The group went to the police station to record a confession, and Luo Danran's cousin's turtle was a fake as expected, which made Luo Danran's cousin breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, but also felt painful, and her mood was very conflicted.

After a while, the old bow of the ship hurried over, he took out his report record at that time, and then saw the jade gourd, and immediately said that this was the jade gourd he had lost, and there would be no mistake.

After learning what was going on, the old bow was so angry that he and the other party were also old acquaintances, and they usually called brothers and sisters, and they also knew that he lost the jade gourd, even if the thing was not stolen, and everyone was not a stranger, or the relationship was not good, after picking up the thing, he had to return it to him.

Now that the old man actually has it for himself, anyone will find it unbearable.

Originally, the old bow didn't intend to forgive the other party, but the old man's family found him, hoping that he would be able to open the net, and he didn't know what he said, so the old bow agreed, but he thought it was just to compensate him financially.

After recording the transcript, Meng Zitao said to the old ship's bow: "Uncle, I don't know if you want to sell that jade gourd?"

"You want to buy it?" asked the old shipwreck.

"Yes, as long as it's the right price. Meng Zitao said.

"How much can you give me?" said the old bow with his usual means.

If it was someone else, Meng Zitao would have told the truth, but it would not work on the old bow, so he said: "Fifty thousand." ”

The old bow smiled: "It seems that the little brother is not sincere!"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, the seller generally gives the price first, and the price is right. If the price difference is not large, you can also make a counteroffer, if the difference is too large, there is no need for a counteroffer. ”

The old bow said, "Okay, you want me to pay the price first, then I'll pay 500,000, do you want it?"

"Uncle, let me ask first, are you sincere in selling?"

"Of course, I'm not going to talk to you about anything if you're not sincere. ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I've heard of you. ”

The old bow said, "If you don't believe me, don't buy it." ”

"In that case, it's a deal. Meng Zitao said with a smile, this jade gourd is not worth 500,000 yuan according to the market value, but it is still worth it to him, so he agreed.

The old bow was a little stunned, he was shocked by the price of jade, and at the same time, he felt that he was selling cheaply, but he would not go back on his word, and then smiled: "Okay, fifty is 500,000, I'm not the kind of person who will change his mind casually." ”

Meng Zitao didn't want to get into trouble, so they signed an agreement first, because the jade gourd was used as evidence, and the old bow could not be taken away for the time being.

The old shipwreck signed his name and said, "Now you can always tell me how much it is worth, right?"

"To tell you the truth, this jade gourd is not worth 500,000 yuan in the market. Meng Zitao said.

"Am I stupid when you say that?" said the old ship's bow.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "You can go to the market and inquire, within a month, whoever bids more than 500,000 yuan, I am willing to buy double." ”

"This is made of jade!" the old bow still didn't believe it.

"Since you know that it is made of jade, you must know some about this material, which is not much different from jade, and it does not bring any magical effects, and the reason why I am willing to pay this price to buy it is because it is useful to me. ”

"What's the use?"

"I can't say anything about this, and I also have jade essence products in my hands, so it doesn't matter if I don't have this jade gourd. ”

"Really?" asked the old bow rhetorically.

Meng Zitao shrugged his shoulders: "It's all said and done, why should I lie, anyway, you can give me the jade gourd after a while, and you can go to the market to inquire about the price." If someone is willing to buy at a high price, you tell me that I promise to keep my promise, and of course, if you want to partner to cheat me, I am not a vegetarian. ”

Meng Zitao has said this, and the old shipwreck has already turned to believe his words, but according to his character, before he sells the jade gourd to Meng Zitao, he will definitely inquire about the price first.

After that, Meng Zitao gave the old shipwreck a business card of his own: "If you have a treasure to sell, you can also come to me, and I will send someone to contact you at that time." ”

After the old bow looked at the business card, he asked, "You are also in the antique business?"

Meng Zitao nodded: "Yes, I have an auction company under my name, you can come to me if you have something to auction, but you must have a minimum collection worth tens of thousands, otherwise you can't take it to our company for auction." ”

The old bow was a little moved: "Then how do you charge." ”

"It's not set in stone, but you can rest assured that all the fees will be paid until the auction is over," Meng said. ”

The old bow nodded and said, "It seems that you are a regular company, why don't you take a look at me?"

Of course, Meng Zitao had no problem, so the group followed the old bow to his house, during which Meng Zitao also told him some things to pay attention to in the auction.

