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Wang Guan dared not forget it. Even if he forgot it, Mr. Zhou and others would definitely remind and supervise it.

"What's the meaning?"

However, Mr. Xu didn't understand the code, or he understood it a little, so he wanted to ask clearly.

"It's not interesting, keep reading."

At the same time, Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "The ancient pictures of the Wanli period were rich in pictures and texts, and were printed very clearly. The most important thing is that there is no insect-eatening and wrinkling on the page, which can be called a rare book."

"It was a rare book."

Seeing that Mr. Zhou and others didn't want to say more, Mr. Xu didn't ask more, but smiled and said, "However, I never pursue rare books, rare books, complete books, and I am willing to collect them as long as they are ancient books. These ancient books that have been passed down for thousands of years are very precious. Unlike the current books that can be printed in batches and published unlimitedly. For these ancient books with one less, economic value is only secondary. Protecting them is the key."

“Very right.”

For a moment, everyone agreed and agreed very much. The reason why Chinese civilization has been passed down for thousands of years has not been interrupted is because everyone values ​​history and books and riches, so that the essence of national thought and culture can be passed down. It can be said that ancient books are the treasure house of Chinese culture, and every ancient book is worthy of careful study.

Some people collect books to show off and show that they have rich knowledge; some people collect books to be simply interested in so that they can read them from time to time and draw more knowledge from them; some people collect books to protect and inherit culture. This is a kind of progressive thing, and some things should always be done, otherwise, the traditional culture of the Chinese nation would have been cut off long ago.

After reading the ancient pictures, Mr. Xu took out a set of ancient books of the general category, telling historical stories. In addition, there are Zhaoming's Selection of Wen, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc., whether it is orthodox literature or popular reading materials. He has collections. After all, popular reading materials from ancient times can be called works by famous artists.

The most typical example is naturally the four great classics. These works were still classified as the likes of the ** at that time, but everyone knows that human nature is, the more forbidden things, the faster they spread. After hundreds of years of precipitation, they naturally accumulate a lot of popularity, so that many people now make a living by relying on these books.

Of course, in Mr. Xu's collection, not only these precious ancient books, but also some black tigers.

As mentioned before, the so-called black tiger is commonly known as ink rubbings in the ink rubbings. It is mainly because there are many counterfeit techniques for the stele rubbings, and it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity, and it is difficult to prevent it. If you are negligent, you will be deceived. It seems that you have been bitten by a tiger. However, the ink rubbings collected by Mr. Xu are somewhat strange, not just in the ink rubbings, but in some strange patterns.

"It's strange, what's this?"

At this time, Mr. Zhou picked up a page of ink rubbing, studied it carefully for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, and frowned slightly and said, "The paper color of this paper is like topaz and the texture is like child's skin. It should be the gold foil paper commonly used by the powerful and wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the ink rubbing is like a cicada wing, and it should undoubtedly be the cicada wing. The question is, what is the one that is the one?"

"Brother Zhou, there are times when you can't understand it." Old Xu smiled, feeling a little proud.

"If you don't understand, you won't understand." Mr. Zhou said frankly: "The world's knowledge is as brilliant as stars. We ordinary people are old and can understand a small part of it. How can we dare to say that we are all about heaven and earth and know everything."

"Too."

Mr. Xu nodded in agreement, but he did not rush to reveal the answer, but let others watch and guess.

Wang Guan and others were naturally quite curious and looked around. They saw that the mottled hair was black, and then some mottled traces formed. At first glance, they saw that these traces were messy, but after careful study, they felt that there were any rules.

After studying for a while, everyone felt it was very inexplicable and shook their heads to say that they didn't know what this thing was.

"Brother Xu, don't keep it in hiding."

At the right time, Mr. Zhou urged: "Tell me, what kind of rubbing is this? It should not be simple to rub it with such precious gold foil."

"Well, I feel that way, too." Mr. Xu agreed: "So I took it."

“Huh?”

For a moment, Mr. Zhou thoughtfully said: "I don't seem to know what you meant."

"Haha, you're right."

At this time, Mr. Xu was embarrassed to laugh and said, "You big experts can't understand. How can I understand? I just recognize that this paper is gold foil paper in the Ming Dynasty, so I bought it."

“Hey…”

For a moment, Mr. Zhou and others shook their heads one after another.

"If it were you, you would be like this."

Mr. Xu said: "The buyer didn't know that this was gold foil, and he didn't know what was being painted, so he gave it to me at a very low price. Putting aside the others, the money from this paper is enough for me to make it back."

"No wonder..."

Everyone suddenly realized that they had picked up a bargain. Ancient paper had great room for appreciation, not to mention the very precious paper used in the Ming Dynasty, which was the royal tribute paper, and its value was definitely not low. No matter what the paint was, the paper itself was valuable enough. Of course, if the painted things were rare enough, the price would definitely increase several times.

