The four of Bliss discussed the two palm-sized inkstones for more than half an hour, and finally came to a conclusion: "This is Duan Inkstone, one of the four famous inkstones in China. It is an inkstone from the Tang Dynasty."
Zhou Zichen nodded, and Bliss and the other four looked happy. Before they could celebrate in a hurry, Zhou Zichen said: "You guys know something about our inkstone. This is indeed a Duan inkstone, but you are a little wrong. This
It’s not an inkstone from the Tang Dynasty, but from the Qing Dynasty.”
The smile that Bliss had just put on his face suddenly froze. He was refuted by Zhou Zichen one after another. Even the clay figure was still angry, but now he knew that he couldn't get angry: "Zhou Zichen, I want a reason."
The reporters around were happy to see Bliss and the others defeated, and the cameras kept filming. Today's China-Foreign Exchange Conference finally had something to say. If the situation of the first two meetings continued, it would be difficult for them to write even if they went back.
Zhou Zichen raised his eyebrows: "I will naturally convince you. Since you know Duan Inkstone, do you know when Duan Inkstone started?"
Bliss really doesn't know this. They still know very little about inkstones. Generally, foreigners rarely study the Four Treasures of the Study in China. Most of them spend their time on popular categories such as jade and porcelain. They also think that porcelain is
It can better represent Chinese culture.
Seeing that Bliss couldn't answer, Zhou Zichen continued to explain: "About 618 to 626, in the early Tang Dynasty, Duanxi stone, also known as Duan inkstone, began to be mined. At that time, it was still a royal tribute. Later, Di Renjie was rewarded with a Duan inkstone by Wu Zetian.
Di Renjie learned that the mining of Duanxi stone was difficult and the labor was hard, so he petitioned to reduce the number of Duan inkstones offered. Therefore, there are not many Duan inkstones left over from the Tang Dynasty, and they are extremely rare."
"Another point is that when Duanxi Stone was first mined, the stones mined were relatively large, and they were given to royal agents, so the inkstones of the Tang Dynasty were relatively large."
"By the Qing Dynasty, there were very few of these stones left, and the stones were relatively small, so the inkstones of the Qing Dynasty were generally smaller."
"You can try this inkstone for comparison. Compared with many Tang Dynasty inkstones, it is one size smaller."
Bliss didn't know this at all. Guan Qingwen politely asked someone to take out an ordinary inkstone from the Tang Dynasty, and then took out the documents for Bliss to check.
Zhou Zichen had to admire that Guan Qingwen was very good at doing things and would always make appropriate cooperation at the right time.
After checking, Bliss was about to refute when Zhou Zichen said again: "You don't have to worry about me deceiving you. This really doesn't mean anything. After all, there are exceptions to this."
"But the inkstones of the Qing Dynasty also have a very significant feature, that is, their carvings are exquisite. The inkstones of the Qing Dynasty are mostly exquisite, with various flowers, birds, fish and insects carved on them, and even the texture of the inkstone itself is used to carve various decorations, while the inkstones of the Tang Dynasty
It is relatively simple, of course, there will be carving patterns, but it is not as exquisite as the Qing Dynasty."
"Although this inkstone is not very complicatedly carved, if you look carefully, the bamboos carved on it are all carved along the lines of the inkstone and complement each other. The inkstones of the Tang Dynasty did not have this feature."
Before Bliss could confirm, the reporters around him began to applaud enthusiastically.
"well!"
There were cheers all around.
Now it's a tie at two to two, and there's still one last game left.
Zhou Zichen directly put the third item up, a roll of Chengxintang paper, which is also one of the four famous papers in my life.
When Bliss saw this roll of paper, he knew that they had almost no chance of winning. Among the four of them, no one knew the famous paper at all. The suggestion Feng Bin gave for the first time was wrong. Bliss believed it.
So he lost; the information given by Feng Bin the second time was correct, but the Indian among them, Jieding, judged that it was an inkstone from the Tang Dynasty, and still lost.
Now Bliss is a little unsure. Feng Bin and Zhou Zichen went to the warehouse for more than half an hour. What happened, so he wanted to understand clearly: "We need to rest for half an hour."
Zhou Zichen's heart moved, and he immediately understood that Bliss and the others couldn't sit still: "Okay, no problem!"
Bliss didn't expect Zhou Zichen to agree so easily. Although Zhou Zichen had always behaved very casually, except for one time when he slapped the table to annoy him, at other times, he would not find ways to embarrass himself, but would instead satisfy himself unconditionally.
Any condition was too weird, and it also made Bliss feel a lot of pressure.
The four of Bliss sat aside to discuss. Guan Qingwen was very polite and served tea and some fruits to the four of them.
After a few minutes of discussion, Zhou Zichen stood up and said, "Director Guan, I'm going to use the toilet. Just let them do whatever they want. It's only half an hour!"
Guan Qingwen nodded: "Okay, Master Xiao Zhou."
Wang Changlin was on the side and said in a low voice: "Xiao Zhou, just now Feng Bin told me that Bliss asked him to go to the toilet in five minutes. They probably have something to discuss."
But Zhou Zichen just nodded: "Don't worry about that, I may not come back after the game. Brother Wang, you go and support me first."
