Anado's father's scolding made us sit on pins and needles, and Lantern Xiao hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, hey, old man, old man, don't scold!" Don't curse! Swearing is not good! Actually, they are not easy to ......."

"Okay, okay," I quickly stopped Lantern Xiao, I really didn't know what else he could say. "What Lantern Xiao said is indeed possible. But now that we know that this matter is a misunderstanding, let's let it pass, and let's not mention it again. Then I looked at Anado's father again, "Uncle, I hope you don't take this matter to heart anymore." ”

Anado's father apologized to us repeatedly, "That incident was too stimulating for me, so if I have anything to do with the events of that day, I will become sensitive to it, and I hope you can forgive me." "Watching a person of the same age as his father apologize to himself one by one, we also felt quite awkward, and we repeatedly said afterwards that we didn't mind.

At this time, Lantern Xiao said to Anado's father: "Uncle, I still have a reluctant request, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

Anado's father nodded repeatedly, "Please, please!" ”

Lantern Xiao smiled and said, "Can you show us the bronze wine cup you picked up at that time?" ”

Maybe he felt ashamed of us in his heart, or maybe he really let down his guard and completely believed us, in short, Anado's father readily agreed to Lantern Xiao's request, "You wait a minute." ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the door, and in a few minutes he was back again, still holding a cloth bag in his arms.

We opened the cloth bag and a delicate bronze wine glass was presented to us. Lantern Xiao immediately came up and looked carefully. This bronze wine glass, with a large mouth and a small belly, also has a handle cast on one side of the glass. Its surface is engraved with hollow patterns and animal face patterns.

I know a little bit about the knowledge of antique identification and dating due to the university major, but Lantern Festival was born in a family, plus he has also poured antiques in the past two years, and now he has opened his own shop, so for this aspect, although Lantern Festival is not very proficient, but now he can say something about general things.

I patted the Lantern Festival, "What era is this?" It seems to be something before the Spring and Autumn Period? ”

In fact, there are several points that can be referred to about the dating of bronzes, such as before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although the bronze smelting technology was already very proficient, as early as the Shang Dynasty, the smelting of bronze has reached the peak, but the Shang Dynasty has been until the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the refining of bronze seems to be working the size of the head, such as the huge Simu Wuding of the Shang Dynasty. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, new bronze smelting methods appeared, such as the Tao Fan method, and the more advanced lost wax method. At this time, the bronzes began to make a fuss about the exquisite appearance, and the more detailed patterns, as well as the production of inlay technology, made the bronzes go to all areas of people's lives.

After bronze passed through the Western Han Dynasty, it began to gradually decline, because more durable and less expensive iron tools were gradually born.

The bronze wine glass in front of me, I can basically judge from the pattern on it that this should be a utensil before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As for how far back it will be, I can't say for sure.

Sure enough, after listening to my words, Lantern Xiao shook his head, "This thing is not from the Spring and Autumn Period, this thing is far away!" In my opinion, at least it is a thing of the Shang Dynasty, and it is possible to make a mistake in the Xia Dynasty, or even earlier! ”

"Earlier?" I was a little surprised, "Earlier, when will it be?" ”

Lantern Xiao stretched out his hand and held the cloth bag in his hand, looked at it carefully and said: "Judging from our current archaeological discoveries, this kind of bronze can be inferred to the Shang Dynasty at the earliest. ”

I looked at Lantern Xiao, "Then how do you determine if this thing is from the Shang Dynasty or the Xia Dynasty?" ”

Lan Xiao shook his head, "To be blunt with you, you will understand, I can only infer that this bronze wine cup should have appeared in the Shang Dynasty at the latest." But was there anything before the Xia Dynasty? I'm sorry, I don't know what it was like before the Xia Dynasty! So, all I can say is maybe! If you really want to date, the most accurate way is to measure carbon-12, which is judged by half-life. ”

I turned to Anado's father and asked, "Uncle, do you know anything else about this?" ”

Anado's father shook his head, "I'm not good at this kind of thing, but I've seen something similar on TV, this wine glass seems to be called Jue, which was used for drinking in ancient times." ”

At this moment, Wen Mo, who had been silent, spoke: "No, this is not Jue. ”

As soon as Wen Mo took a look, he immediately attracted our attention, Wen Mo would not open his mouth easily, once he spoke, he must be completely sure, "What you just said is right, this is indeed a thing of the Xia Dynasty, and this thing should be called 斝." ”

As soon as Wen Mo's words fell, Lantern Xiao immediately retorted, "Hey, boss, isn't it, I've heard a little bit about Hu, I remember that Hu should have appeared in the Shang Dynasty, right?" It is said that the king of Shang Tang positioned this thing as the royal wine cup in order to commemorate the defeat of Xia Wei. ”

