Fang Zhitong did answer the call, but it was clear that she had forgotten about this unfamiliar fellow and asked, "Hello, who is this?" Li Rui bitterly laughed and said, "So you didn't save my number." Fang Zhitong hesitantly asked, "You are …" Li Rui said, "Do you still remember the ancient tomb in Xiao Long Wang Village? I am the one who discovered the ancient tomb, Li Rui from the Municipal Party Committee's General Office. Have you forgotten about me? "Fang Zhitong was a little surprised and said," It's you! "Li Rui said," Of course it's me. Are you busy? I have two important questions that I want to ask you. " Fang Zhitong said, "I'm not too busy. I'm currently researching the burial objects unearthed from the ancient tomb. Ask away, I might not be able to answer."
Li Rui then asked, "I want to ask you … uh … how do I put it? Is it possible that there is a type of burial object that has its original color, but when it is buried, for auspicious reasons or because of some special custom, it is purposely dyed a different color to cover up its original color?" Fang Zhitong said, "Yes, there are many such occurrences. For example, the Ming Dynasty belonged to the fire element, so when the royal family was buried, the coffins would be purposely dyed red, and some would even draw a flame pattern. "Li Rui's heart jumped when he heard this and said," I'm talking about burial objects, not coffins. "
Fang Zhitong said, "There are many such occurrences. Not to mention ancient times, there are many ethnic minorities who do this in modern times. As far as I know, there are some ethnic minorities in the southern mountainous regions. When they are buried, all of the burial objects will be painted with the color of the totem that the ethnic group worships. As for ancient times, such occurrences were even more rare. " Li Rui repeatedly nodded and said, "Okay, then let me ask you, if a burial object is painted black, what does that mean?" Fang Zhitong thought for a while and said, "In theory, people generally won't change the color of burial objects, unless the tomb owner has a stubborn preference for a certain color, or the tomb owner has a preference for the object represented by a certain color."
Li Rui said, "I don't really understand. Can you explain it to me?" Fang Zhitong continued, "The dynasties in our China's history all belonged to the five elements, and the five elements represented five different colors. The one who invented this kind of political superstition was a guy named Zou Yan from the State of Qi during the Warring States Period. You should have heard of this guy if you study history. He created a set of political superstition theory, saying that every dynasty corresponded to each 'De' of the Five Elements, such as the De of Metal and the De of Fire. In fact, it meant that the dynasty followed the will of the heavens. From then on, every person who founded a dynasty would set down a virtue of the five elements for their dynasty. For example, Qin Shi Huang, when he annexed the world, the last dynasty he destroyed was the Zhou. He felt that the Zhou could not defeat his Qin, which meant that his Qin restrained the Zhou. Then, the Zhou was the De of Fire. Among the five elements, what was the nemesis of fire? It was water. Therefore, he set the Qin Dynasty as the De of Water. The corresponding color of the De of Water is black. Therefore, even if you study history and watch TV, you can see that the Qin Dynasty's clothes and flag were all black. In this kind of color worshipping environment, as an emperor or a descendant of the royal family, they have a special preference for a certain color that represents the five elements. Therefore, it is not impossible to paint all the funerary objects in a similar color. "
Li Rui asked, "Oh, so that means that the example I just gave was from the Qin Dynasty?" Fang Zhitong said, "Don't jump to conclusions. Since ancient times, who knows how many dynasties have believed in the De of Water. For example, the Qing Dynasty destroyed the De of Fire in the Ming Dynasty, and also considered themselves as the De of Water. Therefore, you can't determine the dynasty of the burial object based on the color … Uh, did you see some cultural relics? Where did you see it? " Li Rui had no choice but to lie to her and say, "I went to the provincial capital this weekend and saw a jade pendant at a street stall. It was painted black. That person said that it was dug out from an ancient tomb. I don't know if it's true or not." After saying this, he was secretly ashamed. He really let her down.
Fang Zhitong laughed, "Street stall? Then I advise you not to believe it. If you really buy it, you'll be cheated. Nowadays, street stalls are basically selling fake cultural relics. They lie that it was dug out from a tomb and sell it at a cheap price. In fact, cheap goods don't have good quality goods. Good quality goods are not cheap. Many of them make high-quality imitations, especially old imitations. "Li Rui said," En, en, I didn't buy it. Thank you for reminding me. Let me ask you again. That person said that it was dug out from an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty. Do you think that's possible? "Fang Zhitong said," Possible. I just said that the Qin Dynasty worshipped the black color of water and the Han Dynasty succeeded the Qin Dynasty. Then it's not inconceivable that a treasure from the Qin Dynasty was unearthed from a tomb of the Han Dynasty. Also, the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, originally chose the color of water for the Western Han Dynasty. He believed that it was the Black Emperor, so the national beauty was black. But when it came to Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he changed it to gold and from then on worshipped the color yellow. Therefore, it's possible that it's a burial item from the early Han Dynasty. "
Li Rui completely understood. He was full of admiration for Fang Zhitong's vast knowledge and said, "You said that you just entered the industry. Good, you just entered the industry and you already know so much. Admirable, truly admirable. How about I take you as my master? Can you teach me how to identify the authenticity of cultural relics?" Fang Zhitong laughed, "Don't flatter me. I have some knowledge of history and culture, but I'm far from being able to identify cultural relics." Li Rui said, "I still have a question to ask you. What do you think of the ancient night pearl? Does this thing really exist? " Fang Zhitong couldn't help but laugh, "Sorry, I don't know much about this. I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person."
