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Chapter 370 Taking the Scroll

After hearing Mr. Xiao's words, the old men all showed constipated faces.It was as if there was a table full of Chinese banquets in front of me, but there were several blowflies in each dish, which could be seen or not eaten.
If one were to rank the painters of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Lingrang, the cousin of Song Huizong Zhao Ji, would definitely rank in the top ten. Not many of his paintings have been handed down to modern times, but each one is a treasure.

Now there is a scroll of "Jiangning Dajiang Map" drawn by Zhao Lingrong himself, and it is a long scroll. Let alone the history of more than 900 years, even if the level of this painting is not high, it can even be said to be Very bad, this painting is also called a national treasure.

As the saying goes, "One page of the Song edition is one or two gold." Song edition books have been passed down to modern times and are already extremely precious cultural relics, not to mention the rarer Song paintings?

In modern times, every painting preserved from the Song Dynasty can be called a national treasure.Therefore, although the painting level of the "Jiangning Great River Map" in front of me is very average, it is also a painting that can be called a national treasure.

It's just that for these old men, what they want is not only Song paintings, but also a perfect painting that can be passed down through the ages.The painting in front of me has a history, but at this level.
Yang Jing guessed that at this time the five old men were complaining in their hearts-you said that you are clearly Zhao Lingrang, Zhao Lingrang, why did you make such a painting for Mao that makes people love and hate?
Several old men looked at the painting quietly, the atmosphere was so weird that even Yang Jing couldn't bear it.

Fortunately, Cai Yi broke the weird atmosphere with his voice.

"Xiao Jing, how much did you pay for this volume of "Jiangning River Map"?"

"One" Yang Jing opened his mouth and wanted to say 1 yuan, but then abruptly controlled the number behind.

It is true that he paid 1982 yuan for this painting in Jinling in 1, but this sentence must not be said.If you want to collect this painting in modern times, the most you can pay for 1 yuan is to let you see it, and it is impossible to collect it.

"100 million?" Cai Yi hesitantly accepted Yang Jing's words, and Yang Jing could only nod silently.

"Well, it's not expensive to collect such a painting for 100 million yuan. It's a miss." Huang Lao said from the side, but Yang Jing could hear the deep resentment in Huang Lao's tone. Obviously, this calligraphy and painting lover I really can't stand this painting.

Mr. Liu asked: "Xiao Jing, why did you spend so much money to collect this painting? Although you still have a lot to learn in calligraphy and painting, you should be able to recognize this painting based on your appraisal level. level."

"Master, as I said just now, when I saw this volume of "Jiangning River Map", I felt that there was something wrong with this painting. My intuition told me that this painting is indeed an authentic one, but I always feel that this painting seems to be hiding something. Four masters, you should all know my unexplainable intuition. Yes, when I accepted this painting, it was my intuition that told me this. The painting is not simple, so I spent 100 million to accept it."

Huang Lao said: "Xiao Jing, although this painting is indeed painted by Zhao Lingrang, there is nothing special about this painting. If there is anything special about it, it is that the level of this painting is really not up to par. Zhao Lingrang's reputation and level. If Lao Xiao hadn't definitely identified that this painting was painted by Zhao Lingrang, I would have thought it was a fake."

Yang Jing shook his head and said, "Old Huang, it's not the problem with the painting itself. The special feeling that this painting gives me doesn't come from the painting itself. Although I haven't started to follow my second master's system Learning about calligraphy and painting, but I also know that the level of this painting is very average. But the reason why I still accept this painting is because the strange feeling does not come from the painting itself, but from in other respects."

When Mr. Xiao heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly pointed to the scrolls at both ends of this volume of "Jiangning Dajiang Tu" and asked: "Xiao Jing, do you think the scrolls of this painting are a little bit question?"

Yang Jing pretended to be suddenly enlightened and slapped his thigh, "Oh, Second Master, you really hit the nail on the head! To be honest, I only thought there was something wrong with this painting before, but I couldn't tell what was wrong, but I can say with certainty that it is definitely not at the level of the painting itself, but somewhere else. Second Master, after you said that just now, I know where that special feeling comes from. That’s right, it’s the two A scroll."

Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Well, the scroll of this painting is indeed a bit unusual. It's too thick. I've never seen such a thick scroll."

Mr. Guo is the master of cultural relics preservation work in the courtyard. He has seen a lot of ancient things and handled a lot of things.After all, those cultural relics and antiques with a long history need regular maintenance. This work is basically handed over to a group of cultural preservation experts headed by Mr. Guo.

"Hehe, I've never seen such a thick scroll. No wonder I thought this painting was a bit strange just now, so the roots are here." Old Guo smiled and moved up to touch the scroll, "Yo, It’s still made of red sandalwood. Judging from the material used for this scroll, it fits Zhao Lingrang’s identity, after all, he also has royal blood.”

