Drinking tea and chatting in Zhengyixuan until dawn, everyone went to find a place to have breakfast. Afterwards, Meng Zitao took his things and followed Lu Wenwei to his house.

The place where Lu Wenwei lives is a high-end community in Ling City, called Jijing Yayuan.

Although Jijing Yayuan is in the downtown area, but quiet in the middle of the noisy, the surrounding living facilities are complete, and it is very close to the city center, it is very famous in Lingshi, many people dream of owning a house there, the house price is certainly not cheap, it is the highest ladder in Lingshi, and it belongs to the community of the rich.

Meng Zitao followed Lu Wenwei to the villa area, admiring the beautiful environment in the community, and the idea of owning a property here arose in his heart. Because in addition to the good environment, the people who can live here are either rich or powerful, which is in line with his idea of making contacts.

Immediately, Meng Zitao laughed at himself in his heart: "Am I too utilitarian like this, how can I think of making connections in everything, not to mention that this is in line with my heart, it is too tiring to live like this." ”

Meng Zitao also knew that this paranoia in his heart was related to Lu Changdai's threat, and he was worried that Lu Changdai would retaliate against him after learning the truth.

He thought about it and felt that he couldn't go on like this, he was too tired not to mention, and in the long run, his personality might change.

"Isn't it Lu Changdai, if you really come to take revenge on me, it's a big deal that I move to another city to try my courage, and sooner or later, one day, I will trample you under my feet. Meng Zitao clenched his fists.

"Xiao Meng, what do you want?"

Meng Zitao immediately came back to his senses when he heard Lu Wenwei's words, and found that before he knew it, he had arrived in front of a small villa.

Meng Zitao looked left and right, and praised: "Teacher Lu, you are really good here, with green trees and fragrant birds. ”

Lu Wenwei smiled a little proudly: "Yes, speaking of which, when I bought this place, I had no money in my hand, and I sold a few beloved things, and the one in my family complained that I was wasting money, but now...... Huh!"

Jijing Yayuan was built five years ago, although the housing prices at that time were not cheap, but no one would have thought that in just five years, the housing prices would rise to the current level, several times higher. For such a high rate of return, Lu Wenwei certainly has reason to be proud.

Meng Zitao smiled and complimented a few words, which made Lu Wenwei feel good, and the two walked into the house while talking and laughing.

Entering the house, Meng Zitao was not polite, so he went straight to the topic, Lu Wenwei nodded in agreement, and asked Meng Zitao to wait in the living room for a while, and he went to get a few suitable things.

Meng Zitao drank tea, looked at the environment in the house, and thought, even if you don't mention connections, it's not bad to live here, but unfortunately, the houses here are all owned, even if someone wants to sell, there are no channels and it won't be his turn. Besides, more than one million in his hand looks like a lot, but let alone a villa, he can't even afford a three-bedroom apartment.

After sitting for a while, Lu Wenwei walked back with three brocade boxes and put them on the coffee table in front of Meng Zitao.

Lu Wenwei opened the boxes one by one and said, "You Meng, these things are all selected by me, and the value is about the same as your pen holder, you can see if you like it or not." ”

Meng Zitao looked at them one by one and found that there was a red seal box, a multicolored porcelain pen and a bloodstone seal in the box.

The three things are all cultural toys, and Meng Zitao also likes them very much, so he hurriedly asked Lu Wenwei for instructions, and then took out the bloodstone seal and admired it.

Bloodstone, such as the color of chicken blood and the luster of crystal jade, is known as a "national treasure" and well-known at home and abroad, as one of the four famous stones in our country, it must be familiar to everyone.

In the hands of Meng Zitao, the Changhua bloodstone chapter stone is huge, the shape is regular, it is quite rare, and the blood is vivid, bright and moving, quite a flowing beauty, very pleasing to the eye. It's a pity that this bloodstone seal doesn't have much blood, of course, if it is more, Lu Wenwei will not take it out.

After seeing the bloodstone, Meng Zitao took the red seal box in his hand.

Tick red, also known as "carved red lacquer", "red carved lacquer", one of the varieties of lacquerware, generally to the brocade as the ground, the pattern is hidden, gorgeous and rich. Cao Zhao of the Ming Dynasty said in "The Treatise on Ancient Lacquerware, Ancient Lacquerware, and Red Picking": "Red utensils, no new or old, but those that seem to be thick and bright and ruddy are good, and those who pick the sword ring vanilla are especially good." ”

There are many different colors of red lacquer, but as its name suggests, the one with pure color and bright shine is the best.

Historically, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and the three emperors of Yongzheng and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty all loved to remove red, and the process of removing red has also developed by leaps and bounds in these three dynasties. Emperor Yongle even built a lacquerware workshop in the Beijing Orchard Factory, moving the red craft center from the south to the north, so that the art of red painting reached its historical peak.

