Chu Chen also thought deeply about President Sima's words, let alone Fei Lao. No matter who he was, he would have to sigh about what he had done in his last life, and he had such a son!
Just as Chu Chen was curious to ask for the details of that time, Fei came out with the bag of Guqin in his arms. Thinking that President Sima didn't tell Fei about it, Chu Chen could only press his doubts and shut up.
In fact, as president Sima said just now, although Fei Yu was a stranger, because someone in his family was a minister, he had more energy in the capital. Therefore, if it's Chu Chen, Fei Yu's story must be told to Fei, so that the other party won't come back for trouble.
However, since President Sima made such a decision, he must have his own ideas, or Fei Yu begged him not to tell Mr. Fei. It was not convenient for Chu Chen to say more about this.
Fei went back to his original position, carefully put the bag on the table, and then said with a smile: "there is a living treasure at home. I can only put things safely. I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"
They waved their hands to show that it didn't matter. However, if Chu Chen had known that Fei's family had such an unreliable son, he would have to consider whether he could restore it. He could trust Fei's character, but if Fei's son knew that there was a valuable Guqin in his family, how could this guy not be moved?
But at this point, Chu Chen can't say anything back. He can only hope that Fei Yu won't make trouble for him.
Fei carefully took the Guqin out of the bag and heard Dean Sima exclaim: "the tortoise pattern is broken!"
As soon as the voice fell, Dean Sima rushed up to guqin. It looked like a fierce tiger. Chu Chen, who was next to him, wanted to stop him so that he would not damage Guqin.
Fortunately, Dean Sima also knew the fragility of Guqin. Although his movements were fierce, he stopped in time when he was close to guqin. Then he looked at the Guqin in front of him. Finally, with his rich experience, he judged that the tortoise pattern on the Guqin was formed naturally.
"Sure enough, it's tortoise pattern broken, and there's plum blossom broken. This Guqin is amazing!"
Dean Sima looked excited and praised. Then he asked Chu Chen: "boss Chu, I wonder if you can introduce the origin of this Guqin..."
"I went to Paris a while ago..."
Chuchen laughed, then repeated the story, and finally explained: "at the beginning, I was just surprised that there was a very ordinary looking Guqin in the middle of a pile of furniture. When I took it and looked at it carefully, I found that the skin should be camouflaged."
"At that time, I knew that this Guqin should not be simple, but this Guqin looked so ordinary at that time that I was too embarrassed to come down. I was lucky that the other party gave it to me, otherwise I would have to spend more time."
Fei said with a smile: "Xiao Chu, you are so lucky! However, thanks to your carefulness and good luck, otherwise this Guqin will never come back to our country! "
"Why, Mr. Fei, do you think this Guqin really has to go around the beam?" President Sima asked in a hurry. Just now he was stunned to hear that this Guqin was the Raoliang one of the four Guqin. Now his excited lips trembled when he heard that from Fei.
Fei shook his head and said, "I can't be sure that it's the real Raoliang Qin, but even if it's not the real Raoliang Qin, I think it's at least a famous guqin that can produce plum blossom broken and turtle pattern broken."
"It's the same here!" President Sima nodded. What he said just now was also his idea in a hurry. Now, at least with his understanding, he certainly does not believe that there can be a Guqin that can inherit the history of two thousand to one hundred. However, even if it is a Guqin that has been handed down for thousands of years, it is also a valuable thing. Of course, this kind of thing needs to stay in China!
Thinking of this, Dean Sima sighed: "well, I don't know how this Guqin was spread abroad, and it's really outrageous that only the body of Guqin has been left for so many years."
"There are too many reasons for the loss of cultural relics abroad, so let's not talk about it!"
Fei said: "as for the only body left, maybe when I took it abroad, I took apart all the accessories to save trouble. Later, I didn't know what happened and didn't install the accessories. Of course, maybe it's something else. Fortunately, only the body is left, otherwise it will not be so easy to bring back the Guqin. "
They nodded with a smile, and then Dean Sima asked, "Mr. Fei, when do you think this Guqin was made?"
