White cherry blossoms fluttered all over the sky, falling down and piling up on the ground - probably because of the passage of cold air, and it was rare to see heavy snow falling on the seamounts.

Duanmuci stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, thinking about whether to go out today.

"Your Excellency." Bu Tongxun opened the door from behind him and walked in, "There is an auction in Heyuan today, and one of the lots is a pair of calligraphy by Su Dongpo, I heard that it has never appeared - are we going?" ”

Duanmu Ci turned his head, "Copybook? ”

Bu Tong took a step forward and handed out the sticker in his hand, "This is it-"

Duanmu Ci took it, which was a pre-introduction of the lot at the auction house, and the news about Dongpo was mixed in the middle. Duanmu Ci looked at it slightly, and saw that the notebook read-

"My brother Zunjian: He Zhuang drinks tonight, and he owes his brother 318 Wen in silver, and he will pay it back in the future. If the bag is empty, then two volumes of poetry are the quality! There is no evidence for empty words, and this IOU is specially written to remember it - Su Zizhan words. ”

There are even three people under the IOU who signed Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian and Foyin as a guarantee.

What's even more terrifying is that the sticker is not stamped with a seal, but with a bright red thumb print......

Unprecedented!

Bu Tongxun was a little incredible, and he also felt a little funny, "I didn't expect that the dignified Po Immortal Su Dongpo would actually owe people money for wine, shouldn't a great poet like him be able to eat and drink for nothing everywhere?" How can anyone still ask him for money? And there are actually three equally famous characters to gualate, it can't be that they are joking. ”

Duanmu Cixin said, it's really a joke......

About April of the seventh year of Yuanyou, he and Su Dongpo, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian, and Foyin got together to drink at the Hezhuang Wine House in Yunzhou. Originally, this was the case, but Su Shi, who was so drunk, insisted on writing an IOU, and asked the restaurant for red mud and pressed his handprint, which made everyone laugh, and they signed as guarantors, which gave rise to the origin of this notebook.

This IOU has been properly kept by Duanmu Ci since then, as a testimony of mutual friendship. It was only later that Dongpo passed away, and Duanmu Ci handed over this note to the descendants of the Su family, hoping to let it be buried with Dongpo, but he didn't expect it to appear here and appear in front of him after a thousand years, which is really impermanent.

Bu Tongxun behind her didn't notice Duanmu Ci's distraction, and she asked, "This calligraphy is very special, are we going to Crane Garden?" She knows that her boss likes antiques very much, and this kind of good treasure should not be missed.

Duanmu Ci smiled, "Go, how can you not go, it's time-"

-- It's time to return things to their rightful owners.

The step pupil smoke is unknown.

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The Crane Garden is a private garden built by the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, which has changed hands several times and has become an elegant place specializing in trading antiques and antiques.

Because it has a high threshold.

The glaze factory in the capital is just outside the Peace Gate, and a string of old shops such as Huaiyin Mountain House, Yide Pavilion, and Li Fushou Bizhai are all on that road, and anyone can go to it without hindrance.

And this crane garden is different, since the fight 300 years ago, this is not a place where ordinary people can come.

In the distance, there are some ministers and eunuchs who come and go, and they sing poetry, wine, and harmony. Nowadays, the world has changed, but the rules have not changed, and those who are not worth enough cannot enter the door of the Crane Garden.

Of course, Duanmuci's net worth is enough, but the problem is that no one knows him in China, how can he get in?

He told the woman next to him about this doubt, and Bu Tongxun chuckled and said, "I called the old housekeeper in Chicago and arranged the next identity, the adult's current identity is Mr. Ci, the descendant son of the Duanmu family, a Chinese American family, his status is valuable, and he is very interested in the historical relics and antiques of his homeland, so he wants to come to Crane Garden to have a look-how about it, this excuse is okay, right?" ”

"Nice, thoughtful."

Duanmu Ci lowered his head and flipped through the album in his hand, the things on the album were really full of flowers, the Qing Qianlong ruby red monk hat pot, the Song Ru kiln lotus-style warm bowl, and the Qing Yongzheng blue ground enamel color dragon pattern lantern bottle...... All of them have noble backgrounds and are expensive. There are also Chinese and English characters at the bottom of the picture, which is thought to be for the convenience of foreign high-roller buyers.

Duanmuci looked at the crowd outside the car window and remembered that he had participated in several auctions in Chicago.

There is no permanent auction house in Chicago, so the auction location is usually at the Chicago Municipal Opera, which is still old-school Chicago. Duanmuci's first visit was in the 50s of the last century, when a large number of urban celebrities and modern girls gathered at the entrance of the Greek-style columned opera house, and the waiters watched the famous posters chanting the names of distinguished guests.

Duanmuci photographed a few pieces of porcelain there, and occasionally met old acquaintances from decades ago, and whenever he would explain that he was the son of an old friend, the old acquaintances would exclaim and say something like "you father and son look alike".

As his thoughts were flying, Bu Tong came over and reminded, "Because some sensitive antiques are often auctioned here, such as stolen cultural relics or something, the auction of the Crane Garden is generally hidden and not announced to the public, and only people in a certain circle will get the news. ”

Duanmuci nodded, which also solved a doubt in his heart - that is, such an auction house that can auction high-priced antiques such as Ru kiln, enamel color and Dongpo calligraphy in a big way, even if it is not as good as Sotheby's and Christie's, but it is almost the same, why has it been obscure?

Now I know, it turns out that people want to keep it a secret.

"By the way, the building we promised to Haishan University a few days ago also started today, and it is expected to be completed after the start of the semester."

"Hmm-" Duanmu Ci looked up, "Is it borne by Gong Ink Construction?" ”

"Of course."

Ko Tsuki Construction is a Japanese construction company with one of the highest standards of professionalism in the industry. The 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Stadium was built by the Public Ink Construction Institute, and the judo hall is regarded as a model of sports architecture. The unprecedented performance of that Olympic Games also had a negative impact on the subsequent Olympic organizers' blind pursuit of luxury......

The Gongchuan Ink Construction Institute is the industry under the name of Duanmuci - the so-called Gongchuan Ink, which refers to the Gongchuan Ban and Mozi respectively, both of whom represent the pinnacle of Duanmuci's craftsmanship in that era.

The traffic in front slowly drove into the Crane Garden, and finally it was its turn. The waiter outside the crane garden stood outside the car window and bowed his head, and Bu Tongxun, who was sitting in the back seat on the left, slowly lowered the car window, and handed out a dark red invitation card with a slender jade hand.

"Mr.Give-" After the waiter inspected the invitation, he handed it back the way it came, "Welcome-"

The stopped car started again, and with a deep engine sound, the brand-new Phaeton drove into this three-hundred-year-old classical garden.

Duanmu Ci got out of the car, took a black long-handled umbrella from the driver in the front seat, and held it above his head to cover himself and Bu Hitomi from the wind and snow outside the car.

In fact, Duanmu Ci didn't plan to bring Bu Tong Xun here, but Bu Tong Xun himself said that every man who came to participate in the Crane Garden auction would bring a female companion, and it would be very embarrassing not to bring it. Out of this consideration, and because he was really unfamiliar with these matters, Duanmu Ci brought this beautiful oil bottle with him.

Duanmu Ci looked up at the building in front of him and pursed his lips secretly.

Although the Crane Garden is an ancient garden, the tall building in front of you is obviously the handiwork of modern people, even if it is covered with a layer of brick skin.

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