Chen Laohan picked up a few pieces of rune paper and shook them in front of me: "Do you know the goods?" ”

As he spoke, Old Man Chen's eyes were full of worry. [with _dream]еā

In fact, he doesn't have to worry at all, although I rarely draw talismans, but there are a lot of shops specializing in rune paper in the old alleys of the family, I have seen a lot, and I know a little bit about various types of rune paper.

Look at the quality of the rune paper, only look at four aspects, tie edge, flexibility, Chen grain, and spiritual rhyme.

The so-called edge tie, to put it bluntly, is whether the edge of the rune paper is neat and straight. When the rune paper was first made, it was a large whole sheet, and it needed to be cut into small rectangular pieces before it could be used, and most of the ordinary rune paper was cut by machine, while the good rune paper was cut by experienced craftsmen with magic knives.

In September last year, I had the privilege of going to Duxin Mountain, where I witnessed the process of making rune paper, before that, I thought that the so-called magic knife should be a long-bladed guillotine, but I didn't expect that the blade of that thing was shorter than the teeth, to use this kind of thing to cut a piece of rune paper, you need to cut ninety-nine knives in a row, the knife is connected, and it must not be interrupted.

To keep the edges of the rune paper neatly and straight in this situation seems to me to be incomparable.

Flexibility, also known as toughness, means that the rune paper should not only be soft, but also have considerable toughness, even if you struggle to knead it into a paper ball, and then unfold it, the paper surface is still very smooth.

In other words, the flexibility of a good rune paper must at least reach the level of silk, but it is only flexible to that level, if you touch the rune paper with your fingers, the touch can not be as smooth as silk, it must have an obvious and delicate grain.

Because rune paper is originally a relatively rough straw paper, in the process of production, the pulp can not be too fine, so after the paper is formed, the touch of the paper surface is often quite rough.

Some of the inferior rune paper is indeed quite rough to the touch, like ordinary straw paper. But good rune paper is rough but not coarse.

The craftsman who makes the paper calls the particles on the rune paper "Tatsu grain", a good rune paper, the tatsu grain is delicate and secret, when touched by hand, the touch should be similar to touching a side of frosted glass.

In addition to improving the feel, these Chenli distributed on the surface of the rune paper should also have another function, that is, to fix the cinnabar, fine cinnabar sprinkled on a good rune paper, the rune paper should permanently turn red, no matter how shaken, the cinnabar will not fall off the paper, this is because the gap between the Chengu firmly fixed the cinnabar.

Of course, only the best cinnabar like Boss Jiang's house can be fixed on good rune paper, if the quality of cinnabar is not good enough, and the grinding is not fine enough, relatively large particles will still fall off from the rune paper.

Finally, when it comes to spiritual rhyme, depending on the quality of the rune paper, in addition to looking at the craftsmanship, it also depends on what kind of spiritual rhyme the craftsman has injected into the paper.

This spiritual rhyme is not to say that the stronger the better, on the contrary, because the person who draws the talisman also has to inject the spiritual rhyme into the talisman paper, if the spiritual rhyme of the talisman paper itself is too strong, it will exclude the spiritual rhyme of the person who drew the talisman, so that the talisman cannot be formed.

When the rune paper is not activated, this spirit rhyme can absorb yin and yang from heaven and earth, so as to ensure that the rune paper does not rot for thousands of years, and when it is enabled, it must quickly integrate with the new spirit rhyme injected by the painter, and the new spirit rhyme does not provide blessings.

Tie edge, soft, chen, lingyun, each word copes with a set of complicated processes, and in each process, there is a profound knowledge that I can't understand.

Of course, it does not mean that with good rune paper you will be able to draw a good rune, in our industry, there are indeed many masters who can draw a rare good rune with a tattered piece of straw paper, and some people can even draw runes in the air, even the rune paper is saved.

The volley talisman I mentioned here refers specifically to those runes with complex and powerful talismans, although the family also has the inheritance of volley talismans, but those talismans are too simple, and the talismans are not powerful, and they cannot be compared with the high-level talismans drawn by the masters.

I have talked a lot about the rune paper, and I also consider that because after the seventh year of zero, the number of runes thrown out by my hands is quite large, so it is better to explain some things in advance.

Okay, let's get down to business.

Chen Laohan shook the rune paper in his hand repeatedly, waiting for my answer.

I immediately decided that what was in his hand was not ordinary, and immediately reached out and pulled one out and looked at it carefully.

If I thought that the "good rune Jiangsha" in Chen Laohan's mouth was boasting before, now that I see the rune paper in my hand, I don't dare to think like this anymore.

The edges are neat and clean, and the straight edge of the rune paper reveals a clean and neat wind bone.

In the past, I thought that the so-called "paper is as soft as silk, tough as leather" is just an exaggerated metaphor, but the rune paper in front of me has really reached the realm described in ancient books.

Touching the surface of the rune paper with your hand, the friction is extremely detailed.

The spiritual rhyme on the rune paper is sometimes calm and sometimes ethereal, giving people unlimited imagination.

This is indeed a piece of rune paper in excellent condition, and I have never seen anyone make such a rune paper after so long in the old alley.

