After playing in Slender West Lake, Yang Zhi took us to He Garden, Geyuan, Zhuyu Bay, Daming Temple and other places in the next few days. And today's destination is Wang's Garden! This is the mansion of a late Qing salt merchant.

Wang's Xiaoyuan residence is three parallel horizontally, the main house is extended in three directions, the front and rear central axes run through, and the left and right compartments are symmetrical. The residential courtyards are evenly proportioned and well ventilated and light-filled. The decoration is exquisitely carved, and most of them are decorated with wood carving, brick carving, and stone carving. It is cleverly combined with the wall and the ground to complement each other. The materials are also extremely precious, including white marble, golden silk nanmu, mahogany and cypress. The decoration techniques are also diverse, with reliefs such as Yin carving, flat, shallow and deep; There are also single-sided, double-sided and other openwork carvings, rich in subject matter, birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, characters and landscapes. It can be said that it is exquisite!

After leaving Wang's Garden, a few of us began to wander the streets. After strolling around, I came to Yangzhou Antique City. Li Xiaotian came to the spirit and said that he would take us to Taobao to pick up leaks. When we entered the antique city, we began to shop one by one. Most of the antiques inside are fake, and occasionally a few genuine items are scary. It is not attached to the actual value at all. Anyway, we came to play, and we didn't think about buying anything, so we followed Li Xiaotian to shop here.

When we walked to a shop called Zangbao Zhai, we saw an old man discussing this with the owner. When I went in and listened, I realized that the old man had come to sell a family heirloom box. The old man had no money to pay the tuition because his grandson was admitted to university, so he had to sell the wooden box made of huanghuali that his family heirloom. At this time, Li Xiaotian came up and whispered: "There are the most stories in the antique shop, but 99% of them are fake!" It was made up by the seller in order to sell the thing. So the last thing you can believe in an antique shop is a story. For example, his so-and-so relatives are seriously ill and need a lot of money for treatment; Or the grandson is going to school, and his parents are not there, and there are other children going abroad, or something like that, there is no way to give away the ancestral treasure of the family. ”

Xiao Han said suspiciously: "But looking at the old man's expression, it doesn't look like he's lying!" Li Xiaotian smiled slightly and said: "Brother and sister, the most important thing in the antique shop is actors." If a director wants to film but can't find a good actor, then come to the antique shop to find it. I guarantee that he can find a lot of them, and they are still acting. They can even deceive themselves when they talk so badly, otherwise how can they deceive people! ”

Zhao Mingyang casually glanced at the wooden box in the old man's hand with his ability, and this glance really made Zhao Mingyang discover something interesting. The boss said: "Although your box is a good huanghuali, but it can't be opened, is it not necessarily a box!" Although it is an old object, few people are willing to buy a useless piece of wood! 200,000 is too much, I'll give you 10,000 at most. It's not certain whether this box is all made of huanghuali! 10,000 is already very high, if you want to keep it, if you don't want to ask somewhere else! ”

When the old man was disappointed and was about to leave, Zhao Mingyang suddenly stopped him, "Old man, can you show me the box in your hand?" The old man stopped and looked at Zhao Mingyang, and when he saw that Zhao Mingyang was only a young man in his early 20s, he said, "Don't look at it if you don't buy it!" Zhao Mingyang smiled slightly and said, "If you don't let me see it, then how can I buy it!" ”

The old man asked suspiciously, "Do you really want to buy it?" My box is not cheap. Zhao Mingyang took out his bank card with a smile and said, "I'll take a look, what's the matter if I'm satisfied, I can buy it!" The old man handed the wooden box to Zhao Mingyang suspiciously, and said, "After reading it, you have to buy it!" Li Xiaotian wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhao Mingyang. Zhao Mingyang took the wooden box and looked at it in his hand, and saw some irregular ornaments and handwriting carved on the wooden box. There are eight characters arranged irregularly on it, namely: Xun, Kun, Qian, Li, Kan, Gen, Zhen, and Dui.

After Zhao Mingyang took a look, he said, "It's not bad, it's very interesting!" How much? I want it! As he spoke, he handed the wooden box to Chen Le. The old man looked at Zhao Mingyang dumbfounded, and said, "Twenty, two hundred thousand!" Do you really want to buy it? Zhao Mingyang nodded and did not speak. After transferring the money to the old man, this box is Zhao Mingyang's.

Li Xiaotian walked up to Chen Le, took the box, looked at it, and said, "Fame, it's not worth buying this piece of wood!" Although I don't know much about miscellaneous, this piece of Huanghuali is not worth 200,000! Zhao Mingyang rolled his eyes and said, "You still play collecting, and you can't even tell the difference between wood and box!" Li Xiaotian wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Zhao Mingyang and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back and talk about it. ”

Li Xiaotian followed Zhao Mingyang back to the hotel with full doubts, and on the way, Zhao Mingyang also bought a bottle of antacid solution. After returning to the hotel, Li Xiaotian couldn't wait to ask: "Mingyang, what is the reputation of this box you bought!" It looks like a thick plank! If it's a box, then why isn't there a place to open it? ”

Zhao Mingyang smiled slightly and said, "Xiaotian, what kind of box did the ancients use to keep important things!" It's a box that's been lost for a long time. Li Xiaotian thought for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Is this a trap box!" But how the hell is this supposed to be opened? Zhao Mingyang nodded with a smile and said, "You're right, this is a trap box!" If I'm not mistaken, this should be a trap box from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Why didn't I see where the mechanism was? So do you have a way to open it? Li Xiaotian asked suspiciously. Zhao Mingyang nodded with a smile and said, "Of course I can, otherwise why would I buy it!" It's just a bit of a hassle. Xiaotian, do you see the words and patterns on it? Doesn't that sound familiar? ”

Li Xiaotian looked at those words carefully, and said suspiciously: "How do they seem to be eight words of gossip!" But the order is completely wrong, right? Zhao Mingyang smiled and said, "Yes! If the order is correct, the box opens! "Then hurry up and open it!" Li Xiaotian said excitedly.

Kindness! Zhao Mingyang nodded and said, "Don't talk to disturb me when I open the box, this thing is difficult to open." If you make one mistake, you have to start from scratch. Seeing that Zhao Mingyang said so carefully, everyone nodded and did not speak. Even Xiao Han, who was curious to try it, withdrew his hand and sat on the side and watched quietly.

Zhao Mingyang began to concentrate on opening the box, and there were sixty-four small wooden planks on the box to form this irregular shape. Zhao Mingyang wants to arrange these sixty-four small planks according to the direction of the eighty-eight sixty-four hexagrams, and then they can be opened! This is the rarest of the sixty-four trap boxes. After two failures, everyone was a little impatient.

Yang Zhi said: "Young master, it's better to pry it open!" Zhao Mingyang rolled his eyes and before he could speak, Li Xiaotian jumped up and said, "What do you know!" This is an antique, a cultural relic, and a rare trap box in the world! You didn't see the fame and spent 200,000 yuan to buy it! It's not worth a penny if you pry it open. Do you understand!! Yang Zhi said embarrassedly: "I'm watching the young master work so hard, just kidding!" But young master, it's past six o'clock, let's go eat first! I'll come back after dinner. ”

Zhao Mingyang looked at the table below, it was really more than 6:30 in the evening, so he smiled and nodded and went down to eat with them