Jianbao Lingyan

Xu Wei felt that her life was divided into two parts, one in her hometown and the other in Shanghai.

In his hometown, although he has lived in the family since he was a child, Xu Wei is not valued. His father hates him, and whenever he sees him, he will think of his shame and his unbearable first marriage.Xu Yanbin's second child, who was abandoned by a woman, was Xu Yanbin's nickname when he was young. This nickname made Xu Yanbin want to get rid of the eldest son every time he saw him.

Liu Yunhua hates him, and regards Xu You as a villain who invaded her child's property. Although she didn't beat and scold Xu You, cold violence is often more hurtful.

Xu You felt that she was a superfluous existence in that family, so Xu You resolutely returned to the capital despite the wind and snow.

In Shanghai, Xu You received a warm welcome from the second master Xu Dongliang's family.

The second master and the third uncle will chat with him, the third aunt and mistress will cook New Year’s Eve dinner for him, and the two younger brothers will take him to play games together.

This is life!

After the fifth day of the new year, Xu You finally felt in the mood to take stock of what he had gained in Kyoto.

Because the house has not been renovated yet, Xu Wei still lives in the place where he lived before.

Although it's not very convenient here, Xu Wei is the only one. Chen Zhibei and Qu Feng have been in Japan all the time, and they only made a phone call back during the Chinese New Year.

Xu You took out the box Gu Mo first, and put all the things inside on the table one by one.

Put them in your hand one by one and feel carefully.

Most of these ancient inks are rare and ornamental inks from the Qing Dynasty. There are various landscape and figure paintings painted in gold on them, and some even have the names or hall names of the ink makers.

These ancient inks are indeed not very valuable now, or they have not attracted attention, but they are just one of the miscellaneous items.

But Xu You likes it very much. In Xu You's impression, only this kind of ink ingot is the ink that can be used for writing. The kind of ink sold outside that will stink after a long time is really annoying. Dare to compliment.

Xu Er classified these ancient inks according to their types, and then put aside a few ancient inks that he did not define very well.

In the history of China, ink has a long history, and there are many kinds of ink products, which can be roughly divided into pine smoke ink, tung smoke ink, lacquer smoke ink, lampblack ink and so on according to the raw materials of ink making.

Because the main raw materials of ink are tobacco, glue, and traditional Chinese medicine, there is medicinal ink.

In the very beginning, the ink used by people was a natural product. It was not until the Han Dynasty that artificial ink appeared.

"Qi Min Yao Shu" written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty was the first to describe the method of making ink.That is: "Use the best smoke to grind finely, and sieve it; one catty of tobacco powder and five liang of good glue, soak in the ash bark juice, add five egg whites, and pound one liang of cinnamon and two liang of rhinoceros. Finely mix it, put it into an iron mortar, and pound it [-] times. Each ingot should not exceed two or three taels, and it is better to be small than large."

It can be seen from the above that the ancient ink is fragrant, unlike the current ink, which feels uncomfortable when you get close to it.

Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, ink ingots became a sought-after artwork based on craftsmanship and artistry.

Su Dongpo even said that "Mo Cheng dared not use it and entered Penglai Palace".

In the Ming Dynasty, sets of ink ink appeared in sets, and the decorative patterns of ink were ever-changing, reaching the point of being incomprehensible.It was even put into a box made of fine golden nanmu for easy carrying.

The box of ink ingots obtained by Xu Wei, after careful identification, became four sets of four sets of landscape and figure ink sets divided into four periods: Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing.

These ink ingots are almost all collected in sets, and Xu You can also tell from the blurred pictures that the person who first collected these ink ingots was a collector in the Republic of China period.Every ink ingot here is almost collected by the collector, and it is not known why these ink ingots became privately auctioned items.

It was probably due to the changes in the world, the owner of these ink ingots failed to keep them, or there was a prodigal son in the family, but these are not things that Xu You needs to care about.

Now Xu You's main energy is on those three ink ingots, which are not complete sets, but individual ink ingots.

The most eye-catching piece is an oval cinnabar ink, the front is printed in the style of dragon and phoenix, and the back is printed in the first year of the apocalypse.

Who is Cheng Junfang?The famous master of ink making in Ming Dynasty, the author of "Cheng's Ink Garden".

Almost all of the works that have been handed down today are collected in major national museums, and private collections are extremely rare.

With just this one ink ingot, Xu Er earned back all the money Xu Wei spent on buying ancient ink.

The second piece is an ink ingot with a dragon pattern, and the year of Qianlong and Dingsi is printed on the back. It looks nothing special, but someone cut off a piece of it with a knife. Judging from the remaining images, its top It is extremely prized by a collector.

This is very contradictory. If you like it, why do you want to cut off another piece? Even if you want to distinguish the authenticity, you don't have to be so barbaric.

