The first one is Ge Xuan, a famous Taoist priest in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the founder of Lingbao Sect, and one of the four Taoist heavenly masters. People call him the "Big Ge Immortal".
The second one is "Little Ge Xianweng", Ge Hong, a Taoist theorist, alchemist, and medical scientist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is also the author of the Taoist classic "Baopuzi", the Chinese medicine prescription "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription", and the strange novel "The Legend of Immortals"
The author is also the great-nephew of Ge Xuan, the Great Ge Immortal.
In this calligraphy and painting, Ge Xianweng has a white beard and white hair and is full of energy. He is holding a gourd in one hand and gently twirling his long beard under his chin with the other hand. There is a giant tiger and a spiritual bird protecting his sides.
There is no wind in the painting, but the slightly worn Taoist uniform of the immortal man seems to be blown by the wind, and the white clouds in the sky also seem to be floating slowly.
This is a closer look.
And if you take a few steps back and look at it from a distance, you will find that the whole painting has a feeling that is difficult to describe in words.
It is a Taoist mystery that is quiet and indifferent to fame and wealth.
There is no author's signature on the painting, but there is a title, which is: "The Immortal Statue of Da Ge Xianweng."
The big Ge Xianweng is naturally Ge Xuan.
Ge Xuan was born during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. Because of his longevity, he lived most of his life in Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period.
It is said that Ge Xuan once studied Taoism with Zuo Ci, who taught him several volumes of Dan Sutra, including "Tai Qing Dan Jing", "Jiuding Dan Jing", "Jin Ye Dan Jing" and "San Yuan Miao Yi Dan Jing".
Afterwards, Ge Xuan traveled to famous mountains and devoted himself to Taoism.
In ancient times, it was also widely spread among the people that Ge Tianshi could eliminate demons, save people, make rainfall and other miraculous miracles.
Tao Hongjing, a famous Taoist priest in the Southern Dynasties who was known as the Prime Minister of the Mountains, recorded this on the "Stele of Tai Chi Zuo Immortal Weng Ge Gong", "The public galloped across Sichuan and the mountains, and the dragon and tiger guards followed."
That is to say, Ge Xuan was protected by dragons and tigers when he traveled around famous mountains and rivers.
After ascending to the immortal world, Ge Xuan was awarded the title of "Tai Shang Yu Jing Tai Chi Left Palace Immortal", abbreviated as: Tai Chi Immortal.
Of course this belongs to myths and legends.
There are documented records that Ge Xuan was named "Chong Ying Zhenjun" in the third year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the third year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, when Lizong of the Song Dynasty was in power, he was also named "Chong Ying Fuyou Zhenjun".
The title of True Lord is second only to the Great Emperor and the Emperor. At this time, Ge Xuan has the same status as the Four Holy True Lords under Emperor Ziwei and the True Lord of Qingyuan Miaodao, also known as Erlang Shen.
After that, Ge Xuan was revered as one of the four heavenly masters of Taoism.
It is worth mentioning that the Ge Tianshi among the four heavenly masters in "Journey to the West" is Ge Xuan, the Great Ge Immortal.
Seeing Shen Yu looking at the painting without blinking, Zhou Qing came over with a smile and asked: "Brother, what do you think of this Song Dynasty painting?"
Shen Yu ignored this at all, "Brother Zhou, this painting has no author's signature. How can you say this painting is an authentic work by Sun Zhiwei? And how can you determine that it is a Song Dynasty painting?"
Zhou Qing smiled arrogantly, "Because the author of this painting left a hidden money! Let me give it a try, brother, and ask you to find the hidden money in the painting yourself."
"Hidden money? Is there a hidden money in this painting?" Looking at the portrait of the immortal Ge Xianweng in front of him, Shen Yu's thick eyebrows gradually frowned.
He had just used his special ability to appraise treasures to look at it. The painting was extremely well done, but due to the age, the light was very weak and was only as big as a pearl. It dates from the late Qing Dynasty.
However, Zhou Qing said that there is hidden money for this painting, so there must be. The other party is selling the painting, so he cannot be lying.
