Chapter 329: Strange Beads
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Sunday was still a sunny day, looking at the scorching sun outside, Fang Shi couldn't help but hesitate, but he had already made an appointment with Zhuang Lao, and he couldn't miss the appointment with the elders, Fang Shi gritted his teeth and stepped out of the house.
Before I walked out of the corridor, there was already a hot and dry smell on the road that was a little dazzling by the sun, and the air seemed to be on fire.
The community is extraordinarily quiet, occasionally a few children who are not afraid of death run by, although it is Sunday everyone to sleep lazy, but this hot weather still blocks people's footsteps at home, walking on the road in the community, and even can hear the chorus of air conditioners around it, what a kind of spectacular it is!
When Fang Shi walked into the gate of Zhuang's hometown, his face was a little red, this was due to the sun, and Aunt Zhuang saw Fang Shi's arrival, and her face smiled.
It's summer vacation now, and the little grandson was also taken away by his son to travel, and the old couple was originally mobilized, but the weather was too hot, and the two old people didn't want to slow down, besides, the so-called travel was just a son's business trip, which was not interesting.
There was a lack of a child at home, and it suddenly seemed a lot more deserted, Fang Shi's arrival made Aunt Zhuang extremely happy, and while taking a towel to wipe Fang Shi's face, she turned around and ran into the kitchen, and after a while, she brought out a plate of chilled watermelon.
Fang Shi was snoring and nibbling on a cool watermelon. Zhuang Lao smiled and walked down the stairs.
"It's coming. Small side. β
"Well, old Zhuang. Excuse me. β
"You're welcome, eat slowly, eat well, it's hot outside, look at your red face, it's a heat stroke, drink more water, wife." Turn off the air conditioner and open the doors and windows. β
"I'm just opening it, why do you want to close it again?"
"Wait for Xiaofang to sweat, otherwise it will be easy to feel hot."
"Oh, I see."
Fang Shi was very moved to see Aunt Zhuang who was busy turning off the air conditioner and opening the doors and windows, in fact, he was in good health, and he had internal qi to regulate the inside and outside, and he would hardly be invaded by these hot and cold but. For the care of the elderly, Fang Shi was still very happy to accept it.
Finished eating the watermelon. Fang Shi went to wash his face, and sat down at the coffee table again, Zhuang Lao had already prepared the tea.
There is also a gray-brown flat box on the coffee table, which is the bracelet that Song Li first lost to Fang Shi, Fang Shi has carefully studied it after he got it, and he always feels that this bracelet is a little strange, especially the two ghostly Tai Chi pattern beads, which always give people a sense of vicissitudes and weirdness.
Fang Shi himself is not good at studying these things, and Yang Xuanyi can't get the essentials after reading it, so Fang Shi sent this bead to Zhuang Lao, and asked Zhuang Lao to take a look, Zhuang Lao called Fang Shi yesterday, obviously he found something about this bead.
"Old Zhuang, have you seen it, how is it? Did you find anything? β
Zhuang Lao slowly put down the teacup in his hand, reached out and opened the lid of the flat box, and the string of orange-red beads was lying quietly on the pale cyan flannel, looking beautiful and mysterious.
Zhuang Lao pointed to the beads and said: "There is no problem with these twelve beeswaxes, they must be the best beeswax, and the processing and polishing are also in place, and the texture and luster of the beeswax itself are brought into full play, which must be from the hands of great experts." β
Fang Shi nodded, Yang Xuanyi also saw this way, Fang Shi himself thought that these twelve beeswax beads could only be said to be very good, but it was not strange at all, what was strange was the two Tai Chi pattern beads.
Zhuang Lao pointed to the two large beads again: "These two, how to say it, in fact, the first feeling that these two beads give me is beautiful, and then I feel a little unnatural, although this pattern can be said to be magical, but it always gives people an unnatural feeling." β
Fang Shi nodded and said, "Well, I also think these two beads are a little weird, but I don't know what is strange about them." β
Zhuang Lao smiled and nodded: "Yes, it is very strange, according to my experience, I think the composition of these two beads seems to be a little different, beeswax is opaque amber, is the fossil of sap, itself should be yellow, orange and yellow, red because it should be oxidized pulp." If you look at these two beeswax with Tai Chi pattern, Tai Chi pattern is composed of light red and dark red, so what does Wei Lu form this kind of pulp? β
"Wait, you mean, there's the beads and then the textures?"
Uncle Zhuang smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "Exactly." β
"In this way, it may also be that the beads were carved first, and then gradually formed a pulp over a long period of time."
"It's possible, but after you have this kind of thought, you will naturally wonder if someone has deliberately processed it like this, right?"
