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Chapter 560 The Ins and Outs
As soon as Yu Yao heard what Xiao Zhou said, he nodded at Lao Zhou, and then said to Xiao Zhou with a smile, "I've seen something like this before, it's a hoodwink."

Of course, this is not a lie, it is a comprehensive analysis.Split bronze Buddha statues are generally sitting statues; and this kind of bronze sitting statues, there are many statues of Sakyamuni, which was more common in the Jiajing Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. typical features.

This kind of Buddha statue, which is cast separately from the Buddha body and the lotus seat, is commonly known as "two Buddhas".

If the seated statue is taller than a person, the width will be much wider than that of a person; it is not easy for such a large Buddha statue to survive the special period and be preserved intact.Of course, this is on the premise of authenticity.

Seeing Yu Yao nodding, Old Zhou immediately responded, "You should take a look at such things. But Xiao Zhou, let's be a villain first and then a gentleman. If we don't like it and don't take action, you and your friends will be busy." gone."

"Look at what you said, how can doing business be done overnight? I don't know much about bronze Buddha statues, so I learned from you!" Xiao Zhou was very good at talking.

"Okay, let's go now!"

The young man drove a van to a village.It is said that it is only fifty miles, but after leaving the city, most of the roads to this village are not easy to walk, and it will feel far away due to bumps along the way.

This village is at the foot of a small mountain, and there is a small river in front of the village. Fortunately, the stone bridge on the river is relatively wide, so vans can drive across it.

At the gate of the first courtyard in the west of the village, Xiao Zhou knocked on the door knocker.The person who opened the door was an old man who was almost seventy years old, his front teeth were missing, and his words were a bit leaky: "Reporter Zhou is here?"

"Ah?" Lao Zhou unconsciously uttered the word "reporter".

"Feng Bo, the teacher who came to see the Buddha statue is also surnamed Zhou, and there are friends who came with him." Xiao Zhou responded with a smile, then turned to explain to old Zhou briefly, "I knew Feng Bo when I was a reporter. Yes, I haven't contacted you since then, but we met again in the urban area a few days ago."

"Reporter Zhou is a very good person. At that time, my second boy was working in the city, and the unscrupulous boss defaulted on his wages. She wrote the article and saw it in the newspaper..."

Uncle Feng let them into the yard, chattering.

The yard is not small, and there is a small square table in front of the main room, with peanuts, melon seeds and fruits on it.

"The old lady has gone out, sit down quickly and have a rest first."

"No need for Uncle Feng, let's look at the Buddha statue first!" Xiao Zhou said hastily.

"Yezhong, don't rush away after reading it!" Uncle Feng led them to the backyard.The backyard is not small, but Yu Yao looked around, but did not see the Buddha statue.

Feng Bo came to a stack of corn stalks by the wall in the backyard and pulled them away.

It turned out that the bronze Buddha statue was inside the stack.

"Feng Bo, let's take a look first." Old Zhou said while beckoning Yu Yao to come forward.

Pu Jie couldn't get close behind him, so he happened to ask Uncle Feng, "Uncle Feng, how did this big guy get here?"

"Our village is called Lianhua Village. It turns out that there is a Lotus Temple more than ten miles west of the village. This Buddha statue was originally enshrined in the temple as the main Buddha."

"Ah?" When Pu Jie heard this, it's not bad!How dare you trade in this situation? !It's going to be a big trouble to find out!
Yu Yao and Lao Zhou couldn't help turning their heads together.

Xiao Zhou said quickly, "Listen to Uncle Feng."

Feng Bo went on to say, "The Lotus Temple I'm talking about happened a long time ago. When the Japanese devils were about to attack, my grandfather took a few young people from the village to smuggle this Buddha statue out of the temple and buried it in the In the nest in the back mountain."

"It's really thanks to the fact that it was transported in advance. The Lotus Temple was later bombed. After the Japanese devils were driven away, people from the county came to ask about it, and they dug it up again. The Lotus Temple will not be rebuilt. They are going to take this Buddha to refine copper, saying that they are preparing for military supplies or something."

"At that time, the director of the smelter in the county was my uncle and grandpa. He believed in Buddhism and was afraid of retribution for destroying the Buddha, so he contributed a sum of money himself..."

"Oh. I bought it like this!" Pu Jie nodded.

"It can't be said that I bought it. My uncle and grandpa paid for it and bought a batch of copper. They said it was smelted. They just dealt with it and quietly left this big Buddha statue behind."

Xiao Zhou also interjected, "Uncle Feng, this is considered a purchase!"

Yu Yao knew what she meant by interrupting, if there was a private inheritance in the period of the Republic of China, then it is something that can be traded now.Of course, for Buddha statues, transactions often don't say "buy", but "please". It's just that Xiao Zhou speaks relatively casually in private.

Uncle Feng grinned, and continued, "My uncle and grandpa lived in the city, so I asked my grandfather to transport this Buddha to the village again. This time it was not buried in the back mountain, but in my yard. These things happened When I was born, I was not there, but my father told me later."

"Then it has been buried in your yard?" Pu Jie asked again.

"That's right. I didn't dare to move since then. My uncle and grandpa didn't have any children, so even if they fell into our family. When my father was dying, he told me that this is also our family's ancestral inheritance. I asked when It can be dug out, he said, wait until the time when we peasants don’t pay taxes!”

"Hey!" Pu Jie said, "The agricultural tax has long been exempted."

"It's true, but at that time I didn't know how to deal with it, so I didn't move. Now my second boy is getting married and wants to buy a house in the city. I went to the antique market to inquire about it a few days ago, but I came across It’s Reporter Zhou. I thought that Reporter Zhou is a good person, and she has a lot of experience as a reporter, so why don’t you just consult her, you really found the right person, I didn’t expect that Reporter Zhou would now switch to the antique business!”

Pu Jie looked at Xiao Zhou, "Beauty, have you never found a buyer?"

"It's not easy to find a reliable buyer!" Xiao Zhou responded, "I don't have that much money myself, otherwise I'll take it first."

The so-called reliability, in addition to being affordable, the most important thing is that there are no troubles and no future troubles.When Xiao Zhou met Lao Zhou at this juncture, he immediately felt that he was quite suitable. He was an outsider, but he knew the basics, and he had a wide range of knowledge and connections.

Yu Yao listened and watched, and he could draw a conclusion after listening.

This bronze Buddha statue of Sakyamuni is a masterpiece of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and judging from some remaining traces, it should have been gilded originally.But according to Feng Bo's introduction, at least during the anti-Japanese period, the gilt was gone.

However, apart from the fact that the gilt has worn away and some bumps are inevitable, it is relatively intact on the whole.

This Buddha statue is more than 1.8 meters high. Such a large volume is at least 200 million.Moreover, the upper limit of ancient objects such as Buddha statues is likely to be raised, and when you meet someone who is eager and wealthy, sometimes you don't care about the price.

(End of this chapter)