After seeing Lu Zhizhang off, Chen Ao said goodbye to Miss Zhou with a smile, and then went back to rest. Unexpectedly, he met several maids on the way. When a few maids saw him, they joked, and most of them were topics with Chun'er. Now he didn't dare to be arrogant, and he smiled and called the young master to salute him, and his charming eyes were thrown very diligently.

The world is so cold, Chen Ao finally understood that although he was a scholar at that time, he was a servant after all, so he had an affair with Chun'er, and everyone was laughing at him. But now he is different. Once his identity changes, most of the maids want to become Chun'er and have some affair with this young master!

Chen Ao was a human being for two lifetimes, and he saw this kind of thing many times, and he disagreed with it. He waved to them with a smile, and then continued to move forward.

Looking forward, a young man came towards him and swayed and sang. Chen Ao thought to himself, could it be this boy Zhou Heng?

But when I looked closely, I didn’t look like Zhou Heng was fat and this man was slender. If I were closer, it turned out to be Zeng Sui'an. I wonder why this kid suddenly broke into the inner palace today.

When Zeng Sui'an saw Chen Ao, he immediately smiled and said, "Young Master Chen, haha, long time no see. I have been waiting for you in Suiya Mountain Room for so long, but I have never seen you come."

Chen Ao hurried over and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Zeng, I just entered the Imperial College. I was too busy with my studies, so I didn't have time to go to Suiyashan House again."

Zeng Sui'an said: "I've heard about you for a long time. Haha, Mr. Chen is now the most famous person in Bianjing City, and many people talk about you."

Chen Ao said in a modest and low-key manner: "It's just a lucky moment, but it's just a lucky moment. Why did Mr. Zeng come?"

Zeng Sui'an said: "My father and the Duke of China have an old age. They have just returned and are discussing the treasure appraisal meeting."

"Treasure Appraisal Club?" Chen Ao remembered that Zeng Sui'an's father also loved treasure appraisal. That time, the Duke was deceived by the King of Kings. Zeng Sui'an's father was also there. It seemed that the two families had a good relationship, otherwise Zeng Sui'an would not have been able to enter the inner palace at will. The inner palace in this era was equivalent to a dormitory, and it was not something that could be brought in casually.

Zeng Sui'an continued to smile and said, "This time, there will be many famous masters present. It is said that His Highness the Great Prince will come, and there will be a gathering of heroes. This time we will compete for the best and bad things."

Chen Ao looked at Zeng Sui'an with interest and inquired: "What's the name of this treasure appraisal? How can you compete? Is there a lottery?"

Zeng Suian thought to himself: "Young Master Chen is indeed different. When others talk about treasure appraisal, who would ask Caitou? He would be fine. When he talked about Caitou, both eyes shone." He looked at Chen Ao casually and said: "The method of the competition is very simple. Everyone took out an antique and guessed its authenticity and origin. If they can't guess, they will be eliminated. If they go back and forth, the last person will be considered a winner. As for Caitou..." He shook his fan and smiled and said: "The treasure appraisal was hosted by the eldest prince. The eldest prince has already released the news. Whoever can win the first place in treasure appraisal will have a mysterious gift."

Khan, isn’t this just like not saying it?

Chen Ao looked disappointed and thought: "When the mysterious gift is not a rabbit, it will make everyone fool."

Zeng Sui'an seemed to see Chen Ao's thoughts and continued: "Most of these people who are willing to attend the treasure appraisal meeting are obsessed with treasure appraisal experts, and they are not for the sake of winning."

Chen Ao smiled and looked at Zeng Sui'an's feet. He was also very cute poodle dog following Zeng Sui'an's feet. He didn't know where it came from. He licked his heels intimately at Zeng Sui'an's feet, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Mr. Zeng is also a dog lover, and this dog is very cute."

Chen Ao talked about dogs, and Zeng Sui'an became excited and said, "I call it a donkey. It has a very good character and does not bite people. Does Mr. Chen love dogs too?"

"Love, love, but I am different from Mr. Zeng. The way I love dogs is different from yours." Chen Ao thought of an advertisement in his mind evilly. He loved it and ate it. Haha, when he thought about it this way, the greed in his stomach was attracted. It was so hungry. This dog is good, fat, and stuffy in the pot, it must be very fresh.

