Many people in the antiques business are masters of storytelling, no matter how thrilling the story, they can make it up. Especially in the countryside Taobao, many sellers use some touching stories to win the sympathy of buyers, so that buyers are eye-catching.

Therefore, no matter how pitiful Lu Xuanniu said, Chu Chen was unmoved, just like the old saying, you can't have the heart to hurt people, you can't have the heart to defend people, you can listen to stories, but to make him believe, you can only verify the authenticity of things first.

Lu Xuanniu took everyone to a room used for storage, walked to an ancient lamp placed in the center of the room, and said, "It's this thing, you can take a look, we like it, let's talk about the price." Also, a reminder to you, you have to be careful when looking at it, so as not to break things. ”

After speaking, he stood next to the ancient lamp and looked at Chu Chen and them intently, looking at him because he was really worried that Chu Chen would break things when they looked at them.

Chu Chen smiled and nodded to indicate that he would pay attention, and then looked at the ancient lantern, in fact, when he first entered the door, he saw the real thing and knew that this ancient lantern was actually what ordinary people call a marquee.

The horse lantern was called the cockroach lantern, the fairy candle and the heron lantern, the horse riding lantern, it is one of the traditional festival toys, belongs to a kind of lantern. It is commonly found in festivals such as Yuan Xi, Lantern Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The current marquee lantern is in a square or round paper lantern, insert an iron wire as a vertical shaft, install an impeller above the shaft, and install two cross thin iron wires in the center of the shaft, and glue the paper cuts of people and horses at each end of the wire.

When the candles inside the lantern are lit, the heat rises, forming an air current. Thus pushing the impeller to rotate, so the paper-cutting rotates with the wheel shaft. Their shadows are cast onto the lantern paper cover. From the outside. It became the scene of "cars galloping and endless" described in the book "Yanjing Years Chronicles" at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

In ancient times, the sides of the marquee lantern were painted with pictures of ancient military generals riding horses. And when the lamp turns, it looks like a few people are chasing after me, hence the name marquee.

The marquee in front of me is a circular lantern structure as a whole, and the shape is somewhat similar to the ancient palace lantern. The height of the lamp is like what Erdan said, about one meter six, and the main body is made of yellow rosewood zuò, the craftsmanship of zuò is very exquisite, it looks antique, and it is quite intact.

The lampshade of the marquee is a layer of paper that looks slightly yellowish. However, I don't know what this paper is made of, it is very tough to the touch, and it should not be damaged.

There was no problem with the appearance, Chu Chen was ready to take a look at the situation inside the marquee, but because this marquee was relatively tall, with Chu Chen's height of more than one meter and eight meters, it didn't look very convenient, so he asked Lu Xuanniu to bring another stool over.

Chu Chen stood on the stool carefully, took out a strong flashlight and shone it into the marquee.

There is a vertical shaft in the middle of the interior. An impeller is installed above the shaft, and a candlestick is placed in the middle, and the designer has considered it very carefully, and has added a device to the candlestick. It's easy for people to take it out. These are pretty much the same as normal marquees.

Different from other marquees, the inside of the marquee is not a paper-cut, but a different position on the periphery of the vertical shaft. There were five circles of paper, and it looked like there were still some patterns engraved on them. However, the patterns are relatively light, and Chu Chen can't really see what those patterns are. It's just that I vaguely feel like it's a palace maid or something, but I'm not sure.

In fact, for Chu Chen, he doesn't care about the patterns on the paper now, but the paper is too strange, the innermost layer can almost reach the Cheng dù of the transparent paper produced now, and the layer is more transparent than the layer, the outermost layer, the outermost layer has the effect of being as thin as a cicada's wings.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen almost thought that these papers were made using modern technology, not to mention him, it would be unimaginable for another person, how could there be such superb papermaking technology in ancient times?

But after thinking about it, Chu Chen felt that it was unlikely, because this marquee lamp could prove that it was made in the early Ming Dynasty in terms of material and craftsmanship, even if someone was fake now, it was impossible to add these things to it, right? Isn't he afraid of accidental damage?

What's more, Chu Chen felt that the traces inside the marquee were very natural, and there were no traces of later artificial alterations. But even so, he still felt a little uneasy, and ended up using the ability altogether.

"Shhh The result given by the ability made Chu Chen quite shocked, he didn't expect the result given by the ability to be like this, which immediately made him stunned. Fortunately, everyone thought he was thinking there, and they didn't think it was strange.

"Is it ......?"

Chu Chen settled down, and after stepping off the stool, he asked, "Brother Lu, I don't know how much you plan to ask for this lamp?" ”

"Six hundred thousand!" Lu Xuanniu said bluntly.

"What! 600,000! Chu Chen and the others didn't think much of this price when they heard it, but Erdan exclaimed first, this thing was just an ordinary lantern in his eyes, and it was too exaggerated to sell it for 600,000 yuan.

