The mood of the winter solstice was actually similar to his, the two were relatively silent, and it took a long time to recover.
"Is this painting an auction item?" Liu Qingbo asked calmly.
Winter Solstice flipped through the auction catalogue: "Not in the auction catalogue."
Liu Qingbo said without hesitation, "Find the owner of the painting and buy it!"
As long as the bid is high enough, he doesn't believe that there is anything in this world that cannot be sold.
Winter Solstice: "We still don't know the seller's situation. Let's inquire about it first. There will be an auction in the afternoon, so don't worry."
Liu Qingbo read the introduction next to the painting again and confirmed that the owner of the collection was not written on it.
He found the patrolling security personnel on this floor and asked, but the other party also asked three questions.
Winter Solstice grabbed him: "Don't be impatient, it's not good for others to see that we care too much about this painting, someone might know."
Like the young lady who entertained them just now.
Although the other party is only responsible for the reception of guests, he must have a certain understanding of this exhibition, and it is suitable to ask questions first.
The winter solstice grinned: "Old Liu, your chance to perform has come."
Liu Qingbo: "…Why me?"
Winter Solstice looked innocent: "You look more handsome than me!"
Liu Qingbo never admitted that he was so flattered by this sentence, he reluctantly said: "I'm doing this for the work of the Special Administration Bureau."
The winter solstice gave him a high hat without hesitation: "That's right, you have nothing to say about your ideological awareness, we count you as the highest in this session!"
Liu Qingbo went arrogantly, but in less than ten minutes, he came back with an unhappy face.
"No way, you can't even handle such a trivial matter?" Winter Solstice felt incredible.
Liu Qingbo rolled his eyes: "That woman is too difficult to communicate with."
Winter Solstice: "What did she say?"
Liu Qingbo was annoyed: "I asked her who the owner of this painting is. She said that the owner is unwilling to disclose anything without a signature, and she can't disclose it. I said that if she told me, I would invite her to dinner. Give her two thousand dollars, who knows that this woman will pull her face down and show me her face!"
Winter Solstice Fu forehead: "If you say that, how can people tell you!"
Liu Qingbo sneered: "That's why I said, this woman is too hypocritical. When I heard that I was going to invite her to dinner, she had a smile on her face, and she had to show that she was rich and could not be promiscuous!"
Winter Solstice sighed: "If you didn't ask her to eat, it might be better. She thought you wanted to pursue her, but who knows that you just want to make a deal with her. Although love is also a deal, it is a romantic deal. Some people can equate romance with money, some people are unwilling to compromise. I'll give it a try!"
Liu Qingbo was taken aback by him: "Who said these words?"
The winter solstice waved his hand, a gesture that was hidden from the world and brushed off his clothes: "Winter Tchaikovsky Solstice."
Liu Qingbo: …
He originally thought that the winter solstice would return with a feather, but he did not expect the other party to come back soon with a spring breeze on his face.
"It's done?"
The winter solstice grinned: "The veteran will go out, and one of them will be the top two. The owner of this painting is one of the organizers of the event, Xiang Mu."
Liu Qingbo couldn't believe it: "How did you move her?"
The winter solstice patted him: "Thanks to you as the back, I said that you have never chased girls, and you regretted coming back, so I asked me to apologize, and I also booked a place with three Michelin stars nearby, please be sure to appreciate it. Coming."
Liu Qingbo: …
He simply had the urge to twist the head of the person in front of him and use it as a ball kick.
The winter solstice accompanies the laugh: "Calm, calm, you should sacrifice your color for the sake of national construction. Do you feel that your image is taller when you think about it?"
Liu Qingbo bit his cheek and smiled: "No, no, yes!"
The Winter Solstice gave him an analysis: "If I went there first, you wouldn't have to go the second time. You did it first, so I can only make it up for you. Well, don't worry about such trivial matters. At the reception later, Xiang Mu as the host should also be there. Let's find him first, get close to him, and see if we can buy the painting directly. ."
