Nowadays, it is more difficult to restore this volume of Fangwai Atlas than it is for Wu Taixun, a master of the book of the sect, to restore the Lotus Sutra, and for the ancient scrolls that have been damaged, time is the greatest harm, after all, another seventy years have passed since the preservation time.

After returning to the apartment that day, Ding Qi called Ye Xing and told him about his latest discovery. Fang Wai Tuzhi has been found, but he must find a master to repair it, otherwise he won't even be able to see it. He also sent a photo of the roll to Ye Xing's mobile phone, so that the other party had an intuitive understanding.

Ye Xing was ecstatic at first, but then he was very frustrated, and after hanging up the phone and looking at the photos, after a while, he replied to Ding Qi on WeChat: "I'm here to find someone to fix it, but now I need high-definition, all-angle photos, the clearer and more detailed, the better." Give it to me as soon as possible, and shoot with the camera I gave you. ”

Ding Qi didn't play with his heart this time, he took the camera into the 302 storehouse, and took pictures of all the materials that could be taken, including the records left by Wu Taixun on the Myoho-renge-kyo, the wooden box, the scroll after opening the wooden box, and carefully took out the charcoal scroll and photographed it from all angles.

He kept a copy by himself and sent it to Ye Xing with his camera that night.

But Ding Qi still kept an eye on it, and did not rush to report the "results" that he had recently discovered. According to the rules of playing antiques, the value of the engraved book is certainly not as good as the hand-painted original, but it also depends on what it is. The Ten Glory Sets, which have been lost, are a major discovery, much more precious than these seven volumes of the Lotus Sutra.

But the seven volumes of the Lotus Sutra, especially the record attached to Wu Taixun at the end of the scroll, also carry an important history, and the scroll itself is a cultural relic. For the world of literature and religion, this object must be a treasure, and for the library, this discovery is also another important achievement.

Ding Qi had just made a major achievement, and if another important achievement was made soon, some people would inevitably be unable to sit still, and they would definitely think that this collection of rare books and ancient scrolls was of great value or even priceless, and it was impossible for him to let a temporary worker be responsible for sorting out the work alone.

The map has not been repaired, and the details inside have not been seen, so it is not possible to make extraneous branches at this time. Therefore, Ding Qi did not invite the good news for the time being, anyway, this batch of ancient books has not been sorted out yet, so let's continue to sort it out quietly.

That night, Ding Qi had a dream. In the dream, it seems to be a Western-style manor, and in the center of an antique study in the manor, there is a Chinese-style Huanghuali long case. A man in a button-down silk shirt sits at his desk reading an ancient scroll. The age of this person is not easy to tell, and he is very burly and stocky, with his hair combed on his back. The hair on his forehead was brushed back to his ears, black and shiny.

Ding Qi had never seen this person, but when he woke up, he realized that he had dreamed of someone, it should be Zhang Jinlin, the abbot of Chishan Temple before liberation.

Zhang Jinlin didn't know how many things he took from Chishan Temple back then, and now the rare ancient scrolls collected by Jinghu University are only a small part of them. Those scriptures that had been damaged were also repaired by Zhang Jinlin before the liberation of China, but why did he put the Fangwai Tuzhi at the end?

Listening to Wu Taixun's tone, he still thought that after finishing his family's affairs, he would go back to Chishan Temple to repair the last volume of things without regrets. But obviously, he didn't have this opportunity, because Zhang Jinlin ran away with things. For decades to come, Zhang Jinlin always kept these things with him, but why did he never find anyone to repair them?

Maybe it's hard to find a master craftsman like Wu Taixun anymore, or maybe he doesn't want to repair it. Ye Xing said that the successive abbots of Chishan Temple may have kept a secret, maybe Zhang Jinlin didn't know this secret, or he didn't want to know it anymore. After all, Zhang Jinlin is no longer a monk, and Chishan Temple no longer exists.

However, Zhang Jinlin kept such an unrepaired and unrecognizable volume, and donated it back to Jinghu City after his death. What he thought was no longer able to ask, but Ding Qi felt the complex state of mind of his person, like a telepathy across time and space.

Who said that you can only see each other's hearts when you sit in the consultation room and face to face. Even if you don't know each other, even if you are far away from time and space, even if the other party is no longer in this world, you can still see it. Because they have left behind their deeds, their actions depend on their will and motive, which in turn reflect their thinking and cognition.

Ding Qi pondered for a long time because of this dream, and sat on the bed looking at the chair in front of him, as if Zhang Jinlin was sitting there, and he was doing a psychological consultation or psychoanalysis for the other party. At this moment, Ye Xing called again.

