Antique Dealer

Chapter 224 Unique Font

When the middle-aged man saw Hui Junxuan, he also nodded and greeted him.

Afterwards, Hui Junxuan introduced to Fang Hao that the middle-aged man was his cousin Du Youcai.

When Hui Junxuan came in, he saw Du Youcai packing something, and said, "Boss Du, if you have something to do, we won't bother you today, and come back another day."

"It's okay, everyone is not an outsider."

Du Youhao smiled and invited the two to sit down, then went to the side to make two bowls of tea and brought them over.

Hui Junxuan and Fang Hao pulled tea and said a few polite words. Fang Hao picked up the saucer with his left hand, pinched the tea cover with his right hand, scraped lightly a few times to remove the floating tea leaves, and then tilted the tea cover He brought the tea bowl to his mouth and took a sip of the tea soup. The aroma was rich and lasting, and the taste was mellow and refreshing. It was the top-grade Biluochun.

Seeing Fang Hao's way of drinking tea, Du Youhao nodded secretly, and then said with a smile: "Since my brother brought it, we are not outsiders. If you have any questions, just ask, and I will tell you everything."

Fang Hao put down the tureen and smiled slightly: "I'm not in a hurry, let Brother Hui talk about it first."

Du Youhao saw that Hui Junxuan kept looking at the things on the shelves in the house, and said with a smile: "Brother Hui, I think the new products in my room won't be able to catch my eyes, right?"

Hui Junxuan withdrew his gaze and said casually, "I don't think all of your products are new."

Du Youcai immediately said: "Brother, you can't talk nonsense!"

Du Youhao smiled and waved his hands: "They're all my brothers, brother, can they talk nonsense outside? But I'm also curious, why do you think so, brother?"

Hui Junxuan took a sip of tea: "I still remember last year, Brother Du, you gave me a copy of "Jian Gu Lu Jin Wen". Although it is a copy, it should have been copied word by word by you, Brother Du? Neat, I believe it took a lot of hard work from you, Brother Du."

Fang Hao was somewhat surprised when he heard these words. "Ji Gu Lu Jin Wen" was a book compiled by Wu Shifen, a famous epigrapher and archaeologist in the Qing Dynasty.This book records 1334 inscriptions on Shang and Zhou bronzes, with explanations attached. It is the first to create a recording system based on the number of inscriptions.

Du Youhao was able to copy it again, it must be because of his research and love for bronze inscriptions, otherwise, if there is a ready-made book, why spend energy to copy such a Qing Dynasty work?

Fang Hao sighed in his heart. With such patience and knowledge, it is not good to do something. Why did he collude with Tu Fuzi and sell the national treasure secretly?
Du Youhao laughed and said, "It's just a whim at the beginning, it's nothing."

Hui Junxuan drank his tea, smiled and said nothing.

Du Youhao also smiled, and changed the subject: "Brother, do you still remember the day we first met?"

"Of course."

Hui Junxuan said angrily: "I was angry when I mentioned this matter. You tricked me into making a bet that day. As long as I can choose a genuine product in the store, you will sell it to me at a low price. I actually agreed to you, but it turned out I looked through each piece, but I couldn’t find the last one. I thought I had missed it, but I read it again, only to find that it was indeed not true.”

Du Youhao laughed loudly: "Originally, I was just joking at the time, but I didn't expect you to take it seriously. But I have always felt a little guilty about it. It just so happens that there is a genuine product on the shelf today. Why don't you look for it again, as long as you can find it, Give it to you for free!"

Hui Junxuan looked at Du Youhao suspiciously: "You didn't fool me?"

"Can I still play this kind of joke on you?"

Hui Junxuan shook his head: "It doesn't feel like your character."

Du Youhao smiled slightly: "Life is short, and I'm getting older and older, so I have to take it easy."

Hui Junxuan's heart moved slightly: "Why does it feel like you don't want to do it?"

Du Youhao laughed: "I still have a big family to support, if I don't do it, what will they eat?"

Fang Hao thought in his heart: "The more you say that, the faster you walk. It seems that Du Youhao should be counting down to leave Xijing."

Du Youhao continued: "How about it, do you want to pick?"

"It's rare that you, an iron rooster, can pull out a hair. If you don't look for it, you will be a fool!" Hui Junxuan stood up.

Du Youhao chuckled: "We agreed, it's only half an hour, if you can't find it, you can only say that it's not meant for you."

"Only half an hour? Sure enough, it's an iron cock. I asked my friend to help. How about it?"

