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Amid the laughter, everyone slowly came to Old Tao's residential community. Then Wang Guan and the driver worked hard to lift the box up, knocked on the door, and then placed it carefully in the hall.

At the same time, Old Tao was very surprised: "Why are you here? You are carrying a box..."

"Teacher, the thing was found."

Putting aside the sale, Qiao Yu was still quite happy and quickly handed the canvas to Mr. Tao.

"What?"

After being stunned, Old Tao immediately said in surprise: "Has he really found it?"

"Teacher, just look at it." Qiao Yu said with a smile: "Not only did he find the picture, but he also obtained a Buddha statue from the Tang Dynasty."

"Buddha statue?" Old Tao carefully spread the canvas and said strangely: "What Buddha statue?"

"That's it."

At this time, Wang Guan also came out like a Buddha statue in the box. Old Tao looked over, his body trembled slightly, and he cried out in a daze: "Isn't this the Buddha of Lushe in Cave No. 17? How could he be here?"

"It was stolen." Qiao Yu was also a little confused: "But then again, when we visited the cave in Tianlong Mountain, the Buddha statue in Grotto No. 17 seemed to be there..."

"It must have been dropped." Wang Guan pondered: "The cave is a imitation, this is the real one."

"Let me see." Old Tao calmed down, walked over quickly, walked directly to the back of the Buddha statue, and then fumbled a little under the back seat of the Buddha statue, and his face changed: "It's true."

"Teacher, are you so sure?" Qiao Yu didn't believe it, but was just a little curious.

"It's not wrong." Old Tao explained: "This Buddha, according to our research, should be from the Wu Zetian period, and the Guangwu inscription is engraved on the base. However, to this day, most of the inscriptions have been weathered, but some broken sentences are still preserved."

"Guangwu Ming?" Qiao Yu was even more puzzled: "What?"

"A flattery article that praises merits and flatters." Wang Guan smiled and said, "At that time, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li, respecting Laozi and Li Er as his ancestor, so he implemented the national policy of respecting Taoism and suppressing Buddha, which made a group of monks extremely dissatisfied. During the Wu Zetian period, some monks felt that the opportunity had come, so they immediately made this article to please Wu Zetian..."

"The content of the article is simple, it just implies that Wu Zetian transformed into Buddha and was replaced by the heroine. To put it bluntly, it is political speculation and a very explicit flattery."

Wang Guan's tone was also a bit sarcastic: "However, the effect is very significant. Wu Zetian had the idea of ​​becoming an emperor. This Guangwu Ming appeared, and it seemed that someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy. Naturally, he was very happy. After officially becoming emperor, he immediately repaid his favor, contrary to the arrangement of the Tao of Emperor Li Tang in Buddhism first, and clearly stipulated that Buddha first and then Taoism should be done."

"Oh." Qiao Yu nodded in a daze.

"It's so crazy."

At this time, Old Tao also understood what was going on, and his body was so angry that he trembled. He said angrily: "These people are so brave, they are completely obsessed with greed. If they do such a thing, aren't they afraid of becoming sinners of the nation?"

"Teacher. You said it yourself. They have fallen into the eyes of money. People die for money, birds die for food, and they are not afraid of losing their heads. Do you care about anything else?" Qiao Yu persuaded: "People are doing, and God is watching. You don't have to be angry with them. In a few days, they will receive the punishment they deserve."

"I'm not angry, but heartache." Old Tao sighed: "In the past, our country was not good, and things were taken away by someone. But now no one robbed them at all, but someone was sending them away..."

"Old Tao, you don't have to be too sad." Wang Guan comforted: "The main reason is that there are too many people in our country. Once there are too many people, there will inevitably be some good and bad things. It is normal for a few dogs who forget their ancestors and are not things to come up with.

"That's right, it's not good to generalize from the side." Qiao Yu quickly agreed.

"well……"

Old Tao sighed long, and the joy of retrieving the lost Tuohua was gone. After a while, he asked, "How did you find the thing? Did your grandfather take action?"

“Yes…not right.”

Qiao Yu's eyes moved and she said angrily: "The thing was retrieved by grandpa, but he wanted to privately detain it for himself. Then Wang Guan decisively sold me and then exchanged it for me. So I'm losing a lot, teacher, you have to compensate me..."

At first, Mr. Tao was naturally a little confused, and only after Qiao Yu's explanation did he fully understand.

"Haha, your grandparents and grandchildren are fighting again." Old Tao smiled, then shook his head and said, "This is a serious matter. Qiao Si is a person with a proper attitude, so he should be just a joke."

"If the goal is achieved, it must be a joke. Otherwise, you wouldn't know his character, and the joke will become true." Qiao Yu said helplessly: "To put it bluntly, he is similar to the ancient feudal masters."

