After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Duan Kun and Hu Yong couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

After a long while, Duan Kun came back to his senses, opened his eyes wide and said, "Brother Chen, you can't laugh, how can a snake have horns, and it is not a dragon, besides, the dragon is a thing in mythology, how can reality exist?" ”

"Kun Zai, this is because you are lonely and unheard, there is no bihino now, it doesn't mean that there was no bihino in ancient times!"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "The birhino does have something in the history of our country, and it has been recorded in the historical books of the Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. However, due to the fact that most of these historical materials are roughly recorded and not detailed enough, it is difficult to construct the true appearance of the rhinoceros. ”

In addition, the blue rhino was extinct before the Qing Dynasty, so there has never been a scientific definition of the basic concept of the blue rhino. In other words, what exactly is a snake horn? No one can really say it from ancient times to the present day. ”

Duan Kun said with a look of disbelief: "You're talking about the Strange Ambition of the gods, why haven't I seen any records of Bi Xi in the authoritative ancient books?" ”

Liu Sizhe said angrily: "What a strange ambition! How many ancient books have you read? Guo Pu said in "Notes on the Classic of Mountains and Seas": The snake horn of the ancient capital is called the blue rhino. To be clear, the snake horn is the blue rhino. ”

"Hah! You also say that this is the Three Seas Sutra, and you also say that it is not a god and a strange will! Duan Kun said with a smile.

Liu Sizhe said: "Okay, let's not talk about the Three Seas, Hong Hao of the Song Dynasty wrote in his "Records of the Pine Desert": The bone is not very big, the pattern is like ivory, with yellow. Those who make knife targets think that they are priceless treasures. ”

In addition, Cao Zhao's "Gegu Yao" in the Ming Dynasty also has an introduction to the bihino rhino: the bone rhinoceros. Bi rhino also. The color is like pale jasper, with a slight yellowish tinge. Its literary and logical reasoning is like an angle. The sound of the buckle is as clear as jade, and the grinding and smelling are fragrant. It doesn't smell when it burns. The most valuable, can reduce swelling and relieve pain. ”

Also, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the "Snake Horn" compendium also has a relevant record, saying that it is: Bone rhinoceros (also known as Bone Du) Bi Rhino, according to Tao Jiucheng Cultivation Record Cloud: Bone Rhino, the horn of the big snake. As a Gu poison, it is said that its antidote to Gu poison is like a rhino horn. The Tang book has an ancient capital country that is also produced here, and the bones are like the ancient capital. ”

Duan Kun muttered: "Only Li Shizhen can be regarded as an authority, and the other two have never heard of it." ”

Liu Sizhe sneered: "I actually said that Hong Hao and Cao Zhao are not authoritative!" Just you unlearned. Let's go back and check the dictionary before saying that! ”

Duan Kun grinned, and didn't care, at this time, what he was most concerned about was whether the bihino really existed, so he said: "Since Li Shizhen said that the bihino exists, but I wonder, why is this thing not at all left to survive?" Even dinosaurs have fossils! ”

"You have a point! However, I think that since Li Shizhen solemnly recorded Bi Xi in his book, the credibility is still very high. As for what it is said to be for, there are not many physical objects of the rhinoceros that have been handed down. I think there are several reasons for this. ”

Chu Chen said: "First of all, I think this thing should be very rare, which is why it is so precious, and it is precisely because of its rarity. There are relatively few records of it in ancient books. In addition, the Compendium of Materia Medica records that the rhino can reduce swelling and detoxify, which means that it is a medicinal material. Since it is a medicinal herb, it will be consumed. Originally, there were few of them. Coupled with consumption, there must be very few left. ”

"That's too!"

Duan Kun nodded. I agree with Chu Chen's explanation: "However, since this thing is so precious, and Brother Liu also said that it is a priceless treasure to make this thing into a knife target, then, in ancient times, there will definitely be people who use it as a funeral object, in this case, how can they not even see the real thing?" ”

"This is really weird!"

Chu Chen frowned, and then he suddenly thought of a detail, and hurriedly picked up the cup and put it in front of his nose to smell it, and found that it did exude a slightly bitter fragrance from it, and then said with a smile: "I think I may know what the reason is." ”

"Tell me about it!" Liu Sizhe couldn't wait to say.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Bi Xi will emit fragrance, this is a characteristic of organic matter, everyone should also know that since it is organic matter, it is not easy to preserve, if it is used as a burial object, it will rot, you say that in this case, can Bi Xi still be preserved?" ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then Duan Kun asked, "Since the bihino is an organic matter, how did this cup survive from the Southern Song Dynasty to the present?" ”

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Kun Zai, you are really stupid, of course it has been passed down from generation to generation, you look at this thick layer of pulp on the cup, which shows that it is often played with, it can be seen that the original owner cherishes this very much, and because of this, it is possible to preserve it from the Southern Song Dynasty to the present." ”

"Oh! Alas! ”

Duan Kun nodded, then remembered something, and hurriedly said, "I said, since there is no physical object of the bihino now, how can it be proved that this cup is made of bihiro?" ”

In fact, Duan Kun didn't have any malicious intent, the reason why he didn't believe that the cup was made of Bi Xi was because he was an atheist, so a big snake with long horns was like something of mythology to him, if it really proved that Bi Xi really existed, it would be like subverting the world view to him, so he would have such a reaction.

