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Chapter 421 Chapter 420· Treasure Appraisal Master
Chihiro Akagi glanced at Bai Chuan indifferently. She didn't expect Bai Chuan to think so highly of herself, even though she was indeed excellent.

Of course, I never thought that Bai Chuan would not explain anything when others slandered him. This kind of calmness and confidence was very rare.

The brothers and sisters of the Akagi family all looked at Shirakawa eagerly, waiting for his explanation, but he started a new topic, picked up the teacup, and said with a critical eye,
"This cup is actually blue and white porcelain from the Tang Dynasty. It is already 1,300 years old."

Drinking tea in the Akagi family is different from other families. Basically, every guest or host has a tea slave. The tea slave is only responsible for making tea for one person, so the tea that everyone drinks tastes different. The tea sets you get are also different.

The tea slave of the house owner, Chihiro Akagi, is theoretically the best, and the tea he drinks is also the most fragrant.

Hearing Bai Chuan say this, everyone looked over in surprise.

The tea set given to him by the Akagi family is indeed an antique, but there are very few people in the family who know about antiques, and only a few people know about it, but those are all clan elders.

The clan elders also participated in the banquet, but they were all in the inner room behind a screen.

This set of tea sets was given to him because the appearance of this incomplete tea set was very different from other decorative tea sets. Someone deliberately did not want to look good to Bai Chuan, so he took out this incomplete tea set.

Who would have thought this was an antique?
Baichuan held the teacup and pretended to look at it carefully. In fact, the identification technique had already displayed all the information about the teacup, even the name of the ancient craftsman who made the teacup.

Although the quantity and completeness of blue and white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty were not as good as those of later generations, the blue and white porcelain of this period had begun to take shape and was an important stage in the development history of blue and white porcelain in China.

"This porcelain was unearthed in Gongyi, China. It is characterized by the use of cobalt-containing blue glaze to decorate the porcelain. It was originally supposed to be a pot and four cups, but now only one pot and one cup are left. Although it is incomplete, it is also valuable for collection. , use it to drink tea, it tastes really good. ”

Bai Chuan said with a smile.

Everyone in the Akagi family exchanged glances.
'Is this an antique? '

'How would I know? '

'You're not here to fool people, are you? '

'He can also identify treasures? Are you kidding me? '

Akagi Miki frowned, obviously not satisfied with Shirakawa's previous answer, and now he changed the topic again.

"What are you talking about? It's just a broken teacup. It doesn't look good and is poorly made, so I put it in for you."

"Weixi, don't talk nonsense."

Akagi Aoiko glanced at her daughter, who was spoiled by her.

There was no unnecessary expression on Chihiro Akagi's face, neither angry nor particularly happy.

She knew that as the head of the family, there would be people who wanted to see her jokes. Whether it was her sister or her fiancé, if something happened at this time, some people would be happy to see it happen. This is the drawback of a big family. There are too many people, and you can never fully unify their thoughts.

"This is indeed an antique. If you don't believe it, you can take it for appraisal."

Bai Chuan responded with a smile, but he was not as knowledgeable as the little girl.

Akagi Aoiko smiled and took the tea cup, "This blue and white is really beautiful, maybe it's really an antique."

She chose to side with Bai Chuan, even though she didn't know how to appreciate treasures at all.

Akagi Harumi, who was wearing a simple and elegant kimono, smiled slightly.
"Grandpa Six used to be a member of the Treasure Appraisal Bureau. Now that he is retired, maybe we can let him take a look."

She wanted to see Bai Chuan make a fool of herself. She didn't believe that this tea set was an antique. Real antiques were usually sealed and kept in a treasure house. How could it be put on the table directly in a secret way?

The fact that this tea set appears here means that Grandpa Six has seen it before but did not recognize it.

The sixth grandfather she called was Akagi Kazuhiro, and he was sitting in the back room.

"Okay, that's good."

Seeing that Bai Chuan had successfully diverted everyone's attention, he felt relieved.

He didn't want Miki Akagi, a fool, to keep chasing him for being a scumbag and questioning him throughout the whole process. When the time comes, it would be wrong to answer or not answer, making the situation awkward and uncontrollable.

Since I know that participating in this kind of banquet will not be easy, it is better to stick to the field that I am good at.

In addition to solving crimes and identifying treasures, he has advanced identification skills.

If you take the initiative, you will not be in a passive situation.

Chihiro Akagi saw Bai Chuan's attitude and did not stop him.

She had heard that Takahashi Nagakage had good treasure appraising ability. Since then, there has been no outstanding treasure appraiser in the Takahashi family. Could it be that Shirakawa is from Takahashi Nagakage's lineage? This is interesting.

Chihiro Akagi nodded slightly, and the servant walked into the inner room and invited the clan elders out.

There are six clan elders in total, one male and five female.

