Brother Can continued: "After that, I asked someone to investigate the address of his concubine's house, if nothing else, he should still live there." ”

Meng Zitao asked with a smile: "Didn't you say that the fierce master had cheated you, why did you check the address and have no other expression?"

Brother Can said: "That guy is more insidious and cunning, and he has many ways, and he likes to make black hands behind his back, and I was also worried that he would jump off the wall in a hurry, so I didn't do it directly." ”

Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, Meng Zitao asked him to write down the address, and then called his colleagues to investigate, hoping to find the whereabouts of the fierce master.

Next, Meng Zitao asked a few more questions again and again, until he felt that there was nothing more to ask, and then stopped.

After waiting for a while, Meng Zitao's colleagues and the police arrived, and Meng Zitao explained the situation, and he didn't have to deal with the rest of the matter.

Back at the hotel, Meng Zitao felt that today's encounter was really strange enough, because of a small gambling wood, so many things were done, and he didn't know whether he was lucky or troublemaker.

Originally, Meng Zitao was about to call Hou Yunbin and tell him that he would go back tomorrow, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Luo Indifferent as soon as he took out his mobile phone.

Luo said on the phone that he was going to Shangdu to help a friend carve something, but Yu Weigang's mobile phone was turned off somehow, so he called Meng Zitao to say.

Meng Zitao agreed, and then Luo said indifferently that he had received news of a jade essence product, saying that the thing was in Shangdu, and asked Meng Zitao if he was interested.

Of course, Meng Zitao wanted to go and see, but he couldn't make it clear on the phone, anyway, he had to go to Shangdu by plane, so he would just meet Luo Danran tomorrow.

……

The next morning, Meng Zitao took Hou Yunbin's car to a hotel in Shangdu, and then met Luo Danran, who had just arrived.

After a few words of greeting, Meng Zitao brought up the matter: "Teacher Luo, what happened to the jade essence you talked about on the phone yesterday?"

"I don't know if it's reliable or not. Luo indifferently told Meng Zitao a story.

Luo Danran has a distant aunt in Shangdu, who is his mother's cousin, some time ago, it was the 70th birthday of his distant aunt's wife, and she has been thinking about it, because although her wife is not very good-tempered, she still cares about her, so she wants to give her wife a birthday gift.

One day, she went to buy vegetables, in the vegetable field saw a hometown people selling an unearthed cultural relics, she was very curious, saw a turtle with eight immortals to celebrate the birthday, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, the seller said that it was dug up, it was a treasure, it was a national cultural relic, because there was no money to eat, so it was secretly sold.

She saw that it was a fellow countryman and a birthday gift, so she didn't say a word, and immediately bought it for 200 yuan. When I went home, I talked to my wife about it, and my wife drank too much wine at the time, so she scolded her and gave a turtle on her birthday, didn't she curse him?

After listening to this description, Meng Zitao just didn't understand it anymore, and he knew that the turtle must be fake, but what does this have to do with the jade essence?

So, he asked, "What about later?"

Luo said indifferently: "Later things are also very funny, after my cousin was scolded, I felt that this thing could only be sold, so I showed others how much it cost, some people said that this was the Kangxi period, it was indeed an antique, she called a few people to see, everyone said it was true, one came and went, an old man liked it, so he went to get a jade gourd that was made of jade essence, and he was willing to exchange the jade gourd for the turtle." ”

"My cousin didn't understand anything else, but my cousin had also seen it from my grandfather, and she thought it was quite similar, so she agreed. Unexpectedly, after my cousin-in-law found out about this, he scolded my cousin again, saying that he didn't tell him when he changed it. My cousin felt wronged, so she called me and said that she was going to sell the jade gourd. ”

Knowing that this was the case, Meng Zitao also felt a little bizarre, according to common sense, the possibility that both things were fakes was very high, but this thing was not necessarily, maybe the old man was clumsy and regarded the fake as genuine. Anyway, let's go and see the present first.

"Teacher Luo, I'll trouble you to take me there later. Meng Zitao said.

