Grand Collection

Luo Zigeng walked into Shangguxuan with a famille rose sunflower petal wash. The clerk in the store just put down the phone, looked up and saw him, and smiled, "Hey, what a coincidence, you came back just after I hung up the phone."

"Whose phone,"

"Boss Kong at the opposite door," the clerk took the sunflower petals and carefully registered it in the warehouse. "Called your mobile phone and turned it off, so I called the store and said there was a business in Ci County, so I went there first."

Luo Zigeng understood that Kong Xin was impatient, and he must have started to leave as soon as he got the news, and he couldn't even wait for the time to call back.

The antique shop hadn't opened for three years, and it had been open for three years. Anyway, there was no big business that required him to be in charge of visiting Guxuan. Luo Zigeng dealt with some trivial matters at hand one by one, and then booked a plane ticket to chase after him.

Ci County is a group of noble tombs in the Northern Dynasties. Princess Ruru of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and King Gao Changgong of Lanling are buried here. When the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was accidentally dug up, it was suspected that it was Cao Cao’s 72 suspected tombs, which could attract Kong Xin who traveled thousands of miles. , must be a rare treasure that is not born in the world.

There was an eight-hour flight difference between the two of them. When Luo Zigeng arrived, Kong Xin was squatting in the antique street and bragging with a peddler.

"Brother has more treasures in my hands than you have ever seen in your life." Kong Xin shook two Wenwan walnuts in his hand. My brother has personally identified it, it’s top quality! Think about that pair of walnuts, and then look at this pair in your hand, alas... good things are getting less and less..."

The peddler looked like he wanted to die, "Brother, please stop talking, you have been with me for more than two hours, my brother, you are my own brother, I can't cheat anyone, but This walnut will not be sold if it is less than [-], but the price in your hand will be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands at the auction!"

"Then this is not an auction," Kong Xin said with an innocent face, "[-] is the top, and there must be no more. Everyone lives in the antique shop, who doesn't know the market, don't treat me like a mallet .”

Luo Zigeng squatted over with a smile, and glanced at his hand, "The appearance is good, authentic Nanjiangtai lion head, six thousand is a real price."

"Listen!" Kong Xin slapped his thigh, and said confidently to the peddler, "This is the reference price given by the experts, absolutely fair and just, six thousand, the same price!"

The peddler vomited blood and yelled at Luo Zigeng, "What kind of expert, you interrupted when others were negotiating prices, are you still talking about the rules?"

"You don't even know this expert?" Kong Xin despises, "You don't usually watch treasure appraisal programs on TV, Mr. Luo Zigeng, a famous collector and the shopkeeper of Shangguxuan in Nanjing! Look at you little ignorant person, hey , I won’t talk nonsense with you, the experts say that the real price of [-] is definitely not a lie, let’s sell the experts to save face, so we can meet each other in the future.” Then he began to count money out, [-] oceans Throw it to the peddler, pick up the walnuts and leave.

The peddler clutched a stack of banknotes and was in a bad mood. He thought to himself, what kind of face is this guy made of?You grind with me for more than two hours, and finally tell me to stop talking nonsense?

Walking on the bustling antique street, Kong Xin leisurely rubbed the walnuts, "You came here just after getting off the plane? Didn't I send you the room number, didn't you go to rest?"

"Not sleepy," Luo Zigeng put his arm around his shoulders, "I heard that the archaeological team dug a large Northern Dynasty tomb here? What things were unearthed?"

"There are more than 600 pieces of porcelain and iron wares, not to mention coins. The most important thing is that there are more than 1000 pieces of pottery figurines, including warrior figurines in tombs, figurines for home life, and figurines for travel and other types."

"It seems that the owner of the tomb must be a great nobleman."

Kong Xin nodded, with regret on his face, "It's a pity that they were all taken away by the museum. I don't know when they will be exhibited to open everyone's eyes."

Luo Zigeng knew that he was obsessed with antiques, he could eat a few more bowls of rice with satisfaction just by looking at them, and when he heard the news, he rushed over like burning his ass just to feast his eyes, so he couldn't help but chuckled and tilted his head , and dropped an invisible kiss on the tip of his ear, "Which museum? I'm going to clear up the relationship and see if I can let you go into the warehouse to see it."

Kong Xin waved his hand, "I won't make trouble for you. Every time a large tomb is excavated, the nearby farmers can always make a small fortune. I'll walk around here for a few days to have a look."

"That's fine, I'm fine these few days, I'll accompany you here," Luo Zigeng said, "I'm a little hungry, let's find a place to eat."

