"Got a big leak?" Although Yu Fei also guessed that this Jade Guanyin was definitely unusual, he still hadn't figured out the mystery. Listening to Dong Dechang's words at this time, it seemed that he had seen it.

Dong Dechang nodded slowly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that the lotus boy in the hands of this Jade Guanyin is not one with this." ”

If these words hadn't come out of Dong Dechang's mouth, I'm afraid Wen Xuan would have laughed out loud.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them who didn't know why, Dong Dechang continued: "The material used by the boy in Guanyin's hand should be Hetian jade. It's just that because the green lotus leaves are set off, it looks the same as the Kunlun jade of Guanyin as a whole. ”

"Master, if the boy and Guanyin are not one, then how did they put it into Guanyin's hands?" Wen Xuan asked, with doubts in his tone, after all, the boy and Guanyin seemed to be tightly knit and integrated. Moreover, the jade is hard and cannot be melted and watered, so how can a hole the size of a child's face be put into a child?

Dong Dechang did not answer the apprentice's words, but once again picked up a magnifying glass and observed carefully.

Seeing Dong Dechang thinking hard, Yu Fei and the others didn't even dare to come out, for fear of interrupting his thinking.

Suddenly, Dong Dechang groped the bottom of the lotus leaf twice with his hand, wiped it carefully with a cloth, and then looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "It's like this, wonderful!" It's really wonderful. ”

"Old man, what's so wonderful?" Yu Fei was so anxious that he couldn't wait to choke Dong Dechang's neck and let him finish his words in one go.

"Huh." Dong Dechang took a sip of tea very proudly, and then said: "This lotus leaf was glued later!" It's just that the glue is very clever, so the traces are very subtle. The carver disguised it as the natural texture of the lotus leaf, which is just right. What's more, the old people don't know what to do, in order to create the illusion of unearthing, they specially return the soil, which makes the sticky marks more hidden! If you don't have the intention to look for it, I'm afraid you won't notice it at all. ”

"Do you mean that the descendants deliberately used lotus leaves to disguise and hide this jade boy? But what is this for? If the material used by this jade boy is Hetian jade, then I am afraid that the cost of this little bit is much higher than the entire jade carving, right? Who would, and why should they hide it? Are you still afraid that it will be expensive? Yu Fei said.

Dong Dechang pondered for a moment: "If my guess is correct, the reason why this jade worker is doing this is probably to protect this lotus boy." Historically, the looting and collecting, destruction and preservation of antiques have been nothing less than a war. Take the 'broken four olds' in the special period as an example, I don't know how many antiques have suffered in Ludao. If the real intention of this jade Guanyin carving is to protect this lotus boy, then the roughness of the materials and the clumsiness of the carving are probably intentional! I don't believe that the jade union that can hide the stickiness of the lotus leaf so ingeniously carves such a work. ”

Dong Dechang's words made Yu Fei also feel suddenly enlightened! Thinking about it this way, I am afraid that the cool breath that I felt in my right hand will fall on this little lotus boy.

"Shit luck." Although Wen Xuan's voice was low, Yu Fei and Dong Dechang heard it clearly.

"What did you say?" Dong Dechang glared at Wen Xuan angrily and was about to have a seizure.

Seeing this, Wen Xuan hurriedly said, "Master, I mean let's hurry up and take out the jade figure in Guanyin's hand, right?" ”

Yu Fei's eyebrows raised, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart. Anyway, this Jade Guanyin belongs to him, whether to take out the lotus boy or not is not his turn to be the master, this Wenxuan is too self-righteous.

Originally, Yu Fei thought that he and Wen Xuan were of the same age, and it might be easier to get along. But Wen Xuan's words seemed to have thorns in them, and they were aimed at him everywhere.

"Wen Xuan, you go and sit down for a while." Dong Dechang said in a deep voice. As a master, he has always felt that when it comes to intelligence, the three apprentices Chinese Xuan should be the first. Although his personality is still a little impetuous, he seems to be old and stable among his peers, which makes Dong Dechang expect a lot from him, and he only brought him to Yangzhou this time, just to give him more opportunities to experience. But Wenxuan's performance today made him very disappointed.

