Panjiayuan thrift market is one of the largest antique calligraphy and painting distribution centers in Beijing, countless people go to Taobao every day, dreaming of picking up leaks and getting rich overnight, of course, it is also full of a large number of fakes, even experienced collectors are often fooled.

Xia Ruo has been flying to the capital for a few days, and he has been thinking about having time to go over and shop, of course, he doesn't want to pick up leaks, but thinks about whether he will be lucky to find the boundary stone here.

The boundary stone, which was incomparably precious to him, was a black stone that was not striking in the eyes of ordinary people.

There are all kinds of strange things in Panjiayuan every day, maybe there are small traders who receive boundary stones outside, and they don't know what they do, so they put them on the stalls and sell them.

Therefore, Xia Ruofei still has a trace of expectation in his heart.

The three of them took two cars and went directly to the Panjiayuan thrift market.

Located near the South East Third Ring Road in Beijing, Panjiayuan Thrift Market covers a very large area, with thousands of merchants and a large stall area.

Coming out of the parking lot, Xia Ruofei felt a trace of disappointment in his heart, because the jade talisman he was hanging on did not sense the existence of the boundary stone, and there was not even a trace of fever.

However, Panjiayuan occupies a large area, and the sensing range of the jade talisman may not be able to cover all the area, and besides, he just came with the mentality of hitting the luck, and it is naturally the best to have a harvest, even if there is none, it will not be too lost, and it should be a pastime.

Today happens to be the weekend, the whole market is fully open, and there are a lot of people who come here to visit, and it is bustling like a temple fair.

After entering the door, the three of them walked all the way in, and Xia Ruofei could be regarded as having an intuitive understanding of the mixed fish and dragons of Panjiayuan.

In just one or two hundred meters, Xia Ruofei has been fortunate to see several "Yuan blue and white" porcelain, as well as Xuande furnaces, chicken bowl cups, etc., as well as a large number of "authentic works" of Zheng Banqiao and Qi Baishi......

As for the authenticity of these things, it goes without saying.

And along the way, I often heard those vendors telling all kinds of bizarre stories to Taobao customers, what Cixi's personal eunuch smuggled out of the palace, what relatives in the countryside happened to dig up the ancient tomb to find, and these vendors also deliberately lowered their voices, looking mysterious.

Seven points of story and three points of treasure, if an antique does not have a few twists and turns and bizarre stories, it is embarrassing to take it out and sell it.

There are also some rough collusions, such as pretending to be a buyer at a high price to coax to buy, such as deliberately arguing with the "customer" on purpose, accidentally revealing the treasure information, and so on.

Zhao Yongjun is obviously a frequent visitor to Panjiayuan, and he is clear about these tricks to fool tourists, and he explains to Xia Ruofei while walking.

Xia Ruofei didn't have the intention of speculating and picking up leaks, so he laughed at these strange status quo, and he had the right to watch the excitement.

Soon the three of them passed through the stall area where dragons and snakes were mixed, and came to the shop area, where the shops on both sides of the street were decorated with antique colors and names.

These shops also deal in a variety of goods, including the four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, old books and periodicals, antiques and jade, bamboo, wood and bone carvings, religious tokens and so on.

Xia Ruofei walked all the way, although he didn't enter the store, he saw the dazzling array of various goods, and he also felt eye-opening.

After a while, Zhao Yongjun led Xia Ruofei and Song Rui to the door of an antique shop called Boya Zhai, Zhao Yongjun should be very familiar with this place, he said hello to a young man at the door who was soliciting customers, and walked straight in with Xia Ruofei and Song Rui.

Zhao Yongjun did not stop at the storefront, but walked directly through the hall and walked up the stairs from the back to the second floor of the store.

The decoration of the second floor is full of antiquity, all kinds of calligraphy and painting, plaques, hanging screens, bonsai, porcelain, antiques, screens, Bogu shelves and so on are scattered and laid out, which seems to be very elegant, and a large number of mahogany materials are used for decoration, and the color is also full of luxury.

Zhao Yongjun was very familiar with this place, and as soon as he went upstairs, he shouted: "Qiangzi! What good things are there?"

On the side facing the street on the second floor are two large windows, and there are several people sitting next to the Gendiao Tea House next to the windows, and they immediately turned their heads to look after hearing Zhao Yongjun's voice.

When one of the men in his early thirties saw Zhao Yongjun, he immediately showed a warm smile, got up and respectfully shouted, "Brother Jun, you are here!"

Several other people also greeted Zhao Yongjun one after another.

Zhao Yongjun nodded with a big grin and said, "Qiangzi, I brought two good brothers over to see the excitement, this is Xia Ruofei, this is Song Rui!"

