Shortly after I returned to the seal carving stall, Shunwa also came back. He looked happy and praised me for doing a good job.

I don't understand where I am, nor do I understand why he is so happy?

Shunwa said, after I was captured by those people, he came to the alley, and the man and woman were holding the cardboard box and preparing to leave. He chased after him and said, "Let me see what you are holding in your arms? Is it the painting my master loves the most?"

The woman quickly handed the painting to him and said, "It's not our business, it's not our business."

Shunwa took the painting and opened it. When he saw it was a picture of flowers and birds, he said, "I finally found it. The master of this painting will not be able to sleep if he doesn't look at it for a day."

When Shunwa was holding the cardboard box and preparing to leave, the man stopped him and said that he could buy this painting and give him more money.

Shunwa pretended to be hesitant, and he said, "If you can't find this painting, you can't hand in the job for the master when you go back."

The man said, "You said you didn't find it, and the master couldn't do anything to you."

Shunwa said, "I'm sorry to the master if I sell it to you. This is the treasure passed down from the master."

When I heard that it was a family treasure, the man even wanted to buy it.

Shunwa said: "If I can't find the painting, the master will definitely be angry. Maybe he will drive me away. I will not be able to settle down for the rest of my life... I'd better take it back to the master."

The man looked rich and arrogant and said, "You said, how much money, the money I gave you will definitely be enough for you to live in the rest of your life."

Shunwa said hesitantly: "One hundred silver dollars."

The man said, "I don't bring one hundred silver dollars with me, I only have thirty silver dollars."

Shunwa said firmly: "Then I won't sell it."

The man said, "How about this, I will give you thirty silver dollars first, give me the painting, stand here and don't leave, I will go back to the inn and I will send you 70 silver dollars."

Shunwa said, "What if you don't come?"

The man said: "A gentleman's words are as good as he can."

Shunwa said, "Okay, I believe you, I'll wait for you here, you have to hurry up."

The man and the woman looked at each other meaningfully, then left hand in hand. As soon as they left the alley, they ran away wildly, and even didn't even need the inn's luggage, so they ran out of the county town.

But I still felt very strange. How could Shunwa know that the couple would buy paintings? Who are those who acted in double acts with me?

Shunwa said that this couple had been staring at them for several days, and almost everyone who came to Baoxing County to buy calligraphy and paintings was well aware of them. As long as he walked into the city wall made of loess and the city gate holding iron leaves in Baoxing County, many eyes would stare at him. Every step he took in Baoxing County, he walked into the trap set by others.

I asked: "Is there such a magical thing in Baoxing County?"

Shunwa said: "You don't know the history of Baoxing County. Baoxing County has been doing old since the Ming Dynasty and until now. It is the birthplace of old business. All fake calligraphy, painting, fake porcelain, and fake bronzes in the country have flowed out from here. If you want to make a fortune, you have to cheat and your headquarters are located in Baoxing County."

I laughed, and I really didn't expect there were so many stories here.

I asked: "Why do those who buy cultural relics come to Baoxing County? If they don't come to Baoxing County, wouldn't they be deceived?"

Shunwa said: "How can you do it if you don't come? Baoxing County is very close to Luoyang and Kaifeng. Do you know where Luoyang and Kaifeng?"

I said, "I don't know."

Shunwa said: "You are so stupid that you don't even know Luoyang or Kaifeng. Luoyang is the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties. In the past, the capital was all rich. There is a mountain called Mangshan next to Luoyang City, which is a Fengshui treasure land. Rich people from all dynasties have buried them here after their death, hoping to bring good luck to their descendants. Think about how many people have been buried in Mangshan over the past thousand years, and when rich people die, they always have burial objects. Think about how many precious cultural relics have been buried in Mangshan over the past thousand years?"

I said, "That's really enough, one layer after another, and there are so many valuable things that are too valuable."

Shunwa said: "Let's talk about Kaifeng. Kaifeng is the ancient capital of the seven dynasties, the birthplace of the Song Dynasty, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the most prosperous and largest city in the world at that time. Kaifeng's calligraphy, painting and handicrafts have always been the highest achievement in ancient China and are famous all over the world. Do you know the Song Dynasty? This is the richest dynasty in China for thousands of years. Just look at "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"."

I asked, "What picture?"

Shunwa said: "You are so stupid. You don't even know history. How can you be old? "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" paints the scene of Kaifeng, the Northern Song Dynasty. The characters in the painting include officials, farmers, merchants, doctors, monks, Taoists, prisoners, fortune tellers, boaters, boaters, women... It is the most expensive painting in China."

