In this way, Lin Yi worked in the business department of the pawnshop. On the surface, he was Uncle De's apprentice, but Uncle De taught him nothing; in secret, he was Uncle Kang's apprentice, and Uncle Kang's apprentice became more and more careful in teaching him.

Uncle De, who had persisted in this situation for a week, saw something wrong with his eyes, especially Uncle Kang and Lin Yi, who were "flirting" in front of him in public, which was too conspicuous.

Uncle De didn't say anything, but secretly waited to grab the braid.

On that day, the weather suddenly became cold. Uncle De and Uncle Kang were old and even put on down jackets first. Lin Yi was still wearing a single shirt, which looked particularly neat. At noon, there were no customers. The two old men were dozing off with their hands in their arms. Lin Yi was about to open the gold and stone appraisal book introduced to him by Uncle Kang - "A Collection of Seals for Ancient and Modern Times" to study it. At this time, someone at the counter was there.

Often, Lin Yi had to come forward to say hello first. After he figured out the situation, the two veterans came out slowly. However, everyone was idle and woke up from sleepiness, so they all came to the counter.

The person who came to mortgage the items was a middle-aged man with a dark face, black and smoky, and a honest and hard-working look. Lin Yi felt familiar when he saw him.

The man hesitated and didn't know whether to take out the goods to mortgage it, but when he saw Lin Yi staring at him, he looked at Lin Yi and felt familiar.

Immediately, Lin Yi recognized it, "Aren't you the Big Brother Yuan who is the skewers?"

The man also recognized Lin Yi and said, "Big brother, you have caused me a lot!"

Lin Yi didn't understand why, the skewer brother said, "Do you remember the last time you and your friends tried to teach those two gangsters a lesson? They made me suffer!"

It turned out that last time, Teacher Huang ran away two gangsters who asked for "protection fees" in one move. He thought he had helped the skewers. Who knew that after they left, the two gangsters were carried over by a group of people, saying that the ribs were broken and that the skewers must pay the money. It was 30,000 yuan, and there was no negotiation. The skewers could not pay so much, so they smashed the stall.

They came to the stall for several consecutive days to make trouble. The skewers called the police. When the police came, they said that this was a "medical dispute" and not a criminal incident, so they were not easy to interfere.

The skewers were so hard that the business was impossible, so they just took the stall and went home. However, the group of people didn't let them go, and carried the two injured gangsters to the gate of his house to block them. They set off firecrackers and pulled banners, which made the neighbors uneasy.

There was no way, the skewers had to clean up their belongings and prepare to run away. Anyway, he was not a person here, so it was just right to go back to his hometown to work hard. When he was cleaning up his belongings, he found an old thing. The skewers felt that they were very valuable. They gave them a very low price when they got them at the antique market. He thought that those people were not authentic, so he would rather come here to mortgage them. After all, the big company has a good reputation.

After hearing what Brother Yuan said, Lin Yi couldn't help but blame himself. He was only concerned about his own pleasure at the time, but he didn't expect to implicate others and felt apologized in his heart.

Seeing Lin Yi like this, the skewer brother smiled happily and said, "Those things have passed, don't worry, please help me see my baby now!" As he spoke, he saw him take out something from his arms, wrapped it tightly in a towel, and didn't know what kind of baby it was.

I put the things on the counter, opened the wrapped towel, and saw that it was a book.

If it was another antique treasure, it would be fine. Lin Yi would directly call Uncle De and Uncle Kang to come for identification, but if it was about the book, he couldn't help but be curious.

With curiosity, Lin Yi picked up the book and checked it carefully.

This is a thread-bound book, with a small 8-open blue brocade face, and the title of the hand-written book by the brush - "Diamond Sutra".

There are also signatures below, handwritten by Anyangye, and the first month of Wushen year.

It turned out to be a handwritten manuscript, and I don’t know who wrote it.

Lin Yi couldn't help but open the handwritten copy, but saw the beautiful regular script "Diamond Sutra" immediately appearing on the paper.

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When it comes to "hand manuscripts", they were not valued in the past. Many people collect hand manuscripts just because their handwriting is beautiful. However, gradually, people discovered that collectors are rare works of art, secrets, and collections.

Why do you say so?

The handwriting is beautiful, especially the elegant brushwork, and the whole book is full of it. What is it not a work of art?

I have hand-written one-sided martial arts skills, and even the methods of alchemy and practicing Taoism. What is this a secret?

Handwritten copies for hundreds of years, especially those of famous writers, are hard to come by. What is it not a collection?

In fact, as a player in the old book industry, Lin Yi is not unfamiliar with collections such as "manuscripts". To be precise, he is still very familiar with them.

At first, Lin Yi's main criterion for buying handwritten copies was that the characters were good. As long as the characters were good, no matter what content was fine.

