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Chapter 991 Restoring the Statue

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    Brother Can continued: "After that, I asked someone to investigate the address of his mistress's home. If nothing else happens, he should still be living there now."

    Meng Zitao asked with a half-smile: "Didn't you say that Mr. Meng cheated you? Why did you just check your address and didn't say anything else?"

    Brother Can said: "That guy is more insidious and cunning, and he has many connections. He likes to do things behind the scenes. I was also worried that he would jump over the wall in a hurry, so I didn't attack directly."

    Seeing that he didn¡¯t look like he was lying, Meng Zitao asked him to write down the address, and then called his colleagues to investigate, hoping to find Master Meng¡¯s whereabouts.

    Next, Meng Zitao asked a few more questions again and again, until he felt that there was nothing more to ask, he stopped.

    After waiting for a while, Meng Zitao¡¯s colleagues and the police arrived. Meng Zitao explained the situation, and he didn¡¯t need to deal with the rest of the matter.

    Back at the hotel, Meng Zitao felt that today's experience was really strange. So many things happened because of a small bet. He didn't know whether he was lucky or a troublemaker.

    Originally, Meng Zitao was going to call Hou Yunbin and tell him that he would go back tomorrow. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took out his mobile phone, he received a call from Luo Danran.

    Luo Danran said on the phone that he was going to Shangdu to help a friend carve something. Yu Weigang's phone was turned off for some reason, so he called Meng Zitao to say something.

    Meng Zitao agreed immediately, and then Luo Danran said that he had received news about a fine jade product, saying that it was in Shangdu, and asked Meng Zitao if he was interested.

    Of course Meng Zitao wants to go take a look, but he couldn¡¯t explain it clearly on the phone. Anyway, he has to go to Shangdu by plane, so he might as well meet Luo Danran tomorrow.

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    The next morning, Meng Zitao took Hou Yunbin's car to a hotel in Shangdu, and then met Luo Danran who had just arrived.

    After a few pleasantries, Meng Zitao brought up the business: "Teacher Luo, what's the matter with the jade essence you talked about on the phone yesterday?"

    "Actually, I don't know whether this is reliable or not." Luo Danran told Meng Zitao a story.

    Luo Danran has a distant aunt in Shangdu who is his mother's cousin. Some time ago, it was the 70th birthday of his distant aunt's wife. She has been thinking about it because although her husband has a bad temper, he still cares about her.  So she wanted to give her husband a birthday gift.

    One day, she went shopping for food and saw a man from her hometown selling an unearthed cultural relic at the market. She was very curious and saw a turtle holding the Eight Immortals on its head to celebrate birthdays. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. The person selling it said that it was dug out.  It's a treasure, a national cultural relic. I sold it secretly because I didn't have money to eat.

    Seeing that it was a fellow villager and it was a birthday gift, she immediately bought it for 200 yuan without saying anything.  After I got home and talked about this with my wife, my husband drank too much and scolded her. If she gave her a turtle for her birthday, wouldn't that be a curse on him?

    After listening to this description, Meng Zitao knew that the turtle must be fake no matter how understanding he was, but what does this have to do with the jade essence?

    So, he asked: "What happened next?"

    Luo Danran said: "What happened later was quite funny. After my cousin was scolded, she felt that this thing had to be sold, so she showed it to others to see how much it cost. Some people said that it was from the Kangxi period and was indeed an antique. She  I called a few more people to see it, and everyone said it was true. After a while, an old man liked it, so he went to get a jade gourd that was said to be made of jade essence. He was willing to exchange the jade gourd for the turtle."

    "My cousin didn't understand other things, but my cousin also saw the jade essence in my grandpa's house. She thought it looked very similar, so she agreed. Unexpectedly, when my cousin knew about it later, he gave me the jade essence again.  My aunt scolded me, saying why I didn¡¯t tell him when I was changing it. My cousin felt aggrieved, so she called me and said she wanted to sell the jade gourd."

    Knowing that this was the case, Meng Zitao also felt a little strange. According to common sense, the possibility of both items being fakes was very high, but this was not necessarily the case. Maybe the old man had poor eyesight and mistook the fakes for genuine items.  Anyway, I went to see it first.

