Jianbao life

Chapter 698 Find out
In the evening, Chu Chen and Meng Yixian who were about to return to their respective rooms greeted each other, then closed the door of their own room, and quickly took out the notebook that was suspected to be written by Zhang Huo Ni himself.

"Finally you can watch it!"

Chu Chen chuckled, poured himself a cup of tea, and after taking a few sips, he opened the notebook and read it slowly.

The notes are written with a brush, in block letters, very neatly written, and very different from the handwriting of Zhang Huoni that Chu Chen saw before. Coupled with the word "note" on the inner wall of the mallet bottle, it was hard for him to imagine that this note would be written by Zhang Huoni.

In addition, the contents of the notes have nothing to do with porcelain. From the beginning to the end, Chu Chen basically wrote about romance and emotions about life. If you don’t know it, you might think it was written by a literary youth. s things.

Seeing the end, Chu Chen couldn't help but feel strange. With such a note, he couldn't see any secrets hidden in it. Could it be that it wasn't written by Zhang Huoni at all, or that the author of this note was indeed Zhang Huoni, But the note written on the inner wall of the bottle is not this one?
Chu Chen frowned and thought for a while, then felt that since it was a secret, it must not be so easy to find out. Now the words on the notes are written vertically, so he was going to try again to see if reading horizontally would help. What a find.

Next, he patiently and meticulously read the notebook again horizontally, but was disappointed to find that there was still no clue at all.

"I can't believe it!"

Chu Chen let out a long sigh of relief, and was about to read again at an angle.In fact, what he did was treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Unexpectedly, when he saw the last page, he really had to compose a sentence "Why don't you try it with fire".

"Why don't you try it with fire? What does this sentence mean? Is there something else in this notebook?"

Thinking of this, Chu Chen read the notes inside and out again, and found that with the current thickness of the paper, it is impossible to have anything stuck inside the cover, which made his face look puzzled again. Look, do you have to burn this notebook to find the secret hidden in it?

Chu Chen felt a little moved after thinking about it, but immediately he thought again, if this sentence didn't mean what he thought, and the things burned out, then there would be nothing left.

"What exactly does that mean?"

While thinking, Chu Chen flipped the paper unconsciously. After a while, he came to his senses and decided that since there are hidden dangers, let's put this matter aside for a while.

So, he lowered his head and was about to put the notebook away. Suddenly, he noticed that a place on the blank paper behind the notebook seemed to be of a different color from the page with writing next to it.

Originally, Chu Chen thought it was because of the tide, so he didn't think much about it.But just when he was about to close the book, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. He quickly turned to that page again, and after careful identification, he found that the places with different colors vaguely looked like have a certain shape.

Moreover, not only on this piece of paper, but also on the next four blank pages.

"Could it be that these papers are all written with invisible ink, and can only be revealed after being baked with fire?" Chu Chen thought a little excitedly.

Speaking of this, some friends may think that invisible ink is magical, but in fact, invisible ink is easy to find in our lives.For example, go to the supermarket to buy a fresh lemon, then squeeze out the mixture of lemon juice and water to form a solution, pour it into a pen, write on paper, and let it dry.

If you want to make the lettering visible, just place the paper on a lamp and bake it.

Of course, this is a very simple and convenient method. In Chu Chen's memory, there is another method that is somewhat troublesome. If this method is to be revealed, it must be roasted with fire.

Specifically, first prepare a small bottle of 0.1 mol/L cobalt chloride solution, and then use a dipped pen or brush to write a "secret letter" on white paper with better water absorption.The dilute solution of cobalt chloride is light pink, so write the cobalt chloride solution on paper, and after the paper dries, you can hardly see any color on the paper.

Pay attention, here is almost, if you look carefully, you may still find the difference, especially the notebook in Chu Chen's hand, which has gone through decades, and the paper has oxidized and turned yellow, so if you look carefully, It should be more conspicuous.
If you want to read things written with this ink, you only need to bake the paper on the stove, or put the letter paper on the flame of an alcohol lamp and heat it slightly, and the cobalt chloride hexahydrate on the letter paper will be dehydrated and become The blue cobalt chloride has a blue "secret letter" on it.

After reading it, just spray a little water mist on the letter paper, and the blue characters on the letter paper will disappear again, and the content of the letter can still be kept secret.

After discovering this, Chu Chen immediately wanted to go downstairs to buy an alcohol lamp, but on second thought, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, where can I buy an alcohol lamp now?Although you can use candles, but when the candles burn, there will be smoke, which will blacken the paper.

