Chapter Ninety-Four: Lü's Spring and Autumn
Walking to the front, sure enough, it is a small market, there are many refugees set up stalls there, although these people are disheveled, described as haggard, but most of them are dressed in long robes and brocade robes, obviously before fleeing are wealthy, just look at the objects they set up can be seen, pearls, agate, gold, silver and jade, that is not the things of the rich family, these things are placed in the peaceful and prosperous times, each piece can be called priceless, but now the war is in chaos, these things are like waste, not as good as a bowl of rice and a piece of cake. What's more, everyone is fleeing, and they can't even eat, so what spare money do they have to buy a bunch of useless things. Therefore, although there are many people who set up stalls, there are few buyers.
When Liu Ze, Zhang Fei, and Pan Feng walked into the market, they were dressed brightly, and the eyes of all the sellers were on them, watching Liu Ze pick up the goods, and they all showed a stammering look, eager to sell everything to him. Liu Ze just picked it up and looked at it, shook his head, and put the thing down again, the seller watched Liu Ze pick up the thing, hoping that he would take a fancy to it, but as Liu Ze put the thing down, his heart sank, very disappointed.
There was a seller, holding a pair of jade pendants in his hand, chasing Liu Ze, and said vigorously: "Son, take a look, this is the best Hetian jade, the best, if you don't buy it, you can take a look." ”
Originally, Liu Ze didn't want to buy it, but the man pestered Liu Ze with a lifeless grin, Liu Ze was so annoyed that he had to take it and take a look, the jade quality of this jade pendant is really good, it belongs to the best white jade, white as mutton fat, one is carved in the shape of a dragon, and the other is carved in the shape of a flying phoenix.
The man smiled and said, "Childe, you can see it, this is something flowing from the palace, it is the grandfather that Emperor Guangwu gave to my grandfather back then, and this is our family's heirloom." ”
Liu Ze smiled, the rhetoric of selling antiques was a routine, he didn't take it seriously at all, he saw that there were a few emerald green lines at the bottom of one of the jade pendants, and his heart moved, those green lines were just like the word "Ze" in a cursive word, and the other also had a few green lines, but he couldn't see what the word was.
The man couldn't help but be a little discouraged when he saw Liu Ze staring at those green lines, to be honest, the tiny flaw of this jade pendant was here, and he said curtly: "The sky is still lacking, and the flaws do not hide the jade." ”
Liu Ze said lightly: "How much does it cost to sell?" ”
Originally, the man was almost disappointed, but at this time he was overjoyed, and said, "No money, no money, oh, you can just give a bunch of rice." ”
Liu Ze put the jade pendant in his arms, and he still really liked the jade pendant with the word Ze, so he turned back to Pan Feng and said, "Take him over there to get two pieces of rice." ”
The man was pleasantly surprised, thanked Liu Ze again and again, and then happily followed Pan Feng to lead the rice. Liu Ze secretly shook his head and sighed, a jade pendant like this, resting on it a year ago, was worth at least a hundred taels of gold, and now he jumped up happily when he changed it to two stone rice, hey, this is a troubled time! No matter how good the best jade pendant is, it can't be eaten as a meal, but two pieces of rice can save the life of a family.
When the surrounding sellers saw that a pair of jade pendants had actually been exchanged for two pieces of rice, they were all red-eyed, and surrounded Liu Ze in the middle, desperately selling their things.
To be honest, the things here are good, and there are many fine ones, which can be purchased at a very small price, which is really very tempting, just like picking up a leak from an antique collector, and it is not a small leak, it is all a big leak, a bunch of big leaks. But Liu Ze has a sense of guilt, buying it now is like robbing while the fire is burning, these people may be very happy to get some rice and sell the valuable treasures in their hands now, but when the world is really peaceful, it is estimated that they will be so angry that they will scold their mother. Rather than being poked in the back in the future, it is better to let go now, anyway, I am here to make porridge, although I can't eat well, but I won't starve to death.
For the seller's enthusiasm, Liu Ze could only smile apologetically, these people still did not give up, which provoked Zhang Fei to roar, and then left in disappointment.
Liu Ze walked around for a long time, and there was some meaning, and he was about to return, when he suddenly saw a young man squatting obscenely in a corner, and loneliness was written all over the young man's face, and others were in a hurry to solicit business, but he squatted there without saying a word, as if he wanted to sell what he had in his hand, and seemed to be a little reluctant.
