Chapter 37: Old Antiques
Gu Xiankun was so excited that he couldn't even speak, "Okay, let's leave now." No, just wait, I'll give you a call and see where my mother is. ”
He stood at the door of the vegetarian restaurant, called Gu Mingzhu, and learned that Gu Mingzhu had returned home, so he hurriedly invited Zeng Yi to get in the car, and then went home.
The Gu family's house, located on the shore of Qixing Lake, is a wealthy area of Rongcheng, where there are many villas with different styles, among which the best location is Gu Mingzhu's house. Closest to the lakeside, surrounded by ancient trees, quiet and quiet, at this time the lotus flowers by the lake are blooming red, the cool breeze blows, the lake surface is sparkling, the bamboo leaves around the house are sassy, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.
The villa is the Jiangnan style with white walls and blue tiles, and when you open the door, there is a huge transparent fish tank at the entrance, and four Arowana fish about a foot long are swimming in it.
Zeng Yi had to admire the Gu family's strong financial resources, this kind of arowana has an extremely long lifespan and slow growth, because the fish has dragon armor and dragon whiskers, and is flocked to by many people, called "feng shui fish". Among the arowana, the color of the whole body is blood red or purple red is the most rare, generally more than a foot long this kind of arowana, each will be sold as high as one million, and it is still unavoidable. These Arowana at the entrance of the Gu family are all pure red, huge in size, and powerful in posture, all of which are genuine and superb Arowana.
Bypassing the entrance, there is a spacious living room, the furniture and ornaments in it are antique style, retro style, but extremely subtle places, such as the calligraphy and painting of Zhang Daqian on the wall, and the screen carved from rosewood, show that this place is extraordinary, noble and restrained.
Zeng Yi took a look and found that the display of things in the room was in order, so he nodded, "Mr. Gu, this living room has taken a lot of thought." ”
"My mother found a feng shui master from Hong Kong to come and arrange it, and I don't know what to pay attention to!" Gu Xiankun stretched out his hand, "Director Zeng, please take a seat." ”
The Gu family's nanny soon came out and brought Zeng Yi a cup of tea.
Gu Xiankun confessed, "Director Zeng will sit down for a while, and I will go and invite my mother over." ”
"Okay, please!" Zeng Yi took a sip of tea, got up and admired a few calligraphy and paintings in the room, Zeng Yi didn't know much about antiques, but he still knew a little about calligraphy.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar and held an ancient book in his hand walked over, he casually put the book on the table, and came over to say hello: "This is Director Zeng, hello." ”
Zeng Yi saw it, and knew that this must be Gu Mingzhu's husband Cui Shiying, who was really a scholar, modest and elegant, "You are Mr. Cui, fortunately, under Zeng Yi." ”
"Does Mr. Zeng also know calligraphy?" Cui Shiying asked.
Zeng Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know much, I just take a look." ”
Cui Shiying is not a person who is very good at finding topics, he heard Zeng Yi say that he didn't understand calligraphy, so he didn't talk about calligraphy, sat down together, he suddenly saw the medical box at Zeng Yi's feet, "Huh", he got up and walked over, squatted down and looked at the box carefully, "Director Zeng, you have a bit of a history of this box." ”
Zeng Yi hurriedly picked up the box, put it on the table, and asked, "What's the origin?" ”
"This is a medical box, the material carving is extremely extraordinary, the doctors who can have this kind of medical box should be rich and noble people at that time, and it is very likely that they are the imperial doctors in the palace." Cui Shiying held the box and looked left and right a few times, then walked up and smelled the smell, and finally said with certainty: "Look at the style and style, it has a history of at least 400 years, an old thing in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties." ”
After speaking, he put down the box, still a little reluctant, and said: "It's rare, it's been more than 400 years, and this box can still be so intact and as bright as new, it's really rare." ”
Zeng Yi asked, "Then can Mr. Cui tell the origin of this box?" ”
Cui Shiying shook his head with a smile, "There are many porcelain bowls made by Qianlong on the market, but who can say which bowl was used by Qianlong." ”
Zeng Yi bowed his head, and it was true, there was no Qianlong saliva on the porcelain bowl, so you could go to a DNA test, he smiled and apologized, "I said a layman's word, which made Mr. Cui smile." ”
Cui Shiying shook his hand, "That's not it, if you search carefully, although you can't prove who used this box, you can roughly find a range, and there will not be a few people who can afford to use such a precious medical box in history." By the way, where did Director Zeng get this box from? ”
"Family heirloom, this is my grandfather's medical box." Zeng Yi replied.
"Oh, that great-grandfather must be a famous doctor with a good reputation all over the world!"
Zeng Yi wanted to ask Cui Shiying to help check the details of this box, but unfortunately today was the first time he had met, and it was difficult to open his mouth for this kind of request, so he could only give up, thinking that if he met Cui Shiying anyway, maybe he would have the opportunity to ask him for help in the future. Zeng Yi is very clear about his grandfather's past, and this box is a key thing.
