A day later, Wang Xiaoxi and Lu Zigang each brought a wooden box.

Wang Xiaoxi presented the box first. The prefect opened it and saw that there was a variegated jade butterfly hairpin inside. Jade has always been expensive and pure color, if the color is mixed, the price is not high.

It's just that Wang Xiaoxi conceived very cleverly and carved the variegated part into a butterfly, so that the hairpin body still looks as white as mutton fat, and the butterfly is colorful. What's even more amazing is that the hairpin is carved from a whole piece of jade, but the hairpin head butterfly can tremble slightly.

It turned out that Wang Xiaoxi was already good at openwork carving, and then used a Kun cutting jade knife to carve the butterfly wings finely, so that the original hard jade could tremble with the wind after carving.

The prefect was secretly surprised when he saw that Wang Xiaoxi's skills were so high, and Lu Zigang presented his box.

When the prefect opened it, he saw that it was a crab-shaped wine house carved from green jade. It seems that although the knife work is also quite exquisite, compared with Wang Xiaoxi's butterfly hairpin, it looks mediocre.

As soon as Liu Sizhe said this, Dong Fatzi next to him said a little eagerly: "Then in this way, Lu Zigang will not lose!" ”

Liu Sizhe scolded with a smile: "Fatty, don't interject, listen to me finish the story......"

Seeing this situation, the prefect sighed secretly, and was about to make a conclusion, but Lu Zigang was neither humble nor arrogant, stepped forward and saluted and said: "My lord, there is no dream for people, and there is no work for ingenuity." Jade is a spiritual object, and the villain system of this rampant seat is also a spiritual thing. ”

When the prefect heard this, he wondered: "Is there anything wonderful about this wine house?" ”

Lu Zigang said: "My lord, you only need to put a glass of hot wine on it, and you will know. ”

The prefect was curious by what he said. Immediately asked the servant to scald a pot of wine, sifted a glass and put it on the wine seat.

It's strange to say. As soon as the wine glass was put up, the green jade crab actually crawled with eight claws. When he was alive, he crawled on the table, and when he climbed all over the four corners of the table, he returned to the prefect, and the wine was warm, just in the mouth.

When Wang Xiaoxi saw it, his face was like earth. He didn't expect Lu Zigang to have such ingenuity, even if his butterfly hairpin was carved finely, it seemed that he couldn't get rid of his craftsmanship.

This time in the competition, Wang Xiaoxi's chicken flew eggs. Not only did he lose the qualification to go to the vassal king's mansion, but he also lost the sword, and at that time, he was so anxious that a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the person fainted to the ground......

"And then?" Dong Fatzi asked again after hearing this.

Liu Sizhe shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "What else, of course, I completed the task of the vassal king, and then returned with honor!" ”

Dong Fatzi muttered: "Uh, it turns out that Lu Zigang got this kind of knife!" ”

Zhang Yanbin next to him laughed and said: "I said fatty, I see that your brain is broken, you really believe this story!" ”

Dong Fatzi pursed his lips and said, "What's that?" Wu Daozi's paintings will move when they are put in the water, so what if the crabs made by Lu Zigang can climb? ”

"Wu Daozi's painting is also a legend, is it good, I don't believe you can still see it in reality?" Zhang Yanbin said with a smile.

Dong Fatzi smiled: "What you said, if you really haven't seen it." Can I say that? ”

Hearing him say this, Zhang Yanbin was a little stunned, and it was half a sound. He said with an incredulous expression: "It's true, you can't be daydreaming, right?" ”

"What do you say?" Dong Fatzi asked back with a smile.

Zhang Yanbin looked at Dong Fatzi with some incredulity. He turned his head to look at Liu Sizhe and Chu Chen, and found that they were all smiling.

See this. Zhang Yanbin suddenly thought of a possibility, and he asked with some shock: "Xiao Chu, the painting of Wu Daozi that the fat man said can't be your collection, right?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, and then said: "Although my painting of Wu Daozi does change when it enters the water, I can still find a reason to explain it, but the crab in the story is really a bit ridiculous, how can there be an automatic fever, not to mention, and can still leave by itself?" If Lu Zigang can really make that kind of thing, I suspect that he is an alien. ”

Liu Sizhe took over and said: "Fatty, you are daydreaming, if it can automatically heat wine, I can believe it, but this thing is jade, and the joints can't move, do you really believe that the jade in the story is psychic, so the crab can crawl?" ”

Dong Fatzi thought about it and felt that he was indeed quite stupid, Chu Chen's things, although magical, could more or less always find some reason, but the jade crab could move, except for children, it is estimated that no one would believe such an outrageous thing.

