Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 180 The Unexpected Secret

"This inkstone feels so light." The moment the inkstone fell into his hands, Liang En realized that the weight of the inkstone was wrong.In his impression, the inkstone should be made of stone, which weighs about the same as a brick in the hand.

But now that the inkstone was in his hand, Liang En felt that the thing in his hand was light and light, as if it was made of plastic.

"Plastic - no, no, if it's plastic, there's no need to hide it like this." At first, Liang Enzhen thought that this thing was made of resin, but he quickly denied it.

On the one hand, if this thing is really made of resin, there is no need to hide it like this.On the other hand, the box found in the center of the table just now has been confirmed to be a black lacquered mother-of-pearl product, and no one would use it for cheap resin.

"Could it be that this inkstone is lacquerware?" After thinking for a few seconds, Liang En thought of something from the black lacquer mother-of-pearl box. To be honest, he never thought that lacquerware could also be used as an inkstone.

In particular, the internal material of this inkstone looks delicate and moist, and it is equipped with a red lacquered inkstone box, inlaid with mother-of-pearl to form a beautiful picture of a lotus pond.No matter how you look at it, it looks like a top-level Duan inkstone.

And when he checked further, he found a small vermilion seal on the back of the inkstone, with two small characters of Kui Sheng written on it.

"It seems that this thing is from the hands of a famous person." After discovering this seal, Liang En became excited all of a sudden.Because in ancient China, only a few craftsmen could leave their names on their works.

The reason for this is that traditionally, ancient China insisted on agriculture, and craftsmen were often regarded as inferior people, so they had no right to leave their names on their works most of the time.

But also because of this, the craftsmen who can leave their names on their works are often only very famous ones, and the things made by them are naturally high-quality goods.

Because of his specialization in art, Liang En knew nothing about this strange lacquer inkstone. Fortunately, in the Internet age, he could quickly find out the origin of this thing.

The correct name for this piece of lacquerware inkstone should be lacquer sand inkstone. This kind of inkstone is made of wood, and the tire is painted with lacquer. Fine sand with particles is mixed into the lacquer to help grinding, so it is called lacquer sand inkstone.

Because it is made of wood, it is very light and practical.

The appearance of this kind of stationery was originally out of pragmatism. After all, traditional inkstones are made of stone, and carrying that thing on the body is no different from carrying a brick.Therefore, wealthy literati will naturally want to find lightweight alternatives.

Inkstone is a kind of thing used by literati, and those literati in ancient China are actually similar to the nobles in the West, and they are the rulers of this country.

Therefore, shortly after the birth of lacquer sand inkstone, it was further improved. Craftsmen often inlaid materials such as turquoise, mother-of-pearl, mica, colored stones, and ivory, and decorated them with patterns of flowers, plants, fish and insects, which are very delicate and beautiful.

Among those craftsmen, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren of the Lu family from the Qianlong period to the Daoguang period were masters in making lacquer sand inkstones.

And the seal behind the inkstone with the word Kui Sheng written on it is the seal of Lu Dong, the third generation of the Lu family.According to the records found on the Internet, the other party will stamp a small red seal with the word "Kwai Sheng" on the things they independently make.

"The converted price is about six to seven thousand pounds." After checking the Huaxia network, Liang En calculated the price of the inkstone in his hand through the auction prices of those similar items.

Compared with the things found before, the value of this thing is indeed lower, but it is always a very good thing to be able to find this kind of things from my hometown in this place, not to mention that this inkstone can get the book back .

It's a pity that the historical value of this inkstone is not very high, so Liang En was just given a [Appraisal (N)] card.

After looking at the inkstone, Liang En went to look at the black lacquer mother-of-pearl box just now, because he learned from the inquiry just now that this master lacquerware from Yangzhou is not only good at making lacquer-sand inkstone boxes, but also good at making all kinds of lacquerware boxes.

Sure enough, after a brief search, Liang En also found the red lacquer seal "Kwai Sheng" at the bottom of this lacquer box.

At the beginning, he felt very happy, because the most expensive lacquerware made by Lu Dong besides inkstones were all kinds of lavishly decorated lacquerware containers.

However, when Liang En took the container in his hand and looked at it carefully for a few minutes, he immediately noticed something was wrong, because according to the information he found, the things made by Lu Dong can be called ingenious, beyond the reach of ordinary painters.

But the quality of the box in his hand is obviously a lot worse now. Although it is made of black lacquer mother-of-pearl, the overall production is extremely rough.The carvings of various inlays are dull, and even the paint surface is somewhat uneven.

"It seems that there are fake and shoddy products everywhere." Looking at the box in his hand, Liang En smiled wryly and shook his head.Then put the inkstone into the box.

Just when he was about to close the lid of the box, he suddenly stopped his hands as if thinking of something, then removed the lid and stared at the box where the inkstone was placed.

Because at this time he realized that this type of inkstone is not a standard product, and the size of each piece may not be the same, so naturally there will be no so-called universal packaging.

And this black lacquered mother-of-pearl box was obviously made for this inkstone, but this practice is not normal.For the ancient literati, the Four Treasures of the Study are their faces.

Especially those who can afford this kind of lacquerware inkstones are all rich people. It is hard to imagine that those rich people would put a fake box outside the real inkstone.

It is even impossible to use this method to drop the bag. Compared with the packing box outside the bag, it should be easier to drop the inkstone inside the bag.

More importantly, after a brief recollection, Liang En realized that the kang table sharing existed to hide the broken box, while the inkstone seemed to be used to attract other people's attention.

After all, the hidden space under the kang table is large enough, and the remaining space after stuffing into the box is more than enough to stuff three or five inkstones, so there is absolutely no need to use the current method.

This kind of weird feeling immediately excited Liang En, because he knew that some very valuable secrets were often hidden under those circumstances that were different from normal.

In order to ensure that he could obtain this secret instead of destroying it recklessly, Liang En immediately used a [Appraisal (N)] card on the box.

Sure enough, a series of new texts revealed the secrets inside the box.

[There are many secret organizations in the history of China, and the members of these organizations also have various identities on the surface, but naturally this identity cannot be placed on the surface. 】

[Whether it is the previous elm kang table or the box, they are all to hide some representative objects from an ancient Chinese secret organization. 】

"It seems that this box needs to be disassembled." After reading these words, Liang En glanced at the box and thought, because obviously there was no structure left for people to disassemble.

(End of this chapter)