treasure hunter

Xu Hongchang walked along the main road with Pei Miao for a while, and suddenly turned into an alleyway. The alleyway was a bit messy, and there were stalls on both sides of the passageway, one next to the other, and the distance between each stall was forty to fifty centimeters.

This alley was originally about three meters wide, maybe it shouldn’t be called an alley, but the stalls on both sides occupy nearly half of the road, which makes the originally not wide aisle even narrower, and there are many pedestrians and tourists, making it difficult to see It looks very crowded, almost reaching the level of shoulder-to-shoulder, and the first impression it gives people is the alleyway.

After walking forward for a while, Pei Miao suddenly saw a vendor selling antiques. The stall was not big and there were not many items. There were only a dozen items, all of which were fakes.

Xu Hongchang didn't stop, and continued to walk forward with ease.

After walking for a while, I saw a stall selling antiques again, and there were three antique stalls. These three antique stalls were a little bigger, and there were about 20 kinds of objects on each stall. Among them, there were two stalls from the late Qing Dynasty. object.

Xu Hongchang finally stopped, turned to Pei Miao and said, "Here we are, the antique night market is no worse than the daytime, the light is darker, and it's easy to get in the eyes. Later, you should look more and take less action. If you are not sure, I can help you check it out. "

Pei Miao felt grateful when he heard the words. It is really rare that a senior expert like Xu Hongchang is willing to take care of a newcomer like this. He nodded vigorously: "Mr. Xu, don't worry, I will listen to you, let's start quickly."

"Well, let's go." Xu Hongchang was actually very impatient, and immediately looked at the three stalls.

Pei Miao took a look at the objects from the late Qing Dynasty on the two stalls. They were two folk objects that were not of much value and could sell for up to 200 yuan. Naturally, Pei Miao had no interest in selling them.

Xu Hongchang looked at each booth for a while, got up and left without saying anything, and continued to move forward.

Not far ahead, turning south, I saw a long path in front of me. One side of the path is a wall, the other side is a storefront, and the side near the wall is full of stalls, and most of these stalls are It's an antique stall.

"Wow..." It was the first time that Pei Miao saw so many antique stalls gathered together, it was very visually impactful, and at the same time, he was also full of motivation. With so many stalls, he couldn't believe that there was not even a single good thing.

Xu Hongchang brought Pei Miao to the first street stall. In order to exercise his eyesight, Pei Miao didn't activate his supernatural powers, but used the usual way of shopping at street stalls, scanning, looking, and considering.

One scan, that is, one glance, to find out all the fakes at one glance.

You must know that many fakes are shoddy, and many antique masters can tell they are fake at a glance. This kind of fake is called a fake.

The second look is to look carefully at the rest after excluding a fake fake.

Three considerations, that is, after careful inspection and screening, the rest needs to be looked at and carefully considered.

Xu Hongchang glanced at this stall, stayed for only a dozen seconds, and went straight to the next stall.

Pei Miao didn't expect him to be so fast, so he quickly activated his eyes to look at the things on the booth, in case Xu Hongchang missed something good.

Facts have proved that Xu Hongchang's eyesight is very good, and he didn't miss anything. The things in this booth are all fake low-end fakes.

After looking at the second booth for ten seconds, Xu Hongchang squatted down and looked at it for another ten seconds, shook his head slowly, got up and walked to the next one.

Pei Miao checked the items on the second stall again with his eyesight, and sure enough there were no genuine ones, only a few fake ones that looked good. No wonder Xu Hongchang had to squat down to take a closer look. Pei Miao had to admire Xu Hongchang's eyesight.

After visiting seven street stalls in a row, Xu Hongchang never stayed in front of a stall for more than 50 seconds. However, when he reached the eighth street stall, Xu Hongchang broke this rule. He pointed to a bronze statue and asked the vendor: "Boss, is this bronze statue more important?" Buddha statue, can I get started?"

"Of course." The boss replied almost instinctively. When he looked up and saw Xu Hongchang, he was obviously taken aback, but he didn't say much.

Seeing this, Pei Miao frowned slightly. He was sure that the stall owner must have recognized Xu Hongchang. After all, most of the vendors here were antique lovers. Mask, but if it is someone who often follows Xu Hongchang's appreciating treasure program, he will definitely recognize him.

