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Chapter 236 Ren Ping's Plan

Chapter 236. Ren Ping's plan

"Senior Brother Rong, Senior Brother Qi, and Su Rui, have you seen any other statues of Guan Gong just now?" Ren Ping asked after a pause.

The three of them thought for a while and shook their heads.

"It doesn't have to be a statue or a portrait, as long as it is related to Guan Gong."

Speaking of which, Qi Wulei frowned: "There are too many things here, and we only read a small part. If I have to say something, I just saw a thread-bound "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". ?”

Su Rui rolled his eyes when he heard the words: ""The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is related to Guan Gong, but it is also related to Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Zhuge Liang. You are going too far."

Qi Wulei's face turned red. He was originally in love with Su Rui, and because of this, he has been at odds with Ren Ping.

But now it seems that Ren Ping's eyesight and knowledge are far superior to his, and the elders of the nine families did not choose the wrong person, and he can't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.

Of course, everyone didn't know the small thoughts in his heart, and thought that he stopped talking because of Su Rui's rebuke.

Qi Xiaoshuang thought for a while and said, "No matter what, let's go and have a look, we won't lose anything anyway, how about it?"

"Well, let's hope we're lucky."

Ren Ping nodded in agreement and smiled at Qi Wulei.

The latter led the way at the moment, and the five of them came to a corner of the arena together.

This is the place where ancient books are gathered in the field. At a glance, all kinds of rare ancient books are piled up all over the floor. The thread-bound copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Qi Wulei said was found here.

And it seems that other than him, other people seldom pay attention to this place, and it didn't take much effort to pick things out from the pile of books.

At first glance, everyone was slightly disappointed because this thread-bound version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not a precious ancient book. From the cover to the pages to the paper layout, they were all common antique books on the market.

The reason why this kind of antique book is called an ancient book is purely because books are the most difficult to preserve among all kinds of antiques, and they can usually be classified into this category after only a few decades.

In terms of value, it can only be traced back to the 90s and [-]s, and it was mass-produced, not even worth a few hundred dollars.

Su Rui took it and flipped through a few pages, seeing that they were all words and there were no illustrations, so he concluded that there was nothing to do.

On the other side, Qi Xiaoshuang had sharp eyes, and suddenly pointed out: "Wait a minute, what is that?"

"What?" Su Rui was taken aback, and turned back and forth several times, but found nothing, and thought that Qi Xiaoshuang was helping her brother to play tricks.

At this time, Ren Ping also saw the strangeness, took the book from Su Rui's hand, and when he turned to the middle page, there was a sudden pause, the two fingers of his left hand stretched the inner thread, and he twisted it lightly with his right hand. Twist it out.

When everyone looked closely, it turned out to be a postage stamp, but because of its extremely small size and the fact that it was tightly clamped by the thread binding page, it was difficult to detect.

However, the pattern on it is very conspicuous, and it turns out to be Guan Gong again.

Different from the statues of bending a bow and shooting feathers and sitting and watching Spring and Autumn that I have seen before, Guan Yu on this stamp is holding a rein, straddling a red rabbit, and pointing at the Qinglong Yanyue knife obliquely, with a heroic posture of galloping his horse to kill the enemy.

This is the statue of Guan Gong riding alone through a barrier. It naturally depicts the story of Guan Yu passing five passes and killing six generals.

"Su Rui, you should learn more from Senior Brother Qi and Junior Sister Qi in the future. In our business, a photographic memory and careful observation are necessary skills, so you can't relax."

Ren Ping's words were obviously reminding her.

Although Su Rui was dissatisfied, but thought that without the brothers and sisters of the Qi family, this Guan Gong stamp that was hidden so deeply would probably be difficult to find, so he just pursed his lips and glanced at the two of them.

"Brother Rong, do you recognize this stamp?"

After Ren Ping read it carefully, he handed it to Rong Yi.

Rong Yi took it and looked at it several times before and after, shaking his head: "It's because I'm ignorant, I've never seen this style of Guan Gong stamp."

"Could it be a coincidence?" Qi Xiaoshuang couldn't help but frown.

The implication is that if the item has no origin or is too low in value, it is naturally not included in the collection of Guan Gong's statues, and Ren Ping's previous inference is highly doubtful.

