Chapter 275: Jade Cong
After Zhu Huiteng and Yao Weige left, Yu Lifei carefully looked at the bronze tripod. He had just measured it, and the bronze was sixty-three centimeters tall. Such a large tripod should not be a cooking vessel, but a ritual vessel for sacrifice. And the three-dimensional figure in his mind is relatively clear. Clearer than all the antiques he had ever touched now. In other words, the age of this tripod is very early.
This bronze tripod, Yu Lifei did not use the method he learned to identify it. After all, as soon as he gets started, he knows the truth and the fake. The only thing he wondered about now was the origin of this bronze tripod. Like such a bronze tripod, although there is no inscription on it, it is still too cheap for 100,000 yuan.
Yao Weige gave him the impression that he was not a person who was easy to be taken advantage of. Last time I was in Yipin Mansion, Yao Weige cooperated very well with the dealer, if he hadn't sent money to Zhu Huiteng, I'm afraid Zhu Huiteng would definitely be in debt now.
In view of this, Yu Lifei always had a feeling of unreality. This time it seems that he has picked up a bargain, but he also understands a truth, pie will not fall from the sky. Maybe this cheap will soon become a trap.
When Yu Lifei was still thinking deeply, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was Ren Jingtian calling. Ren Jingtian has been busy with work recently, and even Xuan Yazhai rarely comes. They are ready to get married, but until now, Huang Yan is still preparing alone.
"Lifei, why haven't you arrived at the museum yet?" Ren Jingtian asked. He went to the museum and wanted to go through the procedures for secondment to Yu Lifei. But unexpectedly, Yu Lifei hadn't come to the office yet.
"Brother Ren, it's not time to go to work yet. Did you arrive at the museum? I'll be right over. Yu Lifei said. No matter how much he doubted this tripod, he could only put it in his heart now, and after putting this bronze tripod in the safe, he went to the museum.
"This afternoon, you will report with me to the task force." After Ren Jingtian saw Yu Lifei, he immediately said.
"Didn't you just make me nominal? What are I going to report for? Yu Lifei asked in surprise. Ren Jingtian told him last time. Instead of sitting in the office every day doing nothing, it is better to seconded him to the task force so that he can be completely relaxed.
"Originally, I just let you move freely, but I asked Elder Wu, your current level can be used as an expert. So, I'm afraid I can only work hard for you. Ren Jingtian patted Yu Lifei's shoulder and said with a smile.
Originally, Ren Jingtian's plan was indeed just to liberate Yu Lifei. However, when he discussed with Wu Wengu and wanted to borrow a real antique expert from the museum. Wu Wengu strongly recommended Yu Lifei. Wu Wengu assured Ren Jingtian that Yu Lifei would never disgrace the museum. This made Ren Jingtian have no choice but to change the original plan, from fake secondment to real secondment.
"Really let me go? Aren't you worried that I'm misleading you? Yu Lifei said with a smile.
"I believe in Wu Lao's recommendation." Ren Jingtian said with a smile that although he was skeptical about Li Fei's identification ability, Wu Wengu was very sure. And Wu Wengu assured him that if something went wrong with Yu Lifei in terms of identification, he could take responsibility. After Ren Jingtian reported to his superiors, he decided to use it for Lifei.
"No wonder. You're here to go through the formalities, right? Okay? Yu Lifei asked.
"I haven't even gone to work yet." Ren Jingtian said. He also knows that if the public institution does not go to work, it will not work at all. Even if he is the director of the police station, he can't violate the rules when he arrives here.
"It's fine. You put the information down, and I'll do it. Yu Lifei said.
"You're going to do it? In the afternoon, you have to come with me, and when you get to work, you can go together after completing the formalities. Ren Jingtian said. His task was to help Yu Lifei go through the secondment procedures and take him to report to the task force. If he doesn't complete the task, he won't go.
"That's fine. Let's go to my office for a cup of tea. Yu Lifei said.
He took Ren Jingtian to his office, and after pouring him a cup of tea, he took the secondment materials brought by Ren Jingtian and went out for a walk. Soon, Yu Lifei returned, and he asked Ren Jingtian to sign in a few designated places.
"Okay, Lifei, it seems that you can still have fun in the museum." There was some regret in Yu Lifei's words, he was the director of a police station, but when he arrived at the museum, people didn't take it seriously. But Yu Li flew out for a turn, and all the formalities were completed.
"It's still Brother Ren's face, the leaders of the museum heard that I was going to be seconded to the task force, and they all said that they would vigorously support your work." Yu Lifei said modestly. The museum is his territory, and his relationship with Zhang Jinjie is placed here, and he is doing his own business, so he is naturally more convenient than Ren Jingtian.
"Forget it, let's go now." Ren Jingtian said. There are not many people in the task force, and he is also the deputy leader, and he can't let go of the things in the office. It doesn't matter if you're just busy. But there was no clue about the case, which made him very bored.
"Brother Ren, I went to the task force, what kind of work are I mainly responsible for?" Yu Lifei asked.
"Of course, it's to give full play to your expertise, identify antiques, and give us some suggestions and opinions by the way." Ren Jingtian said with a smile.
