Jin Yutong

Chapter 384 Dunhuang Suicide Note

"Aunt Liu, don't worry, drink your saliva before talking..."

While persuading the old lady, Wang Liang passed the water to the old lady. He also knew that if he didn't explain the matter clearly first, the old lady would not be able to drink the water, so he passed the water to the old lady. Ma'am, he quickly told Chen Ran about the matter.

It turned out that he brought the old lady to ask Chen Ran to look at something. The old lady was not from Wang Liang's village, but from Xiaoluzhuang, a nearby village. Wang Liang's grandmother's house belonged to this village. It seems that they are related.

The old lady's father-in-law is also a well-known cultural person in their area. He went to college during the Republic of China, but at that time the army was in chaos, and he returned to his hometown to open a private school before he finished school. In addition to being literate, people usually write and draw. In the nearby villages, couplets and the like are pasted on New Year’s Day. All of them were quarreled by the Red Guards.

The old lady's man also has a unique skill, that is, the barber, the kind of barber who haunts various villages. Of course, this is no longer popular now. As he gets older, the old lady and the man will stop doing this long ago. The children in the family There are quite a lot, there are five or six, but they have already married, so there is nothing to worry about. The daughter is married to another place, and she only comes back once during the holidays. Of the remaining five sons, three are in Working in other places, I have not been back for several years, and the two sons who stayed at home are not very promising, just farming and herding sheep... This matter starts from a few days ago. The wife’s house is an old house that has been lived in for decades. When it rained heavily, the house leaked. The old lady and the man moved a ladder and climbed to the roof of the tile-roofed house to repair the house. As a result, when the house was being repaired, the house It collapsed all of a sudden, and the old lady's man fell from the roof. The old houses used to have girders. When they fell, the girders crushed their legs. , over there hurriedly called Father Wang over. After Father Wang rushed over and gave the old lady and man emergency treatment, he quickly sent someone to the village. After the emergency treatment in the village, he was sent to the county hospital... …The old lady’s family doesn’t have much money left. The hospital expenses in the village and county are paid by Wang’s father. The Wang family is not short of this money now, but after all, they can’t let the Wang family pay all the money, let alone the hospital expenses. And medical expenses, that is, the living expenses of being hospitalized in the county, the old lady's family can't afford it. It's only two days, and it has cost tens of thousands of dollars. The old lady can only count on a few children , but after contacting the three sons who worked in other places, none of them came back, so they asked the juniors to visit, some took out 200 yuan, and some didn't take a penny. They stayed in the hospital to take care of them, but they pushed and shoved when they wanted to pay, and they refused to pay a penny. This accident caused the whole family to fall into misery.

Wang Liang’s family, whether it’s Wang’s father or Wang Liang, are loyal and good people. When something happened to the old lady’s house, Wang’s father would go to the hospital to help every now and then. The old lady's house repaired and repaired the house first, and there was a lot of work in the field.

But when tidying up the collapsed house, a small box was found on the girder of the house. The box looked quite simple, and it also had a small lock. The small lock was broken, and it was thrown open once Yes, there is a scroll of calligraphy and painting inside. This is the busy time of farming. Originally, Wang Liang was planning to come back a week later. After this happened, he brought the old lady here first, so that Chen Ran could help to read it. Seeing whether this painting is worth money or not... Hearing that it was a scroll painting, Chen Ran's heart moved. Didn't he just want to buy a pair of ancient calligraphy and painting for Ma Zhiyuan?I just don't know if the old lady's pair is suitable or not.

"Auntie, can I take a look?" If someone else said this to Chen Ran, Chen Ran would naturally be noncommittal, but now it is Wang Liang who said it. Obviously, Wang Liang would not make up stories to fool him. Needless to say, the calligraphy and paintings are authentic works, it just depends on who made them.

The old lady glanced at Wang Liang, saw Wang Liang's head, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the bag she was carrying.

"It's not very convenient here, let's go and have a look in the car." Chen Ran took a look, and there was a black box in the baggage. He didn't open it on the spot, but brought Wang Liang and the old lady into the car.

After getting into the car, Chen Ran carefully took over the black box. The black box is not a good material, it has been corroded and rough, and a few pieces have fallen off where the lock was pressed.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ran was somewhat disappointed. If it was expensive calligraphy and painting, he would never be kept in such a box. After opening the box, it was a red silk, and when he opened the silk, he saw Arrived a scroll.

