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Chapter 437: 【437】Xu Weili’s Document_1
 

“My God, even Mr. Sun has arrived; the outcome of this competition is still up in the air.”

“Is this Mr. Sun really that formidable?”

“It’s not just formidable; Mr. Sun’s expertise in painting and calligraphy is such that even Master Yao Guhuai is ashamed to compare with him.”

“What? Really? Even Master Yao Guhuai feels inferior? That must be incredibly skillful. How come I’ve never heard of this person before?”

“Because Mr. Sun is very low-key, always diligently studying the authentication of painting and calligraphy, never showing his face, so few people know of him.”

“I see; then this competition is indeed suspenseful…”

As Yao Guhuai’s proud disciple, Zhong Pan’er could testify that her master had praised Sun Changfeng more than once, saying he was the number one person in painting and calligraphy in Zhonghai.

There weren’t many people who received her master’s open praise, and Mr. Sun was one of them.

This also made her very curious, just how capable was this person?

Tang Feng had, of course, heard the name of Sun Changfeng before.

His master, Zhang Jicheng, had mentioned more than once that this person in the way of characters and painting was definitely a leading figure of the Zhonghai Antique Circle, with scarcely anyone to rival him.

He just hadn’t expected to meet in such a way.

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“Mr. Sun, hello.”

He also raised his hand to clasp his fist towards Sun Changfeng, as a sign of respect to the older predecessor.

Sun Changfeng humbly smiled, “Today, my coming here is not to trouble your Elegant Pavilion but to hear that Zhonghai has a young genius. So, I wanted to come and have a contest with you, hoping you won’t disappoint me.”

“I’ll do my best,” Tang Feng humbly clasped his hand in return.

“Let’s change the rules of our competition; there’s no need to pick three works, that’s merely a waste of time. For a contest between experts, one piece is sufficient,” Sun Changfeng suggested once again.

Tang Feng didn’t object, “I shall follow your esteemed wish.”

“I, the old man, don’t want to bully the younger generation, so you pick,” Sun Changfeng posed with a demeanor of looking out for the younger generation, immediately gaining the favor of many people present.

But Tang Feng shook his head again, “You are the senior, so you should pick.”

If it had been anyone else, they might feel his words were somewhat arrogant.

But Sun Changfeng was not angered, simply smiling and nodding, “Alright, I’ll pick.”

Saying so, his gaze slowly swept over the crowd around him.

There were already countless treasure holders eagerly raising their hands to register.

“Let’s go with you.”

Sun Changfeng’s gaze finally settled on a middle-aged man holding a wooden box about a foot long.

This wooden box was engraved with openwork patterns, looking very exquisite.

Regardless of the antique inside, the wooden box alone was quite valuable.

The man, chosen by Sun Changfeng, was immediately thrilled, “Me? Really me?”

Sun Changfeng kindly nodded, “Yes, you. What work have you brought?”

The man excitedly approached the two of them, his voice somewhat stammered, “I… I’ve brought… Southern Song Dynasty Xu Wei’s Ritual Documents…”

The onlookers immediately began to buzz with conversation.

Clearly, to most people there, the name Xu Wei was very unfamiliar.

Sun Changfeng stroked his grizzled beard, smiling as he explained to everyone, “This Xu Wei was an official of the Southern Song Dynasty, not mentioned in the history books. However, a large amount of information about Southern Song was recorded in the documents unearthed from his tomb, filling a research void in this area. Therefore, his documents are incredibly valuable. They should be considered first-class relics.”

After his explanation, people started to exclaim in amazement.

Many still didn’t quite understand, but since it could be rated as first-class relics, it was indeed quite precious.

The crowd kept pushing forward, eager to see what the first-class relic looked like.

“Sir, please open the box,” Sun Changfeng stroked his beard, smiling at the treasure holder.

The man hurriedly and carefully placed the wooden box on the table, then took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket, put them on, and carefully lifted the lid of the box.

Inside the box, a layer of yellow silk was wrapped, and upon opening the silk, it further revealed a wrapping of oil paper.

Seeing his cautious actions, many thought it was a bit over the top.

It’s just an antique, isn’t it? Is that necessary?

However, Tang Feng and Sun Changfeng didn’t rush him but just stood by quietly waiting.

Thankfully, once the oil paper was opened, a large volume of documents was revealed.

“Experts, this is the treasure I’ve brought. Please appraise it,” said the treasure holder, turning respectfully to Tang Feng and Sun Changfeng.

Tang Feng also had someone fetch two pairs of white gloves, offering one pair to Sun Changfeng.

After putting them on, Sun Changfeng slowly unfurled the documents.

The pale yellow rice paper was intact, the ink as fresh as if it had just been written.

The onlookers started whispering among themselves.

“Is this really from the Southern Song? How could it have been preserved so well?”

“Yes, paper is the hardest thing to preserve. It’s been seven or eight hundred years, and it looks this good?”

“Do we even need to look at this? At first glance, it’s obviously a fake.”

“The forgers nowadays are so sloppy, even a layman can see the problem, and they think they can fool the experts?”

“Heh, the experts don’t even need to appraise it, I can tell it’s a fake…”

The murmuring among the crowd grew louder.

The majority believed the documents to be fake.

Because the condition was too good.

Not only was the paper flawless, but the ink was also very clear.

If it really was a document from seven or eight hundred years ago, it couldn’t have been preserved so well.

Even Zhong Pan’er frowned.

Though the paper used, the format of the official documents on it, and the small script used were almost flawless.

But these documents really looked too new; they didn’t look like antiques at all.

Although Tang Feng had known the answer for some time, he still pretended to think long and hard in front of the set of documents.

It wasn’t the documents he was looking at, but rather, Sun Changfeng.

He watched as Sun Changfeng stared at the documents, his eyebrows knotting and relaxing, his expression shifting between joy and contemplation, inspecting with utmost detail.

He shook his head with a smile, turned to pick up paper and ink, and started to write his answer.

Just then, Sun Changfeng also finished his examination and took the lead in picking up paper and ink, swiftly writing down his appraisal result.

The watching crowd suddenly brightened up.

The two experts had given their answers at the same time?