Liu Qingbo glanced at him sideways: "I don't want to eat with that woman, you can do it yourself!"
The winter solstice said: "Okay, okay, if it's a big deal, you go to order food and pay the bill. I'll call you halfway through and ask you to leave early..."
With such a discovery, the two of them didn't have the heart to watch the exhibition any more, so they just walked around at will, and finally made it to noon. The tourists who came to watch the exhibition for free gradually left, and those who paid a deposit on the winter solstice were invited to Enjoy the reception upstairs.
The food at the reception was of good quality and there were a lot of good wines. It was an excellent social occasion. Many people were not focused on eating. Traces, the winter solstice soon saw the middle-aged man surrounded by several men and women, who looked like the Xiang Mu he found on the Internet.
He walked over as if nothing had happened with the wine glass in his hand, pretending to be attracted by their chatting content, and stopped to listen.
Several people were talking about the recent market situation and future prospects of antiques.
Suddenly Xiang Mu suddenly said, "Sir, you just entered this circle, right?"
Winter Solstice blinked and realized that the other party was talking to him, so he smiled and said, "Yes, but in fact I am just a calligraphy and painting. I have heard Mr. Xiang's name for a long time. I heard that you are holding an exhibition here today, so hurry up and open it. Eye-opening, plus listening to teachings!"
Xiang Mu also smiled. He read countless people, and at a glance, he could see that the other party was not in the antique circle at all, and he didn't pick it up.
"What's your name?"
"Winter, winter's winter."
"Mr. Dong, the visitor is a guest, what do you want to know?"
Winter Solstice smiled and said: "Ming people don't speak secretly in front of them, it's honest, it's not me who likes painting and calligraphy, it's my grandfather, but his old man is too old to run around, so he can only let me run errands, come here today Later, I saw a painting, which should be very in line with the old man's wishes, I heard that the owner of that painting is you, so I took the liberty to come over and ask if you would like to give up your love?"
Raising his eyebrows at Mu, he thought that the other party was a business rival who came to inquire about the news, but he didn't expect to come to buy paintings.
"Which one are you talking about?"
Winter Solstice: "The Travel Map of Shaohua."
That painting must not be a favorite for Xiang Mu, or it may be because he has a lot of collections. It took him a while to remember, but he shook his head.
"Sorry, I don't sell that painting."
Winter Solstice's heart sank, and he didn't want to hear such an answer.
"Can I know the reason? If it's a matter of money, I believe that I can finally give Mr. Xiang a satisfactory figure."
The identity of the relevant department is only considered to be revealed as a last resort. Now that more and more things have happened, the winter solstice has become cautious. He is not sure whether there are traces of the enemy hidden among ordinary people. The result is a total loss.
Xiang Mu smiled apologetically: "It's not about the money, that painting is a relic passed down from my wife's family, so I don't want to sell it."
He was obviously not interested in talking about the winter solstice. After replying, he was about to turn around and come over, but his expression suddenly changed from calm to surprise.
Ignoring the winter solstice, Xiang Mu enthusiastically walked over to meet the person who was coming in from the other end.
"Master Chen, long time no see, I've finally waited for you!"
When the winter solstice saw the person coming, he almost couldn't control his facial expression, and laughed out loud on the spot.
It wasn't someone else who came, but was it Chen Guoliang, who had been "thinking about every day" by Liu Qingbo
This Master Chen was still dressed in a black jacket, with an extraordinary style. With his assistant bodyguard, Shi Shiran entered. At first glance, it was the appearance of the protagonist, which attracted the attention of many people.
After Chen Guoliang was released, he didn't have the face to stay in Lucheng for much longer. He originally wanted to go back to Xiangjiang, and would not come to the mainland for a few years.
Coincidentally, right at this moment, he received an invitation to attend a reception and an auction, to teach the VIPs about Feng Shui metaphysics, and then there was a personal commission, which cost a lot to appear. Chen Guoliang was moved, and felt that God had to make money by himself, and he had no reason to be in trouble with God. No matter what, it was not too late to go back after finishing the vote, so he came.
