(Dragon Boat Festival is healthy, I will also celebrate the festival these two days, I will update for the time being, take a rest~)
"Stop!"
Suddenly, an extremely loud voice came from behind the villagers.
Everyone separated and let out a man with a Chinese character.
This person looks domineering, with many accessories on his body, including bracelets, jade finger rings, and beeswax. He looks dazzled.
However, this person's status in Zhengjia Village should not be low, and everyone was in awe as soon as he appeared on the scene.
"Brother Tiger!" Greetings solemnly and respectfully.
"What's going on?" Zheng Hu asked with furrowed brows.
"That's what happened." Zheng Zheng leaned into Zheng Hu's ear and whispered for a while.
"Nonsense!" Zheng Hu scolded after hearing this, and then waved to everyone: "It's all gone!"
"Brother Hu!" Zheng Zheng was a little anxious and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zheng Hu's look.
Then he walked forward, smiling but not smiling, which made people feel panicked.
"This must be Miss Huang, right? Mr. Huang and I have known each other for a long time. I apologize for making you feel wronged."
Huang Yanyan said nothing, letting Gao Bin make the decision.
Seeing the look in her eyes, Zheng Hu looked at Gao Bin:
"I dare not ask, which family is this gentleman from?" He took it for granted that Gao Bin and Huang Yanyan were both members of the Five Meridians.
"No one, just a small businessman."
"Haha, modesty." Zheng Hu took it for granted again. His ambiguous eyes wandered between the two of them, thinking that Gao Bin was the son-in-law of the Huang family.
Although it is not as good as the direct bloodline, it is still interesting enough.
"Who are you?" Gao Bin asked.
"I am the person in charge of Zhengjia Village, Zheng Hu. Are you here for business?"
Gao Bin has thought about pretending to be crazy. Just now, these two people were acting with him. First, he started a battle to scare them, and then Zheng Hu appeared as the savior, making Gao Bin and others be grateful to him.
, won’t it be easier to negotiate future business?
"Yeah, but I think there's no need to talk. If Mr. Zheng still cares about the Huang family's face, just send a car to take us back."
Gao Bin used retreat to advance, temporarily alleviating the decline.
"Don't worry, the business hasn't been discussed yet, how can we leave?" Zheng Hu was used to being overbearing. He didn't give Gao Bin and others a chance to speak, and led them to visit the village.
The more Gao Bin looked at it, the more shocked he became. This Zhengjia Village was comparable to Huaqiangbei. They carved out countless kilns in the huge mountain forest, and the mountain spring water flowing down not only nourished the people here, but also gave birth to all kinds of things.
The birth of antiques.
After walking around in a big circle, Zheng Hu led them to the Zheng family ancestral hall, pretended to put incense sticks, and then said:
"Sit down first. I'll have dinner prepared. Let's have a good drink tonight."
After saying that, he left the ancestral hall and asked someone to close the door of the ancestral hall and lock it from the outside.
Huang Yanyan hurriedly ran to knock on the door:
"Zheng Hu, what do you mean? Do you want to put us under house arrest?"
"Miss Huang is joking, how dare you? It's just that there are too many secrets in Zhengjia Village, so we have to be more careful. Everyone, please stay calm. I will let you out during dinner."
Huang Yan smoked loudly, but Gao Bin chuckled quietly.
"What are you doing? Why are you still laughing?" Huang Yan said in an uneasy tone.
"Of course I laugh because this Zheng Hu is so smart that he is mistaken for his cleverness."
It feels like making a wish:
"Brother Bin, what did you find?"
Gao Bin pointed casually:
"Where is this?"
"The Zheng Family Ancestral Hall."
"Such an important place must be used to hide important treasures, right?"
Huang Yanyan was stunned and nodded blankly:
"That's the truth, so you think they will hide the bronze mirror here?"
"I don't know, I'm just guessing at a possibility."
He's not just guessing, he's pretty sure that half of the bronze mirror is here!
At that time, Xu Yuan and Kido Kana were trapped in the ancestral hall. Fortunately, they knew a little bit about Feng Shui and Bagua. After trying for a long time, they finally found the mechanism and opened the door of the ancestral hall.
On the wall behind the memorial tablet of the Zheng family ancestral hall is engraved the preface to Orchid Pavilion, as well as the tablet of Fu Jianjia, a talented woman in the late Qing Dynasty.
Make a wish and tell Kana that this talented woman has outstanding calligraphy skills. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded, in order to protect the real national treasure Orchid Pavilion Preface, she exchanged the fake one for the real one and let the French take away the fake Orchid Pavilion Preface.
