Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ambergris
It is said that the owner of the item was an old antique dealer, but it seems that the antique dealer has not yet taken the item from the antique street.
The reason why Lin Xia was able to recognize these two inkstones was because the sides of the two inkstones were marked with the word "double".
On the surface, these are two imitation inkstones.
In fact, this is also true, because the outermost part of the inkstone is exactly the imitation!
This is to protect the real inkstone inside from being discovered, so this shoddy way is used to imitate it.
As long as you find a professional and scrape off the outer layer of imitation materials, the twin inkstones inside will be exposed!
Lin Xia held the inkstone, not to mention how happy he was.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion not far away, and I saw an old man dressed gorgeously on crutches, accompanied by two men in suits, walking towards this side.
The old man has an extraordinary bearing, and at first glance he is a rich man.
When these stall owners saw a big fish coming, they hurriedly picked up the most high-end imitation antiques on their side and recommended them to the old man.
The old man just glanced at it lightly, then shook his head and ignored it.
He was here just to try his luck, and he didn't expect to meet anything good.
"Hehe, Lin Xia, you don't have to be discouraged, although these two inkstones are expensive. But you've made a lot of money investing in Bitcoin before, so what's that!"
Feng Qing pretended to comfort Lin Xia, but in fact he was mocking him.
For his words, Lin Xia didn't pay attention to them at all.
Just kidding, I just got two treasures worth tens of millions, and I only spent a mere 4,000 yuan to get it, and I was in a good mood, so how could I have time to talk nonsense with Feng Qing.
Just as Feng Qing's words fell, the old man also passed by the two of them.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
The old man turned his head to look at Lin Xia with a little doubt in his eyes.
Then he turned back, and when he came to Lin Xia's side, his nose moved, as if he was smelling something.
"Well, this old gentleman, is there anything wrong with you?"
Lin Xia instinctively took two steps back, looked at the old man with a somewhat strange look, and said in his heart, this old man shouldn't be an old glass, right?
Seeing that Lin Xia reacted so much, and the eyes of the people around him were so strange, the old man also understood that his actions were inappropriate, and hurriedly explained with a wry smile.
"This little brother, don't get me wrong, I just smelled a very unique ink fragrance from you. This kind of ink fragrance is rare, and my old man has only smelled it once in his life, so he is a little curious. ”
"Moxiang?"
Lin Xia was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of the two inkstones he was carrying in his arms.
Since these two inkstones were used by Su Dongpo, they have been handed down for so many years, and they must have experienced all kinds of top-level ink, and it is not surprising that there is a fragrance of ink.
"Haha, Mo Xiang, could it be the two inkstones used by Su Dongpo that Lin Xia just bought?" Feng Qing laughed.
Just as he was about to continue to taunt Lin Xia, he saw the old man's face full of excitement.
"Su Dongpo's inkstone? really?"
The old man's performance fell into the eyes of the onlookers, and these stall owners and pedestrians who have been in the antique circle all year round showed disdain on their faces.
Isn't it stupid?
What is this place?
An antique street full of junk goods!
I didn't see that Feng Qing made eight thousand dollars by picking up leaks, which caused such a big sensation.
In such a small place, do you still want to buy Su Dongpo's inkstone?
"That's right, it's Su Dongpo's inkstone, or two inkstones together!" Feng Qing sneered.
He thought the old man was an old worm just now, but he didn't expect it to be just a raw checker.
"Two inkstones together? That's right! That's it, it's supposed to be, it's supposed to be!"
Hearing Feng Qing's words, the old man was even more excited, and even his body was trembling.
"Master, don't get too excited!"
Seeing that the old man was too excited, the bodyguards behind hurriedly stepped forward to remind.
The old man also seemed to know that he was not in good health, so he took a deep breath and the smile on his face became even brighter.
"Young man, can you show me your inkstone?"
Hearing this, Lin Xia glanced at the old man, thought for a while, and finally nodded.
"You can see it, but you can only hold it in my hand!"
Seeing that Lin Xia was so stingy, an inkstone of less than 200 yuan was regarded as a treasure, and the onlookers looked at him with a little more disdain.
