Ning Ji's expression had a hint of bitterness, he had been in the industry for 20 years, and his feelings were still quite deep, but the reality was like this, since he couldn't reverse the trend of development as an individual, he could only change his career with the pain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ning Ji smiled at everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm out of shape, let's sit down for a while and drink some tea, and I'll go get things out." ”

Meng Zitao was very interested in the old books, as well as the cabinet of ancient books in the store, so he said: "Shopkeeper Ning, I don't know if I can take a look at the things in your store." ”

Ning Ji laughed: "Open the door to welcome guests, of course it's okay." ”

Hearing Meng Zitao say this, everyone simply walked around the store, but Zhong Jinxian and Tian Mengmeng immediately lost interest, one didn't like to read very much, and the other was a little clean.

Because Brother Song Peng often came here, they only chose some books that they were interested in and chose two ancient books.

At this time, Ning Ji brought a few pieces of porcelain, and Meng Zitao asked the others to look at them first, and he and He Wanyi still stayed in front of the bookshelf to choose their favorite books.

At the same time, Ning Ji said with some pride: "These pieces of Yuan blue and white, although they are only Yanyou type, but they are all carefully selected by me, and they can be regarded as the best works of Yanyou type Yuan blue and white." ”

Song Peng smiled: "Lao Ning, before you let us see these things, you have to talk about your purpose, if you just let us see, it will be boring." ”

Ning Ji smiled and said: "Of course, it is impossible for you to return empty-handed, these pieces of Yuan Qinghua, if you think it is possible, I can give you a suitable price." ”

"Are you going to sell all five of these pieces?" Song Peng asked.

Ning Ji said helplessly: "I can't help it, my current location is not very good, and the area is a little small, I want to change a storefront, decoration, take the goods and leave a little working capital, so I can only deal with these first." ”

At this time, two regular customers walked in from outside, and Ning Ji said sorry to everyone: "Boss Song, you can study it slowly, just tell me if you are optimistic." ”

"Okay, you go get busy. As he spoke, Song Peng and the others set their eyes on the blue and white porcelain in front of them.

On the side, Meng Zitao looked at a bunch of old ancient books, these ancient books are of some age, but they are not too old, and the earliest is the late Qing Dynasty.

This pile of ancient books is quite messy, from astronomy to geography, but basically nothing particularly precious.

At the end, Meng Zitao saw a book about 16 carat in size with a hard cover, the book was a little thick, and it didn't look like a book.

Meng Zitao picked it up with some curiosity and opened it to take a look, and found that it was the content of "Chunhua Pavilion Post".

"Chunhua Pavilion Post" is the earliest collection of calligraphy and ink in China. The so-called law post is to trace the ink of the famous calligrapher in ancient times through double hooks, engrave it on a stone or wooden board, and then rub and bind it into a post. The Chunhua Pavilion Post consists of 10 volumes, including more than 1,000 years of calligraphy and ink from the pre-Qin period to the Sui and Tang dynasties, including 420 works by 103 people, including emperors, courtiers and famous calligraphers.

Of course, this "Chunhua Pavilion Post" is not an engraved book, but a copy, the so-called copy is according to the original copy of the calligraphy and painting, if the copy is good, or the writer is a master of calligraphy, then the value must be high. On the contrary, it is better to re-engrave the version.

As mentioned earlier, Mencius likes calligraphy, and his appreciation of calligraphy works is very high before, not to mention now, this book gives him a very good first impression, although the form and god are worse than the original, but it is already a point of view, and it is very valuable for reference.

It is a pity that the whole copy was turned down, and I did not see any style and seal left by the person who copied it, and it is unknown who the author was.

In addition, the paper of this book makes Mencius feel quite novel, it looks very old, at least seventy or eighty years of history, not to mention, the paper is very thick, thicker than the paper of the calligraphy and painting works after mounting, and it is also a little hard to the touch, which may have been specially treated.

All this made Meng Zitao feel a little strange in his heart, and when he wanted to observe further, Song Peng invited him over.

Since this is the case, Meng Zitao directly used the ability, and the result cannot be said to be completely unexpected, but it is about the same. Because, judging from his usual experience, there may be surprises with such abnormal objects, but now the surprises are too great, and there is actually a chance to see the treasure.

Pressing the excitement in his heart, Meng Zitao closed the cover and prepared to buy this copy.

At this time, one of the two guests who had just come in walked straight towards Meng Zitao, who was in his forties, of medium stature, but with a meaty face, and did not look like a good person at first glance.

As soon as he walked up to Meng Zitao, he said directly: "Hey, I have already booked this book." ”

Meng Zitao was happy to be able to pick up a treasure, and this sentence was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, which made him feel cold.

Meng Zitao thought about how to deal with it, and asked, "You booked?"

