"Don't worry, I'll just call you Officer Miao. I won't have to change my name if I provoke you again later."
Zhuang Rui's words made Miao Feifei laugh, but she was still a little doubtful of what Zhuang Rui just said. The middle-aged man had a sinister look and a smell of earth. From Miao Feifei's point of view, it was nine out of ten that he was
The gophers who often burrow into burrows would be a great achievement if they really caught a group of tomb robbers.
"Officer Miao, we have been shopping for more than two hours now. Let's go to that teahouse and sit down. I will tell you later and you will understand." Zhuang Rui looked around and the two of them stood in the corner.
It was actually quite eye-catching, and anyone passing by would take a quick glance at it, so she dragged Miao Feifei into a nearby teahouse.
This teahouse, like the buildings on the street, is an antique building. The waiters inside are all wearing nondescript ancient clothes. When someone comes in, a waiter at the door immediately shouts in a long voice: "We have a guest...
"Immediately, a girl in her early twenties wearing a cheongsam came over, but she wore matching sneakers, which was quite a sight. Zhuang Rui smiled secretly.
The two of them went up to the second floor and found a seat by the window. After sitting down, Zhuang Rui ordered a pot of Pu'er tea and a few snacks. Although this Pu'er tea may feel a bit strange when you drink it for the first time, you are used to it.
After that, you can get the taste from the product, and it also has the benefit of lowering blood lipids.
It's just that the Pu'er tea served in this teahouse is a little more bitter in the mouth, but lacks a little rich fragrance. Compared with the tea cakes Uncle De got yesterday, it is far different.
"Zhuang Rui, you haven't explained to me what happened just now. How do you know that those two people are not tomb robbers?"
Whether the tea is good or bad is not important to Miao Feifei. Northerners are used to drinking tea from a big tea cup. Those with heavy tastes will put a small half cup of tea leaves and brew it for a day. Few southerners drink tea carefully.
Miao Feifei was no exception. She was eating snacks and drinking Pu'er tea, but her eyes were fixed on Zhuang Rui.
Seeing Miao Feifei's persistence, Zhuang Rui sighed and said: "Officer Miao, let me tell you a story. It happened in this antique market. But I'm not sure whether the two people just now are included in the story.
Already."
"Okay, okay, speak quickly."
Miao Feifei didn't look like a policeman at this time. She was holding a steamed dumpling in one hand and stuffing it into her mouth, holding a tea cup in the other hand. She looked at Zhuang Rui with bright eyes, she looked more like a child who was ready to listen to an adult tell a story.
"This matter involves one of my elders, whose name I won't mention for now. My elder is considered a successful person in the shopping mall, and his business is very big. In the past few years, for some reason, he started to like collecting.
You also know that if you have strong financial resources to start playing in this industry, your starting point will be much higher than that of ordinary people.
However, I am a very ambitious elder and have read a lot of books and pictures about antique appraisal. When I entered the industry, I made it a point to rely on my ability to find treasures, so antique markets such as Zhonghai City God Temple, Zangbao Building, and Huabao Building, etc.
He went there often and bought a house full of stuff, but there were only a handful of real items. Last year, he wandered into the City God's Temple.
Just like us, when my elder was shopping at a street stall, two people also struck up a conversation with him. They told him that they had newly unearthed antiques in their hands. To say that the elder had been hanging around in the mall for many years, he could be regarded as someone who knew people.
Wu Shi, judging from the words and deeds of these two people, it seems that they are trying to get something out of the way, and they may not really have something good in their hands. In addition, his ears are a bit soft, so he couldn't stand the two people's advice, so he went along. You guessed it?
,what's the result?"
Zhuang Rui stopped talking and refilled his cup of tea.
"How's it going? Could it be that the tomb robbing gang switched to kidnapping and kidnapped your elder?" Miao Feifei thought about it seriously, and then said seriously, Zhuang Rui heard
With all the black lines in her head, this senior sister's power of association is a bit too rich.
