Looking at Chen Yingping's home, it is an unconventional, antique, and one-color mahogany furniture, which uses a variety of carving techniques, regardless of the theme and accessories, the carvings are delicate and exquisite, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsmen.

In addition, the furniture is very reasonable, so that people who come here for the first time from the bustling metropolis have a feeling of entering a quiet peach blossom paradise.

Not to mention anything else, just mahogany furniture like this not only has to be rich, but it is also difficult to make up such a complete set of Chen Yingping's family without connections. Coupled with Chen Yingping's previous appearance, it all implies that he is a veteran antique player, and his level may not be lower than those experts.

Chu Chen was vain and aggrieved on the surface, but in his heart he scoffed at Chen Yingping's actions, since Chen Yingping wanted to transfer what he had in hand because he was in a hurry, then he came, why did he talk calmly and wanted to create the image of himself as a senior player in front of him?

"It's just to pave the way for his future actions, and he really thinks I'm a fool?"

Chu Chen sneered secretly, if it was someone else, he might have been fooled by Chen Yingping's words and deeds, but now in his eyes, this qiē is completely a snake. However, anyway, he has time, since Chen Yingping doesn't feel anxious, he won't be in a hurry to say what he wants, to see who can't stay up first in the end.

Seeing that the old god Chu Chen was there, he was not in a hurry to say his intentions, Chen Yingping was also a little uncontrollable, and took the initiative to say: "Director Chu, I have prepared the things." However, it is a little inconvenient to take it out, so please move to the back room. ”

"Old Chen. You're welcome......"

Chu Chen smiled slightly, got up and followed Chen Yingping to the back room. Chen Yingping sincerely told Chu Chen the origin of the five things and the "hidden secret" of the "tears" sale as he walked.

"Hey! Director Chu, I won't tell you the truth, the five things in the photo turned out to be a nephew of my own family, and because the elderly in the family were sick and had no money for treatment, they had to be put here for consignment. ”

Chu Chen nodded, he didn't say anything, not to say that this matter was eighty percent fake, even if it was true, it was inconvenient for him to express his opinion.

Chen Yingping turned on the light in the back room. Then he invited Chu Chen and Hu Yong to walk in, only to see that there was a table of eight immortals in the room, and the things in the photo were placed on this table of eight immortals. To say, among these five things, the most eye-catching thing is the carriage with blue and white jade.

The jade chariot horse, also known as the jade chariot, is composed of horses, wheels, bodies, carriages, axles, wheels, drivers and imperial and aristocratic passengers. Each part is independent, combined to become a complete set of carriage and horse, the wheel can rotate the same, which shows the exquisiteness of the utensils.

Not to mention. The jade quality of this carriage is known to come from the same piece of jade at a glance, you know. The length of the carriage is nearly seventy centimeters, even if some of the cut materials on the jade can be reused. However, there are also a considerable number of materials that may have been discarded, which shows its luxury.

And. Chu Chen finally identified that this trailer carriage was indeed a genuine product from the early Western Han Dynasty, and there was no need to say much about its preciousness.

Seeing that Chu Chen had already identified the blue and white jade carriage, Chen Yingping hurriedly asked, "Director Chu, how is this jade?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "Not bad." ”

Chen Yingping seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "That's good, I'm not very proficient in jade, and I was worried that there was something wrong with it, but when I heard what Director Chu said, then I will rest assured." ”

Chu Chen smiled, and then asked, "Old Chen, take the liberty of asking a question." ”

Chen Yingping nodded and said, "Please say, but if you want to ask where this thing came from, then I really don't know." ”

"I don't care about this."

Chu Chen shook his head, and then said: "I'm just curious, since your nephew can afford to buy such a treasure, and these four things, at least for now, are also treasures, since this is the case, then why can't he even pay for illness?" ”

"Hey! It's all because he's obsessed. ”

Chen Yingping shook his head and sighed: "Originally, he also opened a factory, the benefits are good, and we are also a well-known talent, but since I became obsessed with antiques, I have been out of control, and the factory has no mind to take care of it, and my mind is on antiques all day long." A few years later, the factory closed down, and the family's money was replaced by him for antiques. ”

"The family talked about him, but he didn't listen, until the old man was sick this time and couldn't get any money, he repented and said that he would quit antiques and live honestly in the future."

Speaking of this, he sighed again: "Hey, why do you say that people must suffer losses in order to learn a lesson!" ”

At this time, Chen Yingping's emotional appearance seemed to be completely true, which made Chu Chen also a little puzzled, and now he was facing a game. If it is indeed a game, then Chen Yingping's acting skills are inevitably too high, and he is completely comparable to one of the best actors in the world.

