Chapter 19: The Untold History

One moment the moon was bright in the sky, and the next moment it was pouring rain, and the weather in the south of the clouds was so unpredictable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Pi Luo Ge paced back and forth in his dormitory, and tomorrow he would send an envoy north to pay tribute to the Tang Emperor in order to win further support from the Tang Dynasty. Now is the important moment for him to destroy the Five Edicts and unify Nanzhao, whether or not there is the support of the Tang Dynasty is directly related to the success or failure of his great cause.

For this reason, he sent people deep into the country of Bi, and finally found two stones, one red and one green. These two stones are like jade but not jade, the whole body is crystal clear, smooth and round and the whole body is cold, and it is even more brilliant under the sunlight.

Pi Luo Pavilion got this strange stone, the heart was overjoyed, and now recruit skilled craftsmen, to create a peerless artifact, for the Heavenly Empire.

But tomorrow the envoy is about to set out, and now he sees that the east is white, but this artifact is still not finished, how can this not make him anxious.

"Someone! Send someone to ask, how long will it take! There was a murderous intent in Pi Luoge's voice, if it was not completed on time, the day the envoy set out, it would be the time when these craftsmen died.

"Craftsman Qi Shan asks to see ~~~!" Outside the door, the palace people sang, and Pi Luoge's expression suddenly changed from hideous to ecstatic, and he shouted: "Quick! Call him in! ”

In a moment, a thin man in a sackcloth robe came in with a bow. On his calloused hand was a tray covered with a red cloth, and he didn't know what it contained.

Although Pi Luo Ge was impatient, he didn't dare to touch the plate, but just guarded it on the side. It wasn't until the craftsman named Qi Shan placed the plate firmly on the table that he carefully uncovered the red cloth, and in an instant, the entire dormitory was full of brilliance and brilliance.

Tall is a flask, about five inches long, pot-bellied and narrowed at the bottom. Two green dragons coil around it, and one of the dragon's head heads stretches out slightly to form a spout. Another dragon's mouth is wide open and its head is raised to the sky to form a neck, and the lid is carved into a bead-like shape, as if contained in the dragon's mouth. One tail of the two dragons is upturned and the other tail is slightly hanging, and the two tails are connected to form a pot handle. The whole shape is smart and lively, without pretentiousness. The carving is even more wonderful, delicate, and in the candlelight swaying, a touch of emerald color wanders in the dragon's body, as if the two dragons will rise into the sky at any time and disappear into the clouds.

The dwarf ones are the four wine cups, which are supposed to be carved from the red stone. The inside of the bowl is smooth as a mirror, the arc is graceful and the lines are smooth, and what is more striking is that there is a vermilion bird outside the bowl, or surrounding, or carrying, the posture is different but all lifelike, compared with the green dragon pot, it can be said that it is difficult to distinguish between them.

This flask is a match made in heaven with this set of glasses. So much so that Pi Luo Ge was attracted to it at first sight, and he couldn't pull it out as soon as his eyes were fixed on it.

"It's mine, no one will give it, no one will give it!" A voice cried out in Piroko's heart, staring at the five artifacts as if he wanted to imprint them in his eyes.

I don't know when the rain has stopped, and a full moon shuttles through the clouds, shining outside the window from time to time.

In the distance, there was a long crowing of a rooster, and this rooster crow sounded in Piroge's ears like a thunderbolt, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and then came back to his senses.

Qi Shan is no longer in the palace, and there is only one old palace man left accompanying Pi Luo Ge.

"What about Qishan?" Piroko asked.

"Back to the king, the old slave saw that the king was intoxicated, and he was afraid that Qishan would disturb the king's interest, so he sent him back to the workshop to wait for the order." The palace man replied softly.

"Oh。。。。。。 How prepared is the envoy team? ”

"It's ready to go."

"Alright, you can go down first." Piroko waved off all the men and sat back down at the table, staring at the wineware.

He really loves these things, but this is something to be dedicated to the Tang Emperor! Recalling that since he inherited his father's throne, he has been working hard every day, taking a happy strategy internally, and attacking from afar and close to the outside, and it has been more than 20 years in a hurry. Now that the other five edicts have finally gradually declined, only one of them is powerful. The great cause of annexing the Five Edicts and unifying Nanzhao is just around the corner, isn't it? Do you give up your 20 years of hard work for the sake of these stones?

