V2.Chapter 19 (1/2)

The man's name is Chang Jiu. He lives in the old courtyard that is about to be demolished in the old housing area of the city. The brick surfaces in the courtyard are trapped and cracked. It has been a long time, but it is clean.

But before entering the door, Xia Shao looked at Xu Tianyin.

Xia Shao frowned and looked at the north of the house. There was a dark and evil spirit that almost shrouded the whole North house, and there was a faint trend to spread to other houses. Xia Shao stepped into the room and found that the corner was the source of all evil spirits. She glanced over and found a water tank on the ground.

”What did you put in the water tank?” Xia Shao asked with a serious expression. There's nothing wrong with putting a water tank in that place, but where did it come from?

I didn't talk much for a long time. When I entered the yard, I took Xia Shao and Xu Tianyin to the middle room. When I heard Xia Shao's question, I looked back and looked surprised, ”how did Xia always know I put something in the water tank?”

Xia Shao didn't explain to him, but said directly, ”take it out! It's very angry. Your house sits to say, the North master mother, you put it in the north corner to make your mother's disease worse?”

After hearing this for a long time, his face changed. He rushed over a few steps and then went to move the water tank. Xia Shao followed and found that there was no water in the water tank, but there was a thick layer of white things at the bottom, which looked like salt

Always turn the water tank out and keep it away from the houses in the north. He frowned and looked disgusted with the contents. Turning the water tank, he wanted to throw it out of the door.

Xia Shao stopped him. ”It's no use if you put it outside the door. It's too fierce! If you put it outside the door, the evil force will rush in directly from the air mouth of the door. It's still fierce. Let me see what's in it?”

”No, Mr. Xia. There's no one among the eight ancient weapons I showed you. This knife is very fierce! I heard an old Taoist who traveled around said that my father's death may be related to the collection of this knife. He gave me a rune and said that he might not be able to control this weapon. He asked me to find a Taoist temple and do it. There's a Taoist temple nearby, but those Taoists can't see this knife It's very fierce. I thought it would hurt people if I put it in the Taoist temple, so I took it back. At first, I took it and buried it at the foot of a mountain in the suburbs. I didn't take it back until yesterday. I heard that salt can ward off evil spirits, so I buried it in a water tank with salt. I didn't expect... ”

Chang Jiu said, but Xia Shao looked back at Xu Tianyin - Dao! A knife with evil spirit!

I didn't expect to be really touched by them!

”Since I can see the evil spirit, I'm not afraid of it. Get out of the way and I'll take it out and have a look.” Xia Shao said and came forward, but Xu Tianyin pulled her behind.

”I'll come,” he said, leaving Xia Shaohu behind without any room for discussion.

Xia Shao has no choice but to smile bitterly. Does she look like a person who is careless and doesn't know how to protect? Isn't there a talisman on the knife? Although it can't completely seal the evil spirit, it has some effect. If she protects herself with vitality, there should be no problem.

When Xia Shao smiled bitterly, Xu Tianyin had put down the water tank, wiped away the thick salt, leveled things and took them out.

In the palm of Xu Tianyin's hand was a dagger! It is in the form of middle ridge and has a scabbard outside. The scabbard is very new and obviously modern. What's going on inside the dagger? I can't see it, because there's a talisman sealed on it, which blocks the whole picture of the dagger. As soon as I take it out of the water tank, the evil spirit will force me!

”Senior brother!” Xia Shao's face became serious. He narrowed his eyes and pinched a formula. With his own vitality, he drew a talisman in the void and forced him to the dagger!

The dagger ”buzzed” and seemed to resist. It trembled in Xu Tianyin's palm, but it was wrapped with a paper amulet and bound by Xu Tianyin's vitality. When a amulet made by Xia Shao was forced, it struggled for a while, but it couldn't resist these three forces and gradually calmed down.

After it calmed down, the evil spirit had been locked, but Xu Tianyin also made a talisman to bind it, and then slowly uncovered the paper talisman. But as soon as the paper symbol was gone, there was less restraint, and the evil spirit began to vibrate.

