Back in the dormitory, Zeng Xiaopeng spread the mat on the ground, took out a toothbrush from his duffel bag, and began to carefully clean the dirt on the mat.

Lu Shaohui couldn't help, rubbed his hands on the side, and said, "Xiaopeng, I'll make you a basin of hot water, and I have detergent in my bag?"

Zeng Xiaopeng didn't raise his head, and replied: "No, ivory is afraid of water, and it will swell and deform after being wet." ”

Lu Shaohui squatted down next to Zeng Xiaopeng and asked curiously, "Xiaopeng, how do you know that this is an ivory mat?"

"Ah Hui, take out the toothpaste from my bag. Zeng Xiaopeng commanded, and did not answer Lu Shaohui's question immediately.

Lu Shaohui hurriedly fetched the toothpaste, still squatting down, watching Zeng Xiaopeng dip his toothbrush in the toothpaste, slowly and meticulously cleaning the mat.

"I often surf the Internet, especially like to read the treasure appreciation column, and I also learn a lot of knowledge from professional antique collection websites, and often visit the antique market to see how others identify antiques, buy and sell antiques, of course, I have never bought and sold antiques myself, but I am just naturally interested. ”

Zeng Xiaopeng was busy answering Lu Shaohui's question while burying his head.

"It's not too much to work on, and it came in handy today. Lu Shaohui praised.

"The production of the ivory mat is quite complicated, first of all, the extremely hard ivory must be cut, and then cut into pieces, and the ivory pieces are very brittle, must be soaked in a special potion, and then split into thin slices after the ivory pieces are softened, and then finely polished, so that the mat can be prepared. ”

Lu Shaohui "tsk" a few times, the first time he heard about this advanced production process, he felt great surprise and strangeness.

"As for how I saw it at a glance?" Zeng Xiaopeng continued to answer Lu Shaohui's question:

"The mat is bordered with brocade, which is the famous Shu embroidery, and as long as it shows a corner, I can recognize it. ”

Lu Shaohui took a deep breath and stared more intently at the mat on the ground.

"Not to mention the superb and exquisite craftsmanship, and the piece of ivory cut into is textured, and the texture grows along the curvature of the ivory, and the weaving mat must follow these textures, so it is very material-intensive, and an ivory can only use about 10% of the ivory material, Ah Hui, how many tusks do you say an ivory mat uses?"

"Yes, how many elephants do you have to kill here?!" Lu Shaohui couldn't help but beat a spirit.

"I saw from the Internet that the entire Qing Dynasty at that time, only made eight ivory mats, because the cost is too high, ivory is too precious and scarce, and the process requirements are even more exquisite, until now, there are only these eight ivory mats, two in the Palace Museum collection, one in Taiwan, the remaining five left in the people, whereabouts unknown. ”

"Then this one must be the one whose whereabouts are unknown?"

"Maybe, the ancestor of the dirty old man who sold the mat is likely to be the eunuch in the palace, and this ivory mat was secretly rolled out of the palace by him, and after several generations, it was ignored and forgotten by future generations. ”

"Well, it's possible, Xiaopeng, how much is this ivory mat worth?" Lu Shaohui held back for a long time, and finally asked the question he was eager to know.

Zeng Xiaopeng stared at Lu Shaohui and said word by word: "According to the conservative estimate of experts, more than 10 million." ”

Lu Shaohui sat on the ground and moaned, "My mother!" It took a while to get up, pat Zeng Xiaopeng's shoulder, and said happily: "Xiaopeng, you have made a fortune!"

Zeng Xiaopeng smiled "hehe" and said indifferently: "Windfall is not to be followed, this is what the book says, wait for the opportunity to make another move, you can't finish it tonight, and then slowly get it in the future, sleep, and get up early tomorrow to guard the gate." ”

After speaking, he rolled up the ivory mat, still wrapped it in plastic sheeting, and added a sheet to wrap it in several layers and stuffed it under the bed.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohui said worriedly: "Is it okay to just stuff it under the bed?

"Sleep, if you don't use it as a treasure, it will be safe. ”

The next morning, in front of the gate of Jinhong Building, there were two handsome security guards like wooden stakes.

The two men wore special security uniforms, and most notably a boat-shaped hat on their heads.

The earliest boat-shaped hat is the officer's standard military hat of the modern Western army, and in the famous oil painting of "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" painted by David, Napoleon wears the most classical boat-shaped hat on his head, which has been evolved and improved to become the modern boat-shaped hat.

Most of today's ceremonial security guards, especially those on duty on important occasions, wear this kind of hat.

Zeng Xiaopeng and Lu Shaohui stood opposite each other on the left and right, looking very handsome, upright and radiant.

Six hours a day, changing guards every two hours, taking a one-hour break before taking over, and so on.

Jinhong Hotel is also included in the whole building, and the entrance and exit are also the same gate, so the flow of people coming and going, entering and exiting every day is very large.

The building's main entrance provides easy access to and from the car, including taxi-hailing services, with three lanes each 3.6 meters wide, including a loading lane, a parking lane, and a passage way.

The door adopts infrared automatic induction door, and there is also a manual revolving door next to it, and Zeng Xiaopeng and Lu Shaohui are on duty with infrared automatic induction door, the width can ensure that both hands carry luggage and luggage carts can pass normally, using a combination of double doors, the depth of the door is not less than 2.4 meters, and it does not affect the normal driving of guests and disabled wheelchairs after opening.

