Shu Ze's surprised expression after seeing this painting was taken into Su Lao's eyes, which made him a little strange, and asked, "Xiao Shu, is there anything wrong with this painting?"

Shu Ze looked at Meng Zitao, and then said half-truthfully: "I saw a painting with very similar content at a friend's place before, so I was a little surprised. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Su Lao also became interested: "Are the painting skills all the same?"

Shu Ze said: "I think it's about the same, but I have to ask Zitao specifically, his eyesight is much better than mine." ”

Meng Zitao took over and said, "I think it is likely that the same person did it. ”

"Then have you judged whose work it is?" Su Lao hurriedly asked, he had been checking this painting for a long time, but he couldn't verify who the author was.

Meng Zitao said: "I don't know exactly who the author is, but judging from the characteristics of silk paper and other characteristics, it should be made by painters in the Song and Yuan dynasties." ”

Su Lao expressed his guess: "A painter who can reach this level in the Song and Yuan dynasties should not be very famous, do you think it will be made by Huang Gongwang?"

Huang Gongwang landscape master Dong Yuan and Ju Ran. In his later years, he changed his law and became a family of his own. Therefore, it is indeed possible that Huang Gongwang is the author, but Meng Zitao has special abilities, and knowing that the creation age of the two paintings is quite different from the age where Huang Gongwang is located, it is certain that he is not the author.

Meng Zitao said: "I think it's unlikely, if nothing else, Huang Gongwang's personal style can't be seen in this painting." ”

"That's right. Su Lao also agreed.

Meng Zitao continued: "In addition, during the Song and Yuan dynasties, there was social turmoil, and some literati and scholars could not escape from the world, and it is possible that this person's reputation was not obvious. ”

Su Lao nodded and said, "That's right, but in this way, it's not easy to figure out the author." ”

Meng Zitao thought about it for a while and said, "Old Su, can you give me this painting, I want to do some research." ”

Su Lao didn't think much about it, thinking that Meng Zitao was just for research, so he agreed with a smile: "What's wrong with this, but if you have the opportunity, you have to inform me." ”

"That's certain!" Meng Zitao smiled, and then asked, "I take the liberty of asking, I don't know what the origin of this painting is?"

Su Lao smiled and said: "This painting was actually obtained by me at the stall in the local antique market when I went to Bianliang to meet friends a few years ago. ”

Meng Zitao's heart moved, could it be that the secret behind it was really related to Ju Ran's life? Unfortunately, it was found by picking up a leak on the stall, and it is estimated that it is difficult to find the original owner through this clue.

Next, I admired a few more paintings and calligraphy, and everyone was still a little unsatisfied, but the time was not early, and I could only say with some regret that I would appreciate it next time.

Finally, Meng Zitao chose a plum and bamboo picture of Zheng Banqiao, the composition of this picture is concise, only two poles of sparse bamboo, one old plum, but full of vitality, the bamboo is painted in thick ink freehand, the plum trunk pen is made of double hooks, the ink color, the brushwork forms a contrast, it is a rare masterpiece of Zheng Banqiao.

The combined value of this plum bamboo picture and the imitation of Juran landscape by the anonymous author just now is nearly 10 million, which is not much different, but the works of the key anonymous author may be mixed with clues and cannot be determined by pure value. Meng Zitao felt that it was almost there.

Originally, Su Lao wanted Meng Zitao to take another small-scale work, but Meng Zitao did not agree, and Su Lao did not force it.

After coming out of Su Lao's, everyone took the car back to the villa, and when they got in the car, Shu Ze couldn't wait to ask: "How is it, have you found any new clues?"

He Wanyi and Sima Yuelan also showed curiosity.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "This painting is so well preserved, how can it be so easy to find clues." ”

Shu Ze was a little disappointed and said, "Could it be that the clues are also framed inside?"

