Jianbao life

Chapter 1090 The Golden Toad with an Extra Leg

Everyone ordered, and when the waiter went out to inform the chef to prepare the dishes, Chen Yingping smiled and asked, "Curator Chu, you must have had a good harvest today, right?"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile: "It's okay."

Chen Yingping's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Oh, I wonder if you can let me appreciate it too?"

"no problem……"

With that said, Chu Chen took out the few things he bought just now.

The first thing Chen Yingping got in his hand was the silver lock just now. After admiring it, he sighed: "This wide lock is very good!"

Chen Laiming curled his lips: "Not necessarily, it looks so bad, what's so good about it?"

Chen Yingping glared at him and said, "What do you know, this is a silver lock from the Song Dynasty."

"What, this is still a Song Dynasty lock?" Chen Lai was obviously a little surprised.

Chen Yingping said contemptuously: "You have bought antiques for so many years, but you can't even see the locks from the Song Dynasty. No wonder you even bought two fakes."

Chen Laiming shrugged his shoulders: "I admit that my eyesight is not good, but I always buy things from a master eye-handler. Those two things are wrong, so it's not my fault. But you always didn't see it ?"

"Uh..." Chen Yingping was speechless for a moment, and after a while he argued, "Even the palm eye master you hired couldn't tell, so it's normal if I opened my eyes?"

Speaking of this, he muttered: "Why is the level of counterfeiting so high now that I don't even dare to touch porcelain!"

Chen Laiming smiled and said, "Uncle, you don't have to worry so much. Although they are capable of making fake ones, the cost is also high. Generally, they will not do it if it costs tens of thousands. The cost is not worth it."

Chen Yingping nodded: "That's true, but the key point is that I also have a collection of several high-end Ming and Qing porcelains. With today's discovery, I feel really uneasy."

"Here we come!" Chu Chen smiled secretly. Just now he was surprised why his uncle and nephew didn't continue talking about the difficult things at hand. Now that they had finished a long talk, they turned around again. It seems that it would not be possible to prevent him from seeing Chen Yingping's collection. Let it go.

Sure enough, as Chu Chen thought, Chen Laiming said that Chu Chen was there and could ask him for help, and Chen Yingping also looked at Chu Chen embarrassedly.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Anyway, it's on the way, no problem."

"thanks, thanks……"

Chen Yingping quickly expressed his thanks to Chu Chen. At this time, the waiters began to serve wine and food one after another.

After toasting and drinking, the topic turned to the silver lock again, and Chen Laiming said, "Uncle, can you tell me what's so good about this lock?"

Chen Yingping chuckled: "Aren't you planning to quit the antique business? Why do you still understand so clearly?"

Chen Laiming said with a smile: "It's true that I don't plan to buy anything in the future, but it's okay to get to know it?"

Chen Yingping chuckled: "Of course, but you'd better ask curator Chu, he is an expert in this area."

Chu Chen smiled and waved his hands and said, "I don't dare to take it for granted. I only know a little bit about rare collections like ancient locks."

Chen Yingping said: "Director Chu, you are too modest, no matter what, you are better than me."

Chen Laiming took the conversation and said, "Curator Chu, please give me some advice."

I don't know if he thought too much, Chu Chen somewhat felt that Chen Laiming's actions now had other meanings, but he didn't think too much about it, just because of his supernatural ability, he couldn't believe that he could still be deceived.

"In fact, the collection value of ancient locks is determined by four aspects: age, material, craftsmanship and scarcity."

"First of all, the age. Generally speaking, the older the collection, the more valuable it is, but for ancient locks, due to many reasons, locks from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are more valuable. Especially the copper locks of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, whether they are Both the practical value and the artistic level have made great progress, and many high-quality locks have appeared."

"Second, the material. According to the material, ancient locks are divided into wooden locks, gold locks, silver locks, jade locks, copper locks, iron locks, stone locks, cloisonné locks, etc. The more expensive the material, the higher the value of the lock. For example, Gold locks, silver locks, and jade locks are more valuable than copper, iron, and wooden locks."

"Thirdly, craftsmanship. Traditional locks in our country are made by handicrafts. The more exquisite and complicated the craftsmanship, the higher the value of the lock. From the technical level, ancient locks are divided into flat carving, openwork carving, hollow carving, chiseled flowers, gilding, and staggered gold. , gold-plated, gold-plated, inlaid and mold-casting, etc. Locks with exquisite appearance, realistic carvings and complicated patterns all have high artistic value."