At this time, Duan Ning also said: "Yes, Gegu wants to talk about it, but he said that the color of the rhino is like light jasper, slightly yellow, and its literature and theory are like horns." The texture of this cup does look like a horn, but the color is too different, not only is most of the surface black, only part of it is a faint jasper color, let alone yellow. ”

"Uncle Ning, you don't need Brother Chen to say this, even if I can explain it."

Liu Sizhe said: "As I said just now, this cup is often played, the surface of the slurry will definitely cover up the original color, in addition, since it is an organic matter, then it will definitely oxidize, from the Southern Song Dynasty to the present so many years, under the natural oxidation, the surface becomes black, which is also a normal phenomenon." ”

Chu Chen nodded and said: "Ah Zhe is right, but after all, no one among us has seen the real thing, and this thing involves zoology, traditional Chinese medicine and traditional culture, etc., it is a mystery through the ages, so I can only guess that this cup is made of birhino, as for whether it is or not, we still need to verify it one by one." ”

Of course, having said that, from the results given by the ability, he thought there was a 90 percent chance that the cup was made with a blue rhino.

"Yes! Oh, yes! You still have to verify it to decide! Duan Kun nodded repeatedly.

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "I said Kun Zai, from just now to now, you don't seem to want Brother Chen's cup to be made of Bixi, is it because you didn't buy this cup just now, so you are envious and jealous?" ”

"That's what you said!" Duan Kun said angrily: "Am I that kind of person?" I just think the snake horn is too subversive, if it's true, then it's not all Jiao, dragon, and so on, you know, I'm an atheist! ”

"You guy is really uneducated, and you are not happy to say that you are uneducated."

Liu Sizhe said with a look of disdain: "Could it be that snakes don't have horns in real life?" ”

"And the horned snake on its head?" Duan Kun was very surprised.

"Of course, do you go online?" Liu Sizhe asked.

"Of course, I'm a talent of the new century, how can I not do such a trivial thing as surfing the Internet?" Duan Kun pursed his lips.

Liu Sizhe laughed and said: "Then after you go home, you go online to find out what a horned viper is, and you will know what a horned snake looks like." ”

Duan Ning also smiled and said, "There is also a snake called the Horn Plain Spearhead Viper, which also has horns on its head. ”

"There's a snake with horns on its head!" Duan Kun muttered a little incredulously.

Chu Chen smiled: "Okay, let's verify whether this cup is made of birhino or not." First of all, the size and shape, this cup is only about five centimeters, and the shape is more like a knife target, which is very consistent with the description of its size and shape in ancient books. ”

"Besides, this color, although the surface of the cup has become black because of the relationship between pulp and oxidation, but no matter how much it changes, its inner color should not change much, so in this case, some measures should be used."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen took out the strong light flashlight he carried with him and shone it on the cup, and the results showed that it was really the same as Chu Chen said, under the irradiation of the strong flashlight, the cup became translucent, of which all the tongue and a small part of the spheroid body were bloody red, and most of the spheroids were blue and bright.

Seeing the cup behaving like this, everyone else was extremely surprised, even Duan Kun was a little convinced that this cup should be made of bihiro, otherwise the horns of any animal would have such an effect.

After a while, Duan Kun's eyes widened and said, "It's so beautiful, but why isn't there such a record in the ancient books?" ”

"Because in ancient times, there was no strong flashlight in my hand!"

Chu Chen made a little joke: "Okay, let's move on to the next step." ”

As he spoke, he took out another lighter, lit the fire, and leaned over to the cup.

Seeing this, Duan Kun hurriedly said, "Brother Chen, this is a priceless treasure, what if it burns out?" ”

"How can I be willing to burn it, just let the cup heat up."

Chu Chen smiled and put the lighter close to the cup and didn't move, after a while, he extinguished the lighter, quickly took the cup to his nose and sniffed it, and then let the others smell it too.

After Liu Sizhe heard it, he sighed lightly: "Huh! The smell is really strong! ”

"yes!" Duan Kun also nodded and said, "I didn't even have much fragrance just now, but I didn't expect it to become so fragrant after just roasting it for a while." ”

Duan Ning said: "Yes, as it is said in Gegu's Treatise, I now almost believe that this should be the Bi Rhino......" (to be continued......)