Shengshibaojian

The girl was finally full after eating the remaining two servings of white rice.

This reminded Shen Qiu of when he was penniless and hungry for two consecutive days without eating, he met his former classmate on the street, and the classmate invited him to eat four portions of braised chicken and rice.

The expression and reaction of the classmates at that time were the same as his at this moment.

"Master Shen! I'm full! Let's get down to business! Can you help me!"

Shen Qiu asked Zuo Xiaoqing to pour a cup of warm water for the girl: "Don't worry, don't worry, drink your saliva slowly, you can also call me Big Brother Shen, don't let the one introduced by Mr. Zhang be strangers!"

"En! Thank you, Brother Shen!" The little girl took a sip of water, lowered her head and took out a bag of oranges from her travel bag: "Brother Shen! This orange is for you. Nothing else to send you off, I picked a bag of oranges for you when I came here!"

Shen Qiu could still feel the heat of the orange peels when he stretched out his hand, a total of twelve oranges were wrapped in Xiujuan's backpack.

This moved Shen Qiu very much. The little girl would rather go hungry than eat a bite of the oranges she picked. In this world, in the capital city, it may be difficult to see such a simple girl again.

"Okay, okay, Xiujuan Brother Shen, thank you! Come on! Sit down! What do you need Brother Shen to do for you?"

Xiujuan shook her head and nodded earnestly, then carefully took out a rolled picture scroll from her arms, and laid the picture scroll flat in front of Shen Qiu.

This is a horizontal scroll. Although the bag containing the scroll is dirty, Xiujuan has preserved it very meticulously, with seven or eight layers of protective film wrapped inside and outside. Due to proper storage, the appearance of the entire painting is , the surface is very clean, but the surface of the paper roll is slightly yellowed and darkened, which are all signs of normal age oxidation.

Let's look at the content of this painting again. The theme of this painting is a painting of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.

What made Shen Qiu rather strange was that although the subject of the painting was the Eight Immortals, only four of them were there. Tieguai Li, Han Zhongli, Lu Dongbin, He Xiangu, and the other four immortals were nowhere to be seen.

From the situation of this painting, it can be seen that the painting of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea was created in two parts, because there is an oval blank space in the middle of the painting, which means that there is another half of the painting. exist.

In fact, this kind of painting creation technique was not uncommon in ancient times. Tang Bohu once had a pair of "Chunxiang Peony Garden" which was also created in this way of separating the banners.

Shi Tao, a famous painter in the Qing Dynasty, once had a painting of 1.8 meters five, which was created in three sections.

This separate creation method can further refine the details of the theme and show the content of the painting more completely.

Looking at the signature of this painting, there is a square seal in the lower right corner, and two words are clearly engraved in the seal, anti and wood.

Shen Qiu just glanced at it, and immediately recognized whose work it was, because in history, there was only one person who used this method to seal, and this person was none other than Zheng Banqiao, one of the eight great eccentrics of Yangzhou who was famous during the Qianlong period. .

"This painting should be Zheng Banqiao's late and rather special work "Eight Immortals Asking the Way."

"Brother Shen? Is this the work of Zheng Banqiao?" Zuo Xiaoqing was puzzled with her pink blush on her cheeks. "Isn't Zheng Banqiao famous for painting bamboo? How could he also paint figures?"

Shen Qiu shook his head and said: "It's true that Zheng Banqiao focused on painting bamboo, but it doesn't mean that he didn't try to paint other things. This "Eight Immortals Asking the Way" should be his later work. Look at the portrayal of these characters. The depiction is full of flesh and blood, full and three-dimensional, especially the immortal spirit of the eight gods, which is like rain and mist, not stained with vulgarity. Although Zheng Banqiao's bamboo paintings are good, what I want to say is that these characters are also very well drawn. excellent!"

"Brother Shen? Then is this painting in my house authentic? I found Mr. Zhang when I was in Jiangcheng, and Mr. Zhang said that this painting is half-truth and half-fake? What does this mean?"

