Seeing Carl Smith come over to ask if he was satisfied with yesterday's selection, Xue Chen raised the corner of his mouth, leaned back comfortably on his chair, and answered naturally in four words.
“Very satisfied.”
"Satisfied?" Smith looked at Xue Chen with a little surprise. The ancient sword was only worth 100,000 US dollars. How could he be satisfied? He thought to himself, this kid must not want to embarrass himself, so he was just being tough.
"Xue Chen, what are you talking about?" Amanda asked curiously.
Before Xue Chen could speak, Carl Smith said with a smile: "This beautiful lady, are you his friend? Yes, yesterday, I promised Mr.
, there are many good things worth millions of dollars, and there are even treasures worth three million dollars. Unfortunately, he was very unlucky and picked an ancient sword worth less than 100,000 dollars."
Amanda looked at Xue Chen.
At this time, Andrew came over with a glass of white wine in his hand and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, Mr. Carlsmith, long time no see, what are you talking about? The ancient sword is talking about what Xue Chen brought back yesterday.
That ancient sword and dagger?"
Carl Smith was about to say yes, but changed his mind and asked: "Dagger? What dagger?"
Andrew said naturally: "It's an ancient sword and a dagger. Yesterday I saw Xue Chen sitting on the sofa playing with an ancient sword and a dagger. That ancient sword didn't look very beautiful, but what's interesting is that
A dagger can be hidden in an ancient sword. This is the first time I've seen it. It's really amazing."
"Ancient sword? Dagger? The dagger is hidden in the ancient sword?" The more Carl Smith listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He felt a little nervous and hesitant for no reason. His eyes flickered and he looked at Xue Chen and asked in a hurry, "Where is the dagger hidden?"
Gujianli? What does it mean? Tell me!"
Xue Chen, who looked indifferent, returned: "Don't you already know it very clearly? I don't think I need to explain it any more."
Carl Smith's expression changed drastically, and he was vaguely aware of some serious problems. Obviously, there seemed to be some mystery and tricks in that ancient sword, and he even thought of more about it.
Every collection in his warehouse has been appraised by at least three appraisers, and only items that are 100% authentic will be placed in it.
He vaguely remembered that when the ancient sword was appraised, an appraiser said that he had seen an ancient sword of the same style, but his one was thicker.
He didn't think much about it at the time, and secretly thought that since his ancient sword was thicker, it might be the best among them. But now he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Since it was a standard product, it was like a product produced on an assembly line. In theory,
They say they should be exactly the same, so why is his ancient sword thicker?!
For a moment, Carl Smith thought of something more. Ever since Xue Chen appeared in front of him, he had shown an extraordinary level of appraisal and was able to move forward and retreat freely. However, when he randomly selected things in the warehouse, he seemed unusually "
madness"……
"Mr. Xue, tell me, what is going on? How come there is a dagger? Where does it come from?" Carl Smith asked in a low tone.
Seeing Xue Chen smiling lightly and not answering him, Carl Smith continued to frown and asked: "Is there a secret box in that ancient sword, with a dagger hidden in it?"
Thinking of this possibility, his heart couldn't help but tremble. He had heard similar anecdotes before, which often indicated that something terrible was about to be discovered. He had never heard of a dagger hidden in a sword, but if
This is really the case. The dagger hidden in the sword is probably not an ordinary thing.
"Mr. Carl Smith, that ancient sword already belongs to me. As for whether there is a hidden box and whether there is anything hidden in it, that has nothing to do with you, right?" Xue Chen put a piece of delicate pastry into his mouth and spoke.
Chewing bit by bit, he glanced at Carl Smith, whose face turned gloomy.
Andrew, who was sitting aside, watched the conversation between the two and understood a little bit what was going on. Although he had the same surname as Carl Smith, they didn't have much to do with each other, because Smith is a super surname in the United States.
He and Carl Smith only had some simple friendship, and were not even friends, so he was naturally on Xue Chen's side.
"Mr. Karl, I think Xue Chen is right. Since the things belong to him, even if something is discovered, it has nothing to do with you. It belongs to Xue Chen."
Carl Smith stood by the table, his face uncertain, and his breathing became serious. After more than ten seconds, he spoke again: "Mr. Xue, can you tell me which dynasty the dagger hidden in the sword was cast in your country?"
What’s the origin?”
"The name of the dagger is Qing Gang." Apart from this sentence, Xue Chen didn't say any more words.
Carl Smith finally looked at Xue Chen with some resentment, then turned and walked away.
