After a brief explanation, I took the young man and left.
"Where is the antique market you mentioned?"
I paid off the boy's wages and asked.
Now that I'm here, I can't go back empty-handed. I've long heard that there are a lot of high-end goods in the antique market in the capital, so I came here today to have a look.
"It's not far. You go out of this alley, turn left, and walk two more alleys and you'll be there."
The young man took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and started talking.
"Your cigarette is good, where did it come from?"
I took the cigarette that the boy handed me, took a deep breath and asked the boy.
"Hey, I won't tell you this."
The young man said mysteriously.
I rolled my eyes and didn't continue to ask. He wasn't a bad person anyway, not to mention he helped me just now.
"Okay, thank you. I'll treat you to dinner another day when I have the opportunity."
I said and walked forward, and the boy turned around and left. He had to help others move things.
I followed what the boy said and soon arrived at the antique street.
Sure enough, this is the capital, and there are many things in this antique street, including all kinds of weird antiques.
I even saw a Tang Sancai painting in a stall.
I couldn't help but admire the workmanship of this Tang Sancai. Although it is not as good as the real Tang Sancai from the Tang Dynasty, it is much better than our modern imitation handicrafts.
"Sir, this Tang Sancai was passed down from my grandfather. I think you have a affinity with him. Why don't you buy it?"
The stall owner saw me looking at Tang Sancai with my eyes fixed on it, and when he saw that I was dressed like an outsider, he started shouting.
I smiled slightly. I saw that these Tang Sancai were manufactured last week, and they told me that they were passed down from his grandfather.
"Boss, please set a price for your Tang Sancai."
When the stall owner heard this, he immediately became happy. He thought to himself that he finally met someone who took the bait.
"One million, what do you think?"
The stall owner looked at me expectantly, trying to discern the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy in my eyes.
"This thing of yours is indeed very beautiful, but the price is a bit low. I don't really believe in your grandpa."
I looked at the stall owner and smiled.
Upon hearing this, the stall owner's smile suddenly froze on his face and he said with an ugly expression.
"Why do you talk like this? It's obvious that it's too expensive. Let me tell you, this thing was passed down from my grandfather."
Seeing the stall owner getting angry, I glanced at him lightly.
"If you are willing to sell it, we can sell it now; if you are not willing to sell it, don't pretend to be in front of me."
The stall owner looked at me with some unpleasantness on his face.
"The maximum is only two yuan. Do you like to sell it?"
Hearing what I said, the stall owner was stunned.
"Okay, I'll suffer a loss today. Just two yuan if you say two yuan."
The stall owner said that he immediately wrapped up the Tang Sancai and handed it to my hand.
Now it was my turn to be shocked. Could it be that the two dollars were too high?
"Let's agree, this is two yuan, don't tell me this is fake."
After the stall owner took the money, he told me.
Looking at his pained expression, I couldn't help but smile and didn't answer him.
"Okay, I won't default on your debt, so don't worry."
I waved to him, then took Tang Sancai and walked elsewhere.
"Let me go, there are so many good things in this capital?"
When I passed by a stall, the dazzling array of items made me unable to move away.
"This is blue and white porcelain fired by the official kiln during the Qianlong period. It is worth at least a thousand gold!"
"This East China Sea Blue Field Jade was used by Emperor Qianlong. This kind of thing is almost impossible to see now!"
"And this...this is porcelain produced by official kilns during the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties..."
"These are all good treasures..."
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Although these things are not treasures, they can't stand the quantity.
"Hey, young man, if you like something, just pick it!"
The stall owner looked at me with much brighter eyes.
Although most of these things are fakes, there are some good ones out there.
"How do you sell these things?"
I pointed to an incense burner nearby and asked the stall owner.
"Five hundred, no bargaining!"
The stall owner stretched out a finger, looked at me and said.
I shook my head. Although this incense burner was genuine, it was definitely not worth the money.
"Four hundred!"
Seeing my hesitation, the stall owner quickly lowered the price again.
"one hundred!"
I still insisted.
"make a deal!"
The stall owner said cheerfully.
But I know in my heart that if I take this incense burner back, I will definitely be able to use it twice as much.
It's just a pity that the stall owner didn't know the goods and sold it so cheaply.
But the stall owner seemed to have gotten a bargain, and he couldn't stop smiling.
After the deal was concluded, as soon as he stood up, a man with a sinister look came over.
"Brother, I see that you have been shopping in this antique market for a long time. Why did you just buy these two worthless things?"
