The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Chapter 193: Treasures of Chinese Culture

I will return to New York today. The flight will arrive at New York at around 13:00, Eastern Time at around 6 o'clock in the evening. There will be time left. Eight? One Chinese network??? ㈧? ㈠?? ㈠?

There are a few bodyguards staying in the hotel to rest, there are enough people.

Several armed drivers hired temporarily can speak fluent Italian. Nicole asks to stop by the "Mouth of Truth" first. Jenny is also looking forward to it, only Zhang Nan has a bitter melon.

The Mouth of Mantra is actually a stone mask with a round face embedded in the wall of the Church of Our Lady of Greece in Rome.

The open mouth was originally a drain, but it was given a new meaning by its name "Mouth of Mantra"-all because of the "Roman Holiday".

There is a passage in the movie: The reporter played by Gregory Parker told the princess that the mouth of the mantra would bite off the liar's hand, and then he stood facing the "mouth of the mantra" for a while, and put his hand inside it seriously.

Suddenly, he cried out in pain!

The princess was shocked, and quickly helped him pull out: the arm finally came out, but only the sleeves were left!

The princess covered her mouth and almost fainted! At this time, Parker smiled and stretched out the hand hidden in the cuffs, and the princess woke up from panic and astonishment, and the two lovers hugged each other with joy.

Who would have thought that this thrilling scene was an impromptu performance by Gregorian Parker and Audrey Hepburn.

At that time, Parker deliberately withdrew his hands into his sleeves, but Hepburn was unprepared for this sudden "horror" scene, which made the film a lot more colorful.

There is a romantic story left in the international film scene, and "The Mouth of Mantra" is also world-renowned.

Xiang Weirong laughed there after hearing Nicole's request, but Guan Xingquan didn't know the so-called: He had never seen the "Roman Holiday", and didn't know that Zhang Nan might suffer this time.

Zhang Nan had a bitter face, while Xiang Weirong and Jackson were holding back a laugh, Guan Xingquan was confused.

"Don't ask, I'll go to the theater or the theater later!"

Facing Guan Xingquan's probing expression, Xiang Weirong whispered "warning" the old subordinates.

Sure enough, when we got to the place, we lined up for a while, when Zhang Nan put his hand into the big mouth, everyone nearby was stunned by the question of the two girls!

The bodyguards are also busy enough, standing on the side to signal other tourists to take care of their cameras, just like a bully traveling and everyone avoiding!

"Do you love us?"

"Love me more or Nicole more?"

"Do you have any other girlfriends?"...

Zhang Nan was so overwhelmed-met two fans of "Holiday", it really made everyone watch a big show!

I said a lot of truth and falsehood, but fortunately, the hands are still there!

He almost concealed his face and fled, but in the end he even hugged his fists around and left.

When Nicole asked seven or eight questions, the nearby tourists didn't know which bad species was applauding, and they quickly applauded-I really met a great man today!

"One for two is so good, is the brother from the Middle East? He doesn't look alike. A man idol!"

Of course, many men were almost killed by their lovers with white eyes!

Now it's the two girls' turn to ask again, embarrassed, and retreat!

Ang stood up to the Porte Saimen Market: a huge semi-outdoor market was a little messy, but the old phonograph, the exquisite gem brooch, all kinds of copper utensils, the Rococo-style dressing table, may be the grandfather’s grandfather’s. Antique bicycles left behind by a generation...The countless antiques, artworks, handmade and daily necessities are dizzying!

It is worthy of being the largest open-air flea market in Rome.

The bodyguards are full of aura, because this is also one of the places where Roman thieves and pickpockets are most concentrated, and Italian thieves will be as famous as its mafia.

But there is a stick of black suit bodyguards around, even if all the pickpockets in Rome are here, they dare not attack this group.

Soon, the two women bought two ruby ​​brooches. The price is not expensive. It is estimated that the gems above are actually semi-precious stones such as rubellite, but they are really exquisite.

Zhang Nan is not very interested in these little things, but still patiently accompanies the two girls to hang out.

More than half an hour later, Zhang Nan's existing stall selling second-hand goods had a lot of old books, and there was a big box on the side with books in it. Many books seem to be quite young.

I don’t understand, those words are not in English anyway.

However, Nicole stopped and flipped through it, and bought a copy of Decameron in Italian printed in 19o2 at the booth. It is well preserved but not cheap. It costs more than US$2o.

Buy if you don't understand it, probably she likes this book.

The books on the stall have been selected, and basically cost more than US$5. The stall owner said that the books in the box are relatively cheaper.

Nicole was interested to look for it again, and Zhang Nan also looked through it curiously.

I don’t know Italian, but I can understand English.

Suddenly, a stack of very special books that had been squeezed lower in the basket was turned over by Zhang Nan. When he saw what it was, he couldn't help but squeeze slightly.

Five books, yellow silk noodles, huge format! "The length is 5o.3 cm and the width is 3o cm. Ming Zuo Chi is one foot five inches high and nine inches wide."

With the book in his hand, Zhang Nan couldn't help thinking about this year.

The book opens to the left, and a rectangular bookmark is stuck on the upper left of the front of the book jacket, and the four characters "Yongle Dadian" are inscribed in the frame!

Yes, this is "Yongle Dadian"!

The first four-character book of "Yongle Dadian" in my hand: Volume One Thousand One 821 One Thousand 822 .

The book jacket is rigidly mounted with multiple layers of rice paper, and the outermost layer is wrapped with a layer of yellow silk with brains. The book is extraordinarily solemn, and the book is basically intact.

The content of the book pages is written in Zhu and ink pens: Zhu pens are used to draw border lines, the authors and titles of books cited; ink pens are used to write title, volume, rhyme, book text and draw pictures; circle points are used inside The hollow outer circle of reed, bamboo, bone or jade pen tube dipped in cinnabar ink stamp, the paper color is definitely more than four to five hundred years.

Zhang Nan took two pages seriously, and everything was right. This is the basic reprint of the Jiajing period. The book is the Taoist classics. The border line of each vermilion leaf is drawn by hand. Instead of printing, I used the regular script used by the Ming Dynasty officials: the Guange style was copied stroke by stroke!

Zhang Nan gestured, and the bodyguard asked the price: 5 copies totaling 10,000 lire, less than two dollars a copy!

A treasure of Chinese culture that is more than 5oo years old, I sold a copy for more than $1 on this second-hand book stand!

Paying the money, Zhang Nan turned the frame upside down and couldn't find the sixth one.

The stall owner babbled while talking. He seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to swear.

"Mr. Allen, he said that these five old Chinese books are gone." The bodyguard translated.

"Where did it come from?"

When the bodyguard asked, the man replied a few words.

"An old house was rebuilt. He got it from there two days ago. They are here."

"What about the house?"

"Unpacked. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"

"Let him take us there and give him $50."

The bodyguard didn't give the money first, but lighted up the skirt of the suit, and then took out $50 to the stall owner.

The face of the stall owner changed, and he had to say a few words with the stall owner next to him, and followed Zhang Nan and the others.

Half an hour later, Zhang Nan and a group of people came to an old house that was being repaired: they got a few bodyguards signaled by Zhang Nan, it would be like a mafia, stop the workers under construction, and ask all the people who took them out of the house before. All the papers are there!

Fortunately, it hasn't rained in the past two days, and the debris that was made hasn't been used yet. It's just piled up in the courtyard of the house, like a hill!

None of the workers dared to move, for fear of causing trouble.

Zhang Nan pointed to the **** dump, "Jack, show me a look! I found the same book as this one. I will be awarded $1oo for a loose page and 10,000 for the complete book!" (To be continued.)

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