The middle-aged man said: "Of course, when I came yesterday, I didn't have enough money, so I told Shopkeeper Ning, I don't believe you ask." ”

In the end, it was an old customer, Ning Ji remembered that there was indeed such a thing, but he was busy with the inventory yesterday, and he forgot about it when the inventory was finished.

Meng Zitao felt a little difficult to do, and said: "This friend, I really like this book, I don't know if I can cut love?"

The middle-aged man said in a stiff tone: "No, I also like this to be in the book, I can't give it to you, give it to me quickly." ”

After speaking, he directly grabbed the book in Meng Zitao's hand, and he was not polite at all.

Meng Zitao frowned slightly, although he was very reluctant in his heart, he could only give it to the other party, after all, he was Zheng Anzhi's closed disciple, and he couldn't do it if others could not obey the rules, otherwise it would be easy to be said by others, which might cause a bad impact.

However, although the thing was forced to be given to the other party, the opportunity to view the treasure could not be wasted, and when the ability was activated, there was an idea that rushed straight to the brain.

Meng Zitao was originally prepared to meet the impact of his thoughts, however, the result was very peaceful, and it can even be said that he was silent.

Meng Zitao didn't think it was too strange, because this was the experience of calligraphy, and his calligraphy was already very good, but now it was just equivalent to further improvement. In addition, calligraphy is a cultural knowledge, so it is much more comfortable than the first two times.

However, it was precisely because after he used Guanbao that he was even more heartbroken, and his desire to get this copy was even stronger.

Because the source of calligraphy experience is the Eastern Han Dynasty calligrapher Zhang Zhi.

There are very few historical materials about Zhang Zhi, and the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Zhang Huan" only records that the eldest son Zhi is the most well-known, and his younger brother Chang is good at cursive. Wei Heng, a calligrapher in the Western Jin Dynasty, wrote "Four-Body Calligraphy", saying: "Han Xing has cursive writing, and I don't know the author's name. By the time of Emperor Zhang, Qi Xiang Du Du was known as a good work. Later, there were Cui Ying and Cui Shi, also known as all workers, and Zhang Boying (Zhang Zhi) of Hongnong turned into a clever man,...... Wei Zhong will be called the grass saint. ”

In this passage, Wei Zhong said that Wei was born as a doctor of Wei Guanglu of the Three Kingdoms, and he was a famous calligrapher at that time, and he believed: "Du Shijie has backbone, and calligraphy and painting are slightly thin." Cui's Law. The body of the book is very thick, and the writing is skillful, and it is sometimes too late. Zhang Zhi is happy and learned. Turning into a clever one, it can be described as a grass saint. ”

It shows that although Zhang Zhi took Du and Cui as his teachers, he came from behind, "ahead of the curve and unique".

Zhang Huaijun, a famous calligrapher and critic in the Tang Kaiyuan Dynasty, in his famous book "Shu Duan", an outstanding monograph in the history of Chinese calligraphy, has hundreds of words to discuss Zhang Zhi in detail, and most of the other calligraphers of the past dynasties have quoted and agreed with the expositions of Wei Dan, Wei Heng, Zhang Huaijun, Sun Guoting and others, thus confirming Zhang Zhi's status as a "grass saint".

And Meng Zitao got Zhang Zhi's experience in calligraphy, as long as he absorbs and uses it, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a master with his calligraphy level.

Calligraphy things put aside, now the key is the work of Zhang Zhi hidden in the book, Zhang Zhi is the Eastern Han Dynasty, from then to now, more than 1800 years have passed, so his ink has not been handed down, only the Northern Song Dynasty "Chunhua Pavilion Post" contains his "August Post" and other engraved posts.

Meng Zitao also couldn't understand how there could be a "fish that slipped through the net" to be passed down to the world, but since the abilities gave the results, and he was also taught by Zhang Zhi across time and space, he must not be wrong.

You must know that the earliest preserved and authentic and credible famous Fa Ti is Lu Ji's "Pingfu Post" in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Zhang Zhi's work is decades earlier and nearly a hundred years earlier.

However, with this person's attitude, no matter how much he said, there would definitely be no result, and it would also arouse the vigilance of the other party, so Meng Zitao felt that he should think of a better way.

said so much, in fact, from the middle-aged man grabbing the book unceremoniously just now, it has only been half a ring.

The middle-aged man took the book in his hand, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, how could it be that the paper was still relatively hard yesterday, but now it is soft, if it weren't for the handwriting or the same handwriting, he would definitely think that he had changed a book.

Although there was no change in the handwriting, he felt that there must be some reason for such a change, so he blurted out: "Hey, the paper I read in this book yesterday was still hard, why has it become soft now?"

Meng Zitao was also surprised when he heard this, but he didn't show it, and thought of the situation of Yuehuazhu at the beginning, after being absorbed by the aura, it turned into powder. Could it be that the works of Zhang Zhi hidden in the book have also turned into a pile of powder because of the treasure?