"Where are you? My elder followed the two of them and wandered into a small hotel. It's not far from here, but the environment inside is a bit bad. The smell inside, I didn't almost feel like that at that time.
Wei Xun fainted, and when he entered a room, two people were already waiting inside.
The two people waiting in the room were very thin, and more importantly, they had an earthy smell all over their bodies, just like those who dug coal mines. It was obvious at a glance that they felt like an elder in me.
I was convinced, and when I took out the object, my eyes shone brightly. It was a Xuande stove. It should have been unearthed not long ago, and it was covered with mud."
"What is a Xuande stove? Is it used for burning incense?" Miao Feifei interrupted Zhuang Rui's words.
"You are the only one who often goes to Liulichang? If you hadn't been wearing a police uniform, you would have been deceived and gone bankrupt."
Zhuang Rui cursed in his heart and explained: "You are right, the Xuande furnace was indeed used for burning incense in ancient times, but its origin is a bit big.
It is said that when Emperor Xuande was in power in the dynasty, in order to satisfy his personal hobby of playing with incense burners, he ordered the import of a batch of red copper from Siam (now Thailand). He ordered the palace craftsman Lu Zhen and the minister of industry Wu Bangzuo to refer to the collection in the imperial palace.
Design and supervise the production of incense burners based on famous porcelain styles from Chai Kiln, Ru Kiln, Guan Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln and Ding Kiln, as well as historical books such as "Xuanhe Bogu Illustration" and "Archaeological Map".
In order to ensure the quality of the incense burner, the most skilled craftsmen at that time selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver, and carefully cast them with red copper more than ten times. The finished copper incense burner has a crystal clear and warm color.
, was a treasure among the handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty. The successful casting of the Xuande furnace set a precedent for later generations of copper furnaces. During a long period of history, the Xuande furnace became the general name for copper incense burners.
It’s just that the imported red copper was limited at that time. In the three years of Xuande, this batch of red copper was used to cast a total of 5,000 incense burners. They were never produced again. These Xuande incense burners were hidden deep in the Forbidden Palace. Ordinary people like us
, only its name is known but its shape is not seen. After the change of dynasties and hundreds of years of ups and downs, the genuine copper incense burner cast in the third year of Xuande is extremely rare.
As the saying goes, the rarest thing is the most precious thing. The number of Xuande incense burners is so small that the price is naturally extremely high. In order to make huge profits, from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China, antique dealers have never stopped imitating Xuande incense burners. Not to mention modern times, in the
After Xuande furnaces stopped being manufactured, some officials in charge of "casting matters" at that time immediately summoned the original furnace craftsmen to make imitations according to the Xuande furnaces' drawings and process procedures. These carefully cast imitations were comparable to the real ones.
Expert authorities are also unable to identify it. So far, among the many Xuande incense burners collected in major domestic museums, none of them can be recognized by many connoisseurs as a genuine Xuande incense burner."
"Then you mean that the Xuande furnace that the elder saw was fake? You can't say for sure. Hundreds of years have passed since the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe those tomb robbers came from someone else.
It’s true that something was dug out of their tomb.” Miao Feifei interjected, she was convinced that the group of people were tomb robbers.
Zhuang Rui rolled his eyes angrily at Miao Feifei, and said angrily: "The Xuande furnace is made of exquisite materials and is extremely well made. In the early years of the Republic of China, the price for an exquisite Xuande furnace was often as high as hundreds of thousands. It was a priceless treasure. If it were released,
Nowadays, it is not uncommon for Xuande furnaces to be proven to be genuine and sold for tens of millions. Do you think that these things are just Chinese cabbage? They are all over the streets and you can come across them just by digging an ancient tomb?
From the Xuande period onwards, Xuande furnaces not only refer to the incense burners cast in the third year of Xuande, but also refer to all copper furnaces with Xuande inscriptions.
