From the airport to the antique street accident, and then from the antique street to the orphanage where the old man is located. Wang Ming and the taxi driver walked all the way, and in the end both of them did the same thing, which also made the relationship between the two a lot better.

The taxi driver named Liu Quangui not only gave Wang Ming a free ride, but also introduced his friend's rented house to Wang Ming. This saved Wang Ming a lot of trouble and found a place to live.

From the mouth of taxi driver Liu Quangui, Wang Ming learned that the eastern half of Huayang City is the old city area, where the city's antique small trading market gathers, and is more popular with some antique lovers. To the west is the city's newly planned new district, which is mostly a number of jewelry pawn shops and high-end entertainment venues, which are popular with some young people.

Wang Ming thought that if he wanted to find the news of his family from the longevity lock on his body, he had to inquire about the old things and antiques first. After all, according to grandpa, the longevity lock on his body has been more than 100 years old, and the gold, silver and gems on the longevity lock are not ordinary objects. This all indicates that this longevity lock is most likely a family heirloom.

Early the next morning, Wang Ming took a taxi to the antique market in the old area of Dongcheng. After arriving at the place, Wang Ming found that this antique street was only a few streets away from the road where the old woman was found yesterday.

After coming to the antique street, Wang Ming first walked back and forth a few times at will, and had a general understanding of the environment here. After eating at noon, he picked a few relatively large antique shops and went in to find out the news of the 'Dragon and Phoenix Longevity Lock' on his body.

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Just when Wang Ming went to the antique street to inquire about the news, a figure came to the ward of the central hospital that no one expected. The deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Huayang City actually visited in person, which made Li Yufei's family flattered and a little confused about the latter's intentions.

Afterwards, the family learned from the deputy minister that it was because Li Yufei was saved on the plane. I don't know where the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee got the news, and is ready to cooperate with the TV station to report and publicize this good person and good deed.

After receiving instructions from the top, the deputy head of the Propaganda Department originally wanted to call the leaders of the TV station and give an explanation, but after thinking about it, he decided that it would be better to go on a trip in person, after all, it was something that Mayor Li had personally taken care of. Maybe this young man named Wang Ming has something to do with the above, otherwise these things are not worth calling the mayor to take care of in person.

With this in mind, the deputy minister came to the hospital to personally express condolences and understand the situation. But the results were still a little disappointing, and there was no news about the young doctor who saved people.

In desperation, the vice minister told Li Yufei's family a thousand times when he was leaving, and they must communicate with each other whenever there is news.

The deputy director of the Propaganda Department has just left, and Li Yufei's medical treatment has been greatly improved.

This is not because of the arrival of the deputy minister, but because of Professor Lin, the vice president of the provincial hospital. When the vice president of the Central Hospital learned of Professor Lin's arrival, he personally led a group of high-level hospital executives to receive him with a very high standard. Incidentally, Li Yufei also followed this Professor Lin a lot.

In just half a day, this series of changes made Li Yufei's family scratch their heads. And for the life-saving benefactor who has not yet met, the family is even more curious.

What is the origin of this young man, not only the relevant leaders in the city came to inquire in person, but even the vice president of the provincial hospital, Lin Liu, did not go to the important meeting and must find him here.

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"Jubao Zhai" Huayang City Antique Street is one of the most numbered antique shops, when Wang Mingzuo went to the old man wearing glasses in the store, the old man Liu, who had been in the shop for decades, looked up at him a little unexpectedly.

"Young man, go over there to find a shopping guide when you buy something. Sell things and go to them too. ”

Old man Liu was only helping to identify it in the store, and he really couldn't be interested in anything else unless those extremely 'eye-catching' (eye-catching) antiquities wanted to bother him to make a move.

So seeing Wang Ming running to him as soon as he entered the store, Old Man Liu was a little unhappy.

"Sir, I would like to ask you to help identify this longevity lock. There are all young people like me, and we juniors have little seniority, how can we be as accurate as your old man's eyes. Hehe. ”

While saying with a smile, Wang Ming had already sat down opposite Old Man Liu.

While handing the old man a cigarette, Wang Ming put the longevity lock tied to his right wrist with a silver chain in front of the old man's desk.

