"Ye Nuan? The name sounds familiar......"

Seeing the candidate's information displayed on the electronic screen, the middle-aged man said to himself slowly.

But the little meat ball next to him immediately said happily when he heard it, "I know, I know, grandpa, it's the princess who dances very well." ”

"Eh, it's her, little Ta is better than grandpa, grandpa doesn't even remember." Touching the child's head, the old man smiled kindly and said kindly. But what is the examination room here, the old man praised the child and added, "It's just that now Xiaota has to keep quiet and don't disturb my sister's exam, you know?" ”

After speaking, he glanced at Ye Nuan, and saw that the conversation was as usual, without the slightest displeasure of being disturbed, with the same calmness as always, the middle-aged man nodded, and swept to the thing on the table, the ghostly light flashed, and said, "Elaborate on your personal findings." ”

"Yes."

Ye Nuan pointed to the inconspicuous square box on the table and explained, "This thing is called a chess stick, which means a square utensil woven from bamboo, which is used to set up Go chess pieces. Now the chess piece in front of us is woven with rattan linen, the shape is simple, the details are exquisite, and the texture of the body is clear, which shows that the craftsmen who made it were skilled. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Nuan opened the lid of the box, revealing the round beads inside, and said with a raised eyebrow, "Of course, the chess piece is not the most precious place of this old object, the reason why I chose to identify this antiquity is because of this chess piece inside." “

"Go runs through the history of the entire Chinese nation, and according to legend, it was written by Yao, and it has been widely spread in society during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. For thousands of years, it has been prosperous for thousands of years, and has been loved by literati and scholars. There are a variety of materials used to make chess pieces. There are ordinary stones, and there are expensive jade. Similarly, there are many chess pieces made of glass, ceramic, and plastic. But what I found out is not ordinary. I think it's probably one of the few gems on the field. ”

"Oh? How do you see that? The middle-aged man stroked the metal frame on the bridge of his nose and asked.

It is true that there are very few people who know Go in this world today, but it is by no means completely absent, he looked at the information of the alien girl in front of him, and wrote that she was from a private aristocratic middle school in the imperial capital, and she still had some knowledge. I hope there will be a more exciting follow-up, otherwise there will be no sense of surprise.

"Because this chess piece is a cloud child." Ye Nuan replied with a little smile.

"Yunzi belongs to a kind of glaze, with agate stone, purple stone combined research as powder, plus red powder, borax and other raw materials to smelt together, and then with "long iron dipped in sweat, dripping into chess". In the past, the apprentices who made Yunzi generally had to study with the master for more than ten years before they could become a teacher, and it can be said that the production process of Yunzi is extremely complex and rigorous. More than a thousand years ago. Due to the turbulence of the times, wars and famines, the traditional production techniques of Yunzi were lost for a period of time, and later the ancestors devoted themselves to studying the remnants of Yunzi that they had found after a lot of hardships, and finally found this handicraft that is widely loved by Go lovers. ”

"As for why I concluded that this is Yunzi. In fact, it is obvious that this white seed is slightly emerald green, and the black seed is thick. When viewed in light, it is a pleasant green color with a single-sided oblate shape. The shape is uniform and regular, and there are no impurity bubbles on the surface. The bottom surface is smooth and delicate, which is the best product in the clouds. Moreover, in the light, the center of the sunspot is impermeable, and there is a turquoise halo around it, while the color of the white child is warm and moist like jade, showing a very light greenish color. Even if it falls freely from a height of two meters on the concrete floor, it can still not be cracked or broken. And long-term storage, not moldy and unchanged, is enough to confirm its identity. ”

"Hahaha." The middle-aged man laughed open-chested when he heard this, nodded from time to time, looked at Ye Nuan's eyes flashed with approval, and asked, "Since you know Yunzi, then tell me why Yunzi is called Yunzi and not anything else?" ”

The middle-aged man's reaction was a little strange, but Ye Nuan did not refuse to respond, so he said, "A thousand years ago, the empire was not yet unified, and the Huaxia clan at that time became a separate country, with a province called 'Yunnan'. The chess pieces are out of Yunnan, and the Yongchang is the top, so it is named 'Yunzi'. But ......"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man already knew that Ye Nuan was a real expert, at least he believed that Ye Nuan's research on Go was not shallow, otherwise it would be impossible to know so many things. It's just that Ye Nuan's sudden pause whetted his appetite, "But what? ”

"This piece is even more interesting than I thought." Ye Nuan pondered for a while and said with a light smile.