The man looked at the Tang Sancai and the incense burner in my hands, his eyes rolling around.
"Who are you?"
I frowned. This guy looked like a profiteer. I could tell at a glance that he was a swindler.
"Haha... This friend, my name is Wang Tiezhu. I am an antique dealer nearby. I buy antiques on weekdays. You were deceived at the first sight of this Tang Sancai. It was released last week. How much did it cost you?"
When I heard Wang Tiezhu's words, I burst into laughter.
"To be honest, I spent three thousand to get this Tang Sancai."
I glanced at Wang Tiezhu and said calmly.
"What, three thousand, so expensive! Brother, are you stupid?!"
"You just left the factory last week, and it's still a new product. This thing is completely fake. How much is such a thing worth?"
Wang Tiezhu stared at me and said, as if he couldn't understand that I would spend three thousand yuan to buy a fake thing.
"It's impossible. I think it's quite real."
I pretended to be surprised and looked at the Tang Sancai in my hand with regret.
"Brother, I'm not telling you, anyone with a discerning eye can see this Tang Sancai."
Wang Tiezhu had a helpless expression on his face, and then he grabbed my arm again.
"Brother, I have a baby here, do you want to take a look?"
Wang Tiezhu said and directly pulled me to a place with few people.
Then he took out a bronze vessel only the size of a fist from his arms.
"This was just collected a few days ago. It was taken from the big tomb. Brother, I think you and I are destined. If you give me one thousand, we can make a deal."
This bronze vessel is a palm-sized tripod and looks very old.
"Oh, since it was dug out of an ancient tomb, I really have to take a look."
I said to Wang Tiezhu, then took the bronze tripod in his hand and looked at it carefully.
"Huh? This cauldron seems a bit special."
I found that this bronze tripod was completely different from ordinary tripods.
This bronze tripod is green in color and is engraved with various strange patterns.
"Brother, this is the bronze tripod that I found deep in the tomb. The pattern on this tripod is said to have been made by the imperial master of the Great Xia Dynasty. This is an antique!"
Wang Tiezhu said with a proud look on his face.
"Really? Then I have to observe it more carefully. The patterns on this tripod are not simple."
I looked at the pattern on this tripod and couldn't help but admire it.
"Brother, you are indeed well-informed. This is something I spent a lot of effort to come up with."
Hearing my compliments on this tripod, Wang Tiezhu's eyes flashed and he said to me quickly.
"Boss Wang, I can see that you are obviously a fake."
Looking at Wang Tiezhu's hypocritical face, I snorted in my heart and said with regret.
Wang Tiezhu was slightly startled after hearing this, and then laughed again.
"Brother, you must have made a mistake. Please bring the things and I will point them out to you."
Wang Tiezhu said and took the thing in my hand. From the corner of my eye, I noticed that he had replaced the bronze thing.
This really surprised me. This guy actually had a genuine product in his hands.
Wang Tiezhu took out the genuine product, and then took out a small flashlight.
"Take a good look, this thing is definitely real."
After saying that, he wiped it on his clothes twice, and then said to me: "There is nothing fake here, brother, if you don't believe it, take a closer look?"
Wang Tiezhu said and shook the bronze toy at me twice. I looked at Wang Tiezhu and sneered in my heart.
"Boss Wang, you are really amazing. This is the first time I have seen such a realistic imitation. Compared with you, my Tang Sancai is far behind. I admire you."
I cupped my hands towards Wang Tiezhu with a look of admiration on my face.
"Brother, you have wronged me. This thing is definitely genuine. If you don't believe it, look at it!"
Wang Tiezhu said and shook the thing in his hand at me again, and then handed it to me.
"Look carefully at this surface, this texture, this color, this workmanship... I guarantee with my personality that it is absolutely true."
After listening to Wang Tiezhu's words, I secretly felt happy in my heart.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, you have been deceived. This thing of yours is also a fake. Look here, how could there be new cracks in the things placed in the tomb? This is all revealed When it was cold, the entire body of the embryo showed a trace of cracks."
I pointed to a crack on the bronze and explained to Wang Tiezhu.
If I saw Wang Tiezhu's expression, I would be a little excited.
This guy actually became suspicious. He took the bronze vessel and looked at it carefully in his hand.
He originally wanted to deceive me by trying to hide the truth, but he didn't expect that the treasure he thought he was holding was also a fake.
"It's impossible, brother. I asked someone to take this thing out from the tomb. It's absolutely real."
