Zheng Zongxian saw that these three pieces of jade were good, and the stall owner also wanted to repay the favor, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

However, Zheng Zongxian, as a case-handling officer, should of course still have some vigilance, so he also noticed Meng Zitao's hints.

Meng Zitao, as a close disciple of Zheng Anzhi, was sent to Yingdu again, and there must have been two brushes, Zheng Zongxian of course chose to believe in Meng Zitao, so he also politely refused.

The stall owner is estimated to be the kind of character who is easier to drill the horns of the bull, and when he saw that everyone didn't want it, his expression was a little anxious, and he said: "Do you think these three pieces of jade are not satisfied, then you can take a look at these two pieces!"

With that, the stall owner put the three pieces of jade in his pocket and took out the remaining two pieces of jade.

Meng Zitao was about to refuse, but when he saw the things in the stall owner's hand, he felt a little extraordinary, and hurriedly used his ability, and found that these two pieces of jade were actually from the third generation.

In the ancient jade world, the old three dynasties refer to the jade of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and there are also more mentions of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, which is the three periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong.

found that it was a jade of the third generation, and the value was not low, Meng Zitao muttered in his heart, is this not a scam, or does the other party want to sugar-coat the cannonball.

If it is the former possibility, then what happened to the three pieces of jade just now? If it is the latter type, the stall owner must have miscalculated, and for Meng Zitao, he would have completely eaten the sugar coating and sent the cannonball back.

Meng Zitao thought about it, then decided to take a look at it first, and said, "This big brother, can you show us these two pieces of jade." Besides, you don't have to be so polite, let's do whatever we want. ”

Seeing that Meng Zitao was interested, the stall owner happily put the sheets on the ground and put the two jade objects on them, as for what Meng Zitao said later, he selectively ignored them.

Meng Zitao picked up one of the jades, the jade is green jade, there is a brown Qin locally, the shape of the vessel is flaked, the form and decoration on both sides are the same, and they are all carved with a person and two dragons in a composite style.

The facial features of the human head are clear, and the side view is used, and the apricot core eyes, triangular nose, and vortex ears are cut with yin lines. One dragon is decorated on the back of the human head and the top of the head, the head is downward, the mouth is open and the eyes are round, the ears are cloud-shaped, and the tail is rolled up; The dragon near the human head has a round hole at the end of its tail that can be worn on.

Compared with the jade of the Zhou Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty, the jade artifacts of elephant creatures were relatively reduced, and the so-called monsters and strange birds that were more common in the Yin and Shang dynasties had mostly disappeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty. However, some types such as jade deer and jade tiger have not only increased in number, but also become more exquisitely made, and new types of artifacts such as **** composite or juxtaposed human artifacts have appeared. Dragons and phoenixes, as independent modeling objects, are rare, and more are carved on other shapes of jade as ornamentation.

The human-dragon composite jade that Meng Zitao is now holding in his hand is the most common ornament and important worship object on the jade pendant of the Western Zhou Dynasty. This kind of jade belongs to a new composite form after the Liangzhu culture composed of gods and men and animal faces, and has distinctive characteristics of the times.

The other is a jade tiger, which is also a piece of flake jade, using local jade, showing red and yellow qin, the tiger is in the shape of a low mouth, the legs are slightly erect, the tail is rolled up, the tail has a small shank, and the mouth has a pair of drilled perforations; The structure of the work is simple, which is a typical Shang Dynasty jade style.

Seeing that Meng Zitao was almost there, the stall owner patted his chest and promised: "I can guarantee that these two pieces of jade belong to the third generation, if it is not right, I will double the compensation for you!"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It seems that the eldest brother has studied the jade of the third generation very much." ”

"Just a little research. The stall owner smiled: "How is it, are you satisfied with these two pieces of jade? If you think it's okay, I'll give you 50,000 yuan." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Zheng Zongxian, and Zheng Zongxian smiled and said, "I don't have much interest in the jade of the third generation. ”

When Meng Zitao saw Zheng Zongxian's statement, he was not polite, and said to the stall owner: "This is cheap, if I take advantage of it, I will feel uneasy." ”

The value of these two pieces of jade is about 120,000, if Meng Zitao is a customer, buy it in the stall owner's house, let alone 50,000, even if it is 10,000 or 20,000, or even lower, he will not have any guilt, but the other party has to deliberately send a leak for himself to pick up, and Meng Zitao will not be so at ease.