Fang Shi nodded, this is a natural thing, if the Tai Chi pattern is formed later, then what must have been formed after a long time? The current cheating technique can easily oxidize and discolor the surface of beeswax.
Zhuang Lao smiled mysteriously: "Then I carefully looked for clues on the beads, and in order to facilitate observation, I disassembled the bead strings, but found another problem." β
Speaking of this, Zhuang Lao paused, and with some meaning of selling off, Fang Shi hurriedly asked, "What's the problem?" Could it be the ingredient you just mentioned? β
"Well, it's a matter of ingredients, beeswax has some resin fragrance smell, especially after rubbing, this smell is more obvious, when I took these two beads out, but unexpectedly found that these two beads have no fragrance, it turned out that there was no way to find it mixed with other beeswax on the bracelet, and after taking it out separately to wipe it clean, this secret was exposed."
Fang Shi's eyes narrowed, this is a fake? No, it is impossible for Song Lixian to deceive himself with fakes, and his memory is very good, this is the bracelet that Song Lixian wore at that time. Maybe Song Lixian didn't know that this was a fake? This is also a little unreasonable, Song Lixian should like this bracelet very much, otherwise he would not carry it with him, he must have carefully studied this bracelet, and it is even possible that this bracelet was made by Song Lixian himself, and the beads were also collected separately, if this is the case, this is a little interesting.
"So, these two beads are fake?"
"Fake? That can't be said either, judging from the shape of this bracelet, those beeswax are just beads that accompany these two Taiji patterns, so we default to that these two beads are also beeswax, perhaps, it has never been, but we want to fork? β
"However, in terms of value, if these two beads are not beeswax texture, then wouldn't it mean to put the cart before the horse, not to mention, you just said that the Tai Chi pattern is not naturally formed."
Zhuang Lao nodded approvingly: "So, I'm also very curious, I went to borrow an electron microscope, and I found an amazing thing." β
"Amazing things?"
"Well, originally I wanted to see the fine structure crystallization of the beads without destroying the beads, but I found a strange layering in the opening of the beads, although the beeswax itself will also have a shell-like layered structure, but this one is obviously not."
Fang Shi curiously took a document bag handed over by Zhuang Lao, and took out a few color printouts from it.
"It's like a shell no matter how you look at it!"
"That's right, I think so too, this bead is wrapped in a layer of Tai Chi patterned shell, as for what is inside, I don't know."
Fang Shi frowned, this is really strange, if these two beads still have secrets, wouldn't Song Lixian know the way? But if he knew that there were secrets in these two beads, how could he be willing to take them out to make color heads, and even give them to himself after the last one, this can't be explained! Of course, Fang Shi resolutely didn't believe that Song Li had deliberately created a fake to wear and play with himself, and he couldn't figure it out if he thought about it, and there was no way to catch Song Li, who was already dead, back and ask him first, Fang Shi could only give up for the time being and continue to dwell on this issue.
Fang Shi raised his head and looked at Zhuang Lao: "Zhuang Lao, do you think for what purpose someone would do this fake?" β
Zhuang Lao shook his head and said, "I don't know what to do, but generally speaking, if it's not to cheat money, it may also be to protect the things inside." β
"Cheating money? This is unlikely. If it is to protect the things inside, wouldn't it backfire with such an eye-catching appearance? β
Zhuang Lao didn't know what Fang Shi was doing and directly vetoed the possibility of cheating money, but since Fang Shi said so, there must be a reason, and Zhuang Lao didn't pursue it. As for Fang Shi's question, Zhuang Lao had also considered it.
"This kind of situation is actually not uncommon, if it is too ordinary, it may really be discarded as worthless things, as for what to make it so conspicuous, there is only one possibility, that is, compared with its original true appearance, this appearance is actually very inconspicuous."
Fang Shi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded his head.
However, these two beads are less than fifteen millimeters in diameter, and if you remove the outer layer, there may be only about ten millimeters inside.
Fang Shi stretched out his hand and picked up the bracelet, looking at it carefully in front of the light, of course, it was impossible to see that little secret with the naked eye, but Fang Shi was strange, his spiritual power perception was not found, and the identification technique was not found, so to speak, this shell itself is also very interesting, at least, this shell blocks his own ability and spiritual power penetration.
What's even more strange is that these two beads show an affinity for the yin and yang breath It turns out that it is only a superficial shell, and a layer of shell has already shown such a good affinity for the breath, and even has the potential to become an excellent magic weapon, so what about the things inside?
Could it be that there is really some treasure hidden in this?
Thinking of the baby, Fang Shi suddenly had a feeling inexplicably, always felt that this baby was not a good thing, maybe there was a sentence that just responded to this feeling, and he was guilty!
Fang Shi's brow furrowed suddenly. (To be continued......)