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That morning.

Kyoto.

The Panjiayuan Antiques and Second-Hand Market is bustling with people, and the sounds of shouting and bargaining can be heard one after another.

Every weekend, this place is like a grand party, with people coming from all directions just to shop and enjoy the scenery here.

Lin Lang accompanied Zhou Mengyao into the Panjiayuan Antique Market, which was like entering a time tunnel, allowing people to feel the weight of history and cultural heritage.

On the dazzling array of antique stalls, there were porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, bronzes, jades, wood carvings, stamps, all kinds of miscellaneous items and old objects everywhere, which dazzled Zhou Mengyao and she was overwhelmed.

The stall owners greeted the customers warmly, made up all kinds of stories, and introduced the treasures on the stalls with exaggerated expressions.

Tourists visiting the antique stalls enthusiastically selected their favorite items and bargained with the stall owners.

Lin Lang and Zhou Mengyao walked hand in hand in the bustling antique market. They came to a miscellaneous stall and stopped to watch curiously.

"Wow, is this red coral?" Zhou Mengyao asked curiously.

Lin Lang replied: "Red coral is prohibited from being sold. This is a creature called sea bamboo. After it is dyed, it can be sold as red coral."

Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "It seems that it is not easy to find bargains in the antique market!"

Lin Lang raised his eyebrows and replied: "You want to pick up a bargain, and the stall owner wants to pick you up."

Zhou Mengyao picked up a shield-shaped Three Realms Plate from the miscellaneous goods stall and asked curiously, "Dear, what is this? Why does it look like a bone product to me?"

Lin Lang replied: "This is called the Three Realms Plate. It is made of animal skulls, mostly from the bones of sika deer or Tibetan antelopes. It is a mysterious and evil plaything."

"To put it bluntly, it is taken from the top of an animal's head. It is a heavy-flavored and unpopular cultural plaything."

"what……"

Zhou Mengyao hurriedly put the Three Realms Card made of animal skulls back on the stall and said weakly, "How could anyone like such a horrible cultural relic? What's the use of the Three Realms Card?"

Lin Lang patiently replied: "Because of the natural bone joints on the parietal bones of animals, the top of the head is divided into three boundaries and is called the Three Realms Plate. The top of the head is where the spiritual energy of an animal gathers throughout its life. Not only does it gather the three souls and seven spirits, but it is also an extremely yang thing."

"It is said that the Three Realms Card has a mysterious and powerful power that can bring good luck and avoid misfortune, and keep away all evil. Of course, this is a superstitious belief."

“Especially this kind of Deer Head Three Realms card, which also has the homophonic pun of “safe journey”, so there are quite a few brave players who collect it.” Lin Lang smiled slightly.

Zhou Mengyao got goosebumps after hearing this and complained, "There are actually such creepy cultural relics. Can the Three Realms Cards made from animal skulls really protect players?"

"I don't dare to play with this thing!"

"Such a bloody and cruel act, wearing a Three Realms Plate made of animal skulls, wouldn't it bring resentment and bad luck?"

Lin Lang shrugged and said, "It's hard to say about this kind of thing. There are many people who wear Thai Buddha amulets and their wishes are not fulfilled but they are attacked back. We should just not touch this kind of bloody cultural playthings."

Zhou Mengyao exclaimed: "To learn antique appraisal, you need to know so much knowledge. My dear, you are really knowledgeable and talented!"

Lin Lang replied modestly: "No, no."

Zhou Mengyao carefully observed the items on the stall. Suddenly, her eyes lit up when she saw a very old bronze jar. She asked, "Boss, what dynasty is that bronze jar from?"

The stall owner replied shamelessly: "This is from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. King Zhou used it to entertain ambassadors."

Zhou Mengyao asked: "What is this bronze jar used for?"

The stall owner replied, "This is used to hold wine. It's called Three Goats Bring Good Luck. If you like it, pretty lady, how about selling it to you for 80,000 yuan?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengyao looked at Lin Lang and asked, "My dear, can you take a look at this elegant bronze jar? Is it really from the Shang and Zhou dynasties?"

Lin Lang smiled and replied, "This bronze jar is not from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but from the last week. It is a replica made of copper-nickel alloy with a little aluminum. The original is on display in the Capital Museum."

