Chapter 996: The Jade Mirror Appears (Part II)
Meng Zitao just told the old shipwreck about the advantages and disadvantages of taking it to auction, which made the old shipwreck very entangled, whether he should settle down now, or take it to auction, if he took it to auction, he would make more money if he auctioned it well, but if he only auctioned 800,000 yuan, it was a variety of expenses, and the money he could get was far worse than now.
So, he discussed it with his wife again, and in the end, his wife made the final decision and chose to settle down.
Mencius would not say anything about their choice, and then the old bow opened another box, which contained something special, an ancient jade mirror.
Some people may say, can the jade mirror shine on people? In fact, the finish of the jade mirror is not enough, and it is generally used for furnishing.
This jade mirror is very large, and to say that it is large means that it is larger than the diameter of the ordinary bronze mirror (about 30 cm in diameter).
The most unique feature of this white jade mirror is its back. The relief technique is used to carve landscapes, ancient trees and other patterns, and the knife technique is concise, rough and atmospheric. The top is high in the mountains and clouds, the pine and cypress trees in the near view, and there are white deer wandering among the trees.
Among them, there are immortal jade children, the patterns are rich, the layers are clear, the clothes are moving, the expression is leisurely, and there is a fairy demeanor. The figures are vivid and lifelike, showing the profound observation and perfect expressiveness of the jade carving craftsman.
To be honest, it was the first time Meng Zitao had seen such a jade mirror, and judging from the ornamental style, it should be the inherited legacy of the Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, the jade boy's clothes are elegant, the hem is carved with dense parallel short lines, the cuffs are tightly tightened with stripes, the clothes are long and short parallel arcs, and the boots are decorated with grids, which obviously follow the style of the jade carving characters in the Tang Dynasty, and the back of the head is convex, the facial features are realistic and fine, and the clothes are made of the word "rice" and other characteristics, but they are the popular elements of the jade carving boys in the two Song Dynasty.
Judging from various characteristics, this jade mirror should have been made during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and in addition, the content of the landscape on this jade mirror gave him a sense of déjà vu, which reminded him of the landscape painting that might contain Wen Tao's treasure. But if you look closely, the two are very different and probably not related.
But in any case, this jade mirror gave Meng Zitao a very unusual feeling, and his intuition faintly reminded him that the jade mirror was very important to him.
Although this jade mirror is very important, Meng Zitao still told the truth, talked about the situation of this jade mirror, and evaluated it according to the market price.
The old bow said in surprise: "This thing is also worth 800,000?"
Meng Zitao said: "Yes, it has excellent jade quality, excellent carving skills, and a large enough diameter to estimate 800,000 yuan." ”
The ensuing surprises made the old couple overjoyed, and some couldn't come back to their senses.
In the middle of the sound, Meng Zitao asked directly: "Uncle, what are you going to do with this jade mirror?"
The old bow came back to his senses and began to hesitate again, but this time his wife spoke directly: "You recognize the price you said, right?"
"Of course. ”
"Okay, I'll sell you all these things!"
Meng Zitao smiled and nodded: "It's one million six hundred and forty-eight thousand in total, I'll make up a whole number, one hundred and six hundred and fifty thousand, what do you think?"
The old bow smiled: "Okay, this is the price, the deal is done!"
Meng Zitao signed an agreement with him, and then went to the bank to transfer money, and when the transfer was made, Meng Zitao asked the old bow if he wanted to give the money for the jade gourd, and the old bow simply agreed, and wrote a receipt to Meng Zitao.
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Back at the hotel in the evening, Meng Zitao said goodbye to Luo indifferently and returned to his room, took out the jade mirror, and couldn't wait to start researching.
It's just that after studying for half an hour, Meng Zitao didn't find anything special, and he felt a little strange in his heart, could it be that there was something wrong with his intuition this time?
This was obviously impossible, and he thought that he must have not found the key point, so he simply used his ability to inspect the inside of the entire jade mirror.
After a few minutes, Meng Zitao's face showed excitement, and there was no problem with his intuition, there was indeed a secret in this jade mirror, but this secret required specific conditions to be seen.
Meng Zitao was a little distressed at first, because he couldn't see what the specific conditions were, and he only knew that it should be related to the reflection of light. But on second thought, the jade mirror did not change much during the day, so is it possible that there will be changes at night, and what light will there be at night?
But to Mencius's distress, it was only the beginning of the month, and he would definitely not be able to find the right light of the moon. One way was to wait a while, but Mencius couldn't wait, so he went to find some lamps to simulate the moonlight.
The light of the moonlight is relatively dark, and it is not easy to simulate it without suitable things, Meng Zitao went to a few supermarkets that were still open, found a few table lamps but was not very satisfied, and finally he was lucky to find a lunar lamp that could simulate the moon.
After going back, Meng Zitao directly tried the moon lamp, put the jade mirror under the light, and he first adjusted to the white light, the light was relatively dim, which matched the brightness of the moonlight.
Because the landscape and human face are carved on the back, Meng Zitao put the back of the jade mirror to the light, waited for a while, there was no effect, and then, he turned the jade mirror over, and after a while, an amazing situation happened, the surface of the jade mirror actually faintly appeared scene, but it was not very obvious.
After about a minute, Mencius finally saw clearly, first of all, there was a mountain, there was a small river flowing from the foot of the mountain, in addition, there was a fairy child standing on the mountainside, the fairy child's hair combed in a low bun, his face was gentle and smiling, his hands held the fairy peach, as a dedication, the figure was graceful, the dress was elegant, and the ribbon was wrapped around the body.
Meng Zitao was very surprised that he was able to show these scenes, and the author's skills are superb, which can be seen!
Other than that, nothing else appeared on the jade mirror.
After that, Mencius hypothesized that if this picture was related to the landscape figure picture he had seen earlier, that is, it involved the treasure left by Wen Tao, then the place where this treasure was buried was probably within the range of Xiantong.
However, the difficulty now is that it is difficult to find the mountain, because thousands of years have passed, and the terrain must have changed to a greater or lesser extent, such as earthquakes, landslides, mudslides, etc.
Especially during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a magnitude 8 earthquake in that area, when the Sichuan plain cracked, the suburbs moved, the roads changed, the trees were upside down, and the Qianmo was even more reversed. The five mountains were shaken, and the universe was shaken. The valley changes, the rising becomes a fu, the lower becomes a ravine, or the gangfu falls into the flat ground, or the flat land protrudes into the mountain, the gushing becomes a spring, and the crack is ...... Mountains and rivers migrate for four or five miles, surging sand and sinking for thousands of miles.
Under the devastation of this kind of earthquake, even if Wen Tao did have treasures, could he still find them?
This is one of the main reasons why it has been so long and the exact address has not been found.