Chapter 184: The Phoenix Does Not Fall into the Land of No Treasures
In the garden, Ah Ci looked at it with his heavenly eyes, the cyan grasshopper more than 20 meters long stood on the tree like this, the huge grasshopper head was hanging in the air, waving the hand with a saw, staring closely at the glass jade bottle on the high platform, the pair of broken gold, as if the eyes of the gem, flashed with a strong desire, which is a throbbing of the soul and a desire for wisdom.
Isn't this the person who asked him how many seasons he had in a year when he was sweeping the floor? Ah Ci stopped using Tianmu, and when he looked at it again, he was a guest in green clothes, just a little rude, but it looked like a sense of intimacy!
"1,100 taels of silver." The voice was slightly thick, this was coming from another VIP-level box, Ah Ci looked at it with heavenly eyes, but such a powerful person was a hemp tiger, and he also turned into a human form, it seems that he can make friends in the future and sell a large number of sky-high elixirs in the hands of the little brute girl to these creatures who need it most.
"5,000 taels of silver." This cyan grasshopper with only a little wisdom suddenly became anxious, for fear that the ginseng as thick as a radish would be snatched away, if it wasn't for its own urgent need, it wouldn't be so cool to bid, as soon as it had the urge to kill, it felt that if it didn't have this radish ginseng, it would die in the next second, it would have rushed to the auction table, wanting to snatch this thing.
In the end, this ginseng as thick as a radish fell into the hands of the cyan grasshopper without any suspense, and this price made everyone stunned. Mom-egg, a grasshopper is so rich, I don't know that this guy is robbing there and getting so much silver, it is better to rob robbers, otherwise it will be bad to rob the common people, and he will become a public enemy of mankind.
This cyan grasshopper is full of smiles, the higher the auction price, the more it can attract the attention of Lord Zigong, maybe it can hug Lord Zigong's thigh and follow the immortal cultivation together. Although this Zigong studied Confucianism, his family has always been passed down from Taoism, including the greatest essence of Taoism - Wu Wei, the founder of this idea is Lord Lu Boyu.
After a few years, the idea of Wu Wei monopolized the political arena for hundreds of years, and it was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he began to abandon the Taoist Wu Boyu's thought of Wu Wei and began to govern the country with Confucianism.
Thinking that his ginseng was so sold, Gouhuan became more and more happy, and he made up his mind and said: "There are more magical gems next, that is, three groups of color-changing moonstones, this moonstone is the world's treasure, and more than two hundred years ago and the wall is the same jade mold reproduced from the same, a total of three, separate auctions, each group of auction price 1000 taels of silver, each increase shall not be less than 100 taels of silver."
Moonstone is the outer material of He's wall, two hundred and fifty years ago, Chu people Bian He saw a phoenix habitat in Jingshan (now Nanzhang County, Hubei), according to the saying of "the phoenix does not fall without a treasure", Chu people Bian He identified that there is a treasure on the mountain, and finally found a piece of jade with the phoenix's paw prints after several searches, which is the origin of moonstone.
Bian He dedicated this pu to King Chu Li, but he didn't know the treasure, and scolded him in his heart: "You are so hateful, take a broken stone and think of me here to cheat the silver, you are poor and crazy!" Fool, don't fuck off yet! ”
But after the identification of the jade worker, Pu was judged to be a useless ordinary stone, this Chu Li King became more and more happy, feeling that he had his own vision, and since he first noticed that Bian He, a liar, had come to him to cheat money, so he cut off his left foot and expelled the liar named Chu Ren Bian He from the country for the crime of defrauding the king.
When King Wu of Chu ascended the throne, Bian He, who had broken his foot, deceived and offered this moonstone called Pu, but Yugong still did not let go, and thought it was a stone: "Didn't this thing be used to cheat before, and it was cut off by the first king of his left foot, this guy will not change!" ”
Bian He was in trouble this time, no matter how beautiful the story he said, what Fengqi Puyu, Dingsheng Meiyu, the jade craftsman didn't like him at all, and his right foot was cut off because of this. In this way, it dragged on until King Chu Wen ascended the throne, Bian He, a fool, was still full of hope, and cried outside the palace for three days and three nights with Puyu in his arms, his eyes were full of blood.
