Upon hearing Qin Sheng's stern reply, he didn't say a word and just quietly stared at him.

  The originally harmonious atmosphere was suddenly disrupted by a serious aura, Gu Mei felt somewhat uncomfortable, but also restrained the desire to move her body, quietly watching Qin Sheng and Yan Ling.

  Don't look at Yan Ling's rough appearance, being oppressed by Qin Sheng's silence for a while made him somewhat unbearable.

  "Qin Sheng, you... don't be like this, it's too much for others..." Yan Ling moved her lips, but the words fell.

  Qin Sheng still didn't speak, just staring at Yan Ling like this.

  "Alright, alright, I'm afraid of you!" Yan Ling let out a sigh and turned to look at Gu Mian: "Miss Gu, is Qin Sheng usually like this when he's facing all of you?"

  Gu Mei was taken aback for a moment, first looking at Qin Sheng and then shaking her head.

  "Differential treatment! Differential treatment!" He shook his head helplessly with a stern expression.

  To be honest, Gu Mei had never seen Qin Sheng emit an aura that was so irresistible. Normally, when he spoke, his tone was gentle and calm, and there was nothing to pick on in the way he did things, except for occasional flashes of a presence that wasn't usually there.

  Thinking of this, Gu Mei couldn't help but look at Qin Sheng again, wondering what Qin Sheng did before working at Gu Hongzhai and how he knew Yan Ling. Also, why did she feel that Yan Ling seemed to be a little afraid of Qin Sheng?

  "What kind of person are you, I still can't understand? That is to say, when you arrive at a place, you don't want to move your nest. With your temper, even if it's just a business trip, you're extremely reluctant, let alone going abroad." Qin Sheng slightly raised his eyes and looked at Yan Lingdao: "Two years ago when I saw you, you said that in this lifetime, you would never go abroad to follow the trend."

  "This, one time or another." Yan Ling looked a bit uncomfortable and said: "It's really you, how did you suddenly come here? Just now when I saw you outside, I almost didn't dare to believe it."

  "There's a gathering over here." Qin Sheng said simply.

  He slapped his thigh fiercely: "Look at my memory, you're now dealing with antiques and a true intellectual!"

  "Are you still trying to talk your way out of this?" Qin Sheng shot a sharp glance at Yan Ling.

  Gu Mei saw Yan Ling's slightly embarrassed expression and held back her laughter with great effort.

  "Xiao Zhang and the others have some things that need help, I'm idle anyway. So I came." Yan Ling rolled her eyes, glanced at Gu Mian beside Qin Sheng, and said vaguely.

  Qin Shengyi's eyebrows furrowed as soon as he heard the name Xiao Zhang, but he refrained from speaking out of consideration for Gu Qing being present. Some things were not convenient to say aloud.

  "I'll be back in the country in a few days. If you need anything, come find me." Qin Sheng said as he handed his business card to Yan Ling.

  Qin Sheng's name card fell silent for a moment before he finally spoke up: "I understand."

  After hearing Qin Sheng's words, Yan Ling didn't say much either and changed the subject to other things. This time Yan Ling also relaxed a bit. The atmosphere returned to its previous harmony.

  Gu Mei silently glanced at Qin Sheng and Yan Ling a few times, feeling that these two men must have something going on. It's just that because she was here, it wasn't convenient to say anything clearly.

  Qin Sheng chatted with Yan Ling for a while, then made an excuse that he still had things to do and was about to leave. Yan Ling saw Qin Sheng and Gu Cang wanting to leave, thought for a moment, went back to his room to get something, and took the opportunity to stuff it into Qin Sheng's hand when Gu Cang wasn't paying attention.

  After bidding farewell to Yan Ling, Gu Ming and Qin Sheng returned to the market. It was almost 9 o'clock now, but there were fewer people in the market than before. Gu Ming and Qin Sheng wandered around for a while, but didn't gain much, so they left the market and drove back to the hotel.