However, the middle-aged man frowned when he heard this, this thing was bought by him and his old friend in the thrift market, and they knew the chess pieces in it clearly, but at that time his old friend thought that the chess pieces were not jade, stone or stone, and the value should not be high, and he held the opposite opinion. Later, when the two could not get into a dispute, he bought the entire chess piece directly, and then delved into the ancient books, intending to find the true origin of the chess piece.

As a result, they were both surprised, and they learned that although the things in the chess game were not jade, they were Yunzi who was more expensive than ordinary jade and had a more complicated production process.

He didn't expect that in this competition, there were candidates who could find this from thousands of things, and people not only found it, but also revealed its true identity at a glance, which also made him feel very embarrassed.

Seeing the curiosity in the middle-aged man's eyes, Ye Nuan said, "You can put these chess pieces into the water and soak them first." ”

"Huh?"

It is said that Ye Nuan's statement does not conform to the norms, these chess pieces are antiquities no matter how they are said, and it will be bad if they are damaged, but the middle-aged man is really too curious about Ye Nuan's unfinished words, and he is the owner of the treasure, so he sent someone to send clear water, and as Ye Nuan said, he put a few chess pieces in the water and soaked them for a while, and then took them out.

"Look at the light again." Seeing the middle-aged man's inquiring eyes, she said.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at the light after soaking the cloud in water for a while. This glance shocked him. The whole face instantly became serious.

"As you can see, there is a strange pattern engraved in the center of the cloud. It was an ancient and long-extinct script called the Rune alphabet, or runi. It was used to write some of the Germanic languages of Northern Europe in medieval Europe, but with the introduction of Judaism, it was gradually replaced by the Roman alphabet and withdrew from human view. Although the rune alphabet no longer has any practical significance, it is still used in decorative motifs in regions such as Scandinavia. Especially later, it was endowed with extremely strong religious significance. ”

Ye Nuan raised her eyes to look at the middle-aged man. "In Germanic mythology, Odin, the father of the gods, paid for the wisdom of Rune at the cost of losing his right eye in order to obtain the Fountain of Wisdom. These letters are engraved on animal skins, wood chips, stones, crystals, metals, or gemstones that represent these symbols, and used for divination, and the words of the gods can be obtained. There are a total of 25 clouds in the chessboard, and if nothing else, 24 of them are engraved with letters. One is blank, which is the norm for the Lune divination stone. ”

When the middle-aged man heard Ye Nuan's words, he immediately pursed his lips. He didn't know where Ye Nuan got his confidence, at least he believed that the candidate in front of him had chosen items on the field before. There was no way to get clear water and see the secret hidden in the clouds, but she was sure of it. I must verify it myself. So he simply poured all the clouds in the chess game into the water and soaked them, waiting for the letters in the clouds to be revealed. I transcribed them one by one on the recorder.

The last look, it's really like Ye Nuan. Twenty-four of those clouds were inscribed, and only one was blank. And these patterns look similar to ancient European characters. The so-called European paleoscript is the various Chinese languages composed of letters in Ye Nuan's period, including English, German, Italian, etc. In the future world thousands of years later, a unified script was adopted, and the Chinese language was simplified again, and the rest was naturally reduced to ancient scripts.

Looking at the vivid but unfamiliar patterns on the recorder, the middle-aged man didn't know whether he was too nervous or excited, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said, "Do you know these letters?" ”

The middle-aged man has to say that his mood at the moment is complicated, originally in accordance with the practice of previous years, and a few old friends together to organize this ancient culture competition, but I didn't expect to stumble into it, and found a long-extinct text, the Middle Ages is from now, but more than 2,000 years ago, anything in that period can become a national treasure-level treasure, not to mention the thing in front of him, which is not only the inheritance of Chinese culture, but also the reproduction of European classics, and its existence value is completely unimaginable. The middle-aged man felt as if a door glowing with golden light had suddenly opened in front of him, and a new world was spreading out in front of him.

