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Wang Xiaoliu'er's understanding of wood is not professional enough, so he doesn't dare to fully conclude whether this thing is as he imagined.

However, after comparing the characteristics described in the "Qingyang Jing", Wang Xiaoliu'er can roughly calculate all of these.

He put the box away, and was going to ask a professional person tomorrow. When he saw that it was getting late, he lay down and rested.

As soon as he lay down, he took out his mobile phone to check the time, when he accidentally saw a message from Liu Hua.

Wang Xiaoliu'er looked through it, but she didn't know what she saw, and she seemed to be in a good mood with a smile on her face.

He lay down, turned off the phone, pulled the quilt and fell asleep.

There was nothing to do that day, and Wang Xiaoliuer went out early the next morning.

This time, Wang Xiaoliuer didn't go to the antique city with many black shops, but went to find an old gentleman who was more familiar with Liu Wei.

The old gentleman, whose surname is "Wei" and whose name is "Wei Du", can be regarded as a respectable figure no matter whether he is in Jiangcheng or in Beijing.

Both he and Liu Hua's own father and mother used to have business contacts, so he is also considered acquainted with Liu Hua, and more importantly, in terms of Liu Hua's status, Liu Hua and him have a common The characteristic, that is, whether it is Mr. Wei or Liu Wei, they can definitely be regarded as real celebrities in Jiangcheng.

Sometimes the world is big, and sometimes it feels small.

As far as Jiangcheng is concerned, after reaching a certain level, people who hang around basically get to know each other, and Wang Xiaoliuer has this feeling now.

When Wang Xiaoliu'er came, Liu Hua didn't come. To be precise, Liu Hua was still lying in bed. She didn't have Wang Xiaoliu'er's vigor. It also made Wang Xiaoliu'er tidy up quite badly, and now he is so tired that he won't be able to go out for a while.

Fortunately, Liu Wei had called in advance, so Mr. Wei didn't put on airs with Wang Xiaoliu'er. He sat in the shop, fiddling with the long sword case with his hands. After looking at it for a long time, he raised his thick eyelids. Looking at Wang Xiaoliu'er with lowered eyes, he asked, "Where did you get this thing?"

"It's from the antique city."

As Wang Xiaoliuer said, he moved forward, "Originally there was something in the box, but looking at it, it doesn't seem to be very valuable. Only this box, I think it's quite interesting. No, I'm not sure if it's what I imagined." It’s the same, so I came here specially to ask you to give me palm eyes.”

"This thing of yours should be newly baked, and it's still warm, right?"

Mr. Wei weighed the things in his hands, and then looked at Wang Xiaoliuer, "If I remember correctly, this thing should be brought out by Master Wu."

"You know all this?"

"To be honest, almost everyone in the circle knows about this."

Mr. Wei grinned, then looked at the sword box, and said, "Young man, since you can find me, it means that you must have some judgment on this thing, and you must be unsure, so come here with me." Let's talk, shall we?"

Wang Xiaoliuer nodded, "You are an expert, and you have a high status in the circle. I came here specially to ask you for advice."

"That's not the case, um, let me ask you something first, what do you think this box is made of?"

"wooden."

"What kind of wood is this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be ebony, right?"

"You know ebony."

"know."

Wang Xiaoliuer nodded, "Ebony wood is a gloomy wood. It looks a bit like a stone, but it's not a stone."

"You're right, but not entirely right."

Mr. Wei put on the reading glasses, then played with the sword case and continued, "To be precise, this thing is indeed ebony, but this ebony is not exactly the same thing as gloomy wood."

Wang Xiaoliuer was taken aback, "How do you say that?"

"Ebony is a general term. It refers to the kind of wood that is buried under the surface due to geological disasters, and then has obvious carbonization. This kind of dark buried wood, usually, Both are called ebony. But there is a difference between gloomy wood and ebony. To be precise, gloomy wood is also buried in the ground and is also highly carbonized, but its material is quite special."

As Mr. Wei said, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Wang Xiaoliuer, "This box is indeed gloomy wood. The gloomy wood, in essence, should be said to be highly carbonized golden nanmu."

