One hundred and ninety-six chapters, I am not Lin Chong
Chapter 196, I am not Lin Chong
But You Fang secretly thought in his heart: "With today's sigh, why did you break up with Mr. Wu in the first place? It seems that you are commemorating Liang Sicheng, but in fact, you are more commemorating Wu Pingtong, right?"
At the same time, he was also very touched. Seeing the stunned expressions of Yang Chengbin and Ai Xiaocong, did this monument really not exist? No, they just couldn't see it! He could feel that Xue Qinan was not reciting the inscription, but
Staring at the empty place and "reading" the inscription, is this the unique "cultivation" that the best archaeologists today have accumulated throughout their lives?
One of the most important purposes of You Fang's visit to Yibin is to experience the "feeling of condensing the sword's spirit with spiritual consciousness and turning it into a real form". The scene in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with the secret method, but it shocked him greatly!
Even the experience of the subtleties of mind reading is vaguely helpful.
There is this place and this stele in Mr. Wu's hand-drawn notes. There is also a small mark next to it. Mr. Liang Sicheng had passed away when he drew it, and the stele did not exist, but he still drew it.
Thinking of this, You Fang suddenly "saw" there was a stone tablet there. It suddenly seemed real. It was exactly the same as the one drawn by Mr. Wu. He could even clearly see the inscription on the tablet, which was impossible in Mr. Wu's pencil drawing.
It was the first time he had heard Xue Qinan recite it just now.
His consciousness had been in a state of silence, and then he woke up without any abnormality. He did not activate his heart disk or operate any secret techniques. How could he have such an illusion? Recently, all phenomena have always seemed like illusions.
I feel that my secret cultivation has reached an unknown level again, or is there some other reason?
Xue Qinan bowed in salute. After reciting the inscription, You Fang naturally walked forward and bowed to the non-existent stele. As soon as he bowed, Hua Youxian also bowed without saying a word. Shen Sibao and Xie Xiaoding looked at each other.
Side by side, they stepped forward and bowed. Wu Yuchong looked at You Fang and the others, and found that his grandmother had been looking at him. He blinked and politely stepped forward to bow deeply.
Xue Qinan then smiled. On the way to Lizhuang, her expression had been as calm as water.
There are still a few kilometers to go from Banliao to Lizhuang Ancient Town Scenic Area. Ai Xiaocong and Yang Chengbin drank too much yesterday and were busy until going home very late. They got up early today to pick up people in the car.
While in the car, the two of them couldn't help but yawn. You Fang asked, "Have you been to Lizhuang many times?"
Section Chief Yang answered the question with some emotion: "I can't even remember how many times I have been here. Whenever there are important guests, I will accompany them to Lizhuang."
You Fang: "I see that you are very tired. You don't need to accompany us in today. With Mr. Xue here, we actually don't need a tour guide. You and Miss Ai can stay in the car and have a good rest."
Ai Xiaocong raised his hand and said: "I'll go in with you. This time is different. I'll walk around the ancient town with the handsome guy. I'll have a different feeling."
You Fang smiled and said: "Look at you, your eyes are bloodshot. You need to take good care of yourself, otherwise you will get dark circles."
Ai Xiaocong worriedly took out a small mirror from his bag and looked at it, then asked You Fang, "Have you always been so gentle to girls?"
Before You Fang could answer, Xie Xiaoding rushed to say: "Brother You Fang is my cousin's friend. He is very kind to everyone. I just advised Section Chief Yang to take a rest." This sentence was meant for Ai Ai.
As Xiao Cong said, the corner of his eye could not help but glance towards Wu Yuchong.
At this time, Xue Qinan spoke: "Xiao Yang, Xiao Ai, You Fang is right, you don't need to accompany us, just take good care of yourself. It has been really hard these two days! ... I am from Yibin and have been coming to Li since I was a child.
I have visited the village many times, and it was for art sketching and historical research. This time I want to tell the children about this place in person, without the need for a tour guide."
In the end, Xue Qinan led five young people into Lizhuang Ancient Town without being accompanied by two local officials. Chief Yang did not need to buy tickets when he led people to visit, but now he went directly to get six tickets and gave them to them, leaving
As a souvenir of your visit. The ticket sales area does not include the entire Lizhuang Town. For the purposes of historic site protection and tourism development, many residents of the original ancient town have moved to the outskirts.