At the moment, the four of them couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Ren Ping smiled, and took the stamp again:
"This is not a common type of stamp, nor is it a special stamp for zodiac signs or celebrations. No wonder you don't recognize it. Look at the code on it. When was it issued?"

"19600717 is a stamp from 1960, 60 years ago."

"More than that, the following date, July 7, refers to the Gregorian calendar, but it is June 17 when converted into the lunar calendar. Do you know what day it is?"

"It's Guan Gong's birthday!" Hearing this, Rong Yi suddenly came to his senses:
"That's right! Every June 24th in the lunar calendar is the famous Guandi's birthday. There are celebration customs in all parts of China, and the year 1960 is also a bit special. Could it be that it is the 1800th anniversary of Guan Gong's birth?"

Ren Ping nodded. Regarding the year of Guan Gong's birth, there is no official history record, and it is also a historical mystery.

However, through various unofficial historical research in the last century, there is evidence that he was born in the third year of Yanxi of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, which was 160 AD. By 1960, it happened to be the 1800th anniversary.

And this stamp is the commemorative stamp issued by Huaxia Postal Bank under the application of Guan Gong's hometown government at that time. There are only 180 commemorative stamps in total.

Although less than a hundred years have passed, due to damage, loss, private collection and other reasons, there are less than ten existing records. Considering the rarity of the stamp, the value of this stamp can reach more than one million yuan!

After listening to Ren Ping's brief introduction to the background, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.

The value of this stamp is second, and more importantly, it further proves Ren Ping's inference that at least in this arena, the combination of Guan Gong's collection is indeed one of the hidden rules.

As for whether there are other hidden rules, it depends on everyone's ability in the remaining time.

After handing over the Guan Gong portrait stamp to Rong Yi, the five of them did not continue to travel together, but separated into groups.

At this time, Qi Xiaoshuang has vaguely realized the reason why Ren Ping "takes so many antiques as his own" before. His purpose is to find out the hidden rules behind them by comparing various antiques.

You know, although they already know that the hidden rules refer to the combination of collections, it is not clear what kind of combination it is.

For example, Guan Gong statues can be combined in different poses, different materials, different types of antiques, and even the chronological order of the production process.

Only when you really get in touch with antiques can you get a little clue.

Because of this, Ren Ping took everything from the very beginning, never refusing anyone who came, and then passed it on to the other nine disciples without hesitation.

It may seem like a futile effort, but in fact, secretly, the situation on the field has been gradually figured out.

"It turns out that this person already had a plan from the very beginning. He wanted to find out the whole context of the arena before making a move,"

"No wonder Grandpa and Uncle Rong value him so much. With his foresight, adaptability, and calm attitude, not to mention the Nine Families, even the disciples from the Three Provinces are far behind him."

With a new understanding of Ren Ping in his heart, Qi Xiaoshuang pondered for a moment, and said:

"How did you realize this combination of Guan Gong? Because Fan Zhiyi took that bronze pendulum and showed it off in front of you?"

"It's not just that. Do you still remember that senior brother Qi used that Guan Gong woodcarving to test me? At that time, Mr. Lu was behind him. I noticed that he had a strange expression, as if he was surprised to see Guan Gong here. "

"Of course, I didn't know what this meant at the time. I only thought of it when I heard that there were hidden rules and Fan Zhiyi happened to find the bronze pendulum."

"I think, since Mr. Lu is the one who made the points match, he also knows that there will be this combination of Guan Gong portraits in the arena."

After hearing Ren Ping's confession, Su Rui and Qi Xiaoshuang were extremely shocked.

The former had an expression of disbelief: "So you've been tricked since then? You've got a lot of eyes, kid!"

Although Qi Xiaoshuang didn't reveal too much, it was only after a while that he came back to his senses, and smiled wryly:
"But Mr. Ren, although you have already noticed, your goal is not the Guan Gong portrait group, right?"

"That's right. Let your brother and Senior Brother Rong do the combination of Guan Gong. Now the goal is clear. With their abilities, they will never lose to those children from the three provinces."

"What about us?"

"Of course there are other plans." Ren Ping smiled.

(End of this chapter)