Zhenpinzhai has a very strange rule, that is, no matter what your background is outside, as long as you want to enter Zhenpinzhai, you must wear a white mask.
All the masks are exactly the same. No one knows who is sitting opposite them, and no one cares who is coming here, because behind everyone who comes here, there is something they don’t want others to know. Know the secret.
Not only that, people inside Zhenpinzhai are not allowed to talk during the whole process. If you like something here, it is very simple. You only need to write down a list of suitable prices in your mind on the card in your hand, and then hand it over Just the guy from Zhen Pinzhai will do.
Zhenpinzhai always only places hidden bids, and the one with the highest price gets it.
If you are lucky enough to win the bid, someone will take you to an antique room, where a person is waiting for you.
The fourth generation manager of Zhen Pinzhai, Zhen Junyi.
Zhen Junyi has just turned 40 this year, but he has been in charge of Zhen Pinzhai for many years. No one calls him by his first name on weekdays. Most people who know him well call him Boss Zhen, or Fourth Master Zhen.
Although Boss Zhen looks high-spirited on the surface, he is actually disabled.
In a car accident when he was young, Zhen Junyi lost both his parents and his legs.
Perhaps it is for this reason that Zhen Junyi's personality has become extremely introverted and a bit extreme. Although he is in the business world, he rarely shows his face in front of everyone, so that everyone has only heard of this boss Zhen, but has never seen him. to see his true face in Lushan.
But this time, all the guests in Zhenpinzhai met Boss Zhen.
Boss Zhen was sitting in a wheelchair made of golden nanmu, and was pushed up by a very beautiful girl with an extremely hot body.
The two of them walked slowly to the stage in the center of Zhenpinzhai Hall, and a waiter quickly handed over a microphone.
Boss Zhen turned to Mike, smiled and said to the nearly fifty people below: "I'm glad that everyone can come to Zhenpinzhai today. I believe you all know the rules of the ghost market. It only opens three times a year, in March of the lunar calendar. March, July 15th, and October 1st..."
Boss Zhen suddenly started coughing when he said this, and the beautiful girl next to him immediately handed over a few pills.
Boss Zhen took the pills without hesitation and drank them with water.
After a while, Boss Zhen finally recovered his breath. He patted his heart with his hand, shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, everyone. I've been in poor health recently, and the doctor told me not to work too hard. So please be patient and considerate..."
Boss Zhen said it politely, but there was no politeness in his tone.
No one here spoke, they were just listening to what Boss Zhen was saying. Of course, they were also waiting, waiting for Boss Zhen to continue talking, waiting for the things they were going to sell today...
Boss Zhen looked around and saw that no one was talking. He nodded with satisfaction and then continued: "Today is the third day of August in the lunar calendar. In fact, it is not the day when the ghost market opens to welcome guests. But why do you call everyone here?" Where? I think everyone knows better than me, so I won’t be too pretentious here..."
Having said this, Boss Zhen clapped his hands.
After the applause fell, two girls with equally handsome looks and powerful figures walked to the center of the stage carrying a large wooden plate.
There was something placed on the wooden plate, and a big red cloth covered it. It was hard to tell what it was for a while.
However, the moment the two girls took out this thing, everyone present turned their attention to it.
Obviously, most of the people who come to Zhenpinzhai today are here for this object.
Boss Zhen is a person who understands other people's hearts very well. Of course, he is also a boss who is very good at doing business.
Seeing everyone looking towards the center of the wooden plate, Boss Zhen did not hesitate, stretched out his hand and pulled off the red cloth covering it with a "swish".
Immediately afterwards, a jade Buddha head immediately appeared in front of everyone.
But the strange thing is that the surface of this jade Buddha head is full of scars, with countless small cracks covering the face. If you look closely, it looks like it has been deliberately carved with a sharp weapon.
Although no one was allowed to speak in Zhenpinzhai, the appearance of the Jade Buddha still caused an uproar in the hall.
Boss Zhen heard everyone's surprised sighs and didn't care that they broke the rules. Instead, he smiled slightly with satisfaction.
He liked to see the faces of people who were eager for what they wanted, especially those who had money and status.
Boss Zhen took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, which was Zhongnanhai for ten yuan a pack.
He pulled one out. The beautiful girl next to him frowned slightly and complained softly, "Hey! Why are you smoking again? Don't you know that the doctor doesn't allow you to smoke recently?"
Boss Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Haha! Just one! Just smoke one!"
The girl frowned and said displeasedly: "You say that every time!"
But the girl kept saying it, took out the lighter from her pocket, and obediently lit the cigarette in Boss Zhen's mouth.
The smoke was quickly ignited, and puffs of gray-white smoke floated into the air in an instant.
Boss Zhen took two satisfied puffs and then turned his attention to the head of the jade Buddha.