Xu Tianyin took a look at Xia Shao, ”it's fierce. It's a good self-defense thing to be able to subdue. Can you see which age it is?”

He asked, but the dagger was held in the palm of his hand and isolated the evil spirit with vitality. It seemed that he didn't intend to give it to Xia Shao. Xia Shao smiled and felt warm and slightly surprised. She didn't expect that her elder martial brother would also make talismans in the void. The master said that those who can make talismans in the void generally practice in the realm of refining God and returning to the void. She is extremely talented. I didn't expect her elder martial brother to be so talented. Originally, she only heard from Shifu that elder martial brother was a genius in strange array. Unexpectedly, he was also gifted in refining and making talismans.

This conversation and behavior between the two had long been seen, and they were stunned on one side. This is not something that ordinary people can touch. At the beginning, the old Taoist said that his father's death was related to this ancient dagger and gave him a rune, which made him feel incredible. However, what he saw today is even more incredible. He can't see what they painted in the void, but he saw the automatic buzzing of the dagger with his own eyes when no one moved!

Is there really such a thing in this world?

”When did your father get this dagger? What's its origin? Do you know?” Xia Shao asked, asked and said to Xu Tianyin, ”the scabbard on it is a modern product, which was added later. What's inside? Take it down and have a look.”

The collection of ancient weapons belongs to a cold and biased category, and she doesn't have much contact with it, but this dagger is proved by her heavenly eye. It's certain to see antiques. It's just the origin of the age and so on. Xu still needs to listen to the origin and infer slowly.

”I know more about the way. President Xia, come in and talk.” Chang Jiu invited Xia Shao and Xu Tianyin into the main room. The furnishings inside are also very old, a cane bench and a glass tea table. The three sat down and made tea for a long time. The tea was very ordinary, but the tea set was exquisite.

Xia Shao paid special attention. The imitation pastel is like the vase just bought in the antique market. The painting and composition are very fine.

She slightly picked her eyebrows, but she pressed it down for the time being and looked at Xu Tianyin's hands.

Xu Tianyin had taken down the scabbard at this time. He saw that there were blades on both sides of the dagger, with ridges in the form. The ridges were engraved with dragon patterns!

”Dragon pattern?” Xia Shao was stunned. At the beginning, ancient swords were ornaments worn by nobles to symbolize status, and totems were different with different status. Not every nobleman is qualified to carve patterns on the sword, and the patterns are also exquisite. This dragon pattern... Obviously belongs to the royal family!

Moreover, the material of this dagger is very unusual. Although the age can not be determined now, it has gone through such a long time. There are some marks in the middle, but the blades on both sides are still sharp and bright!

”This dagger was taken back by my father from a fallen man three years ago. The man was very anxious and the price was not high. He just said that he poured a big bucket in the south, but it was very unlucky. There was nothing in it, so he poured it out and was watched by people from the Cultural Relics Bureau. My father was crazy about ancient weapons, and he said immediately whether it came from a legitimate source or not I want to accept it, but after I accept it... ”I frown and don't speak for a long time.

Xia Shao dropped his eyes, ”if the question may make you uncomfortable, did your father die suddenly? Moreover, it should be within three days of getting the dagger.”

He looked up for a long time, looked frightened at the bottom of his eyes, nodded and said: ”Yes, on the third night, I didn't know why I fell ill and began coughing up blood... I died before he was sent to the hospital. Because he still held the dagger before he fell ill, I wanted to leave it to him when I buried him. But when I was selecting the cemetery, I met the old Taoist. He said there was something wrong with the dagger and told me not to bury it, otherwise I would die violently. He gave it to me Zhang Fu, however, told me that it was not enough to seal the dagger. If I could go to the capital, there was a Taoist temple in the capital. I could go and have a look. I wanted to go and have a look, but my mother was suddenly found ill... It lasted three years. In these three years, I didn't dare to put the dagger at home, so I buried it in the suburbs. Until yesterday, I planned to sell it at home Those ancient weapons took my mother to the capital for medical treatment. I collected the stall this afternoon, took them out and temporarily put them in the water tank at home and sealed them with salt. I thought there was this talisman and salt, and they only kept them for a day or two. Nothing happened. Unexpectedly... President Xia, I don't know how to thank you today. ”

Xia Shao shook his head. ”Fortunately, I took it back yesterday, otherwise... I want to take this dagger. Don't worry, I have a way to deal with this evil. Just tell me the price your father started, and I won't let you suffer.”