Meng Zitao said: "It's hard to say, maybe it's inside, maybe this painting doesn't actually contain any clues." ”

Shu Ze laughed: "I believe in your luck, if there are no clues, this painting should not be able to 'fall into the net'." ”

He Wanyi and Sima Yuelan also laughed and said things.

"Then when I return to Ling City, I will go to uncover it. ”

"Why do you have to go back to Ling City? If you need professional tools, let's just buy them right away." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head: "Do you think it's that simple to uncover?"

The unmounting of an old painting is very cumbersome, in the case of ordinary rice paper paintings, first of all, the original layer of life paper (referring to the layer of paper attached to the back of the picture) should be torn off, and then the back of the work should be turned up, wet with water, flattened, and then pasted, pasted (also known as "small mounting"), put on the board, and wait for natural drying.

After natural drying, after the square (using a ruler, knife and other tools to cut the excess part of the life paper), silk, large mounting, and then after 5 to 7 days of natural air drying, and finally the heavenly stem and the earth branch, a framed painting is completed. There are more than 30 processes before and after unmounting, which usually takes a week.

Shu Ze also understood the steps of unmasking, and said: "We just need to find clues, why is it so troublesome." ”

Meng Zitao said: "What about the painting that has been removed, can you just leave it and leave it alone? I will go to Xijing tomorrow, where will I have so much time to deal with it?" ”

Sima Yuelan took over and said: "As the old saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, we have time anyway, let's take our time, who knows what's at stake here?"

Shu Ze touched his nose: "Okay, then I'll talk about it when you come back." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely inform you then." ”

"Alright. Sima Yuelan clapped her hands: "After a busy day's work today, do you want to show us the harvest of the morning?" Aze, if my gift is not satisfactory to me......

Speaking of this, Sima Yuelan gave Shu Ze a "you know" look.

Shu Ze was a little apprehensive in his heart, so he pushed Meng Zitao out first: "Zitao, you first." ”

Meng Zitao was full of confidence in his gift, and said with a smile: "Aze, if I take out the gift prepared for Wanyi first, you will ...... Hey, hey!"

"It's a mule or a horse, take it out first. ”

This morning, except for the time when Meng Zitao called, the two have been together, and Shu Ze really didn't believe that Meng Zitao could come up with such an amazing gift.

"Okay, don't regret it then. ”

Meng Zitao laughed, and then took out the meteorite from his briefcase, and everyone was a little stunned when they saw that it was such a thing.

Shu Ze suddenly laughed and said, "Zitao, are you stupid, you can actually take such a stone?"

Meng Zitao glanced at him disdainfully: "What kind of eyes are you, you can't even see the meteorite." ”

"Ahh

"Of course, you see, this is very similar to the finger print pressed on the dough, called the 'air mark', which is the trace of the air flowing on the surface of the meteorite during the cooling of the molten shell......

Meng Zitao pointed to some of the characteristics on the meteorite and explained to everyone, although he didn't know much, but others knew even less, and he was stunned when he heard it.

"Is it really fake?" Shu Ze took the meteorite and looked at it carefully, it did look like the meteorites he had seen on TV, but it felt a little different.

Meng Zitao said confidently: "Whether it's true or not, just go to a scientific research institution to identify it, anyway, I think eight or nine are not far from ten." ”

"It's too late today, let's go tomorrow to get tested. Shu Ze said.

"Good ......" Meng Zitao patted his forehead and said, "I forgot, I will have a plane at almost 9 o'clock in the morning tomorrow." ”

"I'll just go. He Wanyi smiled sweetly: "Actually, you don't need to identify it, I believe that you will definitely be a meteorite." ”

Shu Ze thought of Meng Zitao's luck in the past, and suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face.

Meng Zitao put the meteorite in He Wanyi's hand: "Are you dissatisfied with this gift?"

