Chapter 675

After laughing for a while, Chu Yulan saw what Chu Chen had put on the table and asked curiously, "brother, did you buy something good again?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "they are all small things, but there are two things that are really good!"

"Oh! What is it? " Everyone turned their attention.

Chuchen smiles and takes out the statue of the little arhat and the three things and puts them on the table.

Luohan is really a rare boutique, as you can see. However, the other three are rusty and look like little fish. No one can see what they are except Liu Sizhe.

Dong looked at the three things, and then said, "brother Chu, if you want to say that the image of Luohan is really good, but what are these three things?"

"These three are military amulets of the Tang Dynasty." Chu Chen returned.

"Ah! Is this the ancient tiger amulet? " Tong Hangqi asked in surprise.

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "you really have no culture. Can the military talisman of Tang Dynasty be called Tiger talisman? It's not like a tiger. It's a fish charm, isn't it

Tong Hangqi scratched his head with a smile and asked, "I think it was all Hufu in Qin and Han Dynasties. How did it become Yufu in Tang Dynasty?"

Liu Sizhe explained: "instead of using the rabbit behind the tiger in the zodiac, it's called the Silver Rabbit sign. Before long, they changed to fish charms. Some people speculate that this may be due to the homonym of Li and Li

In the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, she changed the fish amulet to "turtle amulet", and it was restored to fish amulet during the reign of emperor Zhongzong.

Fish runes are generally about 6 cm long and 2 cm wide. There is a round hole in the head, which can be tied by a rope. It is divided into left and right parts, and there is a "same" shaped mortise and tenon in the middle.

Some fish amulets are also engraved with the word "contract" on the middle seam of the bottom side. After they are separated, there are only half characters on each half of the amulets. When they are combined, the complete word "contract" can be seen, so it is also called "contract".

Now the contract is signed in duplicate with the seal on the middle seam, and each party holds one certificate. Such documents are collectively referred to as "contracts". The word "contract" comes from "fish"

There are inscriptions on the inside of the fish amulet, indicating the identity of the wearer or the scope of use of the fish amulet. According to the records in the six canons of the Tang Dynasty, the Jade Fish amulet is used by the prince, the gold fish amulet is used by the prince, and the copper fish amulet is used by the general officials. Most of the fish amulets handed down and discovered in archaeology are made of copper.

After listening to Liu Sizhe's explanation, Tong Hangqi and others, who didn't know what the fish sign was, realized what was going on.

Wen Yuting suddenly said: "the word" contract "comes from this, but how can three fish runes be together? It's hard not to be buried together! "

"Not buried together, of course." Chuchen said with a smile: "these three fish amulets should be unearthed artifacts, and they should have been unearthed for some time, but the rust of these three fish amulets can be seen, they are not from a pit."

Everyone nodded, Chu Yulan said: "brother, since you say it is a good thing, these three fish runes should not be ordinary?"

Chu Chen spread out his hand: "I really don't know who used these three fish charms, but I can guarantee that one of them is a good thing. You can figure out which one by yourself."

Listen to Chu Chen say so, Liu Sizhe and others quickly came forward to weigh the weight, as for Chu Yulan they feel things are too dirty, do not want to start.

Looking at the appearance, the three fish charms are really not good-looking, but after weighing the weight, you can clearly find the difference. Liu Sizhe took a fish charm with black, blue and brown hard block like rust on the surface besides copper rust, and excitedly said: "this is a goldfish charm, it must be a goldfish charm!"

Gold of the same size is about 1.17 times heavier than copper, so the difference between the two is quite big. If you know these three things, you just need to think about them for a moment to know the secret.

However, shipapoi didn't know much about antiques, and didn't know what fish runes were. In addition, the three fish runes were all rusty, and their appearance was too ugly. Shipapoi didn't pay attention to them, and other people probably didn't care about them, so it was cheap for chuchen.

Because in Xiangjiang before, after listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Liu Sizhe and Wang Xiaoyue were not surprised that there would be rust on the gold, while others thought it was incredible.

Su Jinning said: "brother Chu, this goldfish amulet is not pure gold, but alloy?"

Chuchen explained the reason with a smile, and then everyone understood.

"How to get rid of the rust on it?" Su Jinning asked again.

"I heard that with a soft cloth dipped in vinegar, gently wipe can remove copper rust, and the effect is not bad." Wang Xiaoyue said.

Chu Chen shook his head: "if it's just copper rust, it's a good way, but it's not so easy to get rid of the rust on this goldfish amulet."

