Splendid as a Blade: I Repaired Cultural Relics in the Song Dynasty

Outside the Donghua Gate of Bianjing, murderous intent lurks beneath the splendid prosperity. In the Song Dynasty, a piece of brocade could determine the rise or fall of a clan, and a dragon robe could determine the life or death of a whole family. Because the Xie family was short of tribute tapestry dragon robes, the whole family was about to be executed. The clan members wanted to send Xie Yunzhi out to pay off the debt. Xie Yunzhi didn't say anything. He only went into the ancestral hall to repair the famous painting that had been bitten by rats. He held the needle steady and then made a promise: "Give me three months." Within three months, she must repair a tapestry dragon robe that has been lost for centuries. With no inheritance, no qualifications, and no raw materials, she only has the eyes and hands trained in seventeen years of restoring cultural relics, and the belief that "the broken warp and weft can be re-threaded." However, after the dragon robe was repaired, what awaited was the shackles of the powerful Prime Minister Cai Jing. What he wants is not embroidery, but her obedience, forcing her to weave the traitor party monument, hoping to turn her into an obedient thread on the loom of power. Kesi pays attention to "opening the warp and breaking the weft". The warp threads are continuous and the weft threads are intermittent. Each inch has independent color, and every connection is determined by the weaver. Xie Yunzhi gradually realized that the needle and thread in his hands were not only tools for repairing cultural relics, but also binding or sharp blades. At this time, a person approached quietly. He wore a dandy's skin on the outside and hid the market token inside. He looked at her longer than he looked at the embroidery. She didn't ask why she gave him the silk, and he didn't ask why he replaced the thread with blood. There was a taut silk between them that couldn't be broken, and he didn't dare to loosen it. This is a craftsman's story. Behind the most prosperous brocade of the Song Dynasty, someone weaved a road of their own with every stitch and thread.