Chapter 4 The third quarter

"Brother Chu, you are amazing! I didn't understand what you were talking about just now, but it seems that the foreign devils have suffered in front of you, isn't it?" Seeing him leave After coming out, William Lin couldn't wait to step forward and ask. In the face of William, a sunny boy who sticks to him like brown sugar, Chu Feng has experienced his excessive enthusiasm and tenacity to never give up until he reaches his goal a few days ago.At this time, seeing his eagerness for knowledge, he sighed. Anyway, there is still some time on the road, so I can't explain it to him.

To be honest, Chu Feng's temperament is a bit cold. To say that William Lin is really a good guy. Although he comes from a wealthy overseas Chinese family, he doesn't have the temper of a son at all. He is optimistic and cheerful. During the past few days in New York, Chu Feng , He accompanied Chu Feng around a lot of places, looking at him jumping out of the sun, Chu Feng had an illusion, as if he had returned to his youth. Of course, Qiao Lao and Lin William's father had left long ago. They were both very busy people, and they were busy going back to deal with their own affairs. The task of greeting Chu Feng fell on Lin William again.

"Brother Chu, didn't you say that this company has one of our Chinese 'Chuan Guo Yuxi' that is going to be sold privately, so Lao Qiao specially invited you to come and appraise it? How come there are two here? Besides, you said just now It's fake, is it real?" "That's right! The one in front should have been imitated by MG itself. The purpose may be to test the eyesight of the people brought by the buyer. The latter should be an imitation in the Northern Song Dynasty. "There are records in the history books. Since the Song Dynasty, the true and false seals have been discovered repeatedly. In the third year of Song Shaosheng (AD 1096), Duan Yi, a native of Xianyang, said that the green seals dug from the ground when repairing houses were as green as blue and warm. However, the jade seals of "Ze" and "Five Plates of Buttons on the Back" were "textualized" by 13 officials including Cai Jing, a Hanlin scholar, and they were identified as the jade seals of "Zhen Qin Chuan Guoxie". However, according to the textual research of later generations, this is A trick played by Cai Jing and others to deceive the emperor. In the thirteenth year of Ming Hongzhi (AD 1500), Mao Zhixue of Hu County obtained the so-called Jade Seal of Chuanguo in Nihe, and was presented to Emperor Xiaozong by Shaanxi Governor Xiong Yuzhong, but Ming Xiaozong did not approve it. There is also a legend that the Chuan Guoxi was brought into the desert by Emperor Yuan Shun at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Among them, the one known as Chuan Guoxi was verified as a fake by Emperor Qianlong.

"This one from MG Company looks like it was from the Song and Yuan Dynasties in terms of its knife-cutting style. Although the eight characters are fabricated, the writer's calligraphy skills are quite high, and there is a bit of Cai Jing's charm in it, so I It is concluded that this thing is most likely a trick played by Cai Jing and others to flatter the emperor." Chu Feng gave Lin William a detailed explanation in one breath, because he knew that with this kid's inquisitiveness, sooner or later he would have to speak, so he might as well take the initiative himself.

"Oh, I understand when you put it that way. However, those American devils are really nothing. The ones in their hands are fake, and they made a fake one. I don't think they have any good intentions. Maybe they just want to It’s selling fake products, but you exposed them, so you said it was to test your eyesight. You didn’t see it, and you said it was fake, that CEO’s brow is sweating!” After hearing this, Chu Feng smiled, but didn't answer. William Lin's curiosity was greatly satisfied: "Brother Chu, you are really good at telling the truth from the fake at a glance. If it wasn't for you this time, we would have to be deceived by those Yankees."

"Don't call Yankee, Yankee, you are not a U.S. citizen!" Chu Feng was referring to William holding a U.S. green card. "No, I'm Chinese. I know that many people in China now look down on the second generation of overseas Chinese like us, saying that we are 'bananas', but I am not, Brother Chu, I am a pure Chinese, from the inside out It's all. Hmph! One day, one day, I will..." Seeing his angry look, Chu Feng couldn't help but smile.This guy who is just in his early 20s is really cute. In Qiao Lao's mansion in Manhattan, New York, Qiao Lao asked Chu Feng to be invited to his study.

I have to say that there are really many good books in Mr. Qiao's study room, and some rare books are hard to find in China.Sitting on the sofa, Chu Feng just glanced casually with his eyes, and he knew that Mr. Qiao was not arty. From the layout of the house and the degree of wear and tear of the books on the bookshelf, it can be seen that the owner of this room has a lot of knowledge. is profound. Suddenly, Chu Feng's sight was attracted by an ornament on the desk. It was a jade carving. Judging from the quality of the jade, Chu Feng was sure that it was Kunlun jade: the whole body of the jade carving was carved with jasper, about 8 centimeters high and slightly longer.The shape is very peculiar, it is a woman with two wings on one rib sitting astride a steed with a one-horned head.The whole sculpture is exquisitely carved, and even the expressions of the characters are carved so lifelike that it can be regarded as a fine work of art only from the perspective of the carving.

