Chapter 2 The Truth
"Who said this is a fake?" The corners of the prince's lips smiled, his expression was instantly solemn, and his gaze wandered between Feng Shuanglin and Shun Yu.
Shun Yu stood up neither humbly nor arrogantly, and a eunuch came over to lead her to the prince and knelt down to salute.
The prince looked at you, and then said: "I know you, the prisoner of the country, the autumn Jieyuan, and the outstanding generation." Asked Shen Zetang instead, what did he say?
Shen Zetang was noncommittal, just looked at Shun Yu, and his smile was very elegant.
Qin Yanzhao frowned, stood up and waved at the prince, and said respectfully: "Shun Yu is a cousin of a humble minister, he is young and frivolous, how can he know how to appreciate treasures, and I hope that the prince will forgive his sins." “
Then he shouted hard to Shun Yu: "Don't retreat yet." “
Shun Yu pursed her mouth, her eyes were like a clear spring, and she knelt stubbornly without speaking.
Qin Yanzhao was anxious, and stepped forward to pull her, Shen Zetang looked at this scene thoughtfully, and said lightly: "Qin Shilang is rude, listen to Feng Shunyu left and right, and then make a decision." “
The prince also smiled and said: "I have always been a brainstormer, accepting the words of a hundred schools, I am not an arrogant and arbitrary person, Qin Shilang does not need to panic, even if what Feng Sheng said is ridiculous, I forgive him." “
Qin Yanzhao thanked him, so he had to sit back in his place, his eyes uneasy and uneasy.
Shun Yu said calmly: "To distinguish the authenticity of the bronze, the main thing is to look at the rust color on the surface, the pseudo rust is mostly gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, mercury, etc., mixed with salt brine and squeamish water on the surface of the imitation, buried in the ground, after the "dog days", the surface of the imitation is stained with a variety of rust colors, scraped off with a knife, mixed into shellac paint, and then added malachite particles into green rust, painted on the surface of the utensils. ”
"This statue of the horse Feiyan, although the surface is as green as melon skin, it is also moist, if you look closely, it is pseudo-rust. Just because there are condensation bumps in the rust color under the horse's belly, the imitation craftsman forgot to use ore powder to make it, and it is regarded as a flaw. ”
The prince's face did not show joy or anger, but only looked at the old man and asked him if he had anything to say.
The old man said bareheaded: "This is a bad word, there are not a few bronze vessels in the Ministry of Rites that have condensation bumps on the surface, and you have never seen Feiyan stepping on the horse, how do you know that there are no pimples on the body of the horse?" “
The prince groaned, and asked Shun Yu for a while: "What he said is not unreasonable, do you have any other discoveries?" “
Shun Yu was silent: "The old gentleman said that when he hit the horse's body with his hand, the sound was subtle and crisp, and the tail sound could be heard, but it was turbid and disorderly, and it could also be judged to be a fake." ”
A middle-aged man in the seat stood up and sneered: "The sound of the hand is all judged by experience, we have been appreciating the Ming Weapon for decades, and we are older than you, so we are not as good as you listening carefully?" ”
The crown prince bowed his head, and Shun Yu said calmly: "It is important to appreciate the experience of the Ming Weapon, but it is in vain if you have no talent and understanding. And look at the dragon finch under the horse is wax brown, this color is to paint the imitation with mercury and tin powder, apply a layer of copper sand of old vinegar mixture, and then put the imitation into the well water that has just been drawn. This color is brighter than the primary color, so it can be described as a fake. ”
The prince ordered someone to get the wax brown bronze utensils, but he didn't know how to do kung fu, and a eunuch panted and praised the Buddha, but in comparison, the clear-eyed people couldn't see the clues.
The old man looked angry: "Although Feng Sheng has said a lot, he just knows how to appreciate the skins of treasure weapons, so he will show off more and suppress the slander of you, if he can't say anything more, please treat him for the crime of arrogance and arrogance, so as to calm the anger of everyone." ”
The prince looked at Shun Yu with a look of embarrassment.
