Jianbao life

Chapter 475 The Miraculous Fish Skin

Chu Chen quickly said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Wu, I really didn't tell you about this on purpose. I got that cup when Ke Ke and I were in England. After I returned to Beijing, you were still out of town. In addition, I was busy during the previous period, so I forgot about this matter. I will go to the vault to take out the cup in a while, and I will let you see enough!"

Uncle Wu heard that this was the case, and he was not really angry with Chu Chen, so he stopped complaining about Chu Chen, but he still muttered: "But this girl is really, I don't know how to give it to you. I'll make a phone call!"

"I guess she forgot about it too!" Chu Chen quickly smoothed things over.

Seeing that Chu Chen was eager to defend Wu Ke, Uncle Wu chuckled and thought happily, it seems that the relationship between the young couple is not bad, it seems that this son-in-law cannot escape.

At this time, Hu Yong suggested next to him: "Why don't we try cutting iron like mud now?"

Uncle Wu shook his head and said, "Let's forget it. Generally speaking, every time a sword is used, it will actually produce a shock, which will destroy the stable structure of the utensil. The harder the object, the greater the shock."

"Therefore, from the perspective of cultural relics protection, if you want to test the sharpness of an ancient sword, you can try it with paper. After all, this fish sausage sword is already a 500-year-old utensil. If something is damaged, it’s really not worth the loss.”

Hearing what Uncle Wu said, the two of them nodded at the same time. However, when people encounter an interesting thing and don't understand it, they will always miss it in their hearts, and Chu Chen is no exception. He happened to see There was a small piece of wood, so he quickly walked over and took it, then handed it to Hu Yong and said:
"Try this!"

Uncle Wu saw that what Chu Chen brought over could only be regarded as a small wooden stick, so he didn't say anything.

Because of the experience just now, Hu Yong only used a little bit of strength to test it at first, but he saw that he cut the small wooden stick lightly, and the wooden stick was cut into two pieces just like the hair just now. .This kind of result made Hu Yong numb with shock.

Regarding this, Uncle Wu could only sigh: "It really deserves to be one of the top ten famous swords, and it really deserves its name!"

"Yes!" Chu Chen nodded in agreement, "And I think the pattern on the fish intestine sword should have a work that makes the wound impossible to heal, plus its sharpness, that's why it is said in the historical records that "Wang Liao died immediately" .”

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Uncle Wu and Hu Yong immediately thought that with the sharpness of this fish intestine sword and the special pattern on it, once it stabs someone's body, it is indeed something they can't imagine. Everyone couldn't help but shudder.

Immediately, Uncle Wu said with some seriousness: "Xiao Chen, you have to put this sword away, and you'd better take the time to make a scabbard."

"Ok!"

Chu Chen nodded, but when he thought of the scabbard, he remembered the fish skin wrapped in it, so he looked at the fish skin. At this moment, he thought of a very important question, why is this fish skin wrapped? The surface of the leather is not damaged at all?

It would be fine to say that it is an ordinary sword, but it is obviously a magic weapon that blows hair and breaks hair!Could it be that the sharpness of this fish intestine sword can't cut through this fish skin? The first thing Chu Chen thought of was, how is this possible?

Uncle Wu and the others followed Chu Chen's gaze and saw the fish skin. After a while, they also thought of Chu Chen's doubts and disbelief, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Chu Chen said quickly: "Hu Yong, try to draw with Yuchang sword. Just remember to draw on the corners. Use lightly for the first time."

"Ok!"

Hu Yong nodded, and immediately walked to the table, using only the strength of cutting off the wooden stick just now, he slashed at the corner, but the result made all three of them quite shocked and unbelievable. There are no traces on the skin at all!

Chu Chen already had some guesses before, so he directly asked Hu Yong to use a little more force, two points, three points until eight points of force, and the Fish Intestine Sword made a deep mark on the fish skin, but This is not the most shocking thing, and then Chu Chen went up and stroked it lightly, and the trace was gone!

"How is this possible!" Seeing such a result, Uncle Wu was already dumbfounded. With the sharpness of the Yuchang Sword, even if it was an elephant in front of him, it would have been cut to pieces with [-]% force. , and the skin in front of him looks like a piece of fish skin, how could there be no response to a knife?
"This skin, isn't it some kind of fish skin?" Hu Yong muttered to himself in surprise.

Chu Chen thought for a while and said, "It's very possible, but it may also be the skin of a fish that is now extinct. You must know that the iron sword that hides this fish intestine sword is from the Han Dynasty. At that time, Lian Sanhai Everything in the scriptures can be encountered, and it is not impossible to catch this kind of fish with very tough skin."