Kong Xin rubbed his stomach, "Let me take you to eat beef noodles. I just had it at noon. It tastes very good. The boss is super handsome."

"Huh?" Luo Zigeng squinted.

Kong Xin carefully studied the walnut in his hand.

Luo Zigeng pursed his lips and said nothing.

Kong Xin stared at the walnut and studied it more and more seriously.

After 2 minutes, I couldn't help but go crazy, and said angrily, "What are you looking at? I can't look at handsome guys anymore?"

Luo Zigeng laughed loudly, "Look, why can't you watch it, you can watch it whatever you want."

"Go away, I don't want to talk to you."

It's not time for dinner, there are not many people in the ramen restaurant, and as soon as the two entered the door, they saw a tall fat man in the corner eating with his back to the door. coarse porcelain bowl.

Kong Xin was dumbfounded. After a moment of astonishment, he asked Luo Zigeng to order food. He took a few steps over with his long legs, and sat down on the opposite side of the fat man, "Why are you here?"

"Pfft..." The moment Fatty raised his head, a mouthful of ramen spewed out.

Kong Xin panned half a meter to the left and roared, "Bastard, you are so fucking disgusting!"

"Hey mother!!!" Wang Baxian howled even higher, pointing his chopsticks at his nose and yelling, "What are you doing here???"

"Howling for what? I'm afraid others won't hear you?" Kong Xin gave him a blank look, stretched out his hand, squeezed a peanut from his plate and threw it into his mouth, and said innocently, "I'm here to shovel the ground."

"Scrape your grandpa's ground!" Wang Baxian glanced around vigilantly, leaned forward and lowered his voice, as if he was about to explode in anger, "Don't think I don't know, you just heard the wind and wanted to pick up a leak What? Let me tell you, this auction is a crime against the wind, and something big is going to happen, so don't get involved in it."

Kong Xin was dumbfounded, blinking his eyes, "What auction?"

After ordering, Luo Zigeng came over and sat next to Kong Xin, fiddling with the order card in his hand, and said with a smile, "My lord is definitely well-informed. Wherever there is good news, you will be there."

"It's nothing good," Wang Baxian said angrily, took two mouthfuls of noodles fiercely, and said vaguely, "Hurry up and return to Nanjing after you two finish eating, don't worry about anything here."

Kong Xin's curiosity was not satisfied, and his heart was itchy like being scratched by a cat. He raised his hand and knocked off his chopsticks, "I know what to eat! Tell me clearly, what auction?"

It was almost dinner time, and there were more customers in the ramen restaurant. Wang Baxian gave him a goosebump, "Shut up, don't you look at this place? There are so many people talking about shit, come back to the hotel with me later."

With things on their minds, even the super delicious ramen was not in the mood to taste it. The three finished the noodles in a few mouthfuls and followed Wang Baxian out.

Until he walked into a remote and dark unlicensed small hotel, Kong Xin angrily kicked Wang Baxian from the back, "You must be out of your mind, what kind of broken hotel is this? No one can find out the whole process of murder, right? If you earn so much money and spend a little on accommodation, will you die or will you die or will you die?"

"Shut up!" Wang Baxian was annoyed by his chanting, he turned around, clamped Kong Xin's neck and pulled him into his arms, and savagely blocked his mouth with the other hand.

"Woooo..." Kong Xin struggled crazily, his arms waving like epilepsy.

Luo Zigeng grabbed his hand, looked into Wang Baxian's eyes, and smiled, "My lord, why are you as knowledgeable as him?"

The eyes of the two met abruptly, Wang Baxian laughed and let go of his hand, Luo Zigeng embraced the old man who had been ravaged and dizzy, and tapped his nose, "I told you to tease the Baxian King if you have nothing to do. , abuse it."

Kong Xin shook his head, managed to find Bei, and yelled angrily, "I fucked his grandpa...uh..."

Luo Zigeng lowered his head and kissed his lips.

"Damn it!" Wang Baxian covered his eyes and murmured, "You two faceless..."

Kong Xin took the time to give him a middle finger.

Wang Baxian took out his key card and opened the door, Kong Xin strode in, sat down on the big bed in the middle, ordered Luo Zigeng to pour water, and said to Wang Baxian, "Now we can talk about it, what happened to the auction?" thing?"

Wang Baxian took out the cigarette case from his pocket, popped out one and handed it to him.

Kong Xin waved his hand, "Quit."