This dagger, if used for array fighting, must be a good thing! She didn't expect to meet her today. It's really a chance. Since she met the feng shui master over Wang Daolin, she must have nothing to do with her! Moreover, with this dagger, it will be a great help to go to Hong Kong in the future!

This dagger, she must have it today!

Chang Jiu looked at the dagger in Xu Tianyin's palm for a long time, but his eyes were complex, but he waved his hand, ”since Xia always has a way, give this dagger to President Xia. What money do you charge for such a harmful thing.”

Hearing this, Xia Shao couldn't really take it for nothing, so he asked, ”since your father is a lover of ancient weapons, how does he date this dagger?”

”After he got the dagger, he turned the book all night. He got up in the morning and was ecstatic. He said it might be an ancient famous Dao, called... Oh, dragon scale!” Chang Jiu recalled.

”Dragon scale?” Xia Shao was stunned.

Xu Tianyin also looked at the dagger in his hand and obviously heard of the name.

”It's impossible,” Xia Shao said, ”It's an ancient knife, that's right. But the dragon scale is said to have been made during the period of Prince Pi of Wei. According to historical records,” Prince Pi of Wei made three Baipi daggers, one of which is like solid ice and is called Qinggang; the other is like the sun and is called Yangwen; the third shape is like the Dragon text and is called dragon scale. ”However, the dragon scale is said to be three feet and two inches long. The unit of measurement in the Wei and Jin Dynasties is slightly different from today, but it should also be about one meter Length. But this dagger is only more than 30 cm, which is different from historical data. ”

It's a little unexpected that the collection of ancient weapons is out of the ordinary. Most people are short of eyesight. Unexpectedly, she knows so well about the historical materials in this regard.

”Since President Xia is in the field of antiques, we should know that historical data are sometimes exaggerated. The Wei and Jin Dynasties are a long time ago. There are few archaeological discoveries, and there are few historical data for confirmation and speculation. Sometimes we can't believe it. When my father received the dagger, the fallen man said it came out of the bucket in the south. The south of us should be the tomb of Cao Pi At that time, the man also said that there were not many things in the tomb, which was also in line with the burial style of the Cao Wei period, ”Chang Jiu said.

What he said is also reasonable. Cao Wei advocated thin burial, and Cao Pi thought that tomb theft ”was caused by thick burial”. He believes that burial is to hide the body. The coffin and clothes do not need to be many, large and valuable. It can cover the body. Therefore, it is said that after Cao Pi's death, the concubines under Hougong Shuyuan and Zhaoyi were ”sent home” to reunite with their flesh and blood or marry; Tombs are not closed, tombs are piled, dormitories, gardens and cities are not built, and Shinto is not built; Gold, silver, jade, copper and other valuables are not buried in the tomb.

It is said that his purpose is ”to make the people of Yi generation not know their origin”, but in fact, later generations still speculate about the location of his mausoleum. It is also possible to be patronized by tomb robbers.

If the dagger is really a dragon scale, it may be buried in the tomb.

Xia Shao turned back and said to Xu Tianyin, ”it is said that this dragon scale was a piece of divine iron left over from the time when ou Yezi made the Tu Xing sword. After forging this dagger, it was used in the imperial court. Because it was too sharp, it was used in the most cruel death penalty 'lingchi' in ancient times. Therefore, in this regard, it can explain why this dagger has such a fierce evil spirit.”

