"Yes!" Tan Zongzhen immediately went back to the room and took out a box of ink clay and a piece of rice paper.

After the cover was closed, everyone compared the pictures searched by Sun Zhongyuan.

Four characters in the inscription: Sima Zhizhang.

Tan Zongzhen's seal on the rice paper is basically the same as the seal on the picture.

"Fan Qin, the great bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty?" Huo Xiaodong said, looking at the text below the picture.

"The founder of Tianyi Pavilion?" Chen Danyang shouted.

Sun Zhongyuan nodded, "I also just remembered it, mainly because there are too many books in Fan Qin's collection, there are dozens of them." The most common ones are 'Tianyi Pavilion' and 'Fan's Tianyi Pavilion Collection'. ”

That's right, the original seals of these two parties are still preserved in Tianyi Pavilion.

Fan Qin, whose name is Yaoqing, is known as Dongming, a native of Yinxian (Ningbo), a famous bibliophile in the late Ming Dynasty, and the founder of the famous Tianyi Pavilion.

This "Sima Zhizhang" is also a collection of books used by Fan Qin, which is a nickname, and it is also a bit interesting.

Because, Fan Qin used to be an official to the military department. In the Ming Dynasty, many people in the officialdom liked to use ancient names to refer to official names. The number one in command of the Ministry of War, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is often called "the Great Sima"; the second in command of the Ministry of War, the squire of the Ministry of War, is often called "Young Sima".

That's how Fan Qin's title of "Sima" came about.

At the same time, the most common seal of ordinary people is "seal", such as the seal of so-and-so, but this seal uses "seal" and becomes Sima's seal. It is estimated that this is also because "Sima" is his nickname, so he deliberately uses "chapter" instead of "seal", which is a bit interesting.

This side seals the door of the Qinghai-Tibetan book seal, and at the same time uses the pavilion button, with ancient meaning. Overall, it's very harmonious.

Fan Qin is a person who is particularly fond of collecting books. It is said that during the period of travel, when you arrive at a place, you will carefully search for books and documents.

Bibliophiles in ancient China generally focused on ancient books, and among ancient books, they also paid more attention to editions. But Fan Chin is a little different, he values contemporary books. Of course, his "contemporary" is the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, his collection of books is mainly in Ming engravings.

The Ming Dynasty was an era when the engraving industry was relatively developed, and the script was particularly popular, and there were definitely more people than those who read the scriptures. Of the four famous novels, three of them are from the Ming Dynasty, except for "Dream of Red Mansions".

And the four famous novels of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West", there is also a book, called "Golden Vase Plum".

As I said before, there is a banned book among them, not "Golden Vase Plum", but "Journey to the West".

Fan Qin's collection of Ming engravings is very large, so it is necessary to have a place to store books.

The place where he originally hid books was called Dongming Thatched Cottage, and Fan Qinzi Dongming. However, the collection of books is only in and out, and the number is still increasing, and this Dongming Thatched Cottage is gradually not enough.

Fan Qin returned to his hometown in the 39th year of Jiajing, and within a few years after his retreat, Fan Qin decided to rebuild a library on the east side of his residence.

This library building is a two-story wooden structure with six bays, sitting north and facing south, with windows open at the front and back. At the same time, there is a pond in front of the pavilion, which is an important measure for fire prevention, and at the same time, there is also a need for feng shui in it.

When the library was built, it was not named at first. Later, Fan Qin collected an inscription from Longhu Mountain, with three big characters of "Tianyi Pond" on it.

"Heaven is full of water, and the earth is sixty percent of it", these three big characters coincide with the situation of this library building and pond.

As a result, Fan Qin's library was named "Tianyi Pavilion".

Tianyi Pavilion in the Ming and Qing dynasties, has always been inherited in an orderly manner, and there is a principle, called "books do not go out of the pavilion".

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Opium War broke out, Ningbo Fucheng fell, and Tianyi Pavilion was robbed of a large number of books by the British army. Later, during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Republic of China, the collection of Tianyi Pavilion was also lost, and it was also repurchased. After the liberation, Tianyi Pavilion was protected, and some local bibliophiles donated their personal collections to Tianyi Pavilion.

Nowadays, Tianyi Pavilion is a key cultural relics protection unit and a 4A tourist attraction.

"Is this the seal of Tianyi Pavilion, or is it from the Ming Dynasty?" Tan Zongzhen couldn't help but ask again, of course he knew about Tianyi Pavilion.

This seal has something to do with the history of Tianyi Pavilion, but strictly speaking, it should not be said to be the seal of Tianyi Pavilion, but the seal of the Ming Dynasty bibliophile Fan Qin. Sun Zhongyuan replied.

"Then this seal is no longer in my hand?" Tan Zongzhen asked again. After all, Tianyi Pavilion still exists today.

"It depends on where you come from. If the inheritance is orderly and the source is legitimate, of course it is yours. Sun Zhongyuan continued, "It's just right, the thing has been figured out, and I haven't asked you yet, where did this come from?"

Tan Zongzhen hesitated.

Sun Zhongyuan said, "It's okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it." This is the collection of Ming Dynasty celebrities, and it is related to the history of Tianyi Pavilion, and it is worth collecting on this alone. ”

Chen Danyang and Huo Xiaodong glanced at each other, and then looked at Tan Zongzhen.

Tan Zongzhen said, "I don't want to make a move······

Sun Zhongyuan said with a smile, "This seal has good workmanship and materials, and it has such a big background, it is indeed a rare good thing." Old Tan, since you don't want to make a move, let's keep it. Rest assured, we won't leak the news. ”

In fact, Chen Danyang and Huo Xiaodong were thinking at first that such a thing would definitely make a lot of money. But if Tan Zongzhen didn't want to make a move, they wouldn't talk nonsense, they just felt regretful.

After chatting for a while, Tan Zongzhen said to cook. The ingredients had already been prepared, and a big stick bone had already been stewed, but he still called Sun Zhongyuan to help cook.

The two worked together and soon stir-fried a few more dishes. Just as Sun Zhongyuan was about to bring the last dish out of the kitchen, Tan Zongzhen pulled his sleeve, "Little Sun, I want to talk to you." ”

When Sun Zhongyuan heard this, he immediately put down the dish, and at the same time handed Tan Zongzhen a cigarette and lit one himself. At this time, Chen Danyang and Huo Xiaodong were drinking at the small table in the courtyard, and by the way, they tasted two dishes in advance.

"This was given to me by my apprentice, who knew I liked antiques. Tan Zongzhen took a deep puff of cigarette and said to Sun Zhongyuan.

"Your apprentice, the killer, Wu Ying?" Sun Zhongyuan was stunned, "Where did he get it?

"Well, we came here last night, and we talked for half an hour, and we didn't say anything, just to catch up. He didn't say where the things came from, he only said that they were given to me as a sign of filial piety. Lao Tan responded: "He also said, let me rest assured that there will be no problems with this thing." ”

"Oh!" Sun Zhongyuan nodded, "So, he's leaving Nancheng now?"

"It should be. I persuaded him to stop as soon as possible. He said that it was okay, and now he has another identity that is very safe, from Jincheng to Nancheng, he bought tickets and took the high-speed rail normally. ”

"What? He's from Jincheng?"