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    When they arrived at the Ruins of St. Paul's, the two parties with different purposes said goodbye to each other.  Watching Wu Ke and the others walking towards the scenic spot, Chu Chen and Zuo Shan (Achao was on the other side) followed Zhao Qirui, who was already a regular customer of Haojing, to Dai Ziming's friend's antique shop.  Speaking of which, there are actually not many real antique shops in Haojing, less than forty at most. And among these antique shops, the largest number are old furniture shops. The styles of the furniture are all characteristic of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as carvings.  Boxes, toilets and other furniture.  However, Chu Chen generally would not buy these old furniture unless they were particularly valuable, because these were purchased at low prices from rural areas in the mainland and then processed and refurbished here. For such treated old furniture  Chu Chen generally had no interest in furniture.  In addition to antique shops that specialize in old furniture, there are also antique shops that deal in jade, bronze, tin, porcelain, coins, stamps, calligraphy and paintings.  Among them, the business of porcelain is the most prosperous. In addition, calligraphy and painting, antiques and art that represent the characteristics of Chinese culture, are also doing well.  After walking around like this, the three of them arrived at the antique shop Dai Ziming mentioned yesterday.  Walking into the store, Chu Chen looked around and found that although the antique store looked small, the decoration was quite tasteful. As for the business theme, it was antiques and miscellaneous items.  Chu Chen had just taken a look at the situation in the store when he saw an old man who looked like a shopkeeper in his fifties walking towards them¡Ó¡ï,w¡Ûww.  The old man spoke relatively standard Mandarin and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhao and Teacher Chu?" The two of them were not surprised that the old man knew them. Zhao Qirui smiled and nodded: "Is Mr. Dai here?  ?" The old man said with a smile: "He, Mr. Jiang and my friend are already upstairs. I will take you there" After that, the old man took the three people upstairs.  During this period, he also introduced himself.  He said that his name was Mao Jiancheng, his ancestral home was also in the capital, and he had just fled to Haojing during the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.  The three of them followed Mao Jiancheng to the reception room upstairs. In addition to Dai Ziming and Jiang Jiachang, there was also a bald man in his forties. They were drinking tea and chatting.  "Sorry, I'm late." Zhao Qirui and Chu Chen hugged everyone.  "Where, where! We came early" Everyone exchanged pleasantries.  Mao Jiancheng introduced both parties, and then asked the waiter to serve tea to the three of them.  Mao Jiancheng¡¯s friend¡¯s name was Ying Mingxin. When the waiter served tea, he took out the porcelain that Dai Ziming mentioned yesterday.  This is a Qing Kangxi blue and white tiger brook cover jar. This jar has a straight mouth, deep belly, and round feet. The body of the jar is covered with blue and white paintings of landscapes and figures, surrounded by mountains.  The elegant and beautiful scenery of cascading waterfalls and waterside pavilions further complements people's leisurely life.  The whole picture is well laid out.  The composition is clever and magnificent.  The painting adopts the axe-cracking method and is applied layer by layer.  Yin and Yang are opposites.  The texture of the rocks is obvious, and the characters have a calm demeanor.  The strokes are fine and vivid.  The lines are powerful and tough.  The artistic style is elegant, just like a literati painting with full charm.  What is described above is the "Picture of Farewell on the Tiger River" by the eminent monk Huiyuan in "The Biography of Gao Xian of the Lotus Society".  Huiyuan was the abbot of Donglin Temple. There was a spring under the temple, called Tiger Creek. He never passed by Tiger Creek when seeing off guests, and he would hear the roar of tigers as soon as he passed by.  Later, Tao Qian and Lu Xiujing came to visit and Huiyuan saw off their guests. Due to the speculation in their conversation, they unknowingly crossed the Huxi River and laughed at each other. Later generations used this to praise the friendship between the scholars.  This pot of blue and white seems to be made of the finest emerald blue material from the Kangxi period, which is pure and bright blue. In addition, the "cracking" method in traditional painting is used to depict landscapes, and its porcelain painting skills reached the peak of the Kangxi period.  In addition, there is no mark on this jar, but many official kiln works from the Kangxi period did not have the mark on it. Because of this, there have been many imitations in recent years.  Moreover, modern imitations based on this jar are currently flooding the art market, large and small.  