"Master said that Madam Jade will definitely do it; he said that as long as I can see Madam Jade, this thing will be available."
"Old liar? He never tells the truth, humph! Although Shenshixuan is not a big sect, we also have our own rules: The first one is that those who make jade must have a heart of jade and not be deceived by fake jade.
World people? The fourth rule is that when carving jade, you must first establish the jade, and do not do things in the dark room to deceive the heart. Zhu Tong, the reason why our Shenshixuan has survived for thousands of years is to respect jade as a god with the heart of the jade mirror.
You may suffer losses for a while, and you may do inappropriate things, but no matter how the world changes, Shenshixuan will not follow the trend."
Mrs. Yu spoke righteously, and Zhu Tongcai realized that the old liar did not understand Shen Shixuan or Mrs. Yu at all.
But there seems to be loopholes in this rule.
Zhu Tong's mind turned quickly and he immediately said: "I didn't ask you to make fake jade. I wish it were real jade."
"Real jade? You want to use it to deceive people."
"Senior is wrong to say that." Zhu Tong passed a piece of jade in front of his feet and compared it with Madam Yu's jade cup: "What does Shenshixuan rely on? It's just carved jade. But how many differences can you tell between them? Which one
How noble are they? They are just stones. It’s just that jade makers impose their beliefs on the world. Who knows how much these stones are worth? There is a saying that gold is an antique in troubled times. It can be seen that jade was originally a
It’s worthless. Can you tell me that jade dealers are not cheating when they sell jade at sky-high prices?”
"Whatever you say." Compared to the nonsense, Mrs. Yu was no match for the little liar, and she sat there angrily and said nothing.
If any sect wants to survive, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, it must have a spiritual carrier, which is the core of maintaining the orthodoxy of people's hearts.
The carrier of orchids is the orchid faith of mutual help and love. The spirit of Shen Shixuan is the spirit of upright jade. It may be really difficult to let them fake it for themselves.
"Senior, I really didn't want you to lie. What I need is indeed real ancient jade." Zhu Tong immediately changed the description method and took out a few hazy poems written by the old liar: "I know you are in trouble, but I
We don’t need much, just three jade seals with these lines of poetry engraved on them to make them look like ancient seals.”
"That's still a lie. Ancient jades are all spiritual, and the people who carve them put all their efforts into them..."
Mrs. Jade still refused to agree, but instead instilled the essence of jade culture into Zhu Tong seriously.
In this way, the little liar drank wine and received training for more than an hour, and the gains were certainly not small; however, what he needs now is not the knowledge imparted by the masters of Shenshixuan, but the Jade Seal.
"My master said that with this jade fan pendant, I can ask you to do anything." Zhu Tong waited for Mrs. Yu to get tired and pointed to the fan pendant.
Due to its suitable climate and few disasters, the Nanyang Basin has always been the granary of the Central Plains. It has suffered less disasters in history and its folk customs are relatively mellow. Mrs. Yu saw that Zhu Tong was serious about drinking and listened attentively, thinking that she had convinced him
When I saw the morning glory fan pendant, I realized that Zhu Tong had not given up yet, with an angry look on his face.
"What do you want? It's impossible for us to lie and deceive people for you."
"Senior, I misunderstood;" Zhu Tong was afraid of being disconnected, so he hurriedly poured him a glass of wine.
"Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading. Only now do I know that Shenshixuan has such a profound cultural foundation. Senior, I want to know why Shenshixuan withdrew from the eight sects of Jianghu? What happened at that Jianghu reception?
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Mrs. Yu didn't expect that Zhu Tong would make such a request. Her expression softened and she turned around and shouted: "It's getting late. I'll take the guests out for a walk. You open the door for business."
"Okay, don't worry, boss." Shi Chen walked down from upstairs, opened the door to let them out, and kicked Zhu Tong secretly, not knowing what it meant.
Another busy day began at Shifo Temple. The air was filled with the smell of stone powder. The noise of machines came from every shop on the street. The businessmen were sweeping the open space in front of the door with a broom and then sprinkling water.
People kept saying hello to Mrs. Yu, and then Zhu Tong realized that his surname was Shi, and everyone called him Boss Shi.
