Chapter 18 True and False Gold Seal (Part 2)

Boss Li glanced at Ye Xiaoyu, said "ha", and said: " Hey , you are still knowledgeable and have two brushes. If you can see why, I won't argue with you today. "

After saying that, he called out some of the waiters in the store, all of them looked fierce. They seemed to be soft, but I thought they were tough.

Boss Li winked at the waiter in the room. When the waiter met, he immediately went into the room and took out two gold seals in glass covers and walked out, carefully placing them on a table.

He said: "Don't tell secret words in front of celebrities, so as not to say that I, Lao Li, bullied you. Let me tell you the truth! The gold seals outside this house are all fake, but you have offended me today. If you don't throw away a few If you want to leave with 10,000 yuan, there is no way.”

Then, he said: "One of the two gold seals in the glass cover is real. If you can identify which one is real, I will let you go. Otherwise, not a single penny less will be paid for 150,000 yuan."

Ye Xiaoyu looked at the gold seals inside the two glass covers. They are placed very carefully in the center of a glass dome, with a deep red brocade carpet covering the bottom , giving people a very luxurious feel.

When the onlookers saw it, they also came over one after another. Boss Li's notoriety in Antique Street has not lasted for a day or two. It is Zhubapi's bad luck to catch up with today's incident.

After a while, there were about twenty people standing around the glass cover. There might as well be a few gray-haired old men among them, who were not afraid of being squeezed and joined in the fun to look forward.

Ye Xiaoyu focused his eyes around the two gold seals, and the surrounding onlookers whispered from time to time.

Ye Xiaoyu circled around the golden seal twice. Zhou Yi, Jiang Hao and Chen Jing behind him were all sweating.

I only heard Ye Xiaoyu say: "I remember that Boss Li just said that this gold seal is from the Song Dynasty, but I can't see it. I think this gold seal should be from Han Dynasty. I don't know if that is right."

Ye Xiaoyu carefully considered his words and then looked at Boss Li.

After seeing it, Boss Li took a deep breath and thought: "Did I really meet a master today?" This gold seal really came from the Han Dynasty, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him would recognize it.

After seeing this, Boss Li stopped pretending and said directly: "Let me tell you, kid. These two gold seals are indeed one real and one fake. One of them is authentic from the Han Dynasty, but the other one is on the market recently. The fakes that appeared on the Internet were collected by me to be used as ornaments in the store. However, the two gold seals are so similar that it is difficult for anyone to identify them. If you can identify them, you are considered capable. Just let you go, otherwise, you should know."

Boss Li glanced at Ye Xiaoyu with ulterior motives, then took out a pair of rubber gloves for Ye Xiaoyu to put on, and gave Ye Xiaoyu a brand new magnifying glass.

When the bystanders heard the conversation between Ye Xiaoyu and Boss Li , they all turned their attention here again.

When everyone saw that Boss Li actually dared to let Ye Xiaoyu pick up the golden seal and look at it, they all showed expressions of disbelief, surprise and confusion. I'm afraid this is another trap set by Boss Li.

I don't know if I am familiar with it. Ye Xiaoyu is calm and confident. At first glance, Ye Xiaoyu concluded that the two gold seals were indeed as Boss Li said, one was real and the other was fake. This time, Boss Li did not dare to play any tricks. You must know that if the gold seal of the Han Dynasty was genuine, it would cost more than just 150,000 yuan.

A waiter in the antique shop did not forget to remind Boss Li in a low voice: "Boss, one of the things I took out is genuine. You can ask a student who smells the road to see it this way. It won't be bad if it gets damaged."

After hearing this, Boss Li glared at the waiter and whispered back : "You know nothing, get out!" The way he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai made people feel as if he had his own plan.

Ye Xiaoyu put aside the complicated discussions among the onlookers around him and took a deep breath. He directly held up these two golden seals, which were as big as the palm of his hand.

First use your eyes, then use a magnifying glass to observe carefully.

Grandpa Ye Xiaoyu wrote in his book that in the antique business, counterfeiting and manipulation are the eternal themes in the world of antiquities . While looking through the notebook left by his grandfather, Ye Xiaoyu could deeply feel that appraising treasures was like conquering a fortress.

The attackers are desperately trying to find flaws, but the defenders are just the opposite. They are desperately trying to cover up the flaws. The two camps are incompatible with each other. A battle of wits and courage requires great calmness and patience. , whether it is vision or opportunity, you must have both in order to achieve something. This is fraud and palm-eye.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, these two gold seals are just one genuine product and one fake in the antique world. For Ye Xiaoyu, this is actually a city built by an unknown forger.

In the fight, many veterans failed here. Now it was his turn. Based only on the knowledge he learned from the notebook left by his grandfather, he fought fearlessly towards the enemy's camp as a fledgling .

