Meng Zitao pointed out all the problems with this painting in one go, which is also because of the requirements set by the association, and the reasons must be clearly explained when the membership is appraised, otherwise he really doesn't want to waste so many words. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a while, Li Shixiong came back to his senses, he looked at the Tibetan seals on the scroll, and his spirit recovered a little: "You say that there is something wrong with my painting, but what is the matter with the owners of these seals, are these people all blind?"

"You really think that ancient collectors are omnipotent!"

Lu Wenwei snorted coldly: "Collection seals, like seals of calligraphers and painters, are not necessarily reliable. In ancient times, a collector and connoisseur, his eyesight and knowledge always had limitations, and at the same time it was not immutable, even if it was really what he had hidden, and the real seal was not necessarily free of fakes.

Xiang Yuanbian was a famous collector and connoisseur in the Ming Dynasty, he was known as the "ancient madness", and he loved to collect gold and stone relics, French calligraphy and famous paintings. Once, Xiang Yuanbian got an iron piano with the word "Tian Lai" printed on it. Xiang Yuanbian couldn't put it down after getting the piano, and placed it in his own library building, and then named this building "Tianlai Pavilion".

Why is an iron piano so favored by Xiang Yuanbian, it turns out that it was "cut by Sun Deng, a famous violin maker of the Jin Dynasty". This piano is Zhongni type, about 1.2 meters long, weighs ten catties and six taels, is forged from black iron, the whole body is not painted, the bottom of the piano surface has fine ice cracks, the back of the piano is cast with two eight-point characters: Tian Lai, there is a small seal with gold wire "Sun Deng" under it, and "Gonghe" seal.

In the hundreds of years after Xiang Yuanbian's death, this qin was circulated from one to another, and folk scholars conducted a lot of research around it, but finally determined that it was a "fake".

Connoisseurs questioned this iron qin in terms of style and material: the guqin was adopted in the Zhongni style, and it was not until the late Tang Dynasty that it became popular, and the two Song Dynasty became popular; as for the iron instrument, some complicated technical problems were not solved until after the Song and Yuan dynasties, so it seems that the production age of this guqin will not be earlier than that of the Song Dynasty.

Some paleographers also believe that the two inscriptions of "Tian Lai" and "Gonghe" on the iron piano are rectangular uniform regular small seals, and the starting and living are all round pens, which is completely different from the writing style of the Jin people. As for the real production age of this guqin, after careful consideration, the academic community is mostly inclined to the "Yuan Dynasty".

Now this guqin is in the collection of the Treasure Island Forbidden City.

Meng Zitao took Lu Wenwei's words, briefly told the case of Xiang Yuanbian's eye-piercing, and then said: "Like this painting, although there are many collectors, but the well-known one is just that, this is a collector in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, but his fame is not very great, and it is normal to be eye-catching." ”

"Moreover, in the Yuan Dynasty, Qian Xuan's imitation on the market was extremely prosperous, 'lay workers stole their high names, and competed to pass on the fakes to the world', so Qian Xuan was unbearable, so he not only changed his name but also changed his painting style, 'so that the counterfeiters know what to be ashamed of'. This all shows that the level of Qian Xuan's imitation is very high, just like this painting, if you are not experienced, it is normal to be eye-catching. ”

Seeing that Li Shixiong still didn't want to believe it, Wang Zhixuan said: "Mr. Li, if you feel that this explanation is not convincing, you can go to other well-known experts to help you identify it and see what they say." ”

Li Shixiong said: "Then I will go to an authoritative institution to do scientific appraisal. ”

Lu Wenwei said disdainfully: "What's the use of your appraisal of this? Scientific appraisal can generally only use instruments to identify paper and the like for you to determine the time, this painting is an imitation of the Yuan Dynasty, of course there is not much difference in time." ”

Li Shixiong immediately broke out: "Could it be that you are a Yantang, more powerful than the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, saying that there is a problem, there is a problem!"

Lu Wenwei was also angry: "Since you don't believe us, why do you come to join our association!"

"A broken association, I'm not uncommon!" Li Shixiong took a sip, turned around and left.

Lu Wenwei was very angry, and looked at Yu Ziming with an unkind expression: "President Yu, I see that you are really going back more and more, and you will actually recommend this kind of goods?"

