"Brother Man, how can you have cinnabar at home?"

Hearing Manjun's words, Fang Yi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because in Fang Yi's opinion, there were not many things that the master couldn't get, they must be relatively rare objects, and ordinary people could rarely use them, but he didn't expect that Manjun would have them at home.

Cinnabar, also known as cinnabar or dansha, has the effect of sedation, hypnosis, detoxification and antiseptic in traditional Chinese medicine, and can inhibit or kill skin bacteria and parasites when used externally.

However, cinnabar is also known as mercury sulfide, containing mercury, which will be mainly distributed in the liver and kidney after taking it internally, causing liver and kidney damage, and can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and directly damage the central nervous system, so the application of cinnabar in modern medicine has become very rare.

The above is about the role of cinnabar in medicine, and in Taoism, cinnabar is undoubtedly more famous.

Cinnabar, known as "Dan" in ancient times, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to seek the elixir of life and the rise of alchemy, so that the Chinese people gradually began to use chemical methods to produce cinnabar, that is, commonly known as alchemy, the Ming Dynasty that famous Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxuan, ten ** died on this cinnabar pill.

In addition, cinnabar also has a characteristic, that is, its color can last for a long time, so it was also used as a pigment in ancient times, cinnabar "painted vermilion bone" refers to the cinnabar is ground into red powder, painted in the oracle bone inscription marks to show eye-catching.

Later emperors followed this method and used the red powder of cinnabar to write the approval in red ink, which is the origin of the word "Zhu Pi", but in modern times, due to the substitution of various chemicals, cinnabar has gradually disappeared from people's sight.

"Hehe, don't you look at what your brother Man is doing?"

When he was in the hospital, Man Jun was very interested in Professor Sun Lianda for Fang Yi, so he also wanted to test him, and said with a smile: "I am in the antique business, Fang Yi, do you know what the relationship between antique calligraphy and painting is with cinnabar?"

"The relationship between cinnabar and antique calligraphy and painting?" Fang Yi frowned when he heard this, but after a moment, he stretched out and said, "Brother Man, you should be talking about the word Danqing, right?"

"Huh, Xiaofang, it's not simple......"

Hearing Fang Yi say the relationship between cinnabar and calligraphy and painting, Man Jun couldn't help but give a thumbs up, let alone an outsider, even many people in the antique shop may not know the relationship between the word Danqing and cinnabar.

"Brother Man, what are you two talking about?" The fat man and the third cannon next to him were confused, in their opinion, Fang Yi seemed to be guessing a dumb riddle with the Manchu army, and they couldn't understand what it meant at all.

"Let me explain it to you......

Seeing the inexplicable look of the fat man and the three guns, the Manchu army had a sense of accomplishment as a teacher, and immediately said: "Danqing in ancient times, is the meaning of the painting, in which Dan refers to cinnabar, and Qing is a kind of Qingyu ore, which together is called Danqing ......"

Because of the ruddy and bright color of cinnabar, it is also loved by painters, and the ancient calligraphy and painting is called "Danqing", in which "Dan" refers to cinnabar, and the indispensable "Eight Treasures Printing Clay" in calligraphy and painting pigments, its main ingredient is also cinnabar.

Man Jun didn't know the meaning of these two words, but he was a relatively studious person, after entering the antique shop, he tried every possible way to improve his relevant knowledge, so he reported to the Jinling Academy of Fine Arts as an auditor, and the meaning of the word Danqing was also heard from the classroom.

"Fang Yi, do you see this piece of cinnabar?"

After the Manjun explained, he took the key to open the door of the room on the first floor, turned out a wooden box from inside, and opened it, revealing a cinnabar Pixiu the size of a baby's fist with a red body.

"Hmm, why is there still someone carving this thing with cinnabar?" Seeing this Pixiu playpiece, Fang Yi's eyes looked at Man Jun and said, "Brother Man, this piece of cinnabar is of very good quality, and it is carved into something again, it's a pity to grind it up, right?"

"Xiao Fang, do you really regard cinnabar as a treasure?"

After hearing Fang Yi's words, Man Jun couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't you want to do a cultural toy business?" I tell you, this cinnabar ornament is also a kind of cultural toy, and the price is not very high, this Pixiu was collected by me before, and the material is not as expensive as its wages......

As mentioned earlier, there are many overlaps between antiques and cultural toys themselves, such as the miscellaneous things in antiques, which can be played with ten times, Manjun is an antique dealer, and there are naturally objects in the category of cultural toys at home.

"Really?" Fang Yi asked in disbelief, he had always thought that cinnabar was a relatively rare thing.

"Of course it's true, if this thing is expensive, can I use it for you to grind into powder?"

Man Jun waved his hand indifferently and said: "When we clean up the house, I will take you to Chaotian Palace for a turn and you will understand, there are many stalls selling this thing, but some are natural cinnabar, some are synthetic, don't buy them indiscriminately......"