"And this bronze jar is not called Three Sheep Bronze Lei, but Three Sheep Bronze Lei. The shoulder of this vessel is decorated with three sheep heads with curved horns and kind eyes. It is indeed a wine vessel used to hold wine during sacrifices in the Shang Dynasty."

The stall owner laughed awkwardly and said, "Handsome guy, you really are an expert!"

Zhou Mengyao joked: "Boss, you are really good at fooling people. You said the goods you bought last week were from last week."

The stall owner chuckled and said, "Take a look at the other items. My stall is full of good stuff."

Zhou Mengyao pointed at an abacus with eight trigrams and asked, "Boss, how much is this abacus with eight trigrams?"

The stall owner replied directly: "Eighty thousand."

After hearing this, Lin Lang joked, "The Bagua abacus sells for 80,000, which means each hexagram sells for 10,000. Is it sold by hexagram?"

The stall owner replied in a pretentious manner: "Of course not. You see, this is called Tai Chi giving birth to two opposites, two opposites giving birth to four images, and four images giving birth to eight trigrams."

Zhou Mengyao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Gossip brings 80,000, right?"

The stall owner scratched his head and laughed awkwardly: "You two are singing the same tune, and you are making me lose my mind."

Zhou Mengyao pointed at a brass top on the street stall and asked, "Boss, how much is this small top?"

The stall owner replied: "Eighty thousand."

Zhou Mengyao teased, "Boss, did you dream about 80,000? Why is such a small copper spinning top so expensive?"

The stall owner boasted: "This is the spinning top that Emperor Kangxi played with when he was a child. How can it not be expensive!"

Zhou Mengyao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Will you sell it for eight dollars?"

The stall owner chuckled and said, "Deal!"

Zhou Mengyao was speechless after hearing this. She looked at Lin Lang and smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "I was just kidding about eight dollars, but the stall owner actually sold it~"

Lin Lang shrugged and said, "You can't bargain casually when visiting the antique market. You can only pay now~"

Zhou Mengyao took out ten yuan from her limited edition Prada bag, handed it to the stall owner and said, "No need for change. I'll give you the spinning top that Emperor Kangxi played with when he was a child."

After hearing this, the stall owner said, "Beautiful lady, you are a very particular person. I will give you a good item for you to choose from. I'm sure you will like it!"

Zhou Mengyao replied: "Okay!"

Then, the stall owner handed Zhou Mengyao a high-quality imitation blue and white porcelain vase and said with an exaggerated expression, "This is a genuine good thing. Please take a look, beautiful lady."

Zhou Mengyao took the porcelain vase and took a look at its appearance and pattern. Just as she was about to turn the porcelain vase over to see the pattern on the bottom, Lin Lang stopped her and said, "Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong, dear?" Zhou Mengyao stopped and looked at Lin Lang.

Lin Lang reminded her, "Mengyao, you have fallen into the boss's trap. When you turn the porcelain vase to see the bottom, the ceramic object hidden inside will fall to the ground and break. This is a trick to trick tourists like you who don't know anything about it."

"Uh..." The stall owner was suddenly embarrassed.

After hearing this, Zhou Mengyao looked inside the porcelain bottle and found two pieces of tissue paper inside. There was a small ceramic doll hidden under the tissue paper. She was immediately shocked.

"Hey……"

"Boss, you are such a dishonest person. You actually tried to trick me into paying for the broken porcelain doll, right?"

The stall owner scratched his head and laughed awkwardly: "Beautiful lady, you misunderstood. I really didn't mean to blackmail you!"

Zhou Mengyao said disdainfully: "I didn't mean to blackmail me, why did you hide the porcelain doll in the blue and white porcelain vase?"

Lin Lang smiled and replied, "Of course it's to make you fall. Because the people who are good at appraising porcelain bottles will most likely turn the bottles over to see the inscriptions on the bottom, so there are many tourists who are tricked by this trick every day."

Zhou Mengyao couldn't help but complain: "Ha... It seems that you are a habitual offender, boss. You cheat a lot of money every day with this trick, right?"

The stall owner smiled awkwardly and said nothing, which was a kind of acquiescence.

Lin Lang joked: "The boss relies on this trick to support a family of five and bought a house within the third ring road of Kyoto. He is definitely a veteran."

"Uh..." The stall owner laughed awkwardly.

"Let's go, dear, let's go visit other stalls." Zhou Mengyao held Lin Lang's arm intimately and continued to stroll in the antique market.

