Baojian

Chapter 756
"Brother, it's just a forgery of the predecessors, and the brushwork is also very clumsy. It's nothing to look at..."

Hearing the elder brother mention the painting in Qin Feng's hand, Qin Jun immediately curled his lips. Unlike Qin Shan, Qin Jun and the elder brother are both civil and martial arts, and they are also quite accomplished in calligraphy and painting.

As for the painting by shopkeeper Zhou, Qin Jun could tell at a glance that the painting was indeed from the Yuan Dynasty, but the imitation was too outrageous, not to mention Zhao Mengfu, even a child who only knew how to graffiti could paint more than that. He is good.

"Second brother, I went for the picture-in-picture inside!"

Qin Feng laughed when he heard the words. Naturally, he would not regard this painting as the authentic work of Zhao Mengfu, but it was the first time Qin Feng saw the painting on Yuanshu paper, and he always felt that there was something tricky in it.

"Come on, take a look..."

Hearing what Qin Feng said, Qin Bing also became interested, and said: "The paint I prepared needs time to neutralize, and it can be used at night. Let's take a look at the painting first..."

In fact, although Qin Bing has the word Bing in his name, when he was young, he was very tired of practicing martial arts, and was obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

With the Qin family's mountain-like ancient calligraphy and painting classics, Qin Bing can be said to have grown up in the masterpieces of famous masters since he was a child. Even Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface" has been copied many times.

When he was twelve or thirteen years old, his younger brother Qin Jun was bullied by his clansmen. When the eldest brother Qin Bing wanted to help his younger brother get justice, he didn't expect that he would also be beaten with black nose and swollen face.

From then on, Qin Bing realized that in this world, fists are the most powerful, so he started to learn martial arts in Qin Bing, and showed a very high talent for practicing martial arts.

Eight years later, Qin Bing, who had missed the best time for martial arts training, unexpectedly entered the realm of Ming Jin. At the age of 35, Qin Bing entered the realm of Dark Jin.

But when he was 50 years old, Qin Bing once surprised everyone. Qin Bing, who thought he was going to stop the dark energy, has successfully entered the state of energy transformation.

Even Qin Dongyuan, the number one master of the five clans, once said that if Qin Bing could build a foundation and practice martial arts at the age of five, his achievements would far exceed his own, and there was a sense of regret in his words.

But Qin Bing didn't take it seriously, because his level of calligraphy and painting was not inferior to his own martial arts. Not only could he write good books, but he also had a good ability in appraisal.

"Is this the work of Zhao Mengfu you bought?"

When Qin Feng opened the splashed-ink landscape, Qin Bing suddenly showed a dumbfounding look on his face.

Not to mention that the paper used was wrong, even the brushwork was extremely clumsy, like a naughty boy spilling ink on the paper, without the slightest hint of painting skills.

"Brother Qin Bing, have you ever seen a painting made with Yuanshu paper?"

Qin Feng stroked the yellowed drawing paper with his hands, and said, "It's such an exquisite work pasted up, it's still a family heirloom, I suspect there's another painting hidden in it..."

"It's not impossible..." Qin Bing nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Let me take a good look at this painting first, and see if I can find any flaws?"

"Brother, it's worth looking at, there are almost flaws everywhere..."

Hearing Qin Bing's words, Qin Jun was a little speechless. He also grew up among famous calligraphy and paintings since he was a child, so he can tell the quality of this painting at a glance.

"Second brother, although the painting is not very good, the materials used are all top-grade!"

Qin Bing shook his head and said: "Yuanshu paper has always been used for sacrificial proclamations, and the paint on this painting has not changed color after thousands of years. It is obviously a high-quality painting material. This painting is not that simple..."

Looking at the painting carefully, Qin Bing's face gradually became serious, because he himself is a master of calligraphy and painting, and he also made his own paint, so he can see many things that others cannot see.

"No matter how simple it is, it is worthless..."

Qin Jun curled his lips. Except for the war seven or eighty years ago, this space has always been peaceful, so many ancient calligraphy and paintings have been preserved.

But calligraphy and paintings by famous artists are very few after all, and more are works by unknown painters. These works have a very large number of handed down, so there is no value at all.

Of course, this is only for some works from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. If it is the calligraphy and painting of the Tang and Song Dynasties, it is still extremely precious. After all, it is not easy to preserve the paintings of thousands of years.

Just like in the outside world where Qin Feng lived, there were no signed calligraphy and paintings in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the words "Anonymous" were always marked on the author's place, but even the anonymous paintings can fetch sky-high prices in auction houses. The unique charm of calligraphy and painting.

But even if the painting in front of me is from the Tang and Song Dynasties, in the world Qin Feng lives in, I'm afraid it has only cultural value and no artistic value. After all, it is so badly painted.

"Brother, what's so interesting about this?" Seeing that the elder brother almost lay his body on the painting, Qin Jun didn't take it seriously.

"This painting is not simple!" After about half an hour, Qin Bing straightened up and said, "I suspect that this painting is the authentic work of Zhao Mengfu?"

