Jianbao life

Chapter 1085 Tragedy (continued)

After a while, the young man recovered from the shocking news to him, and asked quickly, "How much is this thing worth?"

Chu Chen knew that the result would be cruel to them, but they would have to face this matter sooner or later, so he couldn't bear it and said, "I estimate the market value to be around [-]."

"How much? Fifty thousand?!" The mother and son were obviously frightened by the price.

"Yes, the price is indeed as Director Chu said, this piece of masonry can be worth [-] yuan." Wei Shenghuan nodded solemnly.

After being confirmed, both mother and son were stunned. They didn't spend fifty thousand on these jade stones, and now a piece of jade stone not only paid back their capital, but also made a lot of money.Originally, this was something to be happy about, but my husband (father) got such a serious illness because of this incident, and he had a good life in a few days. No matter how much money you have, can you get him back!
The young man came back to his senses and said angrily, "You actually took the real thing as a fake, what kind of shit expert is that!"

"Which expert did you look for?" Wei Shenghuan asked.

When the young man named a person, he frowned and said: "Why did you go to him? Although this guy is famous, his level is really not very good, and he is very fast in appraising things. Looking for him is worse than looking for me! "

"Hey! At the beginning, I also wanted him to go to you, but he just disagreed thousands of times, and it ended up like this. What is it called!" At the end, the woman let out a mournful cry, and immediately snatched the money away. out the door.

"Mom... an expert like XX, I will go to him sooner or later to settle the score!" With a roar, the young man quickly ran out.

"I'll go and have a look!" Worried about what would happen to the mother and son, Wei Shenghuan and Chu Chen greeted each other and hurried out.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen was very moved. It was indeed a happy event for him to find the fourth Gang Mao, but it was not what he wanted to see mixed with such a tragedy.

"Hey, in the final analysis, one should have self-knowledge, and the most important thing is to avoid greed." Wu Ke sighed.

Chu Chen and Zuo Shan nodded in agreement, but not to mention self-knowledge, many people would not be able to do it just by avoiding greed, otherwise many people would not have their families ruined because of buying fake antiques.

Because of this incident, the atmosphere in the room was a bit depressed. At this moment, Wu Ke suddenly thought of a question and said:

"Achen, do you think they will sell that box directly because they need money? That thing is a silver box and an antique, so it's worth a lot of money, right?"

Chu Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, not to mention that this possibility does exist, if it is true, it will be troublesome.

Thinking of this, he frowned and looked around, and found that there was no trace of the silver box in the room, so he could only wait for Wei Shenghuan and the others to come back.

This wait lasted nearly 10 minutes before Wei Shenghuan walked back with that young man.

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly asked, "Is Auntie okay?"

The young man shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that she is a little uncomfortable now, and she is resting in the room now."

Chu Chen was relieved to hear that he was fine, otherwise he would feel a little uncomfortable, and he continued:

"Brother Wei, I want to ask something that may be inappropriate. I wonder if the silver box passed down from your family is still there?"

"Oh! I just heard about it from my uncle, and it's here."

As he said that, the young man raised the bag in his hand, and said, "It's also a coincidence that you guys came here. I've almost spent all my savings in my hand, and I'm about to sell this box for money. If you come a day or two late If so, it will be in someone else’s hands.”

After hearing this, Chu Chen was completely relieved, and said with a smile: "Then can I appreciate this thing?"

"Yes, yes..." The young man paused, appearing a little hesitant.

Chu Chen said, "Brother Wei, if you have any questions, just ask."

"Then I'll just say it straight." The young man said: "I just saw that there are words in this box, and they are very clear, but I don't know what the words are, and I don't know if it is the formula you want. "

At this time, Wei Shenghuan took over the conversation and said, "I just read it, and it should be inscriptions in bronze. I haven't studied the inscriptions on bronze, and I don't understand what it means."

The young man nodded, and then said: "Originally, I wanted to check it myself to find out what it meant, but it took too long, and you must not be able to wait, Director Chu. Therefore, I want to have a chat with you." Agreement."

Hearing this, Chu Chen understood what the young man meant. It was just because he was afraid that he would write down the formula inside and stop buying the box. Wouldn't that be a loss?
"I understand what you mean. We can sign an agreement. If the text in it is really what I want, I will buy it at the price we agreed on. I just don't know how much you want?"

"Uh..." The young man lowered his head and thought for a while, but he couldn't figure out how much it would cost. He looked at Wei Shenghuan with some confusion, and then said to Chu Chen, "Director Chu, please Wait a moment, let's discuss it."

