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Chapter 324 Treasure Building "Ghost Market" ([-])
Slowly opening the scroll, the more you looked down, the more surprised you became. In the end, Chu Chen almost cried out in shock.

This painting depicts the scenery of late autumn. In the painting, the sky is high and the air is clear, the peaks are green and the trees are desolate, the houses are full of clouds and smoke, there are mountain men talking to each other, wild guests are drinking, and roosters are crowing at noon. It is really a picture full of life. The breath of autumn is boundless.

This painting can be described as a profound artistic conception, which is both powerful and intriguing. At the first glance, Chu Chen knew that it should be a masterpiece, but when he saw the signature of "Hong Guzi" and many When I read the bell seal and inscription of a famous person, I immediately remembered the title and author of this painting.

Who is Hong Guzi?It is Jing Hao, the founder of the basic model of panorama landscape, a painter of the Five Dynasties and the Later Liang Dynasty.

His name is Haoran, and his name is Hong Guzi. He has lived in seclusion in Taihang Mountain all year round to avoid wars.Good at painting landscapes, learned from Zhang Yu, absorbed the majestic style of northern mountains and rivers, and painted "with brush and ink, with water halo ink stamps". , the ancestor of the northern landscape painting school.

He claimed to have both the strengths of Wu Daozi's brush and Xiang Rong's ink, and the expressive technique of creating water halo ink stamps.The book "Brushwork Notes" is a classic work in the theory of ancient landscape painting. It puts forward the "six essentials" of painting sceneries of breath, rhyme, scenery, thought, brush and ink. It is a classic work in the theory of ancient landscape painting. Xie He's "Six Principles" has been developed and has higher theoretical value.

Critics of all dynasties highly praised his artistic achievements. Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote in "Picture Songs": "The most wonderful words in the painting are mountains and rivers, and the mountains and mountains rise from both sides. Li Chengbi wins the creation of chemical industry, and Jing Hao develops pictures to talk about thousands of miles. Fan Kuan and Shi Lan The smoky forest is deep, and the dead wood pass is extremely incomparable. The monk Dong Yuan in the south of the Yangtze River is huge, and the light ink and light haze are one...."

Tang Hou in the Yuan Dynasty called it "the crown of the late Tang Dynasty" in "Huajian", etc...

Jing Hao created landscapes with equal emphasis on brush and ink, and was good at painting "Mountaintops in the Clouds". He has long proposed that landscape paintings must also "have both form and spirit" and "blend with scenes". Very few, and only a few paintings are still in doubt of authenticity.

Now that he knew the author of this painting, and coupled with the content depicted in this painting, Chu Chen immediately thought that this work should be the "Chu Song" which was praised by Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Dynasty as "excellent in bone and profound in thought". Mountain Autumn Evening Map".

At that time, Huang Gongwang wrote a poem: "The sky is high and the mountains are green, and the houses are full of clouds and smoke. The path is secluded and suddenly under the yellow leaves, and the trees are deserted. You can still hear the rooster crowing at noon. The mountain man has the secret to talk, and the wild guest has no heart." Ren Zuixing. The most beautiful autumn scenery is a window, and Hong Gu was famous back then."

And this poem also jumps out on this picture scroll as an inscription and postscript.

So far, Chu Chen still doesn't understand that this painting should be the authentic work of Jing Hao's Autumn Evening Picture of Chu Mountain, and the result given by the supernatural power is indeed the same.

This result can't help but make him ecstatic. This is a masterpiece among the masterpieces of a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation. I didn't expect that it would be put here like garbage by the stall owner, making the orb dusty.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chu Chen put the painting back on the booth calmly. Then, he pretended to look at several other works, and then asked the young stall owner, "Boss, what are these calligraphy and paintings?" Sell?"

"Brother, the ones on your side are all high-quality calligraphy and paintings, and the cheapest ones cost 500 yuan."

In fact, these paintings were collected by the stall owner from a family at a very low price.The original owner of these paintings did not understand painting but liked to buy paintings. In the end, he bought some fakes. In the end, he passed away, and these paintings were sold to the stall owner as if they were scraps.

The stall owner would not look at things like this. The reason is obvious. If there were genuine products in it, the family would not have to be as poor as they are now.

As soon as Chu Chen heard it, he knew that this person must not have recognized that Jing Hao's work, and his heart was filled with ecstasy, but on the surface he frowned and shook his head.

"Why, don't you like these calligraphy and paintings? Don't worry, I still have good ones. Take a look at this one." Saying that, the stall owner took out a scroll from in front of him and put it in front of Chu Chen.

Chu Chen chuckled, this stall owner really sent a timely rain, he was thinking about how to get that picture into his pocket just now, the boss sent the "pillow", this matter probably will be settled.

Unfold the scroll, it is a running script work, written by Bai Juyi's "Pan Taihu Lake Calligraphy Sending Weizhi", the author is Niu Fubao.