  "After walking around in a circle, I didn't gain much and felt a bit disappointed." Gu Ming let out a long sigh. Her tone was slightly melancholic.

  She was indeed very interested in this flea market before she came, and originally thought about digging up some good stuff to take back, who knows if she could even pick up a big treasure.

  Unfortunately, after searching for almost an entire morning, I only found some ordinary goods with not-so-old vintages. They're fine to play with myself, but they don't have much collectible value.

  "Nowadays people are all very discerning, and it's rare to find good things at these street stalls." Qin Sheng smiled and handed a small package wrapped in paper to Gu Mei.

  "What is this?" Gu Mian looked at Qin Sheng in confusion.

  "Just now when I was walking, Yan Ling stuffed it into my hands. Can you help me take a look at what's inside?" Qin Sheng held the steering wheel with his hand and looked at the road conditions ahead.

  "Have you seen it?" asked Gu Ming.

  "No." Qin Sheng replied very succinctly.

  This was a surprise for Gu Mian, and she really didn't know when Qin Sheng had started trusting her so much.

  Yan Ling gave the thing to Qin Sheng without her noticing, which means Yan Ling didn't want her to know about it. As a result, Qin Sheng didn't even glance at it and handed it over to her directly, letting her take a look first.

  Gu Mei stared at Qin Sheng for a while, and finally, according to what Qin Sheng said, she opened the paper wrapped around the outside of the thing.

  It can be seen that Yan Ling is in a great hurry, casually wrapping things up with a piece of paper. After the outer paper was opened, the inside was exposed.

  "This... seems to be a jade pendant." Gu Ming placed the jade pendant on his left hand, and as soon as his left hand came into contact with it, he felt a scorching heat.

  Cong is a cylindrical jade artifact with an inner circle and outer square, one of the important ritual vessels in ancient China. The earliest jade Cong was found in Anhui Province's Xuejiagang Third Period Culture, dating back about 5,100 years.

  The jade pendant in Gu's hand is about 3 cm high, and its texture appears to be white jade. When lightly stroked, the warmth of the jade can be felt, and there are some places on the surface that have been worn smooth.

  This jade pendant not only brought warmth to Gu Mian's left hand, but also quickly stirred up a joyful feeling in her heart. A low hum of voice came from the bottom of her heart, and although she couldn't clearly hear what the voice was saying, it gave people a sense of sacred solemnity.

  Gu Meng speculated that this should be the sound of ancient people offering sacrifices.

  "Yu Zong?" Qin Sheng also turned his head and took a look. After a moment, he turned his head back again, looking at the road ahead.

  "This jade cong is one of the important ritual vessels of ancient times. Looking at the carvings and craftsmanship on this jade cong, it seems to be from the Western Zhou period." Gu Xiang carefully stroked the jade cong, saying to Qin Sheng: "Although such a thing can't compare to the fine Liangzhu jade cong of modern times, it's not an ordinary piece. The quality of the jade is excellent, with almost no damage, and it's extremely rare to find one so well-preserved. The surface of the jade cong has a beautiful patina, indicating that someone has carefully played with it."

  After saying these things, Gu Mei wrapped the jade pendant back in paper. She didn't ask why Yan Ling would give such a valuable jade pendant to Qin Sheng.

  Some things, others don't say, it's better not to ask too much.

  As expected, Qin Sheng didn't intend to make any further explanations and instead focused on the road ahead, making it impossible for anyone to discern what was on his mind.

  The time it took to get back was much longer than the time it took to come, and by the time Qin Sheng and Gu Cang returned to the hotel, it was almost noon. Coincidentally, they had just parked their car for a short while when they saw Xia Jun and Wang Juan also driving back.

  Wang Juan got off Xia Jun's car and saw Gu Mei and Qin Sheng at a glance, but this time she didn't say anything. She hummed softly and left with Xia Jun together.

