In recent years, the style of appraising treasures has prevailed.
Regardless of the rich and the poor, the knowledgeable or the inexperienced, when you see the antique market, you will always go in for a stroll, see the eye-catching, and bargain. , Have to take home.
But in the huge antique market, with so many odds and ends, how many really open the door?
Picking up leaks, not everyone can pick up leaks.
But in Yancheng, there is a strange man, whoever passes his eyes and never runs away. This man is called Shigu.
Shigu was an unemployed vagrant, and he spent his days in the antique market. The antique market in Yancheng is located in the west of the city. It is a quaint three-story building with stores and counters lined up by the aisles. Outside, there is a square. There are countless stalls.
The antique market is a place where people are also mixed. In the crowd, he is not the one that is not eye-catching. He has small eyes on his nose and looks gentle, but once he speaks, The voice can be heard clearly regardless of several counters.
This morning, it looked like six o’clock in the morning, but the phone rang when ancient times were still asleep. It was Wu Shun, who said it was something new in the store. , Let Shi Gu choose.
Wu Shun’s tone sounded very excited. There were about two or two good things, so at nine o’clock, he was already sitting in Wu Shun’s shop.
Wu Shun’s shop is not a good location in the antique market, and there are not many people who enter it on weekdays, but it happens to be scorned by the ancients. Once you come and go, two people will make it. Friends.
In the antique market business, there is a habit that most things are made old before they are placed on the counter, which is deceptive and can be sold at a good price. I don’t know that this is a waste. It was a good thing. Shi Gu is extremely disgusted with old things, so whenever he buys new things, Wu Shun always asks Shi Gu to pick them first, and Shi Gu picks up the rest, and he makes the old ones again and puts them on the counter.
Wu Shunjin is indeed in a good mood. The counter is covered with white flannel and a few gadgets, including jade and porcelain. Wu Shun pointed to a snuff bottle: ” It’s a good thing from Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.”
I didn’t want to take a look at the time, and said: “Imitated from the Republic of China. You have these few things today are ordinary, like this The jade is all new, so let me see it too?”
Wu Shun laughed, took out a box from under the counter, opened it, and there was a blue and white cloud dragon pattern inside. Plate, looking gratifying.
“It’s a coincidence this time, I got it all from the Qing Dynasty. Look at this, don’t you have a good eye?”
This time I just got interested, I picked it up and held it in my handAfter a while, he took a closer look at the pattern on it and closed the lid.
“How much?”
Wu Shunle laughed, and stretched out three fingers: “I’m an old friend, the price is You and I don’t make money.”
Shi Gu also laughed: “I’ll go out again, you can open the door for business!”
After finishing speaking, Shi Gu really left. Wu Shun was dumbfounded. He opened the box and looked at it for a long time, wondering in his heart, this thing is right. Why did Shi Gu go away this time?
Shigu walked around the antique market, went to the bathroom, and then returned to Wu Shun’s shop. After leaving a paper bag, Wu Shun opened it and looked at it with a smile: “I’ll just say, this thing should be right.”
I lighted a cigarette and smiled: “You go to the country, and you get back dozens of dollars and sell me This is a lot more money.”
Wu Shun noticed that there was a scar on the wrist where the cigarette was held in the old age, and it was bleeding.
“Yeah, where did this cut it?”
Shigu just noticed and wiped it casually on his body: ” It’s okay, it’s okay.”
After leaving Wu Shun’s shop, I made a call from time to time and went home.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, the doorbell of Shigu’s house rang, and a middle-aged man in his forties came. As soon as he entered the door, he asked, “This time things are very open?”
Wu Shun pointed to the box on the table: “Ming Yongle’s.”
Middle-aged people’s eyes lit up in an instant. At this moment, ancient times His phone rang, he turned and walked to the bedroom, leaving only the middle-aged man in the living room.
The middle-aged man named Zhao Fengnian, a businessman, has a hobby of collecting antiques, and his favorite is blue and white.
Zhao Fengnian is very fond of this blue and white cloud dragon pattern plate. He held it in his hand for a long time, and was anxious to talk about the price with Shigu. Unexpectedly, Shigu had been on the phone for a long time. Minutes passed, there was no intention to come out.
The furnishings of Shigu’s house are very unusual, but experts can see the doorway from the inside. Take the little boy in front of Zhao Fengnian for example, old objects and Ming furniture. Ask Shigu, but Shigu declined.
This table is a bit rare. It has four legs and is supported by four tortoises underneath. The tortoise is fake. When he first saw it, Zhao Fengnian thought the tortoise was alive. , That is also wood, a part of Xiaoji.
