Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 174 Linjiang, making tea, discussing ancient and modern times

The next morning.

Qin Luo first went to the Three Towns Museum. The level of this museum is one level lower than that of the provincial museum. The other two Yuewang swords are collected in it.

Qin Luo saw it all.

From the point of view of his "sword sense", these two swords are both serious bronze swords.

The sense of the age of the history is overwhelming.

The surface rusts more.

The condition is not that good.

Although, still can't get started.

However, it is almost enough to see with the eyes alone.

Qin Luo looked at it for a long time, and did not get up to leave until noon.

At this time, he suddenly figured out that he had the most different "feeling" for the Yue King Goujian sword.

lies in a sense of disobedience.

This sense of disobedience can bring a lot of shock to those who see it for the first time.

Similar to...how could such a shocking sword be created in ancient times...

However, for those who have experienced it personally, they will feel that it is not a product of that era.

At this moment, Qin Luo is 100% sure that the Goujian Sword of the King of Yue in the E Provincial Museum is definitely not the original Goujian Sword of the King of Yue.

As for the original...

I don't know if there is one?

It is possible that this sword, from the very beginning, was a "myth", a man-made myth.

This is not surprising either.

Everything that can be called sacred is not sacred when it is first born.

All those values ​​and auras are endowed by future generations.

The moment I think about this...

Qin Luo felt a sense of relief, but at the same time, he felt that he was carrying more things.

No matter from which point of view, this matter is impossible to say.

Go to the government and the public, and go down to the people, even if it is true or false, once you say it, you will be scolded and defeated.

……

When eating at noon, Qin Luo was a little absent-minded.

All kinds of conspiracy theories ran through my head.

Give full play to your own imagination.

For example, there may be some kind of aristocratic family in China similar to the "Hidden Gate" that has been passed down for thousands of years. They concocted this incident to achieve some goals.

For another example, there may be an international thief who resorted to the trick of exchanging the civet cat for the prince when the genuine Yue King Goujian sword was exhibited abroad, and exchanged it for it.

Even... this sword itself is a "spirited" thing.

However, these ideas are naturally still in the hypothetical stage.

After a boring meal, during the lunch break, Qin Luo found a piece of jade and carved an exquisite, small and lifelike jade sword for Mr. Zeng.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, I left the hotel and went straight to the appointed teahouse.

The tea house on the high-rise building by the river has a wonderful view.

When Qin Luo arrived, he found that Mr. Zeng and Xu Zhichong had already arrived.

Mr. Zeng looks to be over 60 years old, with a thin body and gray hair, but his eyes are warm and kind, and he has the demeanor of an elder.

After the polite greetings, Qin Luo sat down and took out the jade sword.

"Mr. Zeng, the first time I saw you, I made a jade piece myself, which can be regarded as a kind of fate."

Qin Luo said with a smile.

Old Zeng was slightly taken aback, reached out to take it, and looked at it carefully.

A cyan jade sword about five centimeters long, much lighter in color than bronze, but it was better than lifelike, and the workmanship was extremely exquisite.

A smile could not help appearing on his face: "Jade carving is still your old profession, this thing is really good, why are you interested in swords again?"

Still have to make a deal first.

After all, the first time we met.

As for Qin Luo's real intention and purpose, Xu Zhichong had talked with him just now, but it was not very clear.

Qin Luo waved his hands and smiled.

"Follow the style of a gentleman, wearing jade with a sword, I feel that my character is more than gentle, but not sharp enough, so I also have the mentality of wanting to be sharpened by utensils."

Old Zeng nodded and smiled, and poured tea.

"Good thing."

"Not yet 30 years old, it is indeed a bit too stable, but for young people, this is a good thing..."

Balabala exchanged pleasantries for a long time.

This old Zeng, that is, an ordinary-looking old man, his character is temporarily invisible, but after all, his age and status are there, and he maintains a superficial enthusiasm.

Qin Luo felt that the time was almost up, and he was too lazy to continue talking about these unnutritious topics, so he cut straight to the point.

"Old Zeng, can you tell me some legends about the King Yue Sword in the museum?"

"I'm really curious."

Oh?
Old Zeng looked at Qin Luo with a smile: "How can there be any legends? Haven't all the legends been reported...I know, not necessarily much more than you."