Shun Yu gritted his teeth, simply let it go, and said: "Naturally, there is a way to distinguish the authenticity, you will know it by trying." So he asked for a pot of boiling water.
Prince Yun, after a while, a pot of hot water arrived, Shun Yu stood up, wrapped his palm with his sleeve, picked up the handle of the pot, turned around suddenly, and pointed the spout of the pot at the horse Feiyan, but when he heard the sound of "bang", the hot water was instantly poured all over the body.
Everyone didn't expect this, they were all stunned, and when they reacted, they were immediately shocked.
The prince's face was full of anger, his hand clenched the kang table and couldn't bear it, and Shen Zetang lost his smile.
This move is really desperate, if this horse Feiyan is a real weapon, Shun Yu is asking for his own death.
"Feng Shunyu!" Qin Yanzhao's face was pale, he jumped up and yelled, and ran towards her in three or two steps, but it was too late, and the pot of water had already been poured for the most part.
There was silence in the room, everyone stared at Ma Feiyan, all of them were speechless, and the air collapsed like a string, as if it would break and shatter with a slight breath.
Shun Yu turned around suddenly, ignored others, and only gestured to the prince: "The patent leather on Pegasus's body has collapsed, and there is no doubt about this fake." ”
Sure enough, I saw that the floating table of the horse Feiyan was poured with hot water, and the pieces were peeled off like butterflies and dropped onto the round tabletop.
After a while, the crown prince breathed a sigh of relief and said to Qin Yanzhao: "Look at your panic, it frightened me, but your cousin is deeply hidden." It's stronger than that rod. “
With gloomy eyes, he looked at the old man and others who knelt on the ground to ask for sin.
turned to look at the old man who offered the treasure, and sneered and said slowly: "You are so good!" It's not too much to be bold enough to dare to come and fool me, and it's not too much to punish your nine clans. “
looked at Shen Zetang again: "What does Lord Shen think?" ”
Shen Zetang's demeanor was normal, and he was about to speak, but he saw Feng Shunyu take a step forward and said: "Although this horse Feiyan is an imitation, the art is perfect, if there is no real weapon in the hand, I am afraid it will not be so similar, and I hope the prince will see it." ”
The prince put down the tea bowl in his hand, stood up and said to the kneeling people: "Wait for today's hard work, sit down and eat tea before leaving." ”
Immediately ordered the officials present, Shun Yu, Feng Shuanglin and the old man who offered the treasure to go to the inner room to talk.
Shun Yu and Feng Shuanglin were still at the end, lifting the curtain and going out of the house.
"Where did you see what you just said?" Feng Shuanglin asked with some curiosity.
Shun Yu was about to reply, when he suddenly heard a hoarse and low shout behind him, depressed and painful.
The two of them turned their heads together to see a smear of blood, splashed on the snow-white window paper, a shocking red.
A black crow, squatting on the edge of the eaves to nap, suddenly "croaked", clusters spread their wings, and swept straight out of the pink wall.
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Then enter another courtyard, it is an ear room, the window is still a kang, set up a backrest cushion and so on, and lay the group flower splendor, the right hand set up Huanghuali beauty waist small few, a few have been put on the delicate refreshments, the prince sits in style. Five or six officials sat on a chair in the west, and there were several between each chair, and refreshments were prepared.
Shun Yu and Feng Shuanglin still had no seats, and the eunuch moved the official hat chair, and the two sat down.
The old man who offered the treasure knelt in the center of the ground, and without waiting for the prince to ask, he had already kowtowed more than ten times, bowed his head and bowed his neck to confess: "The prince forgives his sins, stepped on the horse and Feiyan real vessel, and now it is placed on the table in the first room of the left hand at the mouth of Jing'er Hutong not far from here." ”
The prince gritted his teeth and shouted at the guards next to him: "Go get it!" ”
The old man continued: "The horse Feiyan has not been taken out, because it has been damaged, the body of the horse is heavy, and the legs are thin, over time, its three hooves are missing, I will appoint someone to imitate one, so that the prince can find someone to appreciate the authenticity, if it can be broken, it must have the ability to repair and restore this thing." ”