Jianbao life

Chapter 61 Reborn Yu Chan
I saw that the basin of water turned red as if it had been poured into a bowl of blood, and the color was just like blood, but it was not as viscous as blood, it was still crystal clear.

"This...how is this possible? Is it really like what you said before, brother Chu, that this jade cicada was soaked in blood before?" Wen Yuting said in surprise, and at the end of the talk, she was even more frightened His face was pale.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "How is this possible? In fact, there is still no conclusion on such things as blood oozing. Think about it, blood freezes as soon as a person dies. How can it be possible to ooze jade? Just like in our daily life, even if we kill I killed a chicken, and the blood dripped on the ground, and it turned purple and black after a short time."

"Jade can only be formed after it softens in the ground. It will take hundreds of years at least. At this time, the blood has long been transformed into something. How can it be able to ooze jade, and it can also ooze such a bright red color?" Qin?"

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Datong said, "The method of counterfeiting ancient jade is that the grass of rainbow light, like madder, comes out of the deep mountains of Xining, sweat can dye jade, add a little brain sand, burn it with bamboo branches, and the red light comes out. It is said that the old oil extraction is rare nowadays. The new method of oil extraction is to simmer it with ebony chips, and the color will be black, and to simmer it with mahogany chips, and the color will be red. Today, jade craftsmen often use this method.”

"That's why some people now think that the Xueqin in the handed down jade is probably related to the "Rainbow Grass". As for whether this is the case, we have no way of considering, so Xiaowen, don't be so afraid."

Wen Yuting calmed down a little after hearing Chu Chen's explanation, but she was still very curious about the vision in front of her, so she asked, "Then what's going on?"

"Xiao Chen, is this the legendary bodiless jade?" Zhou Wenping also asked excitedly.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Yes, what Brother Zhou said, this is the answer Xiaowen you want."

Bodiless jade can be said to be the king of jade, it is rare in the world, and many people never have the chance to see it in person.

The so-called bodiless means that it turned out to be a piece of high-quality suet white jade, buried in the soil for hundreds of years, and invaded by the blood and blood of corpses.After it was unearthed, it was played by people. After a hundred years of popularity infiltration, it was buried in the earth and then unearthed again. It took several repetitions to form a bodiless body.

"Brother Chu, you still said that it wasn't made of human blood, so why do you say that about this reborn jade?"

Seeing Wen Yuting's terrified look, Chu Chen said, "Xiaowen, this is just a way of saying that people say. As for what is going on with the bodiless jade, no one knows. Besides, you heard Smell the water, does it smell a little bloody?"

Li Guodong also suddenly said at this time: "Ah, I remembered. There is a book that said that when the Eight Kingdoms invaded the capital and Cixi fled westward, she wore a small piece of ancient jade with her, and later gave it to the accompanying minister Wang Wenshao. It is said that A piece of jade is also a bodiless jade. Xiaowen, think about it, Cixi is not afraid of bodiless jade, what are you afraid of?"

"Really?"

Seeing Chu Chen and the others nodding in agreement, Wen Yuting really went to smell the water in the basin, and it was indeed tasteless, so she felt relieved.

Chu Yulan asked, "Brother Chu, when will this piece of jade be soaked?"

"Probably two or three hours."

"Ah! It took so long!" Chu Yulan said in surprise.

Chu Chen laughed and said: "You must know that this is ancient jade. We can only deal with it after some impurities on it are completely softened. Otherwise, the jade will be damaged if it is hard. I just have some time, so I will give it to everyone." Tell me, what should we do with an unearthed ancient jade after we get it."

"Get a piece of ancient jade that has not been unearthed for a long time. Someone may use 84 disinfectant to clean it, but this is not acceptable. We know that 84 is corrosive. After use, it will corrode the ancient jade. If you must use it to disinfect, That concentration must be below ten percent."

"Like our general situation, just soak in clean water at room temperature, wait for the impurities on the surface to soften, then scrub with a toothbrush, and then soak in hot water at about [-] or [-] degrees, until the hot water and jade slowly and naturally Cooling, this step is best placed in an insulated place with no air circulation, and wait for the hot water to cool down slowly. "

"The function of using hot water is to fully relax the pores of the jade and spit out the internal dirt. In this way, once every three months in the cold season, once every two months in summer, a total of three times, it is considered complete."

When Chu Yulan heard this, she asked, "Brother Chu, can I make jade like this?"

"Yes, as long as the first cleaning is done, the jade can be used."

Chu Yulan asked again: "Brother Chu, do you know how to make jade?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "I'm not omnipotent. I really don't know much about pan jade. After all, I have never panned ancient jade. Xiaolan, you are asking that because you want to pan the jade bowl, right? If that’s the case, I suggest you give it up, let’s not say that Hindustan jade is relatively thin, and it’s inconvenient to put it on a plate in terms of the volume of the jade bowl itself.”