If this is the case, Meng Zitao will feel a pity, of course, now is not the time to think about this, first solve this middle-aged man.

"I don't know that, when I look at it, it's like this. ”

To say, this middle-aged man's temper is really not good, and he speaks as if he is interrogating a prisoner, Meng Zitao feels very uncomfortable, but this matter may indeed be related to him, so he did not confront the other party, but his tone will not be very polite.

"Really?" The middle-aged man stared at Meng Zitao, his gaze a little unkind.

Meng Zitao frowned and said: "There is something wrong with you, I will take it and look at it for a while, and the paper will change, do you believe it?"

The attitude of the middle-aged man made Mencius a little annoyed, if the thing is middle-aged, then forget it, you haven't paid the money yet.

"Why don't you say it again!" The middle-aged man's temper was indeed bad, but one sentence made him furious.

"What's the matter, you want to do it?!" Meng Zitao's eyes widened, and the momentum that was originally restrained instantly emanated.

At this time, Meng Zitao felt like a fierce tiger to the middle-aged man, and he was so frightened that the white hair and sweat on his body rose.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them actually became tense, which made the people in the store unexpected, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them.

Song Peng also knew the middle-aged man, and said unceremoniously: "Niu Laosan, take your temper and don't ask for hardship." ”

Niu Laosan heard the warning in Song Peng's words, and knew that he couldn't afford to provoke this young man, but he wouldn't admit defeat: "For Boss Song's sake, I don't have the same knowledge as you!"

Meng Zitao noticed the look that Song Peng gave him, and he didn't want to deal with this person in the first place, so he sneered back.

Next, Ning Ji pulled Niu Laosan to the counter, shook his head and said, "I said Niu Laosan, can you stop talking so much, if you continue like this, you will suffer sooner or later." ”

Niu Laosan waved his hand: "Originally, I didn't say anything wrong, yesterday I saw that the paper of this book was obviously hard, but now it has become like this, let me ask him what's wrong?"

Ning Ji said: "Hey, even if you want to ask, then you don't need that attitude, right? Besides, you drank when you came over yesterday, maybe you were wrong?"

"Could it be that you have seen the wrong thing by drinking?" Niu Laosan couldn't help but doubt when he heard this.

"Shopkeeper Ning, don't you have any impression?" asked the person who came with Niu Laosan.

"I'm not impressed. Ning Ji shook his head and looked at the copy. Just now, he felt that he should have missed it, but now he sees that it is indeed the case. This made him very glad that Niu Laosan and Meng Zitao had a quarrel just now, otherwise, it is estimated that he would lose several thousand.

Niu Laosan kicked his friend, feeling a little helpless, how could he find a pig teammate, can this kind of thing be asked at this time? But he didn't want to think about it, even if his friend didn't ask, in that situation just now, it would be difficult for Ning Ji not to be interested in Linben.

"Shopkeeper Ning, let's not talk about it, how much does this book cost?"

"We're old friends, I'll tell you six thousand. ”

"What! Six thousand, you're too black-hearted, if I hadn't found it, would you know the value of this thing? Three thousand, three thousand, I'll buy it. ”

"I said Niu Laosan, do you have a conscience when you say this, such a book is in someone else's place, which one doesn't sell seven or eight thousand, I give you six thousand, you only want to give three thousand, I said that people are not ashamed!"

The two had a quarrel, but of course no one was convinced, and in the end, Niu Laosan left angrily.

On the other side, when everyone returned to the table, Song Peng said: "Shopkeeper Meng, this guy is a bastard who speaks without brains, because this habit has suffered a lot of losses, and he has been beaten a few times, but he still does his own thing." If you dare to trouble you, call me and I'll help you solve it. ”

Meng Zitao smiled and expressed his gratitude, still thinking about the book in his heart, but at this time, he heard a loud voice in front of the counter at the door, he turned his head to look, and found that Ning Ji and Niu Laosan were arguing with red faces, and finally Niu Laosan scolded and left.

Song Peng looked at it and laughed: "So, antiques pay attention to fate, and you shouldn't be able to run." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile that antiques do pay attention to fate, for example, he himself has a few things in this regard, and the one he remembers most clearly is that he has no ability, he has always wanted a suitable agarwood bracelet, but he can't get it every time.

Once, he saw an agarwood bracelet on the stall, and the price was also paid by him, but the money in his hand was not enough, so he told the stall owner to help him stay, he went to withdraw the money, and when he came back, the bracelet had been bought by others.

This made him angry enough, but he couldn't do anything about it, and since then, he has never received a satisfactory agarwood bracelet, until he has the ability.

There is another thing, some time ago, I fell in love with a jade artifact on the sixth stall, but I felt that it was so bad that I didn't make up my mind to do it.