Liu Sizhe picked up the fish amulet and observed it carefully, and then said:

"these rusts are most likely caused by the contact reaction between the silver and bronze objects in the tomb and other materials in the tomb, and deposition on the surface of the gold objects. Because of the high sulfur content in the tomb, I speculate that these rusts must be metal sulfides, such as copper sulfide and silver sulfide. Copper sulfide and silver sulfide are extremely insoluble substances. Therefore, it is difficult for general acid-base or solvent based cleaning agents to remove these sulfides. "Hearing this, Dong pangzi asked, "what should we do? Can we use mechanical tools to remove it directly?"

"You pig brain!" Su Jinning said: "it's gold. If you use mechanical tools to remove the rust, won't it do harm to the object itself?"

Dong pangzi spread out his hand and said, "you can't use cleaning agent or tools. Can't you keep it like it is now? How ugly that is

Chuchen said with a smile: "Dong fatty, your chemistry is certainly not very good. Don't you know that sulfide can be oxidized into elemental sulfur from the sulfur ion produced in the dissolution reaction in the presence of oxidant, so that the dissolution balance is destroyed. The dissolution reaction goes on and on, and finally all the sulfur is dissolved."

"As we all know, gold is very resistant to corrosion. It reacts with other substances. Only aqua regia with strong corrosiveness can dissolve gold. Before I use this kind of peroxide, I can remove the hair rust properly

Dong Puzi scratched his head and sneered: "I'm really not good at chemistry. If it hadn't been for chemistry, I wouldn't have let my family laugh at me with my college entrance examination results all the time!"

"Cut!" Su Jinning sneered: "you don't do well in the exam, and you're not allowed to let me take it out and talk about it?"

"Then you don't have to talk about it all the time." Fat Dong muttered.

Su Jinning sneered: "I just have to say it often, and if you have any subjects worse than me in the future, I have to say it often. Do you have any opinions?"

Dong pangzi said with a bitter face: "no, I don't mind!"

Everyone laughed at Dong's face. After a while, Chu Yulan said, "brother, let's get rid of the rust now."

Chu Chen shook his head: "no, there will be an auction later. I'll leave it to brother Zhou for them to deal with. Now let's see what words are written in the fish amulet."

In fact, the fish charms are very easy to open. The reason why they are combined is that they have the function of rust. Chuchen carefully used tools to clean up the rust in the middle of the fish amulet. In the end, the two halves of the fish amulet separated naturally.

The color of the inside and the surface of the fish amulet are different. It looks golden. You can clearly see that the material of the fish amulet is actually gold.

The fish symbol uses the "Tong" shaped mortise and tenon, and the user's name and status are written under the "Tong".

Everyone rushed forward to have a look and was surprised, because this fish amulet was used by Li Li, the 13th son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.

In fact, Li Yu was a prince with great ability. He was frugal. According to historical records, he was appointed governor of Shu county during the rebellion of Anlu mountain. When he led the general across mianzhou River, he boarded the boat and saw the colorful mat as a carpet, so he ordered people to remove it.

Moreover, at that time, Li Jianchu was ordered, because things were in a hurry and he didn't accept the festival. Sima Shiben of mianzhou said that he wanted people to set up a "Pioneer Road" to celebrate the festival, which is enough to win the masses.

Li Yu laughs: "I am true king, still use what false banners?"

However, Li Li did not know whether he was blind or arrogant. When he arrived at the capital of Shu, Cui yuan, the favorite Cheng of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, came to greet him and worshipped his horse.

Li Li didn't stop him, so he made Cui yuan angry. Although, after Xuanzong arrived in Chengdu, Li Li was in charge for two months, and the people were stable. But later, Cui yuan played it and stopped living in the inner house.

As for the reason, is it because Li Zhen really did something wrong, or Cui yuan has a grudge about what he met? That is, different people have different opinions.

It's strange that this golden fish talisman was used by the son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Chu Yulan looked at it and asked, "brother, what's the value of this golden fish talisman?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "the fish Charms we see in Tang Dynasty are usually bronze ones. Gold ones are very rare. Moreover, the fish charms are well preserved, which is even more rare. However, this kind of thing is rare. It's not available in the market. I haven't seen this kind of fish amulet before, so it's hard to say its specific value. But anyway, I'm collecting it and I won't sell it. I don't care much about the market value. "

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The fish amulet is not good for Chu Yulan and others, and it is rusty. After a while, they are not interested.

Looking at the time, Liu Sizhe said, "brother Chen, let's go to the auction now."

"Yes Chu Chen nodded, then said: "in fact, there is not much wool in today's auction, you might as well go to the store to pick the interesting wool."