Chapter 318

Chu Chen went back to his seat somewhat absent-minded. He really didn't understand why there was that thing in the inkstone?

"What's the matter? What's wrong with the inkstone? " Liu Sizhe saw Chu Chen's absent-minded appearance and asked in a low voice.

Of course, it is impossible for Chu Chen to tell the secret in the inkstone. He casually explained it and then turned the topic aside.

"Qing Kangxi imperial inscription Kui dragon pattern Songhua stone inkstone one end, the starting price of 500000, each price increase of not less than 1000, please bid!"

"Five hundred thousand!"

"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"

"600000!"

……

"Eight hundred thousand!"

……

After all, the quantity of this kind of imperial Songhua inkstone is limited. It is of great value whether it is used as a gift or collected. Therefore, the price of inkstone soon reaches 1.2 million.

"1.3 million!" Chu Chen thought that the valuation of this inkstone should be about 1.5 million, 1.3 million, which should be a node. Therefore, he simply added 100000 to it.

With chuchen's 100000 plus, the scene suddenly cooled down, and many people were wondering whether they wanted to participate in it or not.

"1.35 million!" Lao Lin was unwilling to be outdone and added 50000 yuan. Because he got the news of the auction in advance, he made a lot of preparations for the auction, but so far, he has only sold more than 80000 items. Therefore, his heart is now holding a strong desire to win the duaninkstone.

However, although Lao Lin made a fierce bid, he was defeated in Chu Chen's unhurried offer, and this inkstone was finally won by Chu Chen at the price of 1.51 million.

The auction is here, and there is the last final piece. This final piece is really extraordinary. It's a very rare one, Ming Chenghua blue and white lotus foot bowl. The so-called lying foot bowl is a style of bowl. The bowl has a shallow abdomen and a concave bottom. The wall of the bowl serves as the ring foot, so it is called the lying foot bowl. It was often seen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This bowl is complete in appearance, exquisite in shape, thick in enamel, elegant in color and bright in green. It can be said that it is the representative work of Chenghua blue and white. Not to mention other people, Chu Chen was very attracted to it at first sight.

Unfortunately, after all, this is an auction organized by the association. Chu Chen had already won three pieces before. If he won the Chenghua blue and white, he would be greedy. Besides, his capital is not so abundant, so he could only miss this rare blue and white bowl

"Oh, what a pity. If I had enough money, I would have photographed that bowl. Brother Chen, don't you think it's a pity? " Liu Sizhe sat in the co driver's seat and shook his head with regret.

Just now, the Chenghua blue and white lying foot bowl was finally bought by a senior collector at a price of 4.55 million, which was also the highest price of the items in the auction organized by the association. For a moment, everyone was very impressed.

Chuchen chuckled and said, "it's a pity. But in our business, don't imagine that all the good things are in your own hands. You can't buy all the good things. When it's time to let go, you still have to let go. Although I can buy and take this thing, it seems that I am not greedy enough. If I am too greedy, others will not be willing to deal with you. That will undoubtedly lose a lot of opportunities. "

Liu Sizhe nodded and said, "you're right, but I still feel a little reluctant. I don't know if I'll have a chance to meet this kind of thing in the future. Forget it. By the way, brother Chen, how did you think of asking Liu Dayou about the seller of inkstones? "

Chuchen replied with a smile: "my father usually likes to write calligraphy, so I want to send him a better set of stationery tools. Since the seller has such a good inkstone, I want to ask him if he has any better stationery tools, so I can find another one."

Of course, the real situation is certainly not what Chu Chen said. The information he asked about the seller was also related to the things hidden in the inkstone. Of course, if the seller had his favorite stationery, it would be better.

Liu Sizhe had no doubt about this. He said with a smile, "it's a pity that the man is in Xiangjiang now. You shouldn't go now? But if you want to let me know when you go, I'm going to play there

Chuchen said with a smile: "I will definitely go to Xiangjiang, but I won't go alone because of this. It's ok if you want to go, but you have to agree with Shifu. Otherwise, I dare not take you with me. "

Generally speaking, the seller's information in the auction is confidential, but because the seller of inkstone happened to be Chen Dayou's friend, after Chen Dayou obtained his friend's consent, he gave the person's relevant information and telephone number to Chu Chen.

