Lao Jiaojing probably sensed the dislike in Meng Zitao's heart, and asked, "Wang Shao, if you like it, I'll give you one or two." ”

Meng Zitao returned the jade bi and said lightly: "Forget it, what's the use of me taking this thing back?"

Lao Jiaojing smiled, since Meng Zitao didn't want it, he wouldn't be reluctant, this thing was worth a lot of money.

Then under the greeting of the old Jiaojing, everyone slowly walked into the house, only to see that it was a little cramped, furniture and miscellaneous things were almost piled up in the house space, and some things still emitted an unpleasant smell, Meng Zitao immediately distinguished, this is the smell of using chemicals to make old.

Lao Jiaojing led everyone all the way to the small hall inside, and the situation in the room had only improved a little, and there was no pungent smell.

Seeing that Lao Jiaojing was about to invite everyone to take a seat, Meng Zitao said directly: "Don't bother, just show me something." ”

"Okay. ”

Lao Jiaojing didn't hesitate, and led everyone to a room inside, and after opening the door with the key, he turned on the lights in the room.

Meng Zitao looked into the house along the door, and saw that the things inside were also a little messy, but they were better than the outside, and there were all kinds of things, such as porcelain, jade, bronze, etc., which were simply everything.

The old Jiaojing had a hint of triumph on his face, and then beckoned everyone into the house.

As soon as he entered the door, Meng Zitao saw some swords placed next to him, most of which were bronze, with red spots and green rust on the surface, and a sense of historical vicissitudes came to his face.

When Qin You saw these bronzes, his expression was a little strange: "I said old Jiaojing, have you forgotten the previous lesson again, why did you collect the bronzes again?"

The old Jiaojing smiled: "I'm not a pig, I received these bronze swords from a weapon collector, even if you want to find trouble, then you should find that collector." ”

"The quality of these weapons is good, how can they be sold?" Qin You was a little surprised.

"In this life, who doesn't have a little difficulty?" Lao Jiaojing shrugged his shoulders, but he didn't elaborate, probably because he didn't want to leak the source of goods.

Meng Zitao stepped forward, picked out a bronze sword and looked at it, this sword is about 55 centimeters long, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, about 5 centimeters at the widest point, about 2 centimeters at the narrowest point, and weighs about 0.5 kilograms. The body of the sword is blue-green, gray-black in some places in the middle, the blade is relatively sharp, and there is a totem in the shape of a tiger on the sword.

From the point of view of the shape of the instrument, this should be the willow leaf sword of Ba, people have always said that the Bashu region, in fact, the Ba country and the Shu country are two places, the country of Ba is roughly in the area around the mountain city, and the country of Shu refers to the area around the capital of Shu, although the two regions are inextricably linked, but some places are still different.

For example, this bronze sword is different, the willow leaf sword is unique to the Ba people, this kind of sword focuses on close-range assassination, rather than long-distance slashing, so it can often play a lethal effect thousands of years ago when there were only cold weapons.

This kind of sword is not styled, and it is also very consistent with the Xiajiang area, which is dominated by the terrain of lofty mountains and mountains, because in many narrow areas, it is not conducive to the use of long weapons, on the contrary, short weapons suitable for hand-to-hand combat can occupy an advantageous position in hand-to-hand combat.

Meng Zitao inspected these weapons, they were all excellent, and they were also well preserved, so they should have been handled by more professional means.

"The original owner should have studied bronze weapons. Meng Zitao said.

The old Jiaojing smiled and nodded: "That's right, I also admire him for this." ”

"I want all these weapons. Meng Zitao said suddenly.

"Ahh

"Are there any restrictions on what you can buy?" Meng Zitao asked lightly.

Lao Jiaojing immediately changed to a smiling face: "Wang Shao, you misunderstood, I just didn't react for a while." ”

Meng Zitao said: "I prefer cold weapons and high ancient jade. ”

Lao Jiaojing showed a sudden look on his face, perhaps because he felt that Meng Zitao was a big customer, and Lao Jiaojing also gave a relatively large discount, and the final price was quite satisfactory to both of them.

Lao Jiaojing was very happy, and his smile was sincere: "Wang Shao, I only have these cold weapons here, but Gao Guyu still has a few pieces, I'll take you over to take a look." ”

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "It's not like before." ”

Lao Jiaojing hurriedly waved his hand: "That's definitely not it, no matter how we do, we won't fool you with those goods, and we guarantee that they are all babies who open the door wide." I don't believe you can show it to Gong Lao, no, let him beat me!"

