Chapter 2: Gu Tong's Teacher - Gu Nan
Mother forced her sobbing voice and whispered in her grandfather's ear, "Dad... Bang'er is here, you open your eyes and see. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
This speech was like adrenaline, and my grandfather's eyes slowly opened, and his eyes were full of softness and kindness when he looked at me: "Bang'er... Bang'er is here, come here... Let grandpa... Take a good look..."
The voice was already extremely weak, and I hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand: "Grandpa, it's me, I'm Bang'er." ”
My mother said that my grandfather was very old, and he suddenly fell at home two months ago, but fortunately she went back in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, and now her bones are recovering well, but her spirit is not as good as before. When I saw my grandfather like this, I didn't dare to talk to him, I just told him to take good care of his body, I would come over every day, as long as he got better, we could talk slowly in the future. For a day and a night, I stayed at my grandfather's bed and didn't leave.
On the morning of the third day, my grandfather woke up early, and the doctor came to check the ward as usual. I asked for a lot of food, and I went out and bought it for him as usual.
My grandfather had eaten and looked at me for a long time: "Bang'er, I can't imagine that my grandfather will see you again in his lifetime, it's really an eye-opener." ”
The words that have been held in my heart for a few days, and the fun that I have held in my heart for more than ten years, have disappeared with my grandfather's words, and have been replaced by an indescribable taste: "I didn't expect to see you again." ”
In my grandfather's mouth, I got the answer I wanted the most, the answer I was most willing to get, and I was very conflicted. It is true that he did not die, and his grandfather's injury this time was all due to him, and the reason why his grandfather did not die was because he had not yet gotten what he wanted, but that thing was not "Qimen Ancient Seal", because he couldn't understand this book at all, and even if he did, no one answered.
For many years, what he has been wanting is the remnants of the old Taoist priest left to his grandfather, it is said that he has obtained the other half, and has learned the secrets, but for some reason, he has been thinking about the other half of my hand, and my grandfather's injury was also caused by his coercion. When he saw the disease, his appearance remained unchanged, and his hand was still vigorous, like a young man in his twenties, but one hand was not very good.
Grandpa said: "Bang'er, you must be on guard against him at all times, although he is nearly 100 years old, he is far above you, even if your grandfather is still there, he may not be his opponent, I asked your mother to find you, not to let you fight with him, but I hope you will always be vigilant, things cannot fall into the hands of people like him, your and your mother's lives are more important, you can destroy it as a last resort, you must live in peace...."
After saying this, my grandfather fell headlong and fell unconscious, and I hurriedly called out to the doctor. After some examination, the doctor said that the possibility of him waking up was very small, and we should prepare for the future, which is only a matter of two days at most.
At this moment, no matter how strong and rational I am, I couldn't bear it anymore, and finally shed the first tear in more than ten years, hugged my mother in my arms, and comforted her wordlessly.
My grandfather never woke up, and a few days later he was sent to the crematorium for cremation, and I asked my mother to take the ashes to Emma's house first, and the fat man and I went back to the guest house to wait for the poison-eyed dragon. Emma's family lives in the military compound, no matter how high the kung fu is, if you want to climb over the high walls of the military compound to hurt people, you must first find a way to get past the guards patrolling around, I still want to believe this, he doesn't have the guts.