Xu Hongchang's attention was completely attracted by the bronze Buddha statue. Seeing that the stall owner had agreed to do it, he immediately picked up the bronze Buddha statue and examined it carefully.

This is a seated brass statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva, about [-] centimeters high. Manjusri Bodhisattva is sitting on a lotus platform, holding a sword in his right hand and a lotus flower in his left hand, with fluttering clothes, smooth and plump facial features, and detailed carvings such as facial features and clothing very detailed.

Xu Hongchang looked at the bronze statue in front of the light for a while, and then illuminated it with a flashlight. He roughly identified the year and source of the bronze statue, and then asked the stall owner: "Boss, how do you sell this bronze Buddha statue?" ?”

The stall owner smiled slightly and said, "300 million."

Xu Hongchang was taken aback when he heard the words. It wasn't the first time he went to a street stall, and he had seen people asking for sky-high prices, but this price is no longer a problem of sky-high prices, it is beyond the solar system.

Xu Hongchang frowned and said, "Boss, let's make it cheaper."

"It's not cheap." The stall owner shook his head and said, "This is a good thing, and that's the price."

"You..." Xu Hongchang was a little annoyed. He already understood that the other party must have recognized him, so he deliberately charged such a sky-high price in order not to sell it to him. This is equivalent to letting him do a free Identification.

Why can he understand so quickly, because this is not the first time he has encountered this situation.

Xu Hongchang put down the bronze Buddha statue angrily, and the stall owner quickly picked up the bronze Buddha statue and put it into a wooden box beside him. Seeing such an action, Xu Hongchang really wanted to go mad, but he couldn't find any excuse. Who made him choose to go on TV to popularize antique knowledge for the common people? Although he earned an appearance fee, it became very difficult to pick up the leaks.

Pei Miao was very curious about the age of the bronze Buddha statue, so she used the power of her eyes to check it. Through the wooden box, she could see the circle of light. Counting the layers of the circle of light, it turned out to be from the period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. .

Pei Miao felt a little sorry for Xu Hongchang. Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of a bowl in the corner of the stall, which also emitted many layers of light circles. He counted the circles of light, and it turned out to be from the Tang Dynasty, so he asked, "Boss, is this bowl?" Bowl, can I have a look at it?"

"Yes." The stall owner nodded.

Pei Miao picked up the bowl and looked it over carefully, but he didn't see anything. After all, his eyesight was limited, and the light here was too dark, which greatly affected the observation of the porcelain enamel and carcass. He just felt that the bowl's The workmanship is not bad, and the age seems to be quite old, but the age does not mean that it is valuable. If it is a folk bowl from the Tang Dynasty, although it is worth a little money, the collection value is not high.

Pei Miao knew that her eyesight hadn't reached that level, so she used her right hand's ability to carefully examine the enamel and carcass of the bowl.

After checking it, Pei Miao was shocked, because the enamel and carcass of this bowl were very similar to the early Jun kiln porcelain.And he combined the knowledge he had learned carefully, and immediately concluded that this bowl should come from the Jun Kiln of the Tang Dynasty.

Jun Kiln is one of the four famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. Every piece of porcelain produced is of amazing value. However, everyone knows that Jun Kiln was popular in Song Dynasty, but few people know that Jun Kiln originated in Tang Dynasty.

There were Jun kilns in the Tang Dynasty, but at that time, Jun kilns were just like some small businesses today, in the initial stage of entrepreneurship. Perhaps their porcelains had already begun to have their own characteristics, but the technology had not yet reached the level of perfection. level, but also not recognized by most people, especially not recognized by the royal family.

However, Jun Kiln is Jun Kiln, rare is the most precious, Jun Kiln porcelain from Song Dynasty is extremely rare in the world, and each piece is of amazing value. As for Jun Kiln porcelain from Tang Dynasty, it is even rarer. Pei Miao has seen Jun Kiln from Song Dynasty in the museum Porcelain, but I have never seen Jun kiln porcelain from the Tang Dynasty.

Although Pei Miao knew that it was a Tang Dynasty Jun Kiln bowl, now he was a little worried, whether the stall owner would repeat the same trick and suppress the bowl at an unbelievable price and not sell it to himself.

He still pretended to be watching the bowl, and he had already started thinking about how to deal with the stall owner.

