Don't stop the cannon fodder

Chapter 101 100: I bought the wrong thing

The antique market in the imperial capital is very lively and prosperous. Although there are a lot of parallel imports and fakes, there is also a shortage of real good things. If you are lucky and miss them, you will definitely get rich overnight, and such lucky people are not one or two!Speculators are naturally itchy.

However, this happened many years ago. Now, if you want to miss good things in the antique market, you not only need extremely high eyesight, but also a lot of luck.Because there are too many people who come here to pan for gold and pick up leaks, good things will not always wait for people silently.

In recent years, there have been fewer lucky ones, but there is still an endless stream of tourists who come here to try their luck.After decades of development and the government's lenient policy, the antique market has already developed into three adjacent bustling long streets, and has become a bustling tourist attraction in the imperial capital.

Even if there is no temptation to pan for gold, prosperity remains unabated.Xie Yitang drove to the parking lot next to Antique Long Street, then opened the car door for Shen Zixi, and gently put on a thick knitted scarf for her, "Go and see the target first, and then go shopping around."

Both of them are not Moji people, since they know the purpose of this trip, they will not waste meaningless time.

If that thing was really what they were looking for, and someone got there first, they would be the ones to cry.Although Ye Qi promised that the shopkeeper would spare some time for the couple, he couldn't guarantee that the shopkeeper would not be moved by other people's money offensive.

The thing Ye Qi mentioned was in an unremarkable shop in the third street of antiques in the imperial capital. The illusion of time spanning hundreds of years.

Shen Zixi is also from a family, and she has never seen any antique treasures. In terms of appreciation, she is even more sophisticated than Xie Yitang.

Looking around the shop secretly, she frowned faintly.There are a lot of exquisite porcelain, bronze objects, calligraphy and paintings in the shop windows, and there is no shortage of the Four Treasures of the Study.However, these things are mixed together with the real and the fake, even an insider can be easily deceived, and the ratio between the real and the fake is very even...

Could it be that this shop is sincerely mixing these things together?Purely test the eyesight of tourists who enter the store to buy?
Xie Yitang glanced at it casually, and had the same thought as Shen Zixi in his heart.There is no heating or air-conditioning installed in the room, and the temperature is almost the same as outside, even more shady. Behind the quaint counter, there is an old man in a mandarin jacket and a black watermelon hat, dozing off with his eyes closed, holding a cashmere warm glove in his hands, slightly Cat back.

The gray three-stroke beard fluttered slightly with his breathing, then fell, and continued to float... Seeing the old man sleeping soundly, Shen Zixi and his wife looked at each other, and involuntarily slowed down their footsteps, "Why don't you look around first? ?”

Shen Zixi suggested to her husband, everyone is here, so naturally there is no rush, the quality of sleep of elderly people is not very good, and it is rare to have a good sleep, so it is okay for them to wait for a while.It happened to be at the store again, so it didn't hurt to look around.

Although Xie Yitang was several rounds older than the old man in front of him, but he was in the prime of life and the other party was in his twilight years, so he was naturally considerate.Fortunately, this shop has a large area, and there are all kinds of antiques, which firmly attracted the eyes of the two of them.

"Ah Tang, the owner of this shop is quite interesting. He even mixes high-quality fakes with real ones. If you don't know much, you are guaranteed to be fooled." Shen Zixi moved closer to the glass window, squinting slightly to identify the authenticity of the items.

She used her many years of experience and appreciation ability to distinguish the real from the fake, while Xie Yitang directly used the aura contained in the antique to judge the year.

The former requires a wealth of knowledge and experience, while the latter... Nima, it's a waste of talent for such a cheating guy not to specialize in this industry!Xie Yitang rubbed his chin secretly, if he can't find a job in the future, this job is not bad.

"Although this piece is a fake, it has a history of more than a hundred years. The workmanship is not bad. Even if you buy it, you probably won't lose money." , but there are also real strength.

"Well... that's true, but the price given by the store is obviously stepping on the bottom line. It doesn't have much room for appreciation. Even if you buy it, you won't lose money, but you don't feel good." Shen Zixi narrowed her eyes, flashing a sly look. Guang Guang, "And that one, even though it's an authentic piece from the Song Dynasty and has no flaws, it's not high in terms of art. The asking price is too high."

The young couple watched all the way from downstairs, whispering a few words from time to time, the man is gentle and elegant, and the woman is dignified and beautiful, it can be regarded as a match made in heaven.Many passengers passing by the store couldn't help but smile knowingly when they saw this picture.

When the two were not paying attention, a blond young man looked at the couple with a smile, raised his hand and took a photo of their smiling side faces with the camera in his hand, and the moment was frozen in an eternal moment.Xie Yitang had keen senses, but when he looked up, he saw the foreign boy in sports and leisure attire greeted his fellow travelers with a bright smile.

