Chapter 167 It’s Not What Money Can Measure (Part 2)
Chapter 167 It’s Not What Money Can Measure (Part 2)
"master!"
When those people walked into "Yi Gu Xuan", He Qing noticed it immediately, stood up immediately, and greeted them enthusiastically with a smile on his face.9
It turned out that the person who walked in was none other than Mr. Zheng, and there were a few familiar faces, all of whom should be from the "Shenyan Sect".
In fact, He Qing had known for a long time that Mr. Zheng would come to their store today, but he didn't expect that Mr. Zheng would come so early. He was not ready to welcome him yet. However, Mr. Zheng was very friendly and he didn't care about these details.
"Hello, welcome." As he walked forward, He Qing greeted the three people who came with Mr. Zheng politely.
At the moment, He Qing doesn't know what Mr. Zheng has to do with him, but depending on the situation, it should be an important matter. Since it is the master's matter, it is his matter, and he will naturally go all out.
In fact, Mr. Zheng came at the right time, because Lin Haitao had mentioned him just now, saying that he had a way to contact the master of magical weapons to make the final appraisal of the ancient bottle made of He Qing's relics.
Then Lin Haitao and Gu Qing also came over and greeted Mr. Zheng and the others respectfully one by one.
Mr. Zheng was surprised and said: "Haitao, you happen to be in Xiaohe's shop too?"
Lin Haitao nodded and replied: "Yes. Grandpa, I came to Brother Qing to find out about the Eight Diagrams Lock he opened last night."
"Oh, that's it?" Mr. Zheng nodded with a pleased expression, "So how is it going now?"
Lin Haitao said excitedly: "Well, it's all clear! Grandpa, you don't know. It turns out that in addition to the lock-picking method he used last night, Brother Qing has several other methods, each of which
Both are more ingenious than that one, and there are two types where you don’t need to study the structure of the lock at all, just find the mechanism. However, those two small mechanisms are hidden so deeply that most people can’t see them at all! But Qing Qing
Brother knew it very well, he found it right away, as if he had made the lock, it was amazing!"
"Oh, really?!" After hearing Lin Haitao's words, Mr. Zheng looked at He Qing with a surprised look, and asked with a smile, "Xiao He, it turns out that you are more powerful than we thought!
Do you understand Kong Mingsuo so well?!"
He Qing shook his head quickly and even said humbly: "Actually, I didn't think of so many solutions at the time. These were all thought of later."
He originally wanted to conceal this matter, but unexpectedly, Lin Haitao spread the news and let Mr. Zheng know the truth. But in fact, it was nothing. The relationship between Mr. Zheng and him was not ordinary. Naturally, the other party would not be interested because of his excellence.
Any ill-intentioned thoughts, I just hope that he will get stronger and better.
Mr. Zheng said: "You can come up with so many ingenious solutions. That is your ability. Others may not be able to think of it."
"Isn't it?!" Lin Haitao said as if he was resigned to being defeated, "If it were me, it would probably take a long time for me to come up with a solution! I admire Brother Qing so much!"
After several people stood facing each other and chatted for a while, He Qing hurriedly invited Mr. Zheng and the others to take a seat and personally served tea to Mr. Zheng and the others.
"Xiao He, Haitao, do you all have time?" After taking a sip of fragrant hot tea, Mr. Zheng said, "I have something to do in the past two days. I want to take you there. I don't know if you are interested. If
If you want to go there, just leave later and come with us. If you don't have time, that's okay, I just want to take you to have a long experience."
"..."
Hearing this, He Qing and Lin Haitao looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. Mr. Zheng raised this question without any warning, which made them feel a little at a loss.
However, He Qing quickly calmed down and replied: "Master, I am free, what are your orders?"
Lin Haitao also hurriedly responded: "Grandpa, the 'Jianbao Zhai' is not busy these days. It's perfectly fine to have Uncle Long take care of it. If something happens, of course I'm willing to go! Grandpa, what's a good thing?"
Although Mr. Zheng didn't explain why they were there, it didn't take much to think about it. The thing they wanted to learn more must be related to antiques. They were either participating in an auction or participating in related treasure appraisal activities.
Seeing that both He Qing and Lin Haitao agreed without hesitation, Mr. Zheng smiled happily and said: "That's good. Haitao, don't worry, just follow me. You will know what it is by then."
Something happened."
Mr. Zheng's words seemed a bit mysterious. He Qing and Lin Haitao were caught up in various speculations. He Qing knew very well that there was definitely a reason why Mr. Zheng concealed something. Perhaps this matter was of great importance and needed to be kept secret.
, so it was difficult for him to reveal any information in advance.
"Well, we understand." He Qing then said solemnly, "We just follow you, master. When will we set off? How long will it take?"
It is not advisable to go for too long. After all, he has promised Boss Zhao and Boss Long of the "Gufeng Tower" that he will go to the capital to appraise a batch of things for them within this month. Now, millions of jade cabbages have been collected.
How dare you let other people's pigeons go?
"We will set off at one o'clock in the afternoon. The destination is Suzhou, which is not far away. We will arrive soon. As for the time required, it can take up to a week. If things are handled quickly, it will only take two days at most." Mr. Zheng replied.
road.
"Well, that's no problem!" He Qing nodded vigorously and agreed. Hearing what Mr. Zheng said, he secretly breathed a long sigh of relief. It took such a long time, and it didn't prevent him from rushing to the capital to report to Boss Long.
The journey of appreciating treasures.
"Haitao, what about you? Are you okay?" Mr. Zheng asked Lin Haitao again.
Lin Haitao nodded without hesitation and said, "Well, no problem!"
Mr. Zheng said happily: "Well, let's get ready first, we will set off soon."
"Master, I... I have something to ask you." At this moment, He Qing changed the subject.
"Oh? What is it?" Mr. Zheng asked in surprise.
He Qing said: "I just found something. Haitao and I suspect that the thing has some origins, but we are not sure whether our guess is right."
"Oh, yes!" Lin Haitao suddenly thought of it and said, "Brother Qing's thing is very magical and extraordinary!"
Hearing how much Lin Haitao valued the thing He Qingxin received, Mr. Zheng suddenly became interested and asked: "Xiao He, what kind of treasure is it? Take it out and show it to me first."
He Qing responded happily: "Yeah, okay."
So he carefully took out the piece of ancient porcelain he had just put away and placed it on the table to show it to Mr. Zheng and the others.
At first, He Qing didn't mention the origin of the thing. He first asked Mr. Zheng and others to make an identification to see if they could figure out what the thing was.
"Hey, this little piece of porcelain is nice, exquisite and delicate. Is it blue and white porcelain?" someone asked.
Mr. Zheng shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like blue and white porcelain."
His eyes were fixed on the piece of porcelain for a moment, and he did not come to a conclusion for a long time.
Only another person said: "This small bottle is like a jade bottle. It is white and translucent. It feels a bit like bone china, but it has no Western style at all. Brother He, is this a piece of bone china?"
Finally, someone got some clues. Before He Qing could answer, Mr. Zheng said first: "It does look like bone china, and it is definitely not shadow celadon or other types of porcelain. The official kilns of the past dynasties did not have this type of porcelain. It should be
Folk kiln porcelain. It is said that it is bone china, but it is obviously wrong, but the porcelain quality is similar!"
"Why?" asked someone beside him.
Mr. Zheng replied: "This piece of porcelain must be more than two or three hundred years old, and as you all know, bone china was first invented in England and was used by the British royal family. It was produced in the 18th and 19th centuries, not far from now.
It's only three hundred years old at most, and I estimate that this piece of white porcelain dates back to the Ming Dynasty, or even earlier."
After Mr. Zheng said these words, He Qing couldn't help but admire him secretly. The other party had already guessed the truth. He was indeed a master of appraisal. He could tell the age of antiques at a glance. If this kind of thing happened to him,
And he would never be able to tell it without the help of his eyes.
"Bone china from before the Ming Dynasty?!" The people who came with Mr. Zheng looked at each other with surprised expressions.
One person couldn't help but ask, "Isn't bone china invented by the British? We had it before the Ming Dynasty?!"
Mr. Zheng replied: "Theoretically, there is no such thing. Although China is a big country in ceramics, bone china was not invented by us. It was invented by foreigners. It can only be said that we have improved it."
"Then how do you explain this piece of porcelain?" the man said. "It is not a fine product from official kilns of past dynasties, nor is it bone china from modern times. What kind of porcelain is it? If it is just a folk kiln, it is too exquisite.
Isn’t it a little bit more?! Could it be... could it be a long-lost firewood kiln?!"
Mr. Zheng nodded slightly and said: "The folk kiln wood kiln does have some similarities with bone china, 'as thin as paper, as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, and as loud as a chime'. These characteristics can be used to describe bone china.
It can also be used to describe the firewood kiln, but the problem is that the authentic product has not been found in the firewood kiln, so there is no way to verify it! Xiaohe, what do you think? What do you think the origin of this porcelain is?"
He Qing smiled slightly and said: "Master, I just discussed it with Hai Tao. We think so. This porcelain is bone china, but it is not ordinary bone china. It was made from relics hundreds of years ago.
A piece of bone china does belong to a folk kiln."
"Bone china made of relics?!" As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zheng and the others were greatly surprised.
Lin Haitao continued: "Grandpa, we have evidence! It is said that some relics can emit phosphorescence or fluorescence, and Qingge's piece has that magical phenomenon!"
At that moment, He Qing and Lin Haitao couldn't wait to take Mr. Zheng and the others to the inner room for a demonstration. The result surprised Mr. Zheng and the others.
They were all convinced by He Qing's statement. Finally, He Qing proposed to find a mage to do an appraisal. Mr. Zheng agreed: "Xiao He, this is no problem at all. Aren't we going to Suzhou this time? We happen to be going there.
Go to Hanshan Temple, I have an old friend there, he may be able to help you with this!".