Unexpectedly, the enemy's road is narrow, and the world is so coincidental.
His smile completely froze when he saw the person next to Xiang Mu.
When he saw Liu Qingbo coming from the other end, his smile could no longer be maintained and collapsed instantly.
Liu Qingbo also laughed wickedly: "Master Chen, it's such a coincidence, it's really nowhere in the world to meet each other, and it's a fate to meet each other from a thousand miles away!"
Chen Guoliang reluctantly pulled out a smile that he thought was very calm, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "It turned out to be Mr. Liu, Mr. Dong, it really is fate!"
And it's a sin, he added in his heart.
Liu Qingbo looked at him with a half-smile, but when Chen Guoliang was worried, he finally reached out his hand.
Chen Guoliang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly grabbed his hand and shook it twice, and then greeted the Winter Solstice warmly.
Xiang Mu was very surprised: "So Master Chen and these two also know each other?"
"I know, I know!" Chen Guoliang twitched his face and complained half-truly, "With these two masters here, why would the boss invite me here, really!"
Xiang Muguo was really surprised. He knew Chen Guoliang's reputation in Xiangjiang. The last time he went to Xiangjiang to talk about business, he was introduced by a rich man named Li, and then he got to know this Master Chen. The lecture is only second, and more importantly, he encountered a difficult problem, which Chen Guoliang urgently needed to solve.
"Meeting is fate. The three masters, I have prepared a VIP room. Why don't I invite them inside, and go in and have a detailed discussion. The lecture has not yet started, and I happen to have a personal question. I want to ask the three of you."
Maybe he felt that he was embarrassed to reject the Winter Solstice before, so he added: "If Mr. Dong wants that painting, it's not that I can't give it away."
Winter Solstice said: "You don't have to send it to the gentleman for free, as long as you make a price, we will try our best to raise funds."
Xiang Mu smiled: "I'm not short of money."
The implication is that he does not need to make money by selling paintings at all.
Thinking about the collections in most of the exhibition halls on the winter solstice, I am speechless.
Xiang Mu led them into the VIP reception room, which was indeed much more gorgeous than the outside, and there were many more personal-style decorations. The winter solstice guessed that this place, including the exhibition hall downstairs, should be his property.
No wonder he didn't take the price of the painting seriously. For a rich man like Xiang Mu, even if the painting sold hundreds of millions, it would only add another figure to his property.
But his problems are often not solved by money. Therefore, ordinary people look at many rich people and laugh at them. After they become prosperous, they go everywhere to pray to gods and worship Buddhas, but they also worship the wrong door. The method is no longer suitable for them, and the gods are too elusive, and it is impossible to give them a quick solution. In the end, they can only turn to the so-called experts and masters. If they encounter Chen Guoliang, they will be fooled for a while at most. To Song En or Yamamoto and others, it is estimated that even a small life will not be guaranteed.
Xiang Mu did not have the habit of declaring privacy to strangers. He waited for Chen Guoliang to introduce the origins of the Winter Solstice and Liu Qingbo, but Chen Guoliang acted a little embarrassed. Instead, he looked at the Winter Solstice and them from time to time, and in turn was waiting for the other party to issue orders.
The other party's anomaly made Xiang Mu even more strange. He originally thought that even if Dongzhi and Liu Qingbo had some skills, it was probably because of Chen Guoliang's modesty and flattery, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"Master Chen, would you like to introduce me?" He finally broke the awkward atmosphere.
"The title of master is really unworthy. These two are the real masters and masters. Uh, Mr. Dong and Mr. Liu, I have already introduced them just now. Today, let them be the main ones. I will just sit and watch. It's gone!"
Chen Guoliang's face twitched slightly. He didn't dare to reveal their identities on the Winter Solstice. If he made the other party unhappy and troubled himself, he could only pray that they would save himself some face and not expose himself in front of Xiang Mu.
