Everyone ordered the dishes, and when the waiter went out to inform the chef to prepare the dishes, Chen Yingping asked with a smile, "Director Chu, presumably your harvest today should be good, right?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, "It's okay-"

Chen Yingping's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Oh, I don't know if you can let me appreciate it too?" ”

"No problem......"

As he spoke, Chu Chen took out a few things he had just purchased.

Chen Yingping got the silver lock in his hand first, and after appreciating it, he sighed, "This wide lock is very good!" ”

Chen Laiming pursed his lips, "Not necessarily, it looks so bad, what's so good?" ”

Chen Yingping glared at him and said, "What do you know, this is a silver lock from the Song Dynasty." ”

"What, this is still a lock from the Song Dynasty?" Chen Lai was obviously a little surprised.

Chen Yingping said disdainfully, "It's a shame that you have bought antiques for so many years, and you can't even see the lock of the Song Dynasty, so it's no wonder that you even bought two fakes." ”

Chen Laiming shrugged his shoulders, "I admit that my eyesight is not good, but I buy things from the palm eye master, and those two things are wrong, and they can't be counted on my head." But don't you always see it? ”

"Uh......" Chen Yingping was a little speechless for a while, and after half a sound, he defended, "I can't even see the palm master you invited, it's normal for me to hit my eyes, right?" ”

Speaking of this, he muttered, "Why is the level of counterfeiting so high now, so that I don't dare to touch porcelain!" ”

Chen Laiming said with a smile when he heard this, "Uncle, you don't have to worry so much, although they have the ability to do it as fake and 'messy' as true, but the cost is also high, generally tens of thousands, they will definitely not do it, the cost is not cost-effective." ”

Chen Yingping nodded, "This is also the case, but the key problem is that I also have a collection of several high-end Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, and I have made this discovery today." I'm really unsure. ”

"It's coming!" Chu Chen smiled secretly, just now he was surprised why his uncle and nephew didn't continue to talk about the difficult matter at hand, and now after a long speech, he turned around again, it seems that he will not stop if he doesn't let himself see Chen Yingping's collection;

Sure enough, just as Chu Chen thought, Chen Laiming said that Chu Chen was there. You can ask him for help, and Chen Yingping looked at Chu Chen embarrassedly.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Anyway, it's a good way." No problem. ”

"Thank you, thank you......"

Chen Yingping hurriedly thanked Chu Chen, and at this time, the waiter began to serve wine and food one after another.

After some mismatching, the topic turned to the silver lock, and Chen Laiming said, "Uncle, can you tell me what is so good about this lock?" ”

Chen Yingping smiled, "Aren't you planning to quit the antique industry, why do you understand it so clearly?" ”

Chen Laiming said with a smile: "Indeed, I don't plan to buy anything in the future." But it's always okay to get to know, right? ”

Chen Yingping smiled, "Of course you can, but you'd better ask Director Chu, he is an expert in this regard." ”

Chu Chen smiled and waved his hand, "Don't you dare to take it seriously, I only know something about niche collections like ancient locks." ”

Chen Yingping said, "Director Chu, you are too modest, what's the matter." It's better than me. ”

Chen Laiming took over and said, "Director Chu, you can advise me." ”

I don't know if it's thinking too much, Chu Chen somewhat thinks that Chen Laiming's current actions have other meanings, but he didn't think much about it, just relying on his ability. He couldn't believe he could be deceived.

"In fact, the collection value of ancient locks is determined by four aspects: age, material, craftsmanship and scarcity."

"First of all, the years. Generally speaking, the older the collection, the more valuable it is, but for ancient locks, for many reasons, the locks of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are more valuable. Especially the copper lock in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Both the practical value and the artistic level have been greatly improved, and there are many "fine" locks. ”

"Second, the material. Ancient locks are divided into wooden locks, gold locks, silver locks, 'jade' locks, copper locks, iron locks, stone locks, cloisonne locks, etc. The more valuable the material, the higher the value of the lock. For example, gold, silver, and jade locks are more collectible than copper, iron, and wooden locks. ”

"Third, craftsmanship. China's traditional locks are handicraft, and the more sophisticated the process, the higher the value of the lock. From the technical level, the ancient lock is divided into flat carving, openwork carving, hollow carving, chisel 'flower', gilding, wrong gold, gold-filling, gilding, inlay and mold casting. The appearance of the "fine" is exquisite, the carving is "realistic", and the "flowery" locks have high artistic value. ”

