Chapter 43: Confusion
"Oh? Why did Mr. Chan say this? ”
Mr. Sun Heming not only did not show displeasure, but looked at Chen Xuan's eyes with even more appreciation.
"There are three reasons for this."
Chen Xuan pointed to the pair of walnuts and said lightly, "First, this pair of walnuts is full of shape, smooth and symmetrical lines, ruddy and uniform color, and warm pulp, which is definitely top-grade." ”
While speaking, Chen Xuan flipped the two walnuts over and pointed to the tail navel, "The most subtle thing about this pair of walnuts is that its tail navel has just the right arc outline, like a pair of fish eyes, but it's just ........"
Chen Xuan paused slightly, raised his head and said with a smile, "The reason why goldfish eyes are rare is because of its growth cycle, as well as some extremely harsh external conditions, during the growth process, the tail navel produces just the right deformation. ”
"The tail navel of this pair of walnuts is too rounded and there is no trace of deformation, so it is a pair of herring eyes, not goldfish eyes."
Mr. Chen continued! At this time, Sun Heming looked at Chen Xuan's eyes, as if he saw his own son.
Chen Xuan continued, "Second, judging from the age of this pair of walnuts, it should have been opened during the Republic of China, and there was only one pair of goldfish eyes surviving in that era, if I am not mistaken, it should be in the hands of the Qiao family in Tianjin, which has always been regarded as a treasure by the Qiao family, and the possibility of outflow is almost zero." ”
"And the third?" Sun Heming then asked.
Chen Xuan smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "This third reason is a bit opportunistic, from the moment Mr. Sun asked your student to take out the goldfish eyes just now, his expression was obviously a little stunned, this expression revealed that you don't have goldfish eyes in your hands at all, and deliberately said that it was goldfish eyes, just to confuse me." ”
"Hahahaha, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
Sun Heming stroked his palms and laughed, looked at Chen Xuan and said with admiration, "I never thought that Mr. Chen was so young that he would have such attainments, and he could be called a genius. ”
As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant hanging from his waist.
"Teacher, this is absolutely inappropriate, it breaks the rules of the ancestors......."
The young man next to him hurriedly stopped him, but was angrily reprimanded by Sun Heming, and said, "Shut up, do you still know the rules of Master Zu?" Then you should remember that Master Zu said to be humble, humble to Nagu, and to ask for advice when you meet someone stronger than yourself, but what about you? Skills are not as good as people sulking here, go back and give me a good reflection, if you don't want to do it, leave at any time! ”
"Teacher, I was wrong....... the young man was so frightened that he quickly apologized, but he didn't dare to say more.
Chen Xuan carefully took the jade pendant, his heart was pounding, but his face was extremely calm, and he couldn't see any clues.
But after a moment of careful observation, Chen Xuan's face couldn't help but slowly become gloomy, and a subtle disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal, handed the jade pendant back to Sun Heming, and said with a smile, "The younger generation is clumsy, I really don't see the origin of this object." ”
"This is normal."
Sun Heming took back the jade pendant and said with a smile, "It's not an old bragging, looking at the entire antique world, there are only a handful of people who can tell the origin of this object." ”
"Oh? Why did the old gentleman say this? Can you teach a thing or two? Chen Xuan smiled, his face did not change at all.
Sun Heming squinted, looked up at everyone, seemed to hesitate about something, and after a while, said, "That's it, it's not a secret anyway, it's okay if I say it." ”
Then, Sun Heming began to talk about the origin of the jade pendant, and said: "This jade pendant is actually not used for decoration at all, but a talisman. ”
"Talismans?" Chen Xuan's face was puzzled.
Sun Heming nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed a military talisman, during the Warring States Period, there was a personal guard of 3,000 people under the Killing God Bai Qi, none of these 3,000 people could not fight one against a hundred, and the combat effectiveness was extraordinary, called the Heavenly Army, and made great contributions to Bai Qi's military exploits!" ”
As he spoke, he continued, "And the talisman that mobilizes this heavenly army is this jade pendant, and in addition, even the order of King Qin cannot mobilize the heavenly army. ”
Chen Xuan still looked puzzled, and said: "But as far as I know, the talismans are in half, half in the hands of the generals, and half in the hands of the commanders, this jade pendant seems to be a bit ........"
"That's right, the talisman is indeed two halves."
Sun Heming nodded and continued, "This jade pendant is actually a pair, and the combination of the two jade pendants can just be connected into a ring. ”
"A couple!"
Chen Xuan's wrist couldn't help but tremble for a moment, "Could it be that there is another one like this?" ”
Sun Heming's words instantly ignited his hope again.
Just looked at this jade pendant carefully, and found that although the appearance was roughly similar to the one he saw before, but after looking closely, he found that there were some subtle differences between the two, the most obvious is the top of the jade pendant, the one Chen Xuan saw was the dragon's head, and this one was the phoenix tail, obviously not the same one.