"Fourth, scarcity. Rareness is the most precious thing, and ancient locks are no exception. The value of those rare combination locks, text locks, hidden door locks, inverted zipper locks, and various lifelike character locks and animal locks is higher."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen took out the silver lock just now, and introduced: "Like my silver lock, the workmanship is exquisite, there are no missing parts, and there are some traces of gilding on some parts, but because of its age, it is not safe to store it. Some of them are not in place, resulting in its gilding, and the traces of oxidation are more serious, so the value has to be discounted a little. However, tens of thousands of dollars are still worth it."

"Oh." Chen Laiming nodded suddenly: "I didn't expect such an inconspicuous lock to be so valuable. It seems that the ancient lock passed down from my family may also be a treasure!"

Chen Yingping was a little surprised when he heard the words, and said: "Is there any ancient lock in your family, why haven't I seen it?"

Chen Laiming shrugged his shoulders: "That lock looks exactly like Curator Chu's ancient lock. It's gray and inconspicuous at all, and this lock is rather weird. It takes three shots to lock the key. It can only be opened with a slap, we all thought it was broken, but we just thought that it was something passed down from our ancestors so we didn't lose it, how could we think of showing it to you?"

Chen Yingping shook his head when he heard the words: "You are too ignorant. This is called a three-slap lock. It is a relatively rare lock. What does it have to do with being bad?"

In fact, in addition to the common open and reverse locks in traditional ancient locks in our country, there are also quite a few strange and rare locks like the three-slap lock. For example, the "Mandarin Duck Lock" that requires two keys to open at the same time requires four keys to open on all sides. There are some mechanism locks, and some are "Tibetan poetry locks" that need to be matched with verses.Such rare locks are naturally more favored by collector investors.

Chen Laiming was very pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and quickly said: "That means, the lock in my house may also be a treasure?"

Chen Yingping said: "Whether it's a treasure or not, you have to see it to know."

Chen Laiming said with a shy smile, "Curator Chu, I wonder if you can visit my house!"

"This round, what you did was too obvious, right?"

Chu Chen sneered secretly, and then asked, "Mr. Chen, I don't know where you live?"

"The place where I live now is about 10, [-], [-] minutes' drive from my uncle's."

"Is it the direction to the capital?"

Chen Laiming shook his head. Seeing this, Chu Chen said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, my senior brother called me in the morning and asked me to go back to the capital as soon as possible. If you go to Mr. Chen Then go to your house again, I'm afraid it will be too late!"

"Uh..." Chen Laiming was taken aback when he heard the words, and smiled coyly, "Since it's not a coincidence, let's talk about it next time."

Chu Chen smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, but Baozhou is actually not far from the capital. If you have time, you can also go to the capital to find me. By the way, you can also visit me."

"That's right." Chen Yingping said, "You've been spending all your time on antiques these past few years. When I met Xiaoju last time, she complained to me that you haven't taken her out for a long time. Wait. Kong, we should really take them to the capital for a while."

Chen Laiming chuckled: "Okay, when the time is over, I'll take them to the capital, and then I'll bother Director Chu."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "No problem, just come to me when the time comes..."

After a few more chats, Chu Chen put the silver lock back into the plastic bag.

"Hey, your plastic bag is a bit torn." Chen Laiming was sitting where he could see the plastic bag.

"Where?" Chu Chen searched and found that the bag was indeed a bit torn, so he asked the waiter to bring another one, ready to top it first.

After the waiter came back, Chu Chen checked the contents of the bag first, lest the bag be punctured if it was not placed properly.

When Chu Chen took out a utensil, Chen Laiming said in surprise: "Hey, this bangs playing with the golden toad is a bit interesting. The golden toad actually has four legs."

Seeing this, Chen Yingping was speechless and said, "How could the golden toad have four legs, is this a fake?"

But then again, how could Chu Chen buy a fake?Therefore, both uncle and nephew looked at Chu Chen strangely.

"Actually, I bought these things from the same person..." Chu Chen laughed, and then told about Wen Haoyang.

Chen Yingping said with righteous indignation: "Hmph! To kill someone familiar on purpose, that profiteer is really worthless. In fact, if it was me, I would definitely sue him!"

"How are you better than that Boss Gong?"

Chu Chen sneered in his heart, but if Wen Haoyang sued Boss Gong, he might win the lawsuit. After all, he clearly told the false to be true. This is already considered deliberate fraud, and he will definitely lose in court. , but the key is how Wen Haoyang proves it, which is a difficult problem.

Chen Laiming said: "However, I think that Wen Haoyang is really stupid enough to trust the other party so much, and he is too ignorant to even know that Jin Chan only has three legs."

Chu Chen chuckled: "Actually, this thing is not completely useless."