The arc of Lin Lang's mouth corners gradually deepened, and he smiled more and more: "Finding bargains in the antique market is like panning for gold in the sand. There are too many fakes. Tourists like you who have not learned antique appraisal are easily deceived."

Zhou Mengyao laughed and said, "If the daughter of a treasure appraiser like me mistakenly buys a fake, it would be a disgrace to your master!"

Lin Lang continued strolling with Zhou Mengyao.

Suddenly, Zhou Mengyao's attention was attracted by a jade bracelet on a small stall.

"Boss, how much is this jade bracelet?" Zhou Mengyao asked as she picked up the jade bracelet.

"Oh, beautiful lady, you have good taste! This is a jade bracelet that was worn by Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. It is priceless!" said the stall owner with saliva flying.

Zhou Mengyao picked up the jade bracelet and looked at it, sneering, "Why would you sell a jade bracelet that was worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi at a small stall like yours?"

The stall owner continued to boast: "This is a treasure passed down from my ancestors!"

Zhou Mengyao put down the jade bracelet disdainfully: "Come on!"

Lin Lang looked at the jade bracelet and said to Zhou Mengyao with a smile: "This bracelet looks like natural jade, but it is definitely not something that Empress Dowager Cixi wore."

Zhou Mengyao nodded. She would never be fooled by the stall owner.

Then, Zhou Mengyao pointed to a painting and asked, "Whose work is this?"

The stall owner immediately started to introduce it in a torrent of words: "This is Tang Bohu's authentic work! It's so rare to see it!"

Zhou Mengyao replied proudly, "We have an authentic Tang Bohu painting at home. The brushwork and ink used in your painting are all wrong. You can tell at a glance that it was a late Qing dynasty painter's imitation of Tang Bohu's painting without even signing it. It can't possibly be Tang Bohu's authentic painting!"

"Beauty, you actually have an authentic Tang Bohu work at home, is it true or not?" The stall owner said with some disbelief.

Zhou Mengyao replied: "Of course it is real, and there is more than one authentic painting by Tang Bohu!"

The stall owner chuckled and said, "Beauty, even if my painting is not an authentic work by Tang Bohu, it is also a painting from the Qing Dynasty. Look at how well this "Landscape Painting" is painted! If you like it, just make an offer!"

Zhou Mengyao asked: "How much do you want to sell it for?"

The stall owner responded by making a scissors gesture with his backhand.

Zhou Mengyao confirmed: "Twenty thousand, right?"

The stall owner actually replied: "Two hundred thousand!"

Zhou Mengyao complained: "Boss, why don't you go rob a bank? This is just a low-end landscape painting from the late Qing Dynasty, and it's not even as good as my painting! How can it be worth 200,000 yuan? 50,000 yuan is not more!"

The stall owner waved his hand and said, "I can't even afford the purchase price of 50,000 yuan. It must be at least 150,000 Chinese yuan."

As soon as the stall owner finished speaking, golden light began to flash in front of Lin Lang's eyes.

Ding! [Glittering golden treasure appraisal prompt entry] Tips for picking up bargains and opening the door to antiques: It was found to be a "painting within a painting" authentic Tang Bohu, and the current market collection value is conservatively estimated to be more than 100 million Chinese yuan.

Lin Lang was shocked. He didn't expect the stall owner to brag that this "Landscape Painting" from the late Qing Dynasty was an authentic work of Tang Bohu. It turned out to be a painting within a painting. There really was a Tang Bohu painting worth hundreds of millions hidden inside it.

Before Lin Lang could think too much, he heard Zhou Mengyao say, "Unless I'm crazy, I won't spend 150,000 to buy your late Qing Dynasty painter's clumsy work."

"Hey……"

The stall owner said, "If you don't want to buy it, forget it. This is a genuine ancient painting and it won't be hard to sell."

Lin Lang pretended to be calm and said, "I bought it for 150,000 yuan. Can I pay with a bank card?!"

The stall owner laughed so hard that he couldn't stop smiling, and quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll use the mobile POS machine to swipe your card right now, handsome guy, you have good taste, hehe..."

Zhou Mengyao looked at Lin Lang in astonishment and whispered, "My dear, this "Landscape Painting" from the late Qing Dynasty is worth at most 50,000 yuan, but you spent 150,000 yuan to buy it. You are not here to pick up bargains in the antique market, but to help the poor in Panjiayuan, right?"