In the Akagi family, women are respected, and the sixth grandfather Akagi Kazuhiro is able to occupy the position of the clan elder because he was quite capable when he was young.

They came to Baichuan. The other clan elders mainly wanted to observe Baichuan. Only Akagi Kazuyu was carefully identifying the teacups.

On the way, Baichuan was afraid that the old man was too old and could not see clearly, so he made a few special remarks.

Kazuhiro Akagi admired, "Takahashi-kun has a keen eye, this is indeed an antique, completely different from the old ones in the world."

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly became lively.

“It’s really an antique!”

"I didn't expect Takahashi-kun to know how to identify treasures."

"No way, is he really right?"

The younger generation were talking a lot, with more or less surprise on their faces.

They were even more shocked when they heard Akagi Kazuhiro say that this teacup was at least a thousand years old.

Ichiyu Akagi held the cup and couldn't put it down.

Akagi Aoiko had no choice but to ask the servant to bring a new tea set to Shirakawa.

The other five clan elders saw Akagi Kazuhiro's affirmation of Shirakawa and looked at him with approval. Shirakawa also chatted happily with them, and there was no obstacle in communicating with these elderly people.

Since the appraisal skill was upgraded, Baichuan can see the personality characteristics of these people and adapt to their liking, so that there will be no awkward situations in chatting.

"I didn't expect Takahashi-kun to be quite knowledgeable about treasure appraisal at such a young age."

"As expected of the new head of the Takahashi family."

"The conversation is extraordinary. No wonder Qianxun agreed to fulfill his engagement with you."

Seeing the family elders praising Shirakawa, Akagi Harumi frowned slightly, which was completely different from what she wanted to see.

Akagi Miki was also frightened by the bunch of proper nouns spoken by Shirakawa, and felt that her education level could not keep up.

"Damn, how does he know so much?"

Akagi Weixi sat down depressedly, and Akagi Harumi next to her comforted her, "Weixi, everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, maybe he is good at this."

"Takahashi-kun, you came at the right time. I collected a batch of good things not long ago, but I haven't had time to examine them carefully. Are you interested in taking a look?"

asked Kazuhiro Akagi, an elderly family elder.

Bai Chuan nodded, "Of course."

Therefore, Akagi Yiyu and other clan elders directly led Bai Chuan into the inner room.

Chihiro Akagi and Aoiko Akagi also followed in. Others of the younger generation wanted to go in, but were stopped.

They could only continue the feast in the hall with regret and curiosity.

"Damn it, what's so great about him is that he just knows how to identify treasures."

Akagi Weixi said willfully.

"Stop being childish. If we lose, we lose. We wanted to see him embarrassed, but we let him get his way." Akagi Harumi picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said lightly,
"Doesn't this just show that Sister Qianxun has a good taste?"

"Humph, I didn't lose. He must have lied to Sister Qianxun. I want to expose his true colors and make Sister Qianxun cancel her engagement with him. He is not worthy of Sister Qianxun at all."

Akagi Miki said seriously.

"Idiot, idiot sister, even if Takahashi-kun is not worthy of Chihiro-san, you can't say it on this occasion."

Akagi Manami pulled Akagi Miki and said.

"The fact that he can chat so happily with the clan elders is considered capable."

Takayuki Akagi said.

Akagi Shuzo raised his glass, "Yes, Takahashi-kun is so talented, why do you need to target him? Even my mother didn't object."

"This is the Takahashi family's attempt to gain power over us. Of course we cannot let them succeed."

Akagi Yugye said.

"Yes, the reputation of the Takahashi family has plummeted, and the old nobles have lost all face. Now they just want to use us to restore their vitality."

Akagi Yasuhiro said.

"It's really ironic that such a down-and-out family wants to marry the jewel of our family."

Akagi Ryoko said that she is Akagi Aoiko's sister and belongs to Akagi Chihiro's elders, and the people who just spoke are all Akagi Chihiro's peers.

Unfortunately, no matter what they say, they have no right to object to the marriage contract of the family head.

The head of the Akagi family has absolute rights. Even if she wants to marry a commoner, no one will dare to stand up and object.

Akagi Miki just hopes that Akagi Chihiro will see Shirakawa's true face and take the initiative to cancel the engagement.

At this time, in the inner room.

Kazuyu Akagi showed six items in front of Shirakawa.

One of them is a copybook, three landscape paintings, a broken sword, and a Buddha head.

"This calligraphy is Wang Xizhi's original work."

Akagi Kazuhiro felt that Shirakawa knew a lot about Chinese culture and couldn't help but show off.

The other five female clan elders, Chihiro Akagi and Aoiko Akagi also looked at the copybook curiously.

Chihiro Akagi stretched out his hand and touched the copybook,

"The writing is really good, smooth and elegant, and done in one go."

Chihiro Akagi only felt that the characters in front of him, even if they were not antiques, were of great collection value.

