Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome, I just want to know about their situation." ”

Li Congxian looked a little hesitant, he didn't know what the situation was now, and what was the identity of Meng Zitao, worried that if he said too much, he would burn himself.

Meng Zitao saw his concerns, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about this matter after the exchange meeting is over." ”

The time was almost up, and after Song Mingyan came to the stage and said some polite words, the exchange meeting officially began.

There are some booths prepared in the hall for everyone, participants can bring their own things to the booth for everyone to comment, if you are confident in the collection you brought, you can also participate in the selection activities, judged by the experts invited by Song Mingyan, and finally determine the top three in the ranking, you can get some rewards, but this is just for fun, not the focus of the exchange meeting.

Soon, the whole hall was lively, and the attendees began to comment on the antiques on the stands. Generally, the antiques taken out are carefully selected by the participants, and there are many rough products, which are a feast for everyone's eyes. But it's not that there are no fakes, after all, the horse has stumbled, not to mention that there are too many imitations in this year, and they will be accidentally eyed.

However, on this occasion, unless it is an enemy, even if it is found to be a fake, everyone will speak more politely and will not be too aggressive.

A good-looking guqin was placed on a booth among a dozen people, and the collector was a man in his sixties, and everyone was judging the guqin.

"This Zhongni-style guqin is in good condition, and it is also a beautiful snake belly, it must be at least a guqin from the Song and Yuan dynasties, it is really rare to be able to preserve it so completely until now!"

Under the effect of time, the wood and lacquer ash of the guqin will undergo some shrinkage changes, so that the surface of the piano surface will slowly appear some different forms of fractures, especially when the guqin is tuned, played or changed strings, the lacquer surface will often be subjected to some additional pressure, resulting in many fractures, also known as broken lines.

The snake belly pattern is one of them, its pattern cross-cut the piano surface, the distance between the lines is one or two inches, the knots are similar, just like the pattern under the snake's belly and get the name.

Generally speaking, the guqin after the Yuan Dynasty basically does not have snake belly patterns, so if there are snake belly patterns on the guqin after the Yuan Dynasty, it must be fake.

"Yes, if the sound quality is outstanding enough, it is normal to be worth tens of millions. If it can be confirmed that it is used by famous artists, it is worth ......"

"Good stuff!"

Everyone was talking about the value of this guqin, and the people around heard the discussion, and in the blink of an eye, seventy or eighty percent of the people on the scene came around, surrounding the booth.

Seeing this, Song Mingyan hurriedly called someone over to maintain order, and smiled at the owner of the guqin: "Lao Lu, you are really a blockbuster if you don't make a sound! Where did you get this precious guqin?"

"It's kind of luck. Lu Zangdong said with a smile: "But no matter how lucky I am, I can't compare to Boss Song, I heard that your painting has just arrived, and someone has spent 30 million to buy it, but it is not comparable to my guqin." ”

Song Mingyan was modest on the surface, and he was proud in his heart.

"Yo, Boss Lu, your guqin looks good. A voice suddenly interjected from the side.

Lu Zangdong looked to the side, his face changed slightly, and he said lightly: "For Qian Shao, my guqin should only be regarded as so-so." ”

The one who was called Qian Shao by Lu Zangdong was a fat man in his thirties, who looked oily, and his mung bean eyes looked bright.

He laughed: "Boss Lu, it's not me who said, in my eyes, your guqin is not so-so, but worthless!"

Lu Zangdong sneered: "It seems that the money is small and the wealth is indeed rich, and the guqin in the Song Dynasty is actually worthless." ”

"Of course, the guqin of the Song Dynasty is a treasure in my eyes, but this thing...... Hey!" Qian Shao shook his head, looking disgusted.

Lu Zangdong's face immediately changed: "You can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, it's okay for you to say that I'm wrong, everyone can express their own opinions, but you always have to tell the reason, otherwise you are slandering!"

Qian Shao was dismissive: "If you ask me to say it, I'll say it, how big is your face?"

"Boss Song, is this in line with the rules of the exchange meeting?" Lu Zangdong turned his head to Song Mingyan and asked.

Song Mingyan scolded secretly: "Why are the grudges between you involved me." ”

It's just that now he is a landlord after all, and he will definitely have to solve a dispute, so he smiled and said to Qian Shao: "Lu Shao, I'm also very curious about the problem of this guqin, can you explain it to us, let us increase our knowledge, don't you say?"

Immediately, someone around chimed in.

"Boss Song, it's not that I don't give you face, but let me tell him that I really don't have that interest. ”

Speaking of this, Qian Shao suddenly walked in front of Meng Zitao, who was not far away, and said with a smile: "This brother is my friend, let him say it for me, it should be fine, right?"

Meng Zitao was a little inexplicable, he didn't know this Qian Shao at all, why did he find him? It's really strange that there are many things every year, especially this year.

