Chapter Twenty-Six: The Crafts of the Past
Old man Liu glanced at me with a violent expression, and sighed in a regretful tone: "It seems that you also know that you are not the inheritor of the carved dragon chisel with an ignorant expression, I would like to know where you got this treasure." ”
I temporarily suppressed the sentence that this chisel is my grandfather's relic, and pretended to be curious and asked: "I will get it by fate, except for the special pattern on this chisel, I don't see anything wrong, is there any other story in it?" Since the chisel has also been lent to you, I will tell you about it, and you should relieve your boredom. ”
Obviously, Old Man Liu is not so old as he lived in vain, he glared at him meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Don't be an old man who doesn't know your flowery intestines." Brother Xia, since you said that you picked it up, it's useless to tell you about the things here, it's better to let the old man bring it into the soil, let's finish the matter quickly and return the chisel to you, so as not to cause bad luck to affect the old man. ”
After speaking, he raised the tip of the chisel and slowly moved towards the other dragon's eye. I was completely hooked by what he said, and I was even more curious that the last sentence he said reminded me of my grandfather's affairs, who were so depressed until he died of old age, and the whole person seemed to be full of bad luck and far away from all relatives and friends.
"Okay, admit it." I said it simply.
Old man Liu stopped the hanging carved dragon chisel in mid-air, and waited for my next step with blazing eyes. I looked at the chisel he was holding and said, "It's my grandfather's relic, and I've been carrying it with me since I stepped into this business, but I've never used it, and I don't know what it's for." ”
The words still came out of his mouth, but he still concealed the weapon that Zhou Shimiao saw the statue in his hand.
"I know that you have something to hide, but it doesn't matter if you are reserved, being reserved about a stranger is the consciousness of a person who is away from home." Old man Liu said with a smile, not seeing his angry look at all, and continued: "However, your grandfather didn't pass on that ability to you, or your father really made a mistake, so he let a inheritance be broken." ”
"My grandfather died young."
Old man Liu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said with a clear expression: "It should be, it should be!" ”
"your fart,, do you talk like that? Is it right for people to die? Should Lao Tzu beat you to death? ”
Dong Bing rushed over in a rage, raised the butt of the gun and smashed it, fortunately Lei Hong blocked the middle in time to avoid blood splashing on the spot, I was very uncomfortable with his words in my heart, what should I say? If he didn't know that there was anything in his words, maybe he wouldn't be able to bear to punch this old king.
"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!" Old man Liu smiled, waved his hand again and again, and said: "The old man is not referring to the death of the master, but the matter of this carving dragon chisel people, in order not to cause a greater misunderstanding among everyone, the old man will tell you the origin of this thing." ”
Old man Liu sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said: "Actually, I only heard about the rumors about carving dragon chisels after I entered the industry. According to legend, this craft originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and ended in the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in the true sense.
The so-called guardianship is actually to the princes of various countries, nobles and even the emperor himself, carving dragon stones, casting dragon tripods, nine dragon walls and other dragon-shaped organs or sculptures, seemingly craftsmen, but the status is far higher than the craftsmen, the reason is that they have the inheritance of craftsmanship, it is said that all the dragon-shaped sculptures that are the finishing touches by them all have an aura, acting as the eyes of the tomb, guarding the feng shui pattern of the tomb, It is even rumored to be very capable of attacking outsiders who trespass on tombs.
Of course, those are the statements I heard back then, and I don't know if it's true or not, and I don't even know if there is such a craftsman. ”
What he said was really fascinating, but unfortunately I looked at him coldly and said, "But I still haven't said the 'should' explanation." ”
Old man Liu said: "Xia boy, don't interrupt me in a hurry, just listen to what I say." During the prosperous period of this craft, it is said that there are two or three thousand people across the north and south of the river, far higher than us soil crawlers, even if it has been passed down for thousands of years, but eventually disappeared in the long river of history. ”
Dabao couldn't help but say: "Is it because of the historical trend? ”
"It's still this big-headed brother who can see through it."
Seeing that we were still confused, Old Man Liu continued: "When the cremation began, the burial immediately declined, and then the decline was the craft of the dragon carver who accompanied the large tombs, just like I said that when the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in the real sense was buried, it was announced that this craft finally left the stage of history.
But the dragon carver is not just doing some finishing touches for the mausoleum, I also later made some speculations from some more hidden materials, most of the skilled craftsmen like to move between the major rivers and lakes to do some mysterious things, as if this is the mission of their inheritors of each generation.
The old man was a person who liked to explore secrets, and spent most of his time studying what these people were doing in those rivers and lakes, but unfortunately, the answers he got were only a few words, and it was impossible to combine these fragments of information to find out. ”
Perennial activities in the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and major lakes? His words immediately reminded me that my grandfather had indeed been working as a river worker in the Yangtze River when he was young, and then he had been thinking about those things by the water, as for whether he was the inheritor of the carved dragon chisel, he had to go back alive and ask his grandmother, just need to know that he had this chisel before he went to work as a river worker, or brought it back when he returned home.
Old man Liu drank a sip of water to moisten his throat, it seemed that he had been standing for a long time, and his waist was a little stiff, so he sat on the ground and rested for a while, and continued: "But don't underestimate this fragmentary information, the content in it is also very amazing. ”
Weizi couldn't help but sit beside him, his eyes were full of unknown **, and he said eagerly: "What kind of information is it, hurry up, don't say half hide half." ”
Dong Bing raised the bar and said, "Aren't you like this?" I always like to show off when it is critical, saying that half of it is hidden and half of it is hidden. You intellectuals. He shook his head sarcastically.
"Don't interrupt, listen to what he has to say." I frowned.
Old man Liu crossed his legs, put the carved dragon chisel at his feet, rubbed his temples and said, "It's been too long, let me remember it well." After thinking for a while, he said: "This first one seems to mean that the mission of each generation of dragon carvers is to check and fill in the gaps in the big rivers and rivers, and if you think about how many dragon carvers have been busy there for an unknown thing for a mission for thousands of years, it can be seen that that thing is also extraordinary."
This second one has a large number of precious stones and iron in each dynasty and every generation that has disappeared in the hands of these dragon carvers, but these will be brought with them in every dynasty and every generation, as if those high emperors seem to know what they are doing, but they still have their nonsense. The emperors were all cautious, not to mention that these large numbers of disappeared iron weapons were enough to arm countless armies to overthrow their dynasty, which shows that the emperors knew that there were some things more important than their throne, so they didn't care, and the historians also beat them over.
However, the last piece of information is puzzling, the news says: Royal Dragon, Regret Dragon must not die well. Understood from the meaning inside, that's why I said the phrase 'should', speculating that every dragon carver may end up dying badly, this sentence is like a curse, a curse against the dragon carver. Just as a perennial inverted person will not die well.
It is very likely that this glorious craft, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will slowly wither and wither under this curse, and eventually disappear into the long river. ”
I still scoff at what he said about curses and the like, if tomb robbers don't die well, then the tomb robbers who have been rampant for thousands of years are not long dead? Where else is you, old man, here to talk to us?
I don't believe that grandpa will die under the so-called curse in his mouth.
I will only believe half of Old Man Liu's words, that's all.
PS: Finally went home and changed a chapter, and I felt so comfortable! The old rule is to ask for a vote, if you enjoy watching it, vote for a few more! Uncles!
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