I came out of Longling and got on the long-distance bus to Chengdu in the county seat. I was playing with the only bracelet I brought from Longling in my hand.
Under the sun, the inner color of the sapphire is relatively dull, and the outer black qin is also inconspicuous. Only the blood-red qin is crystal clear and translucent, showing a strange color against the sapphire. It may be due to psychological reasons, I
The more I looked at it, the more creepy it became.
"It's such a pity that we didn't find the Longling silk book!" When things got to this point, I had no clue at all.
"Now that Longling has been destroyed, it will be even more difficult to find the silk books."
"It seems that the only thing I can hope for is this bracelet."
After I arrived in Chengdu, I got on a long-distance bus bound for Henan. On the way, I transferred to a shabby minibus bound for Huixian, Henan. The car bumped so hard that I turned pale and leaned against the window, half dead.
I was looking at the jade bracelet over and over, not knowing its value, so I looked out the window, and the vast mountains of Taihang, eight hundred miles away, appeared in front of me.
Si Weiqi is now in Beijing. When I arrived at Longling Hall, I was already shabby and had a vicissitudes of life on my face. Si Weiqi was the only one in the store today. I told her in detail about the situation I encountered in Longling.
Si Weiqi didn't blame me for the destruction of the silk book. Instead, she comforted me and told me that I didn't have to blame myself. Maybe there would be a turn for the better.
And this turning point was naturally the bracelet in my hand.
"Sister Qi, what kind of bracelet is this?" I asked curiously.
"The jade in this bracelet is not a common jade material. If I read it correctly, it should be corpse jade. And I can't tell you the origin of this bracelet."
"You don't even know, so how can we find out this clue?" I couldn't help but get a little nervous. After all, in the end, the bet has to be based on reality.
"I don't know, it doesn't mean no one knows." Si Weiqi said calmly, "When it comes to appraising cultural relics, we are not authentic after all. Although we run this antique shop, when it comes to talking about it, we are still selling dog meat over sheep's heads. Really
A master who appraises cultural relics must also count plum blossoms with a discerning eye."
"Clear Eyed Plum Blossom?"
The so-called Mingyan Plum Blossom is actually a very ancient treasure appraisal organization. It is the collective name of the five families of Xuanmen Medicine Family, Baimen Xu Family, Huangmen Huang Family, Qingmen Shen Family, and Hongmen Liu Family. Among them,
The Xu family’s gold, stone and jade wares, the Yao family’s porcelain, the Huang family’s Ming wares, the Shen family’s wooden wares, and the Liu family’s calligraphy and painting. Mingyan plum blossom is composed of two parts. “Ming” and “eye” are both jargon, and “plum blossom” is
It is the figure presented by the combination of the five meridians.
"Ming" has two meanings. The superficial meaning can be understood as identification and identification. The second meaning is "Ming Qi", that is, Ming Qi, which refers to the burial objects in ancient tombs.
Ming ware generally comes from three sources: villagers dug it out in the ground, antique collectors collected it, and people who dug it upside down found it in their graves. Among the "Five Meridians", the Huang family of Huangmen is very proficient in identifying Ming ware.
"Eye" also has two meanings in the industry, one is the eye of the palm, and the other is the eye of the punch. "The eye of the palm" can be generally understood as an expert helping others to distinguish the authenticity of things. The antique business is extremely risky.
If you are not careful, it is easy to spend real money to buy fake products. At this time, you need to be knowledgeable to avoid being deceived by unscrupulous merchants.
"Smashing" refers to accidentally buying a fake. If this happens, it is usually followed by the word "smashing". In the industry, "smashing" refers to lowering the price. Counterfeit goods are definitely not valuable, and no one
I am willing to spend a lot of money to buy fake products. Each industry has its own rules. Buying fake products cannot ruin your business, it can only ruin your business.
"plum bossom
" refers to the pattern. There are five Wumai families, which can just form a plum blossom pattern. Although the Wumai have different responsibilities and are proficient in different things, in the final analysis they are from the same sect. The Wumai have been passed down from generation to generation, and they specialize in helping others in the antique industry.
Treasure Appraisal speaks with great weight and is an absolute authority in the industry.
Seeing that it was getting dark, I guessed that there wouldn't be many customers, so I decided to close up early and go to Yueshengzhai to eat something to treat myself. I gathered the store a little and was about to lock it up and leave.
, suddenly heard Si Weiqi coming from behind.
"Sister Qi, are you back?"
"Come with me tonight."
"Where to go?"
"You'll know when you get there."
A person's temperament is like an antique patina, which cannot be explained clearly. Si Weiqi's demeanor is restrained and watertight, and her whole person gives people an impeccable sense of mystery.
It was already dark at this time, but the surrounding street lights were very bright. I looked around and found that the place where the car was parked was a deep path. There were lush poplar trees on both sides of the path, and there were no particularly tall buildings around. At the edge of the path
At the end is a high-walled compound. There is no sign at the door, but there are two armed guards standing guard, and the light green door is tightly closed.
While I was thinking about it, the door quietly opened to both sides, and the car drove into the yard at a low speed.
The car drove for another two or three minutes and finally stopped. A man who looked like a secretary had been waiting outside. Si Weiqi didn't say a word after meeting him. We followed him into a tall light gray Soviet-style building.
