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Chapter 235 Hidden Rules
Chapter 235. Hidden Rules
"A blue and white jade carving from Mount Tai during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, worth 9 points."

"Golden bell-shaped ink produced in Huizhou, 7 points."

"Well, this hammered double phoenix piercing flower gold ornament is from the Liao and Song Dynasties. It's hard for you to recognize it, and it counts as 9 points."

Accompanied by Lu Ziliang's gratified laughter, the rankings on the standings changed rapidly, and some children from the Nine Great Families had surpassed the children from the three provinces, ranking at the top.

At this time, everyone already knew that these children relied on Ren Ping to achieve success, but they had to be serious about it, and they did not violate the rules, so they had to secretly praise him for his extraordinary eyesight. Quality above the standard.

"Hmph, it's a good points match, and some people just make a fuss, there are no rules at all!"

Cui Hao on the side said coldly.

Although he knew that it would be useless to complain to Lu Ziliang, but he couldn't help but feel the suffocation in his chest.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Lu Ziliang only smiled slightly, pretending not to know. On the contrary, Qi Heng and the others on the opposite side finally waited until they were elated, and sarcastically said:
"Elder Cui doesn't need to criticize Sang Huai. Mr. Ren also said just now that as long as all his things are not used for scoring, anyone can take them, and so can your children."

"That being said, I'm afraid that all the Xiankun from the three provinces will look down on those things, or they are too arrogant to hold back this face? Hahahaha!"

Cui Hao didn't answer, but just snorted with a half-smile.

In fact, if you really want to let the children of the three provinces follow Ren Ping's ass to pick up leaks, what's the point?Even if they know they can take advantage of it, they are absolutely unwilling.

On the other side, Zhuang Kun, Fan Zhiyi, Cui Simin and other nine disciples also had the same idea.

Although they watched their own ranking gradually being surpassed, they were worried, but they would never do such a thing as picking up people and leaving them out.

What's more, the things that Ren Ping picked would at most make the loss of the nine disciples not too embarrassing, and there was still a long way to go if they wanted to turn defeat into victory.

"No matter how tricks this kid plays, his eyesight has not reached the peak after all, otherwise there wouldn't be a single thing in that truckload with a score of more than 10."

"That's right, he may be considered a talent among those useless children of the Nine Great Families, but he is not worth mentioning in our three provinces. Don't forget, the threshold for getting the selection quota this time is 50 points, which means that every item is averaged It is necessary to achieve more than 10 points, and some mediocre things are not enough."

"Only Senior Brother Fan's 200 million Guan Gong portrait, once handed in, will be enough to widen the gap with them, not to mention Senior Brother Zhuang, Senior Brother Cui, hehe..."

After a few moments of thought, the disciples of the three provinces immediately settled down again, with a look of victory.

Don't look at the rankings on the current standings, you come and go, and it becomes exhilarating, but the real game hasn't started yet.

Naturally, Su Rui and the others understand this truth, aside from other things, until now a core disciple of each of the Zhuang, Fan, and Cui families has not paid too much attention, that is to say, they don't know what they are holding in their hands.

Winning first is not winning, and when it comes to the final decision, we still don't know who will win.

Most importantly, they still can't figure out what Ren Ping wants to do?
The cart full of things was brought back first, and now they are all given away. Is it just to help the other nine disciples?But you can't win with this alone?I really don't understand how this person's brain circuit is long.

After a while, the cart full of things had been delivered, and the other nine children saw that there was nothing to snag, so they scattered away, and Qi Xiaoshuang, who had just been sent out by Ren Ping, also came back at this time.

Su Rui and the others were taken aback when they saw that she did not have the portrait of Guan Gong mentioned earlier, but only an old book scroll that looked like a calligraphy and painting.

"What? Are you missing?" Ren Ping also frowned slightly.

"Yes, when I went back to look at it, it had already been taken away, but this one is still there."

Qi Xiaoshuang opened the scroll in his hand as he spoke, and saw a portrait of Guan Gong on it. In the middle of the low couch, Guan Gong, dressed in soft armor, was sitting upright, holding a book and reading.

According to the posture, this should belong to Guan Yu's Sitting and Looking at the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is not a statue, but a portrait, and it is a color painting, not an ink and wash Chinese painting. From the perspective of fine brushwork, it is also close to the modern style.

Everyone looked at the inscription at the bottom of the drawing, and saw that there was only a private seal named "Shi Youguang", other than that, it was empty.

Rong Yi had an idea, and pointed to the sketch: "Is this the portrait of Guan Gong by Shi Youguang, a modern painter?"

