Zheng Banqiao is different from many painters, in his life, he claims to only paint three things: orchid, bamboo, stone, three uniques. He also boasted of himself: the orchid that is not thanked at four o'clock, the evergreen bamboo of a hundred sections, the stone that is invincible through the ages, and the person who will remain unchanged for thousands of years.

The pinnacle of Zheng Banqiao's fame was the time period when he lived in Yangzhou in his later years to sell paintings, and he was an important representative of Yangzhou's Eight Monsters. By the way, the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou are not eight people, they are a small group, and there are more than a dozen people.

And when Zheng Banqiao took office as the county magistrate of Weixian County, he was already in his fifties, and his name was okay. He has a wide range of friends, so there is an endless stream of people who come to ask for calligraphy and painting.

But he doesn't have that much free time.

Carpenter Tan made his debut.

However, under normal circumstances, Carpenter Tan just paints, and after the painting is finished, Zheng Banqiao is stamped. Most of these paintings are not inscribed with poems or anything.

But Carpenter Tan was much younger than Zheng Banqiao, and after Zheng Banqiao's death, he imitated many works.

Carpenter Tan's imitation can be regarded as the highest level of Zheng Banqiao's imitation. Especially in the eyes of people nowadays, there is no problem with the year, there is no problem with the paper and ink mounting, and the penmanship is extremely similar.

It's like Zhu Lang, the disciple of Wen Zhengming in the Ming Dynasty, imitating Wen Zhengming's paintings, which are also the most difficult to identify.

But what is fake is fake after all, and it is impossible that there are no loopholes at all. Moreover, Carpenter Tan's paintings have also been handed down to his own works, which also provides a certain basis for the identification of future generations.

That being said, loopholes are not something that the average person can determine.

After Yu Yao understood, he didn't speak, just looked at Wu Chen. Wu Chen stretched out his finger, clicked a few times on the "moss" on the rock, and asked Boss Luo, "Boss Luo, do you understand this painting thoroughly?"

The so-called dotted moss is a technical term for Chinese painting, which is simply to use the pen to make ideas to express the moss grass next to the rocks, slopes and tree roots. However, the pen is not static, it is rounder, sharper, horizontal, straight, or broken with loose bristles.

As soon as Yu Yao saw Wu Chen pointing to the mountain rocks, he knew that he understood.

Tan carpenter imitates Zheng Banqiao, and there is a key identification point, which is to point moss.

Zheng Banqiao is a mountain stone, rarely uses some moss, and even if it is used, the natural sense of unevenness is very difficult to imitate, while Tan Carpenter's imitation, generally speaking, there will be a little moss on the mountain stone, and many of them use a lot of moss.

The reason why he uses more moss is because of his lack of skill. Zheng Banqiao painted mountains and stones, modeling, using lines, and revealing the charm that was difficult to achieve, and Carpenter Tan could only cover it up with a little moss.

Again, it's easy to say, but hard to see. In this painting, there are not too many or too few mosses on the rocks, and if you put it in the original Banqiao painting, it is considered a lot. But this is not enough evidence to determine that Carpenter Tan imitated, and it has to be judged from the characteristics.

That's the key to eyesight.

In the past, the antique shops in Liulichang taught apprentices, and the characteristics were not easy to express, so a simple method was used: as long as there was a little moss, consider Carpenter Tan first.

In addition, Zheng Banqiao's paintings, there is also a kind of high imitation, which is a high imitation of later generations, known as "made in Weifang", the imitation made in Weifang, there are very few mosses, but the overall level is worse than the imitation of Tan carpenter.

In fact, this Boss Luo is regarded as genuine.

Since it is still taken out as a genuine product, it is similar to what Lin Fengcao expected: I took out a good thing, and since it is a good thing, the high price can also be said to be the purchase price. If you buy it, I will earn it, and if you don't buy it, I will also eliminate the "sorry" I just owed.

Therefore, Wu Chen's question, he didn't pay too much attention to Moss, and smiled, "Good thing! It's not easy for me to get it! But who made me embarrassed first." ”

Wu Chen glanced at Yu Yao, and the two of them opened their mouths slightly at the same time, which was the word "Tan".

Lin Fengcao also understood at this time that this was definitely not Zheng Banqiao's authentic work, but Boss Luo wanted to sell it as a genuine work.

Wu Chen and Yu Yao confirmed, and smiled at Boss Luo, "Forget it." ”

Boss Luo was stunned, because Yu Yao and Wu Chen's behavior was a little strange, and Wu Chen had some deep meaning when he spoke, so he asked casually, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Dislike. Wu Chen then said directly, "Busy Boss Luo, take your leave." ”

Boss Luo couldn't ask any more, Yu Yao followed and went out after Wu Chen.

Lin Fengcao and Boss Luo were also acquaintances, and they finally said goodbye, but Boss Luo grabbed him and asked in a low voice, "Teacher Lin, you don't know each other, how did you get involved?"

Lin Fengcao told what had just happened.

Yu Yao and Wu Chen stood at the door and chatted a few more words, because of Carpenter Tan's imitation, they both had a new understanding of each other's eyesight.

This Wu Chen, when he said that the "Commentary on the Seven Classics" was a copy of the Republic of China, Yu Yao knew that he was a good hand in rare books, but he didn't expect that his eyesight in calligraphy and painting was also so good, he just looked a little creamy, but his words were humble and courteous, and he was quite elegant.

And Wu Chen's surprise was far greater than Yu Yao's, and he believed that the Jiaqutang engraving reflected Yu Yao's eyesight, but it could only be said that his eyesight was good, but when he looked at Carpenter Tan's imitation, Yu Yao was just on the side, and he didn't look at it carefully, and he was able to qualify it, which was amazing.

The key Yu Yao is also too young, and Wu Chen admires it.

Seeing that Lin Fengcao didn't come out, Yu Yao had to wait a while, Wu Chen said goodbye first, and at the end he said "often contact".

After Wu Chen left, before Lin Fengcao came out, Yu Yao lifted the thick cotton curtain and went in again.

"It's just right, I'm going to call you outside!" Lin Fengcao arrived, "He's gone?"

"Gone. ”

"From Boss Luo, I have also bought a lot of books, and the communication has been very good; he kept pulling me to ask just now, and I told the truth, your eyesight is not comparable to ordinary people. ”

Yu Yao smiled, "What are you praising me for?"

Boss Luo arched his hand, "Mr. Yu, it's mainly the one just now, who is really good at rare books, and after looking at this painting, the two of you seem to have the same opinion." I'm muttering to myself. For Mr. Lin's sake, can you give me some pointers?"

Yu Yao looked at Lin Fengcao, and Lin Fengcao nodded.

Lin Fengcao's face, of course Yu Yao has to give, "Boss Luo, since this is the case, then I have to ask first, how did this painting come about?"

Boss Luo was already starting to play the drums a little, and when he heard Yu Yao ask, he felt even more uncomfortable, so he took out the truth, "This painting was sent by someone." This person has an accent from Weixian, saying that it has been handed down, and now the old man in the family is seeing a doctor in Yanjing, and he has no choice but to sell it to make up the cost of the operation. ”

When Yu Yao heard it, this story was a bit old-fashioned, but the confusion of this painting was too great, and it was easy to fool people by making it up casually.

"Let me ask if you are taboo again, how much do you charge?"