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Xing Yi's reaction was also very fast. He immediately squatted down and opened the sack to check.

The judges quickly asked: "How is it? Did you meet it?"

Xing Yi said: "It's okay."

The judge took a breath and said, "It's fine."

The engraver was worried and wanted to take a look.

Xing Yi said: "It's really okay. You don't need to look at it. Let's look at your sketch."

The judge stopped the carver with his hand and said, "The master has seen it, so don't worry."

Let’s look at the sketch next.

After seeing seven or eight pictures, Xing Yi picked out one of them: "I think this one is pretty good." He handed it to Yang Linxiang to look at.

Yang Linxiang looked at it and said, "I don't understand. It's up to you if you like it."

The judge took it over and looked at it and said, "Yes, since the owner has chosen it, then you can just follow this drawing and make the construction. Pay attention to the details. Many collectors like stones, which are mostly set off by the base." Boosting effect.”

The engraver marked the sketch and said, "Sorry, you have to pay a deposit."

The judge continued: "Yes, this is also the rule. Once you pay the deposit, the agreement is established. The amount can fluctuate. I think in order to go smoothly, I will take 666 yuan first and get a good fortune."

Xing Yi said with a smile on his face: "To be honest with the judges and the master, since it is our first time to travel far away, it is not convenient to bring cash, so we have to go to the bank to withdraw it. How about this, you wait in the restaurant first, and I will withdraw the money."

The judge said: "What? Do you want to treat me?"

"Yes, it is fate and opportunity for everyone to meet here. We will continue to communicate with each other in the future. I hope you can give me this opportunity and allow me to prepare two glasses of wine to pay tribute to the master, and more importantly, to the judges."

Seeing that he was speaking sincerely, the judge said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

"You guys go to the dining room first. I'll take the stone back to the dormitory and then get the money."

The carver said: "We will wait for you here. When you come, we will go to the restaurant together."

The sculptor insisted, so Xing Yi had no choice but to obey him and bend down to pick up the stone. When he got up, he suddenly shouted "Ouch!" and his bent waist could not be straightened for a while.

Yang Linxiang quickly stretched out his hand to support him: "What's wrong?"

Xing Yi shook his hand: "It's okay, it's okay." He continued to exert force and shouted again, "This waist seems to be flashing."

Yang Linxiang took the stone and said, "Don't move, I'll go."

Yang Linxiang carried the stone and took the elevator.

Seeing that his waist was still bowed, the judges asked, "Is there any problem?"

He put his hands on his hips and tried to twist the waist slowly, 45 degrees, [-] degrees, and frowned slightly: "It's okay, it will be fine in a moment."

He touched his breast pocket and said with an apology, "Sorry, the bank card is in the pocket of another pair of underwear. I have to go upstairs to get it. You go and book the private room first, and I will pay the bill together."

The judge said: "Okay, you go quickly."

Yang Linxiang put the stone away and was exiting the room when Xing Yi pushed him in. He turned back and closed the door and locked it.

"What happened to you?"

Seeing him hurriedly walking towards the stone, Yang Linxiang was surprised and said: "Is the waist just fine?"

Without speaking, he turned on the light, dragged the stone under the light, untied the sack, and pointed it out to Yang Linxiang.

Under the light, a scar the size of a penny appeared on the top of the chicken blood stone.

Needless to say, this is the work of the carver's hammer.

"Look carefully, what do you see?"

"Nothing."

"Look at the color."

Yang Linxiang looked at it and saw that after the colored surface was struck off by a hammer, the color inside turned white.

Yang Linxiang looked suspicious.

Xing Yi said: "Give me the knife on your key chain."

Yang Linxiang took off his knife and gave it to him. He chose an inconspicuous place on the lower part of the stone and scraped off a small piece. Looking again, he saw that the chicken blood red color had been scraped off.In a moment of impatience, he scraped several places in succession. The color of the chicken blood disappeared, and an ordinary brown stone appeared in its original shape.

Yang Linxiang's eyes widened: "What's going on?"

Xing Yi said: "Soapstone is not like this. A real bloodstone is red from the inside out."

"Then what kind of stone is this?"

"An ordinary stone stained the color of chicken blood on the outside."

"How could this happen? That person deceived us with this fake stone?"

"Let's not talk about that person in advance. Now we need to consider how to deal with these two people in the restaurant."

"Tell them the truth? Let them see the stone?"

"Of course not, that would be tantamount to declaring ourselves to be big liars."

"Pretending that nothing happened?"

"If we go to a restaurant as if nothing has happened, pretending to spend money to treat people to dinner, wouldn't we become big fools?"

"What should I do?"

"The 36 plan is the best plan."

"How to go?"

"Let's clear away the rocks first."

"Do you still want it?"

"Take him back to Auchang, find that person, and make him look good."

But after walking through the front hall with the stone like this, the judges and sculptors were waiting there.

The two of them wandered around the room, unable to think of any good ideas.

There was a sound outside the door, and Xing Yi looked through the keyhole. It was a male waiter tidying up the room across the aisle.

Immediately had an idea.

He opened the door and invited the waiter in, and told him: "We are filming a TV series. Now we have a segment. We happen to have a hotel service scene. We need to use your ready-made tools and clothing as props. I will discuss with you now and borrow them. Your work clothes, hat, tool trolley, mop, towel, change of sheets, etc., help complete this performance task. Please come to the parking lot to pick it up after 10 minutes. I will give you 50 yuan as a reward."

The cleaner took the money, quickly took off his work clothes and hat, and gave them the cart, mop, sheets, and everything they needed for the filming of the drama.

The judges and the sculptor were still sitting there, talking, and looking toward the elevator door from time to time.

Xing Yi and Yang Linxiang came out pretending to be cleaners, pushing a cart and holding on to the mop, and walked past them openly.

The focus of the judges and sculptors was still on the elevator door.

After leaving the restaurant, the two of them didn't stop for a moment and rushed back to Jinxiu overnight.

We were on the road again the next morning, heading to Auchang to settle the score with that man.

As we walked, we talked about it again.

Yang Linxiang wanted to take responsibility and said: "The first person responsible should be me. When he brought the stone, I saw it was red and was immediately confused. He defrauded me of 2000 yuan. I was really blind." Eye."

Xing Yi said: "I can't blame you. You don't know anything about chicken bloodstone, but I know something. A real chicken blood stone must be red inside and outside. The brighter the color, the better."

"You weren't there at the time."

"That's why I can't figure it out. I wasn't there, so why didn't I remind you."

"You don't have to pay me back the 2000 yuan."

"What?"

"Don't cheat me, what else do you want in return?"

"You can't say that, let alone think like that."

After walking five kilometers out of the city, Xing Yi suddenly called to stop.

"What's wrong?" Yang Linxiang was confused.

Xing Yi got out of the car, moved the stone down, and lifted it into the grass on the roadside.

Yang Linxiang grabbed him: "What do you mean?"

Xing Yi closed his eyes, shook his head, and sat on the stone: "No need to waste your efforts anymore."

"How do you call it a waste of effort? Is it possible that he defrauded you of 2000 yuan like this?"

"If we don't go to him, he will come to us after he has used up the 2000 yuan. Then we will argue with him."

"Will he come again?"

"To be able to come up with such a shameful method shows that he is a man who has no regard for personal gain. He will do anything for money. He must still be thinking about the 3000 yuan we prepared for him."

Xing Yi carried the stone into the car again.

"I want more."

"Yes, wait until the liar comes so you can meet with him."