"How do you know?" Chen Yingping asked.

Chu Chen explained: "First of all, the workmanship of this thing is not only not bad, but also quite exquisite..."

As Chu Chen said, except for the four legs that are criticized, the overall effect of this ornament is really good.The figure part is made of gilt copper, and the toad is made of cloisonné enamel. The upper part is painted with bangs, wearing green clothes, with breasts exposed. The chest and face are painted in gold, and the hip flask is hung behind, with a smile on his face.The body of the toad is painted with longevity face patterns, eight-treasure patterns and copper coins.

No matter the shape and proportion of this vessel are designed to be very delicate and lovely, the decoration effect is very strong, and it is quite the style of copper cloisonné enamel in the Qianlong period, but it is a pity that this is a four-legged toad. In addition, the mouth of the toad is half-opened. , and there is a gold-plated bead inside, which feels a bit nondescript.

Chen Yingping observed the things again and said: "In terms of craftsmanship, the maker is indeed a skilled craftsman, but no matter what, the golden toad can't have four legs. This is a matter of common sense, just like asking Tang Monk to hold Monkey King. Golden cudgel, everyone will think it is ridiculous, right?"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile: "Yes, this is indeed a matter of common sense, but the strange thing is that the original owner didn't think there was anything wrong at all, and he often offered incense to worship, isn't it strange?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, the faces of the uncle and nephew were full of surprise. They quickly went up to observe carefully, and found that there were indeed obvious traces of incense burns on the surface of the object, which would take a long time to form. , This point really made the two of them feel very strange.

Just like what everyone thinks is right, some people do something wrong and don't say it, but there are others who agree with it. If this person is not clear at the beginning, but after a long time, he will find the problem, but the result is Not like this, you say it's strange, isn't it strange?
So why is there such an anomaly?Generally, those with some sense would definitely think that there is something wrong with this ornament, so the uncle and nephew looked at Chu Chen again.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I haven't had this thing for a long time. I really don't know what's going on with it. I plan to study it after I go back."

After saying that, he put the things back into the bag. You must know that this is a priceless treasure. If it wasn't too big for his handbag, he would have put it away well.As for why he said something special, it was also because he couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't bother to mention it on this occasion.

Seeing Chu Chen put the things back, the expressions of the uncle and nephew were a little strange, but after a while, they came back to their senses, Zhao Yingping smiled and said, please tell them if Chu Chen has the result in the future, and satisfy them curiosity.

Chu Chen agreed with a smile, but he had no intention of speaking out. ...

After the meal, everyone came to Zhao Yingping's house in Hu Yong's car, signed an agreement with Zhao Laiming and completed the transaction, and then appraised the pieces of porcelain that Zhao Yingping mentioned, and the result was all right.

Originally, Zhao Yingping wanted Chu Chen to appraise other collections, but seeing that Chu Chen was in a hurry to leave, he smiled and told Chu Chen that he would go to the capital to find Chu Chen for appraisal, and Chu Chen agreed with a smile. ...

The car was driving on the road to the capital, and Hu Yong asked, "Brother Chu, what are these two guys planning?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "Ghost knows what their plans are."

To say that this time Baozhou love, apart from being followed by someone, there is no surprise, and I also got a few treasures, especially the decoration is a surprise.This point was completely beyond Chu Chen's expectation. It may not be that it was just to get to know Chen Yingping's uncle and nephew, right?

Hu Yong also thought so, and he said, "Are these two people still planning to play a long game?"

"Shouldn't be so stupid?" Chu Chen shook his head. With the brains of Cai Jianxuan and his group, they shouldn't do this kind of thing to him. Not to mention anything else, just based on his eyesight, this group of people should also know It is very difficult to succeed in dealing with him by using the trick of hanging a big fish with a long line.

What's more, that "strange person" should have guessed that Chu Chen had already recognized that he was on guard. In this case, this move would have no effect on Chu Chen.

That being the case, why did the other party come up with this idea?Is it just to do business with Chu Chen?But those few things are very popular in the market, so why sell them to Chu Chen?These are questions that Chu Chen and Hu Yong can't figure out.

"Forget it, don't worry about them. Soldiers come to block them, and water comes to cover them..."

Nothing happened all the way. When Chu Chen returned home, he was just in time for dinner. However, the first thing he did when he returned home was to take Wu Ke's pulse. Everyone laughed at him for being more verbose than the old woman.

After the meal, Chu Chen briefly told everyone about his trip to Baozhou. After hearing this, everyone was a little confused about Chu Chen's doubts.

Wu Ke said: "Maybe this is not Cai Jianxuan's idea."

