Sambaopeng is another emerging tribe in Jingdezhen, which is more like a paradise away from the world, and is more inclined to the creation of slow life and the precipitation of designers and artists compared to the innovation, trend, and fast-paced innovation represented by Taoxichuan college students, boutiques and integrated stores.

The place they were going to was in a remote village south of Semarbhum. However, Xu Xiaohe's supercar was too expensive, and the engine went out halfway through the mountain road. Xu Xiaohe staged difficult actions in the car, blindly looking for problems like Spider-Man, and asked Xu Qing to climb to the front cover of the car to check the engine. Xu Qing glanced at him and decisively got out of the car to make a call.

Xu Zhiliu also staggered out of the car.

He had long hands and feet, shrunk in the back seat with a sore back and back pain, and Xu Xiaohe's driving skills were worried, he was turned blue with a blush, and ran to the side of the road as soon as he got out of the car and retched.

Xu Qing didn't find a signal, so he returned to the car and took a bottle of water and handed it to him. Xu Zhiliu caught a glimpse of Xu Xiaohe still trying to drill the front cover of the truck, so he took a few sips of water and asked her, "What now?" ”

Xu Qing looked at Xu Xiaohe's back, and his voice pressed in his throat: "Do you think this thing looks like a coincidence?" ”

"Huh?"

"He probably did it on purpose."

Xu Xiaohe should have suddenly regretted it halfway through, the words she said in the restaurant at noon had already made her feel inexplicable, and now it was a whole thing, and it was difficult to doubt it.

"He's hiding something from me."

Now the car is parked in a mountain col, and it is such a coincidence that there is a sign posted nearby for the maintenance of the power grid, and the phone cannot be dialed. Xu Zhiliu calmed down for a while and said to her, "Let's go forward." ”

"Okay."

They didn't have a ward Xu Xiaohe, and they walked forward. Turning a corner, a pickup truck drove up.

The two men in the front seat of the pickup were wearing leather jackets, shaved heads, burly physiques, serious faces, and looked fierce. Because his temperament was too different from that of ordinary people, Xu Qing subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and before Xu Zhiliu could react, he quickly stepped forward to stop the car.

The other party didn't want to stop, but she rushed to the opposite lane, and the corner was narrow, and it was inevitable that it would be dangerous to go around from the side, so she had to brake sharply. The tires braked the dirt road, and a deep, long tire mark was cut out, indicating that it was full of cargo.

The man with the tattoo on the upper half of his face in the driver's seat rushed down as soon as he stopped the car and scolded: "You don't want to live anymore? ”

Xu Qing hurriedly apologized, and the reason was also ready-made, saying that he and his boyfriend came to Sambaopeng to play, and the car broke down halfway, and they wanted to take their pickup back to the city. She led the other party to take two steps forward, and the sao fan appeared in front of her, and there was indeed a man stuck in the front cover of the car, twisting his ass hard.

The other party did not suspect him, and when she was in a hurry, her tone softened a little, but she still refused: "Our car is full and can't carry people." ”

"In the saddle?"

"I'm going to pick up friends later, there's no extra space."

Xu Qing tried to discuss, saying that she would get off the train when she received a friend, but the other party didn't listen and asked her to stand aside. Xu Qing wanted to say something, but the man in the passenger seat poked his head out and said quickly: "Get in the car, stop talking nonsense!" ”

Xu Qing saw that they were acting cautiously and resolutely, and he was even more sure that there was a cat in the car, so he glanced at Xu Zhiliu. Poor and weak Xu Dacai, his stomach was still turning over the river and the sea, so he had to lift the green cloth behind the pickup truck and quietly climb into the car.

Xu Qing glared at the other party angrily in order not to startle the snake, and only reluctantly stepped aside after Xu Zhiliu got into the car.

The pickup truck kicked up a puff of dust in the mud, Xu Qing walked back to Xu Xiaohe, watched him stir for a while, and said: "The delivery time has passed, and it's too late to go now, can you fix this car?" If it can't be repaired, why don't we go down the mountain first, and then call someone to come up and move the car? ”

As soon as Xu Xiaohe heard that he was going down the mountain, he immediately said, "If it can be repaired, wait for me for a while." ”

So, five minutes later, the fans rushed down the hill vigorously. On the way, Xu Xiaohe kept complaining that the fans were disobedient and threatened to sell it. Xu Qing saw that he was acting energetically on the side, and he didn't stop.

After arriving in the city, she said that she would go back to the company to deal with work, and asked Xu Xiaohe to drop her off nearby. Xu Xiaohe was a little grinding for today's matter, and slowly sent her to the side of the road, and said, "I'll invite you to dinner next time." ”

Xu Qing seemed to smile: "It's not a Hongmen banquet, right?" ”

"What do you say?"

"It's nothing, then I'll make an appointment next time."

"Okay."