Fei replied, "that's why I came to you. Yesterday we had a discussion all afternoon. We can only confirm that the production date of this Guqin must have been earlier than that of the Tang Dynasty. As for whether it was the northern and Southern Dynasties or earlier, we don't know. It's estimated that it depends on your scientific instruments."
"No problem!" President Sima was a little excited when he spoke. After all, there are only a few Guqin like this. If we can study it thoroughly, it should be a great discovery in the cultural heritage.However, a moment later, he thought of another thing and said, "Fei Lao, is the inscription on the Qin original or later?"
"Oh! Why do you ask that? " Fei asked.
President Sima explained: "it's very simple. Raoliang Qin is the Qin of King Zhuang of Chu, and the allusion of Yu Yin Raoliang Liang is the story of Liezi. Liezi was born more than 140 years after the death of King Zhuang of Chu. If the inscription is original, then this Guqin must be an imitation. It's just that I don't see any trace of alteration on it, so... "
Generally speaking, if the inscriptions on the Guqin were first engraved, they must have been engraved on the back of the Guqin when it was made. After the inscription, it will inevitably hurt the original lacquer body. Even if the inscription is painted with gold and dyed, it can not cover up the traces of damage.
On the other hand, the inscription on chuchen's Qin seems to have been engraved first. Therefore, President Sima has his doubts.
Fei explained with a smile: "there are still traces, but they are not obvious..."
With that, he turned over the Guqin and explained the inscription.
Chu Chen was also ashamed of the inscriptions, because he had the ability to judge, and the inscriptions were gold inscriptions, and the traces of the changes were handled very well. So he did not think that Liezi was born after the death of King Zhuang of Chu, so he took it for granted that the above inscriptions were carved first. For this reason, he made a joke in front of everyone yesterday.
After listening to Fei Lao's explanation, Dean Sima was also very happy. After all, if it was a post engraved text, then the Guqin could still be genuine. Even if he felt in his heart that there could not be a Guqin in the world that could be preserved for more than 2000 years, even if it was only one in a million, he hoped that it would be genuine.
At this time, Fei said: "Sima, you also know my character. We are public and private. Since we get things to you for appraisal, we have to sign an agreement. What do you think?"
"It should be!" Dean Sima nodded in agreement. Even if this Guqin is not genuine, the Guqin of thousands of years ago is undoubtedly extremely precious. There must be some rules to deal with such things.
"Well, let's sign the agreement."
"Wait!"
Fei Laobian said that he turned over the Guqin and was ready to put it into the bag, but at this time, Dean Sima found a detail.
"What's the matter?" Fei asked, a little queer.
Dean Sima stepped forward again, looked at the Guqin carefully again, then frowned and said:
"don't you think the preservation of this Guqin is too good?"
"What do you say?" Chu Chen asked.
President Sima explained: "after all, the Guqin is made of wood, and it is often played by people. Generally, the Guqin that has experienced hundreds of years will definitely need to be repaired for various reasons. Basically, every famous Qin handed down from generation to generation has been repaired several times before it regains its luster. "
"Now our Guqin has gone through thousands of years. It must be repaired, but I haven't seen anything about it. Is it because the people who have repaired them before are too skillful to show any trace? "
Fei shook his head with a smile: "this is not true, this Guqin really has not been repaired!"
"How is that possible? Is there something wrong with this Guqin? " Dean Sima's face is incredible.
"To tell you the truth, we also find this very strange. According to principle, let alone more than 2000 years ago, even if this Guqin was made in the northern and Southern Dynasties, there must be some traces of repair, but it just didn't!"
Fei said with emotion: "what's more, yesterday we had a quite unexpected discovery. This Guqin is not made of Tung wood, and even the bottom is not made of Catalpa wood. We haven't seen two kinds of wood. But the pattern is naturally formed. We are all sure that there is no possibility of fraud... "
"How could that be?"
Dean Sima's eyes widened, and his expression was like seeing a ghost. It's no wonder that, generally speaking, Guqin is made of Tung wood and catalpa wood. In addition to the coordination of yin and Yang mentioned by the ancients, the main reason is that the sound quality of the two materials is the best, so many of the Guqin handed down are made of these two materials.
Now dean Sima heard that the Guqin in front of him was not made of Tung wood or Catalpa wood. No wonder he was shocked.