Liu Ze looked at the items in front of him, which were just a few rolls of bamboo slips, which seemed to be very shabby, and were very different from the jeweled goods in the hands of others. However, Liu Ze did not underestimate these bamboo slips, and they can be listed here with these precious jade objects, which must not be ordinary, and it is not unknowable to say that they are not rare and unique.
Liu Ze flipped through one of the volumes with great interest, but the young man said anxiously: "Don't read it if you have to buy it." ”
"How do I know if your stuff is what I want to buy without looking?" Liu Ze felt very strange, there was a reason to sell things and not let people see them.
Zhang Fei accosted: "What's so strange about a few broken bamboo slips, it's really like a treasure." ”
"What kind of broken bamboo slips...... This is the heirloom of my Lu family. The young man's face flushed.
"Do you dare to call these few scrolls of broken bamboo slips heirlooms? I see that whatever is on the table here is better than your few broken bamboo slips. Zhang Fei sneered.
Several sellers also came over and said: "That is, what this uncle said is right, this bamboo slip is indeed made of the most ordinary bamboo, except that it is a little old, I really can't see anything surprising, and it is not comparable to my jade Ruyi." ”
Zhang Fei grinned, and anxiously the young man hugged the bamboo slip in his arms, and said with a crying voice: "I won't sell it, I won't sell it, you guys can go." ”
"This little brother, you just said that your surname is Lu? Double-mouthed Lu? Liu Ze seemed to think of something.
The young man hugged the bamboo slips tightly, looked at Liu Ze, and nodded.
Liu Ze said again: "Then your ancestor was Lu Buwei, who served as the prime minister of Qin?" ”
The young man surnamed Lu nodded again and said, "That's my wife and grandfather." ”
Liu Ze smiled, it seems that his judgment is correct, the treasure that this young man is holding in his arms must be "Lü's Spring and Autumn" written by Lu Buwei.
"Lü's Spring and Autumn" is an ancient encyclopedia-like masterpiece compiled by the subordinate disciples of the organization edited by Lü Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin State, also known as "Lü Lan", with eight readings, six treatises, and twelve epochs, with a total of more than 200,000 words. Lü Buwei himself believes that it includes the affairs of all things in heaven and earth throughout the ages, so it is called "Lü's Spring and Autumn". After the book was completed, Lü Buwei asked someone to copy the whole book neatly and hang it at the gate of Xianyang, claiming that if anyone could change a word, he would be rewarded with a thousand gold. This is the origin of the idiom. However, after Lü Buwei's death, the book was banned and destroyed, and after Qin Shi Huang's book burning, it has long been lost. I didn't expect that the descendants of the Lu family could save this book, it is definitely a unique masterpiece.
Liu Ze stretched out his hand and said, "Can I take a look?" ”
The young man surnamed Lu hesitated for a moment and handed it to Liu Ze, who opened the bamboo slip and looked at it slightly.
"There is no disorder. Meng Chun travels in summer, then the wind and rain are from time to time, the grass and trees are early, and the country is afraid; In the autumn order, the people are plagued, the storm and rain are counted, and the quinoa and basil are flourishing; In winter, the water is defeated, the frost and snow are great, and the first kind is not entered. ......"Yes, it is "Lu's Spring Gang", Liu Ze has seen "Lu's Spring and Autumn" in later generations, but it is just a remnant, and what he has in his hand now is a unique book.
Liu Ze couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and said, "Little brother, how much are you going to sell this book?" ”
The young man surnamed Lu looked at Liu Ze and said cowardly: "This book is the heirloom of our Lu family, and there are clouds on the ancestors, even if you starve to death, you can't sell books...... It's just that my mother is sick, and I'm afraid I'll ...... if I don't buy medicine."
Liu Zedao: "Little brother, although this book is precious, but how can you keep this book if people are gone, so that the ancestors mean that this book will be passed on from generation to generation, little brother can rest assured, if you buy this book in the next place, it will never be destroyed, and it will be well preserved." You just ask. ”
"Back then, Cai Yong and Cai Yilang wanted to buy this book from their father's daughter, but their father didn't agree. What if it weren't for today, if Childe really could really read these books, ten hundred rice? He trembled at Liu Ze, not knowing if the asking price was too high, and not knowing if Liu Ze was willing to agree.