Chapter 0607 – The Sword (I)

“Early in the morning, I went to work and walked out of the courtyard.

I came to the small store at the entrance of the hutong to buy breakfast.

I rode my bicycle, but it was a pity that there was no smoke coming out of the back.

Compared to those who squeeze the car is also leisurely.

Through the streets and alleys Beijing is changing every day.

What doesn’t change are the habits.

I live in a new house and talk about old times.

Listening to the old opera.

Dong Lai Shun’s shabu-shabu is a craving.

The temple fair in Ditan is not as good as the one in Fangdian nowadays.

There seem to be more people than things in Dashilan.

If you come to Beijing.

If you come to Beijing, you’ll immediately fall in love with it.”

Walking in the Panjiayuan lively market, listening to that sing the old Beijing songs, Zhuang Rui this will be the heart, is very satisfied, life is not living well, their own this little life, is also considered to be living a tasty life.

This old Beijing is the political and cultural center of the country, the kind of strong cultural atmosphere, is a lot of cities can not be compared to the first time to Beijing, see those old buildings, often have a feeling of turning back the clock, as if they are in hundreds of years ago in ancient times in general.

Zhuang Rui today is to go to the ancient master there to get the seal, but and the old man about the time is the afternoon, which is nothing, simply come to Panjiayuan in the morning to turn around, although the real thing is not much, but it may be able to run into see.

Qin Xuan Bing these days also busy, she put the backyard of a room as their own studio, is now according to Zhuang Rui provided a few pieces of jade, ready to design some jewelry styles, of course, she is only moving paper does not move hands, drawings, or to hand over to the Luo Jiang in Pengcheng to carve.

If it is not Luo Jiang is Pengcheng people, not willing to leave there, Zhuang Rui would like to find a place to settle him again in Beijing, because every month to send a batch of finished jadeite jewelry from Pengcheng, inevitably some trouble.

Of course, these things Zhuang Rui does not care, are Zhao Guodong let Zhou Rui sent to Qin Ruilin, by Wu manager to deal with, Zhuang Rui referred to the trouble, is afraid of what happened on the road, after all, every time to send over the emerald, are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, if not every time is Zhou Rui transportation, Zhuang Rui is really do not rest assured.

These days Panjiayuan seems to be engaged in activities, everyone wears very strange, even those who set up the stalls of the small stall owners, are also uniform dress, there are wearing a tunic there wear robes, in any case, there is no one wearing a normal one.

Go to the “Xuan Rui Zhai” is also idle, Zhuang Rui simply wandered up in the various stalls, walked to a stall selling swords, Zhuang Rui stood still.

“Aigoo, boss, you come, come to see, I here from the Tang Dynasty strangers knife, Yi knife, place knife, horizontal knife, to the Qianlong emperor’s big parade saber, is everything ……”

That stall business seems to be not very good, and the location is also in the corner, there are not many people stopping by, this stall owner as soon as he saw Zhuang Rui, that cordiality makes Zhuang Rui very overwhelmed.

“Tang Dynasty, boy, there is the Qianlong master? Buddy, don’t tease me, have that thing you early hair, still use here stall ah?”

Zhuang Rui is also idle nothing, squatting and the stall owner to tease the boredom, but the eyes are looking at his stall, to be honest, this Panjiayuan sell swords and knives antiques stall, is not a lot, Zhuang Rui came many times, this is the first time to see.

Sword collection is just a few years hot up, but because most of the unearthed swords are made of copper and iron, in the soil is very easy to be corroded, good quality is not much, like the stall on those grinding Cheng bright luminous contraption, no need to ask is a modern handicrafts.

“Oh, antique swords and knives also have, but I’m afraid that you do not see on …….”

The stall owner smiled resentfully and pointed his finger to a corner of the stall.

“Oh?”

Zhuang Rui followed the person’s finger to see, into the eyes of the place is six or seven broken copper and iron, and the top is still rust stains, a little bit can not be seen is the appearance of the sword, but there are a few points like the rural burning stove burning stick in general.

“This …… this thing, you also dare to take out to sell?”

Zhuang Rui looked dumbfounded, this can not comment on the quality of the good and bad, simply no quality, but Zhuang Rui know, these may be antique swords, but the quality is poor to this, that basically does not have much value.

“This big brother, see you speak, is also a connoisseur, these things are unearthed things, buried underneath for a long time are like this, otherwise it would have been taken away, you look at, if there is a favorite, I will give you a cheaper …….”

After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, the stall owner knew that the other party is also a player, these words are very real.

“Oh, I look at just good, to the sword this kind of antique, is really not much research ……”

Anyway, it is idle panic, although there is no character, but it is indeed an old object, Zhuang Rui quietly, measuring up these seven or eight pieces of broken copper and iron to.

