Chu Chen returned to his seat a little distracted, he really couldn't understand, there would be that thing in the weishenme inkstone?

"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with the inkstone? Liu Sizhe saw Chu Chen's absent-minded appearance, so he asked in a low voice.

Of course, Chu Chen couldn't tell the secret in the inkstone, and just explained it casually, and then turned the topic away.

"Qing Kangxi Yuming Kui dragon pattern pine flower stone inkstone end, the starting price is 500,000, each increase shall not be less than 1,000, please bid!"

"Five hundred and one thousand!"

"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Six hundred thousand!"

……

"Eight hundred thousand!"

……

After all, the number of this imperial pine flower stone inkstone is limited, whether it is given away or collected, it has great value, therefore, after a while, the price of the inkstone reached 1.2 million.

"One million and three million!" The valuation of this inkstone, Chu Chen felt that it should be around 1.5 million, 1.3 million, it should be a node, so he simply added 100,000 yuan with a lot of money.

Chu Chen's 100,000 yuan was added, and the scene instantly became cold, and many people were thinking about whether they would want to participate in it.

"One million three hundred and fifty thousand!" Not to be outdone, Lao Lin added 50,000 yuan, because he got the news of the auction in advance, and he made a lot of preparations for this auction, but so far, he has only auctioned a thing of more than 80,000 yuan, so he is now holding back a lot of strength in his heart, wanting to take down this inkstone.

However, although Lao Lin bid fiercely, he still lost in Chu Chen's unhurried offer, and this inkstone. In the end, it was taken down by Chu Chen at a price of 1.51 million.

The auction is here, and there is a finale lot from Zuihou. And this finale lot is indeed extraordinary, it is actually a very rare one. Ming Chenghua blue and white entwined branch lotus pattern lying foot bowl. The so-called recumbent bowl is a type of bowl. Shallow abdomen, the bottom of the bowl is concave, and the bowl wall acts as a ring foot, so it is called a lying foot bowl, which is mostly seen in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

This bowl is complete, the shape is exquisite, the enamel is thick, the color is light and elegant, and it can be described as the representative work of Chenghua blue and white. Not to mention the others, even Chu Chen fell in love with it when he saw it.

It's a pity that this is an auction organized by the association after all, Chu Chen has already won three lots before, and if he wins this Chenghua blue and white again, it seems a little greedy, and his funds are not so abundant, so he can only regret that he missed this rare blue and white foot bowl. ……

"Hey. It's a shame, if I had enough money, I'd have taken that bowl down. Brother Chen, don't you think it's a pity? Liu Sizhe sat in the passenger seat. Shaking his head in regret.

The Chenghua blue and white recumbent foot bowl just now was finally bought by a senior collector at a price of 4.55 million, which was also the highest auction price for an item in the auction organized by the association. For a while, everyone was very impressed.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's a pity, it's definitely a pity." But in our business, don't fantasize about holding all the good things in your own hands. You can't buy all the good things, and when it's time to let go, you still have to let go. Although I can buy and take this thing, but then it will appear that I am not greedy enough, there is a way to be kind and make money, and if you are too greedy, others will not want to deal with you, and you will undoubtedly lose a lot of opportunities. ”

Liu Sizhe nodded and said, "You're right, but I still feel a little unwilling, I don't know if I will have a chance to encounter this kind of thing in the future." Forget it, let's not talk about it, by the way, Brother Chen, why did you just think of asking Liu Dayou about the seller of the inkstone? ”

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "My dad usually likes to write calligraphy, I just want to send him a better set of study utensils, since the seller has such a haode inkstone, I want to ask him if he has any better study utensils, and I will find another one." ”

Of course, the real situation is definitely not what Chu Chen said, the relevant information he asked the seller for was also related to the things hidden in the inkstone, of course, if the seller had his favorite study utensils, it would be even better.

Liu Sizhe had no doubts about this, he smiled: "It's a pity that that person is in Xiangjiang now, you shouldn't go now, right?" But let me know when you go, and I'm going to go there by then. ”

Chu Chen said with a smile: "I will definitely go to Xiangjiang, but I definitely won't go alone because of this matter." It's okay if you want to go, but you have to get the master's consent, otherwise I won't dare to take you with me. ”

Generally speaking, the seller's information in the auction is confidential, but because the seller of the inkstone happens to be Chen Dayou's friend, after Chen Dayou obtained the consent of his friend, he handed over the person's relevant information and phone number to Chu Chen.

