Meng Zitao continued: "On the whole, the figure on this Han Dynasty jade pendant is not the Yellow Emperor, so there is only the Eastern Prince. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info has always been the record of the prince of the east is not lacking in information, many places in the country have unearthed the prince of the east on the dragon map, is the east prince public and the back of the dragon, holding a jade pot, there are stars, clouds, the sun and so on behalf of the sky. The content on the jade pendant is really written on the details of the dragon and the characteristics of holding the pot. ”

In addition, the Wei and Jin Dynasty book "The Book of the Eastern Wilderness" records that "there is a large stone room in the Eastern Wilderness Mountain, and the Eastern Princes live in Yan. It is one zhang long, with white hair, a humanoid bird face and a tiger tail, carrying a black bear, looking left and right. Heng and a jade girl throw pots, each cast 1,200 corrections, with those who do not come in and out, the sky is booed; ’”

"Look at the figure on this jade pendant, it stands on a dragon, tall, erect hair, humanoid bird face, and the sitting posture of a tiger, representing the tiger's tail, and the black bear here is also fully reflected, as well as his eyes. It is all meticulous, and the carving is lifelike, which is exactly the same as the record of the "Eastern Wilderness Classic", so it can be confirmed that it is the prince of the East. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao asked the woman again, "Do I have any other questions?"

The woman shook her head, she was still surprised at the moment, so far, Meng Zitao was the first person she had met so quickly, and so quickly and in detail to give the correct answer, the key is that Meng Zitao is still so young, it is really a little incredible.

In the middle of the ring, she said: "You answered very well, but I still have to remind you, if you want to ask about it, don't ask, it's a vain question, and besides, don't take too precious jade." ”

Meng Zitao asked a little strangely, "What jade?"

The woman was surprised again: "Didn't you come because of that?"

Meng Zitao replied: "This lady, you should be mistaken, the main purpose of our visit is to visit Zuo Lao, and ask a few more questions, as for what jade you are talking about, we really don't know." ”

At this time, Xu Xinqing's uncle spoke: "Xiaolan, do you still know me?"

Zuo Lan looked at Yin Fu, at first because of Yin Fu's old age, she was a little unsure, half loud, she said with some surprise: "Are you Uncle Yin Fu Yin?"

"Yes, it's me, is your dad okay?" Yin Fu said with some excitement.

Zuo Lan said: "He is now fine except for one leg because he had been in a car accident before, which is a little unfavorable." Uncle Yin, where have you been all these years?"

Yin Fu asked, "Didn't your father tell you about me and him?"

Zuo Lan shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

After telling the original story, Yin Fu sighed: "Hey, I'm a good face, and when I regret it, I want to apologize to your father, but I can't find it." You don't know, the place where I live now is actually only ten minutes away from this community. ”

Zuo Lan learned that this was the case, and suddenly said: "I said that my dad sometimes talks about you, and we asked him, but he didn't elaborate, it turned out to be like this, but in fact, it's just some trivial things, and it's completely unnecessary." ”

Yin Fu waved his hand: "The past is over, I just don't know if he welcomes me or not." ”

"It's impossible not to welcome it!"

Zuo Lan realized that he had been standing at the door for long enough, and hurriedly invited everyone upstairs.

"Xiaolan, what's the matter with the jade you just mentioned?" Yin Fu asked as he walked.

Zuo Lan said: "Let my dad tell you about this, it's very troublesome anyway." ”

Seeing her say this, everyone didn't ask much, and took the elevator to the sixth floor.

Zuo Lan opened the door and invited everyone in, and heard the voice of an aunt inside: "Xiaolan, who is it?"

Yin Fu opened his mouth and said, "Brother and sister, it's me, Yin Fu." ”

I saw an aunt in her early fifties coming over, and when she saw Yin Fu, she said in surprise: "Old Yin, it's you! Why haven't you heard from you all these years, and why have you aged like this?"

Yin Fu told the original incident again, and then said: "As for me being like this, it is also because I am too stupid and deceived by a liar. ”

"Ahh

So, Yin Fu told about being deceived again.

