Zhou Tai Fook smiled slightly, glanced at Shen Ao with appreciation, and beside him, there were already two brocade piers on the table, he raised his hand towards Shen Ao, and said, "My lord, please take a seat." ”

Shen Ao sat down, knowing that this old man who was not amazing was extraordinary, just looking at this bearing, he was afraid that he could be regarded as a leading figure in Hangzhou City, and although his clothes and accessories were simple, a pendant hanging from his waist did not look like an ordinary thing.

Zhou Taifu smiled, took out a wrench from his hand, put it on the table, and said: "A few days ago, the old man's shop received a wrench, but I don't know how much it is worth, can Shen County Lieutenant show it to the old man?" ”

This is a test of Shen Ao's jade breaking technique; Shen Ao smiled, picked up the wrench and looked up and down, the concept of the wrench was familiar in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the main purpose is to protect the fingers when archery, but of course this will not be the Wrench of the Manchu Dynasty, in fact, as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, China has a wrench, but with the changes of the times, the spirit of Chongwu was gradually suppressed, and it was in the late Tang Dynasty that the wrench gradually faded out of the historical stage.

The inner wall of the wrench in front of me is a trapezoidal structure, which obviously has the characteristics of the Central Plains culture, and the wrench in the Manchu Dynasty is mainly cylindrical, which is very different.

Then one thing can at least prove that this wrench should be an antiquity before the Tang Dynasty, because in the late Tang Dynasty, the manufacture of wrenches was almost extinct; Shen Ao couldn't help but smile when he looked at the artistic style of this wrench, this style obviously had the characteristics of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when most of the wealthy families loved to wear jade ornaments, and jade wrenches also became fashionable for a time.

Shen Ao looked at the inner wall of the wrench again, and then understood that this should not be a simple ornament, its owner should be a princely general who often leads the army on expeditions or loves to hunt, because there are obvious abrasion marks on the inner wall of the bowstring.

He put the wrench on the table, smiled slightly, and thought to himself: The wrench of the Spring and Autumn Period, but this wrench seems to be a little different, and the system has a little bit of the characteristics of Yan Zhao culture, so this wrench should be an antiquity of the Yan Zhao period.

No, it should not be made by the Yan people, the Yan people are located in the north, and the weather is unusually dry and cold, so there are not many jade wrenches made, but the wrenches made of deer bones are more common, because Peiyu is easy to sweat, and in cold weather, if the sweat is condensed, it is very uncomfortable to wear.

Then it's the wrench of the nobles of Zhao State! Shen Ao's heart moved, Zhao Guo had gone through two stages, one was before the Hufu cavalry shooting, and the other was after, these two periods for the Zhao people changed not only customs, but even aesthetics, before the Zhao people mostly to exquisite jade ornaments as fashion, and after that, the Zhao people gradually began to tend to pragmatism; This wrench is very exquisite, and there are obvious traces of carving on the surface of the jade pattern, at first glance, although it is exquisite, but the practical surname is greatly reduced, and it is even an obstacle for archery.

He sat in front of the desk, his eyes lit up, and he muttered, "In this way, it should have been made before King Zhao Wuling." ”

Shen Ao picked up the wrench and tried to put it on his hand, but the wrench was a little narrow, obviously not worn by an adult; Shen Ao's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt, and then he said with a smile: "Zhao Wuhou's ring is extraordinary, in my opinion, if this ring meets someone who knows the goods, it will be priced at five thousand yuan, and there is no problem." ”

Chow Tai Fook was stunned and said, "How did the adults know?" ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips and said: "It's very simple, this wrench is obviously a common thing for the prince, and it has the process characteristics of Yan Zhao in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yan people rarely use jade wrenches, and the Zhao people are the most commonly used; In addition, this wrench is too exquisite, and it does not match the fashion of the Zhao Kingdom after the Martial Spirit King, so it should be the wrench before the Martial Spirit King. ”

Shen Ao paused, and then said: "In addition, this wrench finger is quite narrow, it should not be worn by adults, among the princes of Zhao State before the King of Martial Spirit, who inherited the title of Zhao State at a young age?" I remember mentioning in the Warring States Policy that the second monarch of Zhao State, Zhao Wuhou, inherited the title at a young age, and his surname was Shangwu, and he was good at hunting, but because he was young, state affairs were in the hands of powerful ministers, and then this Wuhou died of illness before he was a minor. ”

"Time is in a hurry, whether it is right or not, Lord Ben can only use this guess to determine the approximate meaning of this wrench, as for whether it has other owners, I don't know."

After listening to Shen Ao's analysis, Chow Tai Fook said movingly: "My lord is very knowledgeable, and the old man admires him so much that he will come to ask for advice." His words were a little sincere, and his eyes flashed with a hint of admiration: "Then listen to the teachings of the adults." ”

Shen Ao smiled noncommittally: "Then can I land now?" ”

Chow Tai Fook hurriedly turned sideways and said, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Shen Ao walked over loudly, climbed the steps, and in front of him was the Wanhua Tower, which was on the pedestal of dozens of steps, looking up from the bottom, as if towering into the clouds, majestic and magnificent; Walking up the stairs, the spectators on both sides of the embankment shouted: "Look, Captain Shen has passed another level." ”

The crowd was stirring, and some people were making loud noises for a while, and there were many discussions, this is an unprecedented thing, no one has been able to pass four levels in a row in the past, and reached the door of this Wanhualou, this Shen County Lieutenant is also amazing.

