Chen Shubao was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. When he was reigned, he built palaces and lived a luxurious life. He ignored the government affairs and traveled with concubines and civil officials day and night to make erotic poems. When the Sui army went south, he relied on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and did not consider it.

The outcome of the Sui army entered Jiankang, Chen Shubao was captured and taken to Chang'an, becoming the king of the country. Although he was licentious, he loved poetry and books and had high attainments. After arriving in Chang'an, Emperor Wen treated him with kindness. Every time he introduced him, he stood among the third-rank officials. At every banquet, he was afraid that he would be sad and did not play music in Jiangnan. From a king to a prisoner, Chen Shubao's life naturally changed. He would not think about being licentious, and he could only drink and write poems all day long to live.

This makes it clear that as a prisoner, he is treated preferentially, and he is enough to make a top-quality Duan inkstone. On the other hand, his life is in danger, for fear that Emperor Yang of Sui would turn against him, and he is not careful, so he did not even print the inscription, to show that he is just a commoner with no ambitions.

It is said that Chen Shubao likes Duan inkstones and has repeatedly issued edicts to find the best Duan stone before the country has fallen. In this way, at least 80% of the inkstones may have been made by Chen Shubao when he was in Chang'an. Although Chen Ao was just a guess, the reasons were very sufficient.

Zhou Zheng couldn't help but applaud. The old owner of this Duan inkstone was indeed Chen Shubao. Chen Ao could actually distinguish the material and appearance of the Duan inkstone in a short moment. Even the old owner could guess. As a collector, how could Zhou Zheng not be excited?

"Chen Ao, please sit down." This time, the word "please" was added.

Face is earned by people, not by others. If you want others to treat each other with courtesy, it depends not only on family background. With a superb talent, you can also get courtesy. Chen Ao did not feel fearful and fearful, and sat down openly and said, "This Duan Inkstone is indeed extraordinary. Where did the Duan Inkstone collect it?" Duan Inkstone is Zhou Zheng's beloved thing. At this time, he deliberately said something that he was interested in, which was a bit of a close relationship.

Zhou Zheng said with a smile: "It's interesting to say that. On that day, when I came back from the court, I saw someone selling antiques. In fact, most of these antiques were fakes bought from somewhere, but there were also many genuine products mixed in. The peddler naturally couldn't tell the authenticity of the fakes, and they all bought all kinds of strange things from the countryside to sell them. That day, I was very excited, so I called the sedan chair and planned to take a look at it casually."

"Who knew..." Zhou Zheng laughed at this point and said with satisfaction and pride: "I fell in love with this Duan inkstone at first sight and took it home to taste it. I also had the same doubts as you. However, I still couldn't match you in terms of tasting. Later, I invited several experts who appraised treasures to think about it for a few days, and finally remembered that Uncle Chen came. For this reason, I read a lot of ancient books overnight and finally found some circumstantial evidence."

After a pause, he showed appreciation for Chen Ao in his eyes: "I didn't expect that you had guessed his origin in just half an hour. This skill is not only an extraordinary eye-catching skill, but I'm afraid you have read many ancient books."

Although he was a Duke of the State, Zhou Zheng was also a collector, and buying treasures with a lot of money was nothing. However, the origin of this Duan Inkstone made him eloquently, and he was obviously satisfied during the Taobao process.

No matter how noble a collector finds a treasure among a bunch of fakes, he will feel such pride and satisfaction when he buys it for only a very small price. This psychological comfort is much stronger than that of buying treasures for gold.

Chen Ao said: "When my family had not yet fallen into the past, I had a lot of books at home. At that time, I was still young and even though I was not in the world, I would read them occasionally."

Zhou Zheng couldn't help but say, "In this way, your family background must not be simple."

The books of this era are extremely precious, let alone ancient books. Chen Ao said that he had read many ancient books hidden in his home, and Zhou Zheng inferred that his family background was not just a simple family. Chen Ao could only smile slightly, which was considered as the default.

In fact, in later generations, not to mention a hundred ancient books, even thousands of books were just a handful for Chen Ao. In order to learn treasure appraisal, he had long forgotten how many related books he had read.

Zhou Zheng was very excited. Unexpectedly, there was such a treasure in his mansion, he taught Chen Ao to help him identify a few newly purchased antiques. Chen Ao came without hesitation, and they showed their materials and appearance one by one. Zhou Zheng could only describe it as admiration at this time. He took off the ring on his hand and carefully handed it to Chen Ao and said, "Come and see what's the difference between this ring."