But it's a pity that Chen Dayou's friend actually lives in Xiangjiang, and Chu Chen definitely can't go to Xiangjiang now, otherwise others will definitely find it strange. He planned to go to Xiangjiang in December to look for the man again, hoping to find relevant clues by then.

After Chu Chen came out of Liu's hometown, he went to the market to buy some things, and then returned to the place he rented, ready to open the inkstone. It wasn't too much trouble to open the inkstone, but it wasn't easy to explain after all, so he didn't want others to know about it.

During this time, Chu Chen would come back to clean the room once every three days, and the house would not look dirty, and after he went back, he turned on the gas and boiled the water.

While waiting for the water to boil, Chu Chen took out the inkstone.

Looking carefully at this seemingly complete pine flower inkstone, he couldn't help but be amazed, if it weren't for the ability, he didn't know that this inkstone, which was thick in pulp and without a trace of cracks, would be a restoration.

Shaking his head with a sigh, Chu Chen took out a magnifying glass and looked at a place at the end of the inkstone, and after a while, he found a crack thinner than a hair, this crack followed the lines of the inkstone, if he didn't know in advance, no one would have found it at all.

It is very simple to use violent methods to open this place, but after all, this inkstone is worth one million and five hundred thousand, and Chu Chen is reluctant to destroy it. Not to mention using violent methods, even if it was a scratch around the crack, he would not be willing, because in this way, the pulp in this place would be destroyed.

This can't work, that can't be done, is there a way, without destroying the inkstone, to take out the contents of the can't be done?

Not to mention, Chu Chen really found this method, and the water that is being boiled now is also prepared for this.

At this time, the water boiling on the gas stove was already boiling, Chu Chen poured all the ingredients he bought just now into the pot, waited for the things to boil, poured two bowls of old vinegar into it, and stirred it, and then took out a steaming rack and put the inkstone inside, so that when the steam smoked the inkstone for five minutes, there would be results.

This method, which Chu Chen saw in one of Liu Lao's notes, can be used to melt away the adhesives used by the ancients on antiques, although this method is not useful for every adhesive in ancient times, but the practical value is already very high.

To say that this method is the ancestral skill of the Liu family, that is, now, Chu Chen can learn this formula, if in the past, except for the direct children of the Liu family, even if it is an apprentice who is as close as he is, it is impossible to teach it.

Soon, five minutes passed, Chu Chen quickly took out the inkstone with gloves, and then put it on a piece of cotton cloth, and then, with the help of a magnifying glass, he used a thin needle to gently scratch on the crack.

At this time, Chu Chen's mood was undoubtedly very nervous, he didn't know if he could melt the adhesive inside with the method just now, if he couldn't melt the adhesive, then he could only use a more violent method, which was undoubtedly something he was unwilling to accept.

Fortunately, the reality did not disappoint him, under his movements, the crack began to slowly get bigger, and when he felt that it was about the same, Chu Chen quickly pried it lightly, and pried the tail of the inkstone off.

At this time, Chu Chen did not immediately check the things hidden in the inkstone, but immediately cleaned up the adhesive on the inkstone with a cotton cloth stained with water, otherwise when it solidified again, he would have to deal with it again like just now. As for the method just now, Chu Chen was worried that it might have a bad impact on the inkstone, so it was better to save it.

After everything was completed, Chu Chen picked up the inkstone and looked at it, only to see that on the side of most of the inkstone, there was a gap half a centimeter large, and inside was what Chu Chen found with his ability.

The contents were gently pulled out with a thin needle, but it was a folded note and a very small key.

The note was not big, Chu Chen carefully opened it, and there were columns of small characters written densely on it, Chu Chen used a magnifying glass to identify it, and it turned out to be a line of formulas written on the paper.

The formula on the note reads catchy, but the meaning of this combination makes Chu Chen a little unclear. But when he thought about it, he felt that the words seemed to have a sense of familiarity.

Chu Chen racked his brains to recall, but he never thought that he had seen similar words anywhere, and just as he was about to give up, the key in his hand made his mind flash.

"Could it be that this is a verbal decision from the trap box?"

The so-called mechanism box, is the ancient people to store documents and treasures of the secret box, that is, the ancient safe, this kind of box is equipped with a variety of secret organs, it takes very cumbersome steps to open, unless it is a simple mechanism box, otherwise if you don't know the method, it is impossible to open.

And this kind of box also has a self-destruct device, just like the previous belly hall, as long as someone brute-forces the box, then the contents will be destroyed by the self-destruct device. (To be continued......)