Chapter 31: The Most Beautiful Man in the Mirror
"Yanhui, which school did you graduate from, and who is your mentor? Famous teachers produce high apprentices, with your current vision and level, your mentor said that I don't necessarily know me. Professor Jiang asked curiously as he walked.
"He's still a mentor?" Yue Qianling glanced at me arrogantly. "Professor Jiang, he didn't go to school."
"Huh?!" Professor Jiang stared at me dumbfounded. "You? You didn't go to school? ”
"I didn't ...... No, hehe, Shanliwa doesn't go to school, and she doesn't have the money to go to school. "I had a clean smile on my face.
"That'...... Where did you learn about jade identification? Professor Jiang asked in surprise.
"It's a mystery to say, I seem to be born with some knowledge about antique appreciation, for example, when I look at an antique, I will naturally have relevant history and information in my mind, and even the provenance of the antique." I answered calmly with my hands outstretched. "Of course, a lot of it is from books."
"Can you read these things in a book?" Yue Qianling pouted disdainfully.
"Yes, of course there are, such as the collection of records, the complete book of tuoyu and the ten volumes of Pinggu, these books are all records of precious cultural relics of all dynasties and ......dynasties."
"Yan Hui, wait a minute, what did you say?!" Professor Jiang grabbed me and asked with wide eyes. "The collection of records, the complete book of Tuoyu, and the ten volumes of Pinggu...... This...... Do you think you've read these books? ”
I nodded blankly and said suspiciously.
"I've seen it! And it's like a stream, what's wrong with you? ”
"Are all these books lost? You...... How could you have it? Professor Jiang asked in surprise.
"Lost? I...... I really don't know, it's not just these, there are so many Haolian Gulu, Tianchang Burial Dao or something, anyway, as long as it's a book in the house, I can basically memorize it backwards. ”
Professor Jiang covered his heart, and the corners of his mouth kept squirming, looking a little scary.
"Professor Jiang, don't get excited, you have heart disease, don't you just have a few books, are you like this?" Yue Qianling hurriedly supported him and said eagerly.
"Do you know what these books were used for?"
Yue Qianling shook her head and didn't care at all.
"This is the funeral book of officials above the fifth rank of all dynasties, including concubines and emperors!"
"Funeral book?"
"The book that records the funeral items, which clearly lists the specifications, size, use, and material of each funeral item, these are all **, because the detailed burial goods are recorded, and I am worried that someone will rob the tomb, so these books have been destroyed in all dynasties, and now they have been lost, and the cultural relics recorded above are complete, the classification is fine, and the style is unimaginable."
"Oh, no wonder you know how to appreciate antiques, you really learned it from books." Yue Qianling nodded suddenly and said to me with a smile. "Aren't you annoyed by reading those ancient books every day?"
"It's annoying, but there's no way, you can try, no one talks to you all day long, what can you do if you don't read."
"These are ancient books, esoteric and difficult to understand, you say no one taught you, how do you understand them?"
"I feel that it is very easy to read these books, I can never forget them, after reading them once, the contents of the books will be recorded in my heart, and then when I go to bed at night, I will feel that the contents of the books will appear in my dreams, as if the antiques recorded in the books are in front of my eyes, and even within reach, and when I wake up, I will understand everything."
Professor Jiang has studied hard for many years to achieve today's achievements, and listening to me talk about his past is so unbelievable, I don't look like a person who talks about it.
"I feel that your conversation and demeanor are quite ancient, it turns out that you have always read a lot of books, like you can meet but not seek, do you know, your skills, many people may not be able to achieve these skills in their lives, you must make good use of it, the future is unlimited."
"You have been given a high hat to him when you are old, and now there is no one in your eyes, and if you lift him up like this, you will go to heaven." Yue Qianling glanced at me and said arrogantly. "I still have a lot of information for my thesis, so teach me quickly."
"Hetian jade, Hetian jade, clearance processing, don't miss it when you pass by, the last batch."
In another stall full of people, the stall owner shouted loudly at the top of his voice, and the business was very good.
"Let's go, go over and take a look, Hetian jade is a good jade."
I hurriedly stopped Yue Qianling and looked at the sky.
"I don't have time to find it, as soon as the morning dawns, the ghost market will be closed, don't waste time in a pile of fakes."
"You didn't read it, how do you know it's fake?"
"In the Hotan region of Xinjiang, on the riverbed of the eighty-kilometer Yulong Kashgar River, the stock of Hetian jade is already extremely rare, although it can't be said to be unique, but at least it won't be everywhere, such a valuable thing, have you ever seen anyone who will wholesale?"
Professor Jiang also nodded with a smile and said, "The real Hetian Tsai material has no chance to appear here." ”
"I've been shopping for so long, this is fake, that's also fake, I don't think this ghost market is genuine." Yue Qianling complained with some disappointment.