Back at the guest house, when it was nightfall, the poison-eyed dragon finally returned, and as soon as they saw him, he showed a lewd smile on his face: "Oops... Second master, you are here, let me wait here, I haven't seen the two of you for a few days, why did you go? ”
The fat man scolded with a smile: "Poison-eyed dragon, you kid has only been here for a few days, and you have learned the Beijing accent?" Parroting is quite like that. ”
The poison-eyed dragon smiled: "Fat, you are laughing, I am walking the rivers and lakes, where to learn, I can't count the ability, where did you two get rich?" ”
I said, "Straight down to business, Brother Si, there's something I really want you to show you this time, and this thing was passed down from my grandfather." ”
The poison-eyed dragon took the remnants I handed over, took it in his hand and looked at it, put it on his nose and sniffed it, plucked his eyes, took a magnifying glass, and carefully studied it for an hour before putting it down, and said to me with a clatter: "Brother, are you planning to make a move on this thing, or do you want to find a reason?" ”
I said, "If you don't make a move, I'll ask why." ”
The poison-eyed dragon said, "If you want to ask the reason, I'll tell you, but it's good to say it in advance, and I can't take it seriously." Your thing is a crippled, look at the section is not broken, it is broken by force, you wrote a few words on it, 'prosperous peony, lead to the phoenix', the words behind are broken, look at the material and workmanship, at least it is something before the Warring States period, the style looks like an accessory, or some kind of special-purpose token. ”
I took the magnifying glass of the poison-eyed dragon and looked at it in my hand, there were indeed six words written on it, but the back was broken: "Brother Si, can you tell if there are other things in this?" For example, what are the secrets or something? ”
The poison-eyed dragon looked at it again and shook his head: "I have limited knowledge, so I can't see it... Well.... However, I have an idea, do you remember the last time I went to Xinjiang with you Gutong? He used to study at the School of History of Peking University, and I happened to know his teacher, and now he is retired at home, and he has studied jade quite a lot, so I think he will be able to see more information about this thing. ”
Gu Tong's teacher, surnamed Gu Mingnan, a professor of history at Peking University, before Gu Tong went to Xinjiang with us, the old man had just retired, and he was very accomplished in the culture of the Western Regions, especially in religion, and he was one of the top experts in the industry. Originally, I was still worried that if the old man asked Gu Tong, I didn't know how to answer.
The poison-eyed dragon smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, people are better informed than you, he knew about it as early as you left Xinjiang, and now he is still contacting experts everywhere to see Gu Tong." During this time, I ran to him a lot because of that deal, and he also said that he would like to thank the people who brought Gu Tong out. ”
I suspiciously followed the poison-eyed dragon to find Professor Gu's residence, the newest faculty dormitory of Peking University, in a house of about 100 square meters, Professor Gu was sitting there reading the newspaper, and the person who opened the door was an old lady, probably his wife.
Professor Gu raised his eyes and saw that it was the poison-eyed dragon who hit the head, so he immediately put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, why are you here today?" What's the problem? ”
The poison-eyed dragon replied with a smile: "I can't hide anything from the professor's eyes, this friend of mine has something, I took a look at it, I can't get an idea, I came to ask your old man, I also came to learn and learn by the way, and grow and grow." ”
When the old professor heard that there was something else to do, his brows furrowed slightly, and when he heard that there was something that the poison-eyed dragon couldn't hold accurately, his eyes behind the reading glasses immediately glowed: "Oh? I know what you're capable of, and if you can't make up your mind, then I really have to see it. The old professor turned his head and glanced at me and the fat man standing behind the poison-eyed dragon: "Xiao Zhao, the friends you are talking about are these two, don't stand, sit down." ”
The fat man and I were not polite, and sat on the sofa as soon as we were about to speak, when Professor Gu waved his hand: "You two should also want to be familiar with our industry, right?" If I'm not mistaken, the feng shui master that Xiao Zhao introduced to Gutong last time should be you. ”
Not only me, but even the poison-eyed dragon, who thought he knew Professor Gu very well, was dumbfounded, and I didn't know how to answer for a while, and my mouth was hesitant for a long time: "The professor has good eyesight... It's just that.. I didn't say anything, how did you find out? ”
Professor Gu helped the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose: "I have been dealing with cultural relics and soil all my life, and I have been doing it for 40 years. In the eyes of others, it becomes a commodity to be bought and sold at will. If we misidentify someone, we may lose a priceless treasure, a cultural treasure. ”
The answer is not asked, but it still makes my back break out in a cold sweat, there are such strange people in the world, just by one side of the edge can discern so many truths, I asked myself if I have not done anything hurtful, but it is inevitable that I will shoot one or two so-called cultural relics in my hand, and I laughed a little dryly: "Professor has good eyesight, I can assure Chairman Mao that we are by no means the enemies you said..."