Ren Ping nodded, secretly praising him as worthy of being a master forger. In terms of professional background, he is no worse than a serious person in the industry, otherwise he would not be able to recognize such a remote painter.

"Then how do you get it back? This isn't a portrait of Guan Gong either?"

"Who said no? I only mentioned the statue of Guan Gong, not the statue of Guan Gong."

Ren Ping smiled, took the drawing and looked it up and down.

Qi Xiaoshuang on the side took advantage of the situation and explained that she and Ren Ping had indeed found a statue of Guan Gong when they walked along the road just now. Unlike Fan Zhiyi's, it was a seated stone statue in the late Ming Dynasty.

But because the value is not high, I didn't take it. This portrait of Guan Gong is another one.

As for the stone statue, it was already taken away when I went back to look at it just now.

Only then did everyone realize that Ren Ping asked Qi Xiaoshuang to take two things just now, a statue of Guan Gong and a portrait of Guan Gong, and now they only got one back.

But so what, it sounds like these two things are just ordinary, even if you take them all, they can't compare with Fan Zhiyi's one?

Rong Yi frowned, and looked at Ren Ping: "With all due respect, Brother Ren, although this Shi Youguang is also a well-known painter in modern times, he is not very famous, and his works are of average value."

"There is also the stone statue of Guan Gong that Junior Sister Qi mentioned just now. No matter who made it, since it is a seated statue, it cannot be compared to Fan Zhiyi's bow and feather statue. The two together are not enough."

The implication is that he is afraid that doing so will be in vain.

Ren Ping nodded again and again, obviously agreeing with what Rong Yi said, but then he smiled:
"Brother Rong thinks too much, I don't want to use these two things to compare with others."

"why?"

"I want to verify one thing. The thousands of things here are not all isolated antiques, but are connected with each other. Otherwise, how could there be so many Guan Gong statues?"

Everyone was at a loss when they heard this, thinking that the statue of Guan Gong is not uncommon at all, so there are so many things here, it should be just a coincidence, not to mention that if it is not, what can it prove?
Only Qi Xiaoshuang reacted the fastest, and he was following Ren Ping all the time. Hearing this, he immediately had an epiphany:
"You mean, these Guan Gongs seem to be deliberately placed in by the people who set up the arena?"

"Yes, you haven't forgotten the hidden rules that girl said just now?"

Ren Ping paused, and continued: "It would be too monotonous if we only judge the points based on the value of each antique. This point competition system originated from the Capital Competition. At the level of the Capital Competition, it is absolutely impossible to be so boring. ,"

"And if the hidden rules really exist, just imagine, what kind of settings would it be?"

"Collection combination!"

As soon as the words fell, Rong Yi and Qi Wulei immediately said in unison.

They are all the most outstanding children of the Nine Families. They just didn't think too much about it before, but now they are reminded by Ren Ping, and they immediately come to their senses.

Yes, the so-called collection, one is "collecting", and the other is "collecting", that is, collecting.

Because there are too many types of antiques, it is impossible for ordinary collectors to cover everything. Most of them will only choose one of the major categories, small categories, or even a sub-category to specialize in.

When there are more and more collections in a certain category, and the collection is more complete, it means that the collection level is higher. In addition to the pursuit of interests, most of the fun of antique collection comes from this.

It's like buying crispy noodles when I was a child, eating noodles was second, and the most important thing was to collect the Water Margin [-] cards. When I finally collected them all, the joy was beyond words.

From this point of view, the hidden rules in the legend are unfathomable, but if you study it carefully, there is only one possibility, which is to see if the contestants can find a certain combination of collections on the field.

If it can be found, there is a high probability that it will be rewarded, such as doubling the points, etc. This is also a deeper test that is different from ordinary antique identification.

After thinking about this, Rong Yi and the others were extremely excited, but because they were not familiar with the points competition system before, everything seemed to be overwhelmed by the children of the three provinces, which made people very uncomfortable.

Well now, they know the rules, and the two sides are now on the same starting line.

"So, the statue of Guan Gong was taken away by Fan Zhiyi and the others just now?"

"should be."

"So what do we do? Stop them?"

Rong Yi and the others thought that since it was a combination of collections, then five of them should be Guan Gong statues. Including the stone sculpture, the other party only found two. As long as they find the rest, they can destroy the other party's plan.

Unexpectedly, Ren Ping shook his head: "Of course not, that would be too passive. Besides, since this combination rule is hidden, there will not be only five collections of Guan Gong statues here, and it is by no means limited to statues."

"We'll compare with them to see whose eyesight is better!"

(End of this chapter)