Chapter 392: The Divine Tree
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Meng Zitao looked at the black cat, and saw Liu Yiping showing a kind smile at him, he immediately reacted, it should be Liu Yiping who saw Xu Jianwei's performance just now, felt that something was wrong, and gave up the plan to compete for Tang Sancai's pottery horse.
No matter what was going on, Mencius replied with a kind smile and continued to wait for the next antique.
After receiving everyone's labels, the black cat then took out two antiques, this time it was two blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, both of which were genuine, very good, and attracted everyone's attention.
Next, the appearance of antiques one by one, although there is no excitement of shouting prices at the scene, but because it is a secret standard, in order to ensure that the objects they see can win the bid, everyone has racked their brains, paying attention to everyone's looks, and wants to see some clues from it.
However, the characters here, who are not experienced veterans, basically do not show their emotions, even if they keep staring, it is estimated that it is difficult to find out.
But because of this, a lot of variables have been added to the bidding, and if you want to win the bid, you have to come up with a higher price, not to mention, but also to guess the style of other people's bids, otherwise, if in the end other people's offer is only one dollar more than your own, then you have to vomit blood in anger.
Soon, more than an hour passed, and two-thirds of the antiques were taken out, during which Meng Zitao also took a fancy to some antiques, but he only chose three of them that were not outstanding or bad, just because he didn't want to make any extraneous branches.
After the two bronzes, the black cat asked people to take out two statues, and the first one that reached Mencius was a statue of a god.
Judging from the modeling characteristics, this statue is completely consistent with the protector god in the Buddhist and Taoist statues, so it can be judged that it belongs to the protector god in Taoism.
However, which statue is the specific god, Mencius Tao was a little unclear for a while, and finally thought that this should be a statue of the god of the water general.
According to Taoism, water will be one of the two protectors of the Xuanwu Emperor, and he and the fire will be inseparable.
There are two different theories about their origins: one is that they came from the internal organs of the Emperor Zhenwu, that is, from the stomach and intestines of the Emperor Xuanwu.
It is rumored that when Emperor Zhenwu was cultivating, he did not eat grains and was often plagued by hunger. Once, he was so hungry that his stomach and intestines were churning so much that he was so upset that he took them out and threw them at his feet.
Later, Emperor Zhenwu cultivated and became an immortal, and his intestines and stomach were stained with aura, and he became the second general of the turtle and snake, and became the goalkeeper of the Ertianmen. Another believes that they are the incarnation of the two demon kings subdued by Emperor Xuanwu.
To get back to the point, this statue of the water general is made of wood, with a height of about forty centimeters, and the right hand is holding a weapon commonly used by the water general, but there is a bead on the left hand, which is also where Meng Zitao is a little confused, because it is the first time he has seen such a shape.
Although the shape is a little unclear, the whole statue is still remarkable, and the carving is smooth, like flowing water, in one go. The details are meticulously depicted, especially the facial expressions, which are carved into the wood, revealing the charm of martial arts. Judging from the carving, this should be the style of the late Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the surface of this image is painted, because of the age, some of the color materials have fallen off, showing that the wood used is poplar, but the wood does not look very good, which makes the vast majority of people at the scene lose interest.
Meng Zitao was very interested in the carving of this statue, and thought that it would be good to go back and study it, so he used the ability, and as a result, his heart beat violently, and he shouted in his heart, I must get it!
Fortunately, now Meng Zitao has been able to perfectly hide his emotions, and no one has noticed that there is anything wrong with him.
Then, Meng Zitao passed the statue to the next one, and then said to Xu Jianwei as indifferently as possible that he wanted to invite this statue, and revealed the reason, because he thought that the carving of this statue was good, and wanted to study it.
Xu Jianwei smiled and said that there was no problem, he was not interested in this statue.
After a while, another statue arrived in front of Meng Zitao.
The value of the surface of this statue is much more precious, it is a statue of the Buddha made in the Northern Qi Dynasty, pasted with gold and painted stone. The material is limestone, the carving process is rigorous, the style is refined, and it should be the representative work of the advanced craftsmanship of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
This kind of statue, Meng Zitao is also very interested, however, judging from the appearance of many people, there are not a few people who are interested in statues, it is not easy for him to win the bid, and finally after thinking about it, he still chooses to give up.
After that, Meng Zitao thought about the bidding price of the statue of the water general, it would definitely not work if it was too high, because it would make the black cat suspicious, which would not be good. These people are not decent men and gentlemen, and once they find out that something is wrong, they can completely leave things behind by doing some tricks.
And if it's too low, it's the same reason, they don't think it's cost-effective, so they simply don't sell it.
After thinking about it, Meng Zitao chose a bid price close to the market price, and whether he can win the bid next depends on his luck.
Later, Meng Zitao was very nervous, quite a bit of gains and losses, and finally worried about being noticed by others, so he tried not to think about it.
