At this time, the sky is completely dark, and the jade market is full of strings of red lanterns, connected into a lively red, reflecting the antique storefronts and pavilions, which has a quaint atmosphere.

Yunkang's goal is very clear, that is, to find the aura of cultivation. So as soon as he entered the jade market, he went straight to the point, asking from jade shop to shop if there was any good nephrite and ancient jade, or large pieces of jadeite could make do.

The jade market closes at half past nine in the evening, and he has a maximum of one hour left, and whether he can find jade with aura is still a matter of course.

The two of them ran non-stop, but Yun Kang was very disappointed, and almost all the storefronts in the entire jade market were asked, and only a few took out some ancient jade, but it was a useless small pendant, and it was not enough to even plug the teeth.

Later, he found a shop that sold mutton fat jade, and Yunkang took the so-called "mutton fat jade" in his hand to take a look, and it turned out to be all ordinary white jade.

In the jade industry, there is generally no fake, unless it is the kind of inferior goods that imitate jade with hard plastic, otherwise no matter how bad the quality of the jade, it is still jade, but compared with good jade, the price is different.

Ordinary white jade has more than ten yuan, and a good mutton fat jade costs more than 100,000 yuan per gram. Yun Kang glanced at the boss, this is too black-hearted, how many people have been cheated with this high imitation.

"The color of this mutton fat jade is good, Yunkang, you can buy this, the best nephrite jade, wear it on the body to nourish the kidney and strengthen the yang." Chen Economy held the pebble-sized "mutton fat jade" and sighed in admiration.

Yun Kang saw that he didn't know how to pretend to understand, saying that he was very knowledgeable, and he was clear about the jade business, just a bottle of goods that was less than half a bottle.

He hurriedly snatched the "mutton fat jade" and returned it to the boss, saying: "What I want is the real thing, this piece of white jade is okay, but there is no aura at all, it is not mutton fat jade, and it is useless for me to buy it." If you have a genuine product in the store, I'll want it at a higher price. ”

When the boss saw that the connoisseur came, he was embarrassed to say more, his face turned red, he took the jade, and said, "If you want to find mutton fat jade in this place, I'm afraid there is really none." ”

In the end, the boss told him the truth, the jade market here is generally wholesale, and it is a low-end route, and there are more things for 100 yuan, and there is no high-quality jade. If you want to buy high-quality jade, you have to go to a well-known store in the city center, a piece of high-quality sheep fat jade, not a few million, it is difficult to get it.

Yun Kang listened to it directly, and when he saw that it was already late, it would definitely be too late to find a jade store now. And just like the boss said, the high-grade sheep fat jade is worth a lot, even if he finds it tonight, the money in his hand is not enough to buy a piece.

After he bought the cultivation medicinal materials in the afternoon, he had less than three million left in his account, and he couldn't even buy a jade the size of a goose egg, let alone a high-grade sheep fat jade.

Cultivation is a money-burning thing, if it weren't for the local tyrants with thousands of dollars, they really couldn't afford to toss.

Unable to buy jade with aura, Yun Kang was in a little depressed mood, he had already drunk the decoction of raising the aura of the dantian, and now he was almost a little aura. Seeing that he was about to break through the first layer of qi refining, but the sky didn't follow people's wishes, and he couldn't find anything with aura, didn't he deliberately make people anxious.

Chen Jingye chased Yunkang bitterly for an afternoon, his chest was pressed against his back for a long time, seeing that the time was not early, and the jade had not landed, the two of them were busy and had not eaten dinner, so it was better to sacrifice the Five Organs Temple first, and the matter of jade would be delayed.

Chen Economy thought of eating, so he came to the momentum, and dragged Yunkang into a small restaurant, ordered a few home-cooked stir-fried dishes, asked for two bottles of beer, and sat down to have a good meal.

