The film and television city starts from the courtyard

Chapter 2122 Longling Cave

After Hu Bayi met Fatty Wang, he knew that Fatty was also cursed. He went to ask the returning team members but found that nothing happened to them.

Naturally, it was impossible for Hu Bayi to tell the truth about the curse, so after chatting with the archaeological team for a few words, he left in a hurry.

Facing the curse, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan were helpless for a while. After all, Zhao Shucheng couldn't solve it, and they had no clue.

In desperation, the two of them could only pretend that nothing happened. After all, the curse would not break out until they were fifty years old, and they still had time to slowly find a solution.

On this day, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan set up a stall at Panjiayuan. Hu Bayi arrived at the place and lay down on the lounge chair, with a palm fan covering his face.

Wang Kaixuan is different. He enthusiastically invites people to come and take a look at the things on his stall. Unfortunately, two people may be good at fighting each other, but doing business is another matter.

After not closing a single business for a long time, Wang Kaixuan looked at Hu Bayi helplessly and said: "Old Hu, you can also help me to attract business. This is not my business alone, and I can't rely on me alone."

"We're not here for a day or two. The little money we spend is not enough for me to go back and reload the tapes."

Hu Bayi ignored Wang Kaixuan and looked at the figure in the distance through the gap in the palm fan.

"Fat man, if you see it, that's the real owner."

"Who?" Wang Kaixuan looked over curiously.

"The middle-aged man in his thirties, with purple-red skin, looks like he has been doing farm work on the semi-plateau all year round. If I guessed correctly, this guy should be from the Loess Plateau."

"Okay, as expected of a scout, this insight is extraordinary."

"That's right!" Hu Bayi smiled proudly.

"This guy has been wandering around this market for more than a week with a broken bag, and you just figured it out?" The fat man looked at Hu Bayi in a funny way.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"How new. You have only been here once in the past eight hundred years, so of course you don't know about it." Wang Kaixuan asked suspiciously: "No, Lao Hu, what else did you see?"

"You see, people who are anxious to sell something are secretive, for fear of being cheated or robbed. This guy is a typical example. He must have something to sell."

Wang Kaixuan suddenly became interested and said, "We don't have much business anyway, so why don't we go tease him? Maybe there is something really good and we can get it, right?"

"Don't bully honest people."

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The antique market was crowded with people, and Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan didn't want to be disturbed, so after confirming that Li Chunlai really wanted to sell something, they made an appointment to go to a hot pot restaurant together to chat while eating.

Li Chunlai also wanted to sell the things in his hands as soon as possible and wanted to sell them at a good price, so he agreed to Hu Bayi.

Li Chunlai ate for a while, looked at Hu Bayi, and said, "I have a baby, I don't know if it's worth anything." '

Wang Kaixuan said in shock: "Child? We are in the antique business. It is a serious business and we do not accept children. Human trafficking is illegal and damages one's morality. Don't joke. If you keep talking nonsense, I will really send you to the police station. go."

"Fat man!" Hu Bayi said: "My child, the dialect of Sanqin means shoes."

"Oh, are you talking about shoes? You told me earlier, you scared me."

Hu Bayi saw the shadow of Chunlai's shoes disappearing as he opened the bag, and said, "Brother Chunlai, if your shoe has a prestige, you will definitely be able to sell it for a lot of money, and you will have no problem eating meat every day from now on." '

Li Chunlai said honestly: "I have never thought about eating meat every day. My ideal is to sell this shoe at a good price, return to our hometown, marry an aunt, have a baby, and my life will be complete." "

Hu Bayi said: "Don't you all say that Mizhi's mother-in-law Suide is a Han? If these shoes are sold at a high price, you can marry Mizhi's mother-in-law in a minute."

Li Chunlai hesitated for a moment, looked around for a while, then opened his bag, took out a beautifully embroidered shoe, and handed it to Hu Bayi.

While Hu Bayi was looking at it, Zhao Shucheng also came to the hot pot restaurant near Panjiayuan to eat, and happened to see Hu Bayi and the others.

"Lao Hu, do you have business?"