However, this ink stick is quite fragrant, and when you get close, you will smell a very special fragrance.

Seems like nothing, like the fragrance of flowers, and a bit like the coolness of bamboo, long and extravagant.

When Xu Wei picked it up, it was very heavy, like a small shot put, and put it back on the table, leaving a lingering fragrance in his hand.

Xu Wei knew that ancient people liked to put spices in ink, but did the spices in this ancient ink put a little too much?

Although he complained in his heart, Xu You also knew that this piece of ancient ink was definitely a good thing.

The last piece of ancient ink was also the main reason why Xu Er bought a box of ancient ink.

A well-proportioned rectangular ink ingot, with the four characters Fengyue Boundless depicted by Jinsha on it, and on the side, there is a signature, a signature that surprised Xu You again and again.

"Made by Li Tinggui in the fifth year of Jianlong", there is a red seal below it that can't be seen clearly.

Li Tinggui, also known as Li Tinggui, was a great ink maker in the Southern Tang Dynasty and the founder of Hui ink.

Li Tinggui ink made by him is also called Li Mo.Known as the best ink in the world.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a grand state that "gold is available, but Li's ink is not available".

Li Mo Song has light smoke, good gelatin, even seasoning, and fine hammering. It is said that after five or sixty years of storage, it is still "hard as jade, and its pattern is like rhinoceros."What's even more amazing is that Li Mo's "sharpness can cut wood", copied a half of the "Avatamsaka Sutra", and only grinded it down to an inch. It has been stored for hundreds of years, and it still has "dragon brain energy" when it is ground.

When Xu You read "Guide to Antiques" before, he was particularly obsessed with ancient ink. He never expected that Xu Wei would really see the style of the best ink in the world.

Xu Wei watched with fascination the precious light on Li Mo's body, images of all kinds of strange spices, jewelry, and precious medicinal materials floating and changing, and the whole room was like a projector that was changing all the time.

Xu You caressed the body of the ink carefully. The thin pine lines covered the whole body of the ink ingot, which was very heavy on the hand. It was much heavier than other ink ingots. The ink ingot was slightly blue, and the light could be seen.

Smelling it carefully, it does have a faint aroma of borneol.

As far as Xu Wei knows, Li Mo now only has a piece of "Hanlin Fengyue" in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

It was still in the collection of Emperor Qianlong, and was later brought to Taipei.

Xu You looked at Li Mo obsessively, until it was dark at six o'clock in the afternoon, Xu You was so hungry that he packed up a few ink ingots regrettably, and carefully put them back into the wooden box.

Go shopping tomorrow for some good ink cartridges, so they can be used to store these good things.

When putting a few pieces of ancient ink back into the box, Xu Er silently made up his mind.

So the next day, before six o'clock, Xu You woke up at the slightest light, tidied up and went out to take a taxi. The location was Dongtai Road, the antique market in Shanghai.

Xu Er's car was parked at Xu Yanzhen's place, and the place where Xu Er lives now is not suitable for parking.

It was only after seven o'clock when we arrived at Dongtai Road, and there were almost no shops open inside, which instantly turned Xu You's fiery heart into a cold heart.

So Xu You had no choice but to find a place nearby, had a hearty breakfast, wandered around for a while, and then slowly returned to Dongtai.

Thank goodness, at this time someone has already started doing business, otherwise Xu Wei really didn't know where to stay.

Xu You didn't think about buying any top-quality ink cartridges, but felt that such a precious ancient ink should not be crowded with other similar products in a wooden box, which would really damage the value.

Ink cartridges are almost all made of copper. Of course, there are some special materials, but they are very rare. Xu Er's goal this time is ordinary copper ink cartridges, and the size is just right.

Ink cartridges are really a niche item, Xu You doesn't distinguish between old and new, as long as the size is right, so he spent a whole day shopping on Dongtai Road before he put together the ink cartridges he wanted.

However, most of these ink cartridges are old-fashioned, and one is simply a modern handicraft.

Although there is no sense of history, Xu Wei feels that things like ink cartridges are not collectibles. It doesn't matter if they are new or old, as long as they are of the right size and well-made, they are fine.

However, there is a problem that has been lingering in Xu Wei's heart, that is, what is that ink ingot with a strange fragrance?

Although you can see it as long as you fall into a dream, Xu Wei feels that since he wants to do this business, he can't continue to play tricks like this.

So now Xu Wei has not dreamed of holding the ink ingot, but bought a lot of materials, planning to go home and find the answer by himself.

This kind of fun is definitely not something that can be obtained simply by dreaming.

Solving puzzles and tracing, isn't this the charm of antiques?

For the previous things, Xu Er always dreamed first, and then contacted reality, researched by himself, or asked others for advice, but this time, Xu Er planned to study first, and then corresponded like a dream.

Find the answers on your own.