Wen Mo shook his head, "Shang Dynasty's coffin, not only has such a shape, there should also be two columnar protrusions above its cup mouth. It itself originated in the court of the Xia Dynasty, but after the reign of King Shang Tang, in order to commemorate his exploits in defeating the Xia Dynasty, two columnar protrusions were added on the basis of the Xia Dynasty, like two sharp swords straight down, which was also a symbol of his royal power. ”

After speaking, Wen Mo pointed to the one in front of us, "You see, the shape of this bronze is the same as the Zhu, but the two columnar protrusions on it are missing, so there is no doubt that this is the Xia Dynasty's Zhu!" ”

Wenmo's words made me and the five bodies admired by Lantern Xiao fall to the ground. Lantern Xiao pondered for a while and said: "It is said that this coffin also has the function of a ritual weapon, so it is very likely that there should be an ancient ...... of the Xia Dynasty in the mountain."

I know Wenmo must want to say that there is an ancient tomb of the Xia Dynasty here. I hurriedly stepped on him hard, and before the Lantern Festival finished speaking, I immediately screamed, and when I saw that I was staring at him, I also woke up at once.

It seems that we should have come to the right place, among the 100,000 mountains, there must be secrets, but I want to know, what is the connection between the secrets in this mountain and the secrets of Qilian Mountain, the secrets of the pirate tombs, and the secrets of the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan?

Anado's father looked at us strangely, "What did he just say?" ”

"No, no," I said casually, "he just wanted to say something about Goode Maoning." "I just saw the way Anado's father scolded the tomb robbers, and I really didn't dare to let him know that we were actually fighting backwards.

I said to Anado's father, "Uncle, now that the misunderstanding has been revealed, you should go back and rest early." With that, I picked up the bronze basket, rewrapped it and handed it to Anado's father.

Who knows, he didn't take the cloth bag in my hand, but waved his hand again and again, "I don't want this thing anymore, as soon as I see this thing now, I think of that night." I don't dare to sell it now, I don't dare to throw it away, it makes me very distressed every day, I see that you are very good at this kind of thing, I think I will give it to you! ”

I ignored Lantern Xiao's surprised expression, this kid was glaring at me, and I said to Anado's father: "Uncle, since you have brought this thing back, you can keep it yourself, and find an opportunity to sell it in the future, it is also worth a lot of money!" ”

Anado's father seemed to have made up his mind, saying that he would not take it back again, so I had no choice but to stay. However, I insisted on asking Anado's father for a contact information and bank account number, and I told him that if this thing was sold one day, I would definitely send him money.

As soon as Annado's father left, Lantern Xiao immediately took the cloth bag from my hand, "What you said before you came, if there is anything good this time, you must give me an extra one!" That's what I'm going to do! ”

I glanced at him, "Look at your unproductive look!" In addition, let me tell you, this thing is entrusted to us by the old man of the family, Anado, and if we really make a move, we have to think about sharing it with others! ”

Lantern Xiao nodded again and again, "Okay, okay, I know, I know this rule!" ”

"That's it!" I stretched, "It's been so long, let's sleep for a while, it's going to be dawn in a while!" ”

Wenmo and I went to bed one after another, but Lantern Xiao just got a baby, and I was excitedly groping and playing with it in my hand, shining on the lamp from time to time, or I took out a flashlight to take a closer look. I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I rolled over and fell asleep on my own.

I don't know how long I slept, I suddenly felt that someone was pushing me again, I opened my eyes and saw Lantern Xiao's big head dangling in front of my eyes, "I said you kid is nervous or what?" What do you do when you wake up in the morning? ”

Lantern Xiao's face was a little anxious, and he pushed me, "Hey, Zhuo Ran, don't sleep yet, I have made a major discovery!" ”

"What major discoveries can you make?" I didn't quite believe the words of the Lantern Festival, "I looked at a bronze for half a night, can you still see the flowers?" ”

"It's not a flower," Lantern Xiao waved her hand, "I see a little turtle?" ”

"What a little turtle!" I rolled over, "You're sick!" ”

At this time, I heard the voice of Lantern Festival come again, "It's not really a little turtle, do you remember that symbol?" ”

Hearing this, I was suddenly shocked, and sat up suddenly, "What did you say?" Symbol? ”

Lantern Xiao nodded, "Do you remember the symbol we saw on the stone tablet left by Xu Fu, like a little turtle, the one you said you also saw in the underground royal tombs of the Single-Ring Ancient Kingdom!" ”