In the center of the passionflower pointed out by the army, there is indeed a place that looks like a place that can be taken out, but Meng Zitao has tried it just now, whether he wants to take it out with a tool or press it in, there is no response. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Dajun said: "Could this be because of the relationship between rust and death?"

"You mean a little bit harder?"

"I think I should give it a try. ”

"Okay, I'll try. ”

Meng Zitao tried to increase his strength and pressed it inside, but nothing changed at first, and then he increased his strength by half a point.

"There it is!"

Just as the army said, it is really possible that this place is rusted, and as the strength increases, it can be slowly pressed.

Meng Zitao perked up, and hurriedly added a little more strength, so that the speed was a lot faster, and with a crisp sound of "click", the top cover of the box popped up.

Meng Zitao took it out and took a look, only to see that there were ten bronze figures inside, and their appearance was exactly the same as the characters engraved on the top cover.

The bronze figure is about 323 centimeters high, and it is made vividly, and it looks like the limbs and other places, like a real person, there are obvious joints, and it should be able to move.

Ten bronze figures were placed side by side in the sky, and there was a chest at each end, but this box was wooden. On the left, there is also a key that stands up.

"What is this?" asked the army curiously.

Meng Zitao thought for a moment and said: "Not surprisingly, this should be the bronze man in "The Bronze Man Plays the West Chamber". ”

""The Bronze Man Plays the West Chamber?" Dajun asked.

"It's a story in a notebook novel. Meng Zitao briefly repeated it to the army.

This story takes place in the 29th year of Qianlong, when Westerners paid tribute to the imperial court with ten bronze organs. These ten organ people can perform a "Legend of the West Chamber".

Each of these organs is more than a foot tall, and the body, ears, eyes, hands and feet are all made of copper, and the heart, stomach, kidneys, intestines, etc. are organically connected, and the production method is similar to that of a chiming bell.

When these robots come out on the show, they all have a key to open. When turned on, there is a certain procedure. If the programs are reversed, then their sitting and lying behaviors will be confused.

If it is opened according to the program, Zhang Sheng, Yingying, Hongniang, Huiming, Fa Cong and others can open the box by themselves, wear their outfits, change their figures, and make concessions and retreats, just like real people, but there is no singing. At the end of the play, the robots will unload their belongings and lie down in the box.

When they appear again in the future, they will stand up again on their own with the key and re-enter the performance.

"You mean that as long as the key is opened according to a certain procedure, these bronze men will play the Legend of the West Chamber? This is unlikely, right?"

You have to say that with the current technology, the army thinks it is no problem, but from the twenty-ninth year of Qianlong to the present, it has been more than two hundred years, and at that time, it is really unimaginable that he can make such a delicate thing.

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Whether it will work or not, let's try it and find out." ”

"Do you know how to drive it?" asked the army.

"I read about this from a unique notebook in my master's possession. ”

In fact, when Meng Zitao saw the relevant content recorded in the notes, he also felt that it should be false, besides, this story is from a novel, how can it be in reality?

Unexpectedly, he accidentally got it today, and now I feel incredible when I think about it.

According to the record in his notebook, Meng Zitao alternated several circles clockwise and counterclockwise.

Then, to the surprise of the two, they saw ten bronze figures sit up like real people, then support their bodies with their hands, and stand up one after another.

Then, these bronze figures were orderly divided into two groups, walked to the box next to them, and opened the box for the first two bronze figures and began to dress.

At this time, Meng Zitao noticed that the clothes were still very new, and he didn't know what they were made of, but more than two hundred years had passed, and they had not been affected much.

Get dressed, just like in the story, these bronze men began to play the role of the West Chamber, except that there was no voice, they were completely like real people, and they acted vividly.

After performing a "Legend of the West Chamber", they returned to their original positions and lay down.

All this, Meng Zitao and the army were stunned and amazed, and at the same time, they also didn't want to understand how the makers made these bronze figures with the level of science and technology back then.

For the next afternoon, Meng Zitao was admiring and studying these bronze figures, because he couldn't disassemble the box and the bronze figures, of course he couldn't study anything, and finally had to go back and talk about it.

In the evening, Meng Hongchang returned to Yangcheng, he should have come over in the morning, but the company had some things for him to deal with, and he bought some gifts to thank the father and son who saved him.

In the evening, Zhang Jingqiang came back, and everyone had dinner together.