Ye Xing has already invited a master who can repair ancient scrolls, and he wants to introduce him to Ding Qi, and let Ding Qi go over at noon. Ding Qi happened to have an appointment for a psychological outpatient clinic this morning, so he went to the hospital first to complete the consultation, and then went up to the third floor to find Ye Xing. After pushing the door in, he was immediately attracted by the contents on the coffee table.

On the coffee table was a small and old golden silk nan wooden box, the lid of which was open, and inside was a roll of charcoal-like things, which looked like a thick ham sausage. Ding Qi took the door and exclaimed, "Ye Xing, you stole the things in the library?"

Ye Xing didn't speak, but another young man sitting on the sofa smiled: "It's Teacher Ding, right? This thing was not stolen from the library, but I made a copy of it based on the information you provided.

I was still worried just now, no matter how clear the image data is, many details will be distorted, after all, I have never seen the real thing, and I can't guarantee how similar the made thing is. Now looking at Mr. Ding's reaction when he enters the door, I am relieved. If even you admit that you are wrong, it is estimated that others will not recognize it. ”

The two words came to Ding Qi's mind at the same time. Ye Xing had already stepped forward with a smile and said, "Teacher Ding, I'll give you an introduction." This senior brother of mine is not only a master of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes, but also a professional in the restoration of cultural relics, and his mentor is the famous Zhou Xiaoxuan.

I don't know if you've heard of Zhou Xiaoxuan's name, he works in the Palace Museum, but he is the number one cultural relics restoration expert in my country, known as the ghost hand"

As the saying goes, interlacing is like separating mountains, Ding Qi really hadn't heard of Zhou Xiaoxuan's name before, but after listening to Ye Xing's introduction, he suddenly felt like thunder.

Zhou Xiaoxuan is the executive director of the Cultural Relics Restoration Committee of the Chinese Cultural Heritage Society and a senior restoration technician, and his status in the national cultural relics research and restoration industry is equivalent to Liu Feng's status in the psychology community of Jinghu City or Jianghuai Province. But how can a Jinghu city or a Jianghuai province be compared with the whole of China and even the world?

Ye Xing introduced Shi Buquan to Ding Qi, but most of what he said was to introduce his mentor Zhou Xiaoxuan, selling his body, selling his name, and selling his family, which is a typical habit of the rivers and lakes.

Shi Buquan hurriedly interjected: "Mr. Ye, don't blow my mentor anymore." Although his old man is not here, and he can't hear what you say, but the nickname of ghost hand, my mentor has never liked it, and always feels that the rivers and lakes are too heavy, and his old man is not from a wild road. ”

As he spoke, he got up from the sofa and walked closer, shook hands with Ding Qi and said, "Teacher Ding, I have admired my name for a long time." I heard about your deeds half a year ago, and recently I heard about your achievements. Mr. Ye sent me a set of high-definition pictures of the engraved Shirong during the Kangxi period, and I realized that this turned out to be your latest discovery.

Two days ago, Mr. Ye sent me another volume of video materials of the Lotus Sutra, and there was actually a postscript by Wu Taixun, a senior in the book. Mr. Ye said that if you invite me over, then I have to come! Mr. Ding, I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to appreciate the spring palace pictures of everyone in the Ming Dynasty, let alone appreciate the skills of the predecessors.

I'm really curious, these are your findings. I thought you were just a master hypnotist, but hypnotism should only hypnotize people, can you hypnotize a whole room full of ancient books? Let them explain the situation themselves."

Shi Buquan is twenty-six this year, the same age as Ding Qi, a graduate student led by Zhou Xiaoxuan, and just graduated with a master's degree last year, and he was "hooked up" by Ye Xing. Ye Xing first sent him a high-definition data map of the Shirong engraving, and then sent him a picture of the restored scroll of the book by Wu Taixun, a predecessor of the book, and a handwritten record left by him.

Shi Buquan, who is not only a major in cultural relics restoration but also a descendant of the Jianghu register, how can he withstand this temptation, and he ran to Jinghu Lake. Without Ye Xing opening his mouth to beg him, he took the initiative to ask for a way to repair the Fangwai Tuzhi that Wu Taixun said, and he didn't even want a reward, depending on what he meant, I'm afraid he was even willing to post it upside down.

Ding Qi's impression of Shi Buquan was very good, much better than his impression of Ye Xing. Shi Buquan is one meter tall and in his early seventies, with an inch of hair, although his appearance is ordinary, he can also be called upright, giving people a very "clean" feeling, this kind of cleanliness not only refers to neat clothes, but a certain temperament invisibly.