Xu Xiaohe had something on his mind, so he didn't pay much attention to her look, he didn't notice anything, and left quickly.

Xu Qing turned his head and went home to wait for Xu Zhiliu.

It wasn't until midnight that Xu Zhiliu returned in embarrassment. Xu Dacai is not the first time to walk the mountain road, when he was poor, there was no carriage, he never felt anything when he walked over the mountains and mountains, and then came to Hutian kiln, Xu Zhong first equipped him with a donkey cart, and when he began to take charge, he was equipped with a carriage, and occasionally went out to run errands in the mountains, but he never felt dizzy as today, his spleen and stomach were uncomfortable, and he lay on the sofa as soon as he got home.

Xu Qing took motion sickness medicine for him to take, put motion sickness stickers on him, he slowed down for a while, and reported an address: "Magnolia Mansion." ”

Xu Qing felt familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Xu Zhiliu reminded her: "No. 18." ”

She patted her head and remembered that there was a private auction in the No. 18 Magnolia Mansion, and when she went to Wu Yi to introduce the translator, she had seen the invitation letter at the Mingquan Tea House. On the invitation was a hand-painted magnolia, although there were only a few strokes, but the charm was extraordinary, and she was very impressed.

But what does this have to do with "goods"?

Xu Zhiliu said that there were seven or eight wooden boxes in the back seat of the pickup truck. The box was heavy, and the outside was nailed with seals, and when you looked through the cracks in the wood, it was stuffed with straw and nothing could be seen.

Judging only from the blue bamboo strips faintly visible in the straw, he speculated that the so-called goods should be a batch of antiques.

During the Qing Dynasty, the monopoly of the ceramic industry in Jingdezhen was very serious, and any merchant who wanted to buy porcelain, whether Chinese or foreigner, billet household, kiln owner or red shop, wanted to buy porcelain, he had to go to the porcelain shop.

The porcelain store monopolized the entire porcelain sales chain, and the merchants told them what porcelain they wanted to buy, but they couldn't pick it themselves, and the porcelain store would assign the Hui Se line to pick the porcelain for the merchants, and the porcelain store would then price the porcelain according to the fineness, and then find the grass line to pack. This is the reason why large households such as Hutian kiln and Anqing kiln need to deal with eighty lines, each industry has its own rules and procedures, and the grass line is no different.

Grass is to use bamboo strips and straw to wrap porcelain, mainly by two people with good skills at the same time, called upper and lower hands. The upper hand straddles the horse and sits on the bench, puts the stacked porcelain into a porcelain pillar, and then according to the special flipping method, the straw coat is mated and the straw knot is twisted, and then handed over to the lower hand to tie the sheath.

It is necessary to tie it several times, which pays attention to a lot, and the last time it is to use different colors to distinguish between fine porcelain and inferior porcelain.

Xu Zhiliu later read the information, in the 19th year of the Republic of China, there were still more than 140 households in Jingdezhen, more than 2,000 workers, and then the productivity exploded, some of the old strips were abolished, and now they still know that most of the people who use straw and bamboo strips to ligate are veterans, and are generally used for antique utensils.

Jingdezhen wants to say the most, it must be porcelain, so Xu Zhiliu almost immediately concluded that the wooden box contained antique porcelain, and the last place where this batch of antique porcelain arrived was the Magnolia Mansion.

Checkpoints are set up outside the mansion, security is strict, and infrared detection is required for vehicles entering and exiting. He wanted to go in with the car to investigate the situation, but as soon as he got closer, the infrared detector kept ringing, which alarmed the security guards of the entire mansion and surrounded the pickup truck.

He had no choice but to get out of the car first. Originally planned to wait for the security guard to get off work and then wait for the opportunity to sneak in, not wanting the mansion to implement the shift system, he waited until the early hours of the morning, but still did not find any opportunity, so he could only return in vain.

Xu Qing was silent for a long time after hearing this.

Xu Zhiliu left her alone to think about things, and went to the kitchen to get dinner, which was two steaks. At noon, Xu Xiaohe was there, and it was inconvenient for him to use the tableware, but now that he didn't have to worry about being discovered, he could enjoy the joy of food to his heart's content. In the past few years, he had almost no appetite, even if he missed the flavor of his hometown and his mother's craftsmanship, many times he could survive by enduring, but Xiaoliang was different, he seemed to live in a poor and very warm family, even if he arrived at Anqing Yao, he could often dig delicious meals in the market.

Once when he was sick, Xiao Liang took him around the streets and alleys, and found many small restaurants that he had not noticed before, which were full of delicious food, such as roasted elbow with sauce, eight-treasure duck, donkey rolling, Aiwowo, and popping sheep's head, all of which were very to his liking.

Xu Qing would occasionally pack delicious food back, and modern conveniences allowed him to taste more flavors and newer cooking methods than in the Qing Dynasty, which were either spicy and pungent, or sweet and soft, infinitely accommodating his discerning taste buds, but he often fell into a kind of melancholy.

