Baolu Tianxing

"Aha, Boss Zhou, what do you say now?"

Kong Si didn't really believe the middle-aged man's statement just now, but now that he had the hard evidence in hand, he was naturally more and more sure that this was an old fake.

The middle-aged man smiled wryly and spread his hands. He didn't know what to say. Speaking of which, apart from the expert mentioned earlier, Wu Chen and the others were not the first wave of people to see this painting. Many people ended up stuck here , let it go.

For him, this was an unsolvable proposition. Even if he didn't say it, he believed that Wu Chen and the others would find out in the end.

"When was this cut off?" Wu Chen asked with a serious expression, but unlike Kong Si and the middle-aged man's understanding, his heart was bleeding at this moment!Who the hell is such a mess!

Just now he was ecstatic, so he didn't take a closer look, and the place was too small for him to go through the whole painting carefully, so he didn't realize that a section of "The Complete Picture of Imperial Yu" was cut off. The two big characters are on one side, not in the middle. According to this ratio, a little more than one-third of the characters will be truncated, and the rest will only reach the Qinling area.

"I don't know about that, it's just like this in my hands." This question is probably asked a lot, and middle-aged people are straightforward.He was fully prepared mentally. It seemed that today's transaction was a waste of time. It was a waste of such a long time.

"Could it have been cut by your fourth uncle?" Wu Chen still had a sullen face. Although the painting was not his yet, he was eager to know the whereabouts of the other half. This could only come from this middle-aged man. Discovered.

"Impossible." The middle-aged man shook his head. Seeing that the other party seemed to be interesting, he had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

There is no one in his own family who destroys his own things, not to mention his fourth uncle regards this painting as a treasure, and doesn't even let anyone see it.

"That's weird." Wu Chen pondered for a moment.

"Actually, this painting has not always been in our house." Seeing his appearance, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth, and simply told him everything he knew.

When we were in Siqing, this painting was collected like other things, and when it was returned to them later, it had already looked like this.In that era, there were many calligraphy and paintings that were burned. This one was able to escape the catastrophe, but it was a lucky one. How dare you care about it!

"In this way, it should be the ghosts of those cadres or soldiers back then." Kong Si was led by them, and gradually abandoned his prejudices, and felt a little distressed. Although he thought that it could not be an object of the Qing Dynasty, it could be. It was imitated after the Republic of China.

"Impossible." Wu Chen shook his head, "Look, the cut is neat and smooth, it cannot be made by ordinary paper cutters, and the silk on the upper and lower sides does not show any cracks. What kind of craftsmanship must this be? What ordinary people do, anyway, I can’t do it.”

After hearing what he said, Kong Si looked at the section carefully again, and it was true.This is so strange!A person with such craftsmanship is naturally a person who understands treasures, but why not take the whole piece away, but secretly cut half of it?

Um, secretly?Could it be that it is too conspicuous to take away the whole picture, so half of it is taken away and the other half is left for business?Anyway, those ignorant soldiers and so-called cadres will not care.

It seems that this is a more reasonable explanation. Wu Chen also had the same thoughts. Seeing that he couldn't ask anything else, he bargained with the middle-aged man, and finally spent 20 yuan to accept the "half" remnant. Taste!

"Let's go!"

Wu Chen picked up a treasure for nothing, and in a good mood, he patted Kong Si who was holding the paper tube.This guy is too big, holding a piece of wood in Kong Si's hand, it is inconvenient to walk in a crowded place, and it is easy to poke someone if you are not careful.So they just come out.

"It's really worth 20?"

Walking out of the bazaar, Kong Si asked. In his opinion, this kind of "non-mainstream" pictures, even if they were imitations in the Republic of China, would only cost tens of thousands, not to mention that they are still defective products!

"Zhou Peigong, do you know?" Seeing that there were few people here, Wu Chen approached Kong Si and asked.

"Nonsense!" Kong Si glared at him.

Zhou Peigong was a strange man during the reign of Kangxi. His original name was Zhou Chang. Peigong is his character. It is said that Kangxi met him accidentally on the road.

In the early years of Kangxi, when the confrontation between Manchu and Han was relatively serious, although Zhou Peigong had both civil and military skills, he could only serve as Tuhai's staff.During the San Francisco Rebellion, the imperial army and the San Francisco rebels fought decisively in the area around the two lakes, and the capital was empty. As a result, the admiral of Shaanxi, who was in the belly, rebelled, and the government and the public were shocked!

Kangxi tried his best to promote Zhou Peigong.As a result, Zhou Peigong trained the "miscellaneous army" composed of servants and servants of the princes and ministers in the capital into an iron-blooded army in a short period of time. Kite" **** besieged Ducheng, persuaded to surrender and recover!

