Chapter 37: Under the Gate of the North King
Early the next morning, after Ye Bufan went to the restaurant to have breakfast with his mother, he went out to buy things like cinnabar yellow label paper and prepared to make some talismans.
It is not easy to buy these things in the city now, so he went to several stores one after another, and finally got all the items together in a calligraphy and painting shop.
After going out, he saw the crowd of people on the opposite side, and unconsciously came to the Treasure Garden, the largest antique market in Jiangnan City.
If you want to deal with those evil creatures in the Xanadu community, the power of the talisman you make alone is still lacking, and it would be nice if you could find a magic weapon that you can take advantage of.
But now it's a technological society, there are fewer and fewer monks, and magic weapons are rare items.
Now that he had arrived at the Treasure Garden, he decided to go in and try his luck, if he could find one or two magic weapons, it would be the best.
Thinking of this, he walked towards the antique street.
As the so-called golden antiques in troubled times, the antique market in China has been extremely hot in recent years, and many people like to go around here to see if they can pick up a leak.
However, in recent years, TV stations have launched treasure appreciation programs one after another, and many people are eager to take out their grandfather's urinal to identify it to see if there is a treasure hidden in their home.
In this case, it is almost impossible to find a leak.
Entering the antique street, Ye Bufan walked over from shop to shop, and his way of identifying antiques was very simple, as long as he scanned it with his divine sense, he could see it clearly.
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The antiques that have really been handed down have different degrees of aura on them, and the richer the aura, the older it is.
Although there are many fakes in the antique industry, this spirit is absolutely impossible for anyone to fake, and it can be said that his identification method is more accurate than carbon 14 detection.
It's just that the water in the antique street is too deep, and he walked half the street in a row, and most of what he saw were fakes, although he also saw a few genuine items, but the prices were frighteningly expensive, and they had far exceeded their own value.
He walked into another shop, walked around inside, and was about to leave, when suddenly a middle-aged man hurriedly walked in from outside with a painting scroll in his hand.
This man wears glasses and looks like a cultural intellectual, but his face is full of anger at the moment.
Originally, he didn't care about these Ye Bufan, and he didn't have the heart to watch the excitement, but when he saw the painting scroll in the middle-aged man's hand, he suddenly stopped.
The painting exudes an aura, and it is so rich that it is not ordinary at first glance.
"Boss, it's too bullying, why did you drop the painting I bought?"
The middle-aged man slapped the scroll in his hand on the counter and shouted angrily at the shopkeeper.
The boss is a young man in his thirties, who looks thin and thin, like a dry monkey, but likes to wear a fat Tang suit, which looks a little nondescript.
The two eyes are not big, and the eyeballs are constantly rolling, and at first glance they look like a profiteer.
He saw the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, and then said, "This big brother, what are you talking about?" ”
"What words? I just bought Ji Xiaolan's words from you for 5,000 yuan, why did it change when I went back? You must have repackaged me! ”
The middle-aged man said with anger on his face.
The shopkeeper smiled coldly: "You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, there are so many shops in Treasure Garden, who knows where you bought it from." ”
The middle-aged man said angrily: "You want to deny it, right? I remember clearly that I bought it from your house, or I bought it from you. ”
The shopkeeper said coldly, "What if you buy it from my store?" Our antique street has this rule, buy and leave, no return or exchange.
Who can blame you for looking away? ”
The middle-aged man said: "If I look away, I can only blame myself, but this is obviously because you dropped the bag." I obviously took a fancy to Ji Xiaolan's words, but after I went home, I became Yan Zhenqing's, what do you say is going on? ”
The shopkeeper said lightly: "I can't count the guests I received on this day, who can remember what kind of painting you bought."
Besides, Yan Zhenqing is a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, and his words are much older than Ji Xiaolan's, and his words are worth more than Ji Xiaolan's, aren't you taking advantage of them? What else are you looking for? ”
The middle-aged man trembled with anger and said angrily: "But your painting is obviously fake, I spent 5,000 yuan, and it is not even worth 500 yuan." ”
The shopkeeper said: "It's all said, you only rely on two eyes to buy real and fake, who can blame you if you don't look good." ”
The middle-aged man said angrily, "You...... You're a scoundrel! You have to return this painting to me today, or I'll be done with you. ”
Ye Bufan has already seen it, and the matter is very clear, the shopkeeper first deceived the middle-aged man with a real character, and then played a trick to steal the beam and change the pillar, and sold a fake calligraphy and painting for 5,000 yuan.
The shopkeeper said impatiently: "You are really annoying, so let's give you a refund of 500 yuan at most, and if you agree to take it, if you don't agree to love it, you can sue it." ”
After speaking, he took out 5 large bills and slapped them on the counter with a bang.
"No, I obviously spent 5,000 yuan, if you don't return it to me, I'll call the police."
"Call the police? Who to scare with the police? The shopkeeper sneered, "What do you say when the police come?" Could it be that you spent 5,000 yuan to buy a pair of Ji Xiaolan's authentic handwritings, do you think the police can believe it?
5,000 yuan also want to buy Ji Xiaolan's words, who do you think you are? Just take a walk around the antique street and pick up a big leak?
If it's really Ji Xiaolan's real work, you can't take 500,000 yuan, what do you think! ”
"I ......"
The middle-aged man's face was swollen and red, and after thinking about it, he was discouraged, and this is indeed the case, even if he called the police, he couldn't tell clearly.
In desperation, he could only admit that he was unlucky, and he was too greedy for money, how could he buy Ji Xiaolan's true handiwork for 5,000 yuan.
"I'm out of luck!"
After speaking, he was going to get the 5 big bills on the counter, after all, a little less loss is a little, it is better than looking at it with a fake calligraphy and painting.
At this moment, Ye Bufan said, "Big brother, can you lend me this painting of yours?" I've always wanted a pair of Yan Zhenqing's words, sell it to me if you can. ”
"You can see it if you want, but I'll tell you first, it's a fake."
The middle-aged man said and handed over the scroll in his hand.
Ye Bufan took the scroll and opened it slowly, with two lines of big characters written on it, "Indifferent to Mingzhi, quiet to far-reaching," and the signing place was stamped with a Yan Zhenqing's name seal.
However, the painting is generally rough, and even those who are not particularly knowledgeable can see that it is a fake.
Seeing that Ye Bufan wanted to buy words, the shopkeeper said: "Little brother, I like Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy and painting in my store, and it is much better than this one to pick any one." ”
"No, I just want this."
Ye Bufan said and took out 5,000 yuan and stuffed it to the middle-aged man, "Big brother, I want this painting, 5,000 yuan for you." ”
Just now he had already seen the mystery of this character, that is, 100 5000 yuan is more than that, originally he wanted to give more money to the middle-aged man, but he was afraid that it would be self-defeating, just think about it.
After all, antiques have rules for antiques, and if he didn't have himself, he could only go and get the 500 yuan, and the loss would be even greater.