I sent Yuan Sihai away, and then pondered for myself, whether Bao Weigong's old fox was reliable or not, he said that if there is anything in the future, I can go to him for help. Yuan Sihai put it bluntly, the scope of his ability is limited to Huayang, but Bao Weigong is different, he has been doing business for so many years, and he has been running in the field for the first ten years, and his connections are very wide, and he should know the bigwigs in the industry in other places. If you ask him to help inquire, the effect is estimated to be much better than that of the original four seas.

But I'm not sure if I can trust Bao Weigong, this old fox is too shrewd, as soon as I ask him to help find something, he can guess my intentions.

After thinking about it, I still plan to try, I always feel that Bao Weigong is shrewd, but this old man has a bottom line, and he is really not like those unscrupulous profiteers. Anyway, it's just a matter of paying lip service, so I called Bao Weigong.

As soon as the phone call came through, Bao Weigong was very enthusiastic, like an old friend, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, which made me a little embarrassed. I talked here for a long time before I asked him to help pay attention.

"Little thing, if there is news, I will inform you immediately."

"Old man, and that ......" As soon as I heard that Bao Weigong agreed so simply, I hurriedly climbed up the pole: "Li Guan Codex ......"

"Oops, this ......" Bao Weigong pretended to be Alzheimer's on the phone: "That thing, it's been too long, I can't remember where I put it now, let me look for it, let me look for it, as long as I can find it, I'll call you to come and see it, how about it?" ”

"Okay." I know this is an excuse for Bao Weigong, but when people say this, it means that they don't want me to see this thing, and it's useless to stalk about it.

After contacting Bao Weigong, I took a shower and planned to sleep well. When I lay down, I felt that I couldn't sleep for a while. I was looking at the ceiling in a daze, and I suddenly remembered the I hadn't contacted for a long time.

are Zhao Sanyuan's generals, and they are also the old qualifications of the ancient line, and Zhao Sanyuan's territory is in the new city, if inquire, then the scope will also be in several counties and cities around the new city, and it is always a good thing to expand the scope of searching. In addition, you can also ask about Zhao Sanyuan's recent movements.

As soon as I thought of this, I got dressed and went out, and found a pay phone on the street, I couldn't use my own mobile phone to call, once he had a problem, it would hurt him, and it would implicate me.

I called from a public phone, but no one answered, and the second time, answered the phone, and their voices were a little lazy.

"Lao Xu, don't come to harm's way, is it convenient to speak now?"

' ears are pointy, and their memory is good, and they heard my voice through the phone, and the laziness in his tone immediately disappeared, with a little nervousness, and he said in a suppressed voice: "What are you calling for?" I'll call you uncle, will you let me go? ”

"Look at what you said, is this what an old friend should say? What if I make a phone call? I could hear that it should be convenient for to speak, so they immediately relaxed: "Lao Xu, I haven't seen each other for so long, it's not too much to call and say hello, right?" ”

"An old friend call to say hello, it's not too much, I welcome it with both hands, the point is, you will call when you're fine?" There was a hint of resentment in' voice: "You don't think I'm miserable now, do you?" ”

hurt Lu Fangding at that time, and Lu Fangding was desperate to find out. In this year, it is impossible for people in the ancient industry to really work hard with others, especially people like Zhao Sanyuan, who have a big family and many concerns, and will not dare to fight like they did when they were poor and white. Therefore, Lu Fangding was ruthless, and Zhao Sanyuan had concerns and asked to go out to hide.

took some people to other places, saying that they were taking care of business in other places, but in fact, they were avoiding trouble. Since around the Spring Festival last year, Lu Fangding has not shown up, and the have been hiding for a while before coming back. But he didn't care about things for such a long time, and the original position was sat by others, and some people who didn't deal with him also wanted to wait for an opportunity to beat the water dogs.

"Lao Xu, I know and understand your situation, I really understand you." As soon as I heard what meant, I was probably really scared, so I didn't ask him about Zhao Sanyuan, and said that he would help find a piece of goods.

"Are you really looking for something?"

"Is that not true? I know that you are popular, have a wide range of roads, and are more well-informed than me, so I asked you for help. ”

When heard that they were just helping to find goods, they probably felt steady.

"What are you looking for?"

"Lao Zhou's goods."

The goods of the old Zhou family are actually the code words in the ancient line, also known as incisions. Because the bronze ware developed from the Xia Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Zhou Dynasty, the old ancient pedestrians said that the bronze ware was not explained, and the goods of the old Zhou family were used instead. This is the ancient vernacular, which has continued from a long time ago to the present day. The old rules and customs before the ancient line are almost lost now, and only some code cuts have been retained, because it is very vague to say, and outsiders don't know what it means when they hear it.

This is not bad, if you go back a few decades, when those old ancient pedestrians talk, their mouths are full of secret words, and everything they say is human words, but people outside the ancient line stand by and listen for a long time, and they can't understand a word.