Hui Junxuan curled his lips and looked at Fang Hao. Fang Hao smiled and nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Du Youhao looked at Fang Hao, and said with a smile, "No problem, let's choose together."

Hui Junxuan said again: "Wait, things are on the bright side, right?"

Du Youhao shook his head and laughed: "It's on the shelf, there's nothing to cover it, of course, it's still a bit difficult to find out, otherwise I'll just give it to you. Also, don't think I'm really an iron rooster, if I don't plan to give You won't bring this up."

"It seems that I have saved the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Hui Junxuan chuckled, and then started a fight with Fang Hao, one on the left and the other on the right.

Du Youhao looked at them, sat down with a smile on his face.

"Is there any genuine product on the shelf?" Du Youcai asked in a low voice.

"You don't think I'm joking with them, do you?" Du Youhao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

Du Youcai thought about it, but he still felt very strange. Why did my cousin suddenly bring up this matter? Could it be because of what happened back then, that he felt guilty and would compensate Junxuan?
Based on what he knew about his cousin, this was obviously impossible.

Du Youhao could guess what his cousin was thinking now, and said, "Okay, don't think too much about it, I have my own plan for this matter."

Although this room is not too big, there are quite a lot of things here. Fang Hao looked around and found it difficult to read all the things on the Bogu shelf within half an hour.

But the things here are old-fashioned and lifelike, and it’s not good if you don’t look carefully, just like the imitation that Liu Tiehan replaced yesterday, if you are a little sloppy, even Fang Hao’s eyesight can’t see the problem.

What's more, it's definitely impossible for Du Youhao to put something with the door open on the shelf and let them find it easily.Therefore, it is quite difficult to successfully pick out within half an hour.

In fact, for Fang Hao, it's okay for him to be sloppy, after all, even if he didn't pick out the real one, Hui Junxuan couldn't blame him.

However, he also wanted to see if Du Youhao had any deep meaning in doing so, and at the same time, he could gain some favor from Hui Junxuan.So he chooses to do his best.

Fang Hao inspected one by one in front of the antique shelf, and found that it was exactly what he thought. The things on the shelf were very confusing, showing the superb old-fashioned skills of Du Youhao's workers.If he hadn't been an all-round appraisal expert, he might have gotten it right.

Half an hour passed quickly, Hui Junxuan discussed with Fang Hao, and returned to his seat empty-handed.

"Why, didn't you like any of them?" The old god Du Youhao said on the ground.

Hui Junxuan frowned, and said rather displeasedly: "You're a little outrageous!"

Du Youhao held the tea bowl and said: "Brother, you have wronged me. I really didn't lie to you this time! How about I bring the things here now?"

"You think I said you are not authentic because of this incident?" Hui Junxuan's tone was a little rude, and he pointed to a bronze vessel on the shelf.

Du Youhao looked in the direction of Hui Junxuan's finger, his heart trembled slightly, and he almost spilled the tea soup in the tea bowl: "Which one did you choose?"

Hui Junxuan was also sincere when he arrived: "I don't have the ability, it was Fang Hao who chose me."

Du Youhao looked at Fang Hao quite unexpectedly: "Little brother has very good eyesight!"

Fang Hao smiled and said modestly, "It's just a fluke."

"Brother, don't be modest, if you have bad eyesight, you won't be able to see it." Du Youhao asked his cousin to bring the things over.

Du Youcai got up, walked to the shelf, and observed this special bronze vessel closely.

I saw this bronze ware as a rectangular base with a ring guarded by two bronze figures.There is a pit under the ring and a perforation on it, corresponding to the ball.The ball is decorated with animal face pattern, and the protrusion at the lower end just fits into the pit of the ring.There is a pit on the upper part of the ball opposite to the hole of the ring, and a human-shaped tenon is inserted into it, which is firm and rotatable, and the design is exquisite.

In addition, there are nine inscriptions on the base.

This bronze ware is a bit too weird just looking at the shape of the ware, and the ball in the middle can still rotate, it looks like a modern hysterical product, and the dirt and dirt on it are not right.

Moreover, the inscription on the base is not right no matter how you look at it, it looks like it has been engraved not long ago. If such a thing is said to be genuine, few people will believe it.

If his cousin hadn't confirmed it, Du Youcai wouldn't think it was a genuine product. Even so, he walked back to his seat with the things in his arms, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Could it be my cousin fooling me again?"

After Du Youcai put the things on the table, Du Youhao smiled at Fang Hao and said, "Brother, can you tell me your opinion?"