"no problem……"

The young man and Wei Shenghuan went out to discuss for a while, and then came back, and said with a little confidence:

"Curator Chu, we discussed it just now. If the box contains the formula for luan gum, and it costs a total of 100 million, we can take it back together with this silver box."

"100?"

Chu Chen lowered his head and pondered. If the formula is indeed the formula of Luanjiao, 100 million is nothing to him. If Luanjiao can be redeveloped according to the formula, then the value cannot be measured at 100 million.

As for the possibility of really needing the two legendary materials of phoenix mouth and unicorn horn, I can't say no, but if Wei Shenghuan is telling the truth, then this possibility can be said to be very small.

Anyway, for Chu Chen, spending 100 million to buy the formula together with the silver box is still a good deal.

So, he nodded and said, "We can sign an agreement."

The young man waved his hands with a smile: "No need, I believe that Director Chu still has some credibility."

After speaking, he handed the bag directly to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen didn't care much about the fact that the young man was not an insider. After taking the bag casually, he took out the contents of the bag.

This is a round box, and the material should be silver. As soon as the thing caught the eye, Chu Chen felt that there was a door, because if he read it correctly, it was a silver box from the Tang Dynasty.

The box is one of the more common types of gold and silver vessels in the Tang Dynasty.Its shape is divided into upper and lower parts, which can be opened and closed. The plane of the box cover is round, petal-shaped, etc. The top of the cover can be divided into flat top and raised top. Some boxes also have ring feet.With round boxes, petal-shaped boxes are the most.

Boxes have a wide range of uses. Generally, large boxes are mostly used to hold various medicines, tea, spices and other valuables, while small boxes are mainly used to hold cosmetics.Sanqin Province has unearthed seven large silver boxes among the gold and silver wares of the Tang Dynasty, which contained stalactites, cinnabar and other ancient medicines for strengthening the body and prolonging life, as well as raw materials for alchemy.

The silver box in front of me is a silver-gilt silver box with a pattern of gods and beasts, with coordinated proportions and a dignified and generous shape. It has been hammered, chiseled, welded, gilded, and polished. It can be said to be quite exquisite. It is one of the masterpieces of gold and silver utensils in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The diameter of this round silver box is about nine centimeters. The bottom of the lid is raised, and the bottom of the box is low. It can be opened and closed.The whole device is divided into five decorative sections with caviar patterns as the ground. A mighty flying winged animal with feet on auspicious clouds is chiseled in the center circle of the cover. The outer part is Lianqu Baoxianghua forming the second interval pattern.

Small deformed Yanglian patterns are chiseled along the mouth of the cover.The main body of the box is decorated with chiseled Tang grass patterns, and the bottom surface is the same as the cover surface decoration, both of which are composed of Lianqu Baoxiang flowers. The cover surface, body turning points and ring feet are all welded.

What's more rare is that the gilt on the surface of this silver box has been preserved for so many years, and it is still quite well preserved, almost looking like new.Coupled with the uniform distribution of decorations on the whole vessel, smooth lines, exquisite elegance, it can be said that it is a fairly affordable utensil and is of great value.

After observing the appearance of the box, Chu Chen opened the box, and saw that there were indeed a lot of words engraved on the back of the box cover, the size of mung beans, and the words were in gold.

After careful identification, a smile appeared on Chu Chen's face. Although the combination of these words is relatively obscure, and the words are more like ancient alchemy books, there are many hidden words in them, but they are still quite fluent. In addition, judging from the notch, it should be carved at about the same time as the silver box.

Judging by these clues, it is very likely that these written records are the formula of Luanjiao.The fly in the ointment is that the main ingredients of the formula are really two things, the phoenix mouth and the unicorn horn. Because there is no information, Chu Chen doesn't know whether it is the real phoenix mouth and the unicorn horn, or just a proxy name, which makes him somewhat distressed.

Seeing the joy on Chu Chen's face, Wei Shenghuan's uncle and nephew also heaved a sigh of relief, and the young man couldn't hide his joy, but thinking of his father whose life was about to end, his eyes dimmed again.

Chu Chen closed the box and asked, "Old Wei, I wonder if your father left any notes or anything like that?"

Wei Shenghuan recalled it for a while and said, "Yes, but I left it to my younger brother at the beginning."

Seeing everyone looking at him, the young man said apologetically, "The things left by grandpa should have been thrown away by my father when he was renovating the new house."

Wei Shenghuan asked in surprise when he heard the words: "I remember that my dad left behind a lot of old books, right? All of them were lost?"

