The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Guo Nuan can now be sure that Qiao Yun must not have cheated in the examination room. He felt a chill in his heart. If there is no problem in the examination room, then it must be a problem with the grading process.

"It's a good trick to replace the prince with a civet cat," Guo Nuan murmured, an extremely heavy haze surged in his heart, which made him a little bit overwhelmed. The energy that Qiao Yun can use is too great.

Thinking about it carefully, the Examination Institute must have Qiao Yun's bribed ghosts to cooperate. In this way, the three examiners who are most suspicious belong to them. Only they have the power and convenience and the opportunity to tamper with the examination papers.

Guo Nuan recalled Yang Yan's abnormal behavior that day. Although Yang Yan and Qiao Lin belonged to the same party faction, when Guo Nuan questioned Qiao Lin's son's test paper, it was reasonable that Yang Yan had a dispute.

However, Guo Nuan vaguely felt that Yang Yan did not act out of personal friendship because of the son of a friend, and it is very likely that he also participated in cheating.

But now there is no evidence, everything is done by the behind-the-scenes operators of the examination institute, and there is no clue about the possible flaws in the only volume of "Mo Yi".

Although Daizong had fixed the ranking of Gongsheng Jia, but there were still three days before the time to publish the list, Guo Nuan still had a little time, which was the last chance, and he decided to find out the truth.

After returning to the mansion, a group of craftsmen visited Guo Nuan and said that the foundation of the glass house behind the mountain had already started to be laid, and if there were no accidents, construction could start as scheduled.

At this moment, Guo Nuan was obsessed with Qiao Yun's strange questionnaire that appeared out of thin air. After he hastily asked the foreman's representative about the project, he left it to his subordinates to handle it, so he didn't bother to deal with it anymore.

"Shengping, do you think there are some masters who copy calligraphy among the people?" Guo Nuan asked curiously. Shengping is sitting on the head of the bed at the moment embroidering. She is smiling and immersed in the vision of a child born in the future. apron.

"Well, in Chang'an City North Literati Square, there are many literati and talented people gathered there, and there are many copyists of calligraphy. The son-in-law can go there to look for it," Shengping explained, looking at Guo Nuan who was sleepless on the bed. , very strange, after coming out of the palace the day before yesterday, the son-in-law kept frowning tightly.

As a wife and concubine, if the husband didn't say anything, women should not be curious to ask. This is the etiquette. After Shengping answered Guo Nuan's question, he gave Guo Nuan a steady and soft look, and then turned his attention to embroidery.

As her thoughts wandered, she thought: This apron is for Xiang'er, after three days it will be embroidered, and then I will embroider a small one for the little doll in the future, but is the apron embroidered with a unicorn or an elk? Shengping lowered his head to look at his lower abdomen, it was getting bigger and bigger day by day, and he didn't know if it was a boy or a girl.

The next morning, Guo Nuan got up early, and he rushed to the literati square. There were a lot of literati and poets here. Undoubtedly, this is a paradise club for literary exchange.

Walking on the bustling street, Guo Nuan came across Wenxuan Pavilion, a calligraphy and copybook specialty store. As soon as Guo Nuan walked into the store, the shopkeeper immediately greeted her warmly.

"May I ask if there are any calligraphers who copied here?" Guo Nuan looked around the store. There are many types of copybooks on the walls, such as famous ones, such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and other ancient calligraphy. From the eyes of calligraphers, there is no doubt that the imitations of famous masters have a certain charm.

"Hehe, my lord, my store specializes in copybooks. Naturally, there are many contact channels for copybooks. However, if you need genuine ones, I have a few in the warehouse of the back store, such as those of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty."

This chubby shopkeeper middle-aged uncle with a shiny face, with a shrewd face, smiled and solicited Guo Nuan as a distinguished guest, and at the same time said half a word, which immediately attracted Guo Nuan's attention.

"Oh, Wang Xizhi's genuine product," Guo Nuan immediately became interested, but then he quickly extinguished his excitement, saying that Wang Xizhi's genuine product is nothing more than handed down to the nobles and even the imperial palace for collection. How could it be so easy to be lost to the people? , Guo Nuan came to this shop dedicated to posting, and it is really hard to be sure whether this "authentic work" of Wang Xizhi is authentic or not, maybe it is another fake.

Seeing Guo Nuan's flickering and hesitant expression, the shopkeeper made a haha ​​to hide his embarrassment. A descendant of a down-and-out aristocrat bought a copybook of Wang Xizhi at a low price, and it has been under the box for many years and has not been sold. Only [-]% of the chances are authentic, which makes the shopkeeper not know whether he made a loss-making transaction, or made a fortune and bought a potential treasure.

"Well, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is indeed expensive. If you need some works by younger calligraphers, the price is still fair,"

The shopkeeper then continued to sell the high-end goods in the store. He could tell that the jadeite wrench on this young man's finger was crystal clear, round and flawless, and estimated to be worth thousands of gold. This young man is definitely a big fish.

