"What are these bamboo slips you're talking about?" Bai Song asked, not understanding.

"This is also my fault. I spoke too quickly." Ren Xu blamed himself for a while, and then said: "I just took a rough look and couldn't tell whether these bamboo slips were authentic, but I felt that even if they were not real, they were very professional imitations. If I am not mistaken, these should be Chu bamboo slips.

Southern Hunan was part of the Chu State during the Warring States Period, and a large number of Chu bamboo slips have been unearthed here. However, due to their age, they are unlikely to be easily circulated on the market.

"Wait a minute, that's not right," Bai Song asked subconsciously, "Isn't the capital of Chu in Xiangbei Province? Bamboo slips are not currency. Aren't these things only used in places where the King of Chu stayed?"

"Not really. This thing is similar to a book. The culture of Chu was very developed at that time, and many literati and poets also used this. But you are right. Yingdu is indeed in Xiangbei Province. But in 278 BC, Qin general Bai Qi attacked Yingdu. Chu was very worried about the safety of the capital, so they moved their property and documents on a large scale, that is, bamboo slips.

In addition, after the fall of Yingdu until the demise of the State of Chu, a period of 50 years, southern Hunan was not a key attack area of ​​the Qin State, and the Chu army defeated the Qin army in southern Hunan many times. At that time, it was considered one of the regions that persisted to the end.

Until the end, they could no longer hold on, and many bamboo slips were buried, destroyed, and buried with the dead, so there are a lot of Chu bamboo slips here." Ren Xu briefly explained it to everyone.

Several people couldn't help but look up to Ren Xu. When you have a skill that no one else has, you will always win respect.

"So if there are a lot of them, why are they so valuable?" Wang Liang was confused.

"A lot, but only relatively. After all, it has been more than 2,000 years, and only a few museums have them. Seven years ago, at a Hong Kong auction, a set of more than 2,000 bamboo slips was auctioned for 1.5 million. In other words, if this person's dozen or so are real, the price must be over 10,000, after all, the price of collections has risen very fast in recent years." Ren Xu said: "But this thing is too old after all, and it is not circulated in the market. I don't know whether it will be worth a sky-high price."

"Bai Song, are you going to investigate this? Isn't this a bit unrelated?" Sun Jie looked puzzled. Bai Song is not someone who ignores the overall situation.

"Don't you think it's a bit suspicious that we have such a case right after we arrived?" Bai Song said, "As Ren Xu said, there are quite a few of these things in one set, so why sell them separately? Wouldn't it be better to just find a rich person to buy a set? Wouldn't it be easier to be discovered if they are sold separately?"

"That makes sense." Ren Xu also nodded. "If they are sold separately, their value will be greatly reduced. Because the characters on the Chu bamboo slips cannot be analyzed by ordinary people, I am sure I can't, even our professor is not an expert in this field. This thing needs to be analyzed systematically, and then roughly arranged in order, and slowly deciphered. I don't believe that the seller can tell the order, so if they are sold separately, they can't be connected.

There are less than ten characters on a bamboo slip, which means that if it is sold separately, it only has collection value, and its literary and historical value is basically zero. "

"I just heard a place, which might be where he bought the bamboo slips. Why don't we go and take a look?" Bai Song recalled carefully and said a name.

"What dialect is this?" Everyone was a little stunned: "How did you remember it?"

"The girl first asked where her father was, and then her father mentioned this place, and I subconsciously remembered it." Bai Song shrugged: "Take a taxi, the driver will definitely know. Because from the look on the girl's face, she knows this place."

…

The driver actually knew.

This place is a bit far from here, but not far from the town where everyone parked the car. It should also be a town, but it is more prosperous.

The name of this town is Dashi Town. There is a forest park nearby. It is a place where water, land and road converge.

The destination is on the side of Dashi Town, a place for stall setting.

It was already 4 or 5 in the afternoon, and there weren't many people. Places like this usually get crowded at night, and the most important reason is not really because they're afraid of being caught by the police, but mainly because at night... it's not easy for buyers to find out that counterfeit goods are fake...

The six people turned around separately, and Liu Shuyuan actually saw someone holding a bag, which must have contained something long, and running out in a hurry.

The Chu Jian is not long, but it is quite conspicuous when it is wrapped up and held.

In fact, there is everything in this market, even Buddha heads, which is simply blinding, but they are basically modern industrial products.

"Ren Xu, come here." Bai Song found Ren Xu and said, "I saw a stall selling bamboo slips. Come and take a look."

"Selling on the street?" Ren Xu immediately followed Bai Song. After arriving at the stall, he took a look around and called Bai Song to one side: "The oldest person in his stall should be the old man selling goods himself."

…

After a round, everyone understood that the bamboo slips were indeed sold here, but they were not sold publicly. The buyers were probably some knowledgeable people, such as Ren Xu. However, there were probably not many people who could tell the authenticity of the bamboo slips, and Ren Xu was not sure if he could tell the difference.

Several people left the area in batches, and Bai Song saw two familiar figures.

police.

It's obvious that they are local policemen. Even though they are in plain clothes, they have a strong police vibe. They are different from Bai Song and his gang who are in disguise. It's obvious that they are here to investigate a case.

"This place is getting a bit chaotic, isn't it?" Bai Song explained the situation after everyone gathered together. "The police came so quickly, which means there are more than one or two people who bought it."

"Well, there is something of a conspiracy here." Wang Huadong said, "According to probability, we have encountered and seen several people, which means it is very likely that it is not just one person selling it. It is probably sold to hundreds of people. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?"

"It's unlikely to be fake, right?" Wang Liang was a little puzzled. "I feel like the people who bought it are all experts."

"When our professor was giving a lecture, he mentioned a saying, 'Experts cheat experts, and they cheat even better.'" Ren Xu said, "If this thing is used to cheat pure laymen, no one will believe it, but it is because experts will be fooled. If I encountered this, I might also think it is real, after all, I have never actually touched the real thing... Of course, I am not an expert."

"Well, let's retreat. Hurry up and drive to the other side. This place is likely to become a place of trouble tonight." Bai Song said to everyone, "We can just watch the fire from the other side of the river."