Chapter Seventy-Four: The Mysterious Old Man
"Where did the people go?" It's just that Gu Ming's words haven't finished yet, and she heard the voice of the fierce-looking man who bumped into her not far away. [.Lots of good]
The old man surnamed Huang was so frightened that he reached out and covered Gu Ming's mouth.
Gu Ming was also very obedient, and she didn't struggle after being covered by the old man surnamed Huang, and let the old man pull her behind the debris to hide.
Seeing that Gu Ming didn't mean to make a sound, the old man quickly let go of his hand, stretched out his hand and gestured, signaling Gu Ming not to make a sound.
Gu Ming nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Go over there and look for it." The fierce-looking man began to direct the others to look around, and two of them seemed to be preparing to head towards the place where Gu Ming and the old man were hiding.
"Come this way." The old man beckoned to Gu Ming, lowered his body and moved to the corner of the wall, quickly moving away some sundries, revealing a big hole.
The big hole was just enough for a person to drill through, and because it was blocked before, Gu Ming didn't even notice that there was such a big hole here.
The old man surnamed Huang didn't say much, and directly pointed to the big hole, signaling Gu Ming to get out quickly.
Gu Ming's mind listened to the gradually approaching voice, and thought about the cigarette case that he accidentally fell into the old man's pocket, and finally drilled out of the big hole according to the old man's meaning.
I think she Gu Ming has lived for more than 20 years, and it's the first time she has done this kind of thing!
After Gu Ming got out, the old man surnamed Huang also followed him out, during which he didn't forget to pull something to cover the hole, and after getting out of the hole, he pushed a box outside to the hole to block it.
Gu Ming saw that there was a motorcycle parked outside the entrance of the cave, and couldn't help but glance at the old man in surprise. Could it be that this was also prepared by the old man?
Sure enough, just as Gu Ming guessed, the old man blocked the entrance to the cave and walked directly to the motorcycle parked on the side, got on the motorcycle neatly, took out the key and prepared to leave.
Gu Ming chased here, and the cigarette box hadn't been taken back yet, so naturally it was impossible for the old man to leave like this, so he hurriedly rushed over, grabbed the old man's hand and said hurriedly: "Old uncle, the cigarette box I just bought at the stall accidentally fell into the bag in your hand, can you please return it to me?" ”
"You're there!" The old man surnamed Huang slapped his forehead. It seemed that he recognized Gu Ming at this time: "No wonder I said that a little girl happened to be hiding here, it seems that the old man who collected the rags told you." But you got something that fell to me? I didn't really notice. ”
The old man surnamed Huang recognized Gu Ming as the little girl with a good eye who was looking for things at the stall before, and he didn't suspect him, so he quickly opened the bag he had been holding tightly in his hand and quickly rummaged through it.
It's just that there are too many things in the bag. He rummaged for a long time but couldn't find it, but heard the voice of the fierce-looking man coming from inside the wall, as if asking people to check the pile of debris.
The old man was frightened. A shuddering bag almost fell to the ground.
"Hurry up, I'll talk about it later, get in the car!" The old man waved his hand at Gu Ming and started the motorcycle.
"There's a hole here. Hurry up and push things away! At this moment, another voice was heard from within the wall.
Gu Ming didn't have time to think about it now. Without saying a word, he jumped on the old man's motorcycle, and as soon as he sat down, the motorcycle swooped out, so frightened that Gu Ming hurriedly grabbed the old man's clothes in front of him, lest he be thrown out.
Sitting on the motorcycle driven by the old man, Gu Ming experienced the feeling of flying a car for the first time, which really stimulated her heart. Because the speed was too fast, Gu Ming couldn't even speak, and he didn't dare to face his face directly in front of him, so he could only tilt to the side. Otherwise, it would be difficult to breathe.
The old man seemed to be afraid that someone behind him would catch up, so he kept speeding up until there was more traffic on the avenue, and then slowed down a little.
When the motorcycle finally stopped. Gu Ming felt that both of her legs were trembling unconsciously.
"I finally didn't get caught up. The old man let out a long sigh of relief and looked back at Gu Ming, who was a little prostrate. couldn't help but shake her head: "The little girl usually lacks exercise, so she needs to exercise a lot." By the way, what did you mean by the things that fell into my bag? ”
"It's a metal foreign cigarette case." Gu Ming took a few breaths and said to the old man.
"Oh, I see." As if remembering something, the old man rummaged through his bag.
Gu Ming glanced at it and found that the old man's bag had really hit a lot of things, and the mess was all mixed together, no wonder she couldn't find her cigarette case just now.
"Found it, isn't it this?" The old man was overjoyed, took out a small box from the bag, and handed it to Gu Ming.
