Chapter 261: Zen incense distinguishes the authenticity
The most common Zen incense is agarwood, sandalwood, cloves, cinnamon, calamus, dipterocarp, elk, among which sandalwood is the most used, as for agarwood is very precious, and musk is not used by ordinary people at all.
Speaking of Zen incense there is a rather legendary history, the only female emperor in Chinese history Wu Zetian, in the Tang Gaozong years, Wu Zetian with Tang Gaozong driving Shaolin, when Wu Zetian because of the road fatigue, suffered from wind cold, and after arriving at the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin abbot master saw Wu Zetian, personally made a kind of Zen incense for Wu Zetian, called: Zhan Tan Weiyan Gong Zen incense.
Wu Zetian took this Zen incense to worship the Buddha, and as a result, the fragrance was condensed and lingered in front of the statue of the Buddha, forming the word ninety-five, fortunately, when Wu Zetian was incense, he was accompanied by confidants, these people naturally would not say this vision, and only one person could call it this way under the ordinary ninety-five-two words, if this thing was known by others, and spread out, even if Wu Zetian was favored by Gaozong, he would have to worry about his life.
Afterwards, Wu Zetian asked the abbot for the recipe and process of making this incense, after Wu Zetian returned to Beijing, he burned incense every day to worship the Buddha, and later after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, he positioned this incense as one of the royal incense, and lit one every day when he sleeped, which was recorded in the words of the Tang Palace.
This matter is very secret, Qin Yu also heard from the mouth of Master Zhiren, according to Master Zhiren, the abbot of Shaolin Temple was not made of ordinary Zen incense, but the use of a thousand-year-old agarwood, this piece of agarwood has always been used by Shaolin Temple to ring the bell, morning bell and dusk drum, this piece of agarwood has gone through many years. It has long been counted as a semi-magic weapon, of course, this is from Qin Yu's point of view, according to Master Zhiren. After many years of chanting by monks, this piece of agarwood has long been contaminated with Buddha nature, and the Zen incense made of this agarwood is easy to communicate with the Buddhas and saints.
Therefore, the biggest role of Zen incense is to be used as a medium to convey people's beliefs and wishes, and there are two reasons why the fragrance of these three Zen incense will float to the Buddha beads.
The first point is. This Buddha bead is an enlightened spiritual object, with the blessing of the master's mental power, in other words, something with Buddha nature. And Zen incense generally wafts to the place where the Buddha's energy is most strong.
The second point is naturally that Qin Yu secretly made a means, don't look at the fact that he just held the Zen incense upside down a 360 degree before, it looks like a handsome, but in fact it is a hidden mystery. This technique is called "Cutting Buddha's Hand" in the metaphysical world.
Truncated Buddha's hand. The incense of the Buddha is a very domineering name, but in fact, the Buddha's hand only attracts the fragrance of Zen incense to something with Buddha nature, rather than drifting to a mysterious space, if Qin Yu does not use this Buddha's hand, even if this Buddha bead is worn by the Buddha himself, it will not be able to attract the fragrance of Zen incense.
Of course, Qin Yu won't explain the second reason now, but just told everyone the first reason. It dawned on everyone that Zen incense still had this effect. It can be used to discern whether a thing really has Buddha nature or not, and it has been consecrated by a high monk.
Qin Yu didn't expect it, he concealed the second reason, but then there was a joke that was not big or small, the hero of the joke was his brother-in-law Meng Fang, if Qin Yu knew the Tao and left Xiangbao Zhai, he would definitely tell them, but unfortunately, Qin Yu didn't know the Tao, and then Qin Yu couldn't smile bitterly when he heard Meng Yao talk about this matter, of course, this is a matter later, not to mention it for the time being.
Qin Yu's explanation made sense, and the facts were also in front of him, and everyone could accept them, Mo Yongxing scratched his head and asked again: "But what does this have to do with the truth or falsity of the Buddhist scriptures?"
Qin Yu glanced at Mo Yongxing, an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, Mo Yongxin raised his eyes, and glanced at his brother: "Since this Buddha bead can attract Zen incense, then this scripture transcribed by Master Yunbo himself, if it is true, it will definitely be able to attract the fragrance of Zen incense." ”
"Yes, that's the truth, if this scripture is true, then Zen incense will also float around the scripture, and Shopkeeper Li can put the scripture on the table and try it. Qin Yu motioned for Fang Ning to put away the Buddha beads, and then said to Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li glanced at Qin Yu when he heard this, didn't say anything, carefully placed the Jizo Merit Sutra on the table, and then, like Qin Yu, stepped back and stood aside, carefully observing the fragrance of this Zen incense.
It's just that Shopkeeper Li is destined to be disappointed, after Fang Ning took back the Buddha beads, the aroma of this Zen incense returned to its original state and began to drift towards the sky, and the local Tibetan merit scripture was placed on the table for a long time, and it was useless.
This time it was clear at a glance, there was no need for Qin Yu to say anything more, everyone already knew the result of the Dao, this local Tibetan merit scripture was imitated, not the authentic work of Master Yunbo.
"This ...... How is this possible!" Shopkeeper Li muttered to himself, as if he couldn't accept this result, if this scripture is fake, not only will Xiang Bao Zhai lose three million, but the most important thing is that it proves that his eyesight is not good, you must know that this scripture is jointly identified by him and another firm master.
