Chapter 143: Kong Ming Lock

After talking about the matter of quitting greed and monks, the old monk took Yang Fan and them to the second floor to visit. Pro, Baidu search eye & fast, a large number of novels are free to read.

There are a lot of items on the second floor, dazzling, most of them are treasures related to Buddhism, such as scriptures, Buddhist beads, Buddha statues and so on.

Yang Fan estimated that this layer of treasure was worth more than 500 million.

Xu Ping glanced at it casually, in his eyes, it was actually some old things, nothing to look at, far inferior to Brother Yang's hidden treasures.

The old monk held a prayer bead in his hand, and while walking, he also chanted the scriptures, very quietly. When Yang Fan and others visited, he didn't open his mouth to introduce, there was really nothing to introduce on this floor, and there were many things, so he couldn't explain.

"Brother Yang, there's nothing to see here, and the bookshelves behind are all classics. The monk said.

Yang Fan didn't make a sound, and picked up a god carving, which was carved from wood, and there was a third eye between his eyebrows, which was the legendary Ma Wangye.

"Isn't this a Taoist immortal?, and you Buddhism will also collect it?" Xu Ping looked at the two monks strangely.

Ma Wang Ye is the horse god, generally known as Ma Wang Ye, the god of Taoism, is one of the gods believed in by the Han people, and is respected as the head of the five gods in the "Five Holy Temples" in the north. Legend has it that it has three eyes, also known as "three-eyed aura".

There is a saying that "if you don't give you some power, you won't know that Lord Ma has three eyes".

Therefore, seeing that this god had three eyes, Xu Ping immediately thought of Ma Wangye. Jiro God also has three eyes, but the image of Jiro God is obviously not like this.

"In addition to Taoism, my scripture pavilion also has Confucianism, Legalism, Moism, and so on. Collection only, regardless of denomination. The old monk smiled.

"What's the matter? Brother Yang has taken a fancy to this thing?" said the anti-corruption monk.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was glared at by the old monk, he was really open-mouthed, what is a thing? This is a treasure, is it good?

"What price?"

The old monk's eyes flashed, and the smile on his face did not decrease: "This is carved from striped ebony, it's not cheap!"

Striped ebony is also called striped ebony, and in ancient times, people often talked about wenwood and ebony belong to a separate category under ebony. Striped ebony literally means striped ebony.

Ebony is a series of great changes in the geological environment, such as floods, mudslides, etc., which washed the flora and fauna on the surface into the ancient riverbed. And buried them deep into the bottom of the river, and the plants that sank to the bottom of the river partly evolved over a long period of time under the action of microorganisms in a high-pressure and anoxic environment.

Yang Fan shook his head: "It's a pity, this is Vietnam's striped ebony." ”

Vietnam's striped ebony is not worth much. Its raw materials are about half cheaper than those produced in Indonesia.

"Master Yang is really discerning. The old monk did not deny it.

In fact, these ebony are not difficult to identify, the real top striped ebony, the heart sapwood is clearly distinguished, the sapwood is yellow-white or light reddish-brown. The heartwood is black or chestnut brown with alternating stripes. Its growth ring is not obvious, with a pungent smell, no ripple marks are seen, the wood fiber wall is very thick, and the tube hole is visible to the naked eye.

"It's over. At what price can I sell?" Yang Fan asked directly.

"Considering this carving craftsmanship, how about 150,000?" The old monk didn't open his mouth as a lion, after all, he had to ask for a treasure from Yang Fan after a while, and he couldn't lose a big one because of a small one.

Yang Fan nodded slightly, this price is not a trick. There's even a little bit of human affection in it.

"Thank you very much. ”

What Yang Fan really likes is not this wood carving, but the third eye of Ma Wangye. It wasn't carved, it was a bead.

He found that the eye sockets of the wood carving could be removed. As long as the eye socket of the horse prince is removed, that eye, or bead, can be taken out.

"Nothing special!" Xu Ping took it and looked up and down for a while.

The main reason is that the eye is covered by an unknown substance, and no one has found the beads inside, so it was thrown here on the second floor.

Walked around. Everyone went up to the third floor, and there were 90 percent fewer items.

The monk who quit greed immediately went straight to the treasure he fancied, and the old monk hurriedly followed. He knew this kid too well, carelessly. It may be possible to let him take some inconspicuous treasures away.

"Don't do it yet. He reminded.

The monk who quit greed was not in a hurry, and stopped in front of the treasure.

"Do you fancy this?" the old monk was a little dumbfounded.

"That's right, that's it, it's a big bargain, right?"

The old monk carefully observed the item again, but still found no other details, although he was puzzled, he still nodded: "Okay." That's it. ”

Yang Fan saw that it was a Kong Ming lock, also known as Luban ball, which was a traditional Chinese intellectual toy. According to legend, it was invented by Luban and got its name from this. Luban ball is a toy developed with its ingenious structure, if you don't know it, you really can't open it, open it and reinstall it, it's also quite painstaking.

Actually, to put it simply, it is to fix six wooden strips together crosswise without nail rope.

The material of this toy is very precious, and it is made of golden silk nanmu. Despite this, in the eyes of the old monk, it is still not as good as the thangka. After all, there are only two fist-sized things, even if it is golden silk nanmu, it is not expensive.

The main thing is that this toy is very complicated, it is locked, and the master of the lone lamp has played with it, but it just can't be opened, so it is shelved here.

Yang Fan glanced at the monk who quit greed, and thought to himself: This bald head can't be able to open this Kong Ming lock, right?

He found that the inside was not tightly locked, and there was an empty space in the middle where things were placed. As long as you open the Luban ball, you can get the treasures inside.

With the things in hand, the monk was very happy. Obviously, he should know the special features of this Luban ball.

"Congratulations!" Yang Fan said.

This congratulations not only made the old monk's heart suddenly, but also frightened the monk who quit corruption.

This treasure, he also accidentally found something hidden inside. But this kid even found the problem after just a few glances, this is too exaggerated, right?

"Where does the joy come from?" the old monk couldn't help but ask.

"This Kong Ming lock is not simple. ”

The old monk almost didn't roll his eyes, they all knew it if it wasn't simple, otherwise they wouldn't have put it on the third floor, and he couldn't even turn on the lonely lamp, he didn't believe that this little bald head could be turned on smoothly.

If you can't open it, it won't make sense, it's not even a toy, it's just a few small pieces of golden silk wood sticking together.

"Brother Yang, how about doing me a favor?" said the anti-corruption monk.

The reason why he tried his best to invite Yang Fan to come was to solve this problem, and it was just a passing to help his uncle pass the word. (To be continued.) )xh118