golden ear

Chapter 196
"Old Yin, I really want to trouble you with something!"

Wu Tianyuan smiled and told Mr. Yin about the auction team, hoping to cooperate with Hongmen to monopolize the cultural relics lost in the United States and return them through auctions.

"Okay, this is a great thing!"

Old Yin said domineeringly: "I don't dare to talk about other places, but I can call the shots on this three-acre land, no problem."

"Actually, I want you to help find someone to participate in the auction, and then collect cultural relics under the premise that the cost performance is suitable." Wu Tianyuan said with a smile: "Don't say it like a house robbery!"

The two laughed, it was easy for people with a common background and strength to communicate, do things together, and earn money together!

"You want to find Zhang Xueliang's descendants?"

Old Yin pondered and said, "I'm really not sure about this. I'll ask you about it later, and there will be results soon."

That afternoon, Wu Tianyuan received news that Zhang Xueliang's descendants were in San Francisco, Zhang Guocheng was over 60 now, and the three of them would go to San Francisco immediately.

"This is what my father left behind, it's just a diary!"

Wu Tianyuan was very surprised, he didn't expect that he came all the way, Zhang Xueliang, the majestic young man, only left a diary in the end?

"Hey, my father's collection is an auction. On April 1994, 4, on the second floor of Taipei Shin Kong Art Museum, collectors and antique dealers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the United States, RB and other places gathered together. Taiwan Sotheby's auction company will hold the auction of "Dingyuanzhai Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Collection" here soon."

"They had waited for more than two months for this, not only because it was the first time Sotheby's held a special auction for a collector's collection after entering the Asian market, but also because the owner of Dingyuanzhai was a famous Mr. Zhang Xueliang."

Zhang Guocheng recalled: "I remember that there are 207 ancient and modern calligraphy and painting works in the auction, of which more than 160 are ancient calligraphy and painting works, accounting for six tenths of the total. After fierce bidding, none of the calligraphy and painting works in Dingyuanzhai's collection is top-notch. The total turnover of the auction reached more than [-] million Taiwan dollars."

"My father's collection of ancient calligraphy and painting began in the early 20s. When he was not in charge of military affairs, he often went to calligraphy and painting shops and antique shops in Beijing and Tianjin to "search for ancient times." In the autumn of 1924, an old paper in an old bookstore in Tianjin Occasionally, an ancient painting was found in the pile. Due to the age, the painting was covered with dirt."

"However, it can be vaguely seen that the painting is a pine and a maple. There is an old man under the tree, carrying a bamboo basket, and the ink is exquisite. It should be a famous work, but the painting is not signed. The owner does not know him. I saw him appreciate the painting. Careful and willing to buy, he offered a high price. He did not bargain with it, and resolutely bought it with a lot of money. Later, he asked a well-known connoisseur in Tianjin to appraise it, and found that it turned out to be the authentic work of Li Tang, a famous painter in the Southern Song Dynasty, which can be called a national treasure. .”

"Since then, his interest in calligraphy and painting collection has been out of control. The calligraphy and painting collection located in the handsome mansion of Dananmen, Shenyang is called "Dingyuanzhai". Later generations have made many explanations for "Dingyuanzhai" , most of them think that it means the Zhaizhu's "high ambition"."

Zhang Guocheng said with a smile: "I also have an understanding of this. It seems to have the meaning of stability, tranquility, and stability in remote areas and borders. Because my father has a book collection called "Father and Son Jiedu", which can be confirmed with the meaning of "Dingyuanzhai"."

Wu Tianyuan listened with great interest, and was able to learn a lot of inside stories that were unknown back then through just a few words, which provided favorable clues for the next treasure hunt.

"Later, the Cultural Relics Processing Committee of the Puppet Manchukuo compiled a "Calligraphy and Painting Catalogue" collected by Zhang Xueliang. There were 240 kinds of calligraphy and painting collections and 630 three pieces. Xi's "Han Lin Tu", Song Huizong's "Book of Edict", Mi Yuanhui's "Yunshan Tujuan" and so on."

"In addition, there are works by Zhao Mengfu, Wu Zhen, Wang Meng, Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou, Tang Yin, Qiu Ying, "Four Kings Wu Yun", Shi Tao, Bada Shanren, etc., as well as Master RB. This batch was later collected in the Fengtian Museum The collection of paintings and calligraphy was looted before the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and many of the collections disappeared.”

The old man said sadly: "Someone once reviewed a small part of the collection scattered among the people in Northeast China, and there were many counterfeit works. As for the collection in the Fengtian Museum, did anyone exchange the fake for the real? It has become an eternally difficult history. Mystery."

"So, except for some of the old Dingyuanzhai collection of paintings and calligraphy collected in several museums in RB, most of the private collectors kept secrets and secrets out of concerns about the law and the source of the collection. Until after the incident Nearly 50 years later, in 1990, the first batch of Zhang Xueliang’s old collection of paintings and calligraphy appeared at the auction of a Hong Kong auction company. My father learned from friends afterwards that he had also imagined spending a lot of money to buy back these paintings and calligraphy. Unable to do so.”

Wu Tianyuan bought the last diary left by Zhang Xueliang for [-] U.S. dollars, and began to communicate. Sure enough, there was a clue to the treasure.

"After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang flew back to Nanjing with Lao Jiang and lost his personal freedom. He once entrusted his calligraphy and painting to a private consultant, Australian Duanna, for safekeeping. Later, Zhao Yidi and others personally escorted this batch of collections to Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Province. , temporarily stored in a warehouse of China Travel Agency on the top of Xuedou Mountain."

The diary gushed: "In 1937 when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, this batch of calligraphy and painting collections followed him to AH, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and other places, and finally transferred to Taiwan. I know that there is a treasure in Anwei, Zhejiang. Fenghua has one."

Wu Tianyuan flew directly back to the country, and immediately went to Anwei to hunt for treasures. Zhang Xuelianggui was the head of the four sons of the Republic of China, both in strength and vision.Those that can be secretly collected by him must be heavy weapons, not to mention that he had a lot of calligraphy and paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in his hand back then, each of which was a national treasure.

The three of them came to Xiuning County by the Huangshan Mountain in Anwei. This place used to be the place where the young marshal had recuperated. Following the instructions in the diary, they found a clue in a closed nursing home and bought it directly.

"Song Huizong's pardon!"

"Dong Yuan's landscape scroll!"

"Guo Xi's Cold Village Map!"

"Mi Youren's cloud landscape!"

Wu Tianyuan finished inventorying the treasure hunt with satisfaction, the four Song Dynasty treasures, priceless treasures, are worthy of the collection of the young marshal Zhang Xueliang, with taste!
"Boss, I think you are not looking for treasures now, but the treasures are looking for you on their own initiative! It is for you to discover them!"

Wang Hong unintentionally reminded Wu Tianyuan with one sentence, this period of time is really like this, you can do whatever you want, you can have whatever you want!
The longer he was in contact with antiques, the more strange Wu Tianyuan felt, and the closer his fate became. By absorbing their energy, he gradually formed a strange connection.Treasure hunting is getting easier and easier, as if there is a feeling that all wishes come true.

(End of this chapter)