He Wanyi looked at the meteorite in her hand and said with a smile: "I feel a little ugly." ”

Meng Zitao said softly: "Although ugly is ugly, this is unique in the world, just like your status in my heart." ”

Sima Yuelan smiled: "Hey, can you take into account some other people's feelings when you talk about love?"

He Wanyi smiled: "Don't you have Brother Ze?"

Sima Yuelan said angrily: "Hmph! It's hard to get a gift!"

Shu Ze immediately smiled and said, "Aren't all good things the last to appear, you see, this is the gift I chose for you." ”

"What's that?"

Sima Yuelan opened the box handed over by Shu Ze, only to see that there was a jade comb inside, the upper part was a bow-shaped back, three lines of yang Xuan pattern, the comb back hollow carving looked at the double phoenix, with a faint sense of movement, strong artistic expression, and the lower part was a comb tooth, intact.

Seeing this exquisitely carved jade comb, Sima Yuelan immediately liked it, but compared to the gift that Meng Zitao gave to He Wanyi, at least it was a step behind in terms of novelty, so he said: "Hmph, it's so-so, but you still have to be punished, punish you for combing my hair with it every day!"

Hearing that it was this request, Shu Ze breathed a long sigh of relief and said happily: "Okay, I promise to comb it for you every day." ”

"Hmph, I'll see if you can talk to the truth, if you don't comb it one day......"

Shu Ze saw Sima Yuelan's playful smile, his heart trembled, knowing that he was too full of words, and hurriedly wanted to remedy it, but Sima Yuelan had no intention of letting him go easily.

Seeing this situation, Meng Zitao and He Wanyi smiled heartily, and Meng Zitao asked in a low voice, "Wanyi, what is my reward?"

"What reward do you want?"

"Is it okay to have any reward?" Meng Zitao's eyes lit up.

"I'll give you an idiom, daydreaming!" He Wanyi lightly tapped Meng Zitao's forehead and smiled.

…………

At noon the next day, Meng Zitao had just walked out of Xijing Airport when he received a call from He Wanyi, who said excitedly that the identification results of the meteorite came out, and it was a very rare lunar meteorite.

Hearing this result, Meng Zitao was both surprised and took it for granted, surprised because it was actually a lunar meteorite.

In fact, the reason is very simple, everyone knows that there are many craters on the moon, which indicates that the moon has been violently bombarded by many meteoroids a long time ago, and random deep impacts may throw material deep into the crust of different regions of the moon into outer space.

After leaving the lunar surface, these meteorites do not fly to the Earth immediately, but enter an orbit around the Earth for a long time, and finally succumb to the Earth's gravitational pull, go through the 'baptism' of the atmosphere, and finally fall to the ground.

This is the origin of the formation of lunar meteorites, as well as Martian meteorites, because such meteorites are relatively rare, so the price on the market is of course higher than ordinary ones. And Meng Zitao took it for granted, and it was precisely because of the valuation given by the ability that only rare meteorites could reach it.

In He Wanyi's admonition, Meng Zitao hung up the phone and took a taxi to the office of the No. 3 department in Xijing to do some coordination work. He is not stupid, he is related to the safety of his family, and he must be fully prepared.

Since he had been contacted yesterday, coupled with Zheng Anzhi's care, the department here was already ready, and Meng Zitao left after receiving some equipment.

After eating at noon, Meng Zitao took a car to the hotel that the bald man said.

A woman in her thirties sat at the front desk and politely asked, "Sir, do you need accommodation?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "My surname is Meng, I don't know if anyone has mentioned me to you?"

The woman checked it, and then asked, "Are you Mr. Meng Zitao from Jiangnan?"

"Yes, it should be me. ”

"Wait a minute, I'll call first. ”

"Okay. ”

After a while, the woman hung up the phone and said, "Mr. Hu asked you to wait for him in room 208 first, and he will be there soon." ”

"Okay, please take me there. ”

The woman shouted her name to the back, and a young girl in her twentieth year came and took Meng Zitao upstairs, and after opening the door of room 208, she went down.

