As soon as the "Court Tricks" was picked up, everyone held their breath, and some of the merchants and appraisers in the front row looked at it seriously, whispering a few words from time to time, although many people have seen it at the preview, but after all, this is a painting worth tens of millions, if it is a fake, it is not a trivial matter.

For Ji Yuan and others, making a conclusion is also the most important thing at present, such a rare treasure, if it is genuine, whether it is for Ji Yuan or Sister Wang, it is imperative to win, however, until now, everyone has not dared to make a conclusion, and once the auction starts, this hesitant attitude is impossible to bid at all.

Zhao Zhuo also squinted his eyes at this time, and carefully swept over the painting, although he had seen it several times in the last preview, but at this time, he could not miss any details.

This "Court Concert Map" is divided into two parts, one part is poetry, the word is italics, and there is Tang Yin's signature plus the seal of the collection of everyone, and a part of the ancient palace maids playing music, several palace maids sit in the hall, holding musical instruments, and there is a screen behind.

After a few days of research, the style of this painting was determined to be the style of Tang Yin before he was thirty years old.

Tang Yin was born in a merchant family, he was gifted and intelligent since he was a child, he was familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, and read historical books, and won the first place in the 16-year-old Xiucai exam, which caused a sensation in the entire Suzhou City.

However, at the age of 20, the family suffered a series of misfortunes, parents, wife, and sister died one after another, and the family was in decline, and then devoted himself to studying, and at the age of 29, he went to Nanjing to participate in the township examination, and won the first place Xie Yuan.

In the second year, he went to Beijing with great ambition to take the exam, and got acquainted with Xu Jing, the son of Jiangyin's huge wealth, who was rushing to take the exam, and visited the official Cheng Minzheng many times after arriving in the capital, which was greatly appreciated.

Later, Cheng Minzheng was appointed as the chief examiner of the examination, and the questions in the examination that year were very cold, and many candidates could not answer them. Among them, there are only two test papers, which not only answer the questions appropriately, but also have elegant words, which made Cheng Minzheng blurt out happily: "These two papers must be Tang Yin and Xu Jing." ”

As a result, some people who were jealous of him seized the handle and started to play the emperor one after another, all saying that Cheng Minzheng had taken bribes and leaked the topic.

Emperor Xiaozong believed that it was true and sent Cheng Minzheng, Tang Yin and Xu Jing to Dali Temple Prison and sent a special person to try them. The case was tortuous and complicated, and the three of them were finally released from prison, but Tang Yin only got the official of Zhejiang Petty Officials, so he gave up his career and made a living selling paintings.

Later, although he was reused by King Ning, he found that he was caught in his political conspiracy, pretended to be crazy and escaped, and hid in his hometown of Nanchang.

He had a rough life, and finally collapsed and died at the age of 54.

Therefore, his life is divided into three stages, that is, before the age of 30, the prime of life and the seclusion in Nanchang.

Before the age of 30, Tang Yin was full of spirit, his talent was fully displayed, without setbacks, and his unstoppable momentum can be seen from this "Court Trick Map", his calligraphy has a deep Tang Kai foundation, the font is dignified, the law is rigorous, the painting style lines are strong and thin, the color is beautiful, and the talent is fully displayed.

However, Tang Yin is known as the four masters of the Ming Dynasty, and his ghostwriters and fakes are also countless, and many of these ghostwriters are famous artists, and they themselves have extremely profound painting skills, including his teacher Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen is Tang Yin's early teacher of painting, his teacher inherited one of the two major painting schools of the Ming Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty painting, Tang Yin's early style followed Zhou Chen, and in recent years appeared in Tang Yin's paintings, and many of them were judged to be Zhou Chen's ghostwriting paintings, although Zhou Chen did not write for Tang Yin There is no accurate historical judgment, but this antique world is mostly rather believe in it, not believe in it, so once the painting is questioned as Zhou Chen's ghostwriting, then the value is reduced.

In the recent review of the information and the discussion with Jing Yao, the two almost determined that after the rich businessman bought this painting from overseas, it was said by those experts to be a fake, and it was very likely that he was sentenced to be Zhou Chen's ghostwriter, so it was immediately transferred, and thus fell into the hands of Zhang Yaoguang.

Just when Zhao Zhuojian was painting, Zou Junlong had already walked to the stage and said loudly: "The next auction is the treasure of this auction, Tang Yin's "Court Tricks", this picture is 1.5 meters long and 60 centimeters wide, which is the thing that returned to foreign auction houses last month, with a starting price of 9 million, and each bid shall not be less than 10,000. ”

9 million, the starting price is far lower than the price of foreign auction houses, it seems a little low, in fact, the starting price of any auction item is set after careful negotiation, the auction atmosphere of the auction is very important, if the threshold of the starting auction is too high, then there are only a few bidders, and it will not seem too intense, the atmosphere will seem more or less cold, but if the starting price gives people a low feeling, then it will attract more people to shoot.

The continuous shouting will make the atmosphere warm, and it is easy to make people hot-headed, and even think, maybe call again, this is what they have in their pocket, and the price will be high unconsciously.