    "Teacher Luo, I would like to trouble you to take me there later." Meng Zitao said.

    Luo waved his hand calmly: "You don't have to be so polite, but my friend will come to see me soon, which may take some time."

    Meng Zitao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

    The two chatted for a while, and Luo Danran's friend arrived.

    Yuan Zengxian is a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a dignified appearance and a bookish temperament. Meng Zitao¡¯s first impression was that he was probably an old man.division.

    After introduction, Yuan Zengxian was indeed a teacher, teaching history in a local high school.

    Everyone shook hands politely, and after everyone sat down, Yuan Zeng took out a photo and put it on the table.

    Meng Zitao looked up and saw a badly damaged statue in the photo. Only one leg was left, and there was an object in the middle that he was leaning on. However, only one-third of this thing was left. Meng Zitao vaguely still had it.  If you can identify it, this may be a vajra.

    Apart from these two things, only one base is complete.

    After looking at the photo, Luo Danran became a little uneasy: "Say, Lao Yuan, you don't want me to restore this statue, do you?"

    Yuan Zeng nodded first and said: "It is indeed true."

    Luo Danran was speechless: "Aren't you forcing things on others? There are only a few things left. How do you ask me to restore them? I don't even know anything about the statue. I can't just make one, right?"

    Yuan Zengxian smiled sheepishly: "It's definitely not possible to just make one. The thing belongs to my grandfather. He is much more educated than me. The restored thing must conform to the characteristics and shape of the time, otherwise he will not be satisfied.  "

    Hearing this, Meng Zitao knew whether this imitation was difficult or easy. The key was to see Grandpa Yuan Zengxian¡¯s attitude, whether it could meet his requirements, and whether the work could convince him.

    If you can agree, then things will be easier to handle. Even if there are slight differences or mistakes, it will be fine. Otherwise, it will be troublesome.  Judging from the implicit meaning of Yuan Zengxian's words, the old man's requirements may be relatively high. He will not be satisfied just by carving something casually, which is the latter situation.

    Luo Danran also heard the meaning of his friend's words, and said hurriedly: "I can't do anything about this, you should find someone else."

    Yuan Zengxian quickly bowed to Luo Danran and said: "Lao Luo, please do me a favor. I have already found several people, but none of them can meet his requirements. I have no other choice, so I contacted you."

    Luo shook his head indifferently: "It's not that I won't help you, I'm not a researcher of sculptures. If you have specimens, portraits, etc., I will definitely help you without saying anything, but now what do you want me to do?  Woolen cloth?"

    Yuan Zengxian said quickly: "Lao Luo, you are being humble. I have seen your level of carving Buddha statues. I believe you can satisfy my grandfather."

    "How do you know it must be a Buddha statue?" Luo asked calmly.

    Yuan Zengxian said: "There is also a piece of vajra, and the base of the statue is engraved with the inscription 'Made by the imperial eunuch in the Xinsi year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty', indicating that the statue should be cast by the imperial eunuch of the palace. The imperial eunuch of the Ming Dynasty was built in  'Buddha Work' specializes in the casting and production of this kind of Buddha statues. As long as you follow the characteristics of the palace statues, my grandfather will always be satisfied."

    Luo curled his lips indifferently: "If things are really so easy, is it my turn to call you?"

    Yuan Zengxian chuckled and said: "Anyway, let's see the real thing first and then talk about it, how about it?"

    "This" Luo looked at Meng Zitao indifferently.

    Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "Then let's go and take a look first."

    Since Meng Zitao agreed, Luo Danran also nodded. Since Luo Danran did not introduce Meng Zitao in detail just now, Yuan Zengxian was a little strange. Why did Luo Danran still need to see if Meng Zitao agreed?

    Yuan Zengxian drove the two of them to his grandfather's house, a villa with beautiful scenery. Although the vegetation is not lush yet, he can still imagine the beautiful scenery here in spring and summer.

    After getting off the car, Yuan Zeng took everyone to the living room of the villa and introduced his grandfather to everyone.

    Mr. Yuan is dressed in a Tang suit. Although he is eighty or ninety years old, he is very energetic and smiling, giving people a kind-hearted feeling.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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