Qin Fan held this Dongyang wood carved jewelry box with his hand, put it in the palm of his hand and gently checked the weight, and said mysteriously, "Don't you think the weight of this jewelry box is a little wrong?" ”

"Portions? There's something wrong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Meng Xiaowei was confused, and she really couldn't figure out where the mystery of this jewelry box was.

"This Dongyang wood carving jewelry box is a little pressed on the palm of the hand, and if you feel it carefully, you will find that its weight is three points heavier than that of ordinary wood carving."

In fact, at first, Qin Fan didn't notice anything wrong with this Dongyang wood carving jewelry box, until he saw a rich golden treasure light hidden in this jewelry box with his treasure pupils, and immediately realized that there was a treasure hidden in it.

"You're saying there's something in this jewelry box?" Meng Xiaowei opened the jewelry box and checked it, but she didn't find anything left inside. "No, there's nothing in there."

If it was found so easily, I am afraid that the treasure inside would have been taken away a long time ago, how could it be Qin Fan's turn to pick up the leak.

"This jewelry box shouldn't be that simple."

As he spoke, Qin Fan turned over the jewelry box, carefully observed its bottom, and gently tapped it with his fingers.

"The floor below is empty."

It's a pity that the last layer is sealed, and Qin Fan can't open it even after trying his best. So Qin Fan suppressed the excitement in his heart, calmed down and checked every corner of this jewelry box inch by inch.

Meng Xiaowei looked at the jewelry box with wide eyes, but her eyes were sour, and she didn't see what Qin Fan was doing.

"Qin Fan, what are you doing here?"

Just when Meng Xiaowei couldn't help but ask, Qin Fan felt a protruding part on the innermost layer of the jewelry box, and pressed it hard, only to hear a "click" at the bottom of the jewelry box, which startled Meng Xiaowei.

"There it is!"

Qin Fan clapped his hands happily, only to see a small piece of dark grid suddenly pop out at the bottom of the jewelry box.

The dark compartment hidden in the jewelry box was opened, and a golden light like honey entered Qin Fan and Meng Xiaowei's eyes.

"There's a treasure hidden in there!"

Meng Xiaowei looked at Qin Fan with some incredulity, and a flash of brilliance flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Every time she meets Qin Fan, she can bring her a lot of surprises, this time she spent 500 yuan to buy a jewelry box carved by Dongyang wood from the stall, and she was able to pick up the leaks and find the treasure hidden in the jewelry box.

"Hey, what is this, it's like honey, it's so beautiful."

As she spoke, Meng Xiaowei took out an object that was like solidified honey and exuded a golden luster, put it in the palm of her hand and looked at it curiously, and marveled again and again.

"This is beeswax, or a piece of high-quality old beeswax, we're lucky."

Beeswax is a variety of amber, which is a resin fossil formed by the strong stimulation of the earth's conifers by the outside world tens of millions of years ago, after secreting resin, buried deep underground due to crustal changes, and then after more than 30 or 40 million years of stratum pressure and heat.

Because the beeswax is "as colored as honey, light as wax" and so named, in Tibetan Buddhism beeswax is a very spiritual treasure, with the help of beeswax for spiritual cultivation, the effect is doubled. In Buddhism, beeswax is very fond of making Buddhist beads, believing that it can channel spirits.

In medicine, beeswax is also a soothing, diuretic, and rheumatism medicine.

Because beeswax is a non-renewable gemstone, it is very rare and precious, and the market price has been rising in the past two years. Driven by profits, there have been a lot of deceptive fake beeswax in the entertainment market over the years.

"But how can this beeswax be hidden in a jewelry box?"

Qin Fan thought for a moment and guessed, "Probably the person who owns this piece of beeswax is afraid that it will be stolen by thieves, so he found someone to create such a jewelry box with a secret grid and hide the beeswax inside." ”

"However, this piece of beeswax has not been discovered for some reason, and it has been hidden until now."

At this time, neither Qin Fan nor Meng Xiaowei noticed that an old man in a Tang shirt who was eating morning tea on the table next to him heard the conversation between the two.

"Beeswax?"

