Chapter 9: The Treasure Chest (Part II)
Dong Qingshan glanced at his grandson, a little dissatisfied, and complained: "This kid, you just don't want to understand!" I see that you are going to lose to your eldest brother in the year-end assessment this year! ”
The big test of the heir of the Dong family's "ghost hand" is a total of three times, three finals and two wins, the first game is higher than imitation porcelain, Dong Tianyue has lost to the eldest brother Dong Tianqi; In the second game, the two imitated calligraphy and painting, and the two were tied; This year, compared to the collection of antiques, if Dong Tianyue loses again, the new generation of ghost hand heirs will be Dong Tianqi.
"Humph! Not necessarily! ”
Dong Tianyue was not convinced, and said in his heart: Although the eldest brother has inherited the amazing talent of the uncle, but I now have a perspective eye, who is strong and who is weak is not necessarily!
Dong Qingshan smiled and shook his head, this kid still hasn't enough patience to learn, and clicked on the top and bottom two pieces of wood in the puzzle with his fingertips, and said, "This is where the two 'picture eyes' are." One is the location of 'leaving the ninth palace', and the other is the location of the 'Kan Yi Palace', and the 'leaving the ninth palace' and 'Kan Yi Palace' are the meaning of facing the south and the north. ”
"So, to solve this diagram, you really need to move two 'diagram eyes' at the same time?" Dong Tianyue asked.
"That's right! This is the first step, and there are still 80 steps behind, and you can't make a mistake every step, one wrong step, and a full plate of mistakes! ”
Wow, ninety-nine-eighty-one! Everyone was shocked, but they underestimated this puzzle, but they didn't expect that it would take eighty-one steps to solve this puzzle!
Dong Tianyue said with a smile: "Grandpa, please show me, I know that you must have already made up your mind, have you already opened it secretly?" Dong Qingshan smiled awkwardly and said, "What do you mean by secretly, it's so ugly, this is a gift from your senior brother!" Well, I've opened this box, everyone has tried it, and if it doesn't work, I'll show you it today. ”
After Dong Tianyue tried it, everyone also tried it, but they couldn't solve it, so they had to wait for Old Man Dong to make a move.
Dong Qingshan looked at the mechanism on the box intently, first moved two "picture eyes", and then moved one piece on the left and right, the next steps were very complicated and cumbersome, sometimes slow, and occasionally he had to stop and ponder for a while, which was quite laborious, but fortunately, Dong Qingshan had already opened it a few times, so he was quite proficient. After a while, Dong Qingshan finally completed all the steps and put together a complete map of the "Longzang Deep Spring".
"Wow, what a beautiful picture!" Dong Tianyue exclaimed, in the deep spring stone cave on the picture, a dragon lurked at the bottom of the spring, as if waiting for something, looking forward to something, the dragon's scales and expression were portrayed very expressively.
"Yes, it's really ingenious, I didn't expect this picture to be the Longzang Deep Spring Map. There are dragons and water, I should have guessed in the first place. Gao Yide is also impressed.
Seeing that the puzzle was a "Longzang Deep Spring Diagram", Grandpa Dong looked at Dong Tianyue with a smile and said, "Yue'er, do you know what Longzang Deep Spring is?" ”
Gao Yide and Liang Hua naturally knew, and Gao Lingfeng also seemed to know something, and they all looked at Dong Tianyue to see how he explained. Everyone thought to themselves, the old man really knows how to teach his grandson, in front of so many people, if Dong Tianyue can't answer, won't he be able to get off the stage?
Fortunately, Dong Tianyue is not a wine bag and rice bag, although he has not forgotten to sleep and eat in the study of antiques, but his knowledge is not low, and it is still difficult for ordinary children of the family to match.
Dong Tianyue took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The so-called 'Dragon Hidden Deep Spring' and 'Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger' mean closer, but more precisely, it should be closer to the meaning of 'Dragon Diving Abyss' and 'Hidden Dragon Don't Use It', everyone imagines Zhuge Liang and generally understands." A dragon is supposed to soar between heaven and earth, and their hiding is generally not really hidden, if it is not forced to do so, or just to wait for the opportunity. This is just like the beggar gang's descendant stunt 'Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending', when Qiao Feng or Guo Jing makes a move, generally after a move 'don't use the hidden dragon', it is either a group attack of 'Flying Dragon in the Sky', or a single attack of the extremely fierce and domineering 'Kang Long has regrets'.
According to legend, the beggar gang sent the divine skill 'Eighteen Palms of the Dragon', in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was twenty-eight palms, when the gang leader Xiao Feng's martial arts were world-famous, his talent was amazing, he drew on the "Book of Changes" hexagram plus actual combat experience, to simplify the complex, the twenty-eight palms were reduced by ten palms, and became the eighteen palms of the dragon, which was passed down from generation to generation by the righteous brother Vulture Palace. By the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, although the successor gang leader Yelu Qi had his father-in-law Guo Jing to teach and learn completely, but since then, the beggar gang has served as the gang leader, because of the lack of roots, at most only learned fourteen palms. Especially the trick 'don't use the hidden dragon', there are fewer and fewer people who will come. This is what later generations said, in the Southern Song Dynasty, China's so-called high-level martial arts gradually began to be lost. Belch... Far from it.
In short, Ryuzo is not a real treasure. ”
Everyone laughed, worthy of being a martial artist, and they couldn't forget to say "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon" when playing the analogy. Liang Hua couldn't help but nod when he heard this.
"Hehe, that's right, it's just a little farther, and it's better if you use some antiques as an analogy." Old Man Dong touched his beard and smiled.
