Chapter 386: It's actually pottery from the Western Zhou Dynasty?

"They have indeed all been checked." Before Old He could speak, the middle-aged man next to him replied: "Mr. Xu, the batch of porcelain you purchased really doesn't have any priceless treasures. However, it is already very rare that you, as a layman, didn't find any fakes among so many pieces of porcelain."

Although the middle-aged man said this, anyone could hear the consolation in his words toward Xu Tian.

Immediately, another onlooker nearby said sarcastically: "This isn't Xu Tian being capable; he just bought all the porcelain in Mu Qiu nian's hands. It can only be said that Mu Qiu nian is the capable one."

"But didn't Boss Chen just say that Mu Qiu nian's porcelain pieces were all fakes?"

"Hey, who told Mu Qiu nian to have a bad reputation? He used to deceive people with fakes often. Now, even if there are genuine items, no one believes him."

"Everyone gets disgusted after hearing the story of the boy who cried wolf too many times. Look at now, except for laymen who don't understand the market, who still goes to his shop to buy porcelain?"

Just as these people were discussing, Old He, who had already taken off one glove, suddenly froze and bent down to look at the corner of the wooden box.

Seeing this, Xu Tian's heart stirred slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "Old Master He, what's wrong?"

Old He's expression was somewhat serious. He quickly put the glove he had taken off back on, reached out, and carefully took out a pottery jar covered with dried mugwort from the corner.

This pottery jar had been completely covered by the dried mugwort just now, so much so that even Old He hadn't seen it.

Mu Qiu nian also looked at the pottery jar with some surprise.

He had acquired this batch of porcelain from an old farmer. It is said that the old farmer's ancestors were once confidants of a certain duke. After the duke lost power and was hanged, the confidant gathered a large amount of antiques and treasures from the duke's home and fled to Y Country, where he took root.

However, perhaps because his ancestors had committed too many sins, his descendants became increasingly destitute. By the generation of the old farmer's father, they had completely become farmers, making a living by farming.

Mu Qiu nian was originally not interested in such stories, but this old farmer was very talkative, pulling him aside to chatter for half a day. Before leaving, because he had bought all the porcelain in the house in one go, the other party simply gave him an extra pottery jar.

He saw that the pottery jar was dirty and thought it was something the rural family used themselves, so he didn't take it to heart and casually stuffed it into the corner of the wooden box to be shipped back to Pawa.

If it weren't for Old He's sharp eyes digging this pottery jar out of the corner of the box, perhaps Mu Qiu nian wouldn't even remember that this thing existed.

"Old Master He, this is a crude pottery jar from the farmer's house where I acquired the porcelain. It accidentally got mixed in." Mu Qiu nian explained while reaching out, wanting to take the dirty pottery jar back.

Xu Tian probably wouldn't want such a worthless thing anyway; it would be better to just throw it in the trash when he goes out later.

However, Old He's hands gripped the pottery jar tightly and wouldn't let go, and his tone carried a bit of excitement and urgency: "Don't move, let me see!"

Mu Qiu nian was a bit stunned, but he still let go and stood blankly on the side, staring at Old He in confusion.

But Xu Tian smelled a glimmer of hope from Old He's abnormal behavior.

He saw Old He carefully holding the crude pottery in his hands and instructing the middle-aged man beside him to bring the magnifying glass, as well as a high-intensity flashlight.

The man handed over the magnifying glass as instructed. Old He lifted the pottery jar slightly, placed it at a position parallel to his line of sight, and then used his other hand to hold the magnifying glass, carefully placing it over the patterns on the pottery jar to examine them closely.

After a long while, he took out the flashlight and shone it on the bottom and inside of the pottery jar again and again.

Throughout the process, Old He's expression went from serious to excited, and in the end, even his hands were trembling slightly. He could only let the middle-aged man beside him hold the pottery jar, and repeatedly urged the middle-aged man to be careful, even more careful.

This time, the middle-aged man also saw that this pottery jar might not be an ordinary household pottery, so his movements became exceptionally cautious and careful.

But Old He did not give a conclusion immediately; he just examined it repeatedly, as if he wouldn't be satisfied until he had carefully looked at every pattern on the pottery jar. After a full ten minutes or more, he finally put down the magnifying glass excitedly.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yan and the high-level executives of the Tang Group in the video were constantly pressuring Xu Tian not to delay any longer and to immediately hand over the group's company seal and checkbook.

Xu Tian turned a deaf ear to their urging and kept staring at Old He's every move. When Old He put down the magnifying glass in his hand, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Through Old He's reaction and expression, Xu Tian knew that the priceless treasure in Mu Qiu nian's hands in his previous life should be this inconspicuous pottery jar.

However, his memory was still a bit biased. He originally remembered it as a piece of porcelain, but now that he thought about it, he had never focused on understanding relevant antique knowledge in his previous life, and he couldn't even tell the difference between pottery and porcelain, so it was normal to remember it wrong.

But after Old He put down the magnifying glass, there was no follow-up; he just quietly took the pottery jar from the middle-aged man's hand and used his gloved fingers to stroke the rough outer wall of the pottery jar inch by inch.

Others were very puzzled by Old He's behavior.

"This old man has been holding a broken jar for a long time and won't let go. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was some peerless treasure!"

"Where did Mu Qiu nian hire these experts from? They look so unreliable..."

"He just said that Mu Qiu nian's porcelain pieces were all genuine, not even a single fake. Could they be shills?"

"It's possible... I said so, how could there be genuine items among the antiques in Mu Qiu nian's hands... and so many of them... he must have been worried that the Tang family wouldn't be easy to fool, so he specially hired an actor to come and cooperate with him in acting."

The discussion grew louder, and some people even clamored for Old He and the middle-aged man to take out their appraisal expert qualification certificates.

"If you are real experts, take out your certificates and let everyone check them!"

"That's right! Otherwise, we can only assume you are scammers hired by Mu Qiu nian to act!"

"Presumptuous! Do you know what you are saying!" The middle-aged man scolded angrily: "Old Master He is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Old He suddenly spoke to Xu Tian in an excited tone: "Mr. Xu, if my deduction is correct, this pottery jar should be from the Western Zhou Dynasty. Look at the cloud and thunder patterns on it; they are the typical patterns of pottery from that era!"

"What?"

"Western Zhou?"

Old He's words caused an uproar at the scene.

"How is that possible? This broken pottery jar is actually pottery from the Western Zhou Dynasty?" ===== CHAPTER 387 =====