I got up the next morning, my head was still a little dizzy, I looked at the master and Xiaosheng, it was not much better, after taking a shower, the three of them had eaten, Xiaosheng said that he had asked for leave, he didn't have to go to work today, and he would accompany the master and me in the afternoon.

When we came to Lanzhou Antique City, we began to spin. After a few consecutive transfers, I found that there are really a lot of Tibetan antique cities in Lanzhou. After visiting seven or eight stores, the master received a few goods, and while still sighing: "Alas, the price of Tibetan culture here in Lanzhou is lower than that in Lhasa, if it weren't for the lack of money, I really want to buy more." Xiaosheng Xiaoshuai, how much money did you two bring? ”

Xiaosheng and I glanced at each other, read some information from each other's eyes, and then took out our pockets and said that we didn't bring any money.

Master shook his head and said, "It's not that I borrowed money from you and won't pay it back, if you have it, lend me a little first, and then pay you back." "Xiaosheng and I resolutely said no, just no money.

Master ignored us and continued to walk towards the next store.

This shop is not big, retro decoration, lighting is old-fashioned yellow incandescent lamps, not much power, slightly dim, but in this way, it seems that the whole store is antique and quite tasteful.

This is a shop based on Han antiques, bronze, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, coins, ancient jade in this small shop is full of dazzling, there is only one old man in the shop, should be the boss, sitting behind a piece of Ming and Qing furniture, beckoning us to look casually.

Master walked around the shop twice, and finally squatted down next to a bronze object in the corner, and I was also taken aback when I looked at Master's gaze, what Master saw in front of me was a bronze cast bronze galloping horse, the shape and size were exactly the same as the one I saw in the museum yesterday.

Master picked up this copper galloping horse and checked it, knocked on the copper galloping horse with his hand, looked at the bottom again, took out his mobile phone and looked at the photos taken yesterday for a long time, after obtaining the consent of the boss, the master took this copper galloping horse to the sun to observe, and then handed it to me, I looked up and down carefully, smelled the copper smell, and also took out my mobile phone to compare the photos taken yesterday.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you will be shocked when you see it, this copper galloping horse is completely consistent with what I photographed yesterday, and the most surprising thing is that the two red rusts on the buttocks of this copper galloping horse are also exactly the same (when unearthed, there are still two green records, and now they have become two red rusts), after careful comparison, you can find that the color, size and shape of the red rust are also completely consistent.

This is not a simple copy or a high imitation.

After reading this bronze galloping horse, I asked Master in a low voice what was going on. The master thought for a moment and said, "I'm also a little confused, this is the same as the one in the collection. ”

With that, Master walked up to the shopkeeper and asked how much it was.

The shopkeeper looked at the master, then at the copper galloping horse, and stretched out his fist, which means 10. It depends on the meaning of the boss, it is 100,000.

At this price, if this copper galloping horse is genuine, it is estimated that the boss is crazy, and if this copper galloping horse is a fake, it is estimated that the boss is crazy.

At this time, the master asked the boss how long it had been since the copper galloping horse had been collected.

The boss pouted, obviously dissatisfied with Master's question, indeed, in the industry, Master's question was a bit unruly. However, the shopkeeper replied, "This bronze horse has been with me for more than a year. ”

The master nodded, and he was about to transfer money to the boss.

The boss smiled and said, "100,000, I'm talking about dollars." ”

I'll rub it, this boss is really not particular, see that we are interested in this copper galloping horse, come to this hand.

But before I could speak, Master had already nodded in agreement.

I have the impression that the master who has always been slamming the door actually agreed, and he didn't make a counteroffer, so he agreed, and then transferred money to the boss. The boss grinned and didn't say anything more. Then the master asked the boss to find a newspaper, wrapped it a few times, and put the copper galloping horse in the bag.

When I came out of the antique city, the master kept walking behind, as if he was thinking about something, but I didn't disturb him. After a while, Master ran a few steps to me, looked at me and said, "I remember." ”

"Boss, what do you remember?"

"I remember, when you left Xining, you took a thousand yuan, yesterday we went to Lanzhou, the hotel was opened by me, the meal was given by Xiaosheng, you still have at least a thousand yuan on you, right?"

I wiped it, he was actually thinking about the fact that I had withdrawn a thousand yuan, and he didn't frown when he spent more than 600,000 yuan to buy a copper galloping horse just now.

Xiao Sheng also looked at the master with disdain, and then said: "Xiao Shuai, I heard that you have a thousand yuan on you, what do you want to eat later, you're welcome, tell me that I will take you there." ”

Back at the hotel, the master took out the copper galloping horse to take pictures, and asked me to take pictures too, I finished taking pictures of all angles of the copper horse, the master nodded, and then we went to the museum, because we were afraid that the museum would have trouble going through the security check, we didn't bring the copper horse, so we went to the museum.

When I arrived at the museum, it was a little late, and the museum was about to close, and there were not many people in the museum, but there were still a lot of people gathered next to the BMW of the town hall.

Regardless of politeness and humility, we squeezed in, observing the copper galloping horse from all angles, I took out my mobile phone again, carefully compared the copper horse in the photo, and found that no matter which angle you looked, it was exactly the same.

This makes no sense, and if it is a one-to-one copy of this collection, it is impossible to make the oxidation of the surface of the copper galloping horse exactly the same.

The reason is simple, you can copy the shape of a Han Dynasty bronze, but you can't copy the oxide shell of this bronze.

And a little larger unearthed bronze, because of the angle of burial and other reasons, the degree of oxidation of the shell is not completely consistent, some parts of the oxidation is more serious, some parts are lighter, the copper galloping horse in front of you is like this, although it is full of patina, but a closer look can find that the thickness of the patina is different.

I saw that the master was already lying on the ground, observing the bottom of the copper galloping horse from the bottom up, and for further inspection, I also followed the master's example and lay on the ground, and Xiaosheng also followed the ground and looked up.

For a while, I could hear the people around me pointing and pointing, "This shouldn't be a fool", but I didn't care about the reasoning and explanation, carefully looked at the bottom of the copper galloping horse, and I compared the photos on the phone, it was still exactly the same, exactly the same meaning, that is, the size, shape, charm, including the oxidation degree of the leather shell on the copper surface, and the two red rusts on the horse's buttocks were exactly the same.

When he came out of the museum, Xiao Sheng naturally found out and asked the master, "What the hell is going on, why do I feel so evil?" ”

Master thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat roast leg of lamb tonight." ”

I saw Xiao Sheng's face dazed, looking at Master with idiot eyes.

Then, the three of them went to Ma Qi's barbecue restaurant on Dingxi Road, grilled a leg of mutton, and ordered a few skewers of big kidneys to eat. Sure enough, they let me be treated.

Back at the hotel, the master first checked the copper galloping horse in the bag, and after confirming that it was in good condition, he wrapped it again, still with his back to my bag, as if he was afraid that I would see it, and I said in my heart how many times I have seen it, and you old boy still need to guard against me.

This night, Xiao Sheng didn't go back, and we were crammed into two beds in the hotel, in fact, Xiao Sheng and Master slept in one bed and I slept in one bed by myself.

But when I slept until midnight, I vaguely heard someone on Master's side getting up to go to the toilet, I don't know if it was Master or Xiaosheng, I didn't bother to watch, so I continued to sleep, and after a while, I heard someone get up to go to the toilet, probably one woke up the other before getting up at night.