Zhao Qirui waved the dust in front of him and said, "It's okay, but Lao Chen, you have to clean up, otherwise how will we get off the feet?" As he spoke, he pointed to the layer of dust on the floor in the room.

Lao Chen hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes!" Be! I'm going to tell my guy to come and pick it up. Then he ran and called for someone, shouting and screaming.

After a while, Lao Chen led his whole family, with brooms, mops, rags, etc., and hurriedly ran over. It is estimated that Lao Chen has already told the others that Chu Chen and they came to buy antiques, so the expressions on their faces are undoubtedly a little lighter, and when they look at Chu Chen, their eyes also carry a bit of hope.

Although Chu Chen and the others felt that their appearance was a little pitiful and sympathetic, they immediately reacted, they were pitiful, but what was even more pitiful was that the four innocent passers-by and their relatives and friends, and three of them lost their lives, and the pain of their families can be imagined.

The old Chen family is only suffering because of the family's money, and because the family is worried about going to prison, and those families, the pain is the departure of their relatives, and it is in this way. Which of the two sides is more pitiful, a discerning person can see it at a glance.

Don't think about it anymore, this room was not big, and with the cleaning of Lao Chen and Lao Chen's family, the house was soon clean, so Lao Chen hurriedly welcomed everyone in.

Chu Chen looked around, although it had been cleaned, the room was still a little messy, some furniture and pots and pans were piled up, and the lights were a little dim. He couldn't see anything valuable for a while.

Seeing this, Lao Chen smiled and said, "This ...... There are some things that have been handed down from our ancestors before. I think it's a pity to be empty, so something that I don't need at home. When I was cleaning the year before last, I put it all here. ”

Zhao Qirui shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Then Lao Chen, you have to find out the things for us, is it possible that we have to turn them over one by one?" ”

Lao Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I remember where to put those things, I'll find them for you right away!" ”

With that, he hurriedly ran to a corner. He pulled out a chair, put it in front of Chu Chen, and said, "There is another one over there, this chair is quite heavy, according to my father at the time, it is red sandalwood, I don't know if it's or not." ”

Hearing Lao Chen say this, Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui hurriedly came up, and in front of them was a Taishi chair.

The Taishi chair is the only chair in the ancient furniture that is named after an official position. This chair is collectively called "Taishi Chair" in the north, and it is called "sitting alone" in the Jiangnan area. It was first used in the Song Dynasty, and its original form was a chair similar to a chair. The Taishi chair can best reflect the styling characteristics of Qing Dynasty furniture, and it is wide. The backrest and armrests are connected together to form a screen of three, five or more fans.

The Taishi chair in front of me is a typical work of the Qing Dynasty, and the chair is made of a five-screen scroll-style armrest. The middle is high, and the frame is inlaid with red sandalwood relief seawater dragon pattern core plate, and the middle is inlaid with a high relief landscape figure core board. The lower part is left with shiny feet. The two sides are gradually lowered in turn, in the shape of a step. Under the chair plate, the four sides are carved with hollow hook moire horn teeth. The foot end is a four-sided flat-bottomed fang, with tooth strips under the fang, and cloud-shaped horn teeth on both sides. Square timber, four-legged straight to the ground. The handrails are made of cirrus cloud type, and the relief is ruyi-shaped and paper-shaped hook moire decoration.

Chu Chen turned on the professional flashlight he carried with him, carefully observed the chair, and found that the material was indeed as Lao Chen said, except for the relief in the middle, all the others were made of rosewood, but rosewood was not the only focus of this chair, he found that the high-relief landscape figure core board was actually made of shadow wood, which made Chu Chen really surprised!

Shadow wood is also called gall wood, shadow wood is not a specific tree species, but a type of wood with the same characteristics of different tree species, this characteristic is scarring. Scarring, also known as "gall knots", grow at the waist or root of a tree and are the result of a diseased proliferation of trees. The galls are large and small, the small ones are mostly found in the body of the tree, and the large ones are mostly found in the roots of the tree.

The handicrafts made of shadow wood have a strong sense of beauty, and after the gall wood is cut, it will present a unique pattern style due to the different textures of the tree species, such as grape pattern, landscape pattern, sesame pattern, tiger skin pattern, rabbit face pattern, etc.

Because of the special wood texture and strange effect here, it has always been loved by people and has become the preferred material for furniture production and decoration, especially its irreproducibility, so that many shadow wood crafts are unique, so they are more precious.

Chu Chen had heard Zhu Dafu introduce him before, and there are many kinds of shadow wood: there are Nanmu shadows, birch shadows, pear shadows, etc., and the landscape figure core board in front of him is the Nanmu shadow used.