"Hey, Xue Chen, it seems that the handle dagger you played with yesterday seems to have an origin?" Andrew asked curiously.
Amanda also looked past.
"Yes, it is a very good thing." Xue Chen replied. It was difficult to explain to these two people the value of the Qinggang dagger. After all, these two were not Chinese and did not know much about the history of the Three Kingdoms period.
Learn more. Naturally, you cannot understand that one of the three daggers forged by Prince Wei is precious.
After Carl Smith walked away, he went to a remote place. He immediately took out his mobile phone and called a familiar Chinese antique appraiser: "Mr. Zhuo, I have a question for you."
"Mr. Karl, you are too polite, please say."
Taking a deep breath, Carl Smith asked solemnly: "Mr. Zhuo, have you ever heard of Dagger Qinggang?"
"Dagger...Qing Gang?" The man opposite hesitated for a moment, as if he was thinking, and returned after more than ten seconds, "No impression, Mr. Karl."
Carl Smith frowned.
China has gone through many dynasties for five thousand years, and has left behind a vast ocean of literature and history. The classics and treatises are just one volume among them that is not very eye-catching. Naturally, not everyone has read it.
Even if you are an antique appraiser, it is normal for you not to know the clarity of a dagger. Even an old professor from the National Museum does not dare to say that he is knowledgeable about the past and the present and has mastered all the knowledge of antiques.
"Mr. Zhuo, I hope you can help me do some research to find out the origin of the dagger Qinggang and...its value." Carl Smith said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, Mr. Carl, I will understand clearly."
After hanging up the phone, Carl Smith stood there, still feeling uncomfortable and having a bad feeling.
Xue Chen, Andrew and Amanda talked and laughed for a while, and more and more guests filled up the entire garden. When it was about 11 o'clock in the morning, suddenly, there was very warm applause in the garden.
Xue Chen followed the gaze of others and saw the newlyweds Carol and Connie walking into the garden together. The two walked through the corridor full of flowers, and there were two children in front of them throwing flowers.
After putting on the rings, witnessed by the pastor of the church, the two fulfilled their commitment to each other, cut the cake together, drank glasses of wine, received warm applause, and then came the wedding banquet.
"Long time no see Andrew, how are you?" When the wedding banquet started, a middle-aged man in his forties walked up to Andrew and said with a smile on his face.
"Uncle Adelaide, I'm fine, how about you." Andrew stood up hurriedly and shook hands with the visitor.
"I'm fine too." The man said with a smile.
"Uncle Adelaide, please sit down." After Andrew invited the visitor to sit down, he also introduced the visitor to Xue Chen.
Adelaide Jones is the general manager of the salvage company under the Andrew family's Eka Shipping Group, and is also a very close friend of Andrew's parents.
Adelaide looked at Xue Chen and said very kindly: "Mr. Xue Chen, I have heard of your name. Andrew's parents once mentioned you and said that you had caught a bigeye tuna that exceeded 60 kilograms.
It’s really amazing.”
"Thank you." Xue Chen said with a smile.
"Yes, Xue Chen is very powerful. He subdued the big-eyed golden gun and fished it out of the sea alone, without any tools or help from others." Andrew smiled happily.
said.
Exquisite dishes and expensive drinks were served, and several people chatted slowly and casually.
"Uncle Adelaide, have you made any new discoveries in the sea recently?" Andrew asked, holding a knife and fork in his hand.
Adelaide put a small piece of steak into her mouth and said to Andrew: "Do you know about a sunken ship named the Oasis?"
"Oasis..." Andrew thought for a moment, his eyes lit up slightly, "I remembered, it was the Oasis trading ship that traveled between East Asia and Central and North America in the mid-19th century? I remember it was transporting goods
The cargo encountered a hurricane, lost its route, and was finally overturned on the vast sea."
"Yes, it is this ship. We recently got some clues and roughly locked the location of the sinking of the Oasis." After saying this, Adelaide smiled slightly, "We have already formulated a salvage plan, and it will be tomorrow.
Set off."
"Oh? Where is the sunken ship?" Andrew asked with interest.
"It's on the coast of South Carolina. By the way, it's a good season for squid fishing in the waters of South Carolina. Also, tuna are also very active. How about it, Andrew, have you taken your friends to the sea with you?
Just for fun, you can take a look at the salvage." Adelaide asked with a smile.
Andrew was very moved, turned to look at Xue Chen, and asked: "Xue Chen, what do you think?"
"Seabed salvage?" Xue Chen nodded and said yes without much hesitation. He was also quite interested in seabed salvage. (To be continued)