"It's not that exaggerated, Qiao Si is still relatively open-minded." As he said this, Mr. Tao was not very confident. He finally smiled and said, "No matter what, I still have to thank you."

"Teacher, just verbal praise, there is nothing substantial?" Qiao Yu said with a smile.

This was a joke, but Mr. Tao seemed to take it seriously. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Wait, I'll get it."

"Teacher, I'm joking."

Hearing this, Qiao Yu naturally explained quickly.

"I originally wanted to give it to you..." Old Tao smiled and walked straight into the room, and soon came out with a scroll.

"What's this?"

Qiao Yu may not accept this gift, but she is also curious whether the scroll is a character or a painting.

"A painting, a very meaningful painting." Old Tao had some thoughts and said softly: "This is my work from twenty years ago. It has been preserved until now. I will give it to you now."

"Teacher, your painting?"

Qiao Yu became interested and immediately took the scroll over and spread it carefully on the table. The picture was in a vertical shape, and it was a female figure with a high bun, a beautiful face, fluttering clothes, but a bit plump figure. She was wearing very gorgeous clothes, so she naturally had a graceful and luxurious demeanor.

"Teacher, who is this?" Qiao Yu looked at it for a moment and said inexplicably: "It seems to be an ancient person."

At this time, Wang looked at it and said with a smile: "The characters are plump and graceful, and the colors are elegant and magnificent. This should be the style of the paintings of ladies in the Tang Dynasty. The paintings are very realistic, and in terms of the effect of the graphics, they should be a bundle of paintings."

“What is a bunch of painting?”

This was asked by Baye, and she was also very curious.

"Before the Tang and Song dynasties, murals were popular, and painters painted standing. Even when painting on silk cloth, they were often stretched on the frame and stood up paintings, similar to oil paintings today." Wang Guan explained: "The pen angle and the strength of the arm of this kind of standing painting are different from the flat paintings laid on the table, and it is easy to identify."

"That's right." Old Tao smiled and nodded, "Actually, this belongs to the category of murals, but I didn't draw it on the wall, but on paper."

"Teacher, you rarely draw on paper."

At the same time, Qiao Yu was a little surprised and said tactfully: "You said that this painting has been treasured for twenty years, so it must be your beloved thing. Just keep collecting it, what are you giving it to me?"

"Don't think this painting is so precious." Old Tao smiled and said, "You must know that twenty years ago, my painting skills had not reached its peak. The things I drew were barely attracted to the eye, and they were of the second and third level."

"Old Tao, you are modest."

Wang Guan was watching the pictures, but had different opinions: "Your painting was deeply charming the pictures of ladies in the Tang Dynasty, and the elegance in the plump and gracefulness was the unique style of the beauties of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This style full of prosperity, confidence, satisfaction and grandeur is unprecedented and beyond, reflecting the spiritual state of an era."

"Especially the woman in the painting is dressed in gorgeous clothes, and her every move is not as empty, lonely and boring as the usual palace maid's picture, but is full of heroic demeanor as a hero." Wang Guan said with a smile: "In today's words, this is a very confident and independent woman..."

"Of course." Old Tao smiled and said, "How can the first female emperor in history be unconfident?"

"What?"

Wang Guan was stunned and said in shock: "This is a portrait of Wu Zetian."

"Ten Thousands!" Tao Lao Huaisi said: "Twenty years ago, I accepted the invitation from Tianlongshan Grottoes to conduct a survey and maintenance of the grotto murals. At that time, the country's investment in the maintenance of local cultural relics was not as deep as it is now, so the situation of grotto murals is naturally not very good..."

"The first time I saw this painting was on the wall of a grotto. The mural was already broken at that time, and most of the characters' patterns were already very vague. Only this character seemed to be well preserved."

Speaking of this, Mr. Tao sighed lightly: "I was quite famous at that time. I was inevitably a little arrogant and had a little bit of arrogance under the reception of everyone. My tail was completely raised. When discussing the restoration of the murals, I did not listen to other people's advice and insisted on repainting some mineral pigments."

"The effect of the repainting is very significant. The mural has also been completely renewed and has returned to its former gorgeous and beautiful colors. However, after a few months, the mural suddenly cracked naturally and could not be repaired. I could only watch it all shattered."

Mr. Tao shook his head slightly, his face full of bitter smiles: "It turns out that the pigments I used are chemical dyes with more harm, and they will conflict with ancient mineral pigments, so they have caused such disastrous consequences. Seeing that situation, I felt very regretful. After thinking behind closed doors for a month, I found this painting now."

Qiao Yu heard the sound and comforted him naturally: "Teacher, you didn't mean it..."
Chapter completed!