After Long Tian and the middle-aged man disappeared from the stairs, the crowd on the first floor started discussing.
"Am I seeing things? Was the person who came down to welcome the young master of Treasure Pavilion just now?”
A young man in a suit and leather shoes widened his eyes in disbelief.
He had come to Treasure Gathering Pavilion quite a number of times, but he had never seen the young master of Treasure Gathering Pavilion personally come out to welcome anyone!
" I'm afraid it's another young master from another family. He looks quite handsome. If he can get his hands on him..." a young girl in a long dress whispered.
When her best friend heard the girl's words, she knocked on her hand and said angrily,"Wake up, the handsome guy is already far away!”
"There's no need to guess. That person is Old Man Wei's friend. Every time he comes to Treasure House, he goes directly to the second floor. Originally, there shouldn't be a need for Young Master to come out and welcome him. Perhaps because Treasure House has changed its staff, Old Man Wei is worried that the people below will cause some misunderstanding!”
A middle-aged uncle who often frequented the Treasure House said proudly. As his voice fell, exclamations sounded in the surroundings.
Old Man Wei's friend, what kind of big shot was that!
Long Tian naturally did not know about these things. He was led by the middle-aged man to a quiet room on the second floor.
A spirited old man in a Tang suit was holding a pipe and leaning against a wooden chair. This old man was the leader of Treasure Pavilion, Wei Hong!
Two people stood beside Wei Hong.
On the left was an old man wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses. He had a lot of white hair on his head, but his eyes were not cloudy at all. On the right was a slightly plump middle-aged man who was looking at Long Tian with an unfriendly expression.
" Little Tian, you're here. Come, sit," Wei Hong greeted Long Tian immediately after seeing him. He then pointed at the old man with presbyopic glasses and introduced him,""This is Nanjiang City's famous collector, Master Wang Guan.”
" I've heard a lot about you." Long Tian cupped his hands at Wang Guan with a calm expression.
Wang Guan didn't mind. Although he had some reputation for collecting, he wasn't so arrogant as to think that everyone in the world should know about him.
"This is the best painting appraisal expert in the country, Ji Shiyi, Master Ji!”Wei Hong pointed at the plump middle-aged man and introduced him.
" Nice to meet you." Long Tian glanced at Ji Shiyi with a perfunctory expression.
This Ji Shiyi had been giving him a bad attitude since he entered the door. Naturally, he would not be hot-faced to stick to someone else's cold buttocks!
"Humph!" Ji Shiyi snorted coldly and did not reply.
Seeing Ji Shiyi's expression, Wei Hong frowned but did not say anything.
Now that he had a favor to ask of Ji Shiyi, he could only let him be impudent!
"Little Tian, did you bring the Crow Formation Diagram? Master Ji has been looking at calligraphy and paintings for many years, but he has never looked at them before. Little Tian, you should be relieved to have him look at them, right?”Wei Hong smiled at Long Tian.
" Humph, what's there to see if it's fake?" Ji Shiyi said unhappily.
No wonder he was like this. Today, he happened to have obtained an authentic calligraphy work by Yan Zhenqing and was planning to study it properly. In the end, Wei Hong came to him and asked him to help him look at Tang Yin's Raven Formation Painting!
They were originally in high spirits, but when they were suddenly interrupted, no one would have a good expression.
Wei Hong was his sugar daddy, so he naturally couldn't get angry at Wei Hong, so he shifted all his dissatisfaction onto Long Tian.
" You'll know if it's real or fake after you see it," Long Tian said calmly as he placed the ancient painting on the table.
"Brat, you're really crazy about money!”Ji Shiyi said mockingly," Tang Yin's Raven Formation Diagram has appeared quite a few times, but it's all imitations. People in the industry speculate that the real thing has probably been destroyed in the war. Do you think you can restore something that has already been damaged?”
"What if I really have the ability?”Long Tian's face had an additional hint of ridicule as he spoke indifferently.
"If this is the real thing, I'll eat it on the spot!”Ji Shiyi said disdainfully and reached for the scroll on the table.""I'll expose your counterfeit today and make you give up!”
"Wait!" Long Tian suddenly spoke and reached out to block Ji Shiyi's palm.
"Kid, are you feeling guilty?" A cold smile appeared on Ji Shiyi's face as he said coldly,""Too late! If you dare to use a fake to swindle people in Treasure Pavilion, you'll have a bad reputation!”
"I'm afraid you can't afford it!" Having been ridiculed by others all this while, even Long Tian, who had pretty good qi nurturing skills, could not help but become really angry. He immediately mocked.
"What a joke!" Ji Shiyi said disdainfully," Old Mr. Wei and Old Mr. Wang are both here. Why don't you let them be witnesses? If your Crow Formation Diagram is real, I'll eat it on the spot and sell everything to compensate you for your losses!"”
A cold glint flashed across Long Tian's eyes as he said in a deep voice,""Then why don't we go downstairs? There are more people there!”
Words can't persuade this damned ghost!
Moreover, Ji Shiyi had been glaring at him from the moment he entered. Long Tian admitted that he was not a magnanimous person. Since Ji Shiyi had provoked him, he did not mind ruining his reputation!
"If you want to die, then I can't do anything! Downstairs it is!" Ji Shiyi sneered and walked downstairs.
Long Tian grabbed the Raven Formation Painting and followed. Wei Hong, his son, and Wang Guan exchanged a glance before following with a bitter smile…
On the first floor of Treasure Pavilion, Long Tian and Ji Shiyi hurried downstairs before the previous guests had dispersed. Behind them were the owner and young master of Treasure Pavilion, whom they rarely saw.
"Isn't this the little brother who went up just now? Why is he coming down again? The one beside him is…Big Mouth Ji?!”
Someone in the crowd recognized Ji Shiyi and exclaimed.
In fact, there weren't many collectors who didn't know about Ji Shiyi. This was because other than his pair of eyes being very vicious, his mouth was also very poisonous.
Many people came to him to ask for his help. If the item they were looking at was a rare treasure, he would be polite. However, if the item they were looking at was not of high value, or even a fake, his mouth could make people doubt their lives!
Therefore, although Ji Shiyi was famous and had good skills, he was not very popular in the industry. Over time, some busybodies gave him the nickname " Big Mouth Ji."
"It's not just Big Mouth Ji. Did you see that? Master Wang Guan, the number one collector in Nanjiang City. I didn't expect this person to be at Treasure Pavilion too!”
Compared to Ji Shiyi, Wang Guan was usually low-key, so not many people knew him. However, the news coming and going to Treasure Gathering Pavilion was not blocked. Some people recognized Wang Guan's identity and exclaimed immediately.
"I don't know what happened, but these people are actually gathered together!”
"You'll know when you see it. Don't speak yet, Manager Wei seems to have something to say!”
There was no lack of observant people in the crowd. Seeing Wei Hong's strange expression, they said.
……
" Everyone, please calm down," Wei Hong quickly stood up and called out to the crowd.
"I wonder what Shopkeeper Wei wants to teach me?" Someone in the crowd asked loudly.
Wei Hong usually stayed on the second floor of Treasure Pavilion and rarely showed up.
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