The young man said with some embarrassment: "It's not that everything was lost, but a few years ago, those books were accidentally flooded, and only a few ancient books were left behind, and my father lost everything else." .”

Hearing the regrettable result, Chu Chen was quite depressed, but he didn't give up, so he said, "Brother Wei, can you show me those ancient books?"

"Okay, wait a moment..."

After a while, the young man came back with a few thread-bound ancient books, handed them to Chu Chen and said, "Just these few books."

Chu Chen flipped through them and found that they were all printed books from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. They mainly talked about the knowledge of plants and minerals. In the blank pages of the books, the original owner wrote some notes.

After a cursory look, Chu Chen felt that although there were no notes on the phoenix's mouth and unicorn's horns, he might be able to find some clues from them.So he asked, "Brother Wei, can you sell these books to me?"

"Ah? Are these books also valuable antiques?" the young man asked in surprise.

Chu Chen shook his head: "It's just some books printed in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the total value is estimated to be around a hundred yuan. I want them mainly for reference."

Hearing that it was only worth a few dollars, the young man chuckled and said, "Since you think it's useful, I'll give it to you."

Anyway, it was only a few hundred dollars, so Chu Chen accepted it with a smile: "Brother Wei, I don't know if you want a check or a bank transfer?"

The young man quickly said, "I haven't seen the check, so I'd better go to the bank to transfer the money."

"Okay." Chu Chen nodded, and then said, "Brother Wei, I wonder if the Gang Mao just now can be transferred to me?"

"I……"

The young man was slightly taken aback, and just as he opened his mouth, Wei Shenghuan quickly interrupted him, nodded and said, "Yes, yes!"

Seeing this, Chu Chen didn't realize that Wei Shenghuan had already ordered the Gang Mao earlier, which made him somewhat fortunate that Wei Shenghuan knew himself a little bit, otherwise it would have been a waste of time.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen quickly expressed his thanks to the two of them, and said, "For the price, let's count the [-] I said earlier."

"This...how embarrassing!"

The young man scratched his head in embarrassment. Although he had never bought or sold antiques before, he had heard of them somewhat because of his father. He knew that like clothes, the market price was always just a reference. If it was a precious antique There may also be a premium. For an ordinary thing like his Gang Mao, if it is sold in the market, it will be considered kind if it is not severely suppressed. The premium is not even a thought.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "It's okay, it's hard to buy a good heart."

The young man chuckled and said nothing, and the business was completed.

Next, everyone was going to go to the bank to transfer money. Before leaving, Chu Chen told them that he knew a little about medical skills, and went to help Zhang Shengle make a diagnosis, but the conclusion he got was similar to the previous doctor's diagnosis. That is to say, a vegetative person, and that is just suffering.

Hearing this result, Wei Shengle's wife and children were extremely sad. Thinking about it, too, if Wei Shengle hadn't been greedy, if the expert's appraisal result hadn't made mistakes, the current result wouldn't have appeared.Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world...

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During the trip to southern Yunnan, he not only got the formula of Luanjiao, but also accidentally got the fourth Gangmao in his bag. Chu Chen was very satisfied with this honeymoon trip.Of course, if you don't encounter stalking or the tragedy of Wei Shengle, then add it.That would be even more perfect.

Since the trip to southern Yunnan took more than half a month, after returning to the capital, Chu Chen was in a hurry. In addition, there were tourists flocking to the next National Day holiday. In business, free yourself.

Seeing Chu Chen enter the door, the fifth child smiled and said, "Oh, boss, I thought you forgot this place!"

"What you said, no matter what, I will never forget that this is my lair!"

Chu Chen said hello to everyone while talking, because there are more things in the museum, and he has other careers, since he came back, he has not been here, including the trip to southern Yunnan, it is indeed It's been a while.

After saying a few unnutritious words, Chu Chen asked, "Where is my dad?"

Zhou Wenping replied: "Uncle Wu and Lao Zhao went out together, saying they were going to collect a good thing. I'll ask about the specifics."

Chu Chen nodded, thinking that Zhao Xueyi was too busy during this time and had forgotten all about Zhao Xueyi, so he felt ashamed, and quickly asked, "By the way, did that Lin Laowu come to compensate Uncle Zhao for his loss?"

The old fifth said happily: "Why not, that guy looks like a grandson, don't worry about his appearance."

"You can't live by committing sin!"

Chu Chen sneered, and then brought Lao Wu, Zhou Wenping, Gu Qifei, and Gu Jianming to his office, and took stock of all the things in the antique shop during this period.

