Of course, Qin Congyun would only scold Lou Yun in his heart, but he still professionally put on a thoughtful look of an old fritter in officialdom, and frowned:

"Although Xia Guan is also in charge of the criminal prison lawsuit in Mingzhou City, this matter focuses on physical evidence, and it happened in Quanzhou, Xia Guan has not witnessed the object, and he does not know the secret, so he does not dare to speak to judge the truth or falsehood——"

"Oh?"

Lou Yun nodded slightly, but asked again, "I heard that Lord Qin has already seen this box of bronze mirrors in Lin'an Dali Temple——"

"Lord Liu and others of Dali Temple are the elders of the directors who have been adjudicating cases for more than 20 years, but the lower officials can't see the origin of these mirrors at all——"

He couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and quickly denied it with a smile, knowing that he would be asked again, he would be tricked out, so he deliberately asked in surprise,

"Your Excellency seems to be very concerned about this case, presumably the official family raised it when calling your lord to play the right game?"

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to find out from Lou Yun's mouth what the official family meant about this case, so that he could relieve the dilemma of Master Liu on this case, he would not have known that Lou Yun was difficult, but he still sent it to the door.

Just as he was saying this, the mandarin duck lotus pool mirror in Lou Yun's hand suddenly loosened, and the bronze mirror smashed to the floor, making a crisp sound!

"My lord, this is an antiquity from the Tang Dynasty!"

Qin Congyun exclaimed in horror, grabbed the mirror and saved it in his hand.

I saw that the mandarin duck lotus pond mirror is made of bronze, a six-diamond-shaped mirror button in the center of the mirror back, surrounded by a delicate small rowing boat inlaid with white shells on all sides, and there is the back of a fisherwoman on the boat, which can be described as ingenious.

Although the time of engraving printed on the back of the mirror is more than 500 years old from this dynasty, its color is still bright.

"Antiquities?"

Lou Yun was surprised, "Don't Lord Qin know that Chen Gang clearly said that these ancient mirrors are fakes?" How could it be an antiquity of the Tang Dynasty? ”

As soon as Qin Congyun's hand touched the ancient mirror, he already regretted it in his heart, knowing that he had fallen into his trap, but it was too late at this time, so he could only put the mirror back on the table, and said with a wry smile:

"Xia Guan has no other hobbies, but he is a little infatuated with the study of gold and stone, and he even has a few experiences in appreciating these ancient mirrors."

Lord Liu of Dali Temple was also quite obsessed with Jinshi and had several correspondence with him, so he was summoned to look at the mirror and inquire.

At this time, he had suddenly realized that this trip, Chen Hong had already placed an ancient mirror in the ship's public hall, saying that it was an imitation of the antiquities of Bazhenzhai for them to enjoy at will, although he was vigilant, but he did not expect that it was for the case far away in the capital, and only thought that Chen Hong was showing off Fujian goods with the support of Lou Yun, in order to compete with Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants for business in the East China Sea.

When he was enjoying the game, he found that there were valuable and expensive real antiquities in the imitation, and he also thought that Chen Hong wanted to keep them until the end and bribe the gifts of the mission.

He is also ready to wait until the end to turn his face, even if it is difficult to give up this antique, he must refuse to refuse, but fortunately, in front of Lou Yun, he ridiculed the audacity of Fujian maritime merchants, which is far less than the children of Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchant families to give gifts and know how to be measured.

If Fujian maritime merchants want to return to the East China Sea, it is absolutely impossible.

He didn't expect that this string of things would come down just to wait for him here.

He could only secretly scold Lou Yun in his heart for being cunning and insidious.

"Lord Qin is really knowledgeable, but this official doesn't know that this mirror is actually a real antiquity?"

Of course, Lou Yun knew that of the one hundred and seventeen ancient mirrors sent by Chen Hong, only four were antiquities.

The rest are all exquisite imitations redesigned by the old craftsmen of Bazhenzhai according to the antiquities of the Tang Dynasty and their decades of familiarity with the craftsmanship of the Great Song Dynasty.

