Chapter 13: Buying Pearls (3)

The middle-aged glasses were still not at ease, and he then asked: "Then why is he in a hurry to put that ancient paper in the lockbox, isn't it more confidential to get it when he goes home?"

"That's what I think is extraordinary about that piece of paper. After the short and thin man finished speaking, he looked at the middle-aged glasses strangely, and said: "Keep it secret? Why keep it secret? That thing is already his, and besides, no one will notice this detail." ”

The middle-aged man asked again, "Are you so sure, he really went for that ancient paper?"

"Isn't it easy to know the result?" said the short and thin man, "and see how much his ancient paper sells." ”

"Hmm. The middle-aged man dispelled his concerns, he nodded, and said, "Two of the three things he took out were bought by him, this guy has a very accurate vision, and he can develop it." ”

The Cadillac drove all the way to the outskirts of Beijing, and Tang Feng asked Su Qing, "Where is this going?"

Su Qing said: "Tongzhou Fenglu Imperial Garden. ”

"Oh. Tang Feng nodded casually, he didn't know the market, Fenglu Huangyuan is a villa project in Tongzhou, one of the most expensive real estate projects in Tongzhou, with an average price of more than 10,000 yuan.

"Avoiding the prime minister at the beginning, Lesheng and holding the cup, in order to ask the guests in front of the door, a few come today. It is a five-character quatrain, and it is Li Shizhi's most widely circulated poem. This is Li Shizhi in the fifth year of Tianbao was allowed to be removed from the post of Zuo Xiang, and was reappointed as the idle prince Shaobao, and the title of the poem is called "Strike Minister". said that he took the initiative to resign, but in fact, Li Shizhi was also forced to be helpless, he was always at a disadvantage in the political struggle with Li Linfu, and his resignation was actually to avoid disaster. Li Linfu is a man, he is one of the few traitors in Chinese history, where is Li Shizhi his opponent when he plays politics, but when it comes to literature, Li Linfu can't do it, this is a satirical poem written because of things, avoiding the virtuous is a rhetoric, which means avoiding adultery, hiding from Li Linfu, the big traitor.

Tang Feng said that there is no direct evidence to prove that this lacquered wood Bafang box is Li Shizhi's, which is incomplete, at least there is indirect evidence, and this Li Shizhi's "manuscript" is indirect evidence.

In ancient times, there were no synthetic chemical raw materials, and the lacquer they used was natural lacquer, and the main components of natural lacquer were urushiol, laccase, gum and moisture. Using raw lacquer to make paint can make lacquerware moisture-resistant, high-temperature resistant, and corrosion-resistant, which is the biggest feature of lacquerware. As mentioned earlier, Li Shizhi's tomb is buried in a single dry soil, so whether it is from the small environment in which this manuscript is placed or the large environment in which this lacquered wood Bafang box is preserved, this manuscript should be a well-preserved genuine product. But it looks very fake, this is the confusing nature of the unearthed cultural relics, and it is this confusion that makes those palm-eyed masters patronize the lacquered wood square box and ignore this ancient paper, and ignore the truth that this is a celebrity manuscript. Not to mention them, even the short and thin man who personally took out this lacquered wood box from the tomb did not know that this inconspicuous ancient paper was a celebrity manuscript. The short and thin man knew that this ancient paper was real, because he was an eyewitness, and Tang Feng came to a conclusion based entirely on his own judgment.

All antique appraisal experience is inseparable from a premise, that is, under the normal preservation conditions, however, the unearthed antiques are out of this normal, due to the change of the preservation environment, its characteristics will also change. Just like the terracotta warriors, when they were excavated, they were all painted, and after about a week, the painted colors disappeared. China discovered and determined the location of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang as early as the seventies, but until now it has not dared to excavate it because it cannot be protected after excavation.

The scientist knew this, but the tomb robber didn't, and even if he did, he didn't care so much, so the short and thin man took out the lacquered wood box without any protection. Therefore, the characteristics of this manuscript have also changed, because of moisture, the thick ancient rough-edged paper that should have been pale yellow has become dark yellow, and the ink has also shown traces of divergence; hard, brittle and soft, also because of moisture, this ancient paper is more flexible than the real ancient paper, and there are many similar changes, all of which are extremely subtle changes. If you weren't born in a family of tomb robbers, I'm afraid that even Tang Feng wouldn't be able to see that this is genuine.

Cadillac stopped in the courtyard of a single villa in Fenglu Imperial Garden, and after getting out of the car, Tang Feng looked at this mansion-level villa and said, "Don't tell me that this villa is your police's property." ”

"Of course not, we don't have the money to buy a villa. Su Qing said: "This is the property of Mr. Dong Minquan, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese and a wealthy antique dealer in Hong Kong. Tang Feng obviously didn't have much impression of this Mr. Dong Minquan, and walked into this villa with Su Qing.

Compared with these wealthy antique dealers in Hong Kong, the big collectors in China are dwarfed. In the 2005 Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn Auction, Hong Kong antiques dealer Zhai Jianmin successfully purchased an amphora with a poem and stone brocade chicken picture made by Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty at a sky-high price of 122 million yuan, creating a new record for Chinese people to acquire antiques. In 2006, Dr. Zhang Yongzhen, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and president of Hong Kong Yongxing Enterprises, broke this record at Christie's Hong Kong Asia auction for a shocking price of 160 million yuan and successfully purchased the Qianlong Imperial Enamel Apricot Lin Chunyan Picture Bowl of the Qing Dynasty. Although this Dong Minquan did not create any records, but he is by no means an ordinary person, in the 2005 Christie's auction in London, he participated in the competition for the Guigu Xiashan Yuan blue and white jar, and once raised the price to a high of 217 million yuan, if it was sold at this price, then the record of the Chinese acquisition of antiques will be Dong Minquan, although he still lost in the end, but at least it shows that his strength is not below the first two.

In the spacious living room of the villa, Tang Feng raised the lockbox in his hand and asked Su Qing, "Do you want to hand this over to you for safekeeping?"

Su Qing said with a smile: "You are a big money now, of course you keep it." This is the answer Tang Feng wants most now, this time there is no need to worry that Li Shizhi's manuscript has been discovered by her.

Then, Su Qing told Tang Feng their plan, and tomorrow, the antique furniture identification experts invited by the police will come to identify this lacquered wood octagonal box. If it is true, this thing will eventually be handed over to Dong Minquan, who will take it to Hong Kong to "auction", of course, this is just a means for the police to confuse the underground black market gang. The purpose of the police is to let the underground black market know that Tang Feng is not fighting alone, he is the spokesperson of the wealthy antique dealer in Hong Kong, and he has the ability to take black antiques out of the country, which is undoubtedly great news for the short and thin man.

Whether it is the underground black market or the public security department, including Su Qing, they all have their own wishful thinking, but they never dreamed that the biggest beneficiary at present is Tang Feng, who bought and returned the pearls in ancient times, but Tang Feng played a trick to buy the pearls this time, and got a manuscript of Li Shizhi for nothing without much effort.