"Yes, 600,000 points can't be less!" Lu Xuanniu said firmly.

The price of "this ......" is already a leak for Chu Chen, who knows about it, but this kind of thing can't be agreed to immediately, after all, the other party is not in the antique business, and it won't be bad if he regrets it.

Lu Xuanniu said: "Boss Chu, to tell you the truth, my father needs a kidney replacement now, in addition to the money for the replacement of the kidney, the rest of the 600,000 yuan is the cost of my father's treatment after being discharged from the hospital, anyway, there are not many people who can live for ten years after changing the kidney now, and the money plus the money I earn from going out to work is almost enough." ”

"Therefore, this 600,000 yuan is equivalent to my father's life money, and I will definitely not agree to it if it is lower than that."

Chu Chen pondered for a moment, and then, in everyone's surprise, nodded in agreement: "Okay, I bought 600,000 yuan, do you want a check or a transfer?" ”

Seeing Chu Chen's agreement, Lu Xuanniu immediately smiled on his face, although he was so firm just now, he was also very apprehensive in his heart, after all, it was just a lantern for one person, at most it was a little bigger, to be honest, even if it was him, he felt that there would only be that kind of person who was stupid and had a lot of money to buy it.

If it weren't for his father's insistence that he couldn't sell it without 600,000 yuan, and there was really nothing of value in the family except for this lantern, he would definitely not be as resolute as he was just now. And if Chu Chen doesn't agree, he will still reduce the price, for him, the most important thing now is to save his father's life first.

Fortunately, Chu Chen agreed to this price, which relieved Pinzhuniu's tense nerves, and then, he hurriedly asked: "Boss Chu, I don't have much culture, I can't read checks or anything, can we go to the bank to transfer money?" You can just take this lantern with you. ”

Chu Chen agreed: "Yes, we will go to the bank to transfer money in a while." However, the thing is too big for my car to fit, so I might as well call the car to help. ”

"I'll look for the car...... Erdan smiled and took the matter down, but the shock in his heart had not subsided, because he felt that Chu Chen was definitely not stupid and had a lot of money, and it was impossible for him to spend that unjust money because of his kindness. Since Chu Chen is willing to agree to this price, the real value of the big lantern in front of him must be higher.

If he had known this, he would have taken the lantern to his home, and it was likely that he would be able to earn tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands more. However, it was too late for him to regret it now, but Chu Chen's rich image still kept him in mind.

Next, Chu Chen took Lu Xuanniu to the bank to transfer money, and the others stayed here, and when Chu Chen and they came back, the car that Erdan was looking for also came, everyone carefully put the marquee on the car, and took the car back to Hu Yong's house together.

When he arrived at Hu Yong's house, he moved the marquee to the room where Chu Chen lived now, and the second egg said goodbye.

Chu Chen had already contacted the transportation in the car just now, and the other party would come over early tomorrow morning to help him transport things back to the capital, otherwise it would be too inconvenient not to mention, such a valuable thing would be placed here, Chu Chen would not be at ease.

After Erdan and the truck driver left, Wu Ke stepped forward and looked at the lantern again, and said in surprise: "It's really rare to see such a big lantern...... However, even if the lantern is a little bigger, can it really be worth 600,000? ”

Hu Yong and Zuo Shan also looked at Chu Chen with some curiosity, they both felt that it was not cost-effective to buy a big lantern for 600,000 yuan.

Chu Chen saw everyone's expressions, so he said with a smile: "First of all, the age of this lamp should be around the early Ming Dynasty, and the lamp stands of the lamp are also made of Huanghuali, plus it is so well preserved, in terms of these three points alone, the value of the lamp is very expensive." In addition, this is not a lantern, but a marquee, and 600,000 is not expensive. ”

"Marquee?" Wu Ke said in surprise: "Are you talking about the kind of lamp that turns?" ”

Chu Chen nodded and said, "It's the kind of lamp you said." ”

Wu Ke said excitedly: "Really?!" Shall we try it now? I haven't seen what the ancient marquee looks like when it turns around? ”

"Then try it, Hu Yong, you go find a bigger candle."

Chu Chen actually really wanted to see what was so magical about his marquee that made the ability so valuable. As for whether this early Ming marquee can still be used, he is not worried at all, the reason is very simple, if it can't be used, the ability will not be able to give the result just now.

After a while, Hu Yong took the candle back to the room, and then, Chu Chen took out the candlestick in the marquee, put the candle and lit it, and then he asked Zuo Shan to close the curtain, close the door, and carefully put the candle back.

In an instant, the room became a little brighter, but after a while, everyone's faces showed a look of shock, even Chu Chen, who had already made some preparations. (To be continued......)

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