"What's the matter, Ah Tang?" Shen Zixi vaguely felt that someone was watching her, but in such a busy city, these gazes are unavoidable, so when she saw Xie Yitang subconsciously raising her head, she became suspicious, thinking that he had discovered his master up.

"It's okay, it's just that a foreigner secretly took pictures..." Xie Yitang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When he looked up, the young man showed a very bright smile to himself, and his neat white teeth could glisten under the reflection of the sun. Blind.

"Oh, then let's continue shopping. It seems that there are more and richer things on the second floor."

Shen Zixi didn't take this detail into her heart, but she didn't expect that the foreign youth had an unusual status. He was a hereditary aristocrat in England. He had his own winery and vineyards. He was very famous all over the world and earned a lot of money every year. scary.

But at present, this young man is still a noble reserve, and his old man is not dead yet.

If Bai Xiuli was here at this time, she would definitely know who this young man was. He was one of her husbands in her previous life. Power and wealth coexisted. She had a high status in the UK, and her business methods were even more sophisticated. The ability of the hand is not low.

But what she knew was the mature noble five or six years later, not the young man with a bit of a frizzy personality.

This small detail did not cause any disturbances, the young couple continued to stroll around with an intimate and natural expression.Compared with the toys and antiques on the first floor, the style on the second floor is slightly different, with a little more historical killing.

Shen Zixi's knowledge is varied and involved in many aspects, but most of them are broad but not proficient.Compared with the tranquility of the first floor, the things on the second floor are a bit more chill. Except for a few simple musical instruments, most of them are swords or bows and arrows placed on shelves.

Both the husband and wife are sword lovers. Shen Zixi even consulted the swordsmith about the ancient art of casting swords, and has rich experience in casting.And seeing this place like a showroom, a pair of eyes will be glued.

Shen Zixi couldn't help stretching out her finger, feeling this high-quality knife through the glass window, and exclaimed, "Although this knife is cast with modern technology, it...is really an extremely good knife. Beautiful knife."

The casting technique in ancient times was indeed unique, but limited by the conditions at that time, the ore casting was always inferior to the modern technique, and the weapons produced by casting were one or two better than the ancient ones.Of course, it doesn't mean that the ancient skills have no advantages, and are backward everywhere. In some respects, the modern skills are not as good as the ancient ones.

The two of them walked around the second floor, except for a very few eye-catching swords, the rest of the things were tasteless.

Shen Zixi's jade wrench finger contained what the Shen family had accumulated over the years, what strange treasures could not be found?Speaking of arrogance, if you just take out one piece, you can painlessly crush most of the products here in terms of artistic value.

"A Tang, I think it's almost time. The old man should wake up, right?" Shen Zixi was still thinking about that treasure.

"Well, I'm indeed awake." Xie Yitang felt slightly that the dozing old man had fully woken up and was breathing lazily.It's strange to say that the quality of the goods in this store is quite high, but there is only one old man who looks at the door...

Are you not afraid of being spotted by young people here?Or accidentally run into someone who wants to take the lead?

The husband and wife went downstairs hand in hand. On the way, Xie Yitang reminded Shen Zixi in a low voice to walk carefully. When the old man heard the movement, he turned his head to look at the two people downstairs, and said in a hoarse voice, "You two little ones, that boy Ye Qi Introduced?"

Xie Yitang was suspicious for a moment, then responded with a smile, and asked, "I don't know that item, does the owner still keep it?"

The old man snorted and muttered, "You are quite polite... But you two guys are still polite, you know how to respect and consider the elderly, unlike some young people nowadays, who are not only making trouble for no reason, but making trouble for no reason, disrespecting the old and loving you young."

Xie Yitang subconsciously thought that the old man was talking about Ye Qi, but it turned out that he was wrong.Ye Qi and the old man only had a few encounters, but the old man complained in an affectionate and doting tone... On this point, Ye Qi does not meet the conditions.

"This is what you have decided before. If you want to buy it, you should be straightforward and no bargaining is allowed." The old man regained his spirit after a while. He found a nanmu box from the counter, opened it, and turned to the two of them, " Check the product and buy it if it suits you.”

What is contained in the box is not any cultural relics or antiques, but an unremarkable stone, about the size of an adult head, with an irregular shape, and there is nothing special about it just looking at the surface...

Shen Zixi couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, saying this is an antique shop, right?There is even a sideline of gambling stones?
"Stone gambling, isn't the game about heartbeat? Young people must have the courage to fight and bet..." the old man muttered.

Xie Yitang raised his eyebrows slightly, then looked at the price of this unremarkable stone, and then...swiped his card to buy it, making the old man who was about to continue talking instantly speechless.

Shen Zixi originally wanted to stop him, but when he thought that the other party was a magician who had activated his tricks, he would not miss him.

　_(:з」∠)_A Tang and Xiao Xi bought what others ordered...

　　
　
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