Shi Buquan had heard of Ding Qi's name a long time ago, because of the news hotspot that caused a sensation across the country, but they didn't expect that the discoverer of the Shirong engraving was actually Ding Qi, and what made him even more excited was that Ding Qi actually found something left by his predecessors. He held Ding Qi's hand for a long time and didn't let go, and he talked a lot, and he was a little excited to see a "celebrity".

Ding Qi is very familiar with Shi Buquan's temperament, he works in school, and it is this temperament that he feels the most among his peers, which is the common saying of bookishness. This bookish heir to the eight gates of the rivers and lakes is still a little funny when he speaks, and he is even more familiar with Ding Qi.

Tincey also noted two details. One is that Shi Buquan's hands are very tender, and his skin is like that of a child, but his joints are very powerful. The second is that Shi Buquan did not wear glasses, and he did not wear contact lenses, which is not a characteristic of the book, but at least around Ding Qi, there are not many students who have completed their master's degree without glasses.

Ding Qi himself is an exception, his eyesight is very good and he doesn't need to wear glasses, but his girlfriend Jiajia picked out a pair of flat glasses for him, saying that he is more elegant and more like a university teacher, and he has become accustomed to wearing them over the years.

Ding Qi held Shi Buquan's hand and asked, "Mr. Shi, do you know Wu Taixun?"

Shi Buquan replied: "I have heard of this name, it is the predecessor of our Jianghu Book, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet in person, he died before I was born." Speaking of which, he is also my master's master's junior brother, that is, my uncle's ancestor. ”

Ding Qi: "That's Professor Zhou Xiaoxuan's uncle?"

Shi Buquan shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Professor Zhou Xiaoxuan is just my mentor, and the inheritance of the Jianghu Book is two different things." It was because I was interested in the restoration of cultural relics that I applied for the graduate school led by his old man. ”

Ye Xing interjected on the side: "You two big men, can you let go of your hands first?" ”

It's not that Ding Qi doesn't let go, Shi Buquan has been talking all the time, forgetting that he is still shaking hands. After a few people sat down on the sofa, Ye Xing pointed to the wooden box on the coffee table and said, "This imitation made by my senior brother Shi, Teacher Ding is still satisfied, right?"

Ding Qi immediately realized something, and asked with some surprise: "This thing is enough to mess with the truth, are you trying to play tricks and steal the real thing out of the library?"

Shi Buquan hurriedly explained: "It's not stealing, it's just temporarily swapping it out, and the tanuki is changing it for the prince." When I'm done fixing it, I'll quietly change it back. We are also learning from Lei Feng, doing good deeds without leaving a name. My purpose is very simple, it is to pay tribute to Wu Taixun's predecessors, and to prove that my skills are no less than those of my predecessors. ”

Ding Qi stared at Ye Xing, and Ye Xing had to explain: "The content of the Fangwai Atlas is very important, and only we know that there should be clues to the Fangwai World we are looking for. It's best not to get out of the way until you find it. It's safer to take things out and fix them, so as to ensure that we see the records inside in the first place. ”

Shi Buquan said again: "If there really is a legendary world outside the world, of course it would be best to find it, but the first thing we have to consider is how to restore the ancient scroll more conveniently. Mr. Ding, I definitely don't have the idea of stealing anything, but doing this kind of work requires a special studio, a lot of things, and undisturbed time.

I'm not Tutor Zhou Xiaoxuan, nor am I an employee of your library, so it's impossible for me to go into the library to repair it, and it's impossible for your library to provide the conditions I need. If you want the ancient scroll to see the light of day again, and let the deceased Wu Taixun's predecessors have no regrets, they must take out the things and repair them specifically. ”

Seeing that Ding Qi hadn't nodded yet, Ye Xing persuaded again. He told Ding Qi that according to the preservation status of Fangwai Tuzhi, there are no more than two experts in China who can be called and have the ability to restore it, and Shi Buquan's mentor Zhou Xiaoxuan is one of them.

Not to mention whether the library of Jinghu University is willing to invite such a restoration expert, it must be able to invite it. These conservators are busy, with countless important artifacts and important texts waiting to be restored, and their work schedules are probably scheduled for the next century. As for Shi Buquan, it is not in the two hands that Ye Xing said, because no one knows him, but he also has this ability.

The state of preservation of the Fangwai Atlas is worrying, and if you continue to put it down, I am afraid that it will be completely impossible to repair in the end. What Ye Xing and what they did was actually saving the ancient scrolls.