I suddenly looked at Shunwa with admiration, but I really didn't expect that he still had such research on Chinese history.

Shunwa continued: "Baoxing County is Kaifeng to the east and Luoyang to the west. Whether it is rich people in the south or rich people in Beijing and Tianjin, if you want to buy cultural relics, your first stop must be Baoxing County. Over time, the cultural relics from Luoyang and Kaifeng will gather in Baoxing County. Baoxing County has become the largest cultural relics market in the country."

I asked: "Who buys fake cultural relics when so many cultural relics come to Baoxing County?"

Shunwa said: "You don't understand it now. You can't see real cultural relics on the market. Once they appear, they go through underground passages and transport them to Beijing-Tianjin and wealthy areas in the south. They have their transportation channels, some people dig, some people buy, some people transport, some people pick them up, and one-stop service. Without real cultural relics, our fake cultural relics have a market. How many people from all over the country come to Baoxing County to buy cultural relics every day, we sell them fake cultural relics. They buy fake cultural relics, but they pay for real cultural relics because they don't know that they are fake."

It is the first time I have heard of the cultural relics.

Shunwa continued: "It's such a small Baoxing County. Do you know how many people are engaged in old business?"

I said, "There are probably 180 people."

Shunwa sneered: "Hundred and eighty people, you didn't even have a fraction of it. Let me tell you, there are five or six thousand people."

I was shocked. I really didn't expect that in this small place, so many people would be engaged in old business in the future.

Shunwa said: "We rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water. If we have mountains in Baoxing County, we don't have to come out and if we have water, we don't have to float on boats. We just rely on eating cultural relics to make money."

I asked, "Then why did these people come to me today?"

Shunwa said: "There are nearly a thousand families in Baoxing County who are engaged in old business. Our family is a very good one. Some families are large with hundreds of people; some are small with only a few people. But the organizational structure of each family is the same. Each level of people in this organization has a special title, which is in order of appearances: Wanzi, Yaoji, Tiaozi, Tubezi, Whiteboard, Lao Jiang. Those who come to Baoxing County to buy cultural relics will call him Wanzi; follow Wanzi to check how big he buys.

If you buy strength and want to buy a cultural relic, we are called Yaoji; if you are close to ten thousand characters, get close to him, gain his trust, and then introduce the cultural relic market to him, we are called Tiaozi; if you create a site, attract ten thousand characters into the trap, lure ten thousand characters into the trap, we call him Tiaozi; if you show fake cultural relic and make a deal with ten thousand characters, we are called Baiban. Our behind-the-scenes boss, who is planning this series of activities, when and which kind of people will be dispatched, and how to contact ten thousand characters after they are dispatched, we are called Lao Jiang."

I was stunned when I heard it.

Today, the couple from the city are ten thousand words; my role is a note; the group of people who kidnapped me away, led by a flesh-skinned face, were a tube; Shunwa is a white board. Yaoji and Lao Jiang did not see it.

What kind of person would Lao Jiang be? This person who hides behind the scenes must be very mysterious, just like the headmaster.

I have another question. Those calligraphy and paintings were obviously brand new half a month ago, but why did they become old half a month later?

Shunwa said: "Isn't this simple yet?"

I said, "The wind and sun are blowing, right?"

Shunwa said: "No. No matter how windy or sunny you are, you won't be able to achieve that old effect. There is a way that can only be stored for hundreds of years in just half a month."

I asked, "What's the solution?"

Shunwa said: "In two days, you will be given a batch of goods and you will be able to see it with your own eyes."

Two days later, I walked into the calligraphy and painting shop again and met the middle-aged man and the boy again. This time I found out that the middle-aged man was called Chu Runxuan and the boy was called Bingliuzi. I don’t know if Bingliuzi was the boy’s real name or nickname. Everyone called him that, and I also called him like this.

This time, I didn’t see the thin and dry old man. I had no good impression of that old man, because he pointed at me fiercely with his dog paws for the first time when he met.

When Bingliuzi saw me coming, she smiled at me, smiling happily, revealing her white teeth all over her mouth, like a wild beast. This year, I feel that I have grown up, and I need to have my own circle of friends and my own social scope. I think Bingliuzi is a person who can be dated.

Chu Runxuan said to Bingliuzi: "Go to the basement to take out the smoked calligraphy and paintings."

I said tentatively, "I'll go too, help Bingliuzi."

Chu Runxuan said: "Okay."
Chapter completed!