The corridor inside the building is wide and gloomy, with a green lamp above the head, and the carpet underfoot is so thick that even if you throw a cannon on it, it won't make a sound.
Soon we came to a conference room.
After I entered the house, the first thing I saw was an old man wearing a Chinese tunic suit. When he saw Si Weiqi coming, he stood up from the sofa and walked towards me. A soldier followed closely behind him.
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"Miss Si, long time no see." The old man's tone was very friendly.
"Mr. Liu, you are fine."
The old man looked at me with a smile: "You are very young!"
He saw that I was a little nervous and patted me on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous. I know you and have heard of you."
"How could a leader as big as you know about a common man like me?" I couldn't help but be a little curious.
"What kind of leader doesn't lead? I'm old, so you can call me Uncle Liu."
As he spoke, he took out a sandalwood tea tray from the drawer, and on the tea tray were placed five small white porcelain tea bowls with lotus petals.
Mr. Liu picked up a bamboo tea clip and arranged five tea bowls in a cross shape, with one bowl in the middle and the other four located in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and then looked up at me.
I stared in confusion, not knowing what he meant. I knew this method, it was obviously a tea group. I had heard people say that in the old society, there were party sects such as the Cao Gang and the Red Gang.
I will use this set of things as a contact code.
I frowned, "Mr. Liu, are you giving me a question?"
"Hahaha, don't mind, I don't mean anything else, why don't you take a guess?"
"I have a master who is an expert in the antiques industry. He once told me that the tea formation is used by Hong, Cao Gang and other secret societies to communicate. Most of these societies are green-skinned gangsters with low cultural standards, so this
The tea formation is not very elaborate. It mostly uses homophones, metaphors and other techniques, coupled with some crude slang formulas. The formation either corresponds to the yin and yang and the five elements, or to the astronomical stars.
There are certain rules for staying here.”
"Go on."
"I see that this tea bowl is arranged in the shape of a cross according to the five directions of east, south, west, north and center. The five directions correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth." Thinking of this, I got stuck, "
However, it will be difficult to think about it further, and I don’t know what you want to say.”
"You are right. In fact, the yin and yang and the five elements cover a very wide range of meanings, corresponding to the five directions, five flavors, five tones, etc., and also correspond to the five colors of black, white, red, yellow, and green." Mr. Liu continued what I said.
Hearing his explanation, I could only nod. The old man spoke very artistically, controlled the situation from beginning to end, and asked questions with a preset position. There is a jargon in the Tibetan world called "
"Hua rake" means that the tongue has three hooks and six teeth, and it can rake out all the details of a person in just a few words.
"You are looking at these tea bowls." He looked at me thoughtfully, which made me tremble.
I glanced at the five piled tea bowls again and said, "Five-petal plum blossom array?"
This meaning couldn't be more obvious. The five petals of the plum blossom are gathered together. He is alluding to the "bright-eyed plum blossom".
"You are..." I glanced at him, then at Si Weiqi sitting next to me, and suddenly realized, "Your surname is Liu, you should be the head of the Liu family of the Bright Eyes Plum Blossoms, the Red Letter Sect, right?
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"Hahaha, yes, I am Hongmen Liu Bangde." After saying that, he slowly rubbed the tea tray with his hand, "Some people make it old, and some people slap it. Some people get punched in the eye, so naturally there are people to help smash it. This
The five tea bowls represent the five origins of treasure appraisal respectively. These five veins have been passed down for a long time. They control the eyes of the entire antique industry and determine the heart of the treasure appraisal circle. As long as it passes through their hands, the authenticity is determined, and everything is
The world recognizes it wherever it goes. So when the five meridians are put together, it is also called the 'bright-eyed plum blossom'. People who play antiques go to appraise treasures and are convinced when they hear these four words."
I have been doing business for several years myself, but I know a little bit about the so-called "Five Meridians". This group of people was very prosperous before the Republic of China, and they were imperial treasure appraisers in all dynasties. But in modern times, these people
The "Five Meridians" have disappeared, and many people have never heard of them.
"Then have you heard of the Chinese Antiquarian Research Society?"
"I've heard of this." I nodded, "Anyone who plays antiques has heard of the name of this society. This society is not a national institution, but it is indeed a national brand. Behind it is the support of national forces.
, at my level, I still can’t get in touch with it.”
"This society is the integration of descendants of the Five Meridians. You won't know it until you reach a certain level. It represents an identity and a status. If you don't know, you just don't know, and no one will tell you."
"The Five Meridians neither bully the market nor buy and sell. They rely on their ability to identify the real and the fake. They have always been the master of the entire circle and have never been vague. This is technology and is protected by the country. Although Wenge has suffered catastrophes
The middle and fifth meridians suffered a lot, but the Qi meridians were still there. They took advantage of the opportunity and established the Chinese Antiquarian Research Society. You see, the antique industry has prospered so much after the reform and opening up, and the credit of the discerning plum blossom is behind it. Do you know, rely on it?
What is it?"
"real."
I only said one word. Authoritative appraisal institutions all have this principle: never make forgeries. Just imagine, an appraisal institution relies on its reputation of fairness and neutrality. If it also falsifies, wouldn't it be equivalent to being a judge for itself?
Chapter completed!