After another hour, Meng Zitao felt that he was a little like a year, and the black cat finally took out this exchange meeting, the last antique.
Of course, when the thing was carried out, everyone was stunned, because it was clearly a bronze sacred tree.
The bronze god tree is famous in our country, unearthed in the Sanxingdui site, a total of eight, of which the No. 1 god tree is as high as 3.96 meters, and the trunk is 3.84 meters high. There are three layers of branches and leaves, each layer has three branches, and a total of 9 sacred birds live on the branches, which is obviously a portrayal of the "Nine Days Residence Lower Branch".
Since the restoration of this bronze sacred tree, it has caused the world to amaze, and the country has listed it as a national treasure that cannot be left abroad.
And such a national treasure actually appeared here, although it is incomplete from the perspective of modeling, but it is enough to shock everyone.
In the middle of the sound, Wang Youli shouted and asked: "Black cat, are you crazy or what, you actually came out with such a heavy weapon!"
The black cat smiled: "Elder Wang, this is nothing, there are more valuable things than it, and there are also things that have passed through me, don't I still live alive." Of course, if you always feel that you don't want to mix, why don't you bid?"
Wang Youli reprimanded: "Nonsense, what you said is light, as soon as your thing appears, then no one must find out about us?
"That's it, your black cat can run away, but we people can't run away from the monk and can't run away from the temple. Many people next to him echoed it, thinking that the black cat had done a bad job this time.
Although everyone does know the origin of these things today, and there are ways to solve troubles, this does not mean that everyone likes trouble, besides, there are big and small troubles, and the appearance of this kind of national treasure is a big trouble, and no one will like it.
To be honest, the reason why the black cat took out this thing was also because the investigation in this area was too tight recently, and something happened, so he was in a hurry to cash out, and now he didn't expect that everyone would be so clear about their opposition, which seemed a little embarrassing.
However, the black cat immediately thought of an idea and said: "This time the thing is that I did a bad job, so let's do it, when the settlement is settled, I will give you some discounts, how about it?"
Everyone also accepts it when they see it, because the things have been taken out, and even if they take it back, it is just a matter of covering their ears and stealing the bell.
Seeing that everyone agreed, the black cat also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then, he asked everyone to come out to identify this bronze divine tree.
Because the sacred tree was a little big, one meter fifty or sixty centimeters, it was placed close to the long table by the bodyguards, so everyone got up one after another and went to the copper tree to observe.
According to research, the shape and function of "Fusang Tree" and "Jianmu" are very similar to the Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree, and the prototypes of "Fusang Tree" and "Jianmu" are likely to be the "She" trees in ancient times.
In ancient times, people engaged in political and religious activities such as measuring the heavens, worshiping the gods of heaven and earth, praying for rain, praying for agriculture, etc., which was an extremely sacred place to communicate with heaven and man. "She" is generally built on an altar or on a hill, and such an altar is called "Shetan".
For example, in the Analects, it is said that Lu Aigong asked Confucius's student Zai me about the society, and Zai I replied: "She, the Xia Hou clan is pine, the Yin people are cypress, and the Zhou people are chestnut." ”
In ancient times, at the beginning of the establishment of a state, a society must be established first, and the symbol of the society is a tree or several trees or a jungle. The tree, which is the symbol of the company, is often huge.
Therefore, in ancient times, such bronze sacred trees often held an extremely important position.
When Meng Zitao approached the sacred tree, he felt a solemn aura rushing to his face, which made people feel solemn.
This sacred tree is not complete, there is only a tree tree on the tree, and there is no standing sacred bird, the lower part of the sacred tree is hanging a dragon, its head is downward, the tail is on the top, and the posture is similar to the sacred tree of Sanxingdui, but the performance of the dragon is not the same as the sacred tree of Sanxingdui, to be precise, this dragon shape has been close to the image of the dragon of the Shang Dynasty.
In the early days of our country, what connected the dragon to the "community tree" was their common feature of "pointing to the time". Ordinary trees can only be called trees, but for the purpose of measuring the heavens, the sacred tree with the function of "reaching the heavens" is called "Nagarjuna" and "Dragon".
Due to the importance of measuring the heavens and determining the time of year for the agricultural society, this kind of dragon tree was gradually endowed with multiple divine functions such as protecting the crops, securing the state, and controlling the rain.
In this way, it can also show its preciousness.
Meng Zitao inspected quite carefully and found that in addition to the difference between the dragon shape and the Sanxingdui Divine Tree, there were some details on the Divine Tree, with some differences. Judging from this, the production age of this sacred tree should be later than that of the sacred tree in Sanxingdui.
Everyone carefully observed and discussed with each other, and it was almost certain that this sacred tree should be real, and the production date may be from late summer to late summer. The era given by Meng Zitao's ability is also about this period.
When everyone had almost observed, they returned to their respective positions and sat down and pondered.
Because this sacred tree is too precious, nearly half of the people have no idea about this sacred tree, and the rest of the people are also thinking about whether to bid or not, and what to do with things if they buy it.
