Chapter 419: The moon is round again

Looking at Zhou Zheng, Chen Ao couldn't guess what he thought for a while, and said with a smile on his face: "Uncle, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. My nephew has prepared a gift, please accept it with a smile."

"Oh." Zhou Zheng said calmly: "What kind of gift is it?"

Chen Ao took out the diamond-shaped round mirror he had bought from Songzhufang and said calmly: "If you are lucky, it will be a royal object in the palace. Maybe Jia Nanfeng has used it!"

Jia Nanfeng? Zhou Zheng was intrigued. The treasures left by Empress Jia were extraordinary and had a high collection value. Empress Jia had a great reputation in history. Empress Jia's father was Jia Chong, and he was a famous minister in the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms. Because he made great contributions when the Sima family replaced Wei, he was extremely favored by Emperor Jin. After that, Jia Nanfeng married Sima Zhong. Sima Zhong was a famous fool emperor in history. Sima Zhong was the emperor's descendant, and the power of the government almost fell into Jia Nanfeng's hands. Empress Jia did a rebellious move and soon caused the Eight Kings Rebellion, which directly led to the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Although the owner had a bad reputation in the past, the antiques wanted collection value and historical value. Even if they were the instruments of the biggest villain in history, they were an extraordinary treasure. Zhou Zheng had only this hobby in his life. He quickly took the bronze mirror carefully, looked around and touched, and pondered: "I'm afraid it may not be. This bronze mirror has traces of polishing and making it old, but it looks like a fake, not to mention that it does not conform to the standard of Jin Palace. At that time, Jin Palace used the inscription of the divine beast mirror, and the inscription of the two characters "Divine Man" was carved behind the mirror, and the inscription of this mirror was the four characters "Fuchang".

Chen Ao laughed and said, "Our uncle, please look carefully. The marks of polishing are not made of old-style polishing. If they are made of old, they are usually wiped with cowhide rubber dipped in oil after polishing, making the entire mirror even smoother. However, this diamond mirror was just simply polishing. At that time, the divine beast mirror was indeed popular in Jingong, but uncle should not forget that when Jia Nanfeng married into the palace, his ordinary amount could not be a thing in the palace, or a dowry."

If it is a dowry, then Empress Jia naturally did not use a bronze mirror made by the imperial palace. This reason makes sense, but Chen Ao said so conclusively that the argument is still not enough to convince people. There are many doubts. Zhou Zheng asked with interest: "Then tell me why it is Empress Jia's imperial use."

Chen Ao was sitting upright and said, "When I first looked at it, I guessed that it should be an antique from the Jin Dynasty. Look at this style, it should be a tool from the high-ranking clans. At that time, the Jin people had strict regulations on the standard of bronze mirrors. For example, the bronze mirror was carved on the back of the "four-leaf Buddha statue, bird phoenix". From this, it can be seen that the owner of this diamond mirror was at least three dukes and nine ministers, otherwise casting this bronze mirror would be a contraband."

Chen Ao paused for a moment and continued, "I looked at the marks of polishing. At first, I thought this should be a fake, but after a closer look, I realized that this is not polishing it, because if it is made, why not polish the back of the bronze mirror, why not use cowhide dipped in oil to wipe it, but just polish the mirror? With this clue, I began to recall the content of Jin Book..." Chen Ao smiled: "A bronze mirror, its owner will polish the mirror. If an ordinary person is an ordinary person, he will definitely think that this person is crazy. If he polishes the mirror, will the effect of the mirror be gone? I didn't understand until later."

Zhou Zheng was fascinated by the sound of his ears and nodded, thinking in his heart: Yes, it's really strange. Staining the mirror is like removing the base of the wine glass. The effect of the wine glass is gone. Is it still called a glass?

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Later I thought of the book of Jin. The book of Jin described Empress Jia as a short stature, black and blue face, extremely ugly. In addition, it was also recorded in Tailin Guangji that Empress Jia was extremely ugly, so she was most afraid of looking in the mirror. She ordered all the mirrors in the palace to be smashed, or the mirrors were worn out with iron and stone, and all the beauties in the palace were expelled, and even more so she was executed immediately."

"Uncle can imagine that when the bronze mirrors were all smashed at the time of the palace, the bronze mirror was after all, after all, Empress Jia's dowry, so how could it be discarded? Empress Jia had to ask someone to polish its mirror. In this way, the mirror lost its effect and would not hinder Empress Jia."

Zhou Zheng sighed, "So that's it. This is the violence of Empress Jia can only be seen from this bronze mirror."

Chen Ao smiled, raised the bronze mirror, pointed at the handle of the mirror and said, "What did your uncle see on the handle of this mirror?"

Zhou Zheng looked carefully: "It seems like something like rouge."

Chen Ao said: "This is moon steak, a type of rouge. Because it is too gorgeous and precious, not many people use it. This kind of rouge is not dared to use, and the effect of applying it is too obvious and too delicate and artificial. Unless the appearance is too ugly and is suitable for covering up the original appearance, no one is willing to use this rouge."

Zhou Zhengzhe carefully put away the bronze mirror and said, "I like this gift very much, I have to worry about it." His tone improved a lot, and he lost some of the indifferent expression he had just now.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "It's good if my uncle likes it."

