Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 162, Accelerate Collection, Guqin
After Wang Li came back this time, he increased the frequency of going to the ghost market and the trust store. Now it is the most difficult time of the famine.

The famine will be over next year, and now is the best time to buy antiques, at least before the big storm comes.

When Wang Li had nothing to do, he would go to the district acquisition company to take a look, to see if they had any valuable items that he could find at a great bargain.

He didn't go to the recycling company before because he was afraid of attracting attention if he went there too often.

But now he can't control himself a little bit. After all, now is an opportunity to purchase a large number of fine antiques.

Therefore, he would occasionally visit the district company and try to secretly collect some antiques into his own space without attracting other people's attention.

Today is another Sunday. Wang Li came to the trust store with his disguised wife.

The salesperson in the trust store saw Wang Li coming and said enthusiastically: "Brother, you are here! Come and see how many good watches I received in the past two days. Do your friends need them?"
The reason why he asked this was because Wang Li explained to him that he collected those precious watches in order to buy them for his friends.

After all, he bought too many famous watches. If he said he bought them himself, it would be too ostentatious.

Although the salesperson might not believe what I said, at least I have an excuse.

Wang Li did not react too much. After all, no matter who has collected dozens of international famous watches, he would not be too excited when hearing about a good watch.

No matter how much he likes this thing, he will get used to it after collecting too much.

However, he still took his wife to the watch counter, and at his wife's suggestion, he bought two watches and continued shopping in the trust store.

Suddenly, Wang Li's ability to sense qi and blood responded, and what gave him this special reaction was a guqin.

Wang Li said nothing, but walked slowly to the guqin and observed it carefully.

When his wife saw Wang Li's reaction, she knew her husband very well. She knew that he must have found something good, so she also came over to observe the guqin.

The salesperson saw Wang Li’s interest in the guitar and came over to introduce it to the store: “Brother, this guitar was consigned here by an old gentleman. He didn’t know what era the guitar was from, but he was sure it was from before the Qing Dynasty.”

Because he said that this was handed down from his ancestors, who were court musicians, and this zither has been passed down in his family for two or three hundred years. Now that he can't afford to eat, and this zither is useless and he doesn't play it on a regular basis, he put this zither on consignment at our trust store, but the price is a bit high, 500 yuan.

He said he would not bargain because it was a family heirloom and he would not sell it unless he could not make a living. But he would not sell it at a low price and would only agree to sell it if he could get enough return.

Wang Li did not listen to his introduction and was still observing the piano. In fact, Wang Li was using his qi and blood sensing ability to sense the special features of the piano.

Through his intuition, he discovered that the strings of this guitar should have been installed a few years ago and were not original strings.

However, the material of the guitar body is very special. Even with Wang Li's carpentry skills, he couldn't tell what kind of wood the guitar was made of.

Therefore, he concluded that this guitar was no ordinary item and he had already decided to buy it.

His wife Zheng Lan also noticed that the zither was not an ordinary item. However, her identification method was different from Wang Li's. She relied on her knowledge of antiques and her intuition from long-term contact with antiques.

She could feel that this piano was definitely a treasure, but she didn't know what kind of piano it was.

The structure of the qin is full of symbolism. Ancient books say that the qin is three feet six inches and six points long, representing 366 days in a year. The qin has two boards, symbolizing the yin and yang of heaven and earth. The curved surface of the qin represents heaven, and the flat bottom of the qin represents earth, which is the round sky and square earth. The 13 emblems of the qin represent the 12 months of a year and one leap month. The five strings of the qin represent the five elements. Later, King Wen and King Wu of Zhou added a string each, and it was also called the Wenwu Seven-Stringed Qin.

The qin is the "first of the eight musical instruments" and the "music of sages". Two of the four famous qins appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the Zhou Dynasty, and the other two appeared in the Han Dynasty.

The first famous zither is called Haozhong. The second famous zither is called Raoliang. The third famous zither is called Luqi. The fourth famous zither is called Jiaowei.
In fact, the fourth harp is more familiar to everyone, because this harp was very famous during the Three Kingdoms period.

The two of them didn't know that this piano was the third of the four famous pianos.

"Lvqi" is a zither played by Sima Xiangru, a famous scholar in the Han Dynasty. Sima Xiangru was originally from a poor family with nothing but his poems and fu were very famous. King Liang asked him to write fu, and Xiangru wrote a "Ruyu Fu" as a gift. This fu was magnificent and extraordinary. King Liang was very happy and gave him the "Lvqi" zither in his collection in return. "Lvqi" is a famous zither handed down from generation to generation. There is an inscription inside the zither saying "Tongzi Hejing", which means the essence of the combination of paulownia and zelkova. Xiangru was like finding a treasure when he got the "Lvqi". His superb zither skills and the wonderful timbre of "Lvqi" made the "Lvqi" zither famous for a while. Later, "Lvqi" became another name for the guqin.

At a banquet at Zhuo's house, Sima Xiangru used this zither to play "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" to woo Zhuo Wenjun. After listening to the zither, Wenjun understood the meaning of the zither music, and her face turned red and her ears became hot. She was fascinated by Xiangru's literary talent, and in order to repay the "encounter with a soulmate", she ran to Xiangru's residence at night and concluded a happy marriage. From then on, Sima Xiangru's pursuit of Wenjun with the zither became a good story that will be passed down through the ages.

Finally, the couple returned to the courtyard with the guqin, other antiques, and the two watches, with a great harvest.

(End of this chapter)