Then Zhao Yongjun said to Xia Ruofei and Song Rui: "He is Xu Qiang, the owner of this boya zhai, you can just call him Qiangzi." ”

Xia Ruofei smiled and said to Xu Qiang: "Boss Xu, fortunately!"

Song Rui also nodded lightly.

Xu Qiang hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Xia Shao, Song Shao, just call me Qiangzi." ”

This Xu Qiang is in his early thirties, older than Xia Ruofei and Song Rui, but in front of them, Xu Qiang does not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Although Zhao Yongjun has a bold personality and has a lot of friends in the antique circle, there are almost no who can be called good brothers by him, and Xia Ruofei and Song Rui are extraordinary at first glance, so Xu Qiang also knows that most of these two are the same as Zhao Yongjun, and they are young masters in the upper circle of the capital.

Then Zhao Yongjun introduced Xia Ruofei and Song Rui to a few people next to him.

One of them, dressed in a Tang costume, with white hair and a bit of a fairy style, is named Guo Ruchen, who is the vice president of the Beijing Antique Association, and is also quite famous in the antique circle.

There is also a rich man in his forties, wearing a linen short-sleeved shirt, with a pair of golden silk bracelets in his hand, and a pipe in his mouth, he squints a pair of small eyes, and seems to have a smile on his face at any time, like a Maitreya Buddha.

According to Zhao Yongjun's introduction, this rich man's name is An Deming, an antique dealer in Jingang City, who has done business with Zhao Yongjun and Xu Qiang several times, and is known as "An Fatty" in the industry.

The last person was dressed a little rustic, and his demeanor was very restrained, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Listening to Xu Qiang's introduction, this rustic middle-aged man is named Wang Xingshui, a distant relative of An Fatzi in the countryside, and this time Wang Xingshui found it in the old house in the countryside.

When Xu Qiang introduced, Xia Ruofei's gaze stayed on Wang Xingshui's body for two more seconds.

Wang Xingshui looks like a peasant, and he looks quite restrained and a little shrunken in the palatial hall, but Xia Ruofei always feels that his dodgy gaze doesn't seem to be all because of restraint, and there is always a sense of incongruity in that rustic clothes on his body.

However, Xia Ruofei was purely here to see the excitement today, so he didn't say anything.

After a brief introduction, Zhao Yongjun asked with a big grin: "Qiangzi, where is the thing!"

Without waiting for Xu Qiang to speak, An Fat Man said with a smile: "Brother Jun, this incense cabinet is what my relatives found in the old house in the countryside, and you also give Brother Qiang a palm?"

An Fatzi's age is much older than Xu Qiang and Zhao Yongjun, but he calls "Brother Jun" and "Brother Qiang" very smoothly, without the slightest twist.

Zhao Yongjun's eyes fell on a small wooden cabinet placed on the root carved coffee table, and Xia Ruofei also looked at it together.

This cabinet is about 80 centimeters high, looks dignified and simple, revealing an ancient charm.

Zhao Yongjun sighed, walked closer to take a look, and took out a small flashlight that he carried with him and checked it carefully.

"Huh, this is an old gave of gall wood?" Zhao Yongjun couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

An Fatzi smiled and said: "Brother Jun really has good eyesight! This is the ancestral heirloom of my distant cousin's family, cousin, you tell Brother Jun the origin of this object!"

The rustic Wang Xingshui stammered a little and said, "This thing is ...... Listen to what my ancestors have handed down...... I heard my grandfather say that it has been passed down for seven or eight generations! There used to be a supporting Buddhist shrine, but then I don't know which time I moved and lost it......

An Fatzi also said on the side: "Brother Jun, Brother Qiang, I saw that Buddha shrine when I was a child, and I still have the impression that it should be red sandalwood! If you stay until now, it will be worth a lot of money!"

Xia Ruofei's eyesight is better, although he didn't look closer, he already saw this small incense cabinet more clearly.

He saw that there were some patterns on the wood of this incense cabinet, a bit like the big wave patterns on the golden silk nan wood he had sold to Tang He last time.

Listening to Zhao Yongjun just said "gall wood", Xia Ruofei also roughly guessed that in fact, the various patterns on the golden silk nanmu are also formed by gall tumors caused by trunk lesions, and it is estimated that this is also the case with the gall wood that Zhao Yongjun said.

At this time, Xu Qiang asked with a smile: "Brother Jun, you give me a palm!"

Zhao Yongjun pursed his lips and said: "I'm not very good at the identification of wood, I can only look at a rough idea, Qiangzi, you are looking for the wrong person when you look for me!

