To be honest, Zheng Tianlong also felt a little strange in his heart. He understood that the old Taoist priest in front of him was definitely not a simple person. He had eaten more salt than he had eaten. This was definitely not a joke, and it looked like
He is already over a hundred years old, and he even asked me a question.
Li Tianshi took something off his wrist, handed it to Zheng Tianlong, and said: "Master Zheng, I found this thing more than ten years ago. It is a good thing, but what era is it from?"
I just can’t figure it out.”
Li Tianshi accidentally found an ancient coin from a street stall more than ten years ago. With his ability and vision, he could naturally see that this ancient coin was a powerful magic weapon. However, after more than ten years of research, he still
I'm a little unsure of which era this is from.
Today I heard Zheng Tianlong talking about opening a magic weapon shop, and Zheng Tianlong's previous skills had impressed him, so Li Tianshi simply took it out and let Zheng Tianlong take a look.
Seeing the magic weapon that Li Tianshi took out, Zheng Tianlong immediately became very interested. He knew that the thing that the other party took out was definitely not an ordinary thing.
When he took it and took a look, Zheng Tianlong found that it turned out to be an ancient coin with a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts engraved on it!
"Oh, Master Li, this is something from the Song Dynasty."
"Ah? Why do you say that?"
After Li Tianshi handed the magic weapon to Zheng Tianlong, he thought it would take a long time for the other party to identify it, but he didn't expect that he just took a look and gave the answer, so that he didn't even touch the tea he picked up.
On the lips.
"This is Zhong Kui's money to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits."
Zhong Kui is one of the most important gods in our country's legends. The main legend appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The main story is that one day Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty dreamed that Zhong Kui appeared to drive away ghosts, so he called the great painter Wu Daozi and painted a picture.
There is a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts. This legend has been circulating from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and Zhong Kui also had the status of a scholar and was born in Zhongnan Mountain. His main function was to drive away epidemic ghosts.
Slowly, his image appeared in major painters, New Year paintings and ritual objects. The main image is that he is wearing a t-shirt, a futou or a silk hat, an ugly face, a long beard, and angry and wide-open eyes.
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However, this is just a general style. Zhong Kui's image has changed differently in different historical periods, and this is the basis for Zheng Tianlong's judgment.
"Well, yes, but I don't know how you can tell, Master Zheng, that it belongs to the Song Dynasty?"
Li Tianshi was quite surprised by this. He didn't know why Zheng Tianlong could be so sure that it was from the Song Dynasty. You must know that his Zhong Kui ghost-catching and exorcism money has no other words on it except patterns.
, this is also the main reason why he had no way to determine which era the magic weapon was from before.
"It is said that the Zhong Kui picture painted by Wu Daozi is the ancestor of Zhong Kui pictures in all dynasties, but it can no longer be seen. However, the elements of Zhong Kui in different eras are different. From this, we can judge
Which dynasty is Zhong Kui from?"
Zheng Tianlong paused for a moment, pointed at Zhong Kui's ghost-catching and exorcism money and said: "Master Li, look, what Zhong Kui is showing here is catching ghost heads with his left hand and picking out ghost eyes with his right hand. At the same time, Zhong Kui turns slightly from the front to the right.
He lowered his head and looked at the little ghost. The clothes he was wearing were drawn with lines. As for the image of the little ghost, it was in the form of clothes, and one foot was wearing a shoe while the other was not.
The shoes - pin them on the left waist of the kid. Of course, the shape of the paper fan is also longer and larger."
"But, what does this mean?"
Li Tianshi still doesn't quite understand what Zheng Tianlong means. He has had this Zhong Kui ghost-catching and exorcism coin for more than ten years. He knows every pattern on it, so he naturally knows that Zheng Tianlong said nothing.
Wrong, but the question is what does this mean? Based on this, can we conclude that it belongs to Song Dynasty?…
"Oh, I wonder, Li Tianshi, do you know that there is a book called "Xuanhe Painting Manual"?"
Tianshi Li shook his head and said, "I don't know."
It's not surprising that Li Tianshi doesn't know this, because this already belongs to the field of painting. If it weren't for his supernatural powers, Zheng Tianlong wouldn't know about this book.
"This book was written during the Xuanhe reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. It records an incident: Huang Quan, named Yaoshu, a Chengdu native, later master Yanchangzhao Quan visited Wu Daoxuan's painting "Zhong Kui" in the inner hall, and said to Quan: "Wu Daoxuan's painting "Zhong Kui".
The painter who painted "Zhong Kui" used the second finger of his right hand to judge the ghost's eyes, which is not as powerful as the thumb.' He ordered Quan to improve. Quan therefore did not use the foundation of Daoxuan. Don't change the painting to use the thumb to judge the ghost's eyes.
The later master blamed it for not being as good as the purpose. Quan replied: 'In Daoxuanzhi's painting, the eyes, color and meaning are all on the second finger; in the painting of today's minister, the eyes, color and meaning are all on the thumb.'"
"At the same time, what is more important is that Zhong Kui is in the front among the Zhong Kui coins to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits. This is 'Zhong Kui dances in front to ward off malaria.' This is recorded in the "Xuanhe Painting Book".
Li Tianshi, your Zhong Kui coin for catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits is consistent with these records, so I say it is from the Song Dynasty."
Xie Fa, Xie Wei and Li Tianshi were all shocked by Zheng Tianlong's appraisal because it was so professional.
"Master Zheng, I admire you. I can only say one word: "I admire you."
An experienced person like Li Tianshi is well-informed and is definitely a master in the identification of magical weapons. However, he can only judge whether a magical weapon is a good magical weapon by looking at the energy. As for things like dating,
It’s just not something you can do yourself.
But when Zheng Tianlong analyzed it, he was very clear and well-founded. Even if he wanted to refute, he couldn't refute it.
"Oh, Tianshi Li, you're very grateful. I just happen to know a little bit about this."
Of course, it was impossible for him to tell the truth about identifying magic weapons through supernatural powers, so Zheng Tianlong could only explain it this way.
Of course, in the eyes of Li Tianshi and others, this is a sign of humility.
"Oh, Master Zheng, I invited you here today to thank you for saving my grandson's life. I really don't know how to thank you."
When Xie Fa saw that the conversation between Zheng Tianlong and Li Tianshi had come to an end, he immediately talked about this matter. However, he really had a headache on how to express his gratitude: Zheng Tianlong was also a man who was not short of money.
As a master, how to show your sincerity has become a difficult problem.
Zheng Tianlong said with a smile: "Don't be too polite. In fact, I am quite satisfied to be able to come here today. I got a big unexpected surprise!"