Early the next morning, Ning Tao went to the hotel where Lin Yuming and they lived, and had breakfast with them.

"Xiao Xu, your mood is not right, you only came back so late last night, it should be a spring breeze and a beautiful woman, but this expression doesn't look like it!"

"Oh, Mr. Lin, don't you know, I was slaughtered last night, that stinky girl, it cost me more than 5,000, and my biggest gain was to touch her hand!"

This result is also predictable for Lin Yuming, but he is very strange: "How did she kill you!"

"We were playing, playing, several of her sisters came, ordering wine and cigarettes, what do you say I should do, I can only hold on in front of women. ”

"That's good, are there a lot of beautiful women who accompany you!" Lin Yuming smiled gloatingly.

"The beauty is good, but none of them can move!

Lin Yuming and Ning Tao both laughed 'haha', it seems that the female secretary is not the first time to kill people.

After eating, a local friend of Ning Tao who understands antiques also came, everyone introduced, this person is called Brother Sheng, speaking a dialect of Rongcheng, with rough words, and a bit of Jianghu people.

Ning Tao has a bidding meeting today, go first, this Brother Sheng took Lin Yuming and Xu Tongzhi to the Xiangxian Bridge at the intersection of the second ring road in Rongcheng, where the entire street is engaged in antique business, according to Brother Sheng, this is the largest in Rongcheng, and it is also the most formal antique market, with a wide variety, but there are many fakes, so you must keep your eyes open so as not to be deceived.

Send the fairy bridge refers to the Jinjiang South River Bridge, it is said that there is a year of the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty, the grand lantern festival is held in the Qingyang Palace, it is very lively, one of the early mornings, there is a Xiucai strolling on the Jinjiang South River Bridge, strangely see two people sleeping on the pier stone up and down, the saliva of the person above just flows into the mouth of the person below, and he can't help but blurt out: "This is the word 'Lu' also."

The tourists next to him took a closer look: "Hey, isn't this the Eight Caves Golden Immortal Lu Dongbin?

The tourists rushed to watch, and the sleeping people gradually drifted away in the light mist of the morning sun, and then disappeared without a trace.

This has become a good story of Rongcheng, and widely spread, so that the name of the bridge and the bridge remain until now, more than 1,000 years have passed, and now the folk still circulate the legend that the eight immortals can be seen in the area of the bridge before and after the Lantern Festival.

Later, an antique market slowly formed here, and no one can say how many years of history.

Lin Yuming and Brother Sheng and others walked into the antique market of Xiangxian Bridge, which was already crowded and lively, all the antique shops at the door, or on both sides, were full of antique stalls, all kinds of treasures that Lin Yuming couldn't name at all, dazzling, there were jade, porcelain, metal products, calligraphy and painting, teapots, vases, badges, ancient furniture, old books, etc., Lin Yuming also saw a Qianlong holy decree, and he couldn't tell whether it was true or false.

Xu Tongzhi fell in love with a copper cigarette stick and was about to ask, but was grabbed by Lin Yuming.

"Xiao Xu, don't ask. ”

"Why!"

That Brother Sheng smiled and said to Xu Tongzhi: "Brother, in our antique world, we have our own set of rules that everyone must abide by, even if we insiders go to the stalls, we must abide by the rules, that is, don't ask the price casually?"

"Ah, can't you ask the price?"

"Yes, buying antiques is not buying cabbage, if the other party's offer is not outrageous, you must repay the price, it is very unruly to leave without a counteroffer, so it is best to make sure that you want to buy and then ask the price, you must understand, the water in the antique industry is also very deep, you want not to be fooled, you must understand the antique jargon, what pulp, leather shell, open the door and thief light, etc., so that the seller feels that he is knowledgeable, not easy to fool. You ask nonsense, you don't understand at first glance, who will you kill if you don't kill you?"

Lin Yuming also nodded slightly and said, " Brother Sheng is very right, whether a person really understands antiques, sometimes, you haven't spoken, just reach out and take something, the other boss will know whether you are a connoisseur, this pretending is not pretending, I don't understand and pretending, but it is easy to be slaughtered, just like eating our Anxi's mutton bubbles, just a broken bun, you can see whether you are a local, so the antique market is true and false, false and true, maybe it is so, people who come to Taobao are more fun, if they are all genuine, what is the meaning, it has become more than money to acquire the market, and do not need to compare eyesight, which has lost its meaning of leisure and wandering。 ”

Brother Sheng couldn't help but extend his thumbs up to Lin Yuming: "What Brother Lin said is that in the antique market, there are always more people who make eyes than people who pick up leaks. ”

The three of them watched and chatted, and they just walked around for a morning.

When he came back, Xu Tongzhi was holding a blue and white porcelain in his arms, this is the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, they spent more than 30,000 yuan to buy it, the porcelain vase is green and blue, bright and bright, the picture on it is rough and rough, the fetus is dense and fine white, and it is glutinous rice cake-like, they bought it from an old man who was in a hurry to make a move, although it was not a big leak, but if it really wanted to enter the auction house, the price of this porcelain vase could at least be doubled by one or two.

