pappabearbooks Chapter 471 Just admit defeat
Chapter 471 Just admit defeat
The history of the Dragon Kingdom is extensive and profound. From the perspective of the mythological system, the variety of gods and beasts is quite complex.
The dragon alone has nine sons, and the nine sons look different.
Among the animals, the ones that are more difficult to distinguish include the following mythical beasts: unicorn, brave and evil spirits, lion.
These mythical beasts all have the heads of tigers, leopards and lions. Some have a pair of wings on their backs, some have no wings on their backs, some can open their wings, and some cannot.
Some have horns on their heads, some have no horns on their heads.
Let alone a foreigner, even an orthodox Dragon Countryer would find it difficult to accurately distinguish these four mythical beasts in front of him.
As soon as Xiao Benzi and John finished whispering, the notary picked up John's note. He frowned and said, "Comrade John's handwriting is difficult to read. Let's read it together."
Whether it is learning to speak Chinese or learning to write Longguo characters, it is a challenge for foreigners. John's handwriting is too unrestrained and it takes a lot of effort to recognize it.
The three notaries worked together and finally read out the answer. The answer written by John on the paper was, "The bluestone ornament placed indoors is a mythical beast called Jixie, and it dates from the Northern Song Dynasty."
After hearing this answer, everyone admired John very much. He did not regard the bluestone ornaments as guarding stone lions, which was quite good.
In the Song Dynasty, there were several kinds of ornaments placed indoors, including golden dragons, evil spirits and Pixiu.
Needless to say about the golden dragon, except for the Ninth Five Supreme Beings, ordinary people don’t dare to display this thing, and they can’t control it.
Let’s look at warding off evil spirits and Pixiu. The function of warding off evil spirits is to protect the home, while Pixiu is to attract wealth.
Anyone who has a good reputation, is an official, or belongs to a wealthy family will not display a Pixiu at home. These people value purity and nobility, so displaying a Pixiu would be too tacky.
Therefore, only a few people place Pixiu.
Being able to guess so much, John is indeed a master of dragons.
Let’s look at the correct answer next. The correct answer is, “The bluestone ornaments in the hall of Zhu Bancheng, a great businessman in the Northern Song Dynasty, are a kind of mythical beast called Pixiu.”
The early Northern Song Dynasty was a time of peace and prosperity, with a large population and a prosperous economy. Many big businessmen were as wealthy as the country, and Zhu Bancheng was one of them.
He was no ordinary businessman. He was Zhu Xi's grandfather. It was said that half of the city's houses belonged to his family, so everyone called him Zhu Bancheng.
Zhu Bancheng is a businessman, and the businessman comes here for profit, so he must have Pixiu in his house.
John was very unconvinced, "This is obviously to ward off evil spirits. Do you have any evidence that it is Pixiu?"
The owner of Pixiu smiled and said, "Of course, Pixiu has one horn, while Jiuxie has two horns. Go and count the numbers on its head. If it has two horns, I lose."
The reason why mythical beasts are mythical beasts is because they do not exist in real life. No one has ever seen a real mythical beast. We can only infer what they should look like based on the data.
The craftsman then adds his own imagination to create the mythical beast.
Therefore, the images of mythical beasts spread throughout the world are also diverse.
John was stunned, "Is there only one horn? What's on the other side?"
Everyone looked at it together and saw that the bluestone Pixiu had an unrestrained and simple shape, with countless hairs standing on its big head.
After careful analysis, everyone found that only the one in the middle of the mythical beast's head was a horn, and the other two sides were all hairs.
I have to say that regardless of its historical value, the appearance of the bluestone Pixiu is quite strange. The horn on its head is not obvious and looks like a tuft of hair.
The hair on both sides was made more symmetrically and looked like two horns. John was still knowledgeable. He saw these two tufts of hair and thought they were two horns, so he made a mistake in his judgment.
Qi Xiangyang, the owner of Baolongzhai, smiled and said, "If you still don't believe it, you can look into Pixiu's ears.
There are words in the ears of this mythical beast, one of which is written with the word "Zhu", indicating that it is the ornament of Zhu Bancheng's family.
What was written in the other ear was the name of the mythical beast, Pixiu. "
John was so stiff that he couldn't move. His two companions hurriedly stepped forward and looked into the ears of the mythical beast.
Guo saw that there were small words in the ears, which could be seen clearly with a magnifying glass. In one ear, it was written "Zhu", and in the other ear, it was written "Pixiu".
John looked at his two companions in disbelief. The two companions nodded with ugly expressions. John had indeed admitted his mistake.
Therefore, it is better to know half of the characters than not to know them at all.
In the first game, the three foreigners lost. Yuan Nier took Tang Qin away with a smile, "This Qin has been living overseas for many years, it's time to go home."
Xiao Benzi's hand finally clenched into a fist and he hit the wall hard.
Qi Xiangyang smiled and said, "Oh, I heard that Tang Qin is very valuable. Not long ago, some auction house abroad just sold one. It is said that it sold for tens of millions of dollars."
"The gambling game was well set up today. Someone got on the pole and gave money to classmate Yuanni."
"Isn't that right? Do you think some people are mean or not?"
"I told you, classmate Yuanni, that Tang Qin is a good thing, but it still needs to be cleaned before it is put into storage. After all, it has been touched by unclean people." Doctor Lao Hou glanced at the small book and meant something.
"Oh, okay, I'll give it a good cleaning."
The big guy looked kind, but what he said stabbed Xiao Benzi's heart with a knife.
The translators and officials at the scene did not say anything, but looked a little embarrassed.
Xiao Benzi's face turned red with anger, and he wished he could dig a hole on the spot and get in.
He is trying to give money to others, but he is also discriminated against and ridiculed. It is really a bad way...
"Okay, everyone, don't talk about those useless things. Let's make a quick decision and start the second game as soon as possible." The impartial cadre reminded.
So both parties took the treasure again.
Dr. Hou took out the box containing the Hongshan Jade Pig Dragon and placed it on the table proudly.
This time the other party was a different person, and Xiao Benzi personally came on stage to appraise it. It seemed that he wanted to avenge his shame and win the other party's treasure.
Yuanni came on stage for the second time, and this time the treasure the other party took out was smaller in size, sandwiched in a delicate booklet, and sealed entirely with plastic.
Yuan Ni looked carefully and saw that it was a red octagonal piece of paper with a dark red background and a few foreign characters written on it. 1c was written on the lower right corner. There was also a 1/4 postmark stamped on it, indicating that the paper The piece is a stamp.
There are two difficulties in identifying this stamp.
First of all, the nationalities are different, the two sides cannot understand each other's languages, and most antique collectors do not understand foreign languages. Who knows what the hell is written on the stamps?
Even if Yuanni is fluent in various languages and can recognize the words written on stamps, there is another problem.
After all, the scene is about antique betting, and stamps are something that only appeared in modern times. Even in European and American countries, stamps that can be recognized as antiques must be at least a hundred years old.
This requires the appraiser not only to understand foreign languages, but also to understand history. Who can do this?
Now everyone on the scene was nervous.
Especially Dr. Hou, who was so nervous that his forehead was covered with sweat.
If Yuanni can't tell the origin of the stamp, then he will lose to the Hongshan Jade Pig Dragon he just got.
The owner of the stamp is none other than John, who played in the first game. He is confident of victory, with his hands folded in front of him and a proud smile on his face.
"Young lady, with all due respect, even the philatelists in your country do not have the ability to authenticate this stamp, so don't bother yourself and just admit defeat."