Chapter 23: The Hidden Treasure of the Buddha (II)

When Ji Kai and Manager Li were chatting, there was an exclamation from the appraisal team. Ji Kai thought that there was something wrong with the Buddha statue, so he hurriedly went up and asked:

"Experts, do you have any questions?"

"Mr. Ji, when I measured this Buddha statue with an instrument, I found that the weight calculated according to its material density was different from the actual weight, and I could confirm that this Buddha statue was made of all gold, so I felt very strange. Then I took a closer look and noticed that there seemed to be a very small mark on the neck of this Buddha statue, and then I exclaimed. One of the experts said.

"Oh, then look, what should I do now?" Ji Kai didn't understand what it meant.

"If you want to figure it out, it's a good idea to check the mark, and it's sure it's not a crack. ”

Ji Kai saw that he couldn't say clearly, so he picked up the golden Buddha and carefully observed it according to the neck pointed by the expert, it did seem to have a slight scratch. I tried to twist the neck of the Buddha statue back and forth with my hand, and suddenly my hand was so loose that the neck of the Buddha statue rattled.

Isn't it possible that this accidentally damaged the Buddha statue? When I picked it up, the neck of the Buddha statue deviated from its original position, but it didn't fall off. Lift it up hard, but it doesn't move.

"Mr. Ji, be careful, don't destroy this Buddha statue, once it is broken, the value will be at least halved!" the appraiser next to him persuaded.

"Then if this Buddha statue is auctioned, how much will it be valued?" asked Ji Kai.

"Well, judging from the auctions over the years, this golden Buddha of the Tang Dynasty should be worth between 8 million and 10 million. ”

"Oh, then I'm relieved, I can afford millions of losses. ”

After Ji Kai finished speaking, he didn't take it to heart, continued to twist the neck of the Buddha statue, slowly turned around, and found that the head of the Buddha statue seemed to have become a little taller. Then it continued to twist, and the head of the Buddha statue was a little taller.

Interestingly, this is still a thread buckle structure! Did the Tang Dynasty have such a technology? It was advanced enough!

Ji Kai didn't stop, but continued to rotate the head of the Buddha statue quickly, knowing that as soon as his hand was released, the head finally came out.

Slowly lift the head of the Buddha statue up, and find that the neck of the Buddha statue seems to be filled in the middle position, and a section emerges, and I look at the head of the Buddha statue, sure enough, there is a section in it is hollow, and what is more interesting is that the head of the Buddha statue and its body are connected by threads. This thread buckle made of gold is actually quite tight!

Ji Kai pinched the hidden object inside the Buddha statue with his fingers, slowly lifted it up, and found that the thing seemed to be wrapped in a layer of wax on the outside.

When it was lifted, the wax layer also fell off. With a rub of your hand, all the wax layer is removed, leaving only a copper pipe. There is something inside the copper pipe, which seems to be made of silk.

Gently pull the corner of the silk inside and slowly move outward, and finally a roll of silk comes out.

"Hey, this seems to be silk. I didn't expect it to be damaged, it must have been stuffed into the copper pipe and sealed with wax to isolate the air!" said an appraiser, uncertainly.

It turned out that this thing was called silk, and I thought it was silk. Put this scroll on the coffee table, slowly unfold it, it seems to be written in cursive, and the characters seem to have been seen in the language scene.

"This rough peace has been cultivated for more than ten days, and everyone has recently gathered and wanted to think that tomorrow, when they learn about it, there is no reason to increase their anger. Ji Kai read casually.

"Peace post, let's see who wrote it?" The three appraisers all crowded forward.

"Hey, there's a portrait in the back. Who's that drawing on this? Let's see if there's a stamp or something!"

After Ji Kai spread out the silk, he carefully identified the handwriting on it, and wrote in a blank space of the portrait with a line:

"Yu has been deeply exhausted recently, and he is afraid that he will not be far away, and now he looks at himself in the bronze mirror, which is to make a portrait of Yu for future generations. I rewrote the peace post here, and I hope that my children and grandchildren will be safe. Twenty mysteries in the winter of the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty. ”

Hearing Ji Kainian's ancient text, an appraisal expert suddenly leaned over to observe the calligraphy and paintings on the silk and muttered to himself:

"No, it won't! Could it be true?"

"What's the matter? Isn't it just a person named Daoxuan who painted a self-portrait of him, and copied the peace post by the way, what's there? However, this ancient man was also quite narcissistic, and painted his own image for future generations, as if he was afraid that future generations would forget. Ji Kai didn't understand what was surprising and said casually.

"Young man, don't talk nonsense. Do you know what this is? This is a national treasure, do you know it? You have no right to insult it!" the expert yelled at Ji Kai angrily.

"Bullshit!What TMD national treasure is not a national treasure, Lao Tzu knows that this TM is mine, I am not qualified, who is still qualified?" Ji Kai also got angry when he heard him say this.

Lao Tzu's own things, how can you say that you care about me? Let you appraise it, it's not that you don't give money, what's the matter with you!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Mr. Ji, Lao Wang is fascinated by the treasure in front of him, and I hope to forgive me for speaking inappropriately!" An appraiser next to him hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

At this time, Manager Li also stepped forward to persuade him. I don't know what it is, but I hope you calm down.

Another expert hurriedly touched the person who had just spoken with his hand and motioned for this person to calm down and pay attention to professional ethics.

After everyone calmed down, Manager Li asked the appraisal expert:

"Which famous person wrote the calligraphy and painting on this silk? ”

In fact, the inscription next to the portrait has been clearly explained, this is a person named Daoxuan, looking at the age of this silk should be owned by the Tang Dynasty. Coupled with this portrait, the painting power is amazing, lifelike, and it is obviously the level of a top painter, and then the name Dao Xuan is linked, and the answer comes out. The expert paused and said in a very affirmative tone:

This is the only person in the history of the Tang Dynasty and even China who is called the saint of painting - Wu Daozi. ”

Hearing the words of the appraisal experts, people who don't know about the paintings know that the ones that can be called holy in the history of China are all unique, let alone Wu Daozi.

Wu Daozi, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, is known as the painting saint in the history of painting, also known as Daoxuan. During the Kaiyuan period, he was summoned to the court with good paintings, and successively served as a worshipper, a doctor of internal teaching, and a friend of Ning Wangyou. He once studied calligraphy with Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang, and experienced the way of using the pen by watching Gongsun Auntie dance the sword. He is good at Buddhism, gods and ghosts, people, landscapes, birds and beasts, plants and trees, pavilions, etc., especially good at Buddhism, characters, and is good at mural creation.

Today, when his relics have disappeared, Wu Daozi is still well-known in the art world, because he created the traditional folk painting school that has dominated the history of the folk painting world for more than 1,000 years. The murals we see after the Tang Dynasty are all influenced by Wu Daozi. Yongle Palace in the Yuan Dynasty, Fagang Temple in the Ming Dynasty, etc., are all in the style of Wu Daozi, and there is no lack of works in the style of the Wu School in Dunhuang murals.