But Chen Yingping's next words made Chu Chen wonder again, is this really a game? But if it's a bureau, it's inevitably too blunt to deal with, right?

"That's right!"

Chen Yingping seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to Chu Chen with some embarrassment: "Director Chu, there is something I want to tell you in advance, my nephew said that these five things must be packaged and sold together." ”

"Sell together?"

Chu Chen was stunned, and said with some surprise: "Old Chen, let's take the liberty, let's not talk about the price first, what if there are fakes among the remaining four things?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Chen Yingping said helplessly: "I told him so, but he was sure that his things were genuine, and I didn't know what to say about him." ”

Chu Chen smiled: "Then let's speak with the facts......

Among the remaining four things, the first thing that came into Chu Chen's eyes was the bronze vessel, a bronze piece (pronounced with thunder).

It is a kind of drinking vessel. It is mostly seen from the late Shang period to the middle of the Spring and Autumn period. Among them, the Book of Songs. ZHOU Nan. Curling Ears sang: "I will take care of the gold, and I will not cherish it forever." "Jin Wei. That is, the bronze is mostly made by the lost wax method.

The shape of the vessel is seen in both square and round types. Fang Wei was mostly seen in the late Shang period, while Yuan Wei was extended from Shang to the early Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the amount of Fang Wei is extremely thin. Only a handful of them have survived.

The bronze wei in front of Chu Chen is a square of the Shang Dynasty, with a square cross-section, a square mouth and a straight neck, curved shoulders and bulging abdomen, and a square circle with outward skimming. The shoulder and abdomen meet as the largest part of the body, and the abdominal wall is obliquely lowered to the bottom.

The ears of the beast are decorated on both sides of the shoulder, standing abruptly in the air; On both sides of the front and back, each is decorated with a high-relief animal head above, and a beast head is placed below the abdomen. The upper and lower echoes, and the demeanor is solemn. Four ridges cascade down from the shoulders, giving the impression of a thousand walls.

The whole ornament is decorated in various layers, high and low, ups and downs, and sets all kinds of reliefs in a wall. Among them, there are thunder patterns, swirl patterns, deformed triangular triangle pattern and high relief beasts in the center of the shoulder, and the craftsmanship of zuò is quite exquisite, which can be called a treasure.

What's even more commendable is that Chu Chen is here at the inner edge of his mouth. He found that there was an inscription engraved on it, and he carefully identified it and determined that it should be a family emblem.

The clan emblem, also known as the "clan inscription", is a pattern that indicates the name of the clan. Guo Moruo called it "the family emblem of the carving system". The inscription originated from the single-character family emblem, and there were almost no inscriptions on the bronzes before the middle of the Shang Dynasty, and there were first one-character or one-family emblem inscriptions in the middle period. After simplifying and refining into words. And the number of words has gradually increased, and it has reached dozens to hundreds of words in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was even a long inscription of two or three hundred words.

The inscription represented by this family emblem has not been seen by Chu Chen in various precious classics. In other words, it is a family emblem that has not been discovered before, which has a very high research value, and also increases the value of the whole instrument.

Like such a precious and rare bronze basket, Chu Chen estimated that its value would not be much lower even if it was not as good as the blue and white jade carriage next to it, and the combined value of the two things would be nearly seven or eight million.

And the remaining Dingyao lotus pattern cup, Yaozhou kiln sauce glazed plum bottle and Longquan kiln jade pot spring bottle, if it is genuine, even if the value is low, it is impossible to be less than three million, and the value of the five utensils added up to more than 10 million is very easy.

But in fact, among these three pieces of porcelain, only the Yaozhou kiln sauce glazed plum vase is genuine, and the remaining two are fakes, and what makes Chu Chen feel a little strange is that although these two things are made of zuò is enough to confuse the real thing, the person who made the zuò should not be Cai Jianxuan.

Because, Chu Chen did not find any clues left by Cai Jianxuan from above, not to mention, these two things could not reach the level of Cai Jianxuan's system.

"What the hell are they going to do?"

Chu Chen was very puzzled by this, could it be that the reason why he called himself over was because these people wanted to sue him, and they had nothing to do with Cai Jianxuan? But if it's really just to tell sù yourself such a news, you don't have to make such a trouble, right?

After thinking about it, Chu Chen didn't come up with a reason: "Forget it, the first soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it." ”

"Curator Chu, I don't know what you think of these things?" Chen Yingping asked.

"Hmmm......"

