Hu Yibo continued, "… Let's just talk about Xiling. Why did I want to go to Xiling? Because in the 1980s, the Hebei Provincial Department of Cultural Relics cleaned up Chongling, which was Guangxu's underground palace. After I heard the news, I found out that Chongling and Zhen Fei's tombs had been robbed before the liberation. The robbers were most likely the local villagers of Xiling Town. I thought about it. Chongling was the emperor's tomb, and Zhen Fei's tomb was the concubine's tomb. If the stolen treasures had been passed down from generation to generation in the hands of the local villagers, I might be able to get a few if I went to look for them. Any one of them would be enough to make me a ten thousand yuan household.
With this thought in mind, I went to Xiling. After I arrived, I scanned the villages near the cemetery. You don't say, there were some antiques and relics, but they weren't of high quality. I picked out this jade pendant after much deliberation. The villager who sold me the jade pendant said that it was passed down from his grandfather. How did his grandfather get it? It was the morning after the Chongling Tomb was stolen. His grandfather rushed to Yizhou City to do business. He didn't know how to walk, but he bumped into someone and happened to walk on the path that the grave robbers took last night. He didn't know what he stepped on, but he slipped and fell. When he got up, he thought it was a stone, but who knew it was a jade pendant. He guessed that the tomb robbers had accidentally dropped it. He didn't say anything at the time and secretly took it. Then, it was passed down from generation to generation.
After keeping the jade pendant, I returned to the capital. I went to Liulichang and found an old shopkeeper to help me look at it. When he saw it, he said that it was an item from the palace. His luck wasn't bad. How did he get it? I just said that I went to the Western Qing Mausoleum to collect it. The old shopkeeper said that I was lucky. At that time, the old shopkeeper estimated the jade pendant to be ten thousand yuan. In other words, if I sold it, I would be a ten thousand yuan household. But I didn't sell it. I kept it like a treasure until now. "
Li Rui interrupted and asked, "How much is it worth now?" Hu Yibo raised his right palm and spread his fingers, then shook it in the opposite direction. Li Rui doubtfully said, "A hundred thousand?" Hu Yibo chuckled and said, "Multiply it by ten!" Li Rui involuntarily said, "A million?"
Gao Zixuan smiled and made a prompt decision. He closed the box and pushed it towards them, saying, "We're embarrassed to accept such a precious treasure. Boss Hu, you'd better take it back. " Hu Yibo hurriedly pushed the box back and said with a smile, "One million might be a lot, but it's nothing in my eyes. We cherish good friends the most. "Gao Zixuan said," Then your gift is too expensive. " Hu Yibo said, "There's no need to talk about the value of the gift. I think that treasures should be given to the fated person, right? As soon as we met today, I felt that I hit it off with the two of you, so I didn't feel any heartache when I gave you this gift. The two of you don't need to be so pretentious, okay? "
How could Gao Zixuan not understand Hu Yibo's intentions? Hu Yibo was trying to bribe him with a valuable gift first. Later, when Hu Yibo offered to buy the tortoiseshell after looking at the tortoiseshell, Gao Zixuan would be too embarrassed to refuse because he had received benefits from Hu Yibo. Then, Hu Yibo would be able to buy the tortoiseshell. It had to be said that this antique dealer was quite clever and had a thorough understanding of people's psychology. However, he seemed to have made a mistake. Gao Zixuan was not someone who had not seen the world, nor was he someone who could be bought over by a mere one million yuan. Hu Yibo didn't care about the jade pendant that was worth one million yuan and insisted on giving it to him. Gao Zixuan smiled and said, "Alright, since Boss Hu is so polite, it would be impolite for me to refuse."
Hu Yibo chuckled a couple of times. Seeing that the play was done, and that it was getting late, it was time to get down to business. He said, "Speaking of which, I've come here because of its reputation. I want to see the legendary Tortoiseshell Pearl. I wonder if Boss Gao can fulfill my small wish? "Gao Zixuan said straightforwardly," Of course, I can. I'll get it for you right away. Just wait for a moment. "As she said that, she took the purse beside her.
Hu Yibo's smile disappeared completely. He stared at her hands with narrowed eyes and a serious expression on his face. It was obvious that he valued this tortoiseshell very much.
Gao Zixuan quickly took out a glittering Eight Treasures Storage Pouch from the purse. It was a small pouch that looked like a sachet in ancient times, but it was embroidered with the Eight Treasures Buddhist pattern. It looked very expensive and high-class. The opening of the pouch was closed by a black silk rope. Before it was opened, no one would know what was inside.
