Chapter 49

After lunch, my father-in-law Xiao Changkun was already dressed neatly and urged Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, hurry up and get ready. Drive our new car and take me to the Antique Street. A shop there just received a Tang Dynasty official kiln vase, and I want to go over and appraise it."

Ye Chen couldn't help but advise, "Dad, are you starting to play with antiques again? Our family doesn't have much money; wouldn't it be a bit too extravagant to buy antiques?"

Xiao Changkun had no real talent for making money, but he had plenty of dreams of getting rich. Whenever he was free, he liked to stroll through the Antique Street, dreaming of finding a bargain.

However, over the past few years, he had mostly been the one getting scammed.

Previously, he had quieted down for a while, but unexpectedly, not only had he not completely stopped, but he had actually made a comeback.

Seeing that Ye Chen actually dared to criticize him, Xiao Changkun snorted coldly and said, "Don't talk so much nonsense, hurry up and take me there."

Ye Chen felt helpless, but he couldn't disobey, so he had no choice but to drive his father-in-law to the Antique Street.

On the way, Xiao Changkun sat in the newly bought BMW, feeling incredibly smug.

He didn't sit in the passenger seat, but instead sat in the spacious back seat with his legs crossed, directing Ye Chen's driving while also having Ye Chen play his favorite treasure-hunting audiobooks on the sound system.

In his own words, he was getting old and reading books strained his eyes, so he just listened to them every day.

That would have been fine, but after listening to a few segments with him, Ye Chen discovered that in the stories he listened to, the protagonist could spend ten yuan and gamble on a piece of jade raw stone worth one billion.

Hearing this, Ye Chen understood why his father-in-law had endless dreams of getting rich every day.

Xiao Changkun, however, was listening with great interest, and while listening, he didn't forget to sigh, "Oh my, when will I, Old Xiao, ever hit such a jackpot, buying a stone for ten yuan and making a billion? Sigh, forget the billion, I'd be satisfied with a hundred million..."

Ye Chen coughed awkwardly and said, "Dad, stop thinking about gambling on stones; those are all scams."

Xiao Changkun curled his lips: "What do you know."

After speaking, seeing that the car had already arrived at the Antique Street, he hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and find a parking space, don't delay the time I've scheduled to see the goods!"

Jin Ling is a famous historical city, and the Antique Street located outside the scenic area is also quite well-known in the country, gathering antique dealers and treasure hunters from all over the nation.

The local tourism department also followed the trend, spending huge sums of money to renovate the Antique Street, turning it into a scenic spot that attracts tourists.

Arriving at the Antique Street, Xiao Changkun familiarly arrived at the entrance of an antique shop, explained to the receptionist that he had an appointment, and the other party invited the two to the VIP room in the back to see the goods.

Ye Chen was about to follow them in, but Xiao Changkun turned back and said, "You don't need to come in, you wouldn't understand it anyway, just wait for me at the door of the VIP room!"

Ye Chen had no choice but to nod: "I understand, Dad!"

Xiao Changkun walked into the VIP room with his hands behind his back, following the receptionist, and Ye Chen sat down in the lounge area.

A few minutes later, Ye Chen suddenly heard a crisp "clatter" from inside the VIP room.

Afterwards, Ye Chen saw his father-in-law, Xiao Changkun, running out from inside with a panicked expression.

He was still muttering, "It's over, it's over! Now it's really over!"

Ye Chen hurriedly walked over and looked behind his father-in-law, only to see a tall, thin ceramic vase on the ground that had already shattered into two pieces, with many small ceramic fragments on the floor.

Through the fragments, one could vaguely tell that what had been broken should have been a Tang Dynasty jade pot spring vase.

Back when he was at the Ye family, he had been influenced by it since childhood and was also well-informed; he could tell at a glance that this vase was a genuine antique, and selling it for several million on the market wouldn't be a problem.

It seemed that his father-in-law had caused a huge disaster this time.

In the VIP room, a middle-aged man said with a dark face, "Mr. Xiao, we bought this jade pot spring vase for over five million, and now that you've broken it, you must compensate according to the price!"

This person was Zhou Liangyun, the manager of Jiqing Hall.