Shen Ao ignored the people behind him, and walked straight into Wanhua Building, where there were many guests, all of whom were famous talents in Hangzhou City.

Shen Ao smiled, glanced left and right at the Wanhualou, smelled a smell of wine in the air, found a place to sit down calmly, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are drinking here, it's great, come, serve wine to Lord Ben, by the way, who invited Lord Ben to come, it will be recorded in his account." ”

Everyone in the Wanhua Building looked a little weird, and they all looked at each other.

Shen Ao saw that there was no junior second to entertain, slapped the table, and said, "Hey, what about people, serve wine, do you know who Lord Ben is?" Be careful to call the head of the city to check whether your broken restaurant has paid taxes! Then he thought, "Well, I don't think I'm in charge of paying taxes, is it?" Leave him alone, scare and scare these rich people.

Seeing Shen Ao like this, Shi Xiaohu behind him also plucked up his courage, sat opposite Shen Ao, patted the table and said, "Shopkeeper, bring me thirty strings of rock sugar gourds, my family will pay the bill, and I want hawthorn!" ”

Shen Ao glared at him: "Xiaohu, you ...... How can you bear it, Lord Ben didn't bring any money to go out. ”

Shi Xiaohu said: "It's okay, Brother Shen, it's a big deal to wait for me to run one more leg and go back to get the money for you." ”

"Shameless!" Shen Ao opened the fan and fanned the wind hatefully.

The scholars finally came back to their senses and came over together, and one of them asked, "Dare to ask you if you are Lord Shen Aoshen?" ”

Shen Ao said: "Lord Shen is handsome and dashing, graceful, don't you recognize it?" ”

These scholars had thought about Shen Ao's many images, but they didn't expect Shen Ao to be so young, really handsome and chic, there was no nonsense at all, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and a scholar solemnly saluted and said: "The adults can actually enter the Baihua Building, and the students admire." ”

The rest of the people, some were unwilling and some admired, and they all honestly saluted Shen Ao.

Shen Ao is not polite at all, it is too late to play the trick of politeness, why didn't he see them being polite to himself before, laughed, and said: "Admiration is exempt, let me ask you, if there is anything else to test me, although it has been done, after the school examination, immediately take the lottery head, I am an official, an official, do you understand?" I'm very busy, and I'm not interested in accompanying you to sing poems to the moon and enjoy lanterns and paintings. ”

One of the scholars thought for a while and said, "There is one last question, which is to ask the adults to leave Mobao and inscribe for Baihualou, how about it?" ”

"Inscription?" Shen Ao put away the fan and stretched out his hand: "Then hurry up, I'll be in a hurry and take the four treasures of the study." ”

People are like this, when they see those who are easy to bully, they are all arrogant, and when they meet Shen Ao who is even more crazy than them, these so-called celebrities who are so crazy in ordinary times will be empty-hearted, and it will not be long before someone takes pen and ink.

Shen Ao put down the fan, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the pen and wrote wildly on the rice paper.

He carried the pen in cursive writing, and wrote it directly, in one go, without a little stop, and the tip of the pen danced on the snow-white paper, like a needle tip jumping on a record.

Everyone watched with their necks, and when Shen Ao put down the pen, they found that this cursive script has a wide open, passionate and bold style, and the ink is all exquisite, not waiting for the slightest condensation.

"Unstoppable, unstoppable, good calligraphy!" One of the gentlemen couldn't help but pinch his short beard and applaud loudly.

Shen Ao smiled slightly and stretched out his hand: "Don't pat yourself on the back, take the color head!" ”

Shen Ao's writing is very elegant, but he didn't expect that this person would be a little shocking, and he was a dead master who wanted money.

Since Shen Ao had already opened his mouth, the book was impeccable, several people glanced at each other, and then someone said: "Why don't you have a few drinks with us, why don't you have a few drinks with us, we will teach someone to send this color to the yamen."

Shen Ao thought about it and was still thinking about it, and Shi Xiaohu on the side said, "Is there a rock sugar gourd to eat?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Shi Xiaohu laughed: "Brother Shen, since people are warmly invited, if we don't accompany them to drink a few glasses of wine, we will always be unreasonable." ”

Shen Ao knocked on his skull and glared at him, stinky monk, even Lord Ben dared to betray him; There was some sadness in his heart, it turned out that in Shi Xiaohu's heart, his value was just a few strings of rock sugar gourds.

Shen Ao sat down first, and said: "Since you want to invite Lord Ben to drink, then Lord Ben will have a few sips with you, declare in advance, Lord Ben has clean sleeves, honest and honest, you must not use the name of inviting me to drink to win over and corrupt me, I would rather die." ”