Chapter 9: Treasure Chest (Part 2)
Dong Qingshan glanced at his grandson, a little dissatisfied, and complained: "This kid, you just don't want to understand it very much! I think you will lose to your elder brother again in the end of this year's assessment!"
The Dong family's "Ghost Hand" heir had three major tests, with three wins and two wins. In the first game, Dong Tianyue had already lost to his elder brother Dong Tianqi; in the second game, the two tied with high imitation calligraphy and painting; in the next game, the two were tied with antiques. If Dong Tianyue lost again, the new generation of ghost hand heir would be Dong Tianqi.
"Hmph! That's not necessarily!"
Dong Tianyue was dissatisfied and thought to himself: Although my elder brother inherited the amazing talent of my uncle, I now have a perspective. It is not certain who is stronger and who is weak!
Dong Qingshan smiled and shook his head. The child was still not patient enough to learn. He pointed to the two wooden pieces at the top and bottom of the puzzle with his fingertips and said, "This is the location of the two 'tu eyes'. One is the location of the 'Li Jiu Palace', and the other is the location of the 'Kan Yi Palace'. The 'Li Jiu Palace' and 'Kan Yi Palace' meant facing south and facing north."
"So, to solve this picture, you really need to move two 'image eyes' at the same time?" Dong Tianyue asked.
"Yes! This is the first step, there are eighty steps behind, and you can't make any mistakes every step. One step is wrong, and the whole thing is wrong!"
Wow, ninety-nine eighty-one steps! Everyone was shocked and underestimated the puzzle. Unexpectedly, it took eighty-one steps to untie this picture!
Dong Tianyue smiled and said, "Grandpa, please give me a demonstration. I know you must have been confidential. Have you already opened it secretly?" Dong Qingshan smiled awkwardly and said, "What does it mean to be secretly? It's so ugly. This is the gift given to me by your senior brother! Well, I have opened this box, everyone will try it. If it doesn't work, I will demonstrate it to you today."
After Dong Tianyue tried, everyone also tried it, but they couldn't solve it, so they had to wait for Mr. Dong to take action.
Dong Qingshan looked at the mechanism on the box intently, first moved the two "picture eyes", and then moved one on the left and right. The next steps were very complicated and complicated, sometimes slow, and occasionally stopped to ponder for a while, which was quite laborious. Fortunately, Dong Qingshan had already opened it several times, so he was still familiar with it. After a while, Dong Qingshan finally completed all the steps and formed a complete picture of the "Dragon Cang Deep Spring" mechanism.
"Wow, what a beautiful picture!" Dong Tianyue exclaimed. In the deep spring cave on the picture, a dragon lurked at the bottom of the spring, as if waiting for something and looking forward to something. The dragon's scales and expression were portrayed very vividly.
"Yes, it's such a clever craftsmanship. I didn't expect that the complete picture of this picture was the Dragon Cang Deep Spring Picture. There are dragons and water, which I should have guessed at the beginning." Gao Yide also made a lot of thoughts.
Seeing the puzzle as a "Dragon Hidden Deep Spring Picture", Grandpa Dong looked at Dong Tianyue with a smile and said, "Yue'er, do you know what the Dragon Hidden Deep Spring is?"
Liang Hua naturally knew about Gao Yide, and Gao Lingfeng seemed to know a little, and they all looked at Dong Tianyue to see how he explained. Everyone thought, the old man is really good at teaching his grandson. If Dong Tianyue couldn't answer in front of so many people, wouldn't he not be able to come to Taiwan?
Fortunately, Dong Tianyue is not a bag of wine. Although he has not been obsessed with eating and sleeping in antiques, his knowledge is not low, and ordinary families still have no chance of seeing it.
Dong Tianyue took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The so-called 'Dragon Hidden Deep Spring' and 'Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger' means closer, but to be more precise, it should be closer to 'Dragon Hidden Abyss' and 'Don't Use the Hidden Dragon'. Everyone will understand it roughly. A dragon should have soared between heaven and earth. Their hiding is generally not really hidden. If it is not forced, it is just to wait for the opportunity. This is just like the Beggar Gang's direct skill "Eighteen Dragons Subduing Palms". When Qiao Feng or Guo Jing makes a move, after a move of "Don't Use the Hidden Dragon", it either takes a group attack of "Flying Dragons in the Sky" or a single attack that is extremely fierce and domineering "Kanglong has regrets".
According to legend, the magical skill of the Beggar Gang Town Sect, "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms", was originally twenty-eight palms during the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the leader Xiao Feng was extremely skilled and had amazing talent. He learned from the hexagrams of the Book of Changes and practical experience, and simplified the complexity and became the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. It was passed down by his brother Lingjiu Palace Master Xu Zhuzi, and passed down from generation to generation. By the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, although the successor to the gang leader Yelu Qi was taught by his father-in-law Guo Jing and learned it, the Beggar Gang had been the leader of the gang, and because of his lack of foundation, he only learned fourteen palms at most. Especially the move "Don't Use Hidden Dragon", fewer and fewer people could do it. This is what later generations said that in the Southern Song Dynasty, the so-called advanced martial arts in China gradually began to be lost. Uh... it was far from going so far.
In short, the dragon sect is not the real sect.”
Everyone laughed, saying that they were a martial artist, and even if they were metaphors, they would never forget to say "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms". Liang Hua nodded even more uncontrollably after hearing this.
"Haha, that's right, it's just a little bit far. It would be even better if you use some antiques as metaphors." Mr. Dong smiled while touching his beard.
