What Jiang Lai wanted to repair was not this document bag, but a pile of ancient books in the bag.

The reason why I say "pile" instead of "zhang" is because Jiang Lai poured out of the bag. Scattered on the glass tabletop, moth-eaten, rat-gnawed, acidified, this material has been damaged, large pieces are a few centimeters, small pieces are only the size of fingernails, a gust of wind will blow them away.

Jiang Lai didn't even dare to touch it easily with his hands.

Now, Linglong is going to test herself with this pile of "debris".

Seeing Jiang Lai looking at himself with strange eyes, Linglong herself was also a little weak-hearted, and said embarrassedly: "I thought that you are a special collection restorer anyway, so I will use this to test you." If we succeed, we will have a valuable document in the restoration room. If you fail, you won't have much to lose. It's already like this anyway. Besides, I have personally seen Director Yun restore this level of "broken ancient books". ”

Only then did the students know that Linglong was going to use this pile of materials to "test" the new special collection restoration room, and one by one their faces were red and excited, and they looked like they were not too big to see the excitement.

However, what came out of his mouth was "Teacher Linglong, how can you be like this? This is too embarrassing, isn't it?", "That's it, how can this be repaired? It's completely a pile of fragments", "Teacher Jiang, I support you, you will definitely succeed, it doesn't matter if you fail......

"How many days did Director Yun use it?" Jiang Lai asked in a faint voice as he refocused his gaze on the pile of fragments.

He's not angry, and there's no such thing to be angry about. He has restored rare books that are more difficult to restore, but this time the process is more complicated and the restoration is more difficult.

If he can fix it, someone else can fix it. So why did he become a collector and how did he distance himself from others?

Not to mention that there are so many students watching.

"Five days. Linglong said: "On the first day, the restoration plan was formulated, and then it took two days to piece together the content, and the restoration was completed on the fifth day. You don't have to worry about the time, it doesn't matter if you only need to take five days like Director Yun or a little more time than Director Yun......"

"Get me a mask first. Jiang said.

"Masks?"

When Linglong hesitated, a girl already ran over to get a black mask and handed it over, saying, "The mask is here." ”

Jiang Lai put on a mask, and then dared to lean over and look down at this seriously damaged ancient book.

If he didn't wear a mask, he didn't dare to study the fragments up close, for fear that if he was not careful, sneezed or breathed heavily, the fragments would be blown away.

If there is a piece and a half of it, future generations will have to rely on "Meng" or "guess" when they study this document, because no one knows what it contains in one piece.

Many times, all you see is one word missing, but in the long course of history, there is a piece of history missing.

Jiang Lai worked directly on the Linglong workbench, picked up a few large pieces of paper with tweezers and studied them, and said: "This is the Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus written in Dunhuang. ”

"Mahayana Amitayus Sutra", also known as "Mahayana Amitayus Sutra", "Mahayana Amitayus Sutra", Indian Mahayana Buddhist Esoteric Classics. The scriptures claim that whether you copy it yourself, have someone copy it, read it by others, or receive a gift to read it, you can get all kinds of good fortune and merits. During the reign of the two great Dharma kings of the Tibetan reign in Dunhuang, Trisong Dezan and Chizu Dezan were convinced of the blessings and merits brought by this scripture, and Chizu Dezan had personally made a vow to order the copying of the scriptures throughout the country, and each monastery had a special "scripture workshop", among which the "Mahayana Amitayus Sutra" was an important copy content, in order to seek the long-term stability of the country and the longevity and health of the king.

It has been more than 1,000 years since the Tang Dynasty wrote the scriptures, and even if the broken paper is still considered to be "auspicious and feathered", it has been cherished by collectors of all generations.

Jiang Lai did not expect that he was about to restore such an important and precious scroll.

"What?" Linglong was shocked.

When she found the fragments in the library, they had already been sealed in the portfolio. In the past, there was no restoration room in the Blue Sea and Sea Library, and even if the books were seriously damaged, they could only be left to fend for themselves. Countless rare books have disappeared, and the world has never been seen again.

Later, Mr. Yun Chengzhi took the lead in setting up the museum restoration room, which systematically sorted out and counted the millions of books in the library of Bihai University, and repaired and cared for some damaged books with important research significance with a long history.

I don't know which staff member found this page of the scroll, but found that the damage was too serious to repair, and it was a pity to lose it, so I put it in this file bag.

Linglong also tried to repair it, but found that the repair was too difficult, and other restoration tasks were delayed, so she locked it in a drawer.

She had also studied these fragments, and she could see from the words that this was a scripture, but she couldn't say that it was the "Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus" written in Dunhuang after a few glances like Jiang Lai.

If it is really the Dunhuang scripture that is called "auspicious light and feather", he does not know how to cherish it and does not keep it properly, I am afraid that Director Yun, who is harsh and stubborn about these ancient books and rare books as his life, knows that he will definitely scold himself for a bloody dog.