A boss called Mrs. Yu into his shop and took out a piece of jade for him to taste.
"Good jade, carved jade Guanyin, can be sold for this amount." Mrs. Yu held out two fingers.
"Boss Liu is too conservative. The Jade Guanyin is worthless now. I want to carve a mythical animal to ward off evil spirits, at least for this amount. A boss has decided that he will hang it in the car; he drives a Mercedes-Benz, a good car. Boss Shi
Please help me with the details. It will save more materials to cut from there. I also want to make some small pendants to earn some drinking money." The other party held out five fingers.
"It's good. It's good at warding off evil spirits and saving materials."
Mrs. Yu walked out of the shop, went to the street corner and lowered her head and said "poof": "Some people dare to do anything for money, and they don't even intend to lose face."
"It's quite good. It has a good idea of warding off evil spirits and is quite popular."
"You are a layman and don't understand. Jade to ward off evil spirits is a ghost weapon, meant for the dead. He is an expert, and it is very unethical to do so."
"It is indeed immoral to hang a ghost weapon in a Mercedes-Benz, and it may not necessarily lead to a faster death; not many people pay attention to this jade culture nowadays, and even fewer people understand it. You are not worth being angry about."
Zhu Tong persuaded Madam Jade, walked two streets, and roughly estimated that Madam Jade was hiding her own abilities. In the huge jade market of the Jade Buddha Temple, Shenshixuan did not have a big situation at all.
On the street, trucks often drive by, pulling huge stones.
Mrs. Yu would sometimes stop a car, get in it, look through it, and knock on it.
Every time at this time, the bosses and clerks from the nearby shops would gather around the car, and the owner of the goods escorting the car also looked proud, as if it was a great honor for the jade material to be seen by the old man.
"Haha, the boys did a good job. The Sun family on Dongjie just got a load of materials back from Brazil yesterday. I am getting more and more relieved. Sooner or later, you bastards will bring back all the white stones in the world to play with."
The old man patted the cargo owner on the shoulder: "I want this truck material. Unload it at the door for me. Let's talk about the price later."
"Okay." The owner went happily.
Turning out of the town, we walked onto the dirt road leading to Liujiaying; there were fewer pedestrians, and Mrs. Yu changed her expression.
"Nowadays, good jade materials are getting harder and harder to find. Those guys started looking for jade from outside. This car was obtained from Lao Er. It's good, although it's not as good as Kunlun jade, it's pretty good. It's good.
Make something."
"Old Russia?"
"In Russia, our Stone Buddha Temple has people who are looking for jade all over the West and East Asia. Now the transportation is convenient, planes and trains are available everywhere, and it only takes a few days to reach the end of the world. Our predecessors only complained at that time, and with that
Traveling around the world with two legs, it takes several years to go out and look for jade. Some people go out for more than ten years and come back, but still find nothing."
"Shenshixuan withdrew from Jianghu Dao for this reason; that time, the jade hunters of Shenshixuan found a piece of jade in southern Xinjiang and transported it with the help of Sipinhonghuo's boat. Sipinhonghuo actually withheld the piece of jade,
They asked our senior Jade Girl to carve a statue of the God of Fire for them. Based on their deeds, they deserved it! Dao Zong didn’t understand the reason, but the Golden Buddha knew it, but he also spoke for them. At that time, the Red Fire had a large number of people and controlled the world.
Caobang; but how can Shen Shixuan accept their idleness?"
"The jade knife breaks the yin and yang cards, and the ice breaks the bodhi beads. What does this mean?"
Zhu Tong flattered Mrs. Yu and read out the verses that the old liar told him before leaving. It is said that these two sentences describe the Jianghu reception and have been circulated in the Jianghu for hundreds of years, but only few people believe it.
The Yin-Yang Pagoda Jade Bodhi Beads are two sacred artifacts. It is said that the Yin-Yang Pagoda of the Taoist Sect leader was cut off by a jade knife at that time, and the Bodhi Bead of the Golden Buddha Master was also frozen and shattered by the Jade Girl's magical power.
"These two sentences are too exaggerated. Shenshixuan's jade-carving sword is not that powerful. Yunu just used the jade-condensing ice skill to teach them a lesson. Shenshixuan will not do bad things with artifacts."