Guo Ruchen, who looked like a fairy with a Dao bone, smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, I don't have a very deep study of the wood collection, but this object looks like an old thing." ”

Zhao Yongjun nodded and said: "Well, it looks like an object from the Ming Dynasty on the surface, if it has been passed down for seven or eight generations, then the calculation time should be about the same." ”

Xu Qiang showed a hint of joy and asked, "Brother Jun, is this cabinet still reliable?"

Xia Ruofei noticed that the eyes of An Fatzi and Wang Xingshui quickly met, and they both showed a hint of hidden joy.

Although it was only a short moment, Xia Ruofei was keenly aware that Wang Xingshui's eyes did not have a trace of ignorance of an old farmer in the countryside at that moment, but had a cunning light.

Xia Ruofei's suspicion became even stronger, but he didn't move, just secretly used his divine thoughts to contact Xia Qing in the space.

Xia Ruofei didn't have much research on antiques, and he wanted to ask Xia Qing if he understood this.

Xia Ruofei and Xia Qing communicated with their divine thoughts, and naturally no one in the room would be able to detect it.

Soon, Xia Ruofei let go of the restrictions of space, so that Xia Qing could check the situation of the small incense cabinet through the space.

Xia Ruofei, as the owner of the space, has absolute control over the space, so it is naturally easy for Xia Qing to receive the situation in the outside world.

While Xia Qing was checking, he communicated with Xia Ruofei with his divine thoughts, and a meaningful smile gradually appeared on Xia Ruofei's face.

Here, Zhao Yongjun listened to Xu Qiang's words, couldn't help but look at the small incense cabinet again, and then said cautiously: "Qiangzi, it looks like an old object from the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of object full of gall wood inside and out is still relatively rare, but I have less contact with wood, and you can't see it accurately if you let me see it!"

Xu Qiang listened to Zhao Yongjun's words, and his heart was very entangled, on the one hand, he was itching, for fear of missing out on good things, on the other hand, he was worried that he would lose his eyes, this thing was priced at two million, although it was not a loss for Xu Qiang, but if it was eye-catching, it would not be good to spread the reputation.

When Zhao Yongjun saw Xu Qiang's appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Qiangzi, since you kid can't see it, let's find an expert to come and see it! You said that you called Guo Lao and me to come over, we are not specialized in woodwork, what advice can you give you?"

Xu Qiang actually knew it, but this kind of thing was just to find psychological comfort, in fact, he was already very inclined to buy it, just to hear the opinions of Zhao Yongjun and Guo Ruchen again.

If Zhao Yongjun and Guo Ruchen are also optimistic, then Xu Qiang will not hesitate.

Xu Qiang smiled bitterly and said: "I originally wanted to ask President Chen to help with the palm, but he happened to be not in the capital, I heard that there was a set of old objects of Jin Sinan in northern Henan Province......"

Zhao Yongjun pursed his lips when he heard this, and said to Fat An: "Boss An, or you just wait! Qiangzi must be sincere in wanting to buy it, but he still wants President Chen to help take a look at it." ”

An Fatzi said with a wry smile: "Brother Jun, it's not that I don't give Brother Qiang face, my distant cousin is also in trouble at home, and he is in a hurry to use the money, so he has to sell the family heirloom." ”

Wang Xingshui also said a little nervously: "My youngest son has leukemia, and the medical expenses are hundreds of thousands......!

An Fatzi then said on the side: "Brother Qiang, if you can't get it, or forget it!" Boss Xue in the north of the city is also very interested in this incense cabinet, so I'll talk to my cousin about Boss Xue again." ”

When Xu Qiang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Boss An, don't mind! I didn't say no, there has to be a first to come and come first! I haven't seen it here, what's the matter if you go to Xue Mazi?"

Xue Mazi in the north of the city is also a well-known figure in the antique circle, and he has some festivals with Xu Qiang, and the two have never dealt with each other.

Xu Qiang was originally very interested in this gall wood incense cabinet, and An Fatzi said that he would sell the incense cabinet to Xue Mazi, so Xu Qiang naturally became anxious all of a sudden.

An Fatzi said with a smile: "Brother Qiang, I understand the rules! I won't tell you, Boss Xue has already paid 2.1 million, but I have already promised you first, won't I come over to show you first? But if you don't want to, you can't stop me from selling it to Boss Xue!"

Xu Qiang said: "That's for sure. Lao An, you wait a little longer......"

"Okay, Brother Qiang, then you can take a good look. An Fat Man smiled and said, "But Boss Xue is also urging tightly, you had better make a decision as soon as possible......

A fine bead of sweat appeared in Xu Qiang's brain, obviously he was also engaged in a fierce psychological struggle.

However, he actually had a preconceived idea of wanting to take down this incense cabinet, and under the urging of An Fatzi, Xu Qiang quickly became heartbroken, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Boss An, I ...... this incense cabinet."

At this time, Xia Ruofei suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"