Baojian

Chapter 752
"Qin Feng, what's so interesting about the things here?"

Qin Jun, who was following behind Qin Feng, became a little impatient, and said, "I want to see the authentic work of Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface", but it's not impossible to see it, so don't waste your time here."

"Oh, so it's Master Qin Jun?"

Originally, Qin Jun had been covering his face with a bamboo hat, but the shopkeeper didn't care. After hearing Qin Jun's words, he looked carefully and immediately recognized it.

"Master Qin Jun, Lao Zhou, my eyesight is clumsy, I really deserve to die, die!"

In Tianyun City, Qin Bing has always been indifferent to things, while Qin Shan is a muddleheaded person. Qin Jun is in charge of all matters on weekdays, so everyone in the city is no stranger to him.

"Old Zhou, when did our "Lanting Collection Preface" come to your store?" Qin Jun looked at the shopkeeper Zhou with a half-smile.

"Cough...cough cough, Mr. Qin Jun, I...I was just joking with this little brother."

After hearing Qin Jun's words, shopkeeper Zhou almost burst into tears. Almost everyone in the world knows about the "Preface to Lanting Collection" in Qin's family.

Ten years ago, the Qin family even summoned literati from all over the world to copy Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface" for a month. .

However, shopkeeper Zhou bullied Qin Feng because he was young, so he probably didn't know about this grand event back then, so he just pretended that it was the authentic work of "Lanting Collection Preface".

"Second brother, there is Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface" in our family?"

Qin Feng heard the conversation between Qin Jun and shopkeeper Zhou clearly, and quickly asked: "Then, isn't the "Preface to Lanting Collection" buried by Tang Taizong Li Shimin?"

Back then, Li Shimin used both soft and hard tactics, and obtained the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" from the ministers. He regarded it as a treasure on weekdays and never showed it to others easily.

After Li Shimin, "Lanting Collection Preface" has lost its trace. After many researches, it is proved that "Lanting Collection Preface" was brought into the tomb by Li Shimin.

"That's what the outside world says."

Qin Jun shook his head and said, "The Preface to the Lanting Collection has been kept in the Qin family since the Tang Dynasty, and has never fallen into the hands of outsiders. If you want to read it, I will take you there in the future..."

In front of the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop, Qin Jun naturally would not tell Qin Feng that the Qin royal family brought back a batch of precious calligraphy and paintings from outside when the feudal towns were separated in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In addition to Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting Collection, this batch of calligraphy and paintings also includes authentic works of Tang Dynasty celebrities such as Cao Sheng Zhang Xu, Yan Zhenqing, Li Bai, and Du Fu, all of which were preserved in the royal family.

After the war that year, the Qin family, who was familiar with the location of the royal family's treasures, took the lead and brought this large number of precious calligraphy and painting relics into Qin's pocket.

When Qin Jun was introducing Qin Feng, he suddenly thought of Qin Feng's identity, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed. Speaking of these things of the Qin family, they were snatched from Qin Feng's ancestors.

"Okay, this must be seen."

Qin Feng didn't think much about it, but as an expert in calligraphy and painting appreciation and restoration of cultural relics, he couldn't resist the temptation of "Preface to the Lanting Collection".

What's more, Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty were actually great calligraphers, but their calligraphy was hidden in the title of their poems, and there are very few handed down in the world. Their archaeological value and literary value are comparable to those of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

"So it's the young master of the Qin family, ashamed, ashamed!"

Hearing the words of Qin Feng and the two of them, shopkeeper Zhou knew that he had misunderstood the wrong person, and quickly said: "Master Qin, Young Master Qin, sit and chat, I have some good tea from the Three Realms Mountain..."

"Forget it, what good tea can you have?"

Qin Jun waved his hand and said, "Qin Feng, let's go, my elder brother has a Zhang Xu's cursive script hidden away, let him show it to you later..."

"Okay!" Qin Feng nodded, and when he was about to hand over the painting scroll in his hand to shopkeeper Zhou, he suddenly froze for a moment.

An imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, and Qin Feng said: "Master Zhou, this shaft head is very delicately made, I want to buy it and use it on other calligraphy and paintings, I wonder if you can give it up?"

"Master Qin, this... I'm really sorry about this."

Shopkeeper Zhou showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said hesitantly: "This painting is passed down from my ancestors. Before my father passed away, I told him to keep it safe. If you can buy the whole painting, but...but only the shaft end, I will buy it." It's not for sale!"

According to Shopkeeper Zhou's father, this painting was probably painted by his ancestors, so it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it's better to stay at home and think about it.

If shopkeeper Zhou hadn't been ridiculed by his peers for this painting, he might not have sold it, but shopkeeper Zhou would not be willing to sell only the shaft ends.

"Then... How much does shopkeeper Zhou sell for this painting?" Qin Feng asked casually, rubbing the end of the scroll with his hand.

"Five taels of fine steel!" Shopkeeper Zhou thought for a while and gritted his teeth.

"Five taels of fine steel? Old Zhou, do you really think this thing is a treasure?"

Before Qin Feng could speak, Qin Jun began to yell, "Five taels of fine steel is enough for a family of three to live comfortably for two years. Is your broken painting worth so much money?"