The highest price in the auction market was also made during the Yongle period, and it was sold for 12.87 million RMB in Xiangjiang in 2001, which is also the highest record so far.

Of course, the red box in Meng Zitao's hand can't be made during the Yongle period, but in terms of craftsmanship, it should be a work of the Ming Dynasty.

The printing box is round, carved in the center of the lid of the baby play, the baby play picture is a very popular theme in our country, there is the auspicious implication of even giving birth to a noble son, five sons Dengke, a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren.

I saw that in the picture, more than a dozen children were playing in the courtyard, all kinds of things, and the whole was combined into a picture of baby play with a festive atmosphere. At the foot of the circle, there is a knife engraved "Ming Jiajing Ren Wu Year System" horizontal script paragraph.

On the whole, the printing box is intricate and finely decorated, the carving is fine and smooth, the shape is beautiful and generous, no matter its lacquer color, knife technique or ornamentation represent the level of lacquer-making technology at that time, and it is not easy to preserve the quality of the painting at that time.

Meng Zitao looked at the red seal box in his hand with some love, he had admired the red work for a long time, but he only thought about it in his heart before.

This is because the process of removing red is simply too complicated. If you want to make a red work, you must first brush multiple layers with cinnabar paint on the fetal bone, as little as ten layers, and as many as one or two hundred layers, forming a very thick paint film.

When it dries to a certain extent, some like our current kraft candy, the craftsman can draw the pattern on the lacquer layer, and then use the carving knife to carve the relief through the stab, shovel, hook and other techniques when the knife is not sticky, and then polish it after it is thoroughly dried.

It is difficult to grasp the "heat" of making red, and when it dries out, it will not move, just like in our lives, once the furniture is covered with patent leather, you touch it with your nails, and the paint will fall off.

However, if it is picked in a state of excessive viscosity, because the lacquer is a very sticky substance, it will stick to the knife. Therefore, it must be made quickly when it is neither sticky nor brittle, so there is not enough time for the craftsman.

Because of this, the more exquisite and complex the red work, the more expensive it is, and this is definitely unaffordable for Mencius Tao in the past.

Now, Meng Zitao finally has a chance to get a beautiful red work, he doesn't even want to look at the rest of the colorful porcelain pen, he has already made a decision, this time he will change this printing box, even if he has to add another 350,000 yuan (the market price of this printing box is about 250,000 yuan) It doesn't matter.

Because of his love for this printing box, Meng Zitao looked at it carefully, and just when he saw the payment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and the whole person suddenly seemed to be poured a basin of ice water, looking a little sluggish.

Seeing the love in Meng Zitao's eyes, a trace of joy flashed in Lu Wenwei's heart, and it seemed that the pen holder should be fine. But immediately Meng Zitao's expression was a little stunned, which made him very strange, and asked, "Xiao Meng, what's wrong?"

Meng Zitao came back to his senses and laughed dryly: "It's nothing, I thought of some questions just now." ”

"Oh. Lu Wenwei nodded, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, and there was an ominous premonition, which made him muttered in his heart: "Is there something wrong with this printing box?"

Lu Wenwei immediately shook his head, thinking that this thing must be impossible, how could there be a problem with his own eyesight? This is simply nonsense.

Meng Zitao quietly looked at the seal box for a while, then put it back, took the remaining colorful porcelain pen in his hand, and after observing it, he put it back again.

In the end, he picked up the bloodstone embryo and said, "Master Lu, I'll change this embryo." ”

Lu Wenwei's choice of Meng Zitao was very strange, he didn't say yes, and said: "Xiao Meng, if I was not wrong just now, you should like the red seal box very much, why did you choose this square seal embryo in the end?"

"This ......" Meng Zitao laughed dryly, looking a little hesitant.

Lu Wenwei waved his hand and said, "Xiao Meng, don't worry about saying it boldly, even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you." ”

Meng Zitao opened his mouth and said: "Teacher Lu, then let me tell you directly, I am a little unsure of this printing box. ”

"Sure enough!" Lu Wenwei said secretly in his heart, but he was not angry, and asked calmly, "Then can you tell me why?"

Meng Zitao said: "Teacher Lu, you first take a look at the payment of this printing box. ”

"Payment?" Lu Wenwei picked up the seal box and looked at it, but as soon as the handwriting came into his eyes, he was also the same as Meng Zitao just now, with a sluggish expression.

Meng Zitao sighed, it seems that Lu Wenwei should be careless.

In fact, most of the red removal is unproductive, including the genuine "paint" of the Qing Palace. There are two categories of knowledge, before the year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, it was at the bottom of the red device to draw out the money, which is called "needle stroke"; after Xuande, the year number of the regular script was engraved with a knife, and then the gold was filled, which was called "filling the gold money".

This printing box does not seem to have a problem at all, the problem appears in this gold filling, if it is genuine, it must be filled with gold, but this printing box, but there is no gold filling at all, needless to say, there must be a problem.