As soon as Zou Junlong finished speaking, a deep voice came out of the venue: "10 million!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but immediately look over, and the person who spoke was a rather wealthy fifty-year-old man, who sat in the front row, and had not spoken since the beginning of the auction.

When the shooting of this painting started, Sister Wang couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Xiao Yao, can't you make up your mind?" ”

Jing Yao nodded with a difficult face, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Zhuo, Zhao Zhuo also shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Mo Ling, but Mo Ling was also stumped by this painting, as if it was difficult to make a judgment.

Ji Yuan looked very calm, and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry, let's take a look, this auction won't end so soon, it will be a dragon fight." ”

As soon as these words fell, a laugh came from behind: "It seems that I came in time, and I didn't miss this Tang Yin's painting." ”

Zhao Zhuo frowned when he heard this, this voice, could it be Fang Youming?

Sure enough, I heard Tong Dongyang say in the back: "Brother Fang is really interested, he missed the time and came over." ”

Fang Youming smiled and said: "This is also Tang Yin's treasure painting, can I not come?" ”

After that, I heard the sound of sitting down, and then I saw him seem to be surprised with a "huh" and patted Zhao Zhuo's back.

Zhao Zhuo turned his head and saw Fang Youming in a suit and leather shoes, and with him, there were Yao Wensheng and Fang Lu, appraisers of Shenlong Appraisal Company.

Fang Youming smiled and said: "I look at the back a bit like it, it turns out that it is really Brother Zhao." Yo, isn't this Old Man Ji and Brother Xiaofan. ”

Ji Yuan bowed slightly, and Ji Xiaofan was a little strange, why did Zhao Zhuo even know Fang Youming.

Zhao Zhuo didn't know if he really came over so coincidentally, but if someone wanted to come over with a smile on his face, he smiled slightly and said, "Brother Fang, it's really a coincidence." ”

Fang Youming smiled, glanced at Jing Yao, and gasped heavily, since he heard Yao Wensheng talk about Jing Yao, he never forgot it, today is to take this opportunity to come and have a look, who knows that this look is a light in the eyes, as if the girlfriends he has made before are like dung.

Seeing Fang Youming's eyes, Tong Dongyang frowned obviously.

Fang Youming quickly came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful female companion, don't you introduce me?" ”

It is said that he will not hit the smiling face with his hand, Fang Youming has a friend's familiar expression, and Zhao Zhuo has no choice but to say: "This is Jing Yao, an appraiser at Duke Auction House in Huaihai City." Jing Yao, this is Brother Fang, it's ......"

Speaking of this, he looked towards Fang Youming, and Fang Youming introduced himself with a smile: "In the lower business, there are several small companies in Baicheng. Speaking of this, he said, "Miss Jing, you really shouldn't come to Baicheng." ”

Jing Yao glanced at him with some suspicion, and Fang Youming smiled: "Because Miss Jing, as soon as you come, the women in our city will be ashamed of themselves." ”

Seeing Fang Youming's roundabout praise of Jing Yao, Tong Dongyang couldn't help but sneer and said, "Brother Fang, it seems that you are not here to see paintings, but to see people, right?" ”

Fang Youming smiled and said: "Of course I came to see the painting, but with a beauty here, this famous painting is also inferior by three points." And I really don't know if it's the real thing or a fake. ”

"Brother Fang, you can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." Tong Dongyang's face sank and said.

Fang Youming smiled slightly, scratched his ears and said, "What, did I say the wrong thing?" If my news is correct, it seems that this painting fell into the hands of Zhang Yaoguang because it was judged to be a fake by many experts, right? ”

Tong Dongyang's brows sank, and Fang Youming accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said with a smile: "Brother Tong, don't worry, you and I know the rules of this auction house, and I can't come to smash Brother Tong's field, but I'm really curious about the authenticity of this painting." Brother Zhao, your eyesight that night was extraordinary, I wonder if you can solve my doubts? ”

In fact, as soon as Fang Youming appeared, Zhao Zhuo was a little concerned in his heart, although Tong Dongyang was quite a city government, but Fang Youming was better, and it could be seen from the bar that both black and white had connections, and from the moment he appeared, whether it was praising Jing Yao, satirizing Tong Dongyang, or throwing this problem to himself, he seemed to be at ease, and his words and deeds were full of deep meaning, and people couldn't figure out his intentions.

However, Zhao Zhuo knew very well that Fang Youming's sudden appearance here was by no means so simple.

Hearing that he suddenly turned the topic to himself, he smiled faintly and said: "The little brother's eyesight is just a small skill, where can it compare to Brother Shang and Mr. Yao, it is not so simple to become a professional appraiser." ”

Yao Wensheng is obviously also a long-experienced person, very sophisticated, and when he was said like this, he played Tai Chi: "Brother Zhao is too modest, although I have some research on porcelain, but this painting is really ignorant, Brother Zhao can accompany Old Man Ji here, then he must have a hand, don't mind telling us all, right?" ”

(To be continued)