Qin Luo saw that he was a bit concealed, and he didn't seem to want to tell the truth, so he continued to ask: "Actually, what I'm mainly curious about is, how did the archaeologists determine that this sword is the Goujian Sword of the King of Yue?"

This sword has eight characters on it.

Bird script.

The original text is - Yue Wang Jiuqian, since the beginning of the use of Qi.

As for how "Jiuqian" became Goujian, this was also a mystery at the beginning.

Qin Luo didn't even know how they identified it, because the age was too old, there were very few records of that period of history in the unearthed classics.

This question seems to be open for discussion.

Mr. Zeng said with a smile: "Actually, there was a twists and turns. This sword was unearthed in the 60s. After seeing these words, the experts at that time were a little puzzled. They didn't know who it was. Later, they reported it to their superiors. At that time, the national No. 1 Mr. Guo (Note), Mr. Guo has just translated these eight characters, but it is still difficult to determine the identity of Jiuqian.””

"Until another linguist put forward a hypothesis, saying that the pronunciation of the word Jiuqian is a bit like the word Goujian in the Wuyue area, and then I thought of it, and it was right."

He spoke in detail and in detail.

Listening to these, Qin Luo's heart moved slightly.

In fact, my current behavior is somewhat over the top, breaking the casserole and asking the end.

It's like...a mathematical axiom, which has been proved by the predecessors in various ways. I insist on arguing, how did you prove it?What if you prove it wrong?Or is the theory itself wrong?

It even seems a little naive and arrogant.

but……

I am not superstitious about authority, I only believe in my own judgment.

Qin Luo was thinking about what was on his mind, from which angle to cut in, and put forward his own views with them, it would be easier to get in-depth exchanges.

"What was unearthed at that time was a female sword and a male sword?"

Qin Luo asked again.

This is also one of the issues I am most concerned about.

"Yes."

"However, compared with the female sword, the male sword is much worse. This is also an extremely miraculous thing. The male sword is just an ordinary bronze sword, and it doesn't have that kind of magical properties. .”

"Yes, it is not known now."

"In short, there are still many things that cannot be publicized about this matter. In terms of public opinion, they are just picking up what can be said."

Elder Zeng confirmed this.

Qin Luo: ...

For a moment, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

I feel more and more that it is really a cloud of fog, all covered up, making people confused and very anxious.

There are differences between the male and female swords in one body.

"Mr. Zeng, what do you think may be the reason?"

Qin Luo couldn't help but asked with a smile.

Ask if you don't understand.

Good boy.

Mr. Zeng smiled speechlessly: "If I knew, I would have become an academician long ago. You should not wait for you to discover it... If this problem can be solved, then some people will play with it..."

Xu Zhichong couldn't help laughing too.

For them...

This "research direction" belongs to the fact that the research does not understand it. It is already a dead end. There is no basic research idea, so we can only accept the existing settings.

Instead of studying "why is it like this", only "why is it so awesome..."

It was Qin Luo who was so stunned that he wanted to be tough.

at this time.

Qin Luo still didn't get an answer.

It turns out that you didn't understand either.

After taking a sip of tea, Qin Luo tapped his knuckles on the table, continuing to think about the topic.

"I heard that this sword was almost destroyed when it was exhibited abroad?"

Qin Luo thought of something again and asked softly.

this thing...

Old Zeng's face was serious, as if he thought of something new, he leaned forward slightly.

"Yes, that was in the 90s. When it was exhibited in Singapore, it was not only almost destroyed, but also almost stolen."

"It was only later that I realized that it should be a few daring international thieves."

"However, the strange thing is that when these people were preparing to act that day, something seemed to go wrong. Either the car broke down or someone was injured. The person who committed the theft in the end got the sword in his hand, but I don’t know who fired the black gun, the security guards at the time checked the guns, and no one fired, but a bullet was fired.”

"I was still young at the time, and I told others in private that a sword has a soul and is blessed by God, and Xiao Xiao didn't deserve it."

"However, after returning to China, about seven or eight years later, I was drinking and chatting with another professor of the history department one night, and suddenly mentioned this matter, and he provided me with an idea."

"It sounds a bit legendary, just listen to it, and judge for yourself whether it is true or not."

This word...

Qin Luo and Xu Zhichong couldn't help but sit upright.

It's the same as listening to a class.

