As Bai Wenchao guessed, there is another mystery behind the portrait of Chairman Mao that Yi Yang bought, and what is presented in front of Yi Yang's eyes at this moment is actually another painting, a painting hidden behind Chairman Mao.

At this moment, Yi Yang was overjoyed, and he carefully picked up the painting to admire.

It was a very old painting, which looked antique and had a heavy atmosphere.

Of course, Yi Yang had already discovered this matter, and he noticed it when he removed the painting from the wall, but at that time he pretended to be calm and did not make a noise, for fear of being discovered by Master Song, Master Song is such a greedy person, if he learned that there was a pair of ancient calligraphy and paintings with excellent quality behind the statue of Chairman Mao, he would definitely regret it, and he would be slaughtered again, not to mention, the key was that he was afraid that he was unwilling to let the painting out, but would take it to the Panjiayuan market to sell.

But Yi Yang noticed at the beginning that the painting was full of aura, and it may have a great background, but he didn't have a perspective eye, and the gold thread in his right eye didn't move, so he saw through the portrait of Chairman Mao with the naked eye and captured something full of treasure.

When he asked Master Song for the acquisition before, he didn't expect this, but he only said that there was something different about the portrait of Chairman Mao, and the moment he tore the painting off, he realized that there was something else, which was far from being as simple as he imagined.

Now that the mystery had been revealed, he was at a loss for a moment, and even though he hadn't looked closely at the painting, his sixth sense told him that the ancient painting in front of him was nothing extraordinary, and that it should be of great value.

Yi Yang found that this was a "Horse Picture", which showed a quiet and dense woods and meadows, and horses of different postures were distributed among the trees and grasses, which looked like every grass and tree and each horse were lifelike.

"Hey, the style of this painting seems a bit weird." Yi Yang thought to himself, he was a little puzzled, because this painting gave him a different feeling, as if it was a little different from the consistent style of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting, with an exotic style, to be precise, mixed with the style of Western painting.

Although Yi Yang is not a professional calligraphy and painting appraiser, he can feel this.

In order to find out this, he quickly moved his eyes to the place where the painting was registered, he wanted to see who made this ancient painting with a very different style, and if he knew who the painter was, then he could figure out how it came about.

Immediately, Yi Yang saw that there were two red seals at the sign, and there were also marginal notes such as "Chenglang Shining Gong Painting", which were traditional characters, but the handwriting was neat and clear at a glance.

Yi Yang immediately took a closer look at it, and could see that one of the two seals was the so-called author "Lang Shining", and the other was written with the four-character seal "Qianlong Jade Seal".

"Qianlong's seal?!" After seeing it clearly, Yi Yang was surprised, if the identification seal on it was true, it means that this painting really has a great origin, and it was once appreciated by Emperor Qianlong.

Yi Yang still needs to figure out one thing immediately, that is, where this "Lang Shining" is sacred.

In his memory, there was no such painter in Chinese history, at least not very famous, and the name was a bit weird, how did it sound like a transliteration of a foreigner's name.

Although he didn't have the slightest impression of Lang Shining, the painter of this painting, it was difficult for him, and he found out after checking it on the Internet.

Yi Yang couldn't wait to take out his hand to inquire, ready to ask the almighty Baidu.

In fact, he easily got a lot of information about Lang Shining.

He is one of the most famous painters in the Qing court, specializing in court painting, as a Western missionary, he served the court painting for more than 50 years, served the three generations of emperors of Kang, Yong and Qian, he left a lot of works, but has only been circulated in the court, and it is difficult for the people to receive his authentic works.

"I see!" After confirming this matter, Yi Yang was naturally surprised and delighted, because in this way, it was equivalent to receiving a palace masterpiece.

Although he can find Lang Shining's information from the Internet, this does not mean that the painting is Lang Shining's authentic handiwork, it may be an imitation of the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, but the imitator is a master, and it is a high-quality imitation painting.

So it needs to be further appraised, and Yi Yang quickly thought about it, he planned to take it tomorrow and ask Mu Lao to appraise it, if Mu Lao also felt that there was no problem with the thing, then the matter was basically confirmed.

After looking at it, Yi Yang put away the "Horse Picture" and went to bed.

He slept soundly that night, and the next day he got up earlier than Bai Wenchao, and after getting up, he came to Mu Lao's room with the painting as soon as possible.

At this time, Mu Lao had already gotten up, and when Yi Yang walked in, he found that he was wearing a white dress and was doing tai chi on the balcony.

"Mu Lao, do you often practice tai chi?" Yi Yang asked a little curiously.

Mu Lao replied, "Well, I'm used to it. In order to exercise, this thing must be persistent. When I was younger, I didn't pay attention to exercise, and then I had a lot of problems, and I have been exercising like this for a year, and it has only improved a little. ”

Yi Yang nodded and smiled: "This is very good!" ”

"Xiao Yi, you came to me so early, is there something urgent?" Mu Lao asked.

