Lin Yi secretly winked at Fifth Brother.
Brother Wu immediately understood his intention.
"I said, little master, we've almost finished looking at it. Have you finished the rubbings over there?"
"It's over, it's over, come and take a look!"
The accompanying monk walked up and took a look, and it was indeed unusual.
This ruined monument and the forehead of the monument were originally standing in the corner with a disgraced look, and no one would give him a second glance.
After Qian Sheng's instructions, he cleaned up all the dirt and dust on it, and then used red ink to rub the stone carvings on it. It does look a bit like an antique.
The little master looked at the rubbings and was full of praise. Qian Sheng took out a few and said with satisfaction:
"These are the rubbings that I am personally satisfied with. They are left in the temple. We will take away the remaining ones and this pile of scraps."
As he spoke, Qian Sheng stretched out his hand to gather together the messy test subjects on the ground and clamped them under his armpits.
"We will take away this garbage and will not cause any trouble to your temple."
The little master clasped his hands together and said, "Then I'll bother the donor."
The group of people left the Sutra Pavilion and strolled around the temple pretendingly. Then they said goodbye to the accompanying monks, walked straight out of the temple, and headed straight to the car.
After getting into the car and closing the door, Qian Sheng eagerly took out four rubbings of the broken inscription from the pile of waste paper and unfolded them one by one.
"It really made me and my eldest brother guess. The handwriting has not been polished clean. In addition, it has been thrown in the ground after being smashed and no one cared about it. Except for some traces of weathering around it, the original text of the carving is basically intact. I can identify 70% to 80% of them.”
Seeing this, Bai Lu finally reacted.
"Oh, it turns out that when you said you wanted a rubbing on the forehead of the monument, you actually wanted to print the inscription! Why didn't you tell me in advance? I was kept in the dark."
"Maybe I still don't trust your acting skills." Lin Yi joked.
"My acting skills? Come on, I am making a living in the entertainment industry after all. I have acted in a few movies, although it is not an important role."
"Ah, yes, yes, stop talking. Next time you let me see your acting skills, I will definitely turn around for you! The kind that doesn't charge you, stop making trouble, talk about business, talk about business!"
Lin Yi smiled and picked up a rubbing and pasted it on the windshield of the car. The writing on it was vaguely visible.
The font is very obvious Xingkai, which was also the most popular font for stele inscriptions in the Ming Dynasty.
"The calligrapher's writing power is very solid. You can see the trajectory of his calligraphy practice from the strokes. It has the charm of Dong Qichang. Most people can't write this calligraphy."
"The carving craftsmen are not ordinary, and they can carve out the original work's powerful feeling that penetrates the back of the paper. It's a pity. If the writing on this monument had not been erased, it should be an excellent calligraphy copy and a model work."
Lin Yi and Qian Sheng were discussing when Fifth Brother suddenly interrupted:
"Why do you think this person wanted to erase the words on it?"
"Fifth brother, you don't know something. Our Chinese calligraphy is divided into two categories: stele study and calligraphy study.
As the name suggests, the study of stele is to learn the calligraphy of the ancients from the inscriptions on the stele, while the study of calligraphy is to start from the ancient calligraphy and study the calligraphy of the old people.
It can only be said that each has its own merits, but there is a problem. There are very few ancient copybooks handed down to the world, but the number of surviving inscriptions is relatively considerable.
In the past, there were still people who made a career out of rubbing steles, especially the stone steles of some famous people, such as Ou Liuyan and Zhao. In the era when there was no large amount of printed matter, every rubbing was a priceless treasure.
In order to get a good price for their rubbings, these people would deliberately damage a few important words on the inscription, or even destroy the entire inscription after they finished rubbing it.
In this way, his rubbings become unique copies, and the price is entirely up to him. "
"How cruel!" After listening to Qian Sheng's story, the fifth brother couldn't help but be speechless.
"Then why is this place in front of us?"
"In order to conceal the truth! I just said that this stone tablet looks a bit familiar. Do you still remember the pig we saw under the wellhead? This stone tablet should have been placed on the pig. "
As soon as Lin Yi said these words, everyone was shocked.
"Why didn't I think of that! I also think that the size of the monument, the calligraphy, and the carving are all top-notch. It can't just be a monument to the completion of a temple.
According to what you said, it's all right. Such a thick stele body is made of such good materials. The dragon pattern is of the same style as the auspicious cloud pattern on the back of the Bixi below. "
Qian Sheng slapped his hands suddenly and moved closer to the glass to read the words on it carefully.
Regular script, except for a few traditional Chinese characters, is already very close to current writing habits.
The text above is a bit shallow and difficult to read, but if you look carefully, you can still find some content.
It doesn't matter if you don't read the content of the inscription. After reading it from Qian Sheng's mouth, everyone in the car was shocked by the words above.
The content of this inscription should be taken from the middle one, which reads:
When Zhang Xianzhong led his troops through Langzhong, he listened to the instigation of his adopted son Li Dingguo and went to great lengths to dig up Yuan Tiangang's mausoleum despite the obstruction of the locals.
No priceless gold or silver treasures were found in Gong Yuan's mausoleum. Instead, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang worked together to "steal" the "Qingzhou Ding" from the "Shuangzhou Tomb" in Xiqi. "!
Not only that, but a strange book "Book of Three Worlds" was also unearthed. This strange book collects what Yuan Gong has learned throughout his life and is a very important Kanyu work.
Zhang Xianzhong was a bumpkin who couldn't read a lot of Chinese characters. He was not interested in these things, so he gave this book to his adopted son Li Dingguo.
At that time, he also listened to the suggestion of his counselor Wang Zhaolin. Since he had obtained the "Qingzhou Tripod", one of the "Nine Tripods of King Yu", it meant that he had the dragon spirit with him, so he might as well ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
It was precisely because of the appearance of the Qingzhou Cauldron that he firmly believed that he was the True Dragon Emperor, the chosen one.
Only then did Zhang Xianzhong enter Shu and establish the Daxi regime. From then on, the "Eight Great Kings" became the "Emperor of the Daxi".
The inscription also says that after Zhang Xianzhong dug the tomb of Duke Yuan in Langzhong, he dreamed of a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and a three-strand beard who entrusted him with a dream.
He was warned that since he had obtained the "Qingzhou Tripod", he should not harm the people of Langzhong, otherwise he would be punished by God.
Zhang Xianzhong woke up from his dream and ordered his men to set off overnight. Along the way, he strictly ordered his sergeants not to touch the people of Langzhong without permission.
If anyone fails to comply, he will be beheaded in public display.
After listening to Qian Sheng's story, Fifth Brother patted the back of the car's seat.
"That's right, that's right. When I was a child, I heard that when Zhang Zhizong came to Shu, he would seize strong men and march them into the army. If they dared to disobey, they would immediately kill everyone in the house. If they were not happy, they would massacre the city. Everywhere in central Sichuan, only Langzhong City was not attacked. Survive the disaster.”
(End of chapter)
