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Where does Wang Guan dare to forget, even if he forgets, presumably Zhou Lao and others will be on the side to remind and supervise.

"What do you mean?"

However, Xu Lao didn't understand this code word, or he understood it a little, so he wanted to ask clearly.

"It's not interesting, keep reading."

At the same time, Zhou Lao said with a smile: "The Bogu map in the Wanli period is full of pictures and texts, and it is printed very clearly, and the most important thing is that there is no insect moth, and the page is wrinkled, and it can be called a rare book." ”

"It's a rare book."

Seeing that Zhou Lao and the others didn't want to say more, Xu Lao didn't ask more, but smiled: "However, I have never pursued any rare books, rare books, and complete books, as long as it is an ancient book, I am willing to collect it." These ancient books that have been handed down for thousands of years are very precious, unlike the current books that can be printed in batches and published indefinitely, for these ancient books with one less copy, the economic value is only secondary, and protecting them is the key. ”

"That's right."

Suddenly, everyone thought it was true and agreed very much. The reason why the Chinese civilization has been inherited for thousands of years without interruption is that everyone has been able to pass on the essence of national ideology and culture because everyone attaches great importance to history and books and is rich in classics. It can be said that ancient books are a treasure house of Chinese culture, and every ancient book is worthy of careful study.

Some people collect books, and that is to show off and show that they are knowledgeable; Some people collect books purely as hobbies, so that they can often read them and learn more from them; Some people collect books, but they are for protection and inheritance of culture. This is a kind of progression, some things should always be done by someone, otherwise, the traditional culture of the Chinese nation is estimated to have been cut off long ago.

After reading Bogutu, Xu Lao took out a set of ancient books of the general category. It's a story of history. In addition, there are Zhaoming Anthology, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc., whether it is orthodox literature or popular reading, he has a collection. After all, the popular books of ancient times can be called famous works if they can be handed down to the present.

The most typical example is naturally the four famous novels. At that time, these works were still classified as banned books, but everyone knows human nature, the more forbidden things. On the contrary, the faster it spreads. After hundreds of years of precipitation, it has naturally accumulated a lot of popularity, so much so that many people now rely on these books to eat.

Of course, in Xu Lao's collection, there are not only these precious ancient books, but also some black tigers.

As I said before, the so-called black tiger is the common name of the inscription Motuo. The main reason is that there are many methods of inscription rubbing. It is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake, and it is impossible to prevent it, and the slightest negligence will be fooled, as if it has been bitten by a tiger. However, Xu Lao's collection of ink tuo. But it is a bit strange, it is not a simple inscription, but some strange patterns.

"Weird, what is this?"

At this time. Zhou Lao picked up a page of ink and studied it carefully for a moment, but he couldn't understand it. He frowned slightly and said: "The color of this paper is like topaz, and the quality is like a child's skin, and it should be the gold foil paper commonly used by the magnates of the Ming Dynasty." And the rubbing is as inky as a cicada's wings, so it should be a cicada wing. The question is, what is the extension? ”

"Brother Zhou, there are times when you can't understand." Xu Lao smiled, quite proud.

"If you don't understand, you don't understand." Zhou Lao said calmly: "The world's knowledge is as bright as the stars, we ordinary people are poor, and it is enough to be happy to understand a small part of it, how dare we say that we know everything." ”

"Yes."

Xu Lao nodded in agreement, but he didn't rush to reveal the mystery, but let others watch and figure it out.

Wang Guan and the others were naturally quite curious, and they all came around to take a look, only to see Mo Tuo's hair, and then formed some mottled traces. At first glance, I saw these traces in a disorganized manner, but after careful study, I felt that there was some pattern.

After studying it for a while, everyone felt very inexplicable, and they all shook their heads to say that they didn't know what it was.

"Brother Xu, don't sell Guanzi."

At the right time, Zhou Lao urged: "Tell me, what kind of rubbing is this?" It shouldn't be easy to rub something with such precious gold leaf paper. ”

"Well, I think so, too." Xu Lao agreed: "So I took it." ”

"Huh?"

For a moment, Zhou Lao said thoughtfully: "Listening to what you mean, it seems that I don't know what the rubbing is." ”

"Hehe, you're right."

At this time, Xu Lao smiled embarrassedly: "You experts can't understand it, how can I be clear, that is, I recognize that this paper is the gold leaf paper of the Ming Dynasty, so I bought it." ”

"Eh......"

For a while, Zhou Lao and the others shook their heads.

"If it were you, you would be the same."

Xu Lao said smugly: "The buyer didn't know that this was gold foil paper, and he didn't know what it was, so he gave it to me at a very low price." Aside from anything else, the money from this paper alone is enough for me to earn it back. ”

"No wonder ......"

Everyone suddenly realized that they had missed something. Ancient paper has great room for appreciation, not to mention the very precious Ming Dynasty internal government paper, which is a tribute paper for the royal family, and the value is certainly not low. No matter what the extension is, the paper itself is worth enough. Of course, if the rubbing is rare enough, then the price will definitely increase several times.

