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Chapter 708 Return to the original owner
"Liulichang has been a distribution center for study rooms and antiques since Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. This gloomy wooden box is from the Republic of China. It must have been obtained by an antique dealer." Zhong Yu answered Yu Yao's words.

Yu Yao has already picked up the gloomy wooden box at this time.The golden nan gloomy wood is very light. Although the wooden box is not small in size, it is easy to hold in the hand.

Yu Yao looked left and right, but he didn't find any marks on the gloomy wooden box.And there were no discernible clues on that oilcloth, it was just a clean oilcloth.

"The size of this wooden box is very suitable. Obviously, it was custom-made for the ancient sword." Yu Yao muttered while looking at it.

Zhong Yu said, "This is normal. It may be that the ancient sword was obtained during the Republic of China, and the wooden box was customized for collection."

"No." Yu Yao shook his head, "I mean, judging from the wooden box he customized, it is already destined to be buried underground."

Having said that, Zhong Yu immediately understood.In other words, this person planned to bury it when he got Hanguang Chengying; otherwise, he would not have chosen the material of gloomy wood.

Jinshen gloomy wood, although not ugly, is not very suitable.It is relatively light, and because of carbonization, the color is black and dull.And the biggest advantage is the invincible anti-corrosion performance.

If you want to keep Hanguang Chengying for your own collection, or resell it, it is most suitable to use top-grade wood such as red sandalwood and pear for such a valuable thing.Taking a step back, even if it is economical, such a large piece of golden nan gloomy wood is not easy to find, it is better to use other mahogany materials.

"I planned to bury it when I got it, and it was interesting to bury it in the ground for such a long time before I took it away." Xiao Ying pondered for a while, took out her mobile phone and called the landlord.When the landlord heard that it was Xiao Ying, he was very respectful at first, and when he heard about the history of the house, he made a serious statement; because there was a "method" before him, he felt that Xiao Ying was trying to completely remove the "yin energy".

When Xiao Ying was on the phone, Yu Yao and Zhong Yu also listened a lot, but after hanging up the phone, Xiao Ying explained it to them:
"According to the landlord, this house was also an antique shop during the period of the Republic of China. In the shop, after his son held a funeral, he sold the shop. And the grandfather of the landlord is the buyer."

The reason why this store is called Zhensong Pavilion is that the shopkeeper Qiu has three famous wares from the Song Dynasty, namely Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln and Longquan Kiln, which are the treasures of the store and are not for sale.And these thieves also went for these things.Because the world was chaotic at that time, shopkeeper Qiu happened to take the things home and hide them a few days before he was killed, so the thieves didn't get them, and they got angry when they were pressed, which led to a murderous tragedy.

"This shopkeeper Qiu sounds like a particular person. If he hid the sword, there would be some explanation." Yu Yao said, "But judging from the current situation, he didn't tell his descendants."

"He was killed, maybe there was no time."

"No. The famous kiln porcelain in his shop has been taken home in advance, such a rare and famous sword, there should be an explanation." Yu Yao said, and picked up the gloomy wooden box again.

"Look again?" Xiao Ying smiled helplessly.

Yu Yao also smiled, but he didn't stop moving his hands. This time, he used his fingers to explore the inside and bottom of the box.

Seeing Yu Yao's perseverance, Xiao Ying and Zhong Yu didn't bother him, they simply sat down and watched quietly.

Yu Yao is actually a "blind test", what clue is the best if he can find it; if he can't find it, there is nothing he can do.

In the end, it really made him discover the clue.

At the inner side of the wooden box, the gap between the vertical surface and the bottom surface, under fingernails, Yu Yao felt a little loose.

Finally, the vertical side of the box can be removed!And it's not complicated, it's just a living tenon and tenon.Only this part is alive, and the rest is dead.

After the square vertical plank is removed, there is an empty slot inside.

Although the slot is relatively deep, it is also relatively thin, and what is stuffed inside looks like folded letter paper.

"Hey! I really asked you to find something!" Zhong Yu took a look, "It seems that the person who hides the sword wants to confess something. This hidden space is very simple."

"He hides the sword so secretly, if the sword is found, it must not be complicated if he wants to confess it." Yu Yao said, pulling out the letter paper.

There are two pieces of letter paper, and the head of the letter reads: "Xiongtai Yajian: If I didn't take this thing again, it is for you. I don't know who you are, so let's call it Xiongtai..."

When Yu Yao was watching, Xiao Ying and Zhong Yu also joined together. After watching, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other with complicated expressions.

"Co-authorship should be returned to the original owner!" Zhong Yu was the first to speak out.

The contents of the letter are presented smoothly and clearly.This ancient sword does not belong to Shopkeeper Qiu.And judging from the content of the letter, he didn't know the origin of the sword.When he got it, it was only wrapped in the outer layer of oilcloth; the gloomy wooden sword box was indeed his second choice.

And the person who gave the sword to Shopkeeper Qiu was "Mr. Ge Guzhai Xu Taiyan"!
This shopkeeper Qiu, who opened a shop with Xu Taiyan in Liulichang, has known each other for a long time, and shopkeeper Qiu also admires Xu Taiyan very much.

On the day when he got the sword, shopkeeper Qiu took something and wanted to go to Geguzhai to find Xu Taiyan to appraise it, but after he went, Xu Taiyan seemed to be very anxious, and hurriedly handed him a thing tied with oilcloth , please help him to put it away, saying that he will pick it up another day, and tell him to leave quickly, and we will talk about it tomorrow, "this place is not suitable for staying for a long time."

Seeing this, the three of them had a meal and exchanged glances with each other.It seems that Xu Taiyan should have planned to send him away, but the person who met him did not arrive on time, and shopkeeper Qiu was temporarily arrested as a "strong man".

Although shopkeeper Qiu didn't know, he went in, but he still listened to Xu Taiyan.Not long after he went out, he turned around and saw several Japanese people coming, two of them were still wearing military uniforms.

There is a person whom Shopkeeper Qiu also knows, because this person often "patronizes" Liulichang and is also very famous. He is the notorious Japanese antique dealer-Yasujiro Nakatani.

That day was the third day of September 1938.At that time, the Wa people had already occupied Beiping.

That day was also the last time Shopkeeper Qiu saw Xu Taiyan.

The next day, the news of Xu Taiyan's death came out; in other words, he disappeared without a trace.

Two days later, shopkeeper Qiu saw that it was impossible for Xu Taiyan to take away the things, so he opened the oilcloth bag and found that it was an ancient sword.Shopkeeper Qiu's specialty is porcelain, and he is not very good at bronze weapons, but he can't ask others to look at them.Although this sword looks unattractive, Mr. Xu's belongings, he feels, should be nothing ordinary!

(End of this chapter)