During the banquet, Meng Zitao touched a cup with Zhang Jingqiang, and then asked, "Did Shen Qiucheng catch anyone over there?"

"I caught it in the morning. Zhang Jingqiang said with a smile: "This guy is a stupid thief, thinking that after watching a few movies, he will be able to blackmail, and it is estimated that he will have to eat prison for a while." ”

"What the hell did he think?" Meng Zitao was curious about this man's motives.

Zhang Jingqiang said with a smile: "This guy is a security guard in the community, and the nanny hired by Shen Fatzi is from the same village, and the two have a bit of that kind of relationship." Because he was short of money, he hit the idea on Shen Fatzi's head, so he got the key from the nanny. ”

Originally, he just wanted to steal a little money, but Shen Fatzi didn't have the habit of putting cash in that villa, so he stole the painting, thinking that it should be no problem for the painting to be worth 20,000 yuan. And he felt that 20,000 yuan was just a small amount of money for Shen Fatzi, and he shouldn't be able to stir up the public. ”

"This guy is stupid. Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head, a powerful boss's family was stolen, not to mention 20,000 yuan, even if it was two yuan, it would be found out that it would be a big deal, after all, it was related to their safety.

"Yes. ”

Zhang Jingqiang laughed, and then said, "By the way, will you go back tomorrow?"

Meng Zitao said: "I'm going to play in Yangcheng for two more days and visit the antique market." ”

"Mr. Zhang, I also want to stay in Yangcheng for two days before going back. Meng Hongchang pointed to his face, a little embarrassed.

Zhang Jingqiang immediately understood Meng Hongchang's thoughts, nothing more than because the scars on his face had not faded, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain when he went back, so he smiled and said, "Okay, then you and Zitao can go back together." It just so happened that I learned from Shen Fatzi that there will be an auction in three days, do you want to go and join in the fun?"

"What auction?" Meng Zitao asked.

Zhang Jingqiang said: "The things that were confiscated in the auction illegally, there are some imitations of first-class cultural relics, all of which are high-quality products, and I think it is good to auction two pieces." ”

Meng Hongchang was a little strange when he heard this: "Why is it illegal to imitate cultural relics?"

Meng Zitao said: "Brother Hongchang, you should look at the law in this regard, there is indeed no relevant provision in this regard in the Cultural Relics Law, but there are clear provisions in the "Conditions for the Implementation of the Cultural Relics Protection Law", and the reproduction of national second-class cultural relics must be approved by the provincial department, let alone first-class cultural relics. ”

"This kind of thing, we really don't care much about it, and very few people are arrested for making high imitations, but if they are really caught, they will only be confiscated. ”

Meng Hongchang scratched his head: "I really don't know about this, I must memorize it when I go back." ”

Zhang Jingqiang nodded and said: "Yes, we are a regular company after all, and we still need to understand this aspect thoroughly." ”

Meng Zitao had never been to this kind of auction before, and he wanted to go to see the excitement this time, so he made an appointment to wait for the auction to end before going back.

"By the way, do you want to go over there in Shen Qiucheng?" Meng Zitao asked.

Zhang Jingqiang said: "He has something to go back to Xiangjiang, let me tell you that you don't have to go." ”

"Row ......"

After dinner, everyone chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest.

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The next morning, Meng Zitao and his party went out, but Zhang Jingqiang did not go together because the matter had not been dealt with.

The three of them took a taxi to an antique market in Yangcheng, which is known as one of the top ten antique markets in China, specializing in ancient ceramics, celebrity calligraphy and painting, four treasures, jade and jade, and different types of new and old artworks, and there are many of them with high materials, exquisite craftsmanship, and rare and precious products.

In addition, it is also a distribution center for the return of overseas cultural relics, and many overseas or local merchants take advantage of the convenience of Yangcheng entry and exit, Xiangjiang and foreign places to collect antiques and bring them back here, and then flow to all parts of the country.

Of course, it would be naïve to think that the repatriated cultural relics must be genuine.

When you get off the bus, you will see an antique street mixed with private houses. This is an antique professional street about a kilometer long, and although it is not a day off, there are still a lot of passers-by.

Walking into the antique street, Meng Hongchang said: "I heard from a friend here that this place will be demolished starting next year, and I don't know where these vendors will go." ”

Meng Zitao said: "There is no way, the times are developing, and some places are lagging behind, so we have to go through this step." However, this antique market is very famous, and even if it is demolished and rebuilt, it should still exist. ”

Everyone walked and chatted, visited a few antique shops, basically every household no matter how many old things, it really matched the reputation of the antique market.