Fu Jianjia's tablet is now enshrined in the Zheng family, which shows that the Zheng family is the descendant of this talented woman, and she has a deep connection with Xu Yuan's ancestors. Xu Yuan's father's favorite famous calligraphy is hers, and the Xu family's calligraphy is also
From Fu Jianjia.
It seems that the Zheng family and the Xu family have been familiar with each other since the late Qing Dynasty.
Kana was curious about the purpose of the handles corresponding to the souls in the ancestral hall, and guessed that it might be related to the mechanism of the ancestral hall.
Xu Yuan told Kanai that the "Su Ding Lu" records the unique skills of treasure appraisal of the Five Meridians, but only the calligraphy and painting aspects are fragments. Unfortunately, he has not learned them all.
Now they are locked up in the ancestral hall by Zheng Hu. On the surface, they are under house arrest, but in fact, they have been given an opportunity to open the mechanism and obtain the bronze mirror.
Soon, he discovered the Lanting preface and found the handle. Knowing that there was a mechanism inside, he naturally couldn't open it rashly.
So he said to the two of them:
"Get out of the way!"
"Open it now? There won't be any alarm device, right?"
Gao Bin was also worried, but at this point, he had to take a gamble.
Then he pulled the handle hard and heard a very subtle sound, which should be the sound of triggering the expansion unit.
Gao Bin immediately dodged and several daggers flew out at high speed. If he stood in front of him, he would be shot no matter how high or low he was.
Once the body is penetrated, if it does not receive effective treatment, death will definitely not be far away.
The next second, the bell rang loudly, and the guards outside the door rushed in immediately. Seeing that the mechanism was opened, their expressions changed drastically. One of them even raised the short knife in his hand, intending to cut Gao Bin and others alive.
Fortunately, Zheng Hu appeared in time and entered the ancestral hall with a sullen face:
"You are indeed not simple!"
Gao Bin pretended to be innocent:
"What are you talking about? I just turned the handle accidentally when I wanted to sit down. Who would have thought that there was a mechanism hidden inside? It almost killed me, do you know?"
Zheng Hu sneered:
"Okay, that's a good reason."
"I'm not making it up, this is the truth!" Gao Bin insisted.
"Okay, I don't want to listen to your nonsense, tell me your purpose, otherwise I will solemnly throw you into molten iron and melt it."
Facing Zheng Hu's threat, Gao Bin was about to strike first when Huang Yanyan suddenly said:
"We are here for half a bronze mirror. Mr. Zheng must know it very well, right?"
"Bronze mirror? You are here for my family's treasure?" Zheng Hu's face became more and more gloomy.
Gao Bin patted his forehead, what is Huang Yanyan doing?
"I'll make a bet with you." Huang Yanyan said.
"Bet? Sorry, I'm not interested."
"Really? What would you say if I had a fake that you could never identify?"
"You can never identify it? That thing doesn't exist. Little girl, I suggest you go home and learn more. Don't get together with this gangster and affect your future."
Huang Yanyan raised the corners of her mouth slightly:
"So do you want to bet? Since you are so confident."
Just as Zheng Hu was about to shake his head, Zheng Zheng came over at some point:
"Brother Hu, bet with her! I don't believe there are treasures that you can't identify!"
Zheng Zheng, the gambler, started teasing his brother again.
But Zheng Hu also hesitated. He was indeed confident in his eyesight, but Huang Yanyan was the eldest daughter of the Huang family. What if she really had an incredible treasure?
After much hesitation, Zheng Hu made up his mind:
"What are you betting on? Let's agree first that the family treasure cannot be given away to outsiders."
"I don't want to, show us the head office for a while? If I win.
By the way, you have to send us back to Anyang safely. On the contrary, if you take away my family's valuable treasure, I will let you do whatever you want."
Although it is a fake, if you really can’t tell the fakeness, then it is the real thing and its value is worthless!
When Zheng Hu heard this, he seemed to have nothing to lose, so he nodded and agreed. He was really curious now!
"Okay, I believe in your character. Tell me, where is the thing? I'll have someone pick it up!"
"No need, just leave it to me."
As she said that, she took out a Xin Tongjue from her arms! You can also call her father Xin Jue.
Zheng Hu was originally a master of forgery, and he had his own way of appreciating ancient times.
When this precious treasure was placed on the table, he was dumbfounded.
"Father Xin Jue?"
Fu Xinjue is 22.3 cm tall, 17.5 cm long from tail to tail, 9.8 cm deep in belly, and weighs 1.05 kg.
The vessel has a wide flow, a long tail, a long tongue, and a double-column cap. It is located between the flow and the turtle in an umbrella shape.
