There are too many things on the counter, Chen Ziyang doesn't know what this compass points to, and even Chen Ziyang opened his yin and yang eyes, but he still doesn't have the slightest clue.

At this time, the rapid clicking sound in the backpack suddenly reminded Chen Ziyang. So he took the backpack off, opened it in front of him, and quietly looked at the gap in the compass lying flat in the backpack. The compass pointed straight at the counter, but there was nothing behind the counter, and it seemed that what he was looking for was indeed on this counter.

So Chen Ziyang looked at the straight line pointed by the compass gap. There are three items in this straight line, and it seems that the compass should point to one of these three things.

The first thing was a palm-sized bronze incense burner, which gave Chen Ziyang the feeling that it was fake. There are a lot of blue-green patinas on the incense burner, but the hair color of these patinas is very unnatural, Chen Ziyang has seen a lot of these rust stains on the bronze since he came into contact with the Xuanming Ancient Sword, so he can distinguish the difference at a glance.

The blue-green patina on this bronze incense burner is very unnatural, it looks very dazzling, lacks that softness, lacks the feeling of historical precipitation for many years, Chen Ziyang suddenly thought of a sentence often said by experts in those treasure appreciation programs, called dye hair color presents obvious modern characteristics, and the rust stains on this incense burner should be smeared after modern dye blending.

The second thing was a black wooden paperweight, which looked like a good thing. There are many kinds of paperweights, generally speaking, the longer paperweights are two pairs, and the shorter paperweights are four sets, which are used to hold down the paper when writing calligraphy or painting.

There are many kinds of paperweights in terms of material, and almost all materials can be used to make paperweights. The paperweights are made of stone, jade, gold, iron, bronze, wood, and so on. Some paperweights are very simple, just a piece of rectangle, which may have some patterns or seal carvings as decoration. Some paperweights have some exotic beasts carved on top of the cuboids. And the paperweight in front of Chen Ziyang belongs to the latter.

The paperweight was about twenty centimeters long and fifteen centimeters high, and on the top of the paperweight was carved a standing beast, which held its head high and carved lifelikely. Chen Ziyang couldn't understand which kind of divine beast this strange beast belonged to after looking at it for a long time, but when he looked at this strange beast, he found a strange place.

The body and limbs of the standing beast, as well as the hollowed-out parts between the limbs, naturally formed a handle. And what made Chen Ziyang feel strange was that the color of the wood on the back and sides of the body of this strange beast was obviously different from other parts, as if the handle of this strange beast was often held in people's hands.

Originally, the reason why the paperweight was made in this shape was that it was made to make people grasp, but what Chen Ziyang didn't understand was that this paperweight seemed to be used too often.

Generally speaking, paperweight, as a kind of stationery utensils, its frequency of use is not very high, whether it is writing or painting, only need to lay the rice paper, and then press it with a paperweight, until the paperweight is taken away after painting, that is to say, the frequency of use of paperweight is not very much.

But the color of the wood on this beast's body, which was obviously different from the other parts, told Chen Ziyang that this paperweight was often held in his hand. Therefore, Chen Ziyang judged that this paperweight should not be an ordinary paperweight, but a magic weapon.

There are many kinds of Taoist ritual weapons, and almost some things that can be talked about can be used as ritual weapons. Just like the ink fountain that Chen Ziyang used before, the reason why the ink fountain can become a magic weapon is because the ink line pulled out of the ink fountain can pop out a straight line, and it is taken from a straight word.

Even a baby's swaddling clothes can be used as a ritual weapon. When a person is born into this world, the first thing he comes into contact with is swaddling, swaddling clothes can tie the baby strongly, so that he can't move around, so swaddling clothes have a meaning of bondage, swaddling clothes can be used as a magic weapon, and obtaining is the word bondage, which can trap some evil things in it.

The same is true of the paperweight, the paperweight can press the rice paper flat, so that the rice paper can not move, and at the same time, there is a "town" in the name of the paperweight, which takes the meaning of suppressing evil things, although few people use the paperweight as a magic weapon, but Chen Ziyang listened to his old Taoist master say that the old Taoist father once had a paperweight as a magic weapon.

Chen Ziyang estimates that there is **, and the thing this compass refers to should be this paperweight. Because the third thing in this straight line is too inconspicuous, just a big iron nail with a strange appearance, Chen Ziyang can't associate such a strange nail with such a magical compass.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang stretched out his hand and grabbed the paperweight in his hand. The body part of the strange beast above the paperweight is very comfortable to hold in the hands of people, and Chen Ziyang roughly compared, the weird color part of the strange beast's body happens to fit his palm very well, it seems that his guess is not wrong, this paperweight should be used like this.

Turning the paperweight over, Chen Ziyang saw that there were some Taoist runes carved on the flat bottom of the paperweight, and now Chen Ziyang was almost 100% sure that this paperweight was a Taoist magic weapon. I didn't expect that I would visit this antique market because of my hobby and find such a useful thing.

Chen Ziyang's most entangled thing is that whenever he subdues demons and destroys monsters, he will lack some means of attack and defense, and he didn't expect to come alone this time, just when he needed assistance, he found such a treasure.

Slightly pouring his mana into this paperweight, Chen Ziyang felt that there was a righteous qi coming back from the paperweight, yes, this paperweight is a Taoist magic weapon, and it seems that the mana is not weak.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chen Ziyang did not show his happy expression on his face, but continued to pretend to be careless, holding the paperweight in his hand and playing with it. At the same time, he was calculating the price of this paperweight in his heart, and saw how much he would spend on it.

As a kind of stationery utensils, the collection of paperweights is not very hot, and there are relatively few people who collect paperweights. But this thing is that everyone has their own good, and some people like these things, and at the same time, they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them. Chen Ziyang remembered that Wang Lele told him a real story, which was about a paperweight.

