"Hey, why did the lights go out suddenly, what the hell is the foreign woman doing?"

Under the unpreparedness of Wang Mengqi and Cao Ge, all the lights in the living room suddenly went out, and the huge living room became pitch black, and they couldn't see their fingers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The guests present were not too panicked, wanting to see what kind of medicine was sold in this Shirley gourd.

"Look at the bead." Qin Fan's voice came from the darkness.

At this time, Wang Mengqi curiously cast her eyes on the bead, and saw that the bead was covered with a layer of blue-green fluorescence in the dark.

In the dark, the blue-green fluorescence that bloomed on the beads was like a ghost fire, and the light range could reach about three meters away, but the light intensity was far less than that of an ordinary 50-watt light bulb.

Seeing the wonder of this bead shining in the dark, the guests in the living room were extremely surprised, and gathered around this magical bead in amazement.

"Qin Fan, how can this bead shine?"

Wang Mengqi's pair of bright eyes like autumn water scissors stared at this pearl that was shining in the dark and couldn't move away, women had little resistance to beautiful jewelry, let alone this magnificent and magical night pearl.

"If I'm not mistaken, this bead should be the legendary pearl of the night."

The naturally formed Night Pearl was too rare and precious, and Qin Fan was not quite sure when he first saw this Night Pearl. But at this time, seeing that this bead could shine in the darkness, he could be sure that it was a rare treasure in ancient historical records.

"The Pearl of the Night? Does this legendary treasure really exist? ”

Wang Mengqi has also heard some legends about the night pearl before, in myths and legends, the undersea dragon palace is illuminated by the night pearl, and the light emitted by a night pearl can shine the dragon palace as if it were day.

It's just that these myths and legends are basically nonsense and have no scientific basis.

"Although the night pearls in myths and legends cannot be counted, there are indeed night pearls in history." Qin Fan patiently explained to Wang Mengqi.

There are countless records about the night pearl in the historical books, and the night pearl has been found as early as the Yandi and Shennong periods. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Night Pearl was called "Hanging Li" and "Hanging Thorn Wall" by the ancients, and its value was comparable and bibli. Almost all of the ancient Chinese dynasties have records about the night pearl, and the high-quality night pearl can be said to be a rare treasure, which is deeply loved and respected by the ancient emperors.

At this time, Shirley clapped her hands, and the lights in the living room came on again.

"I believe all the guests have seen it, this is a rare pearl of the night." Shirley's red lips opened lightly, and she introduced to the guests present, "The Night Pearl is a rare gemstone, known as the Pearl, the Hanging Pearl and the Bright Moon Pearl in ancient times. Because the night pearl can emit a bright moon like the light at night, the ancients believed that the night pearl has spirituality, so they enshrined the night pearl as the treasure of the town, which is an extremely valuable treasure. ”

Hearing Shirley say this, the women in the living room all had their eyes shining, staring intently at this magnificent pearl of the night, and their beautiful eyes were full of brilliance.

The pure natural night pearl can be said to be a rare treasure that is hard to find, like the well-known night pearl in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Cixi when she was buried, which was worth 10.8 million taels of silver at that time, equivalent to 810 million RMB now.

In addition to the night pearl in Cixi's mouth, the nine night pearls on her phoenix crown are also quite famous, and there is a rather interesting little story in it.

At that time, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Yanjing City, and Cixi specially took four night pearls from the phoenix crown to give them to the invaders, begging them to withdraw from Yanjing City. But coincidentally, Li Lianying, the great eunuch who was doing things for her, was not around, so Cixi asked a palace maid beside her to send these four night pearls to the Ximen Hotel and hand them over to Li Hongzhang's people.

However, this palace maid didn't want the country's treasures to fall into the hands of these invaders, so she secretly hid these four priceless night pearls.

It wasn't until 64 years later that these four night pearls were found in a worker's house where the cypress forest lived in Chang'an City.

The family's surname is Wu, and both husband and wife are workers in a chemical factory. Once, when cleaning and hygiene, the child dismantled a dirty and oily small pillow to be cleaned, and found that there was a red cloth bag inside, and the red cloth was uncovered and there was a layer of yellow cloth. Underneath the yellow cloth is a layer of cotton paper, in which are four longan-sized, sparkling night pearls. So far, these four pearls of the night have been able to see the light again.

"Qin Fan, how much do you say this night pearl is worth?"

Wang Mengqi stared directly at the night pearl and asked curiously. Although Wang Mengqi is a female man who can stand on her fists and run a horse on her arms, a delicate and gentle wealthy son like Cao Ge can turn ten with one hand. But she was always a woman, and she had little resistance to beautiful jewelry.

"If it is a pure natural night pearl, the value is very high, but now there are many artificial fake night pearls on the market, so you need to be careful."

"Can Night Pearl still be faked?"