Mr. Wei pointed to the surface of the sword box, "This wood has a very high degree of carbonization, but if you look closely, you can still see the original veins. This kind of gloomy wood with phoenix patterns is almost invisible now, and it is even more valuable. What's more, this box is carved from a whole piece of gloomy wood, which makes it even more rare."

Wang Xiaoliuer nodded, "Mr. Wei, according to what you said, this thing is not only gloomy wood, but also golden silk nan?"

"Correct."

Mr. Wei nodded, "To be precise, the so-called gloomy wood is essentially golden nan. The full name of the gloomy wood is this, Jinshen gloomy wood. This kind of thing is mostly produced in China. From the Sichuan and Sichuan regions, more people like to call this thing ebony. To say that this five wood is very precious, because it was formed by carbonization thousands of years ago, and its existence is very large. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a non-renewable and scarce resource. According to my understanding, there are about several common types of ebony in the world, such as willow tree, green gang tree, camphor tree, golden nanmu, lobular nanmu, Red toon wood, yew, Marsang, yellow willow, yellow cypress, pagoda tree, etc. These logs have been buried underground for tens of thousands of years. Due to the long age, these things have some characteristics, for example, they are very dense, It is solid and heavy, and looks like a stone. At the same time, it is precisely because of these characteristics that these things are extremely valuable. Of course, if you want to say the most valuable, you don’t have to think about it, it must be the most valuable. Not to mention this kind of highly carbonized gloomy wood, even the freshly cut golden nan is a valuable thing now."

Mr. Wei fiddled with the box, "Moreover, the workmanship of this thing is quite exquisite. Not only is the material expensive, but the craftsmanship itself is also very high-level. It's rare, rare!"

Seeing what the old man said, Wang Xiaoliuer couldn't help but leaned forward and asked softly, "I heard people say that dark wood is the best material for making coffins. Is it true?"

"There is such a saying."

Mr. Wei nodded, and then continued, "In the past, there was a record in an ancient book. It is said to be a legend. It is said that a coffin made of gloomy wood can embalm. Putting the dead in a coffin made of gloomy wood can make the corpse die. It is not corrupt, so in the past, after the death of emperors and generals, they were all proud to get such a coffin, but in fact, according to the analysis of modern archaeological discoveries, this kind of thing can only be thought about at most, not to mention , How much material does the coffin dug out of gloomy wood have to use? Even if there is such a material, how many people can find it? Even if you are the emperor, in the end, you can only get a coffin of nanmu, which is not bad Now, as in the legend, the coffin that was dug out of a whole piece of golden nan gloomy wood is probably just a legend."

Wang Xiaoliuer nodded, and then looked at the old man, "Then, why is this kind of gloomy wood so expensive now?"

"Because the materials are rare, have high density, and have some special characteristics. Of course, the most important thing is that they are rare. Rare things are more expensive."

The old man held the box and couldn't put it down, "Young man, are you ready to sell this thing?"

"Shoot? You..."

Wang Xiaoliu'er raised his eyebrows.

"Well, just right, I have a client here, I think he will be very interested in this kind of thing."

Mr. Wei played with the box up and down, and he really couldn't put it down, "Let me see this thing, the price on the market is about a few tens of dollars more, of course it's not because of the material of this thing, it's not because of the quality of the material. Therefore, it is valuable. The material is one aspect, but more importantly, this thing is an old object. It is actually quite rare for an old object to be preserved so well. The only pity is that this object may have come from It’s not quite right, it has to sink and be pressed for a few years, and after a few years, this thing can be displayed on the market, and it will be excellent if it is placed in a museum.”

Wang Xiaoliu'er looked at Mr. Wei, "This one is really not very useful to me, but I don't actually have dozens of them, so I really don't plan to make one for the time being."

When Mr. Wei heard this, he pondered, "Then how much do you prepare?"

"I still won't say it."

Wang Xiaoliuer shook his head, "The main reason is that our two views are different. The price is much worse. I'm afraid I will make you laugh if I say it!"

"Then tell me a price."

"Well, if you want me to say, this is the number."

