Chapter 80: Baoli Looted?
Xu Zhiyuan felt that the pores of his whole body were cheering, his body seemed to be refreshed as if he had been in a drought for a long time, and even his mind had become extremely clear, and his IQ had improved a lot! Curious, he asked, "Master, what kind of treasure is this?" ”
"This is the power of pure merit left by the resentful ghost after it has been exceeded, and the female ghost in white has a short cultivation time, so it has not been generated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info And the blood light looks like it has been cultivating for many years, and it has also devoured a lot of the same kind that is weaker than it, and after it is exceeded, it will leave these merits, which can improve the body and spirit, and it will be harmless to the cultivation of all kinds! ”
Xu Zhiyuan was overjoyed, and sure enough, he had meat to eat with the masters, but he didn't expect the power of merit to be so rebellious. Not only can it nourish the body, but it can also improve mental power? But it's also himself, if there is no Bodhidharma Patriarch, let alone blood light, even the female ghost in white can die!
"Little friends don't have to care, today the two of them are little ghosts who don't have deep resentment, it's nothing."
Bodhidharma said calmly: "There are evil spirits above the ghosts, each of them is full of killing thoughts, and some even have various supernatural changes, those who have cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years even the poor monks dare not take it lightly, and there is a long way to go to accumulate merit!" ”
Xu Zhiyuan nodded, today is an eye-opener again, it turns out that in addition to martial artists, there are legendary ghosts and monsters in this world. I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Can the master see the origin of the blood light?" ”
"I don't know!" Bodhidharma Zhengse said: "The art of controlling the spirit has been passed down for thousands of years, and Maoshan is the most powerful, but it is not deep to see that this resentful spiritual cultivation is not deep, and it is not clear for the poor monk to come for a while." ”
"However, cultivating this kind of evil art is against the heavens, although the progress is very fast, but the evil is so great that it is not tolerated by heaven and earth! This time, we shot beyond the blood light, and let him re-enter reincarnation, which is also considered a merit. ”
"As for the person who controls the spirit, it won't end well!"
Just when Xu Zhiyuan left No. 81 and disappeared into the night, a terrible scream came from the presidential suite of a five-star hotel not far away, a middle-aged man in his early thirties with a short stature holding his head, his face was hideous, bleeding from all his knots, and he was unconscious.
"Fujiki-kun? What happened to you! ”
A bewitching woman next to her was shocked, looking at the original little Japanese who was originally alive and unconscious, screaming and rushing out of the door, looking for someone to help call a doctor.
Xu Zhiyuan returned to the villa, withdrew from the system, and after cultivating his spirits according to the five hearts taught by Bodhidharma, his blood was extremely full, his spirit was full, and even his five senses were much sharper, and the power of merit was really a treasure to improve his cultivation.
"There are Yi Jin to transform the physique, attack the dragon claw hand, prevent the golden bell jar, run with light skills, usually have nothing to do with the ghosts and evil spirits or something, and get the power of merit, my brother can be regarded as walking on the Golden Strip!"
Now Xu Zhiyuan finally has a sense of security, with the help of the system, his cultivation speed is a thousand miles a day, although he started late, but he will soon be able to catch up with others and completely control his own destiny.
He came to Yunlongling early the next morning and instructed Manager Li to build a villa area first, so that he could move here by himself. In the future, there will be a cultivation ground, and it will be convenient and secretive to do everything in the place.
Originally, the design of the resort was a single-family villa, which already had a prototype, and with Xu Zhiyuan's instructions, Manager Li guaranteed that it would be completed in half a month, and he would definitely be able to move in at that time.
Xu Zhiyuan is very satisfied, museums and private gardens do not need to be in a hurry, and they cannot be used for the time being. After the villa is built, it will be moved, and it will usually go to the mountains to practice, and it will take half an hour to reach the helicopter if there is something to do in Zhiyuanju.
If someone is looking for themselves, they will come to Yunlongling to meet, there are mountains and rivers, good tea and good wine, is it not much better than in the capital full of haze?
It's a big deal to buy a few more helicopters specifically for transporting VIPs, in fact, it takes less than two hours to drive, and it should be used as a nearby outing.
As soon as Xu Zhiyuan returned to the store in the afternoon, he received a call from Hu Yan, and when he heard it, his face changed, and Su Mei quickly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Hu Yan just came with the news that the Baoli Museum was stolen last night!"
"Won't it?"
Su Mei took a small bite of the cherry in surprise, and said incredulously: "The Baoli Museum was robbed? What's missing? ”
Xu Zhiyuan shook his head and said puzzledly: "This is also the strangest place, I heard that nothing else has been lost, only the twelve bronze heads are missing!" ”
"The twelve bronze heads of the Old Summer Palace?"
