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Shopkeeper Wu personally opened the brocade box, took out the pen holder inside, and then put it in front of Feng Zhengsheng with some reluctance: "Mr. Feng, take a look." ”

Feng Zhengsheng asked with a smile, "Don't regret it." ”

Shopkeeper Wu said firmly: "I definitely won't regret it, I just broke my thoughts." ”

"Then you're welcome. ”

Feng Zhengsheng nodded, picked up the pen holder and looked at it for a while, and then asked Meng Zitao to help identify it.

As mentioned above, the Qing Kangxi blue and white glaze red holy lord is a famous product of the Kangxi Imperial Kiln, and it is collected by large art museums such as the Forbidden City. This device is a round mouth, straight wall, jade-shaped bottom, the bottom of the vessel is exposed, the bottom of the concave glaze, the book "Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty" six-character three-line regular script. The full text of the blue and white small block on the outer wall of "Ode to the Holy Lord and the Virtuous Ministers", and the red "Xi Dynasty Legend" seal script square paragraph in the glaze after the text.

The reason why this cylinder is a famous product is actually inseparable from its craftsmanship, although the glaze red is only a small seal, and the difficulty of firing will also be greatly increased.

Some friends may know that the whole Heart Sutra is 260 words, and the full text of "Ode to the Holy Lord and the Virtuous Minister" has 781 words, which is one more word than three times the Heart Sutra, and these 781 words are all concentrated on the pen holder with a height of no more than 16 centimeters and a diameter of only 19 centimeters.

It is these reasons, as well as the background of its time, etc., that make this type of pen holder a masterpiece.

Getting back to business, after a while, Meng Zitao smiled and nodded at Feng Zhengsheng.

Feng Zhengsheng smiled and said to Shopkeeper Wu: "Okay, I won't let you suffer, this pen holder counts you as 1.3 million, how about it?"

Last year, there was an auction that sold a similar pen holder, and the transaction price was more than 1.2 million, but there was also a death commission, etc., plus the auction was inconvenient and uncertain, and the price given by Feng Zhengsheng was quite appropriate

Since the price was right, Shopkeeper Wu happily agreed, but he was more or less reluctant in his heart.

After sitting for a while, Feng Zhengsheng took Meng Zitao to say goodbye, and the two walked out of the antique shop, and when they saw that it was not early, they were ready to go back.

The two of them walked to the parking place as they talked, and when they were about to reach an intersection, they noticed a small stall on the side of the road, and the stall owner was a man in his forties and fifties, who was arguing with a young man about something.

When the two approached, they heard the stall owner say, "What is the matter with you, I have told you many times, and I will not return it." ”

The young man said reluctantly: "You are obviously selling fakes, why can't you return them?" Let me tell you, if you don't return them, I will call the police. ”

The stall owner said angrily: "Hey, why are you so unreasonable, you go and inquire, who buys and returns things in the antique industry?"

The young man sneered: "You are all old yellow calendars, now is the new century, how can there be a reason that you can't return fake goods, is it possible to cheapen you profiteer?"

The stall owner was a little angry: "Don't talk openly, how can you prove that it's fake?"

The young man waved his hand: "I'm too lazy to waste words with people, you just say whether to return the money or not, if you don't return it, I will call the police and let the police come and deal with it." ”

"You ......" The stall owner glared at the young man, thinking about encountering this kind of stunned youth, it is better not to be like him, so he took out the money from his pocket, counted two and handed it to the young man: "Hurry up and take it and leave." ”

But the young man refused to answer: "Hey, that's enough?

The stall owner was completely annoyed: "Ask you again, do you want to? I will take it back if you don't want it, if you like to call the police, who is still used to you!"

As soon as the young man saw the stall owner's posture, he also knew that he shouldn't be able to get much cheaper, so he took the money and looked at it, and when he saw that there was no problem, he put a three-legged toad back on the stall, turned around and prepared to leave.

