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Chapter 32 Wood Seal

Shen Wenxin took the lead and stood at the entrance of the stairs, showing almost ninety degrees. When a big man came down, he tiptoed, afraid that he would fall and chew on the mud.

"Sister Chen, slow down..."

"It's okay, I've climbed the Dong Township Drum Tower countless times, how could I... fall..."

Chen Li's words have not yet fallen. Because of the big sturdy reason, the soles of his feet slipped and the jewelry on his body was too heavy, and many problems were entangled, which led to Chen Li's screams and fell down straight. The stairs about two meters were in a large slope. Although falling down would cost no life, injuries were inevitable.

Shen Wenxin didn't know the power coming. He knew that he would bear huge impetus and was not a burly man himself. If he rushed over like this, he might suffer both sides.

He supported the ground with both hands, using this as a support point, and used his back as Chen Li's cushion. At a critical moment, he could barely catch it. The huge impact force made Shen Wenxin have intimate contact with the wooden floor, and his face was covered with a layer of black gray, which was extremely embarrassed.

Fortunately, Chen Li was not injured except for being a little scared. Shen Wenxin's body was as if he was pressed by Mount Tai. His internal organs were shaken down. A golden light spread out and merged into the bones and flesh. Shen Wenxin's ability to resist attacks was greatly enhanced.

A person's instinctive reaction, seeing someone fall from a high place, he should be picking it up with his hands! Shen Wenxin's thinking speed in his mind is faster than instinct. Considering the importance of his hands, if he is broken here, the riding plan will be completed in advance. After comparing all aspects with objective conditions, he chose to make a human flesh mat. After all, if the pressure area is large, he will suffer less damage. Except for the feeling of pain, Shen Wenxin did not even rub a piece of his skin off.

Shen Wenxin, who had a breath of relief, said intermittently: "It's time for you to lose weight..."

Chen Li, who hadn't reacted, jumped up from Shen Wenxin's back with a huh, his face turned red, like a ripe red apple, and said timidly: "I'm called... round, how can I be fat..."

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing."

Shen Wenxin patted the dust on his body and said with a little reproach: "Tell you to be careful, but you don't listen. You know you're wrong, right? As a girl, you must know how to protect yourself." Shen Wenxin's tone seemed to have known Chen Li for a long time. In the tone of a big brother, Chen Li was moved. Seeing the black and gray on his face, he couldn't help but take out the tissue she carried and handed it to Shen Wenxin, saying, "Look at your appearance like a cat, wipe it."

"Well, okay, let's go down, you have to be very careful this time."

"I know, I'm more nagging than my mother."

"Don't I care about you?"

As soon as Shen Wenxin said something, he felt it was a little uncomfortable. He glanced at Chen Li secretly. Seeing that she didn't seem to be disgusted, he felt much more at ease.

This little episode in Dong Township Drum Tower has improved the relationship between the two, but they are still in the stage of friends. After all, they have not known each other for a long time, and the plot of falling in love at first sight is difficult to happen in reality.

The distance between Tianwang Temple is not very far. It takes about five minutes to walk. Tianwang Temple is built on the mountain. Like many ancient temples, it was originally a paradise far away from the hustle and bustle. However, due to the conflict of economic construction, half of the mountain was dug up, and the temple formed a huge contrast with the Dong village bird's nest, which was less than ten meters away.

"Why is the temple in the downtown area? And that bird's nest is built near the temple, so why don't you be afraid of bad business?" Shen Wenxin didn't know about Feng Shui, but accidentally learned some metaphysical theories. The ancients believed that temples were places that gather popularity. When merchants built near temples, popularity would be stolen. How could the business prosper?

I guess this situation happened because the developer of the Bird's Nest had not asked Feng Shui masters to see it.

"It's almost done during the day, but it's okay at night."

"It's true!"

After climbing the stairs of the temple, the first one was worshipped by the Lord of Land. Shen Wenxin bought a handful of incense and candles from the small shop next to him to worship the Lord of Land. Then there were Buddhist shrines such as Arhats and Tianlong, and the golden body.

After all the worships, the main hall is the Heavenly King Hall, which worships the four great heavenly kings of Buddhism, the Heavenly King of the East, the Heavenly King of the Growth of the South, the Heavenly King of the Broadme of the West, and the Heavenly King of the Great Experience in the North.

After kneeling three times and kowtowed nine times, Shen Wenxin came to the big tripod and burned some sacrifices that represent their wishes. During the ordering process, Shen Wenxin had no distractions. After all, Shen Wenxin whispered to Chen Li next to him: "Are the monks in the Heavenly King Temple nuns?"

During the worship, Shen Wenxin caught a glimpse of the monks chanting the scriptures beside him. The monks who beat the wooden fish were all nuns, one old and the other young. Unexpectedly, this ancient temple was a nunnery.

"Yes, Tianwang Temple has also joined the Guixi Religious Association."

"Oh, I think there are still quite a lot of believers."

"That's sure, after all, it is a famous ancient temple in the Dong village." Chen Li looked proud.

Shen Wenxin came to a shop next to him selling Buddhist souvenirs. An old man looked at a Buddhist scripture, looking very leisurely. There was a modern building behind it, which was probably a place for monks to rest and eat.

Not to mention, the equipment in Tianwang Temple is very complete! Shen Wenxin looked at the products in the glass cabinet. They were all Buddhist beads, amulets and other things. The prices were more expensive than ordinary stores and were within a reasonable range.

"My sister Chen, do you want to buy one?"

"No need..." The tour guide has professional ethics and cannot receive gifts from tourists. Moreover, Chen Li is not interested in Buddhist things. He is an atheist.