Aoiko Akagi looked at her daughter who liked it very much. Although she didn't know calligraphy as well as her daughter, she couldn't help but admired,

“It really seems like a collective effort.”

Bai Chuan smiled and said,
"Senior, this is not Wang Xizhi's original work. It is a high imitation by a later generation. It was written by a man named Li Keyi. But it can be considered an antique because Li Keyi was also from the Ming Dynasty. This copybook is from the Ming Dynasty. ”

"What? Isn't it Wang Xizhi's original work?"

Akagi Kazuhiro asked in surprise.

Bai Chuan nodded,

"Yes, if you don't believe it, you can send it to a professional treasure appraisal institution to use scientific instruments for testing. This is indeed from the Ming Dynasty. The handwriting imitated by this person is lifelike. He is also considered a master of calligraphy. It is indeed difficult to distinguish the handwriting, but it can be passed Paper, most of the bast fiber paper in the Ming and Qing dynasties also has a transparent gelatin film on the surface. The carefully crafted bast fiber paper not only has pure and fine white paper, but also has an obvious silky luster. , as silky as cotton, so it has the reputation of "white cotton paper". The paper used in this copybook is white cotton paper. "

"That's actually the case."

Akagi Kazuhiro sighed and immediately invited Shirakawa to continue appraising the three landscape paintings.

"This is an authentic painting by the layman Long Mian of the Northern Song Dynasty."

Bai Chuan appraised.

"Who is Master Longmian?"

Akagi Aoiko asked curiously.

Shirakawa looked at Chihiro Akagi. She had a calm expression and asked,

"Does Miss Qianxun know?"

Chihiro Akagi shook his head, "I also know little about Chinese culture, and I don't know about Master Long Mian."

But at least you know Wang Xizhi.

Bai Chuan smiled and explained,
"Long Mian Jushi, whose real name is Li Gonglin, also known as Bo Shi, Long Mian Jushi is his nickname.

Li Gonglin came from a well-known family. His father, Li Xuyi, was once the prime minister of Dali Temple and liked to collect Dharma books and famous paintings. Therefore, Li Gonglin was deeply influenced by art since he was a child.

He is knowledgeable, good at antiquity, and knows many strange characters. Since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Zhong Ding Zun and Yi have been able to test the generation of generations, identify styles, and are good at poetry and prose. His regular script has the style of Jin people, but few of it has been handed down today. Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Mi Fu and Huang Tingjian were close friends and guests of the Prince Consort Wang Shen.

In the third year of Song Xining's reign, he became a Jinshi and served successively as Nankang and Changyuan Wei, Sizhou Lushi and other local officials. Later, he went to Beijing and served as Zhongshu Menxia Provincial Deletion Official, Yushitai Inspector and Chaofeng Lang.

Li Gonglin has a wide range of expressions in painting creation, including Taoism, figures, pommel horses, palaces, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc., and he is good at copying.

His most famous masterpiece is actually "Five Horses".

This "Landscape of Hometown" was actually painted when he was serving as Sizhou Recorder and joining the army. Later generations thought it was lost. "

"Takahashi-kun, I didn't expect you to know so much about Chinese culture."

Akagi Aoiko said with a smile.

Chihiro Akagi also listened very carefully.

Later, Shirakawa helped Akagi Kazuyu identify two other paintings and got the answer that they were all fakes.

Akagi Kazuhiro directly tore the two fakes into pieces. He was not in the habit of collecting fakes.

He admired Baichuan even more. He could not identify the difference between the paintings, but Baichuan could distinguish them through clues.

When Shirakawa walked up to the Buddha's head, he suddenly had the urge to send Akagi Kazuyu and the Buddha's head to the Museum of Chinese History.

Kazuhiro Akagi can just kneel at the entrance of the museum.

"Is this authentic?"

After appraising a few treasures just now, Akagi Kazuhiro already trusts Shirakawa.

Baichuan circled around the Buddha's head, looked at it carefully, took the servant's gloves, put them on and touched them gently, and finally sighed regretfully,

"It's very similar, but it's not an authentic piece. It's an imitation of the jade Buddha head from Wu Zetian's period. Even if it's not authentic, it's good to have as a decoration at home for appreciation."

Bai Chuan said with a smile.

Akagi Kazuhiro asked, "How do you know it's not authentic?"

Shirakawa made some nonsense based on history, and Akagi Ichiyu was stunned. Akagi Aoiko and several other clan elders also believed it.

"Hey, what a pity. Since it's not true, there's no point in keeping it."

Akagi Kazuhiro wanted to destroy this "fake" that he spent a lot of money to buy like the previous fakes, but Shirakawa stopped him.
"Since senior doesn't want it, why not give it to me? Even if it's a fake, it's still real jade. It would be a pity to smash it. I can keep it as a decoration at home."

(End of this chapter)