How could Kong Si not know such a strange man?

"Actually, people in the world only see the side of Zhou Peigong who is both civil and military, but ignore his proficiency in astronomy and geography." Wu Chen shook his head. These are all on the surface. According to the records in "Baolu", Zhou Peigong himself is a strange person this time. , know everything, not just courtiers.

"You mean?" Kong Si heard Wu Chen mention Zhou Peigong for no reason, his mind turned, and he put together what happened tonight, and immediately came to a conclusion.

"That's right, this "Complete Map of Imperial Yu" was made by Zhou Peigong. Do you think it's worth 20 yuan?" Wu Chen nodded, feeling a little regretful. It would be great if the "Complete Map" was real.

"Damn! That's needless to say!" Although Kong Si didn't know the true use of "The Complete Map of Huang Yu", if it was the real work of this strange person, it would be worth it! "But you're not mistaken, are you?"

"Nine times out of ten! Do you still remember how Zhou Peigong died in the end?" Wu Chen didn't mean to be tricky, and he had never seen Zhou Peigong's authentic work, and this picture so far, the date is also correct, and Zhou's descendants also True, but could it have been drawn by someone else at the time?Although this possibility is extremely small, he has always been cautious, and he can't guarantee 100% until he is sure.

Um!Kong Si nodded, feeling a little lonely. The poor general failed to die before the battle. After the Mayaozi Rebellion was put down, Zhou Peigong’s reputation was greatly shaken. He was replaced to the rear, and was promoted to the Senate Daotai and the first rank.In the end, he was appointed as the admiral of Shengjing, in charge of the Xu border, but in fact it meant exile, and finally died in office.

"This painting was delivered to Emperor Kangxi when he was dying." Wu Chen told Kong Si about the records in "Baolu" about "Huang Yu Quan Tu".

"In that case, there really is such a thing. But it's not right, since this painting entered the palace, why is it here?" Of course Kong Si knew that Wu Chen was not a casual person, and there must be a reason for what he said. However, I still raised my own doubts. This loophole is too obvious, and normal people can think of it.

This is also the doubt in Wu Chen's heart. If he hadn't "seen it with his own eyes", he couldn't help but doubt it. Now that Kong Si is poking at the vital point, how should he answer? How do I know, I have to ask Lord Kangxi, why don't you go down and ask his old man?"

"What are you talking about! I'm serious! There is another doubt. Since Lord Kangxi took this painting back then, why has it never been shown in the world, and it has never been recorded in the royal archives. Instead, he made a "Emperor If there is such a thing, it should be recorded even in the top-secret files, even in the Qing Dynasty, it cannot be declassified, and even today, it cannot be made public?"

Kong Si's divergent thinking is full of doubts, which is a kind of inertial thinking in archaeology, and he caught a lot of bugs at once, "If you can't figure out these doubts one by one, I'm afraid this painting will be made public. After that, it can only be doubtful."

"Only you can!" Wu Chen made Kong Si feel a little depressed. He didn't know what he said. It's because "The Complete Picture of Imperial Yu" is so mysterious. Is there really something that cannot be made public? "Do you think it will be like this? In fact, it was recorded in the top-secret files, but because it involved some ulterior secrets, it was destroyed or taken away by high-level officials?"

"No way? What kind of secret is that?" Kong Si glanced at Wu Chen, and saw a trace of fear in his eyes. If that was the case, it might be a blessing or a curse if he got this thing this time.

You must know that the will of the country is definitely not something that someone can compete with.Thinking about it this way, he suddenly felt that the big picture he was holding in his hand was a bit heavy.

"Hey, don't mind it! Anyway, only we know about this matter!" Wu Chen was stunned for a while, and suddenly thought that he didn't plan to sell this thing, so he kept it in his hand and studied it himself, so he didn't need to worry about others No matter how you look at it, believe it or not, he himself believed it anyway.

Moreover, as long as the wind does not leak out, who knows that he has this thing in his hand, even if there is something mysterious, the big deal is to turn around and ignore it, and live as usual.

Thinking of it this way, he felt relieved, but another question emerged. In "Baolu", why did he record this passage so pretentiously? Could it be that Zhou Peigong is also a member of the Guigu Society? ?It seems that I have to grind my master a lot when I go back. This old man is too foolish. He doesn't tell himself anything. Is there such a thing as a master!

Both of them had something to digest in their hearts, so they walked along the lake without speaking.It was past ten o'clock at this time, and the crowd gradually began to dissipate, not as noisy as before.