Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

"Find a place to sit."

Director Zhang saw Xu Changping following in and said casually.

"No, I'll just give you the book and go home."

Xu Changping glanced at the room filled with ancient books and waved his hand.

"You are told to sit, so sit."

Director Zhang glared and pointed at a chair.

Xu Changping had no choice but to sit down obediently.

"You said you have finished reading this book, but do you know what it is about?" Director Zhang asked, stroking his beard with satisfaction after seeing Xu Changping sit down.

"It just introduces some of the tools used by ancient people."

Xu Changping said without thinking.

"Well... you're not wrong. But what you said is what ordinary people think. In our industry, we call those things antiques."

Director Zhang was stunned by Xu Changping's answer and continued after a moment.

"Well, Director Zhang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Xu Changping nodded, agreeing with Director Zhang's statement, and then asked.

"Now that you've finished reading this book, don't you want to read any other ones?"

Seeing that Xu Changping didn't take the bait, Director Zhang asked anxiously.

"What else?"

Xu Changping didn't understand what Director Zhang was talking about for a moment.

"Other books on antique identification! Don't tell me you came here just to read ancient humanities books today."

"How did you know I was looking for books on antique identification?"

After hearing what Director Zhang said, Xu Changping asked with some curiosity.

In order to conceal his identity, he did not tell others what book he was looking for!

"No one can escape my eyes, not even you."

Director Zhang looked at Xu Changping with pride, and then continued:

"Did you get any antiques related to Heshen?"

"Well, that's right."

Xu Changping hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Could it be that this old man knew that he came to read the book last time in order to determine the location of Heshen’s treasure?

"Haha, I knew it. Last time you came to look for books related to Heshen's life, did you want to see if there were any records related to the antiques in your hand?"

Director Zhang shook his head and said.

"Um, didn't I say I was here to look at the recipe last time?"

After hearing what Director Zhang said, Xu Changping felt relieved. It seemed that the old man had only guessed partly right.

"Bullshit, who would read a recipe and spend the whole day reading a book? I even forgot to eat lunch."

Director Zhang glanced at Xu Changping and continued:

"Although I didn't guess your purpose last time, your fox tail is exposed this time."

Director Zhang looked at Xu Changping proudly.

"Well, you are really smart."

Seeing this, Xu Changping knew that Director Zhang had no ill intentions, so he echoed his words.

"Come on, tell me about the game."

Unexpectedly, Director Zhang, who had a smug look on his face just now, changed his expression and said in a serious tone.

Xu Changping immediately understood what Director Zhang meant, and he immediately thought:

Although he could learn the knowledge of antique appraisal through the system, there was indeed no obvious source.

He couldn't let the master in front of him get away. Thinking of this, he said directly:

"During the period between the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty and the reign of the Southern Tang Emperor, an official workshop was set up in Jurong County to cast the coins, so many of them have official seals. They are thin and light, with fine and lovely patterns, but not ancient. Some are slightly green and have cinnabar spots, but they are not completely transparent."

"Yes, it seems that my guess was correct. You may have a photographic memory."

Director Zhang looked at Xu Changping with a smile, like an old fox.

"It's OK. I can remember most of it after reading it once."

Xu Changping looked at Director Zhang and said without any modesty.

"Hahahaha, boy, how about I accept you as my disciple?"

After Director Zhang laughed, he said to Xu Changping.

Looking at Director Zhang's white hair and beard, Xu Changping thought that in his previous life he was less than 30 years old, so what was wrong with him taking a man in his sixties or seventies as his teacher.

He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Director Zhang, saying:

"Master, please bow to me, my disciple."

"Okay, okay, good disciple, get up quickly."

After being hit three times by Xu Changping, Director Zhang immediately stood up and helped Xu Changping, who was kneeling on the ground.

"This is a gift from your teacher."

As he spoke, Director Zhang took out a white jade peace amulet from his pocket and placed it in Xu Changping's hand.

"It's best not to take this thing out casually now, just hide it."

Xu Changping took the white jade plate and found that the first feeling he had was coolness. After rubbing it a few times, he felt an oily feeling.

Although he didn't know much about antiques, he had many authentic pieces in his hands. He immediately discovered the extraordinary nature of this white jade plaque and was about to refuse when he saw Director Zhang.

"Here, this was carved by Master. Several of your brothers have one."

Director Zhang noticed Xu Changping's intention to refuse and said with a fierce face.

Seeing this, Xu Changping had an idea and directly exchanged a bracelet marked with ebony and amber wood in the space with the one he was wearing.

Then he took it off, handed it to Director Zhang and said:

"Master, this is my gift to you."

"Is this ebony? No, this is ebony. No, you should take it back. It's too valuable."

Director Zhang took it and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Xu Changping and said.

"Master, this is a gift from your disciple. You can just keep it. Most people can't tell what it is made of anyway."

Xu Changping didn't care about the value of this bracelet at all. He had a whole box of bracelets in his space, and each one was made of extraordinary material.

"Okay, I'll keep her for a while, and I'll return her to you once I've grown fond of her."

Seeing that Xu Changping refused to take the call, Director Zhang had no choice but to compromise.

"You can play with it."

Xu Changping said nonchalantly.

"Okay, but don't let anyone else know that you have antiques."

Director Zhang gave Xu Changping some advice.

As the saying goes, people become more cunning as they age. He has had a bad feeling in his heart for some time.

"I didn't have many of them to begin with, and I got them by accident."

Xu Changping said casually.

"As long as you know what's going on."

Director Zhang did not delve into the truth of Xu Changping's words, but took him directly to a bookshelf, pointed to one of the rows and said:

"Take down all the books in this row."

Xu Changping obediently took all the books down and placed them on Director Zhang's desk.

"These are the books you need to read this week. If you have any questions, ask them when you bring them back next Sunday."

"Master, aren't these books a bit too many?"

Xu Changping looked at the books that covered half of the table, swallowed, and said.

"Not much. These books are not as many as the last time you read in the library in a day."

Director Zhang looked at Xu Changping and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll get a package then."

"use this."

As he spoke, Director Zhang took out a bag of fertilizer from behind his back like a magic trick.

"This, isn't it good?"

Xu Changping glanced at Director Zhang and said hesitantly.

These books seem to be ancient books. Is the master really serious about putting them in this fertilizer bag?

"Don't worry, these are all printed copies, and the originals are well preserved."

Director Zhang immediately saw what Xu Changping was thinking and gave him a reassurance.

"Master, I'll leave first."

Xu Changping was escorted out of the library by Director Zhang, carrying a bag of fertilizer containing registered books.

There was no way. If it weren’t for Director Zhang, he would never have been able to take these books out of the library.