Chapter 19: Challenges

Behind the Lingxi Hall is a large hall with many wooden shelves for collecting antiques.

When Yao Jingya took Ling Yu in, her uncle Zhao Shicheng was carefully polishing a flat square cylindrical jade.

This kind of jade, Ling Yu once saw in an issue of Henan Satellite TV's Luyu Gate, called Yucong, which belongs to the ritual vessel of the sacrifice land.

"Uncle. ”

As soon as Yao Jingya walked in the door, she shouted.

"Xiaoya, why are you here today?"

Zhao Shicheng looks like he is in his forties, wearing a black gown, his hair is neatly combed, and he has a beard on his chin, which looks like a pedant of the old times.

He hurriedly put down the special towel in his hand, raised his head, and when he saw that it was Yao Jingya, a heartfelt smile suddenly appeared on his slightly serious face.

"Uncle, aren't you welcome me here?"

What surprised Ling Yu was that Yao Jingya actually lied in front of her uncle.

That demeanor, that tone, is really unique.

"Welcome, of course welcome, how can my uncle not welcome you, Xiaoya, who is this young man?"

Zhao Shicheng put down the jade cong in his hand, his eyes fell on Ling Yu, looked up and down, and said with a smile.

"He's one of my juniors, named Ling Yu. Yao Jingya took her uncle's hand and introduced Ling Yu.

Ling Yu is also a polite person, and immediately shouted, "Uncle, hello." ”

Yao Jingya's face turned red all of a sudden, glared at Ling Yu, and said, "Who asked you to call your uncle, he is my uncle, not your uncle." ”

Ling Yu's face was immediately embarrassed, he actually wanted to say, it won't be long before your uncle will be my uncle.

"Haha, Xiaoya, Ling Yu is your junior brother, it's right to call your uncle, so you don't feel rusty?

Zhao Shicheng stroked the beard on his chin and smiled.

"I've eaten, uncle, didn't you say that there are a few artifacts from the Wu Tribe era that can't be identified? Maybe Ling Yu can help you. Yao Jingya said with a smile.

Zhao Shicheng was stunned for a moment, and then said in astonishment: "You said that Ling Yu would appraise it?"

He really wanted to say that Ling Yu was so young, how much knowledge would he know about identification?

After all, every cultural relics appraiser can only achieve something after decades of experience and knowledge.

However, Ling Yu was in front of him, so he naturally couldn't say it to his face, so as not to hurt Ling Yu's self-esteem.

Ling Yu smiled in his heart, but he didn't care, it was normal for Zhao Shicheng to question it, not to mention that he was not 100% sure of identifying it.

Unless the land where these relics came out belongs to the area of the land of witchcraft.

However, he couldn't stand Yao Jingya's insistence, so he had to agree.

Ling Yu learned his uncle's identity from Yao Jingya, who was a well-known person in the Sichuan collection industry, and had the reputation of 'Lingxi', which means that as long as he took a look at the antique cultural relics, he could tell the details of it at all.

"Uncle, what am I lying to you for, there are many artifacts unearthed from the Wu tribe period in the cultural relics storage room of our archaeology department, many of which were identified by Ling Yu, and even our professors appreciate Ling Yu's erudition in the field of witch culture. ”

Yao Jingya looked at Zhao Shicheng with a questioning look on her face, and she was immediately unhappy.

"Really, I didn't expect Ling Yu that you still have this ability?"

Zhao Shicheng listened to his niece's words, and looked at Ling Yu with a hint of surprise in his eyes, of course, his niece's words were still very suspicious in his heart.

At this time, a shopkeeper ran in from outside the door and said anxiously: "Shopkeeper, that old white man is here again." ”

Zhao Shicheng's face immediately changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What did he bring this time?"

"I don't know, but the old white head said that this time he will definitely be able to stump the shopkeeper. ”

The shopkeeper said.

"Hmph, this time I'm going to see if it's really what he said. Xiaoya, Ling Yu, you can go out with me to have a look!"

Zhao Shicheng snorted contemptuously and walked out.

The two walked behind, Yao Jingya explained: "This peer is an enemy, just like between the martial arts halls, there is often a phenomenon of kicking the hall to challenge, and the same is true in the collection world, this old white head is also a very famous appraiser, and he is the chief of the Baojian Hall opposite the Lingxi Hall. ”

Ling Yu suddenly realized, no wonder Zhao Shicheng's face had such a tone, it turned out that the opposite party had come to the door.