Although Wen Xuan was reluctant, since the master had spoken, he could only stand up and walk out, but it could be seen from the glance at Yu Fei when he left that he had recorded this account in Yu Fei's name.

Yu Fei shook his head and didn't care.

"Wenxuan, this kid has been spoiled by the old man, don't mind the little brother." Dong Dechang said: "However, the old man also suggested that this lotus boy be taken out. If the little brother is worried about damaging the jade carving, the old man can compensate according to the price. ”

Dong Dechang thought that Yu Fei had not expressed his position because he was worried that the thousand yuan he had just spent would be in vain, so he would say such a thing.

"The old man laughed, there is no reason for you to compensate. However, this jade carving is so tightly glued, I'm afraid it is not easy to take it out. As he spoke, Yu Fei picked the adhesive part of the lotus leaf with his hand, which frightened Dong Dechang and hurriedly stopped it.

Just kidding, this Zhilian boy is so secretively protected, it is not an ordinary thing at first glance, Yu Fei is so reckless, if one accidentally damages the Zhilian boy, it will be a violent thing.

Dong Dechang glanced at the jade carving and found that there was no damage, so he was relieved.

Yu Fei was just pretentious just now, and he didn't really pick hard. Look at the old man's nervous appearance, as if this jade carving is his. He didn't know that the collectors of the road naturally cherished the rare things, which had nothing to do with the ownership of the items.

"Little brother." Dong Dechang said solemnly: "The old man has an old friend in Yangcheng who is good at jade carving, if you believe me, I will make an appointment with him and ask him to take out the boy, it should not be damaged." ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears." Yu Fei used an old saying, not hesitating and contrived at all. This made Dong Dechang have a better impression of him.

At that moment, Dong Dechang dialed a phone call and briefly said his conjecture about the Zhilian boy on the phone. As soon as the other party heard it, he became interested and agreed to meet immediately.

However, Dong Dechang pushed back the time of the meeting by two hours.

Putting down the phone and seeing Yu Fei's puzzled expression, Dong Dechang smiled and said, "Push back two hours, it's just the meal, this old guy won't ignore the meal, right?" ”

Yu Fei smiled, he couldn't see that Dong Dechang was in his sixties and still had such a narrow side, he was really an old child.

"However, more importantly, I still have to go to that stall to take a look, maybe there are other leaks besides this Jade Guanyin." After Dong Dechang finished speaking, he stood up and ran out, and his agility was not even less than that of a young man in his twenties and thirties!

Yu Fei was dumbfounded, it turned out that Old Man Dong had this thought. However, there are not many jade artifacts on the stall owner's stall, he has quietly touched it just now, except for this jade Guanyin, the other jade artifacts have no cool feeling, and Dong Dechang is destined to run in vain.

Dong Dechang's old friend is called Huang Yongsan, who is over eighty years old, and can be said to be the Taishan Beidou in Yangzhou's jade carving world.

Yangcheng jade carving experienced three peaks of Han, Tang and Qing dynasties, and entered its heyday during the Qianlong period, and the two Huai Yanzheng set up a jade bureau in Yangzhou Jianlong Temple, and undertook a large number of court jade, and paid tribute to the imperial court according to the year. With the characteristics of vigorous, round, elegant, delicate and exquisite, the industry has always had the saying of "Yangcheng jade carving armor in the world." "There are many representative works of Yangcheng jade carving, such as the white jade cicada of the Western Han Dynasty, the exquisite jade pagoda of the Song Dynasty and so on. Qing Dynasty Qianlong made the "Yu water control map", weighs 5330 kilograms, 224 centimeters high, is the king of jade in the world, in Yangzhou for 6 years, 150,000 man-hours, more than 15,000 taels of silver, the composition is magnificent, magnificent, the characters are landscapes, the scenery is picturesque, it can be called a rare treasure.

After the Opium War, Yangcheng jade carving declined for a time, and in the 50s of the twentieth century, Yangcheng Jade Factory was established, and Yangcheng jade carving skills were re-inherited.

The dragon pattern on the back of the 3030 medals jade ring of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is from the craftsmanship of Yangzhou jade carving, of course, this is a later story.