Luo waved his hand indifferently: "Don't be so polite, but my friends will come to me in a while, and it may delay some time." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's okay. ”

The two chatted for a while, and Luo Danran's friend arrived.

Yuan Zengxian was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a dignified appearance and a bookish temperament, and Meng Zitao's first impression was that he was likely to be a teacher.

After introduction, Yuan Zengxian is indeed a teacher, teaching history at a local high school.

Everyone shook hands politely, and after each sat down, Yuan Zeng first took out a photo and put it on the table.

Meng Zitao raised his eyes and saw that there was a very damaged statue in the photo, with only one foot left, and a thing in the middle, but only a third of this thing was left, and Meng Zitao could vaguely recognize it, this could be a vajra.

Apart from these two things, only one pedestal is considered complete.

Looking at the photo, Luo was a little indifferent: "I said Lao Yuan, you don't mean that you want me to restore this statue, right?"

Yuan Zeng nodded first and said, "Yes, indeed." ”

Luo was a little speechless: "Isn't it difficult for you to be a strong man like this? There are only such things left, how can you let me restore them, I don't even know what the statue is, I can't just make one, right?"

Yuan Zengxian smiled embarrassedly: "It's definitely not okay to make a random one, the thing is my grandfather's, he is much more educated than me, and the restored things must conform to the characteristics and shape of the times at that time, otherwise he will not be satisfied." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zitao knew that this imitation was not difficult to say, and it was not easy to say, the key was to see what Yuan Zengxian's grandfather's attitude was, whether it could meet his requirements, and whether the work could convince him.

If you can agree, then things are easier to do, even if there are slight differences, or mistakes are okay, otherwise it will be troublesome. Judging from the meaning of Yuan Zengxian's words, the old man's requirements may be relatively high, and he will be satisfied if he doesn't carve something casually, that is, in the latter case.

Luo Danran also heard the meaning of his friend's words, and hurriedly said: "I can't help this, you better find someone else." ”

Yuan Zengxian hurriedly said indifferently to Luo: "Old Luo, do me a favor, I have already found several people, but they can't meet his old man's requirements, and I really can't help it, so I will contact you." ”

Luo Ran shook his head indifferently: "It's not that I don't help you, and I'm not researching statues, if you have a specimen, portrait, etc., I will definitely help you do it without saying a word, but now what do you want me to do?"

Yuan Zengxian hurriedly said: "Lao Luo, you are modest, I have seen the level of your Buddha statue, I believe you can satisfy my grandfather." ”

"How do you know it must be a Buddha statue?" Luo asked indifferently.

Yuan Zengxian said: "This is not a section of the vajra, and the base of the statue is engraved with the inscription of 'Daming Chongzhen Xin Si Nian pious imperial supervisor Gong made', indicating that the statue should be from the palace royal supervisor casting works, the Ming Dynasty emperor's imperial prison set up 'Buddha work' to specialize in this kind of Buddha statue casting production, as long as you follow the characteristics of the palace statue, it will always satisfy my grandfather." ”

Luo pouted indifferently: "If things are really that easy, will it be my turn to call me?"

Yuan Zeng smiled and said, "Anyway, let's go and see the real thing first, how about it?"

"This ......" Luo looked at Meng Zitao indifferently.

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "Then let's go and have a look first." ”

Since Meng Zitao agreed, Luo Danran also nodded, because Luo Danran did not introduce Meng Zitao in detail just now, which made Yuan Zengxian a little strange, why did Luo Danran still need to see if Meng Zitao disagreed?

Yuan Zeng first drove the two to his grandfather's side, a villa with beautiful scenery, although the grass and trees are not lush now, he can still imagine the beautiful scenery here in spring and summer.

After getting out of the car, Yuan Zeng first took everyone to the living room of the villa and introduced his grandfather to everyone.

Mr. Yuan is dressed in a Tang costume, although he is ** ten years old, he is very energetic, smiling, giving people a feeling of kindness.