He found that the meaning of sharing the big bowl many years ago was not reflected here, and the root cause was that he missed Xiao Liang and wanted to share all the happiness with him, but all this could not be realized. I don't know when Xu Qing found out, but later she would always order two meals. It's like the steak in front of him, one for him, and one for the secret he can't tell.

Xu Qing saw that he was eating very slowly, and couldn't wait, so he took a bottle of water back to the table and continued to discuss with him: "Have you found anything else wrong?" ”

Xu Zhiliu waited until there was no food in his mouth before speaking: "Judging from the transportation alone, there seems to be no problem. ”

Xu Zhengnan sent someone to charge the goods, if it was for the private auction on the 18th, then the antiques inside must be worth a lot of money, and it is reasonable to be strict with security, including the two men who went to charge the goods in the afternoon, it seems that they should be a little fistish now.

There is only one point, Xu Qing never figured it out: "I saw the delivery order, and the delivery party column was empty, and there was no name." Is this reasonable? The handover of antiques for auction, the identity of the buyer and seller is not even clearly written on the list? ”

"Then there's a possibility."

"What?"

Xu Zhiliu unhurriedly finished the last bite of steak, put down the knife and fork, and wiped his hands: "Usually when trading on the black market, out of the relationship of first-hand trading, the two parties will not indicate their identity addresses and contact information in detail, and there are unwritten rules in the industry, and when it comes to the black market, it is the buyer who bears the risk responsibility." ”

Generally, private collections, even after being inspected by professional institutions, may be counterfeit or have disputes due to personal problems between the buyer and the seller on the way to the handover of the goods, so they are usually a hammer sale, and after leaving the scene, it is equivalent to two silver and goods, and they have nothing to do with each other.

The organizers and buyers who can conduct private auctions in the Magnolia Mansion should be either rich or expensive, and such a private transaction for high-end customer groups, but in the form of "dark cloth", is more likely to be that there is a problem with these antiques.

"Is it illegal circulation?"

"It's also possible that it's a fake."

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"Do you remember the two antique vases that broke on the day of the Porcelain Fair? If it weren't for Cheng Yubai's self-directed and self-acting, it would prove that there are problems behind the organizers of the Porcelain Expo. That batch of fake porcelain that is enough to be fake and real may not be the first time it has been circulated in Jingdezhen, and there may be a potential mature market. ”

"So you think it's more likely to be a fake?"

"I'm not sure how the punishment will be under the current law if it's smuggling cultural relics, but in the Qing Dynasty, the cost of smuggling was much greater than counterfeiting, and it was not easy to operate, and it was far less feasible than fraud."

The news blockage makes the perception of ceramics in the north outside Jingdezhen like a three-year-old child, and some low-grade porcelain that cannot be sold locally is a treasure there. In the same way, in modern society, how rare antiques are, how great their "potential value" is.

"Even when Yuan Xi was in the first place, he didn't see that the porcelain was fake, and the antique imitation was to the extreme, how could a layman have the ability to see through it?" Connoisseurs can also get Cheng Yubai's level to distinguish the authenticity, but how many such connoisseurs can there be in Jingdezhen? Xu Zhiliu is not very proficient in antique, but he still remembers the dream of infinite techniques at the Porcelain Expo, the antique master, is really powerful.

Xu Qing thought about it, this year is not as good as in the past, it is tantamount to a fantasy to smuggle through the customs, and in comparison, the possibility of counterfeiting is indeed greater.

It's no wonder that Xu Xiaohe escaped from the battle, he must know something.

Xu Zhiliu asked her, "Do you want to go?" ”

"Do we have any other choice?"

If she wants to return to the reform group, Xu Zhengnan's temporary change of camp may be her only hope, right? At the moment, Xu Xiaohe can't count on it, and he has to find Wu Yi.

Xu Qing specially bought two pots of one-meter-and-a-half-meter-high fortune trees, decorated Christmas ornaments, and sent them to Mingquan Tea House as soon as possible. Wu Yi looked at the flashing "Eternal Fragrance" light sign on the fortune tree, and his temples twitched slightly.

After listening to her appeal, Wu Yi asked, "Do you know the origin of the Magnolia Mansion?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head, Wu Yi thought that she must not have done her homework, otherwise she would not have thought that she would be able to sneak into the mansion through him, so she waved her hand: "Don't be reckless, you sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly." ”

Wu Yi took the tea case and began to boil the water, and by the way, he asked people to move the fortune tree to a place out of sight, and waited for the water to boil before he spoke leisurely: "The Magnolia Mansion is privately owned, and its owner was named Wang Yin a hundred years ago. Speaking of which, this Wang Yin and Yibai still have a bit of a relationship that can be beaten with eight poles......"