The bald man asked, "Can you tell me your reasoning?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Just now you said that this painting was painted by Ren Bonian?"

When the bald man heard Meng Zitao ask, he was a little relieved, and said: "Are you saying that Ren Bonian will not paint the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? This is wrong, Ren Bonian once held the banner in the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when he was a teenager, and it was not until the fall of Jinling that Ren Bonian returned to his hometown, and it is possible to paint this painting." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Meng Zitao asked rhetorically: "Since you also know that he is in charge of the banner of the Taiping Army, how could he be involved in such an important matter as a treasure?"

"Uh...... Even if it wasn't painted by Ren Bonian. The bald man knew that what he had just said was a bit far-fetched, so he digressed the topic and asked, "Then what is the matter with what you said is wrong?"

Meng Zitao said: "You should not have studied the paintings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, right? If you have researched, you should know that the paintings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not allowed to depict people." ”

"You are not allowed to draw figures?" the bald man was surprised when he heard this answer.

Meng Zitao said: "Don't think that this is my nonsense, you just need to check the relevant information, you will know that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not allowed to paint figures, the rule that people are not allowed to paint people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is clearly pointed out in the Jinling Miscellaneous Records of a person who lived in Jinling at that time called Difu Daoren." He wrote about the murals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, saying that there must be a rule that "no human figures are allowed". ”

The bald man said with some disbelief: "Then there must be a reason, right?"

Meng Zitao said, "As for why the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not allowed to paint figures, the Taoist did not say it, and there was no relevant content in the records of the people at that time. But in the remarks of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, it was very clear. He said, 'The emperor is most annoyed by idols.'" And he said, 'Worry about the image of man and perish.'" Therefore, in the edict of prohibition issued by him, it was stipulated: 'Earth, wood, stone, gold, paper, and tile statues, about six kinds of dead demons should be killed'. ”

"According to the meaning of 'making images', the term 'paper images' of course includes both those tied on paper and those painted on paper. The portraits of the people tied on the paper and the portraits painted on the paper and the five kinds of portraits of earth, wood, stone, gold, and tiles are all considered to be dead demons that should be killed, and the portraits in the paintings are of course also dead demons that should be killed. This shows the severity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's prohibition of painting figures. ”

"Do you think, since there was such a rule at that time, how could it be possible to draw portraits of people on the content that recorded the clues to the treasure?"

"This ......," the bald man thought for a moment and said, "Maybe when he was painting, he had the idea of doing the opposite?"

Meng Zitao smiled and didn't say much, if you want to find reasons for this kind of thing, you can find a lot of them, anyway, they have their own judgments.

At this time, Mr. Tang said: "Okay, don't listen to the wind and rain, others say that this painting is related to the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, do you really believe it?

After speaking, he also looked at Meng Zitao and asked Meng Zitao if he had any opinions.

This painting is okay, plus the size is not small, three thousand is still quite cost-effective in terms of market value, but if it is Meng Zitao to bargain, it is definitely impossible to give three thousand at the beginning, one thousand is about the same, but after all, it was Mr. Tang who brought them, and there is always some inclination.

In addition, this painting does have a bit of a doorway, which does not mean that it must be related to the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the ability is not omnipotent in the end, at most it can only be judged by the value of whether there is a possibility related to the treasure.

The value given by the ability just now is about three times higher than Meng Zitao's perception of this painting, maybe Meng Zitao's eyesight is not high enough, but the three-fold price difference is undoubtedly a bit exaggerated, so there must be some problems.

Because of this, of course, Meng Zitao agreed to the price of 3,000 yuan, otherwise he would not even want this painting.

The bald man looked a little entangled: "This ...... Let's add a little more, anyway, this painting is still quite a good old painting. ”

"Three thousand, you're still not satisfied?" Teacher Tang was a little dissatisfied.

The bald man cried and said, "Big brother, I'm not lying to you, if it's three thousand, I'm really going to lose money." ”

Teacher Tang frowned: "You don't really believe the seller's words, do you?"

Seeing that the bald man looked a little embarrassed, he said a little angrily: "In this case, I can't help you, can't we make up for the money you lost?"

The bald man nodded and smiled flatteringly: "Big brother, please eat again in your hands." ”

"It's useless to tell me about this. Teacher Tang said lightly.

In the expectant gaze of the bald man, Meng Zitao stretched out a finger: "Add another thousand, if it doesn't work, forget it." ”

The bald man hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you at this price, I'll help you pack it now." ”

Teacher Tang said: "There is no hurry to pack for the time being, we have come all the way to come here, is it possible that you have prepared this 'dish' today?"