Lingchi, also known as ”thousands of cuts”, first appeared in the Five Dynasties and continued until the collapse of the feudal dynasty. It was the most cruel death penalty in ancient times. It is said that the victim's flesh will be cut piece by piece, causing him to suffer deeply and slowly torture to death. In the Qing Dynasty, there were twenty-four knives, thirty-six knives, seventy-two knives and 120 knives. The most cruel is the Ming Dynasty. It is said that it was really a thousand cuts. Most of the lingchi penalty was more than a thousand. The executioners who executed the lingchi penalty had the ability to keep people alive until then. The well-known is Liu Jin, the evil eunuch of the Ming Dynasty. He was cut for three days, a total of 4700 knives!

If the dragon scale Sabre is a fierce Sabre that carries out lingchi punishment, it must be contaminated with the grievances of countless dead before they die, which leads to such a fierce evil spirit.

Now, really let her see this ancient famous fierce sword dragon scale?

Xia Shao stretched out his hand and wanted to take the dagger over for a closer look. Xu Tianyin took it and avoided it. His face was expressionless. ”Just look, don't touch it.”

Xia Shao was speechless and smiled bitterly, ”it's all right. They've tied two talismans and can't hurt me.”

Xu Tianyin was silent, directly put the dagger into the scabbard, pasted the amulet, and then put it away silently. Xia Shao was almost uneasy. He took a deep breath and smiled helplessly. It seems that if she doesn't accept the dagger, he will never give it to her.

Then wait a while and then go to the suburbs to find a place to collect the dagger.

After that, Xia Shao asked Chang Jiu to take out the eight ancient weapons collected by his father. Antique swords are different from porcelain. They are too few in existence. All genuine ones basically fall into the hands of big collectors. For collectors, not only the threshold is high, but also the genuine products are difficult to find. Because there are too many fakes and the swords are not easy to maintain. Many of them have been handed down. The scabbard is rotten and the sword body is no longer sharp.

Three of the ancient weapons collected by her father for a long time were imitated. The technique of counterfeiting was very clever. Xia Shao identified them after opening the heavenly eye. She is not an expert in ancient weapon identification. She can't explain it specifically to Chang Jiu. She can only tell him that these three things are unreliable. After listening, he doesn't ask the reason, but shows a slightly ironic smile, ”well, he also has a time to punch an eye.”

Xia Shao glanced at him. It seemed that he had a bad relationship with his father for a long time?

”Since these three pieces are fakes, I won't sell them. Just leave these three pieces to my mother so that she won't say that I sold all the ideas my father left her.” before Xia Shao said no, he spoke for a long time.

Xia Shao nodded slowly, ”That's good. The remaining five items are basically from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and another one may be from the early Republic of China. Plus the dagger suspected of dragon scale just now, I'll give you a total of 2 million yuan. Based on the remittance document, I'll take it back to President Ma. If there are the best products I've seen, I'll supply them to you. What do you think?”

Six ancient weapons, two million. If the dagger is a dragon scale, Xia Shao will get a great deal of money. But that's only for her. After all, this dagger is too fierce for ordinary people to collect. Therefore, if the audience is small, the price of the best things is low. The price of the rest of the ancient weapons given by Xia Shao is OK. After all, the antique shop also wants to make money, Gu Shao Weapons are unpopular. I'm afraid they won't make money if they are higher.

”No, Mr. Xia's price difference is not much. My father's cost of collecting these years is almost the same. It's much higher than I thought. Thank you really. If my mother gets well, I will go to Fu Ruixiang with her in person to thank you.” Chang Jiu stood up and said with solemn eyes.

Xia Shao smiled and gave him the phone number of the charity foundation. ”Keep the phone number. You can call them to see if they can recommend a good hospital and help you contact the matching of kidney transplantation.”

He stared at the number for a long time and thought it was reasonable, so he accepted it. Although the domestic Charity Foundation sounded a little strange these days, he didn't doubt Xia Shao fooled him.

Now that the price has been negotiated, it's time to go out and transfer money. But Xia Shao didn't hurry to go. She looked at the exquisite pink teapot and cup on the table, raised her eyes and asked with a smile, ”I have something unrelated to business that I want to ask you. If it's inconvenient to answer, I can't answer.”

”Summer always has something to ask.” Chang Jiu was stunned and nodded.