Yu Ziming's face was not very good-looking when he heard this: "I admit that I do have some unknown people, but you said that a little too much!"

"Whether it's been or not, everyone knows it!"

Lu Wenwei sneered, the reason why he supported Yu Ziming as the president of the association in the past was because he felt that Yu Ziming was more fair, but since Yu Ziming and Xi Zhengzhen got together, he has become more and more selfish in doing things, often under the guise of seeking benefits for the association, and finally put the welfare into his pocket, so he is no longer ready to vote for Yu Ziming when the association elects a new president at the end of the year.

Although Qing Wenhua didn't like Yu Ziming either, he didn't want Lu Wenwei and Yu Ziming to quarrel, so he hurriedly started a round: "Okay, everyone is a member of the association, it's really unnecessary to make trouble for an outsider like this, now let's discuss the matter of the judges in the treasure fighting link." ”

Qing Wenhua's face was given to both of them, so they kept silent.

Wang Zhixuan said: "By the way, why hasn't the shopkeeper come yet?"

Yu Ziming replied: "Shopkeeper Xi is now on a business trip in Lingnan, and there are more things, and he won't be able to come back for a while." ”

Wang Zhixuan said: "In other words, he didn't participate in this event?"

Yu Ziming said: "It should be." ”

Lu Wenwei sneered: "Don't he know how much effort our association has spent on this event? As the vice president, he didn't come back to participate, it's a joke." ”

Yu Ziming said lightly: "The shopkeeper also told me about this matter, and when this term expires, he will not serve in the association." ”

Since they all said so, although everyone was dissatisfied with Xi Zhengzhen's behavior, they didn't say much, and began to discuss business.

Since the candidates had already been decided, now it was just a formality, and everyone had no opinion on the selection of the expert group, and an agreement was quickly reached.

After discussing the candidates for the expert group, everyone scattered in their own directions, Qing Wenhua came by taxi, Meng Zitao proposed to drive him home, and Qing Wenhua agreed.

A group of three people walked to the parking lot while talking, got into the car, Meng Zitao took out his mobile phone, and saw that there were five missed calls on the mobile phone using the work number, three of which were calls from acquaintances, and two were the same number, the number was from Shanghai, but Meng Zitao had not seen it before, and he didn't know whose it was.

Now there are too many scams, and the unknown number Meng Zitao has no habit of pulling back, if the other party is really in a hurry, he will definitely call again.

Sure enough, not long after getting into the car, the number called again, Meng Zitao picked it up, and a young woman's voice came: "Is it Teacher Meng?"

"I'm Meng Zitao, who are you?" Meng Zitao recalled for a moment, completely unaware of where he had heard this voice.

The other party said politely: "Teacher Meng, I'm sorry, I took the liberty to disturb, my surname is Zhao, my single name is 'Jia', we haven't met before, and I only got to know you after listening to a friend's introduction." ”

"Miss Zhao, I don't know what is going on with you?"

"I would like to invite you to come to my house to help identify an antique, there may be some things I want to discuss with you, I don't know if it is convenient for you?"

Meng Zitao was a little puzzled by this invitation, the two of them had not even met, how could he accept such an invitation? If he really wanted to accept it casually, he would not have to die of busyness.

Meng Zitao replied politely: "Miss Zhao, I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I don't have time recently." ”

Zhao Jia was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Teacher Meng, don't be in a hurry to refuse, in addition to appraising antiques, my father still wants to cooperate with you." ”

"Cooperation?" Meng Zitao felt even more strange: "I take the liberty of asking, I don't know if there is anything I can cooperate with your father?"

"I can't tell you about this on the phone for a while, if you agree, I can send someone to pick you up in Ling City. ”

"I'm sorry, I've been really busy lately, and I'm not going out of town for a while. ”

The other party's secretive attitude made Meng Zitao feel not very good, not to mention that the two had never met, and he would not agree.

"Then will you come to Shanghai in the near future?" the other party still did not give up.

"I can't say yes. Meng Zitao then asked with some curiosity: "Miss Zhao, take the liberty of asking, from which friend did you hear about me?"

"Cao Jin, he said that he is very familiar with you and is your friend. ”

Meng Zitao was stunned when he heard this, why did a Cao Jin suddenly appear? This guy's courage is too great. Immediately afterwards, he was a little annoyed, Cao Jin actually dared to call his own name, isn't this ruining his reputation!

