Hong Tianbao still remembered the treasure that the old village chief just said, and hurriedly asked, "Village chief, can you let me see the treasure?" ”

Everyone saw that Hong Tianbao threw away millions without blinking, and they were even more sure that this was a rich family, so they were more polite to this young man. The old village chief nodded hurriedly, and then walked inside, his eldest son following closely behind. The set of treasures was originally kept by his eldest brother, but after the eldest brother died, the things were kept with him.

Soon after, the old village chief and his eldest son moved out of a wooden box.

Hong Tianbao stepped forward and found that the box was from the Republic of China. When the old village chief opened the box, there were nine delicate cups lying inside. I saw that the carcass of these nine porcelain cups was extremely thin, and the popular pastel painting in the Yongzheng period was adopted, with rich glaze and white glaze. The surface of the porcelain cup depicts beautiful women in different postures. The beauty is light, delicate and lifelike. Under the reflection of the outer glaze, the colors that came out were exquisite, and Hong Tianbao was also stunned when he saw these nine cups. He had seen these nine cups in the "Qing Dynasty Artifacts" and were called beauty cups. This beauty cup is also very famous, and many antique masters know the legend about the beauty cup.

It is said that in the mid-autumn of the second year of Yongzheng, the birthday of the Empress Dowager Renshou was approaching, and Emperor Yongzheng was busy with government affairs and rarely had time to visit the Empress Dowager. Then I remembered that the Queen Mother liked colored porcelain, especially Tang Ying's painting, so she planned to buy a set of Tang Ying's painted porcelain for her mother as a birthday gift.

Emperor Yongzheng knew that Tang Ying was good at painting beauties, so he sent someone to give him a holy decree: "Tang Yingzhao painted a set of beauties according to the size of the official kiln cup and presented it to Jingdezhen for firing." Chin this. ”

At that time, Tang Ying, who was the kiln supervisor, was stationed in Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory to supervise the construction, and the famous ceramic craftsman Sen Wufei was responsible for the production of the Imperial Kiln Factory. Tang Ying is versatile, has a deep foundation in art, and Sen Wufei's firing skills are also first-class, and they have run an official kiln well.

Tang Ying did not dare to slack off after receiving the holy decree, and immediately used the best porcelain clay to carefully draw nine beauty cups with different postures. He personally sent the porcelain blank to the billet room, handed it over to Sen Wufei, and solemnly explained: "This is a work of order, it is the emperor's birthday gift for the queen mother, and there can be no mistakes!" ”

Sen Wu pretended to love his subordinates, holding the beautiful porcelain clay painted by Tang Ying, carefully blowing off the dust on it, and then squinting his eyes to look at it. He intended to make this beautiful set of paintings a different result. He racked his brains and consulted a lot of historical materials, and finally drew up a plan for firing. He specially burned a kiln for this set of porcelain clay cups, made it himself, and waited in front of the kiln without sleep or food.

Three days later, the cup was out of the kiln, and when it was taken out and placed on the table, Mori Wufei's eyes widened and he couldn't help but be stunned: the result was unexpectedly good! The carcass of this beauty cup is extremely thin, and it is painted in the pastels that were popular at the time, with rich glaze and white glaze. The beauties painted are light, delicate and lifelike. A special process is used for firing. Under the reflection of the outer glaze, the colors revealed are exquisite! Mori Wu pretended to pour some water into the cup, and in the light of the water, and immediately, those beauties moved like fish, they danced and shadowed, and the long sleeves fluttered Mori Wu pretended to have a son named Zixin, who was 11 years old, and Zixin was smart and clever, and his father hoped that he would be a good porcelain maker like himself in the future. Zixin learned to burn porcelain with his father since he was a child, and he already knew a lot about porcelain, he looked at this set of cups in amazement and said: "Father, this set of cups is a rare treasure!" It's the most beautiful set of porcelain my father has ever made!"

Sen Wufei hugged his son excitedly, gently pinched his face and said, "Son, when you grow up, you must surpass your father and make more fine products!" Zixin nodded solemnly.

Mori Wufei carefully locked the cup into the cupboard, and prepared to select some other porcelain and present it to the emperor.

A few days later, after all the porcelain to be dedicated to the emperor was chosen, Mori Wufei opened the cabinet and prepared to take out the beauty cup and present it to the emperor together, but an unexpected matter happened. The cabinet lock was picked open, and the beauty cup was missing. This is a big disaster! to be beheaded.

Mori searched like crazy, and asked all the craftsmen, but in the end he couldn't find it. The Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, and Tang Ying has already come to urge him to take out the beauty cup. Sen had no choice but to send his wife and children to his father-in-law's house in the countryside, and then took out a piece of straw rope and hanged himself.

After Mori Mu's feigned death, there were more and more legends about the Beauty Cup.

Time passed day by day, 8 years ago in the blink of an eye, and on this day, the general Nian Gengyao came to a craftsman among the younger brothers in Jianfu. Although the craftsman is young, he is proficient in architectural woodwork, not only with superb skills, but also with novel and unique woodwork, which is deeply loved by the whole family. One day after another, Gengyao personally sent a batch of beautiful glazed bricks and asked the craftsman to make a fairy building. Nian Gengyao confessed that this batch of glazed bricks is very valuable and must be carefully made. The craftsman was deeply attracted by these glazed bricks, carefully holding them in his hands, staring at them intently.

The craftsman worked night and night to make wood art for the Nian Mansion, and a year later, the new house of Nian Gengyao was completed. The craftsman left the Nianfu.

After the craftsman left the Nian Mansion, he went straight to the Tang Ying Mansion in the countryside. At that time, Tang Ying, the governor of pottery, was convicted of losing the emperor's beauty cup and returned to his hometown in the countryside.