This pair of scrolls used a dark green jade pendant as a button to close the scrolls together, and this jade pendant made Chen Ran's eyes shine.

The jade pendant was obviously carved out of Dushan Jade in the southern capital, and the carving material was not bad. Even from Chen Ran's point of view, the carving was very good.

"Dunhuang?"

After opening the scroll, what appeared in front of him was a pair of calligraphy and painting about two meters long. Chen Ran looked at the inscription first. The inscription was the word Dunhuang, and a rectangular seal was engraved next to Dunhuang.

"How is it, Chen Ran?" Wang Liang, who was sitting on the side helping Chen Ran to support the calligraphy and painting, couldn't help asking when he saw Chen Ran frown.

The old lady also looked at Chen Ran nervously. This calligraphy and painting was already the hope of her family. If it was not worth the money, she would not know how to live in the future.

"Look at it first."

This pair of calligraphy and painting, to be precise, should be a scripture, italic script, beautiful handwriting, but not lacking in strength, the writing paper is like a brown color, thick in texture, good in toughness, and smooth to the touch.

Seeing that it is a scripture, and adding the word Dunhuang, the origin of this calligraphy and painting can be seen immediately. Chen Ran did not expect to see the remains of Dunhuang here.

Many people must have heard the story of Tang people writing scriptures and Taoist priests selling scriptures. The monks of Mogao Grottoes hid the scriptures and pictures collected in the past dynasties in a cave room, and built mud walls to seal them off. Buried for nearly a thousand years.At the beginning of the last century, the mud wall was broken down, and the sudden appearance of tens of thousands of scriptures shocked foreigners.Since then, the so-called "explorers" from Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Japan and other countries have come here to steal treasures... The story of the Tang people writing scriptures has also become famous.

After the sensation of Tang people writing scriptures, the story of Taoist Wang selling scriptures was introduced, which caused an uproar in China, and Taoist Wang became a sinner in history. However, there are also objective sayings that the responsibility should not be attributed to individuals, but It is a mockery of history to the whole of China. Specifically, this cave was discovered by Wang Daoren. After discovering the hidden scriptures in the cave, Wang Daoren also made great efforts at first. In the two volumes of scriptures, the purpose of Wang Daoren is very clear that he hopes to attract attention, but in the end, neither the county magistrate nor the later Xinzhi County paid attention to it. The two county magistrates failed. Sleeping in the open, alone, risking being robbed by wolves and bandits, he traveled [-] miles on foot, and found the Daotai at that time. good calligraphy.

Later, Wang Daoren found many people separately, and even boldly wrote a "superstitious" letter to Lafayette, but they were not taken seriously. Later, when Stein came to China, Wang Daoren was moved by his spirit, and for various reasons In desperation, he sold it to Stein. Stein bought the suicide note twice, including more than 1 pieces of cultural relics. After buying it, he announced it to the world. It involved records in various aspects such as medical books. After the scriptures became famous, the officials of the current dynasty paid more attention to them, but instead of protecting them, they robbed them. After the robbing, they sold them one after another. In a few years, the British, The French, Japanese, Russians, and Americans all took away a lot of Chinese culture with a small amount of silver dollars.

Chen Ran did not expect that there are still Dunhuang posthumous books circulating outside. You must know that there are a total of 1 volumes of scriptures written by the Tang people, and more than [-] volumes were robbed by several countries.

Chen Ran didn't use the energy aperture to identify it, so he could assert that this scripture should be Dunhuang's suicide note. Every volume of Dunhuang's suicide note is of great value. Many lost stunts are involved.

"More than 1000 years ago, there is no doubt that it was the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Ran finally detected it with the energy aperture, and sure enough, the result of his appraisal, this scripture is worthy of the name Dunhuang posthumous writing, this result made him very happy, he wanted to include it in his pocket, Dunhuang posthumous writing The value and charm of calligraphy are incomparable in the collection field, which has gone beyond the scope of calligraphy, but a symbol of spirit.

"Huh? What is this?"

When appraising this scripture with the energy aperture, Chen Ran's energy aperture not only absorbed the aperture of the scripture, but also suddenly made an unexpected discovery.

There is actually something hidden in the scroll of the scriptures... Well, it turned out to be a piece of animal fur?

Is it still a treasure map?

With this discovery, when he looked at the scriptures in his hand, Chen Ran couldn't help being curious...