Good Fu Jiangsha, worthy of the name!

I wanted to shake the talisman paper in my hand and say to Chen Laohan: "This is a rare good paper in the world." But when I looked up, I found the same rune paper, with a thick stack on the table.

Old Man Chen had already seen my answer from my expression, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said to me: "You help me deal with the affairs of the village, and if it is done, this stack of talisman papers is all yours." ”

I briefly estimated the value of this stack of rune papers, and I was immediately a little tempted.

Not to mention a whole stack, even the one in my hand, when exchanged for cash, is enough for me and Li Huaishan to squander it for a long time.

But I don't want it.

I turned my gaze to Old Man Chen, returned him with a smile, and then raised my hand and gave him a fist salute: "Things are indeed good things." ”

Chen Laohan seemed to hear my voiceover and frowned on the spot.

Now, I also know that I can't do things too directly, so I changed the topic and introduced myself: "I am the heir of the Dong family lineage, if not." The one behind him is my friend, his name is Li Huaishan, he is a member of the family with a foreign surname, and he is also a registered disciple of the second master. ”

After listening to my self-report, Chen Laohan first squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, and after a while, his eyes suddenly widened again and asked me, "Are you just Ruofei?" ”

I couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Have you heard of me too?" ”

Chen Laohan smiled a little embarrassedly: "How can I not hear of you, now it has been spread all over the industry, saying that there is another mistake in the family, it is you." I also heard that the family has already set you the door for the next generation of the Winter Character Vein. Oh, yes, some time ago, the family had a ten-year martial arts competition, and you defeated the family in the ring. ”

Listening to Chen Laohan's words, I was secretly surprised in my heart, how could this old man know everything, was he really just a half-door Qing?

Not to mention that this person is well-informed enough, his skill in making talisman paper alone should be enough to occupy a place in the industry.

Thinking so in my heart, I still had to be modest in time: "If it weren't for my uncle's release of water, I wouldn't be able to fight him with this little ability." ”

Chen Laohan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I saw your friend being scared like that by the beautiful snake just now, I thought you were a newcomer who had just been in the middle of the day, and it was a bad luck and an auxiliary official to make a fuss for a long time. ”

What kind of bad assistants, only Li Huaishan and I understand in our hearts that we are just famous, and in terms of real skills, that is, half a bottle of vinegar dangles back and forth.

So when Chen Laohan said this, the two of us could only laugh together, and we were embarrassed to say anything else.

At this time, Chen Laohan mentioned his remuneration again: "These rune papers should be worth a lot of money in the world, you see, I really don't have any cash on hand, can I use these rune papers instead of remuneration?" ”

After learning our identity, Chen Laohan even became polite when he spoke, of course, he just spoke politely, and his tone was lukewarm.

The first time I heard Chen Laohan speak, I felt that this tone was a little familiar, and it wasn't until now that I remembered that his way of speaking was very similar to Wu Lin.

I smiled at Chen Laohan: "Senior, there is actually something that I haven't been able to figure out. ”

Chen Laohan waved his hand: "Don't call me a senior, I'm a half-door Qing now, after a while, when I completely quit the business, not even a half-door Qing, no matter the age between us, if you are willing to take me as a friend, call me Lao Chen." If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. ”

He is much older than me, of course I was embarrassed to call him Lao Chen, so I changed my title: "Uncle Chen, your skills in making rune paper are so good, it is said that as long as you are willing to ship, you won't worry about no one buying it." I just can't figure it out, why don't you do the business in your business, so you have to wash your hands and not dry it? ”

Chen Laohan's answer was a little confusing: "Because I don't have an apprentice." ”

I didn't know why, so I gave Chen Laohan a puzzled look.

Chen Laohan explained to me: "There is a rule in our industry, that is, those who have lived past a month are not allowed to accept apprentices. I used to have an apprentice, but he died at the age of forty. When he left, I was sixty-ten years old, just past the age when I could accept disciples. Alas, this can be regarded as providence, Shantang has reached my generation, and it is time to be extinct. I am over 70 years old this year, and if I continue to work hard, sooner or later I will run out of oil and the lamp will dry up. Just wash your hands and don't dry it, and after a few years of peaceful life, it's time for me to go and reunite with my stupid apprentice. ”

Most of the words that came out of his mouth were emotionless, but when he talked about his apprentice, the old man's tone finally revealed a little warmth.

I said, "In that case, from now on, there will be no runes of Shantang in the world, and all the inheritances of Shantang will be broken?" ”

Chen Laohan's eyes suddenly became very gloomy: "Inheritance...... It's really going to break. ”

In our industry, no matter what kind of person it is, no matter what the person's identity or quality is, for them, the greatest wealth in life is the inheritance of the teacher.

At this time, Chen Laohan showed a wry smile on his face: "Anyway, in my generation, the inheritance is almost broken, so just let it be broken." ”

The inheritance is no more, the descendants are no more, maybe in a few decades, hundreds of years, the entire industry will no longer exist, this is the status quo that the entire Wuyantang has to face.

The edifice will fall, and no one can turn the tide.