.

Anyway, copper coins are named according to the reigns of emperors of all dynasties. Copper coins such as Kangxi Tongbao and Qianlong Tongbao are probably already familiar.

But now, the middle-aged man looked down and found that the copper coin in his hand was not a Tongbao, but a light back without words, a star and moon pattern on the other side, and a four-character positive seal.

"There is a lot of money?"

The middle-aged man distinguished the words and said thoughtfully: "Is this money?"

The so-called spending money is similar to modern commemorative coins. It is just a style of minting it into money and does not actually have the function of circulation. Spending money is an important branch of ancient coins. It can be divided into several categories according to its purpose, namely palace coins, auspicious languages, religions, games, and special purpose categories.

The money spent on the hands of middle-aged people should be auspicious and expensive.

"This is a good thing."

As the village chief, the middle-aged man had a lot of knowledge and immediately smiled and said happily: "This kind of spending money is more valuable than coins like Tongbao."

"Really?" Several villagers were somewhat suspicious.

"...Forget it, I won't tell you."

Seeing someone questioning him, the middle-aged man was a little unhappy and turned around to greet Qi Xiang: "Is that right?"

Qi Xiang walked over and said curiously: "What's right?"

"Look, is this spending money?" The middle-aged man handed over the thing.

Qi Xiang glanced at it and nodded, "It's considered spending money, but to be precise, this should be called temple money, or offering money, and incense money, which can also be classified as spending money."

"Minute money? Incense money?" The middle-aged man was stunned: "There is still such a saying?"

"Yes." Qi Xiang immediately smiled and said, "This kind of coins is actually auspicious. The ancient emperors believed in Buddhism and Taoism. In order to express their intention of offering, they specially asked people to cast a batch of gold coins to worship them in Buddhist temples and Taoist temples."

"The so-called upward action and downward effect, if the emperor starts this, the people will naturally follow the trend. Gold coins will definitely not be minted, but copper coins can still be competent."

Qi Xiang explained: "Over time, this has formed a trend. Whenever a new temple is first established, the people will spontaneously cast it into the temple to pray for the protection of the gods."

"But as time goes by, most of these incense money is left. Some of the money left are more like Feng Shui and things that are sandwiched on the corners and beams of the walls and the roofs are more like Feng Shui."

Qi Xiang smiled and said, "If you carefully examine it, you will definitely find that in addition to this kind of coins that have abundant wealth, there will be copper coins such as protecting the saints, showing off their spirits, and praying for blessings."

At Qi Xiang's prompt, several villagers hurriedly searched for copper coins.

"The village chief, really."

In an instant, a villager grinned and said, "Look, there are two words "sages" here."

“…Get good harvests!”

“Good weather…”

"Live and work in peace!"

Others also made discoveries at the same time, confirming that Qi Xiang was right, that this was indeed temple money.

“Okay…”

The middle-aged man smiled and waved his hand and said, "Put it all away. You can't sell it. Go back and wait until the new temple is repaired and put it back intact."

"Alas!"

When Qi Xiang heard this, she was a little surprised and surprised. She did not expect that this middle-aged man was smarter than he thought. You should know that these temple money, after a hundred years of incense offerings, also condensed some incense wishes.

In other words, these coins are also Feng Shui magic tools and have the effect of shocking ghosts and gods.

If the middle-aged man was willing to take action, Qi Xiang wouldn't mind taking it all. However, the middle-aged man had a good understanding. Realizing that these incense money were good things, he immediately set the tone.

Some young villagers certainly don’t understand much, but a bunch of elderly people in the village agree with the decisions of middle-aged people.

"Hey, there are still many smart people in the world, and there are so few bears and sheep."

Qi Xiang shook her head slightly, then watched the middle-aged man show the majesty of the village chief. He suppressed a group of young villagers in just a few seconds and asked them to continue cleaning the dilapidated temple.

"Brother, where do you need to check next?" The middle-aged man asked with a shy face. Qi Xiang gained something when he took action. This is a master with real skills, so he must ask for advice in time.

"Next..." Qi Xiang's eyes turned and fell on the broken temple: "Drop the walls, don't use brute force, break the bricks from top to bottom, and see if there are any mezzanines, empty bricks, cellars, etc."

"Walls, empty bricks, cellars!"

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up again and he shouted without hesitation: "Everyone should do it, clean the tiles, and then tear down the walls."

In ancient China, because there were no banks, even if there were money houses similar to those of the bank in the later period, the credibility of the money house was questionable. Therefore, when the ancients became rich, they generally liked to buy land or hide gold, silver and treasures at home.

As for how to hide money, it is also very particular.

However, no matter how wide the house is, there are only a few ways to hide money. Walls, empty bricks, and cellars are the necessary storage rooms for ancient landlords and gentry.

Of course, Qi Xiang was not sure that there must be similar hidden spaces in this ancient temple. But there is no harm in exploring it, isn’t it?

A group of villagers were busy and busy. Qi Xiang stood by and watched, looking forward to it. The broken tiles and wood chips were quickly cleaned up by the villagers, and then there was a wall mixed with bricks and mud.

More than a dozen young and strong villagers worked together to demolish them faster than building them. In a blink of an eye, a wall had been demolished, but nothing was discovered.

However, everyone did not give up and continued to demolish it. After all, although the structure of a temple is not complicated, there are more than a dozen paintings in three or four rooms and a patio.

I just took down a wall, so there is no need to worry...

Hard work pays off. When the temple wall was half demolished, a villager suddenly shouted in surprise: "The village chief, I have discovered it, and I have discovered it again."

"What did you find?"

In an instant, everyone left behind their hands and quickly surrounded them.

"This brick is empty, there is an empty brick!"

The villager was very excited and immediately picked up the small hammer in his hand and gently hit a brick and stone on the wall. In an instant, the tick-tonk echo reached everyone's ears.

"It's indeed empty..." The middle-aged man said happily: "Disassemble and see what's inside."

"Bang!"
Chapter completed!