Pan Fengnian first told a mythical story.

In ancient times, a pair of beautiful phoenixes soared in the heavens, heard the sound of grief from time to time, looked down, only to see the land of Shenzhou locusts plague, plague epidemic, crops do not grow, full of desolation, the people are sad.

Seeing this scene, the kind and righteous phoenix decided to use its own strength to destroy the locust plague, disperse the plague, and help the living. Through hard work, the good wish came true, and the grateful people asked the phoenix to stay and bathe in the morning song and twilight together.

The phoenix was moved by the sincerity of the people, and built a phoenix swamp nest to live on the top of a mountain - Kangshan Ridge, and soon after, all the mountain rocks around the phoenix swamp nest became white and transparent, like white jade, and Yuyan Mountain got its name from this.

Hundreds of birds are singing on Yuyan Mountain, and the people at the foot of Yuyan Mountain live and work in peace and contentment.

At this time, a pair of strong birds and lions heard about this, they came to Yuyan Mountain, saw the phoenix nest in such a beautiful mountain, and was favored by the people, they couldn't help but feel jealous, so they decided to drive the phoenix away and occupy the phoenix swamp nest.

One day, just as the female phoenix entered the incubation period, when the male phoenix went out to forage, he attacked the phoenix's nest and attacked the female phoenix, and the female phoenix fought bravely with it.

When the male phoenix returned to the nest, the female phoenix was pecked off a leg by a bird lion, and the blood was sprinkled on Yuyan Mountain, and she was dying.

In the end, with grief and indignation, the phoenix defeated the bird lion with wisdom and strength, and tearfully buried the innocently trampled phoenix egg and flew away.

When the phoenix left, the people were so sad that they prayed to the heavens, asking the gods to bless the righteous phoenix. The sincerity of the people and the blood of the phoenix moved heaven and earth.

The Jade Emperor sent the gods to inspect the facts, and ordered the Bodhisattva to turn the phoenix blood and phoenix eggs into beautiful Dan stones, and endowed the pieces of Dan stones with the power to turn evil into good fortune, drive away evil and promote good, and punish evil and love.

Since then, the phoenix blood and phoenix eggs on Yuyan Mountain have been buried for tens of millions of years, and have become rare and precious - bloodstone, bloodstone should be called phoenix bloodstone, which is the later generations found that its color is similar to the freshly slaughtered chicken blood dripping on the jade when mining, so it is customary to call it "bloodstone".

For myths and stories, since ancient times, people in China have been accustomed to giving beautiful things this kind of brilliance.

Although Song Qingtian knew about bloodstone, he didn't have such a profound cultural heritage as Pan Fengnian, and when he heard that bloodstone was related to the phoenix, he couldn't help but raise his own questions.

"Could it be that all the chicken blood stones are called phoenix stones?"

Pan Fengnian said: "Bloodstone can be divided into three categories: Changhua bloodstone, Bahrain bloodstone and other origins of bloodstone according to the place of origin. Among them, Changhua bloodstone is produced in Yuyan Mountain in the northwest of Changhua, Lin'an City, Zhejiang Province. The story I just told you is the Changhua Bloodstone.

In Changhua bloodstone, there is a kind of cinnabar variety in frozen bloodstone is the most precious, its color is gorgeous, the blood is viscous, the texture is warm, and it is also the most easy to produce flowing bloodcreale patterns.

These patterns come in a variety of colors, the least common of which is the phoenix pattern. Only this kind of phoenix-patterned bloodstone is the most precious superlative, even the best of the best. As far as I know, since Changhua bloodstone was mined in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there is only one phoenix-patterned bloodstone circulating in the world, which is ......"

Pan Fengnian couldn't help but glance at Song Qingtian's neck.

Song Qingtian read the content from his gaze, and the bloodstone he was wearing was probably the only bloodstone in the world that had been circulated in Pan Fengnian's mouth.

Regarding the understanding of bloodstone in his previous life, Song Qingtian had never heard of such rumors.

Although the legend is not credible, it adds a secret and romantic color to the bloodstone and enriches its cultural connotation. The so-called bloodstone can rejuvenate the family and ward off evil spirits, which has been passed down to this day. It is precisely because of this that he has poured a large number of emperors and generals, scholars and scholars, and rich giants in the past hundred years.

In the Qing Dynasty, the emperors and empresses who carved jade seals using Changhua bloodstone were the most, among which Qianlong and Cixi were the most prominent.

The feudal dynasty, the upward and downward effects, and the royal touting has doubled the value of bloodstone.

Bloodstone has the reputation of "Queen of Stones".

Song Qingtian knew that the red color of the "blood" of bloodstone was better for its freshness, condensation and thickness. The fresh ones are red like dripping blood, the condensed ones gather but do not disperse, and the thick ones refer to the thick ones that are deep in the stone layers.

Bloodstone pure, translucent, nailless and the bright red color of blood reflect each other, for the top grade.

The top of her neck is such a species, and she can faintly see a phoenix pattern with wings ready to fly.

Song Qingtian asked tentatively: "Does Pan Bo suspect that my bloodstone is a phoenix stone?" ”

"That's right, the first time I saw it that day, it felt like, very much."

"Have you seen it before?"

Pan Fengnian said with a smile: "If I have the blessing to see it, I will also be lucky enough to live up to this life." ”

For those who love stones, it is normal to see the legendary best stones, and it is normal to have such an exclamation.

