Almighty Appraiser

Chapter 540 I also hope it's true

The sound of footsteps came, and Master Chen who hid in the quiet room came over.

The old man opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Master Chen, then closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

The young woman glanced at Master Chen, and the corners of her mouth immediately turned from slightly upturned to downturned.

The look on her face seemed as if Master Chen had ruined something good for her.

Shen Yunfeng was drinking water, his eyes passed the top of the teacup, and he accidentally saw the expression of the young woman when she glanced at Master Chen.

Master Chen had one thing in mind and wanted to tell Shen Yunfeng, so he didn't pay attention to the expression on the young woman's face when she glanced at him.

He walked up to Shen Yunfeng and whispered something, Shen Yunfeng nodded with a smile and said: "Well, I understand, but"

Shen Yunfeng glanced at the bronze scorpion placed on the counter, shook his head imperceptibly, looked at Master Chen and said, "I guess it will be difficult."

Master Chen let out an "oh" in disappointment, then glanced at the dozing old man and the young woman with a slightly displeased face, turned around and entered the quiet room again.

"You Master Chen, hey, what do you say?" The young woman glanced at the place where Master Chen disappeared with a sinking face, shook her head, and then looked at Shen Yunfeng with a smile and said, "If you tell me now I, your so-called koan has finished, and I will be very disappointed."

Shen Yunfeng sniffled, and said: "It's still a little short, I'll try to speak as quickly as possible, it has delayed you and the old man for a long time."

The young woman hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No delay at all, my grandfather is happy to listen to people talking, hee hee, I really want to know if the 'woman' on the bronze scorpion is the beautiful Xi Shi."

Shen Yunfeng said: "Since this is the case, then I will continue."

"Say what you say, I'm all ears." The young woman smiled and made a gesture of washing her ears with water.

Shen Yunfeng couldn't help smiling, and then continued: "At the current location, among the artifacts unearthed about Fucha, king of Wu, weapons account for the largest proportion. Bronze sacrificial vessels are very rare, so in everyone's impression, Fucha is a man He should be a militaristic person, but now, the appearance of the bronze 盉 engraved with "My King Fucha Wu Jin casts a woman's weapon auspiciously" has made everyone discover that, in fact, Fucha is probably also a leisurely and elegant person, otherwise If not, he wouldn't have specially cast a bronze yu for a woman."

"Then, this person who didn't leave her name, but was just called a 'woman' by Fucha, could she be Xi Shi, one of the four beauties? You know, the Xi Shi in history actually didn't have a name, she was just a No matter how ordinary a peasant girl is, it is said that even the name Xi Shi was given by Fan Li before dedicating her to Fu Chai."

Shen Yunfeng rubbed his teacup and said: "The folks are familiar with the story of Xi Shi. It is said that in order to repay Fan Li's kindness, and to hold the hatred of her mother country, Yue State, who was humiliated by Wu King Fu Chai, she was willing to serve as an undercover agent and sacrifice her beauty. Seductively tempted Fu Chai, and finally helped Gou Jian who regained his strength to destroy the state of Wu."

"However, because there is no record of Xi Shi in the official history, there has been no conclusion as to whether Xi Shi really existed or was fabricated by later generations."

"However, in some people's minds, a woman like Xi Shi who sacrifices her ego and completes her ego for the sake of her family and country should be respected by future generations, and she hopes that her beauty will last forever in the world. Therefore, in Ma Lao With the generosity of the nobleman, this bronze 盉 was brought back to China and donated to Shanghai Bogu Museum. After reading it, many people concluded that the bronze 盉 ritual vessel is the Wu Wang Fucha cast it for his favorite lover Xishi."

"I also hope it's true." The young woman said earnestly while looking at Shen Yunfeng while resting her right hand on her cheek.

Shen Yunfeng smiled noncommittally, and continued: "According to normal people's understanding, Fuchagui is the king of a country, making a bronze vessel for the woman he loves, and engraving an inscription on it. Isn't that a simple and easy thing? However, Fu Chai was concerned about the environment at that time, he could not instruct the craftsmen to engrave the word "Xi Shi" on the bronze ware in a dignified way."

"Because of what? Because, at that time, Xishi was only a woman presented by Fan Lijin, a courtier of the Yue Kingdom, and one of Fucha's many lovers. Her status could not reach the status that required her name to be engraved on a bronze vessel. .”

"Then what should I do since my status does not allow it? Fu Chai had to use the word 'woman' instead of Xi Shi's name. In this way, it can be justified both in terms of rules and conventions. Fu Chai's approach is reasonable. It is also reasonable, and this is also a reasonable reason for many experts and scholars to explain the inscription after discussion."

"Especially Mr. Ma thinks that the woman on the bronze scorpion is Xishi himself. His basis is the story of Wu King Fucha, Yue King Goujian and Xishi recorded in "Wuyue Spring and Autumn". It is also widely circulated among the people, which means that this incident is definitely not groundless, but there are traces to follow, and it has happened in history, so it can be concluded that Xi Shi in history is a real person."

Speaking of this, Shen Yunfeng noticed that the corners of the old man's mouth turned up slightly, and the five fingers of his right hand that were lightly placed on the armrest of the soft chair moved a few times.

Shen Yunfeng took a sip of water, and said: "Of course, because the word 'Xi Shi' is not directly written on the bronze scorpion, all these speculations can only be guesses, and even Ma Lao can only say, speculate that The bronze 盉 belonged to Xi Shi. If similar evidence can be found in the future, especially if it can directly prove that Xi Shi has a historical basis, it may really be able to prove that the bronze that is now collected by the Shanghai Museum The 盉 is the only gift left to Xishi by King Fucha of Wu more than 2000 years ago, so it can be predicted how valuable it will be to historical research.”

At the end, Shen Yunfeng sighed indistinctly, looked at the quietly placed bronze scorpion and said: "History is vast, and this is not the only case that has not been clearly identified."

The old man finally opened his eyes, coughed slightly, and made a few huffs in his throat.

The young woman hurriedly got up and walked over to help grandpa cough up the phlegm.

The octogenarian took a sip of tea, looked at Shen Yunfeng who was looking at him, nodded with a smile, and waved his hand to signal Shen Yunfeng to come over, he had something to say.

And the young woman should have known what grandpa was going to say, walked over and took the bronze scorpion placed on the flannel at the counter.

(End of this chapter)