Today, there is a book on Xiaoji, “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio”, which looks like an ancient manuscript.
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The book is opened upside down, obviously, inBefore Zhao Feng came, Shigu was watching.
Anyway, I was bored, Zhao Fengnian picked up the book, trying to kill the time.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ji suddenly swayed when his hand touched the page of the book.
Zhao Fengnian jumped and loosened his hand and the book fell to the ground.
He bent over to pick it up, but he was stunned.
The tortoise closest to him stretched out his head at this moment, looking at him in a daze. This picture is very strange. The tortoise’s neck is stiff, and its two eyes are white, as if it can’t see things. Its mouth is closed, as if it is talking.
In the living room, a hoarse voice rang Zhao Fengnian’s eardrums constantly: “Help me! Help me!”
Always steady The calm Zhao Fengnian yelled out unexpectedly.
“What’s the matter?”
Shi Gu walked out at this moment and saw Zhao Fengnian lying on the ground, and found it ridiculous: ” Boss Zhao, is there anything on the floor of my house?”
“Here, this tortoise…”
Shigu squatted down: “Turtle What’s the matter?”
“It will…” Zhao Fengnian turned to look at the tortoise just now, and suddenly stopped his mouth. The tortoise still looks like the old one, and the wood lines seem to have never Lived.
“Boss Zhao, I know you like this little boy, but I think you should remember that no matter how much you bid, I will not sell it.”
Zhao Fengnian felt that his appearance was a little funny, and he was busy sitting upright on the sofa again, calmed down, and said, “Remember, of course, I was just a little dizzy when I was picking up a book, sorry.”< br>
He put the book back on the small table again, and glanced over the page that was opened earlier, which was “Eight Kings”.
Shi Gu’s expression suddenly became serious, and he closed the book with a “pop”.
“Boss Zhao, why don’t we talk about this?”
The rest of the time will be spent in bargaining.
When everything finally settled, Zhao Fengnian raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was six o’clock.
“Mr. Shi, how about going to have a meal together?”
As before, Shi Gu declined: “Sorry, I I like to stay at home.”
Zhao Fengnian had to leave. Before leaving, intentionally or unconsciously, he glanced at the tortoise.
“Boss Zhao, don’t hit me on ideasUp. “
Shi Gu put a hand on the door frame, looking impatient.
Zhao Fengnian also saw it, Shi Gu’s wrist had a Bloodstains.
After getting into the car with a lot of doubts, Zhao Fengnian said to the driver: “Lao Zhang, go buy me a copy of “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio”, I’ll wait for you here. “
There is a bookstore nearby. When “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio” was delivered to Zhao Fengnian, he only saw one story, “The Eight Great Kings”.
At ten o’clock in the evening, neon lights are shining everywhere in the city. Zhao Fengnian met Shi Gu in a bar and said that a friend had bought a new baby, look for Shi Gu.
< br/> When I came to the bar as scheduled, I saw Zhao Fengnian and his friend in a private room. She was a young girl, but she was in her twenties.
Girl The things I brought were really good. Shi Gu was used to seeing the baby, and he seldom moved his heart, but this time, his heart moved.
Shi Gu went to the bathroom again under the pretext of smoking. When I come back, my face is bright.
“Things are good things. “Shi Gu only said that.
“I heard that Mr. Shi’s family has a special family, can you let me see? “
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Shigu immediately refused: “Sorry, I don’t like strangers going home.” “
“Just take a look and give this thing to Mr. Shi.” “The girl is very persistent.
Shigu began to think secretly in his heart, just take a look, it shouldn’t be a big problem, let alone, he really likes the object.
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“Okay, but at most fifteen minutes, you can’t take pictures or touch. “
The girl smiled: “Just listen to Mr. Shi. “
In the ancient home, there is actually an old smell. Even when Zhao Feng saw the ancients at the beginning of the year, he felt that there was no trace of modernity in this person until he came back. At the time of the ancient house, I only knew the reason. In the ancient house, everything is old. Staying with them every day, the whole person seems to be soaked in antiques, very old.
The living room is lit with dim lights, and four tortoises are carrying a small table, sleeping quietly.
In ancient times, I boiled water on the small table to make tea, between my wrists. The blood stains were looming, Zhao Fengnian casually said: “Mr. Shi, the wound seems to be deeper. “
Shigu put down his sleeves and said, “I am a man with hands and feet, so I always have injuries on my body. “
“Mr. Shi, do you have coffee in your house? I am not used to drinking tea.” “The girl said suddenly.