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Did your aunt tell you about those things?"

Those things naturally refer to marriage, Chen Ao said embarrassedly: "I said it."

Zhou Zheng sighed: "I knew she couldn't hide things in front of you, okay! Master Longtu Pavilion Master Pin, I have told him that he is willing to sell the house to me. In a few days, I will ask someone to repair it, just use it as Ruoer's dowry." He thought for a while and shouted to the people outside: "Go and call Liu Wenlai."

After a while, Liu Wen came and Zhou Zheng said to him: "Liu Wen, how many years have you been with me?"

Liu Wendao: "Mr., it's been thirty years."

"Thirty years..." Zhou Zhengsi was recalling, and then smiled and said: "How many thirty years are there in life? You have worked hard for my Zhou family for so long. Now there is something to teach you how to do it."

Liu Wendao: "Please give me instructions."

Zhou Zheng said: "When Chen Ao moves to his new house, you can go to his place to do the job. You have a good relationship with Shen Ao. There is no one in front of him who can use it, so this family can't take care of it."

Chen Ao heard this and understood Zhou Zheng's intention. Not only did he give him a house but he also gave him a donation, this dowry was heavy enough. However, this matter was not a good thing for Liu Wen. Liu Wen was the head of the Duke's mansion. Among the heads of the world, except for the eunuchs in the palace, he was the best. He asked him to go to Chen Ao to do things. Although he was also a head of the boss, the effect was greatly reduced.

Chen Ao hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, my uncle has to worry, but Master Liu has always done a good job in the Duke's Mansion, so there is no need."

Liu Wen said, "The young man told me that the young man is naturally willing to serve the young master. Liu Wen has no complaints."

Chen Ao said seriously: "I don't like Liu Zhengshi's style of conduct. If you really want to find someone, you can ask Liu Sheng to try it."

Liu Sheng is Liu Wen's son and was assigned to take charge of the concierge. He is about thirty years old and is quite loyal.

When Liu Wen saw Chen Ao say this, he understood Chen Ao's meaning. He thought that Young Master was deliberately trying to praise Liu Sheng. He was full of gratitude and moved his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while: "Okay, then let's ask Liu Sheng to go. If he has any negligence, tell me and I will deal with him personally."

Chen Ao agreed and said something to Zhou Zheng, which was nothing more than some marriage. It was getting late, Zhou Zheng looked at the sky outside the window and said, "I'm afraid that the wife has almost done it. Let's go to the banquet together and have a reunion dinner!"

The group arrived at the restaurant in the back garden. The wine and food were indeed served, and there were all kinds of pastries made of rabbits and chickens. It was quite interesting. The reunion dinner was arranged by women. Not only did the wife and Zhou Ruo also wanted to make a few dough people, which meant a beautiful meaning.

Chen Ao leaned over, looked at the man, and pointed at the man and said, "This man is probably pinched by Ruoer. Hey, is this a tiger?"

When Zhou Ruo first saw Chen Ao, he felt a little uncomfortable. It was nothing before, but since he saw Xingxing that night, he had a lot of strange things. When he saw Chen Ao screaming, his face finally calmed down and less shy, and he said angrily: "This is a puppy."

"Ah?" Chen Ao scratched his head in shock: "Yes, it's a puppy. This puppy is lifelike and pinched very well. Then this face man must be a pig?" Chen Ao pointed to the other face man and said.

Zhou Ruo was so angry that he was: "This is a swallow."

Sweat, the swallow's body could be so swollen. Could it be that the swallows of the Song Dynasty grew up eating Zhengda feed? Chen Ao immediately fell silent and dared not point to pigs, dogs and rabbits anymore. He could not afford to hurt!

Zhou Zheng and his wife just laughed. After a while, the wife said, "Why haven't Heng'er come yet? I'll ask someone to ask."

Zhou Zheng was very happy and said, "The more time the Palace Front Office is, the more it will be. Heng'er is afraid that he will be sent to the streets to patrol the night. Don't be anxious, wait." Zhou Heng was able to work in the Palace Front Office with peace of mind, which finally gave Zhou Zheng some comfort, but instead did not blame him for being late.

The lady was a little resentful: "Even if she is busy, she always has to have a reunion dinner."

Chen Ao went over to talk to his wife. After waiting for more than an hour, Zhou Heng, dressed in military uniform, stepped over, his face showed some fatigue, and he walked very energetic. He called his parents and said, "Today, everyone in the front office of the palace was on duty. I took half an hour to come back. I took a few sips of water and wine and left." As he said that, he winked at Chen Ao, asking Chen Ao to say a few words to him.

Chen Ao just smiled, but Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay, just take your seat quickly and don't waste Heng'er's time."

Everyone sat down and drank a few glasses of wine. Zhou Heng toasted a circle of wine, and then took out the gift he had bought on the street to give it to Zhou Zheng, wife, Chen Ao, and Zhou Ruohou, and hurriedly said to Zhou Zheng and his wife: "The boy has said goodbye." After that, he hurriedly left.

Seeing a hint of heartache flashing in the wife's eyes, Chen Ao hurriedly said, "Do you think my cousin is much more sensible?"
Chapter completed!