Four of the poems in Zhuang Rui's manuscript are recorded in the book "Biography of Qing Dynasty Characters", written by one person, and after carefully remembering the life history of this person, Zhuang Rui put down the book in his hand.

The author of these poems is Wang Shizhen in the early Qing Dynasty, Wang Shizhen's original name was Shizhen, the word is true, the name Ruan Ting, and the number Yuyang Shanren, so some people call it Wang Yuyang, as a Han person, after the death of Emperor Kangxi for the text of Jane, can be described as the emperor's grace, Xincheng (now Huantai County, Shandong) people, is the most outstanding poet in the early Qing Dynasty.

Wang Shizhen was born in a generation of eunuch family, grandfather Wang Xiangjin, for the Ming Dynasty Henan Province political envoy, Wang Shizhen five years old into the school to study, six or seven years old to read the "Book of Poetry", in Shunzhi seven years to take the boy test, and even the county, the government, the first place, that is equivalent to the current primary and secondary school college entrance examination champion, Shunzhi fifteen years in the Wuxu scientific examination in the Jinshi, the name of the text gradually spread.

At the age of 23, Wang Shizhen traveled to Jinan, invited the literary celebrities in Jinan, gathered on the water pavilion of Daming Lake, that is, four poems of autumn willows in the scene, this poem spread, the name shocked the north and south of the river, and the author was very many, at that time it was called "Autumn Willow Poetry Society" by the literary circle, and since then it has been famous all over the world, and the descendants will name a small alley on the northeast bank of Daming Lake "Autumn Willow Garden", which refers to the place where Wang Shizhen sang "Autumn Willow" in that year.

took the manuscript out of the box, compared with the book, what made Zhuang Rui happy was that these Wang Shizhen's famous poems were all in the manuscript, and there were also some Qin Huai miscellaneous poems and small orders, and in the manuscripts with poems, there were bell seals, although he didn't know much about calligraphy and painting, but Zhuang Rui also knew that the price of the works with style was much higher than that without style, but what made Zhuang Rui ashamed was that he still didn't recognize what the names on these seals were, who left them, and whether they were Wang Shizhen's private seals。

Wang Shizhen's achievements are not limited to this, in the fourth year of Kangxi, Wang Shizhen was promoted to Hubu Langzhong and went to the capital as an official. At that time, the capital of talented people and ink people gathered, for Wang Shizhen to display his talent to provide a stage, he put forward the "Shen Yun" in the creation of poetry, open a generation of poetry, there are a large number of famous passages handed down, he wrote the scene of the poems are especially praised, made a small order in the "green Yangcheng Guo is Yangzhou" sentence, by the time many famous painters as the subject of the painting, Kangxi Emperor called it "poetry and writing", "erudite and good poetry".

In the seventeenth year of Kangxi, Wang Shizhen was summoned by the emperor to "write poems and give orders, change the lectures of the Hanlin Academy, move the attendants to read, and enter the Shinan study", becoming the first person in the Qing Dynasty Hanchen to be filled by Cao Chong.

Zhuang Rui often reads some historical biographies, he knows that the south study is the place where the Qing Dynasty emperor's attendants are on duty, and the Qing Dynasty scholars regard it as an important place in the Qing Dynasty, and they are proud to be able to enter, and sometimes they also uphold the emperor's will to draft edicts, and the Kangxi Emperor also issued an edict to Wang Shizhen to submit a poem, which was a very rare honor at that time, and Wang Shizhen was in the limelight in the court for a while.

Wang Shizhen is erudite and ancient, can identify calligraphy, painting, Ding Yi's genus, fine gold stone seal carving, poetry for a generation of master craftsmen, and Zhu Yizun and said, its calligraphy is beautiful like the Jin people, highly respected by later generations, Wang Shizhen's early poems are clear and clear, after middle age, he turned to vigor, good at various bodies, especially the seven uniques.

And this person is also very talented, in the Kangxi Dynasty Wang Shizhen succeeded Qian Qianyi and the main alliance of poetry, became the early Qing Dynasty literary circle recognized leader, for a time, poetry newcomers, literary juniors to the capital to seek famous teachers to guide the works, often first meet Wang Shizhen, if you can get his words and words praise, will become famous.

