Meng Zitao was a little speechless, because the staff only lifted half of the cloth on the table, which was clearly artificially causing everyone to scramble.

Some people went to the host to complain, but they were all blocked by the host with a smile and a reason that had been prepared a long time ago.

Seeing that there are a lot of antiques revealed, and many of them look like fine products, everyone can't care about the mood, or it's useless to make a mood, and they have found their favorite utensils and looked at them.

Meng Zitao joined the ranks, and he reacted faster, scanning the things on the table before heading straight for the goal.

Meng Zitao is interested in a handful of wine injection, wine injection is a kind of wine utensils, such wine utensils are used to warm wine, wine injection is placed in the bowl, and then hot water is poured into the bowl, you can heat the wine in the injection very conveniently.

This kind of gentle and elegant drinking utensils appeared in the Song Dynasty, the reason for the emergence of which was that at that time, the entire social atmosphere was soaked in the aesthetic goodness of the literati, and they were all influenced by the aesthetic standards of the literati.

Therefore, whether it is daily utensils or furnishing appreciation, all pursue a gentle and peaceful charm, pursue that leisurely and comfortable demeanor, and it is normal for a beautiful wine injection to appear.

Meng Zitao took a fancy to this wine injection made extremely luxurious, exquisite, straight mouth, thick neck, square belly, cylindrical high hoop feet, ear-shaped handle, slender and long. The whole body is made of gold sand, and the cover, neck, abdomen, handle, and high circle feet are full of chiseled ruyi cloud patterns, two dragons playing with pearl patterns, and seawater river cliff patterns. The raspberry-shaped lid is inlaid with jade and connected to the handle by a gold chain. The abdomen is inlaid with white jade carved dragons on both sides. The inner and outer walls of the round tray are engraved with Ganoderma lucidum and peony floral patterns.

Judging from the craftsmanship, ornamentation, and modeling of the wine injection, this gold wine injection should be a work in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it is also a court work, which is quite extraordinary.

Meng Zitao liked this wine injection very much, and immediately asked the staff standing next to the table, he offered 450,000 yuan, if Meng Zitao agreed, as long as no one increased the price within a minute, the transaction could be made.

Meng Zitao looked around, and the others were all looking intently at what they were holding in their hands, and no one noticed him at all.

In this way, it was almost a minute, just when Meng Zitao thought that there would be no variables, but he didn't expect the variables to suddenly appear, a man came over, directly increased the price by 10,000, and said, "I'll watch it for three minutes." ”

The rule here is this, if the person who has not seen it, can have a maximum of three minutes of appraisal time, but only this one chance.

Meng Zitao frowned slightly, does this person have an enmity with himself? Stepping in at a critical time is like wanting to cut off people's wealth, no wonder he thinks so.

Meng Zitao looked at this person, judging from the size and other characteristics, this person should be a middle-aged man, there is no same figure in his memory, it is unlikely that they are enemies between them, of course, there is no guarantee that no one will instruct him.

This person didn't waste time at all, saying that he couldn't miss a second for three minutes.

"Sir, do you want to increase the price?" the staff asked Meng Zitao.

"Add ten thousand. Meng Zitao replied lightly.

"500,000!"

"510,000 ......"

No matter how the other party raised the price, Meng Zitao always added 10,000, which made this person a little angry, and simply increased it directly to 700,000, but this offer was already far higher than the market price of the wine injection.

Meng Zitao is not a mallet, although he likes this wine injection, but he will not spend money in vain to buy it, so he will no longer follow the offer.

"Hmph!" the man snorted coldly, looking dissatisfied with Meng Zitao.

Mencius was happy, even if there are no usual rules here, it is according to their respective strengths, you grabbed the things, and the price was reported by yourself, but it seems that you are still a victim, which is really unreasonable!

At this time, I heard the staff say to the middle-aged man: "Sir, please restrain yourself and don't violate the rules here." ”

The middle-aged man was obviously used to being domineering on weekdays, and after listening to the warning of the staff, his breathing was a little rougher, but thinking that this was not his own territory after all, and there were security guards next to him, he could only stop talking, but looking at Meng Zitao's eyes was even more unpleasant.

Meng Zitao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and looked at other utensils.

Next, although there were also bids, but as unreasonable as a middle-aged man, Meng Zitao never encountered it again, in addition to buying two pieces himself, he also helped Jun Kaisheng identify a few.

Seeing that there were only three or five antiques on the table that everyone was not interested in, the host asked the staff to uncover the cloth on the remaining half of the table, and when everyone saw all kinds of antiques on the table, they couldn't help but breathe quickly, and even when some people had not reacted, some people stepped forward to compete for bidding.

Even if he is accustomed to seeing countless fine products, he is very surprised at the moment, because these things on the table are so outstanding, if they are all genuine, each of them can be regarded as a national treasure-level cultural relics, it is difficult for Mencius to imagine, so many treasures, how did the organizers get them, and they actually launched them at one time, if they spread, it is estimated that it will cause an uproar in the domestic antique industry.