"The works of young calligraphers who have risen in the literary world recently," Guo Nuan became interested. Seeing the shopkeeper nodding, Guo Nuan immediately asked curiously.

Seeing that Guo Nuan took the bait, the shopkeeper immediately smiled brightly, and led Guo Nuan to the counter. He bent down and opened the lock in a red sandalwood box, and a three-foot-long scroll copybook was placed on the counter.

Guo Nuan looked at the copybook scroll tied with a yellow silk ribbon, and asked, "This is the post of that young talent,"

"Princess Shengping's son-in-law,, Guo,, half,, first," the shopkeeper said with a smile, which immediately made Guo Nuan's face extremely rich and wonderful. Seeing the shopkeeper's extremely respectful and solemn expression, Guo Nuan almost burst into laughter speak up.

"Ahem, Guo Banshou is the number one scholar, and he created the calligraphy of thin gold characters, strong and strong, young master, do you think his authentic copybooks are worth a thousand gold?"

Seeing Guo Nuan's speechless expression, the shopkeeper misunderstood that he was shocked, so the shopkeeper couldn't help introducing it triumphantly.

However, Guo Nuan is a little strange. It is said that his copybooks are rarely circulated on the market. He only remembers that he once gave a post to Prince Shaofu, Yan Zhenqing, and a few good friends as personal gifts. There are not many copies at all. The rest of the calligraphy copybooks were collected by Shengping's wife.

It is said that Shengping's love for Guo Nuan's thin gold characters is exaggerated. Two years ago, Guo Nuan used charcoal pens to scribble poems and calligraphy on the walls of Xinghuayuanzi in spring two years ago. It was chiseled down and moved back into the yard.

Therefore, apart from the thin gold calligraphy works given to very few friends and old friends, most of Guo Nuan's calligraphy posts have been kept in the Princess Mansion, and now the boss of Wenxuan Pavilion still pats his chest and says that there is Guo Nuan. My own authentic works undoubtedly puzzled me very much.

Unfolding the scroll slowly, a pair of calligraphy comes into view. This is Guo Nuan's famous calligraphy work.

"'Green poplar smoke is light outside, and red apricot branches are full of spring' Tsk tsk, young man, do you know that this is the half-famous quatrain of Guo Bansong's "Yuchun Tower","

Guo Nuan looked at the shopkeeper and said happily. He undoubtedly praised Guo Nuan's so-called famous works, but he didn't know that the shopkeeper Guo Banshou was right in front of him. Well, Guo Nuan only inscribed a few strokes on the wall. As for this paper, he still copied it.

It is estimated that there are at least dozens of copies of this copy on the market. Guo Nuan smiled lightly. He looked at the copybook and said that this copy post is of a high level of imitation. up.

"Hey, Guo Banshou is amazing. This half-song is a masterpiece with a total of 100 characters. Seeing that the son can come to our store is considered fate. I will make friends with the shopkeeper. Each word counts as 100 taels of silver, and there is another 300 taels of discount. One thousand and three hundred taels for one word and one copybook," said the shopkeeper very generously.

"Hehe, how much did the shopkeeper spend to make this copied copybook?" Guo Nuan was also annoyed, and he still asked with a light smile.

The shopkeeper's fat cheeks, which were originally smiling, trembled in shock: "What, why do you think this is a copy?"

"Look, this word Xiao, it is said that Guo Banshou is born left-handed. Although he uses his right hand to hold the pen in calligraphy, he still tends to be left-handed and lift the hook habitually. The Na Ge of the word Xiao, one of the dots is dipped in ink, Although it is round, it slides from the upper left to the lower right. If it is a genuine product, the tip of the embellished pen is drawn along the left corner and obliquely upwards to the left."

Guo Nuan explained in a calm tone, and the shopkeeper looked at the dot dumbly. It was indeed a false show, which was an imitation of a normal right-handed copyist.

"How do you know that Guo Banshou is left-handed, and he also has the habit of holding a pen with his right hand to the left," the shopkeeper asked in surprise.

"Hehe, I am very familiar with him," Guo Nuan laughed and said something vaguely.

The shopkeeper suddenly realized that the copybook was indeed copied by the shopkeeper. As for Guo Nuan's subtle calligraphy habits, he really didn't know it. It is authentic.

The shopkeeper misunderstood Guo Nuan's phrase "very familiar with him", thinking that this son is a close friend of Guo Nuan, but Guo Nuan is not lying, he is very familiar with him, and this does not deny that he is not Guo Nuan.

"Okay, I'm not interested in copying the copybooks so that they can be faked. Now I want to ask the shopkeeper to help me contact copying masters. This is my reward."

Guo Nuan chatted with the shopkeeper for a while, and then got to the point. He took out a cloth bag from his arms, placed it on the counter, and made a heavy metal sound.

"This..." When the shopkeeper opened the bag, the five ingots of golden ingots inside made him ecstatic.

"Don't worry, son, I will contact you immediately,"