The stall owner hurriedly stopped him: "Wait, I still have to see if there is anything wrong with this thing." ”

The young man raised his head: "Then you have to look slowly and try to find out what is wrong." ”

The two were lifting the bar to each other, Meng Zitao and Feng Zhengsheng also happened to walk to the stall, Feng Zhengsheng glanced at the three-legged toad that the stall owner was holding, and said a little strangely: "Zitao, aren't these three-legged toads all copper coins in their mouths, why are they holding a bead here?"

Meng Zitao replied: "This is actually not strange, I don't know if you have heard of the 'Toad Palace Zhegui', in our ancient myths and legends, the Moon Palace has a three-legged toad, and later generations also refer to the Toad Palace as the Moon Palace." Climbing the moon palace osmanthus, the metaphor of the imperial examination era should be in the examination, and the beads are round, with the same sound as the yuan, presumably Brother Feng, you should be able to understand the meaning, right?"

The stall owner has good ears, and when he heard Meng Zitao's words, he immediately said: "This little brother is right, but it's a pity that some people only know that Jin Toad has coins in his mouth, and they think that my thing is a fabrication, which is really ridiculous!"

The young man was annoyed and angry, turned back to Meng Zitao and said, "You owe it, what's the matter with you! If you have the ability, you can buy this toad!"

Meng Zitao was also a little annoyed, he answered Feng Zhengsheng's question, and what was in his way, and when he was about to fight back, he glanced at the toad again, a strange feeling rose in his heart, and his heart moved, and he said to the stall owner: "Boss, can you show me this toad?"

The stall owner was happy in his heart, and hurriedly handed the toad to Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao didn't answer, and said lightly: "Boss, what about the rules?"

"I didn't expect the little brother to be a man in the industry. The stall owner was stunned, laughed dryly, and muttered in his heart: "It's really strange today." ”

Meng Zitao was annoyed that he had just used his own words to ridicule the young man, and he didn't say much, so he picked up the toad and looked at it.

This toad is no more than twelve or thirteen centimeters high, it is a pottery tire, the outside is dyed with gold paint, but the gold paint has peeled off a lot, revealing the original color, the shape is quite chic, it is crouching, the head is slightly raised, the eyes are protruding, the mouth is open, and there is a bead dyed with black lacquer inside, but unlike the gold lacquer outside, this black lacquer has not fallen at all.

Meng Zitao looked at it for a moment, and said to the stall owner: "Boss, this toad costs two hundred?"

"If you want, 150 will do. The stall owner smiled and glanced at the young man.

The young man felt that the stall owner was despising him, although he was full of anger, but it was not easy to do it, so he sent his anger to Meng Zitao's head: "It's really a shortage of money, and it is better to buy some nutritious products for your parents to eat if you have this money." ”

"You don't have to worry about it, you should care more about your parents. ”

Meng Zitao sneered, paid the money and took the things and prepared to leave.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded not far from the side: "Teacher Meng!"

Meng Zitao followed the voice and looked at it, it was Xu Xinqing who called him, and he ran over excitedly: "Teacher Meng, I didn't expect to meet you again." ”

Meng Zitao greeted politely and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Xu, why did you come here?"

Xu Xinqing smiled: "A friend just asked me for help, I didn't plan to come over, but he forced me to come, I want to thank him in the future, otherwise how can I meet you." Mr. Meng, I don't know if you have time now? Why don't we find a place to have tea?"

"Is there something wrong?" Meng Zitao asked with a smile.

Xu Xinqing smiled, obviously it was not convenient to say it here.

Meng Zitao looked at Feng Zhengsheng next to him, Feng Zhengsheng said that it was okay to go back, and Meng Zitao agreed to come down.

The three of them left with a smile and a smile, leaving behind the stall owner and the young man as if they were being blown by the cold wind.

In the middle of the sound, the stall owner slapped himself a few times: "This is Meng Zitao! Why didn't I remember it just now! It's a loss, it's a big loss!"

Compared with the frustration of the stall owner, the young man's heart is even more mixed, according to common sense, it is obviously impossible for Meng Zitao to buy an object worth more than 100 yuan casually, let alone a fake, so the toad must be a treasure.

Thinking that he had inadvertently picked up the leak, but was sent away by himself, the young man's heart was like a knife, and he regretted it.

