Appreciation of treasures

Chapter 947 Lotus Terrace

Chapter 947 Lotus Terrace

Xie Qiu stretched out his hand to take out the box and said, "Mr. Zhao, the things are here. Take a look."

Zhao Gang didn't say much, took the box with one hand, and opened the lid with the other hand.

Inside is a palm-sized white jade Buddha seat, surrounded by carved lotus leaves. Overall, it looks like the lotus platform where Avalokitesvara sits.

Zhao Gang put the lotus platform in his hand and looked at it. Although the white jade used to make the lotus platform could not be called waste, it could not be called precious either.

The engraving on it is not considered brilliant either, so it should not be the work of famous masters.The jade material is not precious, and the workmanship is not exquisite. What does the other party mean?

Do something that kills someone just for something of low value?

Zhao Gang was puzzled. Among the antiques he had appraised, this was the first time he saw such a strange thing.

"Mr. Zhao, did you see anything?" Xie Qiu asked anxiously.

"The lights here are a bit dim, and there is no identification equipment, so it is difficult for me to judge where it came from."

Zhao Gang thought for a while, and said: "Those people agreed to hand over things at the foot of Feihu Mountain at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, indicating that they should not continue to do things before the afternoon arrives. We still have about ten hours. Look at this Okay, I'll take the things back first, then find all the equipment and do a detailed appraisal."

"I'll help you find what equipment you need."

After Xie Qiu finished speaking, he hurriedly explained: "Mr. Zhao, don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid that you will take this thing away, I just want to know the answer quickly, after all, this matter is related to my grandfather's life. "

"Forget it, then you can come with me."

Zhao Gang hurriedly put the lotus table back into the brocade box and left the bank.On the way to Xie's villa, Zhao Gang mentioned to Xie Qiu the equipment he needed.He needs things like a magnifying glass, a miniature flashlight, and an archaeological brush.

It's late at night now, and I'm sure you won't be able to buy it in the store, so Zhao just wanted to take the lotus back and wait until dawn the next day before appraising it.

Xie Qiu seemed really concerned about this matter. After listening to Zhao Gang's words, she called all her friends and finally found all the equipment Zhao Gang needed.

An hour after returning to the villa, someone delivered the things to the door.Zhao Gang lined up the equipment and put them on the coffee table in the living room, and put the lotus stand here as well.

He picked up the archaeological brush and carefully wiped the dust on the lotus platform.Immediately afterwards, Zhao Gang used a flashlight and a magnifying glass to observe the inner workmanship of the lotus platform inch by inch, making sure that there was nothing hidden inside the lotus platform.

Its body is a lotus platform with nothing inside.

"It shouldn't be. For an ordinary lotus platform, is it going to take a lot of trouble? Does it have any historical value that no one knows?"

After two hours of appraisal, Zhao Gang did not find any clues on the lotus platform, so he couldn't help but expand his thoughts outward, thinking about the value of this lotus platform besides its own value, and what additional value it has.

Zhao Gang remembered that on the first day he came to Jiangcheng, he heard two announcers on the traffic radio talking about this lotus platform in the car.

Coupled with what Xie Qiu said just now, Zhao Gang feels that this lotus platform may have different meanings.Xie Qiu said that the lotus platform was a cultural relic looted from the imperial palace by foreign invaders more than 100 years ago.

If the lotus platform had no other value, how could the Ouchi Imperial Palace collect it?

"Miss Xie, please find a computer, I want to check the relevant information online."

"No problem, I'll get it for you right now."

After finishing speaking, Xie Qiu ran to his room and took out a pink laptop.Zhao Gang put the computer on the coffee table, sat by the sofa, and opened the search engine with the mouse.

Not long after, Zhao Gang collected a lot of information about Liantai on the Internet.

Not to mention, it really made Zhao Gang find a little clue.According to the calculation of time, the lotus platform should have been taken away by the invaders during the Gengzi Kingdom Change.

After the Gengzi Revolution, the Empress Dowager Cixi took Emperor Guangxu disguised as a farmer, abandoned the entire palace, and traveled westward with only a few entourages.

The invaders entered the palace and divided up all the national treasures in the palace, and the lotus platform was taken away at that time.Cixi was incompetent in governing the country, but she liked to beautify herself, so the ministers followed her wishes and called her Lafayette.

Zhao Gang remembered seeing a photo once, in which Cixi dressed herself as Guanyin Bodhisattva, sitting on a lotus platform, and the eunuchs next to her were dressed as a dragon girl and a boy of good fortune.

Could it be that this humble lotus platform is Cixi's favorite thing?So those people would desperately want to take it back?

Zhao Gang rubbed his brows, thinking that his guess was correct, but vaguely, he felt something was wrong.

All the things Cixi used were treasures, and even the food she ate had to make up 108 dishes every day. How could a lotus platform made of ordinary materials be her favorite thing?

Time passed minute by minute, because Zhao Gang was thinking about things, he didn't notice the passage of time at all.

Soon after dawn, Zhao Gang came back to his senses under Xie Qiu's call, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Xie, I thought of many possibilities, but in the end they were all overthrown by myself. I really can't think of what this lotus platform represents. .”

"Forget it, if you can't think of it, you can't think of it. In the afternoon, I will go to Feihu Mountain and hand over this lotus platform to them. Maybe the matter will be resolved."

"I'll go."

Zhao Gang said sternly: "Those people don't know how to trick your grandfather, which means they are not ordinary people. If they have evil intentions, if you go there alone, doesn't it mean that you have thrown yourself into a trap?"

Xie Qiu shook his head again and again and said: "Although you are my cousin's friend, this matter is too dangerous. I can't let you be an outsider to take risks alone. Let me do it."

"Miss Xie, since you said that I am your cousin's friend, it means that we are also friends. Friends should not pay attention to these things."

Zhao Gang interrupted Xie Qiu's words, and said word by word: "Besides, I'm really curious about the meaning behind this thing, so you can fulfill my idea."

He knew that Zhao Gang was comforting himself by saying this, but Xie Qiu still felt an uncontrollable emotion in his heart.

Zhao Gang had no relatives or reason with him, first he helped him get back his wallet on the road, and then he had to go to danger alone, only such a man can be called a real man.

Putting aside his speculations for the time being, Zhao Gang asked Xie Qiu to find a room for him to rest.After not sleeping all day and night, even Zhao Gang couldn't bear it.It's 8 a.m., 2 hours before 6 p.m.

Zhao Gang can rest for 45 hours and meet the group with full energy.

(End of this chapter)