On the second day, he saw the jade again, and he felt the same way, but he felt a little afraid of missing it, so he thought that if it was still there on the third day, he would buy it. On the third day, he did see the jade, but he saw that someone else had bought it.

For this reason, Meng Zitao regretted it for a few days, and did it when he felt that he should have done it. However, a few days later, the buyer who bought the jade, because he was a little short of money, wanted to sell the jade, and it happened to be him, and the jade turned out to be returned to him.

So I have to say that sometimes there is such a thing as fate, although it is not clear and unclear, but it does exist, and some antiques are indeed obtained because of fate. Of course, this is not to say that you are passive and slack off, you should do what you should do in normal times, and when you look at something, you still have to start when you should start.

To get back to the point, since Niu Laosan didn't buy it, it also saved Meng Zitao the trouble, and went directly to buy the copy, although it may be because of the ability, the work of Zhang Zhi may have been destroyed, but at least there is no need to leave regrets.

Next, everyone turned their attention to the five pieces of Yuan blue and white in front of them.

These five pieces of Yuan blue and white flowers are two blue and white flower bowls, one large and one small, two blue and white flower plates of about the same size, and a blue and white figure jade pot spring vase.

These three things, at first glance, still give people a glance, especially the blue and white figure jade pot spring vase, the first glance is not lost to the high price of the positive Yuan blue and white.

Then, Meng Zitao started appreciating them one by one, and found that the feeling was a little different from the first sight, and there were problems with the jade pot spring bottle and a small bowl.

Due to the arrival of Meng Zitao, when he appraised it, everyone else had already seen it.

"Boss Song, do you have anything you like?" Ning Ji asked with a smile.

Song Peng smiled slightly: "Your thing is really good, but I don't have a low heart in my heart, especially this jade pot spring bottle, is it really Yanyou-type Yuan Qinghua?"

Song Peng said that the main pot spring vase, the inner mouth is painted with a circle of entwined branch patterns, the neck is a banana leaf pattern and a ruyi pattern, the abdomen theme is decorated with a character story map, and the foot wall is a ruyi pattern. The blue and white color is light and elegant, and it is made of domestic green materials. The patterns are rich, the main and secondary are clear, and the painting is extremely sophisticated.

Ning Ji didn't care about what Song Peng said, and asked with a smile: "Boss Song, do you think it's not Yanyou-type Yuan Qinghua, do you think it's too good?"

Song Peng said calmly: "Yes, I have never met such a Yanyou-type Yuan Qinghua before. ”

"Boss Song, I didn't say it, your understanding of Yanyou-type Yuan Qinghua may be a little worse. ”

"How?"

"Then I'll tell you about it. ”

Ning Ji began to talk eloquently: "The materials of blue and white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty are first developed from the use of domestic materials, generally speaking, the use of domestic materials of the Yuan blue and white, that is, the so-called Yanyou type Yuan blue and white, their blue and white hair color is light blue gray such as green brick color, there are yellow-brown flowing strip shape fierce iron spots, tinny light, there are dents, is the cobalt material in the high fierce and the glaze in the iron oxide at high temperature, for the domestic material high and low iron cobalt oxide. ”

"In the middle and early Yuan Dynasty, the blue and white porcelain was the shadow of the blue glaze to show fatness, there are many irregular line glaze openings, the tone is elegant, the brushstrokes are clear, the painting is free and easy, the pen is casual, minimalist, the literati painting freehand taste is very sufficient, the painting has flowers, birds, fish, insects, people, etc., the shape of the vessel has bottles, plates, bowls, incense burners, etc., mostly small and medium-sized utensils. The historical style of this kind of domestic blue and white porcelain has been followed until the early Hongwu period. ”

But at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a batch of large-scale heavy Yuan blue and white porcelain painted with domestic materials, the picture has dragons, phoenixes, flowers and birds, entwined peonies, fish algae patterns, character stories, etc., its style is mostly "one stroke and dot painting" of the stick figure, the style of painting is ancient, the pen is smooth, very charming. ”

It can be said that this kind of Yuan blue and white ornamentation has been the leader of China's porcelain painting freehand works, artistic, contemporary is very strong, just like a beautiful and light ink painting, there is a strong painting art style. Judging from the degree of old spiciness, it is made by a group of old folk artists. ”

"This style of painting is three or four hundred years earlier than the style of the Bada Shanren at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and from the perspective of culture, history and art, the blue and white porcelain painted by domestic materials in the Yuan Dynasty has the artistic value of the times......"

After talking about a long history of Yanyou-type Yuan Qinghua in one breath, Ning Ji was also a little dry-mouthed, and drank two cups of tea in a row, and then said: "Speaking of which, I don't think I need to introduce more, the reason why this jade pot spring bottle uses domestic materials and can reach the height of the Zhizheng Yuan Qinghua is precisely because it is a product of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty." (To be continued.) )