Chapter 17: Paying a Heavy Treasure to a Destined Person
Xue Xiang suddenly understood. Will the small tree eight years ago still be a small tree eight years later? I'm afraid it has already grown luxuriantly. The twisted trunk in the upper part must have been covered by the dense branches, leaves and branches.
, you will feel a crooked neck when looking from a distance. Xue Xiang asked Kang Tong to get closer and observe the upper part of the tree trunk.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Xue Xiang found the crooked-neck tree. It turned out that the small tree as thick as an arm had grown to the width of a bowl of sea, with lush branches and spreading branches that covered the entire tree.
Half of it is wrapped into a huge ball. From a distance, the upper half looks like a cloud, and there is still a trace of a crooked neck.
The Crooked Neck Tree was not far from where Xue Xiang and his two men parked their car, about ten meters away. Xue Xiang remembered that the box was buried three or four meters northeast of this tree. Xue Xiang asked Kang Tong to follow him.
The two of them swung their shovels to dig, and the soil they dug up exuded a pungent musty and earthy smell. They didn't bother to cover their noses.
, and continued to dig. After about ten minutes, Kang Tong's shovel dug out something hard. It seemed that the shovel hit the box. Xue Xiang hurried over and the two of them dug together. The box was not buried deeply back then.
, the soil layer above was only a little thick, and soon the two men lifted the box up.
Xue Xiang used a shovel to peel off the soil on the box, and the burnt area at the bottom of the box was revealed. The box was still well preserved, except that it was a little yellow in color. The box used by the old professor was obviously not made of ordinary wood.
After so many years in the soil, there were still no traces of insect bites. Xue Xiang carefully opened the box and saw that lying inside was still the same painting, three books, and two porcelain bottles that he had seen eight years ago.
.There are no books or paintings.
It was damaged because it was not buried deeply and was not contaminated by moisture. The porcelain bottles were not as intact as before. One of them was broken. I think it was broken when I and my friends pushed the box into the pit.
Xue Xiang ignored his heartache, took out the cloth bag, opened it, and ordered Kang Tong to put everything in the box, including the broken porcelain pieces. After loading the things, the two buried the wooden box in the pit again, using
The soil that was originally dug out was covered again.
After packing their things, the two set off on their way home.
An hour later, Xue Xiang was sitting in Kang Tong's room in a daze. He was so shocked that he couldn't believe that what he saw in front of him was real. If the contents of the box were leaked, it would cause an uproar.
It was only mid-morning when Xue Xiang and Kang Tong arrived at home. Xiao Shi must be sleeping soundly. It was obviously inconvenient to go back to his room to check what he had found, so Xue Xiang took the things to Kang Tong's room.
Kang Tong was not interested in these antiques. If a few guns were enough, he took off his clothes and went to bed, covered his head and fell asleep. Xue Xiang carefully put the cloth bag on the desk, untied the bag, and put the bag
The things inside were taken out one by one, leaving only broken pieces of porcelain. Xue Xiang first checked the three threads
As soon as I opened the first book, an envelope fell out. The envelope was very thick. I opened the envelope and opened the letter paper. The words on the letter paper were written with a pen. The handwriting was a little yellow, but the calligraphy was very good.
Seeing the skill, he started reading it under the desk lamp. As soon as he read it, he was stunned.
The owner of the letter was the old professor, and the text of the letter was also written in the form of a will. In the letter, he introduced in detail the identity of the things in the box, how he obtained them, and because of the climate at that time, he did not dare and did not
I found a way to hand over these things, and because I really liked these things, I hoped that as a donor who was already dying, I would keep them, and wait until a hundred years later, the school's funeral committee would hand over these things to the state.
Xue Xiang knew from the old professor's letter that he had really dug up a cultural treasure house today. The silk painting was "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" by Gu Hongzhong of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This painting is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down in China, and the Forbidden City
The museum preserves only copies from the Song Dynasty. Two porcelain vases and one
One is Jun porcelain from the five famous kilns, and the other is azure-glazed porcelain from the legendary Chai kiln. Jun porcelain is extremely precious, and has the reputation of "a family with thousands of treasures is not as good as a piece of Jun porcelain", while Chai porcelain
The porcelain from the kiln is limited to legends, and none has been handed down from generation to generation. The world can only learn from ancient books.
He knew the characteristics of Chai kiln porcelain as "blue as the sky, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as loud as a chime". Xue Xiang was a literary enthusiast, but he did not know how to identify porcelain. He only knew these things from the heart of the old professor.
The characteristics of this thing. He recognized the preciousness of the firewood kiln and was anxious to take a closer look.
Looking at the double-flowered ear-hugging vase on the table, I saw that the vase was as thin as paper. When I tapped it gently, a pleasant sound came from it, which was in line with the characteristics of Chai Kiln porcelain. I suddenly thought that the stuff in the bag was Jun porcelain.
Well, it’s a pity that Jun porcelain was broken, but it’s nothing compared to Chai kiln porcelain….
The above three national treasures and Chinese treasures are not the reason for Xue Xiang's confusion. Although these things are almost legends, they are not as shocking as those three books.
Those three books are actually the complete version of the 120 chapters of Cao Xueqin's manuscript "A Dream of Red Mansions"!!!
Although Xue Xiang is not a red fan, he also knows that if these three books are really the complete version of Cao Gong's manuscript "Dream of Red Mansions", it will cause a huge sensation if it is spread out. Even if it is the climax of criticizing all old things, it will still cause a stir in the cultural world.
Of course, Xue Xiang was not so stupid as to hit the muzzle of the gun. He was just curious, didn't Mr. Cao finish writing the last forty chapters? How could there be a manuscript of the last forty chapters?