At this time, the black cat spoke: "Everyone, I won't say much else, everyone also knows that this sacred tree is a little special, so the lowest price is 50 million, let's start bidding." ”
But obviously, because of the characteristics of the sacred tree, many people don't buy the black cat's account, so Wang Youli directly leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Looking at Wang Youli, a trace of fierceness flashed in the black cat's eyes, and he secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely not contact this guy again next time.
Wang Youli may have sensed something, opened his eyes and looked at the black cat, but at this time, the black cat had already changed to a smiling face, and the speed was comparable to a face-changing stunt.
After a while, Liu Yiping was the first to make a move, filled in the bidding form, handed it to the black cat, and sat indifferently.
At this time, a fat boss gritted his teeth, also took out a pen to write down the number and price, and then took a long sigh of relief and wiped his forehead.
Next, two more people voted and the others chose to give up.
The black cat smiled and said, "Okay, the next is the original rule, Mr. Liu, please settle with me." ”
After speaking, Liu Yiping nodded to everyone, took the bodyguard and the palm-eye master, and followed the black cat to the room not far away, which was temporarily partitioned.
After a while, Liu Yiping came out of the room with someone, and it was Wang Youli's turn next.
In this way, everyone took turns to enter the room one by one, and soon it was Meng Zitao's turn, and after the settlement, Meng Zitao won the three bids, and the other two left it alone, and the statue of the water general did not fail, which made him almost cheer.
Xu Jianwei also won the three bids, of course, from the point of view of the value on the surface, it is much more expensive than the three pieces of Meng Zitao.
The service here of the black cat is quite considerate, and after paying, someone took them to another room, showed them the things first, and after there was no problem, they put the things in the suitcase and packed them. In this way, everyone will know too well what the buyer has bought.
As for those who are worried about the black cat getting tired and feel that something is wrong, they can also check the original documents, because they only have a number, they will not leak secrets.
For safety reasons, everyone can only leave until everyone has settled the bill, but you can put your things in the car first.
Put the things in the car, everyone got into the car, Xu Jianwei smiled and chatted with Meng Zitao for a while, suddenly, his face changed, and his eyes were full of horror.
Don't mention him, at this time, Meng Zitao also realized that something was wrong, only to hear a loud "boom", a modified off-road vehicle, crashed open the door of the warehouse, and the gate instantly became torn apart.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, one of the guards at the gate could not dodge, and was unlucky enough to be hit on the head by something, and immediately fell to the ground, and probably injured the artery, blood gushed out of the wound, the man convulsed, obviously unable to live.
Just as everyone was stunned, a few hands stretched out from the car window, all holding swarthy guns in their hands, and fired at the guards next to them and at the door of the warehouse.
Those guards were also well-trained, and when they found something wrong, they immediately found a place to hide, but in the process, two people were shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing his companion fall to the ground, one of the guards' eyes turned red and he also took out a pistol from his bosom and returned fire, while the others began to fire back with their own weapons.
The sound of popping beans resounded all around, but fortunately this is not a residential area, it is relatively remote, otherwise it would have caused a riot.
In just a moment, the plot in the movie and television appeared in front of everyone, scaring everyone hiding in the car, some people hid in the car and shivered, and some people hurriedly got out of the car to cover the body, thinking that it was safer.
At this time, the army commanded Xu Jianwei's bodyguards to adjust the angle of the car, so that everyone got out of the car and hid under the cover of the body. After all, if you don't mention anything else, it really takes some time to get out of the car at a critical moment, and it may be that in such an instant, you will encounter the danger that will be caused.
In addition, there is also a need to use the body as a cover, and some people may see the movie hiding behind the car and think that it is very safe here, but in fact, this is not reliable, because many people do not have the same luck as the movie characters.
In addition, the doors of ordinary cars cannot block bullets fired vertically, but if you look closely at the movie, you will see that it is actually using the car engine to block bullets. At the angle of the "V" between the door and the body, try to stand diagonally with the body, hiding behind the front engine and wheels.
Anyone who knows a little bit about physics knows that when a bullet passes through an object, it will deflect, hide behind a car, and even if the bullet only grabs the body, it may fly 108,000 miles away.
At this time, you can hide it in the wheel hub, note that it is the "wheel" installed on the axle in the center of the tire, not the tire, the rubber tire is actually not as bulletproof as we imagined, only the metal wheel can play a certain role.
Getting back to the point, everyone hid according to the instructions of the army, and then they could only wait patiently.
In fact, what Meng Zitao thought at this time was that both sides took out firearms, so let them eat dogs, and it was best to die together.
But such a thing is obviously impossible to happen, not to mention, Meng Zitao has already discovered that those people who rushed in in the car, dressed in black clothes and with spear badges on their chests, are simply those bastards of the action team of the spirit search team.
And will these people be here without a purpose? )