"Speaking of which, I seem to have seen these rubbings somewhere."

After studying for a while, an expert hesitated: "In the materials of the Forbidden City, there seems to be something like this." ”

"Really?" Old Xu's eyes lit up, but he didn't doubt it. After all, there are so many classics in the Forbidden City, and it's not surprising that there are similar things.

"I guess so." The man was uncertain, "You also know that things like this inexplicable, uncategorized are easy to put in a corner for storage when research results are not forthcoming. I also saw it occasionally when I was tidying up, but I didn't take it to heart. ”

"In that case, when I go back, I'll look at it again." Zhou Lao said casually: "I will tell you again when there is a result." ”

"Good ......"

Xu Lao nodded lightly, and he also understood Zhou Lao and the others a little. After all, there are too many things in the Forbidden City, and the aspects studied by each expert are inconsistent, so it is normal to not know the situation in it.

"Actually......"

At the same time, Wang Guan hesitated: "Don't you think that this seems to be the texture of a tortoise shell?" ”

"Tortoiseshell texture?"

For a moment, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked again.

After a while, Zhou Lao immediately shook his head and said, "No, the texture of the tortoise shell is one by one, in the form of regular corners, and these are lines, as well as some inexplicable dots, which are completely different from the texture of the tortoise shell." ”

"Old Zhou, I dare to say this, I must be somewhat sure."

At this moment, Wang Guan took a few pages of rubbings, then spread them out and placed them, and then signaled: "In my opinion, these pages of rubbings are only part of them, they should be rubbed on a large piece of tortoise shell, and then divided into pages." ”

After Wang Guan placed a few pages, two or three of them were connected, and an outline appeared, the outline of a tortoiseshell piece, which naturally confirmed that he was not lying, and Mo Tuo could really be a tortoiseshell.

"Huh."

After taking a look, Zhou Lao and the others were naturally even more surprised. Because judging from the outline, the rubbed tortoise shell is really not small, and a single nail piece is the size of a plate. It can also be inferred from this that the entire tortoise shell is surprisingly large. The most important thing is that since it can be confirmed that the thing is a tortoise shell, the lines and dots on the tortoise shell piece should be engraved later......

"Hetu Luoshu?"

Thinking of this, Xu Lao blurted out. For a while, others were quite agreeable. There is no way, after all, in the impression of the Chinese, something with pictures and texts engraved on the tortoise shell is not oracle bones, or the famous river Tuluo book.

What is the Book of Loturo, which is a mystery that China has studied for thousands of years, and there is no way to completely decipher it.

The Book of Changes? The "Dictionaries" said: "The river produces a map, Luo produces a book, and the sage does it." ”

Scholars usually interpret these sentences to mean that in ancient times, the Yellow River appeared with a figure on its back, and the Luoshui appeared with a figure on the turtle. Fu Xi drew the gossip based on the figure on the dragon horse; Dayu formulated nine domains according to the graphics on the turtle, which is the nine types of laws governing the world, including the method of water control.

According to legend, long before the appearance of the Luoshui Turtle, Dayu's father Kun was in the order of Yao to control the water, there was a group of turtles who continued to call and drag their tails, leaving traces on the ground. Although the water control was not successful in the end due to the reason that the blockage was not as good as the sparseness, the turtle made great contributions to the water control.

In addition, there are myths and legends that during the ancient flood, all human beings were submerged by the great flood, and there were only two brothers and sisters left in the world, and it was the giant tortoise that saved them, and the human race was able to reproduce.

All in all, Hetu Luoshu is the source of Chinese occultism.

Moreover, the ancients have always believed that the mystery of heaven and earth is hidden in the tortoise shell. In the earliest literature about tortoises, the upper cover of the tortoise shell is compared to the sky, the lower cover is compared to the earth, and the tortoise shell is regarded as the miniature of heaven and earth.

The turtle is a sacred object of the heavenly star, so there is a spirit. The back of the turtle has a texture, and the ancients believed that this texture was given by providence, containing mysterious content, and only a saint could understand its secrets.

This is also known as the providence of the gods, and the turtle will be negative. This is also the reason, so among the four spirits passed down from generation to generation, only the turtle is the only physical object. In addition, the green dragon, the red bird, the unicorn and the like are all imaginary creatures.

The thousand-year-old king, the 10,000-year-old turtle, can live so long, and the turtle has naturally become a symbol of longevity. It's just because of Confucius's sentence that old and immortal are thieves, and after extension, the turtle has become a curse.

"It's still a young man, and he reacts quickly enough."

At the same time, Zhou Lao glanced at Wang Guan with an approving expression.

"That's right, it's still young people's brains that spin fast." Xu Lao also sighed, the things have been in his hands for several years, but he didn't see any clues, and people just looked at it a little and made a judgment......

It's nice to be young! (To be continued......)