After the two girlfriends had a while, Yuan Ling suddenly said: "By the way, Xiaoyue, I remember that you know a lot about ancient texts, you have lived in this house for several days, do you know what books are in those two bookcases?" ”

Dong Yue shook his head and said, "I haven't flipped it." ”

Yuan Ling was a little surprised when she heard this, but then said, "Then let's go and have a look?" ”

"It's a bit wrong to mess with other people's things, okay?" Dong Yue said hesitantly.

Yuan Ling smiled: "There should be no secrets, otherwise, Brother Zeng Zhi would definitely move these books away." ”

Dong Yue also likes ancient books, and after listening to Yuan Ling's words, she felt that what she said was right, so she nodded and agreed.

The two of them walked to the bookcase and looked through the books one by one. The books in this are basically books on the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China, many of which are related to medicine, Zeng Zhi's second uncle is a doctor after all, and the collection of books in this area is naturally the most.

Suddenly, Yuan Ling found a wooden box in a corner of the bookcase, which was particularly conspicuous in a pair of books, and this box looked very quaint, and it didn't seem to be new, so he asked: "Xiaoyue, I look at this box a bit like an antique!" What kind of material do you see? ”

When Dong Yue heard this, he also noticed the box, and immediately exclaimed: "Hey, it's really true." ”

Dong Yue held the box, looked at it carefully, and felt that it was really a good thing, so he said to Yuan Ling: "This box is made of whole rosewood, which is very precious. ”

Yuan Ling was stunned, she didn't know much about antiques or anything, but she also knew that rosewood was an extremely precious wood.

The ancient understanding and use of rosewood began at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty, this wood was valued by the royal family and began to be harvested on a large scale. Due to the scarcity of rosewood, the domestic sandalwood was soon brightened, and then officials were sent to Nanyang to procure, which became a rule and continued until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, not all the wood purchased was for current use, and a lot of rosewood was stored for later use. This kind of procurement, to a certain extent, has a predatory nature, therefore, the good wood produced in the South Sea Islands has almost been harvested, especially the red sandalwood. All that could be made into articles were bound and carried away.

Therefore, as of the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, most of the world's red sandalwood was gathered in China and stored in Jiaozhou and Jingshi.

The red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty was mainly mined in the Ming Dynasty, although the Qing Dynasty also had new materials purchased by Nanyang, but most of them were not thick and not grasped, and the knots were not straight, which was due to the slow growth of the red sandalwood, which could not be made for hundreds of years. The Ming Dynasty was overharvested, and the Qing Dynasty had not yet been revived, and the source was depleted, which is also an important reason why red sandalwood is cherished by the world.

According to Dong Yue's vision, the rosewood box in front of him looked like the years were already before the Ming Dynasty.

The material of red sandalwood is dense and hard, the tone is purple-black, slightly fragrant, deep and ancient, the heartwood is blood ochre, shiny and beautiful back lines and stripes, the annual ring lines are stirred into filaments, the brown eyes are extremely dense, and there are no scars.

Although red sandalwood is a tropical plant, it cannot be grown for hundreds of years, and a red sandalwood can only be used after hundreds of years of growth. And between the hollow and the skin, that little place, that bit of meat can be used. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that every inch of gold is gold.

Europeans and Americans have never seen red sandalwood at first, so they think that red sandalwood has no big material, and red sandalwood can only be used to make some small utensils. Legend has it that there was a five-inch-long model of a rosewood coffin in front of Napoleon's tomb, which surprised visitors and thought it was rare. As everyone knows, most of the available red sandalwood arrived in China as early as the Ming Dynasty.

"What kind of box is this?" Yuan Ling said as he snatched the rosewood box from Dong Yue's hand, opened it casually, and saw that there were some large and small needles inside, and the silver needles were all polished and translucent, but there was a golden needle among them, which was golden and shining, which was very different from other needles, "It turned out to be a needle box!" But what are these needles for? ”

Dong Yue looked at it from the side and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be silver needles and gold needles for acupuncture." ”

Yuan Ling looked at the golden needle, felt very curious, and couldn't help but pull it out, but found that the gold needle was coiled, and when she pulled it out, it was more than a foot long, and it was soft and not like it was used for acupuncture, but like a gold wire used to wrap things.

"This thing looks weird!" Yuan Ling said that she had never seen such a needle, "I'll ask Brother Zeng Zhi." ”

With that, the girl ran out of the room with the rosewood needle box.

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On the other side, Zeng Zhi was about to enter the Qinglian Secret Realm to cultivate, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, so Zeng Zhi stood up and came over to open the door, only to find Yuan Ling standing at the door only in pajamas.

Zeng Zhi looked at Yuan Ling and found that a large piece of skin on her chest was exposed, so he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said to her a little jerky: "You don't sleep over there, what are you doing here?" Besides, if you dress like this, it's easy to tempt people to sin. ”

Yuan Ling directly pushed Zeng Zhi away, got into the door and sat on his bed, took out the rosewood needle box and asked, "Brother Zeng Zhi, what is this box?" ”

Zeng Zhi glanced at it and said lightly: "This is the needle box that my second uncle used to practice medicine." Okay, put this thing down, you go back to sleep, I'm going to sleep too. ”

Zeng Zhi wanted to drive this girl away for two reasons, one of which was because the charm of this girl was really big, and she was definitely the most tempting stunner. And since he had a conflict with Long Mingming at the beginning of the year, he has not tasted meat for more than three months, and at this age when his anger is already very strong, such a long ascetic life makes him a little unable to hold back. The second is that with this girl in this room, he obviously can't enter the Qinglian Secret Realm to cultivate.

Who knows, this girl sighed and said: "Alas, Dong Yue looks so quiet, but she is not honest when she sleeps, although your bed is big, she can't help but turn over and crush my body." ”

As she spoke, this girl pretended to roll up her sleeves for Zeng Zhi to see.

Zeng Zhi glanced at Yuan Ling's arm, it was as pink as a peeled lotus root, where could he see the traces of being crushed?

As a result, Zeng Zhi knew that whether she came to ask herself with the rosewood needle box, or the so-called being pressed by Dong Yue, it was completely an excuse she made.

It's just, why is this girl so fake when she finds an excuse?!