After listening to Liu Dong's words, the thin young man first looked at the expression on his face, and then after Liu Dong made a gesture of throwing the octagonal tower back into the snakeskin bag, the thin young man gritted his teeth and said
: "Okay, one hundred is one hundred, I'll just protect my capital today, and I'll just make my big brother my friend!"
Although he said so, the thin young man was still very happy in his heart. This small tower was a companion when he went to the countryside to buy an old house. It basically cost him nothing. If he could sell it for a hundred yuan today, he would almost make all the money.
. You must know that one hundred yuan a day for two thousand years is not a lot at all. Ordinary white-collar workers do not have such a high salary.
When Liu Dong took out a red hundred-yuan bill from his trouser pocket and handed it to the young man, the two parties happily concluded the deal. In Liu Dong's eyes, this small octagonal tower carved from carbonized wood, although it is now covered with mud,
, there is no way to see the whole picture, but its value far exceeds one hundred yuan.
After the transaction was completed, the two parties went their separate ways. Liu Dong, who was familiar with the business, soon returned to his rented house.
It was noon now, and the beautiful Queen Qiang who gave him a headache hadn't gotten off work yet, so Liu Dong didn't even change his shoes, so he kicked open the door of his room and put the box containing the golden nanmu gloomy wood in the bed
Next to the bedside table near the corner.
Then he opened the lid of the box, took the small octagonal tower in his hand, and then took out a white cotton towel and brush from the drawer under his desk by the window. Liu Dong pulled out the chair and sat down.
Come down.
As the dust on the small octagonal tower was cleared bit by bit, the black and shiny tower body, as smooth as a mirror, was gradually revealed.
After the cleaning was completed, the full picture of the small tower was presented to Liu Dong. Although the octagonal small tower only had three floors, the decorations on it gave people a majestic feeling. Moreover, Liu Dong, who had extraordinary micro-carving skills, quickly discovered this small tower.
The same micro-carving technique is used on the top.
Through a magnifying glass, Liu Dong discovered that in addition to the lotus on the base, eight famous Buddhist classics were carved with micro-carving techniques on the eight faces of the first-floor octagonal pagoda, including "Infinite Life", which is a major work of the Pure Land Sect.
Sutra", "Amitabha Sutra", "Surangaga Sutra", "Surangama Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and "Heart Sutra" majored in Zen Buddhism, "Lotus Sutra" majored in Tiantai Sect and "Huayan Sutra" majored in Huayan Sect
.Although the characters are small, they are clearly written. The micro-engraved regular script is even neater under a magnifying glass than in the book.
The small pagoda on the second floor is engraved with some figures and eight stories. Although Liu Dong doesn't know much about Buddhist allusions, he has heard of some.
In particular, on one of the eight sides of the small pagoda, there is a depiction of a Buddha with draped ears and a compassionate face sitting under the Bodhi tree, surrounded by demons of different shapes, which immediately reminded him of the Buddha.
The story of how someone descended from the Bodhi tree and subdued the inner demons, attaining enlightenment and becoming a Buddha.
In addition, there is another image of Buddha with almost the same appearance, sitting on top of a pile of dry firewood that is already on fire, surrounded by devout believers kneeling.
Finally, comparing the characters on the remaining six pictures, Liu Dong guessed that these eight pictures should tell the life of Buddha Sakyamuni, from his birth, becoming a monk, becoming a Buddha, until his death.
The third and last floor is also engraved with Buddhist figures, but Liu Dong's knowledge is limited. From the top, he can only see the Buddha Sakyamuni sitting in the center, as well as the Maitreya Buddha and the Lantern Buddha.
There were Buddhist figures often used in carvings such as the Medicine Buddha, the Third Buddha, the Four Bodhisattvas, and eighteen Arhats of various shapes. As for the others, he didn't know much about them, but looking at the figures carved on this floor
There are no less than 200 of them, and the shapes are lifelike. Even the clothing patterns and hair of the characters are clearly explained, which shows the skill of the sculptor.
To be honest, this is the first time Liu Dong has seen such exquisite miniature sculptures. His skill level far exceeds that of Uncle Long who once taught him miniature sculptures.
At this time, no matter how slow Liu Dong was, he understood that he really found a treasure this time!
"Although I still don't know how much this thing is worth, but based on the miniature carving skills on this small tower, it should be worth five to six million." Liu Dong secretly guessed in his heart.
However, Liu Dong was still unsure what to do with such a precious thing, whether to collect it himself or sell it. However, Liu Dong was still more inclined to collect it by himself. After all, this was the first thing he picked up.
Yes, it is very memorable.
However, he is not a real appraiser. Although he recognized that the material of this octagonal stupa is rare golden nanmu type carbonized wood, and the micro-carving process on it is also extraordinary, but is it an old thing? Liu Dong
I still have some doubts in my mind.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong couldn't help but sigh secretly. Although he has been in the Quancheng antique market for three years, he doesn't know any famous appraisers. If he rashly takes it out to those antique shops or auction houses for appraisal,
If it is a good thing worth tens of thousands of gold, it will definitely cause uproar in the city, and then I am afraid that all the monsters and monsters who are interested in this treasure will come to the door.
After struggling in society for several years, he still knows the truth that "every man is not guilty, but a man with a treasure is guilty". By then, regardless of whether his life is in danger, I am afraid he will really find peace. This is Liu
Dong is not willing to do so anyway.
"Forget it, let's put it away first! It's not too late to do an appraisal when I have the opportunity in the future!" Thinking of this, Liu Dong also made up his mind. Then he took out the beautifully shaped octagonal relic that had been cleaned.
After putting the tower into the box he usually used to hold jade carvings, he locked it in the old suitcase under the bed!
"Huh!" Standing up, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the wooden box where he put the carbonized wood, and then strode open the door and walked out. Then he quickly went downstairs, not riding a bicycle, but walking.
Went to the Carrefour supermarket outside the community. After a large purchase, two large convenience bags filled with vegetables and fruits such as apples, tomatoes, bananas and cucumbers, as well as instant noodles, bread, biscuits and beef jerky and other fast food, returned to their own
Room.
After placing the things out of the way in the corner, Liu Dong wiped the sweat from his head, let out a light breath, and showed a trace of relief on his face.
At this moment, Liu Dong had made up his mind and spent more than a week carving this gloomy piece of wood, and the things he bought were the food that would sustain him without leaving home for a week.
Only by devoting all his heart and energy to this piece of wood carving can he ensure that his carving skills are maintained at the highest level to the greatest extent. Only then can he carve truly exquisite wood carvings that will live up to Uncle Long's trust in him.
However, now that he had just picked up a big leak, he was very excited and could not calm down. Obviously, now was not a good time to start carving immediately.
However, in the past few years of sculpting, Liu Dong has long figured out a way to calm his emotions.
So after seeing him take a deep breath, he took his towel from the rack next to the door, carried a red patterned enamel basin into the bathroom, took a quick shower, and changed his clothes.
After cleaning his clothes, he sat cross-legged on his bed, and then started practicing the internal energy he had practiced since childhood.
Liu Dong discovered a few years ago that the internal skills he learned from the unknown old monk not only made him strong and strong, but also had a very powerful effect on calming the mind. Almost every time Liu Dong was in a irritable mood,
Every now and then, he uses this set of exercises to regain his composure, and it is also thanks to the help of this set of exercises that his carving skills have improved so quickly in the past few years.