In Beijing's Liulichang, a friend of Wang Chuan opened an antique shop there. Once, this friend of Wang Chuan went to the countryside to collect a paperweight. There are not many people who collect paperweights, so he doesn't plan to make a lot of money through this paperweight, and he plans to sell it for five or six thousand yuan, and make a little money.

However, because there were so few people who collected paperweights, no one asked about this thing in his store for several years, and it was not sold, so Wang Chuan's friend had to put this paperweight in an inconspicuous corner and let it fall into ashes there.

One day, an old man came to his shop, and after the old man accidentally saw this paperweight, he was so happy that he danced with his hands, and even the old man didn't even ask the price, and directly offered a sky-high price of 500,000 yuan to buy this paperweight, which scared Wang Chuan's friends so much that their jaws fell to the ground.

After the transaction, Wang Chuan's friend learned that the old man had collected a set of paperweights, but there were only three in that set, only one was missing, the old man had been looking for more than ten years, and he had not found a paperweight that could be matched with the other three.

This is what the collection looks like, he doesn't care how much money the person he likes, and the person he doesn't like it, no matter how cheap you sell, he thinks you're selling it very expensive. Therefore, Chen Ziyang suppressed the excitement in his heart as much as possible, and did not reveal the meaning he wanted to buy, in case the seller took the opportunity to increase the price.

Although this is the first time Chen Ziyang has bought antiques, he has also heard a lot about the antiques industry, whether it is from Wang Lele, or from TV series and movies, most of what he said is like this. Fortunately, Chen Ziyang is a person who can hold on, if he were someone else, he might open his mouth happily and shout out.

In order to avoid letting the boss see his intentions, Chen Ziyang played with the paperweight for a while, and then put it on the counter again, while pretending to look at something else. After looking around for a long time, Chen Ziyang moved his gaze back to this paperweight.

"Boss, how do you sell this sculpture?"

Hearing that the customer in front of him finally opened his mouth to inquire, the boss quickly stood up from the chair, looked at the paperweight in Chen Ziyang's hand and was stunned for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "At first glance, you are a layman, this thing is not a sculpture, this thing is called paperweight, which is used to press rice paper when writing calligraphy." ”

Originally, Chen Ziyang wanted to pretend not to know the purpose of this item, and deliberately pretended to be a layman, so that this person could sell this Taoist magic weapon, so he deliberately said that this paperweight was a sculpture.

But then Chen Ziyang thought that he was thinking too much, and this boss should just think that this thing is a paperweight, not a magic weapon, so since he wants to buy a paperweight, it is better for him to pretend to be an expert, so that he can lower the price.

"I know, I'm just kidding you, your paperweight is short, it should be a set of four, you only have this one here, or do you have all four?"

Hearing the young man in front of him point out the key points of the paperweight collection in one mouth, the boss was obviously very surprised. "Yes, you're right, this kind of paperweight should be a set of four, but unfortunately, I'm just this one."

"It's a pity, this paperweight is carved well, if it's a set, the price should be a lot higher, I'm a little interested in this thing, you can give a price."

The dirty boss's eyes rolled in his sockets, and then he stretched out five fingers to Chen Ziyang.

"Don't play dumb riddles with me, how much does it cost, you just say it, I don't know the doorway, I just look at this thing, I'm here to travel, I want to buy some souvenirs to go back, what do you mean by stretching out five fingers? Is it five? Or fifty? Or do you want me to swap five fingers? ”

"Come on, I haven't opened it yet, and the market is about to close, I'll give you a real price, 50,000 yuan for you to take, I promise you won't lose."

As soon as he heard this price, Chen Ziyang's heart chuckled, before he guessed that the boss stretched out five fingers to mean 5,000, if it was 5,000, he would pay for the goods by himself, but he didn't expect that this boss was 50,000 yuan in one mouth, which was really a lion's mouth.

It stands to reason that such a Taoist magic weapon is not expensive to sell for 500,000 yuan, but in this era, information is wealth, since this boss doesn't know that this paperweight is a Taoist magic weapon, but he knows its true value, so Chen Ziyang played with the advantage of information asymmetry.

Chen Ziyang said vigorously that the material of this paperweight is not valuable, it is a piece of wood, which is not worth 50,000 yuan at all, and the boss said that this paperweight is very old, and it is also relatively rare, Chen Ziyang bargained and said that there is only one paperweight, which is not worthy of a set at all, and the value should be greatly discounted. The boss also replied to him, saying that this paperweight carving is very exquisite, and this carving alone should be worth a lot of money.

After bargaining, Chen Ziyang talked about the price to 15,000 yuan, although he knew that the price was still a lot more expensive, if Wang Lele was asked to buy it, it was very likely that she would be able to get it for only 5,000 yuan, but Chen Ziyang felt that this price was acceptable, so he didn't bother to talk about it.

Putting this paperweight on the table, Chen Ziyang was about to take the money in his bag, when suddenly Chen Ziyang looked at his backpack and was stunned. The gap on the compass in the backpack still pointed straight in the direction just now, and Chen Ziyang found that when he put the paperweight back, he had already put the paperweight on the other side of the counter, so in other words, this paperweight was not what the compass pointed to at all.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang paused the movements of his hand, and instead stared straight at the inconspicuous nail on the table.

Seeing the customer who was paying for it, he suddenly stopped, and the boss with a smile on his face was also stunned, does this young man want to regret it, he finally found a big head, but he can't just let him go. So the boss hurriedly praised how good this paperweight was, and he would not regret it after buying it back.

But Chen Ziyang turned a deaf ear to the boss's words, instead he picked up the thick and long nail on the counter and looked at it carefully.

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