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    Hearing this, Chu Chen shook his head secretly and sighed, so sometimes people's perceptions are actually completely different from the truth.  As far as he was concerned, before he became a disciple of Mr. Liu, he had always believed that Mr. Wang was a heinous person. Whenever he thought of those scriptures lost overseas, he hated Mr. Wang so much that he gnashed his teeth.  It was not until later, after he read relevant information from Mr. Liu's study, that he realized that compared to those people who were just eating corpses, Wang Daoren had already fulfilled his duties.  But sometimes it¡¯s like this, good intentions often lead to bad things. Let¡¯s just say that this kingly man, if he had done nothing in those years, maybe he wouldn¡¯t be burdened with such a big reputation now.  Everyone sighed, and the atmosphere in the room became a little dull.  Seeing this, Zhao Qirui quickly changed the topic to a lighter topic. Under Chu Chen's deliberate guidance and Liu Sizhe's tricks, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful again.  When it was almost time, Cao Hui came to the door. After a while of greetings, everyone got into the business car he hired and then set off to the venue of the auction.  In fact, Zhao Qirui already knew in advance where the auction would be held. They could go without Cao Hui, but after all, Cao Hui had also contributed, so it was not necessarily necessary for him to put his hot face on their cold buttocks.  Although Cao Hui's purpose was somewhat utilitarian, if he really had to do this, it would be somewhat inappropriate.   The location of the auction is actually in a villa of nearly 1,000 square meters in Repulse Bay. In a place like Xiangjiang where land is of high value, and in a high-end area like Repulse Bay, even if the housing prices in Xiangjiang have already  It fell a lot.  It is not something that ordinary rich people can afford, so it can be seen from this.  The energy of the auction organizers must be quite high.  Everyone got out of the car and walked towards the door of the villa under the leadership of Cao Hui.  There, everyone met Cao Hui's friend, a short and fat middle-aged man in his forties.  This person, like Cao Hui, also has the same surname as Cao. Perhaps Cao Hui had already told Chu Chen and others about their identities before, so this person seemed very enthusiastic, but his enthusiasm was just right, and it didn't feel artificial.  Although Mr. Cao seemed to be familiar with the butler standing at the door, the butler still asked Chu Chen for an invitation.  Then Mr. Cao was allowed to lead a group of people in.  The decoration of the courtyard of this villa belongs to the European pastoral style. It has a strong rustic flavor and is very tasteful. You can tell at a glance that it was designed by a master-level designer.  After walking through the garden, we arrived at the main building of the villa. Different from Chu Chen's villa, there was a two-story building standing next to the main building. According to Cao Hui, that was the residence of the servants.  In fact, Chu Chen¡¯s villa also has a place for servants to live.  The difference from here is that it is not a separate building, but is integrated with the main building.  Of course, the main room and the area where the servants live are still separated.  Each other will not be affected.  The living room of the villa is very large, covering an area of ??200 square meters, and the decoration style is also European pastoral style.  But it's closer to Chinese style.  At this time, the living room is decorated as if there is a cocktail party.  Sofas, tables, chairs, etc. were all moved around.  In addition, there are some snacks and drinks on the table. Perhaps to take care of the fact that many people have not had dinner, there are also some staple food on the table.  Of course, if you really eat staple food on such an occasion, the image would be somewhat unsightly. Therefore, although there were twenty or thirty people in the living room, most of them just held wine glasses and ate some snacks to satisfy their hunger.  Among the twenty or thirty people, only one is a young man in his twenties, and the others are at least nearly forty years old. Judging from their dress and temperament, these people are all successful people. ????????????????????????????? However, these people are rich as they are, but their social status is unknown. At least Chu Chen did not see any of them being very well-known people in Xiangjiang.  When Chu Chen and the others walked in, these people were divided into four waves, each sitting on the sofa or standing in a corner of the living room talking.  In addition, there are several waiters wandering around the living room to serve these people.  Coupled with the beautiful melody playing in the living room, Chu Chen would have thought he was at a high-end banquet if he hadn't known that an auction was being held here.  As soon as Chu Chen and the other eight people walked in, the living room fell silent for an instant, and everyone's eyes turned to them. Then more or less people from the four waves of people came forward and greeted Zhao Qirui enthusiastically.  Hello, this made everyone else very curious about Zhao Qirui's identity, and they all speculated on what kind of big shot he was.  But what shocked those people even more was that the owner of the villa, the organizer of the auction, actually came forward and greeted Zhao Qirui politely and respectfully, and then he took Zhao Qirui away.They arrived at the innermost and quietest seats and made tea specially for Zhao Qirui and the others.  