treasure hunter

Shopping in a shopping mall can make people dazzled if you want to pick a good dress, let alone look at antiques. There are so many stores, and each store is full of various objects. It is really difficult to pick out real antiques inside.

Pei Miao wanted to train himself, so he didn't activate his abilities, but based on the knowledge of antiques he had learned over the years, he slowly saw that the speed was naturally not much faster.

In the first antique shop, he saw a few real things, but these things were either too expensive, or the collection value was too low. There was really nothing suitable for selling, so he could only go to the second one.

Before leaving the store, he used his Tai Xuyan's ability to scan everything in the store, in case any fish slipped through the net, and found that...he was thinking too much.

When I arrived at the second store, the situation was similar to the previous store. Most of the jade antiques were not cheap. After all, ancient jade itself was very valuable. Even if it had not been carved, as long as the quality of the jade was good enough, it would sell for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. The price is not a problem at all. The items in this store are still very expensive. For example, one of the jade cups from the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. The price is 2.

The price listed here is 5, which is 1.5 times higher than the price. Perhaps it is because the rent of stores in places like Shanghai is too high, which makes the prices of antiques inflated.

After visiting several stores in a row, the situation was basically the same. Pei Miao couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. Sure enough, it's not so easy to pick up leaks in Yunzhou Antique City.

In the blink of an eye, an hour later, Xu Hongchang called and asked Pei Miao to have dinner together.

So Pei Miao and Xu Hongchang met at the place where they broke up before, and then found a fast food restaurant for dinner.

There are snack bars and fast food restaurants on every floor here, and the number is not very large. After all, people depend on food, and people who play antiques also need to eat.

Since they had business to do, they just ate something to deal with it, and it was resolved in 10 minutes. After eating, the two walked out of the fast food restaurant. Xu Hongchang asked, "How is it? Did you gain anything?"

"No." Pei Miao smiled wryly and shook his head, "There are indeed a lot of good things in this place, but it's too difficult to miss."

"Hey." Xu Hongchang smiled, "Indeed, Yunzhou Antique City occupies half of the antique world in the Demon City. It is inside Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it is open every day. The traffic is quite large. Picked it up, so if you want to pick it up here, you need an extraordinary level and extraordinary luck, it's definitely not that easy."

"Yes." Pei Miao nodded vigorously and said, "I know, let's continue."

Xu Hongchang said: "Look at the second floor for a while. After an hour, no matter whether you have gained anything or not, go to the third floor."

"Okay, then I'll go to the shop over there and continue looking."

"Go."

Pei Miao and Xu Hongchang separated again. This time, the shop that Pei Miao entered was still mainly jade wares, but there were also some ceramics and other miscellaneous items, and there were even some literary toys. There were a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and antique racks. There are also things like brush washers and inkstones on it.

Pei Miao didn't see anything he liked in the jade area, so he turned to the play area.

In fact, there are not many things in the Wenwan area. Counting the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, there are less than twenty pieces in total.

Pei Miao looked at the Wenwan area, but still found nothing, sighed secretly, and was about to change to another store. Before leaving, he habitually scanned everything in the store with his Taixu eyes.

As soon as he activated Taixu Eye, he saw something shining brightly on the shelf in the Wenwan District. Pei Miao didn't bother to go over to see it, so he activated the Quanshen Domain, which happened to cover that thing in the Quanshen Domain.

This is an inkstone, and it is also Yishui inkstone. Yishui inkstone is also called Yishui ancient inkstone.

Yishui inkstone was produced in Yizhou. According to legend, it began in the Warring States period and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. It is the originator of inkstone making in my country. The inkstone is taken from a soft-colored purple-gray sedimentary rock by the Yishui River. There are purple, green, white, and brown. Natural Embellished with blue and yellow markings, the stone is delicate, soft and hard, and bright in color.

The biggest feature of Yishui inkstone craftsmanship is the application of art according to its aptitude, careful design, skillful use of inkstones, and exquisite knife skills. This is beyond the reach of any other inkstone.

Therefore, Yishui inkstones are generally expensive.

Pei Miao also saw the Yishui inkstone on the Bogu shelf just now. It is from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Both the material and the knife workmanship are excellent. It is a rare and fine Yishui inkstone. Because of this, The price of this Yishui Inkstone is also quite high, at 88.

Pei Miao was a little disappointed, this Fang Yishui inkstone can be bought at a market price of 40, 88 is too expensive, and his goal is to pick up leaks, even if this inkstone only sells for 40, he would not be bothered to sell it.

