Antiques with golden eyes

As expected by Shen Yu, Gu Zhengyan was holding a tea cup and sipping the tea gracefully. The fragrance of tea spread between his lips and teeth, waiting to be savored carefully. But after hearing Shen Yu's words, his eyes There was a flash of strange color in an instant.

Slowly putting down the porcelain cup, he said with a solemn expression, "Xiao Shen, if this copper stove is too light, it can be explained that the counterfeiter cut corners in the use of copper materials in order to save costs. This is also common in the field of antique counterfeiting. Means. But what’s the explanation for this emphasis?”

Shen Yu stopped beating around the bush and said straightforwardly: "Mr. Gu, Mr. Wang, there must be a reason why the caster of this copper furnace acted like this.

"In other words, he will never spend a lot of effort without purpose and for no reason. Because it is not easy to cast a copper furnace of this quality. A fool can't cast it, and the person who casts it is never stupid. In the opinion of the younger generation , the purpose may be to hide some items inside the copper furnace that do not want to be discovered by others.

"This junior is not making random guesses without any basis. When I carefully looked at this copper furnace, I found that the bottom was extremely thick, far exceeding the thickness range of a normal furnace. Such an unreasonable thickness can only be solved by the possibility of hidden grids. It’s easy to explain.”

When Mr. Wang heard this, he couldn't help blurting out, "It's the same as the treasure in the pot, the painting in the painting, and the treasure in the belly?"

Shen Yu smiled and agreed.

Gu Zhengyan and Mr. Wang looked at each other, and there seemed to be some kind of tacit understanding and thought conveyed between their eyes. Mr. Wang frowned slightly and was about to speak, but was suddenly interrupted.

"Treasure hidden in the furnace? Haha, I was just lucky!"

At this moment, a voice that was very familiar to Shen Yu came into the living room from the outside like a gust of breeze. This voice carried a unique majesty and confidence, which made people know the identity of the person coming.

Turning around, he saw Lin Qingzhi, the president of the Dongjiang Collection Association and a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, walking in quickly under the guidance of the housekeeper Liao Wansan.

Today, he is wearing a finely tailored traditional gown. The fabric of the gown looks extremely high-quality. As he moves around, his clothes flutter slightly, and he shows the style of a tycoon in every gesture, as if he has an eye-catching invisible aura. generally.

What's even more interesting is that the moment Lin Qingzhi walked into the reception room, an official hat chair made of the same material as the one Gu Zhengyan and Mr. Wang were currently sitting on had been set up.

"Shen Yu, what do you think is hidden in this copper furnace?" Lin Qingzhi did not exchange too many greetings with Mr. Wang and Gu Zhengyan. He sat down on the official hat chair and asked Shen Yu directly.

His eyes were full of shrewdness and wisdom, as if he didn't care about the trivial matters in the world.

A wry smile appeared on Shen Yu's face, and he said with some pretense of helplessness: "President Lin, you really stumped this junior.

"Think about it, since I don't have clairvoyance, how can I know what is hidden in this copper furnace?

"It's just that I had an experience before. I accidentally bought a silver mandarin duck pot, and by chance, I got a luminous pearl from it. That's why I made such a conjecture on a whim today. What if this idea is wrong? Okay, please don’t blame the younger generation."

After saying that, Shen Yu told Gu Qingqing exactly what happened when he picked things up at the flea market. During the course of the story, he also mentioned Gu Qingqing's identity.

The Gu family of Dongjiang and the Gu family of Hong Kong are from the same family. Going back hundreds of years, they are still the same family. They are also very familiar with each other and have a deep family connection.

After Shen Yu finished speaking, all the doubts in the hearts of everyone present dissipated.

After all, picking up the missing pieces relies on accumulated experience and rich and unique experience.

Since Shen Yu had had such a similar wonderful experience, it was extremely natural and reasonable for him to suspect that there was something hidden in the copper furnace, and everyone could understand why he came to such an inference.

At this moment, the urgent matter that needs to be dealt with is how to take out the treasure from the hidden compartment of the copper furnace.

Fortunately, there was no need for Shen Yu to do this himself. The chief butler, Liao Wansan, was experienced and experienced in handling matters, and he quickly found two employees who were good at mechanical repairs.

The two people came to the copper furnace and first observed the copper furnace in detail. Then they picked up the tools and tapped the bottom of the copper furnace a few times.

With just a few clicks, they immediately concluded that there was a hidden compartment at the bottom of the copper furnace.

Then we enter the most critical cutting process.

These two employees of the Gu family were obviously well-trained, skilled and agile, and very experienced. One of them, a master with gray hair on his temples, calmly picked up a small electric saw and steadily cut it. Put it close to the copper stove, then lean forward slightly and put your ear close to the copper stove.

As the chainsaw started, a "buzzing" sound instantly sounded in the room. After only ten seconds, the master accurately judged that the hidden grid was located in the middle of the bottom.

Shen Yu watched silently from the side and couldn't help but nodded secretly.

As the saying goes: "When three people walk together, there must be my teacher." As the ancients said, sincerity will not deceive me!

This old master's method of finding the location of hidden grids can truly be called: unique.

You must know that it is impossible to hide treasures in hidden compartments without any gaps. There will always be some gaps for objects to be put in and taken out. This master's method of identifying the location by listening to the sound is used just right, which is really admirable!

After determining the position, the master carefully put on protective gloves, took out a gleaming and extremely sharp knife from the tool box, and then carefully started cutting along the bottom edge of the copper furnace.

The blade slowly scraped across the copper stove, making a slight "hissing" sound.

Soon, under the skillful and precise operation of the master, a three-millimeter-thick copper sheet was slowly peeled off.

Finally, a dark grid with a length and width of six centimeters appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Inside the dark compartment, spotless, lies a small, square bundle.

It curled up inside silently, as if it had been sleeping for a long time, or as if it was waiting for someone to open it and reveal the secrets hidden within.

When Shen Yu first saw this scene, an indescribable and wonderful feeling surged deep in his heart, as if he had unexpectedly met an old friend after a long absence.

The familiarity and unfamiliarity were intertwined, causing ripples in his heart.

He subconsciously took deep breaths several times before suppressing this feeling and regaining his composure.

Then, he held his breath and carefully took out the baggage from the secret compartment.

As soon as he got it, Shen Yu relied on his rich experience accumulated in the antique shop for many years and his keen intuition, and he was already sure that there was a high probability that there was a seal hidden in this small baggage.

This is because the shape of this baggage is regular and square, with neat corners. Its shape, size, and heavy weight in the hand are all highly consistent with the characteristics of the seal.

As for the outer skin that wraps the seal, it doesn't look like cloth or silk, but more like some kind of animal skin.

Shen Yu gently rubbed it with his fingers and felt that its texture was unusually soft. Pressing it slightly hard, he could clearly feel an extremely strong tenacity.

It gives people an extremely solid and solid feeling, and it seems that only in this way can it withstand the endless erosion of time.

Frowning, Shen Yu took a closer look again and saw many Taoist patterns carved on the animal skin, including Bagua diagrams, Yin-Yang diagrams, and Five Elements diagrams, all of which were classic Taoist patterns.