In the box, the five pieces in the upper row, placed face up, with convex edges, and the central pattern is the scenery, and the five pieces in the next row, placed on the back side up, without edges, are a whole flat surface, which is a poem engraved with gold, corresponding to the scenery on the front.

These ten ink ingots depict the ten scenes of the West Lake: the spring dawn on the Su Causeway, the remnant snow on the broken bridge, the wind and lotus in the Quyuan, the fish watching in the flower port, the oriole in the willow waves, the sunset on the Leifeng, the moon in the three pools, the autumn moon on the Pinghu Lake, the clouds in the twin peaks, and the evening bell in Nanping.

These are the ten views of West Lake in the Southern Song Dynasty.

West Lake is not only a landscape lake, but also a personal lake, in history, held many times the selection of the ten scenic spots of West Lake. At that time, because the Southern Song Dynasty built its capital here, the ten scenes announced during the Southern Song Dynasty were very famous and lasted for thousands of years.

At this time, Li Tong handed over the white gloves, Yu Yao took them easily, put them on, and picked up an ink ingot.

I looked at one piece, put it down, and picked up the second piece.

After reading ten yuan, it took half an hour. Shen Ge and Li Tong were watching him from the side, and they wouldn't make a noise to disturb him.

In the end, Yu Yao held a piece of "Lei Feng Sunset" with an obvious horizontal penetration crack in the middle, but it was not enough to break in half, and said to the two, "This piece is the old ink of the old generation, and the craftsmen are no problem, the craftsmanship of the holy hand of ink making." ”

Shen Ge's eyes widened when he heard this, but he couldn't help but ask silently.

Li Tong couldn't hold back, "You mean, the remaining nine pieces are all fakes?"

"Old. Yu Yao corrected her statement, "The ink raw materials of these nine pieces are not much different from this one, and the craftsmen are not weak, with a bit of ancestral secret skill level." ”

"What's the problem?"

"The carver feels wrong, I won't talk about this, because it's not specific. The specific problem is to be old. Mr. Li, in your opinion, what is the most difficult thing about high antique ink?"

Li Tong blushed, "I'm not very proficient in ancient ink. ”

"Oh. Yu Yao nodded, "Since that's the case, I have to spend a little more time talking, there are three points for high antique ink to be old." ”

"One point is the bump defect, this needs to be natural, but it is not difficult, the strength is mastered, and the collision and scratch at will can have a very natural effect. The second point is the oxidation of the surface of the ink ingot, it is said that there is a special potion in the ink making shop, which is colorless and odorless; ”

Yu Yao paused, "The third point is the most difficult, a lot of precious ink has gold painting, and hundreds of years have passed, so gold painting must also be old." After the aging of the gold painting, the luster will converge, but the oxide film on the surface is very special. ”

Li Tong listened, and carefully looked at the gold handwriting on the ink ingot, she couldn't see anything, but said, "When you say this, it seems a little unnatural." ”

Yu Yao smiled politely, "Actually, I can't see it at a glance, but this thing is afraid of comparison." This piece of 'Leifeng Sunset' is the old original ink, and the subtle differences are easier to see under the comparison of the two kinds of gold painting. ”

When Shen Ge heard this, he said to Li Tong, "So, your customer got a palace imperial ink box and a piece of imperial ink from the ten views of West Lake, and then imitated nine pieces?"

Li Tong's face was embarrassed, "It may not be him, maybe he is also a victim." ”

Yu Yao sighed softly, "It should be like this, he didn't see it, otherwise he wouldn't want to be on the auction like this." This ink is a top master, but the owner who hires a master, I think I have a feeling of confusion for a while. ”

"What do you say?" Shen Ge and Li Tong looked at Yu Yao together.

"Because with this cartridge and a sample of the original ink, it is better to make ten high imitations directly!"

Shen Ge groaned, and then waved his hand gently, "How do you say this." You say that there is a difference in gold painting, but your eyesight is just a certain level, but how many people have such eyesight? True and false, it is originally a means. You think, the cartridge is open, if you take out this piece first and really show it to the buyer, it is easy to have a preconceived idea, and then look at the others, the confusion will be even greater!"

"Maybe, I won't evaluate the psychological factors, anyway, I didn't buy it. That's my opinion, just to be on the safe side, Mr. Li, you can find a few more people to see. Yu Yao smiled, "I still have something to do, let's go first." ”

"Don't, I'll be the east tonight, it's all agreed, please have dinner with Xiao Shen!" Li Tong immediately said.

This set of imperial ink with a box has not yet been filmed, if it is really as Yu Yao said, it will really help her a lot. If there is a suspicion, it is more convenient to report to the boss and continue to find higher-level experts, and it will not make the leader feel that she is incompetent.

"Change······ Oh my God. Something's really wrong. Yu Yao insisted, and then walked towards the door.

He was not perfunctory, but by comparing the gold painting on the one true nine imitation ink ingots, he was suddenly touched and inspired, and remembered the red sandalwood guqin paperweight.

It seems that there is one more clue!

On this paperweight, there are nine inlaid copper tone emblems, of which the middle one is a copper piece sound emblem, the surface of the pulp and color, seems to be different from the other eight!

At that time, Yu Yao didn't care, because the middle position was the easiest to be touched by fingers, and over the years, this copper sheet had been touched the most, and it was normal for there to be differences, and at the same time, the differences were also subtle, and the copper quality was the same as the other eight.

But now, because of the problem of ink ingots and gold, he suddenly wondered, could this place be due to other reasons? !

Whether it was before or after prying, he was too focused on the irregular piece of wood, and he didn't think much about it.

Therefore, he wanted to hurry back and take a closer look.

"Is there something wrong with you?" Shen Ge followed him to the door.

"Yes, isn't it close to you! I'll have to hurry back when you're done here!" Yu Yao said, waving his hand at Li Tong again, "Teacher Li, you're welcome, you invite Shen Ge to eat, it's the same as inviting me to eat." ”

"Look at you, you say so, I'm embarrassed to delay your business, today I will definitely invite Xiao Shen, you will be together again another day when you have time!" Li Tong nodded.

Shen Ge pushed Yu Yao's arm, "What are you talking about! This is in the unit." ”

Yu Yao was stunned for a moment, and didn't say much after understanding, "Go first, and I'll send it away." ”

Back in Geguzhai, Yu Yao immediately closed the door of the store and took out the red sandalwood guqin paperweight.

This time, the focus is naturally on the nine bronze plate sound emblems.

The middle one and the eight on both sides are indeed different, the pulp is a little thicker, and the color is a little darker, this, as Yu Yao thought before, if it is often touched, this kind of nuance may occur.

Yu Yao picked up the flashlight again. Before, he used a strong flashlight, just looking at the "shallow hole", but he did not irradiate and observe the copper sheet.

As a result, after this irradiation observation, Yu Yao really found a problem!