Chapter 10 Octagonal Relic Stupa

After listening to Liu Dong's words, the thin young man first looked at the expression on his face, and then after Liu Dong made a move to throw the octagonal tower back into the snakeskin bag, the thin young man gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, a hundred is a hundred, today I will mix up the capital and make a friend of the eldest brother!" ”

Although he said so, the thin young man was still very happy in his heart, this small tower was a partner when he went to the countryside to buy an old house, basically it didn't cost anything, and it could be sold for a hundred yuan today, which was almost all earned. You must know that 2,000 yuan a day is not a lot at all, and the average white-collar worker does not have such a high salary.

When Liu Dong took out a red hundred-yuan bill from his trouser pocket and handed it to the young man, the two sides happily made a deal. In Liu Dong's eyes, this small octagonal tower carved from carbonized wood, although it is now covered with mud and there is no way to see the whole picture, its value is far more than 100 yuan.

After the transaction was completed, the two sides went their separate ways. Liu Dong, who was familiar with the road, soon returned to his rented house.

It's noon, and the big beauty queen Qiang, who made him feel a headache, hasn't gotten off work yet, so Liu Dong didn't even change his shoes, so he kicked open his door and put the box containing the gloomy wood of golden silk nanmu next to the bedside table near the corner of the bed.

Then he opened the lid of the box, took the small octagonal tower in his hand, and then took out a white cotton towel and brush from the drawer under the writing desk by his window, Liu Dong pulled out a chair and sat down.

As the dust on the octagonal tower was cleaned up little by little, the black and shiny, smooth tower body like a mirror was gradually revealed.

After cleaning up, the whole picture of the small tower is also presented in front of Liu Dong's eyes, although the octagonal small tower has only three layers, but the decoration on it gives people a sense of grandeur, and Liu Dong, who has extraordinary micro-carving skills, soon found that the carving technique of micro-carving is also used on this small tower.

Through the magnifying glass, Liu Dong found that in addition to the lotus flower on the base, the eight faces of the octagonal small pagoda on the first floor were carved with eight famous Buddhist classics by miniature carving, namely the "Amitayus Sutra" and "Amitabha Sutra" of the Pure Land Sect, the "Ranga Sutra", "Lengyan Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and "Heart Sutra" of Zen Buddhism, the "Lotus Sutra" of Tiantai Sect and the "Huayan Sutra" of Huayan Sect. Although the text is small, the handwriting is clear, and the miniature carved regular script is even more neat than the book under the magnifying glass.

The small tower on the second floor is engraved with some character images, eight sides and eight stories, although Liu Dong does not know much about Buddhist allusions, but he has heard some of them.

In particular, on one of the eight sides of the small pagoda, a Buddha with two ears hanging down his shoulders and a face of compassion scabbed and sitting under the Bodhi tree, surrounded by patterns of demons of different shapes, immediately reminded him of the story of the Buddha Shakyamuni Bodhi who descended to subdue the demon and became a Buddha.

In addition, there is a picture of a Buddha with an almost identical face, scabbed on a pile of dry wood that has caught fire, and is surrounded by devout devotees.

Finally, comparing the remaining six figures on the pattern, Liu Dong guessed that these eight pictures should tell the life of the Buddha Shakyamuni, from birth, ordination, Buddhahood, to death.

The third layer, that is, the last layer, is also engraved with Buddhist figures, but Liu Dong knows very little, and can only see from above the Buddha Shakyamuni sitting in the center, as well as Maitreya Buddha, Burning Lamp Buddha, Medicine Buddha and other horizontal and vertical three Buddhas and four Bodhisattvas, as well as eighteen different forms of Arhats and other Buddhist characters often used in carvings, as for the rest he doesn't know much, but look at the carved characters on this layer There are no less than two hundred, and the shape is realistic, and even the clothes and hair of the characters are explained very clearly. It can be seen that the skill of the carver.

To tell the truth, it is the first time Liu Dong has seen such an exquisite miniature carving work, and his skill level far exceeds that of Uncle Long, who once taught him miniature carving.

At this time, even if Liu Dong was sluggish, he understood that he had really picked up the treasure this time!

"Although I don't know how much this thing is worth, but with the micro-carving skills on this small tower alone, there should still be five or six hundred thousand." Liu Dong secretly guessed in his heart.

However, with such a precious thing, Liu Dong was still unsure of what to do with it, whether to collect it himself or sell it. However, Liu Dong's psychology is still more inclined to collect it himself, after all, this is the first leak he picked up by himself, and it is still very commemorative.

However, he is not a real appraiser, although he recognized that the material of this octagonal relics pagoda is a rare carbonized wood of golden silk nanmu, and the micro-carving process on it is also extraordinary, but whether it is an old thing or not, Liu Dong's psychology still has a trace of doubt.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. Although he had been in the Quancheng antique market for three years, he didn't know any well-known appraisers. If you rashly take out those antique shops or auction houses for identification, if it is a good thing worth 10,000 gold, then it will definitely make a storm in the city, and I am afraid that all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods who are interested in this treasure will come to the door.

In the past few years in society, he still knows the truth of 'the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty'. When the time comes, not to mention whether his life is in danger or not, I am afraid that it will be really difficult for him to be quiet. This is something that Liu Dong is unwilling to do no matter what.

"Forget it, let's put it away first! It's not too late to do an appraisal when you have the opportunity in the future! Thinking of this, Liu Dong also made up his mind in his heart. Immediately, he put the small octagonal relics that had been cleaned up and had a beautiful shape into the box he usually held with jade carvings, and locked them into the old suitcase under the bed!

"Whew!" Standing up, Liu Dong sighed lightly, looked at the wooden box where he put carbonized wood, and then strode out of the door. Then I quickly went downstairs and did not ride a bike, but walked to the Carrefour supermarket outside the community. After a big purchase, two large convenience bags filled with vegetables and fruits such as apples, tomatoes, bananas and cucumbers, as well as fast food such as instant noodles, bread, biscuits and beef jerky, returned to their rooms.

After putting the things in the corner of the wall where he was out of the way, Liu Dong wiped the sweat from Toushan and let out a sigh of relief, showing a hint of relief on his face.

At this moment, Liu Dong had already made up his mind in his heart, and it would take more than a week to carve this piece of gloomy wood, and the things he bought were the food that supported him not to go out of the house for a week.

Only by devoting all his energy to this piece of wood carving can he ensure that his carving skills are maintained at the highest level. in order to be able to carve truly exquisite wood carving works. Live up to Uncle Long's trust in him.

However, now that he had just picked up a big leak, his heart was excited, and his emotions could not be calmed down, and it was obvious that now was not a good time to immediately devote himself to carving.

However, in the past few years of carving, Liu Dong has already found a set of ways to calm his feelings.

So after seeing him take a deep breath, he took his towel from the hanger next to the door, went into the bathroom with a red patterned enamel basin, took a shower happily, changed into clean clothes, sat cross-legged on his bed, and then carried the internal skills he had practiced since childhood.

Liu Dong discovered a few years ago that this set of internal skills learned from an unknown old monk not only made him physically strong, but also had a very powerful effect in calming the mind. Almost every time Liu Dong was in an irritable mood, he used this set of exercises to restore his calmness, and his carving skills have improved so quickly in recent years thanks to the help of this set of exercises.