Wang Baxian raised his eyebrows in surprise. He couldn't believe that this guy could quit the bad habit he had picked up since he was 14 years old. He was stunned for a long time and frowned, "Did you suffer from some kind of disease? Are you going to quit smoking? Lung cancer ?”

"Fuck you!" Kong Xin scolded with a smile, "Don't you know that smoking is harmful to your health? Now I'm not only living for myself, I also have to protect our family Zigeng's health."

"Ni... Ma..." Wang Baxian cursed, stuffed the cigarette into his mouth, lowered his head to light the fire, and then took out a black invitation card with strange dark patterns printed on it, "Do you remember this thing?"

Luo Zigeng glanced away, frowning slightly, "Hei Jian?"

"A ticket for the midnight auction," Kong's confidence sank, and he thought of something, "Which god hosted it? If you dare to hold the midnight auction, I'm afraid you have a lot of shady things in your hand? A few days ago, Ci County Does the excavated Northern Qi tomb have something to do with this?"

Holding the black paper, Wang Baxian twitched his palm twice, and sneered, "Everyone knows that all the excavated cultural relics are taken away by the museum, but they don't know that when they are transported to the museum and counted, all the treasures are lost. "

Kong Xin took a deep breath, "What a great handwriting."

Luo Zigeng thought for a moment, "These things can't be sold in the serious antique market, but can only be sold in the black market, and they want to sell them in large quantities in a short period of time... This midnight auction is really timed."

"It's fucking useless when it's time again," Wang Baxian chuckled, "I didn't burn a stick of incense to the patriarch before doing things, and now it's in my hands, hehehe..."

Luo Zigeng keenly caught something and wondered, "What?"

"It's nothing, just wait and see," Wang Baxian smiled mysteriously, and said nothing more.

The three of them simply ate something, then got up and went to the meeting. The auction site was set up in a private villa halfway up the mountain. From a distance, they could see the mottled shadows of car lights on the winding mountain road. Kong Xin rubbed his temples and said lazily, " Now that the whole people are collecting, there are more people who know the goods, there are more sticks, and there are more people with evil intentions, which is not a good thing."

Wang Baxian tossed his hair carelessly, "You, it's because you think too much that it's so difficult to serve you, tossing yourself and Zigeng too, man, do more and think less, enjoy yourself when you can, so that you can live a happy life. "

The parking lot is almost full, and there are guards every ten steps outside the villa. From time to time, there are black-clothed bodyguards patrolling. People are only allowed to bring two assistants. Wang Baxian has always been a loser. On a black Tang suit with gold thread embroidered with dragons, he walked to the door of the villa gracefully and gracefully, raised his hand and took off his sunglasses, revealing his pair of eyes Flashy small eyes, and a string of spinach green beads on the wrist.

Luo Zigeng and Kong Xin followed behind like two disheveled horse boys.

After showing the black note and changing the number plate, Wang Baxian strutted into the auction venue. The warm-up was almost done, and the three followed the waiter to a big round table and sat down.

Scanning the audience, Luo Zigeng leaned into Kong Xin's ear, "Li from Xi'an, Sun from Hainan, and Qian from Hangzhou are all here."

"These are not good things," Wang Baxian sneered as he unconsciously tapped the Buddhist beads on his wrist with his middle finger, "Pan Nanhua fell, and these few people continued to play the customs into a sieve."

Luo Zigeng nodded, "We will take action when necessary."

Kong Xin hesitated a bit, "All the items in the midnight auction came from wrong sources, and it's hot to buy them back."

"They can't take it even if it's hot," Luo Zigeng frowned. "These are unregistered national treasures. If they are smuggled abroad, it will be very difficult to welcome them back."

Kong Xin raised his eyes and looked at his serious expression, and suddenly felt relieved. The two had known each other for more than ten years, as if inadvertently, the stunned young man who was touched by porcelain had grown into a well-known collector of the new generation.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the ups and downs of these years are all vivid in your memory. You have made money, lost money, picked up mistakes, and made eye-catching eyes. Once a business changed hands and made 8000 million yuan, and you lost half your life in the blink of an eye. out.

The antiques in the museum cabinet are the treasures left by the years. They are quiet and indifferent, but the antique business is a confrontation of conspiracy and vision, with murderous intentions hidden and frightening at every step.

Ten years passed like a fleeting moment, and his face was no longer young, but his whole person became mature day by day through the training of the years.

Looking at his handsome profile, Kong Xin couldn't help but soften his eyes, let out a breath, nodded and said, "Well, I'll listen to you."