At this time, I heard a rough voice coming: "Lao Yin, after so many years, you are still so stupid, the scam that is often reminded on TV and newspapers, you will still be fooled, and you really live to a dog at an age." ”

The owner of the voice was an old man who was slightly younger than Yin Fu, and he had some difficulty walking on his right foot, and he was holding a cane in his right hand to help him walk.

This person is Yin Fu's friend Zuo Hong, don't look at him speaking very politely, in fact, from his slightly excited expression and slightly trembling hands, it can still be seen how excited he is about Yin Fu's arrival.

Yin Fu smiled and said: "No way, I sometimes can't turn my head, if I can often come to you for a drink, I guess I won't be deceived." ”

Zuo Hong said: "I don't have any good dishes except peanuts. ”

Yin Fu smiled: "Peanuts are very good under wine, I have always wanted to eat the sauce peanuts you burned, and I have tried to burn them myself, but every time it tastes wrong." ”

Zuo Hong said: "That's for sure, the sauce and flowers I burn have ancestral secret recipes, how can they be made casually?"

"Then I'll have enough to eat later. ”

"Warn you, don't make my family poor......"

The two old friends, who hadn't seen each other for years, joked with each other, and at first they were a little rusty, but as the conversation progressed, the estrangement between them dissolved.

Yin Fu looked around and asked, "Lao Zuo, when did you move here?"

Zuo Hong replied: "It's been more than a year, in fact, I didn't plan to move, but the original place is really uninhabitable, so I have no choice but to move here." ”

Yin Fu immediately reacted: "Xiaolan tested us just now, is it related to this matter?"

"Yes. Zuo Hong nodded: "Which character do you think is on the jade pendant?"

"The Princes of the East. Yin Fu replied with a smile.

Zuo Hong was a little surprised: "Yo, I didn't expect you to grow up now." ”

Yin Fu said: "I don't dare to be greedy, this answer was actually given by Mr. Meng, and he also gave a detailed explanation. ”

When Zuo Lan heard this, he immediately pointed at Meng Zitao and said suddenly: "Ah, I said why do you seem to be a little familiar, you are Meng Zitao Meng, isn't it." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and nodded yes.

Zuo Lan got confirmed, hurriedly stepped forward and shook Meng Zitao's hand, and said with some excitement: "Teacher Meng, I'm your fan, I didn't expect you to be younger and more knowledgeable than on TV." ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly and modestly expressed his politeness.

Everyone was polite to each other for a while, and Zuo Hong smiled: "Old Zuo, I didn't expect you to know Teacher Meng." ”

"I just met, if I had known Mr. Meng earlier, how could I be a liar. As soon as he thought of being deceived, Yin Fu was a little depressed, but fortunately, he had figured it out and immediately adjusted his mood.

Zuo Hong is also a smart person, knowing that Meng Zitao can't come to him for no reason, and said, "Teacher Meng, are you looking for me for something?"

"Actually, I really just wanted to get to know you. Mencius explained the reason, and took out the jade carved plum vase he had gotten and the jade he had obtained from Lao Yin.

As soon as Zuo Hong saw these jades, he was immediately very excited, and when he saw the jade pendant that had been old, he scolded even more: "Damn thief, even if you steal my jade, you still make it old, it's too lacking in morality!"

"Ah, these jade artifacts were originally yours?" Meng Zitao didn't expect this to be the result.

Zuo Lan said angrily: "Isn't it! The reason why we moved here in the first place has a lot to do with the theft of our home. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Yin Fu couldn't help asking.

"Well, speaking of which, this is still related to me. Zuo Hong said: "Teacher Meng, you must have an understanding of jade carvings in the Jianyuan period, right?"

Meng Zitao said that he understood, and Zhu Xi once said, "Heaven has not given birth to Zhongni, and eternity is like night." Compared with the history of jade carving in China, the jade carving process developed by Emperor Jianyuan of the Han Dynasty has an impact on the jade carving industry just like the long-term influence of Confucius and Confucianism on the world.

During this period, the jade artifacts were unprecedented, both in terms of jade quality, shape, technique, creativity and philosophical thoughts, and had a great influence on future generations.

Specifically, the jade carvings of the Jianyuan period, regardless of their jade quality, shape and innovation, are amazing. In particular, the influence of jade carving techniques is far-reaching. It's a pity that some surface treatment methods have been lost, which has to be regrettable.

