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Chapter 620 Jiuxi Xuanxiang
Yu Yao hadn't really thought about this question. In his opinion, there is actually no big difference between an antique store and an art company, and his "business" is no longer focused on this aspect, but there is no way to answer Shen Ge specifically. parents said.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Shen's mother wanted to speak again, but Shen's father waved his hand, "Young people have young people's plans, so what can you do with Yu Yao's vision?"

After Shen's mother heard this, she couldn't help but glared at Shen's father, "Yu Yao hasn't said anything yet."

Shen Zhongyuan immediately interjected, "Some things really need to be discussed in the long term." Then he looked at Yu Yao again, "Shen Ge's mother is worried that Shen Ge will not be stable with you, haha."

"Dad." Mother Shen said to Shen Shenyuan, "I also want to know more about Xiao Yu."

Shen Ge showed a smile at this time, "Okay, Mom, I will often bring him home in the future, you have a lot of opportunities to get to know him."

After finishing speaking, he got up and pulled Yu Yao up, "Let's go, I'll take you to see my dad's collection."

"Ah?" Father Shen was taken aback for a moment, then got up immediately, "Did you get my consent for this girl?"

Then he showed a wry smile, "Then I will accompany you."

Shen's mother frowned slightly, and then showed a helpless expression. She looked at her daughter-in-law from a long distance, "I'll go and accompany you too."

Seeing Shen Zhongyuan standing up, Shen's mother also got up quickly, "Have you all eaten?"

"Okay, okay." Shen Ge answered first, and dragged Yu Yao away from the dinner table while speaking.

Entering Shen Ge's father's study room, Yu Yao found that there were not many things on display, it was just an ancient shelf with a few pieces of porcelain, a few pieces of jade, and a few miscellaneous items.

"Don't look at these big-budget goods. You probably won't be able to see the other things in the safe. What you're looking at is a special thing." After Shen Ge finished speaking, he winked at his father, "Dad, take it out!" , aren’t you and grandpa a bit confused?”

At this time, Zhong Yuan showed an insignificant smile.

Shen Ge's father laughed, "Girls are extroverted, the ancients never deceived me."

However, he turned around and said, "It's rare to meet a top expert like Yu Yao, even if he doesn't know Xiao Ge, he can discuss it."

Yu Yao has not spoken, Xin Dao has never heard Shen Ge and Shen Chongyuan talk about anything special, it seems that this thing is indeed extraordinary.

"Sit!" Father Shen told Yu Yao to sit down, and then ordered the nanny to serve tea. After the nanny left, he closed the door of the study and opened a cabinet under the bookcase. There seemed to be a hidden compartment inside. After opening, there was A small safe.

What Shen's father took out from the safe was a very ordinary paulownia box, but the workmanship was relatively sophisticated.

Then, he took out a clean white paper, spread it on the desk, opened the wooden box, and took out a dark object from inside.

Yu Yao took a closer look, it was an ink ingot.

The ink ingot is rectangular, about eighteen centimeters long, nine centimeters wide, and two centimeters thick.

Father Shen put it on the table, and the upward side was engraved with landscape patterns.It is a molded bas-relief, exquisite and concise.

Yu Yao inspected it and asked, "Can I get started?"

"Please!"

Yu Yao's hand felt heavy.

On the other hand, there are four big characters in official script in the middle of the upper part of the other side: Jiuxi Xuanxiang.Both sides are accompanied by cloud and dragon patterns.

In the lower part, there are small vertical characters: "Hundreds of refining black gold, helping scholars climb the clouds and winning laurel; thousands of smashing Xuanyu, supporting the virtuous and attaching the phoenix to climb the dragon."

This "Jiuxi Xuanxiang" sounds more lofty, but it is actually another name for ink used by literati, which is often used on ink ingots.

Tin in "Nine Tins" refers to the nine kinds of ritual vessels bestowed by ancient emperors, expressing a kind of treatment and status; Xuanxiang is another name for ink.

The workmanship of this ink ingot is very good, and the texture is not ordinary, and Yu Yao's gaze finally fixed on the two final printed words in the small print.

One of the two seals is "Luo" and the other is "Xiaohuashanren".

"Luo Xiaohua?" Yu Yao muttered.

"Yes." Shen's father nodded slightly, "My father and I have the same point of view. It will be fine until tomorrow, but it is difficult to determine whether it is Luo Xiaohua's own work."

The name Luo Xiaohua is regarded as a shining star in the history of Chinese ink making.

He is a representative figure of She Mo.

Generally speaking, most of the old She inks are made from pine smoke, and the famous "Li Mo" is pine smoke ink.The Huangshan area is rich in ancient pine, which is suitable for making pine smoke ink, so many ink-making masters gathered here in ancient times.

But Luo Xiaohua is mainly doing Tong Yanmo.This side of "Nine Tin Xuanxiang" is Tong Yanmo.Father Shen used a paulownia box to assemble it, perhaps for a psychological "support".

In the late Ming Dynasty, Luo Xiaohua's ink was famous for a time, known as "hard as stone, pattern like rhinoceros, black as lacquer, and a snail is worth tens of thousands of dollars".At that time, some people commented, "If we go to the court, Luo Xiaohua's antler glue will definitely be the first."Antler glue is an auxiliary material for ink making, used to refer to ink sticks.

The name Luo Xiaohua is outstanding in the history of ink making; but in fact, "Xiaohua" is not his name either. From the seal of "Xiaohuashanren", it can be seen that "Xiaohua" is his nickname.

Speaking of his name, he is actually quite famous, but not in ink making.

His name is Luo Longwen, his character is Hanzhang, and his nickname is Xiaohua and Xiaohuashanren.

Luo Longwen's experience is actually somewhat legendary. He was originally a fellow of the anti-Japanese minister Hu Zongxian, and he once served as an undercover agent for the extermination of the great pirate Xu Hai, and he made great contributions.

After Hu Zongxian's downfall, he took refuge in Yan Shifan's sect in a very timely manner.

At that time, Yan Song was in power in the Jiajing Dynasty, and Luo Longwen became Yan Shifan's aide, and then he was a member of Zhongshushe.

Later, Yan Song was overthrown by Xu Jie, Yan Shifan was exiled, and Luo Longwen was also exiled.

However, when Yan Song just fell from power, he was actually very powerful, no one was there, and interest groups were still intertwined in the court, so Yan Shifan did not go to the army, but fled back to his hometown to be happy; , got acquainted with the Japanese pirates, and simply fled to join the Japanese pirates.

Luo Longwen is a top-notch master in making ink, but on the other hand, he is really not good at it.His defection to the Japanese pirates this time became an opportunity for Xu Jie to really kill Yan Shifan, and it also became an opportunity for him to be killed himself.

At the same time, he also talked nonsense, while robbing with the Japanese pirates, while saying that he wanted to take revenge on Yun Yun.

In the end, the crime of crucifying Yan Shifan was not about how much money he had corrupted, how many people he had harmed, or how he escaped halfway to avoid exile, but about colluding with Japanese pirates, connecting with foreign countries, and joining forces with Jiangyang thieves to plot evil.

As long as Emperor Jiajing didn't care about the previous charges, no matter how serious they were, it wouldn't be a big deal; but for the latter, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but care about them, because they already threatened the imperial power.

But in fact, how could Yan Shifan rebel?Well, the idiot behavior of ink maker Luo Longwen is very important.

One day in March of the 44th year of Jiajing, Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen were taken to the execution ground together and executed.

(End of this chapter)