Eye-catching things Xiang Bao Zhai is not unexperienced, Xiang Bao Zhai has been open for so many years, and has received several imitations, worth more than three million, this loss Xiang Bao Zhai bears.
What makes the shopkeeper Li uncomfortable is that it is still his own eye, and he can be the big shopkeeper of Xiangbao Zhai, and the reputation of the shopkeeper Li in the antique world is not lower than that of those appraisal experts, but this time it was planted on a Buddhist scripture, which is a big blow to the reputation of the shopkeeper Li.
The antique business is like this, you help people identify a hundred antiques to accumulate reputation, as long as a hole occurs, the reputation will plummet, will make many people who originally wanted to help identify antiques hesitate, you hit the eye once, it is inevitable that you will not hit the eye a second time.
"Shopkeeper Li doesn't have to sigh, I took a look at the handwriting on this Buddhist scripture, and the real Yunbo master wrote it very similarly, almost to the point of being fake, if it weren't for the fact that the person who imitated the writing did not have the profound mind of the Yunbo master, I am afraid that with the handwriting and this material, no one can see that it is fake, and although this scripture is imitated, it is also from the Song Dynasty, and it is also an antique. ”
Qin Yu saw the sad appearance of Shopkeeper Li, and opened his mouth to comfort a few words, Shopkeeper Li is not a person in their metaphysical world, naturally he doesn't know that there are so many Taoist scriptures, they identify antiques from the handwriting and the seal and the material of the scripture paper, and this imitation scripture is almost no different from the real one in these three aspects, this scripture is also from the Song Dynasty, and it cannot be considered fake.
"Mr. Qin doesn't need to comfort me, this is an eye-catcher, but this time I still have to thank Mr. Qin for seeing that this scripture is imitated, otherwise if it is really sold to Miss Mo, then my reputation of Xiangbao Zhai will really be lost." Shopkeeper Li's face changed for a while, and after the most retreat, he returned to normal, and said gratefully to Qin Yu.
"It's strange if you're really grateful buddy, buddy made you five million less. Qin Yu slandered in his heart, this shopkeeper Li was grateful to himself on the surface, and it was estimated that he had chopped himself in his heart.
Actually, Qin Yu is a bit extreme in thinking like this, if this scripture is not sold to Mo Yongxin, maybe Shopkeeper Li will indeed have that kind of thought, but it is sold to Mo Yongxin, Shopkeeper Li is sincerely grateful to Qin Yu for pointing out the truth of this scripture.
The old man's birthday, the birthday gift personally selected by the eldest lady of the Mo family turned out to be fake, if this matter is discovered, then Xiang Bao Zhai will definitely be under great pressure.
Although this Xiang Bao Zhai is not intentional, and the antique trade has its own eyesight, but if the Mo family is annoyed, with the Mo family's strength, Xiang Bao Zhai is not enough to compete.
Even if the Mo family understands that Xiang Bao Zhai doesn't mind, there are many people who want to climb the big boat of the Mo family, if these people want to curry favor with the Mo family by venting their anger for the Mo family, or think that the Mo family is just for the sake of their reputation and not good to move Xiang Bao Zhai, such a person only needs to give two or three to Xiang Bao Zhai to drink a pot.
There are countless yamen in the capital, some are all kinds of bureaucrats, the so-called king of Hades is good, and the little ghosts are difficult, if these bureaucrats are to grasp it in some aspects, they will not be able to sit still.
Therefore, the shopkeeper Li is sincere in his gratitude to Qin Yu, if it is an ordinary buyer, Xiang Bao Zhai sells this high imitation of the scriptures is nothing, Xiang Bao Zhai does not sell fakes This is just a reputation slogan of Xiang Bao Zhai, ordinary buyers can not take Xiang Bao Zhai because of this.
Qin Yu would not have thought of this now, more precisely, Qin Yu knew that the Mo family was very powerful, but he didn't know what the specific extent was, and he could only guess based on the contact between himself and the Mo family's siblings.
"Since this scripture is a high imitation, then Shopkeeper Li should put it away, and don't take it out again in the future. Fang Ning nodded tepidly on the side, this scripture was confirmed to be a high imitation, but it was actually quite a slap in the face.
When he was outside before, he also told Mo Yongxin that five million to buy this scripture was not expensive, but now in a blink of an eye, Qin Yu confirmed that this was just a copy of someone else's copy, which also made his face gloomy.
If it weren't for the intimate relationship between Qin Yu and Meng Yao, Fang Ning would have wondered if Qin Yu had come to dismantle his platform, or if this Qin Yu had also come to pursue Mo Yongxin.
The expert he invited appraised the results, Mo Yongxin didn't believe it, and even confronted the expert because of this, and after Qin Yu said that it was just an ordinary inkstone, Mo Yongxin was convinced, if it weren't for the fact that Qin Yu might be the uncle of the Meng family, Fang Ning would definitely regard Qin Yu as the first competitor in the pursuit of Mo Yongxin, after all, Mo Yongxin's attitude towards this Qin Yu was too weird, and it did not match Mo Yongxin's previous personality. (To be continued......)