Chapter 28 The past of Director Liu of Jiaoweiqin.
The staff of the Cultural Relics Management Department were puzzled by the director's reaction.
They certainly understood the purpose of purchasing the kingfisher model and displaying it as an accessory to the phoenix crown, but the problem was that Director Liu's current state was obviously not the reaction he would normally have.
If it were any other time, when he saw a junior with such superb skills, he would definitely cheer and look for people to cheer with his phone. But now, he was terribly silent.
Wu You: "Isn't it possible that the dean was hit hard?"
Zhao Qian: "Not really? Director Jia is obviously not an ordinary person. I think the director is more envious than being crushed by the young people."
Pang Qing: "Envy, what are you envious of?"
Chen Yu: "I envy their disciples. Our curator Liu and Dean Zhen of Xian'an were from the same batch of historians. But Dean Zhen chose to go to the front line, while Curator Liu stayed in Yanjing."
"At that time, the first round of excavation of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum was underway. The curator's teacher wanted to take Curator Liu to northern Shaanxi for archaeological excavation. But at that time, everyone knew what it meant to leave the capital and go to the northwest."
"Director Liu gave up the opportunity to stay in Yenching, while Dean Zhen chose to go to northern Shaanxi with their teachers. This also led to the deviation of Director Liu's overall development path."
"Originally, our Director Liu was the technical leader of that generation, while Dean Zhen was just a science and engineering guy who changed his career path."
"Originally, their teacher was planning to train Director Liu as his personal disciple, but this incident caused the master and disciple to miss each other completely."
"Although Director Liu later became the director of the National Museum through his own efforts, he was touched when he saw Dean Zhen working with his master on the front line little by little and becoming a leader in the field of cultural relics restoration in China, even though Director Liu was also successful in his career."
"As the director of the National Museum of China for so many years, Director Liu should be considered the best among his peers. But it was precisely because of that decision that he gave up the front-line restoration he was originally engaged in and completely turned to the direction of management positions."
"Although his success as director of the National Museum of China was proven later, he still gave up a career he once loved."
"And now Dean Zhen has accepted an apprentice who is obviously a supermodel. Even though Director Liu has long since let it go, he still wonders what he would have thought if he had chosen to be with his master back then."
Director Liu: "Together with what?"
"Of course we'll go together... Director..."
"Xiao Chen, last week's paper..."
"Director...I'll change it right away."
The people who were Cricket's immediate superiors dared to flee like frightened birds and beasts.
Liu Qingyang had never thought that these trivial gossips about him would be passed on to this generation of students.
However, those kids were right about one thing. He was really envious of this last disciple that was accepted by his junior fellow apprentice.
He never regretted his choice. After all, for him, who had excellent conditions in all aspects at that time, staying in Yanjing meant better and more stable development space.
Of course, he knew the significance of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum to archaeologists, but the risks and gaps in going from the capital to the northwest were too great in those days. To be fair, even if he had to do it all over again, he might not have the courage to change his choice.
But he had never expected that his usually lazy junior fellow apprentice would actually accompany his master all the way to realize that originally dreamy ideal.
It would be a lie if he said he wasn't envious, because his little apprentice had shown a technical talent that would definitely surpass his teacher in the future.
To be fair, sometimes he couldn't help but sigh at his junior brother's almost incredible luck.
He also had to admit that when he saw Jia Wenyan holding the replica cultural relic in her hand, his eyes were full of fantasies of what he would have thought if he had chosen to persevere.
But fantasy is just fantasy after all, if you miss it, you miss it. After all, people should not be too greedy. However, it is not a bad thing for him to have a talented disciple.
A few days later, when Jia Wenyan's Twelve Dragons and Nine Phoenix Crown was gradually taking shape, Director Liu took the opportunity during lunch break to find his little nephew who was talked about by countless old friends.
"Xiao Jia, I have something I want to ask you for help with?"
"No... Teacher, what are you doing..."
Jia Wenyan subconsciously wanted to ask what was going on, but as soon as she turned around, she saw the huge wooden box on the cart behind Director Liu.
"Director Liu... this is..."
"Oh, this is what I want to ask you for help. It is also a gift from me, your uncle, to your closed disciple."
"No, Director, you don't need to..."
"Don't rush to reject it, because it may not be meaningful to me."
After Director Liu finished speaking, he signaled to the students behind him to push the cart forward. Jia Wenyan, who was unable to persuade the other party, had to open the paulownia wood box at Director Liu's signal.
