Meng Hongchang took the jade Xuanji and said: "The traces of this jade Xuanji's newly unearthed are relatively obvious, it should be a recently unearthed cultural relic, why hasn't it been confiscated?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "That Bai Dong still has some connections, it is impossible to kill him all, otherwise today's auction will not be possible." Moreover, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, these antiques auctioned today should all be in the bank of Na Baidong before. ”

At first, Meng Zitao also felt a little strange, why did Bai Dong still have a collection that could be sold, and after making a phone call, he found out what was going on.

The things that Bai Dong committed are actually very common in the antique world, and they are generally not too serious but confiscated, and the reason why that Bai Dong is still locked up is because he is too arrogant, and he is not very honest when it comes to things with Lao Hu.

Meng Hongchang said suddenly: "I said why didn't I see a piece of furniture or anything like that today, it turns out that this is the case." However, at this time, he is still selling Xinkeng jade, which is too blatant!"

Meng Zitao smiled, put away the jade Xuanji that Meng Hongchang returned to him, and said with a smile: "So, I have to give him some hardships to eat." ”

When Yu Ming heard this, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, that Bai Dong would not be caught by Meng Zitao, but this thought was fleeting, this was Meng Zitao's matter, and it was better for him to ask less.

Then, Meng Zitao smiled and said to Yu Ming: "Teacher Yu, your master Gong Long is an expert in the study of ancient jade, I don't know if it is inconvenient to visit? ”

Yu Ming nodded and said, "I'll call first and ask, he's not at home now." ”

"Excuse me......"

Yu Ming contacted the master by phone, and Gong Lao said that he welcomed Meng Zitao's visit very much, so after everyone settled the bill, they rushed to Master Yu Ming.

The car stopped in front of an old courtyard house, which is rare now, but the exterior wall looks a little mottled and old.

Yu Ming stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged man came to open the door.

"Senior Brother Qin, why are you here?" asked Yu Ming with some surprise.

Senior Brother Qin's real name is Qin You, he is the eldest disciple of Gong Lao, however, he was not born to be patient, and he stopped learning after studying with Gong Lao for two years, and because he is very talented in business, he later started to trade antiques, and is now the president of a cultural and art company.

Qin You had a natural smile on his face, which was very pleasing, and he smiled and said, "Is it possible that I can't come over to visit the master?"

Yu Ming smiled and quipped: "You are a busy person, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, what is there to trouble the master." ”

Qin You also quipped: "Senior brother really knows me well enough, if you are a woman, I will definitely marry you." ”

Yu Ming scolded with a smile, and then said: "Okay, take us in quickly, don't let the master wait." ”

As he spoke, he made introductions to both sides.

The two sides shook hands, and then walked into the courtyard.

The exterior walls of this courtyard house look old, but the inside is unique, surrounded by green leaves and flowers, and the scenery is very unique.

Meng Zitao looked around, and immediately saw an old man with glasses sitting in the courtyard, needless to say, this person should be Yu Ming's master Gong Lao.

Greetings politely for a while, Gong Lao invited everyone to take a seat, and then in front of everyone, put a small cup, five cups are neat and beautiful, the fetal quality is milky white, thin as paper, crystal clear, the cup body is also painted with flowers, next to each of the five words, seven words Tang poems and sentences, the end of the "reward" word seal.

When Qin You saw these cups, he was stunned, and quickly moved the chair back, stood up and carefully picked up one of the teacups, turned the cup over, and engraved two lines of six-character regular script double circle paragraph "Kangxi Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" below.

Looking at the wall of the cup again, he suddenly exclaimed: "It's actually a blue and white colorful osmanthus cup!"

Meng Zitao and the others were also stunned, and hurriedly looked at Qin You's hand.

The reason why everyone's reaction is so big is because the Kangxi Dynasty's Flower God Cup has been in modern times for a hundred years, and so far (2010), there have been no twelve blue and white colorful full set of originals, even if a set is auctioned a few years later, it is only blue and white.

For this reason, the industry has formed a lot of "Huashen Cup Research Association" in different historical periods, the main members of the association are collection experts and enthusiasts, they collect all historical materials, local chronicles and cultural relics archives, study the authenticity of the Huashen Cup, the difference between imitation of the Huashen Cup in different periods, especially the search for the lost Huashen Cup, traveled all over the world and spent huge sums of money to buy it back from abroad, but until now the mainland museum and private collections have not gathered 12 Huashen cups.

Therefore, the collection world has not less to say about this matter, every time I talk about it, there is a lot of noise, everyone has a hundred opinions, a hundred people have a hundred statements, no one can come up with a convincing statement, but no matter what, everyone knows that the blue and white colorful flower god cup of the Kangxi Dynasty can not make up a complete set at all, because the osmanthus cup in August has become extinct, as for why it is extinct, it is a mystery.

The more this is the case, the more undoubtedly the higher the price of the Kangxi Dynasty Blue and White Colorful Flower Cup, the higher the quarrel, the quarrel comes and goes, until now, the complete set of Kangxi Blue and White Colorful Flower Cup has been noisy out of a sky-high price, but the sky-high price is sky-high, so far, there is still no complete set, so that this sky-high price only exists in the legend.

In this context, in the flower god cup that Gong Lao took out, there was actually a blue and white colorful osmanthus cup, no wonder it caused such a big reaction from everyone.

Qin You raised his head and said to Gong Lao, "Master, is it a bit tyrannical for you to make tea with such a precious Flower God Cup?"

Gong Lao smiled and patted Qin You's shoulder to sit down, and said while making tea for him, "Remember, the important thing about porcelain is not its price, but the beauty it brings to us. ”

Gong Lao's words made Meng Zitao a little admired, in this materialistic society, antique collection has completely reduced to a kind of speculation, speculation, and how many people can really understand whether an antique is worth collecting, not because of the price, but because it can bring everyone the impact of the soul?