"That's fine." Yu Lifei said that he couldn't help much in other aspects, but when it came to identifying antiques, he would definitely not travel to CUÒ. As for Ti Jian, he knew that he had a few catties and taels, and solving the case was a very professional job, and he was an outsider, so it was impossible for him to mention anything to build a biì.
Yu Lifei followed Ren Jingtian to the Dongcheng Branch, where the office of the task force was located. The task force is headed by Hu Xinjun, deputy director of the Dongcheng Branch, and Ren Jingtian is the deputy leader. Yu Lifei, as a special expert, became a member of the task force. The entire task force, in fact, was only six or seven people, and when Yu Li flew there, he only saw Hu Xinjun and Ren Jingtian.
Ren Jingtian took Yu Lifei to see Hu Xinjun, that is, to let Yu Lifei officially report for duty. But Hu Xinjun was very busy, he knew that Ren Jingtian had a good relationship with Yu Lifei, so he asked Ren Jingtian to introduce the situation to Yu Lifei.
"Brother Ren, I am also a member of the task force now, you are the deputy leader, you are my leader, if you have any instructions, just give orders." Yu Lifei sat in the conference room of the task force, leaned back on the chair, hung his legs on the table, and said with a smile.
"Lifei, don't you blame me? In fact, the work of the Hu Bureau is indeed very busy, and he is not only the leader of the special case group, but also the criminal cases of the entire sub-bureau are in charge of him. Ren Jingtian knew that Yu Lifei was angry, when he took Yu Lifei to see Hu Xinjun just now, Hu Xinjun didn't even shake Yu Lifei's hand, just said hello from afar.
"I can understand, Brother Ren, you can introduce the case first." Yu Lifei said noncommittally, no matter how busy Hu Xinjun is, he can be regarded as a member of the task force now, right? If he doesn't pay attention to himself, he doesn't pay attention to the work of the task force!
"Half a month ago, our police station received a report that someone was selling a newly unearthed jade cong. The man didn't know it was Yucong at first, but after being discovered by others, he came to report the crime. Ren Jingtian said.
"Yucong?" Yu Lifei was surprised and said that although he had never seen the real thing, he had heard of it. Yucong appeared very early, at least in the Han Dynasty, and maybe even in the last three generations.
Yucong, later generations also known as "rim head". Its use has always been thought to be a ritual vessel for "using Huang Cong to salute the ground". However, since a large number of jade cong of Liangzhu culture was unearthed, this kind of attachment of the Qin and Han scripture masters of the Warring States period is not enough to rely on, and some scholars speculate that it is a kind of magic weapon for wizards to worship ghosts and gods through the world according to its shape and ornamental characteristics, with a strong primitive witchcraft color.
Of course, the specific use of jade cong remains to be verified. Yucong was still common in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but it was rare after the Warring States and Han dynasties. Its use was also incorporated into the Confucian ritual system as a ritual or funeral vessel.
"Looks like I didn't hire the wrong person, you do know this." Ren Jingtian saw Yu Lifei show a look of surprise, and knew that Yu Lifei must have something to know about Yucong.
"Where's the thing? Let me see. Yu Lifei stood up and said eagerly. If it is really a tomb robbery, it is very likely that the tomb was before the Han Dynasty, and it is impossible to only unearth a jade cong, there should be something else.
"You wait, I'll show you, and there is relevant information." Ren Jingtian said that if Yu Lifei didn't come to the task force, he wouldn't be able to take out this thing.
Soon, Ren Jingtian brought a boxy jade, and Yu Lifei knew that it was indeed jade Cong when he looked at it from a distance. He asked Ren Jingtian to put the jade cong on the table, took the information in Ren Jingtian's hand, and looked at it carefully.
This cong is a flat and low square column, round inside and square outside, and a round hole with a diameter of only 4.9 centimeters is pierced up and down. Each side of the table is divided into two by vertical grooves 4.2 centimeters wide, and divided into four sections by three horizontal grooves only 0.1 centimeters wide. The surface of the instrument is polished and the luster is regular.
"How?" After Ren Jingtian saw Yu Lifei finish reading the information, he held the jade cong, closed his eyes, and did not speak. He thought that Yu Lifei was thinking deeply, and waited for a while before asking.
"This jade ware is regular, uniform thickness, upright corners, and clear contours, indicating that in the molding process of Liangzhu jade, a variety of sand as the medium of cutting methods have been used, such as wire drawing, pipe drilling, and sawing. The bas-relief technique of subtracting the ground, the dense Yin line carving, and the fine polishing of the surface of the vessel all show the high achievement of Liangzhu jade, and the unique ornamentation not only gives people a mysterious beauty, but also provides an important basis for us to study the culture and religion of the time. Brother Ren, after this case, this jade cong has to be put in our museum. Yu Lifei said.
"Let's solve the case first." Ren Jingtian said with a smile, Yu Lifei's tone was almost exactly the same as Wu Wengu's. At that time, when Wu Wengu saw this jade cong, he also made the same request as Yu Lifei. (To be continued......)