Although she didn't know what was inside at this moment, the gift from the director of the National Museum, in such a large Paulownia box, could not be an ordinary item.
However, even though she was mentally prepared, when she actually opened the box, she still couldn't help but feel unbelievable about what was inside.
"This is... a Jiaowei Qin? And it's a Jiaowei that has been passed down for at least a hundred years?"
"Director Liu, this is..."
"My mother's dowry was also a family heirloom passed down from generation to generation in her family."
"Although this is just a replica of a Jiaowei, it is indeed an old item that has been passed down from generation to generation."
"But by my generation, no one in my family knew how to use it, and even the guitar itself was gradually becoming distorted as it aged."
"I originally thought of it as my career goal as a cultural relic restorer, but as time went by, I completely lost the confidence to restore it before I could restore it because of the change in my career direction."
"I wanted to find another master to repair it, but perhaps because of my pride in my professional skills, I could not just hand it over to other masters for repair. Over time, even I often forgot that I had such an ancient musical instrument that had been passed down for hundreds of years in my home."
"It is now certain that you will be accepted as my disciple. Although I don't think he has much to teach you, it is better for me to hand it over to my own nephew than to an outsider."
"But Master, have you ever thought that although your Jiaowei Qin is a replica, in terms of age, there is almost nothing comparable to it except the Feiquan in the National Museum's collection."
"Something like this...Uncle, if you are only concerned about the repair of this piano, then I can take it for you, but this piano..."
"Take it. Otherwise, if you come to my place and leave empty-handed, I don't know how your chatterbox master will tease me."
"That's not the case, Master. Originally, you paid for the materials of the Twelve Dragons and Nine Phoenixes Crown. Add to that the processing fee for the kingfisher model, and I've made quite a bit of money on this trip. Besides, I'm good at woodworking..."
Jia Wenyan wanted to refuse, but before she could say "I'm not good at carpentry", she heard the sound of a piano.
"This is……"
Jia Wenyan's mind moved slightly, and then she followed the guidance of the piano music and entered an endless sea of sycamore trees.
"Is this... the spirit space of the Jiaowei Qin? There is actually a spirit inside the Jiaowei Qin?"
Jia Wenyan looked carefully at the paulownia trees around her.
The Jiaoweiqin is one of the four famous Donghuang qins. It was created in the late Han Dynasty. It is a seven-string guqin made by the famous Donghuang musician Cai Yong for his daughter.
At the same time, this is also the one with the most grassroots protagonist aura among the four major Donghuang guqins.
Before being discovered by Cai Yong, the predecessor of this Jiaowei Qin was just a piece of paulownia wood left over from a peasant woman's firewood.
It was when Cai Yong heard the unusual sound of it burning in the fire that he came up with the idea of making it into a musical instrument.
There are even traces of being burned on the body of the instrument. This is the origin of Jiaowei. Perhaps it is in line with the legend of the phoenix roosting on the wutong tree. This Jiaowei, which was reborn from the fire, also completed a grassroots counterattack in one fell swoop.
This experience of its is also regarded by many literati as a metaphor for a talented person who has gone through hardships, or a treasure that has talent but has not been appreciated.
Jia Wenyan knew very well that such a legendary famous musical instrument must have its own spirit, but the problem was that the existence of the spirit was unique.
Especially for an existence like this that has been individually named, even if more identical imitations appear in the future, it will never be possible for a second Jiaowei weapon spirit to be born in this field.
The only possibility for the replica Jiaowei to have a spirit living in it is to reshape its body just like Jia Wenyan did for Tianxing and Hongyu.
Oh, there is another possibility that Jiao Wei, like Cui Yushang, had also placed a trace of his spiritual consciousness in his own replica.
But spiritual consciousness is not like the real body after all. Ordinary spirits cannot resist the disappearance of the real body after it is damaged even if they try their best. Let alone this replica that has been damaged for a long "year"?
Could it be that because of the legendary experience of the Jiaoweiqin, it has the ability to be reborn from the ashes?
It's right to think so. After all, unlike other guitar woods, the burnt tail has certain "flaws" from the beginning.
Thinking about it this way, it is possible that Jiaowei's spirit may indeed possess a vitality as tenacious as that of a cockroach.
Jia Wenyan thought so, but as soon as this thought came to her mind, the sycamore tree in front of her seemed to come alive, and suddenly tapped Jia Wenyan's head twice with its branches.
【Little girl, what are you talking about? How can you compare me with that disgusting bug? 】
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