"Second brother, I think Yue'er said it very well!" Master Liang Hua liked the apprentice's metaphor, and thought it was not in vain that he had carefully cultivated it. He praised Dong Tianyue without hesitation and said, "What a dragon hides deep spring! Isn't this talking about your Dong family? The dragon hides its hiding place and has no obvious virtue. Therefore, a gentleman hides his strength and waits for the time, like a dragon hides its strength and stays in the abyss. He should hide his edge and keep his sloppy and move. I think your Dong family cannot be a hermit family for generations, and one day it will be famous all over the world!" Liang Hua exclaimed.
"Oh, don't use it or hide in seclusion, you can't help it! If our Dong family really flies in the sky, maybe it won't fly for long, and it will fall from the altar high, and this fall may be in a slump, and even lead to the real extinction of high imitation skills in the world!" Dong Qingshan sighed. He had already realized the truth of destiny when he was at his age. Yes, maybe this is destiny. This is destiny, as the descendants of the hermit family, you must be careful about the destiny of ancestors! Sometimes people have to believe in destiny.
In today's society, many people envy those wealthy families that are famous all over the world, but a few people know that some hermit families are silently inheriting something and making their own sacrifices and contributions to society. They do not for fame and fortune, but for inheritance, and only for the ancient Chinese skills will not disappear from later generations! However, deep down they also hope that one day they can become famous all over the world, but they cannot and dare not.
After the mechanism map was completed, Dong Qingshan pressed the "longyan" position of the mechanism map. Everyone heard a "bang" sound in the center of the box lid revealing a keyhole, and a strip of groove flashed next to it, with a golden key lying inside.
"Oh, it's such a clever mechanism!" Liang Hua exclaimed, which reminded him of the special skills of the Shushan Tang Sect in the martial arts world. The wisdom of the ancients was really clever and clever!
"Second brother, your hand is what you call painting dragons and lighting, right?"
"Yes, it's no secret that the auspicious beast's eyes are the touch point of the mechanism." Dong Qingshan took off his glasses, picked out the golden key and inserted it into the keyhole. He fiddled with it calmly for a while, and the box lid bounced up with a "bang".
Dong Tianyue, Gao Yide, Liang Hua, and Gao Lingfeng were all excited. This mechanism picture is really wonderful! Oh, the treasure box has finally opened. What rare treasure is contained in it? It is hidden so closely?
Of course, Dong Tianyue was a little excited.
Dong Qingshan let out a long breath and took out a piece of paper towel to wipe the sweat. It was really troublesome to break the puzzle of the mechanism!
The old man had already seen the things in the box. Although he had seen them several times, they were still awesome. This was like a real peerless beauty. It seemed that every time he saw her, he could find her beauty from different angles, but you couldn't bear to blaspheme her beauty. A real antique treasure was like a truly connotational beauty. After seeing it, he felt a sense of awe that made people feel awe.
"What a magical craftsman!"
Dong Qingshan opened the lid of the box in admiration, and what caught his eye were two ancient books, plus a piece of Canaanite agarwood that protected them from insects, emitting a strong fragrance. They lay quietly in the box, and the heaviness of history was obvious at first glance, and the antiques of some vintages!
"Oh, it's really a secret!" Liang Hua's heart suddenly jumped, and his second brother did not bully him.
"Oh my God, they are actually all lost ancient books and rare books!" Dong Tianyue exclaimed. This is the best among the rare books and rare books!
"Yes, if these books are auctioned at Yide Auction House, each of them will probably cost millions or even tens of millions!" Gao Yide commented incrediblely. When he saw good things, he thought of the auction house. He really kept saying three sentences from the bank, which was in line with his identity as the chairman of the auction house.
Not to mention, next month, the Arts Auction House will have a special auction of "Rare Ancient Books and Calligraphy and Paintings".
After a sigh, the study began to silence, everyone's heartbeats faster, and there were indeed treasures inside. If they were all authentic works, it would be really priceless! This is not only an antique but also a unique skill!
Everyone was stunned on the spot and was stunned for a while, especially Liang Hua, with tears of excitement in his eyes. In a moment, Liang Hua's fingers trembled a few times, and finally couldn't help but want to get started.
"Second brother, can I get started?"
"Of course, if Yiyi doesn't object, I originally planned to give you that secret book! Over the years, I have never repaid your kindness to our Dong family. Today I finally got a chance." Dong Qingshan laughed.
"What are the words of the second brother? My brother, you, me, brother Kun, we four brothers are friends of life and death, and what are they saying? " Liang Hua said lightly, then glanced at Gao Yide again.
Gao Yide smiled with a smile.
"Master Liang, since I gave the treasure chest to the master, it is the master's thing. The master wants to open it today and insist on calling us father and son on stage. I am already very happy. In short, the master means what I mean!" Gao Yide said seriously. Dong Qingshan gave him a gratifying smile. It is not in vain that I accepted you as my disciple in the past! But he really can't ask for this treasure box.
"You are wrong with Yide. You gave this treasure box to me, but I want to return it to you today, not because it is too expensive. The friendship between you and me has already exceeded the scope of money. As for why, you will understand later." Dong Qingshan said mysteriously.
What does Dong Qingshan mean? It’s so mysterious and everyone is confused, but Gao Yide knows that the master’s words always make sense.
"This... is, master!" Gao Yide paused and nodded.
"Then I'm going to get started!"
Liang Hua is not very concerned about much now, and he doesn't care who the box will eventually belong to. All he thinks about was the wishes of the sect, the instructions of the master, and the prosperity. After he signaled Dong Qingshan and Gao Yide, he excitedly picked up one of the secret books of the blue leather thread-covered book.
"this……"
Chapter completed!