As soon as Long Qingtian entered the door, he happened to hear the conversation between the two, and asked anxiously, "The seven bronze heads have been lost?" ”
Xu Zhiyuan nodded, the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and it was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In 1860, the British and French forces invaded China and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statues of animal heads began to be lost overseas, and by 2012, the bronze statues of ox heads, monkey heads, tiger heads, pig heads, and horse heads have been returned to China and collected in the Baoli Art Museum.
On April 26, 2013, the French Pinault family announced in Beijing that they would donate the bronze rat and rabbit heads from the 12 major water methods of the Old Summer Palace to the Chinese side free of charge. The rat head and rabbit head donated this time are two of the 12 bronze statues of the zodiac that were lost in the Old Summer Palace.
At present, seven of the 12 animal heads of the 12 zodiac animals in the Old Summer Palace have returned to China, but the whereabouts of the dragon, snake, chicken, dog, and sheep are unknown.
The scientific name is the water clock, and the twelve bronze heads are in the shape of eight figures, arranged on both sides of the pool in front of the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace. The 12 sprays of water will be sprayed in turn every day, representing different times of the day. By noon, twelve would shoot out at the same time.
"Are they that valuable?"
Long Qingtian looked at Su Mei with a somewhat puzzled look, sighed, and explained: "Speaking of these twelve bronze heads, it can be described as ill-fated! In 1985, an American antique dealer stumbled upon a bronze statue of a horse's head in the Old Summer Palace in a private home in California, along with a bronze statue of a bull's head and a tiger's head. The antique dealer bought the three bronze heads for a low price of $1,500 each. ”
"From 1987 to 1989, the three bronze beast heads and monkey heads from the Old Summer Palace appeared at auction in New York and London, and the highest price at that time was a horse head, which was only $250,000."
"At the end of April and the beginning of May 2000, at the auctions of Jiashide in Hong Kong and Sufubi in Hong Kong, bronze statues of ox, monkey and tiger heads appeared. At that time, the practice of the two auction companies in auctioning off the lost cultural relics aroused great indignation from all walks of life in Hong Kong and the mainland. ”
"In the end, Baoli Group resolutely participated in the auction and won the bull's head for 7.745 million Hong Kong dollars, the monkey head for 8.185 million Hong Kong dollars, and the tiger head for 15.44475 million Hong Kong dollars."
At the beginning of September 2007, Sufubi Auction Company announced that it would auction the bronze statue of the horse's head in the name of the "Eight-Nation Alliance-Relics of the Old Summer Palace". When the news broke, there was an uproar from all walks of life. The China Special Fund for the Rescue of Lost Overseas Cultural Relics took the lead in issuing a statement resolutely opposing the public auction of the bronze statue of the horse's head, and proposed that the return of the horse's head should be realized in a public welfare manner. ”
At the critical moment, Hong Kong and Macao patriotic entrepreneur and national treasure project consultant Ho Hongshen bought the bronze statue of the horse's head for 69.1 million Hong Kong dollars before the auction was held on September 20, and announced that it would be donated to the country. The only one that did not involve the auction company and returned in a public welfare way is the bronze statue of the pig's head, but it is also related to He Hongshen. The American collector agreed to transfer the bronze statue of the pig's head to the special fund. In September 2003, He Hongshen donated more than 600 yuan to the special fund to buy back the bronze statue of the pig's head. ”
In July 2008, the French auction house Gazide issued a communiqué announcing that it would hold a special auction of "Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Collection" in February 2009, including bronze statues of rat heads and rabbit heads, which were looted by the British and French forces during the war and lost overseas for many years. After this news reached China, it aroused strong reactions. ”
"At 8 p.m. on February 25, 2009, at the auction held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, the rat head number 677 was sold for 9 million euros. The 1,200-seat venue had no signs, and only three phone buyers were bidding. The auctioneer called the telephone agent "Douma". ”
The old man recalled: "After bidding of 10 million, 11 million, 12 million, and 13 million, the first mouse was finally sold for 14 million euros. Since then, the rabbit head numbered 678 has been auctioned directly at 10 million yuan, and finally sold for 14 million euros. Buyers also participate in the auction by phone. ”
Xu Zhiyuan continued: "In fact, from the price of the bronze statue of the horse's head in 1985 of 1,500 US dollars to the bronze statue of the rat's head and the head of the rabbit were auctioned for 14 million euros this time, the bronze statue of the beast's head in the Old Summer Palace has increased by 12,000 times in 24 years. From the perspective of the pure art auction market, the price today is far greater than the intrinsic value of these two artefacts. To put it bluntly, some people are taking advantage of our national feelings to carry out malicious commercial speculation! ”