Chu Yulan thought about it for a while, and it was really the case, so she said a little embarrassedly: "I really didn't think of this."

Next, taking advantage of a little more time, everyone chatted about various issues related to jade together, especially when Chu Chen talked about the identification of jade wares, and told some related stories about it, which made everyone listen with gusto .

Because it is summer and the weather is relatively hot, this jade cicada can be cleaned after soaking for two hours.So Chu Chen picked up the toothbrush and brushed it very carefully. As the dirt on Yuchan's body was cleaned bit by bit, a bright red gem-like Yuchan gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"It's really beautiful."

When they saw Yuchan's true face, Li Guodong and the others all widened their eyes, with surprised expressions on their faces.

After Yu Chan was cleaned, Chu Chen wiped it gently with a pure cotton towel, then took out the magnifying glass, and observed it carefully.After about 10 minutes, he put down the magnifying glass, breathed a sigh of relief, and then handed Yuchan to others to watch.

After everyone looked at it, Chu Chen pondered for a while, and said, "This jade cicada should be a Han cicada carefully crafted in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. The jade material used should be the top-grade suet white jade. It was unearthed in the Five Dynasties, and it has been played for almost a hundred years."

"It was re-buried in the Song Dynasty, and it was unearthed in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. It was played for a period of time, and then it was buried in the soil for more than a hundred years, and finally the soil was re-excavated. These can be seen from the traces of patina and different pan jade techniques. .”

"It's so troublesome. It's unearthed, played with hands, and buried in the soil. Does this thing have a relationship with the soil?" Li Guodong muttered after listening.

Chu Chen jokingly said: "Who said this is a cicada? Just think about it, the larva of a cicada has to stay in the ground for several years before it can see the light of day again, and if it didn't come out of the ground and then back into the ground like this, there wouldn't be any cicadas." Now it’s such a beautiful bodiless jade. Come, let’s see what it looks like when it’s put into the water again.”

Having said that, Chu Chen directly asked for hot water at [-] or [-] degrees, just enough to complete the cleaning steps just now.

When the reborn jade cicada was put into the water again, everyone's eyes were still full of shock, and there was still a hint of confusion in the eyes of the two girls.

When the jade cicada enters the water, the color of the water also becomes bright red. The difference is that due to the reflection of the red water, the bright red jade cicada at the bottom of the basin is more vivid red. Under the afterglow of the sun, It seems that the whole jade cicada is emitting a slight red light, which is simply too beautiful.

This situation made Chu Yulan couldn't help asking, "Brother Chu, I don't know..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Chen: "Xiaolan, I'm very sorry, no matter what happens to this jade cicada, I will definitely not change hands, and I will always cherish it."

Seeing the determined expression on his face, Chu Yulan knew that no matter what, it was impossible to impress him, unless it was... But this idea just came up, and she immediately ruled it out, maybe in the future, but she hasn't considered it yet clear.

Zhou Wenping looked at the jade cicada and exclaimed: "This jade cicada should be a unique piece of jade. From the performance point of view, it is much better than the legendary Cixi. I don't know why Ma An didn't put it on the jade. It cleans up."

Chu Chen smiled and said, "I think it's very likely that he saw the blood-red jade dug out, which is a bit unlucky!"

This point was guessed by him. Ma An thought it was unlucky because the jade cicada was unearthed and it was blood red, so he kept it in a corner without knowing it. It is a legendary bodiless jade. ...

In the evening, Chu Chen took out the jade cicada and watched it repeatedly for a long time before putting it away with satisfaction.This jade cicada is so precious that after Chu Chen got it, the progress bar of the ability was directly filled with one-tenth, which is the value of 1000 million.

But when it comes to this, Chu Chen is a little slanderous, because based on the valuation of the ability, the value of this jade cicada is even higher, that is to say, no matter how valuable the related things are, they can only save progress One-tenth full.But fortunately, he is not in a hurry. After arriving in the south of Yunnan, he should be able to accumulate quickly by gambling with stones.

Let's talk about this jade cicada again. If Chu Chen solemnly collects it because it is too precious, instead of going to play with it, it would be a waste of money, and it would be nothing more than a treasure.To get a piece of ancient jade, you must play, and you must play more, so that the ancient jade can show its characteristics, and this process is the Panyu mentioned earlier.

Although Chu Chen also knows that there are three types of jade offerings, one is urgent offerings, the second is slow offerings, and the third is intentional offerings.However, he doesn't know much about how to trade because he hasn't practiced it.Moreover, it is even more unclear to him that the Panyu method is applicable to this reborn jade cicada.He planned to go to Uncle Wu and Elder Liu for advice immediately after returning home.

(End of this chapter)