At this point, even if those people don't know Zhao Qirui's true identity, they know that he must be a big shot.  And when those who just greeted Zhao Qirui returned, others immediately knew that Zhao Qirui was the son of General Zhao, who had outstanding military exploits during the Anti-Japanese War.  (Fictional characters, please don¡¯t take your seats for granted!) After learning Zhao Qirui¡¯s identity, those people immediately understood why even the owner of the villa was alarmed.  You must know that the mainland is very particular about human relations. It is different from the countries with the Jin-Yuan policy. Any troubles in the mainland can be solved as long as a powerful person says hello.  Since gold and dollars are not as good as power, these businessmen naturally like to associate with powerful figures in order to bulge their pockets. As a prominent figure among the princelings, Zhao Qirui, coupled with China's increasing international influence,  As he grows older, it goes without saying that he is very popular.  The owner of the villa is named Mu Tianguang. He is mainly engaged in real estate business and is considered a relatively famous figure in Xiangjiang.  After everyone sat down, Zhao Qirui first introduced both parties. When Mu Tianguang learned that Chu Chen was Zhao Qirui's nephew and Mr. Chu's grandson, he was shocked and excited, and he quickly and enthusiastically presented his business card.  .  Wait until Na Mu Tianguang finishes handing out business cards.  Zhao Qirui said: "I'm talking about Mr. Mu, what I said before. This shouldn't be a problem for you, right?" Mu Tianguang patted his chest and assured: "Mr. Zhao, don't worry. I am also a patriotic businessman, this kind of thing  I must be able to carry it cleanly." Zhao Qirui suddenly sneered in his heart when he heard how serious he was. If Mu Tianguang was really patriotic, why didn't he buy the tortoise shell and more than a hundred scriptures before?  This is not an auction house, nor does it have many rules.  After all, Mu Tianguang is still a mother if she has breasts. If there is no profit, he will not do it.  It was just beyond Mu Tianguang¡¯s expectation.  Not long after he finished speaking, two men and one woman walked in from the door. One of the middle-aged men, whom he had seen several times, was a businessman from the island country named Shoda Shosuke.  .  This caused cold sweat to break out on his back immediately, and he cursed the man who brought Shouda Akita in.  The leader¡¯s surname is Yang. This boss Yang is engaged in foreign trade business, and the business is not small.  There are many friends abroad. In order to connect with customers, Boss Yang often takes customers to attend banquets and private auctions held by some friends.  He also took clients there.  Because of this, Mu Tianguang specifically called him in advance and told him not to bring foreign customers over today.  Unexpectedly, not only did he bring customers, he was also an island native.  You must know that Zhao Qirui has family reasons.  I already hate islanders, and islanders will definitely be interested in oracle bones and those scriptures.  There will definitely be a fierce competition between the two sides. Even if Zhao Qirui can finally get the thing, the price paid will be much higher than normal.  By then, even if this matter had nothing to do with him, Zhao Qirui might still be angry with him.  When he thought of this, Mu Tianguang felt regretful. If he had known that something like this would happen, he shouldn't have bought these two things just because of the millions of commissions.  And it was almost time now. Everything had been placed on the table next to him, and there was no time to remove it. Even if he wanted to, there was nothing he could do.  You must know that he also has real estate investment in the mainland. If Zhao Qirui turns his mouth, his loss may be several times, or even dozens of times, of the commission. It is really too much to lose.  Originally, Zhao Qirui didn't know that the man was from the island country, but there were people who knew Shoda Shojie. From their chats and laughter, he immediately knew that the man was from the island country. This made him angry. He really wanted to  Beat up Mu Tianguang.  When Mu Tianguang saw Zhao Qirui's murderous eyes, his heart trembled and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He quickly explained: "Mr. Zhao, this is really none of my business! I have warned Mr. Yang in advance not to take him with you.  "Who knew he would do something like this when a customer came over?" "Then wouldn't you ask the housekeeper to pay attention to it beforehand?" Zhao Qirui said through gritted teeth.  ¡°After all, we are guests brought by friends, so it¡¯s really unreasonable to do this!¡± Mu Tianguang said with a smile.  "You mean I'm unreasonable?" Zhao Qiruijuan sneered. In fact, he also knew that Mu Tianguang was not to blame for this matter, but it would be fine if people from other countries came, but here comes an island countryman.  , which made him a little unbearable.  You must know that although Mr. Zhao has outstanding military exploits, his military exploits are alsoIn exchange for his life, the war that year left countless wounds on his body, including several gunshot wounds that were fatal at the time.  Whenever he sees the scars on his father's body, Zhao Qirui feels heartbroken and hates the islanders even more.  "No! No! Mr. Zhao, I really don't mean that!" Mu Tianguang waved his hands anxiously.  "Okay, okay!" Zhao Qirui waved his hand impatiently and said: "Now go and give me Mr. Yang's information!" "This" Mu Tianguang was somewhat hesitant about this. After all, the invitation was  He sent it, and Boss Yang asked him to do it. If Zhao Qirui really takes revenge, Boss Yang will definitely put the blame on him.  "What, you don't want to do it?" Zhao Qirui sneered and said, "Okay, I will keep this in mind!" Seeing Zhao Qirui's attitude, Mu Tianguang suddenly felt a little frightened in his heart, even if he offended Yang  He couldn't offend Zhao Qirui at all, so he said quickly: "Okay, okay! I'll have someone sort out his information and give it to you right away!" After saying that, Mu Tianguang didn't care about anything else. After saying goodbye, he went to prepare.  Information.  Wait until Mu Tianguang leaves.  Zhao Qirui sighed: "Man's calculation is not as good as God's, at critical times. God likes to see good things go hard!" Chu Chen laughed and said: "No matter what, we will do our best when the time comes!" Zhao Qirui nodded with a smile:  "Yes! I can't believe it. I can't beat that little dwarf!" After a while, the waiter came to inform them that in the next half hour, they can go and view today's auction. Half an hour later, this time,  The auction will officially begin.  In this case, everyone stood up and followed the waiter to the side where the auction items were placed.  The lots were being placed on small decorated dining carts, with a waiter standing next to each dining cart.  Several of the waiters were staring eagerly at the people appreciating the auction items, fearing that something might happen to the auction items.  Chu Chen and the others casually took a pair of white gloves from the waiter. After putting them on, they first went to the dining car where the oracle bones and scriptures were placed. After all, this was their main goal this time, and they had to verify the authenticity first.  OK.  There is no need to say much about the value and significance of oracle bone inscriptions, especially the ten oracle bones in front of me, which are large and have many handwritings.  It can be said that all pieces are precious national treasures.  But precisely because the value of oracle bones is so high, there are also many fakes on the market, especially some high imitations, which can confuse people's eyes.  Generally speaking.  The identification of oracle bones mainly lies in three aspects.  The first thing is to look at the materials, that is, to see if the bones are old enough.  Bones become fossils.  It will take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, and the Xia and Shang era is only three or four thousand years old.  The bones are far from "fossils."  However, neither the color nor the shape.  The difference between Oracle bones and new bones is also very obvious.  Chu Chen carefully looked at the ten oracle bones one by one. Judging from the color, patina, soil, texture, weight, etc. of the bones, he was sure they were genuine.  The second is to look at the knife edge.  Just like the words on the ten oracle bones in front of Chu Chen, the blades were very sharp and neat.  Because characters were carved on new bones in those days, and new bones are very flexible. The oracle bone inscriptions on the oracle bones in Chu Chen¡¯s hands all have the characters of new bones. They are sharp, can be bent, and can be at right angles.  .  Not only that, because there must be fat in the bone compaction and bone marrow in the spongy bone, these things will naturally seep into the incision. Therefore, Chu Chen can clearly see that there is oil and patina in the incision.  In addition, ancient people practiced calligraphy directly on bones, so oracle bone inscriptions also have a very unique charm.  ??And modern people have practiced calligraphy on paper since they were young. Therefore, not to mention the charm, even the font shape and layout are very different.  Last point, in ancient times, oracle bones were used for divination. Divination at that time was a very sacred thing. Therefore, the bones used for divination were of course also very important. In the oracle bone inscriptions, there are records of someone¡¯s donation of oracle bones.  Therefore, it is not difficult for Chu Chen to carefully identify and find that each piece of oracle bone has obvious traces of processing, which requires both cutting of the bone and surface treatment. These characteristics are difficult to achieve in imitations.  In addition, when bones are processed, the fat and marrow inside the bones will definitely leak out. After thousands of years of natural evolution, its unique characteristics cannot be easily copied by forgers.  Finally, Chu Chen carefully observed other details and confirmed that these ten oracle bones were indeed genuine.  After confirming that these oracle bones were authentic, everyone went to the place where the scriptures were placed and checked more than a hundred scriptures one by one, and found that they were also authentic.  This made Chu Chen very happy, and he also made up his mind to get them all.?Return to the country.  But the difficulty in this is also obvious. Everyone present basically knows the value of those oracle bones and scriptures. It can be said that everyone wants to get them all, and these people are at least multi-millionaires, with a family fortune of hundreds of millions or even  Billions are not uncommon.  Not to mention, the way Shouda Akita¡¯s eyes shone when he saw these oracle bones and scriptures, and the intensity of the competition that followed, needless to say.  Half an hour seems like a lot of time, but it took Chu Chen and the others nearly twenty minutes to identify these oracle bones and scriptures. There are still more than thirty items left. If they want to carefully identify them, it will take ten minutes.  It's definitely too late.  