  "Once you have a new love, you forget the old one." Gu Mei glanced over at Qin Sheng and muttered quietly.

  Qin Sheng didn't know if he really hadn't heard or was just pretending not to have heard. In any case, he didn't react at all and only sent Gu Mian back to her room before returning to his own room.

  She got up too early in the morning, and after returning to her room, her eyelids were fighting directly. After the hotel staff sent lunch to her room to eat, she pulled up the quilt and started sleeping soundly, not even knowing that Professor Wang had come back and knocked on the door several times.

  As the competition approached, Professor Wang seemed to be more nervous than Gu Mian, frequently giving her mock guidance, and even Qin Sheng couldn't escape.

  Of course, it's not just Qin Sheng and Gu Mian who are treated this way. Others have more or less the same actions, although Wang Juan didn't spend much time with Professor He, Professor He still gave Wang Juan individual guidance. As for whether Xia Jun had anyone guiding her, that's unclear to Gu Mian.

  However, Gu Mian noticed that Qin Sheng had been busy with other things for the past few days. Except when Professor Wang was cramming knowledge into them, they rarely saw each other. Thinking back to the jade pendant that Yan Ling gave to Qin Sheng, Gu Mian could only shake his head and put the matter aside.

  The night before the match began, Qin Sheng suddenly knocked on her door while Gu Miao was preparing to sleep.

  "It's so late, is there something going on?" Gu Mei opened the door and looked at Qin Sheng, who was still neatly dressed, and couldn't help but ask.

  "There's something I'd like to ask for your help with, but I'm not sure if it's convenient for you right now." Qin Sheng looked at Gu Mian and asked.

  Originally still drowsy, Gu Mian suddenly woke up when he heard Qin Sheng's slightly more serious tone than usual. Without asking much, he nodded directly: "Wait a minute."

  Looking at Qin Sheng's neat and tidy appearance, this so-called help probably requires going out.

  She quickly changed into a clean set of clothes and then opened the door and followed Qin Sheng out.

  Qin Sheng didn't drive, but instead took Gu Yan out of the hotel. They had just left for less than a minute when a car came to pick them up. Gu Yan looked up and found that the driver was Yan Ling, whom he had met in the small town that day.

  Yan Ling saw Gu Mian following Qin Sheng out, without revealing a surprised expression. After the two got into the car and settled in, the vehicle started immediately and drove into the vast night.

  The car that came to pick up Gu Miao and them was a very ordinary small car, which entered the driveway without drawing attention to itself. There were strict orders not to speak on the road, and there was no sign of the casual attitude they had shown when they met before.

  The car drove further and further away, leaving the bustling downtown area and heading towards the suburbs.

  Gu Mian didn't ask why, and Qin Sheng didn't explain. He just lightly touched Gu Mian's arm and gave him a reassuring look.

  Received the other party's silent comfort, Gu Mian nodded, took a deep breath, and sat quietly in the back seat.

  She wasn't worried about this trip at all, she knew that Qin Sheng would absolutely not do anything to harm her, if she hadn't guessed wrong, then this matter was probably related to the jade pendant that Yan Ling gave to Qin Sheng.

  Saving the intact Western Zhou jade zong is not something that anyone can accomplish. Although she didn't ask, she could also guess that this strict order was definitely not simple.

  After about an hour or so, Gu Meng looked out of the car window at the scenery and felt that they had arrived in another small town.

  It was almost dawn at this time, the whole town was very quiet, most of the households had already gone to bed and turned off the lights, only a few households still had lights on.

  He drove the car into a small town and stopped in front of the most remote house, waited until the lights on the second floor flickered a few times before driving into the garage.

  Qin Sheng led Gu Qing down from the car, and the two followed Yan Ling directly to the basement.

  Looking at the entrance of the basement, Gu Miao couldn't help but let out a sigh. Why did everyone like to run to the basement whenever they had to do something secretly?