The crotch is decorated with animal head patterns, the base is round, and the bottom is a three-knife-shaped foot.
On the bottom are a pair of parallel little bird patterns, with banana leaf patterns on the lower edge of the tail and mouth, and cloud and thunder patterns lining the ground.
The abdomen is decorated with two weeks of small bird patterns on the upper and lower sides, and a circle of straight ribs in the middle.
There is a seam mark from the top of the streamer to the toe that has not been polished away. There are also faint marks at the tail, but it has been polished relatively flat. There is a seam mark in the middle of the inside of the robe, and there is a joint between the corresponding foot and the body.
traces.
The body of the vessel is decorated with straight ribs and a long-tailed phoenix pattern. There is an inscription on the outside of the inner column: "Zha Fu Xin", which is the clan emblem, and "Fu Xin" is the personal name.
Father Xin Jue, Father Xin is the name of a person, and Jue is the name of an instrument. There are only three of them in the whole country.
Because jue means promotion to an official position, there are many copies of bronze jue, with the most copies of father Xin jue.
Jue and Jue mostly have columns. Most of the columns are short and in the shape of an "umbrella". A small number of the upper caps are in the shape of birds and animals. Double columns are the most common. There are also some single-column jue. Most of the single columns stand at the flow channel, and some
A small amount appears at the end.
In Zheng Hu's opinion, this piece of Father Xin Jue was very real, but Huang Yanyan said it was a fake early on, which aroused his strong curiosity.
If you want to clear up the doubts in your mind, try it and you will know.
Zheng Hu asked someone to take out the treasure appraisal tools, and the dazzling operation was enough to scare some experts.
And Huang Yanyan could tell at a glance that Zheng Hu's technique was ten coppers and nine supplements.
The so-called ten bronzes and nine repairs refer to the fact that unearthed bronzes often have cracks or defects, or are even pieced together from two or three fragments.
The older generation of antique dealers used solder to weld the remaining pieces of copper together, leaving a weld filled with solder, which was then covered up by painting to fake red spots and green rust.
In actual identification, the first step is to check whether there are any inconsistencies in the rust color of the shape. For example, in ancient times, jue cups were made from multiple pieces of combined molds, and there would definitely be mold lines left.
Most of the modern imitations are cast entirely by the lost wax method, which has no standard lines or can be forged and is extremely unnatural.
Prick a few more times with a hot-pointed needle. If it sticks, it means it has been pierced into the tin. If there is any chipping, use a magnifying glass to look at the degree of fragmentation to determine whether it is pieced together. At the same time, observe the green rust agglomeration.
If it is a large rust cover with small rust, it is undoubtedly authentic. Otherwise, if there is a peculiar smell, it can be judged whether it was repaired with malachite powder paint, etc.
However, Zheng Hu did not find any problems after this operation.
Is this a fake? The technology is too high.
Zheng Hu was trapped. It turns out that there are still people in China who have better counterfeiting skills than Zhengjiacun, to such an unbelievable level?
Huang Yanyan raised the corners of her mouth:
"How's it going? Did you find anything?"
Zheng Hu opened his mouth, and the confusion on his face was visible to the naked eye:
"Is this really a fake?"
"If it's true, would I let you test it like this?"
Zheng Hu said dejectedly:
"I can't tell."
Huang Yanyan put her father Xin Jue away and asked:
"Are you willing to admit defeat?"
If he was being serious, he would definitely be cheating, but Zheng Hu was quite particular, so he nodded and said:
"I admit it!"
"That's ok, take out the bronze mirror and let us have a look at it."
Zheng Hu felt that he was a failure. After working hard for most of his life, he couldn't even find the best bronze ware, and he suddenly felt hopeless.
At this time, Zheng Zheng became so cruel that he pulled Zheng Hu out of the ancestral hall and ordered people to close the door.
Gao Bin clearly heard him shouting outside:
"Put out poisonous smoke and smoke them to death!"
Zheng Hu roared:
"Are you crazy? There is one person inside who is the eldest lady of the Huang family. Do you want to cut off the retreat of Zhengjia Village?"
"What are you afraid of? Brother Hu, you don't have to worry about it. I will be responsible for this matter to the end. The Huang family cannot cover the sky with one hand. Besides, as long as we don't leak the news ourselves, who knows that the eldest daughter of the Huang family died in Zhengjia Village?"
Zheng Hu didn't know why this younger brother was so crazy that he really wanted to kill people!
"Asshole, this is human life!"
"Brother, you haven't seen it yet. They are here just for that bronze mirror. We can't let the bronze mirror be lost in our own hands!"
"You..."
Gao Bin didn't hear the next words because the poisonous smoke had already come in.
