It’s not that the box has a long history, but the things from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which are just a few decades earlier than the things from the Northern Song Dynasty. As for the value, it is just a silver Luban box suspected to be used by the royal family, and its value is really not very high.

Take out anything in the storage space and the value is higher than this half-needed Luban box.

What Yang Jing didn't expect was that he could actually encounter this half-part Luban box here.

Nothing else, in Yang Jing's hands, there is also a half-piece Luban box that is extremely similar to this Luban box.

Yang Jing had already used the holy ring to identify the half-part Lu Ban box many times. He knew it was cast in the first year of Qingtai in the Later Tang Dynasty, which was in 934 AD, when Li Congke, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, cried to the throne of the Later Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the half of the Luban box was indeed something used by the royal family of the Later Tang Dynasty. It was cast by a man named "Yuechengzi".

The half of the Luban box in the storage space was found in the treasure of the last tsar. It was a small thing that was not very good-looking, but it could be treasured by Nicholas II, which is enough to show Nicholas II's love for this box.

Unfortunately, after getting the box, Yang Jing thought of many ways to open the box, but the result was that it was not opened because it was missing half. Yang Jing did not dare to force the box to break, for fear of destroying the things that might be hidden inside, so he was still in storage space.

This box with complex mechanisms is called "Lu Ban Box" in China. According to folk sayings, it was invented by Lu Ban, and some are also called "Mechanism Box" and "Tianji Box". In short, it is a kind of mechanism and instrument specially used in ancient China to hold important things.

This kind of box must be unplugged step by step in order to open it. As long as you miss the steps to unplug the machine, the box cannot be opened. If you want to forcefully break the box, the mechanism inside the box will destroy the things inside before the box is broken. It is very magical.

At that time, after Yang Jing discovered this half of the Luban box in the treasure of the last Tsar, he thought that something important was hidden inside, but because half of it was missing, the box could not be opened and the things inside were not available, which made Yang Jing itch for a long time.

Later, seeing that it was impossible to open the box with normal methods, Yang Jing completely gave up.

Unexpectedly, I could see another half of Luban box that was suspected to have been a complete set.

It turns out that not many people are interested in this box. Although this box has a history of more than a thousand years, it looks too ordinary and incomplete. How could Europeans and Americans who have always valued interests be interested in this box?

As if she had expected this, Timothy smiled bitterly and said something to his cousin Skeve who was standing beside her. Perhaps when she took out this box as a lot, the people within the Mellon family did not reach a unified opinion.

Seeing that the box was about to fail to be photographed, Yang Jing stretched out his hand and said, "Can I get a hand?"

The sound was particularly loud in the quiet hall, and many people's eyes immediately focused on Yang Jing.

Yang Jing explained while walking forward: "In China, there is such a rule that if there are things that cannot be seen correctly, you can apply to the owner to check it out. I am a little unsure about this box, so I want to apply to start and observe it carefully."

Timothy held the microphone and said, "Mr. Smith, there is no problem with this. Please observe this box carefully. To be honest, our family has not figured out what the box is like."

After all, this is not a formal auction. All aspects of the goods must be interpreted in detail for the auctioneer to understand.

At such charity auctions, it doesn’t matter if you can, and it doesn’t matter if you can. These auctioneers are here to do charity, and charity does not enforce this statement.

Yang Jing walked to the front desk in three or two steps, looked at Timothy and Skeve, then picked up a pair of white gloves from the table and put them on, and then carefully picked up the box.

Seeing that the mysterious Mr. Cole Smith was so interested in this incomplete box, the people below also started to talk in a low voice. The originally quiet hall suddenly seemed to have countless mung bean flies...

Yang Jing picked up the box and looked it carefully. Especially when he saw the slightly sunken place on the side of the box, he had a judgment that was inseparable from the eight or ninety percent.

This box is only the size of an adult's fist, so when Yang Jing activated the perspective function of "Sky Eye", he immediately saw the internal situation of the box.

There was indeed something inside, but because it was tightly clustered, Yang Jing could not see clearly what was written or painted inside the ball even if he used the perspective function. The only thing that was certain was that it was a ball of silk.