So Chu Chen and the others quickly dispersed and found what they liked and started looking at it.  The first thing Chu Chen noticed was a barbarian camel lamp. This bronze lamp consisted of a camel on a base, a barbarian riding on the camel's back, and a raised lamp.  Standing on the rectangular base is a two-humped camel with its head raised and its tail lowered, with slender limbs and a steady posture.  Mild and docile.  A Hu man sits upright on a hunchback with his feet tucked behind his back, his hands firmly holding the ring that connects the lamppost.  In the middle are lamp posts and round lamp panels.  Hu people have round faces and high cheekbones.  The cheeks are shiny, the eyes are slender and slightly upward, and the nose is wide. These are typical features of the northern nomadic people.  From the tall and honest camels and the attitude of the Hu people who are accustomed to the hunchback life, we can see that it exudes a rich grassland style.  The entire bronze sculpture is ingenious in conception and exquisite in production. The base, camel, figures, lamp posts and lamps are integrated into one, which is a typical craft of the Warring States Period.  And it is quite rare that it can be preserved so well after more than two thousand years.     but.  Although this barbarian camel lamp was good, what caught Chu Chen's attention was not the copper lamp itself, but the layer of oily substance inside the tray that was covered up by some impurities.  This layer of oily substance is transparent and odorless, like a transparent jelly. Placed inside this apparently unearthed copper lamp, it is obviously the fuel for the copper lamp in front of you.  However, candle oil has been preserved from the Warring States Period to the present.  It was really unbelievable to Chu Chen. Moreover, this kind of candle oil was so special that he couldn't think of it for a while.  What exactly is this layer of matter?  However, time was tight, and Chu Chen really didn¡¯t have much time to spend on this copper lamp, after using his superpower to identify the authenticity.  He walked to the side, but only took a few steps.  An idea flashed in his mind.  "Could it be that this layer of stuff is the mermaid oil recorded in the Historical Records?" "Historical Records" talks about the tomb of Qin Shihuang.  There is a saying: "Use mermaid paste as a candle to save the immortal for a long time." It can be seen from this sentence that candles made with mermaid paste can last for a long time, almost eternity.  The mermaid ointment mentioned here, as the name suggests, is an ointment made from boiled mermaid.  But what kind of fish is a mermaid?  "Anthology of Historical Records" quotes Xu Guang as saying: "A mermaid stands like a mermaid with four legs." But this sentence is too vague, and it is impossible to infer what a mermaid is from this sentence.  Some people say that "mermaid" is commonly known as "baby fish", while others say that mermaid refers to whales. However, there are loopholes in both theories, so it is difficult to determine what kind of fish this "mermaid" is.  Moreover, although this mermaid oil is very famous, no one has seen the real thing since ancient times. As for the substance in the lamp just now, Chu Chen thinks it is most likely mermaid oil, because other than that, he really doesn¡¯t know.  Know what kind of candle oil can be preserved from the Warring States Period to the present.  Of course, all this is just Chu Chen¡¯s guess. As for whether it is really mermaid oil, it still needs to be verified to confirm.  The verification method is also very simple, just light it up and try it, but there is definitely no such condition in front of you.  Therefore, he could only take pictures of the copper lamp and then make plans.  Next, Chu Chen originally planned to take a look at a pastel lantern cap bottle in front of him, but he noticed that there were many people gathered in front of a lot, including the island countryman Shouda Akita.  Moreover, the eyes of this island countryman were full of burning passion, as if he wanted to swallow the thing in front of him.  This made Chu Chen very curious, so he quickly walked over there, stretched his neck and took a look, only to find that it was actually a celestial eye lamp. It was no wonder that Shoda Shojie looked like this.  This Yaobian Tianmu lamp is actually a type of Jianzhan. Island people love drinking tea very much. Correspondingly, they also have a special liking for Jianzhan, which is specially used for drinking tea, especially the Yaobian Tianmu lamp.  The lamp is even regarded as a "national treasure" by them.  What is the Yaobian Tianmu lamp?  To put it simply, it is the celestial eye lamp of kiln transformation.  In the "Juntaiguan Left and Right Accounts" written in the early 16th century, the treasures of Jianzhan are divided into several grades, among which "Yobian" is listed as "the supreme divine product of Jianzhan, which is the most precious treasure in the world".Nothing.  ¡± The so-called ¡°Yao Bian¡± refers to the gathering of many irregular dots on the black base glaze. The dots are yellow and surrounded by a dazzling rainbow-like light that is mainly blue, hence the name.  . The obsidian spots are widely distributed on the inner wall of the jianzhan, and they change according to the direction of viewing. They appear blue when viewed vertically, and shine golden when viewed diagonally. Because the "obsidian change" is extremely difficult to burn, very few of them have been handed down.  There are only four pieces collected in the island country, and three of them are designated as "national treasures" and one is designated as an important cultural relic (To be continued)
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