Shengshibaojian

"Brother Shen, come and see!"

In less than two hours, Zuo Xiaoqing searched online forums for a useful clue.

I saw that this was a guy whose online nickname was Yanjing Laopao 007, and he published his views on Zheng Banqiao's "Eight Immortals Asking the Way" on the Internet.

"Not to mention, I have actually seen the lower part of the picture of the Eight Immortals. About four or five years ago, I opened a store in Panjiayuan, and two peasant couples came to my store to sell them. The ancient painting, I remember very clearly, is this picture of the Eight Immortals, only half of the picture of the Eight Immortals, and there are only four gods in the Eight Immortals, so this left a deep impression on me."

Yanjing Laopao only said half of what he said, and then he excused himself to withdraw early. After many inquiries, Zuo Xiaoqing found the clue of this Yanjing Laopao.

The so-called Old Pao is a guy surnamed Tang who runs a grocery store in Panjiayuan Night Market.

Shen Qiu greeted Master Pao and asked him to stay in the store to take care of Xiujuan, and he and Xiaoqing rushed to Panjiayuan's night market stall without stopping.

At the same time, Shen Qiu also asked Xiujuan to contact her hometown in the countryside to try to find out the couple's birthday horoscope. If possible, Shen Qiu would like to try divination.

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Panjiayuan night market stalls.

The night market stalls open at seven o'clock, and as early as five o'clock in the afternoon, many stall owners seized their stalls here.

The things on the stalls in the night market are relatively complicated, and the treasures on any stall are full of treasures, ranging from jades and bronzes from the Xia and Shang dynasties, to the imperial jade seal of Qin Shihuang, and the imperial seal of Empress Lu during the Han Dynasty. You can find traces here.

To sum it up in one sentence, it's almost enough to come here at night to have a look. If you want to find a serious treasure here, you can imagine the difficulty.

The weather tonight is a bit cold, and there are very few people walking around. Occasionally, a few stop to get started, but few really catch their eyes.

Shen Qiu didn't have time to wander around, so he went straight to the topic with Zuo Xiaoqing to find the veteran Yanjing who replied to the post on the Internet.

After many inquiries, I finally found this Yanjing veteran in the northwest corner of Panjiayuan.

Boss Tang, as his name suggests, looks like a thin monkey. He is not tall, has a sharp mouth, monkey cheeks, and big scorched teeth.

"Hehe! Master Shen Qiu! I knew you would come to me, but I didn't expect you to come tonight! I can see that you really want to know the clues of that painting! Let me introduce myself first, my name is Tang Sanli , is a well-known veteran in Dongcheng District, and has been in this industry for 18 years! There is no one in this area who doesn't know me! Hehe!"

"Hello, Boss Tang!" Shen Qiu shook hands with him with a nod, and handed him a cigarette by the way: "Because you're not busy now, please tell me the reason behind the painting of the Eight Immortals!"

"No problem! Master Shen must help! But you also have to do me a favor! I've been setting up a stall for three hours today, and it hasn't opened yet. You have to help me!"

"I know the rules!"

Shen Qiu understood, and took a rough look at the objects on the booth. Most of Tang Sanli's items were miscellaneous items, mostly brass and bronze wares, and he didn't even need to check the items on his booth. .

Shen Qiu randomly picked two things from the booth, one was a string of green jadeite necklaces, and the other was a black face mask from Peking Opera.

"Only these two things, how much is the boss?"

"Master Shen, even though you are a treasure-appreciating genius in Yanjing City, according to the rules, I still have to tell you that the most valuable of these two things is the jadeite necklace, which is a kind of jadeite from Yunnan glass. All belong to the superior!"

"Look at the size and shape of these dozens of beads, they are almost exactly the same! You must know that these beads were hand-polished more than 100 years ago! It is almost unbelievable that they can be made to look like machines!"

Zuo Xiaoqing pursed her red mouth and said: "Boss, don't fool around, anyone can tell that your jade chain is not some high-grade water glass ice jade, and your jade is not more than 100 years ago. Emerald beads made by machines!"