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qingbo showed him a grinning expression, which made Chen Guoliang shudder in fear. He was at the dividing line between being exposed and not being exposed, and he was so entangled that he was on the brink of death penalty.
Compared to Liu Qingbo, the Winter Solstice saved Chen Guoliang a little face, or in other words, he didn't have the heart to tease Chen Guoliang now.
"My name is Winter Solstice, this is Liu Qingbo. We have learned both hands, but it's not the same as Master Chen's approach. If you have any problems, Mr. Xiang, you can tell us, and we will go through the details together."
Hearing him calling Master Chen, Chen Guoliang breathed a sigh of relief, and after being grateful, he hurriedly followed: "Yes, tell me, Mr. Dong and Mr. Liu must have a solution!"
As soon as these words were finished, Liu Qingbo gave him another glance. Chen Guoliang was a little stunned, and he thought to himself, could it be that these two people were preparing to show their true faces, but their identities were revealed by themselves inadvertently? Can not help but more and more uneasy.
In fact, with the proportion of his wandering among the rich and rich in Hong Kong, he should not have lost his position in such a way, but he was stunned by the hand of the Winter Solstice and Liu Qingbo to subdue the demons last time. Later, he received ideological education for several days. It is both respectful and awe-inspiring. Now they see the winter solstice and they can't wait to take a detour. Who would have thought that the enemy's road is narrow, he ran to Shencheng, and others also went to Shencheng
After Chen Guoliang was about to return to Xiangjiang, he changed his name as a Feng Shui master. From now on, he will keep a low profile, so as not to meet one or two more masters.
Xiang Mu exchanged a few words with them, from the calligraphy, painting and writing to the feng shui furnishings here, but he refused to get into the main topic. Dongzhi knew that successful businessmen like this were usually very suspicious. When he made the confession, he said: "Mr. Xiang, this friend next to me is the descendant of Liu Yongjia, a famous swordsman master in the Republic of China. Maybe you have heard of it. And I myself am a registered disciple of the Hezao School, and I am under his tutelage. The Hezao faction, Fang Yangfang, is the Taoist priest, and there is another master, who is not a member of the Hezao faction, so I won't mention it."
Chen Guoliang hurriedly said: "In the past, the Hezao sect was named after Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Sandaomen, but after modern times, it has been low-keyed a lot. I have seen these two demons and demons with my own eyes, and I highly respect them in my heart. !"
Compared with the Winter Solstice and Liu Qingbo who met for the first time, Xiang Mu was of course more inclined to believe in Chen Guoliang, who had already made a stellar reputation in Xiangjiang.
The Winter Solstice did not expect that they would have to rely on Chen Guoliang to prove their identities in turn, which was a bit ironic for a while.
Sure enough, when Xiang Mu heard this introduction, he suddenly became a lot more solemn.
"Just now, I was blind to Mount Tai, and I didn't expect to accidentally bump into two people. I'm very sorry!" Xiang Mu apologized to them.
Liu Qingbo was a little impatient: "Mr. Xiang, tell me about you."
Xiang Mu smiled bitterly: "Actually, this matter is really strange, and it has something to do with my wife."
It has been almost five years since Xiang Mu's wife passed away. They still have a daughter who is currently studying abroad. It stands to reason that Xiang Mu's appearance is not bad and his net worth is rich. He is widowed in middle age and has no son. The exception is that he has a good relationship with his wife, and he has not remarried despite his friends' persuasion for five years.
His wife had a bracelet, which was handed down from her family. After her death, Xiang Mu collected the bracelet and planned to give it to her daughter when she got married, but the problem was the bracelet.
About a year ago, Xiang Mu began to have frequent recurring dreams. In the dream, he reunited with his deceased wife, who was still in her prime. Xiang Mu was naturally overjoyed. People's whispers quickly turned into a dizzying phoenix. When he woke up, the pillow was still cold, and Yiren was missing, and he was still lost for a long time. But after that, Xiang Mu began to meet his wife in dreams every time, every time it started with a spring dream and ended with a spring dream. That jade bracelet seems to be getting more and more moist and shiny.
