The Book of Appreciation

In the VIP room of the store, several people sat down separately. After the boss greeted the clerk to serve coffee, he looked eagerly between Wu Di and Zhu Derang. Zhu Derang had already figured out the answer. Seeing the appearance of the boss, he said with a smile:

"Wu Di, take out your newly bought Kesi, if you don't make it clear today, this boss will suffer from depression!"

Wu Di untied the scroll of Kesi, spread it on the table carefully, and glanced at Mr. Zhu.

"What? Boy, do you have nothing to say after you get this treasure?"

Wu Di smiled bitterly and said:

"I guess this work is the masterpiece of Shen Mengzhou in the Qing Dynasty. As for the seal and the theme, I really don't know what's going on!"

"Good boy, you actually know Shen Mengzhou?"

Although Zhu Derang had been prepared for a long time, he was still taken aback by the meaning revealed in Wu Di's words.

How does Wu Di know what Shen Mengzhou is?Even whether it is a person from the Qing Dynasty is reminded by the heavenly book!This time he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot, so he had no choice but to pay homage to the treasure of the second senior brother Chuncheng Huyou,

"I just vaguely remember seeing such a sentence on some forum, it seemed that the name Shen Mengzhou was mentioned, and then I saw that this piece of silk tapestry was indeed a fine product, so I bought it."

"You boy, I really don't know what to say about you! 100 million euros was sold with a vague memory? Do you know how many people have been fooled and ruined? You are better, fool yourself!"

Sweat dripped from Wu Di's head at that time. If Master knew about this, he might not be able to escape the punishment. Last time he didn't find out where the fake was, it was at his own home, but this time he was ashamed in front of outsiders !

Song Ying looked at Wu Di's appearance, feeling distressed and funny at the same time, this old man is so powerful, he actually made the guy who ransacked the Antique Street speechless?

"Father, this..."

"What's wrong with this, the old man said that you are just selling this old face, you don't know, I am more ashamed than you!"

A group of crows flew over Wu Di's head, what does this mean?

"The owner of the store knows that I came here yesterday afternoon and looked at this work for more than an hour!"

The shop owner was accompanying Song Ying to be careful, he had to point at this girl to translate!Hearing that he was mentioned, he quickly said:

"Yes, yes. At that time, the old gentleman looked at it for a full hour. I thought the business would definitely be closed. I didn't expect that he just asked a price and left."

Zhu Derang's old face turned red rarely, and said:

"Collection of antiques is a science, and it must be rigorous. What do you know? I'm going back to find information!"

Wu Di didn't dare to entangle with the old man on this anymore, and asked quickly:

"Grandpa, have you found any information?"

Zhu Derang straightened his chest and said proudly:

"You don't even look at who I am, can you find anything?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he let out his anger again.

"Finding the information is useless, it's not cheap, you kid!"

Wu Di didn't know how to answer, so he could only smile wryly.

"Okay, I won't torment you anymore, otherwise old man Chang will blame me for being stingy! Now that the opportunity is in front of me, then I will rely on the old to sell the old and be his teacher for a while!"

Wu Di felt that the old man was like an old urchin, and he enlivened the scene by himself.

Zhu Derang drank the coffee in one gulp, frowned, and said:

"If you don't have tea, bring me some white water! When I saw this piece of silk tapestry yesterday, I felt that I had seen the name Shen Mengzhou somewhere before. Old man, my memory is failing. If I were your age, you would think there would be more What's the matter with you?"

Zhu Derang really felt very depressed. He asked the boss that this piece of silk tapestry had been hanging for almost half a year, and because the asking price was too high, there was not even a counter-offer.I wanted to be more sure, but I didn't think it took half a day, but this kid picked up a big leak!The most important thing is that he is still old man Chang's disciple, so if this incident got out, he would make fun of him for half a year?

"Yes, yes, you're always right, I'm just a little shit lucky..."

Facing such an old man, Wu Di had no choice but to retreat in defeat.

"Later, I thought of a possibility. When I went back and asked, I really found the right way! My friend had a gift list from the magistrate of Jiaqing during the Qianlong period to Qianlong's [-]th birthday. On it was Shen Mengzhou's "Plum Bamboo and Hanque" "! When I saw it back then, everyone didn't pay attention to it, thinking that it was just the same name. It wasn't until yesterday, when I saw this work and couldn't understand it, that I vaguely thought of the gift list. I called and asked, and my friend I was away on a business trip and hurried back an hour ago, I opened the gift list and saw that it was Shen Mengzhou!"

While the old man was drinking water, Wu Di asked:

"With Shen Mengzhou's skill, he should be very famous. How can there be almost no information about him?"

"That's what I'm going to say next. While I was rushing here, I asked him to look up Shen Mengzhou's information. I was lucky this time and found the answer in half an hour!"

The store owner hurriedly asked:

"what is the answer?"