Yang Jing has also encountered this situation. Isn’t the authentic "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" scroll found in the Jinling Night Market in the early 1980s?

Now there are indeed things hidden in this incomplete Luban box, but I don’t know what is on this ball of silk.

Yang Jing also used a perspective to see the half Luban box obtained from the treasures of the last Tsar, and found that the half Luban box was not actually a box, but more like a key, because the half Luban box was not hollow, and it was densely packed with mechanisms.

However, the inside of this half of Luban box is hollow. Compared with the other half of Luban box, there are not too many mechanisms in this half of Luban box, but if the other half is missing, this half of Luban box will definitely not be opened.

At this time, Yang Jing could basically be sure that the half Luban box in his hand and the half Luban box in the storage space should be in the same set. The half Luban box in the storage space is the key, and this half Luban box is a lock!

Yang Jing put the box down on the table, and there was no surprise expression on his face, but when he took off his gloves, his little finger with his left hand seemed to accidentally touch the half of the Luban box, and the Holy Ring immediately gave the exact answer.

"The incomplete Luban Box, Yuechengzi, 934."

That's right, this half Luban box is indeed the same as the half Luban box found in the treasures of the last Tsar. Only when you cooperate with it can you open this Luban box!

Now Yang Jing was relieved and asked the white glove auctioneer who was hosting the auction with a smile: "Sir, what is the starting price of this box?"

The auctioneer was paying attention to the mysterious Mr. Cole Smith, and immediately said respectfully after hearing this: "The starting price of this box is $120,000, sir."

Although this auctioneer is a very famous white glove in New York and even the United States, he also knows that the people who come to this banquet hall today are either rich or noble, far from what the auctioneers were able to compare with when he hosted the auction, so he respectfully met everyone.

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll pay 120,000." After saying this, Yang Jing turned around and walked back, walked to the position where he was standing just now, picked up the wine glass and touched Bloomberg beside him.

Even if his words were made, if no one competed with him, then this half of the Luban box would become Yang Jing's thing.

Cole Smith, who was transformed into Yang Jing, was considered a striking figure in today's cocktail party. From smoking cigars with the core figures of the top ten consortiums at the beginning, to the time after they came out, a group of tycoon-level figures came forward to make friends, which was enough to prove the weight of Cole Smith.

When the half Luban box was taken out just now, no one bidded, and it was about to fail. Cole Smith bid at this time. It was said that no one bid with him, but today, someone seemed to be unable to get along with this mysterious Cole Smith.

"Two hundred thousand here!" As soon as Yang Jing finished speaking, a voice sounded on the other side of the hall. Yang Jing looked up and found that the person who was bidding was Harper Lawrence, the chairman of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, who had just bought Monroe's necklace for $1.7 million.

Yang Jing frowned and did not say a word, but Bloomberg beside him was unhappy and complained in a low voice: "This Lawrence is a very annoying person. He didn't bid just now but was not optimistic about this box. Now he has bid again. He must have decided to do this after seeing your bid. Cole. Is this guy specifically targeting you?"

Yang Jing shook his head slightly and still didn't say anything. This situation is very common in China now. When visiting ghost markets or antique markets, some guys who don't understand the rules often do this. If you are a famous person in the industry and happen to be recognized again, then come on, you have to work hard to buy something.

Those who do not understand the rules or pretend not to understand the rules will stick to your butt like candy. As long as you bid on an object, they will definitely not abide by the rules and bid at the same time. The price you offer is higher than you, and you will be fucked to death if you are not angry.

But many stall owners nowadays have also begun to ignore the rules. If you follow the old rules in the industry, the stall owner cannot accept other people's quotations before a person leaves, and you can't even pay a lot of money.

But many stall owners nowadays don’t care whether you come first or later. I will sell the goods to whoever has a higher price.

Driven by interests, many rules in the industry were thrown out of the sky...

The Harper and Lawrence in front of him are obviously such a person. Of course, he may not understand the rules of the Chinese antiques business, but it is obviously an impolite thing for him to suddenly bid on such occasions.

Yang Jing asked Bloomberg in a low voice: "Michael, is this guy from the Boston Consortium?"

Bloomberg nodded.
Chapter completed!