Meng Zitao secretly thought, could it be that these treasures are indeed owned by iron sheets? That would be too exaggerated. It's just that at this time, he didn't think much about it, and immediately walked quickly towards the object he wanted the most.

This is a bronze sheep's chest, it is a kind of ancient wine container in our country, the real name of the vessel is not yet known, it is a conventional name, popular in the late Shang period to the early Western Zhou Dynasty. It is generally oval or square in shape, with ring-footed or quadruped legs.

They are covered with caps, and the covers are made in the shape of horned animal heads or elephant heads with proboscis rolled up. Some of them are made in the shape of animals, with their heads and backs covered, their abdomen and their legs made of feet. And the decorative pattern of the look is similar to the sacrificial statue, the bird and beast shape, so some people mistake it for the beast shape zun. However, unlike the beast-shaped statue, the lid is made in the shape of the head of the beast and the back of the beast, and the flow part of the beast is the neck of the beast, which can be used as a pouring of wine.

And the piece in front of him is in the shape of a sheep, standing on all fours, with a cover on the back, and a sub-mouth and abdomen buckle. The head of the sheep is forward, and the large, thick horns are bent and rolled up. A pair of small ears protrude obliquely to the sides behind the eyes. The cover is bulging, and the ridge climbs a piece of Kuilong, and the two sides are decorated with reverse Kui patterns. The cover ridge and tail are decorated with a piece of standing bird, and the tail hangs down and is covered. The lid is decorated with gluttonous patterns, and it is symmetrically unfolded on the left and right sides of the standing bird. The bas-relief tiger stripes on both sides of the abdomen and chest are placed upwards, and the abdomen is decorated with a large phoenix bird pattern, all of which are lined with fine cloud and thunder patterns.

Judging from the various characteristics of the artifact, Mencius believes that it is an artifact of the Shang Dynasty, and the unearthed traces are obvious, and it is not a heirloom.

Round carved animal-shaped ware is one of the rarest categories of Shang and Zhou bronzes, and has always been regarded by connoisseurs as an arch. There are only 14 pieces of this Shang Dynasty quadruped animal in Mencius's memory, all of which are in the hands of major museums and collectors.

The only complete Shang bronze animal-shaped object recorded at auction is a mid-Shang bronze bull in Christie's in New York in 1988, which set a world record for an Asian art auction.

Because it is so rare and valuable, this sheep can be worth at least tens of millions according to the current market value, and it is not impossible for the transaction price to exceed 100 million yuan if it is sold at a regular auction.

Since Meng Zitao has seen this treasure, of course, it is impossible to miss it, not to mention that it can be avoided from spreading abroad, and his museum can also have one more treasure.

It may be that most of the people present are not clear about the value of this sheep's stalk, so there are not many people who appreciate it, and even Mencius can only be interested in four people, but it includes the middle-aged man who competed with Mencius Tao for wine before.

The middle-aged man took the lead in asking the staff, "What is the reserve price of this thing?"

The staff smiled and replied, "Thirty million." ”

The staff's offer made everyone around look sideways, what is it, the reserve price is actually 30 million, which is too exaggerated.

However, the middle-aged man obviously didn't think it was expensive, and directly increased the price by 5 million, probably because he wanted to scare people away with the high price.

Just don't mention the other two, it is impossible for Meng Zitao to let him get his wish, and he also added five million.

Seeing the middle-aged man staring at him, Meng Zitao said lightly: "What do you see? If you have the strength, you will continue to add, and I will accompany you to the end." ”

"Okay, good!" The middle-aged man sneered, then stared at Meng Zitao and said, "I'll add another five million, and you can add it if you have the ability!"

"Then do as you wish. Meng Zitao chuckled.

"Shhh

Some of the people around gasped, and there were very few price increases like the ones in front of them.

The middle-aged man was somewhat surprised, he originally just wanted to stimulate Meng Zitao, it was best to let Meng Zitao retreat, but he didn't expect Meng Zitao to be on top of him.

It's just that in this way, he is a little embarrassed, the price of 50 million is about to break through his psychological bottom line, and it is definitely unrealistic to add another 5 million, but in this situation, he reduces the price increase, isn't that a joke?

Thinking about it, as soon as the middle-aged man gritted his teeth, the reduction rate decreased, and no one around knew him anyway.

However, just as he was about to speak, a crisp voice suddenly sounded, and immediately after, he felt that his eyes were dark, and his mind fell into darkness.

Going back to a few seconds before the gunshot, Meng Zitao suddenly felt a violent palpitation, a feeling that his life could be in danger enveloped him, he realized that something was wrong, he didn't care about anything else, and squatted down directly.

When Meng Zitao squatted down, the gunshots rang out, and then the gunshots resounded throughout the hall like fried beans, and all kinds of screams and cries for help were heard all around, and the hall was in chaos.

Meng Zitao did not panic, besides, at this time, panic did not have half a point, he hurriedly observed the surroundings, looking for a place to hide.