"Master Qin Jun, this painting was passed down from our ancestors, so it is worth the price!"

Shopkeeper Zhou knew that the Qin brothers had always had a good reputation, and there were very few cases of forced buying and selling, so he was not afraid of Qin Jun, and he refused to let go after biting the price.

"Five taels of fine steel is five taels of fine steel, second brother, you pay him first..." To Qin Jun's surprise, Qin Feng actually agreed.

"All right!"

Since the young master opened his mouth, even if it is garbage, he will buy it. Qin Jun immediately took out a steel ingot and threw it to the shopkeeper Zhou, saying, "Old Zhou, you profiteer, you have made a lot of money!"

"Where, where, thank you Lord Qin Jun." Shopkeeper Zhou's face has already blossomed with joy. These five taels of steel ingots can buy several stones of grain, even if he does not open for a few years, he will not be hungry.

"Second brother, let's go!" After getting the painting, Qin Feng didn't want to stay any longer, so he left the shop first.

"Qin Feng, why are you buying this broken painting?"

After leaving the shop, Qin Jun complained all the time: "Although this painting is old, it is really bad. Let alone five taels of fine steel, even one tael is worthless..."

"Second brother, you can't look at it that way." Qin Feng glanced back at the calligraphy and painting shop, lowered his voice and said, "This is a picture within a picture..."

Just now when Qin Feng wanted to return the painting, he suddenly found that the paper used for this painting seemed to be much thicker than that of ordinary people from the Yuan Dynasty, and the paper used was not Xuan paper but Yuanshu paper.

As we all know, the pictures drawn on rice paper are translucent, and the output is large and the price is relatively cheap. It is the first choice of calligraphers of all generations.

The Yuanshu paper is a kind of bamboo paper. It uses the tender bamboo that was born in the year as raw material and is made by hand. It is called Chiting paper in ancient times. It is white and flexible, has a slight bamboo fragrance, and is easy to dissolve in water. specialty.

Later generations can still see some works written on Yuanshu paper, but Qin Feng has never heard of those using Yuanshu paper for painting.

After discovering that the paper was Yuanshu paper, Qin Feng couldn't help thinking of the other two characteristics of Yuanshu paper, that is, the ink does not bleed and it does not rot after being stored for a long time.

These two characteristics plus the thickness of this painting gave Qin Feng a bold idea. He felt that there might be another painting hidden under this poorly drawn painting.

There were many wars in ancient times. In order to preserve the fine paintings in their hands, some people often changed the paintings and passed them on. This is commonly known as picture-in-picture.

This kind of thing has not only happened in China, but also often seen abroad.

During the routine inspection of Da Vinci's famous painting "Madonna and Child and Saint Anne", the Louvre Museum in France found three mysterious sketches on the back of the oil painting. with the lamb.

According to expert analysis, the author of these sketches is Da Vinci himself, and its value is almost equal to that of the famous painting "Madonna and Child and Saint Anne".

"A painting hidden within a painting?"

After hearing Qin Feng's words, Qin Jun couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked at the painting in Qin Feng's hand suspiciously, and said, "This is unlikely, right? Lao Zhou's painting has been laughed at by many people..."

Shopkeeper Zhou's painting is still very famous in Tianyun City. Qin Bing, who loves calligraphy and painting, once saw it, and finally gave a comment of "I don't know what to say", which was passed as a joke for a while.

"This splash-ink landscape was painted on Yuanshu paper. Anyway, I think there is something wrong with it." Qin Feng shook his head and said, "Whether there is a hidden painting in the painting, let's go back and try it out..."

After all, there is no perspective eye, and Qin Feng is not sure whether the painting in his hand is a picture-in-picture at the moment, but he thinks it is worth buying a steel ingot for the possibility.

After all, in Qin Feng's eyes, the scroll head of this painting is a cultural relic after all, and the painting itself is also from the Yuan Dynasty, but the broken steel block is worthless.

"Okay, shall we go back now?"

Qin Jun didn't care much about the five taels of steel ingots, he just felt a little uncomfortable being cheated by shopkeeper Zhou, and if it got out, it might end up as a joke.

"Isn't it too early?" Qin Feng looked at the sky, he didn't even arrive at noon, and said, "Let's go to the place where Huzi makes weapons..."

Many things in this space are unfamiliar to Qin Feng. The business of blacksmithing has long since ceased to exist in the outside world. Qin Feng also wants to see how they forge weapons.

"Okay, it's not far from here!" Qin Jun nodded. The elder brother's paint can't be prepared until evening, and his task today is to accompany Qin Feng.

"Firesmith!" A few minutes later, Qin Feng and his two came to the gate of a courtyard, and there was a plaque hanging on the gate, with the word "firesmith" written on it.

"The name of this shop is quite novel..." Looking up at the words on the plaque carefully, Qin Feng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that these two words were inscribed by Brother Qin Bing?"

"Iron represents money. You can't write a moneysmith on it, it's so tacky, so the elder brother wrote the word firesmith..."

Qin Jun laughed out loud when he heard the words. His eldest brother Qin Bing's calligraphy is very good, and he will promise to anyone in the city who asks for it. His handwriting can be seen almost everywhere in Tianyun City.
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