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Chapter 482 Jin Bosheng

Seven Stars Gongbei, all successors are already in place.

The secret treasure of the Ghost Eye Gate will be seen again, but at an unknown time, everyone has already set out on the road together.

After lunch, when the seven of them were drinking tea in the living room, Shangguan Yu talked about something, "I didn't know that Mr. Xu Taiyan was a master of ghost eyes. A few days ago, I got a piece of calligraphy by chance and mentioned Mr. Xu."

"Oh? Could it be for Mr. Xu?" Yu Yao couldn't help thinking of the "Unique Wisdom Eye" that Yi Peiji gave Xu Taiyan, but after he said it, he secretly denied that Mr. Xu "lost" things so easily. ?
"No."

Sure enough, Shangguan Yu also denied it, "This calligraphy was signed by Jin Bosheng when he mentioned the phrase 'Yiyou Qingming recalls Mr. Xu Taiyan'."

"Jin Bosheng?" Yu Yao had an impression of him.

"Yes. Jin Bosheng's reputation is mainly in the appraisal of calligraphy and painting and in the circle of antiques; so I have found a small leak in his calligraphy." Shangguan Yu said, "I have heard of Mr. Xu before, but I never thought of it. , he is actually the big eye of the Ghost Eye Sect! Judging from the content of the calligraphy, Jin Bosheng and Mr. Xu should have a lot of contacts."

Jin Bosheng's reputation is indeed mainly in the antique circle.

Like Xu Taiyan, he also opened a shop in Liulichang, but it was late.Jin Bosheng once worked as an apprentice at Jinmen South Paper Shop, and later he mainly engaged in calligraphy and painting business, and then went to Yanjing to develop. For a period of time, he moved between Jinmen and Yanjing.

Jin Bosheng lived in a rented house in Yanjing and ran a business.It was not until 1943 that he had his own shop in Liulichang, and he took over it from someone else; the shop was called Wenwenzhai, and he did not change its name after taking over.However, after taking over, he took off the original old plaque and replaced it with a plaque written by himself, "Thesis Zhai".

Antique shops in Liulichang during the Republic of China attached great importance to plaques. The original plaques in Wenwenzhai were also written by a calligrapher, but Jin Bosheng was able to replace them with his own characters, which shows that he prided himself on calligraphy.

At the same time, Jin Bosheng has a wide range of contacts, because he is in the calligraphy and painting business and has many contacts with many calligraphers and painters.Especially with Zhang Daqian, the relationship is extraordinary, Zhang Daqian also pointed out Jin Bosheng's calligraphy and painting.

In the 20s, Jin Bosheng imitated the paintings of Shi Tao and Wang Hui (hui) in Yanjing on behalf of Zhang Daqian.Jin Bosheng has a very good eye for calligraphy and painting. It is said that he once told Zhang Daqian that your level is no less than that of Shi Tao and Wang Hui.Later, others also said the same, so Zhang Daqian no longer paid the original money, but directly got his own famous money.

Jin Bosheng owned a lot of famous paintings, especially after the collapse of the Puppet Manchukuo, he once partnered with others and went to the northeast to buy famous paintings from the "Xiaobailou".It is said that one of Fan Zhongyan's handwritten "Tao Fu Zan" was bought by Zhang Boju at a high price of 110 taels of gold.

Jin Bosheng's evening scene was rather bleak.In the early 60s, Zhang Daqian, who was living overseas, sent Jin Bosheng two paintings to him because of his poor life. However, due to various reasons, Jin Bosheng did not dare to pick them up.A few years later, Jin Bosheng was escorted back to his hometown for "liquidation", and eventually fell ill from depression and died in his hometown.

Yu Yao generally knew a little about Jin Bosheng, while Cai Pengxi and Teng Kunwu knew more than Yu Yao; however, they didn't know that Jin Bosheng and Xu Taiyan also had a lot of contacts.

"The year of Yiyou, that is 1945." Cai Pengxi continued to ask, "Do you remember the content of calligraphy clearly?"