However, this set of wine utensils was like a golden hoop, firmly clamping his heart.

"What to do, what to do? What to do...... Piroko kept thinking in his head.

The next day, the envoy team to the Tang Dynasty set off on time, but this set of wine utensils was not included in the list of items offered. At the same time, there was news in the palace that last night the lightning struck the imperial workshop and caused a fire, and all the craftsmen were killed in the fire, and the unfinished tribute was also destroyed in the fire.

Subsequently, Pi Luo Ge was supported by the Tang Emperor, pretending to worship his ancestors and set up a banquet Songming Tower, burning to death the other lords of the five edicts, so as to unify the six edicts, and then moved the capital to Dali, beginning his reign of 20 years. It's just that this green dragon pot and the vermilion bird pot have never been seen again.

When the thin man said this, he cut off the conversation and looked at Zhang Chengdao again.

Zhang Chengdao hesitated and asked, "The two stones, one red and one green, are jade?" ”

"That's right! In today's parlance, it is jadeite, and it is the best jadeite. Even if they are not carved, they are just two stones, and they are worth a fortune in modern times! The thin man said, his eyes burning.

"Don't tell me that the box contained the green dragon pot and the Vermilion Bird Bowl before." Zhang Chengdao was quite unimpressed with the story of the thin man, he had heard a lot of wild history like this, in the jewelry store, the salesman could tell you one if he picked up a product, and he didn't bring a duplicate one.

The thin man guessed what Zhang Chengdao was thinking, so he didn't answer his question head-on, but said, "There is still something to be said about this story, so you can continue to listen to it." ”

Twenty years later, when Pi Luo Ge was dying, and he felt that his life had not long passed, so he summoned his second son Chengjie to the bed, and took out a box from the hidden compartment at the bedside with trembling hands and handed it to his son.

Chengjie opened the box and was shocked to see this set of wine utensils, he knew that his father intended to pass on the throne to himself, and this gift was to show his intentions. At the same time, it also shows that the father knows that his time is short, and his heart is moved and his back hurts, and he can't help lying on the ground and crying bitterly.

Pi Luo Ge's eldest son, Ge Luo Feng, happened to ask to see him at this time, but the palace people couldn't intercept him, so he drove straight to the bed.

Chengjie hurriedly got up and put away the box, but it was too late, and Ge Luofeng caught a glimpse of the contents of the box. The eldest son's mental means are higher than those of the second son, and this alone makes him think through the joints, and he was quiet at the time, but a few days later he staged a coup d'Γ©tat and drove away Chengjie in one fell swoop.

Pi Luo Ge was furious when he heard the news, and before Ge Luo Feng could attack the main hall, he kicked his legs and left to the west.

After that, Ge Luofeng inherited the throne, and during his reign, he sent people to track down Chengjie's whereabouts several times, with no other purpose than to recover the box. Although he was in a hurry, he was also conquered by the beauty of this set of drinking utensils.

At this point, the existence of this set of drinking utensils was gradually revealed and known to outsiders.

When Chengjie was in the coup d'Γ©tat of Ge Luofeng, he fled in a hurry when he heard the news, and he was in a hurry to clean up, but he hugged the box alone. After the eldest son, he was chased several times, and continued to flee to the depths of the mountain, and finally disappeared.

"So, this set of drinking utensils finally fell into the hands of the descendants of Chengjie?" There is a sentence that Zhang Chengdao didn't say, that is: Next, should you say that Chengjie changed his name and surname to Ge, and this set of wine utensils will be passed on to you Ge Hongjun, right?

"Yes, although there are different versions of this legend, the final ending is without exception, this set of wine utensils fell into the hands of Chengjie, and there will be no fake." The thin man didn't see Zhang Chengdao's inner thoughts this time.

"And how did it end up in your hands?" Zhang Chengdao couldn't help but ask.

"This is going to talk about my part-time job, in addition to pouring mountain goods, I also poured a light device along the way, do you know what a bright device is?" The thin man lowered his voice a little mysteriously, and deliberately looked left and right and the door before speaking.

"You know, it's an antique that just came out of the pit." Zhang Chengdao's mind was racing, and he knew who he was provoking this time.

Chinese old legends: gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. Nowadays, in the heyday, a large number of antique collectors have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and with them have led to the revival of another industry, which we usually refer to as Tufuzi.