The actual copper furnace dating from the third year of Xuande's reign has become a mystery. Most of the Xuande furnaces we can see now are not from Xuande."
"Even if it was a lie, what happened next? Your elder was slaughtered?" Miao Feifei finally stopped worrying about the truth and asked.
Zhuang Rui nodded and said: "In that environment, the lights were not very bright. While my elder was watching, two more people came and said they also wanted to see any unearthed antiques. At that time,
I became anxious and asked some tomb robbers how much the Xuande stove would cost. The two little men asked for half a million.
Five hundred thousand was nothing to that person, but when he heard the price at that time, he felt a little sinister, but he took a fancy to this stove, and he was 90% certain that it was the Xuande stove.
, the counter-offer was 50,000 yuan, and if it was sold, it would be sold, and if it was not sold, it would be turned around and left immediately.
Who knew that the two people who came later offered a price of 80,000 yuan, and the tomb robbers ignored my elder, but discussed with the two people who later went to withdraw the money. At this time, my elder
I was so anxious that I couldn't let him run away because he was so fat. At that time, I offered a price of 100,000 yuan, and immediately went to the bank to withdraw the money, and returned home in exchange for such a precious Xuande stove.
After the elder returned home, he found someone to make a special cabinet, and installed a glass cover and four spotlights on it. After cleaning the Xuande furnace, he placed it inside. From now on, he would just pick it up when he saw someone.
It was a big leak, but later I asked an expert to take a look and found that the object had been buried for no more than two months and was unearthed for no more than two weeks. It was a modern imitation.
When the expert said this, he became exhausted at the time, and turned back angrily to look for those so-called tomb robbers, but after wandering around here for half a year, he didn't encounter them. There are so many antique markets across the country, who knows where those people went.
It's a scam. In fact, even if you find it, you can't do anything with them. If you don't have an invoice or a witness, you can only suffer this loss because you think you deserve it. I didn't let you go with me just now, because I don't want to cause this trouble and waste it.
effort."
"So that's it? This kind of behavior is indeed difficult to convict. One is willing to be beaten while the other is willing to suffer. It's a consensual thing. However, your elder is very unlucky. He was defrauded out of 100,000 yuan." Miao Feifei heard this.
After finishing, he said thoughtfully.
When Zhuang Rui was about to reply to Miao Feifei, the cell phone in his pocket rang. When he picked it up, Viagra's voice came out: "I said, maknae, you can rest today. Let's have dinner together at noon. Come to the driving school later."
Pick me up, damn, this coach and I can't get along. He gave me a Dongfeng 141 and let me practice in and out of the garage all morning. Brother, my shoulders are almost numb."
"I just got to work and I need to get familiar with the business. I don't have time these two days. You can handle it yourself. Make up for the deducted hours as soon as possible. You can also ask Officer Miao for a driver's license. Okay, let's just say it. I'll hang up now.
." Zhuang Rui looked at Miao Feifei while talking, his eyes full of smiles.
"My elder's son is even more unlucky. The one in front of me drove a female police officer, and he doesn't even have a driver's license."
After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Rui happily said to Miao Feifei that the elder he was talking about was naturally the father of Viagra. Things like this had happened to that man countless times, but Father Yang still upheld the
The idea of picking up big leaks has persisted in various antique markets, but now the number of attempts is less, and the chance of being fooled has also been reduced a lot.
At least Zhuang Rui went to Wei Wei's house a few days ago and found that there were not many objects added to Father Yang's treasure room. Zhuang Rui used his spiritual energy to look around the house and found that there were only a few objects with some thin white spiritual energy inside.
, it seems that it is not that long ago, and as for the others, they must be fake.
"You're talking about your classmate's father, right?"
Miao Feifei laughed when she heard this, but immediately straightened her face and said to Zhuang Rui: "Don't even think about interceding for him. His driving skills have passed the test. I will naturally return the money to him, otherwise you can't get anything from me."
Take the back door."
