Jianbao life

Chapter 224

Seeing Chu Chen's joyful look, Liu Sizhe quickly asked, "Brother Chen, what's the difference between this needle, can you tell us about it?"

Chu Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "If I'm not wrong, this should be a key."

"Key? What kind of lock can such a small thing open?" As he spoke, Liu Sizhe looked at the thin needle again. He couldn't imagine what kind of lock such a small key could open.

Chu Chen laughed and said, "What kind of lock can I use, the lock on this Buddha statue!"

Everyone was very surprised when they heard what Chu Chen said, and all their eyes were fixed on the Buddha statue, but after looking around, they couldn't really see where the lock Chu Chen was talking about was.

"Brother Chu, hurry up and tell us where the lock is!" Fatty Dong said impatiently.

Chu Chen turned the Buddha statue over with a smile, pointed to the cover underneath, and said, "Here, this is the lock."

"No way? There's no keyhole!" Fatty Dong looked at the cover carefully and said in a daze.

Chu Chen laughed and said, "Isn't there a layer of paint on it? If I'm not mistaken, this cover should have been installed later. I guess it should be around the early and middle Qing Dynasty."

"At first, I thought it was the previous owner. After I got this thing, I re-opened it. Because I want to hide it, I installed a cover. It seems that things are not that simple."

Hearing this, Liu Sizhe couldn't wait to say: "Brother Chen, what are you waiting for, quickly open it and see what's inside!"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "You have to ask the owner of the Buddha statue first, Lao Yu, if you want to find the keyhole later, you have to remove the paint on the cover first, but this is just my personal guess after all. , maybe the result is different from my guess, and it’s not certain.”

From just now to now, Lao Yu's spirit has been in a trance. He never thought that this thing that looked like an embroidery needle would be a key, and what corresponded to it was his own Buddha statue.

This made him feel unbelievable, but also very excited. If there is some kind of rare treasure hidden in it, wouldn't he be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life?

Therefore, when Lao Yu heard what Chu Chen said, he immediately agreed. As for Chu Chen saying that he might make a mistake, he never even thought of it. Chu Chen is Lao Liu's closed disciple. error?
Seeing that Lao Yu agreed, Chu Chen asked Wang Xiaoyue for a small knife, then held the statue upside down in his hand, and began to scratch lightly.

As the paint on the cover was slowly removed by Chu Chen, everyone could clearly see the square crack in the middle of the cover.

Seeing this, Fatty Dong yelled and said, "Hey! There really are! But why didn't you see where the keyhole is?"

Liu Sizhe said angrily: "I said fat man, can you stop being so impatient, didn't you see that there are still some places on the cover where the paint has not been removed?"

Fatty Dong chuckled and said, "I just want to see what's inside!"

Chu Chen smiled when he heard the words, and ignored them, and concentrated on scraping off the paint little by little. After a while, a small hole the size of a needle's eye appeared on the left side of the crack. Said, this should be the "keyhole".

"Okay, let me see what's inside!"

Then, Chu Chen picked up the needle and cleaned off some gelatin-like substances on it. These substances should play a role in preventing the fine needle from rusting.After he cleaned up those substances, he slowly inserted the "key" into the small hole under the expectant eyes of everyone.

The depth of the small hole is not very long, it is almost half the distance of the thin needle, and it will end, but at this time the organ has not responded at all.Seeing this, Chu Chen was not surprised. This kind of "belly hall" with its own key was originally different from the previous one. The "key" had to be turned to a suitable position to open the mechanism.

So he cautiously started to turn the thin needle slightly, and when he turned a third of the way, he heard a "pop", and the square wooden board in the middle was ejected.

Chu Chen smiled lightly at everyone, and then carefully poured the contents on the table, only to see that one piece was not very big, wrapped in yellow silk like a seal, and reflected in everyone's eyes. eye.

Seeing that it might be a seal, everyone was a little disappointed, but when they turned their heads and thought, it was not that there were no rare treasures in this seal. If it was the emperor's imperial seal, it would be a disaster.

Thinking of this, Lao Yu's hands trembled slightly, and he opened the silk, and a golden square stamp immediately came into everyone's eyes.The seal looks golden in color, warm and condensed in texture, delicate and psychic, transparent and beautiful, and looks like it is emitting a golden light when you look closely.

"Extreme Tianhuang Jelly!" Chu Chen and Liu Sizhe yelled in unison.

If Tian Huang is the king of stones, then Tian Huang Dong is the stone king among stone kings. It is the treasure that many literati and collectors dream of. Tian Huang Dong is rare, and the best Tian Huang Dong is even rarer. How little, how can this not make Chu Chen and Liu Sizhe feel startled?