"Then how do you judge my ......?"

Pan Fengnian said: "When my ancestor was in the Qing Dynasty, it was my grandfather's grandfather, who once made a great pilgrimage in a famous antique dealer in the capital.

It was a matter during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, in one afternoon, there was a young man with a piece of bloodstone to find the ancestor for identification, my ancestor saw that the bloodstone is the rumored phoenix stone, he has never been silent in the face of any rare treasure, he saw that it was a phoenix stone, and immediately showed a shocked expression, this young man who came to identify from the expression of the ancestor, saw that his bloodstone was a peerless treasure, picked up the bloodstone and ran away.

Later, my ancestor regretted it and felt that he should not have been so shocked, but he really couldn't control the excitement in his heart, because the Phoenix Stone was too famous and legendary. In the end, except for knowing that the young man's surname was Zhang, he didn't have any news about the Phoenix Stone. ”

"Pan Bo, you said it for so long, what is the legendary story of the Phoenix Stone?"

Pan Fengnian told her a story unhurriedly.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Changhua began to mine bloodstone, and its color, texture and legendary origin won the preference of literati and wealthy merchants.

Among them, Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan, loves to collect.

Among Shen Wansan's many collections, there is one that he likes the most, which is the only phoenix stone that Pan Fengnian just said.

From the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when Changhua mined bloodstone to the 21st century, a total of bloodstone with a phoenix pattern was found.

Because it is unique, rare, and valuable.

Shen Wansan couldn't put down this phoenix stone, and he held it in his hand almost every day.

Later, when Shen Wansan's business competitor learned of this situation, he reported to his superior officials that Shen Wansan had privately collected objects with phoenix patterns, which violated the etiquette system and was a capital crime of trespassing.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty, learned of this, he thought of Shen Wansan's wealth and rivaled the wealth of the country, and was worried that once he plotted wrong, the newly established Ming Dynasty would enter a state of chaos.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered local officials to force Shen Wansan to take out his property to build a city wall and reward the army, and accused him of buying people's hearts and wanting to do wrong, so he took the opportunity to get rid of Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan saw that his life was in danger, so he asked someone to send the phoenix stone to Empress Xiaoci Gao.

Empress Xiaoci Gao is the famous Queen of Horses.

Queen Ma is a virtuous person, Zhu Yuanzhang handles things in the front hall, sometimes very angry, Queen Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang return to the harem, often according to the reason to dissuade tactfully. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's character is resolute, there are many people who can reduce their punishment because of Queen Ma's dissuasion.

Regarding Shen Wansan's matter, Queen Ma also persuaded her, but Zhu Yuanzhang was too suspicious, and finally killed Shen Wansan.

Since then, the phoenix stone has fallen into the hands of Queen Ma, who has been frugal all her life, and regards objects such as phoenix stone as luxurious, and then included them in the royal treasury, and no longer asks.

After the death of Queen Ma, this phoenix stone mysteriously disappeared.

Some people say that it was buried in the mausoleum of Queen Ma, and some people say that it was given to Li Wenzhong's young daughter by Queen Ma.

More people are leaning towards the latter.

Li Wenzhong is the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the famous general of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the minister, won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, Li Wenzhong gave birth to three sons, middle-aged only got a daughter, love is like a pearl in the palm of the hand, Queen Ma also loves this daughter, and gave the phoenix stone to Li Wenzhong's young daughter.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the "Battle of Jingyan", intending to seize Zhu Yunwen's throne in the name of "Qing Jun's side".

Zhu Di's troops fought from Beijing to Nanjing, and officials and generals in the early Ming Dynasty swore to resist Zhu Di's rebellion.

At this moment, Li Wenzhong has died, and his eldest son Li Jinglong and Zhu Di are in collusion, opening the gate of Nanjing City, introducing Zhu Di into the city, and Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, has no way out, and commits suicide by setting fire to the Ming Imperial Palace.

The Li family is a loyal and good generation, and Li Wenzhong is even more set an example, but he didn't expect Li Jinglong to not resist Zhu Di's attack on Nanjing City, but instead led him into the city, which seriously violated the Li family's loyalty and patriotism.

Li Wenzhong's young daughter swore not to be with her brother Li Jinglong, and on the day of the destruction of Nanjing, she committed suicide and died of martyrdom.

Since then, the phoenix stone has completely disappeared in the long river of history.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the collector Cao Zhao wrote three volumes of "Gegu Yao", of which the four treatises on gold and iron in the second volume of the five treatises on different stones, this volume mentioned the Phoenix Stone and Li Wenzhong's young daughter committed suicide and martyrdom.

In a strict sense, it is the first work in China to identify the authenticity of cultural relics, so the rumors of the phoenix stone began here, and its reputation in the antique world was greatly enhanced.

It wasn't until the Qianlong period that Pan Fengnian's ancestor accidentally saw the Phoenix Stone from a young man surnamed Zhang.

Pan Fengnian's ancestor was heartbroken afterwards and wrote this incident into his appraisal notes, introducing in detail the size, weight, color, and pattern of the phoenix stone, all of which are not detailed.

Pan Fengnian has been familiar with this notebook of his ancestors since he was a child, and he still remembers this phoenix stone vividly, but he didn't expect to see this phoenix stone in Song Qingtian's hands when he was old.