When Ye Xing spoke, Shi Buquan also nodded again and again, confirming that these were all facts. Ding Qi finally said helplessly: "Okay, I'll cooperate with you to take it out and fix it." You are telling the truth, otherwise it would probably never see the light of day, and in the end it would be completely ruined. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Shi Buquan said again: "Mr. Ye told me about the outside world, but what he said was covered by clouds and mountains. Mr. Ding, I would like to hear from you personally about your findings. ”

On this occasion, there is nothing that cannot be said, Ding Qi gave a detailed introduction to his discovery experience, and finally looked at Shi Buquan and said: "Mr. Shi, do you believe it?"

"I believe it!" Shi Buquan replied quite simply, thought about it and added, "When I was a child, I studied art with Master Ben, and I heard a lot about strange things, Master will not lie to me, I have always wanted to see it with my own eyes." In fact, it doesn't matter whether we believe in this kind of thing or not, it only depends on whether it is true or not. Mr. Ding seems to have found evidence, so I believe it. ”

This person is not difficult to communicate, and after a few more chats, Ye Xing invited guests to lunch together. Everyone was very concerned, without further ado, they just did what they said, and decided to change out the Fangwai Tuzhi in the afternoon.

Ding Qi drove Shi Buquan and the imitations he made to school. On the way, Ding Qi asked, "Mr. Shi, how long will it take you to repair the ancient scroll?"

Shi Buquan: "Teacher Ding can call me Ah Quan, you don't always need to call me Mr. Shi, it's weird, people who know me call me Ah Quan." ”

Ding Qi: "Then don't always call me Teacher Ding, just call me Ding Qi." ”

Shi Buquan: "That's not good, you're an accomplished celebrity." I think when I first started working with my mentor, no matter where I went, there were always a bunch of people I didn't know who didn't know what to call them. The tutor told me that in this case, I should always call the teacher. I was right when I thought about it later, Master Zu said that I must have a teacher for a threesome."

Ding Qi hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Ah Quan, you don't have to call me teacher, we learn from each other." You said that everyone who knows you calls you Ah Quan, so why does Mr. Ye call you junior brother, is he the same master as you?"

Shi Buquan smiled: "As far as I know, Mr. Ye didn't get the official inheritance of any of the eight gates, he just came into contact with it, and then claimed to be the heir of the tired sect." My master doesn't know him, he calls me junior brother, just to show it in front of you, to show that he is also a descendant of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes. But he can't be regarded as completely ignorant, and he knows a little bit about the things of the Eight Great Gates. ”

Ding Qi already knew in his heart, and asked again: "Ah Quan, you haven't told me yet, how long will it take to repair the ancient scroll?"

Shi Buquan frowned and said: "This is not good, anything can happen, if you don't really open it, you won't know the specific state of preservation." According to Mr. Ye's meaning, we don't need to completely restore the ancient scroll, as long as we can get the content in it, and find the clues of the outside world, and we have achieved our goal. But I think differently, since I have done it, I have to do it well, and of course I have to completely repair it."

He said a lot as soon as he opened his mouth, and even introduced a lot of details in the restoration of cultural relics, such as what to do in any situation, there was once a torn painting, how long it took him to help frame the piece by piece collage, what mistakes he made and so on. Anyway, there was nothing to do on the road, so Ding Qi thought it was a novelty.

As he spoke, he reached the downstairs of the school library, and Ding Qi parked his car in the parking lot and took a deep breath. Although the words are good, it is to save the ancient scrolls and learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds without leaving a name, but when it comes to really doing it, it is inevitable that he will feel empty-hearted. Tincey was well aware that this was in fact stealing.

Shi Buquan leaned over and asked, "Mr. Ding, you seem to be a little nervous, is it the first time to steal something?" Don't worry, this is a library and not a Pentagon, you are still an insider, it's very simple, just take it in and change it out." ”

Ding Qi smiled: "As the saying goes, being a thief has a weak heart, it's true, it's the first time I've done this kind of thing since I was a child." ”

Shi Buquan nodded and said: "Understand and understand, everything has a first time, and it's good to pass." If you're caught"

Ding Qi hurriedly said: "Stop, stop, why don't you call me Teacher Ding again?"

Shi Buquan took a deep breath and said, "I'm also a little nervous, and when I'm nervous, I like to call someone a teacher." ”

Ding Qi glanced at him: "Such a good craftsmanship, making imitations is enough to mess with the truth, but it's the first time you've done this kind of thing, right?"

Shi Buquan lowered his head a little embarrassed and said, "It's the first time for us." ”