"Shen Mengzhou was a Kesi master during the Qianlong period. The reason why he was not well-known is because of the disaster caused by this work. Shen Mengzhou was originally the No. 17 great-great-grandson of Shen Zifan. He was determined to restore the glory of his ancestors. At the age of [-], he already had a small reputation. Suddenly one day, he found the pattern of "Plum Bamboo and Hanque" in the family collection. He was overjoyed at the moment. It took three years and exhausted his family's wealth to reunite before Qianlong's [-]th birthday. Now the ancestor’s classic "Picture of Plum and Bamboo Hanque"! He gave this work to the prefect of Jiaqing at that time, and spent a lot of money, and included it as a tribute. After Qianlong’s birthday, he accidentally saw it and was shocked. It was written by Shen Zifan immediately according to the layout of Shen Zifan's "Plum and Bamboo Hanque", and then the two works were hung together. No one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty could tell the authenticity! The prefect of Jiaqing who presented this treasure was therefore officially He was promoted to a higher level and went to Lin'an to be the magistrate. Qianlong also gave him a thousand taels of gold and ordered him to send someone to escort Shen Mengzhou to Beijing. Unfortunately, when Qianlong saw this work, his birthday had already passed one year. This year For a long time, Shen Mengzhou suffered a lot. In addition, his family's wealth was gone, his life was hard, and his health was already extremely poor. When he heard the good news, he was so emotional that he couldn't afford to get sick. Two months later, he died! Apart from this one work, there is no other work handed down! A generation of masters, what a pity, what a pity!"

"Old man, where did you find all these?"

"This is the record in the Shen family tree. The magistrate failed to complete the emperor's mission and was reprimanded, so he turned his anger on the Shen family, causing the Shen family to be ruined! It was not until the 90s that a member of the Shen family found out the truth. This matter, but he kept it a secret, and wanted to find this work quietly, hehe, boy, you should have heard of that person, if he knows that the thing is with you, you will have a headache!"

Wu Di frowned and murmured:

"Shen? Jiaqing? Shen..."

He suddenly cried out,

"Shen Jizu! Shen Jizu who is known as the wonderful hand and god eye!"

"Hahahaha, that's right, Kesi master and connoisseur Shen Jizu! Boy, you can figure it out!"

Wu Di swallowed his saliva with difficulty, straightened his chest, and said:

"What's up to you? What's mine is mine, and no one can take it away!"

"Good boy, have a backbone! Come on, let's not talk about it, look at this picture, there is a secret mark on it, see if you can find it."

secret?Wu Di leaned over to the table and looked at the drawing inch by inch. Song Ying and the boss also came up to help.After a while, he straightened up and shook his head.Song Ying and the boss also raised their heads one after another, looking at Mr. Zhu.

"Haha, we have to admire the wisdom of the ancients! Turn the picture upside down and take a closer look at the scar on the plum tree!"

Wu Di turned the painting upside down, looked at it for a while, and said in doubt:

"Sun?"

"That's right, it's the grandson of a great seal, which means it was imitated by the great-great-great-grandson! There is only one flaw in the whole picture, other than that, it is exactly the same as Shen Zifan's!"

While writing the character "Sun" in big seal script for the boss and Song Ying, Wu Di asked:

"Since it was presented to the palace, why is there no record about this work?"

"This is beyond what I can know. In fact, if Kangxi hadn't stopped compiling the "Life Notes" on the grounds that "annotation officials leaked secrets", I would definitely be able to find this work in official records."

"Not only in the palace, but also in other places! There is no seal of the later emperor on this piece of work. Did Qianlong reward it to a certain courtier after appreciating it? If you find out who gave it to, it must be the inheritance of this piece of silk tapestry." I figured it out."

Zhu Derang held out his thumb,

"I think so too. But being able to prove the authenticity of this work is already a blessing, and looking for its inheritance is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack! I don't have the energy anymore, boy, it's up to you."

Wu Di smiled bitterly,

"I will try my best."

Suddenly a sly gleam of urchin's eyes flashed in Mr. Zhu's eyes, and he murmured to himself:

"If both Lao Shen and Lao Han know that such a work has been handed down..."

Wu Di was shocked, stood up and saluted:

"Old man, if you always have any request, just tell me. If the boy can do it, he will spare no effort. Forget it with Mr. Han!"

"Hahahaha, Lao Han took away from you a picture of "Whistle Deer" and a masterpiece of "Heshan". You have to be sincere."

Wu Di had no choice but to take this rejuvenated old guy, hesitatingly said:

"Why don't you borrow this work from your old man for half a month? Return it to me when you return home?"

"Are you not afraid that I will hack your treasure?"

Wu Di smiled and didn't answer, the old head let out a sigh of relief,

"Forget it, losing to your junior, I'm going to laugh my ass off! If I take the opportunity to bully you again, this old bastard should kill my family. Forget it, kid, just promise me to bring yours within this year." If those collections go to Shanghai, I will let you go."

Wu Disu Rong nodded. These old people are really respectable. They spend their whole lives working on antiques, of course because they like them, but more importantly, they are a kind of protection, inheritance and dissemination of ancient Chinese culture. They are the real leaders !

After confirming the preciousness of the collection, Mr. Zhu felt that something was wrong. After all, the boss is Italian. If Wu Di had bad intentions, Wu Di might not be able to resist, so he asked Wu Di to return to Milan immediately after leaving the store to deal with the matter. After the collection, come back to participate in the exposition.Wu Di remembered that the people who protected him and Zhongqi hadn't come back yet, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he immediately went back to check out, took the diamonds, and went straight to the airport with Song Ying.