Teacher Tang didn't say anything after listening to what he said, he picked up the jade on the table and looked at it: "The jade quality of this jade pendant is not very good, and the color on it is too heavy, the quality is not good, and the age is not long, what kind of good thing do you say this is?"

The bald man sneered: "For us little people, this is also a good thing, if you think it's okay, just give a little hard money." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Teacher Tang smiled: "You still want money for such a thing? ”

"Don't don't, don't get angry, who are we with? It's thanks to you that we've been able to mix up today, if you don't take care of it, maybe I'm still picking up garbage now." ”

Saying that, the bald man hurriedly sent the jade pair to Lu Dongchen's hands, and put another piece of porcelain in front of Meng Zitao: "You two are friends of our eldest brother and our buddies, these two things are considered a meeting gift from me to the two of you, don't mention the money, otherwise we will be in a hurry with you." ”

Teacher Tang motioned for the two of them to accept it generously, and then asked, "Which painting is this?"

The bald man shook his head: "This painting has not been signed, and I don't know who the painter is, but my buddy said that there is Ren Bonian's style, which is likely to be his early creation." ”

At the end of the day, the bald man looked a little proud.

"Ren Bonian?" everyone was a little surprised when they heard this.

There should be few people who are interested in Chinese painting who are not familiar with Ren Bonian, who is one of the 60 masters of modern times and one of the outstanding representative painters of the maritime painting world. His father, Ren He, was a folk painter, so Ren Bonian was influenced by his family in art since he was a child.

After Ren Bonian became an adult, he went to Shanghai to sell paintings to make a living, and invested in the famous uncle Ren Xiong, and the second uncle Ren Xun to learn painting, and inherited Chen Hongshou and Ren Xiong's painting style. Fine figures, flowers, good at sketching. He has interacted with celebrities in the painting world such as Wu Changshuo, Xu Gu, Gao Yongzhi, and Hu Gongshou.

The bald man smiled triumphantly, then put on his gloves and carefully unfolded the scroll.

I saw that this painting uses a light ink wet pen to depict the texture of the mountains to the back, the forest is lush and hazy, as a cliff standing upright in the water; there is a leaf in the water, and there are several figures on it, and the boat walks down the wall from the bottom of the mountain, adding subtle momentum to the tranquil picture; in the distance, the mountain wall is connected with the water vapor and is submerged in the fog.

With Meng Zitao's eyesight, this country is indeed very similar to Ren Bonian's painting style to a certain extent, but some painting techniques are still very rough, and there are too many differences from Ren Bonian's mature painting style. But judging from the paper and other aspects of the calligraphy and painting, this painting is indeed a bit old.

So, Meng Zitao used the ability, but the result was a little surprising to him.

After carefully studying this painting, Mr. Tang said with a smile: "You are indeed Ren Bonian's painting?"

The bald man hurriedly shook his head: "I'm not sure about this, but this painting shouldn't be wrong to open the door." ”

Everyone agreed on this, and Mr. Tang asked, "How much does this painting cost?"

The bald man said with some stumbling: "Ten ...... Count 100,000. ”

The price offered by the bald man greatly surprised everyone.

Teacher Tang's eyes showed a fierce light, and he sneered: "Is your kid brainbroken?"

"Big brother, I have a reason why it is so expensive. The bald man hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "Actually, this painting is related to a secret. ”

Speaking of this, the bald man also paused deliberately to whet everyone's appetite.

Teacher Tang said with some dissatisfaction: "If there is a fart, let it go!"

The bald man looked around, and said mysteriously: "You may not believe it, but this painting is actually related to the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”

"The treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?!" this statement made Teacher Tang and Lu Dongchen look strange, and Meng Zitao was thoughtful in his heart.

From Jintian Village in 1851, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom went all the way to the north and east, fought in 18 provinces, successively captured more than 6,000 large and small cities, and finally occupied Jinling in 1853, renamed Tianjing. And 11 years later, the city was broken by the Qing army.

Speaking of which, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been operating painstakingly in Jinling for ten years, and it is an open secret that everyone knows that treasures from all over the world are gathered in the palace. At that time, the Qing court also pinned its hopes on this wealth to alleviate the deficit in the treasury that had been used for many years.

But at that time, Zeng Guofan said that he originally planned to seal the treasury after breaking the city, and if there was more money, he would enter the imperial court, and if he had less money, he would leave it for the army to relieve the refugees, but after searching for three days, he searched carefully, but found that there was no holy treasury in Jinling, and there was not much gold and silver, and only two jade seals and one gold seal were seized.

So is it really like Zeng Guofan said, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom actually does not have the so-called sacred treasury treasure?