But unfortunately, Chen Dayou's friend actually lives in Xiangjiang. Chu Chen certainly can't go to Xiangjiang now, otherwise others will feel strange. He plans to go to Xiangjiang in December, and then go to find the man, hoping to find relevant clues.

After Chu Chen came out of Liu's hometown, he went to the market to buy some things, and then went back to his rented place, ready to open the inkstone. It's not too much trouble to open the inkstone, but it's not easy to explain after all, so he doesn't want others to know about it.During this period of time, Chu Chen would come back to clean the room once every two or three days. When he arrived at home, he didn't look dirty. After he went back, he turned on the gas and began to boil water.

While waiting for the water to boil, Chu Chen took out the inkstone.

Looking carefully at this seemingly complete Songhua inkstone, he couldn't help but wonder. If it wasn't for the power, he didn't know that this inkstone with thick slurry and no cracks would be a restoration.

With a sigh, Chu Chen shakes his head. He takes out a magnifying glass and looks at a place at the end of the inkstone. After a while, he finds a crack thinner than the hair. This crack follows the lines of the inkstone. If he doesn't know in advance, no one will find it.

It's very easy to use violence to open this place, but this inkstone is worth 1.51 million after all. Chu Chen is not willing to destroy it. Don't say to use violence, even if it is to draw around the crack, he will not be willing, because in this way, it will destroy the slurry in this place.

This can't, that can't, is there any way, in the case of not destroying the inkstone, take out the things inside?

Not to mention, Chu Chen really found this method, and now the water is burning, it is because of this preparation.

At this time, the water on the gas stove had already boiled. Chu Chen poured all the materials he had just bought into the pot. When the things were boiled, he poured two bowls of old vinegar into it and stirred it. Then he took out a steaming rack and put the inkstone in it. In this way, after steaming the inkstone for five minutes, he could have the results.

This method, which Chu Chen saw in a note by Liu Lao, can be used to melt the ancient adhesive used in antiques. Although this method is not useful for every ancient adhesive, it has high practical value.

This method is a unique skill handed down by Liu's family. Now Chu Chen can learn this formula. In the past, it would have been impossible for him to teach it except for his immediate children.

Soon, five minutes later, Chu Chen wearing gloves quickly took out the inkstone, and then put it on a piece of cotton cloth. Then, with the help of a magnifying glass, he used a thin needle to gently stroke on the crack.

At this time, Chu Chen's mood is undoubtedly very nervous. He doesn't know if he can melt the adhesive in it with the method he just used. If he can't melt the adhesive, he can only use a more violent method, which is undoubtedly what he doesn't want to accept.

Fortunately, reality did not disappoint him. Under his action, the crack began to grow slowly. When he felt that it was almost the same, Chu Chen quickly pried the end of the inkstone down.

At this time, Chu Chen did not immediately check what was hidden in the inkstone. Instead, he immediately cleaned up the adhesive on the inkstone with a cotton cloth stained with water. Otherwise, when it was solidified again, he would have to deal with it as before. And just now, Chu Chen worried that it might have a bad impact on the inkstone, so it's better to save if you can.

When all was finished, Chu Chen picked up the inkstone and looked at it. He saw a half centimeter gap on one side of the inkstone, which was exactly what Chu Chen found with his powers.

With a thin needle to gently poke out the things inside, but it is a folded up note, and a very small key.

The note was not big. Chu Chen opened it carefully, and there were a series of small words on it. Chu Chen recognized it with a magnifying glass, and the original words on the paper were lines of pithy formula.

The formula on the note is catchy to read, but the meaning of the combination makes Chu Chen a little confused. But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that these words seemed to have a sense of familiarity.

Chu Chen racked his brains to recall, but he never thought where he had seen similar words. Just when he was ready to give up, the key in his hand made his mind shine.

"Is this the decision of the mechanism box?"

The so-called mechanism box is the ancient people's secret box for storing documents and treasures, that is, the ancient safe. This kind of box has various secret mechanisms, which need very complicated steps to open. Unless it is a simple mechanism box, it is impossible to open it without knowing the method.

And this kind of box also has a self destruct device, just like the previous belly nave, as long as someone violently cracks the box, the contents will be destroyed by the self destruct device.