Liulichang is located in the west of the north and south Liuxiang in Xuanwu District and in the east of Yanshou Temple Street in Xuanwu District. It is 800 meters long. With it as the center, there are countless large and small shops and vendors scattered everywhere in the neighborhood. To count these all into one place, it is Liulichang in a broad sense. The Ksitigarbha wind gathers energy and is full of ancient meanings, which can be called a Feng Shui treasure land in the Chinese antique world. Over the past few hundred years, countless heroes in the industry have achieved their dreams of wealth in this dynasty, and I don’t know how many famous craftsmen have ruined their reputations for life.

Li Huqiu sent Sibao away, leaving Liangzi to have dinner and chat with him. Although Sibao was reluctant, how could anyone dare not bow his head under the low eaves? Li Huqiu had a big fist and was so serious that he was really serious about them. He would have to be very unlucky. He watched Sibao leave on the tricycle, and Liangzi showed relief on his face. Li Huqiu said, "When you attacked me just now, I noticed that you had no intention of hurting others. It seems that you are not very proud in your group."

Liang Zi sighed and said, "You are wise, I have put all my worries on my face. I am not afraid of you making jokes when I say it. I have to eat this bowl of rice, just like you said, but there is a way to go, who doesn't want to eat a bowl of innocent rice?"

Li Huqiu waved his hand and said, "Let's go, lead the way, find a place, let's eat and chat."

In the tavern, Li Huqiu ordered a plate of pig ears, a plate of donkey meat, and ordered two small stir-fry and a bottle of Erguotou. The two drank each other, and Li Huqiu asked, "I often talk about you. I want to ask you about my personal name. This person's surname is Jin and nicknamed Jin Sanye. Do you know?"

Liang Zi was stunned when he heard this, and nodded quickly, saying, "The owner of Duobao Building in Liulichang, a master of antiques, a national treasure expert, who specializes in overseas travel. There are not many people in the Sijiucheng Tour who have never heard of his famous name." It was Li Huqiu's turn to be stunned. He didn't expect that Jinchuan had such a big reputation in this job. He originally planned to take some effort to find it. Now it's within his reach. Liang Zi asked, "What? Do you know Mr. Jin San? Or are you planning to sell the jade on you to Mr. Jin San?"

Li Huqiu smiled without answering, and asked back, "Do you know how to get to Duobao Tower?" Liangzi said, "I know, let's go here?" Li Huqiu said, "It's not busy, you can do it if you know the place. First, eat and drink enough. I'm curious about how you got into the middle of that group of people. Sibao said what your father ended up, what does this mean, and talk about your family with me."

Liang Zi is a chatterbox and has been holding back all year round. Some people hook him up and start talking. He has little experience in the world and is a little business-inspired, so he talks endlessly.

Liang Zi's story is quite Chinese, sad, but it is touching. It turns out that Liang Zi's father was Liang Sihan. Before liberation, he served as a specialist at the Yanjing Cultural Bureau Museum. After liberation, he still engaged in related work. Because of his strong resistance to destroying the four olds, he was dealt with very badly during that special period, but the old man was a pure literati, and political persecution could not make him bow his head. During that period, he took huge risks to preserve many important cultural relics. After Liang Sihan was rehabilitated more than ten years ago, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage was established, and Liang Sihan became the first batch of cultural relics identification experts in the new era. He donated his personal collection of cultural relics to the National Museum for free. Since then, he has been committed to recycling and protecting cultural relics.

There are many rules in the antique industry, and experts in the collection industry often become dirty because of these rules. For example, if a collector finds an expert and asks someone to identify the authenticity of the collection in his hand. The expert takes a look and regards the real as fake, or the expert deliberately calls the real as fake out of some selfish intentions. In short, the result is not satisfactory. The collector is unwilling to give up, so he finds another expert, and this expert proves that the thing is real and has a high value. In this case, a conflict arises between the two experts. Therefore, many experts are unwilling to accept things identified by others. Liang Sihan is different. This old man is stubborn and upright. Whenever he encounters a collector who comes to ask for advice, he always speaks out and ignores the industry's hidden rules. Therefore, he offended many people.

Liang Sihan once said: There are only right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, no experts, scholars, and authority! What kind of stinking airs are used to pretend to be a dead emperor! In the face of the vast history, in the face of the breathtaking art, in the face of the magical craftsmanship, in the face of objective truth and falsehood, whether you are a knowledgeable expert, a scholar with great virtue, a respected authority, or an illiterate man, you are all elementary school students and a living grandson! Today's so-called antique appraisal experts are just historical butchers who only believe in eyes, themselves, and theories without grasping the essential characteristics of antiques, and you can, and you can copy and make mistakes, just historical butchers and artistic rudes. These words undoubtedly have caused public anger.

About a year ago, a southern guest came to the museum and brought a gold-collection Buddha in the Tang Dynasty. He asked Liang Sihan, who was best at copper and goldware, to appraise and estimate the price, and said that the price was reasonable and he would consider selling it to the state for priority. Liang Sihan happily accepted the task. However, unexpectedly, this incident ruined his reputation for life and left him with no face to eat in the antique shop.