In the end, Chu Chen considered that anyway, the birthday banquet was arranged for tomorrow night, and during the day, he had time to buy the alcohol lamp.Moreover, it doesn't matter if you don't have time tomorrow, anyway, the things are already in his hands, and it is impossible to turn into a cooked duck and fly away. ...

Nothing happened all night, the next day, after breakfast at the hotel, Zhu Dafu took Chu Chen and others to his boxing friends in Jinling, and after introducing Meng Yixian to his boxing friends, the two sides discussed boxing again. After discussing for a long time, when they went back, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.

Although this delayed Chu Chen's affairs, he has figured out a problem that has stuck with him for a long time from today's discussion, which has greatly advanced the time for him to break through again in boxing, which can be said to be very rewarding.

After returning to the hotel to take the congratulatory gift, the group drove to their destination non-stop.

After driving for more than an hour, the car stopped in front of a rather ordinary-looking Jiangnan dwelling.

When Chu Chen got out of the car, he saw a powder wall in front of him, several couplets of houses, and thousands of green bamboos dancing in the clear shadows.

It is said that this place used to be a barren hillock, so the old man followed the example of the predecessors in the village to reclaim the barren hillock, open orchards, plant bamboo, pine, mulberry, and peach, and devote himself to the study of poetry, calligraphy and painting.Now, here is full of beautiful trees, which makes people feel happy and happy. It is really a place of Taoyuan.

"Brother Zhu, Brother Meng..."

At this time, Mr. Ling's son, Ling Qingli, was standing at the door to greet the guests, and beside him stood several young men and women, who should be Mr. Ling's juniors. (The characters in this book are all fictitious, please don’t take your seats by numbers, thank you for your support!)

"Brother Ling..." Zhu Dafu took the lead to greet him, followed by a burst of pleasantries.

"Brother Ling, I'm here uninvited today, please forgive me!" Meng Yixian expressed his apology with a smile.

Ling Qingli laughed and said: "As the saying goes, it's a great pleasure to have friends come from afar. You are very welcome to come to our family. What's wrong with this..."

Afterwards, everyone chatted for a while, and seeing other guests coming from behind, Zhu Dafu hurriedly said: "Brother Ling, let's go in and greet the old gentleman first."

Ling Qingli agreed with a smile, and then asked a young man next to him to take everyone to visit Mr. Ling.

Walking into the courtyard, looking around, you can see the majestic pine and mulberry banks, the emerald green color, the surrounding houses, hidden in the bamboo forest, the environment is really beautiful.

Because the weather was still cold and it was evening, and Mr. Ling was getting old, he might catch a cold, so he was still resting in his room at this time.

The young man brought everyone to Mr. Ling's house, and saw only one table, one chair, one bed, and two cabinets in the room, simple and simple, indifferent but poor, if you don't say it, you really think you have entered a poor house.

It is unimaginable not to enter his house to let the old man live in poverty, be indifferent to fame and fortune, devote himself to art, and ignore the things outside of him.

Just now, Ling Lao was reading a book, and when he saw everyone coming in, a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Dafu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the old man: "Master, I'm here to wish you a birthday."

Ling Lao said with a smile on his face: "Dafu, you are so busy with work and you are in the capital, and you still come to see me. You really have a heart."

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "I drink tea and go shopping every day, so what's so busy! Besides, you are ninety years old, and I have to come here even if I am in the remotest corners of the world!"

Ling Lao laughed when he heard this, and then the others hurried forward to greet him.

When he heard that Chu Chen was Mr. Liu's disciple, Mr. Ling smiled and said, "Xiao Chu, how is your master's health?"

Chu Chen quickly replied: "His body is very strong, and he also asked me to send you a message, wishing you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity like Nanshan."

"Okay, okay! Brother Anren (Old Liu's word) has a heart!" Ling Lao said with a smile.

"In addition, he asked me to bring you a congratulatory gift." After speaking, Chu Chen handed over a brocade box of calligraphy and painting in his hand.

Ling Lao took the brocade box with a smile, and asked, "Oh! Xiao Chu, I wonder if you can reveal whose work it is?"

"It's a five-character poem in running script by Wang Duo." Chu Chen replied with a smile.

"What!" Ling Lao Wenyan was taken aback for a moment, and then said impatiently: "Then I have to appreciate it first!"

Ling Lao's achievements in calligraphy are also inseparable from his study of other masters' calligraphy. Among them, Wang Duo's running script and cursive script have the greatest influence on him.

At that time, he sought the integration of the cursive methods of various schools, especially the modification of the two cursive methods of Huai Su and Wang Duo.Because he has a deep understanding of Wang Duo's cursive script, he is afraid of going the old way and making it difficult to create a new realm.Therefore, he did the opposite and made some changes, and finally formed his current calligraphy style.

(End of this chapter)