Wang Xiaoliuer stretched out his hand and made a "two". When the old man saw it, he immediately grinned, "Two hundred?"

"This is for you. I respect you as a senior in this industry. Otherwise, I won't give up this amount."

Wang Xiaoliu'er stretched out his hands to make a "five".

These words obviously appealed to the old man's appetite. The old man smiled and fiddled with it for a while, "If not, I'll give you one hundred and eighty. What do you think of this price?"

"One hundred and eight, um..."

Wang Xiaoliu'er was still hesitant, thinking about it for a long time, but didn't make a statement.

The old gentleman looked at it and quickly said, "Look, I usually collect a lot of things here, let's make friends, and we will have to come and go frequently in the future? Let's put it this way, in the future, you will Feel free to bring any good things, Master Yao and I are old acquaintances, we have been friends for so many years, so we must have good credit."

"It's okay, since you said so."

"Okay, then wait, I'll ask the accountant to send you the money!"

The old man stood up, happily carried his things and went to the back. After a while, the money arrived in the account.

Liu Hua didn't think that Wang Xiaoliu'er could sell the things directly. After hearing about it, Liu Hua, who was sitting in front of the dressing table and getting dressed, couldn't help but look back at Wang Xiaoliu'er, "Mr. Received?"

"Received!"

"how much is it?"

"180."

"A box, so valuable?"

"Jin Sinan, gloomy wood, is still an old thing, isn't the money worth it!"

"That's probably more than that."

Liu Hua pursed her lips and smiled, "He is famous for picking up leaks outside. I guess, if he takes it back and changes hands, the price of two of you will be more than that."

"How much money someone can sell is their ability, so why should I care about it? The things I received with 2000 yuan are not bad at all, aren't they?"

"That's right."

Liu Hua thought about it, and while looking at her eyebrows in the mirror, she asked Wang Xiaoliu'er, "Where's that iron rod in there? Where did you throw it?"

"I soaked it with water, and I'm waiting, and I don't know what's inside."

"It should be an ancient sword. In fact, you should ask Mr. Wei to have a look."

"At any rate, we have to deal with it. It's a rusty pile. Who can see what it is."

After Wang Xiaoliu'er finished speaking, he also walked behind Liu Hua. He stood behind Liu Hua, supported Liu Hua's shoulders with both hands, and leaned forward.

Liu Hua couldn't hold back, she pursed her small mouth, couldn't help but rolled her big eyes, and looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er affectionately, "What are you doing?"

"Why don't you, just look at you, hey, you said, two shoulders carry one head, why do you look so good-looking?"

Wang Xiaoliu'er was still smiling, with a flattering expression on her face, Liu Wei was embarrassed to say this, her little face was flushed, and she couldn't help laughing and cursing, "Slick tongue, what are you talking about!"

"I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart."

Wang Xiaoliuer sighed a long time, "It's okay to be handsome, and it's okay to have such a hot body, and it's okay to have a hot body, and he can serve people! I don't know what kind of man can get you."

"Didn't you get it?"

Liu Hua held back her smile, showing a mouthful of small white teeth, looking a little proud and a little shy.

Wang Xiaoliu'er curled her lips, "Don't praise me, I'm not capable of that! To put it bluntly, the person who won you didn't get your heart!"

"It's fine for the person who gets me, why do you want my heart?"

After Liu Hua finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Wang Xiaoliu'er with a smile, her big eyes flickered, almost taking people's soul away, "Not to mention other places, but in Jiangcheng, who secretly misses me. There are too many men, what do you want, what do you have, whether it is financial resources, material resources or status, which one will not leave you a few streets? But look, when did I look at them with a straight eye? "

"Yes, yes, how powerful you are, how noble you are."

Wang Xiaoliu'er played with Liu Hua's coiled long hair with a smile, and she was not idle, "But no matter how noble and powerful you are, won't you fall into my hands?"

"laugh."

Seeing Wang Xiaoliuer grinning, a little complacent, Liu Hua couldn't help but give him a blank look, her little face was blushing, as if she wanted to say something, she held back, and in the end she just gave him a shy look, " Smelly!"