When everyone sees such a good seal, they are very envious and want to appreciate it. However, there is only one seal, but there are so many people. It is typical that there are too many monks and too few porridge.

Old Yu chuckled and said, "Mr. Chu, please first!"

"Then I'm welcome!"

Chu Chen hugged everyone, then wiped his hands carefully, then carefully picked up the seal and looked at it carefully.

As Chu Chen picked up the seal, everyone first noticed that there was no inscription under the seal. In short, it was a stamp embryo, which disappointed Lao Yu a little.

But Lao Yu is also an old man, and he changed his mood after a while. He was very lucky to get such a top-grade Tianhuang frozen chapter embryo by accident. What is not enough?
This seal is a square seal carved from Tianhuang frozen. As soon as he got it in his hand, Chu Chen couldn't help admiring. This piece of Tianhuang is solid in stone, with a bright and bright luster. There is a gentle feeling in the hand, the stone is moist, easy to caress, like a baby's skin, soft and lovely.

Observing carefully, Tianhuangshi's unique radish silk pattern is faintly hidden in the stone texture. The radish thread pattern is clear and transparent, and the bright yellow color is extremely magnificent, as if born with the air of an emperor.Moreover, the seal is very delicate, and its constituent particles cannot be seen with the naked eye or a general magnifying glass, which can be described as delicate and even.

In addition, if you savor it carefully, there seems to be aura in the stone, as if the light of life is flickering.Introverted, reserved, without a bit of flashy and impetuous air, it seems that there are no fireworks in the world, making people feel very ethereal.

The seal is engraved with carved buttons of fish and dragon playing in the water. The buttons are all exquisite, with the head of a dragon and the body of a fish, and a swimming dragon occupying the entire button end, which is magnificent and vivid.It spits out springs, turns into clouds, turns into rain, attracts small dragons to play in the water, and fish and dragons to make trouble in the sea.

The shape, layout, and decoration of the whole stone are all ingenious, full of spirit and shape, and quite ingenious. They perfectly show the heroic posture and momentum of swimming dragons and water. Without deep skills, this artistic conception cannot be carved.

This square Tianhuang is thin, clean, moist, greasy, warm and condensed, complete with six virtues, regular in shape, huge in shape, and exquisite in carving. It can be said to be the best of Tianhuang seals.

Finally, Chu Chen asked Wang Xiaoyue for a ruler to measure the size, the length and width were 3 cm, and the height was 5.8 cm.The production of Tianhuang stone is rare, and most of them are small pieces, and it is extremely rare to find large pieces, not to mention the best in Tianhuang jelly. It is extremely rare to find such a huge Tianhuang jelly carved square seal.

Next, everyone looked at this seal in turn, and they all admired this seal. Everyone wanted to keep this seal as their own.

Chu Chen smiled and said to Lao Yu: "Old Yu, I don't know what you want to do with this seal? Can you part with it?"

"This……"

Lao Yu pondered for a while, he also liked this seal very much in his heart, after all, this kind of top-quality Tianhuang jelly is a rare thing, but if he likes it so much that he can't put it down, that's impossible.

After all, his main collection is only Buddha statues, and he is not a literati, and he has no habit of using seals.Therefore, he didn't have to have this seal.

Thinking of this, he said, "Mr. Chu, if it weren't for you today, I wouldn't have such an unexpected harvest. Since you like it, let me let it go to you!"

Chu Chen was very happy when he heard Lao Yu agreed, and expressed his thanks to Lao Yu repeatedly.

"Brother Chen, if you know the way, you have a share. I also want this seal, what should I do?" Liu Sizhe said with a bitter face.

Chu Chen scolded with a smile: "What should I do? Cold salad! There is only one seal, can it still be divided into two? Or do you want to bid with me?"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Don't say that I can't compete with you. If I bid with you, wouldn't that hurt our peace! That's what I think. Brother Chen, you are so lucky. Someday you will get the best Tianhuang, can you?" Give it to me?"

Chu Chen was speechless: "Do you think this kind of top-quality Tianhuang jelly is Chinese cabbage, if you want it, you can have it?"

Liu Sizhe smiled and said: "I know this kind of Tian Huangshi is rare, but thinking about your luck, brother Yichen, you will definitely meet one in the future. When the time comes, just give it to me again."

Chu Chen shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "That's fine, I'll give you a bad check first, and when I meet Tian Huang like this in the future, I'll give it to you."

Liu Sizhe bowed with a smile on his face and said, "Then thank you Brother Chen!"

"We want it too!" Fatty Dong and the others shouted in unison.

Chu Chen said dumbfoundedly: "All right, all right! Everyone of you will have a share!"

(End of this chapter)