The plane landed in Yanjing.
Xu Tingsheng immediately went to Qingbei University with the gift he bought in Paris. My younger sister Xu Qiuyi has been depressed for a while because he didn't go to see her off before school started.
The gift of the whole suitcase finally brought a little smile and a meal in the school cafeteria.
He thought he would definitely see Wu Yuewei, but he didn't.
Since his younger sister didn't mention this matter, Xu Tingsheng naturally wouldn't take the initiative to bring it up...
After dinner, Xu Tingsheng arrived at the seminar venue.
There was no meeting arrangement that night, and Professor Yan seemed a bit lonely among the groups of experts. Xu Tingsheng put away his things and invited him to take a walk with him for a while, and listened to the old man reminisce about his time when he was studying in Yanjing.
At nine o'clock, Xu Tingsheng sent Professor Yan back to his room, took his leave and prepared to leave.
"Xu Xiaoyou wait a moment." Professor Yan said.
Xu Tingsheng stood at the door and turned around to wait.
Soon, Professor Yan took out the neatly folded clothes from his luggage bag one by one, and placed them neatly on the bed. Finally, he took out something from the bottom of the luggage bag, peeled off the green cloth wrapped outside, and revealed A disc-shaped thing.
"A gift for my little friend." Yan Zhenyu said.
"Ah? Thank you, Professor Yan."
The thing in Yan Zhenyu's hand was actually not big, about seven or eight centimeters in diameter. Xu Tingsheng took it and held it in his hand to look through it.
The small metal disc is black and shiny, with carvings on the back. The inner circle is staggered and high-relief engraved with the legendary four gods and beasts. The body is bent, and the two correspond to each other.
The front of the disc is as clean as a mirror, and can shine on people.
"This is the Warring States Bronze Mirror?" Xu Tingsheng asked.
Yan Zhenyu said with a smile, "It's not like you don't know anything, that's it."
"...It can't be the real thing, can it?"
Professor Yan laughed again, "What do you think?"
Xu Tingsheng couldn't analyze anything based on his superficial knowledge, but he could vaguely feel the thickness and simplicity from the bronze mirror in his hand... plus the workmanship... especially the thing was made by Yan Zhenyu...
"Is it really an antique?" Xu Tingsheng was a little dazed and said at a loss, "This, this is too expensive, I can't have it."
Yan Zhenyu laughed for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You, you are all thinking about business. If it is genuine, it is a national treasure. Where can I get it, how can I give it to you?"
"That's true," Xu Tingsheng said awkwardly, "Just looking at it, it really looks real."
Yan Zhenyu said with professional confidence and a bit of pride on his face:
"I can't blame you. I had a whim in my early years. I made three bronze mirrors of the Warring States Period by myself, and I made them old. I played with them every day, and I was quite proud of them. Later, I buried them with the ashes of my dead wife and gave them to me as gifts. Best friend at the time.
A few years later, when I went to Hong Kong to give lectures, I was invited by a collector to visit his collection at home... Among them, I asked him where he came from, and he said that he bought it from an expert for 1.2 million. I actually recognize it, that's the side I give to my friends. "
This passage can roughly explain how high the standard of this imitation is, and how disappointed Yan Zhenyu is with his best friend, but he hasn't finished his sentence yet.
"Later, in the years when my son's business failed." Yan Zhenyu hesitated and said, "I raised money for him to write books for others, and made comments on those things. You know that, so I won't talk about it. In fact , One day during this period, I took out the last remaining bronze mirror."
Xu Tingsheng knew that he was talking about his own side, and also the last side.
"You should know what I was thinking at the time. I wanted to sell it as the real thing. I struggled for a long time that day, and finally made up my mind. I was afraid that I would regret it later and get lost... so I immediately took the tools. Some words have been edited on this bronze mirror. In this way, it cannot be faked."
word? Xu Tingsheng picked up the bronze mirror in his hand and flipped through it, but found nothing.