King Chu Wen felt that this fool was very strange, and knew that he had been cheating with a broken stone, so he felt a little sorry for him, who is this, can even the lord of the country deceive? So he sent someone to persuade him not to do this, if he continued to deceive, it would still be the crime of deceiving the king, and he should be punished according to the law, and he would persuade him with good words, but the pacification officer asked him why he was so sad.
Bian He sighed at this time: "Lao Tzu is not sad because he was cut off, but because the gem is regarded as a broken stone, and the loyal man is regarded as a minister who deceives the king, this is a great disaster for my Chu State, isn't it worth my sadness to reverse right and wrong?" So King Chu Wen wanted to prove that this fool was really stupid, so he ordered the craftsman to cut open the stone, so that the thing could die.
Unexpectedly, after the broken stone was opened, a piece of flawless jade was obtained. The history books say that it is "blue when viewed sideways, and white when viewed squarely". Put it in a dark place, it can shine, can remove dust, can avoid evil spirits, so it is also called "luminous beauty".
This is a treasure, it is difficult for jade to change color from different angles, and it can also glow, remove dust, etc., it is indeed the treasure of heaven and earth!
So on this basis, later generations mainly have the following guesses about the jade quality of Heshibi, that is, Heshibi: the main mineral of Dushan jade is plagioclase, which has many colors, from the front is a piece of white jade, and from the side, you can see white jade, green jade, purple jade and other colors, which are in line with the characteristics of color-changing jade.
The origin of Dushan jade in Henan is also within the scope of Chu State, so the statement of Dushan jade is barely passable, but it is certainly not Dushan jade, the reason is very simple, and the Bi was unearthed in Jingshan, in Hubei, the difference is nearly a thousand miles. Moreover, Dushan jade was more common at that time, and I had never heard of an ordinary piece of jade being called He's wall.
The possibility that the jade craftsman "does not distinguish jade" is also very small. Pu is the stone that hides the jade, the outside is the stone, the beautiful jade is hidden in the middle, there are many kinds of Puyu in Hetian jade, and some have a very thick skin, called stone wrapped jade. This kind of "stone wrapped jade" is that the beautiful jade is wrapped in stone, which is in line with the characteristics of Heshibi "jade pu". Therefore, it is possible that Heshi Bi is Hetian jade but in fact it is not.
"The color of the side view is blue, and the color of the face is white", only the color-changing optical effect of the moonstone on Jing Mountain, and the descendant Du Guangting once followed the Tang Dynasty to enter Shu to avoid chaos, and saw the heirloom jade seal made of He's wall with his own eyes, and its description should be credible.
In addition, moonstone is a rare gemstone, and the production is scarce in the Jingchu area, which can also confirm the reason why the Chu people "don't know jade", after all, there are few, few people can see it! The legendary He's Bi is jade-shaped, with a leather shell, and this leather shell is very ugly, otherwise the King of Chu will not abandon it, if this thing is really good-looking, it is too late to play with it in your hand!
The surface luster of this moonstone rough is poor, and it is also ugly to look at, and it needs to be polished to have a charming optical effect. But Moonstone's fame still has a deafening effect.
The silver-inlaid jade plate was put up, and the hook ring lifted the silk, revealing three pitted broken stones, "Wow, it is rumored that the moonstone in the world is like this?" The melon eater shouted.
The source of this color-changing moonstone is that when Zigong first visited Chu Di Xingshan, he felt the resentment of Bian He back then, and the injustice of the world's famous jade being sealed in the dust, and at the same time, as a jade family, he naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity, so he hired someone to dig a meter under Jing Mountain.