It's just that suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and looked at Ye Nuan in surprise, "You must know these letters, right?" ”

Seeing Ye Nuan nodding, the middle-aged man's eyes were full of indescribable things, as if he was panting, and his voice was hoarse, "Tell me, what do these letters mean?" ”

These words, faintly with three points of strength and seven points of obsession and madness, made Ye Nuan frown slightly, "This teacher, are you okay?" ”

His demeanor at the moment is very wrong, as if he is trapped in his own world and can't get out. In fact, Ye Nuan guessed why, but she never thought that the scholars of this era had such an attitude towards academics, well, crazy?

Before the middle-aged man could react, the young man behind him stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder worriedly, and the soft and cute little group shouted "Grandpa, grandpa" with surprise on his face.

"Hmm." was awakened by his own son and grandson, and the fog in the middle-aged man's eyes finally dissipated, and he regained his previous clarity.

After a gesture to his relatives who looked at him worriedly, the middle-aged man immediately looked at Ye Nuan and said, "I'm sorry, I was too stupid just now." This classmate Ye, what else do you know? ”

Even if he suppressed the excitement in his heart with reason, Ye Nuan still heard the slightest nervousness and excitement from the other party's tone, but she was not the kind of person who liked to play tricks on others, and said, "The traditional rune alphabet is divided into three parts in groups of eight, called "Eter." The order should be as follows: one group is Freyette, the god of abundance, prosperity, love and peace in Norse mythology. Hagaet, the god of chokeness and difficulty. Tilette, the mythical god of war......"

After roughly explaining the meaning of the letters, Ye Nuan finally glanced at the clouds that were placed safely on the side, and said, "But few people know about these things, just like these clouds, although they are engraved with the letters of Rune, they are only regarded as talismans, and even the meaning of divination has been lost." ”

Otherwise, it is impossible to use a special process to engrave the letters in the clouds like this, but the intention is to be attentive, but in the final analysis, it is just the heartfelt wishes and prayers of the predecessors to their descendants. Thousands of years have passed, and there are many things that have been lost.

Ye Nuan sighed secretly in his heart, and finally didn't say anything more. However, the regret in her tone had already fallen into the ears of others, and even resonated with them, especially the middle-aged man in front of her.

"That's why we are working hard to revive the ancient culture, people, we can't forget the traces of history."

The middle-aged man sighed with emotion, but soon looked at Ye Nuan with dazzling eyes, "Classmate Ye knows so much, and he knows all the extinct ancient European characters, which makes me really ashamed, at such an age, but I can't compare to you, an underage child." Sure enough, it was the back waves of the Yangtze River that pushed the front waves, and I had to serve the old man. ”

"The teacher is serious, I just happen to know." Ye Nuan's face was indifferent, and he blocked the other party's words back.

"That doesn't deny the fact that you know that." The middle-aged man originally asked for something else, but when he saw Ye Nuan in front of him, he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, back to the topic, we are still competing after all." However, due to Mr. Ye's excellent antiquities identification results, which has promoted the process of our ancient culture research, I will issue you a pass-through card on a special basis, congratulations to Mr. Ye, please return to the competition in ten days to participate in the finals. ”

There were still a few later candidates standing behind Ye Nuan, and when they heard the words of the middle-aged man, they all showed surprise. Through card, even if some of them have participated in the ancient culture competition, they have never heard anyone talk about it, but the person who spoke is the mainstay of the ancient culture world, and others can't question his words, so they can only stare at Ye Nuan's back with envy and jealousy.

The burning gaze behind him didn't work at all against Ye Nuan, he just raised his eyebrows and glanced at the middle-aged man, took the pass-through card, nodded at the other party and left the examination room.

"Dad?"

Seeing that the old man was still unsatisfied, and he couldn't wait to immediately chase after Ye Nuan's gaze, the young man called him funny, "After the finals, just contact that classmate Ye." ”

As examiners, it is naturally difficult for them to contact the candidates privately during the competition, but after the competition, the middle-aged man can be free.

The middle-aged man retracted his afterglow when he heard this, he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, he glanced at his son depressedly, he looked like he hated iron but not steel, muttered a few times, and then sat down to continue the assessment later.

The young man felt a little inexplicable, shrugged his shoulders, and teased his son. (To be continued.) )