Chapter 98: A Painting!
Jiang An thought for a moment and replied: "A timber business called Lin Mutang usually has nothing special, it seems to be just an ordinary merchant......
"It seems ......" Cen Xiyan couldn't help but sigh softly.
Jiang An's brows also furrowed, "Childe, what do you mean, is there anything wrong with that Lin Mutang?" ”
"Now...... Not so sure. Cen Xiyan said uncertainly, but his expression and tone obviously felt that there was something wrong with that Lin Mu Hall.
"Then ......" Jiang An hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking: "This price, do we still follow?" "Give up? Unwilling!
"Follow! Why not follow! That piece of serpentine wood, we're going to decide! "Now that you've made a move, there's no reason to stop!
Cen Xiyan snorted coldly, even if the serpentine wood was a bait set by someone, then what if she was a greedy fish? Even if she swallows the fragrant bait, it will require the other party to have so much strength and ability to pull her out of the water!
At this time, the host has already quoted the second price, and the second time it is quoted, but it is time to hit the hammer.
Jiang An didn't dare to delay, and immediately shouted the price, "Three thousand one hundred taels!" ”
"Three thousand one hundred taels! The exotic snake mulberry wood, the guest in box No. 6 bid three thousand one hundred taels, and which guest offered a higher price? The host shouted.
After Jiang'an followed the price, Cen Xiyan paid attention to the movement in the No. 19 box opposite, and the man sitting in the main seat of the box, after hearing Jiang'an's bidding, turned sideways slightly, and seemed to say something to a person next to him, and the person next to him raised his head and glanced at their No. 6 box, and then nodded slightly.
After that, the man on the throne followed the price again, "Four thousand taels!" ”
This time, the price was directly increased by 900 taels!
At this moment, among the guests, there was a whisper all of a sudden, four thousand taels of silver, to shoot a piece of wood whose name is rarely heard of, and even fewer people understand its characteristics, and it is difficult to estimate the price, is this a bit too much?
Could it be that these two bidders really know about this kind of wood, and this is really an extremely valuable wood?
"Four thousand taels! Four thousand taels! Are there any guests who are paying a higher price? At this time, the host was also emotional, and shouted in a somewhat excited tone.
Because Cen Xiyan had already expressed his attitude before, he was bound to get this piece of serpentine wood, Jiang An did not ask her for advice this time, and directly increased the price: "Four thousand one hundred taels!" ”
In the nineteenth box, the man in the main seat said something to the man next to him, and the man nodded again.
"Five thousand taels!" The man on the throne cried.
actually added another nine hundred taels! This time, there are more people talking about it below, is that piece of wood really worth 5,000 taels??
"Five thousand hundred taels! The exotic snake mulberry has exceeded 5,000 taels, is there anyone who pays a higher price? The host shouted excitedly.
"Five thousand one hundred taels!" Jiang An did not hesitate to continue to follow the price.
The man in the main seat of box nineteen turned his head to look at the person next to him again, and this time, the man shook his head slightly.
This time, there was no movement in Box 19.
"Five thousand one hundred taels at a time!"
"Five thousand one hundred two two!"
The host quoted the price twice, and the Lin Mutang business on the nineteenth still did not move.
The host deliberately paused for a long time, and saw that the No. 19 box was indeed not going to follow the price, and finally quoted the third price, "Five thousand one hundred two three times!" "The hammer in his hand fell," Congratulations to the Yaqu shopkeeper in the No. 6 box, who won a piece of exotic snake mulberry wood at a price of 5,100 taels of silver! ”
And at this moment, in Cen Xiyan's box, the faces of Jiang An and those stewards were not too good-looking, and they didn't have the joy of serpentine wood at all.
None of them are stupid people, and while photographing the serpentine wood, they also understand that they have really fallen into the trap set by others.
If the people of Lin Mutang really knew the value of the serpentine wood, and had the heart to shoot it, if they got five thousand taels, they would never stop, even if it was ten thousand taels, they would continue to follow!
But if you don't understand the value of the serpentine wood, it is absolutely impossible to ask for 5,000 taels for a piece of wood, unless your brain is pumped!
And now, it is meaningless for the people who go to study Lin Mutang to know the value of the serpentine wood, and their behavior is obviously to lead them to follow the price!
But what is their purpose? Jiang An and the others still can't figure it out.
"Alright." Cen Xiyan opened his mouth and comforted a few people: "Five thousand taels of silver, we bought such a large piece of serpentine wood, we took advantage of it, we are all happy, why do you have such an expression?" ”
"Childe, why did they lead us to the price like this?" Jiang An couldn't help but open his mouth and asked the doubts in his heart.
"I don't know." Cen Xiyan paused, and said: "When we should know, we will always know......"
The Secret Treasure Conference continues, this treasure will not have a noon break, at noon, the guests can only eat some tea prepared by Jinbi Building, dim sum pad to cushion the stomach, fortunately, there are more varieties of dim sum prepared here, and the taste is also good. Of course, there are also people who are particular about preparing food in advance and asking their entourage to bring it over.
After the serpentine wood, there was no abnormal situation, of course, the treasures auctioned after that were all high-quality, but there was no exaggerated bidding, or the treasure was too alternative.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the long-awaited drawing of the master finally appeared!
The opening was not as intense as many people imagined, and the host's introduction was also decent, not exaggerated, nor rendered, he picked up the picture from the waiter's hand, unfolded it, lifted it, and turned around the booth to show the surrounding guests, "This picture, according to legend, was painted by the public master when he was alive, and it hides a wonderful mechanism map designed by him, whether you can understand the mystery of it, it depends on talent and understanding." Speaking of this, the host smiled and made a little joke, "My piece of rotten wood can't see through this picture no matter what, it depends on who among the guests gets this picture, and then understands it and creates a miracle!" ”
They all craned their necks to look at the picture that the presiding officer was holding, which seemed to be made of sheepskin, about two feet square, and what was drawn on it was not a design drawing, but a simple landscape painting, and its technique was jerky, and it was obviously not painted by a man who was good at painting.
Seeing this picture, many people are inevitably disappointed, and think that it is the design drawings of the master of public loss, but it turned out to be a painting, and I don't know if it is true or false, even if it is true, it is not easy to draw the design drawing from the painting!
Someone couldn't help but ask, "How can you confirm that such a painting is real or fake?" ”