At this time, Zhang Yanbin still looked incredulous and asked, "This ...... Xiao Chu, do you really have a painting of Wu Daozi, and that painting will still move when it is put in the water? ”

Dong Fatzi smiled: "I said Brother Zhang, can we still lie to you about this?" If you don't believe it, won't you know when you go to the capital one day? Let's still care about the jade crab that Brother Chu bought just now! ”

When Zhang Yanbin heard this, he hurriedly said to Chu Chen: "Xiao Chu, when you come back from England, you must call me first!" ”

When Chu Chen smiled and nodded, Liu Sizhe next to him said with some doubts: "Brother Chen, why does this jade crab look so strict, and directly cover up the details of the carving, it stands to reason that Lu Zigang is a figure in the late Ming Dynasty, under normal circumstances, Tuqin should not be so strict, right?" ”

"yes!" Zhang Yanbin also stepped forward and said, "And I look at the material of this jade crab, why does it look like it is made of Huanglong jade, with Lu Zigang's character, he shouldn't use jade of this material, right?" ”

Zhang Yanbin's meaning, Chu Chen also understood, the legend is that Lu Zigang is not a good jade carving, if you look at the current appearance of this jade crab, it really doesn't look like Lu Zigang's work, but if this crab looks good, it is impossible for him to pick it up at a price of more than forty yuan.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "You can use a strong flashlight to know what material this crab is made of." ”

When Liu Sizhe heard this, he hurriedly took out a strong flashlight and shone it on the crab's abdomen, and in an instant, the jade became very transparent, and a warm and dignified, yellow luster like a steamed chestnut emanated from the inside out.

Seeing this, Liu Sizhe immediately exclaimed: "It's actually topaz!" ”

When Dong Fatzi saw Liu Sizhe's appearance, he was a little puzzled, and said: "Brother Liu, you don't have to be so surprised, isn't it topaz, isn't it Huanglongyu like Brother Zhang said just now?" ”

"You kid just don't learn and don't know how to do it, can Huang Longyu compare with Huang Yu?" Liu Sizhe said angrily.

Dong Fatzi was a little stunned: "Is there anything different?" Last time, I accompanied Ning Ning to go shopping, and I saw a pendant marked with Huanglongyu, but the boss said that Huanglongyu was Topaz. ”

Liu Sizhe patted Dong Fatzi's shoulder, laughed and said, "Fatty, when did your IQ become so low, and you also believe the words of the profiteer?" ”

Zhang Yanbin also said with a smile: "Huanglongyu is a relatively low-grade jade material, and topaz should be the Huangqin material in Khotanese jade." ”

Liu Sizhe shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang, you are wrong, although topaz also belongs to Khotanese jade, but Huang Qin material is Huang Qin material, and topaz is completely different things." ”

Dong Fatzi looked a little confused when he heard this: "When you say this, I'm confused, what is topaz?" ”

"Then I'll teach you a lesson."

Liu Sizhe explained with a smile: "Topaz is more complicated in comparison, because people's understanding of it is not comprehensive, and the statement is very inconsistent, causing many people to misunderstand. The market is even more mixed. Profiteers often confuse right from wrong to deceive consumers, causing them to suffer financial losses. ”

"Generally speaking, profiteers like to say that three kinds of jade are topaz, and these three kinds of jade are Huanglongyu, Huangqin and Huangkou. Let's not talk about Huang Longyu, this thing has nothing to do with Khotanese jade at all, and there is no comparison......"

Dong Fatzi hurriedly said: "Don't, Brother Liu, just talk about it, otherwise you will have to fool the profiteers next time!" ”

Liu Sizhe said: "It's too troublesome to say this, Huanglongyu is actually yellow wax stone, this kind of jade is formed from chalcedony and part of agate in cryptocrystalline quartz in yellow wax stone. Its hardness is about the same as jadeite, and it belongs to jadeite, while Khotanese jade is nephrite, and neither is the same thing. As for the fact that you want to study Yellowwax Stone, then go back and find this book. ”

After listening to Liu Sizhe's explanation, Dong Fatzi was speechless and said: "Huanglongshi is actually composed of quartz and agate?" Isn't this a pit man? ”

Liu Sizhe chuckled: "How to say, the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise, don't some businesses keep advocating that everyone likes differently?" ”

Dong Fatzi said with some indignation: "A profiteer is a profiteer!" I'll return it when I get back! ”

"Xiao Liu, what is the difference between Huang Qin material and Huang Kou material and topaz?" Zhang Yanbin asked beside him.

Liu Sizhe said: "Huangqin material is actually a brownish-yellow material in Khotanese material, and the cause of sugar jade in mountain material is actually the same, which is caused by the infection of ferric ions in the later stage or the oxidation of ferric ions in tremolite near the surface to form ferric ions. Therefore, the color of the yellow material is a gradual transition from the outside to the inside. ”

The yellow material usually refers to the Hetian jade mountain material, the yellow is blue and yellow, the luster is soft, and the best "yellow material" is thick and oily, which can be compared with topaz, and in a sense, the yellow material is closest to topaz. ”

Liu Sizhe talked eloquently: "Finally, when it comes to topaz, its color is original, that is to say, its yellow color is formed when jade is generated. Therefore, the surface color of topaz is the same as the color of the inside of jade. It is a special dignified yellow, a tender yellow with a slight yellowish-green tint. There are also many colors of topaz, and the best of them, just like this jade crab, is steamed chestnut ......"

In the end, he smiled and said: "Speaking of which, we usually only need to figure out the difference between Huangqin material and Huangkou material, at most it is Huanglongyu, because the production of topaz is very rare, even in ancient times, it is very uncommon, and its color is just in line with the emperor's thoughts, so it is so precious." (To be continued......)