A treasure-appraisal maniac

Just when the little puppy was about to climb the escalator, he discovered a new situation.

On the surface of a blue brick on the wall, there was an artificial circular mark the thickness of a cigarette.

Lu Fei used a crowbar to pry it twice, and he found something different.

This piece of green brick only has a little mortar poured into the cracks on the surface, which was obviously placed later.

Once the mortar on the surface was removed, the green brick immediately became active.

In order to prevent hidden weapons, Lu Fei turned his body sideways and used a crowbar to spread out the green brick bit by bit. Unexpectedly, the green brick was still half-cut.

When half of the blue brick was taken out, no concealed weapon was ejected. Lu Fei used his flashlight and shined it through the hole.

Inside is the tip of an iceberg wrapped in oil paper. Judging from the shape, it should be something like a book or brochure.

Then he used a crowbar to pry three adjacent green bricks, and found that they were all half-cut.

A total of four green bricks were taken out, and the contents inside were completely visible.

Lu Fei reached out and took out the thing. Judging from the feel, he guessed it was the same as a booklet.

It is thirty-five centimeters long, about twenty-five centimeters wide, and almost two centimeters thick.

Peel off the oil paper to reveal a thin layer of sheepskin inside.

Then the sheepskin was removed, revealing a blue leather-bound booklet without any fonts on the cover.

After handing the flashlight to the little puppy, Lu Fei opened it and took a look, and immediately screamed.

"Ledger!"

Yes, this is an account book.

It records the details of Qian Yongchang’s antique transactions with others.

The time, place, name of the object, and quantity are clearly recorded.

Lu Fei only read the first page and frowned.

After flipping through a few more pages, Lu Fei's face instantly darkened, his eyes bursting with murderous aura, making the little dog and Ji Yong around him shudder.

After reading five pages in a row, Lu Fei gritted his teeth and the veins on his forehead bulged.

It's extremely ferocious up there.

"This bastard!"

"It's really not a pity to die!"

Damn it!

Lu Fei read these pages, which were all records of Qian Yongchang's transactions with foreigners.

There are more than a dozen Chinese antiques and cultural relics involved, and each one is of high quality.

Needless to say, these items have all been lost overseas.

And this is just five pages of accounting records.

Lu Fei had a total of two account books in his hand. Judging from the thickness, they were at least a hundred pages.

At the current density, that would be transaction records for thousands of valuable treasures.

This old thief really deserves death!

After reading five pages, Lu Fei couldn't stand it anymore.

He closed the account book and climbed up the escalator.

Passing the account book to Gao Yuan, Lu Fei sat aside and lit a cigarette to calm down.

Gao Yuan opened it and read two pages, and couldn't help but gasped.

"Dear me, I didn't expect that Boguzhai, a century-old brand, is actually a dealer in cultural relics!"

"If the water recorded here is taken out, it will definitely be enough to make them irrecoverable."

"Do they, Bo Gu Zhai, have such courage?" Gao Yuan said.

Lu Fei snorted with a stern face.

"Any one of the three treasures below can put them in danger. Is there anything else they dare not do?"

"In those days, nine out of ten businessmen were thieves with evil intentions."

"There are so many such unscrupulous activities, and this is just the tip of the iceberg."

"At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, millions of valuable treasures were lost overseas. These idiots are all criminals of history."

"This bunch of beasts is simply too numerous to mention. They deserve death, skin removal,

It’s not an exaggeration to light a sky lantern. "

"Brother Fei, why did they hide such important evidence instead of destroying it?"

"If you are exposed, wouldn't you be asking for trouble?"

"This doesn't make sense?" Ji Yong asked.

Lu Fei sighed and said.

"From ancient times to the present, account books have been particularly important to businessmen."

"What is recorded in the account book is not only a running account of transactions, but also a kind of evidence to restrict the other party."

"For example, if you buy a small blue and white bowl from me, I will clearly record the time and place of the transaction, as well as the general characteristics of the small bowl."

"Otherwise, if you come back and bring a counterfeit product to settle the debt, wouldn't that be unreasonable?"

"And the most important thing is that account books are also a kind of human connection."

"According to the records here, you will know who likes what objects."

"For example, if I get a piece of black bronze, I would definitely not dare to sell it openly."

"But based on the records in the account books, I can know which ones like this thing and come to sell them directly, which will save a lot of trouble."

“If you don’t have account books and forget them over time, you’ll be blind.”

"So not only antique dealers, account books are very important to every businessman, and there must be no room for error."

"This account book records a large amount of transaction information."

"With this account book, when Boguzhai gets new goods, he can directly find the next home, otherwise it will be unsalable."

It was already 4:30 in the morning when we spoke, and it would be dawn in more than an hour.

Although you are in your own store, you still have to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After a brief tidying up, the brothers left East Liulichang Street.

On the way, Lu Fei asked the little dog to find a reliable security guard at Baihua Bank to backfill the darkroom in the store under the guise of decoration.

The little puppy agreed.

Back in the courtyard, the brothers went back to their rooms to rest.

Back in his room, Lu Fei took out the account book again and looked at it page by page.

Lu Fei's heart was bleeding when he looked at the names of the treasures.

More than 80% of the transaction records here are transactions with British and islanders.

Lu Fei memorized every important treasure and the name of every trader.

These people are probably no longer alive, but if there is a chance, Lu Fei must get those valuable treasures back from their descendants.

If you can buy it, buy it, if you can cheat it, if you can cheat it, if you have the opportunity to grab it, Lu Fei will not show mercy.

These are the great treasures of China. It is only natural that you take back your own things.

To this end, Lu Fei will do whatever it takes.

"Um?"

After finishing the first volume, the moment Lu Fei closed the account book, he noticed something was wrong with the thickness of the cover.

After touching it carefully, Lu Fei's eyes lit up.

There is actually a mezzanine inside!

Lu Fei laid the cover flat and felt it carefully. There should be a small piece of thin paper inside.

Needless to say, anything that can be hidden here must be important.

Lu Fei found a knife, peeled away the nylon thread of the binding, and took the cover off the account book.

Then use a wet towel to moisten the cover, and then use a knife to carefully start to separate.

I have to say that this mezzanine is quite clever.

The cover is made of two pieces of paper. The other party cuts a layer of the two pieces of paper as a sandwich, and then fills it with the paper to be covered up.

In this way, there is almost no flaw in appearance or feel.

It's a pity that they are facing Lu Fei, a master of craftsmanship. Such little tricks are not enough in Lu Fei's eyes.