Cai Yi laughed and said: "This Zhao Lingrang is not ordinary. When Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, was the king of Duan, he had a very good relationship with him. Later history books said that after Zhao Ji became the emperor, Zhao Lingrang could enter the university without notification for a period of time. Inside."

Mr. Guo tapped on the scroll and said, "It's hollow. I said, why do I feel like there is something hidden in this scroll?"

Hearing Mr. Guo's words, the eyes of the old men lit up again, and Yang Jing said bluntly: "Third Master, why don't you take down these two scrolls and let us have a look?"

Although Mr. Huang was moved, he still said, "Xiao Jing, isn't this very good? Although this painting is of average quality, it is still a Song painting after all, and it is not badly preserved. It destroys the frame. The heart of this painting cannot withstand another frame."

Yang Jing shook his head and said: "Old Huang, I know what you mean. You are worried that taking down the scrolls will damage the painting. Actually, it doesn't matter. I always feel that there should be something hidden in these two scrolls, and the hidden things are unusual. , if you don’t find out whether there is something hidden in it today, I’m afraid you won’t be able to sleep at night? Besides, we’re just taking down the painting scroll without destroying the heart of the painting, so it’s fine.”

After all, Yang Jing is the owner of this painting, since he doesn't care about it, it's hard for others to say anything else.

Not to mention, these five old men actually wanted to see if there was really something hidden in the two scrolls.After all, such a thick scroll is really weird, and this painting was handed down from the Northern Song Dynasty, so it must be something extraordinary that Zhao Lingrang can hide.

Guo Lao is an expert in cultural relics preservation, and he is more agile than Xiao Lao in taking scrolls.

"Then I'll take the scroll!" Mr. Guo looked at his old friends, and then at Yang Jing.

Yang Jing nodded, asked Mr. Liu a few words, then ran into another room and took out a set of tools from the room.Although no one lives in Mr. Liu's villa, there is no shortage of guys here.

Mr. Guo worked hard for more than 20 minutes before taking down the two scrolls.But I have to admire Mr. Guo's craftsmanship. Although taking the scroll will damage the mounting of the calligraphy and painting, in the hands of Mr. Guo, this kind of damage is minimized. Even if you don't look carefully, you can't see the scroll of this painting at all. been removed.

After taking down the two scrolls, Mr. Guo weighed the two scrolls separately, and said with certainty: "There is indeed something in this scroll, and the weight is different. Which one should we open first?"

The eyes of several old people turned to Yang Jing. Although Yang Jing is a junior, this painting belongs to him after all, and even his four masters are not good at making decisions for him.

Yang Jing pointed to the heavy scroll and said, "Third Master, please open this scroll first. Since this scroll is heavy, it means that there are more things hidden inside. Let's take a look inside first." What is it hiding?"

Mr. Guo smiled and said, "Then I'm under the knife?"

Several old men said at the same time: "You old man Guo, don't worry when you should be anxious." After finishing speaking, all the old men burst out laughing.

Painting scroll is a kind of material for calligraphy and painting mounting, also called scroll head.Sandalwood was often used in ancient painting scrolls. Sandalwood can ward off moisture, and it has a fragrance when the gate is opened, and it can also ward off beetles.But sandalwood, especially red sandalwood is relatively heavy, so when making scrolls in ancient times, the middle of the sandalwood was usually cut open, then hollowed out and then combined together, so that a hollow scroll was completed.

Although the scrolls of this "Jiangning River Map" are made of red sandalwood and are a bit scary thick, they are actually not heavy because the two scrolls are both hollow.

Mr. Guo looked at the scroll carefully, and then said with certainty: "This painting has not been touched since it was mounted. I can be sure of that!"

After finishing speaking, Mr. Guo slowly took down the scroll, and then found the traces on the scroll, and started to pry it gently with a tool bit by bit. After a while, this particularly thick scroll It was pried into two halves.

As soon as the scroll was broken, the contents inside were completely exposed—a roll of things wrapped in a layer of colorless silk.

"This..." the old men looked at each other, and they all saw the irrepressible excitement in each other's eyes.

At this time, everyone understands that what can be hidden in the scroll by Zhao Lingrang must be a good thing, at least it is more precious than the "Jiangning Dajiang Picture" painted by Zhao Lingrang, otherwise, in terms of Zhao Lingrang's identity, it is also worth it. It is not possible to do such a hidden thing.

Cai Yi said: "Should I do some preparatory work? This thing has been hidden in the painting scroll for many years. Can I just open it?"

Mr. Guo said: "It's not a big problem. This scroll is not a tightly sealed scroll. The thing hidden inside has always been in contact with the outside air. Otherwise, the layer of silk wrapped outside would not Faded to the point where."

As he said that, Mr. Guo carefully unwrapped the layer of silk that was wrapped outside, revealing the contents inside.
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