Because the elegance and delicacy of the Song Dynasty successfully contained the warmth and brightness of the Tang Dynasty, these fine products have always been the luxury goods that the heads of various countries and aristocrats flock to in Nanyang, and they are called "Tang goods".

Although these fakes in the public hall cabin are exactly the same as the design of Tang goods, they are not from Bazhenzhai, but secretly purchased by Fujian maritime merchants in the East China Sea market.

What they bought was a popular imitation of the design of the Tang Dynasty in the East China Sea, just like the common saying that has been passed down by word of mouth among Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants in recent years, and I don't know which border island country it came from, calling this imitation "Shansai goods".

They are copycats of Quanzhou Bazhenzhai's authentic Tang goods.

All the designs, processes, and styles are almost identical, and they have recently begun to innovate.

In the past ten years, all kinds of Tang goods produced by Quanzhou Bazhenzhai, although the price is high, specially used for foreign trade, and also enjoys a good reputation in the South Sea, but it is more and more unsellable in the East China Sea, and all of them have been seized by this kind of mountain race goods.

These goods include Tang cabinets, Tang clothes, Tang knives, Tang fans, Tang porcelain, Tang silk and even Tang paintings, Tang books, almost all the treasures of Bazhen Zhai, all have corresponding imitations in the East China Sea, and the price is only half of that of Bazhen Zhai.

In just a few years, the goods of Fujian maritime merchants were completely swept out of the East China Sea market.

Tangfang Ji's family has long been hated by Fujian maritime merchants and scolded to the head of the eighteenth generation of ancestors.

The only one in Fujian goods that is exempt from being copied is the Bazhenzhai bronze mirror.

Because Fusang lacks copper, and the copper mirror has extremely high requirements for copper casting, it is difficult to imitate, and those small maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who colluded with Tangfang to sell counterfeit goods did not begin to get a large number of imitations until last year.

Fujian Eight Outline saw that the last market began to be lost, in addition to cutting the flesh and scolding, there was finally a Chen Hong who jumped out and was willing to sacrifice the second son in the second room to marry the overseas Yi girl.

At that time, he Qin Congyun guessed that the counterfeit goods were made by Tang Fang.

His first thought was to envy Wang Shiqiang's waist bag must be so fat that it must be oily, no wonder he supported Huang's warehouse to open a branch in the northwest, buy a camel team, and go to Rongchang to partner with Khitan merchants from Jin Guo to do business.

The information of the Western Xia and Jin States obtained through these means was sometimes faster and more detailed than that of the official family's official office, otherwise how could he make the Northern Expedition plan of the Prime Minister's Mansion surprise Han Shenzheng in the Prime Minister's Mansion and present it to the official family?

It is not unreasonable for him to marry the woman of the Ji clan even after dividing the house.

You must know that since he Qin Congyun became the general judge of Mingzhou four years ago, these mountain race goods have flooded the mainland markets of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in Fusang, Goryeo, Okinawa, and even the Great Song Dynasty.

Almost every maritime line in the East China Sea will carry several boxes of such goods.

As for the anger of the Fujian maritime merchants, he Qin Congyun was the general judge of Mingzhou, as long as he was responsible for dealing with the maritime brawls and lawsuits in Mingzhou City ** and the wine shop, he played 20 boards each, and severely reprimanded the local maritime merchants and foreign maritime merchants not to be rich and rude, arrogant, and disturb the people's livelihood.

Overseas imitations and the like, his wife also bought four pieces of combined Tang cabinets, and placed them in his small study where he usually quietly studied the gold and stone inscriptions, which was simple and interesting, and the price did not delay him in acquiring real ancient monuments and antiques, and he also felt good.

As for the genuine and fake goods disputed by Fujian maritime merchants, as well as the "Bazhen Zhai" mark on the counterfeit goods by the Tang Dynasty and the emperor, in his opinion, it is neither murder nor arson, nor delay spring plowing and going to sea, so why bother?

After all, Fujian is a small family!

What he was uneasy in his heart was that Quanzhou Fanshang had sued the capital, the bronze mirror case that reached the heavens.

Because that Zhao Bingqian is the cousin of the official family.

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