Zuo Hong continued: "Let's put it this way, I have almost restored some techniques from the Jianyuan period, especially the half-open door technique. ”

"What!" Compared to the news that the jade was stolen just now, this point shocked Meng Zitao even more.

The jade material of the Jianyuan period was basically based on Hetian. There are white, yellow, green, jade, etc., and the material is hard and does not enter the knife. Some materials, such as rice cake-colored white jade, green apple-colored topaz, and water-colored topaz, are now extinct.

At this time, the jade carving in the production method in addition to the traditional production method to the development and polishing of the tool, there is also a half-open door technique, it is the high-quality Hetian original stone, after the jade craftsman uses a small new knife, a knife chisel out of shape, so that the surface has concave and convex, easy to carburize or salt bath treatment on the surface, and completely dye black. Then give a moderate polish.

Therefore, like frosted glass, the convex part is flattened and opened, and the concave part retains the surface treatment effect, resulting in a primitive effect like bronze, and at the same time, it can resist the erosion of various harsh environments after entering the mausoleum.

This technique is one of the special jade carving techniques of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Influenced the practice of extracting oil in the Song and Ming dynasties and the antique techniques of the Qing Dynasty. However, Jianyuan's method was far more clever than the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties to extract oil and destroy the internal structure of jade.

This technique is believed to be inspired by the dichromate smeared on the bronze, so that the Jianyuan jade carving is still brilliant after more than 2,000 years! As for how to carburize and dye black or salt bath treatment, so that the surface of the jade is so diverse, showing a natural and calm atmosphere, because this technique has been lost, there is no way to verify.

Because of this, now that Meng Zitao learned that Zuo Hong had made this technique see the light of day through research, he could no longer calm down.

Meng Zitao couldn't help but confirm again: "Elder Zuo, you mean that you have restored the half-open door technique?"

Zuo Hong waved his hand: "I don't dare to say 100% restoration, but I think there is at least ninety percent similarity." ”

Ninety-five is already very powerful, and Meng Zitao couldn't help but say: "Zuo Lao, can you let me see your works in this area." ”

For the people brought by Yin Fu, Zuo Hong was still quite polite and agreed directly.

Zuo Hong led everyone to his studio, where there were bookcases on one side with various books and materials, and on the other side was a row of Bogu shelves with finished works and some raw materials.

Zuo Hong took out a small box from the cabinet under the Bogu shelf, put it on his work desk and opened it, and there were many small jade objects inside, mostly ornaments. The ornaments are of various shapes, all of which are smaller, and the themes of various figures and beasts are also used.

After Meng Zitao got Zuo Hong's permission, he picked up the jade in the box and admired it.

These jade artifacts should be Zuo Hong's creations when restoring the half-open door technique, and the techniques on some works are still a little rusty, but it can still be seen that one is better than the other, and in the end it can basically reflect the characteristics of jade carving in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, for an experienced expert like Meng Zitao, he can still tell the difference, but then again, how many people in this world have such great vision and rich experience as Meng Zitao now?

Therefore, if these works are done well, for most people in the industry, they can be fake.

"Amazing, really amazing!" At the end of the appreciation, Meng Zitao gave Zuo Hong a thumbs up and praised.

Zuo Hong said modestly: "I won the award, in fact, it was also my luck, once when I was visiting the antique city, I happened to find an ancient book in a stall, and some jade carving skills on it inspired me, so that I can have such research results now." ”

Zuo Lan next to him took over and said: "Dad, I think your achievement is completely doing more harm than good, if it weren't for this incident, how could our family have been stolen!"

Yin Fu felt a little strange in his heart, and asked: "Lao Zuo, don't you usually pay attention to keeping your carving secrets, how can such news reach other people's ears?"

Zuo Hong said angrily: "Hey, don't mention it, it's all my loser, he knew that my research had results, so he showed off to his friends, and the result reached the ears of some people with ulterior motives, and finally led to my house being stolen." ”

Zuo Hong's son is also a stubborn master, he has nothing to do all day long, and often likes to make some partial money, Zuo Hong can't manage it if he wants to, so he can only go with him, but he didn't expect this incident to happen.