As a wealthy villager, Dongzhang's mansion is indeed not small, especially the banquet place, the roof is warped, the corridor pillars are round, and the hall is enough for thirty-four people to sit.

Although it was not dark, it seemed to show off the wealth of the master's family, and the hall had been lit by candles, and two rows of bronze lampstands three feet high were placed against the wall. Its shape is not very exquisite, most of them are a slave-shaped bronze figure kneeling on the ground, holding a lamp plate with both hands, and animal anointing oil is placed in the plate, and the lamp stamen burns quietly, emitting a faint smell of burning.

In front of the lampstand, there is a lacquered wood table uniformly painted in black, and there is a mat behind each table, divided into two rows.

The tall and fat Zhang Bo was a little crowded on the central main seat, and there were two green-clothed maids sitting on the small table next to him, and he finally did not send his own children to invite Heifu to the banquet, and he felt that he had won the game, so he was full of spirit, and as soon as he raised his hand, he invited everyone to the table.

Today's guests are divided into two seats, east and west, which seems to be distinct.

Sitting on the east side are the children of the Zhang family, the elders of the hometown, except for the three elders Zhang Cheng at the head of the east seat, who is wearing brocade clothes and wide sleeves, most of the others are wearing ordinary Ge linen clothes.

These people are all local clans and township parties, and their relationship depends on blood relationship, even if they do not have the same surname, they also have in-laws with each other. Every lunar month, all the families in the same town can go to the ancestral grave together, and eat and drink in the same hall. Such a group of people are of course familiar with each other, and as soon as they meet, they greet each other in the local dialect, and they talk enthusiastically, and their eyes still glance at the group of "outsiders" opposite.

Heifu, Gongao, and Zhongming, along with the ten armorers he had deliberately brought, sat on the west side. Everyone is also very conscious of "outsiders", all wearing light armor, hanging swords at their waists, kneeling in the posture of the army, all with solemn expressions, without too many words, which seems incompatible with the lively atmosphere of the banquet.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhang Bo clapped his hands and quieted down the chatting township party fathers and elders. He said a big call in dialect, and Heifu only understood a rough idea, it was nothing more than today's banquet, all to let everyone know the newcomer, and everyone let go of their stomachs to eat and drink, don't be restrained.

Subsequently, under the leadership of the third elder Zhang Cheng, everyone in the east seat got up together and bowed to the black man at the head of the west seat, and the black man also bowed his hand in return.

Although there is a big gap between the customs of Wei and Nanjun, fortunately, there is a banquet in the township, and there is no red tape of the aristocratic banquet in the big city.

"Is this blog trying to put it in front of me?"

Looking at the candles burning in broad daylight behind him, and at the servants and maidservants who came in with lacquerware boxes, Heifu thought to himself.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes, doctors, scholars, and concubines, and even the food utensils used for eating, all had different etiquette regulations, and people with low status could not use bronze utensils.

But gradually, some nobles became poor, and some nobles became rich, and although they were limited by etiquette, they still did not dare to use bronze tripods excessively, but another kind of utensils became popular, and like bronze represented status, it became a sign of wealth, which is lacquerware.

The land of the Liang and Song dynasties, known as "a thousand tree lacquer", is the handicraft center of the Central Plains lacquerware production, and Zhuangzi was a lacquer garden official in the Song Dynasty. But the lacquerware here is still not cheap, and the price of good lacquerware is comparable to gold.

But when I saw the lacquerware in front of me, the small lacquer plate for the food was black, and the lacquer bowl was uniformly red. The wine cup is an ear cup, which is also a red and black cloud pattern, simple and bright. No matter which one it is, the style is completely consistent, and small counties and urban and rural towns can't be made, so they should be specially customized in big cities......

At this time, Zhang Bo spoke, babbling a bunch of dialects, and after finishing speaking, the township party in Dongxi suddenly laughed, and their eyes looked at Heifu in unison.

"What did he say?" Heifu tilted his head and asked his "translator" Zhong Ming.

Zhong Ming was a little embarrassed, but he still truthfully told Heifu: "Zhang Bo said that these lacquerware were made by him by spending a lot of money and inviting the best lacquerware workshop in Daliang City, which is extremely exquisite, and he rarely even uses it at home on weekdays. He also said......"

Seeing Zhong Ming's hesitation, Heifu asked, "What else did you say?" ”

He also mentioned that a few days ago, when he was having a banquet at his home for a group of passing merchants, one of the merchants became greedy and hid a lacquer-eared cup on the case in his arms and wanted to steal it! Zhang Bo finally asked You Bi, such a beautiful artifact, in Qinguo County Township, should not have been seen? ”

Heifu frowned suddenly, this blog is not only broad, but also thorny in his words!