In recent years, the international antique auction market, the price of antique swords rose very quickly, the original is only worth a few hundred dollars of Qing dynasty swords, in a recent British auction, shot more than 100,000 U.S. dollars, so that the domestic sword collection, all of a sudden became hot.

“Hm? It’s a bit interesting ……”

Zhuang Rui did not get on the hand, but with the eyes swept a few “swords” but found that all of them with aura, just relatively weak, there are a few do not carefully sense, can not be found, Zhuang Rui estimates that just antiques were damaged too much, the aura of the overflow of the result.

But there is a length of about two feet or so, the body covered with rust a broken stick, but contains an abundance of purple and gold aura, and very thick, no other several swords and knives aura overflow phenomenon.

Zhuang Rui put all his attention on this object which is supposed to be a “sword”, the aura instantly penetrated into it, but it was layer by layer, starting from the patina, and seeping into it one by one.

“Good stuff, really good stuff ……”

When Zhuang Rui’s eyes through those patina after, found that the sword body, covered with exquisite fine lines, as if a spider’s web, as if the clouds and mist winding, but also like the high mountains and rivers a cascade of water, straight to the tip of the sword, the edge of the blade is also hidden through the cold light, can be seen in the past, it must be a murderous sharp weapon.

“Boss, how to sell this iron stick?”

Zhuang Rui is also a regular visitor to the antique market, for this inside the doorway, that is too clear but, if you want to buy any object, that can never directly pick up and ask, otherwise the other party will absolutely give you a sky price out.

“Hey yo, this boss, you do not buy even if, I’m from Hebei collected antique sword, not what iron stick ah!”

That stall owner heard Zhuang Rui words, a face ugly like dead relatives in general, but the eyes are not angry meaning, see Zhuang Rui stood up, hastily said: “see boss you are a connoisseur, I also do not want more, your hand that 2000 yuan, if you like, take away.”

“2000 dollars is not much? Buddy, come to some real, this thing if I go to pull out the old mansion by myself, absolutely not more than 50 dollars a hand, if you sincerely want to sell, give a honest price, I buy a few more.”

Zhuang Rui did not move and put down the object that should be a knife, although the handle at the handle of the wood has long been rotted, but in the back of the blade, there is a hole, of course, the hole has long been rust blocked.

But Zhuang Rui can open out, that should be a hole through the iron ring, and this knife Zhuang Rui if not mistaken, should be the Eastern Han Dynasty iron ring head knife.

This thing is a good object, but the quality is too poor, the spiritual qi contained in it is slightly more than the other few, but it is also dissipated almost, Zhuang Rui would like to buy it back together to do a small experiment, to see whether the spiritual qi will increase after maintenance.

“This boss, 50 bucks that was the market a few years ago, now without 500 bucks, people ignore you, all buried at home as a treasure.”

The stall owner measured Zhuang Rui’s face as he spoke, seeing that he had no expression, he knew that he had truly met someone in the business, the pitfalls and deceptions of that set were of little use, and finally said dryly, “600 dollars a handful, I earn 100 dollars for hard work, this is the bottom price.”

“600? I want two, wrap this one up for me too.”

Zhuang Rui pretended to ponder for a while, and in that stall owner’s expectant gaze, he finally was nodding his head, counting out 1200 dollars from his handbag and handing it over.

“Brother Zhuang, why are you buying something here?”

Zhuang Rui just received the two swords and knives wrapped in newspaper by the stall owner, the monkey’s voice rang in his ears, not knowing from which corner this kid drilled out, wearing a melon skin cap and a one-piece robe, it was very appropriate to the old Beijing’s song.

“Hey, monkey, first do not care what I do, you sing this is which ah?”

Zhuang Rui see monkey this look, can not help but think of the two first met that will, just this body clothes material, than when the yellow lab coat much stronger.

“Brother Zhuang, Panjiayuan engaged in cultural month, to promote our country’s traditional culture, unified requirements of various stores are wearing this kind of clothes, you do not say, on this broken clothes, but also a person charged two hundred dollars!”

Monkey does not want to wear so, because he as long as he came out, designated some foreign friends pulling him to take pictures, Daxiong just joked that the monkey behind the erection of a sign, written on the “photo 50” words, a quasi-business is good.

There is a saying that is wearing a dragon robe does not look like a prince, the monkey wearing this outfit, not at all like the ancient times of the guys, but very dramatic effect, Zhuang Rui and he spoke this, there are a lot of tourists are pointing.

“Oh, you wear this body also dare to run around, be careful of the city tube to catch you, just bought a thing, go, back to the store.”

Zhuang Rui cheerfully and the monkey joked, the hands of these two objects, one of which is a treasure, early in the morning to pick up a leak, Zhuang Rui this will be in a good mood.