Chu Chen shook his head: "It's not that they don't know my identity, and Cai Jianxuan will definitely know about my plan."

Zhao Yunlin said: "Who cares what's going on with them, I only have one request, you must protect yourself, you must know that you have a wife and children."

Chu Chen nodded solemnly: "Mom, don't worry, I won't make fun of my own safety."

After receiving Chu Chen's statement, although everyone was somewhat worried, they were somewhat relieved.

At this moment, Chu Yulan said: "Brother, didn't you just say that there is a strange ornament? Show it to us."

"Okay, I'll get it now..."

After speaking, Chu Chen took out the ornament and put it on the table, and everyone was amazed after seeing it.

Chu Yulan laughed coquettishly: "Hee hee, it's so fun, there are still people making four-legged golden toads. Could it be that this is a golden toad that hasn't broken its legs yet?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Of course it's impossible. This thing is in the style of the Qing Dynasty. No matter what, anyone with common sense will know that the golden toad played by Liu Hai is the three-legged golden toad."

Chu Yulan laughed: "If that's the case, it must have been made by people without common sense."

Wu Ke took over the words: "Then the person enshrining is also ignorant of common sense?"

Chu Yulan smiled and said, "It's very simple, it just needs to be the same person who made it and enshrined it."

Chu Chen chuckled: "Not to mention, it is really possible that this golden toad was made by the owner himself."

"Ah! I'm really right!" Chu Yulan was a little surprised.

Chu Chen nodded: "Yes, otherwise, think about it, if this thing is really used to hide some treasure, the owner may not feel at ease to let others help to make it. Of course, it is also possible that this is what he asked the craftsman to make. .”

"Anyway, it's right that there is a treasure hidden in this thing." After speaking, Chu Yulan took the thing in her hand, kept flipping through it, and shook it vigorously, but she didn't hear any sound , which made her a little disappointed.

"No, the treasure has already been taken away, right? Or should we break this thing?"

"How is this possible?" Zhao Yunlin shook her head: "Although the production of this thing is contrary to common sense, it is also very beautiful. It would be a pity if it was destroyed like this!"

"If it can't be broken, then how do you know if there is any treasure in it?" Chu Yulan frowned slightly, thinking.

"You said, could the baby be this bead?" At this moment, Wu Ke expressed his opinion.

Chu Chen asked, "Why do you think so?"

Wu Ke said with a smile: "It's very simple. Jin Chan's mouth is usually full of copper coins. It has a bead in its mouth. Don't you feel that there is no 300 taels of silver here?"

"That's right! It's really possible!" As she said that, Chu Yulan held the bead in Jin Chan's mouth with her hand, trying to take it off, but after seven or eight minutes of effort, the bead just didn't move at all. .Because she was afraid of breaking the beads, she didn't dare to use brute force, so she was a little anxious for a while.

"What's the matter, sister-in-law, you guessed wrong, or do you need tools?"

"Let me take a look..." Chu Chen asked his sister for something, and made a look of observing carefully. After a while, he let out a light sigh: "This place seems to protrude a bit..."

As he said that, Chu Chen pressed it down hard, and only heard a "bo" sound, and the bead fell from Jin Chan's mouth. Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he caught it in one go, avoiding the blow to pieces. risk.

This scene made everyone feel a little surprised, and they all asked for the beads to look at them, but because the outside of the thing was gilded, they couldn't see anything special about it.

"The gilding on the outside should be a camouflage, why don't you try removing it?" Chu Yulan eagerly asked.

"Okay, let's try."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, because he was afraid of using tools to remove the damage to the baby, so he simply used his nails.It was quite convenient to remove the gilt layer, and after a while, Chu Chen removed a piece, and the things underneath were exposed.

"Light, this thing is glowing!" Zhao Yunlin said in surprise.

I saw that although the exposed area was small, it looked shining, like a fluorescent lamp, emitting a strong light, and it was indeed more like a night pearl.

"Hey! After a long time, it turned out to be a night pearl!" Chu Yulan said disappointedly. To others, the night pearl is indeed more precious, but to her, it is nothing unusual.

At this time, Zhao Yunlin suddenly became nervous, and said to Wu Ke quickly: "Ke Ke, you go aside!"

Everyone was a little surprised at first, but they immediately realized that some luminous pearls glow because of radioactive substances. Although there may not be many such substances, God knows what effect it will have on the fetus.

Thinking of this, Wu Ke also became nervous, and hurried to the side.Although Chu Chen knew the truth, he didn't stop it, because he didn't know how the things inside were formed, and if it was harmful, he would suffer.

(End of this chapter)