After waiting for an hour or so, Zeng Wenwen's call came, and after answering and informing her location, Lotte went to the parking lot with a big bag of small fruits.

As soon as they met, Zeng Wen looked Lotte up and down like a curious baby, "Yo, you're going to be a duck, why haven't you seen you dressed so well for a few days?" ”

Lotte threw things into the car, "Don't mention it, let's go back and talk to me about the assessment first." ”

"I thought you didn't care."

The car started, and Zeng Wen said while driving:

"The master has prepared an exam question for you, I don't know what it is, I only know that the master took out the things at the bottom of the box, and it looks like a very quaint box."

Lotte didn't answer, kept quiet and let the brain return to normal operation as soon as possible, not long after, the car slowly drove to the vicinity of Panjiayuan, find a parking space to park the car, Lotte got out of the car, the fatigue after the hangover also recovered a lot.

"Let's go, future master."

The two walked into the courtyard one after the other, and entered the kitchen first under the gentle guidance of Zeng, and Uncle Li Liuzhi was sitting at the dining table waiting quietly, and when he saw Lotte coming in, he showed a kind smile and said, "Come, come and sit." ”

"Hello Uncle Shi!"

Lotte respectfully bowed to his disciples, then walked over and sat down at the table.

"Eat first, the food is cold." Li Liuzhi hurriedly beckoned to eat, and 30 minutes later, after dinner, Li Liuzhi said solemnly:

"What about Lotte, you are the descendant of my Thief Swallow Gate, and the only one who has any hope of inheriting the mantle, do you have confidence in this trial assessment?"

"Yes, I have a lot of faith." Rakuten replied.

Li Liuzhi got up with a smile and said in front of the team leader:

"This head of the assessment, the postgraduate entrance examination is the means of the family, first of all, we must test the eyesight, a thief doesn't know good things, this is not good."

Entering the main room, there was a quaint box on the square table in the middle of the room, Li Liuzhi walked over and sat down on crutches, pushed the quaint wooden box and said:

"Come, recognize something, see if you recognize it."

Li Letian hurriedly stepped forward to open the wooden box, Zeng Wenwen was also curious to take a closer look, inside were two identical bottles, palm-sized, finely carved, and every small detail was very exquisite.

"Yo, what is this, so pretty?" Zeng Wen couldn't help but ask.

Li Liuzhi didn't answer, and looked at Lotte with a kind smile.

Lotte knew that this was testing him, so he replied:

"This is a Qing Qianlong white jade carved dragon pattern snuff bottle."

Seeing that Lotte recognized the object in the wooden box at a glance, Li Liuzhi subconsciously nodded and smiled, and said: "Yes, good eyesight, I can recognize this object at a glance, but there are two snuff bottles in this wooden box, one is genuine and the other is an imitation, I will see which one you recognize is the real thing." ”

"Oh!"

As soon as he heard Li Liuzhi say that there were genuine and imitation products, Lotte was stunned, he really didn't expect it, and subconsciously pointed to the two snuff bottles in the wooden box and said:

"Uncle Shi, can I take it out and have a look?"

"Of course." Li Liuzhi stretched out his hand to signal that it was okay.

Lotte carefully took out a carefully identified, the curiosity of Zeng Gentle next to her, the two snuff bottles were exactly the same in her eyes, and she couldn't distinguish the real from the fake at all.

When Lotte picked up the first one, Zeng gently subconsciously picked up the second one, and looked at it over and over in his hand, this action frightened Li Liuzhi, and hurriedly said:

"My little ancestor, be careful, if you break it, we won't have anything to inherit."

Zeng gently pouted and put the snuffbox in his hand on the table, and asked helplessly:

"Senior Brother Lotte, do you see something?"

In fact, Li Liuzhi also wanted to ask this, but Zeng Wen was more anxious, so he asked first, Lotte put down the first one, picked up the second one carefully, and then said:

The cigarette bottle straightens its shoulders and its abdomen gradually closes to its feet. The body of the pot is made of white jade, and the body of the pot is carved with a dragon pattern in bas-relief, with a light element on the top and bottom, regular and simple, and very rich in patterned beauty. ”

"Kuilong first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty bronzes, which were popular patterns on Eastern Zhou jade. This cigarette bottle is decorated with a dragon pattern, which is intended to trace the style of Shang and Zhou bronzes, and its pattern carving is exquisite and smooth, and the jade texture is like the ups and downs of the mountains. ”

"If I'm guessing correctly, this snuffbox is supposed to be a royal tribute." After Li Letian finished speaking, he picked up the first snuff bottle, opened the bottle and smelled it, and after putting it down, he picked up the second one and sniffed it.

After thinking about it for a long time, he took the snuffbox he first identified and said:

"This is the real thing."

Li Liuzhi didn't show any expression and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Rakuten continued:

"Although this genuine and imitation is very similar in carving, it is difficult to identify it by eyesight, but in the Qing Dynasty, the picture with dragon patterns must be used exclusively for the royal family, and each royal article has its own unique characteristics, although the similarity of the imitation is basically the same, but it lacks the sense of history of the real product, I think that this imitation should be a craftsman in the late Qing Dynasty, according to the real copy and imitation carving."

