Holding the jade wall carved by Chen Yi, Lu Zigang's feelings were stronger than Xu Wei's, and he clearly knew that on this jade wall, there were many carving skills that he had never seen.

The effect of these carving techniques can be seen from the exquisite perfection of this jade wall, which is no worse than those jade pendants of landscape characters on the beautiful Cheng dù, and it is a little more simple than those jade pendants.

If he was still hindered by face problems before, he couldn't ask Chen Yi this question, but now, seeing Chen Yi's strong ability, he has already accepted the fact that Chen Yi is better than him in his heart.

Looking at Chen Yi, he couldn't help but ask: "Little Brother Chen, when you were carving, I discovered some of your carving skills, which are very different from the jade carving techniques that are commonly used now, and there are also some parts of the treatment, is this also what you learned in that mysterious place?" ”

"Master Lu, this is nature, all the abilities in my body come from the place where I was born." Chen Yi said with a smile.

Lu Zigang breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he was still speculating in his heart whether these skills were created by Chen Yi himself, "I think these carving techniques can make jade more exquisite, I don't know if Little Brother Chen can teach me." ”

As a top figure in jade carving, he also hopes to continue to improve his jade carving skills, as for saying the words that Chen Yi taught him, he didn't feel a little ashamed, because Chen Yi is indeed stronger than his ability, as the saying goes, there must be a teacher in a threesome.

"Master Lu is serious, we are all jade carving artists, and we can communicate with each other. As for teaching. I don't dare to do it. Chen Yi said with a smile. He is still ready to let Lu Zigang teach him jade carving.

In terms of the spirituality of jade, he has the help of aura, surpassing Lu Zigang, but at the real level, he is a little inferior.

Lu Zigang nodded, "Okay, I will communicate with Little Brother Chen in the future, in addition." Don't call me Master Lu, I'm older than you, so you can call me Uncle Lu. ”

"Uncle Lu, you and Xu Lao can call me Xiaoyi in the future." Chen Yi naturally did not refuse Lu Zigang's words, and was able to have a preliminary communication with Lu Zigang, which would get closer and closer to his goal.

In his opinion, after the calligraphy gathering was held, it was almost time to have a showdown with Lu Zigang, and as for the way of the showdown, it needed to be further planned.

"Alright. Xiaoyi, since you carved this jade wall. Then the bet between us also needs to be fulfilled, what do you want. Lu Zigang held this jade wall in his hand and asked Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled, "Uncle Lu, this request is temporarily reserved, when I think of it, I will sue you again." ”

"Okay, let's go to the place where I store the jade first, and pick out a piece of jade, which is a gift from you to me for calligraphy." Lu Zigang nodded, and then took Chen Yi to the place where he stored the jade.

This place to store jade artifacts is the room that Chen Yi did not enter when he first met Xu Wei before, but it was identified by his appraisal skills, in this room, there are more than ten pieces of jade, each of which is exquisite and skilled.

These more than ten pieces of jade, the shape is different, some are landscape figure boxes, some are delicate jade cups, some are jade pots, and some are jade plates.

"Xiaoyi, you can pick any one of these things." Lu Zigang pointed to the jade in it and said to Chen Yi with a smile.

Chen Yi nodded lightly, stayed in front of these more than ten jade artifacts for a while, and finally smiled, picked up a jade plaque and said, "I'll choose this one." ”

Among the Zigang jade, only the jade brand is the most famous, and later generations are vying to imitate it, even if it is him, the real Zigang jade card he has seen is also very rare, and now in this room, every jade plate is an extremely delicate work, and he naturally wants to choose the jade plate.

What's more, in the next time, he will follow Lu Zigang to study for several months, and I am afraid that it will not be a problem to have any jade when he wants it then.

Moreover, when he learns the technique of Kunwu knife, in terms of his aura, the carved jade will probably be more spiritual.

Seeing what Chen Yi selected, Lu Zigang and Xu Wei were both stunned for a moment, in this room, there are so many jade objects that are more valuable than jade plates, but Chen Yi chose a jade plate, this young man is really incomprehensible.

After picking the jade, Chen Yi and Lu Zigang had dinner in the restaurant, and then they separated.

As time went by, the day of the calligraphy gathering was getting closer and closer, and during this period, Chen Yi and Xu also made some changes to the rules for participating in the calligraphy party, and anyone who participated in it had to pay at least 5,000 taels of gold or the equivalent of silver taels to be eligible to participate in the calligraphy meeting.

