Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

There are different opinions on when the Justice Cup appeared. Some people say that the prototype of the Justice Cup appeared in the Han Dynasty, while others say that it appeared in the Yuan Dynasty and Liao Dynasty to punish those who were greedy for cups.

But the most famous allusion is from the Ming Dynasty.An exquisite and special cup made by skilled craftsmen in the Imperial Ware Factory opened by the Ming Dynasty government in Jingdezhen.It is said that the Imperial Ware Factory spent half a year producing the exquisite "Kowloon Cup" and went to Beijing to pay tribute to the emperor.After Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he liked it very much and often used it to serve wine and banquets to the civil and military ministers.

During the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang took out a porcelain wine cup and poured wine for all the ministers. Xu Da was the first to step forward to receive the reward. He was greedy at first, but later relied on his great achievements to let Zhu Yuanzhang fill the cup with wine. Overflowing, but as soon as he picked up the wine glass, the wine leaked out.As for other people drinking this glass of wine, as long as the wine is not filled to the full, everyone is puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "This is the Jiulong Justice Cup made by the Jingdezhen Imperial Ware Factory on my order. The sage said: modesty benefits, fullness incurs losses. What do you think when you test justice today?" Later, Zhu Yuanzhang felt this The Kowloon Cup holds wine very fairly, so it is named "Justice Cup".

In fact, the principle of the fair cup is very simple. There is a hollow porcelain tube in the center of the cup. Patterns are shaped on the outside of the hollow tube, such as an old man, a faucet, a crab, etc. The lower end of the pattern is connected to the inner wall of the cup, and the tube is connected to the small hole at the bottom of the cup; the head body There is a hole left at the connection between the lower part and the bottom of the cup.According to the principle of equal height of the liquid level in the connecting device, when wine (water) is poured into the cup, if the water level is lower than the top of the porcelain tube, the water will not leak out; when the water level exceeds the top of the porcelain tube, a negative pressure is formed, resulting in a siphon phenomenon, and the wine flows from the cup The heart hole leaks until there is no wine left.

The second type of reasonable cup has a holeless bottom and a bowl placed inside the cup for fasting.There is a hole at the top of the bowl, and a movable standing fasting old man's bowl is built in. There is a small hole at the connection between the bowl and the inner bottom of the cup. When the wine is poured into the cup, the wine enters the bowl through the small hole. As the liquid level gradually rises, the old man slowly rises. If there is no wine, the man will sink to the bottom of the bowl and only the top of his head will be exposed.When making a drinking order, the old man's feet should float to the edge of his body. This kind of old man is called a fair old man, and is more common in pastel-colored utensils of the Qing Dynasty.

The layman Sunzhai was Wang Shimao, a Jinshi during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Shimao was the younger brother of the famous writer Wang Shizhen, and his name was Sunzhai. This passage is included in Wang Shimao's "Wang Fengchang Ji·Pingxinbei Inscription", and Pingxinbei is the Gongdao Bei.

"Boss Chen, look at it, it's just such a small cup. It's not that big to begin with, and there's an old man in it, and it's so ugly. Isn't this a free time?" Scar looked at the justice in the box in Song Qingyun's hand. Cup said.

Song Qingyun ignored this guy and asked Chen Yang with a cup, "Boy, do you know him?"

"Justice Cup!" Chen Yang raised the corner of his mouth, "This is a good thing!"

"Ah!" Song Qingyun glanced at Chen Yang in surprise, "You actually know him!"

Chen Yang hugged his shoulders and smiled slightly, "I not only know about our country's Fair Cup, but I also know about foreign Fair Cups. They are called Pythagoras Cup!"

"What is this? Are they available abroad?" Song Qingyun looked at Chen Yang in surprise.

Chen Yang looked at Song Qingyun's surprised look and couldn't help but smile and nod.Chen Yang didn't lie, but in this day and age, some people don't even know about the Fairy Cup, let alone the Pythagoras Cup. It is said that the Pythagoras Cup was based on the ancient Greek scientist Pythagoras. A cup invented by the siphon phenomenon, but that cup is different from the Chinese fair cup. It is more like a drinking goblet.

From the glaze color and quality of the Justice Cup in Song Qingyun's hand, it can be seen that it is a blue and white poetry and justice cup that will start the New Year tomorrow, and Chen Yang has such a deep memory of this Justice Cup.This blue and white poem justice cup was originally the collection of a little devil collector. At the Baoli Spring auction in Beijing in 2014, this cup was auctioned for 40 yuan; later I heard from others that this cup It also appeared at auctions, but all failed to sell. It was not until 2022, at Baoli's spring auction, that this Fairy Cup was auctioned for 253 million yuan.

At that time, many people in the antique shop reported that a fair cup was carried back and forth with the left hand and the right hand, and finally met a big fool!

