Half fairy

Chapter 222 Story
Hearing this, Wen Rong stared at the writing, feeling more and more emotional, "Fifty or sixty words, worth one hundred and 200,000 taels, one word is almost 20,000 taels, such a good money, but not writing, it's really a pity. "

Wen Guo, who was on the side, snickered, "Sister-in-law, if you write too much, it will be worthless. It is very rare for a living person's writing to be so valuable."

Wen Yan'an also said: "Mother, the accounts are not calculated in this way. If you really want to count the money by words, some of his words are more expensive. In Xiyuefang, the capital city, there is a small fresh building with the three characters '世界好', and someone bids for it." At 5 million, I want to buy it, provided that I buy it together with the words 'good in the world', but Xiaoxianlou just refuses to sell it.

With the same three characters, Ashheng also inscribed the three characters "Long Yuanqiu" as a signboard in a garden called "Long Yuanqiu" in the capital, which was also a restaurant. After the news came out, Long Yuanqiu The business of Yuanqiu is booming, and now it is also a table that has to be booked several days in advance.

Long Yuanqiu, although the artistic conception and reputation are far less than the words "good in the world", some people bid as high as 9 million to buy the "Long Yuanqiu" restaurant, and the premise is that the "Long Yuanqiu" inscribed by Ashheng 'The signs are bought together.

The restaurant also refused to sell it, saying that it wanted to pass it on as a family heirloom along with the signboard to its descendants.

If you really want to talk about the value, although the location of Longyuan Qiu in the capital is relatively remote, after all, there is a large garden in the capital, which is worth at least 100,000 taels, which is definitely more expensive than Xiaoxianlou, but the current market price of Xiaoxianlou is to Much more expensive.Mother, if you really want to count money by words, how much is the right amount for a word? "

Wen Rongshi nodded thoughtfully. Although she couldn't explain the reason clearly, she understood it, but she still sighed and said: "It's a restaurant anyway, it has to be something good for Tan Hualang to let him Do you want to write an inscription?"

Wen Yanan shook his head, "Someone has confirmed this a long time ago. It just happened to be eating in a restaurant, and it was all asked by the owner. Xiaoxianlou is a treat for colleagues, and Long Yuanqiu offsets the price of the meal. It's all divided." The text has not been taken."

Wen Xin uttered a sentence in a soft voice, "I don't want to be rich and rich, but I want to eat bells and millets!"

Wen Yanhai from Dafang laughed and said, "Actually, things are rare and expensive."

Wen Yan'an nodded in agreement, "That's true. After he resigned from office and left Beijing, it is said that he abandoned literature and pursued martial arts. No one has seen him leave calligraphy. And before he became a blockbuster, he was also very low-key, and there was nothing local about him. People have got his calligraphy.

In the capital of Liezhou, the warehouse where the test papers from other countries were stored inexplicably caught fire, and his country test papers were burned by a fire.Later, it was discovered that even his county examination papers disappeared inexplicably. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

It is obvious that the case is put together. It should be that someone coveted Ashheng's calligraphy and deliberately set fire to cover up the theft.

After all, it's not surprising that someone is greedy for something worth millions of taels.

That's a serious answer sheet, and it's worth a lot more than our casual handwriting.

For various reasons, there are very few calligraphy treasures of Ashheng in circulation in the world.

After the deeds of him dissipating all his wealth to save the people, but not leaving his name, the more famous he became, the more famous he became, and the more people wanted his calligraphy, but it happened to be so pitifully few that the price of his calligraphy went up. The price is getting higher and higher. The problem is that money can't buy it.

Things are relative, the higher the price, the more people want it, and the rarer it is, the more it can show its status. Now if anyone can hang a serious inscription of Ashheng, it will definitely be a status in the capital. status symbol.

But the problem is that there are really too few. Including the answer sheets he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, there are less than [-] known surviving ones, and this still includes several practice pens dug out from his home.

Who would have imagined that such a talented man, who was admitted to the capital all the way, has less than [-] pens and inks left in the world, and there are only eight serious calligraphy, only "Human World" and "Long Yuanqiu" Inscriptions, there are four examination papers and a hall examination paper, oh, and a resignation letter.

Quite a few rich and powerful people wanted to find a painting of his serious scriptures, and searched all possible places, but they still couldn't find it.

Later, due to local disasters, the court was in urgent need of money. Someone took the opportunity to focus on the papers that Ashheng participated in the general examination and palace examination, especially the poem "Chaotianque", which is the only surviving poem of Ashheng. Poetry is also suitable for being framed and hung on the wall for people to appreciate, so someone offered a sky-high price and wanted to buy it from the imperial court for collection. "

Wen Xinli asked: "Has the court sold it? Why didn't you tell Grandpa that you can buy and sell Fifth Brother?"

Wen Yan'an waved his hands and said: "At first the court was motivated, but later it seemed that Shangyi was angry, and the court and the cabinet sternly dismissed this matter."

A group of people in the hall felt legendary and interesting when they heard such a fresh story. Both men and women listened to it interestingly and fascinated.

Wen Yanhai, the second son of Dafang, said strangely again: "No, isn't there a rich businessman with the surname Zhong in the capital? It's the home of Ashheng's fiancée who made a lot of noise. Didn't it say that Ashheng had lived in Zhongfu after he went to Beijing?" Have you been studying pen and ink for more than a month? Doesn’t Zhongfu have his calligraphy?”