"Fourth, scarcity 'sex'. Scarcity is precious, and ancient locks are no exception. The value of those combination locks, text locks, dark 'door' locks, inverted pull locks, and various 'realistic' character locks and animal locks that are scarce in the world is even higher. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Chen took out the silver lock just now and introduced, "Like my silver lock, the craftsmanship is 'fine', there are no missing parts, and there are still some traces of gilding in some parts, just because of the age, the storage is not in place, resulting in its gilding, plus the traces of oxidation are relatively strict, so the value should be discounted a little." However, tens of thousands of dollars are still worth it. ”

"Oh." Chen Laiming nodded suddenly, "I didn't expect an inconspicuous lock, it is so valuable, it seems that the ancient lock that has been handed down in my house may also be a treasure!" ”

Chen Yingping was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "What ancient locks have been handed down from your ancestors, why haven't I seen them?" ”

Chen Laiming shrugged his shoulders, "That lock looks straight and the same as the ancient lock of Director Chu, it is not inconspicuous at all, and this lock is more weird, and it takes three slaps to open it with the key, we all thought it was broken, but we just thought that it was something handed down by our ancestors and was not lost, how could we think of taking it out to show you?" ”

Chen Yingping shook his head when he heard this, "You are really too ignorant, this is called a three-slap lock, it is a relatively rare lock, what does it have to do with badness?" ”

In fact, in addition to the common positive and reverse opening, there are many strange and rare locks such as the three-slap lock, such as the "Mandarin Duck Lock" that needs two keys to open at the same time, the mechanism lock that needs four keys to open on all sides, and some of the "Tibetan Poetry Locks" that need to be opened on all sides. A rare lock like this is naturally more favored by collector investors.

Chen Laiming was very surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "That means that my lock may also be a treasure?" ”

Chen Yingping said, "Bao is not a baby, you have to see it to know." ”

Chen Lai smiled shyly, "Director Chu, I don't know if you can go to my house to have a look;!" ”

"This bureau, you're doing too obvious, right?"

Chu Chen secretly sneered. Then he asked, "Mr. Chen, I don't know where you live?" ”

"Where I live now is about twenty or thirty minutes away from my uncle's."

"Is it the direction to the capital?"

Chen Laiming shook his head, and Chu Chen said with some embarrassment when he saw this, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, my senior brother called me in the morning and had something urgent for me to deal with." Let me go back to the capital as soon as possible. If I go to Chen Lao's house and then go to your house, I'm afraid it's too late! ”

"Uh......" Chen Laiming was stunned when he heard this. He smiled and said, "Since it's not a coincidence, let's talk about it next time." ”

Chu Chen smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, in fact, Baozhou is not far from the capital, if you have time, you can also go to the capital to find me, and by the way, you can also visit." ”

"yes." Chen Yingping said: "You have been 'spending' your mind on antiques in the past few years, and the last time I met Xiaoju, she complained to me that you haven't taken her out to play for a long time." Wait until you are free. They should indeed be taken to the capital to play. ”

Chen Laiming smiled, "Okay, when this time is over, I will take them to the capital, and then I will bother Director Chu." ”

Chu Chen smiled and said, "No problem, you can come to me when the time comes......"

Everyone chatted a few more words, and Chu Chen put the silver lock back into the plastic bag first.

"Hey, your plastic bag is a little broken." Where Chen Laiming sits. Just in time to be able to see the plastic bag.

"Where?" Chu Chen looked for it and found that the bag was indeed a little broken, so he asked the waiter to bring another one over and prepare to top it first.

After the waiter came back, Chu Chen checked the contents of the bag first, so as not to put it badly. The bag was punctured again.

When Chu Chen took out an artifact, Chen Laiming was surprised and said, "Hey, this bangs play the golden toad ornament is a little interesting, the golden toad is actually four 'legs'." ”

Chen Yingping was speechless when he saw it, "How can the golden toad have four 'legs', this is a fake, right?" ”

But then again, how could Chu Chen possibly buy a fake? Therefore, both the uncle and nephew looked at Chu Chen a little strangely;

"Actually. I bought these things from the same person......" Chu Chen smiled and told Wen Haoyang about it.

Chen Yingping said indignantly: "Hmph! actually deliberately killed the familiar, that 'traitor' businessman is really not a thing, in fact, if it were me, I would definitely sue him! ”

"How are you better than that Boss Gong?"

Chu Chen sneered in his heart, but if Wen Haoyang went to sue that Boss Gong, it was really possible to win, after all, he clearly said that the fake was true, this was already considered a deliberate fraud, and he would definitely lose in court, but the key was how Wen Haoyang proved it, which was a difficult problem.

Chen Laiming said, "However, I think that Wen Haoyang is really stupid enough, he actually believes in the other party so much, and he is too ignorant, he doesn't even know that Jin Toad only has three 'legs'." ”

Chu Chen smiled, "Actually, this thing is not useless." ”

"How so?" Chen Yingping asked.