Not to mention that the two of them regretted it there, considering that it didn't take long for the meal to be served, Xu Xinqing took everyone to a restaurant and asked the waiter for a private room.

Not in a hurry to order, Xu Xinqing also let the waiter serve good tea, he personally poured tea for everyone, and his eyes noticed the golden toad that Meng Zitao bought just now.

Xu Xinqing had some doubts in his expression: "Teacher Meng, does this golden toad have anything to say?"

Feng Zhengsheng took over and said: "Yes, I don't think this golden toad is good, it should be a big road commodity in the market, right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "If you want to say that this golden toad is indeed only so-so, but the beads in its mouth are not ordinary." ”

"Beads?" Feng Zhengsheng and Xu Xinqing were stunned one after another, if you really want to talk about it, this bead can't even compare to the golden toad, right?

It was Feng Zhengsheng who reacted first: "Zitao, you don't mean that there is something hidden in the beads, right?

For a moment, Feng Zhengsheng really almost thought that Meng Zitao had a clairvoyant eye.

Meng Zitao laughed and said, "Don't get me wrong, the reason why I can see that there is something wrong with this bead is precisely because this bead is made using a special process." ”

While speaking, he pinched the beads in the toad's mouth with both hands, and gently forced, only to hear the sound of "horn", and the beads were pulled off by Meng Zitao.

"Look what a difference this bead makes. Meng Zitao put the beads in front of Feng Zhengsheng.

"Huh. Feng Zhengsheng took the beads in his hand, and suddenly sighed lightly: "This bead is really strange, it feels a little like a pearl, but it doesn't look like it, and the reflective performance is very good." And it's so hard that you can't even pinch it. ”

Handing the beads to Xu Xinqing, Feng Zhengsheng turned to Meng Zitao and asked, "What's going on with this bead?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, it's made of a specially prepared powder, for example, it's like the cement we use now." As for its function, you should also know that it is to protect what is hidden inside. ”

Feng Zhengsheng said: "Uh, it's so hard, how can you open it? ”

Meng Zitao laughed: "This is definitely impossible, and it is relatively easy to open it, as long as you put it in hot water between sixty and seventy degrees for a minute or two to soften, and then you can wash it off by scrubbing it again." ”

Feng Zhengsheng said a little impatiently: "Then what are you waiting for, let the waiter bring hot water." ”

Xu Xinqing hurriedly asked the waiter to bring a big bowl over, asked for a pot of boiling water, adjusted the temperature with cold water, and Meng Zitao put the bead in.

At first, the beads did not change much, and after waiting for nearly a minute, the material outside the beads began to soften, and when Mencius saw that the time was ripe, he reached into the water to clean the outer layer of the substance, and saw a gem presented in front of everyone.

"Isn't this an opal? Feng Zhengsheng was a little disappointed when he saw the appearance of the gem, although this gem was indeed big enough, it looked like it had thirty or forty carats, but there was a certain gap between it and the rare treasures he imagined in his mind.

Meng Zitao smiled and put the gem in front of Feng Zhengsheng: "Look at it again, is this an ordinary opal?"

"This is ......" Feng Zhengsheng picked up the gem and observed, and his expression immediately changed: "This is a cat's eye that has changed stone?!"

Chrysoberyl, also known as chrysoberyl. It is one of the most precious gemstones and comes in four variants: cat's eye, alexandrite, alexandrite cat's eye and chrysoberyl crystal.

Among them, opal is the most famous variety of chrysoberyl and is recognized as one of the five precious gemstones in the world. When an opal is placed under a spotlight source and at the right angle, the lightward half of the gemstone is its body color and the backlit half is milky white.

Cat's eyes can present a variety of colors, according to the texture of the color in order of dense yellow, yellow-green, brown-green, yellow-brown, brown, etc. Generally, the natural color of opal is honey color, and it shows a "milky white dense yellow" color under the light.

Alexandrite, also known as alexandrite, is a chrysoberyl variety that contains trace amounts of chromium oxide. Because of the trace amount of chromium oxide, chrysoberyl has a special color-changing effect that is red under candlelight and tungsten light, and green when exposed to sunlight. Therefore, it is also known as "the emerald in the day, the ruby in the night", but this is also the preciousness of the alexandrite.