Before entering the tourist area, there are many newly built antique buildings on both sides, various shops have been opened, and there are also vendors carrying various handicrafts on the road and at the entrance of the scenic spot to do business. They all have their own unique style.
, quite impressive, and very eye-catching when walking together. Many vendors gathered around to sell various souvenirs.
After finally getting rid of the entanglement of the vendors, I walked to the ticket gate of the ancient town scenic spot. It was relatively open and there were many tourists. They were queuing up to buy tickets, taking photos, resting and chatting in twos and threes, or gathering in groups to count people. In short, it was very lively. They
As I was walking forward through the crowd, I was suddenly stopped by another vendor.
The hawker was about thirty years old, tall and fair-skinned, and his accent sounded like a native of Sichuan. He came close to You Fang and said mysteriously: "Boss, do you want to buy antiques? I don't want to hand over the ancient sword dug out of the ground.
Give it to the government. If I know the goods, I will sell it to you. What a great sword!"
As he spoke, the man took out something from a canvas bag on his body. He held the hilt of the sword in his hand and only exposed the scabbard. It was a sheathed short sword that looked like a dagger, about the same length and size as Qin Yu who was wandering around.
Damn! You have heard this kind of talk in Panjiayuan a lot, and it is all just to fool laymen. There are many folk collectors who have heard many Taobao fortune-making stories, and hope that they can become such a lucky person. They look forward to it all day long.
It happens that people pick up goods at low prices, so soliciting business in this way is aimed at this kind of people's psychology.
But this person’s business seems to be in the wrong place. Most people don’t look for “antiques” of unknown origin at the entrance of scenic spots. Everyone comes here to travel, not to go to the cultural relics market to hunt for treasures. Unless the price is as cheap as modern antiques with clearly marked prices.
The imitations are almost the same, so some people will buy them with the mentality of not being fooled, but they can't be sold at a high price, and there is no profit.
This trick is most effective only for laymen who are just starting out and think they are experts, and they have to make things look real.
You Fang thought it was a bit funny. He really had the wrong person to do this in front of him. Moreover, if he wanted to use all kinds of Chinese and foreign fakes to dazzle everyone in their group, it would be too difficult! Digging them out? Look at the hands of the hawker.
There are no traces of hoe work on the cocoons?
These are small details. If you want to deceive people, you have to do something nice. The scabbard is obviously new and the craftsmanship is not bad. Could it be that the dug out thing is equipped with a special modern craft scabbard?
You Fang also felt a little strange. Among the six of them, Wu Yuchong was the most eye-catching and the one with the highest return rate. And he was neither the richest nor the easiest to deceive. Why did he come to this person to solicit business?
Himself? But at this moment, he had no time to quarrel with the hawker. You Fang waved his hands impatiently and said: "No, no, no, I don't have any money!" and walked forward.
But the hawker followed him, stepped forward and said: "I'm not going to lie to you, it's really an antique. If you don't believe it, just look at it..." He had already pulled out the dagger, but without saying anything, he said "Ouch" and the sword was gone.
Get rid of it.
It doesn't matter if he's soliciting business, how could You Fang let someone pull out the murder weapon at such a close distance? As soon as the sword was unsheathed, he reached out and grabbed the man's sword-holding wrist, and shouted: "What do you want to do?
If you don’t buy it, you don’t buy it. With so many people in broad daylight, you still want to commit murder and robbery?”
The vendor's arm went limp and half of his body was numb. He couldn't hold the dagger and dropped it. You Fang took it smoothly. Before he could say anything, the people next to him all let out a "huh" sound. As you stretched out his hand, he already felt
Something was wrong. I lowered my head and saw that I actually had an ancient sword in my hand that was well-preserved and of extraordinary quality.
This short sword is actually a dagger. The blade is less than twenty centimeters long. In ancient times, it was also a sharp weapon hidden in the sleeves or lapels. There are two seal characters "Qingyu" cast on the small sword hilt, which is square and straight.
The pen and seal script are in the style of Ming Dynasty utensils, and their shape really looks a bit like a blue feather.