It's just that you don't have the eyesight to see, and you're still picking like this!
"It's okay, it's okay!" the old man nodded hurriedly.
Then Lin Xia took an inkstone in his left and right hands and put it in front of the old man for him to see.
After taking out the inkstone, the old man's nose twitched sharply, and he took a deep breath, and a look of intoxication appeared on his face.
"It's this kind of ink fragrance, rare ambergris ink!
"Ambergris, what's that?"
Feng Qing, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but ask, this one sounds quite awesome.
The old man glanced at Feng Qing and explained.
"The world only knows that ambergris is the top spice, but they don't know that ambergris ink is also the top ink! Legend has it that this kind of ink is very rare in the world, and even a small piece is difficult to find. ”
"Similarly, there are few people who can afford to use ambergris, and legend has it that Su Dongpo used it!"
Speaking of this, the old man's eyes were fixed on the inkstone in Lin Xia's hand.
"Hehe, I said! It turned out that I accidentally got a little ambergris ink!" Feng Qing said disdainfully.
"There's not much on it, so what's the use of getting a little bit of it?"
"Nonsense! What do you know! The old man means that this inkstone is most likely the inkstone used by Su Dongpo, so there is the ink fragrance of ambergris on it!" The old man angrily reprimanded Feng Qing.
As soon as these words came out, the onlookers were completely stunned.
Feng Qing's eyes widened even more: "You, what are you talking about? This is really used by Su Dongpo?"
Then his head shook like a rattle: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! This is obviously just an imitation inkstone, how could it be that Su Dongpo used it, let's see if it?"
The onlookers looked at it carefully, and then they all chimed in.
"That's right, this is an ordinary inkstone, where did Su Dongpo use it?"
"Is this old man too old to have Alzheimer's?"
"I think it's too, it's obviously an imitation inkstone, and the old man has to say that Su Dongpo used it. Just kidding, what Su Dongpo has used can appear in our antique street?"
......
Everyone said one after another, and even the stall owner who sold the inkstone to Lin Xia joined in.
"I'll prove that this thing is indeed a replica, but it's been a bit old, it seems to be from the last century. But this thing is worthless, even if it has a history of several decades, it can only be used as rags, haha!"
At the end, the stall owner couldn't help but laugh, obviously happy that he had sold the tattered for a high price of 4,000 yuan.
"That's right, this thing can indeed be regarded as rags!" Feng Qing also laughed.
When he said this, everyone in the audience burst into laughter.
Seeing the reaction of these people, the old man trembled with anger, and his beard trembled.
"You guys, you philistines know a fart! This inkstone looks like a fake, but in fact, it is imitated on the basis of the inkstone inside, just to protect the inkstone inside!"
"If I'm not mistaken, this is in the midst of the catastrophe of the last century. Someone did this on purpose to protect cultural relics!"
At the end, the old man patted his chest lightly and straightened out his qi.
As soon as his words came out, everyone present was stunned, and they didn't react for a while, and those who reacted didn't want to believe it.
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, the old man snorted coldly, took out a box from his pocket, and took out one of the golden silk handkerchiefs with a strange style.
"Next, I will use a golden silk handkerchief to remove this layer of imitation on the outside, so that you can see the genuine product inside!"
Lin Xia didn't stop the old man's move, he had a thoughtful expression on his face, and he had already confirmed in his heart that this old man was afraid that it was not the person who took the twin inkstones to auction in the previous life!
Although I don't know why the old man auctioned the twin inkstones, Lin Xia knows one thing, that is, the timing of his arrival is too coincidental, and he just robbed the old man of the opportunity.
Otherwise, as long as they came half an hour late, the old man would probably be able to spend thousands of yuan to get these two inkstones worth tens of millions!
With the old man's actions, the layer of protection on the outside of the inkstone was gradually wiped off, revealing the true face inside.
In an instant, a rich scent of ink spread, and the onlookers could smell it.
"This ink fragrance, so fragrant!"
"I've never smelled this ink scent, but I'm absolutely sure that it must be the best ink scent!"
"Damn, could it really be ambergris?"
"Look, the luster there has completely changed!"