Just when Pei Miao was about to take back his ability, he suddenly found a line of small characters on the inner wall of the inkstone. When water is poured into the inkstone, the characters can be reflected on the water surface. In fact, no matter whether water or ink is poured into it, as long as the surface of the liquid is calm enough, the characters can be reflected. This design is really ingenious.

Pei Miao carefully identified these characters and found that they were in Manchu, and they were written backwards.

What is reverse writing? It means writing in reverse. After all, these words are for reflection on the liquid surface in the inkstone, and the characters are read from the reflection. Mirror reflection, of course, they must be written in reverse.

Pei Miao could still understand Manchu, and this line of Manchu translated into Chinese would be "Gift to my beloved Bu Mu Butai".

"Bumu Butai?" Pei Miao frowned and muttered to himself, carefully searching all the historical materials he had read in his mind. In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there seemed to be no such a famous figure. Could it be that he was an unknown person?

Confused, Pei Miao took out her phone and decided to check it online.

After entering the four words "Bumubutai", I clicked the search button, and a lot of connection options popped up.

Seeing the title of the first one, Pei Miao was overwhelmed with excitement, and quickly clicked in.

Seeing this, Pei Miao was ecstatic in his heart. After wandering so far, he finally encountered a big leak!

Pei Miao turned around and went back to the Bogu stand, pointed to the Yishui inkstone, and asked the boss, "Boss, can this Yishui inkstone be cheaper?"

The boss asked, "How much are you willing to give?"

Pei Miao thought for a while and said, "40 million."

The boss shook his head and smiled: "It can't be sold."

Pei Miao said: "Boss, I also run an antique shop, but it's not in Shanghai, but in Jinling. I know the estimated price. This Yishui Inkstone is indeed of good quality, but 40 yuan is absolutely worth it." It’s the ceiling in the price.”

The boss said: "Jinling is not the same as the Devil's. The market price you mentioned is the market price of Jinling, which is the same as the house price. Can the house price of Jinling be the same as that of our Shanghai city?"

Pei Miao nodded: "Boss, what you said makes sense. The rent here in Shanghai is much higher than that in Jinling. How about this, boss, please give me a price. If it's suitable, I'll buy it."

The boss said: "60."

Pei Miao laughed and said, "It's a bit high, boss, let's lower it a bit."

The boss also smiled apologetically: "It's already very low. I spent more than 50 yuan to get it back. You have to let me earn some rent money."

Pei Miao thought for a while and said, "Well, let's take a step back, 50, how about it, if the price is not enough, then I can only go to another house to see."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of leaving.

The boss is also a human being, and the price Pei Miao gave just touched his bottom line, so he pretended to be sad and said, "Okay, I'll sell it to you for 50 yuan. If you open an account today, you will lose money."

As the boss spoke, he went up and took the inkstone off the shelf, put it into a cardboard box, and stuffed sponge around the cardboard box.

While packing the inkstone into a box, he complimented Pei Miao with a smile: "Although you are young, you have good eyesight. This inkstone is a high-quality product. You don't even need to use it. You just fell in love with it at a glance. What about other laymen?" Knowing such a good thing..."

Pei Miao smiled at the side and said nothing, this boss is really good at business, after a deal is concluded, he still doesn't forget to flatter the customers, he just wants to attract a few repeat customers.

After wrapping the inkstone, the boss gave Pei Miao an order, swiped the card, and the transaction was successful. Pei Miao took the box containing the inkstone, turned around and walked out of the shop.

Pei Miao didn't care about winning or losing in the game of picking up the leak. As long as he could pick up the leak, he would be happy, and he would be happier if he picked up the big leak. Today's leak is definitely not small.

He stuffed the inkstone into his backpack and continued to visit other stores.

Afterwards, there was no luck, and nothing was achieved. The hour agreed with Xu Hongchang was up, and they met at the elevator entrance.

When Pei Miao saw Xu Hongchang's handbag shaking with his arm when he was walking, he knew that Xu Hongchang hadn't gained anything, because once Xu Hongchang put the baby in the handbag, the arm carrying the bag would no longer move when he was walking.

When the two met, Xu Hongchang said directly: "I have nothing to gain, what about you?"

Pei Miao said, "I bought an inkstone."

"Inkstone?" Xu Hongchang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "What inkstone, take it out for me to see, did you miss it?"

"Not sure yet." Pei Miao pretended to be a noob, and said, "Go buy a bottle of water first, I'm a bit thirsty."