The moment he saw the Fairy Cup, what came to Chen Yang's mind was not the price, nor the various unknown operations of the auction house, but that its original owner was a little devil collector.Another little devil collector appeared in this land again, with the same origin as the bronze square statue in his hand.

It didn't matter if it was a Justice Cup. Chen Yang knew the value of this thing. Although it was valuable, it would never be at such an outrageous price.What Chen Yang is concerned about is that the objects taken away by the little devil along with the Justice Cup are definitely more valuable than the Justice Cup.

"I didn't expect that your kid actually knows this thing," Song Qingyun was a little disappointed, "I was thinking of teaching you a lesson, but I didn't expect that you know more shit than me!"

After Song Qingyun finished speaking, he turned to look at the porcelain bottle in Chen Yang's hand, a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Chen Yang bought a porcelain bottle from the Republic of China period after looking around for a long time. Is this bottle any different?Chen Yang smiled and shook the porcelain bottle in his hand, and said to Song Qingyun, "Uncle Master, if I didn't tell you about this bottle, you would never know it!"

"Who are you looking down on!" Song Qingyun curled his lips, "After all, he is still your junior uncle. If you don't have this kind of eyesight, how can you be your senior uncle!"

"Put it down and let me take a look!"

Chen Yang took advantage of the situation and placed the fat man on the open space next to him. Song Qingyun held the box in one hand and squatted on the ground to read it.After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't see anything. Isn't this just an ordinary bottle from the Republic of China period?

"Liling underglaze multicolored porcelain Guanyin bottle," Song Qingyun placed the box next to him and squatted on the ground holding the bottle to look at it. "This object was a decoration of the central government during the Republic of China. Although it is rare, it is nothing special!"

"If you talk about its value, the collection value is not high, but the research value is not low. After all, it is also a porcelain from that special period. How much did you pay for this object?"

Chen Yang smiled and said the price. Song Qingyun frowned even more. The price was neither low nor high. After buying it at this price, there was not much room for selling it. Apart from the research value of this object, he could not see any profit margin. Where.Song Qingyun frowned and turned to look at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang chuckled, bent down and picked up the bottle from the ground, "You can't see it, I told you, most people can't see it!"

"Come on, uncle, I'll tell you!" As he spoke, Chen Yang waved to Song Qingyun, then pointed the mouth of the Guanyin bottle toward Song Qingyun, gesturing to Song Qingyun to look inside.

What is there to see inside? Besides, he had already seen it just now. Song Qingyun looked into the bottle suspiciously. Chen Yang whispered a few words to Song Qingyun in his ear. Then Song Qingyun's eyes widened. After a moment, Song Qingyun Qingyun's eyes left the bottle, he took out a flashlight from his bag and shined it into the bottle.

"Holy shit!" Using the light of the flashlight, Song Qingyun opened his mouth wide and looked in with one eye, "You kid's eyes are poisonous, can you detect this thing?"

"Don't be happy yet, you have to go back and find a way to get this thing out," Chen Yang said with a smile beside him, "Only when you make sure it is true can you be happy." At this point, Chen Yang shook his head slightly, "I really don't know. How on earth did you get inside, to be so dead that you can’t even move!”

Zhenfeng, Scar and Boss Chang looked at Chen Yang and Song Qingyun like fools and had no idea what they found in the bottle.Listening, Scar couldn't help it and walked to Song Qingyun, "Boss Song, what on earth is inside?"

"Three-hole cloth!" Song Qingyun was still holding the bottle and looking at it. He and Chen Yang had the same idea. They wanted to take out the three-hole cloth without damaging the bottle, but no matter how it shook, it would fall apart. On the edge of the bottom of the bottle, motionless.

Scar was stunned after hearing this, and pointed at the bottle, "Is there cloth in this? What color is it?"

"What a mess!" Song Qingyun rolled his eyes at Scar, "The three-hole cloth I'm talking about is a kind of coin!"

Chen Yang grinned beside him, put his arm on Scar's shoulder, and explained to him.

Three-hole cloth is a type of ancient Chinese coin, formerly known as "three-hole cloth". It was minted in the late Warring States period around the 3rd century BC.It has the same shape as round head, round shoulders, round feet and round crotch. Its unique feature is that there is a round hole on the head and two feet, so it is called "three-hole cloth".

While explaining to Scar, Chen Yang recalled the auction price of three-hole cloth in his mind. In May 2010, at Jiade's 5 Spring Auction of Ancient Coins, a large-scale "Wuyang" three-hole cloth with "two" backs from the Warring States period sold for 2010 Ten thousand yuan was sold; in November 352.8, in the coins special sale of Jingcheng Xuan’s 2012 Autumn Auction, a three-hole cloth with “11 taels” on the back of the Warring States Period “Xia Dagger Yang” was sold for 2012 million yuan; in May 17, Jiadechun In the special auction of ancient coins, a large-scale "Wuyang" three-hole cloth with "one or two" back made by Zhao Zhu during the Warring States period was sold for 368 million yuan, once again setting a new record for ancient coin auctions.