"That's good. ”

Meng Zitao didn't say much, let Lao Jiaojing lead the way, and after a few steps, he saw the high ancient jade that Lao Jiaojing said.

"Huh!" When Meng Zitao saw one of the jades, he was a little surprised, and remembered that he got the handle-shaped jade from Liu Jiapeng in the capital, and the jade in front of him and the shape of the vessel were the same as that one, and the ornamentation was not different, but it was a little smaller, but this jade was from the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was obviously an imitation of this one.

Meng Zitao picked up the jade and looked at it, and found that there was a thick layer of pulp on the surface of the jade, which should be an old pit.

"Boss, can you tell me about the origin of this jade?" Meng Zitao asked bluntly, which was also in line with his identity.

Seeing that Lao Jiaojing was a little hesitant, Meng Zitao continued: "I don't mean anything else, it's just that I have an identical jade artifact at home, but that one is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Lao Jiaojing didn't know if what Meng Zitao said was true or not, but Meng Zitao bought all the cold weapons very happily just now, which made him feel a little good, but after hesitating for a while, he said it.

Meng Zitao wrote down the information, and before checking the other jade artifacts, he asked Meng Hongchang to also go and see if there were other artifacts he liked.

In addition to the handle-shaped jade, there were four pieces of ancient jade left, one of which was still the Han Dynasty "Yi Sun Sun" jade, but Meng Zitao glanced at it, put them aside, and just took the remaining two jades.

Seeing this, Lao Jiaojing felt a little strange in his heart: "Wang Shao, don't you want this jade?"

Meng Zitao snorted coldly: "You better keep it yourself." ”

Meng Zitao's attitude made Lao Jiaojing stunned, and asked cautiously: "Wang Shao, do you think there is something wrong with things?"

"Can't you see such an obvious flaw?" Meng Zitao said coldly.

Lao Jiaojing looked at Yubi, turned back to Meng Zitao and said, "Wang Shao, please give me some advice." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Lao Jiaojing, and then said: "The development of jade from the Xia, Shang and Third dynasties through the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, jade has become a monopoly used by emperors and nobles. Driven by powerful people, the jade workers were sincerely afraid and carefully grinded, lest something go wrong. ”

Therefore, they do their best to reflect the spirit and spirit of the work through grinding. They know very well in their work that if they make a mistake, they can be flogged at least and beheaded at worst. Do you think this kind of professionalism forced by life and death can be compared to those who make fake and shoddy products?"

"Well, it's really not comparable. Lao Jiaojing looked at his pair of jade, but he still didn't see what was wrong.

Regardless of whether he really didn't know or not, Meng Zitao pointed to one of the jade bi and said: "Because these people have no great pressure of responsibility, no danger to their lives, and they have no spectrum in their hearts, they draw scoops according to the gourd, so they mostly pursue quantity rather than quality, and it is difficult to achieve god-likeness in the pursuit of resemblance." ”

"I admit that the carving of this pair of jade bi has reached a certain level, and if it is a piece of jade, I can't see the difference, but this is a pair of jade bi, the shape of the two is the same, and of course there will be no difference in ornamentation. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao will not talk about it anymore, if at this time, Lao Jiaojing still can't see what the problem is, he is pretending to be crazy and stupid.

And after Lao Jiaojing reminded him, he immediately noticed that the difference between this pair of jade bi in one ornament seems to be that the maker did not grasp it well, and deliberately made it like this after something went wrong.

"Ma sells batches, and he is pecked by geese all day long!" Lao Jiaojing's expression was very embarrassed, of course, whether it was really embarrassing or not, only he himself knew.

The two negotiated the price of the remaining two pieces of jade, Meng Hongchang beckoned to Meng Zitao, Meng Zitao walked over to take a look, but it was a golden bell about 30 centimeters high, yellow and clear, carved dragon and phoenix, the bell was exquisitely made, the shape of the instrument was regular, and the atmosphere of the shape all showed a solemn and luxurious royal style.

Meng Zitao stepped forward to take a look and found that the surface of the bell was actually gilded, which was estimated to be copper gilt, but when he gently lifted the bell to observe carefully, he found that the weight was wrong, and it felt similar to the weight of real gold, which seemed to be a counterfeit golden bell.