Niu Fubao, styled Youshen, named Songquan, named Fubao, was the number one scholar in the 18th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and was an official to Zhan Shifu.As an official in the court, he mainly presides over trials.He has served as an examiner for many times, and is famous for his fair selection and careful selection of scholars.In his later years, he abandoned his official position and bought the Huizhou merchant Wang's wooden Qiaotou mansion, named "Li De Tang", where he lived to study poetry and books.Gong Calligraphy, especially in lower case, occasionally painting landscapes, good at poetry, full of calligraphy.

Chu Chen carefully identified it, and finally confirmed that it was an authentic painting by Niu Fubao.

After looking at it for a while, Chu Chen showed a hint of joy on his face, and then raised his head and asked, "Boss, how much is this calligraphy?"

Seeing that Chu Chen was interested in this painting, the young stall owner was very happy, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother, the person who wrote this calligraphy is very famous. This person was the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty. Think about it, this is the number one scholar." , don't say anything else, stick to him..."

Chu Chen waved his hand and interrupted his words: "Boss, don't talk about this matter. The number one scholar in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, you should quickly tell the price."

"Yo, it seems that you are also a knowledgeable brother. In this case, I will give you a cheaper price and take 5000 yuan away." The young stall owner said it was straightforward. Hearing what he said, coupled with his age, he did not know how to do it. Some people will really think that they have taken advantage of it.

Chu Chen snorted and said: "Boss, your price is really a bit of a fool. Niu Fubao is not a high-ranking official, and his calligraphy is not very famous. Even if he is a champion, there are many champions in the Qing Dynasty. Is it true that the characters of the champion must be Is it worth money? I plan to copy this calligraphy for my nephew. If you really sell it sincerely, boss, I will take it for 1000 yuan."

"Hey, brother, you paid the price back. In 1000, a piece of Niu Fubao's regular script work was auctioned for [-] yuan. I couldn't even get it. To be honest, four thousand two, take it if you want."

Not to mention, the stall owner really carefully researched the value of this work. After all, it is not easy for people like them to get a decent real work, and they have to squeeze out its value.

Chu Chen shook his head and said: "Boss, you also said that the works in the auction are regular script, and Niu Fubao is good at lower script, so the price of running script is of course incomparable, and the auction will have to pay a lot of fees. Five would be nice."

"Brother is really an expert, but I got it from someone else. I still have to support my family. You have to earn some money for me. How about three thousand five?"

"It's too expensive, how about I add another three hundred?"

To say that hawkers like Ghost Market generally make money in a short-term and fast way. Unless the goods are more than a few yuan, they will not keep things in their hands for too long. As long as the price is right, then they can It's a deal.

For this Niu Fubao's work, the stall owner received 500 yuan, and [-] yuan is not bad, but it is rare that the author is a little famous, and the stall owner wanted to earn a little more, so he returned [-] yuan.

"Boss, the three thousand is really expensive. Even if you go to the auction, it's only the price, and you have to pay taxes at the auction. Your price is a bit high."

"Well, I see that you like it too, so I'll reduce it by another three hundred. It can't be any lower. If it's lower, you'd better look elsewhere."

Chu Chen thought for a while, two thousand seven is fine, but the key is not in this picture, so he pretended to frown and ponder for a while, then said: "Two thousand seven is two thousand seven, but you have to give I'll give you five pictures!" As he spoke, he pointed to the pile of calligraphy and paintings just now.

"This is impossible!" The young stall owner shook his head and said, "These are all high-quality goods, how can they be taken for granted?"

Chu Chen sneered and said, "Come on, these are still high-quality goods, obviously they are printed works, okay? If I didn't want to copy some pictures for my nephew, why would I want such things?"

The young stall owner smiled dumbly, and said, "That's okay, but five are too many, at most one!"

"Boss, you are too stingy. How much is one picture? You get four!" It is enough to say one picture, but if you agree immediately, the stall owner may be suspicious, so Chu Chen has to It takes a bit of haggling.

"Two pictures!"

"Three pictures!"

"make a deal!"

The stall owner thought to himself, these paintings are not worth much anyway, since he has earned more than 2000 yuan, let him have a taste of the sweetness.But if he knew that one of Jing Hao's works with the inscriptions of Huang Gongwang and other famous artists was sent out like this, he would probably have the intention of vomiting blood.

Chu Chen "selected" three pieces, including the work of Jing Hao, of course, and then ordered two thousand seven from the bag to the stall owner, picked up four works, said a polite word, turned around and left.

With this thing, the rewards of this trip to the ghost market can be said to have exceeded Chu Chen's imagination, but since he brought this priceless treasure, he can't go shopping in the ghost market. Such paintings are very fragile. If you touch this painting, it will be too late for regret.

And after all, this is a silk work more than 100 years ago. Although it is well preserved, just now Chu Chen noticed that there are some small insect eyes, mildew spots, and some small damage on the scroll, but it is still good. It didn't affect the integrity of the painting, but even so, it had to be re-framed as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen quickly looked around, but fortunately Liu Sizhe was not far away, so Chu Chen quickly walked up to him, patted his shoulder and said, "How is the selection?"

(End of this chapter)