It was rare for this person to be so docile, Luo Zigeng was taken aback suddenly.

Kong Xin was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Luo Zigeng bit the tip of his ear lightly, "I suddenly want to kiss you."

The warm breath rushed into the ear hole, Kong Xin shivered sensitively, and pushed him away with a smile and anger, "...you bastard!"

There was a sudden exclamation at the scene, followed by an unexpected silence. The two looked up and saw a group of terracotta figurines with simple shapes on the stage. Wang Baxian pinched a Buddhist bead on his wrist and gasped, " This king really has a clever plan!"

"Is this the terracotta warriors from the Northern Qi tomb that was excavated a few days ago?" Kong Xin murmured, "It's really a wonderful workmanship."

This is a group of terracotta terracotta warriors traveling on a journey. Four pottery horses pulling chariots in different shapes but all neighing. There are three terracotta warriors on the chariot, and 38 infantry warriors are neatly arranged behind the chariot.

The camera zooms in, clearly projecting the Northern Qi costumes on the terracotta figurines, both Hu and Han, with various styles, perfectly passing on the characteristics of the costumes of that chaotic era to future generations.

"This is a genuine Northern Qi terracotta army..." The auctioneer's voice sounded, and the dreamlike silence of the scene was instantly broken, and people rushed to light up their number plates.

Kong Xin frowned, "This is a national treasure."

"In our eyes, it is a national treasure, but in some people's eyes, it is money," Luo Zigeng said coldly, "Selling out the country, friends, and conscience for money... This is too common for them."

"Yes," Wang Baxian rubbed the beads unconsciously, then calmly held up the number plate, "320 million."

Kong Xin suddenly turned his head to look at him, "You will participate in the shooting?"

According to legend, Wang Baxian, the number one broker in the antique shop, only earns commissions and never resells. He occasionally appears at auctions as an antique broker to help the boss.

Wang Baxian bit his toothpick and hummed, "I'll take pictures for fun, okay?"

Kong Xin snorted even more domineeringly, "I've never seen you interested in pottery figurines when you grow up so big."

Wang Baxian spat out the toothpick and gave him a disdainful glance, "There are many more you haven't seen!"

The moment the two talked, they had already caught up with the four bids, and the price was raised to 4 million. Wang Baxian put the number plate on the table, as if he had never been interested in this group of terracotta figurines.

Kong Xin laughed and said, "Why don't you take pictures? It's only 360 million. Our Eight Worthy Kings can buy ten or eight of them by pulling out any leg hair."

Wang Baxian said calmly, "I just want to enjoy the thrill of bidding, do you have any opinions?"

"Who dares to have a problem with you?" Kong Xin snorted coldly, "Do you want to be shameless?"

Wang Baxian glanced at the prayer beads on his wrist, but did not answer his words.

Kong Xin turned his head in doubt, and his eyes fell on his wrist, "Jasper? It's so fresh, Wang Baxian, I haven't seen you for a few days. Your old man has played with Jasper? Show me."

"Go, go, don't touch it randomly," Wang Baxian pushed him away roughly, "The master has been consecrated to attract peach blossoms, but your cheap hand broke it for me, can I afford you?"

Kong Xin ran the train full of mouth, "I'll go! You are not Wang Baxian, are you an alien in disguise, are you afraid that I will damage it? I'll fuck it anyway, I have to see it today, and if I damage it, I will pay myself for it." for you."

"Huh?" Luo Zigeng, who had been watching the auction seriously, turned his head and smiled faintly, "Brother Kong, this is not allowed."

"As cowardly as he is, why don't you post 100 million copies!!!" Wang Baxian said angrily.

Luo Zigeng laughed loudly, held Kong Xin's hand under the table, and said leisurely, "My lord, your prayer beads are shining."

Wang Baxian quickly hid the beads in his sleeve and said harshly, "You read it wrong!"

Kong Xin's voice turned cold, "What do you mean? Wang Baxian, your prayer beads..."

"It's nothing interesting," Luo Zigeng said flatly, "It never happened at all, I lied to him."

Wang Baxian moved his lips twice, and Kong Xin recognized that it was a clear sentence of "Fuck!" After a long time, Wang Baxian finally found his voice, gave Luo Zigeng a thumbs up, and said in a hoarse voice, "You are awesome!"

"So," Luo Zigeng smiled, "explain."

Wang Baxian revealed the Buddhist bead, tapped it twice, and said angrily, "You will know later, mother, when did you become so unlovable, little brat?"