Chapter 18 Golden Phoebe Luban Lock

Su Yuan then opened the door of Qiguzhai and invited Yang Xianni in.

The shop had not been open for business for a long time, and many of the items inside were old, so there was a depressing feeling in the air.

He then opened the door, asked Sonija Yang to sit down, tidied up the shop briefly, and lit a piece of incense.

While he was busy, Sonija Yang saw that she couldn't help, so she looked at the furnishings in the shop curiously.

"Brother Su, this shop is owned by your family, right? Are the things inside real?"

Su Yuan smiled:
"How can there be so many real ones? Although this antique street is large, most of the things displayed in the shops are imitations or modern ones."

Sonija Yang nodded as if she suddenly understood something:
"So that's how it is. I thought they were all real!"

"Real good things are not displayed here. When experts come to buy things, they first ask around and then look at the goods. The things here are sold to tourists or ordinary antique lovers!"

Sonija Yang seemed a little disappointed:
"So... it's not easy to find bargains here?"

Su Yuan couldn't help but laugh:

"It's not easy to find a bargain. There are very few genuine products on the market now. Even people in the industry don't easily come across good things!"

As he was speaking, a woman suddenly poked her head in.

The woman was about thirty years old, had short hair, and was short and plump. She looked like an ordinary citizen.

She looked at the exhibits in the shop, a hint of disappointment appeared on her face, and she turned around and walked out again.

Sonija Yang couldn't help but feel a little surprised when she saw this:
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

The woman waved her hand:
"It's okay. I see that your store sells porcelain and ancient paintings, so you probably don't sell wooden items!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the store.

Su Yuan was tidying up the tea sets in the inner room, preparing to pour a glass of water for Yang Xianni. When he heard the words outside, he hurried out, only to see that the woman had already walked out of the house, pushing a tricycle to the next door.

On the tricycle is a strange-shaped wooden object that looks antique. It looks like an inverted triangle made up of a bunch of wooden blocks, but the top is very flat.

It just looks like a weird-shaped table!
Su Yuan couldn't help but frowned when he saw it:

"Luban Lock?"

Lu Ban Lock, also known as Kongming Lock and Bagua Lock, is said to be a peculiar wooden artifact made by Lu Ban, the ancestor of carpenters in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is composed of the mortise and tenon structure of some wooden blocks, and the concave and convex parts inside mesh together, which is very ingenious and difficult to unlock.

This type of Lu Ban lock has various forms, such as the Six-piece Linked Lock, the Monetary Lock, etc. The most difficult one to unlock is the Twenty-four-piece Lock, which is made of twenty-four pieces of wood biting together and is very difficult to unlock.

The Lu Ban lock that the lady pushed on a tricycle had far more than twenty-four pieces of wood, and it looked very complicated.

Moreover, the material of this Lu Ban lock is obviously old. It is dark brown all over and looks antique.

The eldest sister pushed the tricycle to the door of Wanmufang next door and walked in. After a while, Wanmufang owner Liu Desheng followed her out.

Looking at the Lu Ban lock pushed by his elder sister, Liu Desheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out a bottle of olive oil and a fine-bristle brush from the house.

Seeing this, Sonija Yang couldn't help but feel a little strange:
"What does he do with the olive oil?"

Su Yuan replied:

"This Luban lock is probably made of nanmu, which looks no different from ordinary wood under normal circumstances. In addition, it is covered with dust and stains after years. It is difficult to distinguish. But after washing with olive oil, its texture will be exposed, and it will shine brightly under the light!"

"So that's it..."

Sonija Yang felt as if she had learned a lesson and could not help but nod in surprise.

Here, Liu Desheng quickly brushed one side of the Lu Ban Lock triangle with a wooden brush, and the texture behind the wood stains was revealed. The originally dull wood instantly showed a bright red color, shining brightly under the light.

"Gold gushing out of the sea of ​​blood is indeed a good thing..."

Liu Desheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and a smile of surprise appeared on his face:

"It is indeed golden nanmu!" The elder sister next to him was also a little surprised when she heard it:
"Boss, this golden nanmu...is it very valuable?"

Liu Desheng shook his head:

"Although the material is golden nanmu, it was broken down into small pieces to make a Luban lock. There is no inscription or mark, and it is impossible to tell which era it is from, so the cultural relic value is not high."

Hearing Liu Desheng's words, the older sister couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

She is an old citizen of Shanghai. Today, when she was cleaning her old house, she found this wooden item. Seeing that it was old, she thought it might be able to sell for a lot of money, so she pulled it over on a tricycle.

When I heard Liu Desheng say it was golden nanmu, I thought it could be sold for a lot of money. However, Liu Desheng said it had no age and the wooden objects were too small, so the value of the cultural relic was not high.

So, at this moment she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Su Yuan couldn't help but frown when he heard Liu Desheng's words.

Liu Desheng is also an old hand in the antique street, but he has a more cunning personality. He is completely different from the mature and steady Su Maosheng. They had a dispute before, so the relationship between the two families is not harmonious.

Judging from what Liu Desheng said, he was deliberately suppressing the elder sister's psychological expectations in order to lower the purchase price.

Although it is difficult to tell the age of this golden nanmu Lu Ban lock, its material and workmanship are both top-quality. It would be a bit far-fetched to say that it is not of high value as a cultural relic.

Su Yuan then activated the Eye that Clears the Clouds and Sees the Mist and took a closer look at the Lu Ban Lock.

A faint precious light lingers over the entire wooden object.

Moreover, there is actually a faint light hidden in the precious light!
Could it be that there is something fishy going on here?

[Item name: Ming Wanli Golden Phoebe Luban Lock! ]

[Quality: Golden Phoebe! ]

[Historical value: quite high! ]

【Cultural relic assessment: Treasure! 】

[Origin: Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao personally carved this piece of gold nanmu wood with great care! ]

[Item value: 30 million yuan! ]

Seeing these words, Su Yuan couldn't help but frown.

It turned out to be the Lu Ban lock made by Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

And it’s worth 30 million…

He only has a few hundred thousand in his account now, so it might be difficult for him to purchase this golden nanmu Lu Ban lock.

At this time, Liu Desheng deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, frowned and thought for a while before saying:
"Sister, how much do you plan to sell this wooden item for?"

The elder sister had no idea how much it could be sold for, but in order to avoid being at a disadvantage, she had to ask carefully:
"Boss, how much are you going to pay?"

Liu Desheng pretended to think about it for a moment, then raised a finger:

"The maximum I can offer is 100,000!"

When Su Yuan heard the price offered by Liu Desheng, he couldn't help but laugh.

He really is worthy of being called Liu Huatou of Antique Street. A golden nanmu Lu Ban lock made by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could be worth at least 30 million, but he was only willing to give 100,000!
It seems that I can fight for this matter.

After all, as long as you get this Ming Dynasty golden nanmu Lu Ban lock, you can make a huge profit by reselling it.

It would be a good idea to use it to pay off part of my father’s debt!
Liu Desheng had never been on good terms with his father, so there was no need to show him too much mercy.

Moreover, maybe this can be used to test whether Liu Desheng is related to his father's death!

　Please collect and read on, the author will work hard on writing!

　　
　
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