When Hu Bayi saw it was Zhao Shucheng, he smiled and said, "Master Zhao, it's better to come early than to come by chance. This old man from Chunlai has brought a shoe, and you can also help me palm it?" '

Zhao Shucheng glanced at the embroidered shoes and said, "These are good things." It's a pity that it's just one and can't be sold for much. '

When Hu Ba heard it, he knew something and said to Li Chunlai: "Brother Chunlai, where did you get this thing? Do you have another one?"

Li Chunlai began to talk about the origin of the embroidered shoes: "Our place is called Gulan County. It has not rained much in recent years and there has been a severe drought. Our village chief said that we should fight drought. If there is drought, it will rain. ”

"What Hanba?"

Hu Bayi said: "It is a drought demon, that is, a drought bone pile." The Ming Dynasty wrote in "Pengxuan Farewell": "Foolish people in Shandong and Henan, suffering from severe drought, gathered people to dig up buried corpses and smash them to pray for rain... ""

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said: "Yes, but although the Ming and Qing dynasties strictly prohibited this behavior, it has been banned repeatedly. I didn't expect that there is still a place to use such a superstitious method." "In fact, this behavior has no basis at all, even so-called The earliest legend about the Drought Demon is that it is the daughter of the Yellow Emperor. It can dispel wind, rain and fog, but it is also believed to cause local drought, so it will be expelled wherever it goes. "

"However, after the Ming Dynasty, Hanba changed from its previous identity as a goddess or evil to the image of a big rice dumpling, which generally refers to some zombies."

Hu Bayi asked Li Chunlai to continue telling what happened. Li Chunlai said that he was going to burn the body. As a result, Ma Da boldly took people to stay secretly and refused to let the body be burned. In order to prevent Li Chunlai from telling the story, he also removed the body from the coffin. He took out a shoe and said it was hush money.

But that night, Ma DaDa, the coffin shop, and a dozen of his brothers were all killed by thunder. Li Chunlai felt that this was a punishment from God, so he came to the capital and planned to sell his shoes and go home to marry his aunt and live a good life.

Wang Kaixuan didn't believe Li Chunlai's story when he heard it, and felt that Li Chunlai was just making up stories. After all, if there was such a thing as karma, or even divine punishment, there wouldn't be so many bad people in this world. Even the little devil who committed crimes back then would have been struck by lightning from the sky, and it would be impossible for him to be alive and well now.

Hu Bayi was dubious about this. Although Li Chunlai's story contained some fantasy, the experiences of Jingjue Ancient City made Hu Bayi rather believe in these gods and ghosts.

The origin of these embroidered shoes is so tortuous, but it is still well-preserved today. It is really rare. But this antique business also pays attention to a complete set. The more complete the set, the more valuable it is. Of course, the exception is orphan pieces, because there is only one piece left in the world, there are no identical works, and there are even very few works of the same type, so they are the most valuable.

"I really didn't expect that a pair of shoes that were hundreds of years old could be preserved so well. It's really rare. But you only have one, so it's not worth much."

Li Chunlai became a little anxious after hearing this and said, "Why is it not valuable? This is a treasure!"

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile: "This is indeed a treasure, but in the antique industry, it does not mean that the treasure is valuable. This thing depends on the completeness, material, craftsmanship, taste, age, and even age, as well as popularity."

"Some things are valuable individually, but some things are only valuable in sets. Let's take your shoes. When you usually buy shoes for yourself, would you only buy one?"

After hearing this, Li Chunlai shook his head and said, "No!"

"That's it. You don't even know how to buy a pair of shoes. Naturally, we also want a pair so that we can sell them better." The fat man clapped his hands and said.

When Li Chunlai saw the three people from Zhao Shucheng saying this, he still didn't believe it. He felt that they were just deceiving him so that he could buy his shoes at a low price.

When Hu Ba saw Li Chunlai like this, he simply took Li Chun to the antique shop of Da Jinya and asked him, a professional, to take a look and give a price.

Li Chunlai hesitated and agreed. When he arrived at Da Jinya, Da Jinya glanced at the embroidered shoes, then at Zhao Shucheng and others, and said, "These shoes are from the Ming Dynasty. The peonies embroidered with gold thread are very special." It has art collection value. I can give you 200 yuan for this one, but if you can make a pair, let’s say at least 500 yuan. If you meet someone you like, a thousand yuan is not impossible.”

After hearing this, Hu Bayi said without hesitation: "Fat man, pay for it!"