"But where is the hidden money for this painting?"
Patiently, Shen Yu took out his magnifying glass and started searching on the painting.
Just look at it for three minutes.
The more Shen Yu looked at it, the more surprised he became. He felt that he had checked carefully, but he didn't find out where the hidden money was in the painting.
"This is strange. This painting is a figure painting. There are no mountains, rivers, forests, springs, or palaces and pavilions. It can be said that there is no place to hide the signature. Why can't I find it even after using a magnifying glass?"
Seeing Shen Yu frowning, Zhou Qing smiled to himself and said: "Brother, I am a seller and I will definitely not deceive the buyer. This painting is indeed signed by Sun Zhiwei.
"Sun Zhiwei, also known as Taigu, was a great painter in the Song Dynasty. He was talented and clear-minded since he was a child. He liked to paint on the walls of temples. Xuanhe Painting Book spoke highly of him, saying that he was one of the gods.
"The price of a portrait of a deity painted by a man among deities is astronomical!"
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Chuzhou.
Sanyuan Street.
The ancestral home of the Shen family.
Chen Xiaoyu sat on the sofa in the wing, staring at a 64-inch ultra-high-definition monitor in front of him without blinking.
Throughout the Shen family's ancestral home, Shen Yu paid a high price to have more than a dozen high-definition cameras installed.
It's very hidden and can't be seen by outsiders.
Chen Xiaoyu mainly focuses on the entrance of his ancestral home.
Under the camera is a tall, powerful and vivid stone lion.
"It's really evil. If you don't keep an eye on it, these thieves will hang around here every day, but if I keep an eye on it, they won't come again!"
Chen Xiaoyu has been very anxious and angry these days.
It's not about money. He can get tens of thousands of yuan from Shen Yu's store every month, and there will be a six-digit dividend at the end of the year.
The place to live has also been settled, and I will temporarily live in the back house of the Shen family.
The down payment for the new house has already been paid. It is a 120-square-meter house with three bedrooms and two living rooms. The location is not very good, it is close to the outer ring road, but it has convenient transportation. Every household has an above-ground parking space. It is only a short drive to Lantingju, an antique city. More than twenty minutes.
Chen Xiaoyu is angry with himself because he hasn't done a small thing that Shen Yu asked him yet.
A while ago, one of the stone lions from the Shen family's ancestral home was lost. Shen Yu asked him to go to a stonemason's shop on Jade Street in the old city to carve an identical one.
After that, Chen Xiaoyu asked the stonemason to make the stone lion old, and brought it back to the door on a dark and windy night, in order to make the group who stole the stone lion come to steal it again.
I learned from Shen Yu that those who stole the stone lions were most likely tomb robbers. After they stole them, they would sell them to some wealthy businessmen for their shady houses.
The so-called Yin Zhenzhao means that children and grandchildren are worried about their elders being bullied, so they get the right stone lions and place them in front of the tombs to protect their ancestors.
Of course, this is purely feudal superstition.
The lion is an auspicious animal and is very popular among people, so the price of this kind of stone lion that is more than a century old is very high on the black market, and some buyers who are in good condition even bid hundreds of thousands more.
It's useless for the other party to steal one, because whether you buy or sell these things, they usually come in pairs, so the other party will definitely come to steal the remaining one, and the other party has already visited the spot before.
Originally, Chen Xiaoyu felt that he could handle this matter beautifully, but more than half a month later, the thief who stole the stone lion did not appear again.
The bullshit has been blown out. If this matter cannot be handled well, Chen Xiaoyu feels that he has no shame in seeing Shen Yu again.
Face was secondary. Chen Xiaoyu felt that Shen Yu was too kind to him and had to help Shen Yu solve some trivial matters.
Although he had been watching all night yesterday, Chen Xiaoyu was not sleepy at all now. He drank some coffee and continued to stare at the monitor screen.
As soon as I put down the coffee cup, my phone suddenly buzzed. I looked down at the phone and it was a WeChat message from Liu Yan. It was a simple two-line message, "I heard the news. Someone will go to the boss's ancestral house to steal the stone lion at night, be careful!" ”
