I was caught off guard by Su Baichang's words and lost my previous momentum. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Su Baichang seemed to have caught my handle and became 'happy', his eyes lit up, he looked at me with a smile, but his tone was still as fierce as just now: "Little girl, I hope you still tell me honestly how you know about this 'white snake'." ”

I knew I couldn't hide it, so I decided to tell the truth halfway: "I've seen one that looks exactly the same." ”

Su Baichang looked at me with interest: "One is exactly the same?" ”

"Aren't you supposed to ask me where I saw it now?" I laughed too, recovering from the state I had just been caught off guard. The atmosphere in Su Baichang's office was a little weird, the two of us sat face to face and didn't speak, we looked at each other, speculating in each other's thoughts at this time. If an outsider suddenly came in now, he would think that two scheming foxes were sitting in the house, bargaining with each other.

Su Baichang narrowed his eyes, finally put down the teacup, and looked at me thoughtfully: "Didn't you say that you saw it in an interview on the TV station before?" If you don't tell me the truth, I can only believe what you said before. But I think the exhibit you see on TV should be completely different from the one you're really looking for, right? What we display in the store is 'Ruby String Gold', because the pendant is a golden snake surrounding the ruby, the snake is called a money string in the local language, and the ruby around it means wealth and auspiciousness, the meaning of the whole pendant is wealth and auspiciousness, we showed it in the interview, just want to sell a few more pieces of the necklace. But the White Snake you mentioned is different, it's priceless. ”

"Priceless?" I remembered the story I had heard from Mi Zhen about the connection, but I looked at Su Baichang quietly, hoping to hear what he had to say again. After all, Mizhen didn't tell me the whole truth.

Su Baichang looked at me silently, and after a long while, he spoke again: "'White Snake' is the original sample of 'Red Treasure String of Gold', and the 'Red Treasure String of Gold' you see on TV is made in imitation of 'White Snake'. So in addition to the value of the artwork, there is no special meaning in it, and there is not much collection value, more like the current popular transfer beads, wearing a picture to comfort the heart. But the 'White Snake' is different, I admit that in terms of material alone, although the White Snake itself is only a little more expensive than the 'Ruby String Gold', its collection value is unique in this world. According to the age of manufacture, the 'White Snake' can be called an antique. Su Baichang saw my surprised expression and smiled, "The production age of the White Snake is at least two hundred years from now. ”

My eyes widened, and I understood why Mi Zhen said that the theft of the 'White Snake' was a very big blow to Su Baichang. Su Baichang saw that I didn't speak, thinking that I was shocked by the production age of the White Snake, and he smiled again: "Seeing that you are so surprised, I will tell you more about the 'White Snake'." As if showing off, Su Baichang once again filled the teacup in his hand, and while drinking tea, he told me the origin of the 'White Snake': "The reason why I just said that this necklace is unique is because the age of its manufacture is too far away from now, even if there was a necklace like it once, I think it can be left until now, and this is the only one that is well preserved." Moreover, more than 200 years ago, gestures were almost all made by hand, and it is impossible to make two necklaces that are identical despite the help of machines. So, the 'White Snake' is indeed unique in this world. ”

With that, he walked to the bookshelf, took down an encyclopedia about snakes, sat down across from me, opened the book and began to explain to me: "Although the history of snakes is relatively young among amphibians, it is also longer than the history of humans, and the earliest fossils of snakes are in the strata of the early Baihui period, but in fact, the appearance of snakes is actually much earlier, it should be in the Jurassic period 150 million years ago. However, the history of venomous snakes is much later, according to the origin of species, the survival of the fittest in the biological world has allowed snakes to begin to differentiate into different species to resist predators and adapt to the environment. Therefore, the appearance of poisonous snakes has also made human beings begin to have a sense of awe for snakes to a certain extent. When the Australopithecus inhabited trees, they would fight with tree snakes; As the Australopithecus evolved, they came into contact with more snakes as they came down from the trees. In the struggle against snakes, humans began to understand snakes and turned to fear snakes, after all, in the hearts of the ancients who knew little, the poison carried by snakes was also a very dangerous thing for them. And the beautiful and bright patterns on some poisonous snakes also made them involuntarily start from simple fear at the beginning, to infatuation later. The graceful posture of the snake when it crawls, the beautiful patterns on the snake's body, and the venom that kills with one blow were a fatal temptation for people in ancient times. They began to worship the snake as a god. In some tribes in South America and Africa, the totem of the snake has appeared, and even because of the worship of the power of the snake, in Morgan's "Ancient Society" in South America, among the American Indians, there are 9 clans that are snake clans, and they regard themselves as the descendants of snakes. The Varemge people in Australia's primitive tribes also have a snake totem worship ritual. The other most obvious one is Egypt, where the holy serpent was regarded as pharaoh and power, and even in ancient Egypt the cobra itself could be seen as a sign of the throne. With that, he took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and continued:

Of course, in China, we are no exception, although we now hear a lot of idioms that say that snakes are bad, but the truth is that not everyone has an attitude of disgust towards snakes, and from ancient times to the present, there are still many people who look at this kind of creatures with admiration and awe. For example, in our Yangshao culture, the shadow of the snake can be seen on the unearthed pottery. Moreover, in "Liezi", the description of the ancient gods such as Ku Xi, Nuwa, and Shennong is also 'snake body and human face, bull head and tiger nose', and in the description of the Fuxi tribe in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are also many tribes who worship the dragon totem, and our image description of the dragon now seems to be more like the deification of the snake. In particular, many of our ethnic minorities still worship snakes as gods. For example, in Yunnan, China, there are still some tribes who worship snakes as gods. Some villages in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, near Taihu Lake, still have the custom of worshipping the snake god, and some villages around the discovery site of the 'Yuanmou Man' in Yunnan can still find snake totems. Some countries in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, have many customs that are very similar to those of the Dai people in Yunnan, so the worship of snakes is also very similar. And the 'White Snake' you're looking for was found in Thailand. ”

Hearing Su Baichang's words, I was stunned. Su Baichang's last sentence is completely in line with my speculation about the necklace yesterday, which my father bought when he went to Thailand. But according to what Su Baichang said just now, the price of this antique necklace should be very expensive, for his father, who was not very wealthy at the time, how could he buy such an expensive necklace?

"Miss Mo?" Seeing that I was in a daze, Su Baichang called my name: "Now let's talk about what you know, right?" I believe that this 'White Snake' must not have been imagined by Miss Mo out of thin air, right? ”

I thought about it for a while, and decided to confide in Su Baichang part of the truth: "That's right, just yesterday, someone found me in a hurry, showed me a photo, and asked me if I had any impression of the necklace in the photo. But I told the person that I had no impression of the necklace at all, but in fact I lied to the person. I have an inexplicable familiarity with this necklace. To tell you the truth, I think I saw this necklace when I was very young, but my memory is vague, and I am not sure that the necklace that appears in my memory is the 'white snake' you are talking about. I didn't really care about this episode, but when I got home yesterday afternoon, I coincidentally saw on TV that there was a necklace in your store with the same style, but with a completely different color and material. When I saw the necklaces you visited and sold in your store, my memory felt like an electric shock, and I felt that something was becoming clearer and clearer in my memory. I wondered if it was because I had seen this necklace when I was very young. Because this matter bothers me so much, I wanted to come over and check with you to see if you sold such a necklace a long time ago. But I didn't expect that when I asked your clerk about it, your clerk would react so much to my question. And I didn't expect this necklace to be so valuable. At first, I really thought it was just a normal diamond necklace. "I didn't reveal what Mizhen had told me, and I didn't mention Mizhen's existence. Yesterday's TV show had already proven that Mi-jin did work here, so I didn't need to add to it here. I'm here today just to get to the bottom of the story of this necklace. I think it will help me get my memory back.

"Impossible." Unexpectedly, after I said these words, Su Baichang showed an expression that was even more frightened than just now, he shook his head and said loudly, "This necklace was brought back from Thailand by me personally, and it has never been sold in my store, and it has always been used as a treasure in the town store." ”