The time for raising swords in Zizhuyuan is not midnight, but from Chou hour to Yin hour, when the earth's atmosphere quietly turns from gloomy to sunny before dawn. Another three days have passed, and "Qin Yu" finally saw the first ray of morning glow after being unearthed.
, looking at this ancient sword now, the layer of tear-like water mist on the sword has completely receded, the color is like the moonlight reflected in the pond, and it still vaguely emits a light green light like the surrounding autumn bamboos.
The raising of the sword finally came to an end. The sword was brought back to light and kept its spirituality. You Fang gently stroked the sharp blade with his spiritual sense. It felt like the master of art had completed a beloved masterpiece, and he was very satisfied with the growth of his sword.
He sighed, sheathed his sword and hid it at his waist.
You Fang did not go home directly, but went to the National Library of China next to Zizhuyuan, formerly known as the Beijing Library. It is the largest library in Asia, with a collection of tens of millions of books. The collection includes rare ancient books, oracle bones, gold and stone rubbings, Chinese
There are more than two million volumes of rare ancient books alone, including ancient maps, Dunhuang manuscripts, ethnic minority pictures and documents, manuscripts of celebrities from past dynasties, family trees of various places, local chronicles, etc.
You Fang went to the National Library to look up two characters, which were engraved on a jade plaque. The jade plaque and the ancient sword Qin Yu had the same origin. They were both accidentally discovered by Mad Fox and others when they were robbing a tomb.
The person he was wearing died under the pebbles outside the tomb. According to Kuanghu, he speculated that he was a tomb robber who accidentally escaped. The time was at least the Republic of China.
This jade plaque is about five centimeters long and three centimeters wide. The white texture is very smooth, and the surface has a faint yellowish glow under the sunlight. The carved patterns around the edges are extremely smooth and exquisite, and both the front and back sides are sun-carved.
, the back is a landscape painting with exquisite knife skills, which looks very much like the Feng Shui pattern of "coming dragon to dominate the water". On the front, there are two characters written in talisman script. The upper and lower outlines are semicircular and combined together, just like a jade tablet.
There is a decorative pattern in the center. You Fang knows the talisman script, so he can tell that these are two characters, but he cannot recognize what characters they are. After all, he is not very familiar with the talisman script.
It is indeed the largest sinology library in the world. You Fang found it in a document that specialized in ancient Taoist talismans. It was a simple character "妳". He originally misread it and took one character as two.
There are various changes in the characters and talismans when they are written. The characters recorded in the literature are not exactly the same as those engraved on the jade plaque. Only by mastering its writing rules can it be confirmed.
You Fang cursed secretly in his heart: "Who can write in so many different ways?" Then he took out the jade plaque from his pocket and looked at it carefully. Finally, he compared it again and found that the previous characters were indeed correct.
This jade tablet has a strange feeling when you sweep it with your spiritual sense, but it is not simply yin energy, yang energy, anger, evil energy or the like. In short, its physical properties are very special and it seems to contain very complicated information. However, You Fang does not understand it clearly.
How to describe it? I can use an analogy. It's like a book. You know clearly that the words written in it are all about something, but they are all in a foreign language that you can't understand.
Such a touch with spiritual sense will also disturb the physical properties of the jade plaque. You Fang suddenly felt strangely alert. It did not come from the jade plaque, but from someone in the seat at the back of the reading room. The person was sitting next to him in the back row.
Behind the table, not far away, he should have clearly seen the jade token in You Fang's hand. You Fang didn't look back, so he couldn't see who the person was. This perception is related to his inner martial arts. Don't forget that he has already reached the level of
The state of "response to whatever you touch and act as you feel".
Legend has it that when kung fu has reached such a level, even if he is asleep and someone stares at him through the window with malice, he will wake up immediately. Although the statement is a bit exaggerated, it is not completely unreasonable. This kind of induction is not
You are omnipotent without any conditions. It does not mean that no matter who looks at you when you are walking on the street, you will feel something. It must be within the range of your spiritual sense. The other person's energy and energy are focused on you in an instant, and there is an obvious emotion in their mind.
of aggressiveness.
At this moment, You Fang felt inexplicably alert. The pores of the hand holding the jade plaque opened slightly, and he realized that someone had noticed the jade plaque and might have evil intentions. You Fang did not unfold it.
My spiritual sense went to test that person, but I carefully restrained my spiritual sense and acted as if I had no reaction or notice. I continued to look at the jade token as if nothing had happened, and did not put it away immediately.
