Chapter 579

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Duan Kun and Hu Yong were stunned.

After a while, Duan Kun came back to his senses, opened his eyes wide and said, "brother Chen, you can't be joking. How can a snake have horns? It's not a dragon. Besides, a dragon is something in a myth. How can reality exist?"

"Kunzai, you are so ignorant. Now that there is no Bixi, it doesn't mean there was no Bixi in ancient times."

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Bixi has its own thing in the history of our country, which is recorded in the historical records from Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. However, because most of these historical records are rough and not detailed enough, it is difficult to construct the true face of Bixi. "

"In addition, Bixi disappeared before the Qing Dynasty, so there has never been a scientific definition of the basic concept of Bixi. In other words, what is a snake horn? Since ancient times, no one has been able to really make it clear. "

Duan Kun said with an incredulous face: "you are talking about supernatural beings. Why don't I see any records of Bixi in authoritative ancient books?"

Liu Sizhe said: "what strange spirit! How many ancient books have you read? Guo Pu said in the notes to the classic of mountains and seas: the snake horn of the ancient capital is named Bixi. Specifically, the snake horn is the rhinoceros

"Ha! You also said that this is the three seas classic, but you also said that it's not a supernatural spirit! " Duan Kun laughs.

Liu Sizhe said: "well, let's not talk about the sanhaijing. Hong Hao of the Song Dynasty wrote in his song Mo Ji Wen that the bone is not very big, the pattern is like ivory and yellow. He who makes a knife target thinks that it is priceless. "

"In addition, there is an introduction to bi Xi in Cao Zhao's gegu Yaolun in the Ming Dynasty: Gu Du Xi, Bi Xi also. Its color is as light as jasper, slightly yellow, and its culture and science are like horn. The sound of the button is as clear as jade, the smell of the grinding and scraping is fragrant, and the burning is not smelly. The most valuable, can detumescence pain

"In addition, Li Shizhen's" compendium of Materia Medica "in the" snake horn "compendium also has relevant records, that is: guduxi (also known as gudu) Bixi, according to Tao Jiucheng Geng record: guduxi, big snake horn. As a poison, it is said that its detoxification is like rhinoceros horn. The ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty is also produced in this country, so it is like the error of the ancient capital. "

Li Kun has never heard of any other authority

Liu Sizhe sneered: "actually said Hong Hao and Cao Zhao are not authoritative! You're such an illiterate fellow, you'd better go back and look it up in the dictionary and say that again! "

Duan Kun smiles, but he doesn't care. At this time, he is most concerned about whether Bixi really exists, so he says: "since Li Shizhen says Bixi exists, I wonder how this thing has not been handed down at all? Even dinosaurs have fossils

"You have a point! However, I think that since Li Shizhen solemnly recorded Bi Xi in his book, the credibility is still very high. As for why there are not many rhinoceros handed down, I think there are several reasons

Chu Chen said: "first of all, I think it should be very rare. That's why it's so precious. It's because it's rare that there are few records of it in ancient books. In addition, the compendium of Materia Medica records that Bixi can detumescence and detoxification, that is to say, it is a medicinal material. Since it is a medicinal material, it will be consumed. Originally, there are few of them. With the consumption, there must be very few left behind. "

"It's the same here!"

Duan Kun nodded and agreed with Chu Chen's explanation: "however, since this thing is so precious, and brother Liu also said that it is priceless to make it into a knife target, then, in ancient times, it must have been used as a funeral object. In this case, how could it not even be seen in kind?"

"This is really strange!"

Chu Chen frowned, and then he suddenly thought of a detail. He quickly picked up the cup and put it in front of his nose to smell it. He found that it did emit a slightly bitter smell, and then said with a smile: "I think I may know what the reason is."

"Say it Liu Sizhe can't wait to say.

Chuchen said with a smile: "Bixi can emit fragrance, which is a characteristic of organic matter. As we all know, since it is organic, it is not easy to preserve. If it is used as a funeral object, it will rot. do you think Bixi can survive in this case?"

Then Duan Kun asked, "since Bixi is organic, how can this cup be preserved from the Southern Song Dynasty to the present?"

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "kunzi, you are really stupid. Of course, it has been handed down from generation to generation. You can see that the thick coating on the cup shows that it is often played with. It can be seen that the original owner cherishes it very much. Because of this, it is possible to preserve it from the Southern Song Dynasty until now."