Although Shi Gu was scolding her for a lot of trouble, he still went to the kitchen to make coffee for her. Taking advantage of this moment, Zhao Fengnian winked at the girl, and saw that the girl took out a delicate knife from her small bag and cut her finger.
The blood dripped on the tortoise’s body, and the tortoise was alive in an instant, and slowly stretched out its four legs.
“Do me a favor!” the girl whispered to Zhao Fengnian, Zhao Fengnian and her worked together to lift the little boy, the four tortoises still stayed in place, but only the one One of them stretched out their hands and feet.
“This tortoise is really alive.” Zhao Fengnian was surprised.
“Only this one, and the remaining three, should have been cut open.” The girl said.
Zhao Fengnian looked through the three turtles one by one, and indeed, the belly has been cut open, and the three turtles are already dry.
“Is it really a turtle treasure?” Zhao Fengnian asked. To see ghost stories, come to Ghost Story.
Before the girl could answer, the ancient voice came over: “You are lucky to see Biebao.”
“You see what you shouldn’t look at, what should you do?”
Shigu looked sideways at the shoulder of the little man, like Asking.
When Zhao Fengnian and the girl heard this, they were all startled. They saw Shi Gu’s other hand behind them, as if holding something.
The two of them looked at each other, and instinctively fled to the door, but at this moment, there was a cry of wailing from the ancient times, and the rescued turtle did not know when he had arrived. By the side of his feet, he opened his mouth and bit on it. He was caught off guard and fell to the ground with pain. The turtle treasure on his shoulder also fell to the ground and was swallowed by the turtle.
The time when his eyes were blood red, he was stunned for an instant, as if all the supports were removed in an instant, and he became a puppet without a soul.
“Come on!”
The girl pulled Zhao Fengnian up and ran out. In a panic, Zhao Fengnian couldn’t help but turn her head, dim. Under the light of the night, Shigu, who was out of nowhere, had grabbed the turtle, and was cutting its belly with a kitchen knife in his hand.
Like a new life, a small person appeared again at the end of his eyes, with a childlike appearance, like an old man and a child.
This is the last turtle treasure in the world.
Since then, the people in the Yancheng Antique Market have never seen the shadow of the outdated, but everyone in the antique circle remembers that this person has a pair of eyes.Can distinguish the world baby. Many antique-loving bosses feel a pity that without a person like Shigu, who else can find a treasure for them?
It’s just that when Zhao Fengnian thought of the scene that night, he still felt scared. Fortunately, he knew the girl and saved his life. As for who is this girl? Zhao Fengnian only knows that her surname is Pu, she is well-known in the antique circle, and everyone is called Girl Pu. Because of the couple of auctions, the two of them are very strong, chatting speculatively, and become friends. Girl Pu is very knowledgeable, especially about rare things, that’s why she recognizes the turtle treasure. As for Miss Pu’s Beijing, I’m afraid it’s not something like Zhao Fengnian.
Later, Zhao Fengnian sent someone to see Shigu’s house, but he had already left the room. As for where he went, whether he was alive or dead, it is unknown.
Ten years later, when Zhao Fengnian received an invitation to go to Liucheng to participate in a grand auction, among the crowd, he faintly saw a figure with his nose on the shelf. The glasses, the gentle appearance, the voice is very loud, it looks very ancient.
Zhao Fengnian is old, but he is still youthful in time.
Biebao, “The Eight Great Kings” in “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio” contains an article: “With this thing, wherever there is jewelry, you can see it under the yellow spring, that is, you don’t know it. Things are also known by their names casually.” “Zhuyeting Miscellaneous Notes” also mentioned: “Its things are as big as beans and love to eat blood. The winner will make an appointment with him for ten or eight years, and he will eat some blood every day. Li. The agreement is to stroke the arm with a small knife and put it in the arm. From then on, you can recognize the treasure.”
Thinking about it, I don’t know where to find this. The spirit creature mentioned in the article was trapped in his own home, fed with his own blood, and reached a contract with him, so the world’s antique treasures could not escape his eyes, and he made a fortune. However, the contract has a time limit. The three turtle treasures have exhausted their lives in his hands, and the last remaining one has been with him for ten years. How long can the strange people be legendary in the ancient times, who knows ?
As the saying goes, a thousand-year king and eighty-thousand-year turtle, such a spiritual thing, it is better not to desecrate, how can the momentary scenery be worth the bleak end, people are watching the sky, or Good virtue and good deeds!