Fang Hao smiled slightly: "My opinion is very simple, that is, the previous owner didn't know the goods, wanted to sell them for more money, engraved the inscriptions, buried them in the soil, and took them up after a while, so this led to this situation. Looks like it's not."

False inscriptions on real objects. We often say that inscriptions on bronze ware are worth a word. In order to obtain greater benefits, some people make up their minds on inscriptions. Some people add inscriptions on bronze ware without inscriptions, while others are real objects. The upper inscription is simple, but adding inscriptions is expected to have higher value.

Du Youcai gave Fang Hao a thumbs up: "Well said, my brother has good eyesight, he is really young and promising!"

Fang Hao smiled without saying a word.

Hui Junxuan looked a little unhappy: "How many people can see such a thing?"

Du Youhao shook his head and smiled: "Brother Hui, I'm not talking about you. You are a little bad. You always like to speculate on others with malice. It seems that the world is full of wicked people. There is really no need. People, live happily .”

Hui Junxuan snorted coldly: "You are happy, but I am not happy. I will not take such a thing, how valuable it is!"

Du Youhao chuckled: "You really don't want it?"

Hui Junxuan said flatly: "If you say no, then don't."

Du Youhao said with a smile: "That's fine, I'll give it to Brother Fang. You won't have any objections, will you?"

Hui Junxuan snorted softly and said nothing.

Fang Hao was surprised that Du Youhao would give it to him. He thought about it for a while and waved his hand: "If you spend money to buy it, I will take it. If you give it to me, forget it. You won't get paid for nothing!"

Du Youhao laughed: "It seems that my brother is also a principled person, so how about it, I bought it and spent 300 yuan, I earned [-] yuan, you can give me [-] yuan, the right is to make friends, how about it?" ?”

Fang Hao pretended to hesitate, and cupped his fists: "Then thank you, Boss Du!"

"You're welcome."

Du Youhao waved his hand and asked Hui Junxuan: "Brother, what are you doing here today?"

Hui Junxuan took out a few photos: "Some time ago, I got a bronze shovel with some words engraved on the handle, but I couldn't make out, so I would like to ask Brother Du for your help."

As he said that, he put the photos on the table. These are all color photos. The first one is the overall photo of the bronze scorpion he said.

Bronze 枓 (sound master), it is a kind of wine or water pouring device.Popular in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this work is a fight, because it is different from the fight of measuring instruments, so the word "枓" is taken.The function of the spoon is similar to that of a scorpion, but its shape is different, and the crank is a scorpion.

Du Youhao looked at the text on the photo, gave a little surprise, picked it up and looked at it carefully.

Fang Hao looked over and found that he didn't recognize the inscription on the photo.

Those inscriptions looked like birds and insects, and some of them looked like Taoist cloud seals. In his memory, there was no such font.

Considering Hui Junxuan's special status, Fang Hao has reason to suspect that this typeface may be fabricated.

But after thinking about it again, he felt that the possibility seemed unlikely, because the reason was very simple, Du Youhao had been cheating all the year round, and his eyesight was extraordinary, even if it was a photo, as long as there was a problem, he would be able to spot it in all likelihood.

If the bronze scorpion in the photo was fake, it might not be able to hide it from Du Youhao's eyes. In this case, what's the point of doing so?

Could it be that it was just an excuse made by Hui Junxuan?
Besides, Fang Hao couldn't see the inscriptions on the photo, so there was nothing wrong with it.

If the inscriptions on the photos are all true, it would be interesting. Could it be that these inscriptions were created by the ancients like the Xixia script I saw before?

Fang Hao thought so.

Du Youhao flipped through the photos, and then said, "Wait a while, I'll go get something."

As soon as Du Youhao left, the room fell into silence. The three of them didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Fang Hao glanced at Hui Junxuan while drinking tea, and felt that Hui Junxuan was a bit weird. From the very beginning of meeting, he felt that Hui Junxuan had a problem with his attitude. He thought it was because of work. Now it seems that the problem in terms of work is completely due to his personality. It is no wonder that Qian Min reminded him not to disclose work matters to Hui Junxuan.

After a while, Du Youhao came back again. At this moment, he had an extra box in his hand. He put the box on the table and opened it, and there was a bronze spearhead in it, with human face patterns carved on it. There is an inscription engraved on the location, just like the inscription on the photo, it looks like both bird and insect seal script and cloud seal script, beautiful and unique.

(End of this chapter)