But the combination of the two, that is, there is a strong discoloration effect, and there is an obvious cat's eye effect, it has become an extremely rare and precious alexandrite cat's eye, its price will even be so expensive that you dare not wear it in daily life, not to mention, this is a thirty or forty carat metamorphosis cat's eye, and the texture is quite pure, the value can be described as incalculable.

Xu Xinqing stretched his neck to admire the baby, and couldn't help but be amazed, saying that it was the first time he had seen such a big and beautiful cat's eye.

Mencius said with a smile: "Do you think it's still ordinary now? In fact, even if it is an opal, it is very rare to be so big and pure, and it is normal to be carefully hidden as a treasure, let alone a cat's eye that has turned into a stone." ”

"It's really good. Feng Zhengsheng smiled and said: "However, I am not a woman, and I basically have no love for gemstones, if it is the one in my family here, this stone cat's eye will not want to leave her sight." ”

Meng Zitao laughed: "Then you should also be happy, otherwise your wallet will be deflated." ”

After admiring the gems for a while, Meng Zitao hid them closely.

Xu Xinqing looked at the time, asked the waiter to come over and order, asked Meng Zitao and Feng Zhengsheng, and asked for a few bottles of red wine.

The waiter first brought up the red wine and opened it, and at this time, there was a quarrel in the corridor outside.

Originally, this was not everyone's business, but Feng Zhengsheng felt that the sound of the quarrel was a little familiar, got up and took a look, and saw that it was a young couple who were arguing, and he also knew each other, the man looked drunk, and the woman's clothes were wet, looking like wine had been spilled.

Feng Zhengsheng walked up, frowned, and said, "I said what is going on with you?"

"Brother Feng. Seeing that it was Feng Zhengsheng, the two stopped arguing and greeted politely.

Feng Zhengsheng looked at them and said, "Come in with me, isn't it embarrassing to be outside?"

"Brother Feng, look at my ......" The woman pointed to her clothes.

Feng Zhengsheng said: "You go and change it first." ”

"Hmm. The woman turned and walked outside.

"She actually knew in her heart that she looked down on me! If it weren't for the agreement in the early years, she would have gone away long ago. Lou Yu pointed to the woman's back and sneered.

Feng Zhengsheng walked into the private room, looked at him, and said lightly: "People look down on you, do you think you can afford to look down on yourself?"

Lou Yu was stunned for a moment, "Why should I look down on myself?"

"Oh, since you can afford to look down on yourself, who are you going to show this way to now? Aren't you practicing yourself?!" Feng Zhengsheng looked at Lou Yu's pair of panda eyes, and thought to himself, although Lou Yu's family has suffered, but with his family's foundation, at least it is much better than ordinary people, why did he become such a virtuous character in less than half a year?

Lou Yu stopped talking, he saw the red wine on the table, so he poured himself the wine, drank three glasses in a row, and then said: "I'm doing it, right? You're not me, you'll never understand my pain! Do you know? The day before yesterday, I drove to Xiaoxue's unit to pick her up, and I saw a little white face driving a Land Rover to wait for her, holding a big handful of roses in his hand and wanting to give her away, but Xiaoxue didn't accept it, and finally followed my car away. ”

"Unexpectedly, the little white face found me the next day, and said by name that I was not worthy of Xiaoxue, and asked me to get out of here. To say, in the past, the Land Rover was nothing to me! Now that the tiger is being bullied by dogs in Pingyang, if it were me before, I would have to beat him to the head and bleed. But now I don't dare! There is still an old gambler in my family, an old gambler who owes a lot of debts! Although he is a bastard, who calls him my old man? I can only watch him and help him pay off his debts......

In the end, he drank a few more glasses of wine, drank all the bottles of red wine, and tried to pick up the bottle next to him.

Feng Zhengsheng grabbed him, frowned and said, "Look at you, what have you drunk, and you still have to drink, you will drink to death!"

"Then you leave me alone and let me drink to death......"