On second thought, could this be a trap set up to deal with him?

Meng Zitao shook his head secretly, dispelling this thought, Cao Jin should know what the consequences would be if Zhao Jia revealed his name in front of him, which was more like Cao Jin deliberately taking out his name for his own deception.

Originally, Meng Zitao didn't want to spend much energy looking for Cao Jin, but now Cao Jin actually pulled himself into the water, which was something he couldn't tolerate.

He thought about it and asked on the phone: "Miss Zhao, is Cao Jin still in Shanghai now?"

Zhao Jia replied: "I contacted him three days ago, and as for whether he is still in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, it is not very clear." ”

"Thanks, I see. Meng Zitao didn't ask much, so as not to startle the snake.

Zhao Jia said: "You're welcome, Mr. Meng, I don't know when you will contact me?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Zhao, I really don't have time lately. Meng Zitao still refused.

Seeing Meng Zitao's repeated refusals, Zhao Jia was not easy to persuade again, and said: "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry to disturb you, Teacher Meng, then I'll contact you another day!"

ended the call with Zhao Jia, Meng Zitao dialed several numbers one after another to track down Cao Jin's whereabouts, hoping to catch Cao Jin as soon as possible.

"Xiao Tao, is something wrong?" Wang Zhixuan asked with concern.

Meng Zitao briefly explained the matter, and then sighed: "What do you say this is called, doesn't this ruin my reputation?"

Qing Wenhua laughed: "As long as people are famous, there will definitely be more such things, like me, there are often people who use my name to make a mess of things, I was still a little angry at first, and I was a little apprehensive, but now I want to open it, after all, I don't have the ability to make these people not mention my name, if the other party believes it so easily, then I can only blame them for being too stupid." ”

Meng Zitao thinks it's right, for example, a scammer cheats money in the name of the world's richest man, and the deceived person believes it, and in the end, he can't go to the world's richest man to recover his losses. Of course, having said that, for Cao Jin, Meng Zitao still felt that he had to be caught as soon as possible, just because Cao Jin made him very unhappy.

The words were divided into two ends, and Zhao Jia hung up the phone, looking a little angry and helpless.

I saw a middle-aged man in his fifties next to him who was quite temperamental and asked with a smile, "Rejected you?"

"Isn't it, it's the first time I've eaten such a closed-door soup. Zhao Jia pouted, and her heart was even more unhappy.

The man laughed and said, "It turns out that my little princess has also been rejected by others." ”

Zhao Jiajiao said angrily: "Dad, I'm helping you with something, and you're embarrassed to make fun of me." ”

The man smiled: "I think, he should have never seen you with a flower and a moon, so he couldn't bear to refuse." ”

"If you mention this again, I'll ignore you. Zhao Jia stomped her foot.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. The man smiled: "To be honest, if you take the liberty to call and invite, of course people will not come, if you want to invite him to agree, then he will not do anything, run around the country every day." ”

"So what to do?"

"This kind of thing, of course, needs to be introduced by his acquaintances, as for the Cao Jin you said, it will definitely not work, you should not associate with this kind of person in the future. ”

"Why?"

"Hehe, what did you tell me before, that Cao Jin said that he was a good friend of Meng Zitao, how did Meng Zitao reply to you just now?"

"Well, in other words, Cao Jin is bragging. ”

"Of course, maybe the relationship between the two is just average, maybe Meng Zitao has never met Cao Jin at all, no matter what the situation is, this kind of person is not a suitable person to deal with. ”

"But Meng Zitao also asked me about Cao Jin's whereabouts now. ”

The man looked straight and asked, "What did he ask?"

After listening to what his daughter said, the man was silent for a moment and said, "Next time, you remember, if you meet that Cao Jin again, you will call Meng Zitao, and don't have too much contact with Cao Jin." ”

"Ah, why?"

"This Cao Jin should have some problems, anyway, you try not to contact him, do you know?"

"Okay. ”

Although Zhao Jia was curious, he still trusted his father's judgment, and then asked, "What about Meng Zitao's side, and do you have to cooperate with him?"

The man said: "I'll handle this matter, as for the matter of cooperation, it is best to be able to work with him, and if not, I can only find someone else." ”