Zeng Sui'an didn't expect that Chen Ao's way of loving dogs was so special. He was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly held Chen Ao's hand to express his experience. After a while, Liu Wen hurried over and said in surprise: "Young Master Chou and Mr. Zeng are here, this is great. The master asked the young man to invite the two of you over."

Zeng Sui'an smiled: "It must be that Mr. Chen, the Duke of the State, went to discuss the treasure appraisal meeting. I just heard from the Duke of the State and his father that Mr. Chen not only wrote good poems but also had great experience in appraisal, right?"

Chen Ao smiled slightly: "Young Master Zeng laughed."

The two of them arrived at the study room and went in. Sure enough, they saw Zhou Zheng sitting with a middle-aged official, talking. The middle-aged official was very thin, but his beard with half a face was mixed with roughness.

Chen Ao thought evilly: "Is Zeng Sui'an really the son of this person? It's not like this, could it be..."

This idea was quickly interrupted. Chen Ao's three views were very positive. He even thought of such shameless things. It seemed that he had learned bad things after traveling through time.

When Zhou Zheng saw Chen Ao coming in, he waved to Chen Ao and said, "Chen Ao, come, haha, come to pay homage to Zeng Shiwang."

Chen Ao obediently went over and saluted the middle-aged official, saying, "Hello, Zeng Shibo."

Zeng Sui'an's father was named Zeng Wen. He was in the high position of the Censor General. When he saw Chen Ao, he was full of appreciation. He thought to himself: "This person is Chen Ao, who is famous in the capital. This person is so outstanding in the Imperial College and has been favored by the Duke of the Kingdom. He will definitely be a person who should not be underestimated in the future." Thinking of this, he valued Chen Ao a little more and said, "You are free from gifts, you don't need to be polite. You and Sui'an are friends. You will be close to each other in the future. If you have time to come to my mansion, I have a lot of good things there."

Speaking of good things, Zeng Wen suddenly became furious and continued, "It's great that I have something here, please come and take a look."

Chen Ao knew that he was going to take the exam, so he smiled and said, "The things of the uncle are naturally priceless, so I will open my eyes."

Zeng Wen took off a secret bag from his waist, opened it carefully, took out a small seal, and said, "Come on."

Chen Ao took the seal and felt a smooth feeling between his fingers. The touch was very comfortable. If you look closely, the impression was not cast in jade, but rather like ivory carving. The so-called ivory carving is a seal carved from ivory.

The traces of ivory carving are very delicate, and Chen Ao can be concluded that this should be a product of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, due to the long-term large-scale hunting and the cooling of the climate, the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins could no longer survive in the wild, and their distribution range was rapidly reduced to the southwest. Due to the gradual shortage of raw materials and the decline in works, it became a means for the nobles at that time to show off their wealth. In this way, the maintenance and development of the tooth carving industry in the Qin and Han dynasties also changed from "local materials" to "going out for materials and carving with fine work", which was in sharp contrast with the self-sufficiency of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Looking at the bottom of the seal, the words used on it look very strange, Chen Ao and silently contemplated. Looking at the strokes of the words, it was very different from the Chinese characters in the Qin Dynasty, so I became interested and looked at them carefully.

The Qin Dynasty's writings were mainly divided into two parts, part of which was the traditional Yellow River Basin area. Although the characters of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Qi and other countries were different, they were not the same. However, in the Chu State further south, because it was far from the Central Plains civilization, it also had its own characters based on Chinese characters. Chen Ao once read this type of writing in a certain document. Many characteristics of the text on this seal are very similar to those of the Chu State.

Looking at the texture of the ivory carving, it seems that a tiger is vaguely visible in the texture, such as tiger, Chu State, and ivory carving. These three clues are connected, and Chen Ao immediately remembered a treasure.

Tigers are not something that ordinary people can carve. Only military officers such as generals and Sima are allowed to enjoy such specifications. Ivory carvings are precious and cannot be worn by ordinary people. However, this ivory carving is very large and does not look like a private seal, because it is inconvenient to carry private seals often, so the only possibility is the official seal.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "The tiger talismans of the pre-Qin Chu State are indeed very exquisite and extraordinary. I just don't know where Shibo found it. I'm afraid there are not many such treasures in the world."

An expert can tell if there is any.

After hearing Chen Ao's words, Zeng Wen kneaded his beard and laughed, saying, "It turns out that I'm afraid. I'm convinced. My nephew's eyesight is too poisonous."

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Chapter completed!