It is estimated that Zhao Shicheng has not done it less.

The front hall of the store was full of people and crowds of spectators.

As soon as the three of them walked out of the side door, they attracted the attention of those present, and of course their attention was on Zhao Shicheng.

"The shopkeeper of Lingxi Hall Zhao came out, he has the reputation of 'Lingxi is a little clear' in the collection world, and now the old white head of Jianbaotang comes to challenge, but there is a good show to watch. ”

"Yes, the two of them are well-known in the collection world, and the cultural relics and antiques they have identified are unknown, and I heard that the first few challenges, the two are inseparable!"

"This time the old white head dares to come at this time, he must be 100% sure, don't you see his demeanor?"

The crowd that was talking parted and made way for Zhao Shicheng and the three of them to pass.

I saw that at the end of the passage was a table, and a middle-aged fat man with silver hair and wearing a Tang costume was sitting precariously, looking extremely arrogant, half-squinting his eyes, giving people a sense of aggressiveness.

Obviously, to be able to sit so firmly at this time, and to have the silver hair that marks the surname, there must be no doubt that he is an old white head.

Even if Zhao Shicheng came out, the old white head didn't stand up, he played with two chicken heart walnuts in his hand, and snorted: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you finally came out, I have something here, I don't know what it is, I can only ask you to help me identify it." ”

As soon as he spoke, the smell of gunpowder came out.

"Old white man, don't always take some scrap that I don't know where to pick up as a treasure to come to me for identification. Don't make a bamboo basket for water, lose your wife and lose your soldiers. Tell me, how much does this fee cost?"

Zhao Shicheng also didn't give in for half a step, and his words were very sharp.

Ling Yu can be regarded as having seen the meaning of his peers.

"According to the challenge practice, the challenger must have an accurate understanding of his own things, the appraisal fee is not the cost of the appraisal of the cultural relics, but the challenger's appraisal value of the cultural relics, once identified, if the appraisal price is very different from the appraisal value, it is the difference in the price as compensation to the appraiser. In the event of an incorrect identification, the appraiser will also have to pay the difference. Of course, this challenge is not won or lost by money, but by fame. ”

Yao Jingya was afraid that Ling Yu would not understand, so she immediately explained in a low voice on the side.

Ling Yu didn't expect that there were so many famous halls in this line.

"One price, one million and eight million. ”

The old white head sneered, and then waved at the people standing behind him.

Suddenly, the man placed the porcelain plate he was holding on the table, and the porcelain plate was covered with a white silk cloth.

As the white silk cloth was lifted, a jadeite headband shaped vessel was revealed in a porcelain plate.

The appearance of this jade has a crystal clear texture, and there are some strange ornaments carved throughout, especially in the front section, where a jade flake protrudes, on which a strange and mysterious vertical eye is engraved.

Ancient, noble, and mysterious are the feelings that this jade gives people.

"Wow, this thing looks like a real ancient jade!"

"Yes, that temperament is different, I think this should be jade from the ancient Stone Age!"

"But the shape of this jade is really peculiar, it seems that it has never appeared before!"

Everyone on the field looked at the jade artifact and let out a burst of exclamations, and the people who couldn't see it behind anxiously tiptoed to tiptoe.

"How is it, Shopkeeper Zhao, can you see this thing?"

The old white head was very satisfied with the reaction of the onlookers, and looked at Zhao Shicheng triumphantly.

Zhao Shicheng ignored his words, picked up the jade and looked at it carefully.

After a while, his brows furrowed slightly, he searched his intestines and scraped his belly, racking his brains and did not find the impression of this kind of jade, although he had seen a lot of headband jade, but in terms of ornamentation, shape, or temperament, it was unprecedented.

Clearly, this is a new type of headband jade.

When Ling Yu saw this jade, a memory fragment inadvertently flashed in his mind, and immediately the corners of his mouth showed a faint arc.

This expression was keenly seen by Yao Jingya, and when she was frowning at her uncle, she already knew that her uncle was in trouble, and she was naturally anxious in her heart.

"Ling Yu, do you know the situation of this jade?"

Yao Jingya asked softly, with some anticipation in her heart.

"Uh, a famous appraiser like your uncle doesn't know, how do I know?" Ling Yu shrugged and immediately denied it.

