Chapter 41: The Golden Egg of Qi Kingdom
Dr. Liu and the others rushed back to the old house in Heishangou, only to see seven cyan clay pots lined up on the ground of the main hall. The clay pot looks a bit like a mustache, and the big tiger is measuring: 30 centimeters in diameter and 35 centimeters in height. The top and bottom of the clay pot are closed, heavy, and shaking, and the inside seems to be solid, and I don't know what it contains.
"It's still glazed, this is amazing." Lao Ma told everyone that this kind of clay pot generally does not have glaze, but now there is a glaze, which shows that the firing technology was very superb at that time.
Dr. Liu knows Boshan best, which is the hometown of Chinese ceramics and glaze. Especially the glaze, in 1982, near the department store on Boshan Street, which is also near his home, when digging the foundation, a glazed furnace workshop in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty was found. At that time, it caused a sensation in the whole country, and many top archaeological experts came, and finally determined that this was the earliest ancient glazed kiln site in China.
"It's not uncommon to be able to hang glaze, the point is, you see that this clay pot is directly a ball. Completely closed, sealed, such a thing is exactly the same seven, very rare. What do you think will be inside? After the old horse finished speaking, he seemed to be in deep thought.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the old horse wanted to say.
"Just fall, isn't it?" Lao Gang said suddenly.
This time, it seemed that Erhu was more in favor of his suggestion, as if he wanted to grab the credit, so he rushed over and picked up a jar.
"Put it down!" The old horse shouted, his voice trembled, "You put it down slowly, you must not fall!" If you fall, it's over. ”
Lao Ma explained to Erhu that first of all, he didn't know what was inside, but from the perspective of weight, it could not be a precious metal such as gold and silver. "You see, the stuff has to be heat-proof."
What Lao Ma meant was that the jar was first put in, then made into a jar, and then fired into a shape. In this case, it is impossible to send pearls and jade jewelry inside, because in this case, it will be fried inside. But in terms of weight, it is impossible to slowly make a jar of gold and silver. "This jar is burned in a completely closed state, mainly to prevent waterproofing, but the contents must at least not be afraid of fire."
"I can't guess what this thing is now, but I can't just drop it like this, so the closed clay pot itself is a cultural relic. We can take it abroad and auction it. Isn't there such an exciting lottery game of smashing golden eggs? These seven clay pots are golden eggs from the Spring and Autumn Period. Lao Ma excitedly announced, "We can auction it, the starting price is one million, and one million yuan is smashed for a golden egg." What do you guys think of this idea? ”
"Oh my mother." Erhu trembled and put the clay pot on the ground, almost dropping a million yuan. "I can't afford to smash this jar."
"Of course, that's just the starting price, you know, the more unknowable things are, the higher the prices." Lao Ma understands the psychology of the auctioneer very well. If you give them something definite, the price may not go up. But if you give them room to use their imagination and give them a great story, there's no margin for the price. "Do you think Van Gogh's paintings are paintings? It was his legendary life, his story, his life. ”
"Alright, old man Ma. Let's get serious. You see, why don't you give us some labor fees first, don't give one million, you can give one hundred and eighty thousand first. Lao Gang's words were affirmed by everyone, and everyone thought that 180,000 yuan in cash was more appropriate, and hoped that Mr. Ma would take away all these jars, and just give each of them a little money.
"Look at your little bit of interest, if I give you all the money, what will I use to get these things out for auction? Don't you know how much money you're going to have to spend before that? Shut up for me, we are in the same boat, we have made a fortune, everyone will share it together, I will not swallow it alone. Old Ma said solemnly.
When everyone heard this, they immediately felt lonely, empty, and cold, and they were completely uncompensated for the night's work.
"Okay, put the clay pot here, let it look at it, don't let people take it away, when will it be auctioned, let's all look forward to it together." Dr. Liu stood up, patted his ass, and glanced at what was sleeping in the other room. "In this world, it is still the happiest fool, eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and don't have to worry about anything."
"By the way, Dr. Liu, you give me a study, these words, what is this?" Lao Bo picked up his mobile phone to identify the four words at the bottom of the stone cave for Dr. Liu, and he also knew that the ancients read it from right to left, and the last word was two. "If you look at the four words, I can recognize the last two, and the two horizontal are a little closer."
"Keiji Yokoji." Dr. Liu held the mobile phone and read it out loud one by one.
"Huh? Keiji Yokoji? It's a familiar word, like a Japanese name. The old man rubbed his head and thought about it seriously.