Cinnabar is mined out of a kind of crystalline ore, which is produced in several provinces of Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan in China, but the volume of natural crystal cinnabar is not very large, so merchants often press and synthesize cinnabar powder and sell it as jewelry, but its price is far from the natural one.

This piece taken out by the Manchu army is also a synthetic cinnabar, if it is really a natural crystal, then such a small Pixiu must be at least more than 10,000 yuan, even if the boss is arrogant, it is absolutely reluctant.

"Xiao Fang, don't worry, it's bold to use, it's not enough for me to buy it again......" Man Jun gave Fang Yi a reassuring pill, he didn't say how much he wanted about this thing, but if he went around the market, he would definitely be able to buy it out of ten.

"Okay, then let's grind it into powder first......" Hearing Manjun's words, Fang Yi knew that this thing should be relatively common now, maybe the master couldn't get it because he stayed in the mountains all year round.

Cinnabar grinding powder is very easy, a few people walked to the courtyard, the Manchu army found a small hammer, three times five divided by two to knock the Pixiu piece to a pulp, it didn't take ten minutes, the piece of cinnabar turned into a pile of powder.

As for the brushes and rune paper, they were all ready-made, and after Fang Yi used a paper cutter to cut out the size, this preparation was basically completed.

"Fang Yi, use this inkstone to mix cinnabar......"

The Manchu army didn't know where to take out an inkstone, he didn't dare to say that there must be other things in the house, but the four treasures of the study room were not lacking, a few years ago when the output of rice paper was high and the price was low, the Manchu army even stored a lot of rice paper, and the price of rice paper rose in recent years, he sold the rice paper to the students of the Academy of Fine Arts, and made a small profit.

"No, Brother Man, just find a broken bowl......"

Looking at the inkstone that the Manchu army brought over, Fang Yi shook his head, although cinnabar is also called vermilion ink, it is difficult to clean, if you use this inkstone, you can't use black ink in the future, it's a pity.

"Nacheng, you wait......" Man Jun nodded, ran to the yard to tinker for a while, and really came in with a broken bowl, and said: "This is the bowl that was fed to the dog before, I washed it, do you see if it can be used?"

"Okay, I'll adjust it......"

Fang Yi nodded, put all the cinnabar in, then added some water, and stirred it with the chopsticks handed over by the Manjun, until the cinnabar viscosity was about the same as the ink, Fang Yi stopped his hand, and the cinnabar used to draw talismans was already ready.

"What's the matter, Fang Yi, has this started?"

Man Jun excitedly watched Fang Yi mix cinnabar, with a slight nervous expression on his face, drawing talismans is a very mysterious thing for ordinary people, Man Jun naturally wants to see it, as for whether this talisman works or not, Man Jun will not consider it at all.

"Brother Man, I'm going to keep quiet later, I haven't made a talisman for a while, if I interrupt it, I'll have to start again......" Fang Yi nodded, but he didn't put the pen down, but put the brush back down, sat down at the table and took a deep breath.

Talismans, in Taoism is very common, the role is also very extensive, there are used for people to heal the sick, there are for exorcism of ghosts and evil spirits, there are for disaster relief and harm prevention, in the former rural New Year's festivals, in addition to posting New Year's pictures, often will also paste a talisman at home.

As for the Taoist priest to do the Zhai Jiao rituals, it is inseparable from the talismans, or the book talismans on the chapter table, playing the gods, or using the talismans to summon the gods and ask them to kill ghosts, or using the talismans to take care of the underworld, refining the souls of the dead, and posting and hanging all kinds of talismans inside and outside the entire mandala.

However, in these years, science has prospered, and there are very few places where you can see talismans in the city, not only that, but even Taoist priests who can make zuò talismans in Taoist temples are already rare, most of them are selling dog meat with sheep's heads, and there are many talismans for sale, and even just some printed matter.

The talisman made by Fang Yi is very different from the ordinary talisman, and the talisman he made is called the Dao talisman in the Daomen, which is a talisman with real mana, and can really play a role in suppressing evil and avoiding evil.

Although some Taoist priests can still draw talismans, those talismans are also different from Fang Yi's zuò, because they are different from the method, Fang Yi's tsuò talisman needs to instill the Taoist true qi he cultivates, and only in this way can the talismans have a magical use that ordinary people can't understand.

The so-called "Fu has no positive form, and the spirit is based on qi", Fang Yi made a Fu Zong, and first of all, he had to run the exercises to seal the aura into the Fu.

After a long period of research, they came to a conclusion that qigong will produce a magnetic field in the human body, and qigong is used to treat patients with this magnetic field, so as to produce curative effects.

Fang Yi's practice, in modern terms, means that the person who cultivates the true qi through guò uses the magnetic field generated by himself to magnetize the ink and cinnabar, forming a tiny magnetic field on the talisman to induce the karmic changes of the heaven and earth vitality, so that the talisman can play a real role.

However, if you want to use this method to make zuò talismans, you first need to cultivate people who have true qi, that is, internal qi, and now that Buddhism is declining, there are very few people who really have the way, so Dao talismans with mana are extremely rare in modern times.