He glared at Gong Ao, who was almost ready to shoot in anger, shook his head at him, and then faced the people in the east seat and began to talk eloquently.

"Relay my words to them in the Liangwei dialect, and don't miss a word."

Zhong Ming agreed, so Heifu said a word, and he relayed a sentence.

"You said that he had seen lacquerware ten or a hundred times more beautiful than these!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in Dongxi was stunned and looked at each other, while Zhang Bo laughed and said that Heifu was bragging.

Heifu was not busy, and began to tell about the tomb robbery case he solved when he first became the pavilion chief.

It is the tomb of the Ruo Ao clan, the prince of Chu State, which has been inherited for hundreds of years.

Compared with the history of Ruo Ao's family, the Zhang family, which can only be traced back to two hundred years, especially the Yangwu Zhang family, which has not been more than three generations, is simply the light of rice grains, competing with the sun and the moon.

In the huge coffin of Ruo Ao's Douxin, in addition to the bronze tripod that represents his identity, there are also mountains of lacquerware, all shapes.

There are not many people who can name Hefu, just a few.

There is a openwork paint ban, that is, a wine case. Heifu remembers that the case was carved from a whole thick wooden plank, engraved with moire and vermilion painting, with two dragons embossed on each of the four corners, and four legs carved into the shape of a beast. The case seat is painted with cloud patterns and grass leaf patterns, the beast-shaped forbidden foot is painted with scales and swirl patterns, and the whole body is covered with black lacquer and vermilion patterns......

"Isn't this thing ten or a hundred times more beautiful than this low black lacquer case?"

There is also a mandarin duck-shaped painted lacquer box, which Heifu described as having its head, body, wings, feet, tail, etc. all in bas-relief, with fine carving and realistic image. On the black lacquer background, the pattern is also painted with vermilion, gold, yellow and other colors: the mandarin duck is painted with feather patterns, and the two sides of the tail are painted with two symmetrical looking back phoenixes, and the moire pattern is painted with the seat and the moire is hooked......

"Isn't this thing ten or a hundred times more beautiful than this ordinary lacquer box without any patterns?"

Zhong Ming relayed Heifu's words, which shocked Zhang Bo, and everyone in Dongxi was dumbfounded.

If the Ao family is a rich nobleman, as far as Heifu can see, its funeral form can be completely comparable to the "Tomb of Marquis Zeng", which has produced countless national treasures, so its lacquer shape is rare, and the craftsmanship is exquisite, which can be called the leader of the times.

When those artifacts were excavated, even he, a well-informed modern person, was shocked, and he almost couldn't help but secretly take a few private collections, not to mention the Zhang family townsman in front of him.

After Heifu said this, Yun smiled lightly, although he didn't say it explicitly, but his meaning was self-evident.

Compared to Ruo Ao's kind of true. Aristocrat, you are a countryman, you are a fart, and you dare to show up in front of me, really when I am an uninformed Rong Di Junhan?

Dongxi was speechless, Zhang Bo also opened his mouth, and he stopped talking, he just asked if Heifu had seen it, and he didn't ask him if he had it at home, so Heifu's answer was fine.

At this time, Gongao, who was awakened by Heifu's words, also began to brag.

Isn't it just a swing? They have a common surname, and they are also the distant clans of the Chu State, and their ancestors were also broad. Although it is not as good as before, but the lacquerware used for the sacrifice and banquet in the clan is also made in Jiangling, Chu customs, more like exaggerated, wild patterns, compared with it, the Central Plains lacquerware is really less imagination, this time, it is Zhang Bo and Dongxi's turn to be embarrassed, and they have begun to ridicule each other, and a regional aesthetic war is about to break out.

Seeing that Gong Ao was blowing bigger and bigger, Heifu stopped him and said with a smile: "If the Ao clan has a long bloodline, there is no clan in the world that can match it. Its fiefdom is ten times larger than that of Humu Township; There are so many people in the entire Yangwu County; The wealth of its people is so great that even the king of Chu will be ashamed. However, when the army of Wu Anjun of our Qin State came, the descendants of the Ruo Ao clan could only bury their wealth in a hurry, abandon the graves of their ancestors, and flee eastward in a hurry, which can be seen from this......"

Heifu slammed his scabbard on the lacquer case, startling everyone at the table.

He said coldly: "No matter how exquisite the lacquerware is, it can't help but chop with copper and iron swords." No matter how dazzling the wealth is, if you want to survive for a long time, you have to be respectful in front of the Qin officials! ”