A few days later, Tang Ying led the craftsman all the way to the Forbidden City and met Emperor Yongzheng in the Palace of Heart Cultivation. The craftsman performed three bows and nine bows according to the court etiquette, and later said to the emperor that Qi played the saint, and the current annihilation of the minister Nian Gengyao was the culprit who stole the saint's beauty cup and blamed the Tang lord, and the grass people can testify.

At this moment, the emperor was unhappy that Geng Yao was proud of his achievements and ignored the court that year, and he was even more furious when he heard this. Immediately ordered the patrol camp to be searched before last year's government.

The craftsman led the green battalion soldiers to Nian Gengyao's mansion, and in a hall, the craftsman stayed in front of a beautiful wooden fairy building. The crowd was attracted by the exquisite structure and ingenious layout of the fairy tower, and they were full of praise. The craftsman said, "Hide what you are looking for." Everyone began to search, and finally focused on the eaves of the fairy tower.

The eaves of the fairy tower are inlaid with eighty-one colored glazed bricks. Each glazed brick is painted with a beautiful woman. The beauties have different postures, and they are beautiful! But people can't see anything special about these eighty-one glazed bricks. The craftsman asked people to bring water, and he slowly poured the water on the glazed bricks, and gradually, the glazed bricks that had absorbed enough water showed different surnames. Some of them become shiny and delicate, and in the water, the beauty dances.

The craftsman said: "These are the sets of beauty cups that the emperor prepared to present to the Queen Mother and Lord Tang himself!" They're cast into glazed bricks! ”

Everyone was stunned. But the craftsman burst into tears.

Nian Gengyao was finally given death by the emperor for the crime of defrauding the king. Tang Ying was also reinstated. The set of beauty cups, along with the set of finely carved woodwork, returned to the palace.

On this day, the craftsman came to the cemetery of Mori Wufei, knelt in front of the grave, and said with tears in his eyes: "Father! My son's letter has finally avenged you! At that time, Gengyao, who was a minister, acted recklessly, framed Zhongliang, and had a grudge with Tang Ying for the affairs of his brother, and did not hesitate to steal the beauty cup supervised by Tang Ying for the emperor, and blamed Tang Ying, so that his father became a victim. Over the years, in order to eliminate harm for the people and redress his father's grievances, the son had no choice but to give up his father's desire to inherit his father's business. Now that the enemy has long since surrendered to the law, my father's spirit in heaven can rest in peace!"

But the beauty cup also disappeared at the same time with the death of Emperor Yongzheng, and many people speculated that the beauty cup was buried as a burial object. Hong Tianbao didn't expect to encounter such a national treasure abroad, no wonder of course this devil wanted to take it away.

Seeing Hong Tianbao looking at the cup in the box in a daze for a long time, the old village chief coughed twice and said, "Tianbao, are you okay?" ”

Hong Tianbao came back to his senses and said, "It's okay! This is a very rare treasure, and it should be returned to China. Hong Tianbao secretly thought to himself, this national treasure must be brought back to China, I believe that whether it is an antique or not, as long as it is Chinese, it will have this idea.

"Huh! That is, and that was my father's last wish. He hopes that this treasure can return to the Forbidden City, so this time I have to ask Tianbao to bring the treasure back to the motherland. The old village chief said.

Hearing this, Hong Tianbao's heart was cold, and then he sighed, and secretly couldn't ask for it. This treasure wants to return to the Forbidden City, so it's not good for you to be greedy and swallow it, right? But the only consolation is that it is not a bad outcome to be able to bring such a national treasure back. As a real antique master, it is not how to do everything possible to get the treasure in the bag, but to see the baby shine to the fullest.

Now, the happiest person is Director Ding! That old guy always has the idea of beating other people's babies, although it is said that he is selfless, but Hong Tianbao just can't see it. He decided that he couldn't let him succeed so easily, and that he had to make some trouble for him.

Thinking of the current situation of these Chinese, I know that these people want to return to China. Hong Tianbao smiled slightly, this time Curator Ding had a headache, but he had no choice.

"Village Chief, didn't you say that you all want to go back to China?" Hong Tianbao suddenly raised his head and said.

Everyone froze, and then nodded in unison.

"It's not difficult, I can help you. But when it comes to foreign immigration, there will definitely be a lot of trouble, and you will have to wait a little longer. Hong Tianbao said sincerely.

Everyone was stunned, and everyone became excited. The old village chief's body trembled slightly, and he walked over slowly.

"Tempo, can you really help us?"

"Huh! Although my skills are not large, some of my friends have a lot of influence in China, so it should not be a problem. You don't need to thank me, it's all thanks to these treasures. The village chief, you can contact and discuss with others in the next two days, and prepare to cooperate with the immigrants. Hong Tianbao understands that this immigration must be very difficult.

Resistance at home and abroad is inevitable, but Hong Tianbao believes that Director Ding will definitely be able to overcome all difficulties. As long as the old man has a treasure, he will definitely do his best. He still remembered the matter of the firewood kiln at the beginning, for a few firewood kiln porcelain, the old guy used a lot of strength.

Who knew that the old village chief took the lead in kneeling down together, Hong Tianbao panicked, and hurriedly helped the old man up and said, "You guys get up!" I can't help it. Didn't you say that? This time I'm just helping with the call, and the main force is not me. ”

I saw the old village chief say with tears in his eyes: "No matter what, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, I have to thank you Tianbao." Hong Tianbao still couldn't understand the mood of these people returning to the country, and hid in the depths of his heart for a long time, and this moment broke out, and the old man could stand up even if he had a strong ability to bear it. (To be continued)