Three-hole cloth is one of the fifty treasures of ancient coins. Every time it appears, it will cause shock in the ancient coin market.

"Oh," Scar nodded after hearing this, "Boss Chen, then this thing is very valuable!"

Chen Yang nodded. Song Qingyun had already finished reading and said that it was impossible to get this object out now, so he could only go back and find a way.Chen Yang asked Boss Chang, who was also full of curiosity. Anyway, he had already bought an ancient jade from the Warring States Period, and he did not return empty-handed. He was already satisfied.

"Boss, I also want to see that three-hole cloth you mentioned!"

In this case, everyone was about to start walking back. After exiting the factory gate, Scar gestured to Chen Yang to hand over the bottle to him. After all, Chen Yang was also his boss, so how could he let the boss take things by himself.Chen Yang handed the bottle to Scar and chatted with Song Qingyun and Boss Chang while walking. Zhenfeng walked in front, preparing to drive.

Scar followed a few people, looking at the bottom of the bottle with one eye as he walked. Although he couldn't see clearly, he could vaguely see something inside.Scar shook it vigorously a few times, turned the bottle over again, and patted the bottom of the bottle with his palm, but there was still no movement.

"This thing is evil!" Scar whispered while tinkering, "I still don't believe it, I can't get you out!" As he spoke, Scar stretched his hand along the mouth of the bottle, and stretched out The moment he entered, Scar grinned because his fingers touched the thing.

Scar dug at it a few times with his fingers, but the three-hole cloth didn't move at all. It seemed like this thing was dead, and he couldn't take it out even after touching it. Scar thought about taking out his arm.

"Hey, hey, hey, fuck me!"

Chen Yang and others had already stepped out of the factory gate. Zhenfeng saw the bald man near his car at the parking place. Just when he was wondering, he heard Scar's shout.Several people stopped and turned around to look. They saw that Scar's right hand was stuck in the bottle and couldn't get out. He held the bottle tightly with his left arm and pulled his right hand out with force.

Chen Yang and Song Qingyun couldn't help laughing when they saw Scar's appearance.

"Scar, you are even better than Doraemon!" Chen Yang looked at Scar with a smile, "Doraemon has two fists, but you got a bottle."

"You kid, why are you putting your hands in there?" Song Qingyun laughed as he and Chen Yang walked over to help.

"No," Scar was sweating anxiously, "I wanted to reach in and get that thing out, but who knew it was smooth when I went in, but when I pulled it out, I couldn't pull it out!"

The Guanyin bottle originally had an open mouth and a thin neck. Chen Yang estimated that when the scar stretched in, it was smooth and slid in; but it would be difficult to pull the hand out. It is a bit like putting a light bulb in the mouth. principle.Chen Yang held the bottle hard, and Scar pulled his arm back hard.But the bottle was slippery, and Chen Yang couldn't hold it with his hands. Song Qingyun had no choice but to join in, but they tried several times, but Scar's hand still couldn't get it out of the bottle.

The tiger in front had already received instructions from Wu San to wait for Chen Yang here with his men. As soon as he saw Chen Yang, he stopped him just to get the object in his hand.

Tiger was waiting next to the car with several people. He saw that several people were about to come over. It seemed that something had happened and they stood there motionless.After watching for a while, Tiger waved his hand and motioned for the younger brother behind him to come with him and take a look.

"Boss Chen," Tiger smiled and walked towards Chen Yang and others, "It looks like the harvest is good today!" As he spoke, Tiger motioned to his younger brother to surround them.

When Chen Yang heard the sound, he turned his head and looked over. Seeing the tiger's smiling face, he felt cold in his heart.

"Do you know me?" Chen Yang looked over at Tiger's gaze and asked tepidly.

Tiger smiled and nodded, raising his hand to touch his bald head, "Of course, how could I not recognize a celebrity like Boss Chen!"

"You have something to do with me?"

Tiger grinned, "Boss Chen, our third brother wants to make friends with you. I wonder if Boss Chen is willing to do it!"

"Of course," Chen Yang chuckled, "I have more friends. I don't mind having more friends, but I don't know who is the third brother?"

"Haha," Tiger raised his head and smiled, "The third brother is not someone you can meet just because you want to!"

"Since you want to make friends with Third Brother, you must show some sincerity!" As he spoke, Tiger stretched out his hand to Chen Yang, "Third Brother said that as long as Boss Chen hands over the items he bought today, you will They are just friends.”

Chen Yang chuckled. What nonsense is it to make friends? If you want something, you just want something. Do this to yourself!Don't say that you can't give him the object. Even if you want to give it to him, you can't give it to him now. The bottle is stuck in Scar's arm.

"Here you go!" Scar stood up from behind and handed the bottle stuck on his arm forward, "If you can take it away, I think you are awesome!"