Mencius carved that the amount of food he began to increase when he absorbed the spiritual energy in the Shangqing Pearl. At the beginning, he just ate a little more than before, but a little more every day, and it became the current amount of food.

Fortunately, the amount of food is no longer increasing now, and there is no discomfort in his body, otherwise, he will definitely have to go to the hospital to check his body to see if there is any problem.

As for the reason for the increase in the amount of food, Meng Zitao felt that it should be the relationship between strengthening his physical fitness after practicing the mental method. During this time, in addition to the increase in strength, he measured his height two days ago, and actually grew a centimeter, which made him feel very surprised.

Sometimes, Meng Zitao also wonders if he will eventually become like the grandmaster or Superman in the movie if he continues like this. At that time, I will definitely become the object of admiration of thousands of people, and I feel excited just thinking about it.

Of course, he was just fantasizing, not to mention anything else, the aura was magical enough, but it could only increase some power, let alone others.

After joking a few words with Zheng Yaxin, Meng Zitao asked, "By the way, I forgot to ask last time, what happened to the rat?"

Zheng Yaxin smiled and said, "It's nothing, just lock him up for a few days." ”

"Really?" Meng Zitao didn't believe in this answer, if it was just like that, why would the mouse spread his anger on his head, although this matter was his guess, but judging from various clues, he might believe it higher than ninety percent.

However, Zheng Yaxin did not answer, but laughed out loud.

This made Meng Zitao a little confused, so he asked Song Yiming, "Yiming, what's going on?"

Before Song Yiming could speak, Zheng Yaxin smiled breathlessly and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that a few creatures who love chrysanthemums are locked up with him." ”

Meng Zitao was a little confused at first, but immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "This is too ruthless, and besides, with the dignity of the mouse, those people can actually do it, it's really amazing." ”

Imagining the scene at that time, Meng Zitao couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Zheng Yaxin said with a smile: "Isn't it often said on the Internet that it's the same when the lights are turned off." ”

Meng Zitao was speechless for a while, and said: "If your grandfather knows about this, he will have to scold you." ”

"Didn't I let him know. Zheng Yaxin waved her fist and warned: "I warn you, if I know that you told my grandfather about this, I must make you look good!"

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head: "I don't know who will be 'lucky' to marry you in the future." ”

Song Yiming also "silently mourned" Zheng Yaxin's future object for three seconds in his heart.

Zheng Yaxin wrinkled her nose: "What's so good about getting married, I don't want to get married!"

"When you're older, you won't think so. ”

Meng Zitao laughed secretly, and when he was about to speak, he saw two young people walking in from outside the door, and these two people Meng Zitao had some impressions that they were two of the young people who had come to his shop a few days ago.

Meng Zitao stood up, greeted him, and asked with a smile, "Two, do you need anything today?"

Among the two, the older one surnamed Wang, he smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know if you can help you look at something?"

Meng Zitao smiled and nodded, then led the two to the table and motioned for them to take out the things to be identified.

The young man surnamed Wang took out something wrapped in newspaper from the pocket he was carrying, opened it and saw that there were two seals inside, one of copper and the other of jade.

"It turned out to be a seal. Zheng Yaxin said.

Meng Zitao picked up the bronze seal and said, "To be precise, this is called a monogram. ”

"Monogram?" Zheng Yatie looked a little puzzled: "Isn't it a seal, why do you call it a monogram?"

Song Yiming said: "I know this, the flower stamp is also known as the signature seal, which is actually a personal name or font size through cursive writing and changing into a symbol similar to a pattern. It is said that during the Song Dynasty, the custom of signing monograms was very popular, and many literati and artists had their own very unique monograms. In the Yuan Dynasty, it became more popular, so it was called Yuan Charge. ”

"Why is it more popular in the Yuan Dynasty?" asked Zheng Yaxin a little strangely.

Song Yiming shook his head: "I don't know much about this. ”

"It's simple. The young man surnamed Wang said with a smile: "Many of the Mongolian ancients and Semu people who were officials in the Yuan Dynasty were illiterate at all, let alone holding a pen to sign and draw a pledge. So some people proposed to use a monogram instead of a pen to sign, and the effect was remarkable, and the result became popular. ”

Zheng Yatie said in disbelief: "No, can you still be illiterate as an official?"

The young man surnamed Wang said with a smile: "I have a well-founded basis for saying this, and it is recorded in Ming Tao Shenyi's "Nancun Dropout Record", "(Yuan) is an official, and most of them are unable to hold a pen and a monogram, and they are deeply resentful, and they are printed with Chinese examples as ivory or woodcuts." ”

Meng Zitao added: "The people on horseback were normal to be illiterate at that time. ”

After speaking, he carefully observed the monograph in his hand, this monogram is square, the beast button, and the inscription should be a king character, which looks quite exquisite.