"Oh! Alas

Duan Kun nodded, then remembered something, and said: "I said, now that there is no real object of Bixi, how can we prove that this cup is made of Bixi?"

In fact, Duan Kun doesn't mean anything. The reason why he doesn't believe that the cup is made of Bixi is that he is an atheist, so a big snake with long horns is like a mythical thing to him. If it is proved that Bixi really exists, it is like subverting the world outlook for him, so he will have such a reaction.At this time, Duan Ning also said: "yes, in Ge Gu Yao Lun, it is said that the color of green rhinoceros is like light Jasper, a little yellow, and its culture and science is like horn. The texture of this cup is really like a corner, but the color difference is too big. Not only most parts of the surface are black, but only some parts are light jade, let alone yellow. "

"Uncle Ning, you don't have to tell brother Chen about this. Even I can explain it."

Liu Sizhe said: "as I said just now, this cup is often played with. The slurry on the surface will certainly cover up the original color. In addition, since it is an organic substance, it will definitely be oxidized. From the Southern Song Dynasty to now, it has been a normal phenomenon that the surface turns black under natural oxidation."

Chu Chen nodded and said, "ah Zhe is right, but after all, none of us has seen the real object of Bixi. Moreover, it involves zoology, traditional Chinese medicine and traditional culture, which is an eternal mystery. So I can only guess that the cup is made of Bixi. As for whether it is or not, we need to verify it one by one."

Of course, according to the result given by the power, he thought that the cup was made of rhinoceros 90% likely.

"Yes! Yes! We still have to verify it before we can make a decision! " Duan Kun nodded.

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "I said kunzai, from just now on, you don't want brother Chen's cup to be made by Bixi. Is it because you didn't buy the cup just now that you are envious?"

"You said that!" Duan Kun said: "am I that kind of person? I just think that snake long horn is too subversive. If it's true, there are not all dragons and dragons. You know, I'm an atheist! "

"You're really ignorant. You don't like to say that you have no culture."

Liu Sizhe looked contemptuous and said, "in real life, snakes don't have horns?"

"Now there are snakes with horns on their heads?" Duan Kun was very surprised.

"Of course, can you surf the Internet?" Liu Sizhe asked.

"Of course, I'm a talented person in the new century. How can I not do such trifles as surfing the Internet?" Duan Kun turned his lips.

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "after you go home, you can go online to find out what the viper is, and you will know what the snake with long horns is like."

Duan Ning also said with a smile: "there is also a kind of snake called Jiaoyuan spearhead pit viper, which also has horns on its head."

"There is a snake with horns on its head Duan Kun murmured a little inconceivably.

Chuchen said with a smile: "well, now let's verify whether this cup is made of Bixi. The first is the size and shape. This cup is only about 5cm in diameter, and its shape is more like a knife target. These two points are in line with the description of its size and shape in ancient books. "

"In addition to the color, although the surface of the cup turns black due to the relationship between coating and oxidation, no matter how it changes, its internal color should not change much. In this case, some measures should be taken."

At this point, Chu Chen took out his flashlight and lit it on the cup. The result showed that, as Chu Chen said, the cup became translucent under the strong light flashlight, in which all the tongue like bodies and a small part of the globules were bleeding red, and most of the globules were blue and bright.

Other people were surprised to see the performance of the cup. Even Duan Kun believed that the cup should be made of rhinoceros, or the horn of any animal would have such an effect.

After a while, Duan Kun opened his eyes and said, "it's so beautiful, but how come there are no such records in ancient books?"

"Because there was no flashlight in my hand in ancient times!"

Chu Chen made a little joke: "OK, let's go on to the next step."

With that, he took out a lighter, lit the fire and put it up to the cup.

Seeing this, Duan Kun said: "brother Chen, this is priceless. What if it's burnt out?"

"I'm not willing to burn it. It's just making the cup hot."

Chuchen grinned and put the lighter close to the cup. After a while, he put out the lighter and quickly took the cup to his nose to smell it. Then he let others smell it.

After hearing this, Liu Sizhe said softly, "Gee! The fragrance is really strong! "

"Yes Duan Kun also nodded and said: "just now there was not much fragrance. I didn't expect that after baking for a while, it became so fragrant."

Duan Ning said: "yes, just like what gegu Yaolun said, I almost believe that this should be Bixi now..."