After Li Letian finished explaining, Li Liuzhi nodded subconsciously, "Well, it's good, it seems that the old thing has taught a very discerning apprentice, not bad, this is passed." ”

"Ahh Zeng Wen beside him was surprised, "Master, he has passed the test and become the master?" ”

"Of course not." Li Letian hurriedly explained: "It's just that the test of eyesight has passed." ”

"That's right." Li Liuzhi said: "Look at how sensible people are, why are you so frizzy!" How can the head assessment be child's play. ”

"Got it."

Zeng pouted gently, but only for a moment, and then asked:

"Master, I don't understand what you are doing, does the master have to understand antiques?"

"Inevitably." Li Liuzhi said solemnly: "Do you know what kind of 'Hewu' is the saddest in the 'Rong' (stealing) industry?" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Liuzhi had black words in his words, but Zeng Wen didn't understand.

Lotte quickly explained:

"Oh, that's what Uncle Shi meant, what kind of thief is the stupidest?"

"What kind?" Zeng asked gently and subconsciously.

Li Liuzhi then replied: "It's like you, you don't know good things in front of you, you don't see them at all, all you can steal is money or money, there are more things in this world that are more valuable than money." ”

Li Liuzhi used Zeng Wenrou as a negative teaching material, which made Zeng Wenrou feel a little bad, and walked to the side to play with his fingers aggrievedly, and muttered in his mouth: "Why are you so fierce, no one has taught me this, I don't understand, ignore you." ”

There is no way, Li Liuzhi taught Zeng gentle, if her mouth is too cheap, she doesn't know how to watch it on the side, she has to ask questions, which makes the old man disgusted.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Lotte hurriedly played a round and said:

"Uncle Shi, don't blame him if you don't understand, you don't understand, you have to learn 'half-eyed' (half-understood)."

After saying that, Lotte changed his head and explained:

"This snuff bottle is considered a miscellaneous subcategory in antiques, and the snuff bottle is a container for snuff. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, snuff was introduced to China from the West, and now people's habit of using snuff is almost extinct, but the snuff bottle has been handed down as a fine work of art. ”

Lotte's detailed explanation also made Zeng Wenwen interested, and she leaned in to listen to Lotte's detailed explanation again.

"Chinese snuff bottles, as exquisite handicrafts, the use of porcelain, copper, ivory, jade, agate, amber and other materials, the use of blue and white, colorful, carved porcelain, nesting, ingenious, painting and other techniques, absorbing the advantages of a variety of crafts inside and outside the region, by the elegant people as a precious cultural play, at home and abroad enjoy a good reputation, has a high value of art collection."

"How much is this worth?" Zeng asked gently.

Lotte dragged his chin and thought for a moment, "Well, the real one is about one million, and the fake one is worth about 100,000." ”

"So much money?" As soon as he heard that the genuine product was worth more than one million, Zeng Wen's eyes suddenly flashed with gold stars, and he looked at the two snuff bottles and hurriedly asked, "Which one is the real thing, let me take a good look at the difference." ”

Li Liuzhi on the side was speechless, and said in a cold voice: "Look for yourself, don't rely on others to give you guidance." ”

Zeng gently pouted and was not excited, but listened to the two silently.

Lotte was a little embarrassed, but then Li Liuzhi said:

"You have good eyesight, but I don't think that the assessment is just that, tomorrow night at three o'clock in the morning, it is the day when the Jinghua ghost market opens, you take this genuine snuff bottle and sell it to me."

"What!" Lotte and Zeng gently questioned in unison.

"Why are you so surprised, this is the second test for you, selling dog meat on a sheep's head, stealing beams and changing pillars, do you understand?" Li Liuzhi explained.

Li Letian immediately reacted, "I understand." ”

Li Letian understood, but Zeng Wenrou didn't understand, and hurriedly asked: "What do you know, if this thing is sold, it will be placed in the auction house, and it will be placed in the ghost market, what is the probability of people picking it up?" Master, what do you think? ”

Li Letian hurriedly said: "Senior sister, you misunderstood, not what you think?" ”

Zeng looked at Lotte gently, "What does that mean?" ”

Li Letian said: "I have long heard that the ghost market is open, and the people who pick up the leaks are flocking, and everyone is looking forward to picking up the leaks, but it is also the time to test the quality of our hearts. ”

"Oh, so much to say, understand." Zeng Wenrou finally understood.

Li Liuzhi also nodded subconsciously, "Yes, Lotte is right, there are occupational diseases in this industry, and Rong is no exception, the main thing is that we use our work to practice our hands, and we never consider the problem of mentality. Therefore, the head of the thief swallow gate must be the first thief king in the world, otherwise how to convince the public! ”

After Li Liuzhi finished speaking, he pushed the box forward and said, "Tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock, see if you have it!" ”

"Guaranteed to get the job done." Lotte respectfully saluted.

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