An hour later, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Okay, everyone has worked hard during this period, and I'm also tacky. Your bonus will be doubled in the past two months."

Although money is vulgar, few people would not love it, so everyone laughed and expressed their gratitude to Chu Chen.

At this time, a clerk knocked on the door and came in, saying that a man named Du Zhonglin came to Chu Chen from below.

Speaking of which, because he was worried about scaring the snake away, Mr. Liu didn't act immediately after getting the clue of that "weird" from Du Zhonglin last time.It was also fortunate to deal with it this way, because that person was very cunning, even if the investigators were very careful, they were almost discovered by him.And since then, he has been suspicious. It is difficult to get news of Cai Jianxuan from him other than arresting him directly.

Because there are very few criminal facts found on him, direct arrest is the next choice.So, someone came up with an idea to ask Du Zhonglin to keep in touch with him, maybe he could find some clues.But whether Du Zhonglin can hold back the hatred in his heart is a question. What's more, Du Zhonglin has not received training, so how can he achieve this goal?

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Du Zhonglin had studied Peking Opera and was very talented in acting. In addition, Du Zhonglin was eager to bring the "weird" to justice, so he agreed without even thinking about it.And after testing, it should be able to complete the task.So, a temporary "secret agent" just took office.

Thinking that Du Zhonglin came to find him and probably found some clues, Chu Chen hurriedly asked the clerk to invite Du Zhonglin to his office.

Chu Chen greeted Du Zhonglin with a smile, and then invited him to a seat.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chu Chen asked with a smile, "Mr. Du, did you bring any good news today?"

Du Zhonglin replied: "I don't know if it's good news, but he asked me to bring you a message, saying that it's a friend's house of his, there are some good things, let me ask you if you are interested."

Chu Chen heard the words and asked, "What's going on?"

"That's it..."

It turned out that after Du Zhonglin "assumed office", he went to the "weird"'s house every three to five days as usual, because the other party didn't see Du Zhonglin's flaws, but because the other party always called him from time to time. Selling something to him almost caused a sensation.Fortunately, this kind of thing didn't happen.

Last Thursday, Du Zhonglin went to his house again. During the period, when he happened to be talking about Chu Chen's museum, Du Zhonglin proudly told the "weird man" that he knew Chu Chen and had a good relationship.

The "weird" was very surprised when he heard this, and quickly asked Du Zhonglin what was going on, so Du Zhonglin told the "weird" the joke he had prepared. Doubt, otherwise you will basically not find any flaws in it.

After listening to Du Zhonglin's story, the "weird" was just very envious of Du Zhonglin and Chu Chen being friends at first, and did not act strangely.Until Du Zhonglin went to his place yesterday and was about to say goodbye, he suddenly answered the phone.

"He asked me if I was interested at the beginning. What a joke. It adds up to millions of things. Even if I am interested, I feel powerless! Doesn't he know?!"

Du Zhonglin sneered, and continued: "Later, I said I couldn't afford it, so he asked me to ask you if you were interested."

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "As long as it's a good thing, I'm interested in it, but he has to tell me what it is, right? He's not a friend, and I can't just run over whenever someone says he has something good. If that's the case , then I won’t die of exhaustion!”

"He was prepared for this. Here, this is the photo he asked me to take at his house early in the morning. What a coincidence, you happened to be here, saving me a few steps."

Du Zhonglin smiled and put an envelope in front of Chu Chen: "Everything looks good in the photos, and they are all genuine products that have been opened for generations. I don't know whether they are real or not."

A total of five things are displayed in the photo, a Ding kiln bowl with lotus pattern, a Yaozhou kiln sauce-glazed plum vase, a Longquan kiln jade pot and spring vase, a bronze ware, and a sapphire carriage.

Among them, the most precious and rare one should be the sapphire carriage.

There are seven horses in the blue and white jade carriage in the photo, divided into two rows, three in the front row and four in the back row.The front and rear rows are connected by jade chains, and the four horses in the rear row are driving at the same time. The drivers are tall and strong, and their hands are like pulling the reins.

In addition, on the back of the photo, the size of the carriage was marked, and the length alone was nearly [-] centimeters. Not to mention anything else, how much jade would be used?In addition, judging from the details of the photos, this carriage should be in the style of the early Western Han Dynasty. If it is indeed genuine, it is estimated to be worth several million.

After seeing the photos, Chu Chen smiled and said, "I can't judge the authenticity from the photos, but he told you, these things only need a few million in total?"

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