Jiang Mingbao sighed with emotion: "So the antique business is really not easy to do, fortunately I only focus on calligraphy and painting, only when people bring calligraphy and painting works, I will accept them, even so, I have suffered several losses." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, thinking deeply, don't look at the antique industry, it seems that there are many people who often pick up leaks and get rich overnight, but in fact, there are a lot of conspiracies and tricks, and some people with bad intentions often take advantage of others to want to break out of the psychological trap people, so when appraising antiques, you must have a few more eyes.

Half an hour later, Jiang Mingbao's friend Lu Shanyun arrived, he was very happy when he saw the plum bottle, and hurriedly thanked Meng Zitao.

"Lao Lu, how could you still make such a mistake?" Jiang Mingbao said with a smile: "If it didn't happen today, you would have lost a lot." ”

Lu Shanyun said with a smile: "Don't mention it, it's my father-in-law who put the wrong box after reading it, I was so happy to drink and drink with you that day, I gave you the box without checking it." ”

Speaking of this, he thanked Meng Zitao again and said, "Shi Xiaoyou, I heard that you came to Shangluo this time for the Flower God Cup?"

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Yes, I came here for the Hibiscus Flower God Cup collected by Song Mingyan, but I don't know if he will sell it." ”

Lu Shanyun said: "He is a person, as long as you have enough money, or something that can make him happy, he will definitely sell the Flower God Cup." ”

Meng Zitao asked, "You mean to say that it is better to barter for things?"

Lu Shanyun said: "Yes, if you buy it with money, he will whet your appetite, and the final cost will definitely be indispensable, at least five or six percent more expensive." ”

Meng Zitao asked again: "Then what type of antiques does he like?"

Jiang Mingbao said with a smile: "He collects antiques just to show off and improve his fame, the rarer things he likes, or the utensils used by the royal family, his status in his heart is naturally higher than other things." ”

Lu Shanyun took over and asked, "Do you have any preparations?"

"No, I was going to spend money on it. ”

Meng Zitao originally had the intention of bartering, but he didn't know what Song Mingyan liked, and it was a little troublesome to bring millions worth of utensils with him, since Song Mingyan was greedy for money, he should be able to solve it with money, if it was one or two percent more expensive, it didn't matter, now it seems that Song Mingyan's appetite is much bigger than he thought, so it must be better to barter things.

As for Song Mingyan, if he really has too much appetite, then he just doesn't change it, this hibiscus flower god cup is not a scarce product like an osmanthus cup, he can still find it if he wants to find it.

Lu Shanyun said: "That's it, I'll take you to a place first, if you can't find a suitable one there, how about I give you a piece?"

Meng Zitao said: "That's too much trouble for you. ”

"It's nothing, if it weren't for you and I, I would have lost a lot. ”

Lu Shanyun said: "However, the place I took you to is a little secret, and the way things come from may be a little wrong, if you mind, go directly to my house." ”

Meng Zitao was very interested in these, and hurriedly said: "As long as it is not stolen or robbed, I won't mind." ”

Lu Shanyun said with a smile: "That's not enough, at most, there will be some 'shengkeng' to sell, and selling thieves is self-defeating." If it's convenient, let's go now?"

"Good. Meng Zitao nodded and agreed.

Jiang Mingbao didn't go with him because he still had something to do.

Chatting all the way, Lu Shanyun took Meng Zitao to the place he said, this place is relatively remote, and the building is relatively old, and there is a sense of historical vicissitudes when you walk into the street.

Lu Shanyun introduced to Meng Zitao while walking: "This place is called 'dark market' by people in our industry, although the place is relatively small, but the ratio of good things is much more than that of the antique street, but there is no light here, no acquaintances bring it, and no good goods can be found, so ordinary people rarely know about this place." ”

Meng Zitao listened to Lu Shanyun's introduction, looked around, along the way, he saw two or three stalls, he glanced at it, the things on the stalls were relatively ordinary, most of them were fakes, the stall owner sat in front of the stall and did nothing to do what he was doing, even if someone walked over, he didn't look up, Meng Zitao was a little skeptical, they could do a few orders of business in a year.

Lu Shanyun reminded Meng Zitao to talk as little as possible here, and then took Meng Zitao to a stall.