Zhuang Rui also saw a very interesting allusion in the book, Pu Songling was a scholar who was not in the first place, full of knowledge, but he was not appreciated, after the famous "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" was written, there was no way to be known by the world, and in desperation, Pu Songling found Wang Shizhen.

After Wang Shizhen read the first draft, he praised Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", wrote many commentaries and returned the first draft to Pu Songling, and gave the poem Pu Songling: "The aunt is vain in his words, and the bean shed melon rack is like silk. It can be seen that Wang Shizhen has a lot of love for Pu Songling.

In order to let "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai" be published, Wang Shizhen wrote a big book "Wang Ruan Ting Identification" on the manuscript, which made various bookstores compete for manuscripts and were proud of the publication of "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai", and the celebrities at that time praised this matter: "The country's cultural rule is a thousand years, the elegance is elegant, and the giant prince is out, and a generation of authentic will be headed by the prince of Xincheng." ”

Wang Shizhen's life works have basically been published and preserved, from the Kangxi year to the Republic of China, have been published, and Zhuang Rui's hand is actually handwritten with a brush "Xiangzu Notes", and there is a great possibility that it is Wang Shizhen's own manuscript, if it is Wang Shizhen's handwriting, it is really a thousand words.

You know, although Wang Shizhen's poems are well known to later generations, but his calligraphy handwriting is very rare, there was once an auction house in China auctioned Wang Shizhen's "Handpiece and Manuscript Book", only a few pages of manuscripts, and the final transaction price was as high as 157 yuan.

Of course, Zhuang Rui at this time still didn't know anything about these, but through these materials, he also had a little confidence in his heart, just by virtue of Wang Shizhen's identity as the leader of the literary world when he was Emperor Kangxi, the manuscript left behind was more than 20,000 yuan, take a step back, even if it was written by Wang Shizhen's descendants, it can be regarded as a rare book.

Zhuang Rui has made up his mind in his heart, when he returns to Shanghai, he will bring this manuscript over, let Uncle De identify it, if it is true, he will entrust Uncle De to auction it out, for Zhuang Rui, the biggest role of this manuscript has been discovered by himself, of course, he must make use of his economic interests, after all, the 20,000 yuan to buy this manuscript occupies one-third of Zhuang Rui's current net worth.

After burrowing out the warm quilt, carefully putting the manuscript back into the camphor wood box, and lying back on the bed, Zhuang Rui suddenly had an idea, he could absorb the aura in these calligraphy, could he also absorb the aura in other antiques? After all, these two things came very accidentally, the couplet is a relic of grandpa, and it is all up to his luck to get this manuscript, if the old lady takes out the manuscript in another store, it is estimated that it will not be her turn to buy it, Zhuang Rui does not believe that those who specialize in the antique business will think that this is just a broken book like Liu Chuan.

"With this ability, can I do something, be a calligraphy and painting appraiser? I don't even know the seal characters, and use perspective to see the instant lottery tickets? If I am caught on the spot and designated to be dissected, can I only peek at the woman's body with this ability?"

Zhuang Rui's mind was a little confused for a while, and he began to think crankily, what happened today had too much impact on him, not to mention that the aura in his eyes had been upgraded, it was a huge amount of money of 20,000 yuan at a time, and for Zhuang Rui, who usually carried a few hundred yuan in his pocket at most, it was also the first time in his life.

"By the way, there are many people like Mrs. Zeng who don't know treasures, I can buy low and sell high, and profit from it......."

Zhuang Rui's mind lit up, and he gave himself the position of a second-class dealer, but he didn't know that now that the standard of living is improving day by day, the antique shop is gradually heating up, and all kinds of fakes, imitations, and blind goods are flooding the market, and those experts and professors in the Forbidden City in Beijing dare not say that they have not been eyed.

As the saying goes: the ignorant are fearless, and Zhuang Rui went to sleep with the happy feeling of finding his purpose in life.