Wang Changlin was surprised: "Xiao Zhou, I'm not good at those Western things either."
Zhou Zichen shook his cell phone and motioned to Wang Changlin to wait and read the message.
Wang Changlin understood: "Okay, that's no problem!"
Zhou Zichen left the venue and went directly to the security room in the warehouse corridor. There were monitors here. There was a small house on the side. Security guards were on duty 24 hours a day, patrolling every half an hour.
The incident in the museum caused such a sensation today. Everyone has known about Zhou Zichen for a long time, not to mention that Zhou Zichen caused such a big disturbance in the museum last time.
When Zhou Zichen arrived, there were two security guards on duty in the security room, a somewhat obese middle-aged man and a young man.
When the two people saw Zhou Zichen coming in, they quickly stood up: "Master Zhou, aren't you in the exhibition hall? Why are you here?"
Zhou Zichen closed the door of the security room: "Come and sit down, are you okay with this place?"
"No problem, the curator has warned us, we have been watching the surveillance, no one has come!" said the obese middle-aged security guard.
Zhou Zichen nodded, sat down on the side, and started chatting with the two security guards. In the meantime, he took the time to send a message to Wang Changlin.
Zhou Zichen had long used his supernatural powers to see the authenticity of the foreigners' fifth antique. However, those foreigners had not studied ancient Chinese famous papers at all, so the outcome was already certain.
Zhou Zichen came here just in case, fearing that Bliss and his group would take action in advance.
Ten minutes later, Feng Bin sent a message to Zhou Zichen: "Brother Zhou, they took the video from me and may be taking action. Do you want to tell Director Guan?"
Zhou Zichen replied with a message: "No, just go back and wait and tell them false information. I will take care of everything else."
"good!"
Just a few minutes after Feng Bin's message was sent, Guan Qingwen sent a message: "Master Xiao Zhou, two of them are not back. Will something happen to Jieding and Franklin?"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen!" Zhou Zichen replied to this message and took a look at the surveillance camera. There was nothing abnormal.
Time passed minute by minute, and twenty-five minutes had passed in the blink of an eye. When Zhou Zichen was watching the surveillance camera, there was still nothing unusual, but he felt an uneasy feeling in his heart, as if something was wrong.
Although the young security guard had patrolled once before and there was nothing unusual outside, Zhou Zichen decided to go out and have a look. It would be safer.
"Master Xiao Zhou, what's wrong with you?" The obese middle-aged security guard saw Zhou Zichen frowning and thought he had said something to make Zhou Zichen unhappy.
Zhou Zichen shook his head: "It's okay. Do you have a walkie-talkie? Give me one."
The middle-aged security guard handed his walkie-talkie to Zhou Zichen: "There is no spare one at the moment. If Master Zhou wants to use it, you can use mine first."
"Okay, I'll go out and take a look!" Zhou Zichen took the walkie-talkie and walked out of the security room.
After leaving the security room, Zhou Zichen started to check all the monitors along the corridor. In the security room, Zhou Zichen always had a feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. The patrol had only lasted less than five minutes, so Zhou Zichen planned to
Come out and see for yourself.
At this glance, we can really tell that there is a problem. The monitor is actually covered with a layer of stuff. You can't really see it if you don't pay attention.
Zhou Zichen stood in front of the monitor and said via intercom: "Lao He, Xiao Tan, can you hear me?"
Lao He was the middle-aged security guard, and Xiao Tan was the younger security guard in the security room. Zhou Zichen didn't know their names, and they only introduced them by their last names.
Soon, Xiao Tan's voice came: "Master Xiao Zhou, you can hear me."
Zhou Zichen waved his hand towards the monitor: "I'm at the second monitor at the entrance. Can you see me?"
"No!" Xiao Tan said with some confusion: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Zichen's eyes jumped, and he quickly activated his eyesight, directly penetrated the thickened wall, and looked in the direction of the warehouse.
Two tall men wearing tights, hoods and face coverings had actually arrived at the warehouse door.
"I almost got fooled!" Zhou Zichen muttered in self-reproach, turned around and ran towards the warehouse.
"Lao He, Xiao Tan, someone wants to enter the warehouse. All the monitors have been interfered with. Please notify the curator immediately and ask the security guards to control the two foreigners outside!" Zhou Zichen shouted into the intercom and turned on the intercom directly.
Stuff it into your pocket.
"Ah...Okay, okay, we'll do it right away!" Lao He and Xiao Tan seemed to be a little panicked. They knew very well what was in the warehouse. The things in there were just for them to sell.
A hundred times is not enough to compensate.
There was still some time to go from the security room to the warehouse, and the two men had already started entering the password. They didn't know where they got the key.
There are two turns in the passage, and the total length is estimated to be more than fifty meters. Zhou Zichen only took more than four seconds to reach it.
The faster he ran, the louder the noise would be. In addition, the echo in this passage was relatively loud. When Zhou Zichen turned a corner, he was greeted by two swinging sticks.
Two swinging sticks hit Zhou Zichen's head directly. Zhou Zichen was moving at high speed and did not rush to defend himself. He turned his head to avoid the attack of one swinging stick and reached out to block the attack of the second swinging stick.