This kind of hype, from the perspective of traditional Jianghu techniques, is also known as the intra-plate ball game, for example, a few years ago, there were one after another so-called lost jade seals of the Old Summer Palace appeared in major auctions, and some fakes were also artificially speculated at sky-high prices. The jade seal game has now been abolished, and the threshold has been removed, but it does not prevent this group of people from using the same method to fry other things. With the development of China's economy, they are particularly keen to hype up Chinese cultural relics that have been scattered abroad.

Just like Tang Yin's painting, it is precious and some of its value cannot be measured by money, but the price of similar collectibles has increased several times in the past ten years. Li Xicun claimed to be a patriotic businessman, his hometown was in Suzhou, and he didn't want to see such a precious painting of Tang Yin left behind, so he bought it back with a lot of money, intending to leave it to future generations to collect.

But he recently took over a business, the initial investment is relatively large, the capital turnover is a little ineffective, the bank to apply for a small loan is not only a long cycle and the procedures are a bit troublesome, and I don't want to ask friends to borrow a favor, so I remembered this painting, sent it to the pawn shop to borrow a sum of money, and three months later with interest to redeem it.

After Shen Sibao's appraisal, the price was appraised, and Li Xicun borrowed 2.5 million yuan from the pawn shop and pledged the painting. The pawn contract is clearly written, the current period is three months, if the redemption is overdue, there will be additional penalty interest, if the redemption is not within one year, it will become a dead pawn. The so-called dead pawn means that the painting is owned by the pawnshop, and the pawnshop can dispose of it at its own discretion, such as transferring it privately or taking it out for auction. For Shen Sibao, the most convenient and direct way to dispose of it is to get Sibao Zhai to sell at the price tag.

This was three months ago, when Shen Shenyi happened to be absent, and it was handled by Shen Sibao with full authority. A few days ago, the current period arrived, but I didn't see Li Xicun come to redeem it, and I didn't contact the pawn shop to explain the reason, and when I called the contact information he left, it turned into an empty number! Theoretically, according to the contract, he needs to wait for another nine months, but if this happens, it means that the possibility of death is already very high, which alarmed Shen Shenyi.

Shen Shenyi asked Sibao to take the Tang Yin's ink Guanyin from the warehouse, only to find out that it was actually a fake!

How could a fake hit Shen Sibao's eyes? This is almost an impossible situation, and Shen Shenyi almost suspects that someone has dropped the bag in the warehouse, and the latter is an even more unlikely situation. Shen Shenyi came to see this painting with appreciation, but found that Sibaozhai had been deceived, so he asked Shen Sibao to carefully recall the situation of that day.

Shen Sibao replied very clearly, the painting had not been dropped, and it was this painting that Li Xicun sent to him to pass by. When Shen Sibao didn't open the scroll, he had already determined that this was an authentic work of the Ming Dynasty with his divine sense, and no flaws were found after opening it. There are also two kinds of fakes, one is an ancient imitation, and the other is a counterfeit of a contemporary.

In the investigation of the divine sense of the wind gate master, there is a unique vicissitudes of historical precipitation that contemporary people cannot fake, which can be known without getting started. After opening this picture scroll and checking that the seal is correct, Shen Sibao closed his eyes and sensed the unique charm of the painting, which is difficult for ancient counterfeiters to forge, and often can only get its shape but not its spirit. Shen Sibao has seen Tang Yin's authentic handwriting, although he doesn't have it at hand, he can still identify it in this way.

Ordinary counterfeiters, even if they make a fake look like it, ordinary identification methods can't find any faults, but when they encounter people like Shen Sibao, they have to take a break. Maybe Shen Sibao was too confident, or maybe he had never encountered this kind of situation, and he identified it as genuine on the spot in front of everyone.

The painting was purchased by Li Xicun at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, and the receipts provided were correct. Either he bought and sold the painting by himself and deliberately inflated the apprehension of the painting, or the businessman was influenced by the hype of collectibles in recent years, and unconsciously became a promoter and a receiver in a sense.

But these are not Shen Sibao's concerns, Shen Sibao is just a pawn business, Tang Yin's large authentic works are only mortgaged 2.5 million yuan in the current art market, and the pawnshop will not suffer any losses. However, when Shen Shenyi looked at the painting from the perspective of observation and appreciation rather than on-site appraisal, he immediately discovered a flaw.

Shen Shenyi is not only a master of the wind gate, but also a calligraphy and painting appraiser, he found flaws in the details of ink brushwork, some of the techniques used in painting do not belong to the Ming Dynasty at all, let alone Tang Yin, but they just look very similar. It is said that such a painting cannot give Shen Sibao that feeling. When Shen Sibao himself re-evaluated, Tang Yin's unique painterly charm was almost gone—this was the result of someone casting some kind of spell!

Shen Sibao was slapped in front of Li Xicun, that person must have seen or even owned Tang Yin's authentic works, and it was probably the same painting. He used a special means to condense the charm of the painting, and cast a spell to give a fake. After all, a fake is a fake, even if it is imitated, it will not be without flaws, and it will naturally be seen in the eyes of everyone who appreciates calligraphy and painting like Shen Shenyi.

But this method is so powerful that it is almost specifically aimed at a master like Shen Sibao, as if he also understands Shen Sibao's identification methods, and deliberately set up this scam. If Shen Sibao hadn't sensed his breath with his divine sense at that time, but had appreciated the details of the brushwork of this painting like his father, he would not have been fooled like this.

This Li Xicun is too bold, he specially set up a game for people who know magic, and deceived the head of the Nine Star Sect, taking one and a half million at a time! He may be conceited and not afraid of the revenge of the Nine Star Sect, maybe he will not appear again after arranging a retreat, and his identity as Li Xicun may be fake.