Chu Chen was just about to point out the two problematic porcelains, when he suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I don't know the price?" ”

Chen Yingping seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Director Chu, you must know the preciousness of these things. Since you are an expert, and my nephew is in a hurry to use money, I don't have anything to do, just 12 million, what do you think? ”

If they are all genuine products that have been opened to the generation, 12 million is indeed a relatively generous price, but among the three pieces of porcelain, the two with the highest value are fakes, and you don't need to think about it to know that Chu Chen will not agree.

However, Chu Chen didn't refuse immediately, he also wanted to see what script was next, so he said with a smile: "Old Chen, your price is a little different from what I heard before, my friend brought me a message, but it only costs a few million." ”

"Millions?" Chen Yingping was stunned, then shook his head and said, "He should have heard it wrong, a few million is definitely possible." ”

"That's a few million, after all, nine million and nine hundred and ninety-thousand, which is also a few million." Chu Chen said with a smile.

Chen Yingping pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "If Director Chu agrees, I can agree to 9.99 million!" ”

Chu Chen pondered for a while, removing the two fakes, and the remaining three things should have a market value of about 8.5 million, but jade and bronze are both treasures that cannot be found. It is easy to get a high price on the auction market, if you really buy it at a price of 9.99 million. Maybe not only will you not lose money, but you may also be able to make money at auction.

But then again. It is definitely impossible for Chu Chen to transfer such a thing to someone else if he buys it, and if he buys it at the current price, he will definitely lose money for the time being, not to mention, he also wants to see what tricks Chen Yingping wants to play. Therefore, he intends to take a look and talk about it.

"Old Chen, let me tell you the truth, among these few things. Some of them I'm not very satisfied with, the price of 9.99 million, I don't accept it well! ”

Chen Yingping was taken aback when he heard this: "Ah! You mean to say that there is something wrong with the few remaining things? ”

Chu Chen shook his head: "It's hard to say this, and I'm not sure." Actually, if you agree to sell it separately, I wouldn't have any worries. ”

Chen Yingping said with some embarrassment: "Director Chu, if the thing is mine, I will definitely promise you." But I don't have much autonomy right now, so why don't I call and ask? ”

"Can ......"

When Chen Yingping walked out of the door, Hu Yong asked in a low voice, "Brother Chu." Are these things real or fake? ”

Chu Chen replied: "There are true and false. ”

"Oh." Hu Yong nodded: "You told me before that there is something wrong with this person, but I think he is normal." If it's acting, then this person is too powerful. You can be an actor, maybe you can win an actor or something. ”

Chu Chen smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. However, in our antique industry, there are not a few such talents, otherwise there would not be so many people who would have been deceived by this. ”

Hu Yong grinned: "In this case, those directors can go to the antique markets around the country to recruit actors, just with the level of these people, I don't believe that the TV series will not be popular." ”

Chu Chen laughed when he heard this, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, and hurriedly waved his hand, signaling not to say anything.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yingping walked in, and then said with some embarrassment: "Director Chu, I'm really sorry, my nephew doesn't agree to separate, and it's hard for him to believe that there is a problem. ”

"That's ......" Chu Chen pondered for a while, raised his head and said, "I'm really embarrassed by this price!" ”

"Uh......" Chen Yingping thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, I will be the master again, just 9.5 million, and I won't be able to explain it if it is less." ”

Hearing this, Chu Chen looked at a few things again, and finally his expression still revealed that he was a little "indifferent" about the authenticity of the treasure.

Chen Yingwen saw Chu Chen's doubts, and immediately expressed his extra hospitality. He said thoughtfully: "Director Chu, there is a way that is a friend who comes from afar is a distinguished guest, we can't buy and sell, since you can't decide for a while, then let's eat first." ”

Chu Chen saw that the time was indeed not early, and his goal had not been achieved, so he agreed with a smile.

Subsequently, Chen Yingping took the two to a small restaurant a few miles away, not to mention, although the hotel is small, and the taste of the dishes is quite good, not worse than some well-known restaurants.

It's just that during the meal, Chu Chen had a doubt, could it be that Chen Yingping was alone at home? Isn't that big house deserted? Even if you get used to this kind of life, it's not easy to clean! But Chen Yingping's house is very clean, does someone regularly go to clean it?

You know, this is still a rural area in 2002, doesn't this situation seem too strange?

So, after three rounds of drinking, Chu Chen pretended to inadvertently throw out this question, and Chen Yingping, who drank the wine, obviously did not react as keenly as he did just now, and he was a little caught off guard at first, and he was stunned for a while, before saying that he had been living here since he was widowed in his early years, and he was used to it, and his children spent a lot of money to decorate him in order to honor him, and sent people to clean up every once in a while.

