Almighty Appraiser

Chapter 539 A historical case

Hearing Shen Yunfeng say that the bronze scorpion that Mr. Ma saw in the antique market on Hong Kong Island, its value skyrocketed just because of a line of words on it, and the young woman immediately became interested.

She put her mouth close to Grandpa's ear and said a few words, then looked at Shen Yunfeng and urged, "Tell me quickly, which twelve words are they?"

Shen Yunfeng noticed that the octogenarian was also looking at him with a head of thin white hair, and a smile that was not a smile on his wrinkled face.

Shen Yunfeng lowered his head to take a sip of water, looked at the old man with a smile, looked at the young woman and said, "Mr. Ma found a line of small characters on the shoulder of the bronze scorpion. After careful identification, Mr. Ma confirmed that there were twelve small characters. It is 'my king's husband sent Wu Jin to cast a woman's weapon'."

Having said this, Shen Yunfeng glanced at the octogenarian with a smile on his lips, and said to the young woman: "As we all know, bronzes are inherently very precious, and bronzes with inscriptions on them are even more rare treasures."

"Because the bronze vessels with names engraved on them are usually very important people and events, so they are recorded in bronze vessels."

"Researching the bronzes with inscriptions on them, we can know that on the bronzes, the monarch's mother, sisters, and daughters all have their own surnames. When engraved on the bronzes, the method of 'country name + name' is usually used. "

"The most famous example is the Simuwufang Ding. It is because the three characters "Houmuwu" were found on the inner wall of its abdomen that experts deduced that it was the Shang king Zugeng, or Zujia, who sacrificed to his mother, that is, Shang Dynasty. Cast by Wang Wuding’s wife.”

"Based on the only twelve-character inscription, Mr. Ma deduced that this bronze vessel should be directly related to a historical koan."

The old man coughed, slowly leaned his back on the back of the soft chair, waved his hand lightly, and signaled Shen Yunfeng to leave him alone and just continue talking.

Seeing that the grandfather closed his eyes, the young woman smiled and said, "I just heard you mention a person named 'Fu Chai', who is the one in the allusion 'Tasting the Bravery'?"

Shen Yunfeng nodded with a "hmm" and said: "The translation of the twelve-character inscription means that this bronze scorpion was cast by Wu King Fuchai with the bronze of Wu State, and used it as a gift to a certain woman. The gift is hidden in the treasury."

"The discovery of this bronze 盉 is the only known bronze ware made by King Fuchai of Wu for a woman, and the woman's name was not inscribed on the bronze ware. This woman is definitely the closest person to King Fu Chai of Wu, otherwise, she would not be remembered in such a way."

"Because according to the usual practice, if Fucha, the king of a country, wants to commemorate his mother, he can imitate King Shang and engrave his mother's name on the bronze scorpion."

"Then if it is Fuchai, king of Wu, commemorating his elder sister or younger sister, it does not conform to the ancient practice of kings casting bronze wares for sisters, because if it is his elder sister, or younger sister, Fuchai will definitely engrave the bronze wares with sister Wang, Words like Wang Sister."

"And on that bronze scorpion, the word 'female' is engraved, which seems very ambiguous and obscure."

The young woman took advantage of the time when Shen Yunfeng was drinking water, and said with a smile: "Tell me, is it possible that this 'woman' refers to a daughter of Fu Chai who died young. Write it like this."

Shen Yunfeng glanced at the young woman with a smile, and his impression of the young woman changed slightly in his heart, because the words he said to her showed that she was actually a person who was willing to think.

Shaking his head, he said: "Your idea was also proposed at the time, but if it was really Wu Wang Fuchai who wanted to commemorate a certain daughter who died young, he would not engrave the word 'woman', but would directly write his beloved daughter, Or a word like princess."

"So, it is obvious that this woman cannot be Fu Chai's daughter, but Fu Chai's favorite woman. And because this woman's name is not engraved, this woman can only be Fu Chai's lover, King of Wu."

The young woman covered her mouth with a smile and said, "It seems that the profession of mistress has been around for a long time."

Shen Yunfeng smiled noncommittally and glanced at the octogenarian who seemed to be sleeping. He noticed that his eyebrows moved from time to time, and he knew that he had actually been listening to what he said.

"The red flag at home is not down, and the colorful flags are fluttering outside. Who is Fu Chai's favorite lover, the king of Wu, do you know?" The young woman looked at Shen Yunfeng with a smile.

Shen Yunfeng smiled lightly and said: "It's recorded in the history books, just like you mentioned in "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wuyue", King Wu Fuchai's favorite lover is the beauty Xi Shi."

"Ah? That Xi Shi who was washing yarn by the river, and the fish saw her beauty drowned?" The young woman's face turned pale.

Shen Yunfeng glanced at the young woman, and wanted to say, with your IQ that you are online for a while and disconnected for a while, ordinary people really can't stand it.

"Well, it's her." Shen Yunfeng rubbed his face, nodded and said, "Shen Yuluoyan, closed moon and shameful flowers, respectively describe the four ancient beauties Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Yuhuan."

"Didn't you just mention 'sleeping on fuel and tasting gall'? The Yue Kingdom was defeated, and Gou Jian was imprisoned in the Wu Kingdom by King Wu's husband. Fan Li, a minister of the Yue Kingdom, saw Xi Shi washing her yarn by the river by chance, and was immediately frightened. As a man of heaven, he took Xishi back and dedicated it to the King of Wu, hoping to save the life of Goujian, the king of Yue."

"Gou Jian was defeated by Fu Chai and besieged on Kuaiji Mountain. In order to survive, he hugged the Yue Kingdom. Gou Jian sent people to ask Fu Chai for peace, and offered to ask Gou Jian's daughter to the king, the doctor's daughter to the doctor, and the scholar's daughter to the scholar." .The treasures of the Yue Kingdom are all obedient. The widowed ruler commands the people of the Yue Kingdom, and he follows the master and disciple of the ruler, and only the ruler controls them."

"So, when Fan Li and others dedicate the beauty Xi Shi to Fu Chai, they are actually fulfilling the task arranged by Gou Jian."

"The fact is just as expected by Fan Li and others. After Fu Chai got Xi Shi, he was immediately fascinated by Xi Shi's beauty. Weaving, food without meat, clothing without heavy harvest, honoring the sages, treating guests favorably, helping the poor and hanging to death, and sharing the same labor with the people.', ten years of hard work and hard work, and finally defeated the state of Wu."

"Fu Chai was defeated and asked for peace, and hoped to follow Gou's example, 'the whole country is a concubine', but Gou Jian did not agree at all, and must destroy Wu State. Fu Chai was ashamed and angry, committed suicide and died, and Wu State perished."

(End of this chapter)