"Second brother, I think what Yue'er said is very good!" Master Liang Hua likes the metaphor of the apprentice, and his heart is not in vain for his careful cultivation, and he praised Dong Tianyue without hesitation, and said: "What a dragon hidden deep spring!" Isn't this just talking about your Dong family? The dragon is hidden, and the hidden virtue is not shown, and it is a gentleman who waits for time, such as a dragon diving into the abyss, and should hide the front and guard the clumsy and stand by to move. I don't think your Dong family can be a hermit family for generations, one day you will be famous all over the world! Liang Hua exclaimed.
"Hey, don't use it, hide it, it's all involuntarily! If our Dong family really flies in the sky, it may not be long before it flies, and it will fall high from the altar, and this fall may collapse, and even lead to the real extinction of high-imitation stunts in the rivers and lakes! Dong Qingshan sighed. At his age, he has already understood the truth of the destiny of heaven. Yes, maybe this is the fate, this is the fate of the descendants of the hermit family, and the fate of the ancestors must be kept! People sometimes have to believe in fate.
In today's society, many people envy those world-famous wealthy families, but a few people know that there are some hermit families who are silently inheriting something and silently making their own sacrifices and contributions to the society. They are not for fame and fortune, only for inheritance, only for the ancient stunts of China will not be extinct in future generations! However, deep down in their hearts, they also hope that one day they can be famous in the world, but they can't and don't dare.
After the mechanism map was completed, Dong Qingshan pressed down on the "dragon's eye" position of the mechanism map, and everyone only heard the "pop" in the center of the box lid to reveal a keyhole, and a strip-shaped groove flashed next to it at the same time, and a golden key lay inside.
"Oh, what a clever mechanism!" Liang Hua admired, which reminded him of the stunt of the Shushan Tangmen in the martial arts world. The wisdom of the ancients is truly ingenious!
"Second brother, your hand is the so-called finishing touch, right?"
"Yes, it's no secret that the eyes of the beast are the triggers of the mechanism." Dong Qingshan took off his glasses, picked out the golden key and inserted it into the keyhole, and played with it calmly for a while, and the lid of the box popped up.
Dong Tianyue, Gao Yide, Liang Hua, and Gao Lingfeng were all excited, this mechanism map is really wonderful! Oops, the treasure box has finally been opened, what rare treasure is inside, so tightly hidden?
Of course, Dong Tianyue's excitement was a little pretended.
Dong Qingshan let out a sigh of relief, took out a tissue to wipe his sweat, the work of breaking the puzzle is really laborious!
The old man's eyes had already caught a glimpse of the contents of the box, and although he had seen it several times, it was still daunting. It's like a real peerless beauty, it seems that every time you see her, you can find her beauty from different angles, but you can't bear to blaspheme her beauty. A real antique treasure, just like a real beauty with connotation, has a sense of awe that makes people daunt after seeing it.
"What a miracle!"
Dong Qingshan opened the lid of the box in admiration, and what caught his eye was two ancient books, plus a piece of Canaan old agarwood that protected them from insects, exuding bursts of rich fragrance outward. They lie quietly in the box, and the sense of history is like some vintage antiques!
"Oops, it's a cheat!" Liang Hua's heart jumped suddenly, and the second brother really didn't deceive him.
"Oh my God, it's all lost secret books and rare books!" Dong Tianyue exclaimed, this is the best among rare books!
"Yes, if these books are auctioned at the Yide Auction House, I'm afraid each one will be millions, or even tens of millions!" Gao Yide's unbelievable comments, when he saw good things, he thought of the auction house, which is really three sentences without leaving the bank, which is also in line with his identity as the chairman of the auction house.
Not to mention, next month, Yide Auction House will have a special auction of "Ancient Books and Rare Books and Calligraphy and Paintings".
After a compliment, the study began to fall silent, everyone's heartbeat accelerated, and it was indeed pretending to be a treasure, if it was all genuine, it would be really priceless! This is not only for antiques, but also for stunts!
Everyone was stunned on the spot and stunned for a long time, especially Liang Hua, whose eyes were filled with tears of excitement. Suddenly, Liang Hua's fingers shook a few times, and he finally couldn't help but want to get started.
"Second brother, can I get started?"
"Of course you can, if Yide doesn't object, I originally planned to give you this cheatbook! For so many years, I have been unable to repay your kindness to our Dong family, and today I finally seized the opportunity. Dong Qingshan said with a smile.
"Where did the second brother say, my brother, you, me, Brother Kun, our four brothers are friends of life and death, what do you do when you say those things that are outside?" Liang Hua said lightly, and then glanced at Gao Yide again.
Gao Yide smiled in return.
"Master Liang, since I gave the treasure chest to the master, it is the master's thing. I'm already glad that the master is going to open it today, and he has to call our father and son to the field. In short, what the master means is what I mean! Gao Yide said seriously. Dong Qingshan gave him a reassuring smile. Don't be moved by treasures, don't take you as an apprentice in vain! But he really can't ask for this treasure box.
"Yide, you are wrong, you gave me this treasure box, but I want to return it to you today, not because it is too precious, the friendship between you and my master and apprentice has long exceeded the scope of money. As for why, you'll understand later. Dong Qingshan said mysteriously.
What does Dong Qingshan mean by this? It's weird, everyone is puzzled, but Gao Yide knows that the master's words always make sense.
"It's... Yes, Master! Gao Yide paused and nodded.
"Then I'm going to get started!"
Liang Hua can manage a lot now, and no matter who this box belongs to in the end, all he thinks about is the wish of the sect, the entrustment and prosperity of the sect, or something. After he gestured to Dong Qingshan and Gao Yide, he excitedly picked up one of the blue-lined books.
"This ......"
Liang Hua stared at the cover, as if he saw his lover who had been reunited for a long time, his eyes were full of excitement, and he opened the general outline of the first page, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't even speak with excitement.