Gu Ming recognized at a glance that it was the cigarette case she had just bought, and said in surprise: "This is it!" ”
"Tsk, that's a good thing!" The old man touched the cigarette case and looked at the engraved patterns and English letters on the back of the cigarette case.
"Does the old uncle know this?" Gu Ming asked curiously, and at the same time took the cigarette case from the old man's hand.
The old man nodded, pointed to the pattern on the back of the cigarette case and said: "Although there are some dirty things to cover, I can still recognize that this should be the coat of arms of the British royal family, if you clean it up, you should be able to clearly see the lion, unicorn and the crown of the king representing the British royal family." This cigarette case doesn't look like it's silver, and if you open it up, it should have an ingredient mark inside. ”
Gu Ming nodded, and opened the cigarette case according to the old man's instructions, the heat from her left hand before confirmed that the cigarette case was an antique, and she was in a hurry to buy it, but she didn't have time to open it and take a closer look.
"There really is! But what does this mean? Gu Ming raised her head and looked at the old man suspiciously.
The inside of the cigarette case in her hand was printed with two uppercase letters "Fe", followed by a "9" rotated 90 degrees, and the three numbers "375" next to it, and a small lowercase letter A after the number.
The old man surnamed Huang looked at it, patted his thigh, and asked Gu Ming, "How much did you spend on this cigarette box from the old man who collected the rags?" ”
"500 pieces." Gu Ming replied honestly.
"Tut-tut. Now the old man has lost a lot! Little girl, I said that you have a good eye, and you only spent 500 yuan to buy such a good thing, what a pity, I searched for a long time and didn't find a suitable eye. The old man surnamed Huang looked regretful, and continued eagerly: "The back of this cigarette case is engraved with the national emblem, which is likely to be given to someone as a national gift at that time, after all, the royal family members have various private emblems available, and the use of the national emblem makes things vague, so that people don't know who it is for." ”
"National gifts?" Gu Ming looked at the cigarette case in his hand in surprise. I was a little frightened by the old man's statement.
"I'm just saying it's very likely, anyway, it has the British royal coat of arms on the back, and it is certainly not made and used by civilians themselves. The fe printed on it is DS, which may indicate that it is the name of a London silversmith, or it may be the importer. I don't know much about this, but the next few numbers indicate that this cigarette box is made of 9K gold, with a gold content of 37.5%. The old man explained carefully.
"This cigarette case is golden. No wonder it looks blonde. "Most of Gu Ming's contact is with domestic cultural relics, and he really doesn't know much about foreign antiques, and he has never been in contact with small objects such as cigarette boxes, if it weren't for the old man's explanation. She didn't know anything yet.
The only thing she knew was that, according to the old man. She spent 500 yuan to buy this cigarette box, just because it might be given to others as a national gift, so it was absolutely worth it.
"There seems to be something wrong with this cigarette case, you look at the link between the lid and the body of the box." The old man frowned and pointed to the cigarette case.
Gu Ming took the cigarette case in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, she found that there was some problem with the link between the lid and the box body, I don't know if it was loose or what, it was a little shaky.
"It seems to be relieved......," Gu Ming muttered.
"I'll show you." The old man craned his neck and said.
Gu Ming didn't think much about it, and directly handed the cigarette case to the old man.
The old man took out a pair of black-rimmed glasses from his pocket and looked at the cigarette case carefully: "The link seems to be a little loose, and it needs to be repaired." Will you fix it? ”
Gu Ming shook his head. She's good at identification, and things like repair aren't her forte.
The old man touched the front of the box where the gum was hidden, and raised his eyebrows. He looked at Gu Ming with interest and said, "If you're willing, how about letting me help you fix it?" ”
"Will the old uncle fix this?" Gu Ming looked at the old man uncertainly.
"I'm not just going to fix this. I'll also use the fastest way to remove the gum from the top, and I make sure I don't scratch the box at all. The old man looked at Gu Ming proudly.
When Gu Ming heard this, she was immediately interested, she was a little troubled before, what method should she use to clean up all the chewing gum without hurting the body of the box after she went back. That kind of sticky thing is not easy to clean up, you can't get rid of it if you have little strength, and you are afraid of damaging the cigarette case if you have too much strength.
"My house isn't far from here, so come with me if you want. If you're not at ease, you don't say anything. Seeing that Gu Ming seemed to be a little hesitant, the old man remembered that he suddenly said that he wanted to help someone repair the cigarette case, and it was inevitable that he would be suspected of bad intentions.
Gu Ming looked at the old man from top to bottom, recalling the scene of picking things at the stall with the old man when he was in the flower and bird market, although there were unknown people chasing the old man, but those people were obviously not good characters, but they felt that the old man should not be a bad person.
"Then it's going to trouble the old uncle." In the end, Gu Ming decided to trust her instincts, this old man seemed to know a lot about cigarette boxes, maybe she could get more useful information.
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