Chapter 88: Oracle Bone Counterfeiting
"Little friend, what my uncle gave me will not take it back."
The more Zhang Jiamou looked at it, the more he felt that he liked this child, refreshing and clean, knowledgeable and polite. I don't know who is so lucky to have such a child. He grabbed Wang Mengxiong's hand, put Dayang into his palm again, and let Wang Mengxiong's little hand wrap it.
"Being able to meet here shows that we are destined. You can keep this ocean first, and when Uncle Zhang and this blue uncle have negotiated business, I will have a good chat with you! ”
This is...... I insist that Wang owe a favor!
Wang Mengxiong had no choice but to accept this hard favor, and cheered up, so as to help Zhang Jiamou check the checks, don't really be deceived by this man.
Zhang Jiamou looked at the oracle bones repeatedly, and really put his nose up and sniffed it again, and sure enough, there was no fishy smell.
Lan Baoguang looked at it with a smile, and did not urge, until he looked through them one by one and smelled them one by one, and then said confidently: "Mr. Zhang, do you see if what I said is right?" I have been buying this oracle bone in the countryside of Anyang for many years, and the real thing and the fake can't escape my eyes. The foreign priest had also seen this batch of goods, but the price was too low to sell them to him. If you sincerely want it, the price is right, I won't go to the front of the Kashiwakudo to try your luck, it's all for you! So as not to go to the temple to pray to the gods everywhere and delay time. ”
Zhang Jiamou was groaning over there, and it was difficult to make up his mind. Wang Mengxiong watched from the sidelines, his brain was running rapidly, looking for flaws.
"Uncle Zhang, can you get me a big piece of it, let me see it too, I promise not to break it."
"Here you go, this thing is mainly worth the words on it, and as for the things, they are all fossilized, strong enough, you can't break them!"
Wang Mengxiong took a piece of ox oracle bone handed over by Zhang Jiamou and held it in front of him to watch. He secretly pinched it with Hercules, and if it was a fake cow bone, it would have been pinched by his hand a long time ago. And this cow oracle bone is as hard as jade, and it is indeed called a fossil as Zhang Jiamou said.
Because the handwriting engraved on the oracle bone is small, Wang Mengxiong needs to be very close to his eyes to see clearly. It's a pity that although there is a lot of handwriting on it, he doesn't recognize any of it. You must know that he doesn't even dare to say that he knows more than half of traditional Chinese characters, let alone the oracle bone inscription, the source of Chinese calligraphy.
A very subtle smell wafted into the wings of his nose and was quickly captured by Wang Mengxiong's brain nerves. "It's not the smell of rotting animals, but it's definitely not like the smell of antiques that have been around for more than a thousand years. It's strange, it's déjà vu, as if it's smelled somewhere. What exactly is the place? How can it be a dull pain! ”
Wang Mengxiong's head always seems to have a window to be opened, but every time it is critical, there will be a force to cover the whole room, not to mention opening the window, even the light is not there, it is dark and dull, as if it is buried in the ground.
"It's earthy, fresh, earthy. It stands to reason that although this thing is buried in the underground soil, it has been washed clean now, where does the smell of the earth come from? ”
Wang Mengxiong's actions here did not attract the attention of the two of them, and they have now reached an agreement on the authenticity of the thing, and they are talking about the price. Of course, it is the price of the oracle bone, not the price given by Zhang Jiamou to buy dragon bone medicinal materials before.
With a "snap", a large piece of oracle bone was thrown on top of the blue cloth bag, and there was a chaotic sound underneath.
"Oops!" Zhang Jiamou said that this thing was strong, but it was not his own thing at that time. Now that the deal is about to be made, I call it my baby, and I don't feel distressed, of course it's fake.
Lan Baoguang watched from the sidelines, guessing the child's intentions, and he didn't care very much about whether things were bad or not.
"Uncle Zhang, this thing is fake, what are you distressed about!"