In this way, it is possible to eliminate the fact that some people want to take pictures of calligraphy first and then ask the family to pay the bills.

After all, once a family pays the bill, it is estimated that these people will make a desperate bid, and when the price is too high, those people's families will not pay, for Chen Yi, for them, the participants, there is no benefit.

This rule is completely a test of the background and relationship of these sons of the family in the family, if they are valued in the family, it is really not a problem to come up with a proof of five thousand taels of gold, if they are not valued in the family, it depends on whether they have other means.

When the registration activity for the calligraphy gathering was in full swing, in the palace of the capital, Emperor Wanli was looking at the book boredly in the imperial study, and seemed to feel very bored, and waved his hand to the young eunuch next to him, "Little Lizi, come, tell me about what interesting things have happened recently." ”

The eunuch hurriedly walked over, thought for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty, I have heard some adults from the court talk about a strange thing these days. ”

"Oh, the wonder, tell me quickly." Hearing the eunuch's words, Emperor Wanli suddenly became interested, he was only a young man in his twenties now, and he was most curious.

The eunuch nodded, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, listen to those adults, a few days ago, a calligraphy master appeared in the capital, took out a piece of calligraphy, participated in some antique parties held by the sons of the family, and was finally bought by the son of the Wu Bin Wu family, the head of the Ministry of Works, for five thousand taels of gold. ”

"Legend has it that this calligraphy is a copy of the calligraphy saint Wang Xizhi's small Kai Huang Tingjing, and the copy is full of Wang Xi's true meaning, that Wu Gongzi took the calligraphy home, and was highly praised by Lord Wu, and even personally sent someone to invite the calligraphy master to the house as a guest, but the calligraphy master refused."

"Oh, Wu Bin, the director of the Ministry of Works." Emperor Wanli suddenly had some doubts.

The eunuch hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this Lord Wu Bin Wu is a painter, you met him some time ago, let him paint some paintings." ”

Emperor Wanli nodded, "Oh, it turned out to be him, since he is a calligraphy master, it is not surprising to refuse this Wu Bin's invitation, if it is really the calligraphy of a calligraphy master, five thousand taels of gold is also worth the money, go on." ”

"I heard from some adults that this calligraphy master not only refused Lord Wu's invitation, but also had some festivals with the son of Lord Liu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, during the calligraphy party, so this calligraphy master directly stated that his calligraphy would never be sold to the people of Liufu." The eunuch continued.

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli's eyes lit up, "Oh, this calligraphy master, he has such courage, don't the people of Liufu and Wufu have any reaction." ”

"Your Majesty, maybe it's because this calligraphy master's calligraphy level is very high, and the people of Wu Mansion don't have any anger at him refusing to invite him, as for Liufu, if you want to deal with this calligraphy master, you have to weigh it." The eunuch seemed to be very good at telling stories, and stopped at the most critical moment.

"Could it be that this calligraphy master still has some background?" Emperor Wanli couldn't help asking.

The eunuch smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, it's just because this calligraphy master announced that he will hold a calligraphy party in a few days, and at this party, he will sell his two calligraphys, and this matter has been spread by Lord Wu, so that the princes and nobles in the capital, and the wealthy families know about it." ”

"Originally, Wu Gongzi was a gentleman who ate and drank all day long and was not valued in the family, but after he bought this painting, he was highly praised by Lord Wu, and his status in the family was greatly improved, so many sons of the family wanted to participate in this party, buy a piece of calligraphy, and improve their status in the family."

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli suddenly became curious, "Is the level of this calligraphy master really so superb, so that Wu Bin praised it, thus breaking the rules." ”

"Your Majesty, the little one hasn't seen the calligraphy of the calligraphy master, so I don't know, but a few adults have gone to Wu Mansion to see it, and they were shocked when they talked about it, and some adults have a heart for the calligraphy of this calligraphy gathering." The eunuch shook his head, and then said.

"Oh, I'm shocked, I'll pass on my message in a while, and let Wu Bin bring that calligraphy to me." After hearing some introductions from this eunuch, Emperor Wanli immediately had a strong interest in this calligraphy.

His life when he was a child was basically regulated by three people, the first was his mother Empress Dowager Li, the second was the palm seal eunuch Feng Bao, and the third was Zhang Juzheng, a cabinet scholar.

Among them, his mother and Feng Bao were very fond of calligraphy, which also made him love calligraphy since he was a child, and the characters he wrote were very neat. (To be continued......)