Yunkang couldn't cultivate, and he didn't have much appetite for food, so after eating a few bites, he put down his chopsticks and asked with a heart: "Brother Economy, you have done jade business before, is there any other way, I have to find jade tonight no matter what." ”

Chen Jingye ate with a mouth full of oil, took a sip of beer to moisten his throat, and said: "Brother will tell you the bottom, this thing of Guyu has spirituality, it's not you looking for it, it's it looking for you." I heard that the best jade is specially looking for destined people, but it is hard to find. Like you, who is anxious to look for ancient jade all over the world, what is the difference between it and a rich nouveau riche, how can a good jade fall into your hands. Besides, the ancients compared jade to a gentleman......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yun Kang: "Let's get down to business, can you find jade tonight?" Or you have a friend who is in the jade business, I can come to visit." ”

Yun Kang was a little anxious, if he didn't absorb the aura in time and do his best to transform the aura into the true yuan qi, then the medicinal soup he drank in the afternoon would be transformed into internal force in a few hours. He obviously wants to cultivate immortals, and he suddenly cultivates to become a martial artist, isn't he going astray?

Besides, what is the use of internal force for him as an immortal cultivator, he wasted nearly two million in vain, in exchange for a little internal force, it is really a big loss.

"In the past, there were a few of my friends who were in the jade business, but unfortunately after I became an agent, I didn't keep in touch with them often, and the relationship was broken. Chen Economy sighed while drinking and eating.

In fact, he has been in the jade business for less than a year, and he changed his career before he touched the door, so he doesn't know many people in this industry, let alone have friends.

However, in front of Yunkang, he always has to brag, showing that he has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and his friends are all over the world, so it is best to let Yunkang admire him in his heart, so that he will have some face.

Yunkang originally didn't expect Chen Jingye to help, and it was normal to hear him say this, it seemed that if he wanted to get Gu Yu, he had to think of other ways.

Chen Economy saw that he was disappointed, and he was also a little embarrassed, so he put a chopstick shredded meat into his mouth, chewed it and said: "That's it, I'll take you to meet an acquaintance later, he will open a shop on this street, maybe he has good jade in his hand, it's really not good, let him help introduce other sellers." ”

Yunkang's posture tonight, if you don't find out the jade for him, the matter of trying out the shape tomorrow will be ironclad, this kid is full of stubbornness, if you don't let him find the jade, he won't let you stop.

Originally, Chen Economy was reluctant to mention this acquaintance, but he was forced by Yunkang to have no choice, so he revealed his own old bottom.

In fact, this is not a familiar person, the past is unbearable, among the jade dealers who went to the northwest with him to steal ancient jade, there was a kid named Jiang Wan, who was the person he introduced to Yunkang.

Jiang Wan and Chen Jingye were about the same age, and both of them were hairy young men in their twenties at that time. In the ranks of the jade dealers, everyone else was a big man in his thirties and forties, and the two of them were the youngest, and they were closer.

After Chen Jingye was robbed by jade dealers, he was injured and did not have a penny. With his weak scum ability, he can't escape from the Great Northwest at all. Later, Jiang Wan saw that he was pitiful, so he took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, and secretly stuffed him with 300 yuan and told him to escape quickly.

Relying on this money, Chen Jingye was able to go home. Although Jiang Wan was an accomplice to those who harmed him, it was not the same after all, and he was not so ruthless, so Chen Economy thought about Jiang Wan's benefits in his heart.

Later, Jiang Wan was arrested by the police, sentenced to three years for stealing ancient relics, and Chen Jingye also visited him once. The two of them also had a good relationship because of this.

After Jiang Wan was released, he went to seek refuge with a distant relative to help take care of the antique business. Unexpectedly, after a few years, he became a famous number one person in the antique industry.

Jiang Wan likes jade, so in addition to taking care of the antique business, he also opened a separate jade shop, which is his own industry, and the store is on this street.

When they were looking for jade just now, they happened to pass by the shop, but it was already closed. Now if you knock on the door in the past, maybe there are guys who keep vigil at the store and can help them contact Jiang Wan.

But as soon as Chen Economy thought of meeting Jiang Wan, his heart beat the drum, because he had a not very good memory. A few years ago, when he was most depressed, because he was desperate, he once came to Jiang Wan and wanted to ask him to pull him and help arrange a job.

It stands to reason that Jiang Wan will definitely have to hire a lot of guys to open an antique jade shop by himself, and it will not be bad to add more to Chen Jie's food. Unexpectedly, Jiang Wan not only refused to help, but also didn't give him a good look, so he sarcastically asked the two guys to fork him out.

Chen Economy was unlucky, but he was helpless. Seeing that people are already wealthy bosses, driving sports cars, living in bungalows, and going in and out are all hugging each other, compared with Jiang Wan, except for the nest or the nest.