Shen Wenxin did not have any disgust with Buddhism. After experiencing many strange things, Shen Wenxin was in awe of the gods in his heart and experienced the horror of unknown things.

Ignorance is the most terrible thing because they don’t know what fear is, so they do things that seem to be brave, which is just ignorance.

Chen Li's belief should be nature. The Dong compatriots advocate totems from nature, and they actually have similarities with Buddhists.

Although Shen Wenxin did not believe in Buddhism and did not have a firm belief in this regard, he had a pious attitude towards all gods.

"Boss, what special do you have?" Shen Wenxin looked at the main street goods in the glass cabinet, and immediately lost his desire to buy, so he asked.

When the boss saw that there was a business coming, he put down the Buddhist scriptures, went through the cabinets in the storefront, took out a cardboard box, and said, "Young man, do you think you like anything?"

After saying that, I went to read the Buddhist scriptures again, and the cover seemed to have the Diamond Sutra written.

There are many scattered things in the paper box, but the styles are very old, with yellowed scriptures, root carvings of boxwood statues, Buddhist beads and bracelets, etc. Unlike the shelves, it is covered in dust.

What attracted Shen Wenxin's attention was that a wooden seal was wiped with his hands on the surface. There was a light layer of cinnabar red on the front of the wooden seal, which was obviously commonly used at that time.

The font looks like a Song style red text in the middle frame, engraved with the border of "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Heavenly Kingdoms and Heavenly Kingdoms, the border is decorated with two dragons playing with pearls, and the bottom is made of water patterns.

At the same time, a treasure chest appeared, with the texture of black iron, and the image of a white squid was carved on it, which was obviously a fifth-grade treasure chest.

"I actually encountered a king-level seal at that time in Tianwang Temple, and it was still at the fifth-level level. Isn't this a dream?" It's not a dream that Shen Wenxin was excited. The Song-style characters on this wooden seal are easy to identify. Logically speaking, Tianwang Temple has been in full bloom, so it should have been bought by someone long ago, right? Moreover, in terms of the material of the wooden seal, it has been preserved intact for more than a hundred years, and it must be wood with good stability, such as nanmu, huanghuali, red sandalwood, etc.

I don’t know if it was Shen Wenxin’s luck or the believers who came to worship were not in a good position. No matter how he held the wooden seal in his hand, he would never let go of anything.

Perhaps there is a possibility that the wooden seal Song font is too popular, which makes many people think it is a handicraft at first sight and do not take it seriously. The boss seems to have no understanding of the value of this aspect. Judging from the act of random discarding, it may not be often shown to people. In this way, even if the believers have the eyesight, they have no chance to see it.

During that period, the Taiping Heavenly King level was rampant, so whether it was wooden or silver seals, it was officially said that they were gold seals.

"King of Chu Kanglu?" Shen Wenxin tried hard to recall for a while, and suddenly remembered Mr. Tang Haoming's book "The Complete Biography of Zeng Guofan". He slapped his forehead and suddenly realized his mind.

At this moment, his appearance did not fall before the boss who was concentrating on studying the Diamond Sutra, but Chen Li discovered something abnormal and couldn't help but say worryingly: "Brother Shen, you were not feeling well just now, right?"

As soon as he said it, something was a little wrong. The main reason was that the word "pressure" would make people who were uninformed guess. The boss also heard it and frowned and said, "Have you chosen it? The Buddhist holy land, don't speak filthy. If you blaspheme Buddha, you will be guilty of blaspheming the Buddha."

Immersed in great excitement, Shen Wenxin ignored the boss's face and said, "How much does it cost if I want this?"

"one hundred."

"What, a piece of wood costs one hundred? Boss, don't bully people from other places, you don't know how to do it. I'm a local." In Chen Li's opinion, this piece of rotten wood costs ten yuan, but Shen Wenxin hurriedly took out a hundred, handed it to the boss, pulled Chen Li, and ran down the foot of the mountain in one breath.

When he arrived at the parking lot, Shen Wenxin stopped. Chen Li, panting, looked puzzled and said, "Brother Shen, why don't you bargain? One hundred is really too expensive, it's really not worth it for you."

"Tell you a secret that this piece of wood is a cultural relic."

"Cultural relics? You won't say they are official seals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I know what the King of Chu is written in it, but do you really think there will be real in such a place? I think it's probably a handicraft."

If Shen Wenxin does not have the ability to "touch treasures", it is actually difficult to determine whether it is an old thing just from the level of identification. According to Chen Li, it is true that in this environment and price, there is almost no probability that cultural relics can be purchased. However, due to various reasons, this wooden seal was finally handed to Shen Wenxin, a person who knew the goods.

"My sister Chen, I am in the antique business and have worked in the Cultural Administration Office. I have learned a lot of tombs. Is it true or false? I can't tell me that if I donate this wooden seal to the museum, it will be at least a first-class cultural relic!" Shen Wenxin, like a male peacock, opened a colorful peacock screen, showing off his charm, and wanted to win the favor of the opposite sex.

He didn't know what was wrong, and he felt very strange about Chen Li. He wouldn't usually say much to a stranger? Could it be the result of some contact?

"Don't lie to me. I don't believe that you can buy first-class cultural relics for a hundred yuan unless you prove it to me." It is reasonable for Chen Li to not believe it. There are only a handful of first-class cultural relics in the local area. How could it be purchased at such a low price? It does not meet the market value!

Chen Li must have never heard of the word "limited" and "showing a bargain" in the collection world has appeared the most in the 1970s and 1980s, and there are much less in modern times.
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