After Meng Zitao sat in the room for a while, the bald man arrived.

"Boss Meng, long time no see. When the bald man came in, he closed the door.

Meng Zitao said: "Usually I just want to see you, but I can't see you." ”

The bald man smiled: "We don't often move nests in this line and don't worry, but if there are good things, they will definitely be kept for you, don't you see that I will contact you this time?"

"Let's talk about it when it's a good thing, let's discuss the method of this transaction first. ”

"It should. ”

"Then can you tell me about the way you used to cover the pit?"

Next, the two men discussed, and after some bargaining, the two sides reached a verbal agreement: no matter how many things were unearthed from the tomb, and no matter what their value was, as long as it was a complete piece, there were 10,000 large bronze pieces, 2,000 small pieces, 7,000 large jade pieces, 300 small ornaments, and 100 ceramics.

Of course, the bald man is not stupid, if there are particularly precious objects, they must be temporarily negotiated, and in addition, some broken items that Meng Zitao is interested in will be given to him for free.

Then, according to the results of the discussion, Meng Zitao first paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan, and after the bald man confirmed that it was correct, he took Meng Zitao downstairs, got into an old-fashioned van, and went to the location of the ancient tomb.

Along the way, Meng Zitao did not ask about the location of the ancient tomb, but only inquired about some precautions for tomb robbery, and the bald man basically knew everything.

In the evening, they had dinner in a small restaurant in the town, where Meng Zitao also met two other members, according to the bald man, they were his relatives, because to do this kind of thing, you must find someone who knows the roots, otherwise it is easy to kill people for money.

After dinner, the group of four drove the van into the mountains, and they didn't know if there was danger coming or if they were affected by the imminent tomb robbery, Meng Zitao felt a little chilly all over his body, and the whole person raised his vigilance.

However, in this way, the bald man and the others believed even more that Meng Zitao was just a timid city man and would not harm their affairs.

The cousin of the bald man was a little unaccustomed to Meng Zitao, and when he saw this scene, he told some stories about their past tomb robberies on the grounds of courage, and he didn't know if it was true or not, anyway, he said that he had a nose and eyes, if it was someone else, he would have been scared in this environment.

Of course, Meng Zitao is not an ordinary person, but in order to reduce the vigilance of this group of people, he also pretended to be afraid, and finally asked the other party not to talk about it anymore.

In the bald man's warning eyes, the bald man's cousin was a little unsatisfied, but his eyes when he looked at Meng Zitao were full of mockery.

Meng Zitao saw all this, and secretly sneered: "There is a time when you cry." ”

In this way, when it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, the car stopped at the door of a villager's house, and then the group took off the tools tied under the chassis of the car, and then began to walk to the location of the ancient tomb.

Meng Zitao tightened his clothes and asked, "How long will it take?"

The bald man walked next to Meng Zitao with his equipment on his shoulder: "It's almost there, it's about an hour and a half." ”

That being said, but when they arrived at their destination, they were already almost a little bit, and this was because Meng Zitao pretended to be a rookie and walked slowly on the mountain road.

This makes everyone a little impatient, but it is also more reasonable.

Under the reflection of a crescent moon bud, Meng Zitao vaguely distinguished that this was a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a small river meandered not far away, this is indeed a rare feng shui treasure, and there is a great possibility of ancient tombs here.

The bald man didn't explain much to Mencius, found the place where they had marked before, put down all the things they were carrying, and then began to work.

Before the construction started, according to the rules of the tomb robbers, the bald man first took out a bottle of wine and sacrifices, and sacrificed in front of the tomb, which was nothing more than what the ancestor should not blame, and the ancestor blessed.

The ceremony was very simple, and it didn't take long for all three of them to kowtow a few times, and then they picked up their tools and prepared to start work, and what they didn't know was that all this had been recorded by Meng Zitao using a miniature device.

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