Otherworldly Merchant

Soon after I got back to the store, there was a knock outside the door.

“Come in. ”

I don't even have to look at it. I knew it was Xu Er.

He is not well, he has little guts, and he is light handed no matter what he does.

Xu Er opened the door and looked pale. He shouted in panic: “Zhang Dazhang, something is wrong! ”

I slowly put the cup down and said peacefully, "Don't rush, sit down and talk. ”

I don't need to tell him. I know something's wrong.

But now that it's happening, there's no rush, and I'm the backbone of Antique Street, they're even more panicked once they show up in a hurry.

When Xu Er first saw me so calm, he decided to settle down and pull the chair down.

“Two little guys in my shop, all in the hospital somehow, and they all ate beef for breakdown! ”

“I see. How are they? Is it dangerous?” I poured him a cup of tea, whispering.

“No, I sent two guys to watch over me and called me back and said there was no danger to my life. But Big Brother, there's something wrong! He Fu came from a poor mountainous area. He couldn't eat, couldn't drink, couldn't spend a penny. He actually spent a thousand pieces on hot pots and beef this time. Qin Mengmei is also a good boy. Since coming to my place, he has been very careful and has made rapid progress. He is also very obedient and understandable. He will never eat in the warehouse, but this... this is also weird! I suspect the suspicion may have been the receipt of a shady object. ”

“Hmm.” I nodded and pushed the cup in front of him: “What have you received lately? ”

“The business has been great lately, I've collected a lot of things, but I don't know exactly what the problem is. Here's a list of the items I recently received, take a look..."

I took the checklist and put it on the desktop after a few short sweeps.

In fact, it's useless not to look at the list.

The good guys and the bad guys don't write on their faces, whether they're shady or not naturally don't show on their names.

Naturally, I would not find anything on the list, and I took a look at it, just to worry about his face.

“When you take these things, which seller looks odd or somewhat different from others?” I asked.

Xu Er thought about it carefully, some of them were embarrassed: “Dazhang, you also know that most people who come to us to sell things are not on the right path, they are a little sneaky compared to normal people. Although I have been doing this for so many years, it is true that to observe the colour of speech and to mock people's hearts..."

It is also true that Xu Er has some skills in the appraisal painting, but can be quite numb for human reasons, or the emotional intelligence is extremely low. Besides, he's right, but most people who come to us to sell things, whether they're shady or not, are not on the right track. Even if they are from their ancestral family, or if they are bought from somewhere else, they are afraid that others will know the details and will not say more.

Let him tell which seller is a bit odd and abnormal, which is a bit difficult.

“Did you sell all this stuff?” I asked.

“Some sold, some didn't.” Xu Er pointed his finger at the list: “You see, the one with the red line underneath is already there, the others are still in the store. ”

“Has anyone else handled this besides the two of them? ”

“No!” Xu Er nodded with great certainty: “Except for both of them, no one else can enter the warehouse. Each time they take it, they can only pass through their hands. These items are newly collected and most of them have never been seen before. ”

“Have you touched it?” I glanced at him.

Xu Er replied: “Some have touched it, some haven't touched it, you can see the real thing at a glance, I usually won't touch it. Li Erzhang told me that he could kill the price by adding a copy that was acceptable. ”

I picked up the teacup and sipped gently: “So, this pussy, did you touch it or not, it's not clear? ”

“Exactly!” Xu Er nodded in awe.

He was probably afraid the cunt would hurt his head again.

“Then let's go. Show me the warehouse.” I command.

“Yes!” Xu Er was waiting for me to say this in the morning. He stood up quickly.

Shu Fangchai's warehouse is small, right in the side door of the backyard.

Because most of the main camp is the Four Treasures of the Studio, as well as ancient literary appliances. So the whole warehouse is filled with an intense scent of books.

After a rough sweep, I didn't notice anything, I sat down next to the small table at the door and said to him, "Take out all the things on the list, and I'll see what the problem is. ”

“Hey!” Xu Er answered with a quick response. He took two steps forward, but it seemed as if he remembered something. Suddenly, he stood still. Some of them rubbed their hands with difficulty: “Grand palm cabinet, this...”

After all, he didn't say anything, but I immediately understood what he meant.

Now that it is most likely a shady thing, and just on the few things left, he is afraid of getting into the shadows, so he dares not take them.

I'm a little angry, but after all, it's plausible.

Nobody wants to mess with such a ghost, especially a coward like Seo Er. Perhaps if I didn't come with him, he wouldn't even dare enter the warehouse.

“All you have to do is point it out.” I got back on my feet and said with understanding.

“Thank you, Grand Master!” Xu Er, although the emotional intelligence is a little low, but after all, he is not stupid. After a moment, he heard the sound of my words. He bowed to me and walked to the shelf: “The longest axis of painting in the middle, which is Yangzhou's Eight Monsters" Landscape Map ". ”

I walked up close, took the shaft up, expanded it, painted many things, bamboo, Buddha statue, fish, plum blossom...

The cluttered togetherness is not a chapter at all, not to mention the lack of proximity. It is wonderful to leave a blank space. Even my outsider can see it at a glance. From the layout of this structure alone, the painting is not very good.

I asked strangely, "Is this really Yangzhou Eight? ”

“Yes! Xu Er nodded very definitely:“ Everything on the painting, out of the hands of one person, everyone left their best sights, but because of the confusion in the layout, I tentatively ordered "The Landscape Map". ”

I swept, “But there's more than eight things up here? ”

“The Grand Palace doesn't know anything.” Xu Er explained to me: "Yangzhou Eight Monsters is not really just eight people, but in the early Qing dynasty, the general name of some people with similar paintings. At that time, the area of Suhang, which is exactly the place of abundance, Yangzhou has always been the place where the civilian molesters gather, so it was named the Yangzhou Eight Monsters. These eight are not exact numbers, they are only words. ”

“There were a dozen or so people in the next life who didn't know who was arguing because of the Eight Kings. Of course, the more famous ones are Zheng Panqiao, Huang Shin, Gaoxiang and others. You see, this bamboo belongs to Zheng Panqiao, this stone is high, this plum flower is...”

Speaking of painting, Xu Er was like a changed person. His eyes were bright and talkative.

Even forgot why I came here the same way.

I also wanted to avoid his face and let him finish, but I could see that this guy talked about his differences from several people's pen skills, and then talked about the prevailing painting school, and didn't mean to stop at all. So I had to interrupt him and say, "Xu Zhuang, there's nothing wrong with this thing. What's next? ”

“Er...” Xu Er stunned, then returned to God, pointing to the bamboo barrel next to him: “This is a dark bamboo hollow pen barrel from the late Ming Dynasty, from the hand of Huang Yishan, the master of carving bamboo, is a very rare and rare treasure! Master Huang's carvers are delicate and well-conceived. Look at this..."

I picked it up and looked at it. Before he finished, I put it back, and briefly said: "Next! ”