Of course, if the other party is a liar, Meng Zitao will definitely not be soft-hearted, but judging from the performance of the stall owner, it really doesn't look like a liar, as for the three pieces of jade, it may be that the stall owner has an eye, although this matter is a bit of a coincidence, but it is not impossible.

The stall owner said sincerely: "I can't hide things in my heart, you helped me, if I don't do something, I won't be able to sleep well at night." Moreover, you can rest assured, I will sell you 50,000 yuan, but there is no loss. ”

"That's not going to work, and besides, we didn't do much just now......"

Next, the buyer took the initiative to raise the price, and the seller took the initiative to reduce the price, which can be regarded as a miracle. In the end, the two "bargained" and finally sold for 80,000 yuan.

After completing the transaction, Meng Zitao said, "Big brother, I don't know your surname?"

The stall owner said: "Don't give your surname 100, 100 Jiantong." ”

"One hundred, one hundred, two hundred?" Zheng Zongxian said with some surprise.

Bai Jiantong said with a smile: "Yes, it's this hundred, we have a relatively small surname, but our ancestors are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and there have also been celebrities such as Baifeng, a famous Taoist disciple of the Warring States Period, and Bailing, a high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Zheng Zongxian smiled: "If you don't say it, I really don't know, there is also the surname 'hundred'." ”

Meng Zitao also introduced himself, and then asked: "Big Brother Bai, take the liberty of asking, I don't know what the origin of the three pieces of jade you took out earlier? Don't worry, I didn't mean to find out ......."

Bai Jiantong waved his hand, interrupted Meng Zitao's words, and said: "There is nothing bad to say, those three pieces of jade and the jade just now were all collected from a dealer named Black Cat, by the way, listening to your accent, you should not be from Yingdu, you should not be familiar with this person." ”

Zheng Zong preemptively asked, "You're not mistaken, it's indeed a black cat?"

Bai Jiantong said: "I've dealt with him several times, of course I can't make a mistake, you also know him?"

Zheng Zongxian sneered: "How could I not know about the famous black cat! Unexpectedly, this guy is back again." ”

Meng Zitao asked with some curiosity, "Who is this black cat?"

Zheng Zongxian said: "This guy is to help Tufuzi ship, every time he comes to Yingdu, there is nothing good, this time there is a Tufuzi who looks at the ancient tomb under the ground of Yingdu." ”

As mentioned above, Yingdu is one of the most densely populated areas of ancient tombs in the country, so that many Tufuzi have targeted this land, coupled with the story of some tomb robbers who became rich overnight, and many locals have joined in, which can be said to be a prevalent tomb robbery, and countless ancient tombs have been destroyed over the years.

And Zheng Zongxian, as a local case-handling officer, is very disgusted with Tufuzi or shippers like Black Cat.

Bai Jiantong saw Zheng Zongxian looking at him, and immediately understood what the other party thought, and said: "Don't look at me, since you are familiar with black cats, you should know that he is a very cunning and cautious person, every time there is something, he contacts others, and I am also him who contacts me." ”

"Hmph, I don't think he should be called a black cat, he should be called a black fox. ”

Zheng Zong snorted coldly, and then asked Bai Jiantong a few questions, and Bai Jiantong also knew everything.

Speaking about the black cat, Meng Zitao said: "Brother Bai, with all due respect, the three pieces of jade you took out earlier are a bit demonic to me. ”

"What?"

Bai Jiantong was stunned at first, and immediately reacted, what Meng Zitao meant: "You said that there is a problem with these three pieces of jade? shouldn't you?!"

At this time, Zheng Zong spoke first and introduced the identity of Meng Zitao.

Hearing that Meng Zitao was Zheng Anzhi's disciple, Bai Jiantong was a little panicked when he was surprised, and hurriedly took out the three pieces of jade: "I want to ask you for advice, where is the wrong place with these three pieces of jade." ”

Since Bai Jiantong said that he was familiar with the jade of the old three generations, Meng Zitao picked out one of the three jade pieces with the jade style of the Zhou Dynasty.