Sure enough, the spiritual sense that was contained but not released started to sense again, and the spirituality of this jade tablet was inexplicably disturbed. The man behind was a little unscrupulous with his magical skills, and directly released his spiritual sense to sense the jade tablet in You Fang's hand.
This is the first time since You Fang started practicing spiritual awareness that he met a "comrade". This person can also master and use spiritual awareness, and his spiritual awareness is more powerful than You Fang. He should have deeper skills and longer training time, but
The feeling is not as subtle and sensitive as Yu Fang's control.
The man scanned it with his spiritual sense for a moment and then quietly took it back. He thought he was doing it very covertly, but he didn't know that the other party was already wary, waiting to see what other tricks this man could pull off? This is the Beijing Library, not a deserted place.
In the wild, it is impossible to steal openly. Are you planning to steal or cheat?
The man made a move and quietly stood up and walked out of the reading room. He walked around outside and pretended to have just walked in. He "accidentally" passed by You Fang, as if he accidentally lowered his head and saw the hand in his hand.
Jade let out a soft sigh and said in a low voice: "Brother, your brand is pretty good. It should be an old item, and it's classy!"
There is indeed a ghost in him, otherwise he would have just walked over, so why bother pretending that he just came in and saw it by chance? There must be a ghost when something is abnormal, and his feeling was right. You Fang secretly sneered, but on the surface he looked "silly" while looking at Yu
While flipping through the documents, he frowned and thought. After hearing what the man said, he raised his head in surprise and replied: "Yes, it is an old jade. I got it from Panjiayuan. I want to see what words are engraved on it."
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The man smiled slightly: "This is a talisman, the character for "實" in "寓头". If you don't believe me, check it out." Since they were in the reading room of the library, the two of them spoke in a low voice, keeping their voices low and mysterious.
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He is a man in his early thirties. He wears resin rimless glasses and looks gentle. He speaks softly and looks like a harmless and frail scholar. But in front of You Fang, a "old man in the world"
, the details are revealed as soon as you open your mouth. To explain a word in spoken language, you usually use common words that everyone can understand. "Lantou" is a Feng Shui term but it is definitely not an everyday term. Normally, it should be said "mountain."
It’s easier to understand if it’s “luan”.
Oh? This person knows Feng Shui, and he should be an expert. His speaking habits unconsciously bring out the terminology! Since the other party understands, You Fang simply pretends not to understand, so that the other party can weaken his guard and not have to hide too much. He winked.
Asked: "Steamed buns?"
Sure enough, the man smiled again. His expression seemed to be relieved. He stretched out his hand and wrote on the table and said: "It's the word "審" for mountain. This jade sign of yours is very particular. It's not an ordinary object. It's a Feng Shui sign."
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"Are Feng Shui cards valuable?" You Fang asked back, which is a question that almost every collector of folk antiques is concerned about.
The man shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with whether it is worth money or not. Its uses are different. Ancient jade tablets are used to ward off evil spirits, pray for blessings, give gifts to express feelings, and engrave memories. The purpose of this jade tablet is related to Feng Shui.
Such a piece of old jade can be worth thousands of dollars in Panjiayuan. If you are lucky, you might be able to sell it for one or twenty thousand dollars."
You Fang looked very happy: "I spent five thousand yuan to buy it, but I didn't want to do anything about it. It would be good to wear it to ward off evil spirits."
The man quickly tried to dissuade him: "Brother, you don't understand the importance of Feng Shui. You can't hang this kind of thing around your neck. Let me pay you 20,000 yuan and you can sell it to me. I study this and am very interested in it."
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You Fang tightened his grip on the jade token and put it back into his pocket, shaking his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I won't sell it, please do what you want."
What you paid for 5,000 yuan will change hands for 20,000 yuan. Why does the traveler have this attitude? This actually reflects the typical mentality of many ordinary people who engage in antiques. They always want to pick up things in other people's hands and take advantage of them.
I always worry that the things in my hand will be picked up by others and taken advantage of. If this unsigned jade plaque of unknown origin is placed in the antique market, a knowledgeable person will pay 20,000 yuan, which is already high. But amateur collectors hear that others are willing to pay.
The high price brings with it an unconscious suspicion - is this thing more valuable, or even priceless? He discovered it but I don't know?