Yao Jingya secretly pinched Ling Yu's arm, and said in a low voice: "I obviously saw the expression of 'you know' on your face, hmph, do you blame my uncle for despising you just now?

Ling Yu didn't expect this little sister to be so observant, and said with a wry smile: "Am I such a person? I know a little bit about this jade, but not much." ”

"You really know the origin of this jade, Ling Yu, you have to help my uncle, since he despised you just now, you show your skills, you will definitely make him look at you impressively, and you can show your face on this occasion, this is a great time to be famous!"

Yao Jingya was pleasantly surprised.

Ling Yu hesitated for a moment, as Yao Jingya said, this was indeed an opportunity, thought about it and nodded, "Well, I'll try it!"

Zhao Shicheng's forehead sweated slightly, knowing that he had completely lost this game, and he didn't know the origin of the jade, so he couldn't identify its value.

Losing money is a small thing, and the most important thing is a big blow to his reputation.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, it's been five minutes, and now everyone is anxious to know the origin of this thing, tell everyone about it!"

"Yohe, shopkeeper Zhao, it's been almost ten minutes, haven't you identified it yet?"

"Hey, I said Shopkeeper Zhao, it's been a quarter of an hour, if you can't identify it, just say it early, isn't this a waste of our time?"

The old white head ridiculed Zhao Shicheng once every five minutes, and his face was full of smug smiles.

The men and appraisers of the Lingxi Hall all had angry faces, and they couldn't wait to take off the shoes on their feet and smoke his fat face.

Yao Jingya also raised her willow eyebrows, her apricot eyes were wide open, and she had a look of annoyance, and Ling Yu next to her was amazed, this was the first time Yao Jingya had shown this kind of expression.

"Didn't you see my uncle so embarrassed, don't go up to relieve the siege. ”

Yao Jingya finally couldn't help it, pushed Ling Yu, and said in a low voice.

"Wait a minute, maybe your uncle has forgotten something, didn't you see that he hasn't given up yet?"

Ling Yu shook his head, he was no less scheming than Yao Jingya, he was a little more thoughtful, now he didn't go up to help Zhao Shicheng, but embarrassed him even more, he had to find the best time.

Zhao Shicheng did not give up, because he found a little clue, and his eyes were fixed on the vertical eyes on the protruding jade flakes.

Seems to have seen it somewhere?

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he spoke up: "Old white head, this should be the witch's hoop from the witch ritual land during the witch civilization period!"

The old white head's face changed slightly, stared at Zhao Shicheng, gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, it is indeed a witch's hoop, I didn't expect that Shopkeeper Zhao is really well-informed, and even knows such rare antiquities, I don't know what Shopkeeper Zhao knows?"

Now he almost had a feeling of vomiting blood, originally thought that he could stump Zhang Shicheng, but who would have thought that in the end, he would say the name of this jade.

"Other?"

Zhao Shicheng smiled bitterly in his heart, in fact, he just guessed a name, or he had read an ancient book a long time ago, and there was a brief description on it, which was very similar to this thing, but it was just a name, and he didn't know anything else.

Knowing a name is not very useful for identification, because the identification of cultural relics must comprehensively analyze and identify the authenticity, texture, use and value of cultural relics.

"It's this time. ”

Ling Yu keenly sensed the bitterness in Zhao Shicheng's eyes, and understood that the time had come for him to appear.

"Uncle, identifying this jade is too pediatric for you, so let me identify it for you, and see how much I have learned from you. ”

Just before Zhao Shicheng's words after the word 'I' came out, Ling Yu suddenly spoke up.

This sound suddenly quieted down the originally noisy scene, and a pair of shocked eyes brushed onto Ling Yu's face full of sunny smiles.

And Zhao Shicheng hurriedly swallowed back the words that he was about to say, looked at Ling Yu with a stunned expression, and then saw his niece winking at him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, understanding that it was his niece who asked Ling Yu to come to the rescue.

It's just that he wonders, can Ling Yu really save the scene?

What was even more surprising was the old white head, looking at Ling Yu's young face, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then laughed wantonly, his radish thick thumb pointed at Ling Yu, and sneered: "Shopkeeper Zhao, this is your nephew? You don't want to let a hairy boy play, do you? Haha! I really laugh to death, this is the funniest joke I've ever seen in my life."

ps: Khan, I broke off yesterday, I'm really sorry, this chapter is 4,000 words, count two more, and there is another chapter a little later today, I'm sorry to count compensation, the tycoon should be damned

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