Wang Mengqi looked surprised, and didn't seem to believe that the Night Pearl was also fake.

"Hehe, as long as there is profit in the antique business, anything can be faked. It's not uncommon for pearls to be faked this night. ”

To put it bluntly, the night pearl is fluorescent, an ore-like gemstone containing rare luminescent elements.

The natural night pearl can continue to shine for dozens of hours as long as it shines for fifteen minutes, and the fluorescent color is magnificent and translucent. There are also some high-quality heirloom pearls that can permanently glow without the need for light, and the luminous energy is larger.

As for the man-made night pearl, it is filled with phosphor in the cracks of fluorite that does not emit light. This kind of artificial night pearl is also relatively easy to identify, one is that the artificial night pearl only has a local or line light, unlike the natural night pearl bright and uniform. Moreover, there are obvious cracks on the surface of the artificial night pearl, which can be identified with the naked eye.

In the jewelry wholesale market in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, this kind of man-made night pearls abound, the price can reach tens of thousands of yuan, and the low price can be bought for a few hundred yuan.

As for the night pearl at the auction, in Qin Fan's opinion, it should be a pure natural night pearl, not a man-made fraud. It's just that the quality of this night pearl is slightly inferior, and naturally it is not as good as those heirloom pearls in history.

It is important to judge the quality and value of natural night pearls, the first point is to see whether the night pearls can shine permanently, and whether the light intensity is large enough.

There is also to see the color of the night pearl, the best color of the night pearl is the moonlight as transparent and spiritual moon white, followed by turquoise or yellow-green.

And the luminous intensity of this night pearl is not large, the transparency is not high, and the color also makes Qin Fan a little uncomfortable, it is not a pure and transparent moon white, and the value is far less than the few heirloom pearls recorded in history, and the price should be around several million.

"It's a pity, if this is a high-quality natural night pearl, it can at least fetch hundreds of millions of dollars in the international market." Qin Fan had no interest in this night pearl and was not ready to participate in the auction.

But Wang Mengqi looked eager to try, and seemed to be very interested in this night pearl.

After fully arousing the interest of the guests present, Shirley said with a smile, "Start bidding now, the reserve price of this night pearl is 1 million, and the bidding price will not be less than 100,000 each time." ”

According to the rules of black market auctions, the bidders will not be told the origin of these lots, because many of the auction items have problems with their provenance, and some are even excavated artifacts that are prohibited by the state.

However, the price of bidding at this kind of auction will be much lower than that of the regular auction, like this night pearl, if it is auctioned in a regular auction company, the starting price will be at least 3 million, and the final transaction price may be able to break 10 million.

"1.1 million."

As soon as Shirley's words fell, someone immediately made a bid.

And the person who made this bid was Bai Bingbing, who had a conflict with Qin Fan and Wang Mengqi just now, and it seemed that she was also quite interested in this night pearl.

"I'll give 1.2 million." Wang Mengqi glanced at Bai Bingbing, and called 100,000 with a calm expression.

The discipline of the Wang family is extremely strict, although Wang Mengqi is very spoiled by the elders in the family, but the pocket money that can be spent from the family is not unlimited. Unlike some of the second generation of wealthy families in the circle, changing a car is like changing clothes.

But with only a few millions, she can still get it.

"Miss Wang has 1.2 million, is there anyone else who wants to bid?" Shirley's expression did not fluctuate, and she always had a professional smile on her face, the auction had just begun, and the excitement was still to come.

Seeing Wang Mengqi bidding with her, Bai Bingbing snorted coldly and said in a strange manner, "I didn't expect Miss Wang to be interested in this night pearl, which is surprising." ”

"Yes, I thought Sister Mengqi liked to fight." Cao Ge came over to make up for it, and the angry Wang Mengqi rolled her eyes, if it weren't for so many people watching at the auction, she probably couldn't help but hang up Grandpa Cao and beat him violently.

"Get out, wait until the auction is over to see how my sister cleans you up."

At this time, Bai Bingbing raised his little hand and deliberately said as if provocative to Wang Mengqi, "1.5 million." ”

The guests who came to this black market auction were either rich or expensive, and more than a million was nothing to them. After several rounds of bidding, this night pearl was quickly shouted at a high price of 3.8 million.

"4 million!"

Wang Mengqi was determined to fight Bai Bingbing to the end, and directly called the price of this night pearl to four million.

Bai Bingbing's face changed, with her salary of several million, she was not unaffordable, but seeing that Wang Mengqi seemed to be really angry, she couldn't help but be a little stunned. If Wang Mengqi is offended and hated, I am afraid that even if Li Hongfei comes forward, he will not be able to protect her.

Just when Bai Bingbing was about to give up, Li Hongfei glanced at Qin Fan and Wang Mengqi with an indifferent expression, and suddenly shouted, "I'll give 5 million!" ”