"That's right!" Shen Qiu nodded to express his understanding, pointing to the first character, which is the image of Tieguai Li in the painting, and said: "Look carefully at the depiction of Tieguai Li, starting from the lower part of him, right? I feel that his ink in the lower part is much lighter, so it is different from his upper part and the depiction of other areas."

"It stands to reason that it is impossible for a mature painter to make such a low-level mistake, especially for a well-known master like Zheng Banqiao. Many people think this is a flaw. In fact, let me tell you that when the painting itself was created, This is exactly what it looks like! It can also be said to be a flaw in Zheng! A detail left by Mr. Banqiao on purpose!"

"Ah?" Zuo Xiaoqing was particularly puzzled by this: "Brother Shen? How could someone specially leave such obvious loopholes in his paintings? This obviously does not conform to the logic of normal people's thinking!"

The picture of "Eight Immortals Asking the Way" then appeared in Shen Qiu's mind.

"Let me tell you a story first..." Shen Qiu vaguely wanted to tell the two girls the story in his memory. The two girls listened very carefully, especially Xiujuan's eyes did not dare to blink for fear Missed a wonderful detail about the painting.

"After he became famous, Mr. Zheng Banqiao began to travel around the world, admiring the local customs and customs, and the great rivers and mountains. On this day, he came to Mount Emei, the most famous place in Sichuan, and was infected by the beautiful scenery of Mount Emei for a while. It was almost evening when we descended the mountain.”

"At that time, the conditions for staying overnight on the top of Mount Emei did not exist. Staying on the mountain meant that you would encounter all kinds of dangerous situations. In addition, there were hordes of wild animals in the mountains and the steep mountain roads. Any dangerous situation might happen. "

"Sure enough, when the husband got to the middle of the mountain, he started to get confused. The mountain roads on the mountainside are intricate and lush, and it didn't take long for him to get lost in this wilderness. He couldn't find the way down the mountain, nor the original way. , Mr. was trapped on the mountainside of Mount Emei alone, and was anxious for a while, and acted like walking on thin ice."

"Just when the husband called out that every day is not working, and that the earth and the earth should not respond, two woodcutters appeared at the foot of the mountain. The two woodcutters came home from chopping wood and happened to meet the gentleman who was lost in the wilderness. Finally, the two woodcutters gave I bought Mr. water and food, took him to the residence halfway up the mountain, and rescued him from danger. Later, in order to thank the two woodcutters for their life-saving grace, Mr. asked to send them a painting!"

"That is the "Eight Immortals Asking the Way" in front of us, and the theme of the Eight Immortals Asking the Way is that the Eight Immortals lost their way in the fairyland of Yaochi, so the Eight Immortals prayed to the sky to ask the way, asking the gods to guide the maze, which happened to be extremely similar to Mr. Similarly, rather than saying that this is a work given to the two woodcutters by the master, it is better to say that it is the psychological presentation of the master at that time, and he uses this painting to express his actual inner feelings."

"These two woodcutters are two brothers, so Mr. used the method of separation to divide the painting into two, each of the two brothers has a pair, and he told them that if one day they are in a tight situation, brothers The two of them will take this painting to Gusu City to exchange money, as long as someone recognizes this painting, then the two brothers will have nothing to worry about in this life!"

"It's a coincidence that the two brothers both hunt for a living, and there is no pen and ink at home to paint for the master, so the eldest brother went to the home of the private school in the village to find a simple pen and paper, because the private school I used a poor quality inkstone, and the ink that was ground was not mellow enough, so the first stroke of the master made a mistake! That is the faint mark of ink we saw just now."

"Many people use this to conclude that this painting is a fake. In fact, it is not. It is precisely because of the special situation that Mr. They are poor, but they have never thought of taking this set of paintings to Gusu City to exchange for money. They think it is the wish of the husband, and it is the recognition and affirmation of them from the husband. Those are priceless treasures that cannot be exchanged for money!"

"Ah? I really didn't expect such a wonderful story to be contained in this painting!" Xiujuan was so emotional that she had already deeply substituted into Zheng Banqiao's story.

"But Brother Shen? How did you know such details?"