You Fang has seen many people like this. For example, a small employee of a certain agency handed down a jar of lard from his ancestors, and took it to identify it as Qianlong pastel porcelain. It was genuine, but it was worth at most one hundred thousand. Get Pan
He went to Jiayuan to try his luck, and there were quite a few shops that were willing to take over, but he could only bid 50,000 or 60,000 yuan at most. He hesitated for a while. Later, he met a collector who really loved pastel porcelain and offered a real price of 100,000 yuan.
The clerk became suspicious and immediately stated that he would not sell it for less than one million.
After returning home, this clerk began to look up books and information, becoming a "self-taught" "expert". It is said that the international auction price of Qianlong pastel porcelain is as high as tens of millions, so his lard tank must be
They are also extremely valuable. Of course, those who offer "low prices" want to take advantage. Little do they know that the appearance and collection value of the same type of artifacts from the same era are very different, and they cannot be compared so simply. But the clerk didn't think so.
, I didn’t understand, but I only compared it with the most valuable objects. Of course, the things in my hands became tighter and tighter.
You Fang's expression perfectly imitated this mentality, and he refused to buy it at a high price. The man smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, it seems that you really don't understand the details of this thing. This is not the place to talk. Let's go out and talk, okay?"
You Fang firmly refused and said: "No, I know my stuff. I really don't sell this brand."
That person also saw You Fang's "mentality", and understood that it would be useless to offer a higher price on the spot, but would only increase the other party's expectations. According to common sense, You Fang rejected his asking price, and the next step must be to check the information or
Find an expert to identify it and find out what is special about this jade plaque. Only if you can prove that it is special can you feel at ease. So he smiled slightly and said: "I am just interested in Feng Shui, and this thing is related to Feng Shui. If you have
If you are interested in research, you might as well give me a call and we can chat together. It doesn’t matter whether we sell it or not.”
While he was talking, he took out a business card and put it on the table. You Fangzi picked up the business card and took a look at it. He asked with some confusion: "Hu Xuyuan, International Feng Shui Research Council - what kind of organization is this?"
"This is an international Feng Shui and environmental research institute. My office is in Beijing's Badachu. It says so on my business card. If you want to come, you'd better call me in advance and ask if I'm here." The man who called himself Hu Xuyuan left a message.
With the next sentence, he turned around and left the reading room very coolly, pretending not to care.
Hu Xuyuan's trick of setting the threshold by Jianghu magicians is not very clever in the eyes of You Fang, but it is quite satisfactory. He is taking advantage of the curiosity, paranoia and greed of most private collectors. If You Fang hopes, or is influenced by his inner feelings,
Driven by expectations, he insists that there is something special about the jade plaque in his hand, and he will definitely find a way to find out. If he has no clue, he will eventually go to Hu Xuyuan, or at least try to find out.
You Fang looked at this business card and wanted to laugh in his heart, but he tried his best to hold it back. I remember that my cousin Mo Yan once approached another cousin Liu Yin and wanted to get a "International Advanced Human Settlements Environment" certificate issued by UNESCO.
Appraiser's certificate, they at least forged the United Nations seal and a decent foreign language certificate, but Hu Xuyuan spent dozens of dollars to print the words "International Feng Shui Research Council" on his business card and he was all set.
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Will You Fang go find him? Of course not! Knowing that the other party has a background in mastering spiritual senses and setting a trap, of course he will not take the initiative to get in. He has no interest in dealing with him, let alone being smart enough to do it secretly.
Test this person's background. This is the biggest difference between a truly experienced "old Jianghu" and a novice who is just learning. His first reaction is to quietly shake off this person's entanglement and try not to get involved.
Badachu is a scenic spot on the outskirts of the city. It is not comparable to the National Library. You can set up any kind of ambush and use various methods. If the tourists really go to find it, it is not "a man of skill is bold", but
"Stupid people learn skills in vain". It seems that this jade tablet is really good, but no matter what it is, at least you will not lose anything if you keep it in your hands. You can study it slowly in the future, so why take the risk of biting the bait on the hook?
Woolen cloth?
You Fang is not worried about an ambush at Badachuang. He won't go anyway. He is thinking about another thing. If Hu Xuyuan has targeted him and really wants to do something evil, he won't really leave, but should stay there.
Outside the library, it doesn't matter where you have the opportunity to start, maybe you have to wait until the Eighth Office?
As for whether this is the case, it can be confirmed by going out, and You Fang should leave quickly, otherwise the other party will use this time to call more and more powerful accomplices, which will be difficult to deal with. Without hesitation, he stood up and returned the documents