Yi Yang shook his head and said, "There's nothing urgent, I just want to ask you to help me palm, I just received something, but I'm not sure, I need you to take a look." But don't worry, you can finish Tai Chi first. ”

After finishing speaking, he sat quietly on the side, admiring Mu Lao's Tai Chi boxing, only to see that although Mu Lao was over seventy years old and very old, his body was still hard, and every movement was done in a good way, and a set of movements was smooth and natural.

After the fight, Mu Lao stood there straight, took a long breath, and then finished his work.

"Alright." Mu Lao came up and said, "Xiao Yi, what kind of good things did you receive, take it out and give it to me to enjoy." ”

"Hmm." Yi Yang hurriedly nodded in response, and then put the painting he brought on the tea on the side and showed it to Mu Lao.

"Mu Lao, it's this painting, what do you think? If there is any problem, just sue sù me well. Yi Yang said solemnly.

"Yo, this is Lang Shining's painting, a very eye-opening painting!"

At first sight, Mu Lao was surprised.

"Yes, it's a court painting by Lang Shining, but I don't know if it's possible to be genuine." Yi Yang nodded.

"Xiao Yi, where did you get this painting from? Lang Shining's paintings are not trivial! Mu Lao asked excitedly.

Yi Yang replied, "Didn't Xiaochao and I go to visit Panjiayuan yesterday?" I also walked around some places, and I received such a painting on the way. ”

He had no choice but to say this, so that he would not tell Mu Lao the specific origin of the painting, so that the other party might have doubts in his heart.

Mu Lao naturally did not doubt this, but said: "You should know that Lang Shining is a painter dedicated to the Qing Dynasty court, he is dedicated to serving the imperial family, and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty from Kangxi to Qianlong all like his works. As far as I know, Lang Shining's circulating works are relatively rare, and most of the authentic works are in major museums, and there are many fakes on the market, so it is difficult to see the real ones. ”

"What about my painting?" Hearing what Mu Lao said, Yi Yang was faintly worried, if Mu Lao identified it as a fake, it would be very disappointing.

Mu Lao smiled and said: "But your painting is very open, like a glance, I have seen Lang Shining's real works before, but it is in a museum." Judging from the overall style of this painting, it is undoubtedly Lang Shining's authentic handiwork. He likes to paint some animals and plants, giving people a sense of harmony and natural beauty, and horses are one of his favorite subjects. ”

"Mu Lao, listen to what you mean, my painting may be Lang Shining's real handiwork?" When he heard Mu Lao's words, he was pleasantly surprised.

Mu Lao nodded vigorously and said, "Of course it's possible!" The painting is very beautiful, and every part of it is painted in such detail that an ordinary painter cannot paint this effect. Lang Shining is a missionary from the West, so his painting style retains the style of Chinese painting, but also has a strong style of Western painting, which is very obvious on the surface of this painting, and this style of mixing Chinese and Western is difficult to imitate. It can be said that Lang Shining is the painter who best combines Chinese painting techniques with Western painting techniques. ”

"Well, yes." Yi Yang nodded in agreement, except for Lang Shining, he had never heard of such a painter, at least it was rare in ancient times.

After discussing with Yi Yang for a while, Mu Lao took out a magnifying glass and examined the painting in detail.

Yi Yang stood aside and waited patiently, at this moment he could only use the ability of his right eye to capture the strong treasure aura emanating from the painting, and there was nothing he could do about it.

After carefully identifying it for a long time, Mu Lao suddenly raised his head and said in admiration: "Xiao Yi, if I'm not mistaken, then this painting is undoubtedly Lang Shining's genuine work!" Just look at the payment and you know, it is indeed the jade seal of Emperor Qianlong, this can't be wrong! The most important thing is that this painting, whether it is the paper used or the content of the painting, is very in line with the characteristics of that era and the style of Lang Shining. ”

"Oh, yes?!" Yi Yang said with great joy.

With Mu Lao's affirmation, coupled with his acquisition of aura, what else is there to doubt should be determined.

"Yes!" Mu Lao nodded with a smile and said, "Xiao Yi, congratulations, you have picked up another good thing, but I don't know how much money you paid when you received this painting." ”

Yi Yang said: "It didn't cost much. Mu Lao, in your opinion, what is the value of this painting? ”

Mu Lao replied in a fifteen-ten manner: "Lang Shining's court paintings have always been very popular in the calligraphy and painting collection market. In the past, I only saw two paintings by Lang Shining in the auction market, and those two paintings were sold for sky-high prices, and each one sold for tens of millions! ”

"Ten million?!" Hearing this, Yi Yang's eyes widened suddenly, and he was inexplicably excited, this painting was taken by him for free, of course, the five thousand yuan paid out did not count.

In this way, he actually made a net profit of 10 million in the blink of an eye!

It's really a lot of money!