The old professor's letter only said that the book came from Da Nei. During the Gengzi Incident, his father bought it from an old eunuch. It was the manuscript revised by Cao Gong for the fourth time. Xue Xiang thought that later generations also had Cao Cao.
It was said that "it was added, deleted five times, and read for ten years". If it was not finished, would it be necessary to add, delete or modify it? He didn't care to guess whether it was true or not. He couldn't wait to see how the last forty chapters of these three books were written.
of.
Xue Xiang took out one of the books and looked at it carefully. The whole book was wrapped in a blue hard case. When he opened the blue hard case, the first page was the title page of the manuscript. On the title page, there was only a stone inscription in regular script.
, open the book page, only to see that the page is covered with a thin layer of transparent cover
Covering, the handwriting on the book can be clearly seen through the thin cover. The whole book is arranged in a vertical format. Judging from the handwriting, it is obviously handwriting rather than engraving. The font is thin and rugged, and it penetrates the back of the paper, as if to write out all the dissatisfaction and grief in his chest. Xue
After appreciating the calligraphy, this
After looking at the content of the book, I saw at the front of the page it read: "Chapter 41, tea tasting with plum blossoms and snow in Pongcui'an, robbery and encounter with female locusts in Yihongyuan". In addition to the main text, the pages were filled with small regular script in the spaces between them.
Comments and revision comments make the entire page look very
It was crowded. It turned out that Xue Xiang took the second book, so he opened the other two and found the third one before starting to read. As he read, the east turned white, until the big rooster raised by Grandma Wang in the courtyard crowed.
, and then pulled Xue Xiang back from the book.
Xue Xiang raised his watch and it was already ten past six. Xue Xiang was filled with emotion and anger at this time. He was already convinced that these three books must be the manuscripts of Cao Gong. The treasures in the books were not examined in the imperial examination, and the Jia family was not revived.
, a complete tragedy to the end, and the writing style and writing power are in the same vein as the previous eighty chapters. Even if this
These cannot be completely proved to be created by Cao Gong, but the biggest evidence is the poems in the last forty chapters, each of which is delicate and touching, and exquisitely sad. Many of them contain good sentences and chapters that can be passed down to the world, and these good sentences, chapters, and previous chapters
It has not been published and has not been seen in later generations, which is enough to prove that this is the original manuscript created by Cao Gong.
While Xue Xiang sighed, he also had to admire his luck. These treasures would shock the world no matter where they were placed, but he got them. Xue Xiang didn't plan to hand them over now, he didn't even think about handing them over.
The treasure is naturally inhabited by virtuous people and those with predestined relationships, so they naturally regard themselves as
He belongs to the first class of virtuous people. What's more, he knows what kind of virtue the Zijin Museum is in later generations, not to mention that he actually knows how to collect fakes. What's even more despicable is that the staff of the museum actually steal the cultural relics in the museum and resell them. He doesn't
Don't worry about leaving these treasures to those people.
Xue Xiang took a clean towel and carefully wiped the body of the Chai Kiln porcelain bottle. After wiping it clean, he found a cardboard box, put a thick cotton cover inside, and carefully put the porcelain bottle in. Xue Xiang put the porcelain bottle in
I found another clean sheet, wrapped the silk painting in the sheet, and put it into the cardboard box.
Xue Xiang carefully held the carton, took the three books and the cloth bag containing the Jun porcelain fragments, and returned to his room. He gently opened the door with his foot, and after entering, he closed the door with his foot without making any sound.
.He put the cardboard box
Stuffed it under the bed, put the three books into the bottom drawer of the desk and pressed them down. He carefully placed the bag containing Jun porcelain behind the door, for fear that the force would be too great and the fragments would become more broken, which would trigger the start of the antique.
I can rely entirely on it for funding...
After placing these treasures, Xue Xiang went out to the Red Star Canteen and bought five kilograms of meat buns, three kilograms of fried dough sticks and a small bucket of soy milk. Last time he bought three kilograms of steamed buns and two kilograms of fried dough sticks, but he was not full. This time he had one more
Kang Tong, so the quantity had to be increased. It was already 6:40 when I bought breakfast. There was already movement in Xiao Wan and Xiao Yi's rooms, and Xiao Shi in his room seemed to be sleeping soundly. Xue Xiang returned to the room.
wake up the little one,
The little guy was twisting and turning on the bed, humming and refusing to get up. Xue Xiang tried to coax him for a while, but to no avail. He turned around and left the room, and after a while, he turned back again with a big meat bun in his hand.
Then he ate while walking, and his mouth was full of oil. He said to the little guy in a vague voice: "They are all eating. I didn't buy many buns today. I heard that the little baby likes to sleep and won't eat big meat buns. They are just eating."
So happy."
The little guy saw Xue Xiang eating steamed buns, and the distant smell of meat wafted into his little nose, and he had long lost his sleepiness. When he heard what Xue Xiang said, he immediately became anxious and shouted for Xue Xiang to hurry up to his sister's room and help her.
She put on her clothes
She brought her clothes and shoes, and after shouting, she shouted out the door, "Leave some for me." The little girl looked nervous, fearing that she would be late and wouldn't have anything to eat. Xue Xiang helped her bring her clothes.
The guy wants Xue Xiang
Let her put on the top part, and she put on the bottom part herself, saying that it would be faster to wear it this way. Xue Xiang had no choice but to follow her instructions. Who said it was a hegemonic country? It had nuclear weapons-Jin Dou'er. Who knew, the two
Wearing clothes together was even slower. When Xue Xiang lifted her arm, the little guy was lifting his feet to put on his pants. As a result, his body was uncoordinated and he almost fell on the bed. The little guy immediately opened his mouth and was about to launch a nuclear bomb.