"Don't think about it, Keiji Yokoji framed Du Qiu's villain, and finally became a psychopath. Our Boshan people say that people are sick, so they say that you are the same as Yokoji Keiji. ”
"Abbreviated as Lu'er!" Lao Bo suddenly woke up, "Doctor Liu, are you scolding me Lu'er?" ”
"I'm still scolding you Chaoba, and I'm still Lu'er!" Dr. Liu said dissatisfiedly, "I thought you were a good material, but I didn't think that you were as unproductive as Lao Gang." Is this word two? This is the 'Shang' in the golden text, and the upper character of the golden text is written like this. Oh, I know one in four words, and I recognize it wrong. ”
"Haha, Womei smells the flowers again." Lao Bo used an embarrassing Henan accent to cover up another embarrassment. He actually enjoyed the feeling of Dr. Liu praising him, although he seemed to be scolding him, but he obviously looked at himself and completely separated him from the uneducated tigers and tigers.
"Doctor Liu, what do these four words mean?" Lao Bo asked very respectfully.
"The first word, very recognizable, is a yang, the yang of yin and yang, you look up the golden text, is it written like this? Do you think this is a radical of a Japanese character? Dr. Liu said.
"Yes, Dr. Liu is really a master." The old horse listened and patted the doctor's ass.
"In addition, the word in front of the above is 'zhi', and it is also the one who is the same. Taken together, it is above the yang. The second word, I have to study it again. Dr. Liu said.
"Above the belly!" After seeing this line of words on his mobile phone, Lao Gang suddenly concluded loudly.
"Lao Gang, I think you're hungry. How about I treat you to mutton soup this morning? As soon as Lao Ma's words came out, it immediately attracted a burst of cheers from everyone, and it was too time to toss for a night and have a bowl of warm sheep soup.
"You see that soil, but it's not just the moon next to it, it's also on the moon." Dr. Liu said.
"There's a sheep's head." Lao Gang said.
"Yes, you are right, it is a sheep's head, and the sheep stands on the earth. Ah, that's a slope! On the sunny slope. Doctor Liu suddenly patted his thigh, "Okay, don't check, it's on the sunny slope." ”
"On the sunny slope? On the sunny slope? The old horse kept repeating these four words.
"The sunny slope is close to the green people!" The old stuff blurted out. "This originally alluded to the fourth scene of Yan Shen's eight scenes, the sunny slope is surrounded by green!"
"Clever!" Doctor Liu praised as if he couldn't help it.
"This Yanshen Eight Scenes, many of them have been lost now, could it be that this sunny slope is underground?" The old horse asked suddenly.
"Of course not, the sunny slope around the green means that the side of a mountain is sunny, and it is generally the south slope, and the south slope is the sunrise." Dr. Liu told everyone, "There are too many mountains in Boshan, so the sunny slope is surrounded by green, and it has become a difficult location to determine." But there is a sentence at the back, close to people's homes, indicating that the mountain is relatively close to the city. ”
"Not necessarily, there are many mountains in Boshan City, Tuan Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, Baihu Mountain, Xiaoding Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, Emei Mountain, these are all mountains in the city, right?" The old horse said.
"Tuanshan and Xiaodingshan used to be outside the city, and now the most prosperous commercial street, Xiye Street, was originally a road outside the city gate. According to the map of Boshan Old Town, Qinglong Mountain and Emei Mountain are considered to be in the city, and they can be said to be close to people's homes. Dr. Liu said. Look at my old house, even if it is a neighbor's house. The southern foot of Qinglong Mountain, where I am located, is also regarded as a sunny slope, and there is a Qinglong Park in front of it, which was called 'small forest' by the people of Hedong Village in the past. ”
"This can't be counted," said the old man, "there is a definite place for the sunny slope to surround the cui, that place is three miles south of Boshan City, is the southern slope of Emei Mountain, this place from morning to night, the sun always shines, the forest is dense, the pines and cypresses are evergreen, and the wild birds are gathered. It is now in this season, the green grass on the slope is fluffy, and there is a great atmosphere of early spring sunshine, so it is also called 'Chaoyang Slope'. The cold wind in that place can't blow, and it is a good place for our Boshan people to bask in the sun in winter. In front of the slope, the mountain house is high, the cooking smoke is everywhere, and in the south, the river is murmuring, and the reed pond is thick. There is also the tomb of the Qing Dynasty poet Zhao Zhixin Zhao Qiugu nearby, which is a treasure of Feng Shui in Boshan. ”
"That was the situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this sunny slope was surrounded by green, and it is estimated that it is in our Qinglong Mountain." Dr. Liu said affirmatively.
"I just don't quite understand what this 'above the sunny slope' means? Could it be that in addition to these seven Qi Kingdom Golden Eggs, there are other treasures? I think the top priority is to find out what is inside these seven Qi Kingdom Golden Eggs first, and not to destroy his appearance. "Lao Ma has given everyone a difficult problem.
"This matter is easy to solve, smash one first, and roughly know what's in the remaining six. Anyway, there are seven, and you can't lose much by smashing one. Big Tiger suggested.
"These numbers all have meanings, for example, seven, representing the number of seven stars, must be related to each other, once one is missing, then the whole price is dropped." Dr. Liu did not approve of brute force.