Wang Kaixuan didn't waste any time. He took out a wad of money from his pocket, counted two hundred, and put it on the table.

Hu Bayi took the money and said: "Brother Chunlai, we won't hold you back. This is two hundred yuan. If you want, just keep the shoes and take the money. If you don't want to, you can also just take it." Just put on your shoes and go, you can go to Liulichang and Panjiayuan, there should be no one with a higher price than ours."

When Li Chunlai saw how neatly Fatty Wang paid, and how he ate meat in a hot pot restaurant without worrying about money, he immediately knew he had found his target. After pretending to hesitate, he said, "I won't sell these shoes."

Wang Kaixuan became anxious after hearing this and said: "No, you don't want to sell anymore? For this price, you can't find anyone who can give you this price even if you search all over the capital. You've been wandering around Panjiayuan for a week. You It should be clear."

Hearing this, Li Chunlai pretended to hesitate and said: "Boss Hu, I have a box of more valuable treasures there. If you can come with me and estimate the price of these treasures, if the price is right, then A box of treasures is all yours. My dream of marrying a mother-in-law and having a baby will come true."

Hu Bayi became a little cautious and said, "Didn't you say you only have this embroidered shoe?"

"I haven't finished what I said just now. It was Ma Daring who only gave me one shoe. But after Ma Daring's coffin shop was struck by lightning, all the coffin shops were burned down. But do you think it's strange? There is also a box. Nothing happened at all, so I took the box home while others were not paying attention. It was full of treasures and another shoe. "

"I came out this time just to look for it. If there is a real person with a suitable price, I can go back to my hometown with me and collect all those things."

After hearing this, Hu Bayi looked at Wang Kaixuan, then at Zhao Shucheng, who seemed to be watching a show, and Da Jinya, and said, "Let's talk about it before we make a decision." '

Li Chunlai said: "Okay, I'll leave you the address and go back and wait for your news."

After Li Chunlai left, Da Jinya looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Master Hu, Master Zhao, when I made the price just now, I already reserved a hand."

Wang Kaixuan looked at the big golden tooth and said, "Master Jin, it's okay."

"Of course. If you ask me, these shoes are worth at least five hundred. If they really make a pair, quadruple them won't be a problem."

Da Jinya looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Master Hu, please don't call me treacherous. There are rules in this industry. In this antique industry, vision, experience and courage are all indispensable. It's also wealth. I can offer two hundred for your sake, Master Hu. Otherwise, if Li Chunlai is as timid as he is today, no one will give him a price higher than fifty even if he travels all over the capital. It's because of Mr. Hu's kindness that Li Chunlai is willing to tell the story about the box of treasures. The subsequent business will be impossible, so we have to follow Mr. Hu's example. "

Hu Bayi looked at Zhao Shucheng strangely and asked, "Mr. Zhao, you didn't say much along the way. What do you think of this matter?" '

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said: "It's okay to go there. If it's true, we can count on it this time." If it's fake, we can just see what he wants to do, right? '

Hu Ba nodded and said, "Master Zhao is right, let's go take a look?"

After hearing this, Da Jinya quickly said: "Master Hu, Master Zhao, if you want to go, don't forget to take me with you. I have long heard from colleagues who went to Shaanxi to collect things, this place is a good place, eight hundred miles away Qinchuan is full of cultural and military attractions, and the land of the Three Qin Dynasties is a treasure. Xi'an is the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties. There are countless emperors and generals buried under the ground, and there are countless cultural relics left by the people. I have always wanted to go there to collect some good things. I have gained a lot of experience, but I was afraid of hardships when I went alone, and I was even more afraid of running into trouble that I couldn’t solve, so I didn’t make the trip.”

"This time, Mr. Hu, Mr. Zhao, and brother Fatty will go together. As a group of us, we will take care of each other."

The four of them discussed it and decided to go to Gulan County together in a few days to see what the so-called box of treasures contained.

After Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan returned home, Wang Kaixuan looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Old Hu, it's okay to go, but we agreed in advance that we don't want to be compassionate when we get there. If we pat our foreheads, we will be generous. Yes. At that time, I felt that I owed you something. There was something wrong with you last time when you came back from Jingjue Ancient City. Now that you are going to Shaanxi this time, you can't be so absent-minded. "