Jiang Hua had already left, the small shop was quiet, and no one came to buy anything for a long time.

This kind of thing has long been used to the eighth master, generally speaking, he will drink tea and look at an ancient thread-bound book to pass the time, but now he is in a daze.

"This kid...... It seems that something is perceived. ”

The eighth master shook his head gently, picked up the phone on the side of the counter, and dialed a number.

"Lao Zhong, let me tell you something. ”

"Old eight, what's wrong? Call me at this time? I just came back from sneaking around, and I'll be in your store in a while. ”

"What's wrong with 'The Female Historian'? I heard it's sold?"

"That's what I'll be talking about when I'm in your store. Yes, sold. I also heard that it was finally bought by a devil from an island country, but it cost a lot of money, 400 million US dollars, and I didn't expect it to be sold at such an early price. ”

"This may be exposed. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Today, a kid came to my store to inquire about the ancient silk of the Tang and Song dynasties, and I just don't think it's right. ”

"I'll be in your shop in a moment. ”

……

The eighth master put down the phone, but his brows were still tightened, and he didn't know why he still felt that something was wrong with this matter.

I don't know how long later, the door of the shop was pushed open, and an old man with gray hair and a washed white cotton cloth strode in, wearing black-rimmed glasses with the thickness of a beer bottle, and his hands with thick joints, which looked like a farmer or a worker.

"Old eight, what the hell is going on?"

Cai Zhong saw that he was still distracted when he came in, so he reached out and patted it on the counter.

"Ah, Lao Zhong, you are here, sit down. ”

Cai Zhong's eyes widened, "Where do you have a place to sit here?"

The eighth master came back to his senses at this time, and said a little embarrassed, "I forgot about this matter." ”

Cai Zhong said angrily, "Old eight, look at what you look like, even if someone notices it? The painting has been sold, and it was sold to a devil from an island country, and the mountains and rivers are far away, can we still find it? Even if we find it, what if we find it? The antique trade has never said that the guarantee is true. Then again, I'm curious about what the flaws are. ”

The eighth master shook his head and said, "We use the old silk of the Song Dynasty, although there is a certain difference in age, but there will be no problem at this point, after all, it was many years ago, and now people are not completely sure that the silk is wrong." There is no problem with those seal inscriptions and so on, that thing is really in our hands, we can at least achieve a seventy percent similarity by pressing the two pieces of silk and then steaming, considering that the original work is in our hands, no one can see the problem from this aspect. The only flaw lies in the part of the heart. ”

The eighth master showed a lonely expression on his face, "Back then, the "Female History Atlas" was divided into several parts, and it took me many years of hard work to collect the part stamped with the seal inscription, but the heart of the painting was nowhere to be found. In fact, I once saw it in the hands of a man, but he didn't buy it, and now no one knows where it has gone. ”

"The purpose of imitating such a painting is to attract people who have a heart for painting. Because the person who has the heart of the painting must know that this painting is fake. ”

Cai Zhong was taken aback, "You mean that the person who came to inquire has the heart part of the "Female History Atlas" in his hand?"

The eighth master hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head, "It's not very likely, he is just the owner of a small antique shop on Dongcheng Street, and I am more inclined to think that he identified the painting as fake." ”

"Does he have such a skill? After the Fengyun Club got the "Female History Atlas", it invited a lot of experts, and it was also exhibited publicly across the country, and I also heard that during the auction, Gu Bo and Zhou Fu were invited to issue appraisal certificates, and these two old men didn't see it as fake, you said that the little owner of the antique shop could see it?"

"Not necessarily, because this kid is probably a master of counterfeiting as well. ”

The eighth master said about Jiang Hua's purchase of hard yellow paper before, "I recently heard a news from an old friend that there is a hype in the island country, that is, the discovery of Master Jianzhen's hand-copied Buddhist scriptures. ”

"Do you mean to say that Master Jianzhen's hand-copied Buddhist scriptures were actually forged from hard yellow paper bought from you?"

Cai Zhong looked at the eighth master dumbfounded, how does this matter sound a little unbelievable, he has also heard about the hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, it is the news released by the Tokyo Museum of the island country, which means that it has been identified, if what the eighth master said is true, then this level is terrible.

"The timing was too fortuitous. ”

The eighth master tore off a few strands of white hair, "But if this kid is really a fake hand-copied Buddhist scripture, it can be seen that the "Female History Atlas" is fake, not strange." Although I only saw the painting heart of "The Female Historian" once, I was sure to draw it with my ability, but this time I deliberately left a flaw when I painted, using focus perspective, although it is not too obvious, and scattered perspective is also used, but the real master can still see it, especially for people who are good at falsification. ”

"What do we do now?"

Cai Zhong already understood at this time that the eighth master's guess was correct, and the question now was what to do next.

"You're right, the "Female Historian" has been sold, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, the important thing is that this kid named Jiang Hua came to me to inquire about the purpose of the old silk book? "The Female Historian" was not bought by him, and his purpose is definitely not to prove the authenticity of the "Female Historian". ”

"Old eight, if what you said is true, Jiang Hua really saw that "The Female History of Zhentu" was fake, and if he was also a master of forgery, he would definitely be able to know how we forged it, so I think the purpose of his inquiry was to find someone who had the real book in his hand. ”

The eighth master raised his eyebrows, nodded after a while, and said, "It's very likely, and besides, he's not looking for the painting heart, he's looking for the part of our hands." ”

"This kid is a character. ”

Cai Zhong lifted his glasses, he knew very well what level of "craftsmanship" he and the eighth master had, old birds like Gu Bo and Zhou Fu had been deceived, but a young man who opened a shop on Dongcheng Street saw through it?

"Hope...... The "Female History Atlas" we imitate can lead out people with a painting heart, and together with the part in our hands, the mirror will be broken and reunited, otherwise, I will not be blind. ”

There were muddy tears in the eyes of the eighth master, Cai Zhong's heart was gloomy for a while, how could he not know the old man's wishes?

I have been inquiring openly and secretly for decades and have found nothing, so I have no choice but to imitate a picture of "The Female Historian" and release it to see if I can gain something, but how can this thing be so easy?

Neither of them spoke, and the store was quiet and the atmosphere was very depressing.