After everyone sat down again, Gong Lao had already poured tea into the cups in front of everyone.

Meng Zitao picked up the cup and turned it around in his hand, and then gently took a sip of tea, the fragrance of tea filled the mouth and nose, and with the exquisite flower god cup, it was simply a kind of life enjoyment.

"Zitao, I don't know what you think of these flower god cups?" Gong Lao looked at Meng Zitao and smiled.

Meng Zitao looked at the cup in his hand and said, "I took a look at it when I was drinking tea just now, this flower god cup should not be from the Kangxi period, right?"

"Oh, why do you say that?" asked Gong Lao with a smile.

"Kangxi blue and white colorful main pigments are red, yellow, green, blue, black, purple, gold, etc., the process of blue and white color is to first use blue and white on the white porcelain to outline the outline of the drawing, after the glaze is fired at high temperature, and then on the glaze according to the different parts of the pattern, according to the need to fill in different colors, generally 3 to 5 kinds, and finally into the color furnace low temperature firing. ”

Meng Zitao pointed to the pattern on the cup and explained: "Although underglaze blue and white are also used to match the overglaze color, in the bucket color, the underglaze blue and white is the decisive main color that constitutes the overall decoration, and many overglaze colors are attached to it, so the two are different." And these cups have problems with the craftsmanship, how can they be genuine?"

Gong Lao laughed and said: "It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, but I didn't expect Zitao to see the source of the problem at a glance." ”

"It turned out to be just a product, so I didn't dare to raise my cup to drink tea. After Qin You finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and then casually put the cup on the table.

Yu Ming said with a smile: "Enjoy this cup of tea, although this cup is not genuine, but it is also a very rare imitation, the level of the maker is very superb, such a cup, it should be thousands of years bigger." ”

Qin You was stunned, and then looked at his master.

Gong Lao smiled and said: "When I first bought it, it was more than a few thousand! It's a pity that I didn't find out who the owner of these cups was, otherwise I would definitely visit him and ask him if he had any real osmanthus cups." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head with a smile: "He doesn't have an osmanthus cup in his hand." ”

Gong Lao was stunned when he heard this: "Do you know the author?"

Meng Zitao nodded: "He is my friend, he made a total of two sets of osmanthus cups, when he made it, he was poor to death, how could he afford to buy the real thing." ”

Gong Lao was surprised: "Then how did he make it in the first place, he didn't just look at the photos, right?"

Meng Zitao said: "No, he also visited the museum at the beginning, of course, it is mainly up to him to figure it out." ”

Next, he gave a brief introduction to Xiao Likai's situation.

Gong Lao exclaimed: "The folk are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, if you don't hear about it today, it is hard to imagine that there is such a melamine master, the key is that he has not used his craft on the evil road." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and said in his heart, if he dared to use it on the evil path, he should have entered it now.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Gong Lao asked about Meng Zitao's intention, so Meng Zitao took out the jade Xuanji and put it in front of Meng Zitao.

"Huh!"

The moment Gong Lao saw the jade, his mouth made a light sound, he picked up the jade and looked at it, his brows were sometimes slightly wrinkled, sometimes relaxed, and his hand gestured from time to time.

After a while, Gong Lao raised his head and asked, "Zitao, where did you get this tooth?"

Meng Zitao told him about the morning's events, and Qin You suddenly looked annoyed: "I also heard the news, but I haven't found time, I knew this earlier, why do I have to go." ”

Gong Lao glanced at him: "You're so old, haven't you figured it out? There are so many precious antiques, do you still have to get your hands on everything?"

Qin You smiled and said, "Isn't it because I feel that I didn't seize the opportunity, and I feel a little annoyed in my heart?"

"I am fortunate to have gained, and I have lost my life, remember this sentence. ”

Gong Lao shook his head, and then said to Meng Zitao: "Zitao, your master should have also told him about the role of Yabi, what is his judgment?"

Meng Zitao said: "My master judged that it was a sacrificial ritual vessel. ”

According to the records of many ancient books and poems, there are many clues about the use of jade Xuanji (tooth bi). Some people believe that Jade Xuanji is the earliest astronomical instrument in China, that is, a tool for observing stars. Others believe that they are parts of astronomical instruments. However, many astronomers today have put forward a complete negative argument for this statement, some scholars believe that the jade Xuanji is a gear on mechanical equipment or an ancient weapon, and some scholars believe that it is a sacrificial weapon, and so on.

Gong Lao smiled and said, "What the hero sees is slightly the same! I also think that this is a ritual weapon, and this can be confirmed even more from your tooth." ”

"I'm going to ask you for advice. ”

Gong Lao said eloquently: "I have not yet found evidence of when Yabi completed the transformation from practical tools to ritual instruments, but I think this transformation should be no later than the later period of Longshan culture." As the piercing in the middle of the tooth becomes larger and wider, and the blade gradually disappears, its characteristics as a ritual object become more and more obvious. ”

"Like Yazhang, it first appeared on the coast of the Ludong Peninsula, and suddenly, 4,300 years ago, Yabi began to appear at the Shenmu Shiyuan site in Sanqin. In Shenmu, the tooth bi of Longshan culture was unearthed, which is almost exactly the same as the tooth bi unearthed in the Ludong Peninsula, and then, the tooth bi of the early Xia Dynasty was unearthed in Shenmu, and this tooth bi began to have the unique tooth ornament of the Xia Dynasty...... With the passage of time, the shape of the tooth bi has changed more and more obviously, and I think that the shape of the jade jue, jade huang and so on all come from this. ”