I'm really the king of leaks

Chapter 83 The Statue of Avalokitesvara and the "Golden Turtle" in the Tang Dynasty

When we arrived at the county seat of Fangshan County.

Zhang Yi's cell phone rang.

"Boss Zhang, is that you?"

"The signal here is always poor. You call, are you coming?"

Wu Cuilian asked on the other end of the phone.

"It's me! I've already arrived in your county seat, and I estimate that it may take until afternoon to arrive in your village."

"Oh! That's really great. Everyone in my village welcomes you, Boss Zhang!"

On the other side, there was a whistling wind.

It is estimated that Wu Cuilian made the phone call while standing on the top of the mountain, and it looked like the wind was very strong.

In the county seat, stopped for a while.

Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen bought a batch of daily necessities and stuffed a trunk full of them.

Then, keep driving.

According to the information obtained by Uncle Chen, this Xiasi Village is actually a group under Zhanga Village, Longwang Township, Fangshan County.Therefore, the navigation can only lead to this Zhangga village.

However, what I didn't expect was that from the county seat of Fangshan County to Zhanga Village, there was still nearly a hundred kilometers to go. Fortunately, this road was all provincial roads, and the road was not bad.

When we arrived at Zhanga Village.

It's already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Uncle Chen went to the village and inquired with the people from Zhanga Village, and only then did he know the exact location of Xiasi Village.

Although it belongs to the same village, we still have to climb over the mountain ahead.

Uncle Chen's car can only drive to the top and bottom of the front.

Continue to go further, is the rugged mountain road.However, fortunately, the mountain roads are paved with old bluestones, half covered with weeds, which makes the bluestones look very historical.

Seeing this, Uncle Chen nodded.

"No mistake, it must be here."

"These bluestones are at least hundreds of years old."

Zhang Yi nodded.

It's just that Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen brought some daily necessities to the village, and the two of them must not be able to carry them on the mountain road.

I called Wu Cuilian, but there was still no signal.

However, when preparing to go up the mountain, Wu Cuilian came with a dozen villagers instead.

The villagers brought their daily necessities, and Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen walked with them on this mountain road for almost half an hour before arriving at the legendary Xiasi Village.

There are ginkgo forests nearby, and some of them are probably hundreds of thousands of years old and as thick as a dozen people hugging.

Ginkgo forest in autumn.

A golden color, very beautiful.

The houses of the villagers are distributed in this ginkgo forest.

Those daily necessities can be regarded as some small benefits for the villagers. After they were distributed to the villagers, Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen went to Wu Cuilian's house.

Leave the rest to Wu Cuilian.

And Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen just waited at Wu Cuilian's house.

Before Wu Cuilian, an old box sold for 3000 yuan.

The villagers are very active.

But in fact, they were not as optimistic as Zhang Yi and Uncle Chen imagined.

Most of the old things brought by the villagers are old oil lamps, sewing baskets, old cigarette pots and so on.As the evening approached, there were fewer and fewer people.

There was an old lady who brought over a black-looking Buddha statue.

This statue is very small, only about ten centimeters high.

Although the statue is small, it is very important to start with!
Zhang Yi was a little puzzled about this.

He directly used the identification ability.

"A statue of Avalokitesvara in the mid-Tang Dynasty!"

"This statue of Avalokitesvara has a tall bun, a plump face, and a calm and introspective look. On the surface, the surface of this statue seems to have formed a layer of ancient black lacquer characteristics unique to bronze ware, but in fact, it is not the case!"

"This kind of black is a kind of dark lacquer process. The raw material often comes from natural lacquer cut from the lacquer trees in the mountains. Moreover, this statue has been painted many times, so some places where the lacquer peeled off , it looks like it is still pitch black. However, from the place where the base is placed and moved, it can be seen that this is actually not a bronze statue."

"This statue of Avalokitesvara is a pure gold statue of Avalokitesvara with black lacquer leather in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. It is genuine!"

"Besides the statue, there are multiple layers of black paint, which may conceal the beauty of real gold and seriously affect the beauty of this pure gold statue. Excuse me, do you want to restore it?"

Of course, it can't be fixed yet.

After all, so many people are watching.

Looking at this statue, Zhang Yi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, no wonder, this statue is so valuable, it turned out to be made of pure gold!

Ordinary Buddha statues are made of gilt copper or lacquered copper, but this statue is actually made of pure gold, which is very rare.

Zhang Yi turned the Buddha statue upside down and asked Uncle Chen to have a look.

When Uncle Chen saw it, he couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and he thought to himself that he finally had something to gain.

He held out two fingers.

Zhang Yi nodded.

"Old man, what do you think of this Guanyin statue, which costs 2 yuan?"

The old man was stunned, and he took two steps back, unsteady on his feet.

Seeing this, Wu Cuilian quickly supported the old lady.

Uncle Chen was also taken aback, and hurried to help the boss.

"Old man, are you okay? Is this price okay?"

At this moment.

The old lady took a deep breath and collected herself.

"Okay, that's great! Cuilian, you're right, these two big bosses are good people!"

Seeing this, Uncle Chen immediately took out [-] cash and handed it directly to the old lady.

Old lady holding money.

Her hands were shaking because she had never seen so much money in her life.

When she was about to leave, she hesitated for another step and turned around.

"Boss, I have a golden turtle here, do you want to accept it?"

"Golden turtle, take it!"

Uncle Chen was a little dazed. He didn't expect that this old lady had so many good things.

After finishing speaking, the old lady took out a very small golden turtle from her pocket, which was shiny.He handed it to Uncle Chen, who observed it carefully.

Turning the golden tortoise over, he saw that there were inscriptions under the golden tortoise.

"Tang Dynasty treasury."

Seal script.

"what is this?"

Zhang Yi had never seen this thing, let alone heard of it.

"This object is the origin of the word "golden tortoise son-in-law!" During Wu Zetian's period in the Tang Dynasty, officials above the third rank had a rule to wear a golden tortoise. The inscription "golden tortoise" was worn by officials above the third rank at that time.

"Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poems that marrying a golden son-in-law for no reason failed to live up to the early dynasty. From then on, the golden turtle son-in-law represents a noble son-in-law."

"There should be no problem with the things, and they should also be from the Tang Dynasty."

According to the content recorded in the county annals, during the Tang Dynasty, this was a temple funded by the royal family.

Maybe, this golden tortoise with inscriptions was left at this place by a court official above the third rank at that time.

It is not easy to pass on to the present.

Uncle Chen is very sure about this golden turtle.Therefore, there was no need for Zhang Yi to appraise the golden tortoise, after all, Uncle Chen's vision was also very vicious.

Of course, don't mention the last time you made a hole in the ghost market, it was really an accident.

(End of this chapter)