Chapter 109: Finding the Fruit
Back at the pawnshop, Xu Dong closed the door of the store and went back to the inner room, turned on the light, and put the wooden box on the table.
The paint of the wooden box looks quite "old", which is very much like something with a vintage, but the raw wood used in the wooden box is definitely not a rare and good wood, otherwise it will be treasured!
The paint on the wooden box has also fallen off slightly, but it is very "tight" in structure, knowing that the joints of the corners must be connected, but I can't see that there are "seams", and it is estimated that something like "glue" has been used.
After checking the inside and out of the wooden box, Xu Dong didn't see any paths, there were no parts, it seemed that it was really difficult to find the clues to the "opening" of the wooden box with the naked eye.
Xu Dong groaned and wrenched it with his hand again, the wooden box was very tight, without the slightest sense of looseness, could it be true that he had to use an ax to split it?
But before figuring out the secrets inside the wooden box, I still didn't dare to rashly "violent" the wooden box, for fear of hurting the treasure inside.
Xu Dong groaned, thinking about the previous pen holder, his heart suddenly moved, the secret hidden in the previous pen holder was at the bottom, and this wooden box would be the same situation?
There was a small tape measure in the store, Xu Dong took the roll and measured the height of the wooden box, which was eighteen centimeters, and then measured the depth of the inside of the box, but the depth inside was only thirteen centimeters.
This gap is five centimeters, and the thickness of the lid on the top of the wooden box is not even one centimeter, a very thin piece of wood, that is, the thickness of the bottom of the wooden box has reached more than four centimeters, and this thickness can still hide some secrets!
After opening the lid of the wooden box, Xu Dong saw more clearly that the treasure came out from that position at the bottom, and knew that the secret must be in the wooden board at the bottom!
At this time, Xu Dong had a number in his heart, and he was not afraid of using "violence", and he used his strength to dismantle the small wooden box, of course, it was no problem, and as soon as he pulled the wooden box hard, the lid was unscrewed, and the small wooden planks on all sides of the wooden box were also "demolished" by this force, and it took no effort to remove it.
The centimeter thickness of the wooden base plate is almost four and a half centimeters, and the problem is obvious from the four edges!
The bottom board is inlaid with two wooden boards into a whole piece, Xu Dong used a flat mouth wire knife to pry a few times, the gap between the inlaid boards became larger, and then used the wire knife to pry a few times, the board was pried open!
Xu Dong suddenly became a little "nervous", and after holding his breath, he carefully uncovered the wooden plank, and there was a one-inch-sized hole in the middle of the small wooden bottom board that was only half a foot square.
There was a spherical object wrapped in fine silk in the hole, and Xu Dong could see clearly at this time, and a rather thick treasure aura came out of this round wrapped object.
In fact, the round cloth bag is very small, and it looks like a small round ball the size of a dollar coin, Xu Dong carefully took out the round silk bag, and then slowly uncovered the silk cloth.
After unwrapping the soft silk cloth, what was revealed inside was indeed a "ball"-shaped object, very small, a little smaller than a dollar coin, but what surprised Xu Dong was that this "ball" was black, so black that it was a little shiny, opaque, and I couldn't see what it was inside, and I couldn't see what it was!
A black bead!
What is it?
Xu Dong spread the black beads in the palm of his hand, feeling that there is still a bit of "weight", the beads are very small, but the weight seems to be three or four two, and the volume is not very "symmetrical", this is definitely not a mussel bead, whether it is a river mussel or a sea mussel, the beads they produce are impossible to reach the weight of this one, and the other is that the color is different, the pearl is also black, but the black of the pearl is completely different from the black of this bead.
The weight of this bead is large, obviously related to the density of the texture, a bead of such size and shape, even if it is a stone, or even a steel bead, its weight is not so large, I really don't know what kind of bead it is!
But the bead was hidden in a wooden box and was not known, apparently the person who hid it knew what was special about the bead, and why should it be so tightly hidden if it was an ordinary object?
Then Xu Dong used strong light, looked with a magnifying glass, and tested with almost any method he could imagine, but found something abnormal, except for the difference in weight!
The bead is opaque, there is no reaction under strong light, and the smoothness is not very high to the touch, but he can be sure that this bead is not a metal object such as "steel"!
What the hell is it?
After pondering for a long time, he didn't guess, looked up at the spotlights on the ceiling, Xu Dong's heart moved, and when he saw the "light", he suddenly thought, could this bead be the legendary "Pearl of the Night"?
Xu Dong has really never seen this kind of legendary treasure, since this bead is so "tightly", at least it has the weight that it should be treasured!