"Speaking of this, I seem to have seen these rubbings somewhere."

As the saying goes, there are many people and great power. After studying for a while, an expert hesitated: "In the information of the Forbidden City, there seems to be something like this."

"Really?" Old Xu's eyes lit up, and he didn't doubt it. After all, there are so many classics in the Forbidden City, and it is not surprising that there are similar things.

"It should be." The man said uncertainly: "You also know that something like this inexplicable and unspecified classification can easily be stored in the corner without finding the results. I was also tidying up, but I saw it occasionally, but didn't take it to my heart."

"Since that's the case, when you go back, look around again." Old Zhou said casually: "If there is a result, I'll tell you again."

"good……"

Mr. Xu nodded slightly, and understood Mr. Zhou and others quite well. After all, there are too many things in the Forbidden City, and each expert's research is inconsistent, so it is normal to not know the situation.

"actually……"

At the same time, Wang Guan hesitated: "Don't you think this seems to be the texture of a tortoise shell?"

"Tortoise shell texture?"

For a moment, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they looked at each other again.

After a moment, Mr. Zhou immediately shook his head and said, "No, the texture of the tortoise shell is piece by piece, in regular corners, and these are lines and some inexplicable small dots, which are completely different from the texture of the tortoise shell."

"Old Zhou, I must be a little sure if I dare to say this."

At this moment, Wang Guan took a few pages of rubbings, spread them out and placed them, and then signaled: "In my opinion, these rubbings are only part of them. They should be rubbings on a large piece of tortoise shell and then divided into pages of paper."

After Wang Guan put a few pages of paper, two or three of them were connected together, and a contour appeared, and the outline of a tortoise shell piece naturally confirmed that he did not lie. Mo Tuo may really be a tortoise shell.

"Huh."

After taking a look, Mr. Zhou and others were naturally even more surprised. Because from the outline, the tortoise shell printed in the rubbing was really not small, and a piece of armor alone was as big as a plate. From this, it can be inferred that the entire tortoise shell was surprisingly large. The most important thing is that since it can be confirmed that the thing is a tortoise shell, the lines and small dots on the tortoise shell should be carved later...

"Hetu Luoshu?"

Thinking of this, Mr. Xu blurted out. For a moment, others also agreed with it. There was no way. After all, in the impression of the Chinese, the pictures and texts were carved on the tortoise shell, either the oracle bone inscriptions or the famous River Tu Luoshu.

What is Luotuluo Book? It is a mystery that China has been studying for thousands of years but has not been able to completely decipher.

"The Book of Changes" says: "The map comes out of the river, the book comes out of Luo, and the sages come out of it."

Scholars usually interpret these sentences as: In ancient times, the Yellow River appeared with figures on its back, and the Luoshui appeared with figures on its back. Fuxi drew the Eight Trigrams based on the figures on its dragon horse; Dayu set the nine categories based on the figures on its divine turtle, which is the nine categories of ** that govern the world, including the methods of water control.

According to legend, long before the Luoshui divine turtle appeared, when Dayu's father Gun was ordered to control the flood, a group of turtles kept calling and dragging them past, leaving traces on the ground. It was based on such traces that Gun thought of a way to build a dike to prevent water. Although Gun failed to control the flood because it was better to block the flood than to drain it, the turtle made great contributions to controlling the flood.

There are also myths and legends. During the ancient flood, humans were flooded by floods, and only two brothers and sisters were left in the world. It was the giant turtle that saved them, so that humans could reproduce.

In short, the Hetu Luoshu is the source of Chinese mysticism.

Moreover, the ancients have always believed that the mystery of heaven and earth is contained in the tortoise shell. In the earliest documents about turtles, the upper cover of the tortoise shell is compared to the sky and the lower cover to the earth, and the tortoise shell is regarded as the miniature of the heaven and earth.

The turtle is a magical object that responds to the sky, so it has a spirit. The turtle's back has a texture. The ancients believed that this texture was given by heaven's will and contained mysterious content. Only saints can understand the secrets.

This is what is called the so-called will of heaven will droop and the divine turtle will produce a picture of the picture. This is why among the four spirits that Lao Lao has told him, only the turtle is the only real thing. In addition, the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Kirin and others are all imagined creatures.

A thousand-year-old turtle and a thousand-year-old turtle can live like this for a long time, and the turtle will naturally become a symbol of longevity. However, because Confucius said, "Old but not die is a thief," and it was extended that the turtle became a swear word.

"Young people are smart and quick enough."

At the same time, Mr. Zhou glanced at Wang Guan with a look of praise.

"That's right, young people's brains are still fast." Old Xu sighed. The thing has been in his hands for several years, but he didn't see any clues. He just looked at it and made a judgment...
Chapter completed!