Although Chen Yingping reacted quickly, the trace of confusion and panic in his eyes before was seen by Chu Chen, which made him sneer, and said in his heart: "Look what tricks you are still going to play!" ”

After the meal, Chen Yingping answered another phone call, and when he turned around, he happily told Chu Chen that his nephew was now rushing over from Shimen, and was going to talk to Chu Chen in person, hoping that Chu Chen would not go back immediately.

Of course, Chu Chen agreed, not to mention that he hadn't figured out what kind of play he was playing today, just said that he would not give up lightly on jade and bronze, from this point of view. In fact, it can be regarded as achieving the purpose of these people.

Chen Ying told Chu Chen that his nephew would not return for more than two hours. Therefore, he wanted to invite Chu Chen to visit the local places of interest.

It's okay to be idle anyway. Chu Chen agreed, and then, Chen Yingwen took the two of them to visit several nearby scenic spots, and it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon in the blink of an eye, but Chen Yingwen's nephew didn't even have a phone number, which made Chu Chen feel very strange.

Just as Chu Chen was about to ask a question, Chen Yingwen's mobile phone rang, and after answering the phone. He was also a little embarrassed to tell Chu Chen that his nephew's elder was suddenly critically ill, and his nephew went halfway and returned, and said that he probably wouldn't be able to get here today, and apologized to Chu Chen.

After telling the truth of the matter, Chen Yingwen said apologetically: "Director Chu, I'm really sorry for delaying your time." I mean, if you're not busy, stay on my side. When he comes over tomorrow, you'll talk about it in detail. ”

"Then if I have something to go back to Beijing, can you bring your things to the capital?" Chu Chen asked.

Chen Yingwen hesitated: "This ...... It's a bit difficult, actually, I told my nephew. Let him bring things to the capital to sell, and it is convenient for buyers to sell more, but he just won't agree. He said that if the bronze was not brought to the capital, it would cause unnecessary trouble, and he was also worried about the bumps on the road. What will happen. ”

"After all, the only thing he has is these antiques is his valuable belongings, if there is a slight mistake. It's hard for him to bear, I hope you can understand! ”

In this regard, what can Chu Chen say except that he will not mind? You can't force the other party to take things to the capital, right?

Of course, the most important thing now is that he wants to find out what the other party means, otherwise, there is no problem for him to directly spend money to buy things. It's just that looking at it now, Chen Yingping's actions seem to be planning to keep him, is he going to do something at night?

You know, he is now about to become a father, even for the sake of his family, he wants to put himself at risk. But let him go back like this, and he was still a little unwilling in his heart.

After thinking about it, Chu Chen said: "Old Chen, I live in Baozhou today, but I still have some things to deal with online, so I won't live on your side." ”

Of course, Chen Yingwen would not force this, he smiled and said that there was no problem, and asked Chu Chen for his mobile phone number, saying that he would contact him if there was any situation. ……

There was nothing to do all night, and early the next morning, after Chu Chen and Hu Yong had breakfast at the hotel, they received a call from Chen Yingwen, in which he was very sorry to tell Chu Chen that because the old man had not been out of danger of his life, his nephew might not be able to go to the appointment on time today. said that if Chu Chen wanted, he could give Chu Chen a guided tour, and then visit the local places of interest.

Hearing the news, Chu Chen couldn't help frowning, it's definitely not a matter to go on like this, it can't be said that if Chen Yingwen's nephew doesn't come for a day, he won't go back for a day, in the end, in addition to spending more money to buy those few antiques, the key is that he hasn't figured out what the other party's idea is, isn't this a play?

may feel sorry for Chu Chen, Chen Yingwen told Chu Chen on the phone that if his nephew is not there tomorrow, Chu Chen can buy it separately, and he can also give Chu Chen a nine buckle.

Hearing this, Chu Chen agreed on the surface, but sneered in his heart, he wanted to see what the other party had promised so many benefits. Of course, for his own safety, he also dispatched troops to strive to ensure his own safety.

In addition, Chu Chen did not agree to Chen Yingwen to take them to visit local places of interest, but wanted to arrange his own itinerary, and the destination was the local antique market.

Since today is Sunday, and they came a little late, when Chu Chen and Hu Yong arrived at the antique market, it was already crowded and prosperous.

Chu Chen and his family went to a more famous antique market in Baozhou, which was full of "treasure" at this time, and the stalls were also full of antique rare objects, including ceramic vessels of different shapes, as well as metal casting furnaces that looked old; There are both inscriptions or vague, or distinct carvings and seals; There are also famous paintings with different styles; There are not only huge ancient agricultural tools, but also exquisite and small accessories pendants...... (To be continued......)