If it weren't for the urgency of Yunkang's matter this time, he wouldn't want to see the surnamed Jiang. Now that he and Jiang Wan are not on the same road, why should he use his hot face to stick a cold fart.

Fortunately, Yunkang is a real customer, he is in a hurry to buy high-grade jade, no matter how arrogant Jiang Wan is, he will not joke with business. And Chen Economy is just a middleman, he brings customers to the surname Jiang, and the other party should not give him a look.

As soon as Yunkang heard that Chen Economy said that he had an acquaintance, he immediately jumped up with his eyes, took out a banknote and put it on the table, and shouted "Boss settles".

Then regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he pulled Chen Economy and walked out: "Why didn't you say it earlier, there are acquaintances who are still hiding, and they ran so many wronged roads in vain just now." ”

Chen Economy's mouth was stuffed with shredded meat, and he said with a grunt: "What are you anxious about, I haven't finished eating yet, I haven't drunk half a bottle of wine left, it's a pity to waste it." ”

Yun Kang pushed and dragged him out of the small restaurant, and after a while, the flowers were gone.

Chen Jingye couldn't, so he had to take him to Jiang Wan's shop, and blackmailed him for a supper on the way, if this thing was done, Yun Kang had to promise to invite him to eat a pot of spicy crayfish.

"Didn't you say you can't eat spicy food, eat spicy edema?" Yun Kang asked as he walked.

"It's that you can't eat spicy food, and it's you who will try on styling tomorrow, not me. I'm fine, I can eat as much as I want. Chen Economy rolled his eyes and said.

"As long as you can find the right jade, I will treat you to eat crayfish for a month. Yunkang agreed.

"Deal, this matter is on my brother, you can see. Chen Economy suddenly smiled, and a pair of small eyes narrowed.

The two walked as they talked, and soon arrived at a store, where two vermilion antique wooden doors were tightly closed.

Chen Jingye stepped forward and knocked twice with the brass door knocker on it, and after a while, someone inside asked loudly: "Who? ”

Chen Jingye shouted through the door: "I'm looking for Boss Jiang Wanjiang, it's his old acquaintance." "I thought that the people inside were the guys who watched the night, and if I heard the name of the boss, I would probably open the door and let them in to have a look.

He speculated so, but the guy obviously didn't give face, and shouted in a very angry temper: "The boss is not here, come back tomorrow." ”

Chen Economy saw that the guy didn't open the door, and there was nothing he could do, so he couldn't force the door open. He glanced at Yunkang, felt very embarrassed, and muttered: "This girl's service attitude is too bad, I have to complain to his boss tomorrow." ”

Yunkang didn't say a word, and looked at the two vermilion lacquer doors from a close distance, using lacquer carving technology, lacquer and tung oil mixed cinnabar to make varnish, at least a dozen layers were painted, before completely covering the wooden background, there is a vermilion bright effect.

The vermilion lacquer gate is the supreme and noble symbol in ancient times, and the common people can not use it casually, and these two vermilion doors use the copper ring of the beast's head, and add the bat pattern pattern, there is the connotation of "longevity and happiness", and it is a symbol of dignity.

According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, only the main gate of the four cities of the prince's palace is made of red lacquer gold nail copper ring, no matter how much money the family has, as long as it is not an official, only the black lacquer door with iron knocker can be used. Like many mansions in Shanxi, the door is black or no paint, and they will never dare to use the copper ring of the vermilion lacquer door.

Modern people don't pay much attention to these traditions, but when Yunkang looks at the vermilion lacquer and copper ring on the door, he knows that it is not an ordinary thing. This kind of red lacquer with cinnabar is not easy to make, not only the color is bright red, but also can ward off evil spirits.

The pair of beast head copper rings with bat pattern is even better, the copper ring texture is clear, the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, not like the ornaments bought by ordinary business people, it seems that the owner of this shop has a bit of background.

Yun Kang took a step back, and looked up at the dim red lantern in front of the eaves, and saw that the horizontal plaque in black lacquer gold letters read: Taigu Jade Hall.

He suddenly remembered that the address of the gambling dealer that Chai Xiaoguang left him seemed to be called Taigu Jade Hall. It is said that it is a jade shop, doing business during the day, and opening gambling games at night, if you want to enter the door, you will knock on the door knocker seven times, and report the code to enter the door: Seven moons tonight.

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