The vehicle went around and around, and after half an hour, it finally stopped at the entrance of a very quaint-looking courtyard.
After being led into the private room by the attendant, Xiao Bai saw Sun Limin and a slim girl already waiting in the private room.
"Haha, Lao Sun, wait a minute. You guys chat first while I go to greet you and serve the food."
As Xu Weiming left, Xiao Bai sat on his seat and looked at the girl next to Sun Limin curiously.
This person looks a bit familiar, but I probably haven't seen this person before.
"Xiao Xiao, this is my granddaughter. You should have seen her before."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai was stunned for a moment. Is this the punk girl he had seen before? The outfit today looks completely different from that day.
"Ah, I've seen it before, haha."
Seeing the girl playing with her cell phone, Xiao Bai had no idea of getting to know her in depth. After sitting down, he picked up his cell phone and retrieved more information about Yunling Insect Gu.
After a while.
As Xu Weiming appeared again, exquisite dishes were served one after another.
A few people chatted while eating, and the time came to seven o'clock in the evening unknowingly.
"Old Sun, Xiao Xiao, Weiwei, it's almost time. We need to go to the underground parking lot of Yunhua Hotel first, and then the organizer of the ghost market will lead us into the ghost market."
Hearing this, Sun Weiwei could not help but curl her lips.
In fact, she was not very interested in today's ghost market at all.
The reason why she came here today was just because she was worried about her grandfather's safety.
Soon, the four of them took a car to Yunhua Hotel. Xiao Bai saw several masks placed on the seats of the car.
Xu Weiming, who was sitting in the driver's seat, said with a smile while driving: "Mr. Sun, Xiao Xiao, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is best for us all to wear masks when entering."
"After all, it would be a bit embarrassing to meet someone you know in a place like that."
After hearing Xu Weiming's words, Sun Limin also nodded.
"Yeah, it's better to do less than to do more. Weiwei, please put on the mask later."
Soon, the vehicle arrived at the hotel's underground parking lot. As the car stopped, Xiao Bai saw several men in black wearing masks and sunglasses who had been waiting here.
Good guy, seeing this group of people dressed up, Xiao Bai felt helpless to complain. That's okay. You're brave enough to dare to dress like this in the imperial capital at night. Are you really not afraid that the people in Chaoyang will see it and report it?
"Bosses, we need to conduct capital verification first. Can you please show me your balance and scan the QR code to pay 1 yuan?"
Because he had known for a long time that capital verification was required, Xiao Bai was not surprised at this moment. He scanned the QR code to pay one yuan, and then showed the balance in his card.
Soon, after the capital verification was completed, Xiao Bai and the other two were taken to a Coaster parked nearby.
This customized Coaster has been modified very carefully. The driver's seat and several business seats in the rear are separated by a wall.
As soon as he got in the car, Xiao Bai found that his mobile phone signal was directly blocked.
The car started, and there were occasional bumps along the way. After driving for more than an hour, the car finally came to a slow stop.
"Four of you, this is your bidder. There are corresponding price increases on it. Our official auction tonight will officially start at 11 o'clock."
"Between 9 and 11 o'clock, you can choose to go to the booth area of the ghost market for self-service transactions, or you can choose to go to our auction display area to check the authenticity of our auction tonight in advance."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai knew what was going on.
This should be the purpose of Xu Weiming calling him here.
I don't know where Xu Weiming got his confidence. It was just a casual encounter and he felt that he could identify the fine imitations of bronzes.
After getting out of the car, Xiao Bai first looked at the surrounding environment.
What he didn't expect was that in just a few hours, they would be taken from the city to this wilderness.
However, although the neighborhood looks a bit desolate, the number of buyers wearing masks at this moment is much more than Xiao Bai imagined.
Just from this glance, Xiao Bai could tell that there were at least more than a hundred people wearing masks.
At this moment, as new buyers continue to arrive, the scene becomes lively, and from time to time, the sound of bargaining can be heard like in a general antique market.
"Xiao Xiao, let's do this. There are too many people checking the lots at the auction house. Let's take a look at the ghost market first. At ten o'clock, let's go check out the organizers of today's ghost market. Items to be auctioned.”
After hearing Xu Weiming's words, Xiao Bai felt confident.
To be honest, he was still quite curious about what items were in this ghost market.
Saying goodbye to the three of them, Xiao Bai walked among the not-too-crowded crowd and soon reached various stalls.
After just a few glances, Xiao Bai felt his heart beating suddenly.
The quality of the items on these stalls is much higher than that of Panjiayuan.
Porcelain, jade, bronze, calligraphy and painting.
Xiao Bai was dazzled by the various objects. What made him even more frightened was that, according to his knowledge, most of these objects had just been unearthed.
Many of them still have the smell of earth on them, especially the two categories of bronzes and ancient jade. Basically all the corresponding objects have an earthy smell.
On the contrary, the calligraphy and paintings that he is more familiar with generally seem to have no traces of being unearthed. Think about it, after all, it is difficult to preserve such collections in tombs.
Looking at each piece one by one, Xiao Bai really felt like his heart was bleeding.
As a student majoring in archeology, the antiques on this stall undoubtedly represent the destructive looting of many ancient tombs.
He sighed softly, understanding that he was not able to change anything yet, so Xiao Bai just walked and watched.
Seeing that many collectors didn't care whether some objects were stolen or not, and only cared about the price, Xiao Bai felt that this circle was a little sick.
If the vast majority of people in the circle could resist these antiques with obvious signs of looting, there might not be so many people taking the risk to rob ancient tombs.
The more Xiao Bai looked at it, the more frightened he became.
The origins of the objects on the street stalls in this ghost market are really complicated. It is obvious that some of them were recently robbed from ancient tombs, and some of them were once exported and then returned to China.
At first glance, some of them must have been unearthed a few years ago and have been played with for a long time. There are even some porcelain salvaged from the sea.
This made Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh at the vast power of the ghost market owner and these private vendors.
After nearly an hour of shopping, Xiao Bai also stopped in front of several famous calligraphy and paintings that he was familiar with to ask for their prices.
The prices here are indeed lower than those in normal antique markets and auction houses. The stall owner's asking price is only 80% of the normal price, and there is still a lot of room for bargaining.
