The years of reselling the haunted house

Chapter 517

I thought about it and said, "In that painting is a banquet, with musicians, dancers, and guests..."

"Yes." The third uncle said: "This painting is called "The Night Banquet of the Taoist Lord". It is a painting of the Song Dynasty."

"It's from the Song Dynasty, it's considered an antique..."

The third uncle waved his hand: "You and Fatty's perspective is off. The preciousness of this painting is not because of the painting of any dynasty, but the content of the painting and the real function of the painting. It is not made of Come to appreciate, although I don't know calligraphy and painting, I also know that this painting can only be regarded as mediocre in terms of artistry."

"Then what's so special about the contents of this painting?"

The third uncle's explanation aroused my interest, so I asked with great interest.

The third uncle didn't answer my question directly, but asked instead: "This painting is called the Night Banquet of Daojun, so do you know who Daojun is?"

I glanced at Uncle San, wondering in my heart that Uncle San was indeed, as he said, not a cultural person who knew calligraphy and painting, but I didn't expect him to study this painting quite deeply.He actually explained it to me for a long time, and even asked me such professional questions.

I really don't know who this dao lord is, so I can only shake my head.

The third uncle chuckled, leaned back on the chair in a showy manner, raised his legs, picked up a glass of water that had been poured, shook his head, and blew the tea foam in a serious manner.

I was angry and happy, and said: "San Shu, can we stop pretending? Is there any tea in your teacup? Don't tell me, don't tell me I'm leaving..."

I got up and was about to open the door, but the third uncle put down the teacup and hurriedly pulled me back: "Hey, my nephew is back, I finally figured out the details of this ancient painting, don't let me show off, hey... ..."

In fact, I don't really want to leave. I'm used to such half-truths and half-truths with my third uncle, and my third uncle is not surprised by this.

The third uncle took a sip of water, and then said to me: "This Daozong is an emperor. It is Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. He is an emperor who highly worships Taoism. During his reign, he built a large palace and called himself the leader of Taoism. The emperor often asked Taoist priests to read and tell fortunes. The "Zhenghe Wanshou Dao Cang" compiled during the Zhenghe period was the first fully published "Tao Cang" in our country. The largest history of Taoism and biographies of Taoist deified figures. This picture of the night banquet of the Taoist monarch was painted by a Taoist priest invited by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. But his original intention of painting this painting was to use this painting to invite immortals to come down to earth..."

"This emperor is too obsessed with the way of immortality, can he invite immortals to come down to earth with this painting?"

The third uncle nodded: "Of course. Otherwise, why would he be called Daojun Emperor. When Shang Zhou, there was also a legend that King Zhou wanted to invite immortals to go down to earth to drink with him, and later Daji got a group of fox spirits to pretend to be immortals?"

"That's just a rendition in the Romance of the Gods. Is what you said about Song Huizong true?"

"Of course it is true. It is recorded in the "History of Immortals" compiled by him. This painting also has a source..."

"Is there really a god in the world? How is it possible?" I dismissed this.Immortals only exist in those myths and novels, and although Song Huizong is the emperor, he is still a mortal who eats whole grains. The matter of inviting immortals to the earth is probably just a legend.

The third uncle nodded to my doubts: "I have always had reservations when I talked about immortals, demons and ghosts. My theory is that since there are ghosts in the world, it means that there are six realms. Among the six realms, maybe There are immortals and demons. It’s just that our level is too low, so it’s impossible for us to meet them. In addition, I don’t believe that mortals can invite immortals to come down to earth. I guess the author of this painting is the Taoist priest invited by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. He may be able to read Yinwen. After he finished the painting, he recited Yinwen silently, similar to how Su Daji asked the fox demon to pretend to be a god, and he invited ghosts to pretend to be gods, in order to prevaricate Song Huizong, in exchange for Song Huizong's trust, and to gain glory by himself It's just rich."

I kind of understood what Sanshu meant, and then he said: "Then I know, that Taoist priest is completely fooling Song Huizong. Just like your experience in that old house, Uncle San, dancing in the house by yourself, But you yourself feel that you are dancing with the immortals at that night banquet. So Song Huizong will firmly believe in this."

The third uncle was originally smiling, but when I finished speaking, he suddenly put on a straight face and said, "From now on, you will shut me up about my dancing. If you dare to say it again, we will sever the relationship between uncle and nephew."

I smiled and hurriedly agreed, thinking that Third Uncle finally had a little tail that I was holding.It would have been fun if I had recorded it for him with my mobile phone.It's a pity that the situation was critical at that time, how could I care about it?

The third uncle then moved the topic to the picture of the Taoist monarch's night banquet, and said: "It should be what you said. The Taoist priest may have used some kind of psychedelic to fascinate Song Huizong. He also thinks I entered the painting at that time, drinking and dancing with the immortals. Later, this painting was handed down and was in the hands of Emperor Yongzheng. I suspect now that Yongzheng gave this painting to Yang Zixu at that time."

"This good thing, Yongzheng actually gave it to Yang Zixu?"

The third uncle shook his head: "In the eyes of Song Huizong, who advocated cultivating immortals and Taoism, this is a treasure. In the eyes of Yongzheng, this thing may not be a good thing. After all, in the eyes of people who have not experienced it, this painting is indeed nothing. Value. Only in the eyes of those who understand the true use of this painting and will use it, it is a treasure."

"Third Uncle, where did you find out about this? Why have you never heard of it?" I questioned.

The third uncle pretended to be mysterious and said: "How about I am your third uncle, not you are my third uncle... I have my own channels to inquire about your third uncle..."

I smiled wryly and said, "What does this have to do with who is who and who is the third uncle? What nonsense can you use this painting for?"

The third uncle patted the scroll: "You don't know gold inlaid with jade. This painting is very useful. I now suspect that Yang Zixu is the ancestor of Yang Pitt, and of course Yang Yongfu. If If Yang Yongfu's family has a family tree, he should be able to find this person. Later, I asked Chen Tao to find a way to get his girlfriend to look up Yang Yongfu's family tree. If it is true, then this painting should belong to the Yang family. It’s fine for the two of us to know about it, don’t spread it, or I will have to return it to the Yang family.”

Afterwards, the third uncle really asked Chen Tao to do this, and he also found out the family tree.Sure enough, there was Yang Zixu's name on it, and the third uncle's deduction in this regard was actually accurate.

(End of this chapter)