"That's it, that's it, Viagra was still competing with Dongfeng 141 in the driving school this morning. Officer Miao, don't worry, we will never intercede with him, but his grades in the driving school are qualified. Can you see if he can get his driver's license
Did you give it back to him?"
Zhuang Rui really didn't think about interceding with Viagra to get his driver's license back in advance. He just hoped that the person opposite him would not wear Viagra's shoes. If he got his driver's license back a few days later, his car would be safer.
God, Zhuang Rui is already very disappointed with his boss's driving skills. He has been driving for seven or eight years and he is still at the same level. He expects the driving school to show results in a few days without even thinking about it.
"It's okay if you don't have such thoughts. Giving him a driver's license in advance is not helping him, but hurting him. Let's go, let's go shopping again. Sisters will treat you to dinner tonight. Tomorrow we will go to Zhouzhuang. I heard that there is a Jiangnan water town.
The scenery is very nice, but I have never had the chance to go there." Miao Feifei stood up and said carelessly. At this time, in her heart, Zhuang Rui was already a good friend.
"Okay, Zhouzhuang is Zhouzhuang. Who asked me to offend you? As the ancients said: Only women and villains are difficult to raise."
Zhuang Rui also said happily. For some reason, he felt very relaxed when he was with this cheerful little policewoman. If it were someone else, Zhuang Rui really wouldn't be able to make such a joke.
"You're looking for death. Sisters are sixth-degree black belts. I'll treat you like a side dish." Miao Feifei glared at Zhuang Rui after hearing this, but her appearance was too confusing, so her eyes looked like flirting.
There are more scolding elements.
Zhuang Rui smiled, did not talk back, and asked the waiter to pay the bill. His behavior was very appreciated by Miao Feifei. You know, not long ago, the son of an elder of Miao Feifei, the so-called elite in the China Overseas IT industry, invited her
The meal cost more than 300 yuan. After finishing the meal, the elite actually took out 120 yuan, paid for the few dishes he ordered, and then handed the bill to Miao Feifei,
Miao Feifei said that the AA system was popular nowadays, but Miao Feifei didn't say anything at the time and took out the money to pay the bill.
After rejecting the elite's suggestion to invite her to watch a movie, Miao Feifei almost vomited out what she had just eaten after returning home, but the elite actually called and said that she admired Miao Feifei very much and wanted to
After further contact and establishing a romantic relationship, Miao Feifei was so frightened that she directly added that person's phone number to the blacklist.
…
"Xiao Huan, if that doesn't work, let's just sell this thing to that store. Now our family has no money. We only have 50,000 yuan, which is enough for our dad to do seven or eight courses of chemotherapy. Don't be so stubborn, kid.
."
Next to a shop in a bad location in the Chenghuang Temple, there is a street stall. Compared with other street stalls, the larger one is four or five meters, and the smaller one is two or three meters. This stall is much simpler, with just a pavement on the ground.
Zhang Zhonghai's daily newspaper, two porcelain dishes are placed on top of the newspaper.
There are quite a few people coming and going, but few of them stop at this street stall for three minutes. They all stop and say a few words before turning around and leaving. This is not because the few items do not attract tourists, but because
It's because the stall owner is really weird.
Whenever someone takes a fancy to these two pieces of porcelain and asks for the price, the young stall owner will ask for 300,000 yuan without bargaining for a penny. If you shout out this price for the items on the stall, you will not be able to retain customers at all.
Even if someone takes a fancy to it, they can't afford the price and can only shake their heads and leave.
At this time, next to the young stall owner, a young girl about 23 or 24 years old was squatting half-crouched. Watching her younger brother devouring the food he brought, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful in her heart.
"Sister, please stop talking. That person is just a profiteer. Dad told me not to sell this thing for less than 300,000 yuan. I earned several thousand yuan while working in the university last year. Plus your salary, it's enough for dad to do this.