"Hey, can you little girl know how to talk! Master Shen Qiu didn't say anything, but you little girl jumped out to point fingers instead!"

"That's enough, that's enough!" Shen Qiu understood the routine here: "Boss Tang, just tell me, how much is it? We want it!"

"Not much! Master Shen Qiu! Two treasures! You give me 2 yuan! Just for this emerald chain, a customer from Singapore came to me a few days ago and offered 3 yuan. If it wasn't for Master Shen Qiu's face, I definitely wouldn't pay this price!"

"3 yuan? You're too foolish! Boss! If the cost of this emerald chain exceeds 500 yuan, you're considered amazing!" Zuo Xiaoqing shouted emotionally.

"Give it up!" Shen Qiu nodded and smiled, Boss Tang's heart is like a mirror, he knows how much these two things are worth better than anyone else.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this guy took the opportunity to kill Shen Qiu because he knew the clues of the Eight Immortals Picture.

Zuo Xiaoqing reluctantly gave the money, and Shen Qiu continued to ask: "Boss Tang, can you tell me about the picture of the Eight Immortals now?"

"Yes, yes! Of course!" Tang Sanli's face bloomed with a smile: "Master Shen Qiu is authentic enough, so I won't hide it anymore. This matter must have happened from about four years ago or five years ago." Before, anyway, I can’t remember the exact time!”

"At that time, my family was not bad, so I opened an antique shop diagonally opposite. The signboard was named Sanli Antique Shop after my name. I was dozing off in the shop at noon that day, and I saw two foreigners in ordinary clothes, with their backs on their backs. He came to my store with a sack! The man’s legs are not very sharp, he looks like he’s in his 40s, and the woman’s clothes are also average, and both of them speak with a Jiangnan accent!”

"The man claimed to be surnamed Zhang, and carefully took out an ancient painting from his bag. It was the lower half of the picture of the Eight Immortals posted on the Internet by Master Shen Qiu. At that time, I remembered very clearly that only half of the Eight Immortals remained, and It still uses the name of Zheng Banqiao! This is completely wrong! Anyone who makes antiques knows that Zheng Banqiao is playing with bamboo!"

"Wait a minute!"

Shen Qiu suddenly realized a situation: "Boss Tang, did you just say that the painting has Zheng Banqiao's name on it?"

Shen Qiu still remembered that Xiujuan's painting was signed by Zheng Banqiao's name.

"This must be true! I remember very clearly that the inscription mark was drawn with a brush! Isn't the word "Fanmu" the signature of Zheng Banqiao?"

"En!" Shen Qiu almost thought of the corresponding picture, because "Eight Immortals Asking the Way" was painted for two woodcutter brothers, so Zheng Banqiao left his name on both paintings, which is also understandable.

This also verified a point from the side, this Tang Laopao should not have lied.

"Boss Tang, continue!"

"Anyway, I saw a lot of problems in this painting. At that time, there were often scammers disguised as peasants who went to the city to sell antiques, so I became more vigilant, and I didn't blame them, just said their things I’m not familiar with them, so let’s introduce them to other stores to have a look!”

"Who knew that man was quite emotional, and he kept explaining that this painting is the real one. It was a treasure that Mr. Zheng Banqiao painted for their family back then, and he created it for their family alone!"

"I thought to myself, isn't this bullshit? I have never heard of Zheng Banqiao creating paintings for anyone. The couple are basically liars, and then they just found a reason to send them away! I originally I thought this matter was over like this, but who knew that when the couple left my shop, they were blocked by people!"

"Blocked by someone?"

Zuo Xiaoqing's mood suddenly became tense: "Boss Tang? Did you see someone trouble the couple?"

"No, no, I didn't mean to ask for trouble when I said blocking! It was because someone took a fancy to the painting in their hands, so they blocked them at the door. I was also curious and went up to take a look, hey! You Guess what?"