"Absolutely. Song Mingyan also saw a hint of strangeness, but as long as the problem could be solved, he didn't care what the process was. But can this young man see the problem with this guqin?

Meng Zitao didn't want to be the wronged leader, and when he wanted to refuse, he saw that Qian Shao kept hinting to him with his eyes, he pondered for a while, and still agreed.

Meng Zitao stepped forward and said: "The workmanship of this piano is undoubtedly very outstanding, but it is a pity that someone has added enough snakes to add broken lines to it." ”

Lu Zangdong sneered: "Then I'm going to ask you, how can I make such a natural broken line?"

Meng Zitao said: "If you want to talk about a way, it is really not uncommon, for example, when making it, put the egg white in the ash to make lacquer and smear it on the piano." After cooking, the piano is steamed with a retort, and then hung in a dry place, and after the piano is dried, it will crack, there are broken lines, and it looks more realistic. ”

Lu Zangdong retorted: "All this is just your guess!"

Meng Zitao looked at Lu Zangdong, feeling sad for him in his heart, he said: "It is actually very easy to fake the broken lines of the guqin, and it can also be done to the point of being fake, but don't you think that the paint of your guqin is still fresh, which is different from the real guqin, and it cannot deceive people." Because the veins of the lacquer can be faked, but the color of the lacquer cannot be faked. ”

"The lacquerware of the Song Dynasty has been passed down to the present day, and its lacquer quality has changed greatly, becoming jet-black, absolutely dull, the same as charcoal. And the lacquer and wood are integrated, so the surface often has wood grain. But although your guqin also imitates these two points, don't you think it's too unnatural?"

When Meng Zitao said this, Lu Zangdong was silent, and the people around him also whispered, obviously agreeing with Meng Zitao's judgment.

Of course, Lu Zangdong is unwilling to admit defeat, but he spent a lot of money to buy this guqin, and if he admits defeat, the loss will be great.

It's just that for Meng Zitao, there are a lot of flaws in this guqin, no matter how unwilling Lu Zangdong is to admit it, Meng Zitao can still come up with a convincing reason.

Lu Zangdong left gloomily with his guqin, and Meng Zitao said hello to Jiang Mingbao and the others, and took Qian Shao to a secluded location.

"Let's talk about it, what's going on!" Meng Zitao said as he stared at Qian Shao.

Qian Shao smiled and said: "You should be Meng Zitao, don't tell me that you are not, I know you are disguised." ”

Meng Zitao was very strange: "How did you recognize me?"

Qian Shao smiled and said: "Introduce yourself, my name is Qian Rusong, as for why I can recognize you, just look at the one over there." ”

Meng Zitao looked in the direction of Qian Rusong's finger, looked at Shu Ze who waved to him, smiled in surprise, walked over and patted Shu Ze's shoulder: "Why did you come to Shangluo?"

"Hehe, my uncle asked me to send a device over. You said on the Internet yesterday that I came over to try my luck, and I really met you. ”

"How did you recognize me?"

"Voice, I just came in behind you and your friend. ”

Meng Zitao suddenly realized that this time the disguise was just to prevent Zhu Zhongshi's people from finding out, and he would definitely not deliberately hide his voice, and it was normal for Shu Ze to be able to hear it.

"Why did you involve me in what happened just now, and what is the meaning?" Meng Zitao asked.

Qian Rusong said: "Lu Zangdong and Shi Laoba are related, but very few people know about it. ”

Meng Zitao didn't quite understand: "I took over a grudge with him, isn't it even more inconvenient for me to investigate?"

Qian Rusong said with a smile: "There is a reason for this, but let me sell it, and when the exchange meeting is over, I will take you to a place, and then you will know the intention just now." ”

"Is this still a secret?" Meng Zitao shook his head with a smile, but he didn't ask much, he would know sooner or later anyway.

Next, Meng Zitao and Shu Ze walked around the hall together, chatting and commenting on the antiques on the small booth, during which Meng Zitao also took out his purple clay pot, which was really valued by Song Mingyan and wanted to take this purple clay pot into his pocket.

Song Mingyan personally presented the award to the treasure holder, and then under everyone's gaze, he lifted the red cloth on the booth on the rostrum, and a landscape painting suddenly came into everyone's eyes.

I saw the peaks towering on the picture scroll, the rapids and waterfalls, the pines and cypresses, full of vitality. On the bumpy mountain path, the mother and son cows walked on the way home, and the shepherd boy sat on the back of the ox and played the flute, enjoying himself.

The painting of the whole painting is delicate and smooth, and the virtual and real are born. The stone method is carefully rubbed with a small axe, and it is easily outlined with a long line, and there are still Zhou Chen's rules. The towering arbor on the stone is similar to Wen Zhengming's painting method.

Tang Bohu was very friendly with Wen Zhengming when he was young, and greatly admired his character and knowledge, and was once willing to aggrieved his identity to worship Wen Zhengming as a teacher, so it was common sense to absorb Wen Zhengming's painting method in his early years.