After seeing the monogram, Mencius Tao took the other seal in his hand, this is a white jade carved beast button, the jade quality is average, the seal button carved unicorn beast, the image of the limbs is thick, the hair is smooth, from this point of view, the author should have a certain skill.

In addition, there is a side section on the printed body, the old man of Baishi, and the propylene of Bingxu. The inscription is a name that Meng Zitao has never heard of, and it should be a private seal.

Looking at the hopeful eyes of the young man surnamed Wang, Meng Zitao said: "Mr. Wang, I'm really sorry, I can't see these two seals well. ”

When the two young men heard this, they were both stunned, obviously unable to accept this result.

Before they could ask, Zheng Yaxin asked, "Brother Meng, I think these two seals are quite old-fashioned, what's the problem?"

The two young men also looked at Meng Zitao with a blank look, wanting to hear the answer he gave.

"Let's talk about this monogram first. ”

Anyway, it's okay to be idle, and you can increase your fame a little, Meng Zitao was not polite, so he opened his mouth to explain: "To distinguish the authenticity of bronze, patina is a very important factor, according to my experience, whether the rust color of the ancient seal is true or false, the key is to see whether the rust color is integrated with the seal." ”

"Generally speaking, the rust color of the real seal is mostly black or green, and it looks like it grows in the print, which can play a protective role in the print. And the pseudo-rust is made, it is unnatural to look at, and most of them fall off as soon as they are picked, everyone looks at the rust color of this seal...... In addition, the ancient seal is naturally interesting, without any sense of artificiality, and this square seal ......"

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, the young man surnamed Wang immediately had a wry smile on his face, he didn't expect that he felt that there were so many flaws in opening the door to replace things.

Meng Zitao continued: "Speaking of which, the production time of this monogram should be within a few years, which is quite recognizable, you should be more careful of the forged monogram during the Republic of China." ”

"What do you mean?"

Meng Zitao explained: "In the Republic of China, it was very common to forge a monogram, for example, if someone went to an antique shop and asked the boss for a monogram engraved with his surname, the boss would say that the thing was not available now, and he would pay attention to find it, and if he found it, he would contact him." ”

After that, the boss would go to the counterfeiter to make the monogram according to the pattern, and when it was ready, the boss would contact the guest and say that he had found the monogram he wanted, and that it took a lot of effort to find it. The guests believed it and were grateful, while both the owner and the counterfeiter benefited. ”

"Because of this situation, a considerable part of the yuan seal on the market is actually obtained in this way, so when buying a flower charge, you must be careful. ”

The young man surnamed Wang hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Meng, how should this kind of flower be identified?"

"Hmph!" Zheng Yaxin said with some dissatisfaction: "You are a little shameless, is this experience casually told to you?"

"Yaxin, how do you speak?"

Meng Zitao reprimanded her slightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, my sister is young, I hope you don't worry about her." ”

The young man surnamed Wang hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay! Shopkeeper Meng, what's wrong with the other party's seal?"

Meng Zitao said: "There is no problem with the material and inscription of this seal, the problem lies in the side paragraph. ”

"Margin?" The young man surnamed Wang immediately understood, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that it is really not easy to encounter such a good thing as picking up leaks." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Mr. Wang, you shouldn't know the characteristics of Qi Baishi's knife technique, right?"

The young man nodded: "Indeed, I just think that the side items on the seal are quite meaningful, so I think it is genuine." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head secretly, this paragraph does not match the artistic conception at all, if he wants him to say, it is just a skilled seal carving. Of course, this is a matter of eyesight, and there is nothing to say.

Meng Zitao said: "Qi Baishi's knife technique is 'single knife side rush straight forward', showing the strength of Ling Li's swiftness and uprightness. And your seal can't see this feature at all, not surprisingly, it should be added later, which will undoubtedly affect the value of the seal. ”

Speaking of which, in the antique world, there are many such things that add to the snake for profit. In addition to seals, the same is true for calligraphy and painting works, for example, some old calligraphy and paintings in the process of circulation, because of poor storage, it is inevitable that there will be smoke and fire, or some are missing, such as some missing shafts, moth-eaten traces, and even cracks in the picture, but the whole is basically intact.

In the eyes of connoisseurs, there is basically no problem with this kind of thing, after all, it is not easy to pass it on for hundreds of years. However, in the hands of some operators, for their own interests, they either re-frame or find inferior craftsmen to repair them, often making them unrecognizable, and even giving people the suspicion of counterfeiting, and the value of a good thing is greatly damaged.