Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 131
"Hahaha...brother, you have piercing eyes! Yes, that man is indeed an Oriental, and..." Zeng San said, lowering his voice, "and he is also the counselor of their Japanese consulate."

"Still a counselor?" Feng Shenqi asked, "Then why does he have to put on that nasty appearance?"

"This..." Zeng San hesitated for a while before saying, "Okay! Brother doesn't hide it anymore. But after you know it, don't reveal it to outsiders... This is related to my family and life!"

Feng Shen said: "Don't worry, third master, I will keep my mouth shut."

"My brother has nothing to worry about." Zeng San said again, "The reason why the counselor is dressed like that is because he has a 'baby' in his arms, and he is afraid of being targeted!"

Feng Shen was taken aback, "Baby? What baby? I bumped into him just now, and I didn't realize there was something hidden on him."

"It's not that big," Zeng said with three fingers, "it's only two or three inches long."

"Third Lord," Feng Shen said, "what on earth is that?"

"A bronze belt hook from the Zhou Dynasty," Zeng San said, "I sold it to him."

"That's an old thing," Feng Shen asked, "Where did the third master get it? Is it an ancestral thing?"

"Hey," Zeng Sanyi grinned, "What kind of ancestral thing, brother, I rushed to cast it a few days ago, it's fake! Once it's poured into a mold, and then made a little old, it's as worthless as it is worthless! "

Feng Shen said: "The third master still has this skill?"

"Isn't that the way to go?" Zeng San smiled wryly, "Brother, didn't you ask me what I'm doing now? You should know by now? Brother, I'm making a fake! What old paintings, antiques, old pieces... ...As long as I can cheat people with money, brother, I will do it."

"Third Lord," Feng Shen frowned, "you have to be honest when doing business, you..."

"Brother," Zeng Sanye sighed, "Brother knows that deceiving people will harm your morality, but in this business, it's a different matter. In the antique business, it's all about your eyesight. It's all about the real and the fake. Well, I have poor eyesight, so who can I blame? Besides, playing this game is just for fun, like buying a blue and white flower, no matter how much money you spend, can't you just display it in the house? What is the difference between true and false? So, the true and the false are only in the eyes of experts. Experts know the goods, and it is impossible to spend wrong money here. But anyone who buys antiques from my brother is Arty half-tone. Since you don't know how to do it, it doesn't matter if it's genuine or fake. Isn't there a saying in "The Story of the Stone", 'When a fake is real, it's also a fake, and there's nothing to do if there's nothing'. "

Feng Shen shook his head and said with a smile: "Third Master's 'high theory' has a bit of a sense of Zen."

"Hey," Zeng San said, "Brother, are you going around the corner to hurt me?"

"How dare you?" Feng Shen said, "Third Lord, how did the Japanese find us?"

"That's right," Zeng San said, "Some of the fakes I made were sent to Liulichang to pass them off as real fakes, while the other part was reserved for those foreign devils. I heard that many foreigners like to collect our antiques, but Can the foreign devils take the real things that our ancestors have passed down from generation to generation? No way! So my brother went to the consulate to trick them into buying fakes. Just like the Japanese counselor today, I used a little Big and small, I slaughtered him for 200 taels... Hey, if we have preserved our real stuff, we can still make a few bucks. Let alone the amount they extorted from our Qing Dynasty A little back is a little bit. Hehehe, brother, tell me, brother, does this count as serving the country?"

"To be able to say 'falsification' in such a high-sounding way, the third master really has no history." Feng Shen changed the subject, "However, there are many scholars who are proficient in Chinese among the Orientals, so the third master is not afraid of being spotted by them? The counselor noticed that the belt hook was not an ancient relic from the Zhou Dynasty..."

"Hmph, little Japan is also worthy of knowing antiques?" Zeng San said disdainfully, "During the Zhou Dynasty, did anyone tell me if there was anyone on their broken island. I reckoned that there were only a few Neptunes at most." Lie down and bask in the sun!"

"Hahaha," Feng Shen said happily, "Third Master is really full of witty words."

"Hey," Zeng San said again, "but brother, you really have to keep your mouth shut. The matter of fraud is big or small. If the news leaks out and foreigners find out, brother, the guy who eats, will not be able to keep it. "

"The third master is showing his timidity now?" Feng Shen teased, "The impassioned words before are all for nothing, hahaha."

"Brother, don't make fun of me," Zeng San said. "I'm doing this for self-protection. Be careful. Those foreigners are even afraid of the court. If my brother commits a crime In their hands, can there be a good one? In fact, at the beginning, my brother was also confused, so he prepared two things in advance and let the Japanese choose by himself. But the little devil didn’t know what to buy, so he just fell in love with it. That fake belt hook... Hehehe, I don’t want to keep this pair of things. Come on, brother, keep an eye on it.”

As Zeng San said, he took out a pair of bright red and bright walnuts from his sleeve, put them on the table, and they stood firmly.

Feng Shen's eyes brightened, "This pair of walnuts has exquisite texture and smooth coating. It's really rare to be able to make such a pair."

"Yo?" Zeng San said, "Brother, you are not an outsider at all."

"I'm kidding," Feng Shen shook his head and said, "Although I'm quite interested in this kind of thing, but no one mentioned it. It's just that the third master told me so that I can learn more from it."

"That's right, my brother will show his shame." Zeng Sanyi pointed at the walnut, "This pair of things is called 'Mouth Pointed Lion Head', short pile and big bottom, Zhou Zhengrong. Look at how round and thick the muscles are. How stable is that bottom, as heavy as a pair of small iron balls, rubbing it will hit your hands! Brother, if you don’t believe it, just pick it up and try it.”

Feng Shen weighed it up and praised: "This weight is really not light."

"That's right," Zeng San said, "I went to Pinggu to catch this pair of rare objects ten years ago. I don't know how many pieces were selected to make this pair. After so many years of kneading, the skins turned into amber." What do you mean by that? Lord Belle’s three treasures, fingers, walnuts, and a bird in a cage! Such exquisite and good things, hehe, the little devil just don’t want them!”

"It's fine if you don't want it," Feng Shen played with the pair of pointy tips, "to save the pearl from being secretly cast."

"That's right," said Zeng San with a smile, "Good stuff is sold to the best of the best. If that little devil really buys it, I'm afraid he'll spoil it and eat it! Brother Feng, you won't be able to put it down there anymore." , if you like it, take it directly!"

Feng Shen smiled and put down the tip. "I don't have that much spare money."

"You're scolding me?" Zeng San said, "Brother is giving you away for nothing!"

"Third Master," Feng Shen said, "I'm not being polite to you. I've never kneaded this thing before, and I'm afraid it will crack if I rub it improperly. Let's keep it with Third Master for now. Once you've gotten started, go to the third master to discuss it."

"That's all right, I'll serve it for you first," Zeng San touched the teapot, "Yo, the water is completely cold, should I ask them to change the teapot to warm it?"

"Don't bother," Feng Shen got up and said goodbye, "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you."

On the willow tip on the moon, a piece of silver is sprinkled.Under the shadows of the lights, the Zeng residence is still very lively.

(End of this chapter)