"Well, it works."

Gao Dequan nodded, hung the small and delicate copper smoked ball in the air, looked at it for a while, and then said with a smile: "Things from the Ming Dynasty have been around for hundreds of years now, and it is rare that the rust spots have not penetrated the inside of the metal, which shows that the quality of this smoked ball is high." ”

"That's right, after the rust spots come off, I gently wipe the smoked balls with a rag, and I can see that the surface exudes a faint metallic luster." Wang Guan was in a good mood, indicating that his vision was getting better and better.

"It's really good."

Gao Dequan said with a smile: "Don't think that the smoked ball is hollowed out and feels very soft, in fact, it is a piece of hard and complete metal copper, which is first forged into a hemispherical shape, and then carved a little bit. Both hemispheres are made in this way, so even though they look light and thin, they may not be able to be flattened even if you pedal them. ”

"I understand this."

Wang Guan smiled: "I knew it when I picked it up, the smoked ball looks hollow, and the outside is very exquisite, but it is very weighty in the hand, indicating that the copper sheet is very dense and the quality is definitely not bad." ”

"Nice stuff, much better than this painting." Gao Dequan smiled: "How much did you buy it?" ”

"More than a thousand." Wang Guan sighed and said: "I bought it in an antique shop, and the price can't be suppressed. ”

"It's okay, if you are willing to transfer, it is estimated that someone is willing to pay 350,000 yuan to take it." Gao Dequan said with a smile: "Besides, if you open your door to do business, you have to consider the cost of operation." The price can't be pressed too hard, otherwise people won't do your business. ”

"That's ...... too"

Wang Guan nodded, and finally chatted with Gao Dequan for a long time before leaving Jigu Zhai. After that, I took a taxi for more than ten minutes before I finally came back to the villa.

After a few days away, the villa was still clean. It can be seen that the work service of the housekeeping company is still relatively trustworthy. Inspected the bedroom and study. Even when I entered the treasure house, I saw that the treasures in the collection were all there, and there was no trace of someone turning it over. This made Wang Guan completely relieved, and then the fatigue of the journey suddenly came up.

At this time, Wang Guan felt heavy eyelids. I could barely open my eyes, so I threw down the duffel bag and threw myself into the quilt on the bed. Then, as soon as you close your eyes, you fall asleep.

When Wang Guan woke up, it was pitch black outside the window, and it was obviously night. After sleeping enough, Wang Guan got up, but found that he was hungry, but unfortunately the refrigerator was empty. I had to call for takeout again.

During the delivery of takeaways, Wang Guan ran to the bathroom to take a hot shower, and his fatigue was suddenly swept away.

Soon after. Takeaway delivered. Wang Guan filled his stomach and decided to go to the big purchase tomorrow to fill the refrigerator. At the same time, after returning home for the Chinese New Year, you must persuade your parents to move in.

Otherwise, the whole villa is empty, there is not even a person to talk to, and it feels very desolate and lonely.

"Hoo ......"

Wang Guan patted his stomach, threw away the garbage, and began to sort out the things he brought back. In particular, although the value of the painting scroll is not high, it also has a certain significance, and he decided to collect it himself.

In fact, this is also Wang Guan's practice of hiding people's eyes. After all, as a collector, it is impossible for everything in your collection to be rare treasures, which is too suspicious to do so, and it is clear that you are different.

Therefore, Wang Guan felt that it was necessary to buy something of low value, but not bad, as a façade. Moreover, even if the value of something is not high, it is more than enough as an accumulation of experience.

At the same time, Wang Guan appreciates the drawing, and is also accustomed to opening up his special ability naturally, preparing to absorb the treasure above, and at the same time, he also wants to confirm the key points of Gao Dequan's identification.

However, at this moment, Wang Guan was stunned. It's not that Gao Dequan is wrong to look at it, this picture is indeed a thing of the Ming Dynasty, and now it is shining with a yellow light. However, under Wang Guan's gaze, a more brilliant golden halo bloomed in the ground pole of the scroll.

The so-called ground pole is actually a term for framed calligraphy and painting, which corresponds to the heavenly pole. The sky pole is on the top and the earth pole is on the bottom, symmetrical to each other. Ribbons are tied to the ceiling rod for hanging and tying after rewinding. The two ends of the ground rod are equipped with shaft heads, which make the mounting parts beautiful and easy to roll up.

The ground pole, to put it bluntly, is an axis, which is slightly larger than the sky pole. After the calligraphy and painting are hung on the wall with the ribbon in the sky pole, the shaft of the ground pole is a gravity, so that the calligraphy and painting fall vertically and are not easy to be blown and shaken by the wind.

Wang Guan also knew that some famous calligraphy and paintings in ancient times not only used precious silk and satin as the material for mounting, but also the poles of heaven and earth were also made of precious wood such as red sandalwood and yellow pear. Therefore, in a special case, the heaven and earth pole may be more valuable than the calligraphy and painting itself.

However, Wang saw it very clearly, the brushwork of this Zhang Tianshi picture was not very good, and the material for mounting it was just ordinary silk paper, and it was impossible to put the cart before the horse.

