Chapter 3: The Ghost Market of the Eight Immortals (Part II)

After following the old man to see dozens of houses, Li Mobai was still empty-handed, he was feeling disappointed, looked down, and found that there was a nest of bronzes on the vendor stall in front of him, because Qincheng was the capital of the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, and a large number of bronzes were unearthed over the years. So he squatted down to inspect it regardless of whether it was true or not, but found that most of them were shoddy fabrications, and the inscription was not in the horse's mouth, and it was a little unhappy.

Just when Li Mobai stood up and was about to leave, he found that there was a pile of bronze coins in the corner, so he squatted down and looked at it again, hoping to make a valuable play, but found that there were all kinds of goods, and after a long time, he did not find a valuable thing. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but you are surprised when you look at it, although this small tripod is rusty spots, gray is not slippery, but it is found that the surface layer of blue-gray is rusty, and it is not old, it is caused by natural oxidation, and you can vaguely see dark red spots in the rust, and a closer look turns out that these spots are faintly traces of inscriptions.

Seeing this, Li Mobai couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, but he was silent on the surface, and then carefully observed the shape of the instrument, but compared with all the small copper tripod shapes in his impression, he didn't find the same shape. Bronzes are no different from other objects, they are always the same, so there are never two identical bronzes, and of course there are no artificialities. After a closer look, it was found that the shape of the small tripod is complete, the cover and the instrument are combined into one, the mouth of the child and mother is adducted, the buckle is a tripod round body, there is an auxiliary head button in the middle of the cover, there is a pair of symmetrical gluttony next to the button, there is a very rare tripod mouth along one side of the tripod mouth, there are attached ears on both sides, and the drum belly has three hooves. This kind of shape is really a bit weird, it's really rare, and it's rare to see things of the same type, and the tripod is generally a large piece.

Weigh the weight of this tripod, about two or three kilograms, it feels very coordinated, although the tripod body ornament is covered by patina, it seems more blurred, some reddish spots can be faintly seen in the blue-gray, roughly feel like a phoenix bird pattern, but the fan line on the body is convex, the blurred pattern is also angular and rounded, the embroidery color looks dense and metallic, and the body is connected as a whole, especially the patina has penetrated into the interior of the utensil, infiltrated into the pattern and the inscription mouth. Seeing this time, Li Mobai was a little excited in his heart, could it be the copper tripod of the pre-Qin period, and it might even be the wrong gold and silver process casting? If so, it will be a discovery that shocks the archaeological community, and it is even more difficult than winning the 5 million jackpot! If it can open the door to the next generation, it will be an important weapon of the country, and it can be rated as a national first-class cultural relic, which can be called a national treasure.

"Boss, let's give a hand...... "If it is determined to be a national treasure, it must not be dusty, regardless of the authenticity, take it first, Li Mobai was sure in his heart, pointed to the copper tripod placed on the ground and said, although he said that he was holding hands, he did not stretch out his hand.

The boss of this stall is also a young man, in his twenties, he looks very clever, seeing Li Mobai looking carefully, and listening to Li Mobai's inquiry, he looked at Li Mobai, and found that the other party looked young and had an extraordinary bearing, and he was probably a novice. Judging from what the other party said, he should be knowledgeable, so he didn't speak, just looked at Li Mobai, raised his hand and stretched out his thumb and index finger, forming an inverted figure, and then put his five fingers together into a fist, and shook it up and down three times.

Seeing the gesture of the young boss, Li Mobai knew that this boss regarded himself as a fat sheep, and actually offered 8,000 yuan, and there was no one in this nest of bronzes who was higher than this price, right? Although he knew that it was very likely to be an object with a wide open door, Li Mobai didn't want to be regarded as a fat sheep, after all, the sky was not yet bright, and the light was dim and unclear, maybe it was eye-catching, and it was not ruled out that it was a possible surname of Gao Fang of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

So he raised his right hand, stretched out his index and middle fingers, and raised them upward. Although this is not in line with the bargaining method of swallowing money in the sleeves of the ghost market, modern people do not wear robes and coats all day long like the ancients, and even if they have no sleeves, there is no way to keep it secret. Naturally, it is keeping pace with the times and adopting the simplest and most direct sign language.

The young boss saw Li Mobai's counteroffer of 2,000 yuan, shook his head, and stretched out his hand again, his thumb, index finger, and middle finger together, pinching them together to mean that he would let it go to 7,000 yuan. Seeing this, Li Mobai was about to leave, but when the young boss saw it, he hurriedly said, "Dude, you are too ruthless, add more!" ”

As soon as Li Mobai heard the music, he drew another three, and then said: "Dude, I have the highest price, and I can't pull it down!" ”

"Come on, this thing is yours!" The young man hurriedly replied, Xindao is not afraid that you understand, I am afraid that you don't understand, rich people are different, open their mouths and add ten red tickets, Lao Tzu came in for 300 yuan, and earned 2,700 yuan, this business is good, raw melons and eggs want to test leaks in me after a few days of learning, but there is no door.

took out his wallet, counted thirty red tickets, handed them to the boss, picked up a newspaper on the stall, wrapped up this suspected genuine product, and said with a smile, "Boss, happy cooperation, see you later!" I left the stall happily, if it wasn't still in the ghost market, I really wanted to take it out again and study it well.

The young man glanced at Li Mobai, who was happy, but he was full of disdain in his heart, and secretly scolded an idiot.

Li Mobai took Xiao Ding, glanced at the old man who was playing with Gu Yu in the stall next to him, and walked over, "Old man, I've already got started, what about you?" ”

"The kid is not afraid of slapping eyes, he can get started so quickly!" The old man saw that there was irrepressible excitement in his grandson's eyes, and lowered his voice and said, "Found a baby?" See how happy you are! ”

"Hehe, baby, I don't know yet, let's go back!" Li Mobai smiled and shook the copper tripod in his hand.

Seeing that Li Mobai was in a hurry to go home, the old man was old and refined, and he knew that this kid must have gained something, and it was inconvenient for the ghost market to stay for a long time, so he and Li Mobai quickly left the ghost market.

At the same time that Li Mobai's grandfather and grandson were happily studying the baby they had just started at home, the sky was also bright, after all, it dawned early in summer. The young boss of the morning market in Baxian Nunnery couldn't be happy.

"You bastard, did you sell my copper tripod?" A middle-aged man who looked like a young peddler asked.

"Which copper tripod, there are so many copper tripods here, how do I know which one you are talking about?" The young man was still immersed in the joy of slaughtering a fat sheep just now, and he was very unhappy to hear the old brother's unkind questioning.

"The copper tripod with that pile of copper coins, the smallest one!" The middle-aged man explained, but his tone was quite unkind.

"That one, I sold it just now, and it was sold for 3,000 yuan tenfold!" The young man said proudly, "When I meet a novice, I am still a fat sheep!" ”

"3,000 yuan? When I got started, it was all 5,000, you loser! When the middle-aged man heard that it was only sold for 3,000 yuan, his lungs were about to explode, "I was about to find an expert to give me a palm in the morning, but I didn't expect you to be ruined so quickly, it may be an object that opens the door wide!" Get out of here, don't make a mess here! ”

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