Professor Yan took it and showed Xu Tingsheng the edge of the bronze mirror.
On the narrow side of the mirror, there are eight words: The world is beautiful and beautiful, and I am humble and simple.
Yan Zhenyu used block letters to engrave these eight characters. Block letters only originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it is naturally wrong to put them on the bronze mirror of the Warring States Period. This is what Yan Zhenyu did deliberately.
As for these eight characters, they come from Mr. Wang Shixiang, a famous cultural relic expert. In terms of meaning, it is probably because Yan Zhenyu and his son are different in life, and there may be some sighs in it.
"My life was ordinary. Even during the war, going to the mountains and going to the countryside, and the years of the Cultural Revolution, I didn't feel much hardship. The only difficult time in my life was the years when I knew my son was in debt and was being pursued by others."
"In those few years, I sold my name, my letter, and my principles... Only this one thing, one thing, I kept my heart. Today I give it to you, I hope you will spend your life in a flashy life, and your heart will be humble and simple. place."
The flashiness of the whole life is immeasurable, and the heart is humble and simple. Xu Tingsheng recalled, there is no other source for these words, it should be from the old man himself. In general, I wish you a bright future and a happy life... I also wish you that when you are on the cloud, you still have something in your heart.
Hearing this sentence, Xu Tingsheng knew that the old man should have thoroughly understood all his ups and downs a while ago, otherwise there would be no reason for his emotion and exhortation.
He looked into the eyes of the old man, and there was a kind of concern as if he was looking at his own children and grandchildren.
Fate is indeed a mysterious thing. The unfinished teacher-student friendship between the two in the previous life has continued in this life.
Without saying anything else, Xu Tingsheng entered the room and took some of the Mingqian special-grade Longjing tea that he had given to Professor Yan this time with the boiling water in the room.
Yan Zhenyu frowned, then frowned again, "Prodigal stuff, waste everything."
Xu Tingsheng knew that he felt sorry for the tea.
But he still drank the tea with a smile. Yan Zhenyu took a sip and said aftertaste, "How do you know I like Longjing?"
In fact, Pu'er is the hottest thing right now, but Xu Tingsheng had been under Yan Zhenyu's school for four years in his previous life and was trained as a closed disciple, so how could he not know the taste of his teacher
"I guessed it," Xu Tingsheng said with a smile, "As long as the teacher likes it, next time, I'll get you a pair of 'Yuqianbake'."
The first eight West Lake Longjing trees, with an annual output of no more than two taels, are priceless. Yan Zhenyu had heard about it, and immediately put on a face when he heard the words, and said: "If you really dare to send it, I will dare to sever friendship with you."
Xu Tingsheng knew the teacher's strength of character, and he would definitely do what he said, so he was too busy talking about it.
The two chatted about the situation of Cao Cao's tomb for a while, and Xu Tingsheng got up to leave. He wrapped the bronze mirror of the Warring States Period in cloth again, put it in the inner pocket of the coat's chest, and said with a smile: "This can also be used as a heart mirror. .”
Yan Zhenyu shook his head helplessly and smiled when he saw his youthful heart.
"I'll tell my little daughter-in-law when I get back home that our family finally has a family heirloom." Xu Tingsheng walked to the door and turned his head again, "By the way, teacher, I have something else to ask of you."
"you say."
"Since the teacher has already drunk the tea and given the gift, you have to be my witness when I get married in a few years." This is actually something that the two of them had agreed to in the previous life, but failed to come true after all.
"Well, no problem." Yan Zhenyu didn't hesitate because of Xu Tingsheng's wealth and status, and responded with a smile, "However, you said that the number of years is probably a few years. You know my age and body..."
"This is your business, teacher. Anyway, you have to do what you promised. As for how many years it will take, the teacher can figure it out for himself. My little daughter-in-law is seventeen this year and is a sophomore in high school."
Xu Tingsheng went out with a smile, wishing the teacher a long life.