Mr. Zeng glanced at the two with a smile, and then continued: "The professor said that he has studied some unofficial histories, and there are some anecdotes. Some princes and generals have tombs with grave guards after their death. For example, When they were excavating Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, one of the archaeologists was a descendant of the tomb guard. Of course, they are already modern people, so they don't pay attention to these things, and for the sake of the overall situation, some things were discarded."

"Like this sword, the professor said, there may be sword guards who have been passed down for countless generations just to protect it."

"I thought it was outrageous at the time. Are you kidding me? What age was Goujian born? 464 BC, how many years has it been since now? How many generations does this have to be passed down?"

"Yugong Yishan is not so stupid... the gentleman's swamp, cut off for five generations, there are too few cases where it can continue."

"However, the professor told me one more thing. The Southwest Associated University knows that during the period of war in the Republic of China, a large number of cultural relics traveled thousands of kilometers from the capital, and followed the civilized fire of the Southwest Associated University, all the way to Spring City. There is also one of them, which is the same, similar to the identity of the sword guard."

listen to this...

Qin Luo felt an unbelievable but involuntary imagination.

In Qin Luo's view, this line of inheritance, the agreement and persistence of thousands of years, even feels a kind of extreme romance.

Does it really exist?

Not really sure.

But, you said no, right?
Hard to say.

Who dares to say not at all?
This still seems to be my attitude towards "metaphysics".

All three fell silent, thinking about their thoughts.

The wind outside the window was blowing gently.

The river flows quietly.

Qin Luo glanced out of the window, thoughtful in his heart, and suddenly smiled and said: "There are so many things in ancient and modern times that are just jokes."

Old Zeng couldn't help laughing.

It's very moody.

The long river of history has carried too many fragments of civilization and buried too many secrets of civilization.

By comparison...

What is a person?
More like a continuation of a gene, a carrier.

Small.

yet great.

After all, human civilization is also created by humans.

……

In this conversation, the specific origin and various mysteries of this female sword are still unclear.

On the contrary, it makes those mysteries even more mysterious.

This kind of mystery cannot be explored clearly for a while.

In addition to Mr. Zeng, Qin Luo invited various people and connections, and found several archaeologists and insiders who are still alive and have had in-depth contact with this sword, and learned some more information.

——In the era of great iron and steel smelting, this sword was almost forged, and then it was stolen one night, and then it was taken back by someone. As for who stole it and who took it back, there is no Anyone find out.

After getting it back, after repeated identification, the sword body is no different from before, it is the original.

It's just that this matter, because of the special background of the times, has never been seen by the public.

Qin Luo: ...

big head.

Really big head.

……

Just when Qin Luo was lost in thousands of clues and was at a loss what to do, Xu Zhichong came to the door alone again.

"Still researching?"

"Aren't you bald?"

he asked with a smile.

Qin Luo denied it with a smile: "What's the matter? And let you come to the door in person?"

"Take you to a good place."

"Stop researching."

"Don't you want to forge a sword? If you forge a sword, you'll be done."

"Just like that sentence, if you think an egg is delicious, why ask how the hen was born?"

He seemed very relaxed and said.

Qin Luo: "If you don't study it clearly, how can you cast it?"

Xu Zhichong pursed his lips and smiled.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces. Let's go. Recently, I just made a breakthrough in my research. Let me show you."

So Qin Luo followed him out.

The destination is the special material research laboratory of WISCO.

WISCO is a key enterprise in this province, a steel giant.

Only then did Qin Luo know that Xu Zhichong paid a lot of money many years ago and commissioned them to research a bronze alloy material.

It has now iterated to the eighth version.

The souvenir swords he cast before are the materials for the second version.

As the version evolves from generation to generation, the toughness, rigidity, and corrosion resistance of the alloy material are all improving time after time.

"With this kind of material, if you take it back or cast it, or grind it, you should be able to make a handful..."

"Stop tossing."

Xu Zhichong applied for a batch of materials to Qin Luo, and said with a smile.

Qin Luo looked at him, thinking of the "sword guard" Zeng Lao said, for a moment, inexplicable thoughts flashed in his heart, and his heart itched unbearably.

but……

At this time, Qin Luo didn't say much, and left with this batch of materials.

Anyway, give it a try first.

See if it can really be forged.

The secrets of ancient times, if you really want to fully explore them clearly, it will not take a while.

It seems... Can you believe in the power of technology?
……

……

(End of this chapter)