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    After laughing for a while, Chu Yulan saw the things Chu Chen put on the table and asked curiously: "Brother, did you buy anything good again?" Chu Chen smiled and said: "They are all  It¡¯s a gadget, but there are two things that are really good!¡± ¡°Oh! What are they?¡± Everyone turned their attention.  Chu Chen smiled and took out the little Arhat statue and the three things and placed them on the table.  Everyone can see that the Arhat statue is indeed a rare fine product, but the other three are rusty on the surface and do not look like anything at all. They are shaped like a small fish. Except for Liu Sizhe, the others  No one can figure out what this is.  Fatty Dong looked at the three things, and then said: "Brother Chu, this Arhat looks really good, but what are these three things?" "These three are all military talismans of the Tang Dynasty." Chu  Chen replied.  "Ah! Is this an ancient tiger charm?" Tong Hangqi asked in surprise.  Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "You are really uneducated. Can the military talisman of the Tang Dynasty be called a tiger talisman? How does this thing look like a tiger? It is obviously a fish talisman, okay!" Tong Hangqi scratched his forehead with a smile and asked  He said: "I think the tiger talisman was used in the Qin and Han dynasties. How come it became the fish talisman in the Tang Dynasty?" Liu Sizhe explained: "The rabbit, which is located behind the tiger in the twelve zodiac signs, was used instead, and it was called the silver rabbit talisman. Soon,  Some people speculate that this may be because the word "carp" for carp is homophonic with the surname Li" After Wu Zetian came to power, she changed the fish charm to "turtle charm", and it was restored during the reign of Zhongzong.  For the fish talisman.  Fish charms are generally about 6 centimeters long.  Approximately 2cm wide.  There is a round hole on the head for hanging with a rope.  It is divided into two halves, left and right. There are mortise and tenon joints in the shape of the word "ͬ" in the middle to fit together.  Some fish charms are also engraved with the word "contract" on the middle seam of the bottom side.  After separation, there is only half a word on each half character.  Only when combined together can the complete word "contract" be seen, so this symbol is also called "contract".  Now sign the contract in duplicate, stamped in the middle, and each party will hold one copy.  Such documents are collectively referred to as "Contracts".  The word "contract" comes from the fish charm.  " There are inscriptions on the inside of the fish charm, indicating the identity of the person wearing the charm or the scope of use of the fish charm. According to the "Six Canons of the Tang Dynasty" records: the prince uses jade fish charms, the prince uses gold fish charms, and the general officials use copper fish charms.  Most of the fish charms handed down from ancient times and discovered in archeology were made of copper. After listening to Liu Sizhe's explanation, Tong Hangqi and others suddenly understood what was going on: "It turns out."  This is where the word "contract" comes from, but how come the three fish charms are together?  Could it be that they are still buried together?  " "Of course they are not buried together.  Chu Chen smiled and said: "These three fish charms should be unearthed artifacts, and they should have been unearthed for a while. However, the rust of these three fish charms can be seen that they did not come out of the same pit."  " Everyone nodded, and Chu Yulan said: "Brother, since you said they are good things, these three fish charms should not be ordinary, right?  " Chu Chen spread his hands: "I really don't know who used these three fish charms, but I can guarantee that one of them is a good thing.  Which one is specific, you will know by weighing it yourself.  " Hearing what Chu Chen said, Liu Sizhe and others quickly stepped forward to weigh the weight. As for Chu Yulan and the others, they felt that the things were too dirty and did not want to do anything. " Judging from the appearance, the three fish charms did not look good. But after weighing them,  You can clearly see the difference by looking at the weight. Liu Sizhe held up a fish charm with some black, blue and brown lumps of rust on its surface and said excitedly: "This is it.  The goldfish charm must be the goldfish charm!  " Gold of the same size is almost 1.17 times heavier than copper, so the difference between the two is quite big. If you know these three things, you can understand the mystery with just a little thought. " However, Shi Papi doesn't understand much.  It was an antique and I didn¡¯t know what a fish talisman was. In addition, these three fish talismans were all rusty and looked too ugly. Shi Papi didn¡¯t pay much attention to them, and other people probably didn¡¯t take a fancy to them either, so it was easy for Chu.  Chen. After listening to Chu Chen¡¯s explanation before, Liu Sizhe and Wang Xiaoyue were not surprised that there would be rust on gold, but others found it a bit unbelievable: ¡°Brother Chu, this goldfish charm is not pure.  Gold, but alloy, right?  " Chu Chen smiled and explained the reason, and then everyone understood. "Then how do you get rid of the rust on it?  "Su Jinning asked again. "I heard that using a soft cloth dipped in vinegar and gently wiping it can remove the patina, and the effect is pretty good.  "Wang Xiaoyue said.  Chu Chen shook his head: "If it's just the patina, it would be a good idea. However, the rust stains on this goldfish talisman other than the patina are not that easy to remove." Liu Sizhe picked up the fish talisman and observed it carefully.  , and then said: "These rust-like objects are most likely caused by the reaction of the silver and copper objects in the tomb with other materials in the tomb, and deposition on the surface of the gold objects. Due to the high sulfur content in the tomb, I speculate that these rust-like objects  The rust-like substance must be metal sulfide, such as copper sulfide and silver sulfide. Copper sulfide and silver sulfide are extremely insoluble substances. Therefore, it is difficult to remove these sulfides with ordinary acid-base or solvent-based cleaning agents.¡±  Fatty Dong asked: "What should we do? Can we use mechanical tools to remove it directly?" "You pig brain!" Su Jinning said angrily: "This is gold. If you use mechanical tools to remove these rust stains, won't you?  "Cause damage to the object itself?" Fatty Dong spread his hands and said, "You can't use cleaning agents, and you can't use tools. How ugly can it be to keep it like this?" Chu Chen said with a smile.  , your chemistry must not be very good. Don¡¯t you know that sulfide can be oxidized into elemental sulfur from the sulfide ions generated in the dissolution reaction in the presence of an oxidant, causing the dissolution balance to be destroyed and the dissolution reaction to continue?  , and eventually all dissolve. " "As we all know, gold is a material that is very resistant to chemical reactions with other substances. Only extremely corrosive aqua regia can dissolve gold. I have experimented with it before, using the oxidant hydrogen peroxide.  , and adding appropriate other additives, this rust-like substance can be effectively removed, and the gold jewelry will remain intact. " Fatty Dong scratched his head and laughed a few times: "I really am not very good at chemistry, if it weren't for that.  Chemistry is holding me back, so I don¡¯t have to let my Ningning laugh at me all the time with my college entrance examination results!¡± ¡°Exactly!¡± Su Jinning sneered, ¡°If you didn¡¯t do well in the exam, you¡¯re not allowed to show it to me.  ?¡± ¡°Then you don¡¯t have to keep saying it!¡± Fatty Dong muttered.  Su Jinning sneered and said: "I just want to say it often, and if your grades in any subjects are worse than mine in the future, I will often tell you, do you have any objections?!" Fatty Dong said with a bitter face: "No, I don't  Opinions!" Everyone laughed secretly when they saw Fatty Dong's expression. After a while, Chu Yulan said, "Brother, let's remove the rust now?" Chu Chen shook his head: "No,  There will be an auction later, I¡¯ll leave this to Brother Zhou and the others. Let¡¯s take a look at what words are written inside the fish talisman. ¡°In fact, the fish talisman is easy to open, that¡¯s why it¡¯s put together.  , also because of the rust effect.  Chu Chen carefully used tools to remove the rust from the gap in the middle of the fish charm. In the end, the two halves of the fish charm separated naturally.  The color inside the fish charm is different from the surface. It looks shiny and golden. It can be clearly seen that its material is indeed made of gold.  The fish talisman uses the mortise and tenon joints in the shape of the character "ͬ", and the user's name and status are written below the character "ͬ".  Everyone hurriedly came forward to take a look, and were a little surprised because this fish charm was used by Li Xuan, the thirteenth son of Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.  Li Xuan was actually a very capable prince with a thrifty and straightforward character. According to historical records, during the Anlu Mountain Rebellion, he was named the Governor of Shu County. When he led the generals to cross the Mianzhou River, he boarded a ship.  When he saw that the colorful mat was used as a carpet, he ordered people to remove it.  ??Moreover, at that time, Li Xian was ordered to do so. Because things were in a hurry and he did not accept the ban, Sima Shibi of Mianzhou said that he would have people lay out the banner to "pioneer road, enough to intimidate the public."  Li Xuan laughed and said, "I am the real king, so why should I use false banners?" However, I don't know whether Li Xuan had no eyesight or was a little arrogant. When he went to the capital of Shu, Cui Yuan, the favorite minister of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty at that time, met him.  Come to greet him and bow before Li Xuan's horse.  Li Xuan didn't stop him either, which made Cui Yuan furious.  Although, after Xuanzong arrived in Chengdu, Li Xuan was in charge for two months, and the people were stable.  But later he was persuaded by Cui Yuan and left his residence in the inner house.  As for the reason, whether it was because Li Xuan really did something wrong, or Cui Yuan was holding a grudge because of what he had received.  Everyone was surprised to see that this gold fish talisman was actually used by Tang Xuanzong's son. Chu Yulan asked after seeing it: "Brother, is this fish talisman valuable?" Chu Chen smiled and said: "What we see now  Fish charms from the Tang Dynasty are generally copper fish charms, and gold ones are very rare. Moreover, this fish charm is very well preserved, which is even more rare. However, because this kind of thing is rare, it is basically not available in the market. I have never seen it before.  NoI have never seen this kind of fish charm, so it¡¯s hard to say its specific value.  However, I am collecting it anyway and will not sell it. I am not too concerned about the market value.  ¡± Everyone nodded and agreed upon hearing this. To Chu Yulan and others, this fish talisman was actually nothing interesting to look at, and the fish talisman was still covered in rust. After looking at it for a while, they lost interest.  . Looking at the time, it was almost one o'clock, and Liu Sizhe said: "Brother Chen, let's go to the auction now!  "    "OK!  Chu Chen nodded, and then said: "Actually, there isn't much wool in today's auction. You might as well go to the store to pick out wool for more fun."  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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