Moreover, only if there is a problem with the shaft of the ground pole, then Wang Guan can be sure that this incident is either accidental, or someone has deliberately hidden something else in it. However, in his opinion, the latter is more likely.

Thinking of this, Wang Guan was not in a hurry, but first collected his special ability, carefully looked at the shaft of the scroll with the naked eye, and found that the shaft had been wrapped in mounting, and he couldn't see any clues.

Seeing this situation, Wang Guan did not hesitate, immediately found a sharp knife, carefully cut a gap in the mounting material, and immediately saw that the shaft was a bamboo pipe.

Now Ziwangguan is 100% sure that there must be something hidden in the hollow bamboo pipe. At that moment, he cut some more framing to expose one end of the bamboo pipe. At this time, Wang Guan carefully looked and found that the mouth of the bamboo pipe was blocked by something and sealed with oil wax.

"It's so tight, it's definitely good stuff inside."

Wang Guan was a little happy, with the psychology of treasure hunting, slowly peeled off the oil and wax on the mouth of the bamboo pipe, and then pulled out the clogged rag strips, and then gently stretched out a finger to grope in.

For a moment, Wang Guan felt his fingers touch something soft and smooth. Of course, it's not a snake, but a fine soft fabric like silk and satin.

"Could it be a martial arts secret such as the Nine Yin True Scripture, or a secret cultivation method of Zhang Tianshi?"

Wang Guan thought about it wildly, and his fingers were gently pulled. After a while, a rolled strip of cloth was slowly pulled out of a bamboo tube more than a meter long. Then Wang Guan shook the bamboo pipe again, and it was completely empty.

In other words, in the scroll bamboo tube, only this roll of cloth is hidden.

At first, Wang Xian thought that the first layer of cloth was just packaging, and there might be other things in it. However, when he gently unfolded the soft strip of cloth, he realized that the scroll was actually a portrait.

This portrait Wang Guan is also very familiar with, it is Zhang Tianshi, who is wearing a Tai Chi yin and yang pattern robe, with a jade crown on his head, a jade bottle in his right hand, a sword behind him, and a fierce tiger riding in the picture on the ground.

However, unlike the portrait of Zhang Tianshi sketched with a brush on the ground, the portrait of Zhang Tianshi in the cloth taken out of the bamboo pipe is colorful and vivid. When you look at two paintings together, you can see the difference between a black-and-white television and a color television.

Of course, from the point of view of brushwork, the black and white portraits are slightly dull, and there are no color portraits that are bright and expressive. In particular, the fierce tiger with teeth and claws in the color painting, the moment when the fangs look back, it looks as if it is about to pounce out of the picture and bite people.

At the same time, Wang Guan also noticed that unlike the black and white portraits, which are anonymous and unsigned, the lower left corner of the color pictures is famous and stylish.

"Twenty-four years of Hongwu, Qishan!"

A few simple words, Wang Guan couldn't see any clues, but next to the words, there was a bright red text. The script is a large seal script, with a large number of words and a very close arrangement. However, Wang Guan looked carefully, but he could recognize the three words Longhu Mountain at the beginning.

"It's Dragon and Tiger Mountain again......"

Wang Guan was stunned, and he didn't want to think about it carefully, which was also very normal. After all, the painting in the picture is Zhang Tianshi, and this kind of religious figure painting may not be the work of ordinary literati, but may also be painted by Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain.

You must know that in ancient times, the world's belief in religion was not understandable to modern people. From emperors and generals to peddlers and pawns, they are all inseparable from religious beliefs, and it can be said that religious culture has been integrated into their lives.

Moreover, during the Ming Dynasty, Taoism was still thriving, especially the Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master's Mansion, which was the leader of the world's Taoism. Therefore, many princes and nobles, dignitaries and the like, do not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to Longhu Mountain, just to ask for a talisman, or to do a magic thing or something.

Anyway, at that time, the incense of Longhu Mountain was at its peak, and the Taoist priests on the mountain were of course riveting their strength...... No, it should be said that it is a painstaking effort to serve believers. What is the routine of slaying demons and drawing talismans to catch ghosts, and as for water and land rituals, calling for wind and rain, it is my own job. From time to time, alchemy and health, painting a few pictures of the heavenly master like a town house to ward off evil spirits, that is a common thing.

Wang Guan felt that it must be that after some ancient people asked for this colorful portrait of the Heavenly Master, they felt that this picture was very exquisite and expressive, and they couldn't bear to put it on the stage and burn it with incense, so they simply painted a substitute by themselves, hid the real thing inside, and then offered it. In this way, the substitution is used to withstand the burning of the incense, and the real thing is also enshrined, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Wang Guan lamented the good intentions of the ancients, but felt a little strange. In ancient times, the people who could ask for such exquisite portraits were either high-ranking officials and nobles, or landlords and gentry. Even if the genuine portrait is burned out, it is completely possible to ask for another one, is it necessary to be so careful and solemn?

For a while, Wang Guan was a little confused, and at the same time sighed that the ink on the picture was too bright, even if it had been inherited for five or six hundred years, it was still so colorful, and there was no trace of fading.

"Something seems wrong......

Suddenly, Wang Guan reached out and touched the portrait, and immediately noticed an abnormal situation.