Lu Xin was a little uneasy: "Senior Brother Yang, why do I feel that this place is so evil? It makes people panic. Besides, the lighting is so bad, how can we see good things? Why don't we wait until dawn to come back!"

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Yang Dayan said nonchalantly: "Junior brother Lu, you know this street is called Mojin Street. It used to be the place where Captain Mojin lived and sold stolen goods. What Captain Mojin is? They are those tomb robbers who dig graves.

They and the treasures they dug out are all filled with Yin energy. Over time, this place has become so gloomy. In fact, as long as you have enough masculine energy, you will be fine if you come here a few times. Many collectors who are either rich or noble have delicate bodies.

It’s so expensive that I don’t dare to come here to shop for goods in person, but it gives us middlemen a huge advantage! Junior Brother Lu, you are very energetic, what are you afraid of, go in! Don’t worry about not being able to see clearly, Senior Brother Yang

My eyes have been specially trained to see objects clearly in the dark, haha, comparable to an owl!"

After hearing what Yang Dayan said, Lu Xin followed him in with confidence.

Approaching the intersection of Mojin Street, Lu Xin could vaguely notice that there were many pairs of eyes looking at him, a stranger, with vigilance. Maybe it was because he was following Yang Dayan, and they all relaxed their vigilance.

After actually walking into Mojin Street, Lu Xin was not as nervous as before.

When he was very young, there was no electricity in his hometown, and the dim kerosene lamps were lit. When he was a child, he was bold and naughty. He and his friends once climbed into the graves that were hollowed out by hares and mice, and even

Some children took out some funerary objects from inside. Their elementary school was built on a mass grave. Once when they were digging a hole to plant trees, they dug out a skeleton. Lu Xin, who had experienced these things, was actually very courageous.

Yang Dayan whispered to Lu Xin as he walked: "The shopkeepers of these shops have been gold-diggers for generations, and now they also directly purchase things excavated through various construction projects. In short, there is a shop in Jiangzhou

The rule is that all treasures dug out of the ground must go through Mojin Street, so some genuine goods and some high-quality products will appear here!"

His big eyes suddenly stopped at a stall and he walked over quickly. Lu Xin also quickly followed.

Yang Dayan knelt down and looked at the ten bronze Buddha statues on the stall.

Those ten Buddha statues are all exactly the same, with a big head, a small body, and slightly short legs. The proportions of the human body are inaccurate. The shape looks dull. There is a lack of movement and posture changes, the flesh is flat, and the face is plump. They wear robes and belt-style Buddhist attire.

The clothing pattern is very shallow, the body is plump, the grain of the necklace is too large, and the workmanship is a bit rough, hanging down past the knees, and the treasure string and shawl also hang down to both sides, lacking elegant movement. These Buddha statues are stained with rust, and they seem to be really

It has been buried on the ground for many years, and some parts of the Buddha statue are still mixed with some soil, as if they were newly dug out not long ago.

I don’t know if it is because of the ability to control gold, but Lu Xin’s eyesight has also been significantly enhanced now. He can still clearly see the details of the Buddha statues under the kerosene lamp, but he is still a layman and can only see the difference between these Buddha statues and

What he usually saw was so different that he thought these were rough imitations, so he looked at Yang Dayan strangely, why would Senior Brother Yang waste time on these bronze statues.

Yang Dayan realized Lu Xin's doubts and whispered: "I suspect that this is a bronze Buddha statue of the Sui Dynasty. The mainstream of the statues follows the style of the Northern Zhou Dynasty statues, but it also has the characteristics of transition to the mature bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty, so it looks nondescript.

But because it exists in small quantities, its value is relatively high!”

"How much is it worth?"

"I'm not sure, but in recent years, bronze Buddha statues have been very popular in the auction market. They have been highly sought after by collectors from all walks of life, and the transaction prices have also hit new highs. At an autumn auction in Suzhou in 2006,

, a gilt-gilt seated statue of Sakyamuni from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty was successfully auctioned for HK$123.59 million, setting a world auction record for a bronze Buddha statue to date. Due to the scarcity of bronze Buddha statues in the Sui Dynasty, it was possible to sell for millions at auction.

It’s possible to have tens of millions, it all depends on the auction company’s hype!”

"Then why are you hesitating? Buy them all!"

"Hey, most of these Buddha statues are fakes that have been carefully imitated according to the original ones, and the surface has been deliberately aged. If I help you choose the wrong one, wouldn't you be the one who got taken advantage of!"

"Aren't they the descendants of Captain Jin? They only know how to dig graves. How can they make fakes?"

"Who is willing to train their children and grandchildren to dig graves and graves like themselves? The descendants of those who touched the golden school captain are more likely to be fakes, because their relatives and friends are still digging graves and have access to the first

They can make high-quality imitations of cultural relics in the first place, and they can make the fakes look like the real ones, and sell them at the same price as the real ones. Selling fakes can make more money than selling the real ones directly!"

Lu Xin was speechless. This was an era when even tomb robbers were not doing their job properly and were rushing to make fakes.

Yang stared at the ten Buddha statues with big eyes. After looking at them for a long time, he couldn't tell which one of these Buddha statues was authentic.

Lu Xin saw the tangled look on his face and knew it was time for him to take action.

He reached out and quietly pressed a Buddha statue, used his metal-controlling power, and analyzed the metal composition of the bronze Buddha statue. He was surprised to find that the metal materials used inside and outside the Buddha statue were very different. He took a closer look using the gold perspective and found that

The inner structure of the red copper is new, and the outer copper material is old. There are two layers of skin on the inside and outside.

He raised his head and glanced at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was used to this kind of counterfeit business and had an indifferent expression on his face.

Lu Xin unceremoniously absorbed all the metal energy in the copper material of this Buddha statue. Huh, tomb robber, let alone sell it for 100,000 yuan, you can't even sell it for 1,000 yuan.

He quietly touched several other bronze Buddha statues and found that only one was old both inside and outside. There was still patina inside. The patina seeped out from the copper material. It seemed like it was born with it. It was very harmonious. Moreover, this one was old.

The detailed metal composition of the copper material of the bronze statue is completely different from the ones just mentioned. The copper material used in the previous ones is obviously made by modern technology and has less impurities. However, the copper material used in this bronze statue is not pure enough and contains a lot of

The impurities seem to be copper materials made by ancient craftsmanship.

He absorbed all the metal energy from the copper in the other fakes to make up for the loss of his gold-controlling ability, then pulled Yang Dayan aside and asked in a low voice: "Brother, tell me, in their shop

Are there any genuine ones?”

Yang Dayan smiled and said: "There is an unwritten rule in this Gold Touching Street. Each shop can display many kinds of fakes, but one of them must be genuine. If the treasure hunter buys all the goods, in the end,

If it is found that they are all fakes, the shop must be closed and gone, so these shops dare not display all fakes. One of the antiques in a series must be authentic!"

Lu Xin chuckled and said, "Then why don't you just buy them all?"

Yang Dayan smiled bitterly and said: "These shop owners have been in this business for generations. They are very smart. They can roughly estimate the auction price of genuine products. Divide this auction price by the total number of genuine products plus fakes they sell. Then we calculate the unit price. The unit price is very expensive. If ordinary people buy them all, they won’t make much profit or even lose money! And now it is stipulated that you can only buy one at a time!"

"In that case, isn't it just like gambling? Betting on one out of ten?"

"Betting here, at least there is hope, because here one out of a dozen is real, but there is no hope in other places. There may not be one out of a thousand antiques there. Where do you say you are willing to gamble? ?” (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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