At a glance, Hu Yibo saw that in the corner of the lower end of the bag, there was a round bulge that was even bigger than a longan. Seeing this scene, his throat couldn't help but gulp.
Gao Zixuan put the pouch in the middle of the tea table. She waved her slender hand and said, "Boss Hu, please do as you please."
Hu Yibo grunted and swallowed his saliva. He stretched out his trembling hands. When he touched the pouch, he hesitated for a moment. He quickly lifted the pouch, but then he thought of something and put the pouch back on the tea table. He opened the pouch on the tea table and turned the pouch to face him. Through the pouch's opening, he could see that there was a glowing sphere inside the pouch. When he saw the glowing sphere, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Unfortunately, his eyes were too small. Even if they popped out of their sockets, no one could see it. They were still squinting.
He calmed himself down, retracted his hand, and put on a pair of white gloves. Only then did he carefully take out the "fake goods" from the bag. His gentle and cautious movements made him look like he was holding a grenade that could explode at any time.
Li Rui and Gao Zixuan looked at each other and then fixed their eyes on him. They were afraid that he would recognize that the bead was a substitute at a glance.
In fact, it was the first time that Li Rui had seen this fake tortoiseshell fluorite bead. He had seen its original stone, but he hadn't seen it since it was polished in the jade workshop. At this moment, he also observed it carefully.
This bead was blue all over. It was about two or three centimeters in diameter. Its surface was extremely smooth and crystal clear, but it wasn't transparent. Under the reflection of the lights on the roof, its surface was glowing with a faint halo, as if it had been smeared with a layer of oil. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that this was an extremely beautiful bead. If one didn't know its origin, no one would know that it was just a piece of fluorite worth a thousand yuan. They would definitely regard it as a luminous pearl worth millions or even tens of millions of yuan.
After checking it, Li Rui felt relieved. If Boss Hu had never seen a real tortoiseshell bead before, he shouldn't be able to distinguish it from a fake one.
At this moment, Hu Yibo was looking at this bead up and down with all his attention. His eyes were small to begin with, and when he squinted his eyes, they became even more slits. Against his fat face, it was both terrifying and laughable.
Suddenly, he stopped and uttered a few words of praise. He smiled at Gao Zixuan and Gao Zixuan and then took out a delicate magnifying glass from his pocket. After that, he started to observe this fluorite bead more carefully.
Seeing him use the magnifying glass, Li Rui and Gao Zixuan both felt a little guilty. They involuntarily looked at each other and saw the panic in each other's eyes. Although the two didn't intend to deceive Boss Hu, nor did they intend to cheat him with a fake one, they still felt guilty more or less. They were afraid that Boss Hu would find out the true form of this fluorite bead.
Hu Yibo held the magnifying glass and looked at this fluorite bead for about five minutes. There was a faint smile on his face all the time. No one knew what he was smiling about.
After a while, he said to the man beside him, "Turn off the light and check the luminous effect." After saying that, he smiled at Gao Zixuan and said, "Boss Gao Zixuan, is that okay?" Gao Zixuan forced himself to smile and said, "No problem. Feel free to look at it."
The light in the room was soon turned off. The room was plunged into complete darkness. However, a ball of green light suddenly emitted from Hu Yibo's hand. What else could it be other than that phosphorescent fluorite bead?
Hu Yibo gasped in amazement and praised, "What a rare luminous pearl. It's really a treasure!" While saying that, he praised, "Boss Gao, look. The luminous light is pure and flawless. It's scattered and bright. It's green and transparent. It really matches the luminous pearl in the ancient legends."
Gao Zixuan said yes with a flattering smile on his face, but he was completely relieved in his heart. It seemed that Boss Hu didn't know the value of the luminous pearl and was easily deceived by his fluorite bead. But then again, this fluorite bead was the original form of the luminous pearl in the ancient times. It was made of the fluorite that could spontaneously phosphorescent. Of course, he couldn't tell whether it was real or fake. He actually gave so many beautiful words. If he saw the real tortoiseshell bead, he probably wouldn't know how to describe it in words.
The light in the room was turned on soon. Hu Yibo put the fluorite bead back into the cloth bag with a look of admiration. After tying it tightly, he pushed it to Gao Zixuan and praised, "It's really a rare treasure. I really opened my eyes tonight. Even if I die now, I won't regret it. "
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