The old man in Tang shirt seemed to be interested in collecting, and couldn't help but focus his eyes on this piece of beeswax, and a stunning color appeared in his eyes.

Meng Xiaowei played with it for a while, and after a closer look, she found that this piece of beeswax did not seem to be a raw material, but a carved piece, "Hey, how did this piece of beeswax carve into a toad, it looks so ugly." ”

"Hehe, this is not a toad, you take a closer look to see if this toad only has three legs."

Hearing this, Meng Xiaowei squinted her eyes and observed carefully for a while, only to find that this toad was really three-legged.

"This is called the three-legged golden toad, which means prosperity in ancient folk, and it is also called the lucky toad." Qin Fan patiently explained to Meng Xiaowei.

In Taoism, the three-legged toad is called a toad, and it is said that the toad can spit out money and is a prosperous thing. In ancient times, there was also a legend of "bangs playing with gold toads, fishing for money step by step".

The carving of this beeswax gold toad can be described as a ghostly workmanship, the carving is delicate and exquisite, and the demeanor is vivid and lifelike, which is an extremely rare boutique.

"Young man, can you let the old man get started with this beeswax golden toad in your hand?"

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded behind Qin Fan, and a white-bearded old man wearing a Tang costume and an elegant temperament who was eating morning tea on the table next to him walked over.

Qin Fan glanced at this elegant old man in surprise, and hurriedly got up and greeted, "Old man, please take a seat." ”

"Sir, are you engaged in education?" Qin Fan looked at the old man in Tang shirt twice, and suddenly spoke.

This time, it was the turn of the old man in Tang shirt with a look of surprise on his face, and he looked at Qin Fan curiously and asked, "Young man, how did you know?" ”

"Hey, that's a look. My dad is also a teacher, so it's no wonder I feel kind when I see you. Qin Fan smiled and patted his ass, in fact, he felt that the old man had a scholarly temperament that was very similar to Qin Xuedong and Dong Wanrou's father, so he dared to guess, but he didn't expect the blind cat to hit the dead mouse and he guessed it.

It's just that he never expected that the old man in Tang shirt he met by chance in the tea restaurant was a leading figure in the education circle of Luzhou, the old principal of the former Hui University, Lu Zhengyuan.

Lu Zhengyuan has been engaged in education work all his life, peach and plum all over the world, and after retirement, he is idle at home, and he also fell in love with collecting under the influence of some friends in the education industry.

Because Lu Zhengyuan is well-read and has a strong memory, he has a deep study of history and culture, and he is very quick to start collecting antiques. Generally speaking, collectors will only collect one or two types of antiques, such as some people who specialize in jade, some people who specialize in porcelain, and some people who like to collect Buddha statues, etc. There is a specialization in the art industry, and there are very few people who want to collect any antiques, if so, the antiques collected by that person are all fake.

And Mr. Lu likes to play with miscellaneous items, such as bamboo carvings, coffins, seals, snuff bottles, and so on. I especially like to collect carvings, like the beeswax gold toad in Qin Fan's hand.

"I see, it's really a tiger father without a dog, your ability to dig for antiques and your eyesight must have been taught by your father."

As soon as Old Man Lu looked at the Dongyang wood carving jewelry box on the table, he guessed what Qin Fan had picked up, and he couldn't help but envy Qin Fan's good luck in his heart, he was able to pick up the leak and find such a rare treasure.

Qin Fan shook his head and said with a smile, "Old man, my dad doesn't know anything about antiques. ”

"Haha, it turned out to be an old man, I lost my eyes." Lu Zhengyuan was not embarrassed and took a sip of hot tea.

"Sir, I don't have much research on beeswax, so please give me a palm to see how this piece of beeswax works." As he spoke, Qin Fan handed the beeswax golden toad to Lu Zhengyuan.

Lu Zhengyuan held the beeswax golden toad in the palm of his hand, took out a magnifying glass from his body, and observed the luster and color on the beeswax through the magnifying glass with a focused expression.

After watching it for about ten minutes, Lu Zhengyuan put down the magnifying glass in his hand and let out a long breath.

After a while, Lu Zhengyuan pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Young man, I like this beeswax gold toad very much, I can give it 350,000 yuan, you give it to me, what do you think?" ”