Huang Yanyan was very ashamed. She felt that she had brought everyone down and she shouldn't have been so impulsive.
Gao Bin didn't have time to think about this, the poisonous smoke had spread in, and he had to find a way.
Water, water, water.
Find water first. When you find water, you can cover your mouth and nose. If it doesn't work, you can only urinate.
Fortunately, there is a water tank in the corner of the ancestral hall, with half a tank of water in it.
"Quickly, take off your clothes, wet it with water and cover your mouth and nose!"
He first took off the T-shirt underneath. It was made of cotton and has good water absorption effect.
He threw it directly into the water to soak, wet it and threw it to Huang Yanyan, and then wetted his coat and threw it to Wishing.
The wishing response was very quick. He was wearing a denim jacket, which is also good for absorbing water. He took it off and threw it to Gao Bin:
"Use mine."
The three of them covered their mouths and noses as quickly as possible, so they probably weren't disturbed by the poisonous smoke.
"What should we do?" Xu wish asked.
"Find a way to break open the mechanism. There must be a passage inside!" Gao Bin said decisively!
In fact, he is not sure, but in a place like Zhengjia Village, especially an important place like the ancestral hall, it is normal to leave an escape route.
At this time, I can’t be sure whether it is there or not. I can only give it a try and take it one step at a time!
And he must give everyone hope. If there is no hope, he can only wait to die!
Outside the house, Zheng Zheng, who was already crazy, smiled ferociously and said that Zheng Hu was too kind and it was time to abdicate in favor of others.
"Fuck! Seriously, wait until the clan elders and the others come back and see how I kill you. I'll show you if I'm merciful!"
He knew that the situation in front of him could not be restored. These people were serious people. He had to find a way to escape and find himself to have a chance to make a comeback.
As for Huang Yanyan and others, he can no longer take care of it. His own life is the most important at this time. As for the Huang family's thunderous wrath, he will think of a solution then!
Inside the house, Gao Bin and the others were trying to figure out how to break the mechanism, but normally it would take a certain amount of time to crack it. Now in such a panic, poisonous gas could enter the body at any time, and it would be too difficult to break the mechanism when they couldn't stay calm. "Calm down, calm down!" Gao Bin kept calm and tried to recall the relevant plot, hoping to find flaws.
Suddenly, he was stunned and found that the memorial tablet stand enshrined in the ancestral hall did not seem to be symmetrical.
Logically speaking, it was impossible. In order to verify his guess, he ran to the right, then to the left, and ran several times over and over again, and finally found the clue.
"You two, come here quickly!"
Gao Bin was standing on the right side, pointing to an inconspicuous bump on the side of the tablet stand:
"Look here."
"This is?" Xu Yuan reached out and touched it, and felt a slight bulge in his hand. Then he ran to the left and touched it, but there was no such feeling.
Accident? Impossible!
Even if it was an accident at this time, they still have to give it a try!
He asked the two of them to move to one side, and Gao Bin leaned closely on the other side, shaking hands into a fist and hitting the raised area hard.
Bang, a secret door opened.
Xu Yuan looked at Huang Yanyan and breathed a long sigh of relief.
After waiting for a moment and confirming that there were no hidden weapons, Gao Bin then gestured to make a wish:
"Get two candles and let's go in!"
It was pitch black behind the secret door. The half-meter-square secret door had to be crouched down to get in. Fortunately, the three of them were not fat, otherwise they would definitely get stuck there!
Gao Bin took the candle and got in first, followed closely by Huang Yanyan, who made a wish to be at the back of the hall, not forgetting to close the secret door to prevent the poisonous gas from rushing in.
A faint light illuminated the road ahead. Gao Bin and the other three crawled forward. The ground was dirty, but no one cared!
Fortunately, the secret passage is very neatly built and goes straight forward, so there is no need to worry about taking detours.
After climbing for more than 20 meters, Gao Bin felt that his center of gravity began to fall and stopped immediately:
"Wait a minute, this seems to be a slope."
He repeatedly illuminated the surrounding area with the weak light of the candle and confirmed:
"It's a slope, be careful!"
After that, he changed his position on the spot, changing from prone to a sitting position. He tried his best to support the walls on both sides with his feet, making good use of the friction to avoid sliding down faster. Who knows what is underneath?
Huang Yanyan and Xu Yuan followed suit and tried to distance themselves from the people in front of them. The three of them were like maggots, moving down step by step.
After an unknown amount of time, the slope became increasingly steep and the foot brake could no longer be used. At this moment, a bright light came from below. Gao Bin gritted his teeth, released the foot brake, and let his body follow the gravity of the earth and slide down quickly!