At this moment, an unhappy voice suddenly sounded. When a few people looked at it, they saw that the old man running the stall had walked over with an angry look on his face, pointed at Cui Mingliang's nose and started to curse.
Cui Mingliang felt a sense of embarrassment on his face. Fortunately, all the people watching had dispersed. Only Qin Fen and Gu Ruoling were nearby.
"Dad, what are you causing trouble with? If you don't stay at home, what are you doing here?!"
"dad?!"
Qin Fen and Gu Ruolin were stunned for a moment. Especially Qin Fen took a closer look at the old man and then at Cui Mingliang. They were quite similar.
No wonder Qin Fen just felt that this old man was a bit coercive?! Maybe he was actually an official before!
"I was bored at home, so I went out to set up a street stall. If it weren't for this young man, these gangsters would have beaten you and me to death." The old man yelled at Cui Mingliang angrily.
When Cui Mingliang heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly expressed gratitude to Qin Fen: "Thank you so much, Mr. Qin, for saving my dad!"
When Qin Fen heard this, he waved his hands hurriedly and said, "Director Cui, please don't say that. No one will stand idly by when such a thing happens."
When Cui Mingliang heard this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face. The people watching just now included many people from the county, but none of them came to help. This made him, a local, feel really shameless.
However, Fat Liu is a gangster himself, so all the locals know Fat Liu, so how can ordinary people dare to take care of him!
"Oh, actually it's all my mismanagement. I have a big responsibility!" Cui Mingliang said helplessly.
"Director Cui, please don't say that. Such problems will exist anywhere. Just find the problem and deal with it in time." Qin Fen waved his hand again.
"This is clearly his responsibility. Cui Mingliang, let me tell you, if you can't manage the security of the county well, I don't think you will stop being the director!"
At this time, Old Man Cui was already staring at his son with an angry look on his face.
"Dad, these days there are so many outsiders, I really can't spare the time to take care of these things, but don't worry, I won't let Fat Liu and the others out for the time being!"
"Humph, do you need to say this?! If it had been twenty years ago, what these people did today would have been punished with a heavy sentence!" Old Man Cui said coldly again.
"Old man, please calm down first. In fact, this kind of thing has happened since ancient times. It can only be solved step by step. Besides, Director Cui is right. It seems that many outsiders have come to the county recently."
After Qin Fen finished speaking, his eyes fell on Cui Mingliang and asked again: "What happened to Director Cui in this county?! Why are there so many outsiders?! And they all seem to be involved in the antique business?!
"
Qin Fen asked pretending to be curious.
"Mr. Qin, don't you know?!"
"Oh, I don't know. I just walked around with my girlfriend this time. I didn't expect to find so many outsiders when I came to Zhuxian County!" Qin Fen said.
"It seems that you are here to travel. It's like this. During the construction of a construction site in Zhuxian County some time ago, an ancient tomb was discovered, but it seems that an antique was discovered, and the comrades of the Cultural Heritage Bureau have already collected this
The things were handed over. Maybe someone leaked the news and said that there were many antiques in Zhuxian County, so it attracted a lot of outsiders. To be honest, this incident still had a big impact on Zhuxian County.
, especially the arrival of these outsiders, which has led to a lot of economic development, such as catering and accommodation, but there have been more conflicts."
"Oh, so that's it!" Qin Fen nodded in sudden realization.
"In this case, Mr. Qin thanks you for helping my father, and I'll treat you to dinner!"
"Hurry up and do your work. I have something to do with Mr. Qin! I don't have time to chat with you." Old Man Cui rolled his eyes at his son and said immediately.
"Uh... well, dad, don't go out and set up street stalls in the future. Many of these are fake vendors from out of town, and there's a mixed bag of good and bad. We plan to strictly control this place in the next few days!"
"I know, please leave quickly!"
Seeing his father's attitude, Cui Mingliang gave a helpless smile and said to Qin Fen: "Mr. Qin, this is my business card. I'm sorry to trouble you. If you have anything to do in Zhuxian County, you can call me directly.
Telephone!"
"Well, I guess I can't help but bother you. I don't have a business card either, so you can take down my phone number."
Afterwards, Qin Fen read his phone number to Cui Mingliang. After Cui Mingliang left, the entire antique street had returned to its lively scene, and Qin Fen discovered that some of the stall owners who had run away earlier came out to set up stalls again.
This is enough to show that what they put on display is very problematic, but Qin Fen is not interested in them at the moment. His target is the jade narcissus hairpin, and of course he also wants to know more about old man Cui.
A moment later, under the leadership of Old Man Cui, the three of them walked into an antique teahouse. When the waiter saw Old Man Cui coming in, he hurriedly led him into a private room.
"What kind of tea does Mr. Qin like to drink?!"
"Tieguanyin!" Qin Fen said with a smile.
"Okay, a pot of fine Tieguanyin!" Mr. Cui said to the waiter.