"What?" Hearing Qin Bing's words, both Qin Feng and Qin Jun were stunned.

"Brother, are you reading that right?" Qin Jun shook his head again and again and said, "Although Zhao Mengfu's character is not very good, he wouldn't be able to draw such a work, would he?"

Zhao Mengfu's paintings created a new style of painting in the Yuan Dynasty, known as "the crown of the Yuan people", and his calligraphy is known as "Zhao Ti", and together with Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, and Ouyang Xun, they are also known as the "Four Great Masters" of regular script.

How could such a famous calligrapher and painter in history paint such a graffiti work of a naughty boy in front of him?This is too much to justify.

"Should be right!"

Qin Bing said solemnly: "Second brother, although the inscription on this painting is ugly, there are faint traces of Zhao Mengfu's brushwork. More importantly, look here..."

Pointing to several places on the painting, Qin Bing began to explain eloquently. He had copied many works of Zhao Mengfu before, so he knew the subtleties of his calligraphy and painting very well.

"Huh? Hearing you say that, big brother, it really looks a bit like..."

Looking at the place where the eldest brother pointed, Qin Jun nodded. He had seen Zhao Mengfu's works a lot. Hearing what Qin Bing said, he immediately felt a little similar.

"I suspect that this painting was deliberately made by Zhao Mengfu. He wanted to use it to cover up something. It may be like what Qin Feng said, there are paintings in this painting..."

As Qin Jun spoke, he had already checked the axis of the painting and other places. If there was really a painting within the painting, then there must have been some clues revealed when it was pasted.

"Huh? Strange, there is no trace at all?" After checking for a long time, Qin Bing stopped his hands in surprise, because he did not find any signs of a picture-in-picture.

"Brother Qin Bing, are you sure this is the authentic work of Zhao Mengfu?" Qin Feng asked.

"pretty close."

Qin Bing pointed to the seal on the painting and said: "Zhao Mengfu's name is Zi'ang, but most of his paintings' seals use the name of Taoist Songxue, Zi'ang's bell seal is rarely used, but I happened to see it, and This bell print is very similar..."

In the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, in addition to rich professional knowledge, it is necessary to experience a large number of real objects, understand the author's style and even living habits, and infer the authenticity of calligraphy and painting from various aspects.

Just like Qin Feng’s teacher Qi Gong once said that in the 30s and [-]s, he saw many authentic calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, so sometimes he knew the authenticity of the paintings as soon as he got started.

The current Qin Bing is like this, even though Zhao Mengfu made this painting unsightly, his subtle style is still revealed in the painting.

Of course, if Qin Bing didn't know his paintings very well, ordinary people would not be able to see these subtleties, just like shopkeeper Zhou, who regarded this painting as a worthless object to be discarded.

"If it's true, then this painting can't be easily destroyed?"

Hearing Qin Bing's explanation, Qin Feng felt a bit difficult, because if he wanted to find the picture-in-picture, he would have to destroy the authentic painting of Zhao Mengfu.

"Why can't it be destroyed?" Qin Jun asked a little puzzled.

"There are not many paintings of Zhao Mengfu left in the world, so it would be a pity to destroy them like this?" Qin Feng said as a matter of course.

As a master who inherited the past and ushered in the future during the period of transformation and transformation, Zhao Mengfu has a very high status in the history of Chinese painting.

Many of his calligraphy have been handed down from generation to generation, but there are very few paintings. There is only one in China, and there are no more than ten works in foreign museums.

"Qin Feng, you are just confused."

After hearing Qin Feng's words, Qin Jun said with a smile: "If you can hide the painting in Zhao Mengfu's painting, if it is hidden, it must be more valuable. No matter how you look at it, it is better than this painting... ..."

"Oh, yes!" Qin Feng slapped his head and laughed himself.

To be honest, even if this painting of splashed ink on a landscape is an authentic work by Zhao Mengfu, it does not have much artistic value, but the painting hidden in the painting may not be.

"I can't see how to decipher it..." Qin Bing shook his head and said, "The paper used before and after is all Yuanshu paper. It's hard to say whether there are paintings in it."

"Brother Qin Bing, this matter is easy to handle..." Qin Feng turned his head to look at Qin Jun when he heard the words, and said, "Second brother, go get someone to cook a pot of rice soup, and then put it in the yard to cool..."

Speaking of the ability to appraise calligraphy and painting, Qin Feng really admires Qin Bing, but when it comes to restoration and forgery of calligraphy and painting, Qin Feng's skill is far from comparable to that of Qin Bing brothers.

Among other things, Qin Feng has several ways to peel off the painting layer by layer. This means that some paintings look authentic, but are actually separated from the original, which makes people feel true. False is hard to tell.

"Rice soup? What do you want that thing for?" Qin Jun froze for a moment.

"Use it to find out this picture-in-picture!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as there is something hidden in it, I can find it out!"
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PS: Chapter 2, try to write it out as soon as possible tomorrow, um, continue to ask for recommendation tickets! !

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