"It's clear. It looks like it should be a seven-character quatrain written by himself, so it's easy to remember." Shangguan Yu then chanted:
"Sweeping the dark dust before the wind passes through the fast, how can the old street become new without saying a word? The dawn has already revealed the troubled times, and a generation of masters is an old friend!"

After Shangguan Yu finished singing, everyone, including himself, fell silent.

After a long time, Cai Pengxi sighed, "In the Qingming Festival of 1945, the defeat of the Japanese pirates was obvious, and the dawn of China was revealed. It's just a pity that I will never see the great master Mr. Xu Taiyan again!"

Yu Yao's face was solemn, but he thought to himself, this Jin Bosheng sounds like he knew about Xu Taiyan's efforts in protecting cultural relics and fighting the Japanese people, so does he know the real cause of Mr. Xu Taiyan's death?

Thinking of this, Yu Yao couldn't help but smile wryly, even if he knew it was useless, because Jin Bosheng had already become an old friend.

Teng Kunwu opened his mouth at this time, "Although Jin Bosheng has passed away long ago, what Shangguan said also gave us a way of thinking, that is, the people who had been in contact with Mr. Xu Taiyan and various words, especially famous people. , Maybe there will be some clues left behind. They don’t know the secrets of the Ghost Eye Gate, but we know! From the leftover items, or testable words and deeds, we may be able to infer some valuable clues.”

Yu Yao nodded, "This is indeed. Regarding the Taidian Fangding, I analyzed certain clues from a piece of calligraphy that Mr. Yi Peiji gave Da Zhangyan."

Because of this topic, Yu Yao couldn't help but brought up the name "Xuan He".

Zheng Wenzhi said before that Xu Taiyan used to use the "genuine Xuanhe" seal; but Yu Yao asked Xiao Ying, Lin Fengcao, and Cai Pengxi, but they didn't know.Yu Yao never asked about Teng Kunwu and Zhong Yu, but neither of them mentioned it before.

As expected, Teng Kunwu and Zhong Yu didn't know what Yu Yao said.

Zheng Wenzhi didn't say much about this at the time.It may be because of the secrecy discipline, but it does not rule out the possibility that he also does not know much.

Unexpectedly, when Yu Yao said this, Shangguan Yu slapped his thigh, "The real product is Xuanhe? This is the seal that Mr. Xu once used? What a coincidence?"

"Have you seen it?!" Everyone was almost in unison.

"It's on Jin Bosheng's calligraphy I was talking about!" Shangguan Yu explained, "I thought it was strange at the time, because it was printed in the upper right corner of the free stamp, but it was a square stamp about the same size as Jin Bosheng's famous stamp! It turns out that it is specially commemorating Mr. Xu Taiyan!"

"In 1945, Mr. Xu already... that is to say, this 'genuine product Xuanhe' seal is in the hands of Jin Bosheng!" Yu Yao interjected.

"That's for sure, otherwise he wouldn't have got the seal. But, why is Mr. Xu's seal in his hands?" Shangguan Yu pondered.

"It's very possible that he knows the real cause of Mr. Xu's death!" Yu Yao sighed, "It's just a pity, Jin Bosheng has passed away for half a century!"

Cai Pengxi said solemnly, "It is also what we should do to find out the real cause of Mr. Xu's death!"

Teng Kunwu looked at Yu Yao, "Will the Special Cultural Relics Investigation Bureau know the real cause of Mr. Xu's death?"

"I probably don't know. When I was in contact with Yang Sihai and other people, I asked many times. Although I didn't answer in detail, I can basically judge."

"Then this seal, will it be in the Special Cultural Relics Investigation Bureau?" Teng Kunwu asked again.

Yu Yao recalled the exchange with Zheng Wenzhi at that time, "It's not very likely."

Saying that, Yu Yao lightly tapped the table and looked at everyone, "In this way, this becomes a new clue?"

　Jin Bosheng's person and life are true, but the seal and calligraphy of Qijue Poems are the plot arrangement of this book, so don't take it for granted.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)