Qiu Chuji said: "Master, I like it, but what I admire more is the extraordinary skills of the craftsman who made this piece of jade. ”

The Taoist chief listened to Qiu's words, and just sighed. It turned out that the Taoist chief was originally a founding father of the Song Dynasty.

It was only because of the traitorous ministers that half of the mountains and rivers fell into the hands of the Jin people, but the emperor was indulged in wine-colored vocal music all day long, and the country was in danger, so he saw through the red dust and escaped into the empty door.

When the Taoist chief saw that Qiu Chuji was wearing a Taoist robe, his heart had not retreated, so he no longer taught Qiu Chuji to memorize scriptures. Instead, he taught him poetry and painting, and let Qiu Chuji visit jade and observe the artist's jade.

After a few years, the Taoist chief passed away without illness.

Before dying, the Taoist chief instructed: "Chang Chun, since you can't transcend the world, just be a useful person in the world." After I left, you continued to wander around, broaden your horizons, and increase your knowledge. In addition to learning jade, we must also learn more skills to make a living, and when the overall situation is determined in the future, it can be passed on to the poor people and benefit the world, and then the merit is immeasurable. ”

After the death of the Taoist chief, Qiu Chuji continued to travel around the world in accordance with his will, and mainly studied a variety of craftsman's crafts with jade as the main thing, and also learned Xiangyu.

After the Yuan Dynasty built the imperial capital, Qiu came to the imperial capital and settled in Baiyun Temple.

At that time, although the imperial capital was already the national capital, it was not very prosperous, and the craftsmanship of jade was far behind that of Jiangnan. In particular, after years of war, many poor people have lost their means of livelihood and are struggling to survive. After Qiu Chuji settled in Baiyun Temple, he did not preach the scriptures, but devoted himself to jade making.

He won the strength of many families, and the jade devices and parts he made were all outstanding products. And it has a unique artistic style. This made the capital's official eunuchs and nobles and wealthy businessmen all rush to buy for a while, and everyone is proud of owning the jade made by Qiu Chuji.

Qiu took the money that Zhuo Yu earned. All of them are used to give to the poor. But he is not giving money, but teaching according to his aptitude. Help them learn a livelihood skill and give them the necessary tools to support their families.

He deliberately selected some young cars from poor families to teach the craft of jade. Due to Qiu Chuji's advocacy and cultivation, the jade industry in the imperial capital gradually developed and expanded, and Baiyun Temple became a training center for his art.

Ten years have passed, Qiu Chuji has become a famous craftsman in the imperial capital city who is helpful and proficient in jade cutting skills, and even the emperor knows that there is a Taoist priest named Qiu Changchun. Don't chant scriptures and preach, specialize in jade and pass on art. One day, the emperor took out a piece of rare jade and asked Qiu to make a utensil.

According to the color, texture, and natural form of jadeite, Qiu Chuji made a melon-shaped locket with leaves to present to the emperor. When the emperor opened the box, he saw a crystal slender chain connecting the lid and the bottom of the box, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

Qiu Chuji used a piece of mutton fat white jade to cut a white jade vase as thin as paper that could pass through fingerprints. After seeing it, the emperor couldn't put it down, sealed Qiu as a "white jade master", and took a piece of white jade paperweight from the dragon case. Give it to him.

Qiu Chuji used this piece of white jade to cut a white jade hairpin from Pu Qin and pinned it to the crown of the Dao.

It's a pity that the age is very old, and we once desperately thought that we couldn't find the real utensils made by Qiu Zu back then. It's just that only from the "Yuan Dynasty Jade Urn" and "The Great Jade Sea of the Mountains" preserved in the Beihai Tuancheng, after Qiu Zu's advocacy and support. At that time, the jade craftsmanship of the imperial capital was already considerable.

Because of his contribution to the jade industry, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Qiu Yuan's birthday, the jade carving artists of the imperial capital will go to Baiyun Temple to worship this master. Liulichang Sand Garden also has a Changchun Hall. A statue of Qiu Zu was placed inside, and the guild hall became a place to commemorate the gathering of Qiu Zu and the Jade Shop.

But this thing. It has become history, Zhang Tianyuan got it out of the stomach of the big whale. There is the jade of Nagaharuko.

Of course, this seated statue of Guanyin is not real, but Zhang Tianyuan imitated it himself.

He was reluctant to take out the real thing.

Bai Teng told everyone about Qiu Chuji, and there are also people who know jade, so they naturally know what it means for Qiu Chuji's things to come out.

Let's not talk about whether that thing is Qiu Chuji's carving, but in terms of the delicacy of the carving, it is much higher than the level of many masters in China today, not to mention that the whole piece of jadeite is still a glutinous imperial green jadeite, what does this mean?

It means that even if this thing is not Qiu Chuji's work, it is priceless.

After all, the glutinous imperial green is already considered to be the most outstanding in the imperial green jadeite.

There is no color, there is no color, God is fair, like glass imperial green, ice imperial green and other jade, unless it is as lucky as Zhang Tianyuan, no one can get it.

Generally, glutinous imperial green has been considered by the industry to be the best in imperial green.

The people around, many of them are knowledgeable, as soon as they look at this thing, and then listen to Bai Teng's words, they will suddenly explode with a "boom".

Someone dares to use this kind of treasure to make a bucket mouth, it is really bold enough, from the moment Zhang Tianyuan took out the Guanyin sitting statue, everyone showed greedy eyes, saliva was about to flow to the ground, thinking that if this kind of treasure can be won home, then it will be a big profit.

But Tang Sheng and Ren Sili were a little dumbfounded.

Although they all knew that Zhang Tianyuan was not small, they never thought that Zhang Tianyuan would dare to use such a treasure to fight with others, what if he lost? Do you really want to give such a delicate thing to the other party?

Ren Sili was even more annoyed and said: "Oh, I said Brother Tang, you just sold me such a good thing, let's use the money as a lottery head, why do you say you are so impulsive, this is definitely a national treasure-level baby." ”

Zhang Tianyuan smiled bitterly in his heart, of course I'm not so two, but I can't tell you that this thing is fake, in case I say it, people don't fight with me, isn't it all in vain?

So he simply ignored Tang Sheng and Ren Sili.

At this time, any expression or hint in the eyes may make the other party suspicious, so it is better to simply ignore it.

Tang Sheng was a smart person after all, and he seemed to think of something in an instant, so he didn't say anything.

Ren Sili was kicked by Bai Teng and scolded: "If you don't take something weighty to make a lottery, will people agree to fight with us?" ”

Liu San over there didn't dare to be scornful, and said, "Can I take a look at this thing?" ”

He's afraid it's fake, such a heavy color head is taken out, he also has to take out the corresponding color head, if the thing is fake, then it's not fun.

So after he asked for the things to go over, he invited the palm eye master in the store to look at it together, this palm eye master is of course an expert in jade, and the two of them looked at it for a long time, and finally showed surprise.

Because no matter how you look at it, this thing is real.

(To be continued.) )