This kind of rattan box has also had one in Jane before, which is similar to this size and style, or when Jane Er rented a house outside, the previous tenant left it, the landlord didn't throw it away, and Jane Er changed hands to her when she came to rent the house. Don't look at this thing, it doesn't look good, but it's still good to put things, it's durable, and it's very lightweight, easy to move, and it's a good choice for clothes or books and newspapers.

But the weight of the two almost identical boxes is different, this one is obviously a lot heavier, Jian Er picked up the box and shook it gently, hmm? The center of gravity of the box is wrong! In order to test whether there is something wrong with her feelings, Jian Er used one hand to support the center of the bottom of the box, and then lifted it, and sure enough, the box began to tilt to the side and began to slide downward, so frightened that Jian Er hurriedly stretched out her other hand to hold it.

"Girl, what are you doing?" Old Man Song, who looked back and saw Jian Er's funny appearance, was speechless.

With a smirk, Jane grabbed the box and walked into the house.

Looking at the dirty box in Jian Er's hand, the old man couldn't help but speak: "Girl, it's okay, why are you collecting this rag? This thing has no collection value," looked Jian Er up and down, and quipped, "You don't want to take this rag back as firewood!"

"Burn, I'll dig out the treasure later, don't hammer your chest!"

"Bao?" If this was said by someone else, Old Man Song might not be the same thing, after all, this thing has passed his eyes, and he has a lot of value in his heart, this is simply a tattered, and it is still too much to collect the goods. But when these words came out of Jian Er's mouth, the old man was a little attentive, after all, the example of Buddha beads was still in front of him.

took the box in Jian Er's hand, looked up and down, touched left and right, and didn't find anything wrong! What kind of treasure is there, tell me about it!"

"You look carefully!" Jian Er didn't answer, but simply used her hand to make a ruler to compare the height of the box, the height of the top to the bottom, and finally used a finger to compare the thickness of the box, this time there is no need for Jane to say, Old Man Song immediately reacted when he saw her series of actions.

"There is a mezzanine at the bottom!" blurted out the four words from the old man's mouth, his eyes lit up, his face was red, and the old man Song felt that his heartbeat was speeding up, combined with the words of the middle-aged man before, this thing that was hidden so hidden, it is said to be an object of "family heirlooms", maybe those books are just a trick, and the real treasure is here.

"Grandpa Song, borrow a knife. ”

"Okay, be careful, be careful not to break what's inside. Old Man Song couldn't help but instruct again and again while handing over the knife.

"Don't worry, it will!" Holding a knife, he carefully cut the bottom plate on the light side slowly, don't look at this rattan box and look old, but this toughness is really good, Jian Er cut it for a long time before slowly cutting the ground.

Dismantling the inner bottom panel, some broken vine grass appeared in the eyes of the two of them.

"It can't be all the broken grass inside. Jian'er, who didn't find a treasure inside, was very depressed, really, Bai was happy, and grabbed the rattan grass under her with a little anger, "Doubt? What is this?" It turned out that there were small squares wrapped tightly in the vine grass.

Jian Er was about to reach out and take it, when a pair of white gloves appeared in front of her: "Girl, put on the gloves and talk about it." ”

blushed, he would have made such a low-level mistake, fortunately Lu Zong was not around, otherwise he would have to be cleaned up.

Under the cover of the rattan grass, there is a half of the box neatly stacked with blocks wrapped in layers of oil, because there is a rattan grass in the middle as a buffer, so no matter how it is shaken, these squares will not collide together and make any sound.

Take out all the cubes and arrange them neatly on the table.

"Grandpa Song, guess what's in here?" Looking at the tightly wrapped small square, Jian Er asked.

"It's hard to say!" Old Man Song looked stern, looked at it carefully, looked at the collection carefully, and made so many cover-ups, maybe he responded to Jian Yatou's previous words, there is a 'treasure' here, "Girl, come here, open it and take a look." ”

Taking a deep breath, Jane Er stretched out her hand.

When all the small squares were opened and neatly arranged together, Old Man Song and Jian Er couldn't help but take a breath.

It turns out that in addition to the top of the oil paper, these small squares are carefully wrapped in three layers of muslin cloth inside, and the innermost is a delicate small box, and then a small box, each box is the same thing - ancient ink!

"Really?" When the old man's eyes saw the ink ingots in the box, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, wondering if he was dazzled, "Ziyuguang!

"Old man, is it really purple jade light?" Jian Er also poked her head over.

Purple jade light, made by Cao Sugong, the four great ink makers of the Qing Dynasty, was dedicated to the emperor during Kangxi's southern tour, and was appreciated by Emperor Kangxi, and the name of purple jade light was given to the emperor.

Old Man Song gently picked up a piece of ink ingot, rubbed it repeatedly to observe, gently tapped, and then put it under his nose and sniffed it lightly, and finally said with certainty: "This is exactly the 'purple jade light' made by Cao Sugong." Girl, you see, this ink ingot not only has the pure black color of ancient ink, but also has a simple fragrance. If you look closely at its texture, it is as hard as jade, the surface is haircut, showing a strong spirit, the color is black and purple, and the hands are heavy...... , 'Purple Jade Light', I didn't expect that I would be able to see so many pieces of ......" Speaking of this, the old man's voice trembled a little with excitement.