Wang Mengxiong's indifferent attitude completely touched the two of them, Zhang Jiamou was extremely disbelieving, and that Lan Baoguang said angrily: "Little ...... Little children don't talk nonsense. If it weren't for your uncle, I would have taught you a lesson! ”
Wang Mengxiong just threw the oracle bone on purpose, just to test this blue treasure light. Don't look at what he said, it made Wang Mengxiong confirm what he thought in his heart.
"Kid, don't talk nonsense. Here in Liulichang, you can say that things are not valuable, but remember not to be completely sure that other people's things are fake. What's more, my uncle has just identified that this thing is ancient, and the words are also full of ancient meaning, it is by no means made up randomly, it is undoubtedly genuine. ”
Zhang Jiamou first separated Wang Mengxiong from Lan Baoguang and protected him in front of him, and then said to him.
Although that man was not Wang Mengxiong's opponent even if there were five or six more, he was still moved by Zhang Jiamou's natural action. However, this strengthened his determination to debunk the liar Lan Baoguang, while repaying the favor he had just owed.
"Uncle, you listen to me explain to you one by one. First of all, the oracle bones you just checked, did each of them have handwriting on them? ”
Zhang Jiamou was taken aback, "That's true!" ”
Lan Baoguang was also shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but justify: "I said that I received it from the old farmer, and I picked the oracle bones with words. ”
Wang Mengxiong smiled, "If it is really collected from the farmer, I believe that as long as he has a wordless in his hand, he will definitely sell it to you together, and he will never let you pick up the good things, and the rest will be sold as ordinary medicinal materials!" ”
It's like selling a house in the future, if the house has a garage, normal people will never sell the two separately, they will definitely be sold together. In this era, peasants may have a low level of education and cannot read a single word, but they are by no means stupid.
Lan Baoguang's reason is too far-fetched, and even Zhang Jiamou obviously doesn't believe it. Just now he was overjoyed to see Bao, but now he was a little bit by Wang Mengxiong, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"That's how I collect it, as long as the price is enough, no one will be unhappy with the money!" Sapphire said stiffly.
"Okay, if you're reasonable, then I'll talk about the second fake." Wang Mengxiong decided to go to the next city and make this guy mess up. "This second fake is that I throw it away at will, whether this thing is strong or not, my uncle feels distressed, but you, the master who bought it at a great price, don't care, it seems that it can't be said?"
Looking at Wang Mengxiong and Zhang Jiamou's gaze together, Lan Baoguang was indeed a little flustered. "I carried this thing all the way, and I know if it's strong or not."
"This kid doesn't give up until the Yellow River, it seems that he has to give him another heavy blow!" Wang Mengxiong picked up the piece of ox oracle bone that had just been thrown down from the ground, wiped the black text on it with the strength of his fingers, and then pointed his finger towards the sun, looked at the faint black marks on it and said: "It stands to reason that this thing has gone through thousands of years, even if it is soil, it is also infiltrated into the bones, and it will never be rubbed down casually, you look at the dirty marks on my fingers, can you give me a reasonable explanation." If you dare to say it's true, soak it in spirits to see if the handwriting fades. ”
The cold sweat on Sapphire Light's back came out at once, flowing down the ridge groove, instantly wetting the undershirt inside. Wang Mengxiong's last blow completely hit his vital point, leaving him speechless for a moment. To tell the truth, this oracle bone is indeed the oracle bone of Yin Shang more than 3,000 years ago that he purchased from the old farmer, but this oracle bone inscription was engraved by himself by copying hundreds of oracle bone characters.
It turned out that this guy was a big smoker, and when he heard that oracle bone counterfeiting could make a lot of money, he bought a batch of wordless oracle bones, engraved some words copied from the books on oracle bone inscriptions written by literati at that time, and then buried them in the soil to make them old, so that they could be confused with the real. However, when the old things are washed with alcohol, they will be washed clean and completely exposed.
"Little friend, Uncle Zhang took you to find your family, I want to thank them and you!"
Zhang Jiamou pulled Wang Mengxiong out of the distance, and Lan Baoguang woke up like a dream, packed up his things and ran in the opposite direction. "The passing year is unfavorable, and you meet an enemy. This Jingshi is too difficult to mix, so it's better to go back to Anyang to fool the foreign devils! ”