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Uncle Wu also felt that it was possible.

According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, someone presented a strange bird to the emperor and fed it with various foods, but it refused to eat it.The famous literati Dongfang Shuo saw the bird and said its name and what it should eat.After a test, it was exactly as Dongfang Shuo said.The emperor asked Dongfang Shuo how he knew it. He said that it was recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing", and he would know it after reading it.

Although this is just a legend, and its authenticity remains to be verified, after all, the Three Seas Classic is the accumulation of what generations of wizards in ancient times have seen and heard through word of mouth.Although there are elements of exaggeration in it, if you want to say that the strange beasts in it must not exist, that's not necessarily true, but some of them have not yet found evidence.

Hu Yong was very puzzled and said: "That's not right. If there is such a fish, how did people catch it at that time? And how did they cut its skin so neatly?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Our ancients' wisdom is quite powerful. If you think about it, the Great Wall can be built, let alone a fish? And there is a saying that iron rods can be ground into needles. The difficulty of dividing fish skin must be It won’t be hard for them.”

"Yes!" Uncle Wu said with emotion: "It's just that our country has always been divided and united. In addition, there are many requirements for inheritance in ancient times, so many technologies have not been passed down. It's a pity to think about it."

Hearing this, Chu Chen also sighed, and then said: "Okay, let's put this sword away first, and after I show it to the master tomorrow, I'm going to let someone study this sword. Can you find out the secret of why this sword is so sharp!"

Although Chu Chen knew that the chance of success in research was slim, but if he did not research, there would be no hope at all.

Uncle Wu had no objection to this, but he immediately remembered that Chu Chen had another good thing, so he hurriedly said, "Then let's go and have a look at the self-warming cup!"

"Uncle Wu, can you wait for a while?" Chu Chen scratched his head and said.

"What else?" Uncle Wu asked with some doubts.

"Look at this painting first."

Chu Chen chuckled, took out the "Interesting Picture of Lin Tingjia" and unfolded it.

Uncle Wu thought that Chu Chen had bought another good painting, so he hurried up to take a look, but he was quite disappointed in the result, it turned out to be an imitation painting.

"I'm talking about Xiaochen, isn't this just a Qing Dynasty imitation, what's so good about it?" Uncle Wu said a little speechlessly.

"Take a closer look at the mounting of this painting." Chu Chen said with a smile.

"Ok?"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Uncle Wu felt a little curious. He turned his head and looked at the mounting of this work. Immediately, a look of surprise appeared on his face. He was afraid that he had read it wrong, so he looked at it carefully again. , I found that it was really a master-level mounting technique.

You know, this is the original old frame, and it is still a master-level craftsmanship. Just such an imitation, at that time, was not as expensive as the frame, and which frame master was full and had nothing to do, as a painting The not very good imitation painting mounting?

Of course, everything is not absolute, maybe this painting was painted by a wealthy and powerful person who paid a huge sum of money, or the master had no choice but to help the author frame it, but this possibility is very real. It's too small, and literati are generally more face-saving, so the probability of doing this kind of thing is really not high.

Besides, if it was really drawn by such a powerful person, then it is not very likely that he will not leave his name.

"Strange, this painting is really strange!"

Uncle Wu muttered something to himself, then he suddenly thought of a possibility, quickly twisted the drawing paper with his hands, and carefully observed the drawing paper with a magnifying glass, then frowned and said:

"There doesn't seem to be a painting hidden underneath!"

"Yes, indeed not!" Chu Chen nodded.

Uncle Wu shook his head, he really couldn't see anything wrong with the painting: "Okay, Xiao Chen, don't be fooled anymore, hurry up and tell me what you found!"

"Look at this gap." Chu Chen said with a smile, pointing to the painting scroll at one end.

"Gap?"

Uncle Wu and Hu Yong hurriedly put their heads together, and according to Chu Chen's guidance, they finally found a small gap at the shaft head.

This gap is really too small, so small that it looks thinner than a hair. If it wasn't for Chu Chen's guidance and a magnifying glass, they would have never been able to find it, which surprised them both.

"Xiao Chen, how did you find this gap?" Uncle Wu said with a face full of surprise.

Chu Chen chuckled.Then he said what he had planned:

"At the beginning, like you, I thought that there might be another work hidden under this painting, but I didn't find anything unusual when I checked it carefully. Head here, this gap was discovered just now."

(End of this chapter)