After a while, Boss Zhen said softly: "The jade Buddha head you are seeing now is the famous Mingtang Jade Buddha Head..."
No one spoke below, and the whole place was silent.
Boss Zhen continued: "I think some people naturally know more about this Mingtang Jade Buddha Head than I do, and some people know a little less, so I still have to explain it..."
In fact, regarding the origin of the Mingtang Jade Buddha Head, I don’t think it is necessary to rely on Boss Zhen’s mouth to talk about it. It is better, more direct and pure for me to talk to you about it so simply and directly...
By the way, Wu Zetian in history was a great admirer of Buddhism, and "Mingtang" was the main hall of the palace during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties.
"Mingtang" is a place where ancient emperors clarified politics and religion, and could hold major activities such as sacrifices, court meetings, and celebrations.
Chinese archaeologists have indeed discovered the ruins of Wu Zetian's Mingtang. In addition to the "Mingtang", they also discovered the ruins of "Paradise" within 155 meters of it. Of course, this "Paradise" is different from what we call "Paradise". .
The heaven here refers to the purest pure land in Buddhism.
"Heaven" is a Buddhist temple building built by Wu Zetian under the command of Xue Huaiyi to worship Buddha statues. It is also the original creation of Empress Wu Zetian.
According to historical records, the Mingtang is 86 meters high, and in Heaven, you can overlook the Mingtang from the third floor. We speculate that the Heaven should be more than 100 meters high!
Building such a tall building not only reflects the queen's admiration for Buddhism, but also aims to improve her own identity and status.
In addition, according to historical records, there are two Buddha statues in Wu Zetian Mingtang, Maitreya Buddha and Vairocana Buddha.
In the sixth year after Wu Zetian became emperor, the Buddhist hall was burned down by the sky fire at that time. It was rebuilt a year later. Until Wu Zetian's death, the Buddhist hall was built into the Qianyuan Hall.
During the Anshi Rebellion, the Qianyuan Hall was destroyed, Wu Zetian Ming Hall no longer existed, and the Buddha statues in Zetian Ming Hall were missing.
According to legend, Yao Chong, the prime minister at that time, ordered a general named Hu Zhiquan to divide the two Buddha statues into two parts and transport them to two different places.
Hu Zhiquan ordered his men to transport the Buddha's body to Guizhou, while he took the Buddha's head west and north.
Since then, there has been no news, and there is not even half a word of record about Hu Zhiquan in any history of the Tang Dynasty.
Until the early 1920s, one of the Mingtang Jade Buddha heads was discovered in the Sutra Cave of the Longmen Grottoes. Not long after, the Buddha head was stolen and has been scattered in France, Belgium, and the United States.
In 1991, Chinese-American Chen Zhejing purchased it from a private collector in the United States.
Until 2005, the Chinese government invested 8 million yuan to buy back one of the jade Buddha heads.
The whereabouts of the other jade Buddha head are still unknown, but unexpectedly it suddenly appeared in the trading place of this underground ghost market today.
Boss Zhen didn't speak too fast, but he didn't speak too slowly either. After saying this, he just finished smoking the cigarette in his hand.
Boss Zhen put out the cigarette in his hand and continued softly: "The head of Maitreya Buddha was taken away by the state for 8 million yuan in 2005. And the head of Vairocana Buddha was taken away by the country that year. The one that General Hu Yiquan personally escorted. Not only that, General Hu Yiquan also took away a magic weapon that Wu Zetian regarded as a treasure, as well as the spring water of the 'Fountain of Youth'..."
When the words "fountain of youth" were mentioned, everyone in the audience was in an uproar again.
Boss Zhen's face darkened slightly. He was obviously unhappy. He didn't like others interrupting his speech.
Sure enough, after Boss Zhen's face darkened, the bursts of noise suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at Boss Zhen in unison.
Boss Zhen didn't speak. A pair of dagger-like eyes flashed across everyone's face. A few people with poor psychological quality started to tremble involuntarily when Boss Zhen looked at them like this.
After a long time, Boss Zhen showed his slightly deliberate smile again and said: "General Hu Yiquan walked westward for many years with the Fountain of Youth and the Jade Buddha Head, and finally came to a temple in the Tibetan area called Gesala. Kang's temple stopped. At that time, General Hu Yiquan was already seriously ill. He knew that his time was short, but he had nothing at hand, so he could only use his own sword to carve the name of his journey from Chang'an on the head of the jade Buddha. The route to Gesarakang..."
When Boss Zhen said this, he suddenly started coughing. After a while, he slowly stopped, and then said: "Huh... this disease is really fatal... Originally, this Gesarakang Temple belongs to the four aspects of Tibet. One, it is not difficult to find, but unfortunately during the period of Langma’s extermination of Buddhism, all the Sifang temples except the Lesser and Lesser Zhao Temple were burned down, and Gesarakang, a Western temple, became a lost place... "