After three courses of chemotherapy, I just want to find a place to wash the dishes instead of selling this thing to those profiteers. Tomorrow I will go to those auction houses to see if it can be auctioned off."
The big boy sitting in front of the stall was eating and talking vaguely. He took these two porcelains to several stores in the morning. The first store gave a price of 50,000 yuan, and
He said that no one in this antique market could bid higher than him. The young man didn't believe it and went to several stores one after another, only to find that just as the man said, each store offered a price ranging from thirty to fifty thousand.
The price is indeed not higher than the first one.
A good horse never turns back, and this young man also has a stubborn streak, so he simply laid out a newspaper and set up a stall. He decided that if he couldn't sell it today, he would go to the auction house to auction it tomorrow, and he would never go there again.
An antique shop.
"Xiao Zhuangzi, is the antique market in Zhonghai really so fake? We have been walking for a long time. Isn't there any real antique? Every time I pick up one, you say it is fake. Are you afraid that I will spend your money to buy it?
?I didn’t ask you to pay for these things.”
"Hey, Gege Jixiang, I want to say back to Gege, aren't the things you are holding in your hand all real? Why do you have to buy those fake items? If I let you buy it, you can come back to me later to pay for it.
, I’m not at a loss.”
Miao Feifei's words made Zhuang Rui dumbfounded. This was just a tea treat, not a formal meal. He was upgraded from Zhuang Rui to Xiao Zhuangzi in Miao Feifei's mouth. Xiao Zhuangzi grew up along the way.
Zhuangzi is short, and Zhuang Rui always thinks of the little plums, little Anzi and others in the mouth of a certain old Buddha.
"These things are not antiques at all. They are just some movie posters. I took them back to Beijing to commemorate history for the oldest stubborn person in our family. He likes to watch those black and white movies and often uses the characters in them to teach lessons.
people."
Miao Feifei held up a few yellowed old pictorials rolled into a roll in her hand. Although these things were only thirty or forty years old, they cost Miao Feifei more than a thousand yuan, especially
It was a poster for the movie "War in the South". The stall owner asked for 600 yuan, saying that this was the first war movie since the founding of the People's Republic of China. There were definitely no more than 100 posters still intact in the country.
"Hey, Xiao Zhuangzi, come and take a look. There are two porcelains here. They are both broken and they are being sold."
Miao Feifei was squatting next to a stall, picking up a bowl-shaped porcelain and looking at it, calling Zhuang Rui loudly.
"Please, miss, this is not broken porcelain, it has just been repaired. If you don't want it, please let it go."
The young stall owner who had just finished eating said to Miao Feifei angrily that his father's illness has been tormenting the two siblings these days. Even though Miao Feifei is a young and beautiful girl, the young man did not show any color to her.
"I haven't looked at it yet. How do you know I don't want it? Zhuang Rui, please hurry up. This young man is quite awesome. Come and see if this object is real or fake?" Miao Feifei didn't get angry and raised her hand.
The porcelain inside was handed to Zhuang Rui, who had just squatted down.
"Hey, I told you to be careful. Who's to blame if it breaks? Just put it down. I won't sell you any more."
The young boy was anxious. This porcelain is the most fragile. If it accidentally falls on the ground, it will definitely break. When the young man was talking, he didn't notice his sister who was packing the lunch box. When she heard the two Zhuang Rui
After saying the words, he immediately looked at the man who had just walked over, his eyes full of surprise.
"It's okay. I'll take a look first. If it's good, I'll pay for it if it breaks. If I like it, I'll buy it. You don't have to worry."
Zhuang Rui also knew the rule of not taking possession of things, but he couldn't explain it to a layman like Miao Feifei.
After comforting the stall owner who was about to jump up, Zhuang Rui was about to take a closer look at the porcelain when he felt a gaze staring at his face. He couldn't help but follow the gaze and found that it was the boy sitting next to him.
There was a girl who was not too old, but when their eyes met, the girl hurriedly retracted her gaze from Zhuang Rui.