"The young man is very good at talking, well, my old man is going to be fine anyway, just look at what is interesting."

Seeing Wang Ming's smiling face, Old Man Liu took the cigarette he handed over, and then looked at the longevity lock that Wang Ming put on the table.

Old man Liu, who originally wanted to light a cigarette, stopped his movements instantly when he saw this 'Dragon and Phoenix Longevity Lock'.

Wang Ming's longevity lock was only the size of a matchbox, with a golden dragon and a silver phoenix standing opposite each other, and a blood ruby inlaid in the middle. On the other hand, it is engraved with the words 'long life and 100 years old' and the word 'Wang' at the bottom. The whole longevity lock is not only beautifully made, but also the gold and silver materials used are also of the highest quality. Therefore, from the first time Old Man Liu saw it, he felt that this longevity lock was not like the ordinary utensils he usually saw, and only after he picked up the longevity lock and looked at it carefully for a long time before cautiously putting this longevity lock on the table.

"Young man, are you going to sell this longevity lock? What price do you want to offer? ”

Pretending to light the cigarette casually, Old Man Liu forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart and asked slowly.

"This is my friend's item, and he asked me to ask it to see where it came from and how much it cost. I guess he wants to sell, I don't know what price the old man can offer here? ”

From beginning to end, the silver chain tied to Wang Ming's right wrist was not untied. At this moment, after the old man saw it, Wang Ming put away his right hand and put the longevity lock back, and then asked.

"300,000, if your friend wants to make a move, you can get it to our store. This price is quite fair for antique streets, and you can also go out and ask around. ”

Looking at the silent appearance of the young man in front of him, Old Man Liu knew that this was not a stunned young man who came recklessly. After a little thought in my heart, I quoted a price that was above the middle.

The collection value of ordinary longevity locks is not too high, but with decades of antique experience, Old Man Liu concluded that the price of this 'dragon and phoenix longevity lock' is at least 500,000 yuan!

Just the exquisite workmanship and centuries of heritage are worth the price, not to mention the bloody ruby on top. Moreover, the old-eyed old man Liu also saw that this longevity lock was likely to have a hidden keyhole under the gem.

In other words, this seemingly ordinary long-life lock is actually a lock in the lock, and there is something else inside!

"300,000 is not a lot, and I guess my friend may make a move. I just don't know what the origin of this lock is? ”

After rolling his eyes, after thinking about it, Wang Ming casually played with the longevity lock in his right hand and asked Old Man Liu.

"The value of this longevity lock is his historical collection surname, which is conservatively estimated to be nearly 200 years old. Coupled with the workmanship of the material of this longevity lock, 300,000 is not a low price. As for the origin, you can see the word 'Wang' at the back, which is very likely to be the inheritance of a family. Is that friend of yours surnamed Wang? ”

Old man Liu half-truthfully explained the reasons for this to Wang Ming.

And Wang Ming also asked Old Man Liu for these antique knowledge in an ignorant way, in order to learn more information about this longevity lock.

While the two were talking, half a day's work had passed.

Finally, when Wang Ming left, Old Man Liu enthusiastically sent Wang Ming out of the store, and repeatedly asked Wang Ming to think about the matter of locking his life for a long time, and once he thought about it, he could come to their store to talk about this business.

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Knowing some news of the longevity lock from 'Jubao Zhai', Wang Ming, who had a bottom in his heart, quickly swept several relatively large antique shops nearby. But he gained very little.

Basically, these antique shops are interested in the monetary value of this longevity lock, on the contrary, these stores have not said much useful information about the origin of this longevity lock.

There are even a few antique shops that fool Wang Ming as a rookie and offer prices of thousands or hundreds of yuan. And there was a black shop that wanted to bully Wang Ming for being an outsider to buy and sell, but in the end, Wang Ming showed his hand and was shocked on the spot, and he didn't dare to make a slight move.

The afternoon was about to pass, and Wang Ming, who had been shopping for a day, had gained little and was ready to leave from the antique street.