I raised my hand, turned my head and listened for a while, and said happily.
"Who said there is no genuine thing, you listen! Listen carefully. ”
"Goose back, you will ...... Will you listen to Jade?! Professor Jiang asked again in surprise.
"What is Tingyu?" Yue Qianling asked blankly.
"When it comes to identifying jade, the smartest way is to listen to the sound." Professor Jiang followed me and explained to Yue Qianling. "In the past, when evaluating a man, whether he has identity and taste, I don't look at how he looks, and I don't look at whether he is more than one meter or eight, you have to listen to the sound, what to listen to? It is this person who passes by, rings and clangs, listening to the sound of the jade on his body, if he can make a crisp sound, he knows that the jade hanging on this person's body is by no means an ordinary object. ”
"How can I listen to the sound of every piece of jade." Yue Qianling listened for a long time and looked confused.
"Jade has spirituality, jade sound is pleasant, listen to it like the sound of heaven, immediately make you feel comfortable, rely on the sound is absolutely able to distinguish the quality of jade, but, today it is estimated that there are not many people, just by ear, can hear whether this jade is true or false, good or bad, anyway, I can't." Professor Jiang patiently explained.
I stopped in front of a stall, all small pieces of small pieces, a few of which were hanging safety buckles, swaying in the morning breeze, and making a light sound from the slight collision with each other.
Professor Jiang held his eyes and looked at it, and his face slowly showed a happy expression.
"Qianling, I can be considered convinced by the ear power of the wild goose, I can hear the good jade, you can take a look at these peace buckles."
Yue Qianling gently held it in her hand and observed, and sure enough, it was completely different from the jade she had seen before, with a delicate texture, moist color, bright and smooth, no ice hands in winter, and no excitement in summer, it was really a high-grade ancient jade.
"No, it won't! Can you really hear that? Yue Qianling looked at my ears in some surprise, and there was a feeling of jealousy. If only I had your ears, I wouldn't have to write any papers. ”
"If a person has no virtue, there will be no beautiful jade, even if he borrows the eyes of others to keep the beautiful jade, he can only grandstand, and cannot benefit from his soul." Professor Jiang said earnestly. "Yan Hui has both ability and political integrity, the heart is as calm as water, so you can listen to the sound of nature, you and I are impetuous people, of course you can't hear the jade sound, even if you give Yan back ears, you don't have his indifferent state of mind, it is also useless.
My eyes fell on a quaint bronze mirror in the stall, and I held it in my hand and looked at it for a moment.
"How much does this bronze mirror cost?"
"You look at it and give it a price, and buy it if it's suitable." The stall owner said kindly.
"I don't have much money, I can't afford to give more, how about ten yuan?" I asked tentatively with a smile.
The stall owner was very simple, nodded without thinking about it, I took out the money and handed it over, and gave the bronze mirror to Yue Qianling.
"I came all the way here, and I can't go back empty-handed, this bronze mirror is very meticulously made, and I will give it to you, as a reparation for the past, let's laugh and hate, hehe."
Yue Qianling took the bronze mirror and looked at it for a long time, it was ordinary, and the mirror body was a landscape painting, which was elegant and dignified.
Seeing that I was so good at appreciating antiques, how could I casually buy a bronze mirror, thinking that I was picking up a leak, she suddenly thought about it, and hurriedly walked to Professor Jiang's side and asked in a low voice.
"Professor Jiang, this is what he bought and gave to me just now, he is very ghostly, can you always see if you have bought the real thing?"
"This ...... This look is imitation, how can it be genuine, the goose's eyesight is so good, it is impossible to be wrong. Professor Jiang glanced at it and said with certainty.
Although I walked in the front, Yue Qianling and Professor Jiang seemed to have forgotten that I was very good at hearing, and I could hear the conversation clearly in the back.
Yue Qianling pounded the bronze mirror in her hand and muttered softly.
"Okay, send me the broken bronze mirror, it's not true, who is rare, and I want to smile at the enmity and hatred, and think of beauty."
"The goose gave it to you?" Professor Jiang suddenly asked with a smile.
Yue Qianling nodded, looking very disgusted.
Professor Jiang glanced at the bronze mirror again and smiled meaningfully.
"This is a picture of the rivers and mountains, a bronze mirror imitating the Tang Dynasty, the thing is not valuable, but it ...... Hehe. ”
Seeing that Professor Jiang wanted to speak and stopped, Yue Qianling couldn't help but ask curiously.
"But what? Professor Jiang, tell me quickly. ”
"This bronze mirror is much imitated, because it was given by Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to his confidante Zhou Hou'e Huang, and it can be passed down to this day, because Li Yu made a poem when he gave the mirror."
"What poem?"
"The rivers and mountains are endless, the most beautiful people in the mirror."