The blades on both sides are not straight. There is a very small arc that converges to the tip of the sword. No matter how well-preserved the ancient sword is, it cannot be as shiny as new, but there is no rust, and it seems to be covered with a layer of haze.
fog. If you look carefully at the surface of the sword, there are lines emerging, which are commonly referred to as "pine lines". The more obvious lines are like waves, and the more hidden lines are like snowflakes, which can only be vaguely seen by facing the reflection.
With just his eyesight, You Fang could tell that this ancient sword was probably from the Ming Dynasty. He also discovered something else with his spiritual sense. This thing was indeed unearthed. It was not unearthed for a long time, only about a year.
No, it's very well preserved. What's even more special is that it's not an ordinary sword, but a spiritual evil blade, a weapon that is hard to find for masters of the secret arts!
Someone has killed many people with it. It doesn't look very sharp, but there is a vague and sharp evil intent condensed in the sword. If you hold it in your hand on a hot day and concentrate on it, the hairs on your arms will stand up inexplicably. There are already
of spirituality.
Of course, the so-called spirituality of an object cannot be as exaggerated and incredible as Qin Yu's. It is a unique physical property condensed by natural or man-made accumulation in the process of making and long experience.
The artifacts of life have their own character.
The spirituality of this sword is very weak, certainly not as good as Qin Yu's, but in the hands of a master of secret arts, the sword can be continued to be raised and turned into a magic weapon. This kind of thing is rare and not easy to come across. In the hands of masters of secret arts,
In my eyes, the value far exceeds that of ordinary antiques. It is almost impossible to let go of it if you see it in the market.
You Fang's spiritual consciousness is in a state of silence and does not take the initiative to disturb or circulate the surrounding earth energy. However, when the earth energy and various physical properties in the environment change, it will immediately react. Just now, he had preconceived ideas that this was the case.
The hawker was fooling the layman and didn't pay much attention. When the hawker took out the sword, the hilt was completely in his hand, the blade was in the sheath, and the traveler couldn't see its original appearance.
It was obviously impossible for the hawker to use secret methods to stimulate the spirit of the sword and disturb the environment for You Fang to notice, so he didn't pay attention at all. When the sword was drawn out and fell into his hand again, of course You Fang could sense it clearly and ate it secretly.
Startled.
You Fang was startled, and his consciousness immediately sensed that the sword in his hand made a faint whistling sound. This was not an illusion, but someone touched it with the unique Nine Star Palace secret method and stimulated its spirituality. Made by Shen Sibao It is very clever and concealed. If the sword was not in his hand, You Fang would not be able to detect it at all. It seems that this descendant of the Nine Star Sect, after several trials, has completely misunderstood You Fang as an ordinary person who does not know the secret method.
Xue Qinan in front turned around and saw the sword in You Fang's hand. He let out a sigh and blurted out: "It's really an ancient relic."
Shen Sibao also stretched out his hand and said with great interest: "Show me."
You Fang handed the sword to Shen Sibao. The vendor rubbed his wrist and shouted with dissatisfaction, "Look, what do you think? I'd say it's an antique! You guys also know the goods. Since you can recognize it, give me a price." On the other hand, he couldn't hide his somewhat proud look.
You Fang glanced at the other person from his forehead to his feet and looked at the vendor carefully, like a treasure hunter who has been shopping for cultural relics in the market. He frowned slightly and asked in a reserved tone: "Where did this thing come from? Scabbard." What happened again?"
The vendor lowered his voice and said: "It was dug out from the foundation of a house and put in a wooden box. The box is already rotten. This sword is quite good. The scabbard is a later accessory."
You Fang: "How much do you want to sell it for?"
The vendor's eyes glanced to both sides, he came closer and opened his hand and said: "This sword is special. It makes you cry at night. It is a very valuable treasure. Since you know the goods, I will give you the real price." .I am doing a business and I need 500,000 yuan in capital, so I will sell this sword for 500,000 yuan!"
Five hundred thousand? You Fang's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, which was related to a famous ancient story. In the seventh chapter of "Water Margin", "The flower monk uprooted the weeping willow, and the leopard head mistakenly entered the White Tiger Hall", Lin Chong was shopping I met someone selling weapons by chance and bought a sword at a very cheap price.