After this incident, Shen Sibao immediately called Melander and asked if he had heard of a similar Jianghu game? The main purpose is not to recover the losses of Sibao Zhai, there are strange people who set up this kind of deception against the masters of the wind gate, which is a situation worthy of attention and vigilance, of course, it must be reported to the earth qi master who supervises the wind gate in the world.

The above is the content of Mei Lande's divine thoughts, Cheng Tianle blinked when he heard it, and asked with some puzzlement: "That Li Xicun cheated money three months ago, I'm afraid he would have already gone away, if I go to Hangzhou, what can I do to help Sibao?" ”

Melander asked, "Mr. Cheng, what kind of trick do you think that person used to deceive the Four Treasures?" ”

Cheng Tianle: "It should be a combination of refining tools and the way of imperial form, and it may also include the Yuan Shen Illusion Technique." But listening to your description, the magic power of the Four Treasures is also equivalent to the monk who became a teacher of Dancheng, and it is difficult for ordinary people to use the Yuan Shen Illusion to deal with him without being detected, that person should be using a true painting of Tang Yin to condense the meaning of the painting, and then use the way of the imperial form to refine a fake Four Treasures Meaning. ”

Melander: "Who would do that?" ”

Cheng Tianle also realized the crux of the problem, and frowned tightly and said, "Kunlun monks of various factions or scattered cultivators in the rivers and lakes? ”

Melander: "That's supposed to be the case, so I hope Cheng can help find clues." When I arrived in Hangzhou, and waited and saw what happened, I think the Nine Star Sect should have a way to deal with it. If there is really a Kunlun monk who sets up a situation against my Jianghu Fengmen, there is always success, and he may be able to suppress the scene. ”

Cheng Tianle nodded and said, "I understand, let's go to Hangzhou!" Dude, what do you want me to do? ”

Melander smiled: "Just four words - act at the opportunity!" Dude, I know that you don't like to play with your heart, but that doesn't mean you can't see through the world's wit. From chaos to clear scheming, this time it will also let you see the real Jianghu Bureau, see it thoroughly, and you will naturally know it. As long as you see the world and human feelings clearly, you don't have to deliberately use any treacherous means, and there is naturally ingenuity in your actions. ”

Cheng Tianle scratched his head and said: "Chaos to Qingming, scheming will naturally become?" Listen to you, not only let me help investigate the clues, but also let me open my eyes? ”

Melander said meaningfully: "It's both." ”

Cheng Tianle: "You have something urgent to do, when will you leave?" ”

Mei Lande: "There is a car waiting for me at the gate of Tiger Hill this afternoon, and I will take the car directly to Henan." ”

Cheng Tianle: "Okay, I'll invite you to a meal at noon, gather everyone to say goodbye to you, and then send you off in the afternoon, and then set off directly to Hangzhou." ”

The demons have gotten along very well with Mei Lande, the guest elder, these days, and they usually receive a lot of benefits from him, plus Mei Lande helped a lot when he built the sect's dojo, and he was a little reluctant to say goodbye, and he toasted and blessed him at the banquet. After lunch, Cheng Tianle sent Melander, and the two walked through the smoke path of Gusu Ancient Lane, each with their own magic and magic sense.

Again passed through the parking lot outside the main entrance of the Tiger Hill Scenic Area on Shantang Street, where an off-road vehicle was already waiting for Meiland. Melander specially introduced the driver and his assistant Hua Youxian to Cheng Tianle, who was the guy who sent Cheng Tianle a rental contract three years ago.

After sending off Melander, Cheng Tianle did not go back to the house, but went straight to the high-speed rail station with his bag on his back. He, the sect master of the Ten Thousand Transformations Sect, traveled lightly, and went to Hangzhou alone to find Shen Sibao without any entourage. Cheng Tianle didn't want to make a big fuss, this time he went out to secretly investigate some clues, which involved the hidden red dust of the rivers and lakes, and he didn't tell others the purpose of this trip, only said that he was going to Hangzhou to visit friends.

encountered the attack on Weishui, Cheng Tianle was naturally more vigilant than before when he went out again, but he would not dare to go out because of a Liu Yanghe, otherwise he would talk about cultivation and hide at home every day. The trials of spiritual practice are sometimes far more dangerous than those encounters. Besides, Liu Yanghe also said when he left that he would not take the initiative to find trouble with Cheng Tianle again, and Cheng Tianle would naturally not let him go if he had the opportunity, but he usually didn't have to think about Liu Yanghe every day, just do his own thing.

Xu Gongzi's note: Chapter 491 of "Shocking Door" mentions the "intra-plate ball game" that hyped the "Chinese Jade Seal" abroad a few years ago, which is introduced in detail in my other work "Earth Master". The time of serialization of "Earth Master" was from February 2011 to April 2011, which happened to be at the same time that major international art auction houses were planning such hype.

There are some chapters in "The Earth Master" that also have a background time that goes beyond the real time at that time, with a certain prophetic nature, and looking back now, hehehe, they have all been fulfilled. Readers can keep an eye on the dates of the release of certain chapter updates and search for comparisons of related news events. Welcome interested book friends to refer to reading, thank you for your genuine subscription support!

At that time, in that realistic background, I described and analyzed the "Jade Seal Auction" in detail in the book, and also from the perspective of my own ability, in order to break down this threshold.

Another tip for book lovers who have not yet read "The Earth Master". The "Melander" that appears in "Shocking Door" is one of the pseudonyms of You Fang, the protagonist of "Earth Master".

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