Wen Yanan sighed: "Ashiheng was obviously keeping a low profile at the beginning, and his ranking in the rural examination was not high. How could the Zhongfu know that he could get a full score in four subjects? The servants of the family went to Ashheng every day. When the study room was cleaned, ink treasures and the like were cleaned up as graffiti, and thrown away as garbage, they would have been ruined long ago."

"Hiss!" Someone in the hall gasped.

Even though the scene was full of rich people, there were still many people with pained expressions on their faces.

Wen Guo, who still had a charm, also sighed, "It's a pity to throw away piles of banknotes."

"After he got full marks in four subjects and became famous, his calligraphy began to be valuable. I heard that the mistress of the Zhong family had promised many friends that she would help find Ashheng to get it. I don't know what happened later. , even Zhongfu himself failed to have one.

Some people estimated that Ashheng suddenly abandoned his fiancée, disgraced the Zhong family and ruined the life of the daughter of the Zhong family. How could the Zhong family give away Ashheng's calligraphy, and probably never wanted to mention it again.

At that time, the Ashheng calligraphy was not very valuable, and the Zhong family could afford to throw it away, and it was impossible to stay at home to disgust themselves. It was probably destroyed by the Zhong family.Personally, I think the possibility of this rumor is still very high. "

A group of women were still very interested in this kind of story of love and resentment, and they listened to each other with one focus, even though they had heard the story of Ashheng's abandonment of marriage a long time ago.

Wen Rong sighed, "Famous all over the world, with a bright future, a good official, he resigned as soon as he could say anything. I heard that the daughter of the Zhong family is also a very important person. Why don't you think that you can just abandon the marriage?" gone?"

The emotions inside and outside the words, as well as the look in the eyes of his son, seemed to say, it would be great if he could marry my son.

Wen Yan'an said with a smile: "An extraordinary person does extraordinary things, that's why he can be the legend who doesn't want to bow down to others, and my son can only be a sesame seed official who obeys orders."

"The foundation of the ten thousand feet has risen from the ground!"

Wen Miao, who had been listening to the discussions of his children and grandchildren, suddenly interjected.

Hearing this, An immediately cupped his hands, "Yes, that's what grandpa taught you."

"Throughout the ages, many heroes have fallen down because of their reputation. For him, the ups and downs of the officialdom may not be a good thing, and resigning may not necessarily be a bad thing. He is not a stupid person. Since he left, there must be his own reasons. , I don’t have to worry about outsiders.”

After Wen Miao made a brief judgment, he raised his hand to signal to put away the writing in front of him, and Wen Xin immediately rolled it up carefully.

Everyone pondered over the old man's words.

Wen Hui, the daughter of the second room, said again: "Yan'an, how is that Tanhualang looking..." She glanced aside, realized that her husband was by her side, and changed her words accordingly, "You and that Tanhualang belong to the same family. You must be familiar with it, see if there is a way to invite our Wen family to be our guest, and if you do your best as a landlord, we can also have a glimpse of Tan Hualang's demeanor."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested, especially the female relatives, the anticipation in their eyes was obvious.

It was the first time for the fifth young master in front of him to come back after going to Beijing for the exam, and it was the first time for everyone to ask about the situation face to face.

Wen Yan'an smiled wryly, "I've seen him before. He looks like a handsome man. He looks more energetic than me and other scholars. Maybe it's because he also practices martial arts. I heard that he is good at martial arts. As for familiarity, that's completely up to you." Not to mention, I know him, he may not know me, if I say my name, he may not be able to remember, I don't know where he is, how to invite?"

Wen Hui was surprised, "I don't even know who you are, how is this possible, you are in the same department, haven't you talked about it?"

Wen Yan'an thought for a while, "There is no chance of contact. I didn't know who he was before the test. After the test, that is, when entering and leaving the palace, he took the initiative to go up to him and greeted him. Almost all the Jinshi on the list Everyone went over to say hello to him, and I was just one of them, how could he remember me?
Standing with him to get familiar with him, it is not my turn to be in the middle of the second class. When I enter and leave the palace and see an eunuch trembling, the people who take the initiative to greet him are all purple-robed officials of the court.

As soon as all the Jinshi were conferred, he had already entered Yushitai and became a famous person next to Lord Yushi Zhongcheng. The second place Yin Jizhen was clearly ranked higher than him, but he was still suppressed by him in Yushitai. Only those who went to see the warehouse share.

This kind of character, how can I put my eyes on it.If you really want to talk about familiarity, Yin Jizhen, the son-in-law of the Wan family, is his colleague and must be familiar with him.Even the second grandfather of our family may be more familiar than me. After all, the second grandfather was the one who toasted him face to face when he was parading across the street. After all, the two exchanged pleasantries face to face. "

The so-called second grandpa refers to the second uncle of the head of the family, Wen Mao, who has passed away, but happened to be in the capital when the Shinco Gold List came out.

Hearing that there was a great talent rarely seen in a century, he asked the family to arrange for him to meet Tanhualang when he was parading the streets.

When a Jinshi crosses a horse and parades through the streets, he does not walk all the way to the end without stopping. He will stop in sections on the way, pretending to be thirsty, and accept the enthusiastic offerings of drinks from the people, celebrating with the people and not forgetting the meaning of the original.

On the way, of course, not everyone can take anything and pour it into the mouth of Xinke Jinshi. It must have been arranged in advance.

Since it can be arranged in advance, there is room for maneuver, and it can be solved with money and power.

　Many people want the protagonist to hook up with Wen Xin. If they really write like this, many people will definitely deny it immediately.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)