"This golden bell should be an imitation, right?" Meng Zitao said.

Meng Hongchang muttered: "I haven't heard of it, there was this kind of golden bell left in the Qing Dynasty, why do you want to imitate this thing, isn't it okay to do it when you're full?"

Lao Jiaojing came over and said with a smile: "I think that at the beginning, Zeng Guofan surrounded the Tianjing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he suffered from no military salary, so he reported it to Cixi, however, at that time, the existing silver in the Internal Affairs Office was less than three million taels, and it could not be arranged at all, and the silver could not be used as military salary. So he hit the idea on the ten golden bells built by Yongzheng before, but the prince who was in charge of this matter did not melt all the golden bells, but left one mouthful. ”

Qin You looked at the Admiralty and said, "Don't you think that this is the Admiralty you said, it's pure gold, this is gilt, if you want me to say, this thing is done by people who are full of food and have nothing to do." ”

The old Jiaojing grinned and said, "Don't care so much, as long as you can fool people." ”

"Can't anyone else see gilding?"

"You can tell a story, as long as it is beautiful, you are not afraid that no one will believe it. ”

"It seems that the story you tell is not good, so this bell is still here. ”

"I just got my hands on it, and I haven't had time to talk about it yet, and this thing is not expensive, as long as someone believes it, it will make a lot of money. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zitao said, "How about giving me this bell?"

Lao Jiaojing was slightly stunned: "What are you...... Oh, understood, understood, this clock will be given to you at the original price. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then don't do it, the hardship fee still has to be paid, so it's decided!"

After that, Meng Zitao chose a few more things and prepared to check out.

Lao Jiaojing is very well prepared, and he also has a mobile credit card machine in his hand, and he can pay directly by card.

Moved the things to the car, and before Qin You got into the car, he pulled the old Jiaojing aside: "You still remember this thing." ”

Old Jiaojing was a little surprised when he saw the jade Xuanji that Qin You took out: "Hey, didn't I sell this thing to that boss, how could it be here with you?"

Qin You said: "I know your rules, this matter is not what I want to ask, it is Wang Shao who wants to know, you just say it, he is worried about it, you don't want to mix in the country, but he remembers you well, and you won't suffer." ”

"How do you ...... Hey, well, this thing is actually in my master's hand. ”

"Do you still have a connection with the old fox of the fierce master?"

"Occasionally, but since I bought this jade Xuanji, I haven't been in touch for a long time, and I don't know if this guy is going to retire. ”

When the old Jiao Jing said this, he asked again, "What else does he want to know?"

"The owner of those weapons. Qin lobbied.

"I knew that it would be no good for you to come to me!" the old Jiaojing glared at Qin You fiercely.

"Cut, I still envy you for having a relationship with him. Qin You said with a smile.

"I'd rather not have this kind of relationship!"

The old Jiaojing was a little helpless: "Forget it, I'll go tell him myself......"

After learning who the owner of those weapons was, Meng Zitao asked Yu Ming to send him over, and the reason why he wanted to meet that person was because he liked the ability of the owner of the weapons to maintain the bronzes, and maybe he could invite the other party to work in his museum.

Because of the time, everyone went to lunch first, and then came to the residence of the owner of the weapon.

Qin You went to knock on the door, and after a while, an old lady came out, and when she saw so many people coming to her door, she was naturally taken aback: "Who are you looking for?"

Qin You smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm a friend of Lao Hu, please tell him that Qin You is here." ”

"You wait a minute......"

Not long after the old lady went in, a middle-aged man with a somewhat haggard face walked out.

"Old Hu, how did you become like this?" Qin You was very surprised.

"Hey, don't say it. The man, Lao Hu, let out a long sigh and led everyone into the house.

"Is the problem with these IOUs?" Qin You looked at the IOUs on the table.

"yes!"

Meng Zitao looked at the IOUs, and always felt that something was not quite right, so he took out a microscope and observed through a portable microscope, and found that the pen marks of these 5 IOUs were highly consistent, but even if a person's handwriting would not change much in the past two or three years, handwriting identification emphasized a "big and small", of which "small differences" is just an important basis for identification.

Different pens, different pads, and even different moods when writing will show some small differences in the pen marks. However, these 5 IOUs are surprisingly consistent. 2k reading web