The two chatted for a few words, and Gu Xiankun accompanied Gu Mingzhu down.
Gu Mingzhu now also knows what happened in the morning, and said with an apologetic face: "I just heard Xiankun talk about the morning, Director Zeng worked hard for my illness, but I was treated coldly by the people below, which made me really unhappy in my heart, and I will definitely punish Huashan severely when I turn back." ”
Zeng Yi waved his hand, "In such a big company, it is inevitable that there will be a few such people." ”
Gu Mingzhu said a few more polite words and said some guilty words.
Zeng Yi didn't let her continue, and said, "Let's not mention the past, let me talk about Chairman Gu's illness first." ”
Gu Mingzhu stretched out his wrist, "Do you want to take the pulse?" ”
Zeng Yi shook his head, Bai Mutong had already checked the pulse in the morning, he was on the side, since Bai Mutong had the name of a miracle doctor, the kung fu of thinking about the pulse should be very good, and it would probably not be mistaken, "Don't take the pulse, I'll ask a few questions." ”
Gu Mingzhu withdrew his hand and said, "You may ask." ”
"Does Chairman Gu believe in karma?"
Gu Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how Zeng Yi could ask such a question, but he still bowed his head slightly, and said, "I believe that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil." ”
"Then Chairman Gu believes in Buddhism?"
Gu Mingzhu nodded, "I am a layman who cultivates at home. ”
"Then do you believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world?"
Gu Mingzhu was confused, thought for a moment, and said: "There is no Buddha without demons in the world, since I believe in the existence of Buddhas, I naturally believe in the existence of ghosts and gods." ”
Cui Shiying, who was next to him, suddenly turned his face away and picked up his thread-bound ancient book again, he is an archaeologist, he has drilled many ancient tombs, and has also studied the history of Buddhism, so he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods.
Zeng Yi nodded, "Very good, then I'll help Chairman Gu get out of this problem now." With that, he reached out and opened the wooden box, opened the drawer inside, took out a scroll of scrolls, and took out a piece of sandalwood.
The three members of the Gu family were all a little confused, they didn't know what Zeng Yi was going to do, and they didn't understand what it meant to catch the root of the disease.
Zeng Yi untied the red rope tied to the scroll, opened the scroll, and then walked to the rosewood screen and hung the scroll.
Cui Shiying's eyes lit up suddenly, this is a portrait of Zhong Kui, and the painting style is quite ancient.
The painting shows Zhong Kui holding an iron sword in his hand, with leopard eyes and a copper head, an iron face and a beard, and an extremely fierce and vicious appearance. At first glance, it makes people shudder, but when you look at it again, the evil aura on the scroll is a little less, but it makes people feel very uncomfortable, as if there is a stone in the chest cavity, very stuffy, breathless.
Zeng Yi lit the incense and put it into a jade carved incense burner in the living room, then clapped his hands and said, "Chairman Gu, now please put the chair facing this picture scroll, and then sit there and look at this picture scroll." ”
After speaking, Zeng Yi sat down in his seat, picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly.
Gu Xiankun was secretly anxious, looked at Zeng Yi, and wanted to know what this meant, but unfortunately Zeng Yi ignored him and drank tea by himself.
"Director Zeng must have a reason for doing this!" Gu Xiankun could only explain two sentences to Zeng Yi, "Mom, you can give it a try, maybe this is also a means of diagnosing diseases." Isn't it true that a psychiatrist in Western medicine can also analyze a person's health status based on some diagrams? ”
When Gu Mingzhu heard this, he had no choice but to put the chair over, and then raised his eyes to look at the picture scroll, but he didn't care much in his heart. But after watching it for half a minute, her eyes widened a little, Zhong Kui on the picture scroll was gone, he became her husband's younger brother Cui Shijie, standing there roaring and shouting, and then the picture turned again, to the door of the old mansion, the beautiful mansion, the luxurious purple gold gate, but there was a lion lying alone, the picture was very incongruous and extremely distorted.
Gu Xiankun was taken aback when he saw his mother's sudden reaction, and he was about to step forward, but as soon as his feet moved, he saw Gu Mingzhu tremble, and then fell crooked in the chair.
When I held her up, I saw that she was exactly the same as when she was sick before, she kept crying, but her eyes did not turn or blink, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and her face was hideous, which was extremely terrifying.
"Mom! Mother! Gu Xiankun shouted twice, Gu Mingzhu seemed to be unable to hear it at all, he was still twitching and trembling there, he hurriedly turned his head, "Director Zeng, come over and take a look!" ”
Zeng Yi stepped forward, checked Gu Mingzhu's eyes, and said, "Help her lie flat on the ground!" ”
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