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Chapter 17 Manuscript "Helou Collection"

"Haha, little brother, you are right. Our Lu family is all descendants of Juren. He was a Jinshi in the prosperous era. He can be regarded as a scholarly family. How could there be no heirlooms?" Lu Jingbai, who is average in drinking, always likes to have a few cups. Shen Wenxin and Yi Xiaojun fought with each other, and then they made Lu Jingbai half drunk, speaking carelessly without any concealment.

This is also the goal that Shen Wenxin wants to achieve. In normal times, it is still very difficult for Lu Jingbai to say this.

"That's how good Brother Lu is. I wonder if it can open our eyes?"

"Yes, yes, Brother Lu, let me see." Yi Xiaojun also said appropriately, and Lu Jingbai, who was drunk, said heroically: "Okay, I'll let you see what a family heirloom is!"

Lu Jingbai walked into the bedroom and took out a wooden box swayingly. Smelling the faint fragrance of camphor wood, Shen Wenxin concluded that this box was a bit old, and it was roughly probably a camphor wood box before liberation.

I saw a parchment book inside, with three words "Crane Tower Collection" on the page, and I couldn't tell the name, while the other one was something similar to an inkstone.

Shen Wenxin searched for relevant information about "Crane Tower Collection" in his mind. When he came, he searched for information about Zhang Chong, the owner of the tomb of the Ming Dynasty. He suddenly realized and said in shock: "Isn't the Crane Tower Collection Zhang Chong's work? Is this a book copied by the ancestors of the Lu family?"

"This is very likely. After all, Zhang Chong's hometown is nearby. It is normal for the ancestors of the Lu family to have friendship with the Zhang family. We are all literati." The exchanges between ancient literati were very frequent, especially among neighbors.

Lu Jingbai took out the "Crane Tower Collection" with sheepskin texture and said: "These are two major heirlooms in our family. I have never shown them to outsiders before. Today you are lucky!"

His educational level is not high, but he knows it is a heirloom, and his specific value is not very clear. In his heart, he really wants to pass on two treasures all the time, but the pressure from his family makes him think he should find a buyer?

With Shen Wenxin and Yi Xiaojun hit it off at first sight, it has always been an unchanging truth since ancient times.

"Brother Lu, can I pick it up and take a look?" Shen Wenxin had not yet come back to his senses from the excitement, and planned to use "touching treasure" to determine the level of the object.

"Okay, Xiao Shen, just watch it casually, Xiao Yi, let's continue drinking." Yi Xiaojun didn't find the opportunity to ask, but was pulled by Lu Jingbai to continue drinking. The rice wine brewed in the countryside is mellow and pleasant. Compared with the sauce-flavored wine on the market, this type of wine is relatively good to drink, at least when you are drunk, it is more comfortable.

Shen Wenxin slowly took out the ancient sheepskin hand-made ancient books from the camphor wood box. When he opened it, he neatly wrote the content of "Crane Tower Collection" in small fly heads. Shen Wenxin checked Zhang Chong's information and learned a rather pity that the printing of "Crane Tower Collection" was originally collected in museums in the island country. At that time, the printing technology was mainly wood-based printing, and the value of the original printing objects with wood structure was undoubtedly, and it could also better study "Crane Tower Collection".

Although this manuscript of sheepskin is not a manuscript by Zhang Chong, it was written by a literati of the Qing Dynasty. What is commendable is that the manuscript of Zhang Chong is copied, which is of great value.

"Fifth grade!" Shen Wenxin took out the fifth grade treasure chest. The black iron-textured treasure chest was carved with white squids. It can be seen that the comprehensive value of this cultural relic is relatively high, but there is no signature, so the origin of the handwritten person cannot be verified.

Another object similar to a warm inkstone, Shen Wenxin learned that this was a common warm inkstone in the Qing Dynasty.

The inkstone is made of copper and rectangular box, consisting of the inkstone body, box lid, and warm trunk. There is no inkstone. The ink is grinding directly on the copper inkstone surface. The warm trunk is used to burn carbon fire and placed on the lower layer of the inkstone body to prevent the ink from freezing in the cold winter. The underside of the inkstone body is a movable insertion board, which pulls out the insertion board and can be taken and placed at will. Because of its function, it is called the warm inkstone.

The warm inkstone has exquisite pictures everywhere. The upper part of the inkstone is a picture of "The Blue Sea and the Dragon"; the walls on all sides of the inkstone are cast in "The Lotus in the Moon", the "Feng Chen's Suggestion", the "Yu Bi's Going to the Dynasty" and the Plum Blossom Picture, and the poem is accompanied by poems. The cover of the box is a picture of fish leaping on the dragon gate, and the upper part is engraved with seven-character quatrains in regular script:

The stones on the mountainside are moist for thousands of years, but the sea eyes and springs do not have a day stem.

The people of the world look forward to the rain, and the dragon should not be coiled into it.

Unfortunately, without signature, the historical value is less, and the exquisiteness of workmanship is slightly worse. It should be a imitation, at least from the early Qing Dynasty.

Shen Wenxin once read a very similar inkstone on the Internet. The Ming Zhengde model of the blue sea Tengjiao copper warm inkstone is the difference, and it is signed "The September 1519th autumn of the autumn of Jimao (1519) was auspicious, and was awarded the Wuchen Jinshi and the Yangzhou Jinshi, the General Secretary of Pinghu, and the commander-in-chief of Pinghu, was appointed as the commander-casting work."

Most of the warm inkstones handed down from generation to generation were made in the Qing Dynasty. This recipe is not only a rare Ming Dynasty work, but also indicates the identity of the inkstone owner and the specific time of making the inkstone, making its historical connotation richer.

Judging from workmanship and history, this inkstone has a slightly lower value, but it is undeniable that it still has certain value, which shows the craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty at that time.

He found the sixth-grade treasure chest! The black iron treasure chest is carved with a genus belt. The nineth-grade, eighth-grade and seventh-grade treasure chests that Shen Wenxin had touched before were all made of wooden structures. Although the types of wood are different, they are still wood. However, the sixth-grade and fifth-grade are already iron. It can be seen that the parchment handmade manuscript "Crane Tower Collection" is much more valuable. Shen Wenxin made up his mind to take these two things, but how should he start?

He put the two items into the camphor wood box intact, placed them next to the table, and said, "Brother Lu's family heirloom has asked me to review the crystallization of the ancients' wisdom, which has really benefited me a lot! Come on, I'll give you another cup to me!"

After that, Shen Wenxin never mentioned the heirloom again. The camphor wood box was also allowed to be put into Lu Jingbai's wife and drank it until the afternoon. Lu Jingbai fell on the bed in a drowsy manner. Shen Wenxin and Yi Xiaojun were almost drunk, their faces were rosy, and their alcohol was rising, and their heads were a little ached.

"Mosquito, I can't do it anymore. Go and ask if you have a room to lie down." Yi Xiaojun touched his head and said uncomfortable.

"Okay, who told you to be so honest, do it just by saying that, now you know you are wrong."

Shen Wenxin remained awake, came to the house, took out five or six hundred yuan and handed it to Sister Li, and said, "Sister Li, my friend is drunk. I don't know if there is a bed here to lie down? This is our pre-meal and accommodation money today."

“Too many…”

"Not much, not much. Brother Lu and I hit it off at first sight. What I think is the meeting gift for my little brother and younger sisters who are studying outside." Shen Wenxin said happily. My goal has not been achieved today, so why did he leave?
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