Li Rui laughed, "Then have you seen this thing before?" Fang Zhitong said, "No. At least, from what I know, this thing isn't in our city's museum. "Li Rui didn't give up and asked," Then when you were archaeologists, you didn't find it in the tomb? " Fang Zhitong said, "I didn't find it. After all, I just entered the industry not long ago. Maybe other people have seen it before. Do you want me to ask around for you? " Li Ruixin thought that since there were no records of the number of burial items in the ancient tomb of Xiao Ling Mountain in Xiao Longwang Village, no one would know that he and Hu Liquan had embezzled the treasures in the ancient tomb. He wasn't afraid that the matter of him asking about the night pearl would spread out. Would anyone think that he had embezzled the night pearl from the ancient tomb? If anyone could think of this, then he wasn't a human, but a demon, a demon. He said, "Then I'll have to trouble you. I'll treat you to a meal next time."
Fang Zhitong said, "Don't be so polite. I didn't help you much." Li Rui joked, "Why didn't you help me? At least it helped me understand a lot of historical and cultural knowledge. It also prevented me from being cheated by street stalls in the future. I should treat you to a meal. "Fang Zhitong was still interested in him. She smiled and asked," Aren't you busy? " Li Rui said, "I'm busy. I'm usually very busy. But I still have time to treat you to a meal. Wait for my call." Fang Zhitong said, "Okay, then that's all for now. Go ahead."
Gao Zixuan arrived at Qingyang before noon and asked Li Rui out for lunch. Her attitude was more gentle, unlike her angry attitude last night.
Li Rui didn't agree. It wasn't that he didn't want to eat with her, but that he couldn't. For him, his lunch and dinner time had already been unconditionally dedicated to his boss, Song Chaoyang. Only when he wanted to eat would he have the opportunity to eat with him. Even if it was past mealtime and his stomach was growling, he still had to endure it.
Therefore, Gao Zixuan could only eat alone. After lunch, she went to do her work and asked Li Rui to meet at night. Of course, it was more appropriate to say that it was night here because Li Rui basically only had time after 9: 00 pm.
During lunch, Li Rui told Song Chaoyang something that he had almost forgotten. It was the matter that the deputy director in charge of housing management came over last week and said that the first building of the Municipal Party Committee's Standing Committee's Family Quarters had been vacated. He asked Song Chaoyang if she wanted to move in. If she wanted to, when would she move in?
In China, in every place, from municipalities directly under the Central Government to provinces and counties, the leaders of these places would have their own family quarters. These family quarters were generally high-end and classy. They were located in the center of the city and represented the identity and status of the owner.
In the provinces, there were the Provincial Party Committee's Family Quarters and the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee Building. Many provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee Buildings were built in the back of the Provincial Party Committee's Family Quarters. The area was large, the house was big, and the environment was good. Ordinary people would never be able to enter.
In the city, there was also the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters. In some places, the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters meant "the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters". It was a general term. In other places, it meant the Municipal Party Committee's office building. In other places, it meant the family quarters of the Municipal Party Committee's leaders. In Qingyang, the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters had a vague meaning. Sometimes, it could mean the Municipal Party Committee's building, and sometimes it could mean the family quarters of the municipal leaders. The municipal leaders here naturally referred to the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. For example, the leaders of the CPPCC and the deputy leaders of the government were not qualified to live in the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters.
The Standing Committee Building of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee was to the north of the Municipal Party Committee's Family Quarters. It was only a wall away from the Municipal Party Committee's office building. Although it was a Standing Committee Building, it was not strictly built according to the 11 standing committee members. Instead, five or six more were built for the retired old leaders of the Municipal Party Committee to live in. They were used to deal with unexpected needs. These nearly 20 small buildings were actually a group of villas. Those who were able to live here were all important figures of the Green Sun Empire. In other words, ordinary people could not live here for the rest of their lives. Of course, if you were a good-looking, hardworking, and capable nanny, you would still have a chance to live here. However, you would have to serve the leaders.
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