Chen Ao smiled slightly. This ring was the treasure that the Duke of the State was under. He asked himself to identify it, and it was probably a bit of showing off. So he carefully pinched the ring and put it in front of the pane with the light and daylight, and looked at it carefully.

This ring is very ancient and is actually carved from rosewood and embedded with turquoise. The texture of the whole ring is smooth, the carved and empty, and it is extremely fine. The surface of rosewood seems to be painted with a light grease, which should be used for moisture-proofing. It is obviously a long time ago.

I have never seen such a ring. In fact, it was not until the Tang Dynasty that wearing rings gradually became popular, and even longer ones were only circulated in the palace. Looking at the craftsmanship of this ring, there was a Jin style, which should have been in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Such exquisite rings with sandalwood were really rare in the world. The moisture-proof craftsmanship and materials were unique. I am afraid that even in later generations, a wooden ring that has not been rotten for hundreds of years may not be able to be made.

While sighing, Chen Ao started to wander again, the palace...

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, only the palaces were wearing rings, and most of them were worn by women. Women were wearing rings to record things. Rings were a symbol of "forbidden precepts" and "rejections". At that time, the emperor had three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. If the emperor was favored by the emperor, the eunuch would record the date of her accompanying the king and wear a silver ring on her right hand as a mark. When the concubine was pregnant and told the eunuch, she would wear a gold ring on her left hand to show her body.

Then, this ring must also be related to the palace, which is interesting.

The deeper the story behind the antiques, the stronger Chen Ao's combat power and stronger his interest. A sandalwood and green pine ring that is rare in the world is enough for Chen Ao to study it carefully.

The palace, the palace... was another ancestral object of Zhou Zheng. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the surname was Zhou...

I have to think about it carefully and investigate it slowly. Chen Ao looked up at the beam. Somehow, he became addicted to seeing the beam and couldn't correct it for a while.

What! There is actually a spider web on the beam of the house. Oh, this is the beam of the study of the dignified Duke. It is so incredible. This spider is so brave that the beam of Tai Sui has been ripped off.

Oh...it's better to concentrate on your work, Chen Ao fell into deep thoughts.

Many people in history came one after another, with their surname Zhou and Zhou... Chen Ao remembered a person, Zhou Yu, no, it should be Zhou Yin, the son of Zhou Yu. Zhou Yin was not famous, and the only thing that made him famous was that he had a famous old man and a famous wife. His wife's surname was Sun, and he was a royal family in the Wu Kingdom at that time.

Could it be that Zhou Zheng was the descendant of Sun Yin, so many things can be understood, for example, Zhou Yin's wife was a princess. She grew up in the palace and was influenced by her. She also liked rings. Since she liked it, she naturally could not give her gold and silver rings. After all, she had different identities and etiquette. Then Sun customized a wooden ring to distinguish herself from the concubines. It is common for her to pass it on to her descendants after marrying the Zhou family.

At that time, it was extraordinary to own a ring. After all, it proved that the family had palace blood. In this way, the Zhou family regarded it as a treasure. Now it was passed on to Zhou Zheng. Zhou Zheng loved collecting antiques, so he naturally attached great importance to it.

This is just a reason. Of course, Chen Ao was not sure. He boldly assumed and carefully verified that he was a professional qualifier of treasure appraisers. At this time, he finally made a clue and couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking of Zhou Yu, Chen Ao couldn't help but think of a poem and slowly chanted: "It's so beautiful that Gong Jing was born. He was born in Wu Dingba, and competed with Wei for Heng. Wu Lin defeated the enemy and held troops in the Red Cliff. Therefore, Xuande is called Yu Shiying!"

The beautiful Gongjin blurted out, Zhou Zheng's eyes lit up. When Chen Ao finished singing, Zhou Zheng applauded and said, "Needless to say, you have guessed its origin."

Chen Ao smiled reservedly and said, "It's amazing that the Duke of the State is actually the descendant of Zhou Gongjin."

Zhou Zheng stroked his beard and laughed. It was naturally a glorious thing to have an ancestor who was famous all over the world, and it was very intoxicating.

Soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, and Chen Ao said, "What a pity, this ring is fake."

"Fake?" Zhou Zheng was shocked and said, "What evidence do you have? Don't talk nonsense." He was frightened by Chen Ao's shocking words and was confused, half-believing and half-doubting. This is a family heirloom. If it is true, it is not a joke.

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Chapter completed!