"Looking for the goods of the old Zhou family?" As soon as the heard this, they muttered over there: "Is this what you want to find, or someone else wants to find, let's talk about it first, if it's your own business, I'll help you ask, if it's someone else's business, I don't care, my own worries are enough." ”

"If it's someone else's business, can I trouble you? It's definitely my own business. I assured the, "I was looking for it myself." ”

"You?" pursed their lips and said, "I really don't mean to look down on you, but...... If you look for the goods of the old Zhou family, even if I really help you find out, can you afford it? ”

are also reasonable, there are taboos for hard goods like bronzes, and it is sky-high to take one out.

"You don't know how much money the goods are, and now you are so arbitrarily concluded, saying that you don't look down on me, but in fact, you still mean to look down on me, you just have to look for it."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, yes, yes." I pretended to be a big sum, but I was quickly calculating in my heart, how much money I could get, and in other words, I could only go to Yuan Sihai and Zhang Momo to embezzle some, but the amount would definitely not be too much.

"Are you sure? Where do you get all that money from? ”

"What are you doing so verbose, haven't you found it yet?"

I told the about the goods I was looking for, because I hadn't seen all the bronze statues, so I could only deduce the proportions of the bronze statues according to the size and shape of the bronze heads.

"That's it, I'll help you inquire."

"Lao Xu, thank you first, besides, Zhao Sanyuan ...... him"

"Goodbye!" As soon as heard me mention Zhao Sanyuan, they immediately hung up the phone.

I rested for two days, and Zhang Momo told me that she would return to Huayang in a few days, and she was tired of living in her hometown, and her father looked at her too closely.

Two days later, Yuan Sihai found an old craftsman who specializes in metalware restoration for me, surnamed Cheng, called Cheng Sheng.

"Cheng Sheng? The one nicknamed Ghost Handway? I hesitated for a moment and asked, "Didn't he wash his hands?" ”

"A few years ago, I washed my hands, my son was a loser, and he had no choice but to come out again to make money."

Cheng Sheng is nicknamed Ghost Hand Cheng because his hands are particularly skillful. This old man belongs to the kind of grassroots experts, who have never received a day of formal education in his life, and his fame is completely accumulated by experience. A lot of goods in the ancient line, when they come out, there may be damage, some small damage, unless it is the buyer's request, otherwise the owner will not repair it himself, that will drop the price, for example, a mouthful of Ding, if the Ding ear drops, repair the splicing without authorization, it could have been sold for 10 million, and it is not a good thing to repair it.

But some things are too badly damaged, and they must be repaired, and they can be repaired to sell for some money to maximize the benefits. Some owners who have bought the goods will ask a professional master to tidy up the things, and at this time, the ghost hand will have a stage for performance. His craftsmanship is not at its peak, at least in several cities near Huayang, it can be regarded as the top.

I am quite satisfied, Cheng Sheng's reputation is good, serious and responsible, which is the ethics of many veteran craftsmen. The most important thing is that he has been in the ancient industry for so many years, and he has always relied on his own skills to eat, never attached to others, nor formed gangs, let him help repair things, he will keep it secret.

As soon as I told Yuan Sihai, I went to Cheng Sheng with something the next day. While I don't really want to show my head, this bronze skull is probably too important to be left behind.

Yuan Sihai invited Cheng Sheng to his home, and it usually takes a few days to do such work. Yuan Sihai specially cleaned up a room for Cheng Sheng to work, and after I brought the bronze head, Cheng Sheng took a look at it first and asked me if I wanted to repair the missing ear.

"That ear, I can't find it now, I have to clean up the patina on the outside as much as possible, and it is best to expose the original appearance of the bronze statue."

After Cheng Sheng understood, he didn't ask anything, and immediately started to do it. I couldn't help and just watched from the sidelines. The layman's view is lively, and it's boring to watch it for a while, but I have to keep watching.

Cheng Sheng is notoriously meticulous in his work, even if he wastes some more time, he will do the work clean and beautiful. The whole clean-up work took about three days, and on the evening of the third day, Zhang Momo returned to Huayang and called me to eat, I felt that I hadn't seen each other for so long, and it was not good to excuse myself, so I let Yuan Sihai keep an eye at home, and I would come back after a meal.

When the four of us met, we discussed where to eat. Lao Wang and Ning Kitten wanted to eat fish and ran to eat fish heads, but the business was too hot, and the queue had to wait for more than an hour. The two of them are stupid and have to wait, and Zhang Momo and I can only obey.

After waiting for an hour and twenty minutes, I finally sat down at the table, but as soon as I sat down here, Yuan Sihai called.

"Have you finished eating? Master Cheng finished the work, and he said that this thing was a bit strange. ”

"What's the matter?"

"You'd better come back, I can't do this."