"How do you say that?" Yu Yao muttered, "This jade plaque must be from the late Ming Dynasty, and I think it's roughly from the Wanli period." Based on this alone, 16,000 is also a leak. It is said that 'coarse Ming', such a good Ming Dynasty jade plate, hundreds of thousands of dollars are worth it. ”

"Isn't Lu Zigang also from the Wanli period?"

"That should be true. This person is a legend, and there are not many historical materials, so he should probably live in the period from Jiajing to Wanli. Yu Yao responded, "However, looking at it this way, without a comprehensive and thorough study with the help of tools, I can't completely determine that this is Lu Zigang's pro-worker." ”

"With the help of tools?" Xiao Ying was slightly stunned, "I think you're too cautious, right?"

Yu Yao is not overly cautious, because now there is no Zigang card that is recognized as Lu Zigang's personal worker.

Originally, in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Zigang's fame was very great, the jade created by Lu Zigang was extremely expensive, and there were a number of iron fans of officials and wealthy people, and there should be a certain number of works left at that time.

Zigang brand is one of the three classic jade created by Lu Zigang, in addition to jade cups and hostas. Of course, Lu Zigang governs jade, and the range is very wide, but these three kinds of jade are the most famous.

However, after so many years, it is precisely because of the greatest fame and the relative popularity of Zigang that Zigang has never been imitated since Lu Zigang was alive until today.

It has always been imitated, never surpassed.

From the Ming Dynasty to the present, the highest level of Zigang brand imitation appeared in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Qianlong's love for jade also greatly promoted the development of jade. At the same time, at that time, the jade material route had been opened, from Hotan to the capital, to Suzhou, to most of the Central Plains, and Hetian jade was continuously transported.

During the Qianlong period, there were many jade craftsmen in the office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and among the people, there were also many skilled jade carvers.

Therefore, during the Qianlong period, there was a certain amount of Zigang cards that could fake the real one. However, there is a part of the high-white Hetian jade material, which is relatively rare in the late Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays in the market, even if a person's eyesight is poor, but when he encounters the Zigang brand, he says that it is "fake", and there is basically nothing wrong with it.

"With the help of tools, the purpose is to further observe the knife technique. There are some subtle traces, which are difficult to look at with the naked eye. Yu Yao smiled, "However, the master's things, in fact, the most important thing is the charm, and I think this is very likely to be Lu Zigang!"

Xiao Ying nodded, "This is a piece of Zigang card, it has already been settled, otherwise it is also a good judgment factor to find the legendary secret money." ”

Regarding Lu Zigang, there are more wild histories than official histories, and there are more folklore than wild histories. Legend has it that Lu Zigang's jade, if there is no clear style, there must be a dark style, no matter how special this jade is, and no matter how difficult this one is.

The two most widely told stories of Lu Zigang are both related to the Wanli Emperor.

Wanli Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan, in fact, said in the early stage of his reign, the power is in the hands of Zhang Juzheng, and it is rumored that Zhang Juzheng and his mother still have a leg. So when Emperor Wanli finally waited for Zhang Juzheng to die and had the final say, he was a little out of the ordinary.

When Emperor Wanli heard about Lu Zigang's name, he had a whim to take the school exam. Wanli came up with a topic and asked Lu Zigang to carve a jade wrench, but the content was "Hundred Horses".

It's a bit of a trick. Isn't your jade carving skill awesome?

Lang Shining of the Qing Dynasty once painted the "Hundred Horses", which is more than eight meters long and more than one meter wide. On this small jade wrench, don't say carving, even painting, that is, you can't draw a hundred horses.

Lu Zigang finished it.

On the façade of his finger, he carved the background, with the mountains and dense forests in the distance and the city walls and gates in the distance. Three horses were carved, one of them ran into the city gate, one just came out of the valley, and one galloped on the road. The wrench façade is round, with the carved pattern and expressive carving, giving people a continuous feeling.

Avoid the real and the virtual.

Wanli did not find fault and rewarded Lu Zigang.

And Lu Zigang died in the second story related to Emperor Wanli.

The wrench before, Lu Zigang was paid. Later, Emperor Wanli asked Lu Zigang to carve a jade pot, and he made a special request that he could not pay for it!

Lu Zigang was completed on schedule again. Emperor Wanli took a look at it, it was indeed very good, and he didn't find the money, and the Sacred Heart was very happy.

However, Lu Zigang did not have a payment, but a secret payment!

This artistic master will always have some personality. Lu Zigang faced the emperor and still maintained his personality. It's just that with the help of clever techniques, the money is hidden, and it falls into the spout, thinking that Emperor Wanli will not find out.

In a short period of time, Wanli really didn't find out. But everything is afraid of an accident. One day, Wanli was admiring this jade pot again, but it happened that the angle of the sunlight was very coincidental, and Wanli found that the spout seemed to be faintly engraved!

In the end, Wanli determined that it was indeed engraved.

If this is a big thing, it is a crime of deceit, and it will be beheaded, but it can also be said that it is small. Talking big and small, it all depends on Wanli's words.

Wanli was not a holy emperor, and judging from his experience, he could not be an open-minded person.

As a result, the first generation of grandmaster Lu Zigang was executed.

"Hmm. Yu Yao nodded, "On the Zigang card, it is impossible to conceal it." However, the reason why I say with the help of tools is also because of Lu Zigang's knife skills. ”

"You mean the currant knife?"

"It's hard to say whether there is a rarium knife or not. However, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty basically used jade grinding and stone work, while Lu Zigang governed jade mainly by carving. Therefore, it is important to study the details of the knife work. ”

"Well, you can just keep it and study it slowly, and maybe you can write a paper. Xiao Ying said, "Even you can't judge, which makes me suddenly interested." ”

Yu Yao smiled, "Then let's not talk about this for now, find a place to eat first." ”

The two had dinner and went back to the hotel to rest early.

Early the next morning, the booked taxi arrived on time, and the two got in the car and went straight from Chang'an city to Taibai Mountain in Baomei County.

When the taxi driver heard that they were going to climb the mountain, he proposed to go directly to a place called Baishuiyu, from where they could climb the mountain directly. The two didn't have a clear goal, but they just took a look first, and then responded.

As a result, when I arrived at Baishuiyu, the area of this area was closed, and in desperation, I listened to the driver's proposal and went to another place called Chishui Valley.

There is a resort at the foot of Chishui Valley, and the two discussed it briefly, and felt that they must be tired at the end of the day, so they booked a room at the resort before starting to climb the mountain.