People in and out of the hotel, are generally accustomed to take the infrared automatic induction door, convenient, fast, the key is to pick up lazy, no effort, within one meter five meters from the induction door, the door will automatically open, giving people a comfortable and magnificent feeling.

Therefore, the security guard on duty at this kind of door only needs to stand upright and do not need to open and close the door for guests.

When the third shift was about to be handed over, the pig followed behind Ouyang Dong and walked over proudly.

Ouyang Dong slowed down, nodded to Zeng Xiaopeng and Lu Shaohui with a smile, and then stepped straight into the door.

And the pig showed off in front of the two gatekeepers, he stopped, his head was slightly raised, and he didn't go in when the door was opened, and said angrily: "Comrades have worked hard, I have a treat at night, the old place, see you or leave!"

Zeng Xiaopeng snorted secretly and said, "Get out!"

"I'll get out, I'll get out, comrades take a break, take a break. With that, he ran into the hall with a puff of smoke.

Not long after the pig left, two old acquaintances appeared in front of the door: Luo Kun the thorny dragon and Gou Biao the thorn snake, both holding a can of Coke drink in their hands.

The thorn dragon Luo Kun recognized Zeng Xiaopeng at a glance, and a hideous expression immediately appeared on his face, as if he had seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He was too impressed by Zeng Xiaopeng, which made him stab the dragon Luo Kun and planted a few rivals in a row!

"Yo! Isn't this Zeng Gongzi!" Luo Kun said in a mocking tone, "What, instead of sending bottled water, you become a watchdog instead?"

The stinging snake Gou Biao also chimed in: "Boy, I knew you liked to watch the door, how good it would be to go to my dad's Crown Hotel, we will give you double the dog food." ”

Zeng Xiaopeng had no words and regarded the two as nothing, in this case, the best way was to ignore them.

On the other side, Lu Shaohui burst out of his eyes with anger, and his two fists were clenched tightly.

The thorny dragon didn't recognize Lu Shaohui, and when he asked Ma Changhai to retaliate, he only heard Lu Shaohui's voice and didn't see him.

At this time, a Rolls-Royce Phantom slowly drove towards the passage of the building, and the old man Dong Tianhong and Chairman Jin Dakui in the back seat of the car sat side by side, both of them saw the scene in front of the gate, and the old man Dong Tianhong instructed the driver: "Stop on the side of the road first." ”

So, the two silently watched the scene in front of the door.

At this time, the thorn dragon Luo Kun had to inch in, and his mouth was ineffective, so he simply moved, and he bumped into Zeng Xiaopeng, and the cola drink can in his hand fell on his feet, and the dark brown liquid splashed all over the black and shiny leather shoes.

"Fuck me!" the thorny dragon Luo Kun scolded in his mouth, "You stinky doorkeeper don't know how to be polite to VIPs? Quick, wipe my shoes clean!"

"The security guard of your Jinhong Hotel is of this quality? I can't eat a single dog food at my father's Crown Hotel. The stinging snake Gou Biao also scolded.

Zeng Xiaopeng was still motionless, a fierce light suddenly shot out of his eyes, and he quickly glanced at the two Thorn Dragons.

"Wipe it or not?" Seeing that Zeng Xiaopeng didn't react, Luo Kun raised his fist with a snort.

Seeing that his fist was about to smash on Zeng Xiaopeng's body, Lu Shaohui bullied up, pinched Luo Kun's wrist, and with a fierce force, Luo Kun immediately bowed down and screamed again and again.

The stinging snake Gou Biao on the side raised his leg and kicked towards Lu Shaohui, but Zeng Xiaopeng was faster than him, and he had already kicked his leg first, and a whirlwind leg hit Gou Biao in the waist, and Gou Biao was kicked to the ground.

Lu Shaohui still didn't let go, stared at Luo Kun, and said fiercely: "The surname is Luo, if you know each other, get out of here, open your dog eyes and see, who am I?"

Luo Kun bared his teeth in pain, really felt the force on his wrist, and said in a trembling voice: "You, who are you?"

"Lu Shaohui!"

"Lu Shaohui, you are Lu Shaohui, Lu Shaohui who is helpless between Ma Ye and Leng Scar?!"

Gou Biao got up from the ground and looked at Lu Shaohui in horror!

"Let's go, let's go. Luo Kun hurriedly broke free of Lu Shaohui's hand, and turned away with Gou Biao.

At this time, the old man Dong Tianhong in the Rolls-Royce Phantom car shook his head and sighed after watching this scene:

"This stubborn boy will never be as easy as we wish, you see his eyes staring at Luo Kun, it is simply a fierce light that a wild wolf wants to bite and come out!"

"Is this Luo Kun the son of Luo Donglin of the Donglin Group? What is he doing here?" asked Jin Dakui.

"Yes, the first one is Luo Donglin, the son of the bastard, a group of four, all of whom are the top rich second generation in Tingcheng, and they have already taken over Liangzi with Zeng Xiaopeng, a stubborn boy, and it took me a lot of twists and turns to settle it at the beginning. Da Kui, it seems that letting Zeng Xiaopeng guard the gate and polish his stubborn temper is not a way. ”

Jin Dakui let out an "oh" and said embarrassedly: "This is really a problem, wishful thinking to accept him as a godson, if he refuses, it will be too embarrassing!"

Old man Dong Tianhong stroked his snow-white beard, groaned slightly, and said with understanding: "This play seems to have to be performed deeply." ”

"Uncle Hong, how to act, you always say it directly, and I will do it. ”