  Not to mention domestically, there are few houses with basements, but many foreign houses like to build basements. It's actually convenient for these things.

  Yan Ling walked in the front, Qin Sheng walked at the back, and Gu Ming walked in the middle. After the three of them arrived smoothly at the basement, they saw four robust young men sitting inside.

  Four young men, one of whom is a Westerner and the other three are Eastern faces.

  It's clear that Qin Sheng knows the people here, and the four people in the basement all showed happy expressions when they saw Qin Sheng arrive. However, this happiness turned to puzzlement when they saw Gu Mian.

  "Qin Sheng, is this the person you've brought to help?" A man who was leaning against a wooden crate stood up and walked over to Qin Sheng's side.

  Qin Sheng nodded: "Little Zhang, this is Miss Gu, and that jade pendant was taken care of by her."

  Xiao Zhang couldn't help but take a couple of glances at Gu Mei Duo, looking at the quite delicate girl who wasn't very old: "Since you brought her here, we naturally trust her."

  The remaining three people heard what Xiao Zhang said and naturally didn't say anything, but they observed Gu Mian with more or less curiosity.

  "Bring out the things." Qin Sheng said as he saw that everyone had no issues.

  Xiao Zhang made a signal to someone behind him, and that person knowingly walked to a wooden box. After twisting it open with a few turns, he rummaged through the inside for a while and took out a cloth package.

  Gu Mei had long guessed that this time he must have come to identify something. But how could he not think, the other party actually just wrapped the thing in cloth and went on. It really made people feel a bit chilly.

  Xiao Zhang seemed to have also noticed Gu Mei's gaze with a hint of disdain, and explained: "This thing took us a lot of effort, and we were in a hurry when bringing it over. Miss Gu, would you mind taking a look at these things to see if they're all genuine?"

  Gu Mian didn't say a word after entering, and saw Xiao Zhang carefully placing things on a large table, then walked forward.

  Perhaps worried about Gu Mian's unease, Qin Sheng had been staying by Gu Mian's side all along. At this time, when Gu Mian went forward to look at things, he also followed behind Gu Mian as before.

  Xiao Zhang and Yan Ling exchanged a glance at Qin Sheng's action, and quickly withdrew their line of sight.

  The bundle that was taken out wasn't very big, and the things inside naturally couldn't be too large either. Gu Ming guessed when he saw the bundle that the things inside were likely to be jade artifacts like the ones he had seen before, but after really seeing them this time, he was still shocked.

  The things in the cloth bag were indeed all jade articles, but they were not ordinary jade articles. In addition to the white jade quality jade comprehensive that had been seen before, there were also jade bi, jade gui, jade zhang, jade xu, and jade huang, which were ancient ritual vessels called "six ritual vessels for heaven, earth, and the four directions" in the Book of Rites.

  Among them, Yu Huang, Yu Cong, Yu Bi and Yu Gui are the four kinds of jade wares with the longest history, which appeared as early as the Neolithic period.

  In Liangzhu culture, jade pendants are ceremonial decorations that come in two shapes: one is a semi-circular piece with a slightly concave center resembling a half-moon; the other is a narrower arc shape. Typically, jade pendants have holes drilled at both ends for stringing and wearing.

  After the Shang and Zhou dynasties, jade pendants gradually formed two functions of ritual vessels and ornaments. Jade pendants from the Neolithic period are extremely rare, so most of those unearthed now date to after the Shang dynasty.

  Gu Mei's first glance fell on a piece of jade pendant, which was a relatively narrow arc shape with holes at both ends. The quality of the jade was similar to that of the previous jade pendant she had seen, and it was also white in color.

  Her left hand gently stroked upwards, and the scorching heat was immediately transmitted to her palm. The pleasant feeling in her heart was similar to that of jade, and the sound coming from the bottom of her heart was also a kind of voice that people couldn't quite believe when they heard it during ancient rituals.

