Inside Bafang Jinbao, the yard was crowded with people, all of whom were determined not to leave until they saw the treasure. Shopkeeper Qian was surrounded by people for two days in a row, and people followed him when he went to the toilet. It was really unbearable to disturb him!
Finally, shopkeeper Qian said helplessly: "Everyone, please listen to me. After reading this, please leave quickly. The shop will still be open for business."
"Quiet! Quiet! Listen to shopkeeper Qian!" a busybody said loudly.
It became quiet inside and outside the house, and the alley outside Bafang Jinbao was also crowded with people.
Seeing that the scene had calmed down, shopkeeper Qian personally took out a wooden box wrapped in black cloth from the backyard and carefully placed it on the four-table table in the center of the hall.
As Shopkeeper Qian uncovered the black cloth, a gorgeous and exquisite wooden box appeared in front of everyone!
This wooden box is made of fine huanghuali. The twelve sides of the box are wrapped with gold thread. The top of the box is carved from a whole piece of ivory, and each side is inlaid with clams with auspicious cloud patterns.
So the red emeralds were regularly inlaid around it.
This box alone is worth a lot of money. What kind of rare treasure does it contain?
Even before the wooden box was opened, there was already a chorus of admiration!
"Shopkeeper Qian, are you using huanghuali for this box?" asked a timber merchant.
“The boss has a good eye! It’s the huanghuali shipped from Qiongzhou!”
"That's really a big deal. This wood is indeed produced in Qiongzhou. From Qiongzhou to Lanling, it is not only a long journey, but also requires sea transportation. We board the ship from Qiongzhou and disembark in Guangdongzhou!
"I am so lucky to see Huanghuali with my own eyes!" After saying this, the boss solemnly arranged his clothes and gave a big gift!
"Boss, you really know your stuff. Please take a seat! This huanghuali is also one of the royal tributes. Just this wooden box is worth thousands of taels!" Shopkeeper Qian hurriedly replied.
When the conversation came to an end, Shopkeeper Qian took a deep breath, pressed his hands down, and the room became quiet again. Everyone held their breath and stared at the precious wooden box in the center of the hall.
"Say it first, you're only allowed to look at it, but you're not allowed to touch it!" Shopkeeper Qian emphasized again uneasily.
When the lid of the box was opened, the room seemed to be a little brighter. Everyone felt that their eyes were blinded by the light, and they didn't realize how powerful it was!
I saw a pagoda standing quietly in the center of the box!
The pagoda is made of pure gold and is about three inches high. The top of the pagoda is made of gold lotus flowers holding gold beads.
The base of the tower is a pure gold square platform with a small silver column in the middle. There is a small Chinese character "South" at the bottom of the column. There is a jade bone on the column, which is less than half an inch high.
The more people looked at it carefully, the more shocked they became. Although this pagoda is not big, it is small and exquisite, which is breathtaking.
After reading it, everyone had only one thought. This treasure seemed to be of great significance. How come they had not heard of such a treasure?
"This is a pure gold pagoda with a single eaves and four doors on top of the orb. After you have finished reading, please come back!" Shopkeeper Qian politely asked everyone around the table to one side and closed the lid.
"This is not just an ordinary pure gold pagoda, but the carvings are more exquisite. It is worth a few thousand taels at most!"
"That's wrong. The shape of this pagoda looks like it was passed down from the Li family dynasty hundreds of years ago. Is it worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
"Isn't your knowledge shallow? This carving and craftsmanship are so extraordinary that they must be worshiped by the royal family. If they don't have hundreds of thousands of taels, they will definitely not be able to get it!"
Everyone was just talking happily, but in fact they were not sure, and they all looked at Shopkeeper Qian expectantly.
Shopkeeper Qian saw that the atmosphere had been heightened, and coughed lightly and said: "Qian doesn't know how much this pagoda is worth! However, Qian has already invited Mr. Wang from Fengxiang Mansion."