The colors of the blue and white are somewhat similar based on a single look, but careful observation reveals that there are two main situations. One is that the water in the blue and white is dry, and there is a phenomenon of scorching and bubbling. The carcass is thicker, and the inner glaze of the vessel is thick, white, greasy and opaque;  The color is light and shiny, the base glaze is white with yellow flashes, and the tire repair is very particular.  This blue and white jar didn't have either of these two things. It looked completely genuine. Among everyone present, except for Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui, who was already familiar with forgery techniques, everyone else felt that this blue and white jar looked like nothing.  Something is wrong, but Dai Ziming, like Mao Jiancheng, feels that there is always something wrong with this thing.  "Teacher Chu, what do you think?" When Chu Chen raised his head again, Ying Mingxin asked impatiently.  Chu Chen said with some regret: "I don't think this thing is up to date."   Dai Ziming quickly asked: "Why, is it really a high imitation made by Cai Jianxuan?" Chu Chen replied: "It should be said that the possibility is very high." At this time, Ying Mingxin requested: "Teacher Chu, can you  Can you explain it in detail? " "That's right." Chu Chen nodded: "First of all, the reason why you think there is something wrong with this artifact is because the counterfeiter used it to make it old. Although this material can imitate  It's more realistic, but at most it's only 90% similar, for example" Chu Chen introduced to everyone the characteristics that distinguish the slurry from the old ones.  "Hey! So that's what happened!" After Dai Ziming and others observed, they all shook their heads helplessly.  After a while, Ying Mingxin asked again: "Teacher Chu, is there anything else wrong?" "Yes, there are still some problems with the green material of this blue and white jar." Chu Chen said: "Emerald Blue  The blue and white material is actually Yunnan pearl material, which is refined by the fire calcining method, which greatly increases the cobalt content in the raw material. The quality of the color of the cobalt material is directly related to the purity and particle size. The refined cobalt material is not only granular.  It is delicate and contains trace elements such as copper, iron, manganese, etc., which makes the blue color of emerald blue slightly green and purple, and the color is rich and colorful. " "But this blue and white jar looks similar to the real emerald blue and blue material.  They are very similar, but there is no slight greenish-purple phenomenon in the blue. In addition, there are some subtle differences between them and the real thing" According to Chu Chen's explanation, Ying Mingxin said with a bitter smile after reading it: "These differences.  They are all relatively small. " Dai Ziming sighed: "Not to mention ordinary collectors, even shopkeeper Mao and I can't see it. " Mao Jiancheng also said, "Yes!  Ah, this Cai Jianxuan is too powerful, but since his level of antique porcelain is so high, he can do legitimate business, why must he go astray! " Zhao Qirui sneered: "What else can there be? People are not like snakes swallowing elephants.  Well, some people only care about money, and they don't care about other people's lives. " Ying Mingxin sighed: "Hey, money is really harmful! Just like this blue and white jar.  In fact, I had no intention of buying it, but because the price was not expensive, I took advantage of it. Unexpectedly, I ended up losing hundreds of thousands. Although the money was not much, it was still enough to worry about" "Forget it, this is not the case.  By the way, Teacher Chu, let me ask you a question. What is the origin of Cai Jianxuan? Why have I never heard of this name after being a collector of antiques for so many years? "Actually, don't talk about him.  If Mr. Liu hadn't discovered some clues pointing to Hao Jing some time ago, he called Dai Ziming and mentioned this matter.  Otherwise, Dai Ziming would not know about Cai Jianxuan.  Next, Chu Chen carefully explained the origin of Cai Jianxuan to everyone.  and the harm it causes.  "To put it bluntly, I am afraid that everyone will be panicked and cause huge economic losses to the antique market, so people familiar with the matter have been covering up the matter." Zhao Qirui said: "If everyone knows about this matter, the value of the porcelain will definitely rise.  If there is a panic drop, not to mention the businessmen who make a living from it, the collectors will not fare much better. I don¡¯t know how many families will be ruined by this. ¡± Everyone can understand this, and.  Needless to say, there are consequences. Not to mention others, Ying Mingxin has nearly hundreds of millions of yuan worth of porcelain in his hands. If Cai Jianxuan's incident becomes known to everyone, the resulting losses will not be something he can bear.  of.  Because of this, Ying Ming is already considering whether to get rid of some of the collections at home, lest something like that happens and he loses all his money, which would make him want to cry without tears.  "Mr. Ying, do you know the seller who sold you this thing? Can you tell us in detail?" Chu Chen asked.  "I really don't know much about this." Ying Mingxin smiled bitterly and said: "I only know that this person's name is Xu Yueshui, he is a foreign Chinese, he is about thirty-seven or forty years old, he looks very impressive, as for his  I'm not sure about that." Mao Jiancheng said a little speechlessly: "No, then why would you buy his things?" "Isn't this normal?" Ying Mingxin looked a little innocent: "We don't usually buy things.  Well, as long as the item is good, who would ask the seller for detailed information? " Mao Jiancheng smiled and immediately realized that he had asked a stupid question, and he was a little embarrassed and stopped talking.  Chu Chen smiled and asked: "Mr. Ying, where did you meet him? This porcelain was given to him by the other party.The door?  " "It doesn't count.  "Ying Mingxin recalled: "Last Sunday, I was invited by a friend to attend a small charity auction at his place. At that time, the seller happened to be sitting next to me and we chatted for a few words.  , he said that he was in the porcelain business, and I happened to be a collector of porcelain, so I casually asked him if there were any better official kilns from the Qing Dynasty.  " "At that time, he told me that he had this blue and white jar, and also introduced it to me.  What he said at that time was more realistic, unlike other sellers who boasted about their items to the sky.  In addition, he said that he bought this piece of porcelain at a foreign auction the year before last and could provide relevant documents.  " "After hearing this, I was very excited. After the auction, I followed him to his temporary residence, and this blue and white jar came into my hands.  " After hearing what happened, Mao Jiancheng smiled and said: "I said Mr. Ying, you are so brave now. You don't even know who the other person is, and you dare to go to where he lives.  If the other party is a robber, wouldn't you just throw yourself into a trap?  " Ying Mingxin was startled when he heard this, and said with some lingering fear: "I don't know what's going on. I really didn't think about this at the time. Fortunately, this person is just greedy for a little money, otherwise you might not be able to see me.  " "It's not that exaggerated.  Mao Jiancheng laughed and said: "The charity auction you are talking about should be held by Mr. Huang, right?"  With his cautious character, how could he send invitations to dangerous people?  However, we should be more careful next time we encounter this kind of thing. We must not have the intention of harming others, and we must have the intention of guarding against others.  " "Yes, yes!  "Everyone agreed with this. At this time, Chu Chen asked: "Mr. Ying, can I trouble you with something?  " "Teacher Chu, just say it.  " "That's right, I wonder if you could give him a call and ask him out.  " Upon hearing this, Ying Mingxin understood Chu Chen's plan: "Do you want to use him as a breakthrough to find Cai Jianxuan?  " Chu Chen nodded and said: "Yes, you should know how dangerous Cai Jianxuan is, so the sooner you find him, the better.  " Ying Mingxin said: "It's okay to make a phone call, but even if he comes over, there's nothing you can do about him!  " Zhao Qirui said confidently: "It doesn't matter, I will coordinate this aspect when the time comes.  " After hearing this, Ying Mingxin realized that Chu Chen's background was not ordinary. For them, what he said was not a big problem at all. "Okay, then I will give him a call" said  Then, Ying Mingxin took out his cell phone, found Xu Yueshui's phone number, and pulled it out, but the voice on the other end of the phone made him a little dumbfounded. "What's going on?  "Mao Jiancheng asked quickly. "His mobile phone is turned off. Is it because it is out of battery?  Ying Mingxin asked hesitantly. Mao Jiancheng felt there was something fishy about this: "He won't escape, right?"  Ying Mingxin shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be the case. I talked to him on the phone the night before yesterday, and I didn't hear him say he was leaving at that time."  Mao Jiancheng asked: "Then have you told him that I think there is something wrong with this blue and white jar?"  Ying Mingxin waved his hand: "I haven't said anything about this. You can't find out what the problem is. How can I tell him?"  Chu Chen said: "We are standing here, and we can't discuss the reason. How about this? Let's go there now. What do you think?"  "    "OK!  "Ying Mingxin agreed. Next, Chu Chen asked Zhao Qirui to stay here, and he and Zuo Shan followed Ying Mingxin to Xu Yueshui's residence. Under Ying Mingxin's leadership, more than ten minutes later, they  Arriving at the community where Xu Yueshui temporarily lives: ¡°Hello, who are you looking for?  " At the gate of the community, a group of people were stopped by security ps: Thank you "890" for your monthly vote!
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