After thinking for a while, Pei Miao had an idea, pretended to be dissatisfied, put the bowl back on the floor, and muttered, "What is it, I don't understand it at all, it must be a fake."

People who buy antiques can't bear others to say that their things are fakes. Sure enough, the stall owner immediately became upset when he heard Pei Miao's words: "Handsome guy, don't talk nonsense, how can this be a fake? But the Song Dynasty Jun kiln bowl!"

Pei Miao was taken aback when she heard the words, then frowned and said, "You can really be kidding, this is the Song Dynasty Jun Kiln bowl? Do you think I have never seen Jun Kiln? This is clearly a fake."

The stall owner said displeased: "Handsome guy, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. This is not a fake. Even if it is not a Jun kiln, it is also a bowl from the Song Dynasty. If you don't believe me, take a closer look."

Hearing this, Pei Miao picked up the bowl and looked at it again, looking thoughtful: "Where did you get this broken bowl, sometimes it looks like a fake, and sometimes it looks like an old thing."

The stall owner laughed happily when he heard the words: "I said it's not a fake, it's a decent Song Dynasty porcelain, how about it, buy it back and keep it?"

Pei Miao hesitated for a moment and said, "How much is it? If it's cheap, I can buy it. If it's too expensive, forget it."

Seeing that Pei Miao wanted to buy it, how could the stall owner let go of this opportunity, but he was afraid that the price quoted would be too high to scare Pei Miao away, so he said, "I'll give you a real price, [-]."

Before Pei Miao could speak, Xu Hongchang shook his head and said, "This bowl is not worth the price, don't buy it."

The stall owner was not happy when he heard the words, and said: "Mr. Xu, I don't take you like this. How can you break the rules."

Seeing him call out the three words Teacher Xu, Xu Hongchang was really angry and said, "Is what you did just now conforming to the rules?"

The stall owner put on an innocent face and said, "What happened to me? What happened to me just now?"

Seeing him pretending to be stupid, Xu Hongchang snorted coldly and said, "I don't care about you, this young man came with me, and it's not a violation of the rules for me to give advice."

Pei Miao got up and said, "Since Mr. Xu said that this bowl is not worth the price, I'd better not buy it."

How could the stall owner let the business he was about to get away, and hurriedly said: "I'll give you a discount, a half discount, 5000, only 5000!"

When Pei Miao heard the words, he hesitated again.

His hesitant expression gave the stall owner hope.

Xu Hongchang didn't see the clue of this bowl. After all, the light here is very bad, which is not conducive to viewing porcelain antiques. He warned Pei Miao again: "Pei Miao, don't buy it."

Pei Miao seemed to be hesitating. After a long time, he asked the stall owner, "Do you want to sell it for 300?"

"300?" Now it was the stall owner's turn to hesitate.

Looking at Pei Miao's appearance, it seems that he wants to buy it, but the price is indeed a bit low. He paid 200 for this bowl when he received it, because he also feels that this bowl is ancient porcelain, but his level is limited , I can't see the age and craftsmanship of this bowl, if I sell it to Pei Miao for 300, I will only earn 100.

The stall owner hesitated for a while, finally gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Sell! Just 300!"

Hearing this, Pei Miao knelt down to pick up the bowl, and then scanned the QR code to pay.

This time Xu Hongchang didn't stop him. After all, he only spent 300 yuan. This bowl does look a bit old, so it's worth the price.

"Let's go, Teacher Xu." Pei Miao said happily while holding the bowl.

Xu Hongchang sighed softly, turned and walked forward.

After leaving the previous stall, Pei Miao suddenly called to Xu Hongchang: "Mr. Xu, show me this bowl."

Although Xu Hongchang didn't like this bowl very much, but since Pei Miao asked, he couldn't refuse it. By the way, he also wanted to give Pei Miao some advice.

Because he didn't like the bowl, he didn't even obey the rules, he took the bowl from Pei Miao's hand, took out a flashlight from his pocket, turned on the flashlight, and lit it on the bowl.

The light from the flashlight was very strong. When Xu Hongchang looked at the bowl carefully, he suddenly froze. Slowly, his eyes opened wider and wider, and finally he was dumbfounded and spit out two words in disbelief: "Jun Kiln?"