Chapter 469 Deduction
“It’s not expensive, and the value of porcelain cannot be determined by its size alone.” Zhou Zhi said: “Yongzheng Doucai is the second peak period since the Ming Dynasty. The color craftsmanship is at the highest level in history.”
"These two sets of cups are drawn more precisely because of their size. There are no cracking defects in the whole body. What's even more rare is that there are two sets of complete products. Therefore, on the basis of the ordinary price of 12,000 yuan, an additional The premium of four thousand is reasonable.”
“Chenghua Chicken. Urn cups are also used for fighting colors. In the Wanli period, there were "Chengyao chicken jar cups, the best wine vessels", "Shenzong was a fashionable food, and there was a pair of Chenghua chicken jar cups in front of the emperor, worth 100,000", and there were also "Chenghua wine cups" , each pair has a record of "Zhibo Silver and Hundred Gold""
"Although the Yongzheng Doucai Cup is in It cannot be compared with Chenghua in terms of age, but its craftsmanship is superior. These two sets of more than three cups use more than ten kinds of colors. As far as I know, the colors of Yongzheng Dynasty did not exceed twenty kinds in total, so this The two sets of cups are still the best specimens to study the glaze color of Yongzheng Doucai.”
"So confident?" Godfather told Zhou Zhi this. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to reach out and take it directly from Cixiang's hand: "Master, put it on the table and let me take a look."
The style of Yongzheng porcelain It is elegant and delicate, and the white space in the drawing of the pattern is very particular, and the degree of fineness of the color filling is even better than that of Chenghua Doucai.
The more elegant and clean the pattern, the more difficult it is to express the whole idea. The more delicate the lines, the easier it is to produce minor flaws. Therefore, the craftsmanship level of small cups is actually higher than that of large ones.
In terms of craftsmanship, Yongzheng Doucai is unprecedented and unprecedented.
In addition, it is the carrier of wine and is highly praised by literati, so it has a more expensive price than the market.
After the general explanation, the godfather nodded: "If you can say so many things about being loyal to others, at least you mean it."
From a wad of money Counting out sixteen thousand yuan: "For such an expensive thing, a contract must be signed..."
"Then whose name should I write?" Zhou Zhi asked.
The godfather glared at Zhou Zhi: "Now you are in charge of the transaction from Ci Xiang, and when you get to Jiachuan, you will go and deliver the goods with the buyer yourself. We are doing one thing after another, and I have nothing to do with it. "
"Yes, it should be, it will cause trouble to my godfather."
It seems that the fourth cousin did not tell the truth to the godfather and let the godfather act his true self, otherwise it would not be so real.
When the contract was signed, Cixiang held a thick stack of bills and was so excited that he had tears in his eyes: "That's enough, we are finally ready! You guys chat slowly, I'll go find Xiaoshan!" ”
When Cixiang walked out of the room, his godfather looked at Zhou Zhi Looking at his son, he couldn't help but blush: "A penny is too much for a heroic man. How much money can you allocate for cultural preservation in the county?!"
"Isn't the solution thought up by people?" Zhou Zhi Not daring to speak, Mr. Qiao began to mutter.
“Look at the map, look at the map, let’s report the work to our godfather...”
Only then did the three of them turn their attention to business.
"Now we are almost certain that the Feng Shui Bureau's statement is not completely groundless." Zhou Zhi used a bamboo stick to point at the place marked with a red pen on the county map: "It turns out that there is another place under Fawang Temple. A temple platform, according to the old monk in the temple, it was originally called Zhaolong Temple! "
The name of this temple is quite special, Qianlong Qizhao, but it turned out to be Longshou Peak as soon as it appeared, and there was a bang on the head when I sat down! A phoenix nest is very heavy.
“Around Fawang Temple, there are also many place names with the word dragon, and the entire mountain range is called Longgua Mountain.”
“It is normal for warlords in the Republic of China to be superstitious. It is not surprising that Zhou Qilong heard this After hearing such a legend, I became suspicious. "We also found several bullet holes in the Sutra Pavilion, which shows that the story of Zhou Zongmin's death in the Sutra Pavilion is somewhat true."
“But the story is too incredible, so we think there is another possibility.”
“What possibility?”
“That is when Zhou Zongmin entered the Sutra Pavilion, the source Monk Xiu was actually hiding in the pavilion, just above the door of Mingjian! "
"When Zhou Zongmin turned around, Yuanxiu suddenly closed the door of the pavilion and rushed to kill him!"
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"Zhou Zongmin is a rich man from the countryside. He has no military qualities. He was caught off guard and fired randomly, without hurting Yuanxiu at all."
"After that, Yuanxiu went up to the second floor and hid in the caisson board. Or on top of a beam, when the militiamen finally have the courage to enter the Sutra Pavilion and take away Zhou Zongmin’s body, they can easily escape at night. "
"Then how to explain the wind and rain and the dragon roar at that time?"
"Well... the wind and rain may be a coincidence, or the dragon roar was when Yuanxiu performed his martial arts. "As for the dark clouds in the pavilion, it may be the Xuanxu arrangement by Yuanxiu at that time."
"There is another possibility." Mr. Qiao added: "At that time, the people in the militia had lost their courage and came and went in a hurry. In order to deal with Zhou Qilong, they made up such a mysterious story."
"We will pass by later. Years of acting , and finally became the version we hear now." After Zhou Zhi explained to his godfather the bizarre deeds of Monk Wu who converted to Fawang Temple before his death, and had to be buried in the pagoda after his death, and was ranked alongside all the eminent monks of Fawang Temple. Wu Monk is Yuanxiu's inference.
And what will be his contribution to Fawang Temple? There is only one possibility, which is to protect the Dragon Hidden Sutra.
This is how Yuan Xiu and Yuan Yin uttered two enigmatic verses when he was dying.
"The so-called 'Wordless Heavenly Book' is actually just that Yuanxiu had secretly replaced most of the scriptures with rough-edged paper before. Godfather, do you think our inference is reasonable?"
"It's not a matter of reasonableness or unreasonability." The godfather looked at the map and mused: "The reason why archeology is a science is to make bold assumptions and be careful to verify."
"Try to think about as many possibilities as possible. Then go and verify one by one.”
“Of course, failure will be the norm. But that’s not the reason why we don’t do it. This is called casting a wide net, searching carefully, and not letting go of any clues.” After saying that, he looked at the two of them and said, “Of course, provided there is financial support.”
I’m still waiting to find some compensation here, as if you have supported me financially. Zhou Zhi laughed while slandering: "My godfather is right, so we will make some reasoning based on this."
"Assuming that Yuanxiu is trying to protect the "Longzang Sutra" He violated a Buddhist taboo and killed Zhou Zongmin, which shocked Zhou Qilong and turned around. If he moved the "Dragon Hidden Sutra", protected the scriptures as a bandit leader, put down the butcher's knife before his death, and buried it in the back mountain, then the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" must have been kept very well, so well that Yuan Yin thought it was even better than the Sutra Hidden Pavilion. That's why I didn't transfer it back."
"When Master Gengyin passed away, the social environment at that time was at the peak of the eradication of Buddhism. Even the golden bodies of the Buddhas in the Main Hall were destroyed. The murals on the walls were covered and protected by monks in the temple who covered them with linen cloth and plastered them with plaster. Therefore, the host Yuan Yin will never reveal this secret, and just leaves with this secret.”
(End of this chapter)