Xia Shao smiled, ”I want to say that although collecting these ancient weapons is unpopular, your father collected so much and spent a lot of money. Your family should have some family capital. I guess this capital is related to the pink porcelain on the table. What you said today is that there are still experts who can make a halo on the pink, shouldn't it be your family?”

The expression on Chang's face has always been serious, with few smiling faces. Hearing this, the fundus of his eyes showed some rejection and some vigilance, but after a while, Xu nodded gently considering Xia Shao's character, ”Xia always wait a minute.”

He turned and went out of the room. After a while, he came out of the next room, took a vase and put it on the glass coffee table. ”Mr. Xia, look at this pink porcelain again to see whether it is genuine or fake.”

On the tea table, there is a diameter bottle of pink peach blossom. It is still full of white glaze. It draws a peach tree, which spreads all over the body. The flower buds want to put, the flowers are graceful, the green leaves are green, and the colored butterflies are flying. White glaze is applied inside the circle foot, blue and white regular script ”made in Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty” is printed on the outsole, and blue and white double lines are arranged outside!

This pastel vase has a thin and light carcass, pure glaze and is as warm as jade! And its painting is meticulous and realistic. In terms of techniques, it has absorbed the ”boneless” technique of traditional Chinese painting, highlighting Yin and yang to the back, alternating light and shade, clear levels and a very three-dimensional feeling!

If Xia Shao doesn't open her eyes, 80% of her may believe that this is the genuine product during the reign of Yongzheng! Looking at the light, the colorful halo can appear!

This... What a master!

”Is this your pen?” Xia Shao asked with his eyebrows, his eyes shining. Not to mention the halo, just the painting skills are comparable to craft masters!

”Xia always thinks it's a fake?” Chang Jiu asked.

Xia Shao shook his head and smiled. ”Since you asked me, I naturally think it should be a fake. But if I don't know, I'm likely to think it's true. Fish's eyes confuse pearls with falsehood! This technique is the most wonderful I've ever seen.”

Chang Jiu smiled lightly and nodded: ”I did it. My grandfather was a craftsman in the period of the Republic of China and specialized in this. My father inherited his skills, so I had some family resources in my early years. But after he became addicted to ancient weapons, his temperament changed a lot. Just like being possessed by magic, my mother and I were not in his eyes. When I was a child, my grandfather taught me when he was still alive, and I studied it myself After a while, President Xia was right. During the period of the Republic of China, there were masters of counterfeiting. Modern times have disappeared. Our Chang family is the only one left. ”

”Since you can make such pink colored porcelain, why don't you take it to the antique market?” Xia Shao asked with an eyebrow, but he thought of something and asked, ”are you deliberately leaving a flaw?”

Chang Jiu smiled and nodded, looking a little embarrassed, ”Yes. I always feel that counterfeiting is not authentic after all, so I deliberately leave a flaw. If anyone can see it, then... In fact, I want to thank President Xia today for not finally doing anything wrong. I... Promised my mother not to cheat people with this family handed craft. My mother believes in Buddhism. She said that the situation of our family today is a reward. Therefore, I'm just making these porcelain now It's used for recreation in my spare time. I don't intend to sell it. Since President Xia also said that the modern craft has been lost, let it really end in my hands. I'm really sorry. If Xia always wants to... I can't promise. ”

Xia Shao smiled at last. He thought he wanted him to make a fake, and then made a windfall?

”The antique industry hates fakes most. I won't spoil Fu Ruixiang's reputation. I just think that if you can form a school with such a good craft, you will need many craft masters in the future.” Xia Shao pointed with a smile.

I've been stunned for a long time. Obviously, I didn't think there was such a way! Of course, it's not so easy to become a school. It's a matter of burning money to test, kiln temperature, materials, weapon types, etc. I can't do it without money. I didn't have money at home before. Now I sell these ancient weapons. My mother should spend more on medical treatment. If he can use the rest to test, maybe she can really live a good life in the future ！

She looked at Xia Shao with gratitude for a long time and thanked him solemnly. This girl is really the noble person he hit.