Ye Xiaoyu looked at the decoration of the corners of the two golden seals. The pattern of the coiled dragon was very delicate, and the bridge shape of the dragon's head was arched with just the right curvature. The dragon's body just climbed out of a corner of the seal, and an aquiline hook stretched out between the dragon's claws, close to the side, which not only reflects its soaring posture, but also does not affect the carrying of the golden seal during use.

Ye Xiaoyu turned the gold seal over. The gold seal was engraved with the four characters "Seal of Imperial Power". The word "Imperial Power" was written in Zhu script, and the word "Seal" was written in white script. The font was written in Miao seal style. It is simple and rigorous, and the outline is very correct.

"See if there is a doorway? Whether it's regulations, patterns, chisels, materials, or even the dirt particles on it, I've had someone check it. There are no flaws at all." Boss Li mocked angrily from the side . Still , he didn't believe that Ye Xiaoyu could make any new discoveries.

Boss Li raised two fingers, and the waiter next to him handed him a cigarette and lit it. Soon, the smoke enveloped Boss Li’s sinister and cunning face.

Then, he asked: "Boy, can you tell them apart?"

Ye Xiaoyu glanced sideways at Boss Li from the corner of his eye, and his answer surprised everyone. Only one word was spoken: "Yes."

After hearing this, everyone around them looked in surprise, and Boss Li was also shocked.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi, Jiang Hao, Zhu Bapi, Chen Jing and others all sweated.

However, Ye Xiaoyu made a request and said: "Can you give me two cotton threads? Pure cotton ones. It doesn't need to be too long, about thirty centimeters is enough. But they must be equal lengths, one side long."

Boss Li asked with some confusion: "Xian? Are you kidding me?"

After hearing this, the onlookers also laughed. Zhu Bapi and Zhou Yi took the lead and shouted to everyone: "Why are you laughing? You can do it. Come on!"

Jiang Hao and Chen Jing saw that Boss Li didn't move, they quickly ran into a nearby grocery store and bought two boxes of sewing kits and handed them to Ye Xiaoyu.

Jiang Hao did not forget to ask: "Yu'er, do you need anything else? Chen Jing and I will buy it right away."

"No, just cotton thread."

Although Boss Li didn't quite understand, he still turned around and told the waiters behind him to keep an eye on Ye Xiaoyu, for fear that Ye Xiaoyu might do something up to him.

Soon Boss Li called in several more guys and surrounded Ye Xiaoyu and others, for fear that they would escape.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi whispered into Ye Xiaoyu's ear and asked, "Yu'er, do you need me to go back and call someone?"

Ye Xiaoyu chuckled and said, "It's okay, no need!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yi retreated behind Ye Xiaoyu.

Ye Xiaoyu took out two cotton threads from the sewing box, aligned them, and divided them into two strands of equal length. He tied two cotton threads to the two golden dragon claws and eagle hooks, and then lifted them up high. He grabbed the thread on the other side with his fingers, and then suddenly let go.

This time , Boss Li was frightened. He said "Ouch" and hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up.

But just as Boss Li was about to step forward, he saw that the two gold seals were hung tightly in the air by cotton threads. They spun around several times and then settled there, motionless.

" Damn , are you crazy ? This is the golden seal of the Han Dynasty!" Boss Li cursed loudly.

Behind Ye Xiaoyu, Zhou Yi, Jiang Hao and others also frowned .

They probably felt that Ye Xiaoyu's skills were like juggling and had no real significance in identifying the authenticity of the two gold seals.

"Don't worry, Boss Li, can you see these two gold seals clearly?"

I saw Ye Xiaoyu holding two thin cotton threads and hanging the two gold seals in mid-air, letting Boss Li and the crowd of onlookers take a closer look.

Zhou Yi, Jiang Hao and others didn't understand antiques and were confused when looking at them, but Boss Li was an expert in the industry, and the onlookers could also be people in the industry.

After Ye Xiaoyu's prompting, they could see that the tilt angles of the two gold seals hanging in mid-air were slightly different.

Among them, the one on the left hand is slightly tilted forward, while the one on the right hand is standing squarely in the center of the cotton thread. This difference can be said to be very subtle, and it is easy to miss it if you don't look carefully.

Later, Ye Xiaoyu said: " The No. 1 seal on the right hand is a fake, and the No. 2 seal on the left hand is authentic. This is my answer."

Ye Xiaoyu made his judgment, and the crowd was silent. Boss Li was even more panicked.

Boss Li blinked and asked, "Is this the end? Are you kidding me?"

Everyone onlookers had the same view. No one believed what Ye Xiaoyu said.

Zhou Yi, Jiang Hao, Zhu Bapi, and Chen Jing could only support Ye Xiaoyu mentally. They couldn't help at all.

Boss Li glared at Ye Xiaoyu as if he had been tricked and asked, "What basis do you have for saying which gold seal is fake?"