What he bought at first was a pair of inches thick handwritten manuscripts, which were written in dense small regular scripts, each of which was neatly written and very beautiful. About one-fifth of the paper had been turned to pieces, which means that because there were too many people reading this book, the paper in the area that needed to be turned by hand when flipping through the book was broken. This was the "most dedicated" book that Lin Yi saw in his life. After buying it home, he found paste and paper and filled all the damaged areas bit by bit, which took several days. In fact, he should not do this, and should keep it as it is. Behind the book, it is written: "This is a book left by his grandfather, we must treasure it."

Lin Yi was lucky enough to buy some handwritten medical books, which were very exquisite. However, once, he found a piece of brush calligraphy written on a white cloth, which was only one square foot. The cloth has become quite vicissitudes after the baptism of the times. It cannot be said that it is a color, but it is absolutely touching. This is the contract between three young men and brothers "Jinlan". At the beginning, it was like "There were Liu, Guan and Zhang in ancient times". In the end, they voluntarily formed brothers and wrote them with handprints. After reading it, they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

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At this moment, facing this hand-copied Diamond Sutra, Lin Yi had a series of questions in his mind. Who copied this? Why did he copy it? Why did he copy the Diamond Sutra?

From this we can see that Lin Yi did not have enough understanding of the manuscripts, and the reason is very simple. Since ancient times, the hand-copied "Diamond Sutra" has been the first choice for many emperors, generals and ministers and literati and poets!

Not to mention anything else, historical records show that Emperor Kangxi copied the Diamond Sutra twice in his life, one when he was fifteen years old, and the other was in the 32nd year of Kangxi. His grandmother, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, was seriously ill. In order to pray for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and express his filial piety, he carefully copied the Diamond Sutra, and this Diamond Sutra shows Kangxi's profound calligraphy power.

In addition, Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Qianlong, and Emperor Jiaqing have handwritten the Diamond Sutra. It can be said that judging from the handwritten "Diamond Sutra", this is a necessary homework for the Qing princes to learn Buddhist scriptures, and can also be regarded as a aspect of royal education.

In addition to these Qing emperors, Su Shi and Su Dongpo, a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, also hand-copied the Diamond Sutra and left behind the ink treasures that have been treasured to this day.

Looking back, why do many people like to copy the Diamond Sutra by hand? The reason is very simple. The Diamond Sutra is known as a Buddhist classic and has magical magic. It is said that as long as you copy the Diamond Sutra carefully, you will be subtly exposed to the profound Buddhist teachings and thus be enlightened.

Not long ago, a copy of the Diamond Sutra was circulated. A 19-year-old girl who had never been exposed to Buddhism before, who had been lucky enough to get this special opportunity, worked hard to copy it late the night before yesterday and went to bed. The next morning, she felt that someone was shaking her and shouting her, "Get up quickly, you're going to be late." She got up and saw that no one called her, so she fell asleep again. After a while, she dreamed of a giant with golden light shining as high as the sky leaning over and saying to her, "I am Manjushri Bodhisattva! Get up and go to work, otherwise you should be fined.

! "She was so scared that she was so excited that she quickly got up and washed up and took the bus to work. She was almost late. Many of the other sisters were punished for being late. The little girl was also surprised while finding a connection to her. The eldest sister who had made a connection to ask, "Sister, who is Manjushri Bodhisattva? I only know that there is Guanyin Bodhisattva. This morning, it was Manjushri Bodhisattva who called me up!" But she scared this elder sister who had been studying Buddhism for many years - okay, I have never dreamed of Manjushri Bodhisattva for so many years, and such a little girl actually had this opportunity!

Although this story is a bit exaggerated, it illustrates a problem. Many people believe that the hand-written Diamond Sutra can be enlightened and saved by Buddhism.

Because of this, if you can receive the handwritten "Diamond Sutra" in the collection of handwritten manuscripts and combine the handwritten "Diamond Sutra" with beautiful brush words, it will be a great opportunity and blessing.

The handwritten copy of the Diamond Sutra is even more valuable. When it appears at auction, it will be auctioned by many buyers.

For example, in 2006, the handwritten handwritten "Shizong Imperial Brush Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra" by Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty appeared at the Poly Auction Market in Beijing, with a final price exceeding 10 million. In 2010, a handwritten copy of Yan Youzhu, the younger brother of Yan Jingming, was sold online in the 22nd year of the Republic of China. The Diamond Sutra was completed with a yellow silk face and blue sign, and the appearance was seventh grade. It started at a base price of 100 yuan, and finally sold at 1,540 yuan. In 2011, the handwritten copy of "Diamond Sutra" by Cheng Shubiao, a famous figure in the Republic of China, started at a base price of 100 yuan, and finally ended at 2,400 yuan.

In fact, from the above prices, we can see that the collection of handwritten copies is at a low point. Many people are still focusing on printed copies and do not care much about handwritten copies. Therefore, the auction prices of these handwritten copies are not high.

However, Lin Yi believes that as people's awareness of collecting increases, handwritten copies will definitely become a new type of collection and will be hyped up. After all, you can have many printed copies, but handwritten copies are often veritable "alone copies"!

According to the principle of "scarcity makes things valuable", these collections can be veritable orphan treasures.

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Chapter completed!