Xiao Changkun pulled Ye Chen over and said, unable to hide his panic, "This is my precious son-in-law. Do you know how much money he has? Never mind five million, even fifty million is no problem! You two talk about the compensation! I have something else to do, I'm leaving first!"

After speaking, Xiao Changkun pushed Ye Chen inside and turned around to run away.

Ye Chen was stunned; this father-in-law was too shameless. This was clearly trying to make him take the blame!

Zhou Liangyun looked at Ye Chen and asked coldly, "This gentleman, a total of 5.38 million, will you pay by card or transfer?"

Ye Chen spread his hands: "I have no money."

It wasn't that he couldn't afford to pay, he just wanted to let his father-in-law learn a lesson, so as to avoid him calling him to the Antique Street every day in the future.

"No money?" Zhou Liangyun gritted his teeth and said, "You broke something from our Jiqing Hall, do you think you can get away with just saying you have no money?"

Ye Chen said helplessly, "I didn't want to get away with it, but I really have no money. Besides, you didn't have me break this vase, why should you make me pay?"

Zhou Liangyun was anxious: "Isn't that your father-in-law?"

Ye Chen nodded: "You also said it, it's my father-in-law, not me. Whoever broke it, you should find them to pay. This is called 'every grievance has its head, every debt has its master', and 'disaster does not reach family members'. Don't you understand this principle?"

Zhou Liangyun was annoyed, but thinking about it, what Ye Chen said also made sense.

If he made him pay without explanation, if it got out, the reputation of Jiqing Hall would be ruined.

So he hurriedly blurted out to the few people beside him, "You guys, hurry up and catch that old guy and bring him back for me!"

Ye Chen watched them chasing his father-in-law in a flurry, smiling without saying a word.

Actually, he could have just swiped his card to pay the money, but if he did that, wouldn't it be letting his shameless father-in-law off easy?

Rather than that, it would be better to let this old guy suffer a little.

Otherwise, if he encountered such a thing again in the future, he would still scam him.

The people from Jiqing Hall were all mobilized to catch Ye Chen's father-in-law, and Ye Chen, having nothing to do, looked at the vase broken into two halves on the ground.

This vase was about half a meter high, and now it was broken into two halves and a pile of fragments, which was really a pity.

However, he suddenly noticed that something seemed to be hidden at the bottom of the lower half of the vase body.

He hurriedly reached in and took it out, and actually pulled out a small wooden box!

Unexpectedly, there was such a mystery in this vase!

The shape of the jade pot spring vase had a small mouth and a large belly. This wooden box was obviously two or three times larger than the mouth of the vase. It seemed that this was not inserted later, but was made directly into the vase when it was being crafted!

Looking at it this way, this wooden box should also have been left from the Tang Dynasty!

He held the wooden box in his hand, looked at it carefully, and then used some force, with a "snap", opened the wooden box.

As the wooden box opened, a burst of extreme fragrance immediately dissipated. Ye Chen took a breath and felt refreshed.

Looking closely, inside the wooden box lay an ancient book less than the size of a palm!

Ye Chen picked up this very miniature ancient book and saw the four ancient seal characters "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" written on the title page.

"This name is quite interesting, I don't know what it records." Ye Chen opened the book and looked back.

The first chapter was the "Medical Arts Chapter", which recorded a large number of cases and treatment methods.

Ye Chen frowned slightly; he had also come into contact with Traditional Chinese Medicine and knew some basic theories of TCM, but the content recorded in this book was obviously much more brilliant than the methods of the current TCM community.

Some diagnostic and treatment methods were unheard of, and even at the end of the medical arts chapter, Ye Chen also saw alchemy arts, and the effects of some pills were simply beyond the reality of society.

Ye Chen became interested, sat on the ground, and kept flipping through it.

Unexpectedly, this "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" also contained content on Feng Shui divination, as well as various miraculous methods such as treasure appraisal and restoration. Besides that, there were many other strange and peculiar things.

Ye Chen read for a long time, only feeling that every word in the book was drilling into his brain, and his heart was like boiling water.

Found a bargain!

This is a peerless treasure!