The bald man scratched his bald head and said, "I'll tell you the truth, there are a few things that have been ordered before you come, and there are only a few crooked melons and cracked dates left, if you don't dislike it, I'll take it out." ”

Teacher Tang suddenly laughed when he heard this: "It's capable, and now you don't even keep the goods for me." ”

The bald man said to Teacher Tang: "Big brother, I can't help it, it's all ordered by Brother Qiu, he came back from Xiangjiang, I really don't dare not agree." ”

A hint of gloom flashed in Mr. Tang's eyes: "When did he come back from Xiangjiang?"

The bald man also complained: "I don't know why he didn't wait for Xiangjiang to be good, why did he come back, but this time I won't refute his face, but if he still lowers the price like before, I definitely won't agree." ”

Teacher Tang sneered: "Hey, if you really have the guts." Alright, you take out the stuff, don't take it if it's garbage. ”

The bald man thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys wait a moment." ”

When the bald man returned to the house, Mr. Tang apologized to the two of them: "I'm really sorry, I invited you all the way over, but this kind of thing happened." ”

"It's okay, isn't that rewarding? ”

Lu Dongchen raised the jade pendant he had just gotten, and then asked with some curiosity: "Take the liberty of asking, who is that Brother Qiu, I don't seem to have heard of this person in our capital before." ”

Teacher Tang smiled and said, "He, how to say it, there is always some trouble with him." ”

Seeing that Mr. Tang didn't want to talk more, Lu Dongchen didn't ask much.

After a while, the bald man walked back with a piece of porcelain in his hand and a calligraphy and painting tube.

"I'm going to pick and choose, and I guess these two things can meet your eyes, so let's take a look. The bald man said apologetically.

The porcelain is a blue and white plate of the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is still a court boutique of Su Ma Li Qing material, but there is a lack of a piece of "meat" at the edge of the mouth, which greatly affects its value.

As for the contents of the calligraphy and painting tube, it was somewhat unexpected by Meng Zitao, it was an embroidery of a fighting bird.

Embroidery is a kind of embroidery shed, embroidery needle, embroidery frame as the main tool, with silk thread, yarn, velvet, flower thread gold and silver thread on the embroidery pattern of the process, the ancient name of "needle" "embroidery", also known as "needle embroidery". Embroidery products include daily necessities such as daily necessities, singing, dancing or opera costumes, tablecloths, pillowcases, cushions, etc., as well as furnishings such as screens and wall hangings. There are both practical decorative crafts and art appreciation, and there is a great variety of both.

Embroidery needles include dozens of kinds of needles, sets of needles, etc., with many types and their own characteristics. In the long history of thousands of years, Chinese women have continuously produced and created various silk fabrics, and embroidery craft paintings have also been continued and developed, becoming a wonderful flower in China's folk traditional crafts.

Speaking of which, Meng Zitao was very impressed by embroidery, because embroidery accounted for a large part of the restoration techniques he studied, because it was too complicated.

Because it is too complicated, Mencius did not study it in depth, but according to the experience of his predecessors, he can still do it to identify the authenticity of embroidery.

The embroidery work brought by the bald man is very wonderful, in the picture, two small finches are playing and fighting on the flat slope, rolling in a ball. The upper hand of the finch grasps the opponent's beak with its left paw, and its right paw grasps the opponent's claw, and is about to peck, but its beak is also caught by the opponent. This situation is unimaginable, and it should be carefully observed.

Moreover, this picture of the fighting bird is not drawn, but embroidered, it can be so vivid, it can be seen that the author's level is superb, and Meng Zitao feels that it is a little unimaginable.

It's just a pity that this embroidery work is the same as porcelain, because of the preservation reasons, there are some quality problems, specifically, there are mold spots on the work, and moth-eaten and other problems, which have affected the work itself.

Fortunately, these problems are not too serious, although they have an impact on artistry, but they have not yet reached the psychological bottom line of Meng Zitao.

In addition, if Meng Zitao is not mistaken, this should be an embroidery work of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was a period when hand embroidery reached its peak, especially in creating pure aesthetic painting and embroidery. Embroidery painting is influenced by courtyard painting, landscape, pavilion, flowers, birds, figures and other embroidery paintings are concise in composition, vivid in image, and exquisite in color. Embroidery paintings and embroidery books are popular, and flower and bird embroidery paintings have reached maturity.

In the Song Dynasty, the Cultural Embroidery Institute was set up, with about 300 embroiderers. Emperor Huizong also set up a specialty of embroidery and painting, pure appreciative embroidery to imitate embroidery calligraphy and painting, mostly to celebrity works into embroidery, the pursuit of painting interest and realm. Embroidery has become an independent artistic creation, and "flat needle embroidery" alone has created many new stitches.

But because of the well-known reasons, there are not many embroidery works left in the Song Dynasty, not to mention the fine works, which are even few, Mencius can encounter, even if it is worse in terms of quality, he will definitely not give up. (To be continued.) )