"You pick, there's something to catch your eye here. ”

Meng Zitao glanced at the utensils on the stalls, and like the stalls just now, they were basically fakes, so he said: "It's okay to look at, but there is nothing I like in it." ”

Of course, what Meng Zitao said is also polite, this line is like this, under normal circumstances, you can't poke it in front of you, otherwise you will offend people.

The stall owner glanced up at Meng Zitao: "Okay, the young man has good eyesight, Boss Lu, this is your junior?"

Lu Shanyun smiled, didn't answer, and asked, "Is the eighth child here?"

"He's in there to show the customer. The stall owner said.

Lu Shanyun nodded, didn't say anything, and walked in through the door behind the stall owner with Meng Zitao. Before Meng Zitao walked in, he glanced to the right, and saw Wu Xingxu hiding in a corner, looking at him sneakily, and when he looked over there, Wu Xingxu hurriedly turned his head, looking weak.

Behind the door, there was an eerie passageway, and after passing through, the two of them came to a room with an indescribable musty smell, mixed with the smell of some chemicals.

At this time, there was a man in the room who looked very similar to the stall outside, presumably the eighth child Lu Shanyun just said. At this moment, he was around the table with a man, looking at a large jar with a peacock green glaze engraved fish algae pattern on a lapis gold and blue ground.

The eighth raised his head and greeted Lu Shanyun: "Two, please wait for a while." ”

Lu Shanyun took Meng Zitao to step forward, only to see the fish algae pattern jar on the table is majestic, with lapis gold and blue glaze as the ground, the mouth edge is decorated with curly grass patterns, and the white space is engraved with fish algae patterns, carp, catfish, mandarin fish, crucian carp four fish swim leisurely in the lotus pond, and the peacock green glaze is applied on the carving, forming a strong contrast with the lapis blue ground, the water is sparkling, the fish pattern is smart, and it is very rich in three-dimensional effect and decorative beauty.

It's just that this big pot has an obvious shortcoming, the condition is not too good, but it is not too bad.

The man who looked like a boss on the other side said, "This thing is Chenghua? ”

"I'll tell you straight, this is a very rare variety of ceramics, and there is hardly any work similar to it among the heirlooms. At present, only the British Museum has a large lid box with a dragon pattern, signed 'Ming Chenghua Year', both of which are quite similar in terms of glaze color and firing effect, and should be similar products. ”

"But then again, if you think it's right, that's your problem, if you think it's right, it's right, if you think it's wrong, I say a thousand things and ten thousand, you still think there's a problem, so the key is to depend on your own judgment. In addition, I can warn you, this large jar is probably unique, and there is no such shop outside of this village. ”

The boss hesitated a little, stared at the big can for a while, and then said, "This can't be a pit, right?"

Lao Ba smiled and said: "There is a layer of pulp on the outside of this thing, how can it be a pit? However, it did go into the ground, and then it was unearthed, and after many years of collection, it became like this." ”

The boss hesitated for a while: "I'm still afraid of being blinded." ”

Lu Shanyun said on the side: "This peacock green glaze is a low-temperature glaze, which is fired at a low temperature for the second time in the kiln, and the expansion coefficient of the glaze and the green body presents different degrees of fine openings, which are weathered and eroded by the soil over time, and there will be pieces of local shedding, so this bottle will have this situation." ”

Moreover, if you look at this ornament, the four fish float in the lotus pond in different postures, which is lifelike and very interesting, which is completely in line with the artistic characteristics of the official kiln in the Chenghua period. In addition, the bottom is unglazed, with dense brown spots, which is a typical 'rice paste bottom' in the Chenghua period. It's a rare piece of collectible, and it would be a shame if you didn't want it. ”

The boss looked at Lu Shanyun with some confusion and asked, "You know this?"

Lu Shanyun smiled: "My name is Lu Shanyun, you can ask my peers about me." ”

The boss nodded, thought for a moment again, and said, "Okay, wrap things up for me." ”

Lao Ba and the boss walked aside, the two muttered for a moment, and finally a smile appeared on their faces, and after the boss paid the money, he left happily with his things.

After the person left, Lao Bacai politely said to Lu Shanyun: "Lao Lu, thank you this time." ”

Lu Shanyun said with a smile: "Save your brothers from always saying that I only know how to take advantage of you." ”

"Who is this?" the eighth man smiled, and then looked at Meng Zitao.