Look at here, there is a sign of the word "Guoxing writes". Jiang Lai used tweezers to hand the finger-sized fragment to Linglong's eyes, and when he saw that the other students were also approaching, he also showed it in front of them, and said: "The standard inscription should be: the first question "Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus". The end title "The Buddha said that the Amitayus sect should be sutra". And there is a four-character inscription of "An Guoxing writes". Now that we know that this is a volume of the Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus, and we know its standard inscription, is it easy to put these pieces together?"

The most scary thing about piecing together pieces is that you don't know what the pieces you are putting together are, so you can only do the puzzle according to the shape and size of the pieces. It's time-consuming, laborious, and error-prone. But if you know the full content of a scripture, you can put it together in half the effort.

"Teacher Jiang, how do you know that this is the Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus?" a student asked aloud. Ignoring the appearance of the man in front of him, it seems that he does have his own uniqueness in terms of repair. Naturally, students will not miss such an opportunity to ask for advice.

"Because I read it. ”

"Teacher Jiang, have you ever seen such a scripture before?

"In 2011, at the Beijing Chengxuan Autumn Auction, there was a Dunhuang scroll. ”

"Wow, it's still in the auction, so this scripture must be worth a lot of money if it is restored, right?"

"It's worth a lot of money. Jiang said, "However, this is a museum collection, so it should not be sold." ”

"Can it be fixed?" asked Linglong. She didn't know the contents of these fragments before, so it didn't matter if they were repaired or not, there were many seriously damaged ancient books, and not every one of them could be repaired. Even if she used these fragments to test Jiang Lai just now, she also had the idea that "if you can't repair it anyway, there will be no loss".

However, since we know that this is the "Mahayana Amitayus Sutra" written in Dunhuang, we must find ways to restore it.

Jiang Lai didn't raise his head, and said with a light appearance: "Of course." Have you ever done acid removal before?"

"Yes. Linglong's face was slightly red, and she said with some embarrassment: "I sprayed the acid removal potion before, and I thought I would fix it myself, but it was delayed because of some things......

"Good. Jiang Lai didn't care what Linglong was thinking. He just needed to know that because of the work that Linglong had done before, he had saved a lot of time and procedures. "The photo number has already been made, right?"

Many of the pages of ancient books have been acidified, so acid removal is a necessary work before restoration, spraying a special potion on the pages, and then drying for several days to complete the acid removal work.

"It's all done. Linglong said. I was grateful to Jiang Lai for not asking the bottom of the matter, asking questions such as "Since the acid removal work has been completed, why hasn't it been repaired", and I was a little annoyed that Jiang Lai didn't take her seriously at all. "How can I not know the basic knowledge of taking pictures and archiving them before restoration, and recording the various diseases that exist in ancient books?"

"A piece of hemp paper. Jiang Lai said loudly. "I want old linen paper as a base. ”

This scripture has been broken into pieces, and even if it is pieced together and glued, it can easily be broken again, and it must be based on a piece of paper with the same qualifications. In this way, it can be preserved for a long time.

Soon, a student went to the paper library to get an old linen paper and sent it over.

Jiang Lai smoothed the old hemp paper and put it on the glass tabletop, and then began to piece together the scriptures of the Mahayana Sutra of Amitayus on the hemp paper.

His head was lowered, his body was leaned forward, his eyes were focused on the small pieces of paper scattered on the table, and the tweezers in his hand clamped the small pieces of paper together according to the contents and notches towards the middle.

Quick and well-proportioned, his eyes were like a pair of electronic radars, and it was always easy to find the piece he needed from the pile of debris.

Quiet, calm, gentle and rhythmic.

In Linglong's eyes, Jiang Lai at work is completely different from the appearance when he first saw him, he was like a bamboo and a pine at first sight, and the logo was straight, but he was too cold. Now the river is like an orchid like a willow, soft and chic.

Jiang Lai didn't speak, and no one from the bystanders spoke.

Everyone held their breath, as if a mouth could blow away the pieces of paper on the table, for fear of disturbing the man's repair process and the spiritual world presented.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon, half an hour passed. As if there was a biological alarm clock in his body, Jiang Lai stopped what he was doing, then got up and stood, moved his stiff neck and waist and shoulders, and asked, "Is there any music?" ”

"Yes. A girl replied excitedly, not even knowing why she was so excited. Even if I spent hundreds of dollars to watch an idol's concert last time, I got an autograph through a relationship when I left, and I didn't feel the surging mood at this moment. She took out her mobile phone from her pocket, opened the commonly used music player, and said, "Is it Li Yugang's "The New Concubine Drunk"?"

"No, it's Mei Lanfang's "The Drunken Concubine". Jiang Lai said in a firm voice: "It has been released for many years, and it is not new at all. ”

“......”