It is often mentioned in the literature of the Ming Dynasty that Nanmu is a good material for making furniture. It is often used to make chests, cabinets and bookshelves, and can also be used to decorate cabinet doors or make stationery utensils. In addition, Nanmu has a lot of "full of grapes" galls, and its patterns are fine and magnificent, and they are exquisite. Most of the gall wood used in prominent parts of Ming-style furniture is this kind of Nanmu gall.

There is such a record in the "Theory of Things": "Sic cypress Nanmu out of the West Shuma Lake Mansion, the texture is not straight, there are landscape characters and other flowers with high prices, Sichuan is also rare, also known as the stock of Bo Nan, now the vulgar cloud Dou Bo Nan." ”

And the shadow of this nanmu in front of him, Chu Chen can determine through observation that this should be the sic cypress nanmu, which is already quite rare, and he also found that this nanmu is actually the most haode variety of nanmu, golden silk nanmu!

Golden silk nan is the most haode kind of nanmu, as long as the golden wire is obvious, it can be determined as the golden silk nanmu, the golden silk can be seen in the light, the light is bright, exquisite and abnormal.

Since ancient times, the golden silk nanmu is the royal special wood, the history of the golden silk nanmu is dedicated to the royal palace, a few temples of the building and furniture, the ancient feudal emperor dragon chair throne should be made of high-quality nanmu, if someone uses it without authorization, it will be guilty of transgressing the ritual system. The Ming and Qing dynasties strictly forbade the use of golden silk nanmu in buildings other than the royal family.

It can be seen that the preciousness of the golden silk nanmu, and this is not the ordinary golden silk nanmu, but the shadow of the golden silk nanmu, which shows its preciousness. Moreover, this chair, the huge luxury of the materials, the exquisite starting line, the exquisite craftsmanship, coupled with the warm pulp and other characteristics, can be determined to be the representative work of the Qianlong period, should be the throne of the hall furnishings of the dignitaries at that time.

Waiting for Lao Chen to bring another chair, Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui hurriedly observed it, the style is the same, the materials are the same, only the shadow wood is different because of the different textures, so that the relief scenery is different, therefore, Chu Chen believes that these two Taishi chairs should be a set of two pieces that combine two chairs and a few miles.

Seeing this, Chu Chen hurriedly asked, "Lao Chen, will your family leave these two chairs?" ”

Lao Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, there are other things, and bowls or something." ”

Chu Chen knew that Lao Chen had misunderstood what he meant, and explained: "Lao Chen, these two Taishi chairs should also be equipped with a coffee table, has that coffee table been left?" ”

Lao Chen thought for a while and said, "This ...... No, it seems that when I was a child, I broke it, if I didn't have this, would it affect the price? ”

Hearing Lao Chen say this, Chu Chen couldn't help but secretly say a pity, and then said: "The price will definitely be affected somewhat, if the coffee table is still there, in addition to adding the money of the coffee table, the overall price will definitely increase a lot." ”

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Lao Chen's face couldn't help but show a painful expression, but it was gone, and it was useless to think about it more, so he asked, "Two of you, do you want to buy these two chairs?" ”

Chu Chen and Zhao Qirui glanced at each other, Zhao Qirui smiled and said, "Ah Chen, I'll leave these two chairs to you, I'm not interested in this kind of furniture, and besides, your new house is just used in it." ”

Chu Chen's home just lacks some such furniture, after all, he is a person who plays antiques, and he doesn't necessarily have any cultural furniture at home, right? If this is the case, don't say that others will be surprised, Chu Chen himself has no face to bring his friends to his house.

"Lao Chen, I like things, as long as the price is right, I will definitely buy it, but don't you have other things, the price, let's wait until we read them all before talking, what do you think?"

Lao Chen heard that Chu Chen had taken a fancy to these two chairs, and the folds on his happy face gathered together, although he had never wanted to sell these two chairs before, it didn't mean that he didn't know the value of red sandalwood.

In the 21st century, classical furniture based on high-end materials such as red sandalwood and huanghuali has become increasingly sought after by collectors and consumers.

After his son got into trouble, Lao Chen asked about the price, and the estimate given there was about two or three hundred thousand, of course, the appraiser didn't know that the chair was also inlaid with a relief of golden silk nanmu, otherwise the price would definitely be more expensive.

But even if it is only two or three hundred thousand, it is undoubtedly a rescue for him. Some people may ask, since it is so urgent, Weishenme does not go to the antique market to sell? Lao Chen Zhi also considered this, but he was not stupid, he knew that if he sent it to the door, it could only be slaughtered.

Anyway, the son has been arrested, and he can't come back for a while, as for the injured of the deceased, a little money has also been given, and as for the rest of the money, it can be a little later, and it is not his own family who died anyway.

As for the families of those people who want to come and ask for money, when they see the miserable appearance of the family, they can always get some sympathy, and then let the children and their mothers, and the son's wives and children cry for a while, they must not be able to persecute too much, right? Besides, didn't he not give money, didn't he see that he was even ready to sell the things left by his ancestors? (To be continued......)