Walking into an antique shop, Meng Zitao found that the most conspicuous place was a candlestick, the shape was very simple, the pedestal was a lotus, and the candle head was a ruffle, which was very plain.

After Meng Zitao saw it, he whispered to Meng Hongchang: "When you see the lotus decoration, it can generally be considered that it is after the Sui and Tang dynasties, because the lotus flower was popularized into life after the prosperity of Buddhism in the Han and Tang dynasties, and it is unlikely to be a pre-Han ......."

Meng Hongchang nodded, keeping Meng Zitao's introduction firmly in mind.

In addition, next to the candlestick, there is also a pair of pastel-colored baby play bottles, which are introduced as "Hong Xiannian year".

Meng Zitao took a look, it is true that the baby play bottle is a thing of the Republic of China, but it is not made by Hong Xiannian, so it is difficult to say. Because the history of Hongxian was very short, only more than 80 days, some people specially marked this paragraph at that time, in order to show the rarity and preciousness, and increase the price.

Meng Zitao asked about the price and lost interest, because it was too different from his bottom line. And there are only guys in the store, so it's not convenient to bargain.

Then, Meng Zitao looked at the other things in the store, and one of the letterseals intrigued him.

The so-called letter seal is the seal as a certificate in ancient times, this letter seal is the overprint of the mother and child, which is a seal that is composed of two or three sets of sizes, usually the large seal is made into the shape of a female beast, and then the middle belly of the seal is hollowed out, so that the small seal made into a small beast is hidden in it. Because of this shape, it resembles a mother beast embracing a child beast, so it is called "child and mother seal". This kind of seal began in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

This child and mother seal was made in the Han Dynasty, square, turtle button, bronze material, the mother seal and the child seal are engraved with clear text, and are well preserved.

Meng Zitao asked the guy about the price, but the price given by the guy was still very high, and he was still holding on to the price, which made Meng Zitao a little suspicious that the guy had any plans to make a business.

Since the guy refused to let go, Meng Zitao did not force it, so he was ready to turn around and leave

。 At this time, there was a stall of bronze utensils next to it, and something that looked like a copper mirror attracted his attention.

Meng Zitao walked over, picked it up and took a look, and found that it was actually a flaming mirror.

I believe everyone has heard the story of the Suiren clan drilling wood to make fire. As a tool for making fire, "flint" is divided into wooden flint and yang flint.

Wood flint is a tool for drilling wood to make fire, and it appeared in the Homo sapiens period. The appearance of the yang sui is compared, its principle is to use sunlight to make fire, is a kind of concave copper mirror with great curvature.

Yang Sui is a derivative of bronze mirror casting, it is completely consistent with the characteristics of the bronze mirror modeling, copper, ornamentation, polishing finish and other characteristics of the same era, the difference is that the back of the bronze mirror is flat and convex spherical, while the back of Yang Sui is concave spherical.

Shen Kuo recorded in "Mengxi Writings" that when he placed a concave copper mirror under the sun, its light was concentrated inward. At a distance of one or two inches from the mirror, the light gathers into a point, as big as a hemp, and it catches fire when it touches something.

When the ancients went out, they often wore a very small penis around their waist for backup. According to the "Zhou Li", Zhou Tianzi specially set up the "Si Xuan Clan" as the official in charge of Yangsui, responsible for "taking the open fire from the sun". When marching or hunting, the flint is a must-have, "the left is a golden flint, the right is a wooden flint", so that when the sun is clear, the golden flint is used to make fire, and when it is cloudy, the wood is drilled into the wood to make fire. Later, such regulations were even formed for a time, and they were followed until the Han Dynasty.

Yang Sui because of the fire in the sun, close to the sky, the fire is the heavenly fire, so it is mostly used for divination and sacrifice, and the wood fire is used in the five trees (willow, mulberry, acacia, sandalwood, etc.), close to people, just for cooking.

After the Han Dynasty, with the development of iron-smelting technology, iron yangsui appeared, and the use of yangsui was more extensive. During the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, it was popular to pretend to be the yang sui with the handle. In the Song Dynasty, there was a two-sided yang mirror, the convex surface can illuminate, and the concave surface can make fire.

In modern times, due to the widespread use of matches, lighters and other materials, yang sui naturally withdrew from people's daily life. (To be continued.) )