The whole antique street is in a north-south direction, Wang Ming came in from the south when he came, and left from the north before leaving. When he was about to reach the end of the north of the street, Wang Ming found a rather imposing antique shop, and the name of this antique shop was also strange, called 'One Lock Heaven and Earth'.

A couplet is engraved on the left and right sides of the store: "A person has a lifetime of fate, locks the heart, locks the love and locks the mortal world." ”

Seeing that this shop is not small and interesting, Wang Ming stood at the door and thought for a while before walking into the store.

There are a variety of locks in the store, such as ancient shackle locks, small ancient locks, zodiac locks, modern handcuff locks, combination locks, plum blossom cross locks, and so on.

Looking around the store, there are all kinds of locks from ancient times to the present. Although there are many locks, the overall arrangement is also staggered, which shows a certain connotation of this store.

There were four or five staff members in the store, and all but one of the young men with glasses who sat behind the desk were all young girls.

Coming here, Wang Ming felt that he had found the right place. Since this store specializes in lock collection, they must know more about the longevity lock in their hands.

While thinking about it, Wang Ming took the 'Dragon and Phoenix Longevity Lock' in his hand to the young man with glasses for identification.

But to Wang Ming's disappointment, in addition to the high price of 400,000 yuan, this young man couldn't say much useful information about this longevity lock.

For Wang Ming, whether it is 400,000 or 4 million, or 40 million, he will not sell this long-life lock that is related to his life experience. Not even to leave him!

And the only thing that can be counted is the big boss of this lock shop for all kinds of locks, when Wang Ming was leaving, the young man with glasses asked to take pictures of the longevity lock to save the information. As a token of gratitude to the owner of the lock, the store will share any information with the owner of the lock.

I feel that the owner of this shop is an interesting person, and this thing is also beneficial to me. So Wang Ming thought about it for a while, and then agreed to put the longevity lock on the table and let the young man take pictures and save the information.

Finally, after leaving his contact information, Wang Ming left the store.

At this time, the sun is setting, and the night is gradually falling.

Not long after Wang Ming left the antique street, several figures followed him in the distance.

Several gangsters who were cleaned up by Wang Ming on the street that day were eating in this piece of antique street, and when Wang Ming inquired about the news in the antique street today, one of the gangsters happened to see Wang Ming, so he secretly paid attention to Wang Ming.

As the head snake here, they quickly inquired about Wang Ming's reason for coming here, and knew that Wang Ming had a longevity lock worth hundreds of thousands in his hand.

Stimulated by the resentment and resentment of Wang Ming, coupled with the stimulus of Wang Ming's valuable treasure, this gang of gangsters took Wang Ming's idea.

Of course, these gangsters still have some scruples about Wang Ming's alertness and ruthless methods.

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As the store manager of 'One Lock World', Wong Ka Lai greeted the four beautiful store staff and then carried out the day's store inventory work.

According to internal regulations, all branches across the country must sort out and report the information of the antiques they buy and sell every once in a while. However, the only information about the ancient locks is that it must be reported to the higher-level leaders on the Internet before 10 o'clock every night.

Of course, for these reported ancient lock information, the superior leaders will also give certain rewards.

During a manager training, Mr. Wong heard some of the other seniors talk about these things in private. It seems that **oss is looking for a very important ancient lock, so it will buy these ancient locks all over the country.

Of course, the exact reason is unknown.

But every store manager, intentionally or unintentionally, will still pray that he will be lucky enough to collect the news of the ancient lock that **oss wants, and then soar all the way.

Shaking these unrealistic ideas out of his mind, Huang Jiali looked at the time and hurriedly sent the ancient lock information collected by the store today to the mailbox of the higher-level leader.

Fortunately, there is only one ancient lock information to be passed on today, and it will not take long for these materials to be transmitted to the mailbox of the general manager of the provincial store.

After doing all this as always, Huang Jiali closed the mailbox, and then took stock of today's account information.

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Not long after Wang Ming left the antique street, he felt like he was being targeted. It's like walking alone in a primeval forest, with some inexplicable beasts hiding in the shadows of the forest to peep.

Sensing that someone was secretly following him, Wang Ming untied the silver chain of the longevity lock from his right wrist and put it close to his neck, and then walked unhurriedly towards a secluded small street.

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