Mr. Xiao, who was mixed in the crowd, heard the words "Mr. Wang of Fengxiang Mansion" and looked at the pure gold pagoda. He had a bold guess in his heart, and he had the same idea as Mr. Xiao.
There are also quite a few people.
This old man Wang is extremely mysterious, and legends about him have been circulating in the world. He is a giant in the antique industry in Lanling and Fengxiang. However, there has been no news about him in recent years. I didn't expect that he is still alive!
"Shopkeeper, Mr. Wang is here!" the waiter at the door announced loudly.
An old man dressed in white and with an air of immortality walked in. This man was disguised as Wang Jiuyuan, and all his movements and lines were perfectly timed! In order to endorse this fake!
This golden pagoda was customized by Wang Jiuyuan from an expert, but he was short of time. If he really gets started and looks at it carefully, he can find flaws.
In today’s drama, Wang Jiuyuan is the protagonist!
As soon as he entered the door, his eyes were attracted by the pagoda on the table, and he never moved his position again. Gradually, the corners of his eyes began to get moist!
The look of Mr. Wang with tears in his eyes was very contagious. Even if the people in the room were baffled by his sudden burst of tears, it did not hinder his noble image in their hearts.
After the old gentleman cried for a while, he finally said, "I would like to ask shopkeeper Qian if I can take a look at it and appreciate it carefully."
Seeing shopkeeper Qian nod with a look of embarrassment on his face, Mr. Wang took out a pair of silk gloves from his sleeves and put them on, then gently held the pagoda in his hands.
"I haven't seen this treasure for fifty years! At that time, I had just turned twenty. When my father took me to visit the abbot of Famen Temple, I saw this treasure with my own eyes!"
Everyone exclaimed, could it really be the treasure of Famen Temple?
"Have you ever heard of the Famen Temple in our Fengxiang Mansion?"
"Hundreds of years ago, during the heyday of the Li family dynasty, they welcomed the Buddha's bones from Tianzhu. The procession was solemn and grand. Along the way, worshipers stretched from Lanling to Fengxiang for more than 300 miles. It became a grand occasion!"
"At that time, in order to make Buddhism more in line with China's traditional customs and to become more sinicized, the royal family cast a gold coffin and silver coffin for the relics, and buried them under the loess according to the highest etiquette of Chinese Confucianism, that is, in the underground palace of Famen Temple!"
"This pure gold pagoda was specially made by the Li family dynasty to place the Buddha bone relics. However, this one is a jade bone, not a real relic bone, but was specially made to protect the relic bones."
"But the value is not worse than real bone relics! Thirty-five years ago, the earth dragon in Fengxiang Mansion turned over and the wooden pagoda of Famen Temple collapsed. Out of respect for the Buddha, we did not dare to disturb the Buddha's bone treasure box and the underground palace treasures. The underground palace
It was then closed.”
Mr. Wang did not continue, but turned to shopkeeper Qian and asked, "Are you right?"
Shopkeeper Qian wisely handed over a baggage containing silver and carefully took it from the pagoda: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your advice!"
"This pagoda was indeed acquired by Qian from Fengxiang, but in our business, we never ask about its provenance, and I have no intention of selling this pagoda!"
"Why is this?" Mr. Xiao asked.
"Qian has been dealing in antiques for many years and has done a lot of bad things. Now, he is planning to retire and return to his hometown. This pagoda will also be passed down as a family heirloom and be passed down forever!"
"How much money did you pay for this? It's not for sale anyway, so there's no harm in telling us the price!"
Everyone started to boo, shopkeeper Qian tried to evade it many times, and finally dipped his hand in water and wrote a big word on the table!
"Three!"
"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed, and their surprise turned into calmness. High-end goods are indeed beyond their reach! But more of them were disdainful, thinking that this pagoda is not worth the price!
Only Mr. Xiao was silently calculating something, but little did he know that this big fat pig had already fallen into the trap!