Lin Yuming they bought this bottle is a blue and white porcelain bottle in the Xianfeng period, although it is not too far from the current era, but the internal and external troubles of the imperial court in the Xianfeng period intensified, the war permeated the entire Jingdezhen, and the official kiln was destroyed, so there were very few porcelain products at that time, extremely rare, because of the few, so it became more expensive.

Lin Yuming was very grateful to be able to bump into such a genuine product, and at noon he had a good banquet at the hotel for this Brother Sheng, and when he left, he also gave Brother Sheng a thank you fee of 3,000 yuan.

After lunch and a little rest in the hotel, Lin Yuming picked up the phone, he wanted to contact Qin Manyun's husband's deputy mayor friend.

The call went directly to the other person's mobile phone, and it took a while for the other side to get on the phone.

An emotionless voice from a young man came: "Which one!"

"Hello, I'll look for the mayor! I was introduced by Director Du of Anxi City!" This Xiang mayor's name is Xiang Rong, he is a deputy mayor, and it is said that he has just joined the municipal standing committee, but Lin Yuming is very young when he listens to the other party's voice, and he immediately understands that this may be the life secretary of the deputy mayor.

"Well, wait a minute!"

There was no sound on the other end of the phone, probably covered, Lin Yuming waited for a minute or two, and the young voice came again: "Hello, hello, your surname is Lin!"

"Yes, yes, my name is Lin Yuming!"

"Mayor Xiang is still busy, he knows that you are going to Rongcheng, please come to his office at two o'clock to talk. ”

Lin Yuming stretched out his wrist to look at the time, and said politely: "Okay, okay, I'll be over on time at two o'clock!"

It was already one o'clock, Lin Yuming hurriedly cheered up, found a straight navy blue suit in the suitcase again, put on a black tie, went to the bathroom to wash his face, shaved off the slightly exposed stubble, and looked in the mirror, which was a sharp and angular face, lonely face, slender and cold black eyes flashing gloomy light, thin and lightly pursed lips, looking a little alienated, just like an eagle standing quietly on a mountain cliff, cold and arrogant, lonely but unfathomable.

Lin Yuming didn't like his face very much, he felt that he lacked the sunshine and the warmth of spring, but there was no way, this appearance and gender were facts that he couldn't change.

He tried to smile in the mirror, and he felt that the smile was fake.

This trip to see Deputy Mayor Xiang, Lin Yuming is not ready to take Xu Tongzhi with him, he can't help, if he is alone with Deputy Mayor Xiang, it may be better to say something.

He instructed Xu Tongzhi to divide the soldiers into two ways and go to the city government by himself, and Xu Tongzhi first went to the Hongguang Electric Factory to investigate the situation and feel their movements.

Properly arranged, in order to prevent traffic jams, Lin Yuming went out forty minutes early.

In fact, the traffic jam in Rongcheng is not as good as Anxi, so Lin Yuming arrived more than ten minutes early, he did not rush into the city government, first smoked a cigarette outside, and when there were only five minutes left, he walked into the city government, the gate of the city government compound in Rongcheng is made of granite, showing a simple, hard and textured atmosphere.

Lin Yuming stepped into the city government, and felt an inexplicable shock, that is, the fear of power, the fear of majesty, the courtyard slipped of the cypress, standing proudly, looking down on all the pedestrians at its feet, behind the long passage, is a stiff, majestic, heavy building figure.

Lin Yuming took a deep breath and felt the indescribable silence and solemnity in this courtyard.

At the door of the building behind, Lin Yuming was blocked, and after registering, one of the security guards picked up the phone and contacted the deputy mayor's secretary before politely saying, "Secretary Zhang, please go up to the third floor!"

"Thank you!"

Lin Yuming thought, that Secretary Zhang was probably the person who talked to him on the phone just now!

As soon as Lin Yuming walked up the stairs on the third floor, he saw a man of the same age as himself, dressed in a gray suit and wearing a pair of glasses, looking at himself, the young man looked calm and polite, but Lin Yuming felt that he lacked an activity and enthusiasm, and more old and serious, difficult to figure out, unable to see clearly.

The young man smiled and said politely: "Lin Yuming, hello, Deputy Mayor Xiang is waiting for you in the office." ”

"Okay, thank you!"

The young man did not move, and said politely: "However, let me remind you a little, Deputy Mayor Xiang has to attend a meeting in fifteen minutes!"

Lin Yuming was stunned for a moment, could it be that he had come all the way from Anxi City and only gave himself fifteen minutes? This is too short, right?

Of course, Lin Yuming would not let this question hang on his face, he smiled: "Well, okay, I will master the time!"

"Please follow me!" Secretary Zhang made an inviting gesture to him.

Turning around and walking in front, his steps were very light, like a ghostly glide, which made Lin Yuming's steps seem much heavier, Lin Yuming thought, how long does it take to practice to get to this step, it's difficult, it's really difficult!

Secretary Zhang arrived at a solid wood door at the top, stopped, Secretary Zhang did not knock on the door, and with a gentle push, the heavy solid wood door opened.

This is a large living room, more than 50 square meters, there is a door in the living room, this door is open, standing in the living room, Lin Yuming can see the sofa inside, carpet, and several dark and heavy bookcases.

"Mr. Lin, please!"

Lin Yuming nodded, and when he stepped into the office inside, at this time, he saw a middle-aged man sitting behind a large desk looking at documents.