Mrs. Jade had her hands folded in her sleeves and walked with a frivolous step. She looked like an old man from the countryside: "Jade ladies can't see that the rivers and lakes are getting degenerate day by day. In order to fight for power and gain, they are fighting among themselves endlessly; especially the fourth grade of prosperity, under the guise of the power of the government.
The fox pretends to be the tiger's power, and it seems that he has trampled all the eight sects in the rivers and lakes under his feet. Shen Shixuan is not ashamed to associate with such a sect, so he withdraws from the rivers and lakes."
Zhu Tong didn't know the background of that period of history at all. Thinking about it, it was the most glorious period of the Fourth Grade Honghuo. During the cold weapon period, being in charge of the Caogang, with many people and a large territory, was really majestic.
"Senior Jade Girl is really a hero among women. She has seen others and dares to take risks. The current world of rivers and lakes is not much better. Shen Shixuan would do well to withdraw."
Zhu Tong raised his fingers to praise, and the wrinkles on the old man's face blossomed into a smile. Zhu Tong walked into Liujiaying and opened the door of a small courtyard. There was a simple small building in the courtyard, the kind commonly seen in the countryside of southern Henan.
Such small buildings can be seen everywhere in Liujiaying. People in the village are engaged in jade business, and wealthy families build more luxurious high-rise buildings. The small building in Mrs. Yu’s house is very ordinary, except for the larger yard.
The yard is no different from an ordinary farmhouse, except that there are no chickens, ducks, or poultry. There is a pigeon coop on the roof, and a winding path is made of blue bricks on the ground, making it look neater.
There is a pomegranate tree in front of the west window, more than ten green bamboos on the east side, and a huge grape trellis in the middle of the yard; this must be a good place to enjoy the cool air on summer and autumn nights.
"Old lady, we have a guest. Make tea quickly."
"Whose young master can make the old lady so happy?"
A middle-aged lady was welcomed into the room. Although she was wearing ordinary clothes, her facial skin was as beautiful as jade. It was obvious that she must have been a beauty when she was young. Zhu Tong couldn't believe that there was such a person in such a remote place.
A magical person.
"This is Young Master Zhu, the one our mistress talked about when she came back last time."
"A lone wolf with a thousand faces, Zhu Tong? This time, they are using your token of love to collect debts."
Mrs. Yu spoke sourly, which made Zhu Tong laugh in his heart. The mutton-fat jade fan pendant was probably given to the old liar by the woman in front of him.
"You're talking nonsense again. I haven't been out of this courtyard for more than 20 years, and you still say that? You're not afraid of Mr. Zhu's jokes."
Mrs. Yu chuckled, handed the fan pendant over, and said in a low voice: "Joking is harmless, does the old lady deserve to be angry?"
The woman then turned around and said, pushing Mrs. Yu away and looking up and down at Zhu Tong: "Sure enough, he is such a talented person. Damn it, who gave his child such an unpleasant name?"
The one who poured the tea was Mrs. Yu.
The woman took Zhu Tong and sat down under the grape trellis, holding the jade fan pendant tightly in her hands. These hands were crystal white, like suet and soft jade.
Ten minutes later, Zhu Tong realized that it turned out that the head of Shenshixuan was also a woman. The woman was the contemporary Jade Girl, the real head of Shenshixuan.
Mrs. Jade is just the husband of the beautiful girl in the eyes of ordinary people, who is just a facade outsider.
"How are you, Mr. Lan?"
It took the little liar a long time to realize what Jade Girl asked. The so-called Young Master Lan was his master.
The old liar must have had a relationship with Jade Girl. Maybe, he has a good chance of being called Mrs. Jade.
From the position where Zhu Tong is doing it, you can see the words hanging in the main room: Slim hands are icy, and the jade is beautiful; the clear water of the Zhao River is rippled, and the flying swans are tapping lightly; so pay attention to the stone pendant, which is always held by the lover.
That is exactly the handiwork of the old liar. The fact that this inscription can hang here for decades proves that Mrs. Jade's status in the family is not that high.
Suet-fat jade fan pendant, carved with a morning glory.