The holy treasury mentioned here is not the treasury in the usual sense, but the financial system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This system was implemented as early as the beginning of the uprising, and the principle was that "everyone has no private property", all soldiers and civilians were not allowed to hide their belongings, and all private property should be handed over to the holy treasury for unified distribution, and for this reason the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also established a strict system to ensure its operation.

According to historical records, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom first entered Jinling, the Qing army spies lurking in the city provided a clear figure of 18 million taels, which was far more than the total wealth of the Qing court at that time.

Of course, this is the information that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has just entered Jinling, and after that, due to the profligacy within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this sacred treasury has existed in name only, and the treasures in it have been squandered. However, there is also a large amount of evidence that it is certainly impossible to do what Zeng Guopan said, and the exact amount of wealth left behind by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always been an unsolved mystery.

During this period, people have been speculating about the fate of the treasure, such as why the small traders who drove donkeys and grinded tofu in Jinling suddenly changed careers to real estate, could it be the light of the treasure?

It is also said that Zeng Guoquan, who returned to his hometown in fine clothes, used 200 ships to transport all the treasures of the Heavenly King's Mansion, worth tens of millions, does it imply that the treasure of the Holy Treasury was eaten by the generals at that time?

Moreover, the craze for the treasure of heaven has never stopped, and there was a treasure digging operation in the early days of the Republic of China, but it ended hastily, whether there has been an amazing discovery.

There are also people who believe that the treasure will not be smuggled overseas by those Taiping soldiers who are in exile, whether they will know the clues of the treasure, and other gossip has been heard for many years.

However, until now, no one has found any useful clues, not even the shadow of the treasure, and now the bald man said that this painting is related to the clues of the treasure, which surprised everyone and felt very ridiculous.

Teacher Tang smiled and said, "Did you drink yesterday and still haven't woken up yet?" ”

"I know you may not believe it, but what I'm saying is true. ”

The bald man said solemnly: "Back then, Li Xiucheng fled to Fangshan, was robbed by the poor people at the foot of Fangshan, and robbed him of the treasures he carried, but these people were not happy for long, and later they were looted by a group training leader and robbed some treasures, including this painting related to the treasures of heaven. This painting is what I got from the descendants of the leader of the regimental training. ”

Teacher Tang smiled and shook his head: "I don't believe your story, why did that group leader know that this painting is related to the treasure of the Heavenly Kingdom? Besides, why didn't they take out the treasure at that time?"

The bald man swore and said, "Who said he didn't take it, he sold me a jade seal at that time, which was dug out of the treasure." ”

As soon as he heard this, Teacher Tang's face immediately changed, and he stared at the bald man and said, "How come I don't know about the jade seal?"

The bald man smiled and said, "Big brother, I also wanted to give you something at that time, but at that time, Lao Mo went with me, and I didn't get the thing hot, so he asked him to go, and it was said that it was sold to a Jiang Xiang customer." I feel sorry for you, so I'm too embarrassed to tell you. ”

"Hehe, I made a lot of money. Mr. Tang's smile made people feel cold.

"No, the jade seal is not made of good material, and there are damages, I have earned a total of thirty or fifty thousand, I don't believe you ask Lao Mo, if I lie to you, you can dispose of it!" The bald man hurriedly raised his hand and swore an oath.

"What does it matter to me how much money you make. ”

Teacher Tang chuckled, and then asked, "Since the treasures have been dug up, what is the use of this painting?"

The bald man said: "The treasure was not all dug up, they only dug up a small treasure, the real big treasure is said to take several clues to find it, they have not found any clues for so many years, plus the family needs money, so they sold the painting." As for me, I don't have the energy to find any treasures, but the money is the best for me. ”

"Come on, what you say is benevolent, think about it better next time, and then say it. ”

Although the bald man swore by it, Mr. Tang was not a fool, so he believed the bald man's words, on the contrary, there were more elements of disbelief in his heart, and he continued: "Tell me, how much money do you want, don't mention 100,000, I tell you that it is impossible!"

The bald man laughed and said, "Then you can tell me the number." ”

Teacher Tang looked at Meng Zitao and Lu Dongchen: "Do you want this painting?"

Lu Dongchen shook his head and said that he didn't want it, he was not interested in this painting in the first place, and the bald man's rhetoric also had some loopholes, he thought that it was more likely to make up a story.

Meng Zitao said: "I think this painting is okay, but first of all, it definitely has nothing to do with the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

The bald man was slightly stunned, and then asked, "Why do you say that?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's very simple, you can prove this by the content of the painting......" (To be continued. )