So he was extremely disappointed just now, so now when he heard that this jade pendant turned out to be a pair, he couldn't help but get excited again.
Sun Heming nodded and said, "Yes, after Bai Qi was given his death, the Heavenly Army was disbanded on the spot, but the talisman was divided into two, and the two generals of the Heavenly Army were retained. ”
"Later, with the change of dynasties, these two halves of the talisman have gone through ups and downs, but since then the two halves of the talisman have never been recombined."
"My grandfather inadvertently got half of it, that is, the one on me, all these years, no matter how many generations of heads have been replaced, we have been looking for the whereabouts of the other half."
It's just that the other half of the talismans were lost abroad at the end of the Qing Dynasty and have not been heard from since. It wasn't until five years ago that the other half of the talisman suddenly appeared at the auction house in Eastern Europe. Unfortunately, when the other half of the talisman was auctioned off, there was a sudden explosion in the auction house, and the entire auction house was reduced to ruins, and no one inside survived, all of them were burned to charcoal.......
Speaking of this, Sun Heming also sighed for a long time, and said with emotion, "According to rumors, the other half of the talisman was once held by the killer Bai Qi, and his body was contaminated with too much anger, and the place where it appeared would definitely bring disaster, but I didn't expect this curse to be true." ”
Everyone is immersed in this story, and they all sigh for the ending of this story.
Only Chen Xuan clenched his fists at this time, his face was pale, and although he tried his best to restrain himself, his two shoulders couldn't stop trembling.
"Mr. Chen, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" Sun Heming hurriedly asked.
"Oh no, that's how I drank too much."
Chen Xuan tried his best to keep himself calm, and asked again, "I wonder if Old Mr. Sun can know what the other half of the talisman looks like, and whether this one in your hand is the same?" ”
Sun Heming shook his head lightly and said: "No one has seen what it looks like, but I have seen it in the map left by my grandfather, the shape of the jade pendant is similar to mine, the difference is that this one in my hand is a phoenix tail, and that one is a dragon's head, at that time there was a saying in the Qin army, the dragon's head and phoenix tail meet, and all the Buddhas, gods and ghosts are destroyed......."
Chen Xuan found an excuse to leave the private room, and when he walked outside the door, he finally couldn't help it, leaned against the wall weakly and exhaled heavily, his face was pale, and his head was full of beads of sweat the size of beans.
Unexpectedly, the dragon head jade pendant was actually related to the explosion of the Prince Auction House.
This news was like a bombshell, exploding in Chen Xuan's mind.
At this time, he began to faintly feel that things were far from being as simple as he thought, perhaps, this was a conspiracy against himself from beginning to end, and there was always an invisible net hanging over his head......
The bombing of the Prince auction house, that is his own ........
Shen Miao chatted with Su Nan with great interest, asking all about Chen Xuan.
At this time, she admired and admired her to the ground, and said without concealment, "Nan Nan, you must have saved the world in your last life, how could such an excellent strange man fall into your hands, hey, when are you going to divorce him, notify me in advance, the fat water will not flow into the fields of outsiders......."
Su Nan couldn't cry or laugh, only her best friend, who had a different brain circuit than normal people, could say this, but she was secretly happy in her heart, after all, she was praising her husband, and girls would inevitably have some vanity.
In fact, at this time, she was even more excited than Shen Miao in her heart, or there were countless questions, on the one hand, Chen Xuan's performance just now was so amazing, it made him suspect that it was not the Chen Xuan she knew before.
But on the other hand, I always feel that all this is unrealistic, how can Chen Xuan understand the guqin? The two moments just now were not as simple as what he always said before, "I learned a little fur from a master".
has a stomach full of questions, but he can't show it in front of his girlfriends, and always smiles and says, "I don't know him either, and I don't usually ask much, after all, this is his profession, and it's not uncommon to know a little." ”
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, male god, please sit down, please sit down, you will be my idol from now on!"
At this time, Shen Miao suddenly waved excitedly in one direction, and her eyes were full of little stars.
But it was Chen Xuan who came over, but his face was a little gloomy.
"How did it take so long? Did something happen? Su Nan saw that Chen Xuan's face was not quite right, and hurriedly asked with concern.
Chen Xuan exhaled lightly, squeezed out a smile and said, "It's nothing, I just drank a few more glasses, I feel a little uncomfortable in that ......., can I go back first......."
"Where are you uncomfortable? Do you want to go to the hospital? Su Nan said nervously.
"It's fine."
Chen Xuan waved his hand and smiled, "I just drank a few more glasses, it's okay, you continue to eat, don't worry about me, I'll just go back and sleep." ”
As he spoke, he smiled apologetically at Shen Miao, "I'm sorry, I'll invite you to dinner another day." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, you go back and rest, you're my idol now, but don't hurt your body." Shen Miao hurriedly waved her hand, showing that she cared more about Chen Xuan than Su Nan.