The scene described in "Water Margin" is very similar to the current scene. At that time, Lin Chong was shopping with Lu Zhishen. Someone was selling knives on the street, but he deliberately only stared at Lin Chong, a "good-knowledgeable person". It was obviously a precious knife, but Lin Chong only used it. You can buy it for a thousand guan. Looking at the plot later, this knife is actually a bait, a chess piece used by Gao Yanei and others to frame Lin Chongbu.
Is the vendor's asking price too high or too low? It's hard to say, because the price of antiques varies greatly depending on the condition. Don't look at the current market for Ming and Qing porcelain and ancient famous calligraphy and painting, which are basically deliberately speculated. Yes, if an ancient weapon like this is not in good condition, it may only be sold for a few thousand yuan in the industry.
This dagger is quite well-preserved and of extraordinary quality. If an expert were to price it, it would be at least 100,000 yuan. Although it is not as exaggerated as outsiders imagine, it is already very good. In fact, the main transaction for this kind of thing is It still depends on the psychological price and bid price of the buyer and seller, the bidding capital, and the transaction price is not certain, and it may range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
The asking price of 500,000 yuan is naturally ridiculously high. Laymen don’t know it, and insiders won’t buy it. But this sword is not an ordinary antique. It is a spiritual evil blade. It is better than the same model in the same era. The Prime Minister's dagger is much more valuable, it depends on whether you know the goods. If you are a collector with a keen sense of spirituality, or an expert in the secret arts, you will never let it go if you encounter it. Five hundred thousand is quite enough. Low!
If he saw this sword elsewhere, such as at the Panjiayuan Antique Market, You Fang would find a way to buy it anyway. Five hundred thousand? He didn't even think about counter-offering! The only thing he worried about was that the boss who was selling the goods would find out.
Suspicious flaws, regretted not selling.
The so-called priceless treasures in this world are actually valuable as long as they can be traded on the market. It depends on the willingness of the buyer and the seller. As far as the traveler is concerned, he is definitely willing to spend more than one million, as long as it does not exceed two million.
He would be happy to buy the sword. As for the higher price, it's not that the sword is definitely not worth it, but that he can't afford it.
But at this time, the tourist was very cautious and had already become suspicious of this vendor. The things that were stopped by passers-by in this place were usually cheap handicrafts that did not exceed fifty yuan. Who would spend half a million to buy something here?
?The only seemingly reasonable explanation is that this person is a nearby resident and does not understand the market and value of antiques. He really digs out the treasure and goes to the entrance of the scenic spot to try it in a place where there seem to be many foreigners and rich people.
Try your luck.
But You Fang obviously didn't think so. This hawker was holding a spiritual evil blade. There were so many people looking for it, but he stopped in front of him and quoted an absurdly high and shockingly low sum of five hundred thousand.
Price. If it were just an ordinary antique, of course he would not buy it. If he were a master of secret arts, encountering such a thing would be like pie in the sky. Even if the vendor was unwilling to sell it, he would definitely try to buy it.
It is very possible that this person is testing him! This spiritual evil blade is the stone that casts stones to ask for directions.
If this is the case, is the hawker testing him or them? Who instigated it and what is the purpose? The little wanderer thought of so many things in a flash, but on the surface he remained calm, showing that he was both interested and uncomfortable.
He said with a worthy expression: "Fifty thousand, what are you trying to steal? The maximum is the most, and it is worth 50,000 yuan! Fellow fellow, I can tell you that you have met an expert today. Our home is in Panjiayuan, Beijing.
In the antique business!”
The price quoted by You Fang is really cruel. Even if this sword is traded in Panjiayuan, it is worth at least one hundred thousand. But there is one thing. At this time, the origin of this thing is unknown, and it will cost a lot of money to buy it back.
After careful processing, this is the lowest price for receiving goods in the industry. Don't think that the appraisal certificate, where it is sold, and the supporting transaction invoice are not valuable. They are also part of the value of antiques.
If this sword were placed in Yuchong Pavilion in New York, and an internationally renowned expert like Xue Qinan could nod to appraise it, then it would be no problem to ship it from there and sell it for 100,000 US dollars. But at the gate of Lizhuang Scenic Area, from a ghost
If you buy it from a sneaky hawker, if the other party is also an expert, you will know that the price is exorbitant.
The fact that You Fang quoted this price obviously means that he thinks it is a real ancient sword, but on the other hand, he does not regard it as a spiritual evil blade at all.