Chu Feng felt a little familiar with this kind of jade carving. In fact, there are not many jade carvings of this kind in China. Only the "immortal riding a horse" jade carving unearthed from a building site in front of the Weiling Mausoleum of Emperor Han Yuan many years ago is similar to it in terms of shape. very similar. The "immortal riding a horse" jade carving was once called "a feathered man galloping a horse". It is carved from Hetian mutton fat white jade.It's just that the jade carving has been buried for nearly two thousand years and is not as crystal clear as this jade carving.So, this thing has never been buried in the ground?

Thinking of this, Chu Feng walked to the desk unconsciously, bowed down and took a closer look. "Why, Mr. Chu likes jade too?" Engrossed, Chu Feng didn't notice that someone was behind him, and was almost startled by this sudden sentence. He quickly turned around and saw that it was Mr. Qiao, the owner of the room who was speaking. "Oh, it's Mr. Qiao! I'm sorry, I'm rude!" Chu Feng apologized for his behavior. It was really rude to look at other people's things carefully without the master's permission. "Hehe! It's okay, it seems that Mr. Chu is also a person who loves jade!"

"Why? So, old Mr. Qiao is a person who loves jade!" "Yes, a gentleman is like jade, and jade has nine virtues. The old master Confucius even said that 'a gentleman should not leave jade without a reason'. This is forcing us to love!" After hearing this, Chu Feng smiled slightly, pointed to the jade carving in front of him and asked, "Mr., how did you get this thing?" "Oh, it was a gift from a friend. At that time, it was said that it might be an antique. It was said to be unearthed in the ancient Western Regions, but I saw that the shape and carving style are very new, and there is no trace of this thing being buried in the ground. Treat it like a work of art.”

"Western Region?" Chu Feng pondered for a while, but didn't say anything. "What? Mr. Chu likes this thing?" "No, I just think it has a unique shape!" Chu Feng waved his hands repeatedly. Old Qiao didn't say anything, just laughed it off. It can be said that Chu Feng's mission on this trip has been successfully completed, and he invited Chu Feng to come here to honor his reward.Regarding this point, both parties did not get involved too much, as agreed in advance, the conversation ended soon. Before going out, Chu Feng was stopped by Mr. Qiao: "Mr. Chu, please slow down!" Old Mr. Qiao held the jade carving in his hand, walked slowly in front of Chu Feng, and said sincerely: "Mr. Chu, although we don't have much contact with each other, I admire Mr. Chu's knowledge and character. A small gift If it’s not a respect, Mr. Wang Chu will definitely accept it.” Chu Feng looked at the other party's eyes, thought for a while, and did not refuse: "Okay! If this is the case, I will not be disrespectful!" On the way to send Chu Feng to take the flight back home, William, who had been bored for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Brother Chu, you are leaving, so you have nothing to say to me?" Chu Feng was leaning comfortably on the back seat cushion of the car. Hearing this, he looked at him in astonishment.He felt a little dumbfounded: "What are you thinking, haven't you finished what you need to say?" "Brother Chu, tell me, why do you know so much? To tell you the truth, following you these few days, I feel that I have learned more than I have learned in my whole life. Do all universities in China teach These things!" "Well, more or less, most of my knowledge is also learned in school, but if you want to learn well, you still need to find a good teacher!" "Good teacher! Good teacher!" William Lin muttered, his mind was a little off driving. "What are you thinking? Drive with peace of mind!" Chu Feng felt that this state was a bit dangerous, so he had to give him a big blow. "Oh!" William quickly withdrew his mind. He was so focused, Chu Feng's thoughts suddenly drifted away. He thought of the phone call he received at the MG headquarters, and thought of the place where the teacher wanted him to go immediately-Xinjiang! When he thought of this place, his eyes suddenly blurred.It is a place where he once spread his blood and youth, and it is also a place full of pride. "Why don't men take the Wu hook and outsmart the fifty states of Guanshan", every passionate man has never had such a dream in his bones?Defend the family and defend the country, expand the territory, gallop thousands of miles?It's just that beautiful dreams make people grow old, and after waking up from the dream, most of them are only sad.This place is also Chu Feng's sad place. He has not been back once since he was demobilized. During this period, he was admitted to university, got a master's degree, a doctorate, and went into business. It has been 16 years in a flash. To be honest, in fact, Chu Feng was also a little apprehensive about seeing Professor Ling. After so many years, he gave up his major to go into business, and he didn't do anything well in business, so he really didn't dare to meet his teacher.But the teacher called me for the first time after four years, this time I have to listen to him anyway, I have to go! Seeing that Chu Feng ignored him for a long time, Lin Weilian knew that Chu Feng was distracted again, so he shut his mouth and drove with his head covered. After a while, he arrived at the airport, and he sent Chu Feng off the car. Much, they parted ways here.Chu Feng took out a small box from his suitcase: "William, we met for a while, and I haven't prepared a gift for you, so I'll give this to you as a souvenir!" After speaking, he threw the box into William's hands, Turn around and walk into the airport. William stared blankly at the back of Chu Feng, until he disappeared, turned around for a long time, opened the box in his hand, and saw a jade carving of a feathered man riding a horse with flowing green light—to be precise, it should be a feathered man riding a horse. The unicorn jade carving is smiling at him in the box. After the plane took off, a black figure dialed the phone in a corner outside the airport: "Boss, yes, he went back, he brought his stuff! Yes!"