Chu Chen explained, "First of all, the workmanship of this thing is not bad, but it is also quite 'fine' and beautiful......"

Just like Chu Chen said, in addition to the criticized four 'legs', the overall effect of this ornament is really good. The whole vessel is made of bronze gilt zuò figures, and the zuò toad is made of cloisonné enamel, of which the upper part is painted with bangs wearing green clothes and 'pants', with open 'chest', 'dew' and 'milk', and the 'chest' mouth and face are painted with gold and the wine jug is hung behind him, and his face is full of smiles. The toad is painted with longevity face patterns, eight treasure patterns and copper coins.

This device is designed to be very 'exquisite' and lovely regardless of shape and proportion, the decorative effect is very strong, quite the style of copper tire cloisonné enamel in the Qianlong period, but it is a pity that this is a four-legged toad, in addition, the mouth of the toad is half open, and there is a gilded bead inside, which is quite a bit nondescript.

Chen Yingping observed the things and said, "In terms of craftsmanship, the person who makes zuò is indeed a skilled craftsman, but no matter how much the golden toad can't be four 'legs', this is a matter of common sense, just like letting Tang Seng hold Sun Wukong's golden hoop 'stick', everyone must think it's ridiculous, right?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is indeed a matter of common sense, but the strange thing is that the original owner didn't think there was anything wrong at all, and he often offered incense, isn't it strange?" ”

Listen to Chu Chen say this; The uncle's and nephew's faces were full of surprise, and they hurriedly took a closer look, and found that there were indeed obvious traces of incense on the surface of the thing, and this trace must be formed after a long period of worship, which really made the two feel very strange.

It's like something that everybody thinks is right. Some people just do something wrong and don't say it, but there are other people who agree. If you want to say that this person didn't know at first, but after a long time, he will always find the problem, and the result is not like this, don't you say strange?

So why is this perverse phenomenon occurring? Generally, those who have some brains will definitely think that there is something wrong with this ornament, so the uncle and nephew looked at Chu Chen again.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I haven't had much time to get this thing. I really don't know what the hell is going on with it. I'm going to do some research when I get back. ”

As he spoke, he put the thing back in the bag, knowing that this was a priceless treasure, if it wasn't too big for his handbag to fit, he would have kept it away. As for why he said something special. It was also because he couldn't suppress the 'agitation' in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to mention it on such an occasion.

Seeing Chu Chen put the things back, the expressions of the uncle and nephew were a little strange, but after a while, they came back to their senses, Zhao Yingping said with a smile. Please Chu Chen has the results in the future, tell them sù, and satisfy their curiosity.

Chu Chen agreed with a smile, but he didn't have any intention of saying it in his heart. ……

After the meal, everyone took Hu Yong's car to Zhao Yingping's house, and signed an agreement with Zhao Laiming to complete the 'transaction'. Then, the porcelain pieces that Zhao Yingping said were identified, and the results were all fine.

Originally, Zhao Yingping also wanted Chu Chen to appraise other collections, but seeing that Chu Chen was in a hurry to leave, he smiled and told Chu Chen that he would go to the capital to find Chu Chen for appraisal after a while, and Chu Chen agreed with a smile. ……

The car was driving on the way to the capital, and Hu Yong asked, "Brother Chu, what are these two guys up to?" ”

Chu Chen shook his head: "The devil knows what their idea is." ”

To say, this time Baozhou's feelings, in addition to someone following, there is no accident, not to mention, but also got a few treasures, especially the ornament is an unexpected joy; This point was completely unexpected by Chu Chen, but it was not necessarily just to get to know Chen Yingping's uncle and nephew, right?

Hu Yong also thought so, he said, "Are these two people still ready to put a long line to hang a big fish?" ”

"Shouldn't it be that stupid?" Chu Chen shook his head, with the minds of Cai Jianxuan's group, he shouldn't have done this kind of thing to him, not to mention anything else, just with his eyesight, this group of people should also know that it is difficult to succeed in using the trick of hanging a big fish with a long line against him.

What's more, that "weirdo" should have guessed that Chu Chen had already recognized him as guarded, and in this case, this trick would have little effect on Chu Chen.

In that case, why did the other party come up with this idea? Is it just to do business with Chu Chen? But those few things are sought-after goods in the market, so why sell them to Chu Chen? These are all questions that Chu Chen and Hu Yong can't understand.

"Forget it, don't worry about them, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it......"

There was nothing to do all the way, and when Chu Chen came home, he was just in time for dinner, but the first thing he did when he went home was to check Wu Ke's pulse, and he found that the pulse was stable and he was a little uneasy, which made everyone laugh at him for being more verbose than an old woman.

After the meal, Chu Chen briefly told everyone about the trip to Baozhou, and everyone couldn't understand Chu Chen's doubts.