"Okay." Xu Hongchang and Pei Miao went to the canteen not far away together, bought two bottles of water, one for each person, and then sat down on the rest chair in the aisle.

Without Xu Hongchang saying anything, Pei Miao took the initiative to take off the backpack, took out the box containing the inkstone from inside, slowly opened the box, took out the inkstone from inside, and put it on the stool.

"This is Yi Shui Yan." Xu Hongchang recognized it at a glance, and then asked, "Can I use it?"

Pei Miao smiled lightly, "Go ahead."

Xu Hongchang picked up the Yishui inkstone and looked at it carefully. After a while, Xu Hongchang put down the inkstone and said, "Looking at the craftsmanship, it seems to be the craftsmanship of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The craftsmanship is very good, and the age is okay. How much did you pay for it?"

Pei Miao raised five fingers and said, "50."

The smile on Xu Hongchang's face disappeared immediately, replaced by a look of disappointment, he smacked his lips, and said depressedly: "It's expensive, this thing is as expensive as 40."

Pei Miao smiled helplessly and said, "There's no way, everything is expensive here in Shanghai, even antiques are much more expensive than Jinling, I've tried my best to bargain."

Xu Hongchang sighed: "Forget it, let's go to the third floor and have a look. It seems that if we want to win today...it's a little bit hanging."

"Wait a minute first." Pei Miao said, "This inkstone still has some mysteries, I haven't figured it out yet, that's why I bought it."

"Mystery?" Xu Hongchang was taken aback when he heard the words, looked at the inkstone, then looked at Pei Miao, and asked, "What mystery?"

"You look after it." Pei Miao unscrewed the pure water bottle in his hand and poured water into the inkstone.

Xu Hongchang stared at him with wide eyes, his face full of bewilderment.

When the water covered the bottom of the inkstone, Pei Miao stopped pouring water, pointed at the inkstone with his fingers, and said, "Look again."

"Look at what?" Xu Hongchang was very confused, but he still stared at the water surface at the bottom of the inkstone.

The water wobbled a little at first, but soon calmed down, reflecting the lights on the ceiling like a dark mirror.

The light was too strong, Xu Hongchang looked at it for a long time but didn't find the mystery.

Pei Miao had no choice but to block the inkstone with his backpack, and said, "Let's take a look now."

Xu Hongchang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he still did as he said, staring at the water surface in the inkstone again, he tried to change several angles.

Suddenly exclaimed: "There are words!"

"Yes, those are the words." Pei Miao said, "Look carefully at what these words are."

"Let me see..." Xu Hongchang almost pressed his face on the inkstone, carefully identifying the words, and murmured, "This is Manchu, it's amazing, it's very likely to be a royal thing, and it's a gift for my beloved... Bu Mubutai, yes, that’s the sentence.”

Pei Miao pretended not to know anything, and asked, "Bumu Butai, who is it?"

"This is really asking me." Xu Hongchang said, "I know most of the Manchu names of the royal family members of the Qing Dynasty, but this... I really don't have the impression, it should not be a member of the royal family."

Pei Miao said, "Let's check it online."

"Okay, check it online." Xu Hongchang took out his mobile phone and searched online.

After all, Xu Hongchang is not a young man. He seldom uses his mobile phone to surf the Internet, and he also relies on handwriting to type. The speed is very slow.

Pei Miao watched from the sidelines, anxious for him.

Xu Hongchang tossed and tossed for a long time, and finally handed the phone to Pei Miao helplessly: "It's better for you to come, it's still up to you young people to play with the phone."

Pei Miao took the phone, and after a while of operations, he quickly found it. Then he pretended to be surprised and said, "Wow, it's a famous person!"

"Who is it?" Xu Hongchang hurried over to watch it together, and then he also exclaimed, "Is it Empress Xiaozhuang Wen?!"

"That's right, Xiaozhuang! I missed it!" Pei Miao agreed excitedly.

"Wait!" Xu Hongchang suddenly said seriously, "This inkstone was given to Xiaozhuang by someone else, who also said that Xiaozhuang was his true love, so who gave the inkstone?"

Pei Miao blinked and guessed, "Huang Taiji? Dorgon?"

"Damn it!" Xu Hongchang screamed loudly, and when he saw strange looks from passers-by, he quickly covered his mouth, lowered his voice, and said, "My God, whether it's Huang Taiji or Dorgon, they are all historical figures. , plus a Xiaozhuang, the value of this inkstone will take off."

Pei Miao asked excitedly, "Then I...have made a big mistake?"

"It's a big leak!" Xu Hongchang said excitedly, "Today's game, we are safe!"