"Big Brother Bai, you also know the jade of the Zhou Dynasty, let's talk about this jade first. For the jade of the Zhou Dynasty, generally speaking, the decoration will be based on the Shang Dynasty double hook method, supplemented by the single line carving. Only the 'double hook' in this period is not the same thickness as Yin Shang, but has a sense of thickness and fineness, and the thicker yin lines are mostly slope-shaped, with a distinct sense of the times. ”

"In addition, the corners of the eyes of the word 'Chen' are not as flat and thick as those of the Shang Dynasty, but often in the shape of slender and sharp angles, and there is an arc extending outward beyond the corners of the eyes. Most of the jade objects are decorated with purely decorative additional patterns, with an emphasis on highlighting the nobility and ornamentation of the form, reflecting a unique aesthetic pursuit. ”

"The jade of the Zhou Dynasty inherited the flat jade of the Yin Shang dynasty, and went to the extreme, and the ware was mostly flattened and portrayed simply. In terms of jade cutting techniques, bronze utensils are still used to drive the jade sand to make jade. Jade objects tend to have trumpet-shaped drilled holes and olive-shaped inscribed lines. Although these phenomena were common in the Shang Dynasty, they were especially evident in the Western Zhou Dynasty......"

Meng Zitao carefully analyzed the jade man in his hand, and the more Bai Jiantong listened, the darker his face became, and in the end, only bitterness remained.

After Bai Jiantong listened to Meng Zitao's analysis of the last two pieces of jade, his expression became even more depressed, and finally sighed: "It seems that the cheapness of this black cat is really not easy to make, and there are two genuine products anyway, which can be regarded as preserving the capital, otherwise, this time I will lose money." ”

When he said this, he thought that he had packed tickets with Meng Zitao just now, and now he felt blushing when he thought about it.

After all, it was Bai Jiantong who took the eye, and Meng Zitao didn't ask any more details, but from Bai Jiantong's words, they could still guess that he should have been greedy for a small advantage, and he almost suffered a big loss.

After chatting for a few words, Zheng Zongxian's mobile phone rang, and it was his friend who called to ask where they were.

Bai Jiantong saw that Meng Zitao had something to do, so he took his leave, and before he left, Meng Zitao handed him a business card of his own, saying that he could contact him if he had something.

Zheng Zongxian's friend's name is Tian Yinan, it is said that he is the eldest in the family, so he gave this name, he is a middle-aged man with an inch of hair, tall and fat, and extremely big and thick. Meng Zitao stood with him, and there was really some pressure.

Zheng Zong first introduced the two parties, and gave Tian Yinan another explanation.

"Remember, right?"

Tian Yinan's voice was also quite mastery, it sounded rough, and he smiled: "Nonsense, can I forget this little thing?"

Zheng Zongxian waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go, I'll go and solve the black cat's matter first." ”

Tian Yinan was stunned when he heard this: "Black cat, this guy is coming to Yingdu again?"

"I'll tell you about that later. With that, Zheng Zong ran towards his car first.

"This guy, when will he change his acute son. Tian Yinan muttered, and smiled at Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, let's go......

The three of them walked for more than ten minutes and came to an antique shop, which had a very small façade, and Meng Zitao looked into the store at the door, and felt that the three of them might be a little crowded when they entered.

Walking into the store, Meng Zitao looked around the store as usual, and saw that behind the counter in the store, there were piles of old goods like a hill, all of which were messy, and it felt very messy and the things didn't look very good, and there wasn't even much room to put their feet on.

If it were usual, for such a place, Meng Zitao would not be interested in selling things somewhat.

The shopkeeper was an old man in his fifties, and when they came in, they were reading a newspaper with relish in their hands.

"Shopkeeper Wei, there's business coming!" Tian Yinan opened his voice and called.

Wei Hongliang raised his head: "Boss Tian, don't blow it, except for collecting some gadgets, where did you come back to me, you have a big business?"

Tian Yinan said a little exaggeratedly: "Shopkeeper Wei, today's master is not me, it's him! Tell you, I just patted my chest and promised, I have to take some dazzling and good things out today, otherwise you will have no face, and I will have no face." ”

Wei Hongliang smiled and shook his head: "That's the guarantee you made, and I didn't have it." ”

Tian Yinan hurriedly said: "Hey, shopkeeper Wei, at this critical moment, you can't drop the chain, otherwise I will bleed heavily today." ”

Wei Hongliang smiled: "That has nothing to do with me." ”

Tian Yinan said: "Hey, I can see your true face clearly today." ”

After a few jokes, Tian Yinan introduced the two sides, and Wei Hongliang asked, "Boss Meng, I don't know which category of objects you like?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "As long as the thing is good, of course, it is best to porcelain." ”

Wei Hongliang nodded and said, "Porcelain, okay, then you sit down for a while, and I'll come when I go." ”

Meng Zitao pointed to a pile of old goods behind the counter and asked, "Can I take a look at these first?"

"Of course, no problem, just watch ......" (to be continued.) )