The old boatman's house is not far from the community of Luo Danran's cousin's house, it is an old house with a single family, after entering the house, Meng Zitao found that the house was cleaned quite clean, not as messy as he originally thought.

The old captain invited everyone to sit down, and asked his wife to bring tea and water to everyone, while he went to the back room to get something.

A moment later, the old bow returned with three things.

Two of these three items are porcelain, one of which is a small piece of folk kiln work, and the other is a blue and white dragon pattern plate from the Xianfeng official kiln, and Meng Zitao briefly explained to the old bow and said their price.

Meng Zitao finally picked up the jade: "As for this spring water jade, it is actually an old oil ......."

The old bow said, "What is the old oil?"

"Old oil extraction is actually a means of aging in ancient times. ”

Meng Zitao explained: "This technique was first seen in the Song Dynasty! The ancients usually used some ebony sawdust to simmer jade over a small fire to make the jade strands black. ”

"There are also some jade that is preheated with hot water, and then grilled on a wire rack with charcoal fire, and smeared wax oil on the jade while burning. The grease is carbonized into black powder ash, which is re-roasted and re-coated without time limit until a black spot forms on the jade. ”

Another method is to use cotton to wrap the jade and roast it on a charcoal fire, and the black ash on the charred cotton is watered with water and then burned, so that the jade slowly forms a fine fire pattern. When the black goes deep into the jade and does not float, the imitation black lacquer ancient cow hair pattern will be completed. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao pointed to the jade and said: "Look at the black qin here, in fact, it is formed by the carbonization into the jade skin, and no matter how much you play with it, you can't show the moisturization of the original jade skin." This is the essential difference between the real and the fake Heiqin. ”

"How much is that jade worth?"

"This jade carving is delicate, the color of the oil is simple and elegant, the pulp luster is natural, and it is well preserved, it is relatively rare, the market value should be about 12,000, this piece of jade I suggest you still wait for a while before selling, the price will increase, and it is not a good choice to sell or auction now." ”

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, a smile appeared on the old ship's face: "Boss Meng, you are really sincere, and it is very rare to do business like you now." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "I am a businessman, and I pursue the principle of eating meat by myself and giving others to drink broth, in fact, the money is inexhaustible, but the character can be ruined all at once." ”

"Well, if you say this, I will also do business with you. The old bow laughed, and then went to fetch something again.

This time, the things were all in boxes, and when I opened one of them, I saw three terracotta figurines inside.

The old bow said: "I got these three potters by accident, when I showed a door-to-door receiver, he was only willing to pay fifty yuan at first, I don't agree, fifty yuan a piece, I might as well put it at home to see." As a result, he immediately raised the price to three hundred, and I was even more reluctant to sell. Boss Meng, what kind of potter do you say this is?"

Meng Zitao knew what it was at first sight: "This is actually a rap figurine from the Han Dynasty. ”

Rap figurines are also known as storytelling figurines or dwarf guide figurines. In the Han Dynasty, dwarfs performed "advocating excellent opera", just like the amusing role in various modern performances, the earliest record can be found in Mozi's "Ploughing Pillar Chapter", "those who can talk about debate can talk about debate, and those who can tell stories can tell stories".

"Chinese Chu Language" says, "History does not lose the book, and the misty does not lose the recitation." It is said that the ancient historians used words to write history, and the "Blind Looking" was blind and good at memorizing and reciting to pass on the history or rap the epic with drums, so the "Blind Historian" was also called "Blind History", and later became a folk artist who popularized historical knowledge.

In the Han Dynasty, haiyu performed speeches, singing, music, and lyrics, singing epics and folklore with their clever and witty eloquence, or using comical and satirical language to ridicule social affairs and dignitaries.

At that time, this kind of performance was very popular with society, so it was only natural that this kind of rap figurines appeared, and all kinds of rap figurines and acrobatic figurines naturally began to appear on funerary objects.

After explaining the matter, Meng continued: "These three sets of rap figurines show the exquisite skills and creative thinking of the artists of the Han Dynasty, and the rap characters are vividly represented by the combination of realism and romanticism, which has high artistic value. Especially if it is so well preserved, the value is even higher, and the estimate I give is about 800,000. ”

Knowing that the value of three terracotta figurines, which were far less than the size of a palm, was so high, the old bow couple was quite shocked, and they were all overjoyed immediately, especially when the old bow thought that the jade gourd had been sold for another 500,000, adding up to 1.3 million, but after such a while, he actually became a millionaire, and he was excited to think about it.

Meng Zitao asked with a smile: "Uncle, do you want to sell it now, or take it to auction?"