The artifact brought by the southerner at that time, whether in shape, patina, material, or craftsmanship, was completely in line with the cultural characteristics of the Tibetan people in the Tang Dynasty. Liang Sihan was overjoyed when he saw this object, because it was actually one of the betrothal gifts of Princess Wencheng. Whether it was the exquisiteness of the shape or its historical value, it was worthy of national treasure-level cultural relics. After careful identification, Liang Sihan concluded that the object was real, and signed a purchase agreement with the person on behalf of the museum and bought the object for 8 million yuan.

The day after the east and west entered the museum, Liang Sihan suddenly received a notice saying that several experts discovered that there was something wrong with the Buddha statue he accepted yesterday. After hearing this, he did not dare to neglect and rushed to the unit. Only then did he learn that it was Kuang Maoqi from the Miscellaneous Group who carefully identified the artifact before entering the warehouse. He found something wrong. Soon he joined forces with several other experts to re-evaluate it. Finally, everyone unanimously concluded that the object was a high-quality counterfeit.

When Li Huqiu heard this, he felt a little moved and thought to himself that this matter was strange and strange. According to Liang Zi, Liang Sihan could repeatedly reject the things judged by other experts. It is conceivable that his status and business level in the industry are considered. Such people know that they have made too many enemies, so they will definitely be more careful when doing things. Although there is no expert in the antique industry who will never be able to beat the eye for the rest of their lives, the chance of hitting the eye will never be high. If you are clear about your mind and face major cultural relics, the possibility will be even lower. This matter sounds like a conspiracy against him. He couldn't help asking: "Is your father in poor health at that time? Or is there something wrong with his eyes?"

Liang Zi shook his head and said, "As soon as you ask, you know that you are a wise man. This is the conspiracy they made against my father. The southerner was the nursery they found. I guess he was a top master who used magic or three-handed food. He used a trick at that time and got the real thing back. My father was not fooled for a while. Kuang Maoqi's group of men tampered with the previous procedures before entering the warehouse. It was not activated until the warehouse was entered, so my father had no chance to remedy it! Soon after, news came out that my father and the southerner had colluded with the country to cheat 8 million yuan and intended to collect fake cultural relics at a high price." Li Huqiu said, "It would be useless for them to say this without any evidence. Unless the real thing is found and then accused your father of cooperating with the southerner, it would be more convincing."

Liang Zi showed a surprised expression, and then said hatefully: "You guessed nothing! Later, the real Buddha was found by Kuang Maoqi. He took out the recording materials of southerners at the expert meeting. Alas! Since then, my father's reputation in this industry has been completely destroyed. He was depressed for a while and fell ill soon. I learned to eat this bowl of rice from him since I was a child. How could those experts tolerate me when he fell down? So, I was kicked out of this industry. There was no way, so I got together with the old man and the old man. They needed my eyesight, and I needed to make money to treat my father. The old man's lifelong savings were used to compensate the museum. All our collections were emptied, so that the big hole was filled."

Li Huqiu looked at Liangzi sympathetically, and suddenly wanted to help him. He secretly weighed the relationship with Jinchuan, and felt that he was quite sure. He immediately said, "So that's it. I'm going to tell you that I have a close relationship with Master Jin San. Let's find him back and I will build a bridge for you to make you still have a meal in the industry. As for whether you succeed depends on your level." Liangzi heard this, he suddenly left the table and came to Li Huqiu, and bent his knees and was about to kneel down.

Li Huqiu was shocked and hurriedly stopped him.

Liang Zi said: "Although you are not old, I can see through our contact this morning that you are not an ordinary person, and I have heard of the origin of Master Jin San, so I believe you can speak in front of Master Jin San. If you can really let me return to this industry, I, Liang Guobao, will miss you for the rest of my life." Li Huqiu said: "It's a simple task, and a word of your kindness will not be your kindness."

After dinner, Li Huqiu followed Liang Guobao into the main street of Liulichang. He looked around, but saw shops on both sides of the road, paintings with fragrant porcelain and jade. Most of the signs at the entrance of the store had the word "Treasure". In the sunny weather, many shop owners even placed some objects and counters outside. Liang Guobao was familiar with the road and led Li Huqiu to Duobao Tower. When Li Huqiu saw the name of the store, he couldn't help but think in his heart that this was the name given by the tomb robbers, which was tacky but full of confidence. Unlike the shops opened by the mixed cultural relics, the pseudo-literati and other stores, they all loved to be literary, such as Rongbaozhai, Jigu Pavilion, Yinbaoju.

The two walked into the store and suddenly heard someone shouting: Brothers Huqiu! Li Huqiu looked up in the voice and saw a young man with gold-rimmed glasses standing behind the counter, looking at Li Huqiu with worry. Li Huqiu couldn't help but feel excited when he saw this person and said, "Ha, it turns out it's you!"
Chapter completed!