He Yuheng's house was not far from the Nine Gates Admiral's house. It was only a ten-minute journey. It was mainly snowy, and the ground was slippery and difficult to walk on.
The two of them held hands and went to the Nine Gates Admiral's house.
"Master!"
He Yuheng shouted into the house and saw the Nine Gates Inspector coming out of the house. He was the only one in the house during the Lunar New Year. Master Guan's son had gone abroad. He was one of the first batch of people to go abroad. He would come back occasionally, but he would not come back for a long time.
In fact, He Yuheng came to call Master Guan for dinner last night, but he was called away by Han Chunming's family.
Compared to He Yuheng, Master Guan was closer to Han Chunming. After all, Han Chunming was Master Guan's apprentice.
"Old Master, I'm drinking. Why don't you come to my place to drink? Oh right, this is my wife. Qin Lan!"
Master Guan was arrogant, but he still looked at Qin Lan and nodded,""He's a good person. Treat him well.”
Uncle Guan turned to Qin Lan and said,""If he dares to bully you, come and find me. I'll help you beat him up!”
"Hey, did you drink too much? I didn't drink much. Even if I bully you, I can't bully my wife!”
"Humph! You only know how to bully an old man like me. Do you have anything to play with?”
"I knew you would have such a bad temper. I happen to have one here. Take a look. This is a genuine good thing!”
He Yuheng took out the ink box from the cloth bag and placed it on the table. Then, she pulled Qin Lan to sit down.
"A sandalwood box is indeed a good thing. It's an old thing. This was a good item, but it was not enough.”
He Yuheng opened the box. There was a black ingot inside!
"Interesting, round pancake ink!"
The old man immediately picked it up and took a look. In the middle of the front facing up, there was an elephant carved. On the side were a few golden words that said,"Fang Yulu Taiping has elephant ink weighing three taels and five coins."”
"Fang Yulu's Mo, interesting. Peace has an elephant, good meaning!”
The old man praised after seeing it. This antique was about history. This kind of thing with the name of a famous person was the best for collectors.
Uncle Guan turned the ink ingot over again. On the back of the ingot were the words "Peace and Elephant".
He then moved closer to the ink ingot and smelled it. It was indeed authentic ink ingot. In this day and age, it was still very difficult to fake ink ingots because the cost of good ink ingots was too high.
"Tell me its composition. If you're right, I'll follow you!”
"Heh, treating you to a meal is a test. The ingredients are muskiness, meteorite, gall bladder, antler, and a little bit of toad oil.”
"Correct, let's go!"
The old man was also very efficient. Qin Lan was dumbfounded and asked,"How did you know?"
"I smelled it. With some historical knowledge, I can only guess.”
He Yuheng replied with a smile. This was indeed a half-guess. Musk and the like were standard, but He Yuheng could really smell toad oil.
The toad oil was actually the fallopian tube of the northeast forest frog, which was very precious. Because the northeast forest frog hibernated for up to five months, it was also called a snow toad.
In the past, they were almost extinct. However, with the help of artificial rearing, both the wild and the economy had been greatly improved. Therefore, the northeast forest frog was now an economic species and was allowed to be artificially raised.
"This ink ingot has all kinds of strange things added to it. Your ancestor likes to add all kinds of medicine. This ink ingot smells fragrant.”
"This taste is so strange!" Qin Lan was not used to hearing this and asked with a frown.
"It's right that it's strange. Many ink masters are also master herb snatchers. You can't ask them to prescribe prescriptions, but if you ask them to grab herbs, they might be better than professional herb snatchers. They can give you as much as you want and grab whatever you want.”
This was true. A senior ink master probably knew more about medicinal herbs than some doctors.
He Yuheng had learned this in his previous life. In order to distinguish the taste of these herbs, he went to a famous traditional Chinese medicine shop to ask for help. In the end, he was still generously taught, but he also said that this medicine could not be eaten or prescribed randomly.
He Yuheng naturally obeyed. He had learned all this just to learn some ways to distinguish smells.
Chapter XVIII
"There are many types of medicinal herbs involved in the antique industry. Antiques in China are inseparable from history. In the end, an antique tells the world about the customs of the entire dynasty behind it.”
"It sounds very powerful." Qin Lan sighed.
"Amazing my ass, I still have to learn!”
Master Guan had just changed his clothes and heard the conversation. He thought that He Yuheng was talking about a simple truth in the antique business. He could scare Qin Lan, who was an amateur. The knowledge was there. It depended on whether you had the interest and energy to get it.
"Yo, Master, you're done changing." As He Yuheng spoke, he went forward to support his master. Qin Lan also sensibly followed to support the old man. The two of them invited the old man into He Yuheng's room.
The house was very lively. The two large round tables sat neatly, and the seat facing the door was empty. It was obviously reserved for the old man, the Nine Gates Admiral.
"Yo, Old Ghost Guan!"
First Uncle was surprised to find that He Yuheng's master was actually Nine Gates Admiral Guan.
They had all lived in this area for so many years. Even if they did not know each other, they were familiar with each other's faces.
"It's you, Yi Zhonghai!"
Master Guan looked at the man who greeted him and recognized him as the First Master. He sat down and saw the First Master sitting beside him. Since they knew each other, they started to talk.
He Yuheng took advantage of this time to quietly put the ink ingots into his space, but he left the box behind.
"How do you know so much?" As soon as He Yuheng sat down, Qin Lan asked curiously.
He Yuheng knew that she was referring to the antiques she mentioned earlier." It's not that I know a lot. It just happens to be within my personal interest. In other words, if I like antiques, I will naturally take the initiative to understand them.”He Yuheng glanced at Qin Lan after he finished speaking and said with a very gentle smile,""It's like if I like you, I'll want to know you, I'll want to know what you like and dislike, I'll want to talk to you, I'll be happy when I talk to you, and I'll want to see you. If I don't see you for a day, I will miss you very much. If I don't talk to you for a day, I will feel very uncomfortable. It was really a day of not seeing each other, and he missed her so much.”
Not only could He Yuheng lie, but he could also say sweet nothings.
Originally, he was talking about serious matters, but in the end, He Yu changed the topic. His words did not have any flowery words, but it made Qin Lan feel warm in her heart.
"Ahem, I know." Qin Lan lowered her head slightly and unconsciously played with her long hair as she said coquettishly.
"Then, you have to learn. To understand an antique, you first had to know about the era it was born in, such as some famous people's deeds, places of interest, and so on. When you immerse yourself in it, you will find that this is a very interesting process. Through your own personal exploration and research, the accumulated efforts will eventually become a powerful tool in your practice. Therefore, every antique master was a historian, and they all knew the most authentic historical facts.”
The so-called truth was what had actually happened, not something fabricated. In our country, there are many historical stories that have been processed by art. For example, Bao Qingtian did not know Zhan Zhao at all. It was all written in the story book. There was also the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A novel was a novel after all. In order to express a certain theme, the characters would deviate from the real historical figures, so the novel could not be treated as official history.
However, from another point of view, the exaggeration of historical figures in novels expanded the influence of historical figures, which inadvertently aroused people's interest and desire to understand history and explore the truth.
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