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Chapter 194 Trouble
It's a question of the wood in the middle of the copper wire.

Yu Yao discovered that the red sandalwood wood inside the irregular pattern formed by the copper wire seems to be a bit misaligned with the wood grain and the surrounding area!
Although it is very subtle, and it is more difficult to identify because of the patina, but after all, it is under a magnifying glass, and Yu Yao's eyesight is extraordinary, and he pays special attention to repaired and unnatural things.

If it is only inlaid with copper wires, although fine grooves must be carved, the wood grain of the middle piece of wood and the surrounding wood must be interrupted, but after the copper wires are separated, a sense of natural continuity can still be seen.

But now, there is a slight unnatural sense of dislocation.

That is to say, this piece of wood was probably dug out and installed again.There will inevitably be gaps when reinstalling, and the embedded copper wire will be more ironed.

"Is there something hidden in here?"

Yu Yao thought for a while, it is not uncommon for old things to contain universe and other things hidden, commonly known as belly fat.But, why make such an irregular shape?Wouldn't it be more beautiful and more concealed to make a round and square shape, and then inlay it into a stamp name?

Yu Yao couldn't figure out this question from the very beginning, and now he put it down for the time being, because he was going to pry it open to have a look.

However, after this idea appeared, I was somewhat hesitant.

If you want to pry it open, it will definitely cause damage to the copper wire and wood, and it will be difficult to restore the prototype.

After all, this is an old object with patina.

After all, it cost more than 3 yuan. In addition to the [-] yuan that was photographed, there was also a handling fee.

In case there is nothing hidden...
Indecisiveness leads to disaster!
Yu Yao was heartbroken, let's do it again!Anyway, I have made a lot of money recently, and there is indeed a possibility of hiding things, after all, there is still a chance of winning!

Just do it.

There are small tool boxes in the store.He first used a carving knife to cut a gap around a piece of copper wire. The red sandalwood is relatively hard, and he had to be as careful as possible. This work was quite tiring.

Then, I used a flat-blade screwdriver to expand the gap and loosen the copper wire. Finally, the needle-nose pliers could be lowered, so I pinched it and pulled it out.

If there is a place where a part is pulled out, that's easy to say.At the same time, he discovered that what looked like a copper wire on the surface was actually a copper sheet.

Just like this bit by bit tinkering, finally pulled out the whole piece of irregularly shaped copper sheet, which was more than one centimeter wide, and what was exposed on the surface of the red sandalwood was actually only the edge of the copper sheet.

Fortunately, the toughness of copper is not bad, otherwise it will take a lot of work to break.

At the same time as the copper piece was pulled out, the middle piece of wood was then brought out.

Yu Yao understood that this piece of wood is actually a small piece of thick wood, the outward side is smooth and smooth; the edge is smooth but irregular, and the inner side is neither smooth nor regular; the thickness of the edge of the wood slice is the same as that of the copper plate The width is the same, and the thickness of the irregular part in the middle is slightly larger.

This should be cut from the original wood. After polishing the edge, it is embedded with a copper sheet. The inside is just shaped, without polishing.

At this time, a shallow hole was exposed at one end of the red sandalwood guqin paperweight.

Yu Yao was extremely disappointed.

Because of this shallow hole, the "bottom of the hole" is still made of red sandalwood.

In other words, the original process was to cut and cut out a thick piece of wood, and then install it again; only the step of grinding the edge and embedding the copper piece was added.

"This man is sick!"

Yu Yao put down the tool, looked at the shallow hole, feeling a little crazy for a moment.

Part of the edge of the thick wood chip and part of the edge of the shallow hole have been damaged, and the copper chip is also distorted and deformed, and it is impossible to restore it to its original shape.If you want to repair it, you can only polish the defective edge again, and then replace it with a thicker copper sheet.

But if you look at it like this and you have tampered with it, thirty thousand is not worth it.

Yu Yao pulled back his chair, lit a cigarette, and tried to calm himself down.

wrong!Looking at the craftsmanship of this paperweight, it is by no means mediocre. How could it be such a stupid thing?Are you free?Dig a piece of wood at will, and then inlay copper wire to make up?

The key lies in this irregular shape. Why do you want to carve such a shape first, and then cut out the wood chips?

What is he trying to express?
But this shape is too random, so random that it seems to happen naturally, it's hard to have any associations.

Yu Yao put out the cigarette, and reluctantly picked up the Guqin paperweight, vigorously shaking it up and down, and it didn't feel like there was anything hidden inside.

He turned to pick up the magnifying glass again, and looked carefully at the shallow hole again.It was wood, but nothing was found.

Looking at the bottom of the paperweight, it is smooth and smooth, and there is no clue.

In the end, Yu Yao laid the paperweight flat on the table, and looked at the embedded copper lyre strings and copper nine-tone emblem, which were also normal.

Yu Yao took a deep breath and collected himself.

Then, he found a larger brocade box, put the paperweight, wood pieces, and copper pieces in first, then put the brocade box into the cabinet under the counter, got up, walked to the door, and opened the store.

The cold wind blows in, and the irritability is relieved a little.

Yu Yao lit another cigarette and started to sort out this matter again.

First of all, make sure that the person who made the Guqin paperweight has a high level of aesthetics, and the craftsmanship of inlaying irregular shapes is also very meticulous, and they will definitely not handle it casually.

Even if the original wood has cracks, there is no need to dig it out, just trim the gaps and embed copper wires; and the cracks in wood such as red sandalwood, it is impossible to have such a circle that does not conform to the grain rules, trimming and embedding copper can be done. Make more beautiful graphics.

On this basis, it can be concluded that the hand added to this guqin paperweight must be referring to something.

Although I don't know what this graphic represents, but if you cut it out and put it back on, there is a big possibility that it should imply that something is hidden!
If it's something hidden, there are two possibilities, one, it's inside the guqin!The other type, although not inside the Guqin, is an object or location that hides something, which is related to this Guqin paperweight.

If it is inside the guqin paperweight, and there is no clue on the surface, then it seems that we can only break through it a little bit to find out...
If it's just related, it's even more troublesome.Because this is something from the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, more than 100 years have passed.The only hope is to find out what the owner of the goods knows first.

trouble.

Yu Yao decided to wait.Let's start with the owner of the goods to see if there are any clues.

Then, based on the results, decide what to do with the paperweight.

Whether to completely break the paperweight is the final decision.

Dilemma.

If nothing is found and the paperweight is destroyed again, then the 3 yuan will be in vain!
You can also choose not to break through, and repair the shallow hole to minimize losses.But in this way, Yu Yao is too unwilling!

In the end, it didn't take long at all, just as Yu Yao finished smoking a cigarette, Shen Ge called.

"You're lucky. This red sandalwood paperweight was brought up for auction by a friend of an appraiser with whom I have a very good relationship."

"Oh? Thank you very much! How did he get here?"

(End of this chapter)