Chapter 10 Identification of Zhong Kui

To be honest, Zheng Tianlong also felt a little strange in his heart, he understood that the old Taoist priest in front of him was definitely not a simple character, he had eaten more salt than he had eaten rice, this was definitely not a joke, and it seemed that he was already a hundred years old, and he actually asked himself a question. ,——/——Full text of the advertisement

Li Tianshi took off an object from his wrist, handed it to Zheng Tianlong, and said, "Master Zheng, I found this thing more than ten years ago, and it is a good thing, and there is nothing wrong with it, but I don't know what age it is. ”

Li Tianshi inadvertently found an ancient coin from a stall more than ten years ago, and with his ability and vision, he could naturally see that this ancient coin was a powerful magic weapon, but after more than ten years of research, he was still a little unsure of what age it was.

Today, I heard Zheng Tianlong say that he had opened a magic weapon shop, and the skills that Zheng Tianlong had shown before had already convinced him, so Li Tianshi simply took it out and let Zheng Tianlong take a look.

Seeing the magic weapon that Li Tianshi took out, Zheng Tianlong suddenly became a strong interest, he knew that the thing he took out with the identity and status of the other party was definitely not an ordinary thing.

After taking a look, Zheng Tianlong found that it was an ancient coin engraved with Zhong Kui's ghost hunting picture!

"Heh, Li Tianshi, this is something from the Song Dynasty."

"Huh? Why? ”

After Li Tianshi handed the magic weapon to Zheng Tianlong, he thought that it would take a long time for the other party to identify it, but he didn't expect to give the answer just by looking at it, so that the tea he held up had not yet touched his mouth. ,——/——Full text of the advertisement

"This is Zhong Kui's ghost hunting money."

Zhong Kui is one of the most important gods in our national legends, the main legend is that it appeared in the Tang Dynasty, the main thing is that Emperor Tang Ming one day dreamed that Zhong Kui appeared to exorcise ghosts, so he called the great painter Wu Daozi and drew a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts, such a legend has been circulated from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and Zhong Kui also has the identity of a person and was born in Zhongnan Mountain, the main role is to drive away the ghosts.

Gradually, his image appeared in the major painters, New Year paintings, and ritual vessels, and the main image was that of a shirt, a hood or a hat, with an ugly face, a long beard, and angry eyes.

However, this is just a general style, and Zhong Kui's image has changed differently in different historical periods, and this is the basis for Zheng Tianlong's judgment.

"Well, yes, but I don't know how Master Zheng can tell that it's Song?"

Li Tianshi was quite strange about this, I don't know why Zheng Tianlong was so sure that this was the Song Dynasty, you must know that his Zhong Kui ghost hunting and evil spirit money has no words and other things on it except for the pattern, which is also the main reason why he had no way to determine which era of magic weapon it was.

"Legend has it that the Zhong Kui diagram painted by Wu Daozi is the ancestor of the Zhong Kui diagram painted in the past dynasties, but it is no longer visible. But the elements of Zhong Kui in different eras are different, and you can judge which dynasty Zhong Kui is from this. ”

Zheng Tianlong paused slightly, pointed to Zhong Kui's ghost hunting money and said: "Li Tianshi, you see, what Zhong Kui is showing here is to hunt ghosts with his left hand and pick ghosts with his right hand, and at the same time, Zhong Kui turned slightly from the front to the right, and lowered his head to look at the little ghost. The costume he wears is drawn with threads, and as for the image of the imp, it is a calf's nose, and the foot is one foot with a shoe, and the other foot is not wearing a shoe - pinned to the left waist of the imp, of course, the shape of the paper fan is also relatively long and large. ”

"But what does that mean?"

Li Tianshi still didn't quite understand what Zheng Tianlong meant, this Zhong Kui ghost hunting and evil spirit money has been in his hand for more than ten years, and he knows every ornament on it well, so he naturally knows that what Zheng Tianlong said is not wrong, but the question is what does this mean? Based on this, can you conclude that it is Song?

"Heh, I don't know Master Li, do you know that there is a book called "Xuanhe Painting"?"

Li Tianshi shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

It's not surprising that Li Tianshi doesn't know this, because this is already in the realm of painting, and if it weren't for his ability, Zheng Tianlong wouldn't know about this book.

"This book was written in the reign of Emperor Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty, and it recorded one thing: Huang Zhen asked for uncle, and the queen of Chengdu tasted the edict of Wu Daoxuan's painting "Zhong Kui" in the inner hall, which is to say: 'Wu Daoxuan's painting "Zhong Kui" is the one who chooses the ghost's eyes with the second finger of his right hand, and it is better to use the thumb as a powerful one.' Lingqian improved. So you don't need to use the book of Taoism, don't change the painting of the ghost with your thumb. The latter blames him for not being as good as he wanted. He said: 'Those who draw the Tao Xuanzhi have the meaning of the eyes in the second finger; Painted by Jinchen, the meaning of the eyes is in the thumb. ’”

"At the same time, more importantly, Zhong Kui is in front of a Zhong Kui ghost hunting and exorcism money, this is 'Zhong Kui dancing in front to send malaria boils' This is all recorded in the "Xuanhe Painting Spectrum", Li Tianshi, your Zhong Kui ghost hunting and exorcism money is consistent with these records, so I said that this is the Song Dynasty."

Xie Fa, Xie Wei and Li Tianshi all shocked Zheng Tianlong's appraisal, because it was too professional.

"Master Zheng, admire, I can only say one word."

A person like Li Tianshi is well-informed, and he is definitely a master in the identification of magic weapons, but he can only judge whether a magic weapon is a good magic weapon by looking at his qi, and as for things like breaking the dynasty, it is not something he can do.

But when Zheng Tianlong analyzed it, he was full of truth, reasonable and well-founded, and he couldn't refute it even if he wanted to.

"Heh, Li Tianshi, you have won the award, I just happen to know a little bit of this knowledge."

Of course, it was impossible to say that he could identify the magic weapon through his ability, so Zheng Tianlong could only explain it like this.

Of course, in the eyes of Li Tianshi and others, this is a sign of modesty.

"Heh, Master Zheng, I invite you to come today to thank you for saving your grandson's life, and I really don't know how to thank you."

Xie Fa saw that the conversation between Zheng Tianlong and Li Tianshi had come to an end, and immediately talked about this matter, but he did have a headache about how to express his gratitude: seeing that Zheng Tianlong was also a master who was not short of money, how to show his sincerity had become a problem.

Zheng Tianlong said with a smile: "Don't be too polite, in fact, I am quite satisfied to be here today, but I got an unexpected big surprise!" ”