Wu Ke said: "Maybe this is not Cai Jianxuan's idea. ”

Chu Chen shook his head, "It's not that they don't know my identity, Cai Jianxuan will definitely know about the plan to deal with me." ”

Zhao Yunlin said, "It doesn't matter what is going on with them, I only have one request, you must protect yourself, you must know that you are a person with a wife and children." ”

Chu Chen nodded solemnly, "Mom, don't worry, I won't joke with my safety." ”

After Chu Chen's statement, although everyone was still a little worried, they were somewhat relieved.

At this time, Chu Yulan said, "Brother, didn't you just say that there is a strange ornament?" Take it out and show us. ”

"Okay, I'll go get ......"

After speaking, Chu Chen took out the ornament and put it on the table, and everyone was amazed when they saw it;

Chu Yulanjiao laughed, "Hehe, it's so fun." There are still people who make a golden toad with four 'legs', is this a golden toad that has not broken its 'legs'? ”

Chu Chen smiled, "Of course this is impossible, this thing is the style of the Qing Dynasty, no matter what, as long as people with some common sense know, Liu Hai plays the golden toad, which is a three-legged golden toad." ”

Chu Yulan laughed, "Since this is the case, it must be a person with no common sense." ”

Wu Ke took over: "Is the person who worships also has no common sense?" ”

Chu Yulan smiled: "It's very simple. Isn't it okay to make zuò and worship the same person. ”

Chu Chen smiled, "Don't say it, it's really possible that this golden toad was made by the owner himself." ”

"Ahh I'm right! Chu Yulan was a little surprised.

Chu Chen nodded, "Yes." Otherwise, if this thing is really used to hide some treasure, the owner may not be at ease to let others help make zuò. Of course, it is also possible that this is what he asked the craftsman to make in this way. ”

"Anyway, there's a treasure hidden in this thing." As she spoke, Chu Yulan took the thing in her hand, kept looking at it, and shook it vigorously. But she didn't hear any noise, which made her a little disappointed.

"No, the baby has already been taken, right? Or do you have to break this thing? ”

"How can this be?" Zhao Yunlin shook her head, "Although this thing is made against common sense, it is also 'very' good-looking, if it is ruined like this, it will be a pity!" ”

"If you can't break it, how can you see if there is a treasure in it?" Chu Yulan frowned slightly and pondered.

"You say. Could it be this bead? At this time, I heard Wu Ke express his opinion.

Chu Chen asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

Wu Ke said with a smile, "It's very simple, the golden toad generally holds a copper coin in its mouth, and it holds a bead, don't you think there is a feeling that there is no silver three hundred taels here?" ”

"That's right! It's really possible! As she spoke, Chu Yulan held the bead in the mouth of the golden toad with her hand; I wanted to take it down, but it took seven or eight points of effort, and the beads just didn't move. Because she was afraid of 'breaking' the beads, she didn't dare to use brute force, and she was a little anxious for a while.

"What's the matter, sister-in-law, you guessed wrong, you still have to use tools?"

"I'll take a look......" Chu Chen asked his sister for something. After a moment, he muttered softly, "This place seems to be a little protruding......

As he spoke, Chu Chen pressed down hard, only to hear the sound of "wave", and the bead fell from Jin Toad's mouth, but fortunately, he was quick and grabbed it, avoiding the risk of being crushed.

This scene made everyone feel a little surprised, and they begged the beads to come over and see it, but because this thing was gilded on the outside, they couldn't see anything special.

"The gilt on the outside should be a disguise, why don't you try it?" Chu Yulan leaped into the 'desire' to try.

"Okay, then try."

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, because he was afraid that using tools to remove the baby would cause damage, he simply used his own nails. The gilt layer was still relatively easy to remove, and after a while, a piece was removed by Chu Chen, and the things below were 'exposed'.

"Light, this thing glows!" Zhao Yunlin said in surprise.

I saw that although the area of this 'exposed' was small, it looked like a shining light, like a fluorescent lamp, emitting a strong light, which was indeed more like a night pearl.

"Hey! After doing it for a long time, it turned out to be a night pearl! Chu Yulan said disappointedly, for others, the night pearl is indeed more precious, but for her, there is nothing unusual.

At this time, Zhao Yunlin suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly said to Wu Ke, "Keke, you go to the side!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised at first, but it immediately occurred to them that the reason why some night pearls glow is because of the 'emitting' and 'sexual' substances, although there may not be many such substances, but God knows what effect it will have on the fetus.

Thinking of this, Wu Ke also became nervous and hurriedly ran to the side. And although Chu Chen knew the truth, he didn't stop it, because he didn't know how the things inside were formed, and if it was harmful, it would be harmful