"Grandpa Song, look at this piece!" Jian Er opened the last box and couldn't help but exclaim.

When Old Man Song saw clearly the ink ingots in the box in Jian Er's hand, he couldn't control it anymore, and he clutched his chest and gasped! He only felt that he had a heart and was about to be unable to stand it! What he had seen that day was really beyond his imagination!

Seeing the old man's appearance, Jian Er was so frightened that Jian Er hurriedly put the box in her hand on the table, helped the old man to sit down on the chair on the side, and stretched out her hand to help the old man breathe.

After a while, Old Man Song finally eased up.

"Girl, bring over the ink ingot you just took and I'll take a closer look!" Old Man Song, who was finally calmed down, couldn't wait to ask Mo first.

"Are you alright?" Jian Er hesitated a little, the old man's appearance just now scared her.

"It's okay, I'll be fine if you don't show me!" Seeing that Jian'er didn't react, the old man pushed Jian'er anxiously, urging her to move quickly.

Jian'er had no choice but to comply with the old man's wishes.

Wrapped in yellow silk, a rectangular black ink ingot appeared. On one side of the ink ingot, the upper end is two gold-painted dragons, the dragons open their teeth and dance their claws, and they appear extraordinary! In the middle of the two dragons, there are two lacquered gold characters of "Royal Ink", which show their luxurious atmosphere. At the lower end of the dragon's tail, there is a lacquered red seal.

The old man took out a high-powered magnifying glass in his jacket pocket with trembling hands and looked at it carefully.

Time passed minute by minute, and the old man's expression became more and more strict, and finally, he finally put down the magnifying glass in his hand, gently put the box back on the table, and closed his eyes: "Girl, do you know what ink this is?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be 'Li Tingmo'. Jane replied.

Nodding, Old Man Song continued to ask, "Do you know anything about this ink?"

"I guess I know something. Jian Er said, in fact, she is interested in this kind of ink because of Lu Zong, Lu Zong mentioned this ink when explaining to Jian Er, and he admired Li Tingmo very much between words, calling it a good product in the study, you must know that Lu Zong's vision is high, and this praise is rare to come out of his mouth, and even he said good things Jian Er is curious. For this reason, she also deliberately turned over a lot of information, so she still has a certain understanding of "Li Tingmo" Jian'er.

Li Tingqi's original surname was Xi, a native of Yishui (now Yixian County, Hebei) in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the fifth dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was social turmoil, and Li Tingqi followed his father Li Chao and his family to live in Shezhou (now Shexian County) in Anhui Province. Father and son make a living from ink, the Li family's ink-making pine smoke is light, the gum quality is good, the seasoning is even, the hammer is fine, it is said that after fifty or sixty years of storage, it is still "as hard as jade, its lines are like rhinos". Li Tingjue's ink-making technology is particularly high, the selection of materials is excellent, the ink is made of garcinia cambogia, pearl, croton, musk, pine smoke, etc., with the characteristics of tight jade, such as rhinoceros, and no damage to the inkstone, and the process is famous far and wide. The ink made "its strength can be cut wood", and some people have used it to copy one and a half parts of the "Huayan Sutra", and only grind it down an inch. Moreover, this ink has been stored for hundreds of years, and there is "borneol" when grinding. The Song people called it "the first product in the world".

The emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty often used Li Jiamo to reward meritorious heroes, and after Song Taizu, all emperors wrote edicts with Tingqi ink. Every year, Huizhou has to pay a tribute of 1,000 catties of ink to the imperial court. Due to the monopoly of the rulers, it was difficult to buy the ink made by the Li father and son in the market, and during the Xuanhe period, there was a strange shortage of "gold can be obtained, but the ink of the Li family is not available". During the Qingli period, a piece of Tingqi ink was sold for 10,000 yuan. There is a sentence in the Song Dynasty poet Chao Chongzhi's "Ancient Ink Song" that praises Li Mo: "The old Confucian is really lucky, and there is no reason to buy a daughter." In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Li Mo became a rare treasure.

Qianlong has always loved calligraphy, and Li Mo is regarded as a treasure, especially when he tastes the cloud-like ornamentation on the ink body, he feels as if it is like spring rain. Coincidentally, at the same time as he got Li Mo, the suburbs of Beijing really liked the spring rain, and then successively received reports of rain in Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan and other places, so he was extremely happy, thinking that Li Mo was an auspicious omen, and the plaque of the "Moyun Room" in the study where Li Mo was stored was stored. In addition, he also invited the princes and ministers to come to watch the ancient ink and write poems together. In this way, Li Mo's worth is even higher.

And this piece of ink Qianlong Emperor has not been willing to use, so it has been kept until now. Today, this piece of ink is preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. This is also the only authentic Li Tingmo recognized in the world.

Nodding, Old Man Song was very satisfied with what Jian Er said, and suddenly, the old man straightened his color and said to Jian Er: "Girl, the old man has something to ask you to be cheeky ...... "RS."