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Dong didn't stop doing anything, he immediately went to close the curtains, and then turned off the lights, and the room immediately became dark!
Xu Dong naturally knew which direction and position the table where the beads were placed, and when he looked closely, there was no light in the room, and the beads naturally did not emit light!
"Isn't it the Pearl of the Night?" Xu Dong was a little disappointed, turned on the light, and then looked at the beads, the black surface looked, there was nothing "amazing".
After thinking about it for a while, Xu Dong thought again, since ancient times, the night pearl needs to absorb light first, and then it will shine, don't you need to put this pearl in the sun for a period of time, and wait until it absorbs enough light before it can shine?
There is a lamp in the room, which is naturally different from the sun, so this bead can't absorb light?
It's not too late to see at this time, just after a while, it's early in the afternoon, it's early two o'clock, the sun is fierce outside, it's better to take it outside to bask in the sun, and then see if it has a glowing effect!
There were very few people coming and going on the street outside, Xu Dong opened the door of the store, in order not to make passers-by feel "strange", he took the car key to open the Audi Q5 parked on the side of the road at the door, and then opened the sunroof sunshade on the top, and the sunlight shone through the sunroof glass into the car, which was very hot.
Xu Dong put the beads in the car where the sun was exposed, and then got out of the car and locked the car door.
The car was left to him by Niu Xiangdong, because he didn't have a driver's license, and he didn't dare to drive out, in fact, after Mu Siqing's "training", the car was already able to drive, but the rules are the rules, and driving without a license is illegal!
The sun is very strong, until the sun is west, Xu Dong looked at the time is almost six o'clock, the summer weather is long, almost half past eight o'clock will be dark, but after six o'clock the sun is not "fierce", so he is also ready to end the test time.
The inside of the car was like a "steamer", and the moment he opened the door, Xu Dong was swept by a wave of smoky heat!
Xu Dong hurriedly held his breath, reached out and took the black beads, exited the car, and locked the door to enter the store.
The temperature in the car is at least 40 degrees or more, and the poison in the car is only afraid that it will be steamed out, and the car is only afraid that it is a "gas bag".
The beads in the palm of his hand were also hot, obviously the more than four hours of exposure to the sun had made it hot, Xu Dong put it on the table first, and then went to turn off the light.
The room was still dark, Xu Dong was still very uncomfortable all of a sudden, and after a while, he felt that his eyes felt better, but when he opened his eyes, it was still dark!
"Still no glow?"
Xu Dong was stunned for a moment, and always thought that this bead was very likely to be a "night pearl", but after the test of lighting and basking in the sun, it was certain that this was not a night pearl that would shine!
In order to confirm, Xu Dong turned off the light and turned on the light several times, but the bead would not shine, this is definitely not the "night pearl"!
Xu Dong was immediately very discouraged!
After working for half a day, Du Ming is not the "baby" he imagined, and the disappointment is certain.
However, Xu Dong pondered again when he looked at the thick treasure that came out of this bead, according to his previous experience, there is a treasure, and the treasure is very strong, and the things that are very strong have finally proved to have "very" value.
Of course, this value is what Xu Dong thinks is the "money value", and the stronger the treasure, the more the price will be sold at the end.
This black bead is hardly weaker than the treasure of the few things he had obtained and sold before, it seems to be thicker, according to this situation, this black bead that does not look amazing should be more valuable, but it is not a pearl, it is not a night pearl, it is not a metal object, I really don't know where it is precious?
After all, your eyes are not 100% accurate, and it is possible to make a mistake once!
Xu Dong groaned while thinking about it, should he let Long Lao help him take a look at this thing?
Among the people he knows, he is the only one who Long Lao can trust, of course, Niu Xiangdong too, but Niu Xiangdong doesn't understand this, and it's useless to ask him, only Long Qiusheng can possibly know.
But Xu Dong thought again, if he asked Long Lao to come and see, even if Long Lao knew this thing, or didn't know it, there would be a difficulty, if Long Lao first asked him if he recognized it, and asked him if he knew the value of this thing, then it would be difficult for him to say!
Long always regards him as a master of "strong" eyesight, this view, Xu Dong is very clear, if you only know that this bead is very valuable, but you don't know what it is, it is really not easy to "explain"!
Since I don't think it's a good way to ask Long Lao first, I won't ask him for the time being, anyway, I don't need money urgently, and it doesn't matter if I can't figure out what this bead is, and I will slowly inquire when I have the opportunity in the future.
In the midst of groaning, when Xu Dong decided not to ask Long Lao to identify this bead, his hand inadvertently trembled, and the bead fell to the ground.
Xu Dong said "ahh