After a while, a pot of Tieguanyin was brought up. Mr. Cui signaled, and the waiter hurriedly backed away.
Mr. Cui hurriedly started making tea for Qin Fen and Gu Ruoling. He looked very skillful in his technique. It seemed that drinking tea was also a big hobby of Mr. Cui.
"Mr. Cui, if I guess correctly, you should have been a figure within the system before you retired, right?!" Qin Fen hesitated and asked curiously.
"Haha, you mean I'm an official, right?! Indeed, let me introduce you first. The old man's name is Cui Chen. He was previously the head of a county. Now he is retired at home."
"So that's it?!"
Seeing Qin Fen's expression, Cui Chen handed two cups of tea to the two of them and asked curiously: "You seem to have noticed it a long time ago, right?!"
"Haha, to be honest, I have already noticed that you and the antique vendor who set up the street stall obviously have different temperaments!" Qin Fen said with a chuckle.
"Qin Fen, you have really good eyesight. To be honest, I actually have my own purpose in setting up a street stall!"
"Oh...that's it?! Then your jade narcissus hairpin is just a gimmick, right?!"
"Haha, Qin Fen, don't understand me wrong. The reason why I took out this jade narcissus hairpin is to see if anyone can really tell the origin of this jade narcissus hairpin. Fortunately, I let my old man wait.
Don't worry, this jade narcissus hairpin is true to my word and is given to you."
While Old Man Cui was talking, he actually handed the box containing the jade narcissus hairpin to Qin Fen.
"Mr. Cui is really not good at this. The current market price of this thing is very high. It is possible that it can cost tens of millions. How can I get it for nothing? Just tell me the price and I will buy it!" Qin Fen waved his hand hurriedly.
"What should I buy or not?! If you tell me again, my old man should be angry. Jade is valuable and favors are priceless. Besides, I am also a person who has been buried in the earth for a long time. You have also seen my son. How can a man of five big and three fat be aware of jade?
As for jade people, but you are different, you are an expert at first glance, I will rest assured if I put it with you!"
"This... this is not good!" Qin Fen said helplessly.
"There's nothing wrong with it. In fact, when I first saw you, I felt that we and I were destined to be together. If you really feel bad about it, then you can tell me the real purpose of coming to Zhuxian this time!"
Hearing this, Qin Fen's heart skipped a beat. Apparently Cui Chen had noticed that he was unusual and would not believe that he was here for a trip.
"Haha, Mr. Cui also has a good eye. Now that you can see it, I can't hide it anymore!" Qin Fen handed a business card to the other party as he spoke.
"Vice President of the Chinese Cultural Heritage Association... Qin Fen?!"
Mr. Cui looked at the words on the business card, and his expression gradually changed. Especially at the end, he seemed particularly shocked.
"Are you Qin Fen?!"
"You know me?!"
Seeing the other party's expression, Qin Fen was also stunned and asked hurriedly.
"I have heard of your name. It is said that a cultural heritage exchange seminar was held in the capital some time ago. You fooled Liu Wenming, the president of the Cultural Heritage Association of Bac Hoa Province, and Liu Wenming went to the capital and did not come back.
I was arrested by the police, is it true!?"
Uh... this matter spread really fast. Qin Fen couldn't help but think to himself, and then nodded and said: "So it's like this. Liu Wenming, together with Tian Hongwenz, the vice president of the National Cultural Heritage Association, enriched his own pockets, and he was indeed punished.
Implicated."
"Hmph, you deserve it. I knew Liu Wenming would be doomed if he kept doing this."
"Mr. Cui knows him?!" Qin Fen asked.
"Well, Zhuxian County belongs to Beihe. He has invited me several times to take out the jade collection at home and put it on display at the Cultural Heritage Association, but I refused every time. This person's character is very questionable, so this
It will be the end sooner or later."
"It turns out that Mr. Cui is really the Master of Hidden Jade!" Upon hearing this, Qin Fen hurriedly laughed.
"Haha, it's not something everyone knows. It's just some hobbies. I have collected a lot of things over the years, but because I have entered this circle, I have met a lot of people. By the way, do you know Tao Boru?! He is also from your association.
We met once in Zhuxian County a few years ago, and we became good friends from then on."
"It turns out he's a friend of Mr. Tao. It's such a pleasure to meet Mr. Cui!" Qin Fen said hurriedly, cupping his fists.
"Haha, let's not talk about it. This time you came to Zhuxian, could it be because of the rare treasure that appeared in Zhuxian?" Mr. Cui waved his hand and smiled again.
Qin Fen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's true. This thing has now been placed in the National Museum. I came here this time just to investigate this matter, but Mr. Cui, I came here this time as a secret visit.
Please also ask Mr. Cui to help me keep it secret."
"Of course, don't worry. I guarantee that no one else will know your identity except me. Besides, I just happened to ask you for something this time!" As Mr. Cui spoke, his voice suddenly became much lower.
Qin Fen's expression also changed, he lowered his voice and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Cui wants me to do for you?!"