"This bracelet was originally worn by my wife for decades before she died. She never took it off. I originally wanted to put it in the bank with other things, but every time I saw the bracelet, I couldn't help but think about things and people. I can't stop and stay, so I put it in the bedroom."
Speaking of this, Xiang Mu's face showed a hint of difficulty: "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. I'm not too old now, I usually exercise regularly, and I'm a man with normal needs, but I've never had this kind of dream before. I once wondered if there was any physical or psychological problem in me, but the test results were all normal. It’s no wonder that the dream was so beautiful. I seemed to be back when I was young and spent with my wife. Over time, it was inevitable that I would get addicted to it.”
All of them were men, and none of them were ordinary people. Not only did no one express a sense of ridicule, but they all nodded understandingly. After receiving encouragement from Xiang Mu, he relaxed a little and continued.
Every now and then, I have a spring dream. No matter how strong and strong Xiang Mu is, it is inevitable that he will not be in good spirits. What's even more strange is that he will occasionally have a longer version of the dream. After his wife is happy with him, she begins to cry silently. , No matter how much he asked, he refused to speak, and kept crying until Xiang Mu woke up.
Since then, Xiang Mu's night has basically been trapped in such a dream, unable to extricate himself.
"You still keep the bracelet in the bedroom?" Liu Qingbo couldn't help asking.
Xiang Mu: "Yes."
Liu Qingbo frowned: "So many things have happened, why don't you just throw away the bracelet and destroy it? Are you still waiting to be sucked dry?"
This is straightforward enough, and Xiang Mu is a little embarrassed.
"Actually, since my wife passed away, I have been missing her very much and have never remarried because of this..."
He didn't say any more, but the implication was already obvious.
Xiang Mu actually meant to enjoy this spring dream a little bit, not to mention that the object of the spring dream was his wife. On the one hand, he could see his deceased lover in the dream, and on the other hand, he could relive the old dream with his young lover. He couldn't help but indulge. Among them, knowing that something is wrong, but reluctant to withdraw.
Liu Qingbo rolled his eyes, and upon hearing this, he knew that Xiang Mu was reluctant to break the bracelet, and he was reluctant to stay away from it. The other party had to go around in a circle for something that could be easily solved.
Winter Solstice asked bluntly: "Mr. Xiang, there must be something wrong with your bracelet, but we can't give you an answer until we see the real thing. I want to ask you first, how do you want us to help you?"
Xiang Mu pondered for a moment, then said, "I want to know, is it because my wife's soul is entrusted in that bracelet to give me dreams?"
Solstice: "If so?"
Xiang Mu was hesitant, and he still hadn't figured out what to do.
Winter Solstice said: "Even if it is really your wife's soul, people and ghosts have different paths, it won't do you any good for her if you go on like this. She sucks your essence every night, nourishes the ghost, and she will never be reconciled to being trapped in a bracelet. Maybe even want to take your body."
Xiang Mu smirked: "It's impossible, she was very kind during her lifetime!"
Liu Qingbo said: "Nothing is impossible. After a person dies, everything disappears. If she is nostalgic for the world and refuses to die, her temperament will definitely change. If she really thinks about you, why would she be willing to suck you every night? Essence?"
Chen Guoliang also said: "Mr. Xiang, people can't be resurrected from the dead. There are human beings, and ghosts have gates of ghosts. The three realms and six realms have their own rules. If the rules are broken, your wife may be delayed in the end."
Xiang Mu sighed: "Is this possible? After the auction, I will take you to my house first to see the bracelet. If possible, please help my wife to persuade her to reincarnate as soon as possible!"
Dongzhi and Liu Qingbo looked at each other. The purpose of their trip was that painting, so naturally they had to help Xiang Mu solve the trouble first.
"Can."
"Then I will trouble you!" Xiang Mu was very grateful.