Chapter 72 All Treasures

Gu Wenfeng brought up the contents of this box several times. There were five sets of calligraphy and paintings in the box, and as Lu Jiaxin expected, there were also rice paper, ink sticks, and inkstones. These inks and inkstones were of various types, and one of them was carved with a five-clawed golden dragon.

The five-clawed dragon was the symbol of the emperor in ancient times. The ancient emperor was called the "True Dragon Son of Heaven", the incarnation of the "True Dragon" in heaven. In feudal society, it was stipulated that only the dragon shape on the emperor's items could have five claws, and other royal family members and ministers could only use four or three claws when they needed to use the dragon shape, which represented the supreme and unshakable imperial power.

Lu Jiaxin thought that this piece of ink was probably used as a tribute to the emperor. Some wealthy people like such symbolic things, and they can sell them at a high price if they find the right buyer.

Xue Mao looked at these stones and frowned: "Sister, can these things really sell for a high price?"

Why does he think it's so mysterious? If he came across these things on the road, he would not lower his head to pick them up, and even if he gave them to him, he would feel that they took up space.

Lu Jiaxin smelled the fragrance of the ink and said with a smile: "It can't be sold at a high price now, but you can't buy it even if you have money in the future."

Antiques are not popular yet, and the mainland cultural relics dealers are also very hard to lower the price, so if you want to sell them at a high price, you have to go to Pengcheng. However, she only plans to sell one painting as start-up capital, and collect the others. She is not going to find someone to identify these things for the time being, because the news will be revealed.

Gu Wenfeng said: "Miss Lu, you stay upstairs and guard, Xue Mao and I will carry the remaining boxes up."

Lu Jiaxin originally wanted to open the five paintings and calligraphy. She only knew that one of them was a painting of a lady, but she didn't know what the other four were.

Putting down the things in her hand, Lu Jiaxin smiled and agreed.

With Lu Jiaxin's instructions, the two were very careful when carrying the boxes of porcelain, and they took them up one by one when they arrived at the entrance. Although they didn't understand antiques, they thought such exquisite porcelain should be very valuable.

It was already evening when all the things were brought up. Gu Wenfeng wanted to build the kang overnight, but Lu Jiaxin thought there was no need to rush.

Lu Jiaxin said: "We were very careful when we brought the things up just now, and it was noisy outside, so the people in the second courtyard couldn't hear the sound. But if we were building a wall, the sound would be so loud that they would definitely hear it. Even if we think the kang is not good and want to rebuild it, we can't choose to do it at night, because they will be suspicious."

Gu Wenfeng thought she was quite cautious, and smiled and said: "Okay, then we will build this kang tomorrow morning. Not only this kang, but also the other two kangs will be rebuilt."

Cover the entrance with wooden boards and pile up a few bricks. After doing this, Gu Wenfeng and Xue Mao went out.

Lu Jiaxin took out the five calligraphy and paintings and opened them one by one. Seeing the familiar painting of the ladies, she almost reached out to touch it, but retracted her hand when she touched the painting. Her hands were sweaty, and touching the painting like this would cause irreversible damage.

In addition to the painting of ladies, the other four paintings are ink painting, birthday offering painting, hunting painting and flower and bird painting. Two of the larks are lifelike and beautiful.

She was shocked to see the signature of the flower and bird painting. The author of this painting was the emperor of the Song Dynasty who was both good at calligraphy. Although this emperor became the king of a fallen country, his attainments in calligraphy and painting were extremely high. So too, his calligraphy and paintings are very popular in later generations, and each one is priced at a sky-high price. Of course, the premise is that it is an authentic work, and it doesn't matter if it is a copy.

Lu Jiaxin also carefully looked at the signatures of the other three paintings, but unfortunately she didn't recognize any of the names on them. This is not to say that the paintings are fake, but that she doesn't know much about ancient paintings. The reason why she saw that the lark was made by the fallen emperor was that she heard the tour guide introduce it in the museum. The signatures of other paintings may be his own words or pseudonyms, and he is not an expert in this field or has studied it.

After reading this box, Lu Jiaxin opened the box of porcelain. There are twelve pieces of porcelain in total, including a blue and white plum blossom porcelain vase, a two-ear porcelain vase, a three-legged incense burner, painted bowls, glazed tea cups, etc.

Except for blue and white porcelain, she knows a little about them, but she has no idea about the others. But she is not going to sell them anyway, and she will ask someone to identify them when she is able to protect them in the future.

Lu Jiaxin happily put the things back carefully, and she did not look at the eight boxes of ancient books again. She decided to donate them all, and if she looks at them again, it will only add to her troubles.

Gu Wenfeng took a shower and came back. After he sat down, he asked, "How do you plan to transport these things back?"

Lu Jiaxin said, "Brother Gu, these books should have research value. I want to donate them all to the museum in Sijiu City. I want all five paintings and calligraphy, and the rest will be divided equally among the three of us."

Gu Wenfeng was stunned, and he never thought that Lu Jiaxin would distribute them in this way.

Xue Mao immediately waved his hand: "Sister, I don't want it. You gave me the house, if you still want these things, then what am I going to do."

Gu Wenfeng came back to his senses and said: "Miss Lu, this is not allowed. The house is yours, and the things here are naturally yours."

Lu Jiaxin said jokingly: "These things will be very valuable in the future. If you don't want them now, don't regret it in the future!"

Xue Mao immediately stated that he would never regret it.

Gu Wenfeng rarely smiled, and he said: "Miss Lu, these are your things, I have nothing to regret."

You can't just reach out for things that are not yours. But he was still very happy that Lu Jiaxin had this intention.

"Are you sure you don't want them?"

The two shook their heads together, indicating that they didn't want them.

After Lu Jiaxin took out the ink carving with the five-clawed dragon and the plum blossom porcelain vase, she said, "Since you don't want them, I'll keep these and donate the rest."

Gu Wenfeng had no objection, but Xue Mao was unwilling: "No, we can't donate."

He wouldn't object if the books were donated, since they weren't worth anything anyway. These porcelain and inkstones looked very precious, and he couldn't bear to part with them.

Under Xue Mao's strong opposition, only eight boxes of ancient books and rice paper were donated, and the others were kept.

Gu Wenfengxia said: "You want to donate these books to the Forty-Nine City Museum. I will contact the car tomorrow and arrange to transport these books to Forty-Nine City. Miss Lu, your things can also be sent with you. go back."

Lu Jiaxin said, "Brother Gu, I don't want people to know that I donated these books."

Gu Wenfeng understood her decision. There are many greedy people in this world. If people knew that she had donated so many ancient books, they would definitely think that she had more treasures. Even if there is protection from the Xie family, there is no reason to guard against thieves even if you only commit a thief for a thousand days.

"Miss Lu, I can't guarantee what you said. If you want to be absolutely sure, you can only ask the leader to arrange this."

Lu Jiaxin agreed without thinking. Xie Kaixiao would not notice such a small thing, otherwise the pattern would be too small.