  This ancient jade ritual vessel is rarely seen in everyday life, and such a high-quality vessel is usually only seen in museums. Now, suddenly seeing so many of them, Gu Xiang's heart beats slightly faster.

  She quickly touched each of the jade articles one by one, and found that every single item would transmit a scorching heat. The heat was uneven, proving that these items were not entirely consistent in their age.

  Such precious jade utensils were wrapped in such a messy cloth, Gu Ming felt that her heart was bleeding. After verifying the authenticity of these things, she took out a magnifying glass and carefully examined them one by one. Carefully judging their era based on the patterns and color changes on these utensils.

  Soon, she found that the heat transmitted by touching with her left hand was almost the same for most of them. Just like the jade Cong she had seen before, and the arc-shaped jade Hu, they all belonged to the Western Zhou period.

  The yellow jade pendant should belong to the Shang Dynasty, using thin slice carving techniques. The jade pendant has a raised head, with round eyes. The mouth is open, revealing beastly teeth, and the body is carved with cloud patterns, with four limbs bent, in a walking posture, with a long tail coiled behind, looking very spirited.

  After a round of inspection, Gu Mei found that these things were basically from the Shang Dynasty or Western Zhou Dynasty, and they all belonged to high-quality fine products, any one of which was qualified to enter the museum.

  "How is it?" Qin Sheng picked up a semi-circular jade pendant and asked Gu Cang in a low voice.

  Gu Mei looked at Qin Sheng for a moment. Without immediately answering Qin Sheng, she instead asked: "Do you know what this thing in your hand is?"

  That day in the small town's flea market didn't have a chance to test Qin Sheng thoroughly, today there are so many things here. Gu Mian naturally wouldn't forget.

  Mr. Qin Sheng was taken aback, and then he lowered his head to examine it seriously. This jade pendant is exquisitely crafted, with a overall yellow color and some brownish-red hues. The use of double relief carving skillfully employs techniques such as embossing and drilling, the pattern is intricate and complex, and it should belong to the Neolithic period.

  Gu Meng looked at Qin Sheng with a hint of surprise, she had thought that Qin Sheng's appraisal level was definitely not bad, but she never expected that his level completely exceeded her expectations.

  What Qin Sheng said was exactly the same as the appraisal result she came up with, which was really rare. It seemed that she hadn't chosen the wrong person for her competition team.

  "What's going on?" Little Zhang had been anxiously paying attention to Gu Mian's movements, and seeing that Gu Mian and Qin Sheng were actually starting to discuss something, he couldn't help but ask out loud.

  It's not just Xiaozhang, the others in the house are also a bit tense, each stretching their necks to pay attention, afraid of missing any news.

  Gu Xiang heard this and turned his head to glance at Xiao Zhang, then nodded towards Qin Sheng. Qin Sheng opened his mouth and said, "There's no problem with these things."

  Having gotten such an answer, Little Zhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and said to Qin Sheng: "Qin Sheng, you must be certain, don't let us be disappointed for nothing."

  "As long as you keep these things firmly in mind and don't give others a chance to take advantage of you, I believe there won't be any problems." Qin Sheng said to Little Zhang.

  "These jade pieces are extremely precious, you can't just wrap them in cloth and be done with it. They need to be placed carefully, or if they get knocked or bumped against something, that would be a loss." Gu Ming reminded Xiao Zhang.

  "Miss Gu can rest assured, we will take care of it." Little Zhang nodded, and the two people behind him stepped forward to collect those jade pieces.

  Gu Mei looked at them with concern for a few moments, and found that this time they really had a good collection. Although the technique was not very skilled, the movements of placing the jade and the steps were all correct, it seemed that someone had instructed them before.

  "It's almost time, we have to leave quickly." Little Zhang looked at the time and said to Qin Sheng.

  Qin Sheng nodded and turned around to look at Gu Bao: "Strictly speaking, I'll send you back first."

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