Chapter 2714

Zhao Laosi saw money and opened his eyes. Seeing the other party hand over a few hundred more, he couldn't take care of looking at how many there were, so he hurriedly pulled the money over, looked around like a thief, and then said to Earl Changsheng: "Old man, to tell you the truth, this thumb ring is not something I can sell if I want to. It's my big brother's thing, given to me to wear, as a token for me to pick people up at the airport."

"Token?" Earl Changsheng frowned slightly.

He was not without suspicion that a commoner had a magic weapon on his hand.

If it was really just a coincidence that this guy got it, and he bought it from his hand at a slightly higher price, then it was his own good luck.

However, this person said that this thing was a token given by others, which made Earl Changsheng feel a bit vigilant.

Thus, he deliberately asked Zhao Laosi: "Little brother, what is the saying about this token? Can you tell me?"

Zhao Laosi took Earl Changsheng's few hundred yuan, naturally he didn't dare to be too perfunctory, so he smiled and said in a low voice: "My big brother asked me to pick up Hong Kong businessmen here. Hong Kong businessmen are always big clients in our antique circle, and there are some gray transactions that are not convenient to express to outsiders. It's like a spy meeting to pass information, it must be a token."

As he spoke, Zhao Laosi pointed to the sign he was holding and said firmly: "I speculate that the 'Chen Jiawei' written on my sign is fake. Hong Kong businessmen come to buy cultural relics, they definitely can't use their real names. So when the time comes, they must rely on the thumb ring on my hand to confirm whether I am the upper house!"

Zhao Laosi didn't lie to Earl Changsheng.

Zhang Ermao didn't explain things clearly to them, deliberately hiding and ambiguous, leaving them a lot of room for speculation.

Why say pick up people without a definite word about when they will arrive? That must be because you have to be careful and careful!

Besides, why wear a thumb ring when picking up people? That must be the key agreed upon to identify the authenticity of the contact person for the Hong Kong businessman!

Besides, why wear a raw pit thumb ring? That must be because this Zhang Ermao is hooking up with people who steal tombs and flip them, and now he is thinking about helping those people sell stolen goods!

Zhao Laosi also felt that this raw pit thing, no matter which dynasty it belongs to, as long as it is dug out and not handed over, it is illegal. If it is dug out and not handed over, and then traded secretly, it is a crime on top of a crime. Zhang Ermao is so willing to give him and Xiao Teng 3,000 labor fees a day? This proves that he must be preparing for a big deal, and doesn't care about this little money at all!

Precisely because of these wild imaginations, Zhao Laosi firmly believed that his judgment was definitely correct, and he definitely grasped Zhang Ermao's pulse!

Earl Changsheng also had some hesitation in his heart at this time.

He felt on one hand that this thing might be a fraud, and on the other hand, after hearing what Zhao Laosi said, he felt that this was probably a one-stop service group for tomb robbery and selling stolen goods.

Thinking of this, he deliberately asked tentatively: "Little brother, may I ask, is your big brother a professional in antiques?"

"Yes!" Zhao Laosi said without hesitation: "He has been doing antiques for twenty or thirty years, absolutely cheating and deceiving... oh no, he is proficient in everything from antiques to calligraphy and painting!"

Earl Changsheng nodded, and took out a few more 100-yuan banknotes and handed them over, smiling: "Little brother, I wonder if you can introduce your big brother to me? I really want to get to know him."

Zhao Laosi looked at the old man. Seeing that this old guy was generous with money, he had a plan in his heart.

Thus, he deliberately coughed twice and said seriously: "Old man, you also know that we have our rules in this line. I don't know who you are, so I definitely can't take you to my big brother casually! In case you are a cop and point us out, won't my life be ruined?"

Earl Changsheng hurriedly said: "Oh little brother, you really misunderstood me! I'm not a cop, to tell you the truth, I am an overseas Chinese who returned to the country, and I haven't been back to Huaxia for many days."

As he spoke, he hurriedly took out his passport and handed it to Zhao Laosi, saying seriously: "Little brother, look, this is my Argentine passport, the entry time is all on it."

Zhao Laosi himself was talking nonsense, so he didn't feel that the old man in front of him would be an undercover agent sent by the police.

The reason for saying this is nothing more than to increase the difficulty and threshold of this matter, and to ask for more money from this old man.

Thus, he said seriously: "Old man, I am also a master who has seen a lot and eaten a lot. You can find as many of these things as you want in the small alleys on the edge of the antique street as long as you throw out a thousand yuan. It doesn't count."

Seeing that he didn't believe him, Earl Changsheng hurriedly added more money and stuffed it to him, saying sincerely: "Little brother, let's not talk about anything else. Look at my age, even if I were a cop, I should have retired. How could I come to be an undercover agent?"

As he spoke, Earl Changsheng further explained: "Little brother, I really like the thumb ring on your hand, so I am also sincerely wanting to buy it. How about this, you help me tell your big brother, let him open a price, as long as it is within my tolerance, I will transfer the money to him on the spot!"

Zhao Laosi saw the other party stuffing money into his hand, and deliberately shirked: "Oh, old man, what are you doing? Aren't you making me commit a mistake? If my big brother blames me later for not having a bottom line, he won't take me to play in the future."

As he spoke, he deliberately wanted to add some bait to Earl Changsheng, so he deliberately stretched the jade thumb ring under Earl Changsheng's nose and said mysteriously: "Old man, I won't say much, you smell this thumb ring, the little smell in the jade seam! It's absolutely top-notch, I tell you! If you are really an expert, you will know what's going on as soon as you smell it!"

Earl Changsheng carefully brought his nose up and smelled it, then frowned and asked: "A smell of rot, and a bit of urine smell, and then there is a bit of soil fishy smell..."

"Yes!" Zhao Laosi gave a thumbs up and said admiringly and cautiously: "Old man, it seems your sense of smell is still very sensitive! You can taste so many flavors, I don't need to tell you where this thing came from, right?"

"Oh... I understand..." Earl Changsheng nodded slightly. Seeing Zhao Laosi's cunning look, and the fact that he said these words without any trace of lying, judging from Earl Changsheng's 156 years of life experience, what this kid said was definitely the truth!

Thus, he carefully stated his conclusion: "Little brother, these things were all dug out from the ground, right?"

Zhao Laosi widened his eyes instantly, clamped the pick-up sign under his arm, took the initiative to hold Earl Changsheng's hands, and while holding the cash in Earl Changsheng's hand in his palm, said admiringly and very cautiously: "Old man, congratulations, you got it right!"