Needless to say, how old and mysterious the industry is, but they pulled out the utensils, and the matter did not end there, and the search for the next home and delivery followed.

Because of the illegal act of robbing tombs, selling stolen goods is a felony, so this industry has become a regular and hidden industrial chain like drugs, and of course, its profits are comparable to drugs.

I didn't expect to stop a freight man this time, how much back is this. Zhang Chengdao thought in his heart, so those who want to grab this batch of goods are either other Tufuzi who have no success, or buyers who have the strength to collect the stolen goods but do not win the bid. The former is asking for money and not dying, and the latter is dying, and he has fallen into a big pit this time, Brother Monkey save me!

Sure enough, the thin man whispered again: "Some time ago, a group of coolies took out this set of drinking utensils from a small tomb at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. They didn't know the goods, thinking it was a glass product. It's no wonder that they, the tomb is so shabby, it doesn't look like a rich lord, so they found me and asked me to find a casual customer, and the price was about to sell. ”

Speaking of this, the thin man couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva: "As soon as I saw these things, I remembered the legend of the Qinglong pot, and knew that I had picked up a treasure this time。。。。。。 ”

"Stop!" Zhang Chengdao stopped the thin man from continuing and said: "Just listen to the story before, tell me about your business, aren't you afraid that I will report you?" ”

The thin man seemed to have expected Zhang Chengdao to ask this question, and said at the moment: "My old Ge has lived for all these years, and he has no other skills, just these two tricks, whether he looks at people or things, they are all extremely accurate, I think Brother Zhang, although you are upright but not pedantic, you are also affectionate, even if you are not ready to participate, you will never report us." ”

"You're really right, I won't report you, and of course I won't join you, let's go half of the continent, goodbye two." After Zhang Chengdao finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the door.

"Five hundred thousand! I'll give you 500,000! The thin man no longer held Zhang Chengdao down, but raised his voice slightly and said.

Zhang Chengdao paused slightly, he was really taken aback by this number, from childhood to adulthood, he had never seen so much money. However, Zhang Chengdao is really not short of money now, so he was just taken aback.

"The owner who wants to snatch this set of drinking utensils is a foreigner, once he succeeds, this heirloom will be lost overseas, do you want to watch this happen?" The thin man saw that money could not impress Zhang Chengdao, and pulled out the tiger skin of national righteousness.

"No matter where you go, you can't erase the fact that this is the quintessence of China, isn't that enough? And even if he stays in China, I'm afraid he can only be placed on a private museum shelf! Zhang Chengdao stopped, he was extremely disgusted by the moral kidnapping, and couldn't help but ridicule him.

"Don't you want to take a look before you leave?" The thin man directly ignored Zhang Chengdao's ridicule and continued to throw out temptation.

"Why do you have to pull me in? What do I have to look for you! Zhang Chengdao felt that he was about to lose his curiosity, and he had to ask something before he lost his mind.

"Because you're a master!" This was said by the big Han Ge Tao.

"Yes, we've taken your cue to you. On the way back, I contacted the buyer, and he said that if he came to pick up the goods, the price would be halved, so 。。。。。。 The thin man gritted his teeth and cursed a dirty word before continuing: "Damn, people die for money, birds die for food, so we still plan to give it a go." However, Lao Ge felt that he was not strong enough on his own, so we thought of you. ”

"Why me?" Zhang Chengdao is still this problem, but the meaning is different.

The thin man understood the difference and said, "Because you are simple and not greedy, you are not easy to be bought." ”

"Okay, can I take a look at this Qinglong Pot Vermilion Bird Bowl or something before making a decision? If they're still in your hands. Let's say okay first, reading it doesn't mean I agree, I'm just curious. ”

The thin man knew that Zhang Chengdao was referring to the house being searched so thoroughly, could those things still be in his hands? Smiled slightly, opened the window and stretched his hand out of the gap in the railing, groped for a while and then retracted, but there was an extra newspaper bag in his hand.

Looking at the paper bag in the thin man's hand, Zhang Chengdao sighed secretly, it seems that he has to make a detour this time, because he doesn't need to wrap it at all, Zhang Chengdao can see through the newspaper that the things in it are black and resentful, so that the whole room is dyed with oppressive colors.

Looking at the triumphant Ge Hongjun, Zhang Chengdao muttered: "It seems that it's not just people who are eyeing you!" ”