Professor Gu waved his hand: "I believe Xiao Zhao, if it were in normal times, with the earthy smell of your body, I would never think of you for the better." ”
After several temptations and confrontations, I took out the half-cut fragment in my hand and handed it to him, Professor Gu walked to the desk, turned on the lamp, and took a magnifying glass to study it carefully. When the three of us saw that he was serious, we didn't dare to ask questions, and sat on the sofa and chatted quietly.
The fat man said disdainfully: "What's so scary, isn't it just an old nerd, and the little nerd he taught is not very good, how strong can this old nerd be?" It's blowing you up, you stupid hat is fooled. ”
The poison-eyed dragon made a silent gesture, looked at Professor Gu in front of the desk and said, "My lord, don't talk nonsense here, Professor Gu is one of the best in this industry, if you put this in the past, it will be slandering the saint, or at least it will be a crime of killing the head." Who doesn't have a unique job in this industry, people will know what you are doing as soon as they sniff it, it is all about how many years of experience in this industry, but it is not what you say. ”
I'm right when I think about it, the fat man's big mouth is open-mouthed, and he doesn't speak through his brain, if he lets the old professor know that he thinks so, as soon as the stinky temper of the literati comes up, it is estimated that even if he understands my thing, he will not tell me anything.
The three of us had been chatting for a while, and when we arrived here in the morning, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the stomachs of the three of us were already rumbling with hunger, but the old professor still had no intention of stopping, and the pen in his hand kept writing and drawing on the paper, and he didn't know that there was an appropriate book at hand. I really don't understand, half of the fragments, what is there to see, those things above, he can still see the flowers?
Just when we were impatient, the old professor took off his reading glasses, rubbed his eyes, and walked over and sat down across from me: "Where did you get this thing?" Originally, there was nothing to do. ”
When the fat man heard this, he leaned back: "Yes. . Bai Tie, after watching it for a long time, I have to ask you. ”
I secretly said in my heart that it was not good, the fat man questioned his professionalism so much, I am afraid that it will inevitably take a while to talk about it, and I secretly regret in my heart, I really shouldn't have brought the crow's mouth of the fat man.
I was about to say something to make amends, but the old professor didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Hehe... Little brother is really fast-talking, this is what you don't understand, but since I'm here, I'll tell you about the doorway. I think I was the same as you when I first started in the industry....."
A long historical narrative, although boring, but we still understand the basic knowledge of cultural relics identification, simply put, is to find clues on the cultural relics, for example, the bottom of the porcelain are alive, generally written which dynasty and which generation, where to come out, relatively speaking, it is relatively easy to identify, but there are some things without money, you have to look at the production process, style, material, etc., but also to judge the origin of the thing, in short, for archaeologists three points rely on knowledge, seven points rely on imagination.
Finally, when he finished speaking, I hurriedly said: "Professor, this thing of mine was left by my grandfather, who had studied the art of a Taoist priest for many years, and his master gave it to him before he died. And told him to find the other half, and now that my grandfather is gone, it is up to me to fulfill his last wish. ”
Professor Gu raised his thumb and praised: "Okay, it's good, there are not many descendants like you now, but it's not easy to find the other half of this thing, it's not easy for you to have this heart." I'll tell you a good story about your heart..."
At this point in the conversation, the old professor no longer had the prejudice against me before, and completely had the attitude of the elders teaching the juniors, and I listened and listened, and gradually I didn't feel hungry, and the poor fat man held his stomach on the side, silently protesting.
When I came out of the old professor's house, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and everyone had not eaten all day, so I invited Professor Gu to eat outside, but he was unwilling to live or die, and in desperation, we had to leave.
The fat man asked the poison-eyed dragon, "Hey... Why don't you say Professor Gu doesn't eat? Doesn't the old lady in their family cook and eat? ”
The poison-eyed dragon smiled: "Fat brother, this is what you don't understand, a big man like Professor Gu, where can he not have a strange temper, when he is talking about business, if the old lady goes up to disturb it, it is equivalent to stabbing the hornet's nest, and it may explode at any time." (To be continued.) )