Lu Shanyun said: "It's my relative's family, you go and call the eighth child in, and ask him to dig out some money today." ”

At this moment, Meng Zitao knew that the one who was setting up the stall just now was the real eighth.

After a while, the main owner walked in: "Lao Lu, I heard that you want me to dig out the old bottom?"

Lu Shanyun nodded: "No problem, right?"

"Of course, it's okay for you to speak, but you have to be ready for money. The eighth looked at Meng Zitao.

"You can rest assured. Lu Shanyun said: "It's best to be an imperial thing." ”

The eighth thought for a while: "Imperial ...... It's no problem, but the price is really expensive. ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I can still take out millions." ”

"Okay, you sit here and wait, I'll go get the things......"

After a while, the eighth child brought a purple clay pot.

The pot is in the square style, and the mouth and feet are decorated with palindromic prints, which is graceful and luxurious. The mud color is pure purple, fine as satin, the whole body is decorated, the belly side of the gold and silver color depicts the landscape, and the other three sides of the gold color seal book Qianlong imperial inscription seven words poem, complement each other. The four-character seal of the "Qianlong year" is written in the Yang seal book.

Meng Zitao picked up the purple clay pot for identification, and when he saw that there was no problem, he put it back: "Please ask for a price." ”

"Little brother, don't you need to look any further?"

"I'm sure Boss Eight won't fool me here. ”

Lao Bahaha smiled, the price given was exactly what Meng Zitao wanted, and the two sides made a deal very happily.

Meng Zitao didn't like the atmosphere here very much, and the first time they met, he had already gotten an imperial purple clay pot, so don't think about asking for anything else, otherwise he would be a little greedy.

Therefore, Lao Ba and Lu Shanyun chatted for a while, and Meng Zitao wanted to propose to leave, but he didn't expect a sudden noise from outside, and then, the boss just now walked in with seven or eight sturdy men.

Lao Ba's face also became gloomy: "Boss, I don't know what is going on with you?"

"You're the eight?"

The boss should have been reminded, and he didn't look surprised at all, and said, "I took the thing back and asked someone to take it back just now, but it turned out that there was something wrong with the thing." Ba, you are also an old man in the dark market, and you actually want to use me as a mallet?!"

Seeing the other party's aggressive attitude, Lao Ba was not cowardly at all, and said lightly: "Boss, where are the things? If you think there is a problem, you can get it back, I won't return any money to you, and I will give you some compensation." ”

"I smashed something!" the boss waved his hand: "Smash this place for me!"

"Wait!" Lu Shanyun stepped forward and asked, "Everything has been smashed?"

The boss looked at Lu Shanyun and said angrily: "Old man, you were the one who was the trustee just now, if it weren't for the fact that you have lived a lot of age, believe it or not, I would have broken the bones of your whole body." ”

"You go and inquire, will someone else be someone else's trust!"

Lu Shanyun said: "And I can use my life to guarantee that that big jar is absolutely genuine, there can be no problem, you smash it, and the loss is not a little bit." ”

The boss saw that there was no look of fear on Lao Ba's face, and he felt a little wrong in his heart, so he just used this to say: "Oh, then I'll listen to it again, how did I lose." ”

Lu Shanyun said: "According to the peacock green glaze since the Yuan Dynasty in the porcelain capital successfully fired, to the highest level in the Chenghua, the lot of peacock green glaze is partially yellowed, the British Museum collection also has a similar phenomenon. Lapis lazuli blue, also known as snowflake blue, is the Xuande period to create burning, and the combination of the two glaze colors, is the original of the imperial kiln factory in the Chenghua period, due to the difficulty of the process, the failure rate is high, the finished product is scarce, and it is even more rare to pass down to this day. ”

"Although the condition of your piece is not very good, at least there is no big problem overall, so far, in China, whether it is the auction market, museums, or the people, I have not seen a similar collection, indicating that it is likely to be a unique piece. I don't need to say more about the value of unique products. ”

The boss said coldly: "After talking for a long time, you still haven't said how to prove that it is true." ”

Lu Shanyun said: "This matter is very easy, since you have already smashed things, then just look at the porcelain pieces to know, and then the truth and falsehood will be clear at a glance." ”

The boss thought about it, and also felt that this was the reason, why didn't he look at the porcelain piece just now? Of course, he would not say this, and waved his hand and said, "You can come with me." ”