After visiting the living room, Chu Heng was invited by Ben Shaming to sit down in front of the teak sofa in the room, drinking local black tea, smoking Cohiba cigars, and chatting with the family.
"Excuse me, Mr. Chu Heng, can I talk to you about wizards?"
"It's okay, but there are some more secret things that I can't say, so please forgive me."
"Then let's pick what we can talk about. Can you tell me what the wizarding world is like?"
"Haha, I don't need to say this. I have introduced it in my book."
"Does Platform Nine and Three Quarters really exist?"
"Yes, but Muggles can't see it, let alone get in."
"Where's Diagon Alley?"
"There is, but it has disappeared long ago. A demolition destroyed the magic there, so we have no choice but to move."
"Can I meet magical animals?"
"Sorry, this is against wizarding regulations."
Naturally, the Benshaming family couldn't help but ask about the wizard. After Chu Heng made a fool of himself, he simply praised a transformation technique, which was to replace the bone china teapot on the coffee table with one in the warehouse.
The enamel teapot has not been replaced yet...
After eliciting exclamations from the family, he promptly led Ben Shamin to talk about antiques.
Ben Shaming loves Chinese antiques, especially porcelain, and can be said to be an expert. This immediately scratched his itch, and he immediately started chatting with Chu Heng.
"In fact, compared to the porcelain of the sixth century, which is quite mature in technology, I prefer the porcelain of the second century, that is, the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although the porcelain firing technology at that time was not yet mature, it had a different kind of beauty. I
I really like that original feeling.”
"Coincidentally, I also prefer porcelain from the Eastern Han and Jin Dynasties, especially celadon. Oh, by the way, I have a celadon jar in my collection. The glaze is crystal clear and pure, like ice and jade. It's extremely beautiful."
"Ah, your description is very apt. This is how I feel about celadon. I have a piece of celadon from the Jin Dynasty in my collection. It is really beautiful."
"Speaking of beauty, I think the official kiln porcelain from the Qing Dynasty is the most beautiful. Not only are the colors gorgeous, but the shapes are also diverse. It can be said to be colorful."
"Yes, especially the Kangxi Five Colors, which are simply the pinnacle."
"You still know this?"
"Haha, don't underestimate me, Mr. Chu, I am a Chinese expert."
Seeing the two of them chatting, they didn't ask any questions. Benshamin's wife Emily, who couldn't interrupt at all, looked at her daughter and son helplessly, and took the excuse of going to the kitchen to check the preparation of ingredients.
The child left the drawing room.
She knows her husband very well. Whenever the conversation involves antiques, especially Chinese things, he always talks endlessly. Looking at the current situation, it is estimated that they will not be able to finish within an hour or two, so it is better to leave early.
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Chu Heng and the others didn't care about it and continued to chat enthusiastically. They talked about almost all the dynasties in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. At first they talked about antiques, but later they talked about history.
And whether it is official history or unofficial history, Ben Shaming can talk a lot, so that Chu Heng, who boasts that he has so much sesame oil in his stomach, almost can't resist.
The two of them chatted like this for more than an hour. At around 12:30, Ben Shaming, who was excited about chatting, finally took Chu Heng to his collection room.
It is located underground, next to the wine cellar. There are two doors on the left and one on the right, with the wine cellar on the left.
"This wine cellar was built together with the castle. It has a history of 210 years. There are still several bottles of wine from that time stored in it, but they are no longer drinkable and can only be used as collections." Standing at the two doors.
In front of me, Ben Shaming introduced with a smile on his face.
"That's really rare, a wine from more than two hundred years ago." Chu Heng sighed on his face, but sneered in his heart.
You still have the nerve to tell me about two hundred years of wine?
I don’t even mention the ancient wine from the Han Dynasty unearthed in Mawangdui, but the ancient wine from the Liao Dynasty in Ye Maotai is beyond comparison.
Talk to me about this?
Bah!
Are you kidding me for five thousand years?
Naturally, Benshaming didn't know what this guy was thinking. He looked at the exclamation on Chu Heng's face with help, smiled slightly, stepped forward to open the door to the collection room, and made a funny gentleman's salute, saying: "Please, Chu
Mr. Heng, come and take a look at my collection."
"What an honor." Chu Heng bowed slightly and walked into the collection room with Ben Shaming.
This collection room is very large, covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters. According to Benshaming, it was not very big originally, only a few hundred square meters. He expanded it after taking over the ancestral property, and it has exceeded the castle building.
area.
The walls and floors of the entire storage room are made of granite, and there are several strings of gorgeous crystal lamps hanging from the cherry wood ceiling. There are also several load-bearing columns with ornately carved patterns erected in the center of the room.
There are several rows of sealed glass display cabinets in the middle of the room, which are used to store some important or difficult-to-preserve antiques. Surrounded by rows of wooden shelves, various antiques are placed on them, mostly Chinese porcelain.
The first time Chu Heng entered the room, he noticed the two copper heads surrounded by several glass display cabinets in the center of the room. They were the snake and sheep heads among the twelve animal heads of the Old Summer Palace. Under the soft light,
, shining with a light golden luster.
He immediately couldn't move his eyes away, and without caring about etiquette, he quickly stepped forward, squeezed in through the gap in the display cabinet, bent down and carefully looked at these two treasures that had disappeared in later generations.
The color is deep, the interior is polished, it has withstood the wind and rain without rusting, and the casting is fine, the fine carvings on the surface, and the fine details such as velvet are all clear and lifelike.
It can be called the pinnacle of Qing Dynasty bronzes!
Of course, if we only look at the craftsmanship, it would be a bit excessive to regard the twelve animal heads as national treasures. Therefore, in addition to their craftsmanship, their preciousness also has the historical value behind them.
How do you say that sentence?
Five thousand years of great powers are dealt with in one go, while a hundred years of humiliation are divided into two volumes.
The twelve animal heads record the glory and tragedy of the Old Summer Palace, so they are remembered and favored by the Chinese people, because they always remind us not to forget the humiliation of the past, and also entrust our belief in the rejuvenation of China!
Ben Shaming stood beside Chu Heng with a smile, looking at him looking at the animal head with a sad expression, and did not say anything to disturb him, but just stood aside with a proud face.
Unlike their significance to Chu Heng, these two animal heads represent their glorious past as Abel.
After a long time like this, Chu Heng slowly straightened up